Chapter 988 Popular People
Salado was still looking straight at the big screen. Although the picture on the big screen had already switched to someone else, he seemed to have not yet woken up from the state of confusion.
Just now, he saw his "lifelong enemy" Meili Banega walking straight towards his "this year's enemy" Hulay, and then the two people said something unknown.
But he could see that Melly had a faint smile on his face, but before he said a few words, his expression changed.
Then Hu Lai suddenly laughed.
The exchange between the two parties ended quickly.
No one knows what they said and why their expressions changed so much.
Salado is now curious about what Melly and Hulay talked about.
And it was Hu Lai who Meili took the initiative to find!
You must know that Salado himself did not even talk to Melli during the La Liga match against Melli, let alone let Melli come to him...
In Salado's mind, if Melli really takes the initiative to communicate with him before the game, he will definitely regard it as Melli's recognition of him, which means that Melli regards him as his opponent!
Salado's eyes suddenly widened when he thought of this - doesn't this mean that... Melly regards Hu Lai as his opponent? !
Damn it!
How could he do this? !
It was obviously me first...
Eh, that’s not right...
Fortunately, Salado's sanity still existed. He suddenly realized that it was not him who was the first. At the Madrid Olympics two years ago, Melli seemed to have fought against Hu Lai in front of him, and... he lost!
Salado suddenly remembered this old incident.
The 2024 Olympic Games will be held in Madrid, the capital of Spain.
At that time, although Mario Salado had already played in La Liga, he had very few appearances and had never met the Madrid Kings. Most of the time, he trained and competed with the youth team.
Therefore, it is impossible for him to fight Melly earlier than Hu Lai.
After that game, he read the news and learned that the Argentine Olympic team with Mellie Banega did not even qualify for the group stage and was eliminated.
He still remembers how he couldn't believe it at first, thinking that what he was watching was "Onion News" - this kind of spoof news will always make a piece of fake news look like it is real, and use the same reporting method as real news. , wording and arrangement, and use an extremely serious approach to make up a fake news. It’s easy to be scammed if you don’t understand.
But when all the news he saw that day reported that Melly was eliminated from the Olympics and his dream of competing for Olympic gold medals was shattered, he realized that this matter was actually true...
After thinking of this incident, Salado suddenly understood why Melly went to find Hulay.
But...
Salado still finds it a bit unbelievable - it is just an Olympic game, and the Olympic football game is not even as valuable and important as the Europa League...
Just losing to Hu Lai in the Olympics, did Meili worry about it for so long?
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Hu Lai and Williams slowly walked into the venue, found their seats and just sat down when they were suddenly patted behind them.
He turned around and saw a smiling face, and a sentence in Dutch: "Hello, Hu. Xing asked me to say hello to you."
"Xing?" Hu Lai was stunned for a moment, "Chen Xingyi?"
"Ha! Yes! Let me introduce myself, Danny Drew, from Athletic Amsterdam, and Xing is a teammate." The person behind him took the initiative to extend his hand to Hu Lai.
After shaking hands with Hulay, he reached out to Williams, who was sitting next to Hulay.
"Pete Williams." Williams introduced himself simply.
"Nice to meet you." Drew grinned, and then asked Hu Lai: "What did Melly just say to you, Hu? Of course, it's okay not to tell it if it's a secret."
He raised his hands.
"There's nothing that can't be said." Hu Lai told the truth, "He wants to take revenge on me. Wasn't it because I defeated him once in the Olympics? Oh, you said this guy..."
Drew suddenly realized: "It turned out to be the grudges from the Olympic Games..."
Hu Lai thought Drew was sitting behind him, but as he was talking, someone came next to him. Drew stood up and gave way - only then did he realize that Drew had come specifically to say hello to him.
Drew stood up and smiled at the visitor: "Hi, Albertazzi."
The other person, who was similar in height to him, nodded and simply responded: "Hi, Drew." Without saying anything more, he sat down directly on the chair where Drew had just sat.
"I just came to say hello and get to know you." There was someone next to him who couldn't continue chatting. Drew patted Hu Lai on the shoulder, "I hope we can meet in the Champions League. Xing said you are very difficult to deal with. I’m looking forward to playing against you.”
After saying that, Drew said hello to Williams again, then turned and left.
Williams watched Drew leave, turned to Hulay and said: "I know him, the super genius of the Dutch national team. He prevented Melli from scoring a goal in the World Cup... What did he talk to you about?"
Hu Lai sighed: "He also issued a challenge to me..."
Williams looked at Hu Lai with a ghostly expression.
Hu Lai could see what he wanted to say from his expression, and quickly explained: "It's true, I didn't make it up."
"Damn it, Hu. Why didn't I realize you were so popular before?" Williams complained.
"Is this welcome? Pete? Do you have any misunderstanding about 'welcome'?"
The two people were making trouble when Hu Lai was patted on the shoulder from behind again.
He looked back and saw the tall man who had just sat down: "Meet Mauro Albertazzi."
The tall man said to Hulay speaking Italian.
Hu Lai smiled at Albert: "Hello, hello, my name is Hu..."
"Hulay, I know you." Albertazzi nodded.
"Thank God you didn't call me 'Laifu'..." Hu Lai muttered to himself.
Albertazzi ignored Hulay's complaints and continued: "It's a pity that my team can't participate in the Champions League and can only play in the Europa League. So there is no way...but I think we will have the opportunity to meet on the court in the future." .When the time comes...you won't be able to score in my hands."
After speaking, he stretched out his big palm like a cattail leaf fan and handed it to Hu Lai.
Hu Lai saw him like this and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Shake hands," Albertazzi said expressionlessly.
