Fame with a ball

After the Coppa Italia semi-finals, the European media gradually began to use the term "quasi-superstar" to label Lin Zhigao.Under this wide-ranging effect, in fact, Lin Zhigao personally prefers the nickname "Mr. Flash of Light". If you call him "Superstar", it seems that his whole body has been gilded overnight. Too high-profile publicity will make people feel that it is not real and there is a gap.

If we classify football players all over the world, from low to high, we can divide them into low-level players, second- and third-rate players, first-class players, top players, world-class players, and superstars.

Among the active players, I won’t go into details about those who are not top-tier; second- and third-tier players refer to the kind of players who play in the rotation of the top league or the main players of the low-level leagues; There may be no individual honors in the class, but they should have won the best of the game or the best of the month, and assisted the team in winning at least one championship, which is well known.

The most difficult thing to distinguish is world-class stars and superstars, world-class stars such as Pirlo, Ozil, Lampard, Benzema, Terry, Torres, Sneijder, Ibrahimovic, Robben, Ribery, Cesc Fabregas and so on, superstars Messi, Ronaldo, Harvey, Xiaobai... Of course, above the superstars, there is also a "ball king" and "quasi-ball king", two world champions Pele and Maradona, quasi-ball champion Platini, Zidane, Ronaldo and other stars have all retired for many years. Only Messi is expected to reach this level in active service.

All stars who have reached the world-class level are basically surrounded by various honors-Golden Boot, Golden Globe, Mr. Footballer, league champion, cup champion, European champion, etc. Van Persie is an exception, because he There is no collective championship honor that can be achieved, but Robin himself does not lack personal honors, such as the Premier League Golden Boot, coupled with his performance at Arsenal, is enough to make him one of the world-class stars.

Between world-class stars and superstars, there is an intermediate, that is, "quasi-superstars".

This title is sometimes embarrassing. For example, Wayne Rooney has been praised as a "quasi-superstar" by the British media since 05, but he is only a superstar of Manchester United, not the world, because Comrade Lu Xiaopang is always there. The scoring shortage cannot be recognized by fans all over the world.In the same way, Sneijder is not famous enough; Benzema and Higuain lack personal honor; Eto'o and Torres are not performing well now.

Of course, the term "quasi-superstar" can also be used to embellish newly promoted stars. China, Britain, and Italy often use this term to refer to Lin Zhigao recently.

Not to mention the Chinese media, Lin Zhigao's reputation in China has already surpassed Luo Chaomei's, and he has rushed out of the world.

The British media like Lin Zhigao because his career started in the Premier League.Lin Zhigao's current achievements can also be understood as "the Premier League has contributed another future superstar to world football", and the summer transfer period is coming again. Many British media are giving ideas to major teams: " Lin has already finished his studies in Italy, such a player who is skilled and not afraid of physical collision is exactly what the Premier League needs, buy him back soon!"

The reason why the Italian media favored Lin Zhigao more was because they wanted to promote their own league stars, and secondly, they wanted to use Lin Zhigao to advertise.In today's football world, few superstars who are in full swing are willing to take the initiative to play in Serie A. Most of them have gone to La Liga and the Premier League, and some of them have also gone to the Bundesliga and Ligue [-]. Seeing that Italian football is declining, of course the Italian side also wants to do it for them. The stars who play in their own league should do more publicity. If the star-making is really successful, it is better to show it to other leagues and let the world know that "Serie A is not a place for superstars to retire. We also have superstars at their peak. !"

When they first saw Lin Zhigao's signature with the title of "quasi-superstar", many people would feel strange--which one of the superstars in today's football world has not practiced hard since they were young and spent a lot of money It took more than ten years to follow the path of youth training camp-reserve team-youth team-substitute-starter-main player-fame-rich family-superstar step by step. Even if Messi and Ronaldo are in full swing, they can't escape. With such an approach, how can you become famous as fast as you are in a spaceship, as a young man who has become a monk halfway through and has a full career for only about 3 years?

Therefore, there are also many fans questioning Lin Zhigao. They feel that Lin Zhigao is not worthy of the title of "quasi superstar". Called a 'quasi-superstar'! He is far from Wayne Rooney, he is at best a first-class star!"

Lin Zhigao has not made any comments on this personally, and some media have stood up to speak for him. Authoritative newspapers such as "Turin Sport", "Daily Mail" and other authoritative newspapers have carried out job surveys, and at the same time counted the achievements of Lin Zhigao in his career. The honors he has won prove to the fans whether Lin Zhigao is worthy of the name.

