At the end of the 14th round of competition, Peter Kenyon, Jose Mourinho, Frank Lampard, Wang Ai, Cech, Makelele, Robben, Essien and all the other Chelsea players who were shortlisted for the Ballon d'Or departed from London and arrived in Paris that night to attend the Ballon d'Or ceremony the following day."
Rey", Robben, who was in the same seat on the plane, bumped Wang Ai with his shoulder.Ever since he understood that Wang Ai's surname meant king, especially after that misunderstanding, he took back the hand of friendship and felt a little guilty, coupled with Wang Ai's wonderful performance, he began to call Wang Ai by this Spanish word."
I think you'll have a chance to win the big prize sooner or later.""
You have a chance, too."
Wang Ai smiled and said, "Many people have opportunities. ”"Me."
Robben shook his head: "If you want to win the big prize, you have to have a boss who is rich and wants to support you, you also have to have stable playing time, and a wonderful performance."
Now, I only have one last item.I don't know why, I'm always prone to injuries and it affects my playing time.I don't have a lot of playing time, and I'm not as explosive as you. ”"How did I explode?""
Your performance is an explosion, I don't know a better adjective, in such a short period of time, you seem to compress a full 90 minutes.I can't, so I probably won't get the jackpot. ”Wang Ai thought about it after hearing this, he has been coming to Chelsea for so long, and Wang Ai is already familiar with many things in the club, such as the team doctor.The level of England's team doctor can only be said to be average, which may be related to England's football culture, which advocates the spirit of iron and blood at every turn, a bit like the "minor injury can't get out of the firing line" in Chinese football.At least judging from Wang Ai's perception, he is not as good as the stereotypical Germans.Even if the level of the team doctor is not bad, it can only be tinkered, not prevented in advance.I have the impression that Robben's injury situation has improved a lot since he left Chelsea, especially at Bayern.Should Robben be advised to go to Germany to check it out?
Wang Ai thought about it and decided to find an opportunity to give Robben a hint in the future that it was not the place to talk on the plane.And now the relationship between the two is relatively shallow, with the Dutchman's solipsistic temperament, if you really want to talk to him directly, it is difficult to judge how he reacts.Maybe you will go back and tell the club, then the Chelsea team doctor should have done the black hand to Wang Ai.Even if he kept it a secret, he couldn't say if he could believe it.I can't fool him with Chinese medicine, which is similar to a witch doctor in the eyes of Europeans, unless Tu Youyou wins the Nobel Prize ten years ahead of schedule.This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Ballon d'Or, so the awards gala at the Pierre Cardin Arts Center opposite the Élysée Palace has also become extraordinarily grand, with almost all the celebrities of French football coming, Platini, Zidane, Deschamps, Blanco, Jacquet, FIFA President Blatter, and a total of 35 previous Ballon d'Or winners who are still alive, 25 of whom came tonight.Almost all the players who made it to the final 50-man roster were there.The top of the rankings are not only here by themselves, but also by those who have girlfriends, those with children, and the club managers, technical directors, and head coaches who can come.This is not only an awards ceremony, but also an important social occasion.If you can get the invitation, it means that you have entered the inner circle of European football and have the opportunity to deal with all kinds of big names.In the Chelsea team, Wang Ai and Robben are the younger two, Wang Ai is 18 years old, Robben is 21 years old, and they were selected for the Ballon d'Or shortlist together.Therefore, when entering the venue and waiting for the opening, Blatter and Platini spoke to the two one after another.Wang Ai and Platini spoke for the first time, but they were relatively familiar with Blatter.Three years ago, when the award was presented after the World Cup final, it was Blatter who presented him with the award.Wang Ai naturally knows tonight's result, so he behaves steadily, and big names like Blatter and Platini are of course personable.Reporters from several domestic media also came to the scene, and hurried to press the shutter around Wang Ai, Wang Ai glanced at them to know what kind of tone they would use to write the script, feeling a little helpless, but it was not easy to say anything.In China in this era, even if it is a finalist for an individual award in football, it is worth talking about it, so as to boost the morale of the people of the whole country, and save the "traitors", "elites" and their cubs in the current domestic Internet forums: the public knowledge and the leading party are discouraged.China is such a big country, and no one can count on it except to do it with its own life.Therefore, even though Wang Ai has persuaded domestic reporters through Liu Jianhong, this enthusiasm is still fanned.After greeting the bigwigs, Wang Ai had to walk to the reporters' doors, although he was mainly aimed at domestic reporters, but European reporters wanted to ask questions, and they couldn't help but answer.Domestic reporters traveled thousands of miles to come specifically for him, but he didn't come to express it, and he didn't want to go."
Winning an award?
No, no. ”Wang Ai shook his head at the reporter of "Football" again and again: "We have to look at the problem objectively, and we can't paralyze ourselves."
My performance in the past year was indeed the best in Asia or among the yellow race, but that doesn't mean I'm going to win the award.I'm a regular in the rotation at Laco and Chelsea, and although I am very efficient in scoring goals, my overall contribution is not higher than others. ”"What about Asian Footballer?""
And who knows?"
Wang Ai spread his hands funny: "I'm not a judge." ”The reporters had to ask again, and Wang Ai waved his hand: "It'll be over in a while, if you have time, you have to start." ”The final results were not unexpected.Ronaldinho scored 225 points, Frank Lampard 148 and Gerrard 144 points, winning the gold, silver and bronze balls respectively.Ronaldinho's 2005 performance continued the excellence of 2004, and even the average fan could see that he was excellent.What's more, he also has the endorsement of Bobby Charlton, Maradona, Rijkaard, Pele and other football legends.As early as before the award ceremony, through the information given by major bookmakers and major newspapers, this result has actually been clear.The reason why the stars who didn't have a chance to make the three-man roster also came was not polite, it was important to make friends with big names and to give the organizers the impression of respecting them.Wang Ai and Arjen Robben are both motivated by this motive, and Chelsea's eight players have been selected for the 50-man squad, and all of them have come.Of course, a big meal for Zaylan Lampard is also a motive.Half of the 50 players were scored by the judges, with seven at Chelsea scoring and only Robben unexpectedly not scoring, which is directly related to his excessive injuries.This season, the Premier League has played 14 rounds, played 9 rounds, started 5 games, played a total of only 420 minutes, and scored only two goals.()