"Congratulations, Lee!"
The person who awarded Puskás Award to Li Mingyu is the famous former Ivory Coast star Didier Drogba.
Drogba, who is known as the Beast on the court, is now like a gentleman, wearing a decent suit and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. He looks like a very respectable person no matter how he looks.
Drogba is a very amazing player. In 2010, Drogba was selected as one of the "100 Most Influential People of the Times" selected by <Time Magazine>. He was the only one in world football selected.
Drogba also established a foundation named after himself to support medical, education and other undertakings that are still backward in the motherland Ivory Coast.
Drogba is also a messenger of peace. Fans will never forget that on the eve of Germany World Cup in 2006, in the locker room, Drogba led the Ivory Coast players to kneel on the ground and pray for Ivory Coast to stop the civil war.
Currently, Drogba is already the chairman of the Football Association of Ivory Coast.
Li Mingyu looked at the Beast, who was completely different from the one on the field, and showed a kind smile.
"Thank you, Mr. Drogba!"
Taking over Puskás Award's medal from Drogba, Li Mingyu politely thanked Drogba.
"Thank you FIFA for awarding Puskás Award to me again. Of course, Messi's goal is equally wonderful..."
Li Mingyu spent thirty seconds thanking everyone, and everyone gave him warm applause.
After all, Li Mingyu is no longer the same person he was a year ago, and Puskás Award is just an appetizer.
Next, the host announced the next award again.
2022 Men's Soccer Coach of the Year Award.
Although there is Guardiola, the Manchester City triple crown champion, and Liverpool coach Klopp who is defending Champions League, in this World Cup year, basically this award will be awarded to the championship coach World Cup.
Sure enough, in the end, this award was awarded to the head coach Luis Enrique who led Spain National Team to regain the World Cup championship.
During his playing career, Enrique did not have any honors in major competitions. However, after becoming the head coach, World Cup's championship this time brought him great honors.
His contract with Royal Spanish Football Federation was signed again until the end of World Cup in 2026.
In 2026, World Cup returned to the North American continent and was jointly organized by United States, Canada, and Mexico.
This is also the first time in the history of World Cup that it is jointly hosted by three countries.
Royal Spanish Football Federation hopes that Enrique can lead this team Spain National Team to once again complete the great cause of three consecutive championships.
That is, World Cup in 2022, UEFA European Championship in 2024 and World Cup in 2026.
Enrique was holding the "Best Men's Football Coach Award" on the stage, talking eloquently, and looking at his favorite general Li Mingyu from time to time.
With Li Mingyu, three consecutive championships should not be an unattainable dream.
Today's Spain National Team is very young.
At the very least, within ten years, this Spain National Team will be very competitive.
Award after award was issued, and Spain National Team received a large number of honors.
Among the best eleven, Spain National Team also has 4 people in the best lineup.
Li Mingyu, Pedri and Rodri occupy all the spots in the midfield.
On the forward line, Morata, who scored 8 goals on World Cup, beats Neymar and Lewandowski, and Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo occupy the forward line.
Spain National Team relied on their strong midfield and frontcourt capabilities to bring the World Cup championship back to Kingdom of Matadors.
After the awards were given to the best eleven, the exciting moment came.
Men's Player of the Year.
It is also commonly known as the Best FIFA Men's Player.
Li Mingyu's photo was the first to appear on the big screen.
Although he missed the final game last season due to injury, Li Mingyu still relied on his outstanding performance in the first half of the stage to win La Liga Golden Boot, Champions League Golden Boot and European Golden Shoe.
In the six months since he transferred to Manchester City, Li Mingyu has made everyone see how terrifying he is.
That serious injury did not leave Mr. 300 Million with any psychological shadow.
After coming to Manchester City, Li Mingyu led Manchester City to complete an impressive 20-game winning streak in mid-2022, which is also the best start record in the history of the Manchester City team.
This is also a new record for the entire Europe and even the entire world football.
