Chapter 380: A sudden increase in strength! The new Ballon d'Or winner is on par with the legend
The Golden Globe Awards ceremony ended amid applause from the audience, but the event continued.
The distinguished guests and guests attending the event left in an orderly manner from the door at the back of the theater, while the award winners and major stars entered and exited from the same place and walked the red carpet again.
This time, reporters and media wanted to capture their expressions and responses after the award ceremony.
Van der Sar and Rashford came over to congratulate Chen Xiaoliang, followed by the sisters. The three young people hugged each other tightly, including David of course.
This middle-aged uncle from Glasgow has been his driver and bodyguard since he started working in a Chinese restaurant in Glasgow, and now he is like a family member.
No one expected that the kid we met more than three years ago has now become the best player in the world.
In front of the Golden Globe Awards backdrop on the red carpet, Chen Xiaoliang took photos with many people holding the trophy.
Van der Sar asked him and Rashford to stay in Paris for one more day to attend the press conference the next day and enjoy the relaxation time after winning the award, but he had to rush back to the club early the next morning.
Although the Ballon d'Or is now awarded on a season basis, and therefore the award actually goes to Roma, Chen Xiaoliang is now at Manchester United. As the fifth player in Manchester United's history to win the Ballon d'Or while at the club, following Bobby Charlton, Denis Law, George Best and Cristiano Ronaldo, the club must publicize it in a big way.
Haaland also came over and took a photo with Chen Xiaoliang, each holding the trophy.
Haaland: "Congratulations, Chen, you did really well!"
Chen Xiaoliang was inexplicably moved. Although he didn't spend much time with Haaland, after the Champions League final, Haaland was able to congratulate him in such an atmosphere, which showed that this person really only had pure football in his heart. Such a sincere opponent is so rare.
Chen Xiaoliang: "Thank you! You are also the best opponent I have ever met!"
“Crack, crack, crack…”
Reporters will not miss such a scene. In the era of Melo, the kings do not meet each other, and it is rare to see such a warm interaction between the two.
Haaland raised the trophy in his hand: "One thing must be made clear, you won a trophy tonight, and I won one too, 1-1, I didn't lose to you."
Chen Xiaoliang was stunned for a moment, then quickly walked to the middle of the sisters and hooked one of them with one hand: "Hurry, hurry, hurry, let's go, this guy is going crazy again. If you don't want to eat burgers, then leave quickly."
The three of them, plus David, got on the organizing committee's special car and went straight back to the hotel.
"Are you going?" Chen Xiaoliang looked at the sisters who had just changed their clothes. Their cheeks were flushed with joy. Erica was the first to say, "I'll go with you wherever you go~"
David coughed twice, indicating that no matter how cheesy you are, don't forget that I'm here with you.
The four men put on sunglasses, put on the hoods of their sweatshirts, slipped out of the side door of the hotel, and walked quickly to the pizza shop.
The rolling door was half-closed. Chen Xiaoliang went up and knocked on it. An old man pulled up the door, took a look, nodded like a spy's secret signal, and let the three people in.
David asked for a bottle of beer and refused to go in, leaning against the railing on the street. This was his professional habit, and it also allowed him to give young people their own space.
Messi was already waiting.
The sisters ate and listened, while Chen Xiaoliang and Messi kept chatting, talking about the past and the future.
Messi said that he clearly felt that his recovery speed had become much slower. He used to be able to play a game of football every three days, but now he feels a little tired even if he plays a game every six days.
He said his next stop might be the Middle East, not because the price offered there was very high, but because he could still play. Even if it was a bit difficult to play for a top European team, he could continue to enjoy football in a relatively easier league.
He started training at the age of 4 and joined the amateur team coached by his father. He joined Newell's Old Boys at the age of 7, joined Barcelona at the age of 13, and officially became a member of the La Masia youth training camp at the age of 15. He is reluctant to say goodbye to his beloved football.
Despite being in Paris, Messi barely mentioned anything about his time at PSG, let alone the PSG fans who booed him at the Parc des Princes.
