green shooter

Chapter 3 Torino

Turin Football Club, a famous club with a long history founded in 1906, is located in Turin, the capital of the Piedmont region of Italy. It shares the same city with Juventus, another team that you may be more familiar with.

Turin is nicknamed the Bull, because the color of the crimson team uniform is often called the Red Bull.The Turin club has experienced glory, and the Red Bulls ushered in a dynasty in the 40s.

At that time, Turin dominated the Apennines year after year, and contributed ten of the 11 starters for the Italian national team, and was regarded as the "Team of Turin".This "Team of Gods" pushed Turin to its peak and created the "Grand Turin Era" (il Grande Torino). The lights of the media and the glory of the championship gathered on them.

In addition to the fact that there was no national league in Italy from the outbreak of the war in 1943 to the end of World War II in 1945, from 1942 to 1949, Turin had won five consecutive Italian top league championships.
Unfortunately, all good luck turned into tears of grief with a loud bang on Mount Superga.

In May 1949, the Turin team went to Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, to participate in the farewell match between Benfica and the captain of the Portuguese national team - Ferreira.

On the way back, the plane had already arrived in the sky above Turin. Due to various reasons, an accident happened. The plane crashed into the Superga Mountain in the northeast of Turin.

This tragedy killed 31 people, including 4 club staff, 18 players and 2 coaches.

After that, the Red Bull Turin team can be said to be in a slump, reduced to an elevator going up and down between Serie A and Serie B.

Almost 70 years have passed since the tragedy happened. During this period, Turin experienced ups and downs. It experienced two brief recoveries in the 90s and [-]s. Last season, it was able to successfully relegation. This season will continue to fight for relegation.

But all of this has nothing to do with Zhu Hantao for the time being. All he can think about is tomorrow's game, and he hopes he can have a chance to play.

The evening breeze by the river caressed his cheeks. Zhu Hantao walked through Valentino Park, took a breath of green grass, and rode his bicycle comfortably along the banks of the Po River.

Continue north and glance at the opposite bank. Ten years later, Cristiano Ronaldo joined Juventus, and he seemed to live in a villa on the opposite bank.

Shaking his head to stop thinking about it, it's getting late, let's go home quickly, and pedaled the bicycle hard twice.

Fortunately, there are not many cars on the road at night. In Turin, there are no non-motorized lanes, and cars are not allowed on the sidewalk. You can only walk on the road below. Cars and motorcycles come and go, which is very unsafe.

The wide roads are okay, but some small roads that are narrow enough for a car to pass will be very troublesome if there is a car passing by.

Although the bicycle was invented by Europeans, in modern times, Zhu Hantao doesn’t know how it is in other countries. Anyway, in Italy, he has never seen anyone riding a bicycle. Occasionally, it is also for sports and fitness. He wears a helmet, tights, knee pads and elbow pads and other professional equipment.

Zhu Hantao likes riding a bicycle very much. It is convenient, it can also exercise his body, and more importantly, he must be able to drive. His parents have to work in the hotel, and the public transportation is already the last bus at night. What else can he do but ride a bicycle.

Someone said you can take a taxi?The taxi fare is so high, what kind of family conditions do you have to take a taxi every day?

Passing by the Tower of Turin, passing by the Royal Palace of Turin, and seeing the Piazza Polda Palazzo, well, we will be home soon.

"Hey, boy, why did you come to the store, go and don't make trouble, go back to bed early after training and rest." Dad Zhu Zeyu, who was cooking for the last table of guests in the kitchen, said to him when he saw Zhu Hantao coming in.

"Dad! I'm here to tell you good news! Why are you doing this!"

"What can there be, isn't it just that you will be included in the squad for tomorrow's game? It's alright, alright, I know, let's go back."

"Ah? How do you know?" Zhu Hantao was dumbfounded.

"Nonsense, otherwise what could it be? Could it be you starting tomorrow?" Old Zhu turned his head and weighed the pot, no longer caring about Xiao Zhu.

"Okay, you're amazing, I'm going back." Because Zhu Hantao had to go out early tomorrow morning, he came here specially to share the good news with his father, but Lao Zhu looked at him to the end and guessed it before he even opened his mouth. It's really boring.

Tomorrow morning they will take the club's bus to Siena, a small tourist town in the Tuscany region, to start the journey of this season.

Not long after Zhu Hantao went out, Zhu Zeyu jumped up excitedly on the spot, and said to everyone, you know, my son is on the big list, and he might be able to make an appearance tomorrow.

Everyone smiled and expressed congratulations, and the guests were also regulars, so whether they were hotel employees or guests who hadn’t finished their meal, they all knew that the owner’s son played for the Turin youth team.

"What does he look like? For such a big person, is the table complete?" The beautiful lady sitting at the cashier at the door is naturally Zhu Hantao's mother, the proprietress of this restaurant.