Hu Lai sighed and had no choice but to stretch out his hand and hold it with the other's big hand.
His hand was almost completely wrapped in it.
Albertazzi nodded with satisfaction: "If we meet in a competition one day, please do your best."
Hu Lai rolled his eyes, but he didn't expect that this talented Italian goalkeeper was quite...a midfielder.
"Okay..." he replied perfunctorily.
Albertazzi was very concerned about his attitude: "Don't be so reluctant. Because if you don't go all out, you will lose. Do you like losing, Hulay?"
When Hu Lai saw what the other party said, his face became a little solemn: "No, I don't like it."
Albertazzi nodded: "I don't like it either, because losing means I lose the ball. I hate losing the ball."
Hu Lai was shocked: "You have never conceded a ball in your career?"
Albertazzi did not expect that Hu Lai's brain circuit was so different. His emotions were completely destroyed by being caught off guard, and his serious image was gone. He stared at Hu Lai: "How is that possible?!"
"Then it's not easy for you to not lose your depression all these years..."
Albertazzi was speechless for a moment, with all the words stuck in his throat and he didn't know what to say next.
He looked at Hu Lai, who was staring at him with sincere confusion, took a deep breath, and tried to calm down his emotions. His face regained its previous calm expression: "No matter what, if I meet you, I won't let you score."
Hu Lai said: "Then I can pass the football to my teammates and let them score. Let me tell you, I will assist my teammates with the ball!"
"Then I don't care, you don't want to score with me anyway." Albertazzi said.
"It's not big brother... I didn't offend you before, right?" Hulay was particularly confused about where Albertazzi got this obsession. He would rather let his teammates score than let him score.
Albertazzi smiled slightly: "The forward and the goalkeeper are mortal enemies. Besides, you stole my 'number three ball'."
"Honestly... you can't get it without me, right?" Hu Lai spread his hands.
The smile on Albertazzi's face froze slightly, and then he snorted: "Anyway, be prepared to face me not scoring a goal, Hu Lai."
After saying that, he retracted his entire body, leaned back on the chair, looked up at the direction of the stage, and stopped talking to Hu Lai.
Hu Lai also turned around.
Williams asked him: "Don't tell me that Albertazzi also issued a challenge to you..."
Hu Lai glanced at him, shook his head and said, "Not this time."
"Oh..." Williams was obviously relieved, and then asked: "Then what did you talk about?"
"He said he admired me very much and said I was his idol, so he came to shake my hand..."
Williams' eyes widened: "Really?"
"I lied to you that I was a puppy!"
Williams looked at the sincere face of Hu Lai and frowned: "Forget it, you might as well say that Albertazzi also issued a challenge to you..."
"Tsk, why don't you believe me, Peter? Really, Albertazzi said he grew up watching me play football..."
Williams ignored him and just muttered: "I should ask Delphine if he knows Italian..."
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The award ceremony was very tight and lively.
This award has been awarded for so many years, and everyone is familiar with the process. And it’s not like FIFA’s World Player of the Year award, which has many theatrical performances.
Since the European Golden Globe Awards focuses on professionalism and authority, it is natural to go here during the award ceremony, emphasizing professionalism and not doing any bells and whistles to attract attention. In this way, we can create an "award design" unique to the Golden Globe Awards.
In fact, they did this to great effect. Now when everyone mentions the European Golden Globe Awards, they will think of labels such as "professional" and "authoritative".
The only entertainment attribute may be the occasional gag between the male host and the beautiful host.
Awards come to everyone.
Of course, Li Qingqing did not win the Best European Women's Football Player award. The one who won her was Annabel Evans, a top American women's football player who plays for the London Bridge Women's Football Team. This superstar who has won two Women's World Cup championships last season Helped London Bridge win the Women's Champions League and the Women's Premier League, so they deserve this honor.
This is why the Chinese media do not believe that Li Qingqing can win the best player, because the opponent is too strong...
But there are also unexpected surprises:
Although Li Qingqing did not win the Women's Football Ballon d'Or, she stood out from the five-person shortlist, finished third, and received the Bronze Ball.
This is also the highest personal honor she has received in her career.
The best player award in the men's football team is the highlight and the finale.
For this purpose, it is the Best Young Player Award.
There is no difference from what the media had speculated before: Hulay, who played for Leeds City, won the Best Young Player Award in Europe last season.
Amid polite and warm applause, Hu Lai, dressed in formal attire, stood up from his seat and walked onto the stage.
Then he received the Golden Ball trophy the size of a No. 3 ball.
Countless eyes fell on him, with different meanings.
Mario Salado, Mauro Albertazzi and Danny Drew have sharp eyes, yearning and fighting spirit.
The figure standing on the stage seemed like a mountain waiting for them to climb.
These talented players in their respective countries and clubs feel a huge sense of crisis.
They, a group of geniuses from a football-developed area, actually lost to a person from the far east. And no one had ever heard of this person before he was twenty years old...
It was as if when they were fighting for this award, a stranger suddenly overtook the car quickly, easily took away the coveted trophy, and then walked away, leaving them with bruised noses and swollen faces. .
At this time, all previous grievances can be put aside. Everyone shares the same hatred. Let’s take the trophy away from that kid first!
When the young players stared at Hu Lai and felt jealous in their hearts, Li Qingqing, who was sitting on the other side, looked at Hu Lai with a smile on her face, thinking of the first time she saw Hu Lai.
A clumsy boy chasing a football at sunset.
Now I am finally standing on this stage, although it is only the No. 3 ball...
But Li Qingqing was still happy for him.
Congratulations, Hu Lai!
One day, ball three will become ball five!
come on! (End of chapter)