Football: The king of midfield, Guardiola is crying with envy

Chapter 204

The Best Club Award was proposed at the UEFA meeting at the beginning of this year, which means that Chelsea is likely to be the first team to receive this honor!

The Gerd Muller Award, also known as the Best Forward of the Year, was established together with the Best Club Award.

On Sunday, December 5, under the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.

Countless celebrities gathered together.

As a landmark building in France, the Eiffel Tower has a very high appearance rate. It was in the background of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

As famous as the Eiffel Tower is the Paris Temple, which is Notre Dame de Paris.

Unfortunately, Notre Dame was burned and has not been repaired yet. The players who came to Paris to participate in the ceremony this time are destined to not be able to see the Notre Dame.

Starting at 7 pm, the players and celebrities began to enter the venue one after another.

This time point is 2 am in China time.

For Chinese fans, the show starts at midnight and ends at least at 5 o'clock. Although it is comfortable to stay in bed and watch the live broadcast of the awards ceremony, it will be time to go to work or school soon after watching it, so not many people choose to stay up late.

Among the remaining fans who stayed up late, some came for Chen Chen, and the main focus was whether the Copa Award belonged to him and the final Golden Ball ranking about Chen Chen.

The other part was the fans of Messi and Lewandowski.

According to personal data and team performance, this year's Golden Ball Award will only be produced between the two of them. Barcelona fans, Paris fans, and Argentine fans rarely united their front and "fought fiercely" with Bayern fans, Lewandowski fans and the opposing parties.

After entering the venue, under the guidance of the staff, Chen Chen quickly found his seat in the first row.

Messi and Lewandowski were on his left, and Ronaldo was on his right.

Since these people had not arrived yet, Chen Chen was not in a hurry to sit down. He stood up and said hello to the celebrities around him.

For example, Mourinho, Klopp, Deschamps and Southgate.

Southgate was very happy to see Chen Chen, and the two stood there and chatted for a long time.

Nanmen warned Chen Chen to pay attention to his physical condition during this winter competition cycle and not to get injured easily.

For Southgate, Chen Chen is a killer in the Three Lions, and he doesn't want the killer to be "returned to the factory for repair".

Southgate's concern is not without reason. Reece James has been deeply troubled by injuries recently.

Since the end of the World Cup qualifiers, the Chelsea right back has not played.

Chen Chen nodded and said he would pay attention.

Then the two talked about the possible winners today.

Chen Chen joked,

"It's a pity that there is no Best Coach Award in the Ballon d'Or now, otherwise you can go on stage to receive the award."

Southgate waved his hand and replied with a smile,

"If it weren't for Mark Bullingham (technical director of the English Football Association) to point out the general, I might still be coaching the U21 now!"

"Of course, there is nothing wrong with coaching the U21, but coaching the national team is more open to me!"

"As for whether I can win the award? Not to mention that there is, even if there is, it may not be me!"

Chen Chen laughed.

Soon, the ceremony was about to begin.

Seeing this, Chen Chen said goodbye to Southgate and turned around to find a seat to sit down.

After sitting down, Chen Chen shook hands with Messi and Lewandowski beside him in a friendly manner, and then chatted with Ronaldo for a few words.

Soon, in the eyes of everyone at the scene, the brightness of the lights in the audience area dimmed, and all the lights were on the temporary podium.

On the podium, Ivorian star Didier Drogba and French female journalist Sandy Herribel walked out from under the curtain.

From 2019 to now 2021, this is the third consecutive year that Drogba and Herribel have co-hosted the Ballon d'Or ceremony.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to beautiful Paris, France! I am Drogba!"

Drogba spoke first.

Female host Herribel took over and said,

"Welcome everyone to the 2021 Ballon d'Or ceremony hosted by France Football! I am today's host, Sandy Herribel!"

Under the stage, Chen Chen was whispering with Ronaldo.

But it is obvious that the Portuguese is a little uninterested.

Come to think of it, this Ballon d'Or is likely to be out of Ronaldo's reach, so how can he still be in the mood to chat and talk?

It is gratifying that Ronaldo did not stay indoors when he knew that he was unlikely to win the Ballon d'Or, but attended in full dress.

The Portuguese are not willing to give in to others, but in front of the Ballon d'Or, Ronaldo still chose to respect it.

On the other hand, Florentino and Vinicius are simply petty.

At the Ballon d'Or ceremony, the Ballon d'Or isThe last award was presented, and the other awards were interspersed with the top 30 Golden Ball rankings.

The first to be announced was the winner of the 2021 Yashin Award.

The winner is 22-year-old Donnarumma.

Although Pickford is a member of the European Cup champion, in fact, he did not suffer many threats during the European Cup cycle, and Donnarumma performed better.

In addition, there is another reason why Pickford failed to win the award, that is, the club ranking.

Everton is definitely not better than AC Milan.

As for the goalkeeper when Chelsea won the Champions League last year?

At that stage, Kepa was not the main force, and the starting goalkeeper was Senegalese Edouard Mendy.

Senegal did not have any good results, so it is not surprising that Mendy was not selected.

After the Yashin Award was awarded, the Golden Ball Award officially announced the 21st to 30th place.

Mahrez, Foden and Ruben Dias were all there, but Chen Chen was not.

The award ceremony continued, and after a video, Drogba opened the Women's Golden Ball Award.

The Women's Ballon d'Or was established in 2018, and this year's winner is Barcelona women's football member Putlias.

Then there are the 16th to 20th place in the Ballon d'Or.

Neymar, Suarez, Kjaer, Mount and Lautaro.

Chen Chen's name did not appear between 16th and 30th.

Obviously, he will definitely appear in the top 15.

As for whether there will be a situation outside the top 30?

Not to mention that the Copa Award is basically confirmed to be won by Chen Chen, based on the data during the European Cup, it is not too much to enter the top 15, right?

Soon, another video was played on the big screen.

The video is a collection of the performances of Chen Chen, Pedri, Gavi and a group of others on the court.

This time it was Herribel who announced it.

After a series of jokes, the female host finally read out the name!

"The player who won the 2021 Copa Award is Chen Chen!"

Amid the applause of all the players and celebrities, Chen Chen quickly stood up.

After adjusting his sleeves, Chen Chen shook hands with Melo and Lewandowski, and then walked onto the stage quickly!

Although he knew he would win the Copa Award, when he actually won it, Chen Chen still felt a little unreal!

The style and shape of the Best Newcomer Award at the European Cup were very ordinary, and Chen Chen didn't like it.

Chen Chen really likes this Copa Award!

But Chen Chen's favorite is the Ballon d'Or!

It's a pity that there is no chance this year.

But Chen Chen is not discouraged. As long as his performance next year is still excellent and outstanding, the Ballon d'Or will be his!