Chapter 119: Rows
After Zhang Chaoqiang stepped down, the next two most important finale awards were tonight.
U.S. women's midfielder Lloyd, who led the team to win the Women's World Cup, was voted Miss World Football, beating Japanese midfielder Aya Miyama and German striker Shahic.
2015 is the year of the Women's World Cup, and the United States team defeated Japan 5-2 in the final to win the championship, so the women's football awards are basically linked to the World Cup.
Then the award ceremony went to the last item, and Kaka appeared in the applause as the guest of honor, and blew a few words with the host to remember his award.
After all, when Kaka won the award in 2007, it was Ronaldo and Messi who were behind him.
A few minutes of the trio's annual highlights were shown on the big screen, as Kaka announced the final winners of the 2015 FIFA Ballon d'Or.
Messi, no surprises.
However, the vote rate of the three candidates announced on the spot made Neymar applaud and congratulate his teammates a little embarrassed.
Messi got 41% of the vote, Cristiano Ronaldo got 27% of the vote, and Neymar got only 7% of the vote.
In vain, he wore a top hat, stud earrings, and made himself a hipster to participate in the awards, but the final vote rate proved that he was completely a head-to-header.
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After the award ceremony, Zhang Chaoqiang quickly returned to France to prepare for the second half of the competition.
At the same time, I also took the time to call home to report the good news.
"Qiangzi, I read that the Internet says that you have found a girlfriend, is it true?"
Dad cares about the trophy and asks Zhang Chaoqiang to bring the trophy back next time.
Mom cares about his girlfriend.
Zhang Chaoqiang and Anne, he never intended to publicize, but he also did not deliberately conceal it, so it was recently discovered and reported by the French media.
The domestic media have been paying attention to any news of Zhang Chaoqiang, and naturally they quickly forwarded and followed up.
After receiving an affirmative answer, my mother advised, "Next time you go home, bring her back for me to see." ”
"Okay, I'll ask her."
Within three weeks, Zhang Chaoqiang won the European Golden Boy Award and the Puskas Award.
So on the domestic network, Zhang Chaoqiang has become a screen-swiping figure again.
Even CCTV news broadcasts gave corresponding reports.
"The FIFA 2015 Awards Ceremony was successfully held at the FIFA headquarters in Zurich on January 11, and Chinese footballer Zhang Chaoqiang won the FIFA Puskas Award, the best goal of the year, at the award ceremony."
"Zhang Chaoqiang's outstanding performance helped Lyon FC win four championships last year, including Ligue 1, UEFA Europa League, French Super Cup and UEFA Super Cup, setting a number of records for Chinese players in the Europa League, and also representing the highest level of Chinese players in the world."
"Three weeks earlier, Zhang Chaoqiang had also won the 2015 European Golden Boy Award from Italy's Torino Sport newspaper, which is the highest honour for young players under the age of 21 in European football......
It's only a short thirty-second short report, but it's already a huge breakthrough.
This is the first time Zhang Chaoqiang has appeared on the news network.
Domestic strong fans rejoiced and congratulated one after another.
"Brother Qiangzi is too good, and he has been broadcast on the news."
"Successfully kicked from CCTV 5 to CCTV 1, Brother Qiangzi is good at level."
"It's too rowsome."
"Brother Qiangzi will continue to work hard, and I will see you every year in the future."
"Now China's No. 1 star is sitting down."
"Is this still using CCTV to sit down? Brother Qiangzi has long been the first in China. ”
"Isn't it just China's first? It is simply the first in Asia. ”
"I hope to be number one in the world in a few years."
"It's a pity that Brother Qiangzi was seduced by a French girl, I don't know if it will be addicted to women and cause his level to drop?"
"Don't say it, Brother Qiangzi's girlfriend is very beautiful, maybe it will really affect the state."
"What french girlfriend? That's obviously a demon girl, and the French have a great bad conscience, and they can't kick this kind of indiscriminate means. ”
"This is trying to ruin our Chinese football."
"The demon girl came to seduce me, I don't worry about my life, don't persecute our brother Qiangzi."
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As Zhang Chaoqiang prepares to attend the FIFA awards ceremony, the second half of Lyon's schedule has already begun.
On January 7, in the round of 64 of the French Cup, Lyon challenged Limoges away.
Limoges Basketball Club is quite strong, and is the only French basketball team to have won the Champions League.
But when it comes to football, Limoges is not ranked at all, it is just an amateur team.
By the way, Limoges is the only city in France with a population of more than 100,000 without a professional football team.
After all, football is a national sport in most European countries, and towns with a slightly larger population will have professional football teams.
Away from home to amateur side Limoges, Lyon won quite easily.
Cornet wore a hat, Ghazal doubled, and Lyon won 7-0 to advance.
On January 11, the day Zhang Chaoqiang went to Switzerland to attend the award ceremony, Lyon played the first league game of the second half of the schedule, that is, the 20th round of Ligue 1, and Lyon challenged Saint-Etienne away.
Zhang Chaoqiang was absent, and Fournier arranged for Cornet and Lacazette, who wore hats in the French Cup in midweek, to start together, but unfortunately it didn't work.
Norwegian striker Sodrund scored the winning goal and Saint-Etienne beat Lyon 1-0 at home to complete this season's Ronald derby revenge.
On the other side, Paris defeated Toulouse 1:0 with Ibrahimovic's goal and successfully opened up the three-point gap.
Therefore, after Zhang Chaoqiang won the Puskas Prize, he posted the trophy, but a large number of Lyon fans called him on social media.
"Zhang, come back quickly."
"Leon needs you, my Superman."
"Come back quickly, the Parisians are looking for their nemesis."
When Zhang Chaoqiang returned to Lyon, he was three points behind Paris.
I remember that in the first half of the game, Lyon was pulled to a three-point difference by Paris after drawing away from Monaco in the 10th round, and then Lyon couldn't catch up with even seven games, and it wasn't until the 18th round that Zhang Chaoqiang's senior beat Paris and temporarily erased the difference.
Unexpectedly, the score difference that was finally smoothed out was just started in the second half of the schedule and was pulled away again.
"Zhang, you take a break to adjust first, you don't have to play Paris in the next game."
The next game is going to play Paris, and Lyon fans are very eager for Zhang Chaoqiang to play and perform the Paris nemesis again.
But the Lyon coaching staff didn't think so and didn't let Zhang Chaoqiang enter the squad at all.
Because the next game against Paris is an inconsequential domestic cup competition.
January 14, midweek, French League Cup quarter-finals matchday.
Lyon were lucky enough to draw Grand Paris, and it was an away game.
So the Lyon coaching staff simply gave up the game.
It can't be regarded as a complete abandonment, just arranging the rotation of frontcourt players, but the defenders and goalkeepers are the main force on the top.
I'm worried that the away team will be beaten and lose too ugly.
But the end result is still not pretty.
They conceded two goals in each half, and it was only in the final minute that Tolisso, who came on as a substitute, barely pulled one back.
Lyon lost 1-4 away to Grand Paris and officially eliminated from the French Cup.
Lyon fans were unhappy with the fiasco and blamed Fournier.
Since last season, Lyon and Grand Paris have rivald on all fronts, and the two sides have formed a number of feuds.
Now when it comes to big Paris, there are ready-made Paris nemesis who don't need it, which eventually leads to a fiasco, and Lyon fans say they can't accept it.