In just six months, Li Mingyu has scored 64 goals and 15 assists for Manchester City.
In the national team, World Cup's 16 goals are even more dazzling.
Although he missed many games last season due to Li Mingyu's injury, his number of goals in the entire calendar year of 2022 reached 97.
This number of goals also broke the record of 91 goals scored in a natural year set by Messi in 2012.
At the beginning, Messi's goal record was considered to be impossible to ever be broken.
But just ten years later, Li Mingyu surpassed him.
Even if there is no World Cup championship, just with 97 goals in this natural year, Li Mingyu is still the most powerful player in the world.
In the end, FIFA chairman Infantino personally announced that the best men's player of the year in 2022 is Li Mingyu from Spain.
Although it had been expected for a long time, when it was actually announced, Li Mingyu still felt excited from the bottom of his heart.
The Best FIFA Men's Player, this is the greatest compliment for a player.
Throughout the history of football, there are many stars who have not won this honor, but the stars who have won this honor are called superstars.
Matthaus, Van Basten, Roberto Baggio, Romario, George Weah, Ronaldo, Zidane, Rivaldo, Luis Figo, Ronaldinho, Cannavaro, Kaka, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric, Lewandowski.
Among this string of names, Li Mingyu finally appeared.
Li Mingyu feels infinite pride to be on this list with these famous figures in world football.
Li Mingyu delivered an exciting speech on the stage. When he came off the stage with the trophy, all eyes were on him.
In the history of the Best FIFA Men's Player, this is the first Spain player to win this honor.
For this young man, today's award is his first the Best FIFA Men's Player, but it will definitely not be his last.
In the next few years, Li Mingyu will most likely complete its monopoly on this award.
The award ceremony of FIFA has come to an end.
But the enthusiasm of all fans has not faded.
Because on the next day, Li Mingyu came to the award ceremony of Ballon d'Or.
Ballon d'Or's award ceremony is on the first floor of Paris's most famous Eiffel Tower, where you can overlook the entire Paris scene.
However, since the space here is not large, there are not as many guests as there were at the FIFA awards ceremony.
However, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, for the first time since 2019, came together to the Ballon d'Or award ceremony.
You know, in 2018, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were absent from Ballon d'Or's award ceremony, which caused many fans to criticize the two for not being able to afford to lose.
However, this time, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo appear together, which also has a sense of farewell.
The arrival of these young people, Li Mingyu, Mbappe, and Haaland, gives Ballon d'Or a somewhat youthful atmosphere.
After all, the future of world football will still depend on young people.
The host of Ballon d'Or this time is France, a famous football player, David Ginola.
With a handsome appearance, he also worked part-time as a model, and joined the entertainment industry after retiring.
He is known as "Emperor Oscar".
He is now fifty-five years old, and although his hair has turned gray, his handsome appearance is even more attractive.
This time the award guest is Brazil celebrity Ronaldo.
In Ronaldo's career, he won Ballon d'Or twice, in 1997 and 2002 respectively.
David Ginola asked with a smile on his face, "Ronaldo, is this your first time coming to Paris?"
Ronaldo smiled and shook his head.
David Ginola asked again, "Is this your first time coming to Eiffel Tower?"
Ronaldo also shook his head, with a teasing expression on his face, and said, "You should know that I have a lot of embarrassments here. For example, I lost World Cup here!"
In 1998, the finals of France World Cup were held at Stade de France in Paris.
Here, Ronaldo lost his close friend World Cup, and his performance has become an eternal mystery in world football.
Ronaldo showed a bitter smile and said, "Here, I experienced marriage and divorce, all here!"
David Ginola said with a smile, "It seems that you really have a lot of stories in Paris!"
The guests in the audience all laughed in good faith.
Bella and Catherine are sitting in the second row, and Li Mingyu is not around them.
Where did Li Mingyu go?
