Fame with a ball

In the 30th round of Serie A, Juventus played against Brescia at home.

Players from both sides are fighting hard on the court. Because the strength gap between the two teams is large enough, the rhythm of the game has always been controlled by Juventus. It can be said that as long as Juventus plays steadily and well in this game, it will not lost victorious.

Lin Zhigao was wrapped in a coat and sat on the bench, with the coaches in front of him and other teammates on the bench.Whether it was the coaches or the substitute players, most of them were whispering in twos and threes, but Lin Zhigao didn't talk to anyone, just played with his phone with his head down.

There are more than 30 people in the Juventus first team. In the team locker room, there are social circles of different sizes - local gangs, foreign gangs, main gangs, substitute gangs, etc. Lin Zhigao has limited energy , and he is not prepared to be a ball bully, it is impossible to have a good relationship with each of the more than 30 people. The circle he often plays with is those teammates who play games together. Simply put, it is the main team.

Because of Lin Zhigao's current suspension, the strength of Juventus' strikers has been greatly reduced. In order to ensure the unbeaten league, Capello sent a full main lineup in this game, and they are also the most familiar group with Lin Zhigao. .The few players who are sitting on the bench with him and blowing the wind are generally friendly with him.Lin Zhigao lowered his head and remained motionless, looking very silent. Although some substitute players wanted to curry favor with each other, they were afraid that Lin Zhigao was in a bad mood, so he just moved forward with a hot face and a cold ass. , so he didn't dare to act rashly, but occasionally cast a few glances at Lin Zhigao while talking to his teammates.

The camera passes in front of you again, it seems that today's cameraman has a preference for you. - Messi.

Lin Zhigao raised his head, just in time to see the camera moving in front of him again, so he gritted his teeth at the camera, made a grimace, and lowered his head again.

Many fans in front of the TV were filled with black lines when they saw this scene.

Liu Jianhong had the urge to dig a crack in the ground and bury himself in it—just now, he interpreted the scene of Lin Zhigao sitting quietly on the bench as a "lonely scene" and compared Lin Zhigao to a "lonely The "hero" and "the sad person who is eager to play but can't" almost moved the crocodile tears of countless fans in front of the TV... But when Liu Jianhong's sensational HIGH, Lin Zhigao actually raised his head and made a face!This made Liu Jianhong's remaining half of his provocative lines where to put them!How embarrassing for the fans who just squeezed out their tears!

Fortunately, this is a live broadcast of the game, and live broadcasts can always find new topics for themselves to step down.After a minute of embarrassing silence, Liu Jianhong seized an offensive opportunity on the field and relieved himself of the predicament: "Padoin made a pass from the midfield...Verratti successfully broke into the right side of the penalty area against offside...Alas! Brescia player Zopoli threw him down! The referee showed Zopoli a yellow card and awarded a penalty..."

The current score is still 0:0, so Verratti's penalty opportunity is very important.

Borriello stood in front of the penalty spot and took the penalty with his right foot and shot the ball to the lower left corner of the goal. Although Brescia's front tooth Acari saved the ball, he still failed to prevent the football from entering the net.

Juventus temporarily lead by one point!

Lin Zhigao gave a thumbs up gesture to Borriello, who was on the field, and then smiled and high-fived several teammates around him. When he looked at the phone, there was another unread text message in it.

Why don't you see your dancing celebrations? - Messi.

...I'm a suspended player, Leo, am I stupid for acting so excited knowing that I won't be able to play? --Forest.

That's a pity, I almost fell asleep watching the game, I'd better change the channel. - Messi.

Could it be that you have been watching the Serie A live broadcast without changing the channel, because you want to watch me play a monkey show? ! --Forest.

Well, this... Serie A games are so boring, I need some stimulants. - Messi.

Lin Zhigao looked at the phone screen, and suddenly raised his eyebrows and gave a smirk.

He raised his head, stared at the camera that seemed to point the lens at him at any time, opened his mouth, and mouthed with a smile on his face: "Leo, Youjerk!" He said the above words word by word, mouth-shaped Standard can no longer be standard.

Some fans from English-speaking countries who were watching the game sprayed directly.

