Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 411 Is there a curse on the Golden Foot Award? No, the organizer wants to set new standards according to me (please vote for me)
"I'm very honored that the organizers chose me. This is an important moment in my career. I want to thank everyone who supported me and voted for me."

Chen Yufeng stood on the podium and received the Golden Foot Sample and Honor Card of the Golden Foot Award: "When I first became famous, I discovered a point. No matter who you are, no matter how powerful you are, you will be affected by A lot of doubts and criticisms.”

"Unless you can win all the awards."

"I believe everyone who follows me has heard this sentence, and they often hear similar words from my other interviews."

“I would say that to this day, I still hold on to that idea and keep moving forward with that goal in mind.”

"Therefore, I attach great importance to every award. The lack of any award will make me feel the pain and emptiness of scratching my head."

"So..." Chen Yufeng held up the Golden Foot Award sample, "Thank you to those who believe in me, thank you."

"In the new season, I will prove that I deserve it."

After saying this, he shook hands with the Prince of Monaco who was in charge of awarding the award and hugged him.

Chen Yufeng wanted to let go soon, but he didn't expect that the other party held him tightly, as if he had something to say: "I dare say that the gift I gave you will definitely surprise you. I don't need you to bring me anything. I just hope to see you continue to have a good life.”

"Okay, then we will only conduct interviews with Casillas and Chen Yufeng."

"伱 can be understood as a meeting gift given in order to make friends with you."

Perhaps it was when he mentioned Chen Yufeng's past that he truly felt that he had not lost unjustly.

"But that's not realistic. Since the organizer holds an awards ceremony, there must be certain indicators and tasks. They need these stars to bring some economic and influential value to this award and the city." He It didn't take long to figure it out.

"I am convinced that I lost to him."

Chen Yufeng withdrew his thoughts and began to listen to Casillas' interview seriously.

Regarding this, Chen Yufeng also showed a sincere expression: "I'm looking forward to it very much."

"Chen Yufeng's sudden emergence and the height he has reached in a short period of time are beyond the reach of all players."

Anyway, as long as he is the winner.

"My brothers didn't plan to send gifts originally, but I forced them to give them. When the time comes, they will be sent to you together with the real Golden Foot Award."

"Pah, pah, pah, pah..." Chen Yufeng stepped into the interview area amidst a burst of applause and sat where Saint Cassie had just been sitting.

"Apart from the World Footballer and the Laureus Sports Award, there's really not much more to him."

After arriving at the interview area, Chen Yufeng saw Casillas already sitting in the main seat for the interview.

"In two years, he won the Premier League Grand Slam, all the competitions he participated in, and he won all the awards."

"As he said himself, he is competing for all awards."

Forget it, it's easy to worry about it. He doesn't need to consider the organizer's issues.

This should be the last question. He saw the words "The interview is about to end" written on the multimedia curtain on the wall in front of Casillas.

"Avoid embarrassment and avoid souring relationships with stars."

"If there is a chance in the future, we can sit and eat together."

There were whispers from the side, and Chen Yufeng heard a lot of information from these simple sentences.

"The rest of the scene will be left to Mr. Chen Yufeng."

Casillas sat in front of the stage with some regrets and some relief on his face: "That was also the first goalkeeper to win the Golden Foot Award. I look forward to being the second. But things are unpredictable, and life is like this. From the beginning It’s full of regrets in the end.”

In the final moments, Casillas showed a sense of complete relief.

"Thank you everyone. I enjoyed my trip to Monaco. I will take a vacation here for two days before leaving. Bye, I want to go back to stay with my fans."

"Can't the organizer announce the winner in the media first and only let the winner come to the scene?"

What he said was very rough, and he was very sincere at the same time.

Ronaldo and Pirlo left?
Well, he actually understands this behavior.

It seems that the activities here have started long ago, and I am the last one to arrive.

Only then did Casillas realize that Chen Yufeng was listening at the door. After seeing Chen Yufeng, he nodded and said: "Let's bring up old things again and learn from Mr. Mourinho. I look forward to the day when Chen Yufeng wins all the awards."

"First of all, congratulations to Mr. Chen Yufeng for winning the Golden Foot Award at the age of 32. What do you think of what Mr. Casillas said?"

"Well... my career is indeed coming to an end. After learning that I was selected for the candidate list, I was very excited because my senior Buffon won this award last year."

"Maybe he will have his own regrets when he is about to retire. But if I have to name one player who is likely to have no regrets when he retires, it would be him."

"Where's Pirlo? He went on vacation too?"

Chen Yufeng expressed his thoughts sincerely, and then made a gesture of invitation to the reporters, indicating that they could start the interview.

"I'm very grateful to Mr. Casillas for the compliment. He is a great player. If he can play for another year, maybe next year's Golden Foot Award will belong to him."

Chen Yufeng had an immature idea.

The two let go of their hands, and then Chen Yufeng stood there and took some photos of the competition, and then went to the interview area next to him to conduct interviews after winning the award.

