Chapter 816: A Five-Year Covenant

"The winner of the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or is ......"

When Pele was on the podium, looking at the paper card in his hand, and looking up, just as the live TV camera gave him a big close-up, the Brazilian legend's swarthy face showed a smile and a line of white teeth.

But the camera only stopped on Pele's face for a moment, and soon the camera swept over the three candidates sitting under the podium, especially the close-up of the expressions on the faces of the three people, Cristiano? Ronaldo looked full of self-confidence, while Messi smiled indifferently, and only Ribery looked nervous and strict.

The camera quickly returns to Bailey, and then the camera of the three candidates appears on the screen at the same time.

It's a long story, but it's only a second or two, so Bailey, after laughing, said into the microphone, "I'm sure that from now on, none of you can say I'm a crow's beak anymore!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was in an uproar!

I saw Cristiano, who appeared with his girlfriend, who originally looked rich and handsome? Ronaldo immediately went from a burst of self-confidence to a big blow, while Messi turned to Ribery next to him with a smile, but the Frenchman was still very nervous, perhaps in his opinion, Pele couldn't be true if he didn't call out his name.

“…… Frank? Ribery, congratulations on winning the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or! ”

As soon as Pele's words came out, the audience suddenly burst into a burst of enthusiastic applause and cheers, Ribery's hideous face was full of disbelief, and he got up from his seat, but quickly bent down, hugged Messi next to him, and then turned around, he seemed to be looking everywhere.

The three candidates were sitting in the first row, Ribery opened his mouth wide, blinking vigorously, looking very excited, and when he saw Ye Qiu not far behind him, he ran back quickly, ran to Ye Qiu's side, and followed Ye Qiu and Peter next to him? Kenyon and the others hug.

At this time, his tears couldn't help falling.

"Go claim the prize, hurry up and claim the prize!" Ye Qiu urged him loudly on the side.

Ribery wiped the corners of his eyes, walked down quickly, climbed the podium, and took the Ballon d'Or trophy from Pele's hands, he looked very excited, and successively hugged FIFA President Blatter, Pele and UEFA President Platini, especially with Platini, for a long time.

Standing in front of the microphone and gently placing the trophy on the main podium, Ribery's tears once again fell uncontrollably.

He can't be said to be a handsome person, and even he looks a little hateful, but he uses his skills, with his tenacity and hard work, with his unremitting efforts, and excellent team spirit, to prove again and again that he does not lose to anyone, and he conquers all the fans with his watch on the court.

Without accompanying him through the past few years, it is impossible to understand his mood at this moment.

At Tottenham Hotspur, he once reached the peak, he was once only one step away from the world footballer of the year, within reach, but the injury was very cruel to deprive him of this honor, Cristiano? Ronaldo controversially took away the personal accolades that belonged to him.

This is an extremely painful blow and setback for any person.

But what is even more frustrating is that after returning from injury, his position in the team was replaced by the original little brother Messi. Bale, a talented rookie, also successfully propped up Messi and replaced Ribery as the team's number one superstar.

Ribery couldn't blame anyone for all this, because he knew very well that it was fate!

If he hadn't been injured, if he hadn't been injured that once, he wouldn't be like this now.

Over the past five years, he has been longing for himself to return to the top of his career, and he has gone from a high-spirited young guy to a semi-retired man who has passed his third year and whose career is not as good as his twilight years, and he finds it difficult to challenge and replace Messi's place.

But even so, he is still loyal to his team, loyal to professionalism, he uses laughter, jokes to hide this regret and frustration in his heart, he uses the expression of harder work on the field to insist on his own persistence.

Five years later, he finally waited for his chance, and he finally had the opportunity to be on this stage!

"I ......," Ribery tried to say into the microphone, but couldn't...... I'm sorry, I originally told myself that I wasn't allowed to cry whether I got it or not, but I'm very, very angry! ”

As soon as Ribery finished speaking, tears fell again, but the audience burst into incomparably warm applause.

If it weren't for Tottenham Hotspur and if he wasn't pressed by Messi, he would have had an advantage in this selection, such as a transfer to Real Madrid, but the Frenchman has always been loyal to Tottenham.

"I still remember that five years ago, it was also here that I failed to get the World Footballer of the Year, at that time, our head coach, the most respected person in my life, Mr. Ye Qiu!" Ribery choked back tears and pointed to Ye Qiu in the seat, "He sued me, Frank, I promise, I promise you, I will help you get a World Footballer!" ”

"I never doubted a word he ever said, because without him, there would be no Frank? Ribery! ”

At this, Ribery lowered his head again and wiped the tears from his eyes.

"That year, I was nothing more than a brick mover on a construction site, he was the one who brought me from a small city in France to London, he was the one who gave me the opportunity to step on the stage of the Premier League without any team willing to take me in, and he was the one who gave me trust and encouragement and support again and again."

