Fame with a ball

Lin Zhigao stood up from the coach's bench, and carefully put his right foot on the ground. A feeling of tingling, swelling, or something came up from his ankle, which he couldn't tell.After trying to walk a few steps, he shifted his weight to his right foot and nodded at Camacho.

Camacho raised his hand outside the court to signal, the referee glanced at him and Lin Zhigao, nodded, and agreed that Lin Zhigao should return to the court.

"Lin Zhigao's feet must be very painful. He just walked from the sidelines to the penalty spot, and there was a layer of sweat on his forehead. I remember that there was only a thin layer of sweat on his face when the game just ended in the first half. That's it, but now -- look at the camera close-up of his sideburns, where the hair is all soaked."

"But Lin Zhigao still insisted on taking the free kick. Regardless of whether the free kick will be scored or not, his spirit is touching."

"I don't know how his right foot is injured, but since the team doctor is willing to let him play for free throws, the bones should be fine? I sincerely hope that it is not easy for the Chinese team to go from the qualifiers to the present. Please do not……"

Lin Zhigao placed the ball at the penalty spot, and then watched the ball recede slowly.

A sparse wall of people was erected in front of the goal, but there were only three or four people, but the penalty area was full of players from the Chinese and Japanese teams. They were close to each other and refused to give way to each other, because the penalty spot was almost running to the middle circle. , so people feel that this goal will definitely not be scored, and at that time it will be very important to grab points in the penalty area.

Lin Zhigao retreated so far that his heels even reached the middle circle.

Countless people stared at this scene, reluctant to blink their eyes. They clenched their fists, breathed quickly, and prayed with all their attention.

"It's a very long run-up distance. In my memory, he seldom retreats so far during free throws. This is probably the impact of his right ankle injury. He needs to borrow strength...Lin Zhigao stopped, he Let's go!"

The sound of the wind passed by my ears.

Heart beating like thunder.

Lin Zhigao didn't know how he managed to flexibly control his right foot while ignoring its constant pain signals.

Maybe it's because he understands that this opportunity is once in a lifetime, maybe it's because he knows he can't lose.

Sometimes the willpower of a person can indeed exert power beyond the physical body.

At one second the football was still more than ten meters away, and at the next second it was just around the corner.

Using his right foot as a support point, Lin Zhigao raised his left foot, and used his [-]% strength on the place where the instep was slightly outside——to draw this free kick!

The wall of four Japanese players jumped up immediately, but the football neither flew over their heads nor took advantage of the gap under their feet, but flew along the right side of their bodies!

"This ball is too wide, it must fly out of the baseline!" The players who formed the human wall thought as they turned their heads to follow the football as it flew past them.

The Japanese goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima also held the same idea. Lin Zhigao laughed as soon as he hit the ball: the yellow card Konno got is really worth it!Look at this ball, it's almost flying into the stands of fans!What is the world's top shooter, the first-class striker's free kick is this bullshit aim?

But the smile on Kawashima Eiji's face didn't last long, because after the football went around the wall, he actually saw...

Football turned a corner!

When it was about to fly out of the bottom line, it suddenly turned back and flew towards the goal!

The entire trajectory of the football suddenly turned into an S shape!

Bandits, incredible!

Eiji Kawashima was too shocked, his only performance was to open his mouth wide, and then watched the football go into the goal in front of him.

The referee points to the center circle, the goal is valid!

"The ball went in!!!"

"A super curveball!"

"A distance of 43 meters! This is really, really incredible!"

"Isn't Lin Zhigao really born from Superman? That divine power..."

The Chinese fans seem to be floating into heaven happily!They hugged and screamed at each other, feeling like they would suffocate themselves if they didn't let out the excitement in their chests!

"Everyone was fooled by Lin Zhigao!" Liu Jianhong spattered excitedly: "This ultra-long-distance banana ball reminds me of the Brazilian player Roberto Carlos. He shot it when Brazil VS France in the 1997 Four Nations Tournament. Surprised the world with a lace free-kick in a powerful arc..."

The pitch was also boiling, and Camacho thought elatedly: With a two-goal lead, we are sure to win!

