Chapter 549: The Second FIFA Golden Globe Award

After getting off to a good start in the first game of the new year, Mourinho finally kept his promise and announced in the dressing room that everyone would have a day off, much to the relief of Real Madrid players.

After a day off on January 4, training resumed on January 5.

On the evening of January 7, Real Madrid once again had a match at home: Real Madrid's home match against Granada in the 18th round of La Liga.

Real Madrid, who had a day off and two days of restorative training, exploded into a powerful attack against the lower side Granada in this match.

After 90 minutes, the score on the big screen was 6-0, and Real Madrid bloodied the opponent again.

Lu Wenbin scored a hat-trick, Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice, and the last goal was scored by Ramos with a header from a corner.

After the game, there was a day of rest, and then Lu Wenbin and coach Jose Mourinho, teammates Cristiano Ronaldo, Alonso, Ramos and others flew to Zurich, Switzerland, with their families, to prepare for the FIFA year-end awards ceremony.

On the evening of January 9, 2012 local time, the FIFA 2011 year-end awards ceremony was held at the Zurich Opera House.

Hundreds of football superstars, celebrities, celebrity guests and their families from all over the world gathered to witness the major awards selected by FIFA.

In particular, the FIFA Ballon d'Or, after the merger of the European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year, is undoubtedly the most authoritative award.

Although everyone knows that the winner is undoubtedly Lu Wenbin, the award has not yet been awarded, and there is always something to look forward to.

Under the auspices of host Murray and guest Gullit, the FIFA year-end awards ceremony officially began.

The first award was made to the 2011 Team of the Year, and the guest of honor was Pelรฉ.

Goalkeeper Casillas, defenders Alves, Pique, Ramos, Vidic, midfielders Sneijder, Xavi, Alonso, forwards Ronaldo, Lu Wenbin, Messi.

When handing the trophy to Lu Wenbin, Bailey not only shook hands with Lu Wenbin, but even hugged him fiercely and encouraged him.

In his words, he has high expectations for Lu Wenbin's future achievements.

This was followed by the FIFA President's Award, the Best Women's Football Coach Award, and the Best Men's Football Coach Award.

The best men's coach was won by Jose Mourinho, beating Alex Ferguson and Pep Guardiola, and last season he led Inter Milan to the treble.

This was followed by the Fair Play Award, followed by the more talked-about Puskas (Goal of the Year) award.

Shortlisted for the 2011 Puskas Awards were Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney's stunning barrage against Manchester City, Brazilian prodigy Neymar's long-distance run against Flamengo and Lu Wenbin's S-shaped free-kick against Kuwait at the Asian Cup on 8 January 2011.

The S-shaped free-kick, known as the fairy ball, was voted Goal of the Year of 2011 by many commentators, even though 2011 had just started the new year.

Sure enough, now Lu Wenbin's free kick has entered the final Puskas Award three shortlists, and the call for the award is very loud.

After three spectacular goals were shown on the big screen, the award presenter, Mexican legend Pedro Sanchez, revealed the winners: "The winner of the 2011 Puskas Prize: Lu! โ€

In the applause of the players and guests, Lu Wenbin took the stage to receive the trophy for the best goal of the year and delivered a simple speech.

Then, finally, it's time for the most important best male and female athletes to be awarded.

First up was the Women's Player of the Year award, which was awarded to Japan's Nozomi Sawa, who defeated Brazilian superstar Marta and the United States women's Soccer Wambach to win the 2011 Women's World Cup.

It was the first senior national team World Cup title won by an Asian country, and despite being women's football, it also caused a worldwide shock.

Although Lu Wenbin has won numerous individual honors and world records for Chinese football, he has won the respect of the whole world.

But the championship trophy of the Women's World Cup still attracted the admiration of countless domestic fans.

In the 1999 Women's World Cup, the Chinese women's football team, known as the sonorous rose, also reached the final of the Women's World Cup, facing the United States.

However, that time, the United States used various off-the-board tricks, such as the distance between the various competition venues, more than 20,000 kilometers back and forth, etc., to exhaust the Chinese women's football girls, and finally lost to the United States on penalties and became the pinnacle of the Chinese women's football team.

Behind the shouting of various slogans to revitalize and return to the top, but it has never been able to reproduce the glory of the runner-up in 1999.

On the contrary, Japanese football, after the men's football team continued to reach the World Cup finals, the women's football team won the World Cup, which surprised and envied Chinese fans for a long time.

As the central figure of the championship team, Nozomi Sawaho deservedly won the FIFA Women's Footballer of the Year.

This award-winning person had a different touch on Lu Wenbin.

While he can win the Ballon d'Or with his crushing stats, he doesn't have the confidence to win the Ballon d'Or with the weight of a World Cup title.

Is it true that Chinese football can't win a World Cup championship?

With the help of the system, Lu Wenbin still has several abilities that can be improved, such as creativity, defensive ability, and free kick skills.

If you complete the system tasks of the Triple Crown of the five major leagues, you can also get the full value of the reward to spend on your teammates.

At that time, is it possible for the Chinese team to win a World Cup under his leadership?

In the past, Lu Wenbin didn't believe that Chinese football could win the championship, and even if he obtained the system possession, he rarely thought about it.

But now, seeing that the Japanese women's football team won the World Cup championship and the Japanese women's football player won the award of the best female athlete of the year, a weed in Lu Wenbin's heart grew irrepressibly.

The club's game is simply stress-free with the help of the system.

The honor of the Triple Crown, which others regard as the supreme crown, is like a cabbage in Lu Wenbin's system tasks, and he has to win it in every league.

Perhaps, only the World Cup journey that can be called hellish difficulty for the Chinese team is the arena for Lu Wenbin to fight.

Regardless of whether he can help the Chinese team win the World Cup in the end, Lu Wenbin wants to work hard in that direction.

In Lu Wenbin's emotion, Ze Suixi made an excited speech, thanking the motherland, teammates, fans, etc.

Then, there is the finale of the 2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or that is the most important, the most anticipated and, of course, the least suspenseful, of the evening.

The Ballon d'Or award was presented by Ronaldo, an alien who won the World Footballer of the Year three-time time.

Entering the final three-person list are Lu Wenbin, Messi, and Ronaldo.

Of course, with last season's treble and 10 goals in a single game at Inter Milan, 144 goals in the year, 5 goals in 8 minutes, and the Asian Cup championship, there is no suspense that Lu Wenbin will become the final winner.

Ronaldo pulled out the card with the winner's name written on it from the envelope and read it with a smile: "2011 FIFA Ballon d'Or winner: Lou! โ€

In the thunderous applause of countless fans and fans watching the live broadcast on the spot and in front of the TV, Lu Wenbin won the FIFA Golden Ball Award for the second consecutive year.

Lu Wenbin has become one of the few players to win the Ballon d'Or two years in a row.

In front of Lu Wenbin, there is only Platini, who won the Golden Globe Award for three consecutive years from 1983 to 1985.

With another Golden Ball next year, Lu Wenbin equaled Platini's record of three consecutive titles. The following year, Lu Wenbin surpassed Platini and became the only four-time winner of the Golden Globe.

There are still countless records waiting for Lu Wenbin.