They said chase excellence, and acclaim will chase you.
Well, that was exactly what Sam was suffering for at the moment, the consequences or betterstill reward of excellence.
He was suffering from success as he went to back to back award ceremonies.
Zurich glistened under a soft winter snow.
The Kongresshaus venue, draped in white and gold, hummed with anticipation. If Paris had been glamour and Marrakech had been pride, Zurich was formality in precision, order, and prestige.
The Best FIFA Football Awards were not about culture or romance, they were about supremacy in the footballing hemisphere.
Inside, the seats filled with football's global royalty.
Pep Guardiola leaned back, his familiar bald silhouette lit under the stage glow. Carlo Ancelotti sat calm as ever, sipping espresso, while Hansi Flick smiled faintly, nerves hiding beneath his German stoicism.
