Chapter 117: Ballon d'Or Awards, Lin Quan's unexpected gain!
There is another big event during the winter break, which is the Ballon d'Or awards ceremony.
On January 12, FIFA's annual awards ceremony was held at the International Exhibition Center in Zurich, Switzerland.
Unlike the Ballon d'Or 16 years later, at this time, the Ballon d'Or is tied to the FIFA World Player of the Year award.
Winning the Ballon d'Or means being awarded the FIFA World Player of the Year title at the same time.
Therefore, compared to the Ballon d'Or in later generations, the FIFA Ballon d'Or at this time has a higher gold content.
Although he only played for half a season, Lin Quan was nominated for his outstanding performance in the league, cup and national team games, and successfully squeezed into the 23-man list of this year's Golden Ball Award.
However, he knew very well in his heart that he was accompanying the prince to study and had basically no hope of winning the prize.
If he wins the Golden Boy Award, the Champions League, or the World Cup, he may really have a chance to win the award.
As for now, he is just a spectator. The favorites for this year's Ballon d'Or are still the two greatest players - Messi and Ronaldo.
However, his national team teammate Iniesta also made it into the top three thanks to his outstanding performance in the European Cup, and is the person most likely to win the Golden Ball besides Messi and Ronaldo.
Lin Quan came to the award ceremony with Guardiola. One of them was nominated for the Ballon d'Or and the other was competing for the FIFA Best Men's Football Coach Award.
Neither of them has much hope of winning the award. Lin Quan only played for half a season, and Guardiola only coached for half a season.
But these two people are quite famous in the football world. When they appeared at the scene, reporters swarmed over and took pictures of them crazily.
The fans at the scene also screamed, many of whom were shouting Lin Quan's name.
Guardiola has experienced this kind of scene many times. He faced the camera of the reporter with a smile and frequently waved to the fans at the scene, appearing to be at ease.
"Go sign their autographs, just don't take too long!"
Guardiola patted Lin Quan on the shoulder, then walked towards the fans holding their fan signs, took the paper and pen handed over by the fans, and began to sign for them.
Lin Quan followed suit and walked over to the fans and started signing autographs for them.
He currently speaks four languages, Spanish, German, English and Chinese.
Among the fans supporting him at the scene, many were fans of his national team, wearing his national team's No. 30 red jersey.
He would use Spanish when signing autographs for these fans.
For those club fans who came from afar and wore the green No. 10 Werder Bremen jersey, he would sign autographs for them in German.
As for fans in Switzerland and other European fans, all autographs will be signed in English.
After signing dozens of autographs, Lin Quan waved to the fans at the scene and prepared to enter the venue with Guardiola.
"Brother Lin, I'm your fan, can you sign an autograph for me?"
After walking a few steps, I suddenly heard a familiar language.
Lin Quan felt a little surprised, turned his head and took a look.
This is a Chinese fan with a red five-pointed star flag sticker on his face and wearing the No. 10 Werder Bremen jersey.
Seeing that Lin Quan didn't respond, the other party thought that he didn't understand Chinese, and hurriedly said in English: "I am your fan, please give me the signature!"
Lin Quan smiled and nodded, took the autograph book handed over by the other party, and wrote the two words "Lin Quan" neatly in Chinese characters.
After handing the autograph book to the other party, the fans were particularly surprised to see these two Chinese characters:
"Fuck! Emperor Lin can actually write Chinese characters!"
"No, no, I have to take a picture and post it on the forum to show off. Hehe, I got the autograph of Emperor Lin!"
Lin Quan's mouth twitched slightly: "Calling me Lin Huang in front of me, is this really okay? I should have known not to sign for you, a little black guy!"
Lin Quan knew that domestic netizens called him Lin Huang more than a month ago.
Although he doesn't often browse domestic forums and bulletin boards, when he occasionally wins a game and is in a good mood, he can't help but go to the forums and bulletin boards to check out the posts that praise himself and have fun.
As a result, I saw myself being given the title of "Emperor"...
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After Lin Quan signed, he was about to go find Guardiola.
Unexpectedly, Guardiola had already left. He met a few familiar old friends and wanted to chat with them. As they chatted, he forgot about Lin Quan outside and went straight into the venue with his friends.
