Chapter 1066 Deserving of Its Name
The award ceremony at the Pardo Palace is not as loud as other award ceremonies. On the contrary, the process here is very simple. All the winners and guests present are standing in the corridor of the venue. side.
Princess Sofia and members of the royal family, as well as the top management of the organizer, stood in the middle, on the left and right of the row of trophies.
The media reporters stood opposite the winners and guests, with the red carpet in between.
After each winner's name was read, they walked out of the crowd and came to the row of trophies, and the presenters would also come over, take out the trophies to present awards to them, and at the same time accept photos from the media reporters on the opposite side.
Perhaps, for this award, the most important thing is the place where the award is presented and the guests who award it.
This is the Spanish national authoritative sports award, which is presented by the Spanish princess in person.
The fourteen awards were quickly finished with twelve, leaving the last two, and the two most suspenseful at the same time.
The Best Ibero-American Athlete Award and the Special Outstanding Contribution Award, one belongs to Messi, the other belongs to Yang Yang, who will be the final grand finale?
"Now, let's move on to the next link."
With the words of the host of the award ceremony, everyone's attention was attracted by him.
Yang Yang stood in the second row of the crowd, and in front of him were Real Madrid's honorary president Di Stefano and Florentino in wheelchairs.
After hearing the host's words, Florentino turned his head specially, glanced at Yang Yang, and smiled.
"Don't be nervous, it's alright," said the Real Madrid president.
This endless sentence made Yang Yang a little puzzled, but he quickly figured it out.
Before becoming the president of Real Madrid, Florentino was the president of Spain, and even the largest construction company in Europe. If you are like a duck to water, if you want to inquire about something, it is a simple matter.
Could it be that he just inquired clearly?
"Next, the next award we are going to give out is the Best Ibero-American Athlete Award, and the winner is Leo Messi!" the host said aloud.
There was a burst of warm applause at the scene.
Messi was stunned for a moment, but he quickly adjusted, walked out of the crowd, and slowly walked towards the podium in the middle.
In the crowd behind him, Nadal patted Yang Yang gently on the shoulder and said with a smile, "I guessed it a long time ago."
"What?" Yang Yang was a little puzzled.
"The Catalonia region has been noisy in the past few years, and many times it still needs to be balanced."
Yang Yang suddenly came to a realization.
In fact, in Spain, football has never been just football.
Why Real Madrid and Barcelona will become the Western Super duo?
Some people say that it is a membership system, but you must know that in the early years, almost all clubs in Spain were membership systems, but due to poor management, many clubs were on the verge of bankruptcy, so they restructured and cancelled the membership system.
So far, La Liga's only remaining four membership clubs are Real Madrid, Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao and Osasuna, and these four teams represent four different regions.
Needless to say, Real Madrid represents the Spanish royal family and government, Barcelona represents the Catalonia region, Athletic Bilbao represents the Basque country, and Osasuna represents the Navarra region.
Behind these four membership clubs all represent different political and national forces. Even in Athletic Bilbao, the team has only used players of Basque origin and refused all foreign aid, which shows its closed nature. It is unique in European football.
As long as Yang Yang pondered a little, he immediately understood what Nadal meant by what he said. Catalonia has been in trouble all these years, and even many Barcelona players have been involved, and now the Spanish government has won the award for this special outstanding contribution. , to a certain extent, it also means to press Barcelona.
Whether Yang Yang likes it or not, he is now the banner of Real Madrid, and Messi is the banner of Barcelona.
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While Yang Yang was thinking, Messi had already taken the trophy from Princess Sofia, held it high above his chest, and let the media reporters take pictures on the spot, and he always kept a polite smile on his face, so that no one could see it. out of his mind.
When Messi walked down holding the half-height trophy, the host of the scene announced that he would enter the next link and present the last award of the night, especially the Outstanding Contribution Award.
Because it is a newly established award, the host also specially invited the president of the Spanish Sports Council to introduce the origin of this award to everyone, as well as the award winner Yang Yang, in the past three years, in front of the world, fully Showing the style of Spain and Spanish football, made outstanding contributions to Spain.
