Fame with a ball

In the opening game of the 12-13 season of the Italian League, the Italian Super Cup was dragged into overtime as most people expected.

At this time, it is mid-August, the hottest time in southern China, and there is another saying called "dog days".Although there are refrigeration facilities in the Shanghai Stadium, it does not work at all. The sweat of every player on the field is soaked through the jersey, and the physical strength is greatly consumed.

The pace of the game slowed down, but the atmosphere remained tense.Most of the players are trying to store up their strength. When the football is not under their feet and it is far away from them, those players will immediately bend down, put their hands on their knees to rest for a few seconds, or go to the sidelines to talk to their assistants. The coach wants a bottle of mineral water to replenish the water lost by the body.

On Juventus' side, the only ones who can still be full of energy and maintain sufficient physical strength to run at full speed are Lin Zhigao who has just been replaced, and De Qielie.

Lin Zhigao had two chances to touch the ball, but both were too far from the goal, and Inter Milan's penalty area was never less guarded by defenders.However, he obviously did not cooperate well with his teammates. The 20-day training camp did not bring much tacit understanding between Lin Zhigao and his Juventus teammates. Crossed the sideline and was intercepted by Inter Milan players once.

Fortunately, Juventus did not lose any more points.

Lin Zhigao, who kept running on the court, felt very bad. First of all, the lawn. Obviously, before today's game, the staff of the Shanghai Stadium just watered the lawn, or maybe it was watered a day ago, and then because of Shanghai The hot and humid weather has made the grass not yet dry—it is even very slippery. If you want to avoid slipping, you have to use refreshments to run, which has a great impact on speed.

Secondly, Lin Zhigao's tacit understanding with his teammates is insufficient, and Inter Milan's defense is also too strong. When he has an empty space in front of him, no one passes the ball to him, but when he touches the ball and wants to pass it to his teammates, there are no teammates. able to appear in the correct position.

In short, the current feeling is very bad, but even so, Lin Zhigao has not stopped his running without the ball.Even if it seems silly, it's better than a missed opportunity.

……

The first half of the overtime game passed quickly, and the players came to the side of the court one after another. Many staff members rushed forward, handing towels to others, and water to others.There are also professional fitness coaches and team doctors slapping the bodies of several players who have played the entire game to relax their muscles quickly.

Originally, there was no rest time in the middle of overtime, but due to weather and climate factors, the referee of this game was very considerate and enlightened and gave the players of both sides a few minutes of rest time to let them take a breather.

Capello came to the players' rest area, and he was ready for a penalty shootout. At this moment, he was observing the mental state of the players, and flashed through his mind the data of each player given to him by the assistant coach. Table, simulating the order of penalty kicks for a while.

A few minutes of rest were fleeting, Juventus and Inter players exchanged halftime, and the second half of extra time began immediately.

"For a while, if possible, I hope you can run more into Inter Milan's penalty area when I'm dribbling the ball." After hesitating for a few minutes, Lin Zhigao still said this to his teammate Iaquinta.

"Why?" Iaquinta looked a little confused: "You want to pass the ball to me? But, this is not easy to handle. Inter Milan's defenders are not idiots."

"I know, but I have the confidence to get rid of them." After a pause, Lin Zhigao felt that his words were a bit full and added: "My current physical strength is better than most of the people on the field. Moreover, I had two passes in the first half of overtime and they were wasted, you saw that."

"So……"

"As long as I have the ball, you run into the Inter box. I will make sure I pass the ball to you."

"But why don't you choose to shoot yourself?"

"That's too risky. As you said just now, Inter Milan's defenders are not idiots. I don't have that much confidence. I can make myself pass and score goals. Just passing the football is better than myself. It's much easier to go it alone."

Iaquinta smiled and looked convinced: "Well, as long as you can touch the ball, I'll do what you say."

……

After commenting continuously for nearly 100 minutes, Liu Jianhong's throat was a little dry and hoarse, so he put a throat lozenge in his mouth during the intermission.