It was Lin Quan's first time to attend such an occasion. He was completely unfamiliar with the place and stood there awkwardly for a moment, not knowing where to go.
The reporters at the scene were very confused. Why did Lin Quan not enter the venue for so long? Fortunately, another player came and helped him out.
The person who came was none other than one of the two greatest players of all time, Cristiano Ronaldo.
As soon as Ronaldo got off the car, he saw Lin Quan standing outside in a daze. He thought the other party was waiting for him.
So he walked forward and extended his hand to shake hands with the other person.
Well……
Lin Quan didn't expect Ronaldo to be so enthusiastic, but he reacted quickly and reached out his hand.
The scene of the two men shaking hands attracted most of the reporters at the scene. They picked up their cameras and video cameras to record this historic moment.
This is probably the first photo of Lin Quan and Ronaldo in a formal occasion, right?
It’s a pity that they were wearing suits instead of jerseys. It would have been better if both of them were wearing jerseys.
After shaking hands, Ronaldo nodded to Lin Quan, waved to the reporters and fans at the scene, and walked straight to the venue.
Phew! Seeing the other party's choice, Lin Quan breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Ronaldo did not stop outside to sign autographs for the fans, otherwise he would have to wait awkwardly for a while.
Following Ronaldo's footsteps, Lin Quan walked through the entrance corridor and entered the huge venue.
Just like outside, there were crowds of people inside, and many people came.
But the difference is that most of them are celebrities in the football world who have been invited, including reporters, players, coaches and officials from various countries' football associations.
He knew a lot of people here, but others might not know him, so Lin Quan didn't go up and strike up a conversation with them, which would make him look awkward.
He continued to follow Ronaldo's footsteps, came to the players' seating area, and found a seat at the back and sat down.
Ronaldo sat in the front row, with an empty seat next to him, which belonged to Messi.
Not long after Lin Quan sat down, his national team teammates Iniesta, Xavi and Fabregas appeared one after another.
After seeing him sitting in the back, I chose to sit here as well.
For a moment, this originally unnoticed corner became star-studded and attracted a lot of people's attention.
"Lin, why are you here so early? We were discussing whether we should give you a call and go out together!"
"Yes, those of us who accompany the prince to study have to appear together to attract the attention of reporters. Otherwise, no one will take pictures of us!"
Xiaofa made a joke and everyone burst into laughter after hearing it.
Although they were all nominated for a Golden Globe, neither of them felt they had a chance of winning.
They came to the scene just to make a cameo appearance and watch others win awards.
However, given their fame, it would be an exaggeration to say that no reporters took pictures of them.
"Who do you think will be the winner of this year's Ballon d'Or?"
As the conversation went on, the topic naturally returned to the question of who would win the Golden Globe Award.
They themselves have no hope, but they all hope that their teammates can win the trophy.
"Of course it's Messi!"
"I also think it should be Messi. You may not know how crazy he is this year since you are in the Bundesliga!"
"Leo has scored 91 goals this year, breaking Gerd Muller's world record!"
"91 goals! I'm afraid I won't be able to score that many goals in my entire life!"
Everyone felt terrified just thinking about this number, let alone achieving it in a competition.
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"But it's hard to say. Ronaldo has performed well in the league and the Champions League, and they won the league title last season. We only have one Copa del Rey title, which is much less valuable!"
The two superstars have performed very well in recent years. Messi scored 91 goals in one year, which is indeed the highest number of goals, but he lacks in honors.
Ronaldo has scored more than twenty goals less than Messi, but has one more league trophy, so he has an advantage over Messi in terms of honors.
"Come on, that's a world record. How many people can break this record?"
Fabregas had an incredible expression on his face: "I'm putting this here, if Messi doesn't win the Ballon d'Or, I'm going to eat this chair!"
He pointed to the empty seat beside him and vowed.
As soon as he finished speaking, Messi appeared at the scene, sat in the empty seat next to Fabregas, and asked curiously: "What are you talking about?"
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The award ceremony started soon. The hosts were former World Footballer of the Year and one of the Dutch Three Musketeers, Gullit, and the beautiful host Kay Murray of Fox Sports.
The first award announced was the 2012 Team of the Year.
Real Madrid and Spain international Casillas won the Goalkeeper of the Year award.
The defensive line is composed of Alves, Pique, Ramos and Marcelo from Barcelona and Real Madrid.
