What ball king, call me ball god

"Then let's change the question. Instead of talking about football idols, talk about whose football style you admire more now."

The host decided to change direction to conduct the interview.

"Football style, Frankie and Matthias are the best players in my opinion."

The host obviously did his homework, knowing that Kedi Lin was talking about De Jong and De Ligt, but obviously, the host was not very satisfied with such an answer, so he asked, "Because he is yours?" Teammate, do you appreciate it?"

"It's not just that, it's because we won the Champions League together, it's because we played together for two years, it's because we celebrated at Ajax, it's because we're friends, Because of their strength, they are definitely the top five players in the world at the same position, so I appreciate them!"

"Top five in the same position?" The host thought to himself, you have been avoiding these comparisons of strength just now, but you still said it.

"Do you have a list of the top five players in today's world football in your mind?"

Lin Kedi glanced at the host.

"The top five are not ranked, Lin Kedi, Ronaldo, Messi, Modric, Mbappe."

"So here is your ranking. Is there any basis for this ranking?"

"No, it's just the ranking in my mind."

"Okay, that's it, Lin, let's play a quick quiz next. I will ask questions, and you need to answer quickly in a short time. Of course, if your answer is interesting, I will follow up. Yes ?"

"of course can."

"First question, Messi or Ronaldo?"

"Neither of them."

"why?"

"Because I like teammates who can run."

"Lin, you are very aggressive now."

"No offense, they have their reasons for not running or running less, but I personally like running!"

"Okay, next question. Chinese or British?"

"Of course it's Chinese food. Is there any British food? Fish and chips?"

"I think you blacked out England again, okay! Next question, which city do you prefer, Manchester or Amsterdam?"

"It's Amsterdam now."

"What's the reason?"

"I've lived there for 3 years, the place I've lived the longest outside of my home country, my country, and of course I like it there, for no other reason."

"I only found out about your hometown after reading your Wikipedia. It is Checheng in HUB Province. What about Checheng and Amsterdam?"

"Of course it is my hometown, there is no doubt about it."

"Okay, the answer as always. Then the next question is - after retirement, do you like to stay away from football or continue to be in football?"

"Continue. I enjoy my current life. Even if I retire at 40, 40 is still a very young age in life, so I will continue to engage in football."

"A dog or a cat."

"Dogs, I like dogs, loyal."

"Coffee or tea?"

"I like both because I drink tea and coffee every day, in moderation."

"Want to be a leader?"

"When you reach your strength, you will become a leader, naturally."

"Of all the goals you've scored so far, your favorite one."

"My first goal. Against Willem II, it was the second day of my 16th birthday. I will never forget that goal. I completed the game of my life. My first hat-trick. I believe it was that game that finally established me as the main player in Ajax."

"Your most impressive game."

"Without a doubt, last season's Champions League final."

"Do you think high pressing is the tactical direction of football in the future?"

"I think so, but the high press is a means, and he can be integrated into any tactic."

After asking this question, the entire interview came to an end.

After the interview was over, there was nothing to say all night.

The next day, Lin Kedi visited Monaco with De Ligt and De Jong.

After all, it is a tourist country, and the scenery is still good.

At noon, the three ate paella at a Spanish restaurant.

To be honest, Lin Kedi had never eaten paella before, but after eating it once, he felt that it was full of umami and delicious.

The seafood rice here is marinated with a special sauce, which is really delicious.

After tasting the delicious food, the group will return to the hotel, change into suits, and then head to the awards ceremony.

Lin Kedi's suits were custom-made in an old London suit shop more than a month in advance for this award ceremony. Usually, a suit is ordered in this shop, and it usually starts 1 to 4 months ago.

However, the owner of this store is a Manchester United fan. After seeing Linke come in, he was very excited. After frantically posing for photos, he worked overtime to make it out.

Including some maintenance in the later stage, it took a total of one month to make it.

Lin Kedi put on this custom-made suit, and it really fit and slim, making Lin Kedi extremely handsome.

