Heroes of the Restricted Zone

Chapter 658 This Trophy Is Really Ugly

The Grimaldi Conference Center in Monte Carlo, Monaco, was full of guests and music.Those who can sit here are top sports journalists from 53 countries and regions in Europe, and they will be the on-site judges.

In addition, there are representatives from various clubs, they are here to participate in the UEFA Champions League draw ceremony - the Europa League draw results have come out a day ago.

Chen Yingxiong and Liverpool's general manager Niang came to Monte Carlo together, and met old acquaintances outside the venue-Napoli's representative general manager Bigan also came.Napoli was last season's Serie A champions and qualified for this season's Champions League.

Before the ceremony started, Chen Yingxiong chatted with Bigan for a while, and everyone cared about each other.Bigan cared about Chen Yingxiong's life in Liverpool, congratulated him on his first goal, and then joked that if he was unhappy in Liverpool, he would come back to Naples, and the door of the San Paolo Stadium would always be open to him.Chen Yingxiong laughed when he heard the words, obviously he didn't take it seriously, and he also cared about the current situation in Naples.Due to the strike of the Serie A players union this season, Serie A is facing the danger of a suspension of the league, and the first round of the league has been postponed.

After chatting for a while, the two separated and sat down in their respective seats.

The ceremony officially begins.

After the host had spoken on the scene, the promotional videos of the three candidates began to be played on the big screen behind them in turn, all of which were highlights of their outstanding performances last season.

Both Messi and Chen Yingxiong scored goals, and Harvey was more of a passing video.

The people who watched this video were full of enthusiasm. Even Chen Yingxiong felt very stylish after seeing the highlights of his goals. Coupled with the passionate roar of the commentator, it really made people want to rush down and kick. ball up.

After the highlights were played, the three candidates were grandly invited to the stage amid applause. The three stood side by side, waiting for the announcement of the final result.However, the hostility between the two sides is still very strong. Messi and Harvey, as teammates of the club, stood together talking and laughing, while Chen Yingxiong deliberately stood at a distance of two heights from them, with his eyes raised. , looking at the ceiling in the distance.He used this action to tell the whole world very clearly - I am not used to the person next to me.He deliberately wanted to stand on Messi's side instead of Harvey's, because his height is much taller than Messi's. Standing next to Messi can fully demonstrate the contrast in height... It makes him taller and bigger, while Messi is shorter...

The competition for the Golden Globe this time will be very fierce, mainly focusing on Messi and Chen Yingxiong.Because both of them performed well, Messi was Barcelona's top scorer last season, helping Barcelona win the league title and reach the Champions League final.He played 33 times in the league, scored 31 goals and had 10 assists.Thirteen appearances in the Champions League, scoring twelve goals and three assists.With seven goals and three assists in seven games in the Copa del Rey and three goals in two games in the Spanish Super Cup, Messi scored 11 goals and 55 assists in 53 games in Barcelona in the 24-[-] season.

Without Chen Yingxiong, this performance is enough for Messi to win the first UEFA Ballon d'Or.

Chen Yingxiong's performance broke a record in the league and scored 38 goals. He scored 51 goals in only seven games in the UEFA Champions League, and was awarded the top scorer in the UEFA Champions League.Chen Yingxiong didn't have many chances to play in the Coppa Italia and didn't score a goal.So he scored a total of [-] goals all season.

Although the total number of goals is not as good as Messi, the assists are also much lower than Messi.But he won the very important champion of the Champions League, and his performance in the Champions League was completely jaw-dropping. "Shock" is not enough to explain the shock he brought to everyone.

The Champions League final was a separate duel between Chen Yingxiong and Messi. Before that, he was one goal behind Messi.He scored a hat-trick in one game and finally completed the overtake. He also helped Naples beat Barcelona and win the Champions League.

Chen Yingxiong's personal honor and collective honor have surpassed Messi, and he also temporarily has an advantage in the selection of the UEFA Ballon d'Or.

In short, the suspense of this UEFA Ballon d'Or is only concentrated on Messi and Chen Yingxiong.

Messi is more famous than Chen Yingxiong, and has more goals and assists. The statistics are better.But Chen Yingxiong's championship is real, and this will also make the judges fully consider it when voting.