BBC narrator David Coburn laughed unkindly: "Lin is swearing! He just said to the camera, 'Leo, you are so weak!' Who is he yelling at? Not what I thought That? If so, that would be amazing!"

As for CCTV commentators Liu Jianhong and Zhang Lu, they naturally understood Lin Zhigao’s mouth patterns—no way, the penetration rate of English in China is really very high, and most people learn a new language first with swear words And the habit of learning love words.However, a harmonious society requires harmony, so the two of them could only bow their heads silently, pretending that they hadn't seen anything.

Thousands of miles away in Barcelona, ​​Messi, who was lying on the bed watching live TV, saw this scene. He was so shocked that he didn't catch his breath. He coughed for a long time beside the bed, and almost fell off the bed!

Is this stimulant big enough? --Forest.

Messi frantically pressed the screen: Lin, you are crazy!This is a live broadcast!Also, you're an asshole! ! !

Lin Zhigao smiled mischievously: also?Leo, you really have a deep understanding of yourself.But so what if this is a live broadcast, I like to say what I like to say while sitting on the bench, the referee can't control me this time.

Messi sighed, feeling both helpless and funny: the reporters were going to write scribbles again.

Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that I call you yours. Anyway, there are too many people named Leo in this world. At worst, I'll just say that I have a corgi named Leo. :-)--Forest.

You wouldn't do that, would you? - Messi.

Well, I'm not sure, what if I really raise a Leo dog one day...——Lin.

Forest! - Messi.

For 90 minutes of a game, Lin Zhigao was gagging with Messi while looking up at the game. The final score was Juventus 1:0 Brescia.When the players left the field, the coaches and players sitting on the bench all stood up, celebrating the victory of the game with smiles and mutual hugs.

No one seems to have noticed that from the start of the game to the present, Lin Zhigao and Capello have not only had no conversation, they have not even met their eyes.

……

Gary Jeb has very complicated feelings for Lin Zhigao.

As an excellent paparazzi reporter, Gary Jeb, who works for The Sun, is quite well-known in the industry.However, the few mistakes he has made in his career have all fallen on Lin Zhigao. Not to mention his bad reputation, he was ridiculed by his friends several times because of this: "Everyone must have a nemesis, Gary, your nemesis probably It’s Lin. Whenever you write negative gossip about him, you’re always going to get frustrated, so Gary, avoid him in the future!”

joke!Gary Jeb was so angry—as a man who aspired to be the best reporter of The Sun, how could he have such shit as a nemesis?

But unconsciously, Gary Jeb always turns his attention to the Apennine Peninsula. He likes to collect Italian sports newspapers, and the most frequently browsed Internet sites are also Italian news websites.

He found a good excuse for himself, "Lin Zhigao is the latest rising star in world football, and he became famous from the Premier League. He is very newsworthy, isn't he?" But in private, Gary Jeb is always annoyed "Why doesn't this Lin Zhigao continue to play in the Premier League? Whether it's Manchester City, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool... there is always a place for him to stay! If he is in the UK, he can sneak into it There is big news near where he lives."

As for what news?Gary Jeb has no goal, he just thinks that only when he reports on Lin Zhigao, he can get a big victory and wash away all his previous frustrations, that would be called fulfillment.

Until the third game of Lin Zhigao's suspension, Gary Jeb inadvertently smelled something wrong—nearly 29 days had passed since the 20th round of Serie A, Lin Zhigao was about to end his suspension, and the Italian media was hot at this time The news about his upcoming comeback in the first round of the Coppa Italia semi-final and the 33rd round of the league was buzzing. Lin Zhigao's teammates also said that Lin was in a good state of exercise during the interview. Waiting for his rematch is bound to set off another wave of scoring frenzy, but... why didn't Juventus coach Fabio Capello come out and say something?

Gary Jeb wondered and wondered: When the core of a team is questioned, shouldn't it be the team's head coach who jumps out to refute it first?Why did Lin Zhigao's teammates and friends come out and finish the cutscene this time, but Capello still didn't see any remarks in support of Lin Zhigao?

