Chapter 685 It’s Su Dong again!
"What were you and Michelle talking about secretly just now?"
When Su Dong returned to his position, Ribery came over and asked curiously.
He and Platini are compatriots from the same country, but apart from being the first to greet him to show his closeness, Platini always felt that he valued Su Dong more, and even kindly invited Su Dong to a corner outside the crowd to talk.
Su Dong found Ribery's doubts amusing. If he didn't know Ribery's character, he would have wondered what was wrong with this guy?
Is this the kind of thing you can ask? But Ribery is like that, a little wild, a curious kid, can't keep things to himself.
Fortunately, nothing happened, so Su Dong told him what Platini had just secretly told him, that he would present the award in person, but he did not mention anything about Maradona, because he always felt that Platini had not finished saying something.
As Platini himself said, he was putting it mildly.
What this means is that what Maradona did at Barcelona was really ridiculous, especially taking drugs.
When he transferred from Barcelona to Naples, it was not that magical. Maradona could not make it in Barcelona and was heavily in debt. Naples wanted him and offered him a huge salary, so he went there.
As for him going to Naples for money, there is no contradiction between that and his winning the championship in Naples and becoming a legend.
Many fans like mythical stars, but there is actually no need to do so. Professional football is just like that.
For example, how poor was Pele back then? If it weren't for the American sports sponsor who discovered Pele and FIFA's endorsement, which made him the king of football and created this golden signboard, Pele, the king of football, would not know what he would be doing now.
There are countless examples of people who are very successful at playing football but become penniless after retiring. This is because people who play football generally have a low level of education, and some have never even received any education, so they have no idea how to manage their finances.
Speaking of this, Su Dong couldn't help but think of his parents.
They were afraid that he would spend money recklessly, so they always tried every possible means to get money from him, and all of it was invested in real estate.
I can’t say anything else, but when Su Dong retires, he may not have much money, but he will definitely have a lot of houses.
This can also be considered a way to help Su Dong avoid poverty in the future.
Thinking of this, Su Dong really had to thank his parents for being prepared for a rainy day.
"I still have some money in my account. Please transfer it to my parents."
Su Dong took out his cell phone and sent a text message to his fiancée Wang Chuqing.
"Why? Didn't you say that it was private money?" Wang Chuqing replied quickly.
Private money? Su Dong secretly laughed in his heart, innocent little sister, how much private money do I have, can you guess?
"I just heard a sad story. I think I should think more about the future. My parents are quite cautious. They bought more houses. When I retire, we can live comfortably by renting out the houses."
"Don't be afraid, I'll support you when the time comes."
"I almost forgot that you are now a wealthy woman with assets exceeding 100 million."
The engagement gift money and the house were all given to Wang Chuqing, and Su Dong and his parents never thought of taking them back.
"Hehe, that's right. At most I'll let you eat for free."
Wang Chuqing must have been smiling very beautifully when she typed this text message.
"By the way, have you arrived at the venue?"
"Just got in. No more talking. See you on TV later."
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As in previous years, the draw ceremony and award ceremony were held alternately.
The group stage of this year's Champions League is still very grim, because Sevilla, a dark horse, emerged among the eight seeded teams.
The performance of this La Liga team in the UEFA Cup, now also called the Europa League, was so eye-catching that it managed to advance into the top tier of the Champions League relying on the points accumulated in the Europa League.
The rules are there, who can do anything about it? Can we not let Sevilla win and gain points?
Because of this, there are many strong teams in the second tier, such as Lyon, Porto, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, Juventus, etc.
Among the eight second-tier teams, five are Champions League giants, which basically means that it is difficult to avoid strong dialogues in the group stage, and the other three teams, CSKA Moscow, Alkmaar and Glasgow Rangers are also not easy to deal with.
The teams in the third tier are not easy to deal with either. Marseille, Stuttgart, Fiorentina, Atletico Madrid, Bordeaux and other teams are not easy to deal with. On the contrary, the fourth tier is easier. The strongest Wolfsburg is a Bundesliga team, which Bayern has perfectly avoided.
Judging from the classification situation, no matter how you try, it is basically difficult to avoid strong enemies.
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As the party just started, the best goalkeeper award was presented first.
Although Bayern's Neuer helped the team win the Champions League and the treble and became famous, judging from his performance throughout the season, Neuer was still too young, so Van der Sar from Manchester United defeated Cech and Neuer and won the Goalkeeper of the Year award.
Su Dong was sitting in the audience. When he heard that it was Van der Sar who won the award, he leaned over and hugged Neuer.
"It's okay, you are still young, there are plenty of opportunities!"
The position of goalkeeper is very special. The career cycle is very long. Some goalkeepers only start to show their strength when they are 30 years old.
