Chapter 515: Rakitic receives the Golden Ball
The Ballon d'Or is the most influential and prestigious individual award in football, and the nominees who travel to France each year to attend the awards ceremony often represent the best performers in the world last season.
For newcomers, this is a compliment and an affirmation, but for Chen Mo, it feels a little different.
In the past four years, every time he came to France, he either went to Xiao Luo's villa to have a party, or went to Henry's house to play, but this time he didn't.
Neither Ronaldo nor Thierry Henry were shortlisted for this year's Ballon d'Or.
The older generation of top stars has begun to retire one after another, but life is like taking the subway, there are always people going down and people coming up.
The old guys like Ronaldo and Henry aren't very good, but there are always newcomers on top.
In the warm afternoon sun, as soon as the plane arrived in France, Chen Mo met Giroud at the airport.
Old friends meet, although they are no longer teammates, they still smile and hug each other.
After getting in the car, Chen Mo also found that Jirou had brought a lot of baby products to Kaoru Tsukichi.
The relationship between the two sides is still very good, mainly because Giroud and Arsenal have broken up peacefully.
Giroud has indeed played at Arsenal in recent years, and many teams are seeking Giroud in the summer window this year, and the highest bidder at that time was Real Madrid, but Giroud wants to go to Liverpool the most.
Although the price is high on Real Madrid's side, Real Madrid has just changed office now, and the internal style of play is not clear, and it is very likely that it will be like the Magic Flute for two years, while Liverpool is different.
The reason why Giroud can't stay at Arsenal is because Arsenal is in a 433 formation, and most of the time it is a high press, this tactical style is very demanding for a big center forward, not only to be able to do the wall as a fulcrum, but also to be able to complete the goal himself, but Liverpool is a 442 formation.
442 is a two-centre-forward system, one carries the man and pulls, the other runs to score, and Liverpool attaches much more importance to the tactic of high ball crosses from the wing than Arsenal.
From the perspective of the tactical framework alone, the current Liverpool is actually more suitable for Giroud than Arsenal.
It's just that Liverpool didn't have much money, and the bid couldn't compete with Real Madrid at that time, but in the end, Arsenal, who had no financial pressure, did not embarrass Giroud, after all, even if they don't talk about feelings, the transfer fee given by Liverpool is enough to cover more than ten times the price when Wenger bought Giroud.
broke up peacefully, plus whether it was Chen Mo or Giroud, they were not the seventeen or eighteen-year-old hairy boy back then, and some things were more open.
Moreover, Giroud is really playing well at Liverpool now, after seven rounds this season, as the team's non-first scorer, he has scored five goals, which can be said to be very hot.
There was no barrier, the two sides were still talking and laughing in the car as they did back then, and along the way, Giroud also pointed out the nearby hospital to Chen Mo.
The main reason is that the due date of the Yuechi family is in the last few days, and Chen Mo even wanted to push off this award ceremony and accompany his wife at home, but at the insistence of Yuechi Kaoru, he finally came to France, but Chen Mo could not rest assured that Yuechi Kaoru was at home at this time.
Not only did he bring Kaoru Tsukichi and Klee, but he also specially invited a well-known personal doctor to accompany the team.
Well, a whole medical team was in the car behind.
Talking and laughing along the way, soon, several people arrived at Jilu's house, and at the door of Jilu's house, Chen Mo saw a smiling blonde man standing at the door as soon as he got out of the car.
Rakitic.
No, it was another hug and greeting, and then walked into the house while chatting about the current situation.
When talking about recent professional matters, Rakitic also has a lot of smiles on his face.
Olivier Giroud is going to Liverpool, while Rakitic is going to Sevilla in La Liga.
In terms of coffee position, although Sevilla, the traditional powerhouse of La Liga that only won the Spanish Copa del Rey last year, is considered to be the upstream team of La Liga, it is certainly not as good as the Premier League giants Liverpool, but Rakitic went to Sevilla to be the core.
