Fame with a ball

The phone screen quickly flashed, John's call.

Lin Zhigao answered with a bitter face: "...that's what it means literally, no, I think they must know something."

"Actually, I have a similar feeling." John hesitated for a moment, telling the truth.

"what?"

"In Turin, I felt a little change in your mother's attitude." John carefully chose the words: "Looking, doubting, examining, surprised... This is not like looking at your son's friends-"simple" friends. eyes."

Lin Zhigao was upset and accused the other party: "If you had realized this a long time ago, why didn't you tell me?"

John felt very aggrieved: "I thought I would feel this only because I was suspicious, and besides, you always have important games to play these few months, I don't want to upset you."

"I'm sorry to hurt you, John." Lin Zhigao sighed: "But for my parents, it's two completely different things to confess on their own initiative and to be found out by them. To be honest, the latter situation is really too bad Now, I know my parents, they hate this the most...I can't imagine what I will encounter when I return to China." He shuddered: "My mother won't beat me with a broom?"

"Broom? Pumping?" John frowned: "Have you been physically punished?"

"I was spanked for being naughty when I was a child." Embarrassed and annoyed, Lin Zhigao wanted to downplay the matter: "It's not important."

"No, this is very important." John said with a serious expression, "I must ensure that my legal rights will not be violated a second time when you become an adult."

Lin Zhigao didn't understand what John was talking about at first, but he quickly realized that his face was so hot that he could fry eggs directly.

"Stop discussing this!" He said angrily, "Let's think about how to help me get out of trouble first, otherwise I'm sure even if you take me, we will all die miserably!"

"Why do you want to run away? Face it directly is the best solution." After a pause, John said, "I will book the nearest flight to China."

"What?" Lin Zhigao couldn't help shouting: "You want to see my parents? What about me?"

"Of course you stayed in Brazil to play."

"We should go back together, not you alone—"

"Sooner or later, there will be such a day." John comforted him: "Will your parents ask me to take you away without having a conversation with me alone? Of course it is impossible."

Lin Zhigao was a little shaken: "But——"

"Will your parents...will use force against me?"

"Of course not! They never have physical conflicts with others." Lin Zhigao muttered: "It's possible to beat me up."

"Don't the Chinese take national honor very seriously?" John sharply pointed out: "If you can win more victories for your country, they will definitely be reluctant to play a hero."

"hope so."

"Don't worry." John comforted him: "No matter what kind of turmoil there is, it will pass, and I will be with you."

"John." Lin Zhigao said sincerely, "It's great to have you by my side!"

……

An hour before the match against the Japanese team, Lin Zhigao was bored counting the time - John should have almost arrived in China by now.

I don't know what kind of sparks will come out when John and his parents meet, I just hope that the atmosphere of their conversation will be friendly (is this a luxury?).

Stepping onto the green turf of the Manaus Arena, Lin Zhigao closed his eyes and raised his head, taking a deep breath.

The five-star red flag was flying in half of the stands, and the fans in red jerseys burst into cheers when the Chinese players entered the stadium.

The strong roar resounded in the ears, as if even the stadium trembled at this moment.

"Come on Chinese team!" "Come on Lin Zhigao!" "Kill Little Japan!"

The cheering from the heart of the fans merged into a stream of thought, washing away all of Lin Zhigao's troubles.

On the green field, he has never felt only pure happiness.

Football is a healing thing for him, Lin Zhigao thinks so-a booster for joy, and a good medicine for pain.

If possible, he would like to stay on the pitch for the rest of his life.

But he knows that he will grow old one day, and when his physical fitness and state continue to decline at the end of his career, it will turn him into a player who plays football based on intuition and experience, just like Inzaghi before retiring.But even so, he can't play football until he is 50 years old, at most around 40, he has to say goodbye to his status as a professional player (and exclude any accidents that may happen on the court, such as injuries), if he thinks about it every day in the future If everyone sees this shady grassland, they have to go through other channels-becoming the management of a club, or simply, being the head coach of a team.

Lin Zhigao sometimes fantasizes about his life after retirement and becomes the head coach?It was the best and most wonderful choice he could have had.

However, now he will not tell others about this idea-a 21-year-old brat clamoring to be the head coach after he retires?Others would probably laugh immediately when they heard this, and then think that he is naive and naive, and likes to daydream.

