Chapter 108: Puskas Prize (1)

During the training camp in Doha, Bayern scheduled two warm-up matches.

On January 5, Bayern played a warm-up match with Qatari giants Doha Sadd, and then on January 8, Bayern played a warm-up match with Schalke 04, who was also training in Qatar.

During the training camp, Ringer made full use of his full physical strength, and finally left a preliminary impression on the head coach that he was full of energy and running positively.

Maybe it's the bonus of Asian Footballer of the Year, Ringer found that in addition to the local fans in Qatar who came to Bayern for autographs for autographs during the training camp here, there were actually people looking for him, which made him feel a little darker.

At least someone could come to him for an autograph, and basically no one would be looking for Shaqiri's stinky-faced guy.

In the warm-up match with Surd in Doha, Ringer got a little playing time at the last moment of the team's 3-1 lead and didn't have time to give him a performance, and in the match against Schalke 04, Ringer didn't have a chance to participate at all, because it was the 2012 FIFA Awards Ceremony, and Ringer was going to attend.

When Ringer said he was going to the FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony, the whole team looked at him with a strange look.

"Well, I'm lucky to be nominated for the Puskas Prize~~~," Ringer said cautiously.

Last season, Bayern won three runners-up on three fronts, the Champions League runner-up, the Bundesliga AFC Champions League and the German Cup runner-up, the sad Sanya King, so this year's FIFA awards ceremony did nothing, and Bayern had nothing to do with various awards.

At this time, a nameless kid who had just joined said that he was going to the awards ceremony, which was indeed a bit embarrassing.

"Alright, boy, go quickly, Franz is still waiting for you in Munich." Heynckes came out to clear the way.

In fact, Bayern is not nothing, one of Bayern's big three, Beckenbauer, it is said that FIFA will award him an award called the FIFA President's Award, Beckenbauer and Ringer are the only two people in Bayern Club who will go to the award ceremony.

But whether it is Beckenbauer's award or Ringer's award, it actually has nothing to do with Bayern FC.

After a five-hour flight, Ringer returned to Munich.

"Lin Jun, here~~~" As soon as he came out of the airport, Ling Ge heard the young lady's call to him.

"Ah~~~" Ringer went over and hugged the young lady and kissed it hard. This is Germany, and no one knows them.

"Alright, where do we go now?" The young lady is still a little shy.

"Let's wait a while, meet up with Mr. Beckenbauer, and go to Switzerland together."

"Beckenbauer? Which is the emperor of football? ”

"Of course~~"

The two waited at the airport for more than half an hour, and finally waited for Beckenbauer and his entourage.

"Hello, Mr. Beckenbauer, I'm Ringer and this is my girlfriend Aragaki." Ringer stepped forward to shake hands and say hello.

"Well, I know you, I didn't expect Bayern to be the two of us going to Zurich this year."

After a while, the group got on the flight that had been booked in advance.

I have to say that many people with the surname Bei in football seem to be quite powerful.

Football king Pele, football emperor Beckenbauer, these two surnamed Bei are very hanging, and there are others such as, Beckham, Bale, Best, Bebeto, Veron, Berbatov, etc., there is also a tactician Benitez in the coach, and Berlusconi is also in the team owner.

Okay, that's a joke, but the surname Bei is really overwhelming.

Switzerland is a highly developed capitalist country, and at the same time has the reputation of being a neutral country in the world, in short, if there is a war all over the world, Switzerland will be fine.

Switzerland's last war dates back more than 500 years, when Switzerland lost to France, and no war has affected Switzerland since, even in the famous World War I and World War II, Switzerland is one of the few countries in Europe that has not been affected. Especially in World War II, the whole of Europe was torn apart, and Switzerland was the only country in the heart of the continent to survive.

As a result, Switzerland has become the headquarters of many international organizations, such as the World Health Organization, the International Red Cross, the Century Trade Organization, etc., and more than 200 international organizations have their headquarters in Switzerland.

As far as football is concerned, FIFA is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland's largest city, and UEFA is headquartered in the small Swiss city of Nyon.

The FIFA Ballon d'Or award is hosted by FIFA and naturally takes place in Zurich.

Arriving in Zurich, the two Ringers were temporarily separated from Beckenbauer, and Ringer had to change into formal clothes, and the FIFA awards ceremony always had to be dressed formally.

"Lin Sang, I'm the head of Uniqlo's European division, and we've prepared formal clothes for you in advance."

With Ringer's success and move to Bayern Munich, Uniqlo's willingness to ask him to be a spokesperson has been greatly strengthened, and the price has recently been negotiated with Krot.

This time, they provided Ringer with formal wear free of charge.

It took about an hour to get it done.

The FIFA awards ceremony took place at the International Exhibition Centre in Zurich, and when Ringer arrived with Aragaki with him, Krott was already waiting there.

"Lin, cheer up, you have a good chance of winning the prize tonight." Krot whispered to him.

"Really? Where did you hear from that? ”

"It's not that I asked, it's mainly that the competition isn't that fierce this year, and it's good for you."

In addition to Ringer, the three shortlisted for this year's Puskas Prize are Neymar of Santos of Brazil and Stoci of Fenerbahce of Turkey.

Neymar's selected goal was a long-distance run in the Brazilian league, starting with a continuous break from the center circle and finally scoring in the box; Stoic's goal came from a volley from outside the box in the Turkish Super League.

According to Krot, there were a couple of Stoic-style goals last season, and Stoch was named in Puskas' top three, which in itself is a bit far-fetched, and many felt that the other goals were not necessarily worse than Stoic's.

