It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 310: Charles Approaches Zurich (I)

"Station, stage, you are now watching the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or awards ceremony."

"This year's Ballon d'Or is different from previous ones. This is the first Ballon d'Or awarded by FIFA, and the winner is also this year's World Footballer of the Year."

"In July 2010, FIFA and France Football officially reached an agreement to merge the FIFA World Player of the Year award with the Ballon d'Or."

"The latest selection rules for the merged FIFA Ballon d'Or are: voted by 208 national team coaches, 208 national team captains, and 208 media outlets around the world. The first two votes are collected by FIFA, and the latter by France Football, each accounting for 1/3 of the share. This means that a total of 2010 judges participated in the 624 FIFA Ballon d'Or."

"The current Golden Globe Awards venue has also been changed to the Zurich Conference Center in Switzerland."

"On December 12 last year, FIFA announced the final three candidates for the Ballon d'Or."

"The three are Charles, Xavi and Iniesta. It is worth noting that the specific ranking of the three has not yet been announced. All three have the potential to win the Ballon d'Or."

“In addition to the FIFA Ballon d’Or, awards such as the World Player of the Year, World Coach of the Year, Women’s Coach of the Year, World Team of the Year, FIFA Puskas Goal of the Year, FIFA Fair Play and FIFA President’s Special Award will also be presented at this ceremony.”

"Among them, the World's Best Coach award is a new one this year. The candidates are 2010 World Cup champion coach Domenegue, 2010 Champions League champion coach Guardiola, and 2010 coach Mourinho, who led the team to the semi-finals."

The Golden Globe Awards ceremony officially started at 7 o'clock in the evening, but Charles arrived in Zurich early.

Today is a day of celebration of football.

At 2 pm, the World Footballer of the Year and the Best Women's Coach candidates will attend the press conference. Charles, Iniesta, Xavi, Mourinho, Guardiola and Domenegue will also attend the press conference an hour later.

In the backstage lounge.

Xavi and Iniesta walked over together.

"Congratulations, Charles."

"You guys talked about it?"

Charles subconsciously touched his pocket, and Iniesta laughed, "Your shirt has no pockets."

Harvey also sat on the other side of Ciel, "But I did bring some melon seeds."

"Okay, I didn't react," Charles took the melon seeds handed to him by Harvey and started cracking them.

The three of them were eating melon seeds and chatting. Not long after, the door of the lounge was pushed open and Guardiola, Mourinho and Domeneghe walked in one after another.

"Well, it looks like our Ballon d'Or winners are here too," Guardiola said with a smile.

Mourinho put his hands on his hips and said, "It's almost time. The staff has been looking for you but couldn't find you."

Domenegue glanced at Mourinho and finally smiled, "Charles, go get ready for the interview, we've finished it."

Charles quickly checked his watch and saw it was almost half past three, so he stood up and tidied himself.

Iniesta and Xavi also stood up and patted their pants, "Then we'll go first."

Guardiola sat directly in the seat where the three had sat before and waved his hand, "Go, go."

Interview hall.

The background wall behind him is pure black, without any fancy sponsor advertisements, and the white and gold "FIFA BALLON D'OR 2010" is regularly inlaid in between.

The three of them sat in their seats according to the staff's instructions.

In front of the three people, there was no obstruction and they could clearly see the media reporters in the audience.

Sitting at the very edge of the stage is the host of today's press conference.

However, unless it is a panoramic shot, you generally cannot see his presence.

After the opening remarks, it was soon time for reporters to ask questions.

"Brazil, El Globo, Akariya, Iniesta, when Charles first joined Barcelona, ​​did you think he would achieve what he has today?"

Iniesta just laughed.

The reporter spoke Spanish, so he didn't have to wait for simultaneous interpretation to understand her questions.

"Every player who joins Barcelona is very good, but not all good players can win the Ballon d'Or. Before this, I never thought that I would be able to sit in this position one day, and at the beginning, he was still a midfielder."