To be honest, although Rakitic is a blue-collar worker at Arsenal, his attacking talent is not bad.
In the original timeline, when he was at the peak of Sevilla, he could score 15 goals in a single season, and he also led the team to win the Europa League as the core and captain, and was selected for the best team.
Rakitic is indeed talented, and although he has not spent too much time with Chen Mo, Chen Mo has always had no reservations about the friends he feels can make deeply, whether on or off the field, Chen Mo will often help Rakitic understand tactics and improve his skills.
Rakitic has improved very quickly, otherwise Arsenal would not have won the Champions League last season.
Even strictly speaking, if it weren't for the Dream Three, who was not fully fit last year, and the huge pressure on Wenger from Real Madrid, Bayern Manchester City and other teams, Rakitic would not necessarily be sold.
But unfortunately, in the world of great contention, Arsenal have no more time for Rakitic to grow.
But in fact, it's okay, like Giroud, Rakitic's development after going to Sevilla is also very good, except for adapting in the first few rounds, and now he has gradually become the core of Sevilla's midfield.
The three of them chatted, and after a while, the two guys, Bale and Di Maria, also came.
The two of them are the most famous winging combination in football today.
Europe and the United States call them "DB combinations", which can be regarded as prestigious.
However, some black fans on the side of the Dragon Kingdom called the two of them Chen Mo and called them "DSB combinations".
Di Maria's D, Chen Mo's Stabilai's S, Bale's B
After hearing Chen Mo's explanation, Bell Angel and the others all laughed, and they sighed that the brain circuit of the sunspot was really awesome.
Talking and laughing and watching TV, time passed little by little, and at six o'clock in the evening, several people changed into straight black suits and took the car to the scene of the award ceremony.
Coincidentally, as soon as the vehicle arrived at the entrance, Chen Mo had just gotten out of the car to tidy up the collar of his suit, and the black Audi carrying Messi also arrived at the same time. But what's interesting is that through the front window, Chen Mo not only saw Antonella, but also saw Messi dozing off in the back row, his head little by little.
Seeing this scene, Chen Mo almost didn't laugh.
But it's understandable.
In previous years, Chen Mo made an appointment with Messi for the Golden Globe Awards, but this year's Golden Globe Awards are a little stiff and in the middle of the season.
Whether it is Chen Mo, Giroud, or Messi, they basically rushed over today to receive an award, and then they will go back to play tomorrow.
Messi's appearance is obviously just off the plane.
As the car stopped, Messi in the car also leaned forward slightly, woke up, and then subconsciously wiped his saliva, looked left and right, until he saw Chen Mo and others wearing black suits on the side of the road, with his hands in his pockets, Messi seemed to have just reacted at this time, covered his head and smiled embarrassedly, and then tidied up his collar and rubbed his chin to get out of the car.
There is no doubt that Chen Mo is standing on the side of the road with such a big group of handsome guys in suits, which is already very eye-catching, and all reporters and media are crazy shooting, and when Messi got out of the car and walked towards Chen Mo, the whole audience was instantly covered by flash.
Chen Mo and Messi are the most promising players to win the award this year, and the two of them are small, this kind of drama of king and king is definitely the most eye-catching report!
However, not everyone is filming Chen Mo and Messi, and as Antonella walks to the pot-bellied Kaoru Tsukichi and helps Klee with Klee, the reporters are crazy again, especially the reporters of Japanese television.
Directly excited to put the strange scream.
There is nothing special about walking the red carpet, just signing and then waving hello.
Soon, everyone walked through to the scene of the award ceremony.
As in previous years, there were already many senior media people in the football industry and celebrities from all walks of life sitting in the award hall at this time.
However, the difference from before is that although Chen Mo was also very strong before, he was too young after all, and many celebrities and some senior media people would not take the initiative to show favor.
But now it's different.
Although this year's Golden Globe Award is said to be between Chen Mo Messi and Kaka, in fact, this is mainly to let fans discuss the gimmick to increase the heat, and everyone knows that Chen Mo's award is actually a matter of eight or nine.