Throat lozenges did not bring much change to his voice. Years of professional habits and accomplishments allowed Liu Jianhong to speak clearly even when there was something in his mouth.

"Sneijder made a cross, Pacini! Pacini's header! He shook his head gently in the Juventus penalty area, trying to break through the Juventus defense from high altitude. But Buffon still lightly put The ball was saved, probably because the ball was not very powerful. But even so, Buffon's saving ability is amazing. He deserves to be a world-class goalkeeper!"

After saying this in one breath, before Liu Jianhong could take a breather, the camera suddenly focused on the back of a Juventus player and gave a close-up. Liu Jianhong took a closer look, it was Lin Zhigao!

Liu Jianhong couldn't even catch his breath, and immediately held the microphone and said: "It's Lin Zhigao! After Buffon saved Pazzini's header, the football came to Lin Zhigao's feet. At the midfield! Pacini and Sneijder didn't react at all, Lin Zhigao dribbled the ball even faster! He only left an afterimage of Pacini and Sneijder!"

Just after saying this sentence, Liu Jianhong covered the microphone and coughed desperately a few times. After recovering a bit, he moved away the hand covering the microphone without any trace.

"Now there are only two people left in front of Lin Zhigao! Inter Milan's defenders Cordoba and Lucio. But these two players have played the whole game, and their physical strength is seriously weak. It is very likely that they will not be able to defend. Live Lin Zhigao... Exceptional! Lin Zhigao dribbles the ball! Only Lucio is left in front of him! Will Lin Zhigao choose to shoot or dribble? He is now 30 meters away from the goal. I think if he shoots at this time , also has a great chance of success... Lin Zhigao raised his foot..."

"Pass? It's a pass! It's unexpected... Iaquinta received the pass, and he went to Inter Milan's penalty area to wait in advance when Lin Zhigao dribbled the ball across the midfield, as if he knew Lin Zhigao would pass the ball to him! Is this what they discussed long ago? Or is it that Iaquinta has an amazing sense of football?"

"Iaquinta shot! The goal is scored! Juventus lead 2:1! There are less than 5 minutes until the end of extra time! Inter Milan has no hope of coming back! Lin Zhigao contributed an assist in this game, a priceless one Assists, he helped Juventus win the first Champions League of the new season!"

With a hoarse throat, Liu Jianhong almost finished the above paragraph in a roar.As for the stadium scene, the moment when Iaquinta scored a goal, all the Juventus fans stood up and cheered wildly.

Inter Milan Claudio Ranieri looked frustrated, but he was not too gaffe.After all, failure is too common for him, but winning and winning the championship is relatively rare.

And Capello looked a little excited, which can be seen from the fact that he did not refuse the hug from the assistant coach Mr. Ferrari.

A Super Bowl champion, is there a better start to the new season than this?

Fabio Capello was immediately full of ambitions for this season.

……

In the south of France, in a certain club.

The high-definition projection TV that occupies an entire wall was rarely used in the past. Most of the gentlemen came to the club to talk and play games with friends, or to do some healthy exercises that are beneficial to the body and mind. Few people went to such a level. In the private club, I came here to watch TV programs.

But today, this wall is rarely used, and it is playing a sport that many upper-class gentlemen despise - football.

Oh, how can such a brutal sport have the elegance of golf and horse racing?What's more, the noise that comes with the show is so noisy that people's heads are dizzy.Look at the excitement of those fans, are they all taking doping?

A few men and women passing by the TV wall were about to express some self-proclaimed sharp sarcasm about football, but their eyes suddenly fell on two men sitting on the sofa seat not far from the TV wall, chatting and drinking afternoon tea , They looked at each other and talked: "Who opened this TV wall?"

"Who knows. Either Mr. Elchin or Mr. Alton."

Several people turned their heads to look at the TV wall again. When they saw a game being broadcast live on TV, one of them was wearing a Juventus jersey... They had an epiphany, and then they did not dare to make any ironic remarks, and left in a hurry up.

