It's cheating, but Hazard

Chapter 311: Charles Approaches Zurich (Part )
"Welcome to more than 190 countries watching the 2010 FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony. First of all, I would like to thank the guests who opened the show today."

As soon as the host finished speaking, the audience burst into applause.

The host continued: "Tonight we will witness the birth of the most popular players in the world's number one sport, football, in the past year, as well as the birth of the best and most impressive performers."

"First, let us welcome Xiaer and Balamayi!"

Amidst the applause, Xiaer and Balamayi walked out from the backstage at the same time, stood still, and waved to the audience.

"Secondly, let's welcome Iniesta and Marta!"

Iniesta and Marta lowered their heads and also walked out from the back and stood on the other side of the stage.

“Finally, let’s welcome Harvey and Prinz with the same warm applause!”

The two of them stood in the middle. Harvey was still a little uncomfortable with it and turned his eyes away instead of looking directly at the audience.

The host saw that everyone was present and asked, "As a candidate for this year's World Footballer of the Year, how do you feel, Balamayi?"

Balamayi took the microphone and said with a smile, "This is a very exciting night for me. It is my honor to be here with so many outstanding players."

"Charles, I'm actually a Chelsea fan. First of all, welcome to Zurich. I'm really happy to see you, so I have a question for you."

As the host spoke, Charles also turned around and looked at him with a smile, "What's the problem?"

"This is your second time attending the Golden Globe Awards ceremony. You are only 20 years old this year. What is urging you to keep moving forward?"

Without waiting for simultaneous interpretation, Charles already understood what he meant.

"Keep your passion. Only when you like or identify with a career or sport from the bottom of your heart can you devote yourself to it. I think this is one of the reasons why I have maintained a good state, because I am willing to work hard for football and study the latest football tactics."

As soon as Charles finished speaking, the host stretched out his hand and said, "Passion is indeed the basis for persisting in a job. Of course, on behalf of Chelsea fans, I still welcome you to Zurich. It would be even better if Chelsea could build a Stamford Bridge here."

There was some good-natured laughter.

The smile on Abu's face never stopped.

It's totally worth it. I don't know where the old guy Russell and his team of more than 40 people are hiding. If he finds them, he will go up and say hello to them.

If Charles was the only one selected for Chelsea, he would definitely bring an entourage of more than 70 people to show the temperament of the world's top club.

On the stage, the simple questions from the remaining four players were quickly concluded. Xiaer and Balamayi were the first to walk off the stage, and the stage returned to being back to having only two hosts.

"More than 200 million people voted online for this year's Puskas Award. Today's wonderful goals were countless. In the end, we found the 10 most voted goal videos. Here are the goals ranked fourth to tenth for you."

On the big screen, the selected videos were played from tenth to fourth.

From some of the game pictures above, we can see that the level of the competition may not be very high, and the condition of the venue is not as good as that of professional ones.

But the goals scored by these players were very beautiful and impressive.

"Next up are the top three goals for the Puskas Award, but the ranking of the top three goals has not yet been announced. There are still 30 minutes left before the voting closes."

"2010 FIFA Puskas Award Candidates Video:"

"Charles Lee scored a goal against Real Madrid in the 2009st round of the 10-31 La Liga season."

The big screen soon began to play Charles' century goal.

Because this game had been played for a long time, almost everyone at the scene had seen various versions of the replays, so they were no strangers to this goal.

There's nothing I can do, it's just too famous.

"In fact, Charles scored many wonderful goals, and this is just one of them. The other goals were not selected because in November, when FIFA selected 11 goal videos on its official website for selection, it was to select the best and most outstanding player. Otherwise, Charles might have won the Puskas Award this year. This is why many newspapers have proposed to change the name of the Puskas Award."

"But after all, Xiaer is still a 20-year-old active player, so changing his name is not realistic."

The video of the next candidate began to play on the screen.

"2010 FIFA Puskás Award Candidates Video: Hamit Altintop scores against Kazakhstan in European Championship Qualifiers."

Just like Charles’ video, after it was repeated twice, the next candidate’s video started playing on the big screen.

After repeating this twice, the videos of all three candidates were played.

"It was a very impressive goal, but now, before the result comes out, let's move on to the next step."

"Every year, FIFA invites professional players to vote for the best team, and this year we received many responses from professional players as well."

"2010 FIFA Best Team——"

"Goalkeeper: Hugo Lloris from France, Olympique Lyonnais."

"Defenders: Maicon from Brazil, Inter Milan; Lucio from Brazil, Inter Milan; Pique from Spain, Barcelona; Puyol from Spain, Barcelona."

"Midfielders: Xavi from Spain, Barcelona; Iniesta from Spain, Barcelona; Sneijder from the Netherlands, Inter Milan."

"Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, Real Madrid; Messi from Argentina, Barcelona; Charles from France, Chelsea."