Neymar should be Ringer's biggest rival, with a reputation and a good goal. But Neymar has a little limit, last year's Puskas Award was won by Neymar, and it was almost the same goal. Last year, Neymar relied on a midfield wing to win the ball and scored consecutive goals into the penalty area, and finally won the Puskas Award.

In terms of ornamentation, Neymar's goal last year was smoother and more beautiful, and he deserved to win the award, but this year's goal is slightly less than last year's, at least he stumbled with the ball, and the fluency was greatly inferior.

In such a situation, FIFA should no longer consider awarding the award to Neymar, especially with Ringer, a goal that is no worse than him.

This is what Krott said, and the real result will be known until the end.

There was still a red carpet for the FIFA awards, and Ringer and Beckenbauer got into the same car, drove a short distance to the entrance of the convention center, and then walked up the red carpet.

Ringer didn't expect that he was in front of his rival Neymar, and he walked in front with Ronaldo, Scolari and others.

Ronaldo is the Ronaldo of Brazil, he is really fat now, he is the image spokesperson of the Brazilian World Cup, and now he is here to announce the Brazilian World Cup, just taking Neymar, a junior, on the red carpet.

There were fans on both sides of the red carpet asking for autographs, and both Ronaldo and Neymar were shouting their names.

"Ring~~ Ringer!" Ringer was a little embarrassed, feeling that everyone else walked on the carpet and had fans asking for autographs, and if he just walked like this, he would not be laughed to death, but fortunately, someone on the side was calling his name.

"Go sign it, I'll go in first." Beckenbauer stepped forward and went in with Scolari.

Ringer walked to the side, and a dozen fans with Asian faces asked him for autographs with Ringer's new Bayern jersey, and some held up his posters.

Ringer transferred to Bayern, the number 8 was occupied for a long time, and now Ringer's number is 22. The day after Ringer moved to Bayern, his number 22 shirt was sold in a jersey store, but it seems that the sales are very average, and it is said that the best sales of his jersey are actually in Japan.

China? There are certainly a number of people in China who have already bought his No. 22 shirt, but most of it has been contributed to pirate manufacturers.

"Are you from China?" Ringer asked as he signed.

"No, we are international students in Europe, and we have come to Zurich to support you this time."

"I studied abroad in Paris, France."

"I'm in Berlin, Germany, and I'll go to Munich to watch you when I have time."

"Ringer, you are really the pride of our international students, continue to work hard and hurry up to play the main force in Bayern."

Ringer is about to forget his identity as an international student, and it seems that he is not small in the circle of international students.

Finally done, Ringer led Aragaki into the convention center.

The front row of the convention center is definitely reserved for the big names in football, Mr. Golden Ball candidates, Miss World Football candidates and others, Ringer is placed in the middle, Aragaki and Krott are sitting next to him, and Neymar and Stoch are not far from him.

The FIFA awards were finally not so dragged, at least not with Blatter on stage for a tirade, but quickly got to the point.

The host was the beautiful supporter of Dutch legend Ruud Gullit and Fox Sports, Kai Murray, who opened with a nonsense from the host, and then the three candidates for Miss World Football, Marta, the United States and Alexander Morgan and Abby Wambach of Brazil, took the stage.

Next is the three candidates for the Ballon d'Or, Messi, Ronaldo and Iniesta, and the three also took turns to appear on stage.

The six took turns on the stage, and each took the stage to play a highlight of their performance on the big screen, and almost 20 minutes had passed.

Ringer began to realize that FIFA's award ceremony was not more straightforward, but the process was more draggy, so he simplified some of the beginnings and ends, and I don't know how many hours it took to finish the award.

Ringer noticed that Alexander Morgan in the United States was very beautiful, tall, like a model, and very eye-catching. Unlike the two Miss Soccer candidates next to her, especially her compatriot Wambach, the muscle-bulging, three or two strong men are probably no opponents at all.

Finally, the ladies and gentlemen stepped down and the big screen began to show the three candidates for the Puskas Prize, the first being Neymar's goal, the second being Stoic's goal and the third being Ringer's goal.

However, the award will not be presented immediately after the broadcast, and the award will have to wait for a while.

Next, Platini and Shevchenko took the stage to present this year's FIFA Team of the Year.

The goalkeeper is Real Madrid's Casillas;

The defenders are Alves and Pique of Barcelona, Ramos and Marcelo of Real Madrid;

In midfield are Andres Iniesta and Xavi of Barcelona, Xavi Alonso of Real Madrid;

The forwards are Messi of Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid, and Falcao of Atletico Madrid.

I don't have to say that La Liga is prosperous, all 11 people are from La Liga, Barcelona and Real Madrid each account for 5 people, and the remaining one is from Atletico Madrid.

What's even more annoying is that everyone, the big screen has to put a personal highlight, eleven people come down, and another twenty minutes have passed.

Next, Scolari took the stage to present the best women's football coach, and U.S. women's soccer head coach Pia Sandhadhaji won the award.

Best Men's Coach and Spanish National Team Coach Bosque won the award for leading the Spanish national team to defend the European Championship title in the summer of 2012.

Mourinho, one of the three candidates for the best men's football coach, has a lot of character, and people know that most of them can't win awards, so they simply don't come.

Of course, it is also possible that his battle with the Real Madrid dressing room has left him exhausted and unprepared. In recent times, Mourinho has had a feud with the Spanish gang in the Real Madrid dressing room, which has helped to boost the sales of newspapers of all sizes in Europe.