Lin Kedi's good looks are very good, with a height of 1 meters and a streamlined and muscular figure, he is a perfect hanger for tailor-made clothes.

When Lin Kedi, De Ligt, and De Jong walked to the red carpet at the entrance of the Grimaldi Conference Center in Monaco, the flashes of the cameras on both sides were loud, and there were "clicks and clicks".

The person the camera is pointing at is Lin Kedi.

Lin Kedi walked into the venue together with De Ligt and De Jong.

The first is the rest area.

The notification came at 5:6 p.m., and the awards ceremony officially started at 6:15 p.m., and they will enter the award ceremony site around [-]:[-] p.m.

So before the official awards, there will be about 1 hour and 15 minutes in the rest area.

Lin Kedi just came in.

He was keenly aware that many pairs of eyes were looking at him.

At this moment, he is the most concerned person in the audience.

The first person who came up to contact Lin Kedi was Nasser, the chairman of Paris Saint-Germain.

Originally, he was standing not far from the door chatting with people, but as soon as he saw Lin Kedi coming in, he immediately walked over.

"Lin! My friend!"

Come up and hug.

Lin Kedi thought to himself, this is nothing like a habit.

But others took the initiative and hugged.

Then Nasser looked at Linke.

"Your performance in the Premier League is great! I watch all your games, it's very entertaining!"

"Thank you!"

What else can Lin Kedi say, but thank you.

And Nasser obviously didn't say anything like "transfer to our Paris Saint-Germain", but simply exchanged a few words, and then left.

Immediately afterwards, there was Florentino, the chairman of Real Madrid.

Florentino walked up to Link.

His style is very different from Nasser's.

"It's a big loss for us that you didn't come to Real Madrid."

"No, Hazard is a legend."

Lin Kedi didn't say "I'm sorry".

Florentino seemed to be really sorry, and continued.

"You have everything we need, we can give you a higher level of influence. The story of this summer is over, I hope Real Madrid and you will have a story in the future."

"Who knows the future?"

Florentino leaves.

Next came Begiristan.

"Lin, let me guess, Perez must be continuing to invite you to Real Madrid."

Lin Kedi smiled and said nothing, not casually revealing the content of his private conversations with others, which is also a very important thing.

However, Begiristan also made an understanding expression when he saw Lin Kedi's expression.

Then went on to say.

"Lin, you are a player I admire very much, and Pep also admires you very much. It's a pity that he didn't come today. It's a pity that you won't have the chance to come to us in the future. Hey, maybe there will be a chance in the future , but it is unlikely to be in Manchester City."

With that said, Begiristan also said goodbye to Link and left.

Now, after Lin Kedi met with some team managers, he finally found the players.

There are not many players participating in this game, because there are only players from the best team and candidates for various positions.

In fact, there are not many people at full capacity.

Then Lin Kedi saw Messi.

Lin Kedi walked over.

"Leo."

"Lin, I saw you just now, but there are always people around you, so I didn't go over to say hello to you."

The two chatted for a while, and then when they were about to part.

Messi got a little closer to Lin Kedi.

"Lin, congratulations."

After speaking, he left.

Then there's Van Dijk.

Although Manchester United and Liverpool are mortal enemies on the field, it is no problem to meet and chat off the field.

Lin Kedi found Van Dyke and had a chat.

But obviously, they lost to Lin Kedi last season, and now the two are in the enemy's camp. After a brief chat, they left.

Finally, Lin Kedi chatted with De Ligt and De Jong.

"Matais, I saw you chatting with Ramos just now, why, he is seducing you to Real Madrid?"

"Yes, he also told me that Varane wants to leave the team, so Real Madrid will definitely lack a defender next season, and he hopes I will go."

"What did you say?"

"I said I won at least three Champions League titles at Manchester United before I can leave!"

"What did Ramos say?" De Jong asked curiously.