Charles was the last to appear. He received the small medal for the best lineup and walked to his seat amid the applause of the audience.

On the other side of the stage, all the players were in place.

Looking at the entire lineup, Barcelona and La Liga became the biggest winners. A total of 5 people from Barcelona were selected, and a total of 6 people from La Liga were selected, occupying more than half of the places.

"Since the rise of Charles, the forward line in the best team should be the least suspenseful."

"If these three were in the same club, who knows how explosive the offensive firepower would be. They might score more than five goals per game."

Although France won the World Cup, the best performing players in the French national team, apart from Charles, should be Ribery and Lori.

But Ribery cannot compete with Ronaldo in the forward position. Although Ronaldo has not won any honors this season, his personal data has exploded and is hard to ignore.

In the midfield, Xavi and Iniesta occupied the world's top midfield position for a long time, and he couldn't squeeze out;
As for the goalkeeper position, Casillas played exceptionally well in the World Cup final, blocking many of Charles' shots. However, Lori kept scoreless in all the World Cup matches except for conceding one goal in the final.

The female host walked quickly to Maicon and asked, "As a defensive player, what do you think is the reason for being selected into the best team? Or do you have any suggestions for defensive players to make them better?"

Maicon took the microphone and laughed.

"As a defensive player, we often encounter world-class offensive players in the game, just like in the last Champions League semi-final, I played against Charles. To be honest, this feeling is very bad. I don't even want to meet him in the game again. It's too difficult to defend. The pressure throughout the game is very high."

"So, in terms of advice, I would say that against Charles, of course, top players in other positions like Ronaldo, as long as they can withstand the pressure, this is the best defender."

The whole audience burst into laughter.

Ciel laughed and shook his head.

He didn't expect that he had cast such a big shadow on Maicon.

The male host walked quickly to the stage and found Mourinho, "Jose, as a coach, if you have this lineup, what do you think you can do?"

Mourinho held the microphone and looked at the 11 players on the stage. "I think as a coach, when you have such players and lineups, the best thing to do is to find a few more chefs, physiotherapists, doctors and fitness coaches, and then shut up."

"They are all the best players who can do everything on the court. I just need to take care of the logistics."

As soon as Mourinho sat down, the female host on the stage walked up to Charles and handed him the microphone.

"Charles, this is your second time to be selected into the best team, and you are also the youngest captain of the French national team. In your first year as captain, you won the World Cup. How is the French national team doing now?"

Domenegue took out his cell phone with a proud look on his face, turned it on, and sent the photo of the host's question to Blanco.

He is destined to be the best coach of the French national team. Blanc, you will never be able to replace him.

"That's good. Under the leadership of the coach, we are moving towards new goals," As soon as Charles finished speaking, the male host in the audience had already found a new audience and started asking questions for the next round.

"Heinrich Grammer is a player from Zurich, he is only 14 years old this year. You can ask any player here today and let him solve your doubts. So Heinrich Grammer, who do you want to ask questions to?"

"Charles, I want to ask Charles!"

Heinrich Grama was obviously very excited, and then the host quickly stood up and took him to the stage, and walked to Charles together. "It seems that Charles is very popular among young people, so Heinrich, what questions do you want to ask Charles?"

Heinrich leaned closer to the microphone, "I want to know, Charles, how did you hold on during the Benedictus?"

Charles looked at Heinrich with a smile. To be honest, he couldn't tell that Heinrich was only 14 years old. "Because I knew that if I couldn't play well, I could still go to work in a flower shop, so I persisted."

The whole crowd laughed.

Jacques looked at Ange with a smile, and Ange shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"No one has been able to put together such a lineup yet. This is all just a dream, so in order to make the dream come true, we specially edited a video of the best eleven players playing together."

When Charles heard this, he couldn't help but turn around with everyone else and look at the big screen.

Lori kicked the ball, and then the scene changed to show Maicon catching the ball.

Obviously, this is a video edited from different game scenes.

The defenders showed their defense and passing, the midfielders showed their passing and dribbling, and the forwards showed their dribbling and shooting. Everyone made the game look gorgeous.

Finally, after receiving the pass, Charles staged a wave of speed and passion on the wing, hanging the ball to the middle, Messi dodged in the penalty area and passed the ball to Ronaldo again, who then scored in one fell swoop.

The game footage on the screen finally ended, and after the photo session, the best team matters were finally concluded, and next came the video of the FIFA World Footballer of the Year candidates.

First is Balamayi.

She is a German football player from Potsdam Turbine, but Charles thinks that this year's Footballer of the Year is likely to be Marta.

Marta from Brazil is really excellent. Her performance is even not inferior to some male players, but the physical gap is sometimes difficult to make up.

This was followed by a video about the story of Mr. Golden Globe.

Because the playback order is based on the first letter of the name, Charles is still the first.

