Chapter 224: Puskas Prize

After three of the most high-profile Ballon d'Or nominees were seated, Gurlitt said: "Now, let's watch the video of the 2012 Puskas Awards, the Goal of the Year. ”

"In the past year, there have been many wonderful goals in world football, which are amazing and unforgettable."

"There are three balls in it that have been selected as nominees for the 2012 Puskas Prize. Now, watch the big screen and take a look at these three spectacular goals. ”

The first to enter the picture was Falco, nicknamed the Tiger, who shocked the crowd with a volley from a half-high corner kick in the penalty area about 14 metres from the goal in a match at Atletico Madrid on May 19, 2012.

Even if you rewatch it at this time, there is a feeling of shock.

The second to enter the picture is the Brazilian genius Neymar, who, like Cheng Hai, was born in 1992 and is only 20 years old now.

Although he is still in Brazil's Santos FC and has not yet transferred to a European giant, he is already a world-class star at this time.

The Puskas Prize was shortlisted for the final three, and it was also a powerful publicity opportunity for him.

Neymar's goal came in the Brazilian league match between Santos and Brazil on March 7, when Neymar won the ball in his own half and ran for a long distance, breaking through three defenders in a row before slotting home from the goalkeeper.

In addition to the three people who were directly broken through by him, there were actually many opponents along the way, but they were all on the side and did not meet him directly.

But judging from the picture, it is also quite impactful and wonderful, so it was selected as a shortlist for this year's Puskas Prize.

However, although these two goals look exciting, they are still not as good as Cheng Hai's goal.

The third person to enter the screen is Cheng Hai, whose Puskas Award candidate is his fourth goal on April 7, 2012, in the 29th round of the 2011/2012 Bundesliga season against Borussia Dortmund away to Wolfsburg.

In that game, Cheng Hai staged a miracle of five goals in five minutes that shocked the world, leaving the whole world stunned.

And the fourth goal in five minutes and five goals, because of the excitement of the goal itself and the sensationality of the five goals in five minutes, has become an evocative classic goal.

That goal was a stunning play by Dortmund shortly after Cheng Hai scored a hat-trick in 2 minutes, and Cheng Hai received a pass from Schmelzer a few meters from the Wolfsburg half-court on the halfline.

With his back to the attacking direction and Wolfsburg midfielder Ashkan Dejaga in close proximity, Cheng Hai played a delicate pick over the heads of him and Dejaga in the face of Schmelzer's pass.

Then Cheng Hai turned around Dejaga and received the ball he picked up behind Dejaga.

Dejaga was caught off guard by Cheng Hai's pick-and-roll pass, and was broken through in one fell swoop.

However, even if he broke through Dejaga, Cheng Hai still had a defensive line composed of four defenders and a midfielder in front of Wolfsburg.

Just when everyone thought that Cheng Hai was going to distribute the ball to his teammates in the gap on both sides, Cheng Hai did not unload the air ball that had just picked Dejaga, but did not wait for the ball to land, and volleyed Pollack Hollack, the defender of Wolfsburg, who came to intercept.

Pollack was also caught off guard, and Cheng Hai smoothly walked past him and caught up with the ball he had picked up.

In the face of the two Wolfsburg defenders who grabbed it, Cheng Hai didn't even use his feet this time, and directly pushed the ball that had just picked up Pollack, and then continued to push and push the opponent's defenders with his strong physique and balance ability, and used a rare and shocking seal-like passing action to break through the opponent's three nearest defenders in a row, and finally completed a high-quality volley in the penalty area.

Starting from the pick-up past Dejaga, Cheng Hai broke through Wolfsburg's midfield with 6 players in a row, and twice picked the ball and passed the seal-style pass, breaking through a total of 6 players, and finally before the ball landed, he came to a volley in the penalty area and kicked the ball into Wolfsburg's goal.

Words cannot describe how wonderful this ball is.

Neymar's long-distance run of three people on the ground can be included in the Puskas Award shortlist, so you can imagine how wonderful Cheng Hai's air run of more than six people is.

Cheng Hai's ability to control the ball, strong physique, strong balance, and accurate shooting skills are vividly reflected in this goal.

Some media even said in post-match reports that Cheng Hai's goal is simply a goal that should not exist on the earth.

The same was true at the scene, although everyone had seen the video, replay, and highlights of this goal countless times before, but at this time, it was broadcast on the candidates for the Puskas Award at the Zurich International Exhibition and Convention Center, which still caused thunderous applause from the players and guests in the audience.

Viewers and fans from all over the world who watched the live broadcast of the awards ceremony in front of the TV were the same, and while watching the live broadcast, they talked about it in various forums, post bars, and social groups.

"It's too strong! Look once and kneel once! ”

"Cheng Hai can definitely win the Puskas Award for this ball!"

"Falcao's and Neymar's goals are wonderful, but they are completely incomparable to Cheng Hai's goals!"

"It's a real fairy ball, a goal that doesn't exist on Earth!"

"Call Cheng Hai to come by himself, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to replicate such a ball again."

