Chapter 1242 Awards Ceremony

Hou Lai is no stranger to Paris.

He once came here to participate in the UEFA awards ceremony, and he also came here to look for Li Qingqing.

If Li Qingqing is still playing in Paris Eger, then Hu Lai must be very happy to come to this city.

Well now...

Thinking of Li Qingqing who was still waiting for him at home, Hu Lai had just set foot on the land of this city, and he was already returning home.

At the airport, he was surrounded by many media, including Chinese media, Spanish media and English media.

"Good guys, you don't have to do this..." Facing the enthusiastic reporters, Hu Lai repeatedly waved his hands, "This battle will make me mistakenly think that what I won is not the best in the Europa League, but the best in the Champions League or the Golden Ball As for the award...it's not necessary, it's not necessary."

The reporters were amused by Hu Lai.

A Chinese reporter asked with laughter: "Even if it is the best in the Champions League, it is not far from you, Hu Lai?"

Hu Lai shook his head: "I will work hard towards that goal, but I don't know how far I am from it."

"Entering the ten-man shortlist for the Golden Globe Award is also a very good result..."

"Yes, of course, it means that I am considered by professional journalists and authoritative organizations to be among the top ten players in European football. But I don't pay much attention to this. After all, if I don't win an award, I'm nothing..."

A British reporter asked: "Everyone thinks you will be the most likely Asian player to win the Ballon d'Or, what do you think?"

"Love, love." Hu Lai said modestly, cupping his hands, "I can only say that I will work hard for this goal."

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After dealing with the reporters at the airport, Hu Lai and the general manager of the club, Le Lei, got into the special car together and headed for the hotel where they were staying.

After a simple repair and change in the hotel, he will take the special car provided by the organizing committee to the scene of the award ceremony, and walk across the red carpet amid the cheers of the fans in front of the reporters.

Finally, he received his Europa League best player trophy.

After staying in Paris for one night, I flew back to Madrid the next morning.

Le Lei, the general manager of the Pirates Club, will continue to stay in Paris to participate in the draw ceremony of the Champions League group stage.

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Hu Lai had just finished walking the red carpet when he bumped into Melly.

The other party looked at him with a smile, and this smile made Hu Lai feel apprehensive. He looked behind him and found no one else, so he pointed to himself and asked Melly, "Are you smiling at me?"

Meili nodded with a smile: "Yes, otherwise who else could it be?"

"Is my pants unzipped or is there sauce on my face?"

Melly ignored Hu Lai's nonsense, he still kept smiling, leaned in front of Hu Lai, and said to him in a low voice: "I'm glad you didn't choose to come to the king in the end..."

Hu Lai's eyes widened when he heard the words: "Oh, my mobile phone has the recording function turned on!"

Meli didn't believe his nonsense, he laughed and said, "I'm looking forward to the match against you in the seventh round of the league."

After speaking, he didn't shake hands with Hu Lai, nor patted Hu Lai on the shoulder, just turned around and walked away.

Hu Lai sighed behind him:

When is it time for retribution?

Didn't he just eliminate you once in the Olympics?

As for?

Then if I eliminate you in the Champions League in the future, you must be crazy?

Hu Lai shook his head and continued walking, and met Kendor Kabanka again, who was greeting a man who was not tall but stood tall.

He was going to go around, but was stopped by Kabanka: "Hu!"

I had to stop and say hello to him: "Hello, Kabangka."

"Let me introduce you, this is Sauron Gribusch." Kabanka pointed to the man he was chatting with.

Of course, Hu Lai knows Soren Gribusch. As the current captain and midfielder of Blue and White Munich, Gribusch is considered to be the successor and successor of "The Sun" Grimand Aylmer.

The two were opponents in the Champions League final three months ago, but now they are talking and laughing here.

Seeing Hu Lai, Gribusch smiled and greeted Hu Lai in English with a German accent: "Hi, Hu, nice to meet you. Although we haven't played against each other yet, even in Germany, I often hear to your name."

