Coaching career started as a college team coach

Chapter 498

Wei Le walked aimlessly on the court, shaking hands, hugging, and high-fiving everyone in front of him.

At this time, even the camera following him became less annoying.

To be honest, what Wei Le disliked most on the court was the photographers following him all the time. They held the camera and always kept a distance of three or four steps from him, just like chewed gum stuck on the soles of shoes, uncomfortable to carry, and unable to get rid of.

The cameraman usually didn't talk, just held the camera and followed him.

In this situation, Wei Le, who usually spoke freely in front of hundreds of people, felt uncomfortable all over - a feeling of being monitored.

He also understood that the photographers did this for work after all, but sometimes the results of the game were not satisfactory, and Wei Le was not in a good mood sometimes. At this time, he wanted to be alone for a while, but there was still a camera tightly attached to him and circling around him.

He wanted to punch the camera lens.

But now, having won the game and the championship, Wei Le was in a very good mood.

Not only was he not annoyed at all, he also frequently interacted with the camera.

As he walked, Wei Le suddenly stopped.

Because he looked up at the stands, he actually saw a small red patch among the yellow Wolves fans!

Are those Atletico fans? Obviously not! Wei Le saw it very clearly, because they were waving national flags in their hands!

A moment of surprise turned into joy in an instant, and Wei Le ran to the side of the stands excitedly. The fans in the stands cheered one after another, and they thought Wei Le was going to interact with them.

But seeing Wei Le pointing to the upper level of the stands, the Wolves fans looked there and saw the fluttering red flag!

Wei Le suddenly thought of something, and he turned sideways and flipped over the billboard lightly. The stands of the Lyon Olympic Stadium were very close to the stadium, and the fans could hear Wei Le's words.

Wei Le waved at the Chinese fans, and the national flag waved in response.

But the distance was too far, and Wei Le couldn't make them understand what he meant.

After thinking about it, Wei Le directly called a Wolves fan in the first row who was filming him.

"Can you do me a favor?!"

"Yes!" The fan was also a real person, and immediately put down his phone, "What's the matter?"

"Can you help me pass a message? Ask the Chinese fans above if they can send down the national flag?"

"National flag? Ah! No problem!" The fan reacted and immediately understood, after all, Wei Le was Chinese. He gave Wei Le a thumbs up, made a "leave it to me" expression, and turned back to communicate with other fans.

Wei Le didn't know if this message could be conveyed, after all, the small area of Chinese fans was too far away from the stadium.

But Wei Le saw that layers of fans listened to the words of the front row, and then turned around and passed the words up, just like the game of passing the message played by elementary school students!

Finally, it really reached the Chinese fans!

The Chinese international students were waving the national flag excitedly just now. They were very happy that Wei Le could see them and came over to interact with them. Unexpectedly, the British brother in the row in front of him suddenly turned around and called them with a smile.

"Hey, Chinese?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Wei asked us to pass the message up and ask if you can send the national flag down."

"Ah?!" Everyone was surprised. It turned out that Wei Le had been staying here because of this! But then, there was another surprise. They took great pains to bring the national flag in, just to let the national flag fly on the stage of the Europa League final.

But they were all international students, with limited financial conditions, and they couldn't buy seats that were particularly close to the front.

They could only watch the game in a relatively corner position.

Moreover, the stadium security did not allow individual fans to bring flagpoles into the stadium, so they could only use their hands as flagpoles to wave the national flag.

This also made their flags difficult to be discovered.

At least Wei Le had never looked in this direction, which made them a little regretful. But now Wei Le wants to borrow their national flag and display it on the court? !

There is such a good thing? !

In this way, the national flag will not only fly in the stands of the Lyon Olympic Stadium, but also in the center of the court! So they quickly folded the flag and handed it to the British brother in front.

"Thank you for your trouble!" The international students said solemnly.

The British brother grinned and said nothing, just handed the flag to the fans in the row below.

The red flag passed from top to bottom, which also attracted the attention of the camera. The director deliberately switched to the close-up camera behind Wei Le, watching the national flag slowly "floating" down from the upper level of the stands from the first-person perspective.

"It turned out to be the national flag."Flag!" He Wei exclaimed, "The fans from our China brought the national flag, and it is being passed to Wei Le in this way!"

Amidst the applause, the national flag came to the fan in the first row that Wei Le had just asked for. He handed the flag to Wei Le with both hands, "Here, it's for you."