"Yes! If this ball doesn't win the best of the year, it's intolerable! ”

The players and guests gave Cheng Hai, the largest and most prolonged applause for the six-man air run, and then the host invited the 2012 FIFA World Team of 11 award guests, Ukrainian nuclear warhead Shepchenko and UEFA President Michel Platini.

Shepchenko was the 2004 Ballon d'Or winner, while Platini was the winner of the European Ballon d'Or in 1983, 1984 and 1985.

Platini is also the first Ballon d'Or winner in history to win three consecutive Ballon d'Or awards, creating Ballon d'Or history, Messi won the Ballon d'Or in 2009, 2010, and 2011 in a row, tying Platini's record.

If Messi wins again this year, he will surpass Platini and become the first person in the history of the Ballon d'Or to complete the fourth consecutive Ballon d'Or.

However, everyone knows that this possibility is almost equal to zero. Messi in 2012, even if the annual goal reached 91 goals, it was too far from Cheng Hai's achievements, whether it was individual performance or collective honor.

Unless FIFA is crazy, it is impossible to award this year's Ballon d'Or to Messi again. That's not to support Messi, but to plunge Messi into huge controversy and trouble.

In addition to the impossibility of four consecutive Golden Balls, Messi's Ballon d'Or was full of controversy in both 2010 and 2011.

In 2010, Sneijder was even more vocal, and in 2011, it was even more outrageous, when Cheng Hai, who was even more vocal, lost to Messi because of racial discrimination and ideological confrontation among some judges.

Therefore, the prestige of Platini's Golden Ball triple is something that Messi can't catch up with now, which is also the foundation why Platini can become the president of UEFA.

After a brief interview with Shepchenko and Platini and a few simple questions, the 2012 FIFA World Team of the Year was selected first.

The Puskas Prize was only a candidate video, and the results have not yet been announced, and Shepchenko and Platini have come up to present the award to the world's best team.

The 2012 FIFA World Team of the Year winners were goalkeeper Iker Casillas; defenders Alves, Pique, Ramos, Marcelo; midfielders Alonso, Xavi, Iniesta; Strikers Messi, Cheng Hai, Ronaldo!

From this list, we can see how successful the Spanish national team is with Real Madrid and Barcelona, and Cheng Hai can still lead Dortmund to win six crowns, which shows how strong Cheng Hai's personal ability is.

Therefore, Cheng Hai's Golden Globe Award definitely didn't run.

Everyone received the World Team of the Year trophy from Shepchenko and Platini respectively, and then took a group photo together.

This award brought Cheng Hai a 10 million experience reward, which seemed like a lot when he won the award for the first time last year, but this year in the face of the 500 million experience required for Cheng Hai's upgrade, it is a drop in the bucket.

When Cheng Hai took a photo with all the best team players, the big screen also began to play the wonderful shots of the best 11 people, but it was not long, and everyone was only about 10 seconds.

After the highlights were played, a schematic diagram of a football field was played on the screen, and the formation map of 433 was discharged, and it was clear what position each person was in.

Although Cheng Hai played as a second striker in the club, he was put in the position of center forward here, because of his physique, bounce, and header ability, he was fully qualified to play center forward, and he played very well.

It's just to score more goals and let Lewandowski as a center forward withstand the defensive pressure in the opponent's penalty area, so he plays more as a second striker.

It's funny to say, except for Cheng Overseas in the best 11 people, the other 10 people are all Real Madrid Barcelona players.

It also proves the value of Cheng Hai from the side.

Next up was the award of the best women's football coach, and after the highlights of the three nominees were shown, Brazil coach Scolari took the stage to announce the winners.

He first extended invitations to everyone present for the 2013 Confederations Cup and the 2014 World Cup, hoping that everyone would support the World Series hosted by Brazil.

Then, he opened the envelope on the podium and read out the name of the winner: U.S. Women's National Team coach Pia Sandhaye.

Pia Sandhaye won the 2012 FIFA Best Women's Football Coach award.

After Scolari handed the trophy to Sandhaye, Sandhaye gave a rhetorical thank-you speech.

Then began to broadcast the highlights of the nominees for Men's Coach of the Year, with Bosque, who led Spain to Euro 2012, and Jurgen Klopp, who led Borussia Dortmund to a six-time title, were undoubtedly included in the final three.

What excites the Chinese audience and fans the most is that Sun Wei, the head coach of the Chinese Olympic team, was selected into the final three-person shortlist together with Bosque and Klopp by leading the Chinese Olympic team to win the Olympic gold medal in history.

Of course, everyone knows that the biggest merit of Huaguo's Olympic gold medal is Cheng Hai's, and Sun Wei just met a perverted Cheng Hai.

Therefore, he was selected for the final three-person candidate list, which is already a great luck, and it is completely impossible to win the Coach of the Year.

Sure enough, the last name Scolari uttered was Bosque.

Although Klopp's annual six crowns are impressive enough, people may still put more credit on Cheng Hai, Klopp's contribution to Dortmund's annual six crowns is not as great as Bosque's contribution to leading Spain to three consecutive World Series titles.