The first thing they found out was Lin Zhigao's personal honors: such as the Premier League Golden Boot, the European Golden Boy Award, the best foreign aid in Serie A, the Asian Footballer, and the Serie A gold medal that went into Lin Zhigao's pocket this year. Boots... Well, let's count the double yolks who broke the Premier League Serie A single-season scoring record... By the way, Lin Zhigao is only 21 years old this year. How many players at his age in the world football world have won How many honors does he have?

Then comes the team honors: FA Cup champion, two Serie A Super Cup champions, two Serie A league champions, one Coppa Italia champion... It’s still the same sentence, some professional players can hardly win any of these trophies throughout their lives .

The heavy honors have been recorded in the annals of history, and there is no doubt about it. If the sum of these honors is not enough to become a quasi-superstar, then a lot of world-class stars in this football will be brushed off.So far, most of the original doubters have shut their mouths obediently. Of course, there are also some people who are particularly firm in their opinions. They still think that Lin Zhigao is not worthy of standing at the top of the football world.

As a result, some newspapers continued to summarize Lin Zhigao's three-year career achievements-if such false things as fame should be counted, he was voted by millions of fans in the European continent to be the champion of "Favorite OR Familiar Asians" does it count?commercial value?Although his Asian identity makes it difficult for Lin Zhigao to be popular in the European and American markets, the Chinese market is enough to make up for everything.To be honest, in the past two years, even the small teams at the bottom of Serie A have made a lot of money in China with the help of the Lin Zhigao effect, and it is generally expected by the media that if Juventus visits China once, they will win a lot of money. The profit will reach at least tens of millions of euros, and a Milan duo will form a team?The profits generated will drive all European giants crazy.

That's why some media commented on Lin Zhigao's road to fame: "Another phenomenal star in world football, the journey to fame, like Messi, has too much chance and inevitability, which cannot be copied at all."

"Sports Weekly" has a good saying: "Compared with the fame that is hyped up by reporters, honors and trophies are actually the best way to prove whether a player is a superstar, because the results cannot be faked. Superstars cannot be as confident as those holding trophies throughout their lives. Lin Zhigao cannot be called a superstar now, but it is undoubtedly appropriate to call him a "quasi-superstar". If there are still people who think Lin Zhigao is not worthy of this title, it can only be said that these people have an innate obsession in their hearts, thinking that yellow players cannot be stronger than white and black players."

……

The 13-14 season is a season full of honor and happiness for Juventus, and they are running wildly on the road of comprehensive revival.

But this year is undoubtedly a slightly tragic season for Italian football as a whole, because in this year's Champions League, Serie A only had two teams-AC Milan and Juventus played in the Champions League, falling to 1998- The lowest point since the 1999 season.

Now, even AC Milan has been eliminated, and Juventus is the only club that pulls the last fig leaf for Italian football, so for the second round of the semi-final between Juventus and Real Madrid, from Juventini to all Serie A fans, From Juventus to other Serie A teams, even the Italian Football Association attaches great importance to it. After all, Juventus now represents the face of Italian football.

The most popular football program in the Apennine Peninsula, "Champions and Dreams", specially sent a film crew to follow Juventus to the Madrid match.Known as "the most beautiful goddess in the eyes of Italian men", the host Cecily said in the last live broadcast before departure: "If Juventus can beat Real Madrid and advance to the final, then I will be in the next program Naked host, and invited Lin to be my male guest."

Because "Champions and Dreams" is a professional football program suitable for all ages in Italy, it is not a late-night type, so Cecily's so-called nude host, in fact, the director will mosaic the key parts of her body during the live broadcast, but !She wants to invite Lin Zhigao to be her male guest!The male guest means that he will appear on the live broadcast... and the live... there is no such thing as a mosaic.

Men in the entire Apennine Peninsula (except maybe gay) are envious of Lin Zhigao's beauty!Many married men, including the Juventus team, envied and hated Lin Zhigao with a salivating expression: "That's Cecily! Absolute busty and goddess!"

But God knows, Lin Zhigao himself is not happy at all!

Cecily's purpose is very simple, and anyone can guess it. It is nothing more than to use Lin Zhigao to gain a position.This is not uncommon in world football. For example, the Brazilian supermodel Suzanne who became famous by Ronaldo in the 98 World Cup, the ex-girlfriend Mossetti of Roman Prince Totti, and the current wife Braci have also been sexy stars. There are a bunch of ex-girlfriends like Ronaldo.

