Chapter 118 FIFA Awards Ceremony
At the end of the half of Ligue 1, Grand Paris won the halfway championship with 15 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 48 points.
Lyon's record is also 15 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 48 points.
Unfortunately, in terms of goal difference, Grand Paris has 34 in the halfway and Lyon has 28 in the half.
Therefore, with the advantage of six goal difference, Grand Paris beat Lyon to win the half-way championship.
The halfway point of 48 points is already the second-highest halfway points record in Ligue 1 history, behind Lyon's 50 points in the 06/07 season.
But this season, Lyon can only use this point to finish second in the halfway.
Fortunately, in terms of points, it is the same as Grand Paris, and there is still a chance to catch up in the second half of the schedule.
In terms of the player's individual performance, Zhang Chaoqiang contributed 17 goals and 6 assists in 19 rounds of Ligue 1.
He is ranked first in the scorer list ahead of Ibrahimovic and second in the assists list behind Angel Di Maria.
Many French media have predicted that Zhang Chaoqiang is enough to win the best in Ligue 1 this season.
As long as this performance is maintained in the second half of the season, even if Lyon loses to Paris in the championship, Zhang Chaoqiang can still be elected.
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"Zhang, where's your trophy? Didn't bring it? ”
The halfway point of Ligue 1 is over, and it will soon be the most important Christmas for Westerners.
As a lonely man, Zhang Chaoqiang was naturally invited to Debroy's house to celebrate the festival together.
As soon as his brother-in-law Guy saw Zhang Chaoqiang, he jumped forward and asked about the Golden Boy Award.
"Guy, hurry back and sit down." The mother-in-law relieved Zhang Chaoqiang in time and said: "How can you carry such a big trophy with you?" ”
"Guy, my trophy is at home, if you want to see it, I'll show you later." Zhang Chaoqiang looked at the little guy and seemed sullen, so he proposed.
"Okay." The little guy immediately "turned his face" and agreed with a grin.
So after having a meal at Debroy's house, Zhang Chaoqiang took Xiao Zhengtai Guy out.
Of course, along with my sister Anne.
"Annie, remember to come back early."
"Okay, got it."
Where Zhang Chaoqiang and Anne have developed, Madame de Broy is basically clear.
But she still reminded Anne to go back early.
Staying a little far away from the house, Anne took the initiative to hold Zhang Chaoqiang's arm.
"I'm going to Switzerland for the awards ceremony in two days, do you want to come with me?" Zhang Chaoqiang asked.
"What awards ceremony? Didn't you get the Golden Boy Award? Anne seemed a little confused.
"This is the FIFA awards ceremony and I was shortlisted for the Puskas Award and Team of the Year." Zhang Chaoqiang explained.
"Oh, there must have been a lot of people, and it was so noisy that I still didn't go." Anne immediately refused.
"Take me, take me." Xiao Zhengtai Guy came out again to join in the fun.
"What's the matter with you?" The suppression of the younger brother by the elder sister, one sentence was enough to make him bow his head and shut up.
The elders of the Debreuy family are humble and seem to be quite strict.
Back at the residence, the two stayed for a while and left the little guy at home, so that he liked to play games or watch TV, and the two went out to live in the two-person world.
Anyway, this little guy has been a tool man for a long time, and Anne often sneaks out in his name.
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Soon after Christmas, 2015 turned the page, and 2016 officially arrived.
Agent Jacques Freillo began to arrange for Zhang Chaoqiang to arrange the FIFA awards ceremony.
After all, it was the first time he had gone to such a big awards ceremony.
Although the Golden Boy Award is very valuable, the award is actually very simple, and it is just a small press conference.
This FIFA Awards Ceremony is different, and sports media and fans around the world will pay attention.
Of course, the highlight of the awards ceremony is definitely the final FIFA Ballon d'Or.
But those who can attend the awards ceremony are basically the leading figures in football.
It's a great place to make a name for yourself.
On the morning of January 11, Zhang Chaoqiang and his agent flew to Zurich, the headquarters of FIFA.
After arriving in Zurich, Zhang Chaoqiang entered the reserved hotel under the arrangement of FIFA staff and began to prepare in advance.
Dress, makeup and hairstyle, whether to bring a female companion, when to enter the venue, etc., all need to be communicated and coordinated in advance.
The whole process was stinky and long, and it was more tiring than playing a game.
It didn't take until five o'clock in the afternoon before the award ceremony was about to begin.
According to the prior arrangement, Zhang Chaoqiang took the sponsor's car to the front of the red carpet outside the parliament hall, got out of the car and walked along the red carpet into the hall.
Walking in front of Zhang Chaoqiang is Real Madrid captain Ramos, this guy has a big back and is quite angry.
There were a large number of fans on the periphery of the hall, and every star who stepped on the red carpet was greeted with cheers.
"Super Zhang, this way."
"Chinese Superman, here."
"Sign me."
"Brother Qiangzi, come on."
