Fame with a ball

On September 9th, the second match of the UEFA Champions League group stage, the Eredivisie team Twente came from afar to visit New Alp.

This is a team that is very unfamiliar to Serie A fans. Twente Football Club has been established for less than 50 years. In the team history of more than 40 years, they have participated in the Champions League. Only 4 times. In fact, the Twente team has only begun to rise in the last ten years.

Juventini are not very interested in this team. In their opinion, there are not many teams that can pose a threat to Juventus, and most of them belong to the five major leagues. The champion of the Eredivisie last year?They may be able to cause a little trouble for Juventus, but it is not a threat.

But because this is a rare home game of the UEFA Champions League, it is an occasion to show the strength and enthusiasm of the fans to the remote league teams, so there are quite a lot of fans who bought tickets to the scene, and the New Alpi Stadium, which can accommodate tens of thousands of fans, officially kicked off After that, the seat was full.

In the New Alpennan Stand, which is dominated by diehard Juventus fans, a handsome young man with an embarrassing expression is particularly obvious, attracting the curious attention of many male and female fans around - because there are thousands of people in this area. In the stands of the fans, everyone was wearing Juventus jerseys, only the boy was wearing a gray T-shirt with a sailing pattern.

Sitting next to the boy was a male fan who looked less than 50 years old. He looked at the boy's clothes and asked curiously, "Where's your jersey?"

The boy said with an uncomfortable expression, "I, I don't have a jersey."

"No jersey?" The male fan looked at the boy seriously for a while, and then there was a trace of guard on his expression: "I've never seen you before, are you a Twente fan? Why did you sit here with us?" Come?"

"I'm not a Twente fan." The boy said dryly, "I just came to watch the Juventus game."

The expression of the male fan relaxed a little, "Are you Juventini?"

The young man shook his head.

"But if you're not a die-hard fan, tickets to the South Stand are hard to come by."

"My father gave me the ticket." The boy, that is, Sebastian frowned, with a slightly unhappy expression.

John Elchin had left Turin two weeks ago, and Sebastian thought he would let the birds fly and the seas and fishes jump when his father left, but his shrewd father was leaving Before, he had a full schedule - from Monday to Friday, tutors would come to help with homework during the day, and weekends were relaxation time, but anything related to alcohol and marijuana was avoided. In addition, bars were also He is not allowed to go.

This arrangement naturally aroused Sebastian's dissatisfaction, but John said to him, "Don't forget why you came to Italy at this time, wanting to get the same treatment as before? You have to work hard to get it." Sure." Sebastian thought of being expelled from school for hiding marijuana, so he could only submit obediently.

But without going to the bar and not being able to find Rapo, Sebastian's life in Turin was extremely boring.In the first week, he lived by reading books, listening to records, or flipping through Lin Zhigao's collection of discs. From the second week on, he could no longer stay at home for a day. He wanted Lin Zhigao to play rugby with him, but he didn't like Lin Zhigao. When Zhigao made this request, the other party blinked and asked him innocently: "How do you play that ball?"

This was the first time in his life that someone asked Sebastian this question, and his first reaction was "are you kidding me?" But seeing Lin Zhigao's expression was genuine and not fake, he fell silent.What else can he say about a guy who even Justin Bieber doesn't know who he is?

Just when Sebastian was about to reach the limit of his endurance, John asked him to give him a set of Juventus package tickets, so that he could go to the stadium to watch the game when he was bored.Sebastian doesn't like football very much. When he grew up in school in the United States, he accepts more rugby. He is also the captain of the school rugby team.

But this is in Turin... well, Sebastian reluctantly chooses to try and watch a football match today.

The male fan suddenly realized: "Ha! I guess you must not be a Juventus fan, but your father hopes that you are! Did he also prohibit your other outdoor activities and just throw you a bunch of stadium tickets?"