After consulting the sports pages of all Italian newspapers for a month, Gary Jeb found another doubtful point - in all the events involving Juventus in the past 20 days, after the game, Capello was in the news release After showing his face at the meeting, he left in a hurry without answering any questions or accepting any interviews.

What happened to Capello?Many of Gary Jeb's Italian colleagues felt that this was the relapse of Uncle Capello's "hate reporter syndrome", because Capello was famous for hating reporters. Not only did the iron-blooded coach not like being interviewed by reporters, The first time he had a dispute with the other party because of a reporter secretly filming him, and fought a lot.

However, relying on his long-term understanding of Juventus and his keen sense of smell, Gary Jeb discovered that Capello's refusal to contact reporters began after the end of the 29th round of the league. Did not answer a single question from any reporter.

There must be a problem between the Juventus coach and the core!Isn't Capello hiding from reporters? He is obviously afraid that someone will ask him questions about Lin Zhigao!

Although there is no tangible evidence to prove this, Gary Jeb just feels that his suspicions are not wrong.

So, should this matter be poked out?

Gary Jeb really wanted to do this, but unfortunately, he had neither evidence nor material evidence, and he just said that Juventus was in conflict, who would believe it?At that time, some of his peers and readers will definitely point to the press release and laugh at him, "Jeb is really obsessed with Lin. Look, I'm starting to write scripts again!" It's fake.

So he had to find another entry point, what is it... right!Gary Jeb's eyes lit up, and he quickly opened his laptop. After searching the hard disk, he laughed loudly at a folder—it was it!

What is it?

It is a photo of Lin Zhigao and Mourinho meeting and having dinner together on the streets of London!

Gary Jeb had already had this set of photographs, bought from a waitress in a coffee shop at his expense, and it was the only one in Europe.Although these photos cost Gary Jeb a lot of money, he has never had the idea of ​​publishing them in newspapers. If you want to ask why-does he have to write a special press release? Zhigao acted bravely and rescued Mourinho from the predicament." Do you want to praise that Chinese boy?Hmm, he wouldn't do that!

Fortunately, Gary Jeb was not sloppy before, and this set of photos can come in handy at this moment.He can arrange some transfer rumors between Lin Zhigao and Real Madrid as a catalyst, and see if the conflict between Capello and Lin Zhigao will escalate!Anyway, this time there are pictures and the truth, and the law stipulates that paparazzi journalists are not allowed to install bugs on the target person, so I——"The Great Paparazzi King Jeb" just made a reasonable imagination based on the photos. I don’t agree with you. Let's argue!

While writing the press release "Lin Zhigao and Mourinho met at the coffee shop, conspiring to transfer matters", while smiling "hehehe", Gary Jeb fell into a beautiful fantasy.

……

The newspaper that was sent to the Juventus coach's office today has an extra "Sun".

Capello has never read this kind of gossip tabloids. He hated reporters at first. During the years of coaching in England, he was regarded as the public enemy of the British paparazzi and was criticized every day. This made Capello hate these street tabloids even more. , Usually he would read, only "French Football", "L'Equipe", "The Times", "Kicker" and other more professional and serious newspapers.

Why does The Sun appear on his desk?Capello didn't believe that his secretary would be so dazed and put things in the wrong place today, so he picked up the "Sun" and shook it, and turned directly to the sports page.

Then, he saw the headline on today's sports page - "Lin Zhigao and Magic Bird Secretly Discuss Transfer?Real Madrid will have new signings next season! "Capello's expression suddenly became complicated.

Half an hour later, he put down the newspaper in his hand and dialed the phone on his desk: "Call Ferrari."

"Yes, sir." The capable secretary replied immediately.

Five minutes later, the team's assistant coach Ferrari came to Capello's office, knocked on the door and walked in: "Fabio, what do you want from me?"

Capello was silent for a while, and asked, "Is Lin doing any activities these days?"

"Activities?" Ferrari was taken aback, and said, "He has no games to play, of course he is training every day."

"Did he ask for leave?"

"No."

"you sure?"

Ferrari smiled, a little proudly: "I can assure you, Fabio, Lin is definitely the player with the fewest leave of absence and the highest attendance rate in the entire team."

