Chapter 122: Award Ceremony
The victory in the Copa del Rey final was enough to make the Atletico Madrid players celebrate excitedly for a while. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Before the game, the media was always talking about Barcelona, talking about Atletico Madrid, it was a lack of strength and experience, and now they have hit everything back with a victory.
They won the Copa del Rey!
Barcelona can only be used as a foil to watch them win the championship!
While Atletico Madrid was celebrating, the Barcelona players were not 'completely indifferent' as the Catalan media said, they were all depressed, and even when they went to the rostrum to receive their medals, they were completely unmotivated.
The silver medal, which represented second place, was a shame for Barcelona.
Before leaving the rostrum, most of them had already taken down their medals and put them in their pockets, and then they left directly.
Everyone knows that the next time belongs to Atletico Madrid!
The whole Atletico Madrid team stood in line excitedly, waiting for the moment when the team received the trophy, and after the whole Barcelona team left, the Mestalla stadium played the team song of Atletico Madrid, and the players took the stage one by one.
This is the most exciting time.
The fans in the audience cheered loudly, and the players shook hands with the fans on both sides as they walked up to the podium. One by one, the players will go to the rostrum, and the award presenters will hang the golden medals representing the champions around the necks of each player.
The Copa del Rey event has a lot to do with the Spanish royal family, so every time the Copa del Rey final is awarded, important members of the royal family will be the guest of honor, this Copa del Rey final, two heads of the royal family are here, one is the current King Carlos I of Spain, and the other is Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso, the son of Carlos I, Felipe Alfonso is the most popular prince, and he is likely to inherit the throne of Carlos I in the future.
Carlos I sat in the middle of the podium, while Felipe Alfonso presented the awards to the players.
Wan Sheng was the last to step onto the podium.
By the time Wan Sheng came up, Carlos I was already standing next to Felipe Alfonso and had taken his last medal.
Wan Sheng looked at Carlos I.
This kind old man was the true king of Spain and a very respectable figure.
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There are only about 20 monarchs in the world today, most of whom play a symbolic role, and only a handful of them are truly important in the political life of their countries.
King Juan Carlos of Spain is one of them, and one of the most legendary.
Juan Carlos was the grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last king of the Bourbon dynasty of Spain, and his father was the Count of Barcelona.
In 1947, Franco declared the restoration of the monarchy and became head of state, he selected Juan Carlos as the future king and called him back to China for education.
After more than ten years, Juan Carlos entered the University of Madrid to study politics, law, philosophy, history, literature, international law, etc.
It was not until 1969 that the Spanish Parliament approved Juan Carlos as the future head of state.
Six years later, Juan Carlos was officially enthroned under the title of Juan Carlos I, which was more than just a symbolic king, but also the Supreme Commander of the Spanish Armed Forces.
The Franco regime itself was a dictatorship with countless enemies.
And Juan Carlos I was a candidate for the presidency that Franco had single-handedly raised, so on that day, Juan Carlos I said to those standing beside him, "I don't know at all if I will wear the crown that the Spanish people have given me, or if I will see a "People's Guard" coming towards me with an arrest warrant in his hand. ”
At the time of his accession to the throne, Juan Carlos was the only "newcomer" in the entire government at the time, and the entire team was left behind by Franco.
These people are nervous, they know that change is inevitable, but they don't know how it will happen. Their fears were not unfounded, since in the history of Spain there was almost only a rotation of two extremes, without the harmonious political coexistence of the entire country. If the other side comes to power, their own safety will be in question.
The harmonious political coexistence of the whole country was the political ideal of his father, to whom Juan Carlos I aspired: "to be the king of all Spaniards." ”
Juan Carlos I understood that his ultimate role should be to be a virtual monarch like the Queen of England under a constitutional monarchy, but just as Franco was a post-Civil War transition, he had to be a transition between Franco's dictatorship and a true constitutional monarchy. He must use the power left to him by Franco to complete this transition as quickly and peacefully as possible.