"He said, congratulations, you are going to play for Manchester United for the rest of your life."

"He's really damaged."

"By the way, Lin, have you ever thought about leaving Manchester United after how many years?" De Jong suddenly looked at Lin Kedi.

"Frankie, we've only been here for less than two months, and you're asking when we're leaving?"

"Anyway, I'm bored, why don't I ask you?"

"All right, all right, when will I leave? Maybe it's because I don't have any challenges here, so I will leave."

"That's right, you guys have no loyalty. You don't even have a favorite team."

"Come on, Frankie, didn't you go to Barcelona too?"

"That's because I'm messing with you, or else I'll go."

"Frankie, why do I always feel that you will definitely go to Barcelona in the future?"

"No one can say anything about the future." De Jong ended the conversation with this sentence.

Because it's time to enter the venue.

Lin Kedi's seat is in the front row, he sits in the second position of six seats, Messi is on his left and Van Dijk is on his right.There are three other candidates for the women's football player of the year sitting on Van Dijk's right.

Lin Kedi sat comfortably in his seat.

The awards ceremony began immediately.

First of all, UEFA President Ceferin came to the stage and spoke some words summarizing last season.

Then it was announced that the host stadium for this season's Champions League final will be the Ataturk Olympic Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

After Ceferin announced the final venue, the big screen at the scene began to review the best moments of last season's Champions League.

Obviously, about half of the 4-minute video is about Lin Kedi.

No way, he scored 22 goals last season, which is horrible.

After playing the 4 minute video.

Ceferin took the stage again to present the UEFA President's Award.

The winner this time is the legendary French star Cantona, in recognition of Cantona's brilliant career as a player and his contribution to the sport of football in the future.

Cantona made a very brief speech before remaining on stage as a special guest.

Because next, Cantona will award the best goalkeeper award in the 2018-19 UEFA Champions League.

Lin Kedi looked at his former teammate, Onana of Ajax.

He believed that the award must have been won by Onana.

And when Cantona read the name, it was indeed Onana who won the award.

Lin Kedi stood up and applauded his comrades.

Although Lin Kedi didn't know why he didn't leave Ajax when various giants were scrambling for Onana this summer, he still gave sincere applause to his teammates.

Onana took the stage to accept the award and gave his acceptance speech.

Then a short video of UEFA's UEFA Champions League group stage draw ceremony was played live, which was probably to promote randomness and authenticity.

At the 17th minute of the awards ceremony, the draw for the first team began.Cantona and competition director Marchetti draw the team, club competition director Hezer Schwiert and special guests draw groups.

Because Manchester United is not a first-tier team, it has nothing to do with this.

The draw for Pot 7 teams took a total of [-] minutes.

After the first gear team returns.

Awarded the best defender of the UEFA Champions League in the 2018-19 season.

De Ligt without a doubt.

Dericht took the stage to accept the award.

After 3 minutes, the second pot draws lots.

Manchester United is the second tier team.

This round, Manchester United will come out.

When Cantona drew Manchester United and UEFA club competition director Hezer Schwert drew Group B, Lin Kedi obviously felt the noise in the scene.

Because the first team in this group is Bayern Munich.

There is no doubt that Bayern Munich is basically the strongest team in the first tier.

Manchester United's pick is definitely not as good as a first-tier team like Benfica.

Then came the best midfielder award in the Champions League.

It is also De Jong without any suspense.

Pot [-] teams draw lots next.

In Group B where Manchester United is located, the third team that comes in is Olympiacos. The league is not strong, and the team is not strong.

After the third tier of teams is drawn, it will be the best striker award in the Champions League.

Lin Kedi won the award. In fact, Lin Kedi's 22 goals made this award no suspense.

After Lin Kedi came to the stage to accept the award, he thanked UEFA and his teammates and came down.

This is not the big head, the big head is in the back.

Immediately after that is the fourth tier of teams. There are many strong teams in the fourth tier, but Manchester United have never caught up.