He only said that he wanted to help .
The end of the reunion was also the beginning of separation. A black special car stopped in front of the pizza shop, and everyone knew it was time to say goodbye.
Chen Xiaoliang suggested taking another photo, and Messi readily agreed.
But what’s interesting is that the boss insisted on refusing to hang the group photo on the wall as a selling point as he did last time.
He said he wanted to apologize to those stupid people who booed Messi, and said that he had just heard their conversation. He said that the previous photo had already brought him a lot of benefits, and that he was already half buried in the ground, so he didn't need to worry about that little money anymore.
Instead, he hopes that after the Golden Globe Awards every year, he can see the two of them again, come to his shop to chat, sit, and eat a piece of pizza he baked himself. That is the most anticipated and happiest moment every year.
Chen Xiaoliang immediately replied: "I will."
Messi just smiled but didn't nod.
The Argentine opened the rolling door, got into the car, waved to everyone, the engine sounded, and the car soon disappeared around the corner of an intersection.
The four of them strolled slowly and returned to the hotel to rest.
The next morning, after attending the press conference after winning the award and answering a series of questions, Chen Xiaoliang flew back to Manchester.
Although it is not difficult for him to deal with the media, he does not like to be hypocritical. The most comfortable thing for him is to quickly escape and return to the training ground.
Teammates came back one after another, and everyone would pay homage to Chen Xiaoliang when they saw him. Chen Xiaoliang also temporarily handed over the Golden Ball to the club. The club would make a one-to-one exact replica and place it in the club's honor room.
Pinto, who hadn't been in contact for a long time, also called and hoped to copy one for Roma. Chen Xiaoliang naturally agreed.
Not to mention that young players like Ganacho and Cesco couldn't let go of the Ballon d'Or trophy, veterans like Casemiro and De Gea also came close to take several looks before leaving.
There were 68 Ballon d'Or awards, and 68 trophies were given out. Many of them were won repeatedly. The winners were all top football stars at one time, and many of them have passed away. It is so rare to see the original one...
This award also gave the whole team great confidence.
This year's Ballon d'Or was hailed by the media as a great victory for the two Manchester City giants. Eight Manchester City players made the top 30, while Manchester United also had Chen Xiaoliang, Kva, Cesco, Rashford and Casemiro in the top 30. In addition, with the draw with Manchester City in the last round, the team has 9 wins, 1 draw and 28 points, continuing to refresh the best start in the club's history, making people inside and outside the club believe that the day of Manchester United's rise is coming.
But there is also bad news.
In the international match, Lindelof and Timber both suffered minor injuries. According to the team doctor's assessment, they need to rest for about one to one and a half months.
This suddenly reduced the original configuration of five central defenders to only three people. After Varane and Lima, the only one left was Maguire, who performed well in the England national team but was in a daze when returning to the club.
This forced Ten Hag to consider sending Maguire, who had not started for a long time, to play, and even let Luke Shaw play as left center back again and Dalot play as left back.
At the same time, with Chen Xiaoliang winning the Golden Ball, Kva and Cesco were both ranked in the top 30 of the Golden Ball, which also completely established Riise's position as a world-class agent.
Van der Sar has already communicated with agents such as Riise and Mendes about Manchester United's later transfer targets. The goal is a striker who can play as a 9th or 10th position as a substitute for Cesco and Rashford. They also need a jack of all trades on the back line, a player who can play as a defensive midfielder or a defender.
Reese immediately told Chen Xiaoliang, and Chen Xiaoliang gave him two names. When Reese saw one of the names, he was stunned and repeatedly asked Chen Xiaoliang "Are you sure?" But after getting Chen Xiaoliang's confirmation, he immediately set out to act.
But distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. The league and the Champions League will resume soon, and they will face two games a week. Ten Hag thought about it again and again, and finally decided to let Maguire start in the home league against Crystal Palace, so that Lima, who almost flew around the world during the national team games, can rotate and rest to avoid further injuries.
