Although Sylvia was a little disappointed after hearing Blatter pronounce out the name that was not Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong himself was very open, he hugged Zidane, congratulated Zidane on winning the award, and then took a step back with Cannavaro to stand on the podium with Zidane.

Former Netherlands international Davies had already read out FIFA's evaluation of their three candidates, and the hall burst into applause, with Blatter personally handing over the World Footballer of the Year Gold Award to Zidane.

German football's Kaiser Beckenbauer handed the silver medal to Qin Xiong, and Cannavaro took over the bronze award from Mateus.

After the three of them stood on the stage and took a group photo, Zidane gave an acceptance speech, and the winners of the silver and bronze awards did not need to express any more opinions, and even if they did, they would be interviewed later.

After the award ceremony, everyone went to the banquet together.

Qin Xiong was interviewed by reporters outside the auditorium.

The final score has come out, Zidane is only 32 points higher than Qin Xiong, Qin Xiong is only 15 points more than Cannavaro, the gap between the top three is not big, and even the difference between Cannavaro and Ronaldinho in fourth place is only 21 points.

"Do you regret not getting the World Footballer of the Year? After all, the gap with Zidane is very narrow. ”

Qin Xiong held the silver award in his hand and shook his head with a smile: "No, I have no regrets, I am happy for him, in fact, being able to get the silver award is already a very good result for me." ”

It can be said that the World Footballer of the Year is more about competing for fame in addition to outstanding performance, and Qin Xiong really didn't expect his fame to soar so quickly in the past year and be able to approach Zidane. Of course. Except for the World Cup. In the past year, whether in the league or the Champions League, his performance evaluation has been higher than Zinedine Zidane's.

But Zidane has always had a huge popularity base!

This foundation is very solid.

In other words, if Qin Xiong's performance declines in the next two years, he may soon become obscure, but superstars like Zidane, Henry, and Ronaldo will not, even if they are silent for a while. With just a slight improvement in performance, it will quickly dominate the headlines of major football media.

Qin Xiong is young after all, and it still takes time for him to accumulate such a huge popularity.

After a dinner at the Zurich Opera, Qin Xiong and Sylvia spent the night in the hotel before heading back to Madrid the next day to prepare for the final match of 2006.

Ronaldo, who has been on a hot streak of goals lately, is often very active on the training pitch, joking with his team-mates and always making the crowd in the stands happy with open-ended training.

It's as if the all-powerful alien has returned and is enjoying football.

It's December 20th. The final match of the first half of the Real Madrid league will be played the night after tomorrow, and Qin Xiong came to Capello's office after training that afternoon. He handed Capello a leave note.

Capello carefully read the contents of Qin Xiong's leave note, then raised his head to look at Qin Xiong suspiciously, and asked, "Do you want to ask for leave for personal matters?" One day? ”

Qin Xiong nodded and said, "Yes, I have a personal matter tomorrow and want to ask for leave." ”

"Will it affect the game the day after tomorrow?"

"No, I promise!"

Capello hasn't communicated much with Qin Xiong in the past few months, and there is always a feeling that everyone is not speculative, so he didn't ask in depth, he believes in Qin Xiong's professionalism, after all, the exemplary stars in training should not take leave to attend business activities.

Moreover, Qin Xiong promised that it would not affect the game, and Capello did not want to make trouble at the halfway end of the league, so he approved Qin Xiong's fake note.

Another point is that he took into account that the opponent in the game after tomorrow is not strong, and it is still at the home of Real Madrid!

In the early morning of December 21, Qin Xiong woke up from his sleep, he subconsciously touched his side, but did not touch Sylvia, so he opened his eyes and found that he was the only one in the bedroom, he went downstairs and saw Sylvia humming a song and looking in a good mood preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

Qin Xiong walked up and hugged her from behind, Sylvia smiled and turned her head to kiss him, and said, "It's still early, you sleep for a while, I'll call you later, I won't let you delay your training." ”

Qin Xiong shook his head, and said softly on her cheeks: "I'll be with you today, I'll be with you all day, let's go for a visit to Madrid, I've been here for so long, and I haven't really relaxed and walked around." ”

Sylvia realized why Qin Xiong did this, and her heart was full of sweetness.

Today is her birthday.

She didn't need Qin Xiong to prepare any gifts for her, and Qin Xiong also understood her, so she didn't prepare a gift today, but just planned to spend the whole day with her, relax and spend the day like an ordinary couple.

Since he settled in Madrid, his life has been fast-paced and fulfilling, training, home, competitions, three points and one line, often crossing cities, regions, and even hemispheres, and he has not really been with Sylvia well, even if he stays at home all day to rest, it is she who is with her, not with her.

After learning that Qin Xiong had taken leave, Sylvia immediately went upstairs to bathe and dress Qin Xiong, and after the two had breakfast at home, they left the house in casual clothes and sunglasses.

The young couple wandered through the bustling area of Madrid, often taking out their cameras to take pictures, shopping and eating food, and had a great time throughout the day.

But Qin Xiong didn't know that he was being followed and secretly photographed by the paparazzi in Madrid the whole time.

When he got home in the evening, Qin Xiong, who was still unsatisfied, asked Sylvia to put down the things he bought, and the two went out of the house again.

Qin Xiong felt that this night needed a little passion and atmosphere to come to an end.

So he took Sylvia to a nightclub, which was probably the most active nightlife he could think of.

When he took Sylvia by the hand and walked into a famous nightclub in Madrid, he was quickly recognized by the people in the club, many of whom cheered at the scene.

This is probably the first time Qin Xiong has appeared in a nightclub since coming to Madrid, and with his current fame, there is hardly anyone here who does not know him.

Qin Xiong and Sylvia sat in the booth at first, he didn't order anything, the table was full of all kinds of drinks, and the waiter said that it was all invited by other guests, which made him and Sylvia feel crying and laughing.

He just brought Sylvia to feel the atmosphere, and if he felt it, he should dance together.

Just as he and Sylvia were hugging back and forth on the edge of the booth and swaying gently to the rhythm of the music, a group of people suddenly came down from the second floor and walked towards Qin Xiong.

"Hi, Qin Xiong! I didn't expect to run into you here! ”

Qin Xiong turned his head to follow the prestige, and was surprised to see his teammate Ronaldo, surrounded by many beauties! (To be continued......)