Obtaining a coaching license does not mean that you have really become a head coach. First of all, you can’t just talk on paper, you have to be good at translating rich theoretical knowledge into practice; secondly, you have to have a bit of emotional intelligence and courage. I am teaching kindergarten children to sit in rows and share fruits; the last and most important point is that there must be a club willing to hire you.

There are quite a few green superstars who become head coaches after retiring, but not many can really make a name for themselves.Most of the gold-medal coaches in football now have poor performance as players, but they shine after becoming coaches. The other part has never been a player and started as an assistant coach and then advanced.

The most representative figure of the former is Sir Alex Ferguson. He played in the Scottish league when he was young and has been unknown. He hung up his boots and became a head coach at the age of 32, and then became one of the most famous head coaches in the world today.The representative of the latter is Mourinho. He has never played a day of football. Instead, he first worked as a manager at the Amadora Club, and then went to Sporting Lisbon as an interpreter. After gradually integrating into the club management, he gradually rose from the assistant coach to the head coach.

An interesting statement: God took away some players' power to be top stars, but made up for them in the career of a head coach.

Speaking of it, there are actually not many people who can achieve a win-win situation in the positions of professional players and head coaches at the same time. Guardiola is one of them. He was the king of Camp Nou when he was a player. He was one of the top midfielders in the world at the time. The importance of the team is self-evident.Rijkaard, one of the former Dutch Three Musketeers, also counts as one. He is also a gold medal coach who has won La Liga and Champions League championships.Other famous stars in the 8s and 90s, such as Van Basten, Gullit, Mark Hughes, Klinsmann, Deschamps, Diego Simeone, and Dunga, were basically famous in the player period, and achieved great results after coaching. generally.

Lin Zhigao doesn't know what kind of person he will become in the end, but if he starts to enrich himself from now on, after 20 years, he will not do too badly, right?

……

Camacho didn't need to make any inspirational speeches before the game. When the Chinese players knew that their opponent was Japan, their fighting spirit had already begun to burn.

The same is true of Japanese players, of course.

This is not a simple World Cup game, and who will win the final victory does not mean that they "just have a higher level of competition". In fact, there are too many national emotions and political intentions behind this game. What Maggio didn't tell his players -- more than three officials called him last night and told him "this game better not lose."

The number of Chinese officials attending the game today is also the largest since the opening of the World Cup. The highest level has reached the ministerial level. Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Katsuya Okada also came to the scene.

The officials smiled in the VIP boxes and pretended to wish their opponents "will perform better", but maybe they were all cursing each other crazily in their hearts.

The performance on the court is more full of gunpowder.

After the national anthems of China and Japan are played, according to the procedure, the players from both sides should shake hands with each other, fight into formation and wait for the referee to blow the whistle.However, whether it is a Chinese player or a Japanese player, when they walk past each other, they are only willing to rub their fingertips, as if they will be infected with some unknown germs after shaking hands with each other.

Nagatomo and Lin Zhigao have exchanged jerseys, and they have a little friendship, but they greeted Lin Zhigao when they passed by: "Lin Jun."-but he was immediately glared by Hasebe Makoto (captain).

Maybe the Chinese and Japanese players don't actually hate each other, but the fans want them to do this, and the officials want them to do this, so they can only behave like this.

The commentators were busy fanning the flames.

Chinese commentator: "The war between China and Japan has also caused a lot of discussion in Japan. Some people predict that the end of the game will definitely be 'China loses to Japan', but this kind of remarks really makes people laugh! In fact, the Chinese team has already been reborn. , Their mental outlook is very different from before..."

Japanese commentator: "Judging from the starting lineup of the Chinese team, they will definitely change their previous style of play in this game. Defensive counterattack is the most likely tactic that Camacho will arrange... Although Chinese football has been in recent years The strength has increased a lot, and there are world-class strikers like Lin Zhigao to help, but the Chinese football background is too poor, they will definitely not be able to beat Japan!"

……

There have always been fans who are very fond of Korean football and Japanese football, thinking that they are the representatives of Asian football, but this group of people sneered at Chinese football, thinking that not only has Chinese football never had its own characteristics, but it is always imitated by someone else. Who, the funny thing is, just can't learn from anyone.

But this kind of idea of ​​trying to exalt others and demean oneself is inherently problematic, because South Korean football and Japanese football, which have achieved outstanding results in recent years, are also the result of years of imitating others. South Korea imitated England and the Netherlands, while Japan, before It is directly known as the "Asian version of Samba football", but now because of the influence of Italian coach Zaccheroni, it has a bit of Italian or Spanish football style.