In Italy, stars are very popular with star models, because most people outside the Apennine Peninsula can’t tell who the famous Italian stars are, but the whole world knows Buffon, Pirlo, Inzaghi, Vieri, want to be famous and want to make money?Bubble star is really the best way.Even if you can’t make it, as long as you can often gossip with the stars, you can also make a lot of money. In 03, the Italian actress Sabrina once threatened that as long as the Roma team won the championship, she would undress in front of the Roma fans to celebrate. She became famous overnight and sold 30 half-shot photos in one day, becoming the "goddess" in the minds of many Italian men at that time.

Therefore, it doesn't really matter whether Lin Zhigao should be invited or not. As long as Cecily doesn't stop hype unilaterally, Lin Zhigao's reputation can be "kidnapped and used", because no one believes that facing such a stunner, who else in the world Men will not be tempted.

Lin Zhigao felt very bad when he encountered such troubles before the battle with Real Madrid, especially because there was a middle-aged man in his family who would frown violently when he read the newspaper recently. When I was a reporter, I uttered bad words: "I have no interest in that woman at all, and I don't want to participate in any football programs. Please keep your eyes bright when you select articles, and stop publishing those messy and disgusting news. ’” He didn’t even want to say Cecily’s name, just the woman instead.

The reporter excitedly asked Lin Zhigao more questions, but only caught up with Lin Zhigao's car.When the reporter published Lin Zhigao's interview in the newspaper the next day, the "sexy goddess" Cecily spoke sadly on Twitter again. Many heartbroken Italian men went to Lin Zhigao's Twitter page to curse and vertical middle finger.

Just when Lin Zhigao was about to be unbearable and almost begged @cecily to "please let me go", his twitter was suddenly protected by Italian women—a retaliatory statement from a male fan After being refreshed by female fans, the number of comments has doubled, and most of the comments are words of admiration and encouragement. Many people praised him as "very sensible, not the kind of man who gets dizzy when he sees a busty", thousands of women Fans also made a poll on the website "Who do you think is the most suitable man in football?" Lin Zhigao ranked first among the new generation of Italian football stars with 13678 votes.

The "Champions and Dreams" program group will fly to Madrid with Juventus, and Cecily, as the host of the program, will definitely accompany them.In order to avoid her being involved in scandals, Lin Zhigao arrived in Madrid one day earlier than his teammates... followed by a John.

……

When John said that he would accompany Lin Zhigao to Madrid for the second round, Lin Zhigao kept his mouth shut in surprise—it was the first time that his family offered to accompany him!

Lin Zhigao couldn't help asking John: "I've never seen you so active before. Besides, aren't you busy with teleconferences every day? Follow me to Madrid... What do you want to do?"

John's answer to this was: "I am the owner of Juventus. Shouldn't I be there to support such an important game for the team? Lin, don't you want me to sit in the stands to support you?"

Of course Lin Zhigao hoped to see that scene, it would make him more motivated in the game!And John's attendance will also have a very positive impact on the team. The teammates will work harder to win the victory and show it to the big boss. It is related to the extent of their bonuses next season and the club's transfer budget.

However, looking at John's almost perfect smile, Lin Zhigao always felt that there was a layer of cunning in it... When John suddenly violated his usual principles of behavior, his purpose must not be pure!

Could it be because of Cecily?No, it won't be her.If John would take the hype on the tabloids seriously, then he would not be John, not to mention that John also knew that even if Lin Zhigao admired women, his taste was not like that of Cecily. Lin Zhigao's aesthetics for women was very oriental. .John hates seeing news about Cecily in the newspaper because her name is always associated with Lin Zhigao, which annoys him.

No matter how he thought about it, Lin Zhigao couldn't understand it, so Lin Zhigao had no choice but to comfort himself and said, "This damn workaholic finally understands the principle of lovers first for the first time." Then he and John took a private plane to Madrid, checked into the hotel, and brought their families together Go on a date with Messi...

and many more!

Lin Zhigao understood why John would stick close to him uncharacteristically—he heard his call with Messi!

Yes, just two nights ago, John was sitting on the sofa dealing with official business, Lin Zhigao was leaning on his shoulder to watch TV, and then Messi called.On the phone, Messi asked Lin Zhigao when he would arrive in Madrid. After Lin Zhigao told the date, Messi hoped that he could go there one day earlier so that the two could eat and go shopping together. Messi needed Lin Zhigao to help him expand the wardrobe capacity.