There is a voting device in front of each reporter, and each of the three candidates corresponds to a button. If you want to vote for someone, you press the corresponding button.Unlike the first round of "sea election" voting, this time everyone can only vote for the best player in their minds, there is no distinction between first, second and No.3.That is to say, if a certain player's advantage is too large, he is likely to win by an overwhelming advantage, and the number of votes of the loser may look very poor...

The voting process went very quickly, because these media actually already had their own best in their minds.

They allocated seats for these three candidates on the first ballot, and few people change their minds at the last minute.

After the voting results came out, Platini got the results, he looked down, with an indescribable expression on his face.

Then he walked up to the stage, holding the first UEFA Ballon d'Or trophy in his hand - a silver jersey shape, the two sleeves slightly raised, as if a player celebrates a goal after a goal. .

But... how ugly this trophy looks.Although called the UEFA Ballon d'Or, it is neither golden nor spherical.

Chen Yingxiong curled his lips, disliking the appearance of the trophy.

But if it was given to him, of course he would not want it, so he could only reluctantly take it.

Platini is holding the trophy and standing on Harvey's side, but he is not on Chen Yingxiong's side, which makes some people speculate-isn't this award for Chen Yingxiong?

It's not for Chen Yingxiong, it's for Messi, Harvey?impossible!Everyone just ignores Harvey in their hearts. Pity the most powerful midfielder in football today. Every time he gets on the podium, he mainly does green leaves for others...

Platini raised the trophy in his hand and said to the camera: "In the past season, we have two players who have performed very well... They are both very good. If I had to choose, it would be a headache... ..."

He smiled, so the people below laughed very sensibly.

But Chen Yingxiong looked calm, because he didn't think there was anything funny about this.

"The winner of the UEFA Ballon d'Or in the 2010-2011 season is..." Platini paused here.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is the UEFA president playing tricks, adding some suspense to the awards ceremony and whetting the appetite.This is a trick commonly used by award presenters or hosts at many award ceremonies, and it is nothing unusual.

But only Platini knows - he is not reconciled.

But no matter how unwilling he is, the result has to be announced, so many people below are eagerly looking forward to him.

He coughed, more to avoid embarrassment than to clear his throat.

"It's... a hero."

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When the name "HERO" was read out, Naples representative Bigan and Liverpool representative Niang stood up from their seats at the same time, raising their hands and cheering.

At the same time, there was warm applause in the hall.

Chen Yingxiong, who had been stern-faced before, smiled now—he was indeed a little nervous. If he lost to Messi in the end, he thought it would be a completely unacceptable result.

Fortunately, this scene did not happen.

At the same time, the final big votes of the three people were displayed at the bottom of the screen:
The first is No.3 Harvey's number of votes, he won 53 out of [-] votes.

No.2 Messi received eighteen votes.

The No.1 Chen Yingxiong has received the support and recognition of 25 European media.

The influence of collective honor is indeed too strong, and Chen Yingxiong has nothing to criticize in terms of personal performance.Although his number of goals is two less than that of Messi, but considering his poor appearances in the Coppa Italia, he has not participated in the Italian Super Cup. All his goals come from the most gold-rich and difficult In the league and the Champions League, he has only two goals less than Messi, and it can even be said that he has defeated Messi in terms of the number of goals.

Especially thirteen goals in the seven Champions League knockout games, this performance is simply at the level of God... almost no one can do it.

What Mazari said is indeed true. Maybe some people are still not convinced, but even they have to admit that Chen Yingxiong's scoring ability is indeed better than Messi's in the face of numbers that will not lie.

As for the statistics of assists... Chen Yingxiong is a center forward, and his only mission is to score goals. It is normal for him to have fewer assists, and there is no need to take them into consideration.

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When Platini handed the trophy to Chen Yingxiong, he had a blunt smile on his face—he didn't like Chen Yingxiong at all, because Chen Yingxiong made things difficult for him time and time again, and sometimes he wanted to To ease the relationship between the two parties, the other party will not buy it. It is really shameless.

So he also figured it out—the other party is unwilling to reconcile with me, why should I give the other party a good face?

So he made this smile a bit blunt on purpose, that is, to let the whole city know that Platini doesn't like Chen Yingxiong, whatever you media say, anyway, I just don't like him!
Chen Yingxiong's reaction after receiving the trophy did prove why Platini hated him so much.

"To be honest, this trophy is really ugly!" He raised the trophy in his hand, glanced at it, and said into the microphone.

Platini is by his side, he really doesn't give the head of UEFA, the No. [-] figure in world football, a little bit of face!

(End of this chapter)