Chapter 78 From now on, be the world footballer
When Platini read that the winner of the 2011 World Footballer was Chu Zhongtian, there was a burst of cheers in front of countless TVs in China.
For football fans, this joy is even better than Beijing’s successful bid for the Olympics... Chinese football finally has a person who can stand out in the world football world, World Football Master! European Golden Globe Awards! World Football Best Player! Three major honors are combined, and such honors have always belonged to those world superstars!
"Chu Zhongtian is the world football player in the new year!!" Duan Bin, who broadcasted the grand ceremony in Beijing, also shouted excitedly. "This is the highest award in the personal honor of the world football world!"
The audience was applauding thunderously. Amid such applause, Chu Zhongtian stood up from his actions. Casillas beside him patted his back, and Chu Zhongtian leaned over to hug him when he passed by C. Ronaldo.
Whether this is Chu Zhongtian's comfort to C. Ronaldo or C. Ronaldo's congratulations to Chu Zhongtian, this action can show the world that there is no contradiction between them.
After hugging his teammates one by one and then the head coach, Chu Zhongtian did not go directly to the rostrum, but turned to Hoffenheim. Head coach Rangnick was nominated for the best head coach of the year, so this time he also came to the award ceremony.
After all, the fact that he was able to win the World Footballer was mainly due to his score at Hoffenheim, not Real Madrid, so Rangnick was his mentor to win the World Footballerer, and he had to thank him no matter what.
Chu Zhongtian walked to Rangnick: "I have to thank you very much, Ralph."
Rangnick hugged Chu Zhongtian and murmured in his ear: "This is what you deserve, Chu! You deserve it!"
After the two of them hugged each other, Chu Zhongtian turned around and walked towards the rostrum.
Throughout the whole process, everyone in the theater hall stood up and applauded him.
This is the glory that the world's number one football star should enjoy in 2011.
Chu Zhongtian walked up to the rostrum with a step, then shook hands with FIFA President Blatt, followed by UEFA President Platini.
Just half a year ago, Platini presented Chu Zhongtian with the Champions League trophy at Wembley Stadium. The game was much beyond Platini's expectations, both the process and the result. Fortunately, Hoffenheim itself is also a team that advocates offensive and plays pleasing to the eye. Otherwise, if Mourinho wins the cup again, I really don't know what the expression on the face of this Barcelona fan who advocates offensive football and artistic football.
After shaking hands with Chu Zhongtian, Platini awarded the Golden Ball trophy of Mr. World Football to Chu Zhongtian.
The applause continued on the spot.
Chu Zhongtian took the trophy, looked down, then walked to the back of the speech stage, ready to thank him.
The applause dropped, and everyone sat down one after another.
Duan Bin also stopped his previous sensationalism and prepared for a live translation - Chu Zhongtian would most likely give thank-you speeches in English that most people could understand.
Chu Zhongtian looked down at the trophy and then put it aside.
He was about to speak, but found that the microphone was a little low, so he adjusted the position of the microphone.
Then he spoke: "I am very grateful to everyone for giving me this award..."
Duan Bin was listening with all his attention and planning to translate on the spot, but suddenly he was stunned - he lost his place of use because Chu Zhongtian spoke in his native language, Chinese!
There were no Chinese people who had received FIFA awards before and gave their award speeches in the morning, but they all used "world-oriented language" English, but Chu Zhongtian chose his native language only, just like Messi spoke Spanish when receiving the award. Don't worry that the people below couldn't understand it, there was simultaneous interpretation in the venue - there was no simultaneous interpretation in Chinese before, but now because Chu Zhongtian has become one of the candidates, he still provides simultaneous interpretation in Chinese.
"...I have to thank the team I used to be, Hoffenheim. I know why I was able to win this award. Until now, I still miss the days of fighting side by side with them. It was Hoffenheim's teammates and coach who gave me such an opportunity to win the Champions League with them, and I am very happy!"
"I want to thank my head coach Rangnick in Hoffenheim for providing me with a stage like Hoffenheim. I know that many media have treated him unfairly, but I want to say that if he had not been to him, there would be no me today. The biggest one of a team will always be the head coach, not a certain player." Chu Zhongtian was speaking for Rangnick. When at Hoffenheim, the media always said that Hoffenheim is Chu Zhongtian's team alone, and Rangnick is actually useless. Anyone who coaches can get the same results. When it comes to Hoffenheim, everyone will only think of Chu Zhongtian. As for who Hoffenheim's head coach is, no one cares... Now Chu Zhongtian openly speaks to his former head coach on such occasions, which can be regarded as a response to some of the previous media's doubts.
The TV broadcast gave the close-up shot to Rangnik. The German "professor" sat in his seat, smiling, and even showed a hint of shyness on his face. Obviously, he felt a little embarrassed that his apprentice praised him nakedly on such occasions.
