312. Looking forward to the underdog?

It is only 300 kilometers from Munich in Germany to Zurich in Switzerland.

For such excursions, Ronshit did not even take a plane.

He pulled his agent Tony Moretti and his personal assistant Krom Liu to form a small convoy of three cars and drove mightily to FIFA's headquarters.

Of course, one car is too wasteful, Moretti and Krom also brought their girlfriends with them, and Ronshit's car carried his girlfriend Emma who flew in from London.

In this kind of highlight moment of taking the stage to receive the award, how can it be possible to go alone?

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The sedan arrived at its destination in just three hours at full speed, and the group of six sat on the ground by Zurich's most prestigious lake, admiring the sparkling waters of Lake Zurich, taking out pre-prepared food and starting a picnic in the warm winter sun.

The three women are all young people in the new era who come to eat and stretch their hands, but the three men all have more or less the excellent qualities of Chinese men who are hard-working and regard their girlfriends as God, they drive, set up umbrellas, shop orders, fish, barbecue, make tea, and make coffee...... omnipotent, and finally barely served half of his own sky comfortably......

Maybe God didn't want his male compatriots to work too hard, or maybe he just couldn't get used to such a public sprinkling of dog food, and when their picnic feast was about to end, the sky in Zurich suddenly became overcast.

At first, they didn't care, after all, in this season, most countries in Europe have very short daylight hours, and it is common for it to be dark at four o'clock.

But then everyone felt a chill, and the icy rain mixed with snowflakes swayed down from the gloomy sky.

It's sleet......

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Fortunately, it was not a shower, and the six people still had time to pack up their things and hide in the car, and then drove to the hotel that had been booked in advance.

Switzerland is not a big country in football, Zurich is a city for the elderly, and most of the citizens here are not interested in the annual FIFA ceremony of the superstar in the evening, and Ronshit's not as well-known here as his girlfriend.

At least in the lobby of the hotel, Emma had already taken a photo with five front desk staff, and the lobby manager who rushed to hear the news was even more flattered, and after getting Emma's photo and autograph, he also offered to upgrade their room to a presidential suite for free......

Anyway, this season is a low season for Zurich, so it might as well be used to exchange them with a world-famous person like Emma Watson and promote their group photo......

I wonder if any fans will come and try the bed that Emma slept in with his boyfriend? Soak in the tub where Emma and his boyfriend soaked?

Well, maybe there's a little bit of money?

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Thousands of miles away in China, it has entered the early morning hours of January 10.

Duan Yixuan, who is in a suit and leather shoes, is warming up with special guest and vice president of Sports Weekly Yan Qiang before the award ceremony.

Since it was already one o'clock in the morning, Duan Yixuan's spirit seemed a little sluggish, and there were small mistakes in using the wrong idiom in several consecutive sentences, or forgetting the previous sentence.

"In less than an hour, the 2011 FIFA annual awards ceremony will open in Zurich, Switzerland, and on the live screen, we have already seen that heavyweight stars, coaches and celebrities including Ronaldo, Pele, Ferguson, Rooney, Vidic, Pep Guardiola, Messi, Iniesta, Pique and other heavyweights, coaches and celebrities have already stepped on the red carpet, and Pique's girlfriend and Latin diva Shakira has also come in full ......"

Many people couldn't help but swallow their excited saliva as they looked at Shakira's open wheat-colored skin and the undulating curves of her peaks......

"Now let's contact the reporter Wang Tao in front to see if he will bring us a more detailed first-hand report......

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For players who have played Pro Evolution Soccer and played Chinese commentary patches, Wang Tao's name is not unfamiliar.

In addition to often running ahead, he is also the mainstay of the comic pie of CCTV Sports Channel, and the funny "Crazy Football" series is his pinnacle masterpiece.

"Sleet fell in Zurich this afternoon, bringing a chill to the city. We can see that the most famous players, coaches and celebrities in football almost gathered in Zurich on this night, and the arrival of Pele, Ronaldo and Messi set off a climax, but unfortunately, they did not stop to be interviewed by reporters......"

Wang Tao, who has a round and chubby face, makes people feel very happy at first glance, he shrugged his shoulders at the camera, and then motioned to the cameraman to point the camera at the red carpet:

"One of the focuses of many fans is whether Ronaldo will attend the award ceremony tonight, as of now, we have not seen Real Madrid players from the crowd, from the official news, Ronaldo or any player of Real Madrid, including coach Mourinho will not be present, which also means that Ronaldo will definitely not get the final Ballon d'Or, instead of them to attend the ceremony is Real Madrid legend Zinedine Zidane and ......"

"At today's awards ceremony, there will also be a number of cabaret performances, with the famous British singer James Blunt taking the stage, and the Latin diva Shakira may also bring her own song and dance ......"

"In terms of awards, we will continue the previous practice, with the best team, the best coach award, the fair play award, the best goal and Puskas award, and the most important award for the best male and female athlete, that is, the Golden Ball."

"Most of the winners may not be in suspense, with the exception of this year's Golden Globes."

The camera re-gave Wang Tao:

"In the case of Ronaldo is destined to miss the award, the competition for this award will be between Longshute and Messi, compared to the young and famous Argentine king, Longshute can be described as a dark horse that has emerged in recent years, he won the Champions League in 2011, the Eredivisie champion, UEFA best player and many other honors, coupled with the transfer to Bayern is still hot performance, so that he has become a favorite to win the award, Messi's Golden Ball trifecta is likely to encounter a strong resistance from the dark horse!"

Compared to Messi, Lonshette, who played in the Eredivisie before, can indeed only be called an inconspicuous dark horse, and if he finally wins the Ballon d'Or, I am afraid it will become a big upset. But you know, this time last year, Messi's winning the Ballon d'Or was also generally regarded as an underdog, so why can't we expect another upset to happen? ”

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The scene returns to the studio.

Duan Yixuan continued to analyze the topic:

"Wang Tao said just now that Long Shute is a dark horse, if he can win the Golden Globe, he will be an underdog, Yan Qiang, do you agree with his point of view?"

Yan Qiang nodded first, then shook his head again, and then both of them laughed.

"I want to say yes and no."

At first glance, this answer is something that only a high-level intellectual who has studied Marxist dialectics can say.

Just listen to this authoritative expert on Chinese football media:

Indeed, compared to Messi, who made his debut in a Cosmos team like Barcelona, Lonshette's previous experience is not worth mentioning, he played in the declining Eredivisie, and at that time Ajax had lost even the honor of the Eredivisie title for many years, and the platform of the two was not at the same level at all.

What's more, Messi has been standing at the pinnacle of world football for many years, his influence is everywhere, and his advantages are very obvious in the subjective matter of voting, after all, it is impossible for every national team coach and captain to watch the Champions League and Eredivisie games, many people do vote based on their past impressions.

But if you only look at the results and honors of the two in 2011, I think Messi has no advantage in front of Longshute except for scoring more goals.

It is true that the La Liga champion and the Eredivisie champion are not at the same level, but in the higher-level Champions League games, it was Ajax of Longshute who eliminated Messi's Barcelona from the competition, and in those two legs of the competition, Messi also had a head-to-head confrontation with Longshute, although it is not possible to talk about who blew up whom, Longshute finally ate a red card, but at least it can be said that the Longshute of that season is not inferior to Messi, and he is eligible for such an honor.

Therefore, I both agree and oppose the term "unpopular", and I personally look forward to it that Long Shute can become this unpopular. ”