"The Times, Illumi Miles, Harvey, for a period of time, Charles often appeared in your position. As a senior, have you ever given Charles any advice? For example, asking him to be patient and learn to wait?"

"No, no, no," Xavi denied three times in a row, "He has outstanding talent. Like Iniesta said just now, every player who comes to the first team is excellent. I don't think I am much better than him. He has the potential to become the best player. Obviously, he did it."

Ciel smiled at Harvey, "Thank you."

Soon, the topic turned to Charles.

"Germany, Bild, Vent Kram, I want to ask Charles a question, which is do you think you were nominated as a midfielder or as a striker?"

"I think whether it is a midfielder or a striker, they are different aspects of me. In the early stage, my role was more inclined to pass the ball and organize the team in the midfield. Now I am more inclined to be a striker. But no matter which one it is, as long as I am a player, I only have one purpose and goal, which is to help the team win."

……

Half an hour later, the interview finally ended.

But this did not mean rest, and Charles did not have time to chat or greet Guardiola, but returned to the locker room to change clothes.

This time the suit was also custom-made and was already hung up, waiting for Charles to put it on.

Anais was wearing a long dress and standing in front of the mirror, constantly checking her makeup and appearance.

"Charles, look at my lipstick. Is it too dark? Do you think this color looks better, or this color?"

Anais held up two lipsticks to her lips.

Charles picked up the tie and looked at Anais's lipstick.

To be honest, he couldn't see any difference between the three colors.

"I think the color on the left is more suitable and looks softer."

"Really? Let me try," Anais gently wiped off the lipstick and found that her lips were a little dry, so she took a lip balm and applied it, then gently applied lip gloss on her lips, took a sip, checked carefully, and found that every part was coated, then turned around with satisfaction.

"how about this?"

Charles had already tied his tie and looked carefully at Anais' lips. Although he couldn't see anything, he still pretended to compare them carefully. After a few seconds, he said, "Very good. Much more suitable than the last one."

Anais smiled and said, "Let me help you with your tie clip."

Half past four in the afternoon.

Cordons have been set up on both sides of the red carpet in front of the Zurich Conference Center, and the invited players, coaches, celebrities and others have begun to walk the red carpet one after another.

Reporters were already in place on both sides of the red carpet, but they weren't taking photos that frequently yet.

Because the more important the person is, in other words, the more famous the person is, the later they will appear.

In fact, it is very reasonable when you think about it, because the likes of Charles, Xavi and Iniesta have to wait until after 4 o'clock to finish the interview, plus the time needed to change clothes, rest and travel, so they basically can't arrive until after o'clock.

Time passes slowly.

There were more and more people on both sides of the red carpet, and the waiting reporters were taking pictures more and more frequently. 17:30.

The car carrying Charles, Ange, Jacques and Anaïs finally arrived at the red carpet.

In an instant, the entire scene was lit up, and the flashlights of reporters on the sidelines flashed like snowflakes.

"Charles, I love you!"

"I want an autograph, I'm your fan, autograph!!"

"You are the Golden Globe winner, Charles, we support you!!!"

The excited crowd outside the red carpet cordon was like a frenzied ocean, with countless pairs of outstretched hands squeezing into the cordon, often holding all kinds of jerseys or notebooks and pens in their hands.

Charles released his hand from Anaïs, walked to the cordon, picked up a pen, and randomly selected fans holding Chelsea jerseys and French team jerseys to sign.

"Let's take a picture together, Charles!"

While Charles was signing seriously, fans would occasionally cheer and take out disposable film cameras to give to Charles.

At that time, the functions of mobile phones were not that powerful, and if you wanted to take better photos, you still couldn't do without a camera.

However, cameras are not suitable for such occasions. Cheap and convenient disposable film cameras are the most suitable choice.

The prices of disposable film machines in Zurich have gone up quite a bit recently.

Charles quickly signed, took the film camera from a fan and handed it to Anais.

The fans excitedly made a "yeah" gesture, and Charles cooperated by posing in the same way.