Thanks to Hoffenheim, this is Chu Zhongtian's past tense. He began to thank himself for his present moment: "I also want to thank the team I am in now. Here, we are united and everyone is working hard for the goal of the championship. I like this atmosphere very much. This is why I chose to come to Real Madrid instead of other teams. I want to thank my teammates, coach Mourinho, club chairman Florentino, and Qi Zu, who advised me to join Real Madrid. I know some time ago that I will leave the Bernabeu after the end of this season. I want to clarify that I have never wanted to leave here before I achieve enough results..."
"Thank you especially to my family and wife. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have been able to stick to this day. In fact, I almost gave up football at the beginning. It was my parents and wife who encouraged me and gave me the opportunity to stand here today to express my gratitude to you."
After saying the thank you poem, Chu Zhongtian began to speak the real speech of the award.
"I know it is quite historical to stand here by a Chinese."
There was a burst of laughter from below.
"Sorry, madam who is simultaneously interpreting, I know this is a bit difficult."
Everyone keep laughing.
"I think I can stand here, which shows how outrageous the remarks that yellow people are saying that they are not suitable for football are wrong." Just as Liu Xiang said in an interview after winning the men's 110-meter hurdles at the 2004 Athens Olympics, yellow people can also make breakthroughs in areas where whites and blacks have the upper hand.
"You are right!" Duan Bin, who had been silent while being the audience, suddenly shouted.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I like victory, I like championship, I like…" He picked up the trophy, "...this! I will come again next year! Thank you!"
Amidst a burst of applause and whistle, Chu Zhongtian hugged Platini and Blatt again, and then he was about to step down. Of course, he was stopped by Blatt because there were still second and third places to go on stage to receive the awards, and then the three winners stood together and asked everyone to take photos and show the trophy they won.
Knowing this time, Duan Bin started talking again: "This is the first time I have heard Chinese at the FIFA year-end award ceremony. There is no need for an interpreter. It is really very kind... I don't know when I will hear it next time, but I am willing to believe what Chu Zhongtian said, come back at this time next year..."
※※※In the end, the top three players in the World Football Team were Chu Zhongtian, Messi and C. Ronaldo. The Portuguese still failed to defeat the Argentine this time, which may have something to do with his arrogance. Messi and Chu Zhongtian's performance in the national team matches were similar. Chu Zhongtian led the Chinese team to the Asian Cup, while Messi led the Argentine national team to the Copa America championship. Considering the difficulty of winning the championship, it is obviously more difficult for the Chinese team to win the Asian Cup championship than Argentina's Copa America championship. After all, Argentina is a frequent visitor to the Copa America championship. China's Asian Cup championship is a historic breakthrough... However,
This is not the key reason why Messi lost. The key reason is the results of the Champions League, especially the Champions League final, which gave Chu Zhongtian and Messi the opportunity to compete head-on. Before that game, Messi was the world's number one, and there was almost no one in the world who could defend him one-on-one. But after that game, Messi was no longer the world's number one. Chu Zhongtian had the upper hand in the final, and in the end, Messi completely frozen, making Messi unable to get any decent chance on the court. The showdown with Messi also included a penalty shootout, and Chu Zhongtian saved the penalty kick from Messi.
Compared with Chu Zhongtian's performance in that final, Messi's performance was too dim.
Chu Zhongtian is not close but just curbing Messi in defense. He also scored a goal to equalize the score and turned into a substitute goalkeeper - this period is the essence of the whole game. Everyone who has watched the Champions League final will be shocked by Chu Zhongtian's performance during this period. No one expected that a goalkeeper who made a temporary cameo can do so. Not to mention the goalkeeper who made a temporary cameo, even those real goalkeepers may not be able to do so well... In addition to the differences between the two teams, it is natural for Barcelona to win the Champions League championship, because in addition to Messi, they also have Xavi, Iniesta, Villa, and Pique. The overall strength is quite strong. Even without Messi, they may not be able to win the Champions League championship.
But what does Hoffenheim have? Salihovic and Ibissevic can at most be considered a relatively famous star in Germany. In the entire European football world, it is still not enough to be seen. They are just second-rate stars. Superstars? Chu Zhongtian is not counted. Such a team that came out of the German countryside can win the European Champions League because of Chu Zhongtian. If it weren't for Chu Zhongtian, let alone the Champions League championship, it would be a problem for them to even reach the finals... The gap between the strength of the two teams was the weak side in the end. Chu Zhongtian's role as the core of the team is more important and obvious. Everyone obviously considered this factor when voting - many people think that helping Hoffenheim is far more important than adding icing on the cake. It is normal to lead Hoffenheim to win the championship than leading Barcelona to win the championship.
Therefore, Chu Zhongtian finally defeated Messi, who was at the peak of his life, and won the World Footballer of 2011, which was the best reward for Chu Zhongtian in the year that was about to pass.
