It was already noon when Su Dong and Ronaldinho arrived in Zurich.
The award ceremony will be held at 20 o'clock in the evening at the Zurich Opera House. This year's theme is "The Combination of Football and Opera". There will be some opera performances interspersed in various aspects of the award ceremony.
This party will be broadcast live to more than 130 countries and regions around the world. It can be said to be the most important and influential awards ceremony in world football, and can be called the Oscars of football.
After Su Dong arrived in Zurich, FIFA's reception staff took them directly to a hotel near the Opera House. After checking in, they arranged lunch and the two took a short rest in the hotel.
Su Dong originally wanted to take a nap, but lying on the bed, he couldn't fall asleep no matter what. His mind was filled with tonight's award ceremony.
People are really weird.
Before, he really didn't think much about this issue. He didn't particularly care about winning or not winning the award. But the closer it got, the more concerned he became. Especially after winning the Golden Globe Award, he paid more attention to the world.
Footballer is full of desire.
What a picky, perfectionist Virgo man!
Since he couldn't sleep anyway, Su Dong simply ran to the hotel swimming pool and had a nice swim for a while.
The whole person was soaked in the water, but he didn't think about anything.
It was not until FIFA staff found him and reminded him that he was about to leave for the press conference before the award ceremony that Su Dong came up from the swimming pool. Under the admiring attention of FIFA staff and hotel employees, Su Dong said:
Shi Ran returned to the room to change clothes.
They were probably all thinking that they were training so hard even before the award ceremony!
But how did they know that Su Dong was just because he couldn't sleep.
While changing clothes, Su Dong also received a call from his parents in China.
They all knew that Su Dong would attend the awards ceremony in Zurich tonight, and they were all very concerned about it. They heard that there was also a simultaneous live broadcast in China, and they all stayed in front of the TV to wait for the news.
"It doesn't matter, Xiaodong, whether you win the Ballon d'Or or the World Footballer, you are the best!"
"Yes, son, no matter what, in our minds, you will always be the best!"
Of course, Su Dong smiled and said that he didn't value it very much.
But after hanging up the phone, he couldn't relax.
After coming out of the swimming pool, he began to worry about tonight's awards ceremony again.
Oh my God, can you let me just stay in the swimming pool like this?
It would be best if the award ceremony were held in the swimming pool, is that okay?
…
Over the years since joining Barcelona, Su Dong has developed the ability to deal with media cameras.
He had a lot on his mind, but on the outside he looked smiling and harmless. No one could read his inner anxiety at this moment from his face.
Not only him, but also Ronaldinho and Henry.
Both of them were smiling and chatting and laughing in front of the media cameras, but were they really not nervous at all?
Ronaldinho, like Su Dong, is among the top three for the first time. Henry has finished second before. Doesn’t he want to push forward again this time?
Su Dong is the number one favorite and has just won the Golden Globe Award. He is in the limelight and is naturally the focus of media reporters' attention.
Naturally, he also had to face the most difficulties.
For example, at the beginning, a media reporter asked him, who among the three should win the award more?
Asking such a pointed question in front of three candidates, especially to the youngest Su Dong, was self-evident, so there was a burst of booing at the venue.
Media reporters are just looking for fun and are not afraid of big trouble.
It would be even better if the three major candidates just rolled up their sleeves on stage and got to work, guaranteed to occupy the headlines for several days in a row.
Not to mention, Su Dong was wearing a dry T-shirt, and the heating at the venue was turned on a bit high, so he actually rolled up his sleeves and used this action to think about how to answer this question.
"First of all, from a personal point of view, I am very honored to be here and to be able to stand here with such outstanding professional football players as Ronaldinho and Henry. For me, this is a great opportunity.
A great victory.”
When Su Dong said this, the media reporters in the audience kept recording it, for fear of missing a word, an expression, or even the tone of his voice.
"The three of us have different ways of playing. Ronaldinho is my best partner and the best player in world football. He is not a prolific scorer, so goals cannot measure his quality.
Performance."
"And Henry, he is a great scorer. He has a lot to learn from on the court. For example, I really studied Henry's ball protection skills very carefully, really."
When he said this, Su Dong turned his head and looked at Henry, "Thierry, I don't know if you have noticed that my ball protection is really similar to yours. I really learned a lot from you."
, here, I want to express my gratitude to you in person."
Henry smiled and applauded, and responded: "I think your ball protection is as good as mine, or even better than mine, especially with the help of your strong body. I can't do this. I really think you
Excellent!”
"Thank you." Su Dong nodded in greeting.
