Chapter 876: Award Ceremony (Part I)
Gao Xiaodong and Mourinho directly choked at the press conference, directly exposing the contradictions between the two to the world.
In fact, the summer transfer of Gao Xiaodong did not go to Real Madrid with Mourinho has already explained a lot of problems, if Mourinho and Gao Xiaodong have a close relationship, Gao Xiaodong will definitely go to Real Madrid to help Mourinho.
After the news was broadcast, Gao Xiaodong's fans and Mourinho's fans on the Internet had a fierce battle on the Internet.
Gao Xiaodong's fans said that Mourinho was ruthless and unrighteous, and Mourinho's fans said that Gao Xiaodong disrespected the coach and didn't know how to be grateful.
Gao Xiaodong and Mourinho obviously didn't have time to pay attention to the arguments of online fans, and after lunch, they began to participate in various activities organized by FIFA, and it was not until 6 o'clock in the evening that the stars of the award ceremony returned to the hotel to eat, rest, change clothes, and prepare for the award ceremony at the Zurich Congress Center in the evening.
When he returned to the hotel, Gao Xiaodong received a call from his father.
"Xiaodong, today the reporter from the TV station came to interview us and said that you are going to become the first person in world football, although your father and my mother and I can't go to see you win the award, but your mother and I are really happy and proud. ”
Father Gao was indeed happy, he never dreamed that his son, who looked like a waste no matter how he looked, would be so promising.
Being admitted to the second book is Gao's father's highest requirement for Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong not only got admitted to the second book, but also became a professional player, became a famous star in the country, and now he will become the first person in the world, five or six billion people in the world, his son is the first person, this is really not proud.
Gao Xiaodong knew that the reporter would definitely interview his parents, but he didn't expect the reporter to be so, he was not very sure that he would win the Golden Globe Award, so he didn't tell his parents, so as not to disappoint his parents.
So when Gao's father knew the news and asked him, Gao Xiaodong just said that there were many people involved, and he was just one of them, so he fooled Gao's father, but he didn't expect domestic reporters to be so unreliable that they told their parents that they wanted to win the Golden Globe Award.
Gao Xiaodong smiled and said to Gao's father: "Dad, this matter is not a word, don't be happy too early, lest the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment,"
Gao's father said with emotion: "I'm not disappointed, I'm very satisfied that you can become a star, don't worry, son, your father doesn't care how high you go, as long as you are healthy and happy." ”
Gao Xiaodong said with a smile: "Don't worry, Comrade Gao Fuyi, I have always been very happy, and I am happy to win the Golden Globe Award or not." “
Gao Xiaodong was talking to his father on the phone, the monkey and Xiao Le came in, Gao Xiaodong said, "Okay, I'm leaving, 8." Gao Xiaodong hung up the phone.
Xiao Le saw Gao Xiaodong hang up the phone, walked over with a suit, and said, "Xiaodong, it's time to change your clothes." Try this Armani and see how it fits. ”
Gao Xiaodong put on a suit and came to the Zurich Convention Center accompanied by Monkey, Xiao Le and senior officials of Manchester United Club.
At this moment, the Zurich Congress Center is full of stars, and almost all the superstars, celebrities and legends of world football have arrived, and reporters from all over the world are shuttling back and forth among the stars with cameras, looking for their own interview targets.
Gao Xiaodong is a topic of conversation in football, his arrival immediately attracted the attention of reporters, and immediately more than a dozen reporters surrounded Gao Xiaodong and took a wild shot at Gao Xiaodong, and some reporters came over to ask for an on-site interview with Gao Xiaodong, but Gao Xiaodong refused.
Soon FIFA President Sepp Blatter arrived, and he led the stars and coaches of the men and women attending the award ceremony on the red carpet to the Zurich Congress Center, the venue of the awards evening.
Gao Xiaodong, Iniesta, Xavi, Mata, Prinz, Baramayi and other male and female superstars came to the first row of the conference center to sit down, and then the award ceremony officially kicked off.
First up on stage was the Team of the Year, with Dutch superstar Basten presenting awards to the stars who have been included in this season's squad.
Gao Xiaodong was selected as the best midfielder, along with Real Madrid's Casillas, Inter Milan's McConn, Lucio, Sneijder, Barcelona's Pique, Puyol/Xavi, Sneijder, Iniesta/Messi, C-Ronaldo.
However, because he was sure that he had no hope of winning the Ballon d'Or, Ronaldo did not come to Switzerland with Mourinho.
After the Team of the Year awards, the next step was the Fair Play Awards, with former South Africa international Radebe coming to uncover the final mystery.
The Fair Play Award went to the Haitian U17 women's football team, which was awarded for their bravery in the face of the devastating earthquake of January 2010. Their head coach was killed in the earthquake, but the girls still competed in the Under-17 World Youth Championship qualifiers and earned the respect of their opponents and fans alike.
Next up was Bosque's award for the best coach of women's football, which was won by German women's football coach Ned.
Then there was a bit of a suspense about the best men's coach, with Jose Mourinho and Bosque the favourites, and who would emerge victorious would almost mean whether the selection criteria for the year would be based on national team or club results.
Ned, the head coach of the German women's football team, who had just won the award, opened the golden envelope and revealed the name of the winner: Jose Mourinho.
Mourinho has long teeth, there are many people who like him, and there are many people who don't like him, seeing Mourinho win the award, some people in the hall applauded, some pouted, and more people were talking about why the best coach of the year was given to Mourinho, instead of Bosque, who led Spain to the World Cup.
Mourinho gave an acceptance speech, Mourinho thanked the players and senior management who had worked together at Inter Milan, and said that the honor he won belonged to Inter Milan, but Mourinho also admitted that he deserved such an award, and he hoped to get this award again in Real Madrid next season.
Next up was FIFA President Sepp Blatter presenting the FIFA President's Award.
Former Archbishop of South Africa and Nobel and Pypin Prize winner Tutu was awarded the FIFA President's Award for his active support of the World Cup in South Africa and his commitment to using football to enhance the lives of his community.
The award was not chosen by journalists, captains and coaches, but was chosen entirely by Chairman Blatter himself.
The FIFA President's Award was followed by a new award: the Puskas Award, also known as the Goal of the Year.
The Puskas Prize is a new award for 2009 and was proposed by Blatter to pay tribute to one of the greatest strikers of all time, the legendary Hungarian star Puskas. Goal scoring matches are limited to FIFA A-League, Continental Championships and the National Top Club League, the importance of the tournament must also be taken into account, and goals must not be scored by luck or mistakes by the opponent and must not be contrary to the spirit of fair play. The FIFA panel of experts first nominates the top 10 balls, and then visitors to the FIFA official website vote for the best balls. In the end, Altentop won the award for his superb long-range volley against Kazakhstan in Turkey's European Championship qualifier away to Kazakhstan on 3 September 2010, and the award was presented to Kazakhstan international Sidrnikov, who scored the goal by him.
After the Puskas Awards, the award ceremony will enter the final climax, and Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola and France Football CEO Molinier will decipher the ownership of the last World Footballer of the Year and Miss World Football.