Seeing the expression of seeing a ghost on the boy's face, the male fans laughed loudly: "You are guessing how I know? Because I did the same to my son! Our family started from my grandfather's generation, It’s a Juventus fan! My grandfather, my father, and I never missed a game of the team, but my son’s disappointing guy just likes to watch football and stay at home every day to play Playing games and listening to rock, as a boy from the old Bane family, how can this be possible? Since last year, I have locked up his computer and record player. If he wants to have a little entertainment, he can only follow me to the stadium to watch the game This method is really effective! In less than three months, he also fell in love with football! If there is no exam in his school today, we must be father and son to cheer for the team!"

"...Your family are really Juventus fans? Why?"

"Is there any Italian fan who doesn't love Juventus? No!" The male fan shook his head and said, "By the way, my name is Bain, you can call me old Bain. What's your name?"

"Sebastian."

"boom--"

At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise from the stands, and tens of thousands of Juventini stood up from their seats, waving banners, flags, or ribbons in their hands, and some people brought their own whistles and horns, Blown in the stands to welcome the Juventus players coming out of the tunnel.

Old Bain puffed up his cheeks, and excitedly blew the horn a few times. He didn't take the horn away until he saw that the Juventus players and the Twente players had finished shaking hands and were standing on both sides of the field waiting for the kick-off. sat on the seat.

Sebastian looked at him like he was petrified.

Old Bain said triumphantly to him: "Are you scared by our enthusiasm? Let me tell you, when my son came to watch the game with me for the first time, he was scared to tears. Although he was only 6 years old."

But what surprised Sebastian was not only the amazing self-discipline of the Juventus fans: say cheer and cheer, say quiet, and the stadium with tens of thousands of people can return to a state of silence in a few seconds, without the slightest It will not affect the game.

And the equipment on the old Bain-the No. 10 jersey, sneakers, socks, shin pads, ankle pads, fan wristbands.There are whistles and signature pens around the neck, horns and team flags in the hands, team logos on the arms, and a bag on the waist, which contains beer, kettles, and some fireworks.

Europe is indeed the country of football, and fans have to be fully armed even to watch a game.Sebastian could only sigh with emotion.

As if feeling his gaze, the old Bain stared at Sebastian for a while, then suddenly smiled: "Look at my memory, I forgot that you came to watch the game without taking anything."

He handed a Juventus flag the size of half a person to Sebastian: "You hold this, and you can use it later."

Sebastian blushed: "I don't want this."

"Take it!" Old Bain forced it to him: "I originally prepared it for my son, but he can't come today, so you can use it! After a while, when our team scores a goal, we all stand up When you are cheering, if you do nothing, you will be looked at by other fans."

Sebastian accepted it. He opened his mouth and was about to express his thanks to Old Bain when he saw Old Bain gesturing to him and said softly, "The game is about to begin—"

……

The Twente team got the right to kick-off in the first half. The referee sounded a whistle, and Twente No. 9 Luc de Jong dribbled the ball straight into the Juventus half.

"Luc dribbled the ball to the left...Groso blocked him...Luc made a pass...a low pass and the ball went straight into the middle! Very precise! Parker received the pass, he this time Instead of breaking through the Juventus penalty area, he dribbled the ball cautiously in the middle, looking for better opportunities..."

Because they are not in the same league, even Capello is not very familiar with the Eredivisie team Twente's style of play, so in this game Juventus chose their most proficient tactics, defensive counterattack.

Lin Zhigao's position is in the frontcourt, but as long as he doesn't have the ball at his feet, he likes to run without the ball throughout the court, looking for opportunities by himself, instead of waiting for others to pass the ball to him.

But the bad thing is that he found that he seemed to have been arranged by Twente coach McLaren with two small tails-Twente's No. 11 and No. 20 players followed him closely, even if Lin Zhigao Neither of them let their guard down as they ran in a direction where there was no football at all.

Lin Zhigao grunted unhappily: "It's another sticky tactic."

Then he turned around and ran towards the midfield area where the players on both sides were most stuck together. After he got used to being marked on the court, he gradually developed a way of throwing people away.

Luc hit the football with his right foot and sent the ball near the Juventus penalty area. Looking around, he raised his foot and sent the ball in the direction of Lin Zhigao.

