Chapter 122 Awards Ceremony

The victory of the Copa del Rey final is enough to make the Atlético de Madrid players celebrate with excitement for a while.

Before the game, the media was always talking about Barcelona, ​​and when it came to Atletico Madrid, they were lacking in strength and experience. Now they fought back with victory.

They won the King's Cup!

Barcelona can only be used as a foil, watching them win the championship!

When Atlético de Madrid was celebrating, the Barcelona players didn't 'do not care' as the Catalan media said, they all looked down, and even when they went to the podium to collect their medals, they were nothing at all. Spirit.

A silver medal, representing second place, is a shame for Barcelona.

Before leaving the podium, most of them had already taken down their medals, put them in their pockets, and then left directly.

Everyone knows that the next time belongs to Atlético de Madrid!

The Atlético de Madrid team stood in line in excitement, waiting for the moment when the team received the trophy. After the Barcelona team left, the Atlético de Madrid anthem was played at the Mestalla Stadium, and the players came on stage one by one.

This is the most exciting time.

All the fans in the audience cheered loudly, and the players shook hands with fans on both sides as they stepped onto the podium. Players come to the podium one by one, and the presenters will hang the gold medal representing the champion on the neck of each player.

The King's Cup has a lot to do with the Spanish royal family, so every time the King's Cup final is awarded, important members of the royal family will be the presenters. In this King's Cup final, two royal family leaders have come, one is the current Spanish King Card Los I, the other is Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso, the son of Carlos I. Felipe Alfonso is the most vocal prince, and he is likely to inherit Carlos I in the future. throne.

Carlos I sat in the middle of the podium, while Felipe Alfonso presented awards to the players.

Wan Sheng was the last on the podium.

When Wansheng came up, Carlos I was already standing next to Felipe Alfonso and won the last medal.

Wan Sheng looked at Carlos I.

This kind old man was the real king of Spain and a very respectable figure.

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There are only more than 20 monarchs in the world today, most of them only play a symbolic role, and only a handful of them really play a pivotal role in the political life of their country.

King Juan Carlos of Spain is one of them, and one of the most legendary.

Juan Carlos was the grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last king of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty, and his father was the Count of Barcelona.

In 1947, Franco announced the restoration of the monarchy and served as head of state. He selected Juan Carlos as the future king and recalled him to return to his country for education. After graduating from high school, Juan Carlos received comprehensive military training. He studied at the Military Academy of the Western Land, Sea and Air Forces.

In the following ten years, Juan Carlos entered the University of Madrid to study politics, law, philosophy, history, literature, international law and other courses. After graduating from the university, he began to practice politics and went to various government departments to familiarize himself with administrative management.

Until 1969, the Spanish parliament approved Juan Carlos as the future head of state.

Six years later, Juan Carlos officially ascended the throne. The king was named Juan Carlos I. This was not just a symbolic king. Juan Carlos I was also the supreme commander of the Spanish armed forces.

The Franco regime itself was a dictatorship with numerous enemies.

And Juan Carlos I was a candidate for king who was trained by Franco, so on that day, Juan Carlos I said to the people standing beside him, "I had no idea that I would wear The crown given to me by the Spanish people, I will still see a 'people's guard' coming towards me with a warrant in hand."

When he ascended the throne, Juan Carlos was the only "new man" in the entire government at that time, and the whole team was left by Franco.

These people are nervous, they know that change is inevitable, but they don't know how it will happen. Their fears are not without reason, because in the history of Spain there has been almost only a rotation of two extremes, and there has been no peaceful political coexistence of the whole country. If the other end comes to power, their own safety will become a problem.

The harmonious political coexistence of the whole country is exactly the political ideal of his father pursued by Juan Carlos I: "To be the king of all the Spaniards."

Juan Carlos I understood that his ultimate role should be a virtual monarch like the Queen of England under a constitutional monarchy, but, just as Franco was a transition after the Civil War, he must be between Franco's dictatorship and A transition between true constitutional monarchies. He must use the power that Franco has left him to make the transition as quickly and peacefully as possible.