In the years that followed, what Juan Carlos I did was to make a safe and smooth transition of Spain from a **** form of government to a democratic system with a constitutional monarchy, and all the opposition was allowed to stand up publicly, express their opinions, and win public votes, which was called by all the miracles of the 20th century.
In Spain, "even the most conservative people admit that even Franco himself would have thought that what had died could not remain the same." ”
Juan Carlos' 35 years as king brought about a huge change in Spain, and everyone in Spain saw it as a good direction, so the Juan Carlos regime also had a huge popular base.
Juan Carlos is now 73 years old.
There is no monarch in the world who is still in good health at the age of 85 and can attend various events like Queen Elizabeth, and Juan Carlos has felt powerless in many things, and it is difficult for him to attend some events in the country.
So Juan Carlos has already begun to think about abdicating voluntarily.
This time, Juan Carlos still came to the award ceremony of the Copa del Rey final, perhaps because he has never been absent from the Copa del Rey final award ceremony in his more than 30 years in power. Juan Carlos asked his heir Felipe Alfonso to present the award to the player, which was actually a political signal in itself, but the last medal, he still wanted to present it himself.
Because he was happy.
Everyone in Spain knows that Juan Carlos is a fan of Real Madrid, and he doesn't show any dislike for other teams, but it is certain that he has little affection for Real Madrid's arch-rival Barcelona.
Atletico Madrid is also a Madrid team and also won the Copa del Rey against Barcelona, which is why Juan Carlos is happy.
Juan Carlos looked at Wan Sheng.
The young Chinese in front of him is a very successful football coach, and in his first season in charge of Atletico Madrid, he was able to lead the team to beat Barcelona to win the Copa del Rey, which is a very remarkable achievement.
"You've taken me by surprise, young man!" "Before the game, I thought Barcelona would win, and in the last two seasons very few teams have beaten them, and Real Madrid can't. ”
"You're a Chinese, aren't you? I've heard of Chinese players in England but I've never heard of a Chinese coach, you were the first and you did a great job. China is a big country in the world, and I'm glad to see someone in China who has achieved such good results in football. ”
Wan Sheng smiled, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”
He felt a little that Carlos I was not the king of Spain, and the words he said made people feel like a spring breeze.
Wan Sheng then shook hands with Carlos I and bowed his head slightly, allowing Carlos I to hang the medal around his neck.
The medal is not small, and the neck is heavy.
Wan Sheng put the medal on his heart, shook hands with Carlos I again, and then gave up his position to Forlan, who came over, as the captain of Atletico Madrid, Fran was going to represent the team to receive the championship trophy from Carlos I.
When the award was presented, Fran held the trophy aloft.
The audience cheered, "Champion-!! ”
All the Atletico Madrid players and the fans shouted, "Champion! Champion! Atletico Madrid is the champion! ”
Wan Sheng didn't shout with the player, he felt that the shout of the champion was really a very old-fashioned sentence, but ...... It's also very exciting!
He loved it!
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That night, the whole Atletico Madrid team did not rush back to Madrid, but stayed in Valencia to celebrate, and many of the players were very drunk.
Wan Sheng didn't stop the team's revelry!
Everyone has been working hard since the beginning of the season, and the team has been in a state of tension until now, and after winning the Copa del Rey, the team has enough reasons to relax and celebrate, even he, Diamares, and Fan Zhiyi, have drunk a lot.
The next morning, the players who were lazy and asleep were woken up one by one, and after 10 o'clock, the whole team reassembled and took the bus back to Madrid.
It took three hours to travel from Valencia to Madrid, and many of the players continued to fall asleep in the car, while those who were a little more awake were excitedly talking about the celebration of returning to Madrid.
After the bus entered the city of Madrid, it was warmly welcomed by the fans of Atletico Madrid.
The Copa del Rey is the lightest of all the championships, but as the only top-level cup competition in Spain, it is still very meaningful, not to mention, this is the 10th time that Atletico Madrid have won the Copa del Rey.
Numerically, the 10th time, always makes sense.
Atletico Madrid has not won the top domestic competition since 1996, so every Atletico Madrid fan is very excited and their welcome to the team is incredibly warm. (To be continued.) )