"Isn't this happy for our son? I was very calm in front of him just now, so I can't make him proud." Lao Zhu smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum.

"Hey, old Zhu, tell me about our business, when can we go to watch our son's game live." The proprietress Lin Xiuyan said with emotion.

"When he plays in Serie A one day, even if we are out of business for a day, we have to go to the scene to cheer him on."

"Yeah, he's been very sensible since he was a child. We've been busy in the store and haven't paid much attention to him. Xiaotao has been playing football for so many years, but we haven't even watched a game." Lin Xiuyan was suddenly moved.

"Hey, what are you talking about, he can understand." Zhu Zeyu said indifferently.

"It's because he is so sensible that I feel a little guilty and feel sorry for him, unlike other children who were accompanied by their parents when they were young." Mom said tears were about to fall.

"Okay, what's the matter, what are you talking about? It's a happy thing. I hope it's right for us to support him in taking the football path." Lao Zhu gave his wife a hug, and the two went back to their posts. After all, they haven't closed the door yet.

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In the early morning of the next day, a bus with the red bull logo of the Turin Club was driving on the highway from north to south at high speed. The journey from Turin to Siena was less than [-] kilometers, which took about five hours.

There was a lot of noise in the car. After all, they were basically eighteen or nineteen-year-old boys, full of energy. The coaches of the youth team who accompanied the team were all closing their eyes and resting their minds. Although they couldn't sleep, it would be good to take a rest.

"Hey, Zhu, look, the beach is here, did you just pass through Genoa? Is this the Mediterranean Sea?" Daniel moved to Zhu Hantao's side as soon as he got in the car, offering to sit with him.

"Haven't you studied geography? How can you see the Mediterranean Sea here? It seems to be the Ligurian Sea." Zhu Hantao said helplessly.

"I've never heard of it in class, it's not important," Daniel said with a smile, "By the way, have you ever been to Siena?"

Why are you still so proud! "No. My parents are very busy. I have never left Turin except that I used to go to other places to play with the team." Not to mention that I have no time at all. Even if he is free, Zhu Hantao still has to train. He is not very interested in traveling. He really wants to travel around.

"I also went to Tuscany once when I was a child with my family, but it was just a simple stroll. That time I mainly played a lot in Florence." Daniel seemed to want to introduce Siena to Zhu Hantao, but found that he didn't seem to know much.

"You can ask me, I know a lot. My family has a relative in Siena, so our family has been there many times, and they will come to our house." It turned out that Luca was sitting in the front row of Zhu Hantao and Daniel, and turned to them.

"Really, then tell us quickly, what's so interesting about Siena?" Daniel's eyes lit up, he stood up from his seat, and asked quickly.

"You want to talk about fun, let me think about it," Luca frowned and thought for a while, "The most famous one is the Piazza del Campo in the center of the city. Every year there is a horse racing festival, which is very famous all over the world. There are performances and competitions. Many tourists from various countries go to Siena just to watch the horse racing festival."

"Horse racing festival?" Zhu Hantao was a little curious, he was quite interested in this.

"Yes, it will take a few weeks just to prepare. All Siena residents will participate, divided by parish. In fact, the competition was based on family in the past. Now that there is no more, it is changed to parish. Each parish sends its own knights, and the horses are not equipped with saddles. There are no strict rules during the competition. The knights can show their own unique skills and talents."

"Sounds interesting, right, Zhu." Daniel said excitedly.

Although Zhu Hantao didn't answer him, his expression gave him away.

"However, the time has passed. This year's event should have just ended. If you want to see it, you can only wait for next year." Luca said, spreading his hands, "But if you have time after the game, you can go to the Siena Cathedral to see."

"Aren't the churches all the same? It's not like we don't have any in Turin. Can the church in Siena be compared with the Cathedral of Milan or the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence?" Daniel was a little disapproving.

"Hahaha, you don't know that. The church in Siena is really special. It combines the architectural styles of two eras. The three gates in the lower half belong to the Romanesque style, while the upper half is in the Gothic style."

Daniel was not very interested in these, but Zhu Hantao listened with interest.

"Luka, you know so much, it's not easy." Zhu Hantao praised.

"Hey," Luka blushed and scratched his head when he heard this, "I always listen to their grown-ups chatting, and I learned from them. I wrote it down because I thought it could be pretending. Don't tell me, my girlfriend cheated me like this."

"It's really you, Luka, when will you teach me two tricks!" If you talk about Daniel, you won't be sleepy.

"Hahahahaha!" Looking at these two funny friends, Zhu Hantao's nervousness because of the competition was much better.

The three chatted happily in the car, and the time passed quickly. The bus departed from Turin, passed through Genoa, and went south along the E80 highway by the sea.

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