To be honest, Messi's private server taste is a bit bad.His wardrobe is either T-shirts and jeans, or all kinds of sportswear. He only wants comfort but not style. He has been ridiculed many times by fashion magazines in Spain and Argentina.Who said men can't love beauty?Especially football stars, most of them pay attention to their own image. Messi doesn't want to find an exclusive image designer, which is too extravagant and wasteful. He once asked Lin Zhigao to help him buy clothes several times, and the effect after he came out was very good. Yes, since then, when the King of Coal Balls is undecided about buying clothes, he always asks Lin Zhigao for advice.

Of course, Lin Zhigao agreed to his friend's invitation, and the next day, John proposed to Lin Zhigao to go to Madrid with him, but Lin Zhigao was completely unaware of the connection between these two things...until Now, he had a headache and thought: John's attitude is obviously a little wary of the friendship between himself and Messi, so what about Messi, will he agree to see John upset?

Thinking of all the past, Lin Zhigao suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

And when John, Lin Zhigao, and Macy sat in the same restaurant, this premonition came true.

French restaurant, the environment is very beautiful, the faint sound of the violin floating in the air is very beautiful, but the atmosphere...is a bit cold.

Messi and John got along fairly well when they first met. After all, both of them are people who have deep-seated politeness. It’s just that when everyone sat down and tried to find some common topics to communicate, the situation was a little bit different. In a state of cracking.

John talked about Sarasate and Paganini from the music played by the violinist in the restaurant, but Messi and Lin Zhigao, two big bastards who have no musical ability, knew nothing about it. Showing signs, the topic was shifted to the cuisine of various countries.

Messi tried to talk about football with John, but John couldn't answer half of the topics except transfer and running the club, so he could only express apologetically: "Actually, I know very little about this sport."

Lin Zhigao told a cold joke related to Lady Gaga when he was dubbing "Save the Earth". John raised his eyebrows: "Sorry, who is she?" and Macy said: "I'm not interested in Lady Gaga, why don't we talk about it?" About Oasis?"

After the three were silent for a while, Qiqi started to order.

"To be honest, it's a bit too extravagant to book a restaurant just for a meal." Macy moved his body on the chair, looked around the rows of waiters standing with their heads bowed nearby, and the restaurant not far away. After a scaled-down band was playing, he said uncomfortably.

As the original proposer, John originally just wanted to have a quiet meal—after all, Messi + Lin Zhigao may still cause small-scale riots in the restaurant.But John didn't expect the atmosphere to be so deserted, so he suggested with a smile: "Dining with three people is a bit boring, maybe I can send someone to pick up your girlfriend? Four people will be more lively."

Messi shrugged: "I don't have a girlfriend."

John smiled, noncommittal.

Several black lines almost popped up on Lin Zhigao's forehead, he felt...he couldn't go on like this!

After fiddling with the phone a few times, Lin Zhigao's eyes lit up: "We are probably going to have a dinner party for four, and Cris said he would come over!"

John and Macy raised their eyebrows at the same time, "Who?"

"C, Cris..." Lin Zhigao held up his mobile phone: "I just texted him, and he said that he was shopping in the next street, and I invited him to dinner."

Lin Zhigao deliberately invited Ronaldo to "rescue the rivers and lakes". After all, the four of them were more lively than the three of them. With a few gags, the meal was over.Fortunately, Ronaldo agreed very readily.

John looked at Lin Zhigao, narrowed his eyes slightly: "Cris?"

Lin Zhigao scratched his head dryly and laughed: "Hehe, what a crowd!" He felt that he was smiling too much like Mr. Bean.

A few minutes later, Ronaldo stepped into the restaurant. When he saw John, Lin Zhigao, and Messi sitting at the same table, his eyebrows were raised so high that they almost flew out of his forehead.

"John, this is Cris, Cristiano Ronaldo. Cris, this is John, John Elchin." Lin Zhigao enthusiastically introduced: "As for Leo, I will not introduce, anyway, you are old acquaintances. "

Ronaldo squinted at Messi proudly: "I just saw him not long ago. In the last round of the league, we played 2:1 with Barcelona."

"Then in the three Spanish national derbys this year, Real Madrid finally won one." Messi's smile this time was not gentle at all.

There was a flash of anger in Ronaldo's eyes.

An invisible spark crackled in the air.

Lin Zhigao felt that...he might be trapped in a cocoon...

John smiled slightly, stood up and shook hands with Ronaldo, and after sitting down, he took the initiative to speak and chatted with Ronaldo about custom suits and trend culture.

Fortunately, Ronaldo has also mainly taken the customized route in recent years, and the two chatted very speculatively.