Next, David Ginola started chatting with Ronaldo about the time and feelings he had when he won Ballon d'Or twice.
Watching the two people talking witty words on the stage, the guests in the audience also listened with interest.
After chatting for a while, David Ginola announced that Ballon d'Or's award ceremony has officially begun. Let's take a look at the big screen.
At this time, photos of the three candidates were played on the big screen.
The photo of Li Mingyu is in the first position, and the next two photos are of the two superstars Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
This time, Ballon d'Or, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo once again entered the final nominations. This was entirely based on their wonderful performance on World Cup.
Although their performance in the league and Champions League was not satisfactory, in this World Cup, these two thirty-year-old men showed shocking vitality.
However, today's protagonist is definitely Li Mingyu.
The three wonderful shots of World Cup were once again played on the big screen. Although everyone has already seen this World Cup, when you watch these wonderful shots again, you will also feel the excitement.
Li Mingyu's Volley from Heaven, Messi's half-court goal, Cristiano Ronaldo's one-stop breakthrough shot from the wing...
The wonderful performance of Li Mingyu cannot overshadow the outstanding performance of two thirty-year-old men.
David Ginola said that the countdown to Ballon d'Or's reveal begins now.
The heads of the three candidates appeared on the big screen. As the countdown continued, the heads of the three people began to flash brightly and darkly.
Exciting times are coming.
Can Li Mingyu become the next player to get both Ballon d'Or and the Best FIFA Men's Player?
Suddenly, the camera turned, and the brightly lit Eiffel Tower appeared on the screen at night.
Under the night, countless lights on Eiffel Tower flash, making it look like a dream.
As the camera slowly advanced, a figure appeared on the viewing platform above the first floor of Eiffel Tower.
This man has his back to the camera, but people who are familiar with him are already screaming his name.
"Li Mingyu!--"
At this moment, Li Mingyu turned around, holding the trophy representing the honor of Ballon d'Or in his right hand, and giving a thumbs up with his left hand. The bright smile on his face showed the young man's uncontrollable excitement.
Sure enough, Li Mingyu became the double star of the Best FIFA Men's Player and Ballon d'Or.
Although the wind on Eiffel Tower is relatively strong, it cannot blow away the enthusiasm in Li Mingyu's heart.
David Ginola also walked onto the observation deck and stood next to Li Mingyu.
David Ginola is also envious of this young man who has shown great power this year.
The thing that David Ginola regrets most in his life is not joining France National Team who won the championship in 1998.
In the final round of the 1994 World Cup qualifiers, France National Team could qualify as long as they tied (a familiar sentence). Before the end, France National Team and Bulgaria were still tied at 1:1, but at the last moment, David Ginola made a mistake and was intercepted, allowing Bulgaria to complete the winning goal.
Therefore, France National Team missed the World Cup of 1994.
This mistake also cast a shadow over David Ginola's national team career.
After Jacquet became the head coach of the France national team, in the 1998 local World Cup, in order to emphasize discipline, David Ginola and Cantona, who were having conflicts at the time, were expelled from the national team.
You must know that the prestige and ability of David Ginola and Cantona back then were definitely no less than that of Zidane.
Jacquet is also a ruthless person. In order to establish his authority, he excluded these two heroes from the national team.
Fortunately, France National Team won the championship in the end, otherwise, Jacquet would have been scolded by France people.
The person who regrets the most is probably Cantona. It was none of his fault that France World Cup won the championship in 1998, and it was none of his fault that Manchester United won the Champions League in 1999. After all, he chose to retire when Jacquet asked him to leave the national team.
At that time, Cantona was only 31 years old.
Every time David Ginola mentions World Cup in 1998, he always looks regretful.
When he saw the 20-year-old Li Mingyu standing in front of him, he couldn't help but feel in a trance.
Envy!
This is what football should be like!
"Li, you won the first Ballon d'Or in your career. How do you feel?"
David Ginola handed the microphone to Li Mingyu in the cold wind.