At the age of twenty-one, just looking at the top honors, he already has a Hercules Cup, three Champions Leagues, a World Cup Golden Ball, two Golden Ball Awards, and if you count this year, it is three Golden Ball Awards.
The trend has come!
Along the way, many bigwigs who knew a little bit took the initiative to get up and shake hands with Chen Mo, and said polite words with a smile.
There is no doubt that these pictures were seen by the other players in the seats next to him, and they were a little envious in their hearts, but Chen Mo didn't feel anything, he didn't like to talk to people he didn't know too well, which made him a little uncomfortable.
Fortunately, after shaking two hands, Kakayib and others in the front row waved to him and said hello, and Chen Mo also took this opportunity to get out and ran to sit in the front row with Kaka and them like elementary school students on a spring outing.
However, the interesting thing is that Chen Mo sits Messi and Kaka on the left and right, while Ronaldo sits next to the left hand, and Rooney sits on the right back of Ronaldo.
The team behind Ronaldo likes to find CP for Ronaldo, not only the "peerless duo", but also "Capello" and "Manchester United twin stars".
When Ronaldo first arrived at Manchester United, the outside world created Ronaldo and Rooney to be Manchester United twin stars with deep feelings.
It's just that in the 06 World Cup, Portugal played against England, Rooney lost control of his emotions when he was one against two, and stepped on the opponent's second brother, causing the players on both sides to become entangled together.
This is also normal, the atmosphere of the World Cup is very intense, fouls, eat cards.
As a result, Ronaldo, the twin stars, rushed over and asked the referee to put pressure on him, signaling to give Rooney a red card.
This incident not only led to the breakdown of the relationship between Rooney and Ronaldo, but also made England fans emotional, Ronaldo almost couldn't return to the Premier League to play that year, but Ferguson personally intervened to save Ronaldo.
Of course, this is the story in the original timeline, but it's pretty much the same now.
In the summer window, Ronaldo and FIFA President Blatter's [slave theory] double reed directly made Manchester United have to send Ronaldo to Real Madrid in humiliation during this critical period of Manchester City's rise.
Although Ferguson still claims that Ronaldo is his child, for other players at Manchester United, it is strange to be able to give Ronaldo a good look.
Chen Mo didn't have much to say about Ronaldo, but he was chatting with Rooney, or rather. Seduce!
Arsenal are now short of a big centre-forward, and Rooney, although not a typical big centre-forward, is Rooney
To be honest, Rooney was actually out of luck.
Although he joined Manchester United at a young age, just like Modric joined Real Madrid in the wrong era, the result is not good.
Wayne Rooney is a very well-rounded attacker with a strong back-to-back and a no-brainer in the penalty area, scoring a hat-trick in the Champions League group stage on his debut at the age of 18.
The shooting is very strong, can resist people, and at the same time can impact from the side, and can also retreat in the middle to kick the front midfield.
That's a good thing, but it's not a good thing either.
He joined Manchester United at a time when the class of '92 was declining, and he could play as a goalscorer and a striker, but there was no one in the team to use him in other positions, so he had to make up for it.
For example, after Vanney left, Rooney changed from a goalscorer to a big center forward who carried the front to give Ronaldo space, such as after Scholes's ability declined, Rooney sank from the forward position to play the front midfield.
That's a good thing, and it's not a good thing.
Playing in a lot of positions, you can develop your skills well, but the problem is that everyone only has 24 hours a day.
Time is limited and energy is limited.
Even if he Chen Mo basically doesn't practice defense at all, otherwise he won't be able to practice such strong passing footwork at all.
If it continues like this, Rooney may sink.
But it's not important, the important thing is that Chen Mo actually wants to be teammates with Rooney.
So, in Ronaldo's painful eyes, Chen Mo kept hooking up with Rooney with words next to him.
Honestly, there's a chance.
Wayne Rooney did not come through the United academy, he only joined from Everton in '04.