For this reason, Ten Hag specifically found Chen Xiaoliang during the lunch break in training, hoping that he could play the position of defensive midfielder to protect Maguire, who was easily hit by the ball behind him on the ground.
Chen Xiaoliang also knew that in the last game against Manchester City, he completely dominated the tactical arrangements on the field, which actually had an impact on the head coach's authority. Faced with Ten Hag's reasonable position arrangement, he readily agreed and took the initiative to say that he would be willing to give it a try even if he was asked to play as a central defender.
Although nothing was said out loud, the two adults with a 33-year age difference chose to keep it to themselves and respect each other's position and responsibilities.
The day before the competition, Chen Xiaoliang tinkered with the system that was almost covered in dust.
During the 15-day off-season, I trained for 12 days. During the 3 days when I didn’t participate in team training, I also trained alone for 1 hour to maintain the amount of exercise. In total, I gained 51 training points (122→173).
Right winger: LV3: average → LV4: competent
Training value 173 → 13
When he reaches LV4, he is finally able to perform well. Even if he starts, he can still exert more than 95% of his ability without worrying about not being able to adapt to the position.
In the last game against Manchester City, he scored 2 goals and assisted 1. In addition to the away game, the equalizer assist and the goal-line clearance in the last seconds, he beat Haaland who scored a hat trick and was named the best player of the game. He received a total of 12 training points (13→25).
Although he failed to win and failed to complete the [Big Club Mission], De Bruyne completed 5/5 of the superstar mission in a single game and received the De Bruyne skill training package.
When I opened it, I saw it was a skill acceleration package for [Good at dribbling on the right side], which was equivalent to 30 skill points.
As for the [King of Football Competition Mission], he also won the individual duel with Haaland with a result of 9.8 points to 9.6 points, but did not meet the mission requirement of [leading the opponent by more than 1 point in the post-match score].
Although it's a bit regrettable, Chen Xiaoliang thinks it's quite reasonable. In the previous Spanish national derby, Ronaldo scored a hat trick, Messi scored 2 goals and 1 assist, and Real Madrid and Barcelona tied. The post-match scores were just a hair's breadth apart. If fans of one side insisted that they won the other, then no one would admit defeat.
It’s okay. There will be many opportunities to meet each other in the future. However, when I think of Haaland’s appearance, the taste of the hamburger naturally surges to the tip of my tongue and fills my mouth...
Finally, it is the achievement interface that he is most looking forward to, where the achievement reward for winning the Golden Globe Award is placed!
A golden light almost blinded his eyes. The first thing was the [King of Football Competition System]. His progress bar for becoming the King of Football increased significantly. It was estimated that he had about 25% progress now. A Golden Ball award could add about 7%, which was basically the same as the increase from leading a team to win the Champions League.
【Golden Globe Award Achievement Completed】
[Achievement Reward 1: (Choose one of the two) Increase an attribute that is less than 15 to 15, increase an attribute that is above 15 to 18, and increase an attribute that is above 18 to 20]
[Achievement Reward 2: (Choose one of the two) Gain a +1 effect on one attribute that is over 20]
Oh shit!
This was not the first time that Chen Xiaoliang had shouted "Oh my God" while fiddling with the system on the bed. Helena had gone from being worried at first to being used to it now, knowing that he was "talking in his sleep" again.
Chen Xiaoliang looked at the award and thought: Is this the award for the Golden Ball? ! It is truly the highest individual honor in football! Even the award is the most perverted one in history!
He looked at his attribute panel, thought about his feelings in the competition in the past six months, and finally decided to choose reward one, to make up for his shortcomings first, and when everything was basically upgraded, he would consider making further progress later.
The only attributes that are less than 15 are throw-ins, corner kicks and free kicks. In terms of the frequency of their occurrence and the degree of change they bring to the game, free kicks are undoubtedly the best.