"These two are seniors that I respect very much, and they are also the ones I study hard for. If I had to choose, I really hope that all three of us can win the award, and we should all win the award!"
Su Dong's last words once again showed his temperament of neither being humble nor being arrogant.
He praised the two competitors earlier, but this last sentence shows that he thinks he should also win the award and is qualified to win the award. He has this even when facing the competition between Ronaldinho and Henry.
qualifications.
The audience also gave Su Dong a warm round of applause for his beautiful answer.
Even though Su Dong is polite to everyone on weekdays and seems to be more humble than anyone else, when it comes to critical moments, he will never be underestimated!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Then the media repeatedly asked a lot of questions, mainly about Su Dong and the teams he played for.
Among them, regarding Barcelona, Su Dong said that the club treats him very well and his teammates also support him very much.
"I'm very happy playing here and I don't have any reason to leave, right?"
Media reporters also asked Ronaldinho and Henry about their opinions on Su Dong's prospects of winning the award. Both of them also had their own methods of dealing with media reporters, and they basically avoided it perfectly.
These days, not being difficult for media reporters is a must-have skill for almost every superstar.
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After attending the press conference, the three of them returned to their hotels.
Su Dong's sponsor Hugo Boss also specially arranged for a stylist to come to Zurich and send Su Dong a tailor-made suit. This is a black suit, which will be Su Dong's formal wear tonight.
When the time came, the three people were picked up by the welcome car and arrived at the Zurich Opera House.
As night falls, there are already a large number of media reporters and fans from all over the world stationed outside the opera house, including some Chinese students and media reporters from China.
When Su Dong stepped off the welcome car, a voice calling his name in Chinese rang out. This made Su Dong stop as soon as he stepped onto the red carpet and turned around to look for the source of the familiar voice.
Soon, he found his compatriots and immediately smiled and waved to them, feeling very warm in his heart.
It is not easy to meet familiar compatriots in a foreign country.
Especially on an occasion like tonight.
"Come on! Su Dong, you will definitely win the prize!"
"Su Dong, I love you! You are the best!"
"Su Dong, I want to give birth to a monkey for you!"
When he heard the last sentence, Su Dong's steps on the red carpet were obviously messed up and he almost fell down.
Darling, how can I let you give birth to a monkey?
Is it possible that you want me to degenerate?
Isn’t this forcing others to do something difficult?
"Sorry, I can't do it!" Su Dong replied with a smile.
They were all talking in Chinese, which only Chinese people could understand, and they all burst into laughter. The foreign fans and media reporters around them looked confused.
What the hell?
…
After the three candidates entered the opera house, the red carpet session was basically over.
After everyone was seated, the award ceremony began quickly.
The first awards were the Chairman's Award and the Fair Play Award, which were no longer in suspense. The winners were the Undersea Football Association and the Brazilian Football Association respectively.
The reason is that on August 18 this year, the Brazilian national team went to Haiti to play a charity match to appeal for peace.
What was then announced were the two awards established for the first time this year. The Indoor Football Player of the Year was awarded to Brazil's Falcao, and the E-Sports Footballer of the Year was awarded to Brazil's Thiago.
It is worth mentioning that when this fat football player in the e-sports world gave his speech, he said that his favorite player in the game is Su Dong.
"But I can't challenge the hellish level of difficulty of the national team, so I basically play as Su Dong for the club."
Su Dong smiled bitterly and shook his head, feeling both honored and helpless.
The national team is his biggest regret.
The next award was Miss World Football. German forward Prinz won this award for the second time. Brazil's 18-year-old rookie Marta performed well in this year's Women's World Youth Championship and won the bronze medal.
Team of the Year was also awarded to Brazil.
In addition to the World Footballer, Brazil won four of the six awards, which can be described as a bumper harvest.
As the finale, Su Dong appeared side by side with Ronaldinho and Henry.
Former World Footballer Weah read out FIFA's evaluation of the performance of the three people in the past year. Each time they finished reading, they received thunderous applause from the audience.
Everyone at the scene also felt the tense atmosphere.
This is the most suspenseful and important individual award of the year. Whoever wins it will write their name in the history of world football and become the tenth superstar in history to win the title of World Footballer.
This is definitely a supreme honor!
The presenters are FIFA President Sepp Blatter and German football legends Beckenbauer and Weah. The three of them will present the World Footballer's Goal, Silver Ball and Bronze Ball trophies respectively.
Following Weah's words, everyone turned their attention to the big screen behind the podium.
The names of the winners will be announced here shortly.