"Especially this year, he helped Real Madrid win the Champions League three times in a row, and at the same time became the first team to win six championships in Spanish football history, he left an indelible footprint in Spain, which makes We feel that we must give him enough respect and recognition, so we decided to create this new award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Spain and Spanish football."
"Let us give the warmest applause to the winner of this year's Special Outstanding Contribution Award, Yang Yang!"
There was even more enthusiastic applause.
Yang Yang walked out of Di Stefano's wheelchair and walked over slowly.
Princess Sofia took the silver trophy that was also half a person high, and saw that it was embellished with some golden stripes, which looked very design.
"Congratulations, Yang, thank you for your outstanding contribution to Spain and Spanish football, all of us will always remember you, thank you!" Princess Sofia said with a smile.
Yang Yang thanked him politely. After taking the trophy, he turned around and took photos with reporters from all over the world with Princess Sofia.
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After Yang Yang received the Special Outstanding Contribution Award, the award ceremony was also announced.
But Yang Yang couldn't leave the venue yet, because the organizer also prepared a celebratory dinner, and he still needed to attend. In addition, there were media reporters waiting to be interviewed, and he also needed to deal with it.
Yang Yang was the first to find the Chinese ambassador to Spain, to accept his congratulations, and the first to be interviewed by domestic authoritative media.
He was proud of himself for winning such an award, but he said that he would not be satisfied because of it, but hoped that he could continue to work hard and strive for better results.
And being able to win this award, Yang Yang thinks that he should be most grateful to his family and Real Madrid teammates. It is the hard work and selflessness of all Real Madrid players that have created his achievements today. He hopes to share it with everyone. this award.
"We all know that FIFA's annual awards conference is coming, I wonder if you are ready?"
Yang Yang couldn't help laughing, "I'm already very familiar with it, so I don't need much preparation."
Everyone around, including the ambassador to Spain, was also amused.
Indeed, Yang Yang has won five consecutive terms. It can be said that he is too familiar with the FIFA awards conference. Where else does he need to prepare?
What's more, Yang Yang has a group of excellent teams working for him, and he doesn't need to worry about it at all.
"When you won the best player in Europe this year, you encountered competition from powerful opponents. It is reported that you will also encounter challenges in this year's FIFA Ballon d'Or. What do you think?"
Yang Yang thought for a while, "Iniesta is a very talented player, I can't describe how I feel about him, but I know that a player like him is unique in today's world football, he is very good, He has also helped the Spanish national team to do a great job, so I think if he wins, that's pretty normal."
"Of course, I think that in the past season, I also played my best form, our team also won the Champions League three times in a row and the unprecedented six Spanish crowns, so I think, no matter the final Whether I can win the award or not, for me and the Real Madrid teammates, we have no regrets."
After winning five consecutive terms, Yang Yang's mentality has indeed softened a lot.
He has made history. No one has won more top honors than him. He has won almost all the authoritative awards. The only one he has not been involved in is the Lawrence Award for Best Male Athlete, but not only him, but also football players. Never won this award.
Therefore, to a certain extent, Yang Yang has no need to deliberately compete for anything.
Yang Yang also said in an interview with domestic authoritative media that his next biggest enemy is not others, but himself.
"I need to fight with my own psychology, I need to keep myself hungry at all times, maintain this desire to win, and then maintain my state, and try to make myself better in every game. "
In addition, Yang Yang also specifically mentioned the Chinese national team. He hopes to help the Chinese national team achieve a good result in the World Cup. Although it is very difficult, this is his biggest wish in the future.
After that, Yang Yang has been interviewed by media reporters from many countries, and his answers are basically the same.
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Everyone basically agreed that Yang Yang could win the award, even the grand finale. This was reflected in the major domestic media in Spain and the major European media on the second day.
In their reports, they all expressed that Yang Yang's award, especially the finale award, was well deserved, and believed that Yang Yang was worthy of such an award.
Only a few media in Catalonia believe that the order of awards is tricky, and that a new award should not replace the Best Ibero-American Athlete Award and become the finale of the government's authoritative awards.
But these are all to no avail.