Hell, they can't afford to mess with either of these two people, and mocking the football club that one of them holds shares in front of them, don't they want to live?

And the center of the topic, the venerable Mr. Elchin, is holding a black tea with one-third of the milk specially added at the moment, and said with a slight smile: "Everyone seems to be surprised that I will watch a football match."

"It's not surprising." Mr. Alton shrugged: "Although you have always been a shareholder of Juventus, I have never heard that you are also interested in football games before."

Elchin smiled slightly and was about to answer when a close-up shot of a dribbling player suddenly cut into the TV wall. This young Asian teenager was running wildly with the ball and breaking into the Inter Milan defense line. This immediately attracted Elchin's attention. With all his attention, he didn't even notice that his fingers clenched the body of the cup.

A burst of fierce cheers suddenly burst out in the stereoscopic image, and the rendering was full of power, making people feel like they were actually in the stadium.The Italian commentator's crazy commentary seemed to blow the microphone: "...he is a well-deserved hero, and he created a miracle in just 10 minutes! If it weren't for Lin, Juventus who was dragged into overtime It is absolutely impossible to win the championship so easily! At that time, it is more likely that Inter Milan will reach the top! Who said that Lin is not worth 2000 million euros? With just this one pass, he has already shown his value!"

Orton is not interested in football, but seeing Elchin being so devoted, he also watched the end of the game a few times and asked: "It seems that your team has won the championship?"

Elchin didn't pay attention to his words, he was engrossed in the game commentary, and hardly paid attention to any other voices.

Alton raised his voice a little: "Mr. Elchin?"

"Ah. Sorry, what did you say?" Elchin came to his senses belatedly.

Alton repeated his question.

Elchin smiled very happily: "Yes, they won the championship."

"European Champions Cup champion?" Alton frowned and thought carefully, and he could only think of this football award that he remembered and had some weight.

"No, just a Serie A Cup winner."

"It's just a domestic championship, but you are so happy?" Orton muttered in his heart, "Is football really so charming?" ’ He joked, “If it wasn’t for the unfortunate timing of the joint meeting of the Bank of France, I think you would have gone to watch the game live?”

Elchin spread his hands and smiled helplessly: "Look, I have already booked the tickets for the game, but unfortunately I received a call from the meeting the day before the trip. If it wasn't for the time crash, I should be sitting in Shanghai right now. The VIP room of the stadium."

Alton was a little curious: "I have never watched a football game live. If I am lucky, maybe I can watch it with you next time?"

"It's a great honor." Elchin blinked: "If you come to the scene in person, you will definitely fall in love with this sport... because he is so charming!"

……

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Iaquinta was the first to embrace Lin Zhigao, followed by other teammates.They embraced both Iaquinta and Lin Zhigao. Although they were more enthusiastic about the former, no one ignored the impact of Lin Zhigao's assist.

"You're so fast." Pepe praised him sincerely.

Lin Zhigao responded to him with a typical Chinese-style modest smile, but those who are familiar with him can see that the joy in his heart is about to burst, if he had a tail, it would have been raised long ago.

But now Pepe obviously doesn't know Lin Zhigao well, so he is just in a good mood and thinks that his new teammate is a humble, helpful and easy-going guy.

Are all Asians so polite?It seems that the Japanese in Inter Milan is also like this, he is respectful to everyone, and he has to bend his waist 90° before talking to anyone.Pepe fell into boundless divergent thinking.

Lin Zhigao should be happy, this victory is very important to him, especially he played a relatively important role in it, Lin Zhigao can be sure that Iaquinta's gratitude can help him better integrate into the team to go.Perhaps within half a season, he will be able to reach out and ask for the ball directly to his teammates on the court.

When the players exited the field one by one, countless reporters broke through the penalty area-mostly Chinese reporters.Surrounded by the Juventus players, dozens of microphones were raised in front of Lin Zhigao.

"How does it feel to play at home?"

