When Guardiola was about to announce the winner of the Ballon d'Or, David Silva was already unable to sit still in his seat. It was his first time to win this award, and everyone would be excited.
The teammates around him also raised their hands, planning to wait for Guardiola to pronounce the name "David Silva" before they high-fived David.
The TV stations responsible for broadcasting the awards ceremony also believed that David Silva had won the award.
The TV camera gave David Silva a close-up shot.
That is to tell the audience that next, the winner will be this man!
But when Guardiola's face was stunned, the host was also surprised.
Before they had time to talk about this in detail, Guardiola's expression returned to normal.
Some people's minds are spinning very fast, thinking in their hearts, is it not David Silva, but Iniesta?
If you think so, it's possible.
Because this Ballon d'Or is sponsored by FIFA, not "France Football", "France Football" has changed from the previous organizer to a co-organizer.
For FIFA, the honor of the Champions League is naturally not worth mentioning, the World Cup is the most important!
If it is a non-competition year, then the influence of the Champions League must also be considered. Now this is a competition year. In a year with the World Cup, what is the Champions League?
Therefore, the "little white" Iniesta, who scored the winning goal in the World Cup final, is naturally more popular...
Although David Silva also won the World Cup, his performance and role in the final were not as obvious as Iniesta's.
Others are more conspiratorial.
Platini is optimistic about winning often, and Lazio is the team that Platini uses as a model for European football clubs and promotes it to the whole of Europe.
But everyone knows that the relationship between FIFA and UEFA is not so harmonious, and there are also conflicts between Platini and Blatter.
So in order to beat Platini, Blatter may specifically deal with Chang Sheng and Lazio. He can decide the FIFA Ballon d'Or. Lazio's players will definitely not be able to win this Ballon d'Or.
Although Barcelona and Guardiola are also favored by Platini, there is still a distant relative between his godson...
Barcelona is certainly not as popular as Lazio.
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These were all matters of a thought, and soon Guardiola announced the final answer.
To everyone's surprise, the winner was neither David Silva nor Iniesta, but...Messi!
Everyone was stunned. Their brains could not react for a while.
Some TV hosts even made a joke because of this and said what they were thinking: "The winner of the Golden Globe Award is David Silva!"
The scene was in an uproar, not much better than in front of the TV.
Many people looked at each other in disbelief, thinking that they heard wrongly.
The three people on the stage had different expressions. Iniesta, who was standing on the far left, kept a smile on his face, but his smile was a little bitter, as if he had known the result for a long time. Of course, he guessed that he would not
Won the Ballon d'Or. But he may not have guessed that it was his club teammates, not his national team teammates, who won the award.
David Silva, the one on the far right, originally had a bright smile on his face, but at this time, it was as if he had been blown by a cold wind and was completely frozen. It seemed that he had not yet reacted, and his whole person was frozen.
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Messi in the middle also looked surprised. His eyes widened and he turned to look at Guardiola, who was responsible for announcing the final winner.
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"Messi won the award? Are you kidding?!"
"It's actually Messi? Why?!"
"A person who has neither won the World Cup nor the Champions League can actually win the Ballon d'Or... Isn't this world too crazy?"
"Is this really not some secret operation?"
"Isn't it decided by default? Isn't FIFA the best at doing this kind of thing?!"
For a time, in the media gallery, the reporters who were invited to watch the ceremony started talking about it.
Not only in the media gallery, but also in front of the TV, many hosts and guests were surprised by this result.
"Messi won the award? Is it just because he scored more goals? Did he break Gerd Muller's annual goal record? But this is the FIFA Ballon d'Or. I think the championship should be more important, right?
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"There is a big problem with the selection method of the FIFA Ballon d'Or. I think this is why Messi can defeat David Silva and Iniesta and win the Ballon d'Or again..."
"David Silva didn't win the Ballon d'Or. This is so unfair! You know he won all the championships last year!"
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But in other places, the players and coaches still gave FIFA enough face. Although they were also surprised, it didn't stop them from applauding.
Warm applause broke out in the venue, and some people even had smiles on their faces, as if they were really happy for Messi to win the award.