Entering Group B is the Belgrade Red Star team. Like Olympiakos, the league strength is not good, and the team strength is not good.

Then this group is basically Manchester United and Bayern to compete for the first place in the group.

It is basically safe and secure for the two teams to qualify together.

After the draw for the fourth tier of teams, the awards ceremony came to the 53rd minute and the fair play awards were presented.

Borussia Dortmund shared the award with Burnley fan Scott Keliffe.The Fair Play Award goes to Dortmund, who has made outstanding achievements in anti-racism, and Scott Keliffe, a fan who follows Burnley every game on foot and uses the proceeds for charity.

In the 55th minute, the UEFA Women's Football Player of the Year award was presented.

The winner was Lucy Bronzi, an English player who plays for Lyon in Ligue [-].

The best female football player award, this award is selected by a total of 40 judges, including the head coaches of the 12 teams with the highest UEFA women's national team rankings, and the 8 main players who reached the top 8 women's football teams in the UEFA Champions League last season. Coaches and 20 journalists who specialize in coverage of women's football.

England defender Lucy Bronzi, who finally played for the Lyon women's football team, won this year's UEFA Women's Football Player Award. Scored 88 points, beating his two Lyon teammates, Ada Hegberg's 56 points and Armandine Henry's 44 points.

After hearing her name, Lucy was very excited, and even cried after taking the stage. She finished her acceptance speech excitedly and with tears.

Lin Kedi was also very moved when he heard it in the audience. This is the feeling of reaching the pinnacle of his career.

Subsequently, when Lucy stepped down, UEFA President Ceferin appeared, and he will serve as the last award presenter of the awards ceremony.

The award he presented is also the most important and important award in the game-UEFA European Player of the Year Award.

Ceferin opened the envelope and shouted without hesitation—Lin Kedi!

Lin Kedi stood up, Messi beside him and Van Dijk on the right congratulated him.

De Jong and De Ligt in the row behind patted Lin Kedi on the shoulder.

Lin Kedi looked back at the two of them, the excitement and excitement in their eyes was greater than what Lin Kedi showed at this time.

Lin Kedi took a deep breath and stepped onto the podium.

He received the UEFA European Player of the Year trophy from UEFA President Ceferin.

At the same time, the specific scores of the top three were also announced on the spot.

Lin Kedi scored 556 points, Messi scored 99 points and ranked second, and Van Dijk scored 89 points and ranked third.

This is the most disparity between the first and second No.3 points in the history of UEFA's best European players.

This is enough to show that Lin Kedi won the selection of UEFA's best player in Europe.

Lin Kedi also became the winner of the highest scoring award in the history of UEFA European Player of the Year.

Lin Kedi placed the trophy next to the microphone.

Facing the microphone, he began his acceptance speech.

"I came to the Netherlands from China 3 years ago. I would never have imagined that just 3 years later, I would stand on the highest podium. I would never have imagined 2 years ago, that was me. At the beginning of my career. But a year ago, I already thought of these pictures, these pictures of winning. Because at that time, my teammates at that time and I entered the semi-finals of the Champions League for the first time. This year we I even won the UEFA Champions League. What I want to say is that I am definitely not the only one who has won this award. This trophy has condensed the hard work and sweat of many people. My friends, my comrades-in-arms! I I want to thank you, Erik, the first time I call you that today, coach, I want to thank you! I want to thank everyone at Ajax, I want to thank the staff at Manchester United. Finally, I want to thank you It's my family, my parents. Mom and Dad, did you see that?"

When Lin Kedi talked about the previous part, he was only emotional. The moment he talked about his parents, he couldn't help but burst into tears. He said the last sentence "Mom and Dad, have you seen it?" He said it in Chinese.

After finishing his speech, Lin Kedi stepped off his own stage.

Lin Kedi didn't have anything to commemorate, because he knew that this would definitely not be the only time he was on this stage, and there would be plenty of opportunities in the future! (end of this chapter)