Chapter 336 No Suspense

"...When I was lying on the hospital bed, staring at the hospital ceiling, I never dared to think that I would stand on this stage one day. At that time, I kept asking myself questions like 'Can I still play football?' But now I have the opportunity to stand here. I don't lament the magic of fate, because I know what made me what I am today..."

David Silva sat in his seat, lowered his head and muttered to himself, his voice so subtle that only he could hear it.

However, the people around him could see what he was doing. His national team teammate Jose Passarella was sitting next to him. Seeing that he kept his head down and his lips moved but didn't say anything, he touched his arm: "What are you doing?"

David Silva, who was interrupted, raised his head and said with a smile: "I'm practicing my acceptance speech!"

José Passarella rolled his eyes, and Modric, who was sitting behind them, smiled and came up after hearing it: "You don't take your national team teammate Iniesta seriously! And that Messi!"

"Is there any suspense?" Gotze shrugged: "David will definitely win the Ballon d'Or! No one can be better than him!"

"Lazio finally has a Ballon d'Or player..."

"Hey, have you forgotten Falcao?"

"When he won the Ballon d'Or, he was no longer a Lazio player..."

Everyone was happily discussing the upcoming awards ceremony, which was the moment when the grand prize was announced.

The players were also very excited, and they were all happy for David Silva's success from the bottom of their hearts.

Even Gotze would not be jealous.

Because they will draw such an easy-to-understand conclusion from David Silva's success - if David Silva can succeed, then we just need to continue to play well in Lazio. We can also achieve such achievements!

The boss has said that he will not lose the desire for honor. Under the leadership of such a coach, our results will definitely get better and better.

Then, there will definitely be his own opportunities.

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Changsheng listened to the laughter of the players coming from the rows behind the seats, and he also smiled.

He has changed a lot of history he knows since he came to this world,

and he hopes that this time will not be an exception.

David Silva needs this award and deserves it.

If Messi gets the Golden Ball Award under such circumstances... it would be a great shame!

It is not for him and David Silva, but for FIFA!

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Lazio players arrived in Zurich on the day of the award ceremony. After a short rest in the afternoon, they changed into formal clothes and attended the FIFA award ceremony held at the conference center in the evening.

Before the game, Changsheng also met Guardiola and Bosque, two "competitors" for the best coach, but the relationship between the three seemed quite harmonious, and they did not become estranged because of the competition for the best head coach.

Changsheng also chatted with the two of them separately.

He thanked Bosque in person for agreeing to play a warm-up match with the Chinese team: "I owe you a favor, Del."

Bosque shook his head repeatedly: "Don't say that. Chang. How many excellent players have you trained for Spain? I haven't thanked you for this yet..."

Changsheng also expressed his support for Guardiola. He knew that Guardiola's current life in Barcelona is not as comfortable as people see. Because Cruyff has criticized him a lot.

"You can completely ignore what the old guy said."

Guardiola smiled and shook his head: "I know, you don't have to worry. Chang."

But the most eye-catching people are not the three of them.

Instead, they were the three players who were selected for the final three of the Golden Ball Award.

Messi and Iniesta came at the same time because they are both Barcelona players.

When they appeared on the red carpet. They caused a commotion among the reporters and fans waiting outside. The flash lights kept on.

Messi and Iniesta waved to them with smiles on their faces.

There were also reporters who wanted to interview them, but the two did not stay for long and left quickly.

Perhaps they themselves knew that they were not the protagonists of this award ceremony.

Even Iniesta did not think he could compete with his national team teammate David Silva.

David Silva has one more Champions League title than him, which alone is fatal.

As for Messi, he would not think that he could win this honor again...

In fact, other people also think so.

Therefore, when David Silva appeared on the red carpet, the cheers on the scene were much louder and the flash lights were lit more frequently.

David Silva could not hide the smile on his face and happily responded to everyone's cheers for him.

It's simply... determined to win!

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This is Changsheng's first time attending the FIFA annual awards ceremony.

Because FIFA did not establish the best coach award before, and Changsheng is not the head coach of the national team, there is naturally no need to attend the FIFA awards ceremony.

He has never missed the UEFA awards ceremony every year.

Before Changsheng traveled through time, he had only watched the FIFA awards ceremony on TV. Now that he can be there in person, he is not excited.

For him, it has been twelve years since he came to this world. He has long been accustomed to the current life, and his mentality is no longer **.

So the previous fan mentality is gradually disappearing.

