Chapter 683 Storm
In early December, the annual major individual awards are about to be announced. Since Trapani failed to win any of the four major titles last season and even only made it to the round of 16 in the Champions League, only Messi and Kaka were included in the 23-man list of the World Footballer of the Year. Now only Messi has entered the final three candidates, and the other two are Cristiano Ronaldo and Torres.
In the European Footballer of the Year election, Messi has also entered the candidate list. At present, in terms of form, Messi's chance of winning the championship is very small, mainly due to collective honors. Last season, there is nothing to say about personal data. He just scored 30 goals and 13 assists for Trapani in all competitions. However, the proportion of collective honors in these two awards is very heavy, so Messi may have a hard time.
Messi has been answering this topic with a God-knows attitude when accepting interviews recently, and his confidence does not seem to be very sufficient.
Hugo, the boss, has a strange mind. He actually hopes that Ronaldo will win the award. First, Ronaldo really deserves it. Last season, Ronaldo scored more than 40 goals and led Manchester United to win the Champions League and the league. These collective and individual data are very eye-catching. Second, Hugo already knows that Ronaldo is a future superstar and is a peerless duo with Messi. It would be a pity if he didn't win this year.
When facing the interview, Hugo said: "I don't have any special opinions. I don't think these two awards are important! Ronaldo performed well, Messi performed well, Torres performed well, and they can all win!"
This is a muddy attitude. Messi was shortlisted, Hugo shouldn't say this, but he still said it.
On December 6, the night before France Football announced the European Footballer of the Year, Ronaldo sent a text message to Hugo, "Mr. Coleman, I won!!!"
Hugo was having dinner at home and received the text message. He was very happy. He called Ronaldo after leaving the hospital, but the call was not connected. Ronaldo must have called many people in excitement, especially his family. Hugo originally wanted to talk to Ronaldo, but now he had to send a congratulatory text message.
"Cristiano, I'm very happy that you have fulfilled your dream. You deserve this honor! I look forward to your wonderful performances for fans all over the world in the future!"
The next day's award ceremony was no surprise. Ronaldo became the new European Footballer of the Year. He choked up a little at the award ceremony. When he gave his acceptance speech, he mentioned a person.
"I want to thank one person here, my coach Mr. Ferguson! Without him, I wouldn't be where I am today. I am very grateful for his contribution to me!"
Hugo watched the video when he got home. Julia was sitting next to him. Hugo was originally happy to see Ronaldo's heroic figure, but after hearing Ronaldo's acceptance speech, he was in a bad mood because Ronaldo never mentioned Trapani or Hugo.
"I have paid so much for him, but I am not as good as Ferguson. He has been supporting him to play football since he was in his teens. I took good care of him when he came to Trapani. He just wanted to run away when he just showed his talent. I was a good person and let him go to Manchester United, which was more competitive at the time. Isn't all this a favor?! He can thank Ferguson, why doesn't he remember who helped him?!" Hugo laughed in anger and said coldly.
"Don't take it to heart, dear, he is a Manchester United player after all!" Julia sympathized with Hugo. It was obvious that Ronaldo had left the team for so many years, and Hugo still cared about him. He was so angry now, firstly because Ronaldo ignored his years of hard work, and secondly because he loved him so much that he blamed him.
"Forget it, forget it! Whether he is good or bad in the future has nothing to do with us! I'm so angry that he even came to watch the recording!" Hugo wanted to smash the TV.
The night of the award ceremony happened to be Trapani's home game against Bologna. Hugo and Julia went to watch the game. This was the 14th round of the league. Trapani was in great form and defeated Bologna 5:0. Messi performed a hat trick!
"Look, it's the same with Leo. He will lead us to win many championships!" Hugo said to his wife proudly while watching Messi's wonderful performance.
Julia sometimes really wanted to open Hugo's head. Why was he so obsessed with football? Hugo was very excited when he saw everything on the court.
"Why do you care so much about football?!" Julia blurted out at this time.
"I care about football?! I am a fan, I have been a fan of Trapani all my life!" Hugo said: "But now it doesn't seem so important, I have you and Angelo, you are the most important to me!"
"Humph, you don't have to please us mother and son, I just asked casually!" Julia couldn't help laughing and snorted.
"God, I'm telling the truth, of course I have always been a fan, the owner of Trapani, I will always support this team, the ideal I have said many times has not changed, but at least now I feel a little tired, you can see that I hardly intervene in the team's affairs now!" Hugo said.
This is true, Hugo hardly cares about the team, Julia also knows it, she nodded.
"I would rather spend more time with you! I now find that I am less and less like a football person. Football people are businessmen. They pursue profits. The football world is full of intrigues. They rely on football to survive, and I seem to be more like a football person. Fans, fans have their own ideas about football and their own way of playing football. I am like a fan controlling this team!”
"This country is not good at all. It taught me bad things!" Hugo concluded again.
Julia thought to herself, have you been taught bad things? ! Or have you ruined the soup of Italian football? !
But Julia believed in Hugo. His interest was indeed decreasing, which is why he didn't do everything as he did before. From Hugo's mouth, she heard that Hugo was willing to spend more time with herself and her son. Julia was They were so happy that the two of them kissed for a few seconds as if no one was watching. Unfortunately, as the focus, this scene was captured by the camera. The TV commentator said: "It seems that today's game is too easy. Hugo and his wife are not thinking about it." Not at the ball game anymore!”
Not only his wife and son were sitting next to Hugo, but also some senior officials from Trapani. After listening to the conversation between Hugo and Julia, everyone had different thoughts. Morek didn't care anyway, what about his cousin? That's all. Kenyon was happy that Hugo had really delegated power. Technical director Miku was a little worried. He was worried that Hugo would quit in the future, and where would Trapani go?
The media after the game was also very lively. Messi's hat trick seemed to be a response to his failure to win the award. A news article from New Sports pushed Ronaldo, who was far away in the British Isles, to the forefront. The commentary article said that Ronaldo was not grateful. In his heart, he should be grateful to Trapani, who shaped him, but during the whole process, Ronaldo did not mention Trapani or Sporting Lisbon.
For a time, the Italian media seemed to be united in complaining about Trapani and Sporting Lisbon.
Some media who support Ronaldo say that New Sports website is Hugo's mouthpiece, so New Sports takes the lead in attacking. It is very likely that it comes from someone's instruction, and the target is pointed at Hugo.
Immediately afterwards, some media began to get deeper into Hugo, saying that Hugo was a domineering figure. Hugo's enemy Rossi stood up and said that Hugo's organizing committee was a joke. They couldn't even get eight stadiums together. He asserted that "Maybe Italy will be disqualified!"
Naples President De Laurentiis said, "Hugo is the biggest bug. He is the dictator of Italian football. Even though he has no position, his influence is in all aspects! A hidden dictator!" "
Hugo could swear that he never asked New Sports to write such an article.