As a result, Jurgen Klopp was left out of the best coach, and the 2012 FIFA Men's Coach of the Year was awarded to Spanish national team coach Del Bosque.

Next, some less important awards were awarded, such as the Chairman's Special Prize, the Fair Play Award, etc., and after about 20 minutes, it was finally the turn of the blockbuster Puskas Prize to be announced.

The big screen replayed the three wonderful goals of the three candidates, Falcao, Neymar and Cheng Hai, which once again aroused applause from the audience.

The Puskas Award was presented to Colombian legend Carlos Valderrama, known as the Golden Lion King, who has been in football for a long time, so young fans don't know about him.

He first made a few comments, saying that it was a great honor to present this award, and then picked up the envelope, took out the award card inside and read: "The winner of the 2012 FIFA Puskas Award is: Cheng Hai!" ”

Then, pick up the card and face the viewer and the camera.

The scene immediately burst into thunderous applause, and no one had any dispute about this award. Whether it is the person watching the live broadcast on the spot or in front of the TV, everyone is convinced!

Cheng Hai hugged his girlfriend Aniya next to him, and Aniya said excitedly in Cheng Hai's ear: "Honey, congratulations, it's great!" Hurry up and claim your prize! ”

Cheng Hai kissed his girlfriend, and then hugged the head coach on the other side, Klopp, before stepping onto the rostrum and receiving the Puskas Award trophy from Balderrama.

Then, Balderrama couldn't wait to ask: "Cheng Hai, your goal is amazing!" I think, everybody wants to know, what did you think at the time? How can you use such an unbelievable way to score a long-distance run in the air where the ball has never landed, and even past six people, and finally volley? ”

Someone below heckled, "Yes! We all want to know! ”

Cheng Hai smiled and said into the microphone: "Thank you to every judge who voted for me, your affirmation is the driving force for me to keep moving forward." ”

"But when it comes to this ball, where else do you think about it during the game?"

"It's just the first reaction of the ball at your feet!"

"I had someone behind me, so I chose to pick the ball!"

"After picking it up, I found that the opponent's back immediately rushed up, and if I waited for the ball to land, I was afraid that the opponent would poke the ball off."

"So I couldn't help myself, so I subconsciously picked the ball again, and I ended up picking the second player."

"It's the same in the back, it's not that I don't want to stop the ball on the ground, but the opposing defenders are constantly pulling, pushing, and scrambling, so that I subconsciously chose the seal-like way at that moment, and did my best to push the ball into the penalty area, and then volleyed it into the hand."

"A goal like this, I'm sure I won't be able to replicate it myself."

"So, it's a gift from Lady Luck!"

"Thank you!"

The Puskas Award brought Cheng Hai a reward of 20 million experience, which is not bad.

In the applause of everyone, Cheng Hai walked off the court, and then began the penultimate highlight, the announcement of Miss World Football.

The winner went to Varmbach, who won the Miss World 2012 title with five goals as she led the U.S. women's soccer team to victory over Japan at the 2012 London Olympics.

Next, there is the last award of today's award ceremony: the world football has been looking forward to it for a year, waiting for a year, and guessing for a year, the most golden, the most important ultimate award - the 2012 FIFA Golden Ball Award.

First of all, on the big screen, Ronaldo, Messi, and Cheng Hai's respective growth trajectories, interviews with relatives and friends, highlights at the end of the excitement and so on were played in turn.

Cheng Hai's parents Cheng Songquan and Xi Yulin also appeared in the camera, and it was mainly Cheng Songquan who spoke:

"Honestly, I never thought my son would play football."

"I thought he would finish college and then graduate, work, get married, and have children."

"I never expected him to win the National University Games, and then he won the favor of European scouts and got the opportunity to play in Dortmund."

"At first I thought it was a liar."

"I didn't expect it to be true! And Ah Hai finally achieved such a great achievement! ”

"I'm so proud of him!"

"I couldn't be there because of something at home, but I hope my son wins the award!"

Finally, Cheng Song gave the camera a thumbs up and said, "Ah Hai, you are the best!" ”

As for Tan Tangping, the coach of Cheng Hai's university team, he also said bluntly: "Before the National University Football League, Cheng Hai did not show too much talent in football, but he was faster, and I took him as a substitute to the National Football Federation competition. ”

"Unexpectedly, in the final stage of the Grand Football Federation, Cheng Hai's performance completely subverted the impression of all of us."

'He scored 15 goals in five games and not only helped us win the national title, but also won the favor of Borussia Dortmund scout Mr. Emory, who invited him to Dortmund for a trial and eventually managed to stay there.

"Cheng Hai's later development completely subverted my perception of football!"

"I didn't expect that a player who only started training and playing professional football at the age of 18 would achieve so much in two years and finally enter the race for the Ballon d'Or."

"Whether you believe it or not, but Cheng Hai walked out of our school, and he is still my compatriot."

"So, there is no doubt that I hope Cheng Hai will eventually win the award and become the first Chinese to win the Golden Globe Award!"