Of course, there are goalkeepers like Neuer who mature early, but he is not stable enough yet.
After Van der Sar won the Goalkeeper of the Year award, he also drew out all the teams in the first tier.
As the defending champions, Bayern was drawn into Group A.
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After the best goalkeeper award was presented and the top-tier team was drawn, Platini came on stage to present the UEFA Special Contribution Award.
This very memorable award was presented to AC Milan legend Maldini. Everyone in the audience stood up and applauded to pay tribute to Maldini.
It has to be said that Maldini really deserves everyone's respect.
The AC Milan defender was also the presenter of the Defender of the Year award, and this time the winner was from Bayern.
Lucio! The Brazilian shouted excitedly, stood up and hugged Su Dong and his teammates one by one, and high-fived Hoeness before going on stage to celebrate that he finally got such an award as he wished.
Lucio was a little emotional when he gave his acceptance speech. He said that he had longed to win such an award, and he also thanked all the Bayern players.
But this kid had really bad luck in the subsequent draw. Although he avoided the strongest team Real Madrid, he drew Juventus, perfectly avoiding relatively weaker teams such as Alkmaar and Glasgow Rangers.
When Lucio walked off the stage with the award and returned to his seat, he was unanimously despised by his teammates.
"Tell me the truth, you went to the bathroom before you went out. Did you wash your hands?" Ribery said with disgust.
Everyone burst into laughter and Lucio almost strangled the guy to death.
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After that, the award for the best midfielder of the year was presented by Portuguese star Figo.
Modric's opponents this time are two Barcelona midfielders, Xavi and Iniesta.
Long before that, everyone, including Modric himself, felt that the chances of winning the award were slim.
It’s not because he is not strong enough, but because his opponent is too strong.
There is no need to say much about what type of head coach Mourinho is. Conservativeness is his style and he has never been associated with ball control. But in Barcelona, Xavi and Iniesta led the team and turned Mourinho's defensive counterattack into a ball-controlling defensive counterattack, averaging nearly 70% ball control per game, which is really unmatched.
So much so that even Mourinho said that Barcelona's style was determined by Xavi and Iniesta.
In the end, the winner was Harvey.
Su Dong naturally comforted Modric again.
The team that Xavi then drew for Bayern was Bordeaux from Ligue 1.
This was the champion of the French Ligue 1 last season, beating strong teams such as Marseille and Lyon to win the championship. Their strength is very difficult to deal with.
It can be said that the group of death is on Bayern's side.
So much so that when Manchester United legendary striker Denis Law went on stage to present the award, Su Dong shook his head and sighed at his teammates.
"You guys are really unreliable. Just wait, I'll go up and pick out a good one for you to see!"
Everyone laughed and cursed.
Damn, they avoided the strongest team Wolfsburg perfectly. No matter how we draw other teams, aren’t they all weak teams?
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As expected, the best striker award went to Su Dong! With 20 goals, Su Dong was once again elected as the top scorer of the Champions League, and also won the European Golden Boot Award again.
With such a transcript, Su Dong deserves the award.
In the subsequent draw for the fourth-tier teams, Su Dong fulfilled his promise and drew Zurich.
Not good enough?
No, it was really good luck.
Because the distance is very close!
The fourth tier teams are most afraid of traveling far. Now the Soviet Union and the East have good luck and have been drawn to Zurich, which is so close to Munich that they can go back and forth by bus. What else do they want? Do they have to draw a team like Rubin Kazan of Russia or Maccabi Haifa of Israel to be satisfied?
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As Platini had just said, he appeared at the final award ceremony with Infantino.
This is also the most important award tonight, the best player of the season! There is actually no suspense about this, because Su Dong's performance makes him deserve the award, so much so that there is no rival at all.
The player most likely to challenge Su Dong is Barcelona's Messi, but after Barcelona lost the Champions League final, it is basically impossible for Messi to threaten Su Dong, not to mention Cristiano Ronaldo.
Everyone can basically see that the top three of this year's Ballon d'Or should be Suarez, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, and the FIFA World Player of the Year should also be in this order.
Sure enough, Infantino took out the envelope, and Platini read out Su Dong's name without any suspense.
There was the warmest and most prolonged applause at the scene.
Everyone stood up and applauded Su Dong.
After hugging his teammates, Su Dong walked up to the podium again, took the trophy from Platini and held it high above his head.
At this moment, in the partner's office of a famous law firm in Munich, Wang Chuqing was watching the live broadcast with a proud look on her face. The man in the camera was her fiancé!
At the same time, in the head coach's office at Manchester Carrington Training Base, Guardiola was also watching Su Dong on the live broadcast. That was the center forward he had always dreamed of!
(End of this chapter)
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