Ciel also raised his head and looked at the big screen.

To be honest, he didn't know what the specific content was until the footage was released.

I have to say that the confidentiality work was done very well.

The person who appeared on the big screen was not a famous player like Benzema or Drogba, nor a famous coach like Wenger or Guardiola. Other people at the scene might still be confused, but Charles recognized him at first sight.

He is Cazorla, the third goalkeeper of the French national team.

Cazorla was injured during training during the 2010 World Cup, but because FIFA did not allow the French team to replace the substitute goalkeeper, Cazorla stayed in South Africa to receive treatment and serve as the third goalkeeper to see if there was any possibility of recovering from the injury early.

In the end, Cazorla finally recovered before the final, but he didn't have a chance to play.

In the final group photo, although Cazorla also appeared in the picture, he felt that he did not contribute much, so he stood in a remote corner.

After the group photo, Charles also gave the World Cup trophy to other players in turn for group photos. Of course, all the staff, including the logistical personnel who came from Italy for support and the team doctor from Chelsea, got the opportunity to take photos with the World Cup trophy.

But Cazorla just watched from a distance.

Charles also discovered this. At that time, the trophy was in Benzema's hands, and Benzema's saliva was all over the World Cup trophy. Of course, Benzema denied this and said that someone else kissed him.

After winning the World Cup, Charles took the initiative to pull Cazorla over, put the trophy in his hands and took a photo of him.

Although he did not play in any game and even had to receive treatment in the hospital, he is also a player of the French team, and a contributor to the championship.

"I am honored to be his teammate, even though many times I am not good enough to play alongside him."

"He once said that as long as there were French players on the bench and I could still play, he would feel safe."

"But what I want to say is that only by seeing him running on the field, even if I was sitting on the bench and was just a wicketkeeper, I could feel the confidence, pride and security in the hearts of all French people."

Cazorla in the picture is watching a match video, and the TV happens to be showing Charr's game.

Charles dribbled the ball forward on the field, and the opponents retreated frantically.

Cazorla said as he watched the TV: "He didn't break the World Cup goal record, but I think this record will be at his feet sooner or later."

The scene of Charles' goal appeared on the TV screen at the right time. After the ball fell into the net, Charles ran to the sidelines with his arms open.

In full bloom.

High spirits.

Look down on the world.

"In fact, I think no one can stop Ciel. His only opponent is time."

"When facing difficult games, he always stands up. When people are panicking, he always stands up. When the situation is urgent, he always stands up."

"Time is catching up with him, but he is faster."

The scene on the big screen changed, and the black and white ball turned into a stream of light and rushed straight to the goal. Charles was like a scorching heat in July, running back thousands of miles and rushing towards the goal post without hesitation.

Finally the ball hit Charles' ankle and bounced out of bounds.

And Charles had no time to slow down and hit the doorpost hard.

Cazorla picked up the remote control and the TV picture changed again.

"He seems to be able to take on all the pressure."

Charles was ready, took a deep breath, and stood near the penalty spot.

There seemed to be no sound between heaven and earth, only the heartbeats of the audience.

"Beep——"

A sharp whistle broke the silence.

Charles takes a running start.

"boom!"

The ball was like a white rainbow piercing the sun, heading straight for the goal!
"He is the captain, the best captain."

Cazorla picked up the remote control again and a documentary clip of the French team appeared on TV.

Charles stood in the middle of the locker room, while the other players all sat in their seats. Domenegue also sat in Charles' seat, and everyone was listening to Charles' inspiring speech.

“Our score is still very close, which is rare in previous games. Now it is halftime and there are still 45 minutes in the game. Maybe we can’t win in the end, but before the end of the game, we will never surrender or give in. We will fight to the end.

"Spain has a strong midfield and the players have a high level of tacit understanding, so we have to be very cautious. Victory is never won by cowardice and recklessness.

“I may not be able to speak clearly now because I was injured in the first half and even had to leave the court early for treatment. Everyone did a good job in the last five minutes, but this cannot go on. We cannot be satisfied with the status quo, we cannot let the score remain like this, we must fight back.

“Maybe we can’t win in the end, but we will never surrender or give in until the end of the game. We will fight to the end.

"We have to fight at the back, we have to fight in the middle, we have to fight up front, our defenders have to win the ball, our midfielders have to keep the ball at their feet, our forwards have to put the ball in.

"I will play in the second half and I will fight with everyone, including our coach, our team doctor, our chef and the millions of French compatriots who are watching our game.

"The game is difficult, and the second half may be even more difficult, but are you ready?"

"In this competition, we will never give in and overcome everything with unity!"

The picture on the TV gradually went dark.

Cazorla smiled and looked at the camera. "Captain, I'm glad to see you get to this point. You deserve it all."

"No matter what, I hope to go further and further under your leadership."

(End of this chapter)