"It's such an honor..." Hu Lai pretended to be modest.

"I'm glad you didn't choose to go to the King of Madrid." Gribusch laughed. "If you and Meli are in the same team, it would be too boring. Look at Kabanka, he will never choose the King of Madrid. .”

Hu Lai glanced at Kabanka and asked, "Then when will you go to Cathay United?"

Kabanka smiled slightly, but did not answer directly: "I still have a one-year contract with Athletic Manchester."

Hu Lai suddenly realized: "Understood, see you in La Liga next year!"

Gribusch: "Don't talk so much. I'm trying to persuade him to join us in Munich."

Kabanka shook his head: "If I go to Blue and White Munich, except for the Champions League, other games will become unchallenging."

"Ha, you look down on Ruhr Rhine too much for saying that!"

"You just recruited the leading shooter from the Ruhr Rhein..." Kabanka complained.

Similar to the King of Madrid, Blue and White Munich, as the overlord of German football, also has a famous saying:

The best German players should all play for Munich.

When Blue and White Munich was at its peak, six of the first eleven players in the German national team belonged to them.

At that time, some people joked, or sarcastically, that the German national team should wear the blue and white striped shirt of blue and white Munich to participate in international competitions.

After hearing Kabanka's complaints, Gribusch didn't take it seriously, but laughed: "This way we can devote ourselves to the Champions League. Isn't that good?"

Kabanka shook his head: "Not good. I still like to do some more challenging things..."

After speaking, he bid farewell to Gribusch, and then left with Hu Lai.

Hu Lai glanced at the hand that was pulling his sleeve: "Why are you pulling me?"

"Do you want to stay and have a chat with Gribusch? Let him persuade you to consider going to Blue and White Munich in the future?"

"Okay... I thought you two were talking about something, so it turned out that he was trying to lure you into the gang."

"He knew I wanted to leave Sporting Manchester," Kabunka told Houlay.

"Will you really come to La Liga next year?" Hou Lai asked.

"If it goes well... yes. I will come and beat Meli, like I beat him in the Champions League. I will come and beat you, like I did in the Premier League."

"Say it as if I never beat you in the Premier League..." Hu Lai pouted.

"Have you?" Kabanka was clearly surprised by this.

Hu Lai was also surprised: "Aren't you? You don't even know this? In the 2025-2026 season, we beat you 1-0 at home, and I scored the only goal."

Kabanka thought for a while before realizing: "Ah! I know which game it is..."

Then he smirked: "But I didn't play that game, so it doesn't count! You still haven't beaten me yet."

Unexpectedly, Hu Lai was not irritated, but also laughed the same way: "I also remembered, you just came back from injury, for the World Cup, so you didn't take any risks. In the end, you not only lost the Premier League champion, but also the best in the Premier League. Stolen. Oh, and the World Cup, you didn't beat us either!"

Kabanka took a deep breath, he really couldn't compare to Hu Lai when it came to exposing people's scars.

"Huh, I'm curious..."

"What are you curious about?"

"I wonder why you haven't been beaten to death yet?" Kabanka said, gritting her back molars.

"Ha!" Hu Lai laughed. "You should discuss this with Melly!"

"What are you talking about with him?"

"Because he wants to know the answer too!"

Kabanka was very speechless. When he met such a bitch, he really had nothing to do with him.

So he turned around decisively and said goodbye.

Hu Lai didn't hold back either, and went straight to find his place.

Then he bumped into Leeds City manager Tony Clarke.

"Boss?" Hu Lai was surprised, he didn't expect to meet the former head coach here. "Why are you here?"

Clark explained with a smile: "I was selected as a three-man shortlist for UEFA's best head coach last season."

Hu Lai smiled and said, "Then congratulations, boss!"

"It's just a shortlist, it doesn't mean you can win. In fact, this award belongs to Hantchek..."

What Clark said is correct. Bjorn Hantchek, who led Blue and White Munich to win the Bundesliga, German Cup and Champions League "triple crown" last season, will definitely win the honor of the best head coach. Like Hu Lai, he came to run with him.