"One assist, are you satisfied with your performance?"

"Hi, I'm a reporter from Shanghai TV. Can we make an appointment for an interview? It only takes 10 minutes!"

"Lin Zhigao, will you stay in China for a few days, will you participate in some commercial performances?"

Lin Zhigao stood on the sidelines of the court with a smile, and politely answered at least seven or eight reporters' questions, until he saw that there were no teammates on the court and he was the only one left. The rest went back to the locker room. Only then politely squeezed out of the circle of reporters.Although he wasn't sure if Capello would make any post-match speeches, it was better than if he did and he didn't show up.

After he returned to the locker room, he did not find Capello. Obviously, the coach also thought that the team played a good game, so he left the locker room after the game for the players to celebrate instead of letting They have to put up with the often stern-faced head coach rambling on.

That's right, there is Zhang and relaxation, which is the way to control people.Although Capello is often rigid, he can also be a little human when he is in a good mood.

The locker room smelled of champagne, cigarettes, and stinky feet.

Juventus is a century-old giant and a symbol of Italian football. In the hearts of the Italian people, Juventus is not just a football club, but more like a symbol. When it is mentioned, it reminds people of Italy.For example, roast duck and Beijing.

In order to maintain Juventus's title of "Italian Football Symbol", Juventus Club is considered to be the team that most adheres to the pure blood of local players among all the giant clubs in Europe.

Most of the world-class wealthy clubs are of mixed race.Just think that there are many Brazilians and Argentines in Barcelona, ​​and the "Portuguese-Spanish dispute" in the dressing room of Real Madrid also has a long history. Not to mention most clubs in the Premier League, even the bosses have many foreigners. AC Milan also has a large number of foreign players in these two teams - but Juventus does not.

80% of the players in the Juventus first team are native Italians, and this proportion in the main lineup accounts for almost [-]%. Only the defender Caceres is from Uruguay, and the other main players are all Italian players.In the Juventus locker room, it is typical and typical "Made in Italy, Italy decides", which is one of the reasons why Juventus can be loved by the most Italians.

So when Lin Zhigao moved to Juventus, not only the Chinese people were shocked, but many European media almost fell through their glasses.They couldn't understand why Juventus spent 2000 million euros to take Lin Zhigao from the Premier League instead of using the money to find a better one in Italy.In fact, this is completely doable.

It is such a team that has always insisted on its "pure blood" and has always played calm and elegant football. In fact, it is often called a "gentleman's club" by fans. Many fans feel that Juventus players are born It has an aristocratic look, like the former "Zebra Prince" Piero, and their football is also gentlemanly, elegant, and reserved, just like their morality hospital.

So probably many fans can't even imagine what it would be like for a group of Juventus "gentleman players" to get together and pick their noses and feet.

Anyway, Lin Zhigao was shocked once he saw it.

Lin Zhigao often secretly thinks this way: Which string in the heads of the fans and Italian reporters was kicked by the donkey, thinking that this is a group of aristocratic and gentleman guys, a double moral model on and off the court?Will nobles pick their feet in public?Will a gentleman not take a shower for several days, can the smell of his body kill flies?Especially after the competition, such a large group of people hooked their shoulders and put their backs on their backs, wiping the sweat off their clothes, and after drying it, they didn't have to buy a year's worth of salt.

In the locker room, all the Juventus players relax, or go to the shower, or get together to smoke and drink, or get together to chat while picking their feet...

Marchisio saw Lin Zhigao coming in, so he found a glass for Lin Zhigao with his hands that had just touched his stinky feet, poured champagne on it, and handed it to him.

Lin Zhigao took the glass of wine with a dry smile, put it on a table while no one was paying attention, picked up his towel, and walked into the shower room to take a shower.

I really hope that some fans can ask them for jerseys after their games in the summer. Lin Zhigao thought, if he is lucky, when the fan excitedly takes the jersey and buries his head, he will probably be able to lie down and go to the hospital directly.