Before Lin Zhigao jumped up to catch the ball, Twente's No. 11 Bajrami and No. 20 Belheis had already seized in front of him and flew the football out!

"A scene that has been seen more and more often in Serie A recently has finally landed on the European battlefield-no matter what tactics Juventus' opponents use, one thing they will never change is that they will always send 2-3 players to die. Staring at Lin."

The Serie A commentator held the microphone helplessly and amusedly: "It seems that Lin's recent performance has scared them. The top scorer in the Champions League and the top scorer in the domestic league. Putting these two statistics together is really counterintuitive. God. Now the head coaches of major European clubs are probably secretly praying that there will be no more players like Messi and Ronaldo in world football, because they will definitely take away the demeanor of other stars. So I guess they all tacitly adopted strangle tactics against Lin?"

"Ah, Luiz's shot hit the crossbar and bounced back, Cáceres got the ball! He kicked the ball to Pepe! Pepe cut inside... It was a chance to counterattack! The first half started After 10 minutes, Juventus finally waited for the first attack!"

After Pepe made the cut, several Twente players quickly surrounded him. He raised his toes and passed the ball again.

Lin Zhigao galloped towards the landing point of the football.

This was really a header. When he reached the landing point, Lin Zhigao bent his knees and took off instantly!

Afraid that Lin Zhigao would hit the ball, Bajrami and Belheis jumped up one after another, sandwiching Lin Zhigao like a pie!

Bajrami's arm was heavily under Lin Zhigao's armpit, preventing Lin Zhigao from staying in the air for too long, and he dribbled the ball and fell to the ground together.

After Belheis fell together, he saw the football under Lin Zhigao's feet, and suddenly made a tackle!

Lin Zhigao quickly poked with his toe and kicked the football flying half a second before Belheis.

Just when Lin Zhigao's feet and Belheis' feet collided, Bajrami fell from the sky!

The angle at which Bayrami fell happened to be between Lin Zhigao and Belheis, but due to inertia, neither of them could retract their feet in time. Bairami fell on the thighs of the two of them, and the three of them looked like twisted twists. , rolled together heavily!You crush me and I crush you, and we fell to the ground together!

……

There was a mess in the south stand of the stadium.

The Juventinis grabbed the people in front of them one after another, poked their heads and looked down, and at the same time they discussed anxiously: "Is Lin not injured? Is he not injured?!"

"Twente's No. 11 must have been intentional!" Old Bain cursed and spit on the ground: "He must have pressed down on Lin's leg on purpose! He wanted Lin to get injured! God bless Lin Ke Be sure to be good!"

When Sebastian's accident happened from the court, he looked at the big screen with a tangled face, where Lin Zhigao was doing a close-up.

When the old Bain cursed the Twente players, he hesitated for a moment and asked the other party: "Do you like Lin Zhigao very much?"

The old Bain’s face did not change, his eyes were fixed on the field, but he still replied to Sebastian: “Our family likes Lin the most! Didn’t you see that I am wearing the No. 10 jersey? My biggest one is now Wish, one is to see the team win the championship, and the other is to want Lin to help me sign an autograph on this jersey!"

Sebastian asked the question as if he didn't understand, and whispered as if he was muttering to himself: "Is he so powerful..."

The old Bain caught this sentence sharply, and he looked at Sebastian with a very serious expression, almost devoutly saying: "Lin is now the best striker in Serie A, and I believe that he will definitely become the best striker in the future." The world's top number 10!"

Sebastian was shocked by Old Baine's expression.

While the stands were buzzing, there were some changes on the court.

Lin Zhigao, who was wearing a No. 10 black and white swordsman shirt, was about to be suffocated by Bajrami. He stretched out his hands on the opponent's back and pushed hard!

Bajrami, who weighed more than 150 pounds, was immediately pushed out by him!

Lin Zhigao got up from the ground, stretched his arms and legs, and said to the swarming teammates: "I'm fine, nothing at all."