Zhang Chaoqiang smiled and waved to the fans on both sides, stepped forward to symbolically sign a few names, take two photos, and then quickly walked into the award hall to find his place.
"How does it feel? Isn't it exciting? "The agent, Jacques Frellor, has been waiting for him here for a long time.
"It's okay, it feels good." Zhang Chaoqiang replied.
"Well, you have to work hard and try to come once a year."
At 6 p.m. local time in Switzerland, the award ceremony officially began.
At the beginning, a band took the stage to play music, and at the same time, the big screen began to play the wonderful moments of world football in 2015.
Zhang Chaoqiang was shortlisted for both the Puskas Award and the Team of the Year, and his picture is naturally indispensable.
The lore against Bordeaux, and the hat-trick against Barcelona, two classic moments were cut into the picture.
Then the host took the stage with the three candidates for the Golden Globe Award and the three candidates for Miss World Football, and the real part of the award ceremony arrived.
After an interview and a question, the six people said two sentences respectively, and then stepped down to wait for the final awards.
The first award to be announced on the spot was the FIFA Team of the Year.
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer;
Defenders: Marcelo, Ramos, Pique, Alves;
Midfielders: Pogba, Iniesta, Modric;
Forwards: Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar.
Barcelona has five, Real Madrid four, Bundesliga and Serie A each have a representative, and no one has been elected in the Premier League and Ligue 1.
Overall, it's reasonable.
Ligue 1 has been weak for a long time, and the Premier League played poorly in the Champions League last season, so no one was selected for the Team of the Year.
"Zhang Chaoqiang was not selected for the Team of the Year, which is a bit of a pity."
"Fortunately, he is very young, and he will have a chance in the future."
"Hopefully he'll be able to win the Puskas Prize in the future."
"But even if we don't get anything tonight, Zhang Chaoqiang is still the pride of our Chinese football."
"This should be the first Chinese player since Sun Wen to rely on hard power to enter the FIFA awards ceremony."
As FIFA's annual inventory, CCTV Sports Channel broadcasts as usual.
With the overall level of Chinese football, there are few Chinese elements at the FIFA awards ceremony.
The last time there was a Chinese element was in 2009, when the Chinese Football Association won a football development award.
The reason for the award is that the Chinese Football Association had a very good reputation for anti-corruption during that time.
It was Sun Wen who really relied on hard power to enter the awards ceremony, and he entered the top three of Miss World Football for three consecutive years in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
In the end, it won the award in 2000, ranked second in 2001 and third in 2002.
By the way, at last year's awards ceremony, Sun Wen was invited to be the guest of honor, which is also a Chinese element to some extent, and it also relies on hard power.
The awards continued, with the award of the best men's football coach presented, with Barcelona coach Luis Enrique winning the award over Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola and Chilean national team coach Sampaoli.
Ellis, the best women's coach of the year and the United States women's team that won the Women's World Cup, won the award against Japanese women's coach Norio Sasaki and England women's coach Sampson.
"Next up will be the Puskas Prize, and the three nominees for goals are Zhang Chaoqiang from China, Messi from Argentina and Florenzi from Italy."
"Of the three, Messi is undoubtedly the most famous, and he is the first favorite for the Ballon d'Or tonight."
"But the Puskas Award is not affected by the player's fame in principle, and I hope Zhang Chaoqiang can win this key trophy."
The three candidate goals for the Puskas Prize began to be cut out on the TV screen, and the CCTV commentary instantly became nervous.
"Tonight's Puskas Award presenter is Japanese star Hidetoshi Nakata, one of the few Asian players to have achieved great results in European football.
"But at the same time, he made a name for himself as a player at Roma in Serie A, and he is also a senior member of Florenzi's club."
Inadvertently, everyone left Messi out.
With FIFA's urine, Messi has basically locked in the final prize, and the Napuskas award has nothing to do with him.
There are just a few awards, and they have to be distributed reasonably.
What's more, in terms of the beauty of the goal, Messi's goal does not have much advantage.
After a brief greeting to the host of the scene, Hidetoshi Nakata opened the envelope and read out the final result.
"Well, the winner of the 2015 FIFA Puskas Award is, super strong - Zhang!"
Unexpectedly, Hidetoshi Nakata bit Zhang Chaoqiang's three words very clearly.
"Good job, congratulations to Zhang Chaoqiang!"
"He successfully won the 2015 FIFA Puskas Award, which is a rare important award for a Chinese player at the FIFA Awards Ceremony, which is a historic moment!"
Zhang Chaoqiang got up from the stage, walked onto the stage and hugged Hidetoshi Nakata, and then gave a speech.
"It was a wonderful moment, like a dream, and it's hard to imagine that I could be on such an important stage."
'I have to thank my team-mates and coaches for their tireless help to get those goals, especially the winning one.
"This goal is shared with all those who love football and I will continue to pursue more honours."
After speaking his acceptance speech, Zhang Chaoqiang stepped down with his trophy.
The purpose of his visit to Zurich has been achieved.