"There are a lot of things that I've never said to anyone, but today I want to say that I am proud of my career, I am honored, even if I don't get this award today, even if I don't have the opportunity to win it in my life, I will be satisfied, proud and proud, because I have the best and best manager, and a group of the best teammates!"

"Thank you to everyone at Tottenham Hotspur, thank you Mr. Ye Qiu, thank you Messi, thank you to all my teammates, I don't know what to say, I can't express my gratitude to you in my heart, I think the only thing I can do is to repay you with a better and better state on the football field."

After Ribery's words, he once again won a round of warm applause from the audience, and after the Frenchman stepped off the podium, he immediately hugged Messi who stood up, and the two showed the Ballon d'Or trophy together in front of the camera, and several Tottenham Hotspur players who came to the scene on the seat also walked down under their greeting, gathered together, and let reporters take pictures.

The whole award ceremony also began to come to an end, and more reporters and media came up to interview the players of Ribery and Tottenham Hotspur, and the whole Zurich Opera House was in chaos.

This is the sixth consecutive year that Tottenham Hotspur has become the World Footballer of the Year, or the number one protagonist in the subsequent FIFA Ballon d'Or awards, and in the past six years, Tottenham Hotspur has won five times, of which Messi alone has won four and Ribery has won one.

From this report card, it is easy to see that Tottenham Hotspur is the undisputed number one club in football today, and even the star-studded Real Madrid is much inferior.

But that's not all, the most important thing is that many predict that Tottenham Hotspur will continue to dominate world football in the coming years, because they have not only a group of superstars who stand out, but also a group of amazing new talents.

All of this has become the consensus of the outside world on Tottenham Hotspur!

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Franck Franck Ribery won his first FIFA Ballon d'Or in Zurich, which immediately became a festival for the British and French press, and when the French superstar returned to London, he did something that all Tottenham Hotspur fans would be proud of: following Messi's example by donating the Ballon d'Or trophy to the museum at Stratford Stadium.

Although the rise of Tottenham Hotspur is only less than eight years, but the team's museum has already listed a number of trophies on all fronts, although in terms of quantity is not enough to compete with those century-old giants, but in terms of quality, a few Champions League trophies are enough to make Tottenham Hotspur proud and proud.

Perhaps stimulated by the FIFA Ballon d'Or, Ribery returned to Tottenham Hotspur and scored a brace in the 22nd round of the Premier League against Swansea to help Tottenham Hotspur defeat Swansea 3-1.

Chelsea saw a resurgence in this round of fixtures, beating David Moyes' side 3-1 at home thanks to Hulk's hat-trick.

The Reds are now beating the drums, and David Moyes' side have now fallen to eighth place in the Premier League, and even after the Christmas Devils schedule, they have not seen much change and recovery, which has made everyone very disappointed with Manchester United and Moyes, thinking that Moyes has entered the countdown to the end of class.

There is even speculation that the semi-final of the Carabao Cup against Tottenham Hotspur is likely to be Moyes' life-saving battle.

In other words, if they can't beat Tottenham Hotspur, Moyes is likely to be sacked.

The Sun, which has always been known for its pervasive news, published a scoop, saying that Manchester United has been in contact with Moyes's next appointment in advance, and it is said that Dortmund's manager Klopp is the closest to Manchester United, and there is also Juventus manager Antonio Conte, but Manchester United officials have denied all these rumors.

Although Ye Qiu is not very satisfied with Moyes, he also disagrees with the approach of Manchester United management to contact other managers after only half a year, after all, they signed a six-year contract with Moyes, and they contacted other managers only halfway through the season, which is obviously not respectful enough for Moyes.

Looking at things separately, David Moyes is indeed not very good at coaching, but Manchester United's squad is indeed problematic.

However, even if Ye Qiu gave some support and encouragement to Moyes when he was interviewed by the media, he did not show any mercy on the pitch, and directly in the League Cup semi-finals, he defeated Manchester United 1-0 away, and it was Hazzard who scored the winning goal for Tottenham Hotspur.

In the fourth round of the FA Cup, which was also played with full substitutes and young squads, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Coventry City in League One 4:0, with Mitrovic as the starter, but the table can only be regarded as average, but it is Januzaj's table that is very eye-catching, Neymar scored a brace, and Tottenham Hotspur's rotation lineup is quite good.

In two consecutive cup games, Ye Qiu played with a full substitute lineup, and the main lineup was recuperating and waiting for the challenge from Manchester Pellegrini Manchester City, and Manchester City is currently aiming for the cup, so he has played the main force in the previous two cup games.

This is also the strategy of many Premier League powerhouses, such as Newcastle, Arsenal, West Ham United and other teams, and even teams such as Manchester City and Liverpool, which have excellent bench thickness, all attach great importance to the cup competition, because when Tottenham Hotspur dominates the Premier League and is in a terrible state, they can only make a breakthrough in the cup if they want to win the title.