"Thank you!" Wei Le was overjoyed. He really didn't expect that the Wolves fans could really convey his words layer by layer.

"You have led us to win the championship. What's wrong with helping you a little? You're welcome!"

After thanking the fans, Wei Le carefully examined the national flag. The hastily folded national flag looked a little uneven.

But the bright red on the national flag was particularly dazzling under the spotlight. So Wei Le unfolded the national flag and draped it directly on his body!

Such a move also made He Wei, who was explaining, speechless.

"Oh my God..." He Wei sighed, "I have long forgotten the last Chinese football player or coach who displayed the national flag on the football field. ”

“Perhaps after the 2002 World Cup, our country’s flag has never been unfurled in a football match watched by the whole world!”

“But today, all the waiting has paid off. Our country’s coach showed the national flag to the people of the world, and he proudly announced to the world the existence of our Chinese people!”

After the game, it started to drizzle on the field.

Under the spotlight, there was a feeling of mist.

The players hugged each other tightly and sang out-of-tune songs.

“Champion, champion, oh oh oh oh!”

Jota was pulled aside for an interview. He was now holding the match ball and smiling very happily - this is the honor of the player who won the hat trick, and he can take the match ball away as a souvenir.

Some players even competed with him for the ball, but he would definitely not give the ball to others.

“We have come so far and defeated countless strong enemies. ”

“We deserve this championship, this team deserves these honors! !”

Jota said confidently to the camera, “Now, you all remember our names, right? !”

At least, Simeone remembered it.

Simone came to the side of the court and stared at Jota who was being interviewed. No one knew if he regretted letting go of a genius who scored a hat trick in the Europa League.

The Wolves players walked slowly around the field, interacting with the excited home fans in the stands.

“I didn’t know we had so many fans!” Martinez, who was sitting on the bench and had not fully recovered from the game, blushed with excitement at the moment. As he walked, he said to De Paul, “It feels like the whole city has come to watch the game!”

They have never seen so many fans in England.

To be honest, it was the first time I realized what “huge crowds” meant.

“This is the beauty of football! "De Paul said excitedly, while he was speaking, he made a kiss gesture to express his love for the Wolves fans.

Goalkeeper Rudy seemed a little silent.

"What's wrong?" Captain, or coach Edwards came up and asked.

Seeing that it was Edwards, Rudy took the initiative to greet him and hugged him. Edwards has a good relationship with all the players in the team, and Rudy, who has just joined the team, is no exception.

"Some can't believe it." Rudy said, "Some can't believe it's true."

"A year ago, I was still playing in the Championship League in Norwich. A year later, I played in the Europa League final. Such a span... is too big. "

"But, aren't we? Don't forget, we also played in the Championship last season." Edwards said with a smile, "I seem to have played in the game against Norwich."

"Yes, I have an impression." Rudy smiled and nodded, "but I didn't expect that we would become teammates a year later."

"And became the champion of the Europa League! "Edwards smiled.

"Yeah." Rudy nodded, "If it wasn't for personal experience, who would believe this is true?"

"You are 31 years old, how long will you continue to play?" Edwards suddenly asked.

"Well, I don't know." Rudy shook his head, "I know my own strength. This time I was able to play in the Europa League because of the boss's recognition. I don't have the ability to play stably in Wolves."

"If there is a chance, it would be best to be able to start stably in the Premier League. If there is no chance, then staying in Wolves as a substitute for Martinez is not bad. "Rudy seemed very relaxed, "Anyway, I still have gas in the tank, and I still want to continue to be a goalkeeper."

"That's good. I also said that if you retire, and come to be my goalkeeper coach. "

"What? Are you going to lead the team?"

"Yes, our U17 head coach's contract expired and he left. I should take over next."

Rudy thought for a while and joked, "Then you should find a few more good seedlings and let them continue to play with the boss in five years."

"Must!"

Rodri got the Wolves' flag from Celars.

He took the flag directly in his hand, like a Spanish bullfighter, using the flag as a red cloth to attract the bull's attention.

Looks particularly elegant.

The happiest one is Haaland.

This buddy is very cooperative, like a bull, he rushed towards Rodri. Rodri dodged lightly, but Haaland, who had the flag in his head, fell to the ground.

"Why are you like a stupid bull?!" Gibbs White said disdainfully.

"Hehe. "Haaland didn't despise it, he got up from the ground, hugged White and jumped again. He likes victory, likes championships, and likes cheerful atmosphere.

