Chapter 338: European Golden Globe Awards
At 6 p.m. local time on November 28, 2005, countless reporters flocked to the Place Cardin on the Champs-Élysées, where the 50th European Ballon d'Or was about to be held by France Football. Who will win this year's European Ballon d'Or from the ground, whether it will be Barcelona's Ronaldinho, Chelsea's Frank Lampard, Liverpool's Steven Gerrard, or Bayern Munich's Rociujian – everything will be revealed in an hour's time.
Thousands of fans from all over the world also appeared near the award venue wearing their idols' jerseys, shouting their names.
"Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho!" several fans wearing Barcelona's number 10 shirt held a cartoon of Ronaldinho lifting the Ballon d'Or trophy above their heads, in a show of support for the man who helped Barcelona win their first league title since 1999.
'Frank Lampard!' shouted a crowd of fans in blue shirts as Frank Lampard has been incredibly consistent over the past year, helping Chelsea to the English top flight title for the first time in 50 years, and to become the team's top scorer.
"Gerrard, Gerrard!" and then the Liverpool fans in the red shirt joined in, but unfortunately the red team soul was dragged down by his team's record, and the hope of winning the prize was not very good compared to the top two, Liverpool did not perform well in the Premier League last season and this season, although they reached the knockout stage of the Champions League, they were beaten by Rochelu's Bayern Munich and lost the chance to reach the top, which made Gerrard lose a lot of points from the judges.
"Henry, Henry!" Because of being in France, the number of fans supporting Henry is probably the largest, wearing the French team uniform and the fans and the Arsenal fans hooked shoulders to form a temporary united front; Henry scored 25 goals in the Premier League last year to win the Premier League Golden Boot, and if it weren't for Lu Qiujian's sudden rise, he would have a good chance of winning the European Golden Boot; but he performed well personally. However, Arsenal were discredited by Chelsea last season, which also put him at a disadvantage in the selection.
"Who do you think will win this year?" said several reporters at the awards ceremony at Cardin Square as they waited for the event to begin.
"I think Ronaldinho has the best chance of winning! He won the Spanish Primera Liga and the Copa America last season, and he played very well in the game!" the pro-Barcelona newspaper El Monde Sport reporter was the first to pitch his choice.
"Come on, what does the Copa America win have to do with the European Ballon d'Or? This is not the selection of the World Footballer, after all, it is the performance of the players in the European arena that is more important!" The pro-Real Madrid "Marca" reporter retorted, although Real Madrid does not have a player with great hope of winning the award, but it can't watch the sworn enemy player win the trophy!
"As for the league titles! La Liga is a big deal, but we also have Bundesliga titles. What's more, we also won the European Champions Cup and the German Cup! The first treble in the history of the Bundesliga deserves to be rewarded with a European Ballon d'Or! So I think Lu Qiujian has the best hope of winning the award!" Not to be outdone, the reporter of "Kicker" magazine has not won this award for many years since Summer, and this year it is not good to show off when he finally has the opportunity.
"The treble does not necessarily win the Ballon d'Or, in 1999 Manchester United won the treble, but that year's Ballon d'Or winner was Barcelona's Rivaldo!" "World Sports Newspaper reporter's words are a little lacking, Manchester United won the championship in which year by virtue of the overall strength of the team, and no one has more than other teams to play; but Lu Qiujian is different, not to mention anything else, just look at the gap between the two halves of the European Champions Cup final. It should be understood that Lu Qiujian's role for Bayern.
The discussion was inconclusive until the final winner was revealed, and the reporters stopped arguing as the stars from the major clubs entered, and they quickly raised their cameras and pressed the shutter desperately, and the flash suddenly lit up.
Uh-huh, there seems to be something wrong with the people who came here? Ernaux, editor-in-chief of France Football, took the stage to announce the official start of the 50th European Ballon d'Or.
After the various foreshadowing activities, it was finally the turn of the most eye-catching award session, and Ronaldinho, Lampard and others, who were the most hopeful winners in the audience, looked serious. The expectant eyes stared straight at the stage.
Ernaux didn't keep them waiting too much and immediately announced the results, with Bayern Munich's Luciujian winning this year's Ballon d'Or with 248 points, while Barcelona's Ronaldinho was second with 142 points. Chelsea's Frank Lampard is third with 121 points, followed by Arsenal's Thierry Henry, Liverpool's Steven Gerrard, AC Milan's Andriy Shevchenko and Maldini, Inter Milan's Adriano, Juventus' Zlatan Ibrahimovic, AC Milan's Kaka and Chelsea's John Terry.
"Next, please invite Lu Qiujian from Bayern Munich to the stage to accept the award!" Ernaux put his right hand on the trophy beside him, and looked at the figure who was walking on the stage with a strange expression.
All the reporters flickered, and the flashing lights didn't come back on until the winner walked onto the stage, and they weren't to blame, but it never seemed to come out of their memory.
"Thank you to France Football, thank you to the judges, thank you to all friends in the media" Bayern Munich's general manager Hoeness took the trophy from Ernaux and began to make a declaration of the award.
After a series of thanks, he held the trophy and began to explain the reason for his appearance, "Unfortunately, Dr. Lu Qiujian is now conducting a very important physics experiment at CERN, and this experiment is related to the solution of the ultimate mystery of the universe, so he cannot come to accept the award; I only express my sincere apologies to the organizing committee, all the guests and media friends present on behalf of Dr. Lu Qiujian."
Ronaldinho, Lampard and others in the audience were depressed, and they ran over excitedly, and it was just a matter of giving the award to others, but it was too shocking for you to not even show your face as a winner!
The few Chinese reporters in the press gallery remembered a very important thing after being excited,, there is no photo of Lu Qiujian holding the trophy, how should tomorrow's news be posted! )
PS: Hmm, robbed Xiao Luo's honor. There is a shift at eight o'clock.