We agreed to play football together, and you will be the head coach?

Chapter 355: Golden Ball Tintin appears, He Tianqi gets millet porridge

Soon, the World Footballer of the Year was announced.

German goalkeeper Nadine Angerer won the award, and she became the only goalkeeper in the history of men's and women's football to win the highest award!

This makes Bayern goalkeeper Neuer, who plays in the same position, very salivate.

The camera then turned to He Tianqi.

The Best Men's Football Coach and Coach of the Year awards were once again won by He Tianqi!
This is also the ninth consecutive year that he has won the award!
And it is different from the controversial "double yolk eggs" of the past two years.

This time He Tianqi was elected unanimously, and none of the other candidates received a first-place vote.

This is also the most undoubted award this year.

He Tianqi did not throw the trophy this time, which was considered a face-saving move for the organizers of the FIFA Golden Ball Award.

And this almost foreshadows who will win the grand prize in the end!

"Now, I declare that the winner of the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or is... Kevin... De Bruyne!"

Wow!
The audience burst into applause.

The camera locked on De Bruyne to Ribery's left.

The two hugged.

De Bruyne then hugged Iniesta, Ronaldo and Messi next to him one by one, and then went on stage to receive the award.

The big screen also began to broadcast De Bruyne's wonderful performances in the past year, including goals, assists, celebrations, as well as various statistics and honors.

The final scene lingers on his age.

Twenty-one years and six months.

At the age of 21 years and three months, he became the second youngest Ballon d'Or winner in history, second only to Ronaldo.

Younger than Ribery, Ronaldo, Messi and Kaka.

De Bruyne's eyes were red as he gave his acceptance speech: "The summer of 2009 was the most special time in the first decade of football in the st century. Football legend He Tianqi left the Galacticos, and the dawn of European football dawned."

"At the same time, in a nondescript park in Belgium, the football legend approached me and asked if I wanted to join Aston Villa and become his player."

“I didn’t have any hesitation.”

"But I would never have thought at that time that three and a half years later, I would be holding the Ballon d'Or and standing at the top of the football world that year."

"Thank you, Boss! Thank you for giving me everything!"

"I will repay him with a harder attitude on the field. I also hope and firmly believe that under his leadership we can win more championships!"

"Thank you!"

De Bruyne is a clever player, but after being backstabbed by Courtois, this was a rare moment for him to express his emotions, as he normally only discusses tactics with everyone.

This year's FIFA Ballon d'Or second place is Ribery, and third place is Iniesta.

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Sky Sports: "The first Premier League Ballon d'Or winner of the 21st century is born! Kevin De Bruyne!"

BBC: "From the Belgian rookie to the FIFA goal, Aston Villa has become the only Premier League super team with two Golden Ball winners!"

The Times: "The Premier League's position as the world's top league is more solid! Aston Villa players rank high in the FIFA Golden Ball Award and become the biggest winner!"

Turin Sports Daily: "He Tianqi has won the title of the world's best head coach for nine consecutive years!"

Corriere dello Sport: "The reign of a dynasty team is limited in time, but He Tianqi's reign over football is eternal!"

Daily Sports: "De Bruyne's lack of experience has caused controversy in his Ballon d'Or selection! Messi has nothing in the four major awards and is ranked fifth!"

"Marca": "The players coached by He Tianqi have won more than half of the Ballon d'Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards so far in the 21st century!"

The 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or has sparked heated discussions and has become the focus of discussion among football fans around the world.

But Gazzetta dello Sport broke the news: "After the FIFA Ballon d'Or ceremony, He Tianqi did not attend the dinner, but flew to Milan overnight!"

The Sun followed closely: "Breaking news! He Tianqi went to a high-end private hospital in Milan. Barbara checked into the hospital a week in advance and is about to give birth!"

Soon, Barbara’s social media posted photos of her lying on a hospital bed with He Tianqi and a baby girl.

The post reads: "Welcome to the world, my little angel - Xiaomi Zhou!"

The city of Milan was in a frenzy.

Especially AC Milan, the fans of the Rossoneri can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Why did Barbara give birth to a daughter? Now AC Milan will never sink.