Even in the original timeline, in the 10th season, because Manchester United not only did not strengthen the lineup, but also sold people, Rooney had the idea of transferring at that time, but he stayed in the end.
However, it is also quite difficult to poach people.
Wayne Rooney has three years left on his contract with Manchester United, which expires in 2011, and United are very short of personnel right now, and in the end, it is Ferguson and Arsene Wenger who are bitter rivals. Now Ferguson has just been slapped by Real Madrid and is about to be pumped by Arsene Wenger again.
It is estimated that as long as Wenger dares to make an offer to Manchester United, Ferguson will knock on Wenger's door with his boots that night.
Chatting and laughing, soon, the award ceremony officially began, and interestingly, the guest who came to present the award was the legendary German star Matthaus.
I have to say that it is not for nothing that Mateus is nicknamed Ma Dazui.
The first thing this guy said when he got to the podium was, "I don't understand why the organizers asked me to present this award, after all, there is not a single German candidate here. 】
These words were a bit explosive, and they directly silenced the scene.
But he is right, there is not a single German in the top 30 of this year's Ballon d'Or, which shows that the Bundesliga and Bayern in this era are indeed at a low point in the trough.
It was clear that this was Mateus's teasing, and soon he changed the subject and began to say useless thank-you nonsense.
After the opening remarks, the highlights of Chen Mo and others last season began to be played on the big screen.
However, most of the clips are all about Chen Mo Messi and Kaka, and there is no doubt that this is already hinted at by the organizers.
With the bursts of applause in the back seat, the work lady also handed an envelope to Mateus, he took the microphone and opened it to look at it, with an exaggerated raised eyebrow expression on his face, and then glanced at Chen Mo and the others, and said with a smile: "Okay, now that the list of winners has been obtained by me, I will announce the final winner of the 2008 Golden Globe Awards, he is. Mo Chan Stabilai!! Congratulations lad, you've won your third Ballon d'Or! ”
The sound was very loud, and with the sudden light on, the picture of Chen Mo sliding and kneeling after scoring in the Champions League final last season also appeared on the big screen.
The result was not too unexpected, there were bursts of applause at the scene, and Kaka and Messi were also smiling and reaching out to rub Chen Mo's hair.
In the congratulations of relatives and friends, Chen Mo got up with a smile, tidied up his suit and prepared to go on stage, and at this moment, the back row suddenly became chaotic, under Chen Mo's gradually widening eyes, Klee kept beckoning the doctor to enter the hall at the door of the building, and Antonella in the seat was a little flustered and supported the painful Tsukichi Kaoru.
"Going to give birth?"
Subconsciously, Chen Mo, who only felt a tingling in his scalp, thought of this word.
In the next second, without any hesitation, under the gaze of Mateus, who was holding the Golden Ball trophy, under the watchful eyes of countless reporters, and under the bewildered gaze of Kakamesi and others, who did not notice the situation in the back row, Chen Mo directly turned around and rushed to the back row.
There was chaos at the scene!
But soon, everyone understood what was happening!
Kakamesey Berdi Maria Ibrahimovic, including Ramos and Rooney and others all got up and came around, thinking that after the doctor confirmed that the problem was not big, the nervous expressions on their faces relaxed, and they screamed to congratulate Chen Mo on becoming a father.
Relatives and friends are very excited, after all, they are all young, Chen Mo is also the first father among them, many people feel a little excited, but the organizers are a little excited, especially Matthaus, standing on the stage with a Golden Globe Award, I don't know and think it was him who accepted the award.
But now there is no way to say anything, I can only wait for Chen Mo to come over, but unfortunately now Chen Mo has no Golden Globe Award in his eyes, just followed the doctor's stretcher, holding Yuechi Kaoru's hand and walked all the way out, and at this moment, Yi Bu reminded that he had not yet received the award, but what he was waiting for
Chen Mo's footsteps didn't stop at all, he just glanced back at Rakitic, who was standing at the back of his relatives and friends, stretching his neck to watch.
"Rakitic, help me get it!"