The camera lens is on his sunny smiling face, and then it is projected on the big screen.

There were cheers in the stands, and the fans breathed a sigh of relief, with the biggest smiles on their faces, hugging and blessing each other.

"God bless Lin!"

"Long live!"

"that is really good!"

Old Bain gave Sebastian a firm hug: "Lin is fine, we are sure to win this game!"

There was also a faint smile on Sebastian's face, and the happiness of the people around him also infected him.

A fan raised a horn and shouted: "Juventus come on! Lin come on!"

The fans in the stands all joined in and came again. Old Bain yelled and waved the ribbon in his hand, not to mention how excited he was.

Seeing the unfeeling actions of other fans, Sebastian couldn't help but waved the Juventus flag in his hand.

……

Bayrami, Lin Zhigao, and Belheis fell together. Bayrami was pushed out by Lin Zhigao. Lin Zhigao was unharmed, but poor Belheis was not so lucky. The calf bears the weight of two people at once, and after Lin Zhigao and Bajrami got up, he fell into severe pain.

After Twente's team doctor examined him, he said that there was no fracture, but he didn't know if there was a fracture. In any case, Belheis could not continue to play on the court.

Twente coach McClaren had to use up the first substitution with less than 20 minutes into the game.

When he saw the team doctor carrying Belheis off the field on a stretcher, his face was so gloomy that it almost dripped water.

Contrary to his mood, Juventus head coach Fabio Fabio Fabio Fabio Fabio Fabio Fabio Fabio Capello stood proudly on the sidelines of the court, and he almost didn't give Lin Zhigao a thumbs up and praised "Well done!".

The referee blows his whistle to signal the game to continue.

Bajrami was the only one left to defend Lin Zhigao, and although this slightly thin 180 Swedish guy was still following the instructions of the head coach and continued to defend Lin Zhigao, he did not dare to fight against this Juventus team again. No. 10 was in close contact with him. The moment he was overturned from below on the ground just now, the Swedish guy was very afraid of Lin Zhigao's strange power.

Lin Zhigao touched his nose in embarrassment. God testifies, he didn't intentionally let Belheis get injured.But the luck of Twente 20 is so bad, isn't it?Now what is this blond No. 11 jersey looking at himself with such fear in his eyes?It is impossible for me to give him another meal on the court for no reason.

But unintentionally, Lin Zhigao originally planned to use his speed and stamina to get rid of the two. Now that the two have become one, if he wants to score goals, he will encounter less resistance.

In the 33rd minute, Iaquinta sent another header. Lin Zhigao's contact was not hindered much this time, and he easily took the football off.

And Belheis just cautiously opened his hands to defend Lin Zhigao, paying attention to every move under his feet.

Lin Zhigao accelerated in an instant, passed Belheis from the right side, and was half a body ahead of him.

Pepe came galloping from the middle, looking at him from a distance, ready to respond at any time.

The rhythm of Juventus's attack suddenly accelerated.

……

"Get over him! Get over him! Get over him!"

When Lin Zhigao successfully passed a defender of the opponent, the old Bain laughed loudly: "I knew there is no defender in this world that Lin can't pass!"

Sebastian just glanced at Old Bain before turning his attention to the field.

When he saw that Twente No. 20 who had been following Lin Zhigao suddenly accelerated, rushed in front of Lin Zhigao, and almost snatched the football at his feet.

Sebastian clenched his fists and said silently in his heart: Get over him!Get past him!Get past him!

……

"Lin only used one acceleration to shake Bannink away!"

"Lin passed the ball to Pepe, obviously Pepe is shooting from a better angle now...Pepe hesitated, he missed the best shot! But it is also possible that the goalkeeper Boschkel guessed Pepe's shot The reason why he didn't dare to act rashly..."

"Pepe passed the ball back to Lin Zhigao again! Lin accelerated! Only Belheis and goalkeeper Boschkel are left in front of him!"

"What will Lin do with the ball?"

Tens of thousands of fans held their breath just to wait for this scene.

