Chapter 470: Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe Awards have always been presented in partnership with Al+ and broadcast live on French Télévisions in prime time. The next day, a new edition of the French football magazine will also announce the winners of the various awards, as well as reports and interviews.
At this Golden Globe Awards ceremony, almost all Chinese media organizations based in France came.
Many media people carrying cameras and microphones burst into tears, they have reported and reprinted many Golden Globe Awards in France for many years, but they have never appeared in the awards ceremony.
All this is because of the young man who sat in the front row and whispered to Xiao Luo.
Although it was already night in China at this time, this did not affect the fans to stay in front of the TV and watch the live broadcast of the award ceremony.
At the official start of the evening, the huge screen in the center of the theater repeatedly showed the heroic appearance of the previous 49th Golden Globe Award winners inside and outside the venue.
"Every year I can come here, but only this year I am the most confident." Raiola was wearing a name tag and proudly boasted to Ibrahim, "Zlatan, what do you say?" ”
Ibraza, with a small braid, sat beside Raiola.
He knows where the confidence in Raiola's mouth comes from, but unfortunately, as Raiola's most "proud" disciple, Ibrahimovic's achievements in Juventus are far inferior to Tang Wu. Even in the number of goals scored in the Champions League, Ibrahimovic is one goal behind Tang Wu.
"Mr. Mino, one day I'll lift that trophy too!" Ibrahimovic shook his fist, and the Swede was very confident in himself.
"I hope so."
"Hey, don't be distracted, it's time for this year's Golden Globes."
Platini's speech silenced the hall, followed by guest mathoux and French player Karembo's wife, Adlena. Karemb dances on stage.
"Look, that's my wife!" Cabron smirked below.
As the ceremony progressed, everyone remembered Best, and the ceremony finally reached its climax at 8:30 p.m.
“... I announce that in 2005, the winners of the 50th Golden Globe Awards were..."
“tom!”
"Boom, Lah, La, La!!"
When this familiar and unfamiliar name sounded in the lobby, all the camera lenses and flashes were pointed at Tang Wu.
"Tom, congratulations!" Xiao Luo stretched out his hand and shook Tang Wu, while Tang Wu gave the other party a bear hug.
Tang Wu stood up, waved his hand to the people around him, tidied up his clothes, and walked towards the podium without humility or arrogance.
"Oh my god, it's really Tom!"
"It's incredible!"
With Zhan Junhe and Huang Jianxiang shouting in surprise, Tang Wu stepped onto the award belt, still maintaining his kind smile.
His smile was contagious, and when he stood next to Platini, people seemed to see the smiling but calm guy on the court.
"What a calm guy!"
"yes, if I were him, I might be weak by now."
Tang Wu stood straight in front of the stage, without a trace of stage fright.
As a goalkeeper, he often has to deal with several, if not a dozen, of people facing him.
Some of these people are opponents, some are teammates, and some are referees.
But no matter who he faced, Tang Wu could still make that expression of Mount Tai collapsing in front of him without changing his face.
Editor-in-chief of France Football magazine, Gerard Brown. Ernaux came to Tang Wu with a golden orb trophy: "Congratulations to you young man, now it's yours!"
"It's an honor!"
Tang Wu took the 50th Golden Ball trophy handed over by Erno, put the orb to his mouth and kissed it deeply.
At this moment, countless flashes of light clicked down. Including Liverpool's chairman, vice chairman, Bei Bald, Gerrard and other teammates, as well as another screen in front of Tang's father and Tang's mother and other relatives and friends cheered.
Watching her son kiss the trophy of the Golden Globe Award, tears of happiness flowed from Tian Jing's eyes.
"What a sunny and handsome young man." Raiola nodded frequently, "His girlfriend is also good, she is a very good helper!" ”
The Italian fat man stretched his neck and looked at Zhou Haohao, who was also dressed in a formal suit, and his eyes were full of pride.
Behind a great and successful man, there will be a woman who pays silently, Tang Wu's reputation as a "favorite wife" in the football world is extremely loud, and even many media have discussed the key to the success of a football player from this aspect.