So in the game at Stratford Stadium, Manchester City did not show their best form throughout the game, Pellegrini is not good at rotation, and this season is also his first arrival, so he is still in the main lineup, but the whole game was suppressed by Tottenham Hotspur.

In the end, thanks to goals from Ramsey and Messi, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester City 2-0 at home.

Despite the defeat in the league, Manchester City defeated their opponents in the League Cup semi-finals with a score of 9-0 over two legs and advanced to the League Cup final.

Three days later, in the 24th round of the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur defeated Hull City 1:0 away with Lewandowski's goal, which is also the 23rd consecutive victory in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur this season, because the league has one less round.

In midweek, all other rivals began to take a break from January's fixtures, but Tottenham Hotspur had to play in a Carabao Cup semi-final to beat David Moyes' Manchester United 2-1 at home to complete the four-kill run over the Red Devils.

It was a dangerous game as Tottenham Hotspur counter-attacked Ryan Giggs in the first half and scored through Paul Pogba, but in the second half the team made a mistake in defending a corner and Vidic headed home the equaliser.

After that, David Moyes's team began to fight back, while Tottenham Hotspur was beaten a little wolf, Ye Qiu replaced three players in one go, and finally in the 87th minute, Eriksen's clever pass to Stroman scored the winning goal for Tottenham Hotspur.

Moyes was full of praise for Stroman's performance after the game, believing that the Dutchman had contributed a lot in attack, especially in the first half after a steal against Ryan Giggs, who planned a counter-attack on the spot and broke the Manchester United goal, and his contribution in the defensive end was also quite obvious, and he was voted Man of the Match.

After the game, Red Devils fans used Stroman to satirize and ridicule Moyes, thinking that Manchester United had the intention to introduce Stroman in the summer, but it was because of Moyes's hesitation and more attention to Cesc Fabregas and others, the team missed Stroman, and now the Dutchman's revenge is coming!

Stroman denied that he almost switched to Manchester United, saying that he had been in contact with Tottenham Hotspur as early as January 2013, and as for Manchester United, he had never received any contact from Manchester United.

Defeated by Tottenham Hotspur over two legs, and losing all four of their four meetings this season, David Moyes' Manchester United lost face in the strong dialogue, and almost all Red Devils fans shouted after the game for Moyes to resign and step down.

However, David Moyes refused to step down, saying he would continue to persevere, and he believes that Ferguson's first season in charge of United was equally unsuccessful, but his subsequent achievements are evident.

But even if Moyes brought up the god of Ferguson, he still couldn't convince the fans and the management.

Moyes' dismissal, after the game with Tottenham Hotspur, has been revealed!

At the end of the Carabao Cup semi-finals, Tottenham Hotspur hosted Everton, and Drogba scored the only goal for Tottenham Hotspur to beat the opponent 1-0, but it was Everton who had the better game in this game.

Four days later, Tottenham Hotspur challenged Newcastle United, and this time Tottenham Hotspur showed their best form, Messi not only had a shot from the edge of the penalty area after shaking four opponents in a row, but also scored twice, Vidal and Lewandowski scored a goal each, and Tottenham Hotspur beat Newcastle 4-0 away.

Three days later, Tottenham Hotspur came on as a half-main and half-substitute line-up to win 2-1 at home to Liverpool.

This game is very dangerous to win, if it were not for Tottenham Hotspur playing at home, and the team in the first half of the first half of the first half of the wave of attacks, twice penetrated Liverpool's goal, I am afraid that Tottenham Hotspur will be difficult to get out of the whole body, especially in the second half, Tottenham Hotspur played very wolf, and was scored by Gerrard.

But in any case, no matter how dangerous and wolf-like the game was, in the end, Tottenham Hotspur relied on a tenacious defense to defeat Liverpool 2-1 at home and advance to the quarterfinals of the FA Cup.

After the FA Cup tie, Tottenham Hotspur had another tough game away to Southampton.

But this battle Tottenham Hotspur still did not show a good state, after the opening was tragically scored by the opponent Lallana, but Tottenham Hotspur equalized, but then conceded a goal, and finally relied on the goals of Matic and Ribery in the second half to narrowly beat Southampton 3:2.

Followed by a narrow 1-0 win at Norwich, a narrow 1-0 win at home to Cardiff, the first leg of the Champions League round of 16 knockout round, and a 2-0 win away to Olympiacos, Tottenham Hotspur all looked very tired and out of shape.

The opponent is not strong, if Tottenham Hotspur is in good shape, it can completely dominate the scene, but Tottenham Hotspur in these games feel more passive, and the scene does not show the strength of the team.

Tottenham Hotspur's poor form has also given more hope to League Cup final opponents Manchester City.