He is also a person who has seen big scenes, and this kind of award ceremony is child's play for him.

He sat in his seat, crossed his legs, and began to watch the show.

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According to the principle that the important things are generally left to the end, the award ceremony for the Golden Ball Award for men's football players must be left to the end.

The previous awards were all small awards.

For example, what is the best team of the year, what is the Puskas Best Goal of the Year Award, what is the FIFA Fair Play Award. What is the FIFA President's Special Award... and so on.

The award for the best coach is a newly established award, which is still relatively important. After all, this is the most important award besides the individual awards of the players.

The final result was not unexpected by the media. Changsheng defeated Del Bosque, the head coach of the Spanish national team and the World Cup champion. And Guardiola, the head coach of Barcelona, ​​became the best head coach in the world football in the past year.

Changsheng had a faint smile on his face, amid the applause of the crowd. He stood up from his seat, high-fived the Lazio players around him one by one, and walked out.

Finally, he walked onto the stage.

The guest in charge of presenting the award was FIFA President Blatter himself.

He held the trophy in his hand and extended his hand to Changsheng.

"Congratulations, Chang." He said.

"Thank you, Mr. President." Changsheng shook hands with him and then took the trophy.

Then he gave a very brief acceptance speech: "I am very happy to receive this award. This is an affirmation of my work. No one will dislike praise and compliments, and so do I. I like your praise and affirmation. Thank you!"

Then he raised the trophy. Greetings to everyone.

Then he walked off the stage amid applause.

This is a bit surprising - he didn't make any arrogant declarations?

For example, "I deserve this award. Because I am the best" "I think the selection is meaningless, I am definitely the best, is there any doubt about this?" and so on.

In fact, Changsheng is not the protagonist this time. If he is too arrogant, he may be the main character.

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After the award for the best coach, it was the turn of the best player.

The first award was for the best female football player, which is the Golden Ball Award for women's football.

The Brazilian female football player Marta won the award, and this was her fifth consecutive time to win the award, completing the feat of "five consecutive championships".

Then came the Golden Ball Award ceremony for men's football.

The three candidates came on stage at the same time, and the big screen played their promotional videos, which showed their outstanding performances in the game.

Iniesta's World Cup final lore goal, Messi's goal that broke Gerd Muller's record, and David Silva holding the Champions League trophy high were all played repeatedly.

Among the three candidates, David Silva stood on the far right, with Iniesta and Messi on the left.

David Silva had an obvious smile on his face, and it could be seen that he was in a good mood.

Messi and Iniesta's expressions were somewhat calm.

Especially Messi, it might not be an exaggeration to describe him as wooden - he knew that he could not win the award, so he came up to serve as a foil for others.

He should also be thankful that he is not a foil for Cristiano Ronaldo, otherwise, he would be crazy.

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The person in charge of the prize draw is Guardiola.

Let a Barcelona coach present the award to Lazio players... Fortunately, Guardiola and Lazio players are also familiar with each other, otherwise people would really think that FIFA is deliberately embarrassing Guardiola...

After Guardiola came on stage, he didn't say much nonsense. He directly picked up the envelope and said to the camera: "The winner of the 2010 FIFA Golden Ball Award is..."

After that, he lowered his head and opened the envelope, giving everyone a suspense time.

The venue was quiet for a while, and everyone held their breath and watched his movements.

The sound of tearing paper came from the microphone.

In fact, it was very short, but many people felt that it had been a long time. Guardiola pulled out the piece of paper in the envelope.

It was a folded paper.

He needed to open it to see the contents.

He looked up at the camera and smiled.

At the critical moment, the audience's appetite must be whetted.

"Guardiola deliberately kept it a secret here, but it's really meaningless. Everyone knows that David Silva has the highest chance of winning the Ballon d'Or. This is a matter of no suspense..." The supporter of the TV program also laughed.

His words can represent the most common opinion. Most people, except Iniesta and Messi's fans, think that David Silva has almost won the Ballon d'Or.

Yes, no suspense.

Amid the laughter of the commentator, Guardiola lowered his head and opened the paper in his hand.

When he saw the name on it, his expression was stunned for a moment.

This subtle change in expression did not escape the capture of the camera, and Guardiola's surprised expression also appeared on the big screen at the scene.

Of course, his expression soon returned to normal. He raised his head again and said to the camera: "The winner of the Ballon d'Or is... Messi."

There was an uproar at the scene! (To be continued)