"Is that so." Capello pondered quietly - when did Lin Zhigao meet the Real Madrid coach?What did they interview?Are they talking about a transfer, as the newspapers say?It is precisely because he has been the head coach of Real Madrid that Capello understands how fatally attractive the Galaxy giants are to ordinary stars. When some professional players talk about their life dreams, they always say, "If you can wear Real Madrid jersey, then my life will be complete." This is definitely not empty talk. Indeed, many stars have listed becoming the owner of the Bernabeu as their biggest goal in life.

Ferrari glanced at Capello's expression, frowned suddenly, and asked, "Fabio, don't you mean..."

"What am I thinking?"

Ferrari hesitated for a moment, and said: "Although I know you can't tolerate players making mistakes, but if a player like Lin is still picked on, then I think there is really no second person in this world who can reach your heart." Perfect standard' too."

Capello looked at Ferrari for a long time, and suddenly said: "I don't want to punish him."

Ferrari let out an "ah" and breathed a sigh of relief: "I was shocked, I thought you asked me those words to find a reason to continue punishing Lin."

Capello was a little speechless: "Do I look like such an unreasonable tyrant?" He suddenly remembered the words that Lin accused himself when he talked with Lin Zhigao a few days ago.

"Of course not!" Ferrari said with a smile on his face, "I'm just talking casually, just talking casually."

However, in Ferrari's heart, he actually wanted to persuade Capello to be more kind when facing the players. The players are the coach's subordinates, not enemies. What about expressions?It's just that Ferrari also understands that Capello's temper is innate and has been maintained for decades, and he can't persuade him with a few words, so he doesn't do useless work.

After asking Ferrari a few more words about the training of the players, Capello let him go.

Not long after, the phone rang suddenly. Capello was in a state of confusion and didn't want to answer the phone, so he cut it off directly. He knew that if he refused to answer the call, his secretary would pick it up. Call, and then perfectly help him tell a lie.

But within half a minute, the bell rang again, and it was an inside call.

Was that really an important call just now?Thinking of this, Capello pressed the call button: "What's the matter?"

"An important call is waiting for you." The succinct female secretary said succinctly: "It's Mr. John Elchin."

Capello muttered dubiously, "Mr. Elchin? He's not here to give me a letter of termination." Then he said, "Come in."

The call was picked up immediately.

……

In "Lin Zhigao and Magic Bird Secretly Discuss Transfer?Real Madrid will have new signings next season! "On the second day after it was published in the newspaper, Juventus coach Fabio Capello, who has always disliked dealing with reporters, stood up and said in an interview with reporters: "Lin will never contact people from other teams behind the back of the club. , he has a personal relationship with Real Madrid coach Mourinho, so it is completely normal for them to meet for dinner, and I will not doubt that my player wants to transfer... Yes, he is not for sale, no matter what else No matter how much the club pays, we will not sell Lin, and I am very glad that the top management of the club agrees with me."

And when the reporter asked: "There is only one year left in the contract between Lin Zhigao and Juventus. Have you considered renewing the contract with him for a few more years? Will Lin's annual salary increase by then? Will he drive the adjustment of Juventus?" Tus’s new salary structure?”, Capello evaded it with the reason that “The club’s general manager, Mr. Marotta, is in charge of these matters. You should ask him. I only care about the team’s game results.”

"Sun" reporter Gary Jebb was disappointed.

During the years that Capello stayed in London, reporters all over England understood him and knew how straightforward he was. If he hadn’t really protected his calf from the heart, Capello would not have reacted so quickly. And speaking so much eloquently into the microphone, it seems that there are indeed no disputes within Juventus...

Oh damn Capello!Gary Jeb scratched his hair in resentment—don't you always hate reporters?Why did you show up so fast this time, I haven't created a good momentum yet!

At the same time, Mourinho, who was far away in Madrid, also recognized this statement when he was interviewed by reporters: "Yes, Lin and I are friends in private, and he is a very good person. "The Sun" The report? I read it too. If you look at that news from the perspective of reading a novel, it is very interesting. No, no, no, we are not talking about the transfer, in fact, Lin helped me that day Very busy..."