Look how cute the name is, “Xiaomi Zhou”, it’s named after rice!
It can be predicted that the name of Milan fans in the future will most likely not be "Roseneri" but "Xiaomizhou"!
Don’t think that Inter Milan won the treble two years ago and Juventus rose to dominate last year, but AC Milan has tied me, Prince Consort He, to the fact that once He Tianqi has stayed in Villa enough and comes to Milan to coach for two or three years, the sky of Serie A and even the whole of Europe will be red and black again!

This peace of mind is envied by all the top clubs in Europe.

Some fans estimated that the millet porridge was produced on the night before Aston Villa's second-leg match against Inter Milan in the Champions League knockout round last year.

At that time, the news that Clara was pregnant with He Tianqi's child, and that it was twins, had just been revealed.

Barbara was stimulated, and she directly booked the best hotel in Milan for Vera to use, and the top floor of the hotel was her and He Tianqi's world for the two of them.

During the game the next day, He Tianqi fell asleep in the coaching seat due to overwork.

At that time, many media were preparing to criticize He Tianqi for his unprofessionalism.

Who would have thought that when He Tianqi woke up, he would lead Villa to counterattack Inter Milan and defeat the Nerazzurri.

Therefore, the second meaning of Xiaomi Zhou’s arrival to Milan fans is... she is the symbol of AC Milan’s victory over Inter Milan!
Her presence will make Inter Milan always be inferior to AC Milan.

Inter Milan fans are so tired!
In the next few days, He Tianqi stayed in Milan and did not return to Aston Villa.

The team is temporarily taken over by Zidane.

December 5th, the sixth round of the Champions League.

In accordance with He Tianqi's previous instructions, Zidane sent out the Villa III team headed by the "England Youth Army" without using his absolute main force.

Let them also feel the atmosphere of the Champions League.

As a result, the team lost 1-3 to Cluj, suffering its first defeat in the Champions League this season.

But there was no criticism of Villa from the outside world.

After all, from coaches to players, they are all substitutes among substitutes, so why should we be so harsh on them?

December 8th, the 16th round of the Premier League.

This was Zidane's real coaching debut.

Led by the new FIFA Ballon d'Or winner De Bruyne, Kaka, Bale, Boateng and other absolute main players are all out.

Villa beat West Bromwich Albion 2-0 at home.

But despite the win, the media gave Zidane a low score for his coaching.

With such a gorgeous lineup, it was a bit of a waste to only win by two goals against a Premier League relegation team.

Zidane felt helpless about this.

gorgeous?

That is to say, the FIFA Ballon d'Or award ceremony has just passed, and many Villa players are on the list, which gives people a feeling that the lineup is strong.

If there was no award ceremony, in the public's mind, Villa's lineup strength would still be inferior to Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Bayern, Inter Milan, Juventus and other top clubs in and outside the Premier League.

This is also one of the meanings of the award ceremony. Awarding an award is actually giving it to your past self, which does not seem to be of any help to the future.

Human progress does not happen in a day.

There will be no difference in ability before and after the award.

However, this sense of ritual may cause huge psychological changes in people, resulting in "leapfrog" improvement.

So some people think that rituals are not important, while others think that rituals are important. It does not depend on the ritual itself, but on the person himself.

December 12, League Cup quarter-finals.

Villa face Arsenal.

Zidane arranged the main team to play again in accordance with the team's regulations.

In this game, Arsenal's Van Persie and Villa's Bale fought a fierce battle.

The former scored twice, giving Arsenal the lead.

But Bale equalized for Arsenal in the 86th minute, sending the game into overtime.

He scored a world-class goal in the last minute of extra time to eliminate Arsenal.

Zidane's legs were shaking in the 80th minute.

After Villa won the League Cup three times in a row, are they going to be kicked out by him?

That is a big sin!
Fortunately, Bell stepped up.

And when Bale stood up for the second time, Zidane touched his head excitedly, shook his hands constantly, and was so excited that he didn't know why.

Perhaps it was from this moment that Zidane recognized Bale more than any other player.

If he has the opportunity to coach a team in the future, he will definitely buy Bale at all costs.

It’s just like when He Tianqi bought Modric from Real Madrid at a sky-high price.

Every head coach has his own true team god in his heart.

Building a team according to these true gods usually produces good results.

But the prerequisite is that the true God should not be too fragile.

Bell: ???
Hazard: A little bit!
On December 13, Villa's B and C teams flew to Toyota City, Japan, to compete in the Club World Cup semi-finals.

