Chapter 838 Winners
Like in previous years, the annual Lawrence World Sports Awards Conference starts with the local mayor on stage to deliver speeches. So the guest of this speech is the mayor of Barcelona, and the speeches are basically the same. I will introduce Barcelona and express my welcome to the guests. Anyway, I have said a lot of good things.
After the speech was a literary performance, Spain prepared some distinctive literary and artistic programs. Then, the host of the evening party appeared on stage to review the world sports world over the past year. The large screen on the scene played a wonderful video about various sports competitions in 2006, reproducing the outstanding performance of the athletes.
Among them, Yin Jun and Federer are the two most frequently appearing, and it also implies the competition between the two, which will be the focus of tonight.
Then the award ceremony was held, and the best team award was first awarded.
Football, as the number one sport and team sport, has always been the darling of the Lawrence World Sports Awards for the Best Team Award. Since the birth of the Lawrence World Sports Awards, as the top UEFA Champions League in the world football competition, its champion teams are basically candidates for the Best Team Award. In 2006, the World Cup champion will also be a candidate for the Best Team Award.
The other four teams competing with the two football teams are the New Zealand Rugby National Team, which has won seven consecutive championships in the Three Kingdoms Confrontation, the European Ryder Cup team that drew with the United States at the K Golf Club in Dublin, the defending champion of France Renault, and the Spanish Basketball National Team that won the men's basketball World Cup for the first time.
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In terms of fame and influence, Manchester United, which has won this award three times and Italian teams who have won the World Cup four times, are undoubtedly the most powerful competition for this award. Many people know in their hearts that the other four teams are basically just runners, and the real competition will be between Manchester United and Italy.
But it is difficult to guess who will become the ultimate winner.
It is rare for the Italian national team to win the World Cup, but Manchester United won the Champions League for the fifth time in history and created a seven-champion title in 2006, which also shocked the world. The competition between the two sides is equal and it is difficult to distinguish.
Laporta's approach is indeed very clever. Not only did he escape criticism from media reporters and fans, but he also won Barcelona a FIFA Fair Play Award and a sporting spirit award from the Lawrence World Sports Awards, while also bringing huge potential benefits to the future.
Manchester United CEO David Jill took the stage to receive the trophy as Manchester United representative.
Everyone knows that Barcelona has always refused commercial sponsorship on their chests, but in today's highly commercial professional football world, chest advertising often earns over 10 million euros per year. Will Barcelona not be moved?
The answer is, the heart is more moved than anyone else.
Laporta once tried to attract breast advertisements, but it triggered protests from fans and the media, who believed that this was a detriment to the club's tradition and refused breast advertisements.
Yin Jun had no idea about this because he thought it was normal.
Then came the best disabled athlete of the year, which was given to German Martin Bressanle.
This incident happened for a while, but later Laporta was also smart and chose the policy of saving the country in a curve. She gave the advertisement on her jersey chest to UNICEF for free and free.
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What's even more interesting is that one day later, the Daily Sports Daily published a comic. Laporta on the left side of the comic was full of energy holding the trophy of the Lawrence World Sports Awards for the Sports Spirit Awards, while the side was Real Madrid Chairman Calderon. The text was clearly written, and Calderon held the trophy of the Ghosts.
This is actually a very interesting thing.
You know, this year is just the eighth award ceremony of the Lawrence World Sports Awards!
After the Sports Spirit Award, Sir Bobby Charlton delivered a speech last time, and everyone stood up and applauded. Because this time, Bobby Charlton awarded the Lawrence Lifetime Achievement Award, which was to the legendary German star known as the football emperor, Beckenbauer, chairman of the 2006 Football World Cup Organizing Committee.
However, Manchester United finally defeated the Italian team with their nearly perfect performance in 2006, winning the Best Team Award at the Lawrence World Sports Awards for the fourth time in history. After all, there are one World Cup champions every four years, but there are so many European giants, and only Manchester United can win all the championships that can be won theoretically within one year for so many years.
Therefore, it is definitely not a coincidence that Laporta has been able to bring Barcelona out of the quagmire of chaos in recent years. He is indeed a very powerful Barcelona president.
Everyone knows very well that when the UNICEF contract expires and the time is ripe, Barcelona will immediately recruit advertisements for chest jerseys, and the opposition from the media and fans will not be so strong.
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This shows the magic of the Seven Crown King!
This also makes Manchester United the first individual or team to win four times since the birth of the Lawrence World Sports Awards.
This is a kind of preparation, using public welfare advertising to test it, so that neither the fans nor the media can say anything.
It is worth mentioning that Barcelona Football Club was awarded the Sports Spirit Award for its strong support for UNICEF, and they have previously won the Fair Competition Award from FIFA for this.
On the other hand, Real Madrid, after Florentino stepped down, Calderon, who took over, can be said to be a clown-like figure. Many things he did are really funny and laughable. With Mijatovic, the two of them are birds of a feather.
After Bailey and Cruyff, Beckenbauer became the football player to win this honor.
Beckenbauer's career is a tough guy who combines elegance and fierceness, handsome face but also has the most daunting temperament of the Germans. He is not only an excellent leader, but also a great changer. He has brought tactical revolution to the world football world and has also built the German team into a top team in the world with his own strength.
He was once an insurance salesman and a frustrated man who was slapped by a player from Munich 1860, but he was also the eternal number one star of Bayern and Germany.
Beckenbauer on the court is omnipotent. When defending, he returns to the middle of the defender or even behind him, making up for leaks and blocking them everywhere; during offense, he can charge from his last position and rush into the opponent's penalty area to launch a strike, which not only fully utilizes Beckenbauer's characteristics of being able to attack and defend and being versatile in technology, but also allows his leader's talents to be best displayed on the court.
Chapter completed!