These people either really want Messi to win the award. Or they have superb acting skills, and all of them are movie stars who came out of La Masia Film and Television Academy.
Of course, not everyone wants to give FIFA face.
For example, Lazio's head coach, who always wins, doesn't do this.
He sat in his seat with a look of displeasure on his face, crossed his arms over his chest, and had no intention of applauding and congratulating Messi for winning the award.
The Lazio players around him initially thought out of demeanor and politeness, so even if they were surprised, they still applauded.
As a result, as soon as they stood up, they saw Chang Sheng turning his head and staring at them with a serious face.
Any fool knows what that means.
So everyone put down their hands, and like their boss, looked at the somewhat astonished David Silva on the stage.
In fact, they also felt sorry for their teammates, and they also felt that David Silva deserved to win the award. However, at the beginning, they were still a little embarrassed and could not express their emotions directly.
But now, under the "coercion" of the boss, these players have acted completely opposite to those around them. Their "maverick" behavior will inevitably make them the focus of other people's attention.
Maybe they will be widely reported by the media afterwards. They may even offend some people because of it.
But at this moment, they didn't care anymore.
When they do this, they feel great and their thoughts are clear.
They expressed their position openly and supported their teammates, and they do not regret doing so.
They advance and retreat together with their teammates.
They think this result is unfair.
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Chang Sheng looked up at the stage. His eyes fell on the big screen on the stage.
David Silva's expression was very lost, and that kind of loss was heartbreaking to see, especially for someone who knew what kind of journey he had gone through.
There will be a feeling that "his faith has been destroyed".
Chang Sheng feels the same way now.
He knew this result in his previous life, but at that time he was not a fan of Xavi or Iniesta. He just cursed FIFA's black box operation and unfair selection method, but he did not defend these two
The players complained.
Now he has a different identity. He is the head coach of one of the three candidates on the stage. It is natural for him to fight for his players.
He felt angry.
Because this fucking black box has actually hit me!
My players, you fucking dare to be black?!
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Chang Sheng watched the entire award ceremony that followed with cold eyes.
He saw Messi taking the trophy from Blatter's hand and smiling on stage to give a speech. He also saw David Silva with a bitter and embarrassed smile on his face in order to show "the demeanor of a loser".
He applauded Messi along with others and congratulated him. But his eyes were unfocused and he was a little absent-minded.
Even when Messi came over to hug him after his speech, his body was very stiff.
When the three of them finally got together to take a photo, David Silva finally came back to his senses, and the smile on his face looked more vivid.
As a player and a public figure, his personal psychological adjustment ability is still good. He adjusted his emotions so quickly.
In the end, David Silva won not the Golden Globe, but the Silver Globe.
He just took a photo with the silver ball trophy, Messi's golden ball and Iniesta's bronze ball.
In this photo, Messi smiles extremely brightly, just like David Silva did when he first came on stage.
Chang Sheng kept looking at him.
Until the end of the award ceremony.
As soon as the ceremony ended, David Silva walked down from the stage, and the Barcelona players rushed up to take photos with Messi, who had won the Ballon d'Or for two consecutive years.
The lively crowd formed a sharp contrast with David Silva's lonely figure.
He is no longer the center of the world, he has been pushed to the edge.
It seems like the whole world has given up on him...
But that's not the case, there are still people who haven't given up on him.
When he walked down the steps, he saw Chang Sheng already standing there, looking at him.
Seeing his boss, David Silva's previous grievances suddenly came to his heart, and his eyes immediately became moist.
But he didn't let the tears flow, because he knew where this place was, how many cameras would be pointed at him, and every expression of his would be broadcast live.
He didn't want to make himself...too out of control.
He walked up to Chang Sheng and whispered to him: "Boss, do I look like a fool on the stage? I was so proud before, but..."
Chang Sheng stretched out his arm and hugged him.
"No, no. The fool is not you, but them." He pointed to the people on the stage who were vying to take photos with Messi.
"In my heart, you are Mr. Golden Ball!"
The hand holding David Silva squeezed his shoulder hard. (To be continued...)