Chapter 246: Golden Globe Awards Selection (4)

First of all, this book will not be TJ, and it will not be on the shelves, and everyone can give a recommendation vote if they think they can do it, and it doesn't cost money anyway......

After arriving in Paris, Zhuang Mingge and his entourage stayed in a luxury hotel in downtown Paris under the arrangement of Adidas France.

You ask Adidas Weishenme to be so attentive to Zhuang Mingge and others? Isn't this nonsense! After Zhuang Mingge and Groz Jr. acquired 50% of Adidas' shares through a series of transactions and negotiations, Groz Jr. also took advantage of the opportunity of Adidas' listing on the NASDAQ in August this year to use the funds of the partnership to absorb about 10% of the shares, making Zhuang Mingge and Grosz's partnership company the largest shareholder and actual controller of this old sports equipment company. Therefore, this time Zhuang Mingge and Little Groz came to Paris together, and as the head of the subordinate Adidas France branch, he naturally took care of everything for this group.

Not long after Zhuang Mingge and his entourage checked into the hotel, a photographer sent by "French Football" conducted a special photo shoot for him, saying that he wanted to choose the best from them as the cover of the next issue of "French Football". At that time, the Argentine god of war was still very excited to ask the photographer if this meant that he had won the Golden Ball, but after inquiring, he found out that this was not the case at all, and the organizer took a set of photos for the top three candidates in order to keep it confidential, so that the outside world could not guess who was the main winner of the Golden Ball.

Of course, as a "revenge" for teasing himself on the plane, Zhuang Mingge also took this opportunity to laugh at Barty......

One day in zuihou in 1995, Zhuang Mingge and his entourage took a car to CANAL+ TV, where this year's European Golden Globe Awards Gala will be held. ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN FRENCH FOOTBALL AND CANAL+, THE DAY BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS OF THE EUROPEAN BALLON D'ORO D'OR, THE EVENING OF THE BALLON D'ORO MUST BE BROADCAST LIVE ON CANAL+ IN PRIME TIME.

The so-called awards gala is actually equivalent to a witness meeting, and only some of the most prestigious guests will be invited to attend the awards gala held on CANAL+ TV to witness the birth of the new Ballon d'Or winners.

"Oh! Hello, Coach Capello! I didn't expect you to attend this award ceremony...... Haha, you've won the prize, we still have a lot of shortcomings in Florence, and we need to improve it slowly in the future. As soon as he arrived at the venue, Zhuang Mingge saw an acquaintance of his in Italy, AC Milan coach Fabio Capello, so he enthusiastically stepped forward to talk to him.

In this kind of public occasion, Capello still has a serious face, but perhaps because his players have once again entered the top three of the Golden Ball, and Zhuang Mingge is also from the same Serie A league as him, so when chatting with Zhuang Mingge, his words were much more polite, and his eyes also showed a hint of joy.

Weah and Barty, the rivals in Serie A, also took advantage of the gap before the awards gala to communicate, and although the two are rivals in many ways, this does not prevent the players from having a personal relationship.

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Finally, when the time came to six o'clock in the evening, after a brief opening remark by the host of the party, the 1995 Golden Globe Awards ceremony finally officially began!

First of all, the host took the lead in announcing the Bronze Globe winners. "Golden Bomber" Klinsmann won this honor, because he was inferior to Barty in collective honors, and was suppressed by Weah and Barty in individual awards, so Klinsmann was very tragic and only scored 67 points, ranking third.

The German striker was disappointed after hearing the results announced by the host, after all, this is the closest he has come to the Ballon d'Or, even when he won the Shijie Cup, he was only ranked sixth, and as a center forward, the 31-year-old has no more years to play, and this time the Ballon d'Or selection is undoubtedly his chance.

Although he was very disappointed, Klinsmann, who was highly professional, still forced a smile to walk to the podium, received the trophy of the Bronze Ball Award from the host's hand, and then took pictures under the guidance of the host.

After Klinsmann received the Bronze Globe Award, the highlight of the ceremony finally began, and Batistuta and Weah were both staring nervously at the host, waiting for the final verdict.

"On behalf of France Football magazine, I would like to announce that the winner of the 1995 European Ballon d'Or is ...... Gabriel Batistuta from Fiorentina FC! Congratulations! You are the first Fiorentina player to win this honour and the first Argentine player to win the Ballon d'Or! ”

"Hey! Gabriel! What are you doing standing stupidly?! Hurry up and claim the prize! Under the urging of Zhuang Mingge and others, Batistuta came back to his senses, hurriedly walked to the stage, and took over the trophy coveted by countless players from the host!

And tomorrow morning, the cover of the French Football magazine will be printed with a picture of Batistuta holding the Golden Ball!

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Before the European Ballon d'Or came to an end, FIFA was the first to announce the results of last year's Shijie Footballer of the Year, this time it was the Liberians who won Zuihou, his teammate Maldini won the Silver Ball, the new European Ballon d'Or winner Batistuta was only third, and Klinsmann tragically did not even finish in the top three......

For this result, many fans have expressed that they do not understand, after all, Maldini only won a Champions League runner-up in 95, and his AC Milan only finished fifth in the league, whether it is from team honors or individual performance is not as good as Batistuta who won the Bronze Ball Award, perhaps the only advantage is that Maldini is much more internationally known than Batty at this time......

However, the result of Shijie's Footballer of the Year award obviously cannot affect Batistuta's good mood for winning the European Ballon d'Or.

"I'm very happy to win the Ballon d'Or this time, it's a testament to my performances throughout the year...... If I could, I would like to play in a Fiorentina shirt until I retire! This was the sentiment expressed by Batistuta in an interview with the media after winning the award, and this sentence was also published in the major sports newspapers published the next day by many media outlets.

However, before Batistuta, who won the Ballon d'Or, could make any further remarks, the Argentines returning to Florence were dragged by a group of long-planned hungry wolves to a high-end restaurant to celebrate in the name of "celebrating the captain's Ballon d'Or", especially when Groz Jr. took a bottle of high-end red wine that was some years old before Zuihou left, making the Argentine god of war look at his wallet and bills and cry.

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