Free kick 4 → 15
The next is the attributes 15-18, he chose jumping. Although there are fewer and fewer tall midfielders who can control the air, and those who stand on the front line of the giants are still Modric, Pedri, B Silva, De Bruyne and other technical midfielders, jumping belongs to the attribute of both offense and defense. Whether it is the header from Tottenham youth training or the amazing header in the Champions League final, they are all benefits brought by jumping.
Bounce 15 → 18
Finally, the attributes above 18...
Crossing, dribbling, long shots, jumping, flexibility, endurance, he now has 6 attributes with 18 points, each of which is very useful, and adding any one of them can make him even more "super god".
Should he make use of his right winger attributes and make crosses from the wing like Beckham to assist his teammates, or should he use flexible dribbling to move the ball around like Messi, or should he use cruise missile-like long-range shots to bomb the opponent's goal at any time?
Chen Xiaoliang didn’t order any of the last ones.
Left foot 18→20
When all three choices were made, a golden, red and purple electric current surged out of the system and ran through his entire body.
“Ah ...
Chen Xiaoliang was covered in sweat, as if he had been electrocuted by 100,000 volts.
The screams made the sisters unable to sit still, and they ran to Chen Xiaoliang's room in their pajamas to check.
I saw that the quilt was messy, his head was covered with sweat, his eyes were closed, he was breathing heavily, and his legs couldn't help twitching twice. The screen of his mobile phone was on, and it was placed face down next to the pillow.
Any normal-thinking adult would think of something in this scene.
Helena blushed, and Erica chuckled: "Is this your self-reward after winning the Golden Globe Award?"
Chen Xiaoliang pouted: "I'm having a nightmare..."
Erica didn't believe his lies. She walked up to him with a sly smile and tried to snatch his phone: "You're still having a nightmare. I think you're having sex..."
When I flipped the screen, I saw a video of Haaland and Guardiola attending the press conference before the new round of Premier League matches this afternoon.
The sisters looked at each other and didn't know what to say...
At noon, the Premier League officials temporarily notified the two clubs to adjust Manchester United's game this round from the evening to noon the day after Chen Xiaoliang won the award.
Originally this match was not a focus match and was scheduled to be played in the evening, but due to the Premier League's introduction of the Golden Ball award, it suddenly became the undisputed hot spot in world football. The Premier League, which has a much better commercial operation than the other four major leagues, immediately took action. First, it negotiated with the two clubs for an earlier kick-off, and then prepared a grand pre-match celebration ceremony with Manchester United.
Players from both teams came out together and then lined up in the player tunnel. The 21 players applauded together with everyone in the stadium, welcoming Chen Xiaoliang, who was holding the Golden Ball Award, to enter the stadium alone.
Because of the four previous Manchester United members who won the Ballon d'Or, Bobby Charlton and Denis Law both suffered from Alzheimer's disease, George Best has passed away, and Ronaldo is far away in Saudi Arabia and has a tense relationship with the club, these four people were unable to appear on the scene.
The English Football Association invited Michael Owen, the winner of the 2001 Ballon d'Or who once wore the No. 7 jersey for Manchester United, as well as former captains such as Cantona, Beckham, Bryan Robson, Rooney, Gary Neville and Sir Alex Ferguson to present Chen Xiaoliang with a commemorative trophy made in the Premier League.
Coincidentally, Chen Xiaoliang also became the seventh player in Premier League history and the fifth player in Manchester United to win the Ballon d'Or while on the team.
The big screen also showed photos of several Premier League players who had won the Ballon d'Or, including legendary players such as the first Ballon d'Or winner, England striker Stanley Matthews.
After the celebrities exchanged a few words, Chen Xiaoliang thanked the fans and the game entered the formal process.
But it is obvious that someone wants to take advantage of the hot spot tonight in this game that is watched by the whole world and to make a splash, and even overthrow the Red Devils at Old Trafford in front of a group of Manchester United legends.
Chen Xiaoliang won his first Golden Ball, but he is still a long way from the title of King of Football.
But in London, there is a man who is called the "real" king of football by fans.