Anais on the red carpet bent slightly and gently pressed the shutter button.

Jacques held Ange's hand and looked at the scene with emotion.

“It’s amazing, isn’t it?”

Ange tilted his head, "Fortunately, we persisted at the beginning. It really is like a dream."

The red carpet was not that long, but it took Charles nearly half an hour to finish walking through it.

After Angel and Jacques entered the award hall, they sat down immediately. Charles also took Anais to chat with other people he had not greeted before.

The lights on the scene were not that bright.

But Charles spotted Guardiola, whose head was glowing, at first sight among the crowd of people wearing similar clothes.

He was sitting in his seat chatting with Mourinho.

As for Domenegue, he did not stay but brought his daughter to chat with Zidane.

There is no way, we are in different circles, so don’t force it.

Although he did not admit it, the title of World Cup champion was still given to him.

Charles sat in Domenegue's seat with peace of mind.

Guardiola pointed at Charles and said to Mourinho: "That's great, I taught him that."

Mourinho pursed his lips and said, "You are so good, you must still be the head coach of a wealthy club."

Charles didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

I didn't expect that after not seeing each other for so long, our relationship is still as good as ever.

Guardiola didn't take Mourinho's words to heart, "Charles, have you eaten?"

"I ate a little bread, and I'm not hungry now," said Charles, smiling.

Mourinho was no longer in the mood to argue with Guardiola. Instead, he looked at Charles seriously and said, "How about we go out for dinner together after this? Maybe we can talk about joining Real Madrid."

Guardiola slapped Mourinho on the shoulder and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense. I have already booked a restaurant. After the award ceremony, we can go to eat secretly."

What else could Ciel say but nod.

"Okay."

"What about me?" Mourinho asked dissatisfiedly.

Guardiola sat upright, "You can call Balotelli and ask him to accompany you."

……

Charles looked at the time and saw that it was almost 18:30, so he and Anais immediately returned to their seats.

The award ceremony will begin in half an hour, and everyone should be seated at this time.

Within a few minutes, warm-up artists appeared on the stage and performed their shows.

Amid the stirring piano music, highlights of the six Golden Globe Award nominees (male and female) began to play on the big screen.

Iniesta and Xavi's imaginative passes and their few shots on goal;

Soon, a clip of Ciel appeared on the screen.

After a smooth transition, a close-up of Ciel's eyes appeared on the screen.

In the picture, Charles' eyes are unusually calm. He glances at the scene lightly in slow motion. Then the camera zooms out, and we see him pushing off the ground with his right foot. At the moment of jumping up, he suddenly kicks forward with his left foot in the air.

Charles's entire body stretched out in the air, like a roc spreading its wings.

Without any pause, Charles leaned back and looked at the camera calmly again. The camera slowed down again and all the audience were captured. For a moment, they even felt difficulty breathing.

It was as if the person in the camera was talking to them, and they were the goalkeepers of this game.

are you ready?
Goalkeepers?
"boom--"

Charles' whole body was parallel to the ground, and then he kicked the ball with the instep of his right foot.

The scene finally switched, and Casillas was seen standing there in a daze. He only had time to straighten himself up, and the ball had already gone straight into the net over his head.

The piano music became more and more passionate, and Charles' performance continued.

In the King's Cup, Charles strolled leisurely, the stadium seemed to have turned into a garden, and Charles came and went freely in the opponent's penalty area.

In the Champions League final, Charles's thousand-mile run destroyed the confidence of Bayern players with his unreasonable speed.

After transferring to the Premier League, he set a new record by scoring a bicycle kick 30 meters from the goal.

The incredible midfielder made an assist from long distance with his back to the goal without stopping the ball.

In the World Cup final, the bedraggled Charles midfielder made a one-man show, shaking off the Spanish defenders one by one, and finally scored the winning goal with a single shot on the goalkeeper...

Iniesta and Xavi, who originally had some fire in their hearts, silently turned their sighs into exclamations.

(End of this chapter)