Lu Wenbin stood up, hugged and thanked the guests around him, then walked onto the stage to receive the award.
However, he did not see any prizes or award presenters, which was a bit strange.
The host smiled and said, "Congratulations, Lu!"
Lu Wenbin said: "Thank you!"
The female host asked: "Today's Puskas Award presenter will surprise you. Can you guess who will present the award to you today?"
Lu Wenbin looked around. He and the host were the only ones on the stage, no one else. There was also no sign of any guests coming up from the audience.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin shook his head and said, “I don’t know!”
The host laughed, turned to the backstage, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's invite the award presenter to come on stage!"
Including Lu Wenbin, everyone in the audience stared at the backstage entrance with wide eyes, wanting to see who the unexpected award presenter would be.
As a result, when Lu Wenbin saw the person coming out, he was stunned for a moment, and all the guests and audiences at the scene and in front of the TV burst into laughter.
It's really surprising.
The person who came out with the prize and was ready to present the award to Lu Wenbin was actually Lyon's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, the goalkeeper against whom Lu Wenbin scored the fastest goal in the Champions League.
Loris walked up with a wry smile and hugged Lu Wenbin, making Lu Wenbin feel quite embarrassed.
Then, Lloris walked to the podium and said into the microphone: "Actually, I really don't want to present this award to Lu, because I am the victim of Puskas's Goal of the Year!"
There was a burst of friendly laughter and applause from the audience.
Lloris continued: "As a goalkeeper, my ideal is to keep all opponents scoreless. But obviously, this ideal is impossible to achieve, especially when playing against Lu. I think all goalkeepers in the world don't want to play against Lu."
"However, although I have become the background of the Puskas Goal of the Year Award, I still want to congratulate Lu and thank him because he made me a part of the 2010 Puskas Award. In the future, when TV stations around the world broadcast Lu's classic goals, I will continue to appear on the screen, which will be very helpful in increasing my fame and popularity!"
Loris' self-deprecating speech won applause from all the guests.
Then, Lloris presented the trophy to Lu Wenbin and said to him: "I will do my best to prevent you from scoring again next time I meet you!"
There was another burst of laughter at the scene.
Lu Wenbin took the trophy, hugged Loris, and responded: "Thank you, I look forward to seeing you next time!"
In fact, Loris might have thought it would be best if they never met.
Amid everyone's laughter, Loris left the podium, leaving Lu Wenbin alone standing in front of the microphone, where he was about to give a speech.
Lu Wenbin shook his head and said with a smile in Chinese: "I guessed that I might win the Puskas Goal of the Year Award, but I really didn't expect that the person who would present the award to me would be Lloris."
The guests who did not speak Chinese all wore headphones and translators were providing simultaneous interpretation.
Therefore, all the guests understood Lu Wenbin's speech and everyone laughed again. Today's Puskas Award ceremony was indeed very joyful.
Lu Wenbin continued: "I kicked the ball into the goal guarded by Lloris and won the Puskas Goal of the Year Award for this goal. In the end, he had to present the award to me. I felt embarrassed."
"But don't all kinds of accidents happen all the time in the world of football?"
"Today I won the Puskas Award and Lloris was the one who got scored on, but who knows when Lloris will save a shot that I was sure to score and make a classic world-class save?"
"Just like on TV now, although there are many highlights of my wonderful goals, there are also scenes of me being intercepted and my shots being saved. I have also become the background star for many goalkeepers to complete wonderful saves."
The guests chuckled.
Indeed, Lu Wenbin scored many wonderful goals, but there were also times when his breakthroughs were intercepted and his shots were saved. Some of his saves also became wonderful saves for other goalkeepers.
In those scenes, Lu Wenbin naturally became the background emperor of failed shots and a stepping stone for those goalkeepers to become famous.
Although many goalkeepers are reluctant to face Lu Wenbin, when they cannot avoid him, if they can save a sure goal from Lu Wenbin, it will undoubtedly be a good opportunity to become famous.
Finally, Lu Wenbin said: "Thank you everyone, I will continue to work hard to bring more wonderful goals to all the audience!"
Amid the applause of the guests, Lu Wenbin stepped down from the stage and a piano performance was interrupted.
After a few minutes of piano music, the 2010 World Footballer of the Year award ceremony began.
Although there were three nominees, there was only one winner.
When the award presenter took out the card in the award envelope and looked at it, he smiled and said, "The winner of the 2010 FIFA World Player of the Year is Marta from Brazil!"
Marta has won the FIFA World Player of the Year award for four consecutive years, and this is her fifth consecutive year to win the award.
Marta has become a legend in the world of women's football.
However, Marta seemed a little overly excited to win the highest individual honor in the women's football world again, and even shed tears of excitement while speaking.
Marta thanked her family, her club teammates, her national team teammates, and the fans who loved her so much.
In the end, she left the podium in tears.
Winning the World Footballer of the Year award five times in a row is a feat that no one has ever accomplished in men's football.
Marta has achieved something in a men's sport that no male athlete has ever done before, and she deserves respect from the whole world.
After the FIFA World Player of the Year was announced, a few minutes of Marta's wonderful personal performance were played on the big screen.
All kinds of dazzling feints, bicycle kicks, powerful volleys, headers in front of the goal, shots in time for the goal, etc., left many fans in front of the TV who had never paid attention to women's football stunned.
It turns out that women's football also has players with such good skills and strong strength. Many people are interested in paying more attention to women's football.
Of course, the most anticipated and exciting event of the annual FIFA year-end awards ceremony is still the highest honor for men's football: the FIFA Ballon d'Or.
Before this year, this highest honor was called FIFA World Footballer of the Year, competing with the European Ballon d'Or. Sometimes when both awards were not given to the same person, a lot of controversy was inevitable, with everyone believing that the other party was unprofessional or there was something fishy going on.
This year, when FIFA reached an agreement with France Football, the selection organization of the European Ballon d'Or, to recruit the European Ballon d'Or and merge the European Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year into one, the FIFA Ballon d'Or, all disputes disappeared.
The FIFA Ballon d'Or is the highest individual award for all athletes in world football. No other award can compare with it.
The player who wins the FIFA Golden Ball is the best player in the world football that year. (Seeking monthly votes)