As last season's Champions League champions, they are qualified to compete for the Club World Cup this year.

The team is still led by Zidane.

The team's main players and He Tianqi have not yet arrived in Japan.

They will watch the game again before deciding whether to leave.

If they lose this game, they will not go. They will take a few more days off and focus on the league and the Champions League.

Vera is fighting on multiple fronts and has more games than other teams, so this year's game schedule is even heavier than last year.

He Tianqi also had no way of pursuing personal involvement in everything.

What does a teaching assistant do?
Isn't this the time to lend a hand?

Moreover, the aircraft carrier's autopilot has been set up, and it's just a matter of letting the assistant instructor go to the cockpit to go through the formalities.

If we can’t even handle this, how are we going to handle Real Madrid in the future?

In the end, thanks to the goal scored by starting player Salah and the long-range shot by Xhaka, Villa defeated the Mexican giants Monterrey and advanced to the Club World Cup final!
Zidane temporarily led the team in four games, losing one and winning three, including two elimination games. The record was good and it could be considered a perfect test.

……

December 16, Yokohama, Japan.

Seventy thousand fans poured into the stadium, reaching its maximum capacity.

He Tianqi and the absolute main players arrived one day in advance.

They will be fighting for Villa's sixth title of 2012.

From the Europa League to the Champions League, from five-time champion to six-time champion, no one would have thought that last year's Villa still had room for improvement this year.

This is really too scary.

Villa's opponent is Brazilian league giants Corinthians.

In all the major predictions, Villa's chance of winning is over ninety percent!

But there is one special voice on the Internet.

They "logically and meticulously" pointed out all of Vera's disadvantages.

Daily Sports: "He Tianqi's return may not be a good thing. Changing the coach at the last minute is a big taboo. Zidane has a higher winning rate than He Tianqi!"

Mundo Deportivo: "Villa's first team players may not be better than the second team players. De Bruyne's silence after receiving the award may make him the worst Ballon d'Or winner in history!"

Barcelona fans: "De Bruyne is a data brush, he is a more successful Modric than Modric, that's all!"

Argentine fans: "Dong Fangzhuo and Bale are the real gods of Villa. De Bruyne is just a name. I will never recognize his status as the world's number one midfielder!"

Under the instigation of fans of these two teams, interested Brazilian fans also began to attack De Bruyne.

As the saying goes, the best way is to attack the heart. The reason why they say De Bruyne is not good is because they are afraid that De Bruyne is not good enough.

From the previous games, we can see that in the games where De Bruyne is good, Villa is also good.

As long as the core of the formation is destroyed, Vera will not be so difficult to deal with.

At least in an out-of-control situation, everyone has a chance to win, instead of the current despairing 19-10 situation!

Of course, questioning whether De Bruyne's Ballon d'Or was won legitimately is also a way for Barcelona fans to vent their anger.

They all spoke up for Iniesta.

It seemed that Iniesta instantly became the player with the most fans in Barcelona.

But if Iniesta really wins the award this year, 80 percent of these fans will criticize him.

Because these people don't really think Iniesta deserves the award.

Capital believes that all the credit for Barcelona should be attributed to that one person. It is always easier to control one person than a group of people, isn't it?

Facing the fans' doubts, De Bruyne was very calm. In the pre-match interview, he simply answered the reporter's question with one sentence: "Will I respond with my performance in the game?"

"No, there is no need for that. The game should be played the way it should be played. Trying to respond with performance on the field may seem good, but in fact, you have already fallen into the opponent's rhythm."

"The boss repeatedly stressed to us that the most important thing when facing an opponent is to drag them into your own rhythm, rather than letting them drag you into their rhythm."

"The way we play, I don't think it will be difficult to win."

"I don't need to defend the Ballon d'Or, because it wasn't me who chose him, it was him who chose me. The defense should be done by the FIFA Ballon d'Or organizing committee!"

Zidane nodded on the side and was very satisfied with De Bruyne.

Although their technical characteristics are completely different, in a sense, De Bruyne and Zidane's recent playing periods are almost identical.

They are rarely disturbed by off-court interference, have extremely high basketball IQs, like wise men, but they also have very hot tempers.

It's the perfect fusion of magician and warrior.

It’s just that Zidane has never met such a good coach as He Tianqi.

(End of this chapter)