The whole court was busy between happiness and disappointment, and no one seemed to notice that Lin Zhigao had been frozen in place for a long time after taking free throws.

Like a nerve was pulled.

Or maybe it was the oppression of losing willpower, and the pain doubled.

Lin Zhigao's right foot gave way, and suddenly he knelt on the ground on one knee.

Liu Jianhong immediately exclaimed: "Lin Zhigao fell on the penalty spot!"

……

Some people may have expected that the Sino-Japanese War would have a twists and turns, but no one would have imagined that it would be so dramatic.

The Japanese team had the initiative from the very beginning of the game, their possession rate was as high as 75%, but it was the Chinese team who scored the first goal.The Chinese team temporarily took the lead relying on Lin Zhigao's goal, and within 10 minutes of being happy, the Japanese used teamwork to miraculously equalize the score.If the draw at the end of the first half was not surprising, China actually played a beautiful blitz in the second half and succeeded!This is simply forcing everyone to recast their understanding of Chinese football.

Then, the most dramatic scene of the whole game appeared-Lin Zhigao was shoveled off, bandaged the wound and returned, the super free kick that shocked countless people's jaws, fell to the ground again and was carried off, the Japanese team's final Hope is ignited, Camacho's substitutions and perseverance... It is thrilling every minute. If someone dares to leave the front of the TV for more than 10 minutes, he will definitely miss countless wonderful shots.

The final score of the Sino-Japanese battle was 3:2, and China eliminated Japan.

The whole of China is boiling. What makes the people happy is not only the Chinese team's unprecedented achievement in the top eight of the World Cup, but also because the team that was driven back to their hometown is Japan.

While the whole country is celebrating, one person's injury also affects the hearts of the whole of China.

Lin Zhigao.

After falling to the ground again, he was immediately carried off the field and taken to a hospital in the city center, where he underwent an MRI and an ultrasound scan. The team doctor of the Chinese national team was always by his side.

The inspection results came out soon, and the Chinese national team held a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, attended by more than 200 journalists from all over the world. At the press conference, the national team doctor Zhang Peng announced to the media with a smile on his face: After a detailed examination and discussions with the team doctors, it turned out that Lin Zhigao only had a serious bruise on his right ankle, which was not a serious injury, nor would it have a long-term impact on his body."

Rejoicing sounds came from all directions, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed with emotion: "God bless you!" "Lin Zhigao's luck is great!" "God bless China!"

Soon a reporter asked: "Can Lin Zhigao make it to the game against England in a week's time?"

Zhang Peng nodded and said, "As long as the blood on his ankle is cleaned up, he can catch up with the game, but he may not be able to play the whole game."

"What kind of treatment will Lin Zhigao get? Will he have an operation?"

"No surgery, the surgical incision is not easy to heal. The rehabilitation plan we have formulated is more about physical therapy and training recovery, such as using cupping to pump out the hemarthrosis, daily hot compresses, bandages and pressure bandages, oral Some anti-inflammatory and anti-swelling drugs, together with proper massage, etc., surgery is a purely Western-style treatment method, Chinese medicine is extensive and profound, and there are also many clever ways to solve this problem."

The reporter of "Turino Sport" raised his hand and asked: "But there is only one week left before the next World Cup match. How can you guarantee that Lin will recover from injury?"

Zhang Peng said with a displeased expression: "As I said just now, we will give Lin Zhigao some medicines for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, such as Diosmin and Panlongqi, together with physical therapy..."

"These will ensure that Lin can heal his injury in just seven days and put himself into a high-intensity game?"

"...and some restorative training." Zhang Peng lowered his voice: "This reporter friend from Italy, I think I want to reiterate one thing: Lin Zhigao's injury is not serious, although his ankle bruise is relatively serious now. It’s powerful, but as long as the treatment is done properly, the swelling can disappear in about 3 days. I’m a doctor, and I’m the team doctor of the Chinese national team, so I don’t talk nonsense.”

"But you didn't even send him to a professional hospital for examination." The Italian reporter shrugged: "I just raised my own doubts."

Another British reporter raised his hand: "So, Lin Zhigao will definitely appear in the starting lineup for the match against England?"

