Football: The immortal legend on the green field

Although the food in the team is more abundant, it just doesn't taste like home, just like today when I got together with familiar neighbors, listened to the bragging and gossip of our parents, and the gossips of our neighbors. Sometimes I walked around the streets with one or two friends who grew up together, and went to Grandma Wang's yard to steal grapes that were so sour that they could make your teeth fall out, and then had to hide from them.

Since I entered the sports school at the age of 8 and started living a collective life, these memories from the past have gradually become scarce.

There are more than 30 people in Shen Bin's age group in the sports school, and there are 3 or 4 people competing for each position. Every time there is a game, there is fierce competition for a starting position or a substitute, and even for the 18-man roster of the game, which invisibly creates a gap between teammates.

After his mother had a big fight with his father and ran away from home that year, Shen Bin became silent. The collective life in the sports school failed to make him lively, and this trend became more obvious due to the competition among them.

After taking a refreshing bath, Shen Bin was finally able to sit down and tell his father some things that happened in the team.

"I don't know if it's right to do this, but I don't have any evidence that they fixed the match."

Listening to his son's narration of what happened, Shen Yuanchao patted Shen Bin on the shoulder and said, "You did the right thing, there is nothing to blame yourself for.

Dai Zhao and his people seem to have gained some immediate benefits, but these short-term benefits will ruin their lives.

The benefits gained through opportunism are addictive, and once you do it, there is no turning back.

Since I can’t play football anymore and I haven’t made any progress in my studies, let’s go home and run this small shop.

When you are used to getting something for nothing, you will play fixed football matches, cheat in exams, and sell fake goods in business.

If you do these things too many times, they will eventually be exposed.

If you play match-fixing, you will be expelled and reported, and no team will want you anymore. In serious cases, you will be expelled from the football circle.

Cheating in an exam will be punished by the school, and it will leave a stain on your studies and work.

If you sell fake goods, you will be reported. Once your reputation is ruined, your customers will decrease.”

Shen Yuanchao frowned and spoke to Shen Bin seriously.

"Don't learn from your teammates to be lazy during training, but you still have to go out and play with them during breaks." Shen Yuanchao said with a smile to ease Shen Bin's overly tense nerves. He knew that Shen Bin would not avoid training. If he had a choice, he would rather increase the training time every day!

"I haven't been there." Shen Bin shook his head. "They called me at first, but after I refused, they stopped calling me."

"Why not go? If others ask you to go, you should go with them. It's your break time after all. As long as you don't do anything illegal, there's nothing wrong with that... You're all teenagers, still children, so it's normal for you to play." Shen Yuanchao asked curiously, "Don't you like watching videos or playing games?"

"I like to watch, as long as it's good-looking, and I like to play, as long as it's fun." Shen Bin spread his hands, "But these are too expensive."

"Didn't I give you 500? Where's the card?"

Shen Bin searched around for a while and found the card: "Here is the card. I have never used it before."

Shen Yuanchao breathed a sigh of relief: "Then why don't you use it? I left the money for you to use."

Shen Bin lowered his head: "Our family still owes others a lot of money."

Shen Yuanchao sighed, "I know you are sensible and don't want to spend too much money to increase the burden on the family... But don't forget, you are only fourteen years old! What age is fourteen? The age when you want to try everything new! But look at you now? You look like an old guy in his thirties or forties who is tired of everything!

In addition to playing football, you have to accept more new things, no matter what they are, you have to try them and understand them...More importantly, you have to form a good relationship with your teammates, you have to integrate into them, and deal with them fully. At least, don't let them think you are another member! ”

Shen Bin opened his mouth and Shen Yuanchao smiled: "You have to learn how to get along with other people, understand? I didn't ask you to do this before, because I wanted your character to grow freely and didn't want to restrict your character with my requirements... But now it's different. If you continue on the path of professional football, you will face many things alone... If you are still not good at making friends with others, your road will be much more difficult."

That night, the father and son talked until late, and only returned to their respective bedrooms to rest after the evening news on TV ended.

When Shen Bin fell asleep, the dream came again. Shen Bin, who had two souls living in his body, was a time traveler. The part of Shen Bin was nervous about the competition, while the part of Garrincha was excited to perform in front of tens of thousands of spectators.

As he followed his teammates out of the player tunnel, "No. 11, our little birdie..." the announcer's voice was drowned out by the fans.

His heart was beating, the blood in his body rose 10 degrees in an instant, his body was shaking uncontrollably, his eyes were hot, and the fans' cheers did not stop for a second.

This is real football, the football he needs. He suddenly lost control of his body and tears burst out from his eyes without any hindrance.

After the photo session, teammates came over to high-five him, and the cheers from the fans at the scene showed no sign of weakening, but instead reached a higher level.

The commentators on the sidelines looked at each other and hurriedly announced the player list of the visiting Santos team. They knew that the audience would not be able to hear clearly which starting players the visiting team had.

Shen Bin looked at his teammates, who were too thin and wearing yellow and white vertical striped jerseys that were almost stuck to their bodies. Some of the jerseys were so large that you could see a large lump underneath.

At this time, the jerseys were basically the same style, and the teams only changed the color.

It wasn't until the 90s that new styles of jerseys began to emerge, and a wide variety of jerseys began to emerge.

He looked towards the coaching seats. Old coach Luke Allison was looking very cool today. He was wearing an orange suit and standing on the sidelines, waving to the audience.

The noise began to subside, and the captain Nilton Santos walked to Shen Bin's side and said, "Listen, the audience welcomes you so much, if you can't score a goal and mess up old Luke's performance, he will kick your ass after the game!"

"Okay, I won't pass the ball and try to shoot the ball myself." Shen Bin nodded like an obedient child.

Nilton was stunned by Garrincha's reaction and joke. This was obviously not the silly "Bird" he knew during training. Maybe he would be excited to make changes when he got to the competition?

The players from both teams returned to their own half of the field, and the referee blew the whistle, and the game officially began.