After explaining everything, Magic Bird did not forget to express his wish at the end: "Of course, I think the relationship between the head coach and his players should not just be that of mentor and apprentice, or the relationship between the director and the coached. Could be friends."

The reporter asked him: "Are you implying that you want to be friends with Lin and also want to play for a team together?"

Mourinho smiled: "I didn't say anything."

Mourinho's remarks disgusted many Juventus fans, but made countless Chinese fans cheer. The names Real Madrid and Mourinho are very magical in China. It can be said that there are fans everywhere. , There are countless diehards.When there is a Chinese who is infinitely close to these two names, it is no wonder that Chinese fans are not excited.

Because the last person involved, Lin Zhigao, acted very low-key and was elusive, the reporter only interviewed his agent Jiang Shupeng. I haven’t received any contract from Real Madrid. It’s not summer yet, I don’t want to talk about the transfer, you can ask me after the transfer window opens.”

……

Lin Zhigao sat in the dining room, pretending to be the head of the family, sipping black tea and crepes, shook the newspaper and began to read.

John walked past him with a cup of coffee: "I don't like that man, he smiles too covetously at you."

"Drool? Oh, John, I'm not delicious, don't use this word to describe me." Lin Zhigao stared at the headlines on the sports page for a long time, and said pertinently: "I think Mourinho laughed. That dimple is cute, he's graying long ago, but a smile makes him look 20 years younger."

John sat opposite Lin Zhigao and raised his eyebrows: "Lin, I also have dimples when I smile."

Lin Zhigao took his eyes away from the newspaper and glanced at John casually: "You didn't."

"I have." John put the coffee on the table, ordered Lin Zhigao to raise his head, and then gave him an extremely bright smile, revealing his well-maintained diamond shining white teeth.

Lin Zhigao stared at him for a long time, then said slowly, "John, you have nasolabial folds..."

"What are nasolabial folds?" John sneered, "I can't have that kind of thing!"

Aren't nasolabial folds the two grooves standing at the corners of your mouth...Lin Zhigao blinked and comforted him and said, "Actually, I also have nasolabial folds. If you don't believe me, take a look."

Lin Zhigao tried his best to grin the corners of his mouth behind his ears, trying to make two grooves appear on his face, but it's a pity that young people have capital, no matter how much he rubs his face, his skin is still so plump and smooth.

John was amused by his gesture.

"Go to hell with all the wrinkles, maybe I have more wrinkles on my face at your age?" Lin Zhigao walked around the table, walked to John, and put his body on John's shoulders: "You sprayed it today The cologne smells really good..."

"He's not that loyal to his wife."

"Who?"

"Mourinho."

"I don't care about other people's family affairs." Lin Zhigao muttered, "I'm not his wife, I'm just a friend."

"I just want to tell you that the essence of many things is not as glamorous as it looks on the outside." John leaned back, and Lin Zhigao's hairy head was added to his neck, and he smoothed his hair: " So, you and him?"

"He is a very interesting person, sometimes very serious, talkative and crazy, easy to get along with without airs, very different from ordinary head coaches."

"Real Madrid with him is attractive to you?"

Lin Zhigao raised his head and looked at John suspiciously: "Are you asking if I will transfer to Real Madrid?"

John nodded simply: "I don't want to buy another house in Madrid. I don't have much business dealings with Spain. There are a lot of competitors, but unfortunately, few of them are successful."

"I don't know." Lin Zhigao rubbed his face: "Who can say what will happen in the future."

"Are you unhappy at Juventus?"

"Most of the time, I am very happy, but what is impossible is always perfect, if..." Lin Zhigao suddenly remembered who he was complaining to, so he immediately stopped talking: "Well, it's okay, everything is fine."

John smiled, "You can tell me anything."

"If you can really answer all your requests, there is one thing I really want you to do."

"what?"

Lin Zhigao raised his eyebrows: "When will you get rid of your habit of flying to France twice in three days!"

John looked left and right, and suddenly picked up a plate of scrambled eggs on the table and stood up: "This one is cold, I'll make another copy for you."