When Qin Xiong finished his acceptance speech, it was time for the reporters to ask questions.
As the host, the French reporter took the lead in asking questions.
He obviously had personal feelings and expressed a different opinion on Qin Xiong winning the Ballon d 'Or.
"Last season, you won a glorious team achievement, but in Arsenal, do you think your performance was better than Henry's?"
Qin Xiong shook his head and said, "Thierry has been a phenomenal star player for a long time. I can't say that I performed better than him."
"He performed better than you in the World Cup. He was the runner-up, while the China team you led did not advance from the group."
Qin Xiong nodded and said, "What you said is true. If he won the Ballon d 'Or today, I would be happy for him and congratulate him. I would also feel that he deserved it."
Qin Xiong won, but he knew that his victory was by no means overwhelming. Originally, in a big competition year, the World Cup performance was very important. Qin Xiong might have won by a fluke. In other words, no matter who won, whether it was Cannavaro, Henry, or Buffon, no one should have any complaints.
Maybe the difference was just the difference between whose name was placed at the front and whose name was placed at the back when a judge voted.
Therefore, Qin Xiong was very honest and did not become complacent after winning the award.
The French reporter gave up. Qin Xiong's words were beautiful, and there was no way to make trouble.
The Italian reporter jumped out again.
"You won the Ballon d 'Or after a mediocre World Cup, but Cannavaro, who became the world champion, did not win the Ballon d' Or. How do you feel about this?"
The Italian reporter's words were harsh, and Qin Xiong's expression became serious.
He replied solemnly, "Your question is disrespectful to me. I don't need you to apologize, but I won't answer your question again.
A mediocre World Cup?
You can think like that, and many people in the world can think like that, but for my country, the national team that I am in, I have a clear conscience. I worked hard and gave everything.
You can ask the Chinese fans if the China team was mediocre in the past World Cups. We broke a lot of records. We brought the fans not only football, but also many deeper things. Now we look forward to the future. You can say that the China team did not get good results in the world, but you can't say that the sweat and effort we put in is worthless. "
After Qin Xiong finished speaking, he no longer looked at the Italian reporter, and his speech received applause from the China reporters present.
The Ballon d 'Or Ballon d, Ballon d's award, at the age of 21, does this make you lose your motivation? Do you think you've got everything? "
Qin Xiong smiled and said, "Of course not. I've been playing football since I was very young. Playing football has become a part of my life. It's not about persistence, but a habit. It's an indispensable part of my life. I'll continue to work hard to enjoy football. When I can't stay on the professional stage, I'll still play football. Playing football makes me happy."
. The football columnist of the British Times asked, "Have you ever thought about returning to the English game one day?"
"I just came to Real Madrid. Everything is good. I have a four-year contract with Real Madrid. I haven't thought about the long-term. Everything is possible, but if I'm happy in a place, I won't make the decision to leave easily."
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At the end of the press conference, Qin Xiong and Sylvia came to the live broadcast room of Canal + TV station at seven o 'clock in the evening.
Compared to last year's Ballon d 'Or 50th anniversary gala, this year's award ceremony was a little shabby, but it was understandable. After all, the 50th anniversary was too special.
There were many guests and Ballon d 'Or candidates present. They already knew the results and came forward to congratulate Qin Xiong, including Qin Xiong's teammate Cannavaro, his former teammate Henry, and even Zidane, who retired in the summer, and so on.
After the award ceremony began, Qin Xiong sat in the most conspicuous position.
France Football's editor-in-chief, Erno, played the annual performance of the three popular candidates before the official unveiling of Ballon d 'Or.
The first was Henry.
His main highlights were in the first half of the year.
He helped Arsenal win the league and the Champions League, as well as his wonderful performance in the World Cup in the summer.
The second was Cannavaro.
His main highlight was naturally the World Cup, and even the club's performance did not count.
Because Juventus had become a target of scorn in the Calciopoli incident, the championship title was stripped and the team was relegated. No matter how good Cannavaro's performance at Juventus was, he would be questioned by the outside world as to whether it was match fixing.
His World Cup championship was very dazzling, and it could be said that Italy created a miracle in the summer.
The Calciopoli incident broke out before the World Cup, and the entire Italian football world was in a state of panic. Italy, led by Lippi, went out to battle. Unexpectedly, not only did they win the championship, but they also demonstrated their traditional and classic defensive art to the world!
The third was Qin Xiong.
His annual highlight performance ran through the entire year of 2006.
Wearing the Arsenal shirt, he won the Double with Henry, and became the best scorer in the World Cup. There was also a series of wonderful performances after joining Real Madrid in the second half of the year, especially in the highlight games such as the El Clásico and the Champions League, which left a deep impression.
At the end of the promotional video, the frozen image was Qin Xiong's words in an interview.
"I love football, and I will keep running until the day I can't run anymore."
Two shocking statistics were listed next to the frozen image.
As of today, in 2006, Qin Xiong had scored 47 goals and 58 assists in all competitions!
In 11 months, he had directly participated in more than a hundred goals!
These two statistics included the national team and the club's two arenas.
The club mainly played in the league and the Champions League, and the national team mainly played in the World Cup and the Asian Cup qualifiers.
In terms of overall data, Qin Xiong was jaw-dropping.
As if it just happened to reflect his omnipotence in offense, coupled with those wonderful individual performances in the promotional video, it seemed that from the visual senses, all the audience accepted Qin Xiong as Mr. Ballon d 'Or.
Mr. Elno revealed the answer on the stage, and he smiled as he said Qin Xiong's name.
After Qin Xiong stood up, he first turned his head and kissed Sylvia. It seemed that Sylvia was more excited than he was, and her face was glowing.
On the way to the stage, Qin Xiong buttoned up his suit jacket with ease, and then came to the stage to take the golden Ballon d 'Or from Elno's hands.
He stood on the stage and looked down at the somewhat heavy Ballon d 'Or. His gaze turned to Sylvia.
Even if there would be doubts from the outside world, there would be voices of injustice for other popular candidates.
But Qin Xiong did not care. At this moment, even if there were countless voices of opposition, as long as he saw Sylvia's pair of encouraging and proud eyes, he felt complacent.
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