"Ah, Lin, I have something to show you." Messi suddenly said to Lin Zhigao.

"What is it?"

Messi handed the phone to Lin Zhigao, smiling a little shyly: "It's a few paintings, take a look."

Lin Zhigao took the phone and looked down. It was a few photos of graffiti.The original painting should be created on the exhibition board with an airbrush, so even if it is taken with a mobile phone, it will appear very clear.There are a bunch of villains in the painting, some alone, some in pairs, or in groups. Most of them are playing football in jerseys. The lines are very simple. It can be seen that the level of the painter is not high, but it is undoubtedly vivid. Vivid.

"You drew this?" Lin Zhigao tried to distinguish the relationship between these villains.These paintings are very Q and very simple. They are neither regular sketches nor comics, but just a bunch of lines. Lin Zhigao can say that he randomly pulled out a child from the kindergarten, and his painting level is like that of Messi. However, think of Messi loves lollipops and the habit of Winnie the Pooh. Lin Zhigao has to say that his friend is very childlike—he even likes to chew on his own fingers!

"Argentine TV asked me to make a promotional video for the World Cup, some interviews, and asked me to draw a picture of my daily life, so I drew these." Messi licked his lower lip with a smile: "The promotional video has been made, There are online guesses about who the characters in the comics are, but not all of them are correct, how many of them can you spot?"

"Ha, this must be you!" Lin Zhigao pointed to a villain with a particularly big nose inside and said.

Messi is serious: "I put my own number on it, so this doesn't count, you guess the others."

"Well, well... this is Harvey, you drew him too short... Heck, is this Xiaobai? You drew his bald head too clearly!... Xiaofa, a rare tall man ...Eh, this is me?"

Messi nodded: "I put them on the Internet, and everyone else's ones were guessed, but none of yours guessed it right. Could it be that my drawings are so good that they don't look like them?"

Seeing the slim figure who was said to be him, Lin Zhigao almost burst out laughing: "The eyes are so big that they almost cover half of the face, it's no wonder someone can guess it!"

Messi touched his nose in embarrassment: "Well, I just magnified the characteristics..."

Lin Zhigao smiled and gestured: "If I were to draw you, I would probably just make a circle for your face, hang a big nose on it, and write 'my friend, Leo Messi' next to it."

The original embarrassment and uneasiness on Messi's face disappeared, and he also laughed, and the two were overjoyed.

Lin Zhigao laughed and staggered, and accidentally fell on John. He naturally pillowed on John's shoulder and threw Messi's phone back.

His right hand was pulled up, Lin Zhigao turned his head and saw John fiddled with his wrist.

"What's wrong?" He asked strangely.

"Your cufflinks are open." After John lowered his head and fiddled with it carefully, he sent Master Lin away: "It's all right now."

As a result of habit, Lin Zhigao almost moved his head to kiss the other party as compensation, but immediately, he sensed something was wrong——

Messi and Ronaldo!

Messi fiddled with his mobile phone with his head down, as if he hadn't seen anything.

And the doubt in Ronaldo's eyes is almost turned into reality.

Lin Zhigao's cheeks flushed instantly, and he realized that Ronaldo still didn't know his relationship with John... With a "bass", Lin Zhigao sat up straight, and after looking around, he looked at the person in front of him. The basket of dim sum was brought to Ronaldo, "This is delicious, try it."

Ronaldo stared at the basket of chocolate powder and frosting, exuding a rich creamy aroma for a long time, and frowned: "This must be very sweet."

"But it's not greasy at all, the milk flavor is very strong, and the chocolate is also authentic." Lin Zhigao recalled the taste he had just tasted.

John smiled, and brought his snack plate to Lin Zhigao.

Lin Zhigao struggled for less than a second, then quickly picked up the fork and began to eat big pieces.

Ronaldo's eyes hesitated and tangled.

"Why don't you eat?" Lin Zhigao was very surprised.

Messi suddenly raised his head and smiled meaningfully: "He's probably losing weight."

"I don't need to lose weight!" Ronaldo was excited, he quickly forked a piece of snack into his mouth, swallowed it, and said to Messi righteously: "I must have less fat in my body than you Too much. Last year, I don’t know who gained 20 pounds at once, and lost weight and dieted for a month, and the media publicized it. "

Now Messi's face was ugly, and he remembered his tragic experience.

Seeing Messi deflated, Ronaldo's expression immediately became triumphant.

Lin Zhigao felt quite guilty in his heart. Messi's fat gain last year was inseparable from the fact that he took the other party to eat and drink in China, but at the same time, he was also relieved.