"My girlfriend is no worse than him!" Ibu said dismissively.
Maybe it's not as good as Tang Wu in terms of honor, but in terms of objects, Ibu doesn't want to admit defeat.
"Look, those vulgar fans only have desire in their eyes when they look at Tom, and only Zhou looks at Tom with pride in their eyes." Raiola smiled, "Zlatan, I'm sure Helena thinks so of you, too!" ”
Helena is 11 years older than Ibrahimovic, and the sister-brother relationship between the two has always been not favored by outsiders.
Even Raiola was not very optimistic about this relationship when he first came into contact with Ibrahimovic, but as the two got to know each other better, Raiola also knew that Ibrahimovic was indeed a single-minded person in terms of feelings.
According to the latest news, Helena is pregnant, and Ibrahimovic will be able to be a father next year.
Tang Wu, bathed in the flash, maintained a polite smile, he knew that what was his own was his own, and he would not come if he was not in a hurry.
The Ballon d'Or is in his hands, and for a goalkeeper, the "game" has entered "garbage" time.
The flash flashed for more than a minute, and then Tang Wu cleared his throat and coughed lightly into the microphone: "Hello!"
"Bang, la, la!" There was another round of applause from the audience.
After the applause, Tang Wu spoke again, "Hello." ”
This time, a large part of the audience did not understand.
However, Tang Wu still said to himself as if he didn't notice it, "This is my first Golden Globe Award, but I believe it is not the last." ”
"I can't get this honor without the cultivation of the club..."
On the stage, Tang Wu held the trophy in one hand and the microphone in the other.
Except for those media from China, everyone else in the audience had question marks on their faces.
"Oh my God, what is he talking about?"
"I don't know, he doesn't speak any European language!"
"Oh my God, is he speaking Chinese?"
When the media reacted, the pot exploded in a small area.
They didn't prepare at all beforehand!
Past Golden Globe winners also have those who are not familiar with English, and it is understandable that they narrate their acceptance speeches in their native language.
But most of the journalists who come here have two brushes, and it is not difficult to meet three or four other European languages.
But now, Tang Wu is speaking Chinese on the podium, and not a single foreign reporter in the audience can understand all of them.
"Fack, I should bring a translator who knows Chinese!" A reporter from the newspaper "Marca" shook his arm fiercely, just muttered, and then adjusted the focus again to make Tang Wu in the picture clearer.
At this moment, these foreign reporters only complained that they were not fully prepared, but none of them complained about why Tang Wu spoke in his native language.
This is the power of the strong!
At this time, the reporters from China in the audience trembled one by one, and they trembled their hands and adjusted the focus of the camera, so that Tang Wu's face remained in the center of the screen.
It's the Golden Globe Awards!
This is almost the highest award in football!
Tang Wu didn't give anyone face on such a high-end occasion, regardless of speaking Chinese?
Look at Platini on stage, the old Italian man's face is full of embarrassment.
Some Chinese journalists with good ties with other media outlets acted as interpreters, and in a whisper, Tang Wu finally said something familiar to everyone.
“... thank you! ”
Seeing that Tang Wu nodded after finishing speaking, and put the microphone aside, the people in the audience suddenly realized and applauded again.
Tang Wu smiled and looked at these foreigners who didn't know why, but still hit their hands hard, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"Dear Tom, on behalf of France Football magazine, I announce that you are the first Chinese player to win the Ballon d'Or and the first Asian player to win the Ballon d'Or. You are also the second Liverpool player to win the Ballon d'Or, and the second goalkeeper to win the Ballon d'Or! Finally, you're the youngest winner of the Golden Globe! ”
"It seems that Chinese football and Asian football have successfully integrated with the world, and I believe that at this moment, all Chinese and Asians will be proud of you and proud of you!"
Erno opened his arms and hugged Tang Wu, Tang Wu nodded solemnly, "That's nature!" ”
When Tang Wu raised the Golden Globe trophy in his hand, a set of vlogs began to play on the screen behind him. This is Tang Wu's top 10 saves in the past year, and in the exclamations, people not only saw a goalkeeper's wonderful saves in all competitions in the past year, but even saw his assists and goal highlights.