When Lin Zhigao gets closer to the opponent's goal, the way he handles the football at his feet becomes smoother.

Belheis stood in front of Lin Zhigao sweating profusely, his spirit was so tense that he was almost sensitive.

Lin Zhigao made a movement of pumping the ball to the right, and Belheis's body jumped to the right in an instant!

But Lin Zhigao was just a fake move!

After seeing Belheis's body slide sharply to the right, he easily changed the direction of his foot, and with a volley, sent the football to the far corner of the goal!

……

"YEAH! Goal! Well done!"

Old Bane stood up, danced and shouted, but immediately he realized something was wrong.

The cheers just now don't seem to be shouted by himself?

Old Bain looked around suspiciously. When he saw the handsome young man beside him waving the Juventus team flag desperately, blushing, with sweat dripping from his forehead but only staring at the pitch and shouting, Lao Bain En smiled gratifiedly.

There will probably be one more Juventini in this world.

……

The UEFA Champions League is no different than the league. Here, every goal is worth a thousand dollars, and every goal conceded is also embarrassing.

After the goal was captured, considering that this is Juventus' home court, Twente coach McClaren decisively changed the team's tactics.

Twente Kai also played a defensive counterattack.

Lin Zhigao wanted to take advantage of the victory and chase after the victory. Taking advantage of his good morale and good condition, he went all out to score a few more goals in the group.

But Capello, who is cautious by nature, is worried that the team will be careless if they have the upper hand. A rash attack will only give the opponent a chance to counterattack, so he asks the players to reduce the number of attacks and pass more.

Under the deliberate actions of the coaches of both sides, Juventus and Twente began to fight for possession of the ball.

The sudden reduction in the number of offenses, the high frequency of passing, and the rising ball possession rate of both teams made the following games more and more dull.

Many Juventini feel that the game is getting boring, but because the team is currently leading, they can still maintain a high degree of enthusiasm and continue to cheer for Juventus.

But there was one person who watched it with gusto from beginning to end.

This man is Sebastian.

Accustomed to watching brutal and violent American football, he discovered for the first time in his life that football is also such an attractive sport.An immersive football game awakened the natural European love for football in his body, and also changed his view of a person more and more.

Well, Sebastian admits, that guy Zhigao Lin was born to blow his mind.He allowed himself to see the side of his father that he didn't often show to others, and he also let himself know that there are really people who are so ignorant in the world, but today he discovered that some ignorant people suddenly became geniuses just by changing a piece of clothing.

While wandering, he focused his attention on the court, and the 90-minute game was quickly over.

The fruits of victory made all the Juventus fans smile, and Bain Sr. packed his equipment contentedly and prepared to leave the stadium.

Seeing that Sebastian was still sitting in his seat, the old Bain had an idea and asked him: "Hey, young man, I think you also like watching the Bianconeri games, right? Are you interested in joining us?" Fan organization? There are often a lot of welfare activities, and sometimes you can even get autographs from the players.”

Sebastian shook his head and said, "I'm going back to America for school in a few months."

Old Bain said regretfully: "If that's the case, forget it. By the way, why are you sitting still in your seat? Are you not planning to go home?"

"I have to wait for someone." Sebastian shrugged his shoulders, and when he was about to say something, he suddenly flashed his eyes and looked at Old Bain: "Did you tell me when you were in the game just now?" , you really want Lin Zhigao to sign for you?"

Old Bain nodded: "I've been looking forward to it for several months, but it's a pity that Mr. Capello doesn't let the fans watch the team's training, and Lin leaves the club very late every day. We can't wait for him."

Sebastian blinked: "I think I can help you realize this wish."

Old Bain smiled: "Young man, don't make fun of me."

"I'm not joking." Sebastian said mysteriously: "I know your favorite player, if you don't believe me, you can come with me."

Old Bane was skeptical.

But when the boy stood up and walked down the steps to the Juventus locker room, Old Bain gritted his teeth and followed.

……Then.

And then Bain Sr. has one, no, two signed jerseys.