The next day, a Chinese media designed a well-received front page - the front page headline was a large photo of Chu Zhongtian standing in front of the microphone with the World Footballer Jinbei. The photo was titled: "From now on, please call him 'World Footballer Mr.'!"
This title is very lethal for Chinese fans. Later I heard that this issue of this newspaper was sold out... Many people bought it entirely for collection. Because this is not a national professional sports media like "Sports" and "Football", but a local comprehensive newspaper that cannot be bought after leaving the local province. Therefore, Chu Zhongtian was elected as the World Footballer, and a group of people sold this issue of newspapers online for fans to collect, and the selling price is often five to ten times the original price.
These are probably something no one expected before...※※※After Chu Zhongtian won the European Golden Globe Award, because the league was away, Chu Zhongtian did not get the opportunity to show his Golden Globe Award trophy in front of home fans, but this has also become a good thing, because he can now show two trophys at home - the European Golden Globe Award and the World Footballer.
After Chu Zhongtian won the World Footballer and the Golden Ball Awards, Real Madrid now has three World Footballer and the European Golden Ball Awards at the same time - Kaka won the World Footballer and the European Golden Ball Awards in 2007, and c. Ronaldo won the World Footballer and the European Golden Ball Awards in 2008.
There is currently only one Messi in Barcelona. He was crowned the World Footballer and the European Golden Ball in 2009. He unexpectedly won the World Footballer in 2010, but the European Golden Baller that year belonged to Dutch midfielder Sneider, who led Inter Milan to win the triple crown.
However, Barcelona is a team that is good at creating World Footballers and Golden Balls in history. Romario won World Footballers in Barcelona. The year before, in order to play in the national team and participate in the World Cup, he transferred to Barcelona. The second year he won World Footballers for his outstanding performance in the World Cup and his excellent performance in Barcelona. The second place is Ronaldo. When he was the World Footballer in 1997, his main results came from Barcelona. He also won the nickname "Alien" for his outstanding performance in Barcelona. The World Footballer of 1999 belonged to Rivaldo, and Rivaldo won the award
The main reason is that he led the Brazilian team to the Copa America championship, he was his wonderful performance in Barcelona; although the World Footballer Figo was not in Barcelona the year he won the award and had already turned to Barcelona's arch rival Real Madrid, no one can deny that all his achievements and wonderful performances in football came from the teachings given to him by Barcelona; the World Footballer of 2004 and 2005 was Ronaldinho, all because of his playing for Barcelona. His personal technical style and Barcelona's traditions were perfectly integrated. He showed the world his amazing talent and when he helped Barcelona return to the top of the world.
Real Madrid has several world football players in history, but they rely more on huge transfer fees to buy finished products directly. For example, Figo, Zidane, Ronaldo, Cannavaro, Kaka, and C. Ronaldo are all world football players. However, except Figo, all of them have become world football players before transferring to Real Madrid. Zidane was still in Juventus in 2000. He became world football players purely because of the European Cup that year and the World Cup in 1998. Figo was already in Real Madrid at that time, but before transferring to Real Madrid, he was already a world-class star, so it was natural to win World Football. Ronaldo won’t say that, the 2002 World Cup made him a world football player.
But he was still playing for Inter Milan at that time, and only transferred to Real Madrid after the World Cup. Cannavaro won the World Footballer in 2006 because of the World Cup championship. He also played for Juventus in the first half of that year, and then transferred to Real Madrid after Juventus was forced to relegate due to the phone gate scandal. Kaka won the World Footballer in AC Milan in 2007, and Ronaldo won the award in 2008 for that crazy season at Manchester United. Now a new Chu Zhongtian has been added, and it has little to do with Real Madrid. The Champions League championship was won when wearing a Hoffenheim jersey... However, Real Madrid will still be very happy to arrange Chu Zhongtian to hold two trophys at home to meet the fans. Regardless of whether they were trained or not, at least these footballers are now Real Madrid.
On December 18, Real Madrid played Vigo Celta at home in their last home game before Christmas. Real Madrid also arranged an appearance ceremony for Chu Zhongtian. After the teams of both sides appeared, they did not go directly to the stadium, but lined up two teams at the exit of the player channel. In such a trek, Chu Zhongtian showed up with one hand and one trophy.
Seeing him come out, the crowded Bernabeu stadium sent a huge cheer.
The teammates and opponents standing on both sides also applauded.
This is dedicated to Mr. Xinke World Footballer and Mr. Golden Baller.
It is what Chu Zhongtian deserves.
Eighty thousand fans of the Bernabeu shouted: "Mr. World Football! Mr. Golden Ball!!"
Chu Zhongtian raised the two trophys high amid cheers, which was the highlight of his career!
From now on, please call him World Footballer!
Chapter completed!