In the years that followed, what Juan Carlos I did was to safely and smoothly transition Spain from a communist regime to a democratic constitutional monarchy, in which all opposition was allowed to come forward and express One's own opinion, winning the public vote, is called by all a miracle of the 20th century.

In Spain after the passage of time, "even the most conservative people admit that even if Franco himself was there, he would think that what is dead cannot remain the same."

The 35 years that Juan Carlos has served as the king has brought about great changes in Spain. The Spaniards believe that this change is a good direction, so the Juan Carlos regime also has huge support from the popular base.

Juan Carlos is now 73 years old.

No monarch in the world can be like Queen Elizabeth, still in good health at the age of 85, and able to attend various activities. In many things, Juan Carlos has felt powerless. Some domestic activities, he It is difficult to attend again.

So Juan Carlos has begun to consider taking the initiative to abdicate.

This time, Juan Carlos came to the award ceremony of the King's Cup final, perhaps because, during more than 30 years in power, he has never missed the King's Cup final awarding ceremony. Juan Carlos asked heir Felipe Alfonso to present awards to the players, which was actually a political signal in itself, but he still wanted to hand out the last medal.

Because he is happy.

Everyone in Spain knows that Juan Carlos is a Real Madrid fan. He doesn't show any hatred of other teams on weekdays, but it is certain that he has no good feelings for Real Madrid's arch-rival Barcelona.

Atlético de Madrid is also a Madrid team and won the Copa del Rey by beating Barcelona, ​​which is why Juan Carlos is happy.

Juan Carlos looks at Wansheng.

The young Chinese in front of him is a very successful football coach. In his first season as Atlético de Madrid, he was able to lead the team to beat Barcelona to win the Copa del Rey, which is a remarkable achievement.

"You really surprised me, young man!" Juan Carlos said. "Before the game, I thought Barcelona would win. In the past two seasons, very few teams have beaten them. Neither can Real Madrid."

"You're Chinese, right? I heard there were Chinese players in England, but never heard of a Chinese coach, you were the first and did a great job. China is a world power and I'm very happy to see China Someone has achieved such good results in football."

Wan Sheng smiled, "Thank you, Your Majesty the King!"

He felt a little emotional that Carlos I was the king of Spain, and what he said made people feel like a spring breeze.

Then Wansheng shook hands with Carlos I, bowed his head slightly, and asked Carlos I to hang the medal around his neck.

The medals contain a lot of gold, and the neck is heavy.

Wansheng put the medal on his heart, shook hands with Carlos I again, and then gave up his position to Forlan, who came over. As the captain of Atletico Madrid, Forlan will represent the team to take over the championship trophy from Carlos I. .

After the awards were presented, Fran held the trophy aloft.

The audience cheered, "Champion—!!"

All Atlético de Madrid players and fans in the field shouted, "Champion! Champ! Atlético de Madrid is the champ!"

Wan Sheng didn't shout with the players, he felt that the champion's shout was a very old-fashioned sentence, but... it was also very exciting!

He loves it!

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That night, the Atlético de Madrid team did not rush to return to Madrid, but stayed in Valencia to celebrate, and many players were drunk.

Wansheng didn't stop the team's carnival!

Since the beginning of the season, everyone has been working hard, and the team has been in tension until now. After winning the Copa del Rey, the team has enough reasons to relax and celebrate, even he and Diamares, Fan Zhiyi drank a lot of alcohol.

The next morning, the players who were lazy and fell asleep were woken up one by one. After more than 10 o'clock, the whole team reassembled and returned to Madrid by bus.

It took three hours from Valencia to Madrid. Many players continued to fall asleep in the car. Those who were a little more awake were excitedly talking about the celebration of returning to Madrid.

After the bus entered the city of Madrid, it was warmly welcomed by Atlético de Madrid fans.

The Copa del Rey is the lightest among the champions with gold content, but as the only top cup in Spain, it is still very meaningful, not to mention that this is the 10th time that Atlético Madrid has won the Copa del Rey.

Numerically, the 10th time, always makes sense.

Since 1996, Atlético de Madrid has never won a top domestic championship, so every Atlético de Madrid fan is very excited, and their welcome to the team is extremely enthusiastic. (To be continued ~^~)