"The national team's game or tactical arrangements are in the charge of the coaching staff. We just ensure that Lin Zhigao's injury can be treated perfectly. Whether he will start or not, you will know on the day of the game." Zhang Peng directly announced the end of the press conference, and then He ignored the obstruction of the reporters and left the hall.

……

After three days of physiotherapy, Lin Zhigao, whose wound no longer hurts so much that he was dying, quickly devoted himself to recovery training under the arrangement of the team doctor.

However, the lump on his right foot has not disappeared, and once the intensity of training is too high, the ankle will be dull, sometimes accompanied by neurological paralysis.However, if he does not increase his training intensity, Lin Zhigao will not be able to familiarize himself with the English tactics with his teammates within a week, so the coaching staff of the national team has been putting pressure on the team medical staff recently, asking them to cure Lin Zhigao as soon as possible.

But the team doctors are actually very distressed. They have performed two MRIs and an ultrasound scan on Lin Zhigao, but they have not found any major problems. Because the game is imminent, it is impossible for them to bring Lin Zhigao back to China for a fresh start. Check at the end and pull it back, or just pop open his feet to see what's going on.

The team doctor could only give Lin Zhigao conservative physical therapy, but it didn't work at all!And as the competition approached day by day, Lin Zhigao's injury actually became more and more serious. By the three days before the competition, the time he could train every day had been shortened to three hours...

The national team dare not tell the public about these things, they are afraid that the storm of public opinion will tear them apart, they are worried that the public will scold them, and blame them for not only failing to protect Lin Zhigao, but even curing him!

But if the national team doesn't say anything, it doesn't mean that the outside world really doesn't get any news.

The place where the national team stayed in Rio was a five-star hotel. Because of financial problems, it was impossible for them to cover all the hotels.There are people coming and going here every day. The security guards can stop the journalists who are squatting outside the lobby and wearing obvious clothes for the national team players, but for those journalists who disguise themselves as customers and stuff their cameras in their briefcases It was obvious that he couldn't prevent it.

A reporter from an entertainment weekly in Hong Kong even opened a room in the hotel. He lived on the same floor as Lin Zhigao. He guarded the corridor with a camera every day, and finally took a photo of Lin Zhigao—a picture of his right foot. Wrapped in thick gauze, a photo of walking with a limp.

"Lin Zhigao is still seriously injured! "

This provocative headline coupled with the photo that cannot be faked, while selling millions of sales in one go, it also completely messed up the country.Everyone was holding magazines or surfing the Internet, asking in a panic: "What happened? What happened to Lin Zhigao?"

The gale of public opinion was so strong that the Football Association officials came out to refute the rumors in person: "Lin Zhigao's foot injury is recovering, and that photo was taken after his training. He was already tired at that time, and he just walked a little crookedly. , It’s not that the serious injury has not healed at all!”

When someone asked him: "Will Lin Zhigao really play against England?"

"It will!" The official said with certainty: "The national team's tactics have always been formulated with Lin Zhigao as the core, and this will not change."

"But why are Lin Zhigao's feet still wrapped in thick gauze?" There are not many people who questioned this: "Didn't it mean that his feet are almost healed?"

"That's just a misunderstanding caused by the team doctor's conservative treatment method, please don't spread rumors!"

People easily believed what the official said, because in their experience, it often happened that athletes were not injured and lied about being injured to avoid trouble, but they still said they were fine when they were clearly injured?Only fools would do that.

Then the next day, this official came to the training ground of the national team, from the team leader Cao Jingwei to the team doctor, and even Camacho was scolded and reprimanded by them all. "If you can't do something well, you can't suppress it. It's just waste!"

Camacho had to announce that the training ended early, and then let Lin Zhigao go back to rest, and prayed that his right foot would recover miraculously overnight.

……

John hurried back to Brazil.

The anger was evident on his face, almost materializing.

If the Japanese team hadn't returned to China at this time, Lin Zhigao felt that John would be able to find Yasuyuki Konno and beat him up, and then give him two "bang bang" shots...

"I don't know how it became like this. The team doctor said it's nothing serious." Lin Zhigao pointed to his ankle, which was swollen to twice its size, and said, "Maybe it's because the bruise inside is not easy to clean? It’s not so painful, but it’s not convenient to exercise.”