A reporter stood up and smiled: "In other words, are you confident that you can do what he said?"

If I were in their position, I would definitely leave directly.

"Isn't Ronaldo unwilling to come? Just leave right away? Isn't this a little inappropriate? How could he leave right after he came?"

Such is the case with candidate-based awards, there will always be someone embarrassed.

"This is a question that doesn't need to be asked. Even players in the same profession as me know what I think. Why don't you, as a media person, know?" Chen Yufeng smiled and was too lazy to reply.

"Well... I can understand what Mr. Chen Yufeng means. If you were asked to choose a time, when do you think you would win these two awards?"

After hearing this, Chen Yufeng nodded and started thinking, "Time? Within two years."

"The World Player of the Year should be very promising this year. It's hard to predict the Lawrence Award. If I can win the World Cup next year, I think it will be very promising." His speaking style has always been very straightforward. He is in a good mood today, that is Speak your thoughts directly.

If you are in a bad mood, you can directly express your dissatisfaction with the reporter.

"Some people say that the Golden Foot Award has a curse. What does Mr. Chen Yufeng think of this issue?" a reporter asked.

"What curse?" Chen Yufeng raised his eyebrows.

"That is... once a player wins the Golden Football Award, his condition will definitely take a turn for the worse until he slowly sinks." The reporter explained.

"Hahaha."

Chen Yufeng smiled and said, "I learned about the selection rules before coming here. The Golden Football Award does tend to be awarded to players who are about to retire."

"I am about to retire, and my condition will definitely take a turn for the worse. This is not a curse, it is normal."

At this point, he changed the topic: "But I think if this year's Golden Foot Award can be awarded to me, it means one thing."

"The organizers will change the selection rules starting from this year. They will only talk about competitive level and influence, not retirement."

"This is of course a wise choice. Over time, I think the Golden Foot Award will become an award comparable to the Golden Globe Award."

Seeing reporters eager to ask questions, Chen Yufeng grabbed the conversation in advance: "Do you want to ask why this means the organizer has changed the rules?"

"It's very simple. My condition will not deteriorate suddenly. I am still in my prime and will even improve."

"That's it, I hope you can understand what I mean, next question."

Chen Yufeng smiled. He knew what the reporters wanted to ask.

It's nothing more than the same boring old routine, questioning his age, questioning his competitive level, guessing the extent of his decline every year, etc.

He just wants to block these.

He also knew that the organizer's choice of him was not what he said; on the contrary, the organizer and the reporters may have the same idea.

On the one hand, I think he does have a high level of competition and a great influence, but on the other hand, I don’t think he can play for long...

But he still had to fight back like this.

Even if this is just his assumption now, it's not a fact yet.

But he will make it a reality.

At that time, the organizer will have to change even if it does not change, and it will have to change if it changes. Let’s make the selection according to what Chen Yufeng said.

Who makes them feel that he can't move in first?
Next, Chen Yufeng answered a few simple questions and started back to his venue in a normal mood.

"Oh...!"

"Xuxu~~!"

After entering the venue, he heard cheers and whistles again, and he forgot many of his worries.

He raised the Golden Foot Award and the honor card in his hand high and celebrated with his fans.

Sometimes you just have to find your own way to heal yourself and relax.

Otherwise, the high-intensity and high-pressure life every day would be so boring.

On this day, overall, Chen Yufeng was very happy.

In the next two days, Atletico Madrid had no friendly matches scheduled, so Chen Yufeng simply didn't go back.

He walked around Monaco a few times, spent two days of relaxing vacation life, and had his final relaxation.

On August 8, he got on the plane and flew to Madrid again.

His wonderful performance in the Audi Cup has made his teammates and coaching staff somewhat tolerant of him.

On the way back to the city, he took a look at Atletico Madrid's schedule and compared it with himself to make a simple schedule for himself.

There is one last friendly match next, and they will directly start their journey to La Liga.

After the third round of La Liga, the UEFA awards ceremony will be held together with the Champions League draw ceremony.

After that, they will start a third-line battle.

Chen Yufeng forced himself to put all his energy into the new season, because in this way, time will pass faster.

On August 8, Chen Yufeng, who had just slept in a Madrid mansion for a day, went directly to the training base.

After changing his equipment, he went straight into battle and participated in a friendly match with Getafe Club.

This was a secret friendly match, played directly at the training base. It wasn't too formal, but it was secretive.

The new season is getting closer and closer, and no one will be stupid enough to have a real friendly match in a large stadium. It is easy to hide from open guns, but difficult to guard against hidden arrows.

The stadium is big, so it is inevitable that gangsters from other clubs will come in and videotape you and analyze your moves.

The game starts at 4pm that day.

Chen Yufeng adapted quickly and entered the state very early, scoring two goals in just one half.

At halftime, he was replaced by Simeone and took an early rest.

In the end, they defeated this mid-table team in La Liga 4-0.

Through this game, Chen Yufeng has figured out the basic level of La Liga teams...

Now, it’s time to wait for the official start of the new season.

(End of this chapter)