As soon as Lu Wenbin entered the venue, he attracted everyone's attention and became the focus of the audience.
Tonight, Lu Wenbin will not only almost certainly win the Ballon d'Or, but will also definitely be a member of the best eleven of the year.
Moreover, he has a great chance of winning the Puskas Goal of the Year Award for the fastest goal in Champions League history in the second leg of the 2009/2010 Champions League quarter-final against Lyon, which saw him dribble past six players in 9.67 seconds.
It can be said that this FIFA year-end gala belongs to Lu Wenbin, and everyone else is just a supporting role, there to highlight Lu Wenbin’s brilliant success in the past year.
Of course, this is just at the player level.
Officially speaking, FIFA is the biggest winner.
They reached an agreement with France Football to merge the two most authoritative awards in world football today, the "European Ballon d'Or" and the "World Footballer of the Year", into a new award: the FIFA Ballon d'Or.
From now on there will no longer be a situation where the European Ballon d'Or and the FIFA World Player of the Year are not won by the same person and everyone is unwilling to accept each other.
From now on, the FIFA Ballon d'Or will become the only most authoritative global award in world football.
This undoubtedly strengthens FIFA's authority in world football.
After players, coaches and guests from all over the world of football took their seats, at 19:00 on the evening of January 10, 2011, with the appearance of the host, the FIFA 2010 Year-End Awards Ceremony officially began.
The first to be announced is the list of the best eleven players in 2010, which are:
Goalkeeper Casillas (Real Madrid/Spain), defender Maicon (Inter Milan/Brazil), defender Lucio (Inter Milan/Brazil), defender Pique (Barcelona/Spain), defender Puyol (Barcelona/Spain), midfielder Xavi (Barcelona/Spain), midfielder Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain), midfielder Sneijder (Inter Milan/Netherlands), forward C Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal), forward Messi (Barcelona/Argentina)…
The host read out the names one by one, and each name would cause applause.
From the perspective of the best eleven, the biggest winner of the club is undoubtedly Barcelona, which occupies 5 places. The biggest winner of the national team is Spain, which also occupies 5 places.
However, it is clear that the host saved the most important and significant name for last.
After reading Messi's name, the host paused, then said with a smile:
"The last striker shortlisted for the 2010 FIFA Team of the Year XI is Lu Wenbin, a Chinese player from Hoffenheim and Inter Milan!" (The real history is Villa)
Suddenly, there was thunderous applause at the scene, and Hoffenheim fans, Inter Milan fans, and Chinese fans in front of the TV also cheered warmly.
FIFA was quite generous. It did not just say that Lu Wenbin was from Inter Milan, but also added the prefix of Hoffenheim, which gave Hoffenheim fans some comfort.
After hearing his name, Lu Wenbin, who was sitting in the front row, stood up and bowed slightly to everyone around him to express his gratitude.
This award is just a list, there is no trophy.
Therefore, after congratulating the best eleven who made the list, everyone moved on to the next stage: the awarding of the best men's and women's football coaches.
The first award was for the best women's football coach, and the winner was German head coach Neide.
Then, the annual best men's football coach award was presented. The three candidates were Bosque, who led Spain to win the World Cup, Mourinho, who led Inter Milan to win the Serie A double and reached the Champions League final, and Ralf, who led Hoffenheim to win Germany's first treble.
The scene of the three people directing the team and receiving the trophy was played on the big screen. Then the camera was focused on the three coaches. The award presenter took out the paper in the envelope, looked at it, and smiled:
"The winner of the 2010 FIFA Best Men's Football Coach Award is Ralf Rangnick!" (The real history of the 2010 Best Men's Football Coach was awarded to the triple crown winner Mourinho, so here it is awarded to the triple crown winner Ralph in this book.)
After leading his team to create the miracles of Hoffenheim's newly promoted championship, the small treble miracle, and the big treble miracle, Ralf Rangnick finally achieved success and received the highest recognition in world football.
Although everyone knows that the key figure in Hoffenheim's success is Lu Wenbin, everyone still recognizes Ralph's achievements.
Just like Mourinho and Bosque also have superstar players under them, the coaches should not be deprived of the credit because of the performance of superstar players.
Ralph was sitting not far from Lu Wenbin. After hearing that he had won the award, he stood up and hugged the people around him, and then he walked over to hug Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin congratulated Ralph: "Congratulations, coach!"
Ralph smiled and said, "Thank you!"
Then, Ralph went on stage and gave a speech, thanking Chairman Dietmar Hopp for his trust in him, thanking players such as Lu Wenbin for their support, and thanking Hoffenheim fans.
Finally, Ralph claimed that the Best Men's Football Coach Award did not belong to him alone, but to the entire Hoffenheim club, which won applause from countless fans at the scene and in front of the TV.
Afterwards, the awards ceremony continued, including the FIFA Fair Play Award, the FIFA President's Special Award, etc.
Then, we will move on to the last three most important awards: Puskas Award (Best Goal of the Year), World Footballer of the Year, and FIFA Ballon d'Or.
First, the 10 nominated goals for the Puskas Award were played, namely, Van Bronckhorst's long-range shot in the South Africa World Cup, Messi's goal after dribbling past several players against Valencia in La Liga, Tshabalala's first goal in the South Africa World Cup, Altintop's world-class volley from outside the penalty area in the European Cup qualifiers, Kumi Yokoyama's goal after dribbling past several players against North Korea in the U17 Women's World Cup semi-finals, Brazilian rising star Neymar's goal after dribbling past several players in the penalty area in the Brazilian domestic league, Northern Ireland player Boras's scorpion kick, Nasri's small-angle shot in the Champions League, Robben's shot after a long run from the wing in the German Cup, and Lu Wenbin's goal after dribbling past six players in the opening 9.67 seconds against Lyon in the second leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.
Finally, the winner was announced. It was Lu Wenbin, who set the fastest Champions League goal record of 9.67 seconds, dribbled past six players and was extremely entertaining.
The host announced loudly: "The winner of the 2010 FIFA Puskas Goal of the Year Award is Lu Wenbin!"
Suddenly, there was thunderous applause.
Kate, Lu Wenbin's parents, assistants and others applauded vigorously in the audience, and other guests also applauded to congratulate Lu Wenbin. (Seeking monthly tickets)