John looked annoyed: "They let you train with your feet?!"

"Every, it's just a few hours a day..."

"You should undergo a detailed examination immediately, and let a professional surgeon judge whether you are alright!"

"The team doctor said..."

"I don't trust them!" John frowned in disgust, and then put on a thoughtful expression: "I'll borrow a plane, and then we'll go to Belgium, I know Dr. Martens, he has done surgery on many athletes , is the most famous surgeon in Belgium."

Lin Zhigao immediately shook his head: "I can't leave Brazil."

"Then go to the United States, it's very close to here, I know..."

"I can't leave, John." Lin Zhigao held the opponent's hand and said softly, "The national team has always said that I am fine. If I leave by myself, there will be trouble here."

"You still want to play games with such feet?" John pulled out a sarcastic smirk, but soon the corners of his mouth tightened: "Give me your MRI scan."

"what?"

"The scan of your right foot. My bottom line—you give me that, and I'll get someone to take a look. If you're really okay, I won't care how those witch doctors torment you."

"I told you that Chinese medicine is not a witch doctor. Why don't you believe me..." Lin Zhigao muttered helplessly, but he was still satisfied.Thank goodness there is a scanned image in his hotel room, although Lin Zhigao can't understand what those images mean.

John took out a camera out of nowhere, took pictures of the scanned pictures one by one, and then took a notebook and sat next to Lin Zhigao to surf the Internet.

Lin Zhigao hesitated and asked: "You and my parents..." He had a phone call with his parents in the past two days, but he only talked about his foot injury carefully, reassuring his parents that he was fine, and not letting them come to Brazil. Like, I didn't dare to say more about other topics.

"It didn't work out. The initial contact was very successful. Unfortunately, before we got to the point, I saw you had an accident on the court, so I flew back in a hurry." John looked at him sideways and smiled: "But I bet you gone."

Lin Zhigao did not deny at all that John has the ability to be lovable. Just as he was about to say something, a "Didi" message came from John's computer, and when he moved the mouse, a message appeared on the screen. An old man with gray hair, slightly fat body, and wearing a white coat.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Elchin." The old man nodded and said, "I got your mail."

Lin Zhigao looked at John and asked with his eyes: Who is he?

John shook his head at him, then looked at the screen and said, "Good afternoon, Dr. Martens. What's your conclusion?"

"Uh, to be honest, it's not very good." Dr. Martens frowned and said, "I read the scan image you sent, although the image is not very clear due to the severe bruise on the foot, it is enough I learned something."

Lin Zhigao's heart suddenly rose, "It's not good" This is obviously talking about him, but what's wrong?his feet?

John seemed to sense Lin Zhigao's uneasiness, reached out his hand to hold his, and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

"The images showed that the patient's ankle was not just a soft tissue injury, I suspected it was probably fractured as I should have seen bone and tendon fragments around the injury."

Lin Zhigao felt that his heart sank to the bottom all of a sudden, and continued to fall, as if he was about to fall into hell...

"That's impossible!" Lin Zhigao couldn't help protesting: "I've had two checkups, and they said there's nothing wrong with my bones!"

"Then I very much doubt the professionalism of the doctor who examined you, sir." Martens raised his voice and said, "I have operated on many athletes in my life, Ronaldo, Inzaghi, Vieri, Kaka... I know what a normal ankle looks like, or what a broken one looks like!"

"Listen to him, Lin." John calmed Lin Zhigao's emotions gently, and squeezed his hand: "Dr. Martens, is Lin's condition very bad?"

"His doctor didn't cure him completely, but let him train, right? Oh, of course I can see all this from the pictures." Martens said confidently: "If the ankle fracture is properly treated, It's not like there are fragments near the wound, but I'm sure I saw sporadic tendon fragments, which means that the patient must have trained with the injury, and it was not just a day."

"What about the consequences? Is Lin's injury serious?"

"I can't tell, the image is too blurry, and I'd have to get a full body diagnostic note to make a definitive diagnosis, and it would be nice to be able to do it all in my clinic. However, the presence of these fragments in the body is extremely nerve-wracking , This is a major event that will affect his career, and if this situation does arise, he must undergo surgery as soon as possible."