"I finally know why the Ballon d'Or goes to a goalkeeper!"
"His age is weak, his nationality is weak, his position is weak. But he used these 'weaknesses' to do things that ordinary people can't do, who does the Golden Globe Award go to him if it doesn't belong to him? ”
When Tang Wu scored with a wonderful barb in the last game of the group stage, the applause of the audience reached a boiling point.
Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Cristiano. Ronaldo and all the players who were sitting in the audience, whether famous or rookie, stood up and applauded desperately.
They knew that even if they were in that position, they might not be able to kick Tang Wu's kick.
Since then, a "conventional" concept has been deeply imprinted in people's minds: when a goalkeeper can not only keep the goal well, but also contribute wonderful goals, he will be the next Ballon d'Or winner.
Subsequently, at the invitation of the host, except for the three deceased Golden Globe winners, Matthews, Yashin and Best, all the other Golden Globe winners present walked to the front desk.
On the 50th anniversary of the Golden Globes, they finally left a family photo of the Golden Globe winner with a slight lack of life but a new life. The face of Tang Wu in the photo officially announced that the Golden Ball Award finally included players from five continents.
Different from the previous European Ballon d'Or awards, this year's Ballon d'Or selection also selected the "European Ballon d'Or" based on the scores converted from the votes of players in different positions in the Ballon d'Or.
In the goalkeeper position, there are only four candidates: Tang Wu, Cech, Buffon, and Dida, but with Tang Wu, the goalkeeper of the best team can only be sat by Tang Wu.
On the back line, there are not many defenders who have been selected as candidates. But Chris, Thuram, Cannavaro and others all had zero votes, Maldini with 23 points, Terry with 18 points, and Carragher with 3 points became the only candidates, and the formation of the back three has also become the best choice for the "Golden Ball lineup" of "French football".
In midfield, the four top scorers Steven Gerrard (152), Frank Lampard (138), Juninho Junior (15) and Claude Makelele (8) were the logical winners of the 'Ballon d'Or'.
With 21 points, Kaka, who scored 21 points, was far less than Ronaldinho (185) and was far less than Ronaldinho (185).
In the forward line, Henry with 41 points and Shevchenko with 33 points were selected, while Adriano with 22 points and Ibrahimovic with 21 points could only "endure the pain".
The European Ballon d'Or is not only the highest individual honour in European football, but also a reflection of the performance of the stars of each team.
In this year's European Footballer of the Year selection, Liverpool had four votes. Tang Wu's (215), Gerrard's (152), Carragher and Luis Garcia combined (4), Liverpool became the highest team in this selection with a total score of 371.
In second place is Barcelona, although only two have been selected, but Ronaldo's (185) and Samuel Eto'o's (10) put Barcelona in second place with a score of 195.
Chelsea were the team with the most votes, with the exception of Arjen Robben, who was not voted for, and all six of them scored. Frank Lampard alone has 138 points, while the other five have also contributed 45, with Chelsea in third place behind Barcelona with 183 points.
AC Milan are a relatively evenly distributed team in terms of points, with Shevchenko 33 points, Maldini 23 and Kaka 19 points, ranking fourth with a total of 75.
Thierry Henry alone scored 41 points for Arsenal and finished fifth.
After Arsenal, Juventus had nine candidates for the 50-man race, but only three received votes, with Ibrahimovic, Gianluigi Buffon and Nedved adding up to 26 points, ranking sixth.
The next teams all have only one scorer, seventh is Inter Milan, Adriano alone scored 22 points, followed by Lyon, Bayern Munich, Villarreal, respectively, by Juninho Jr., Ballack and Riquelme to compete for points, and the old powerhouse Real Madrid and Bayern are only ranked 11 and 12, although Real Madrid has 6 people selected, but the recent performance is too poor, only Zidane relies on his football prestige to get 5 points.
The Red Devils Manchester United can only rely on the young C. Ronaldo to get three points, which is embarrassing.
At this moment, all the outfield players around the world are focused on the young man who is holding the Ballon d'Or trophy and is in good spirits.
Scoring his goal has even become the goal of many young people.