However, being selected as a three-man candidate list is already good enough, which shows that Clark was able to rank in the top three among all European football coaches last season.

"I watched your two games in Madrid Pirates. Although I am very sad, I must admit that it was the right choice for you to leave Leeds. We are still too small here..." Clark shook his head with a smile, "I have one now. Thought: Don't let us meet the Madrid Pirates in the draw."

Hu Lai waved his hand: "I don't want to meet Leeds City either."

"Then it seems that we have reached a consensus on this."

Clark held out his hand to Holly.

Hu Lai held hands with him.

Then the two separated to find their respective positions.

Hu Lai refrained from asking Clark about Zhou Zijing's situation.

La Liga played two rounds, and the Premier League also played two rounds. In these two rounds of the league, Zhou Zijing didn't even make the squad, let alone play.

Hu Lai didn't know if Zhou Zijing would go through training and team games for a month before getting a chance, as he did when he first joined Leeds City.

But the reason why he was like this at the beginning was because his physical condition could not meet the requirements for playing in the Premier League.

Does Zhou Zijing have any questions about this?

His body is already the strongest among Chinese players...

Despite having such doubts in his heart, Hu Lai did not ask. He worried that this would have a negative impact on Zhou Zijing.

Anyway, any Chinese player who goes abroad to play football will have to experience acclimatization.

Zhou Zijing's path must be walked by himself.

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UEFA's draw and awards ceremony is divided into two days. The awards are presented on the first night, and the group draws for the Europa League and Champions League are held on the second day.

At the awards ceremony that night, various awards were announced one by one.

Mario Salado from Catalan United won the European Best Young Player Award last season as he wished. He was very excited when receiving the award, but stuttered at the beginning when he gave the thank you speech.

The best coach in Europe really belongs to Bjorn Hantczek, who led the Blue and White Munich to the Triple Crown.

The former coach of the Madrid Pirates, after the Madrid Pirates became famous, did not continue to coach the Pirates. Instead, he returned to Germany and ushered in the pinnacle of his career in Blue and White Munich.

Fortunately, his successor Parotti led the Madrid Pirates to win the Europa League once, otherwise many people might miss Hantchek.

But even so, Parotti, who has only one Europa League champion, is not enough for Hantchek's achievement of the Triple Crown.

Hu Lai came to the stage to receive his Europa League top scorer trophy and best player trophy, and delivered a very simple thank you speech.

Although the Chinese media and fans are very excited, Hu Lai knows that he is not the protagonist of this stage today. He was calm, not even as excited as he was when he won the European Young Player of the Year award last year.

The main character then appears.

The best player in the Champions League belongs to Soren Gribusch, who helped the Blue and White Munich to the title.

He scored five goals, assisted six times, and made eleven goals in the Champions League. He was the core contributor to the team's championship. He deserves this honor.

The finale of the European Player of the Year award, that is, the winner of the European Ballon d'Or is still Gribusch.

There is nothing to say~lightnovelpub.net~ If the midfield core of the triple crown cannot win this award, then the professionalism and authority of the European Ballon d'Or will be greatly questioned, and it will be reduced to the same level as FIFA. The World Footballer of the Year One Field…

Kendor Kabanka won the Silver Globe.

And Paris Erger's head striker Mendy Payet won the Bronze Ball Award.

Because there is no international competition this year, the important reference standard for awards is the results of club competitions.

Gribusch deserved the award.

At the end of the awards ceremony, the three winners held football trophies of different colors and stood on the stage for the swarming photographers to take pictures.

The smiling faces of each of them are reflected on the shiny trophies.

Like everyone else, Hu Lai sat under the stage, applauded them, and cast envious eyes.

Although he answered cautiously when he was interviewed at the airport, his heart was full of enthusiasm.

One day, he will put himself in this scene too.

And it will be the one standing in the middle C position!

(end of this chapter)