The former coach of the Japanese team, the Brazilian Zico made outstanding contributions to Japanese football. It can be said that he cultivated the "Brazilian style" of Japanese football and helped Japan enter the World Cup finals in the 06 World Cup. Although Zico has left the post of Japanese coach for several years, his influence on Japanese football has not been eliminated. Many national team veterans still have a strong "Brazilian flavor".

So before the game, some Chinese fans held such an optimistic attitude: Since the Chinese team can draw with Brazil, it is not impossible to defeat Japan, right?

"Football in country A restrains football in country B, so B will definitely lose when it meets A." This is just a summary of the rules of previous games, not absolute. Football is round. b.

China is destined to be a bitter battle against Japan.

Although some fans shouted in the stands: "Attack! Attack! Attack!"

But neither China nor Japan could foolishly press the whole court at the beginning of the game, and the exposed emptiness of the defense would directly kill them.

The smart choice is to firmly control the football at one's own feet and dominate the rhythm of the game.

That's what Japanese coach Zaccheroni intends.

At the beginning of the game, Makoto Hasebe kicked off the ball with a big kick, but he did not take the risk to send the ball to the Chinese team's half, and passed it to teammate Keisuke Honda.

Sun Xiang and Liu Jianye immediately rushed towards Keisuke Honda. Keisuke Honda kicked his foot and pushed the ball to his teammate Shinji Kagawa.

Shinji Kagawa passed Sun Xiang and Liu Jianye with his exquisite foot skills, and Nagatomo Yudo stepped in from the back row, and Shinji Kagawa knocked the ball to him.

Nagatomo's dribbling speed was not fast, but he never made a breakthrough to the Chinese team's penalty area, but kept wandering in the midfield as if he had no intention of attacking.

In the first 5 minutes of the game, the Chinese team did not touch the ball.

"It's a very beautiful teamwork! The title of Japan's football skills is well-deserved... 13 consecutive passes, 7 of which are all one-touch balls, every Japanese player appeared in the right position at the right time, It seems that the current Japanese football is not only technically delicate, but also has a first-class sense of teamwork..."

What is the Chinese team doing when the Japanese team is brushing their possession rate over and over again?

They are watching their opponents play.

Although most of the Chinese players' tactical literacy is not high, they can still see that the Japanese team is trying to lure the enemy—whether it is to make the Chinese players unable to bear to rush forward to expose their own defense loopholes, or to provoke The Chinese players made their rough fouls to win the sympathy of the referee. This is a cunning and vicious tactic specially set up by the Japanese team for the Chinese team.

No matter what happens in the rest of the game, at least for now, the vast majority of Chinese players are calm, and they are waiting for the Japanese team to continue to make moves.

In the 11th minute, the Japanese team played another quick pass!Although it seems that this pass is no different from the first one, people with good eyesight will find that the Japanese team's pass is moving forward significantly.

Taking advantage of Zhao Peng's unintentional distraction, Shinji Kagawa dribbled the ball across the midfield!

After running fast, passing the ball quickly, and after a two-for-one cooperation with teammate Keisuke Honda, Shinji Kagawa broke through to the front of the Chinese team's penalty area.

The Chinese central defenders immediately retracted into an arc, waiting for an opportunity to surround Shinji Kagawa.

Shinji Kagawa suddenly flipped his foot and threw the ball to the noble man who inserted behind him!

The nobles shoot when they meet the ball!

The football is like a sharp sword piercing through several defenders and flying towards the goal!

"Gan Guishi's shot! This is a volley..."

Zeng Cheng boldly guessed the direction of the shot in his heart, and jumped up high with open arms!

"Zeng Cheng flew obliquely to the right of the goal... His take-off was very fast... The football flew to the right! Zeng Cheng's fingertips touched the football—the ball was thrown by him! It was so thrilling! Really It’s very thrilling! If the flight trajectory of the ball is one centimeter further to the right, it must have entered the goal by this moment!”

Chinese fans Qiqi breathed a sigh of relief: God bless!

Although Zeng Cheng saved the ball, his forehead was covered with cold sweat. He sighed for his good luck, and threw the ball to Zhao Peng with both hands.

Zhao Peng took the ball straight to the midfield.

The Japanese team failed to score, and then it was the turn of...

The Chinese team fought back!