The midfield combination is Xabi Alonso, Xavi and Iniesta.
All three of them are from Real Madrid and Barcelona.
In recent years, the strength of the two teams in the Spanish Super League has been indeed eye-catching, at least the luxury of their lineups exceeds that of other giants.
The best forward combination was awarded to Messi, Falcao and Ronaldo.
These three have been scoring goals for their respective clubs and national teams over the past year! After the Team of the Year award, the Coach of the Year award will be presented next.
On the women's football side, the best coach award was won by Pia Sandhagyi, head coach of the US women's football team.
In the men's football team, Spanish coach Bosque beat Mourinho and Guardiola to win the award.
Guardiola was sitting next to Bosque, and when he saw the old coach win the award, he immediately applauded him.
As for the madman Mourinho, although he received an invitation, he did not attend the award ceremony.
Then the FIFA President's Award, Fair Play Award, World Footballer of the Year and others were presented.
Lin Quan was like a ruthless clapping machine. When he saw someone going up on stage to receive an award, he would applaud along with the audience.
It wasn't until the next round of awards that he finally stopped being a merciless clapping machine.
When the Puskas Award was presented, he found out that his goal against Bayern in the Telekom Cup round was one of the three finalists.
The wonderful scene of this goal was played on the big screen at the scene. The young man in the green jersey on the field was seen dribbling the ball on the wing like lightning, passing four players in a row, shaking off the opponent's defender and goalkeeper, and completing this incredible goal by himself.
After seeing this goal, the audience at the scene all had an expression of disbelief on their faces.
This was not a goal scored against a weak team. The opponent was the powerful Bayern Munich, the runner-up of the Champions League last season.
This kind of dribbling and scoring that only exist in novels, I never thought that someone could actually accomplish it on the field.
Thinking of this, they all applauded Lin Quan.
Several of Lin Quan's national team teammates, even Barcelona's top star Messi, applauded Lin Quan at this time.
Although he had seen this goal several times before, Messi still seemed a little unbelievable when he saw it again.
This kid's extraordinary ability is really strong. I feel like he is no less capable than me.
With this goal, Lin Quan defeated Neymar and Falcao and won this year's Puskas Award.
Lin Quan was a little surprised. He walked up to the podium, took the trophy from Colombian star Carlos Valderrama, and gave a speech:
"I'd like to thank everyone who voted for me and supported me. To be honest, I was very surprised to receive this award."
Although he won the competition over Neymar and Falcao, Lin Quan did not feel proud.
Falcao's sideways volley was extremely difficult. There are not many players who can complete such an action and score the goal. If he won the award with this goal, Lin Quan would be convinced.
As for Neymar, the goal he scored in the Brazilian league after dribbling past five players was equally exciting, but because the opponents were weaker, its value was not as great as the goal he scored against Bayern.
The audience laughed when they heard his words. A player who is both strong and humble can easily win the favor of passers-by.
Some people who knew his relationship with Guardiola looked at Guardiola at this time. Guardiola has always been known for his humility.
It is not surprising that the children he taught have such character.
"Haha, Lin Quan is very modest, but I think he is a little too modest. In fact, he scored two other goals that were equally impressive, making it difficult for our judges to choose."
Seeing Lin Quan being so humble and low-key, Gullit interrupted and said: "In the match between Werder Bremen and Bayern, Lin Quan also scored two goals that were also very exciting, even more exciting than this!"
The camera was focused on Bayern club manager Hoeness who was attending the award ceremony. Hoeness looked a little embarrassed.
He thought about it carefully and realized that Lin Quan had scored in all three games against Bayern, and each goal was wonderful.
This is so embarrassing!
Why are we Bayern always the ones who get hurt?
The backstage staff also cooperated by playing Lin's six goals against Bayern on the big screen.
As Gullit said, the goal in the sixth round of the Bundesliga and Lin Quan's goal in the third round of the German Cup that just ended were both very exciting and not inferior to the award-winning goal.
Wait, this kid scored 6 goals in 3 games against Bayern? 2 goals per game? That's Bayern! Everyone thought of a terrible thing, and their eyes towards Lin Quan began to change.
From this moment on, they all reached a consensus: Lin Quan can no longer be treated as a 17-year-old young player!
(End of this chapter)