"White!" he said loudly.

"What's wrong?"

"I want to win more championships!"

Haaland's eyes were shining, I don't know if it was because of the spotlight or something else.

"Okay, let's win more championships together!" White heard it and said in high spirits.

"I'm so happy, happy for myself, happy for the team, and happy for all the people who support this team! "During the interview, Van de Beek seemed a little incoherent.

But no one would blame him. After all, it was really hard to stay calm after playing such a wonderful game and winning.

On the other side, the staff were busy moving equipment. They took advantage of the Wolves' celebration to quickly build a podium in the center of the stadium.

After the carpet was laid in place, the staff finally hung the Wolves' logo on the load-bearing column behind the podium.

"It's time to receive the award, come on! "

At the reminder of the staff, Wei Le and the players came to the side of the podium.

UEFA and FIFA officials have come to the center of the venue and stood on the podium first. They brought the Europa League trophy! At this time, the name of the new champion has been engraved on the trophy!

The first to go on stage were the Atletico players. The Wolves applauded respectfully on both sides of the road, giving it to the respectable opponents of this game.

They all seemed to be lacking in interest, and most of the players did not wear the silver medals around their necks after receiving them.

They all left the podium quickly, leaving the stage to the Wolves players.

The last one to walk was Simeone. Before he went on stage, he came over and shook hands with Wei Le.

Despite this loss, Simeone still looked very graceful.

"Congratulations." Simeone said with a smile, "You deserve the championship and deserve it."

"Thank you."

"The Europa League stage is still too low, and I look forward to seeing you in a higher level in the future. "

Simeone said it seriously, Wei Le nodded, and he shook Simeone's hand, "I will."

After Simeone left, the cheers around the venue suddenly increased, and even Simeone couldn't help but look back. It turned out that the Wolves players were going to the stage.

The first to go on stage was Jota, who scored a hat trick in this game, followed by other players.

The coaching team of the Wolves came on the stage after the players, and Gianluca Conte, who looked like his brother, also caused some fans who were not very clear about the situation to exclaim.

And finally, it was Wei Le who was draped in the national flag.

"Congratulations." UEFA President Ceferin put a gold medal on Wei Le, "I have never awarded an award to a Chinese, you are the first."

"China is a very powerful country, and I believe your football will become just as powerful."

"There will be more Chinese people coming out." Wei Le smiled, "I will definitely. "

After thanking Ceferin, Wei Le heard the captain Rodri calling him.

Rodri motioned Wei Le to take the trophy with him.

Wei Le did not refuse, holding one side of the Europa League trophy with both hands, and Rodri held the other side. The trophy was heavier than Wei Le expected, and he could feel the weight of the trophy with every step he took.

"It's time to hold the trophy!" He Wei said excitedly, and Zhu Xiaoyu next to him had already raised his mobile phone to start taking pictures to record this historic moment.

"Come on!" Wei Le wanted to hand the trophy to Rodri. Generally speaking, the head coach does not participate in the trophy holding moment, and he does not want to take the limelight of the players at this time.

But Rodri shook his head, "We don't have so many rules, boss, come together!"

"Come together!" The other players alsosaid behind him.

"Okay, let's do it together!" Wei Le had to continue holding the trophy after he could not refuse.

"Then, when I call three, we will raise the trophy together." Rodri said.

"Okay."

"Brothers, are you ready?!" Rodri turned around and shouted loudly.

"I'm ready!"

"Then..."

"One..."

Wei Le leaned down in cooperation, took a deep breath, and tried to remember every minute and every second of what he saw and felt.

The touch of the trophy was so real that Wei Le realized that he had come a long way from his first game as a coach in the college team.

Along the way, he met many people and experienced many things.

He suffered a lot and had a lot of joy.

He still remembered the loneliness of Christmas in the season of the English Championship, and of course the excitement of the final promotion in that season.

"Two..."

He remembered the anger when he was questioned by Italian reporters, and the confusion when he was preparing for the final.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered a question he had answered to Han Yang before he set off.

He didn't know if Han Yang still remembered it, but it was one night.

When Han Yang asked him why he chose football, Wei Le answered almost without thinking:

"Football makes people happy, I like football, that's all."

Rodri was beside him, shouting with a trembling voice:

"Three--!!!"

At least now, he still likes football.

He likes football very much.

He and Rodri held up the silver-white trophy high, the salute roared, and the ribbons flew.

The players raised their hands and the trophy high to the sky.