Fame with a ball

Lin Zhigao will hold a press conference at 7 am Beijing time on July 5th.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the whole world, especially in China, the media from a few sports websites sent reporters to Beijing in a hurry, and even many entertainment weekly magazines came to join in the fun.Some people looked forward to it, some waited and watched, and some sneered: "It would be nice to deal with this kind of thing coldly like Liu Xiang, but you still rush out to explain it? Huh, it depends on what kind of reason you can find for yourself."

However, some people feel terrified because of this... For example, Cao Jingwei, the leader of the national team.

He called Wei Di, the current head of the Football Association, and said cautiously: "Director Wei, Lin Zhigao is going to hold a press conference."

Wei Di nodded indifferently: "Oh, are you going to apologize?"

After Lin Zhigao went to Belgium privately, Cao Jingwei immediately exaggerated his fault several times and reported it to the Chinese Football Association.One of the punishment conditions they expressly demanded was that "Lin Zhigao issue an apology statement to the Chinese Football Association, the Chinese national team and the people of the whole country at a large-scale press conference."

The reason why Lin Zhigao has been shouting and beating in China these days is also the reason why the Football Association put pressure on the media, because Lin Zhigao has a huge reputation and a huge number of fans in the country. I'm really worried that they won't be able to suppress him, and they also want to use this move to kill Lin Zhigao's arrogance, so that he will listen to the Football Association in the future... Now when Cao Jingwei received a call, Wei Di's first thought was "Hey, Lin Zhigao is finally giving in!"

But when Cao Jingwei heard Wei Di's tone, he felt a "thump" in his heart, because it is impossible for anyone to know the truth better than him - Lin Zhigao definitely did not hold a press conference to apologize.

Cao Jingwei is now a little worried that he will not be able to continue playing with his little tricks, because he did not report to Wei Di that Lin Zhigao's bone was really broken. Until now, the senior officials of the Football Association thought that Lin Zhigao's right foot was no big deal. , he ran to Belgium purely because he was suspicious and didn't believe the team doctor's diagnosis...

In the national team, not many people know the truth, only the team leader Cao Jingwei, the head coach Camacho, and the team doctor Zhang Peng.Among them, Cao Jingwei has the greatest power, and he is directly responsible for Wei Di. He usually contacts the people above. Scared out of his wits, he would do whatever Cao Jingwei asked him to do.

The whole matter is actually very simple. Cao Jingwei has always been at odds with Lin Zhigao, so after knowing that Lin Zhigao has gone to Belgium, he immediately reported the news to the Football Association. His idea at the time was actually to sue Lin Zhigao with the Football Association status, and then let the other party be punished.

But I didn't expect that Lin Zhigao was really misdiagnosed. When he heard the news from Camacho, Cao Jingwei didn't think much about it. He must carry out the words of the boss of the Football Association, right?Wei Di wanted Lin Zhigao to come back to the game, so Cao Jingwei told Lin Zhigao to "come back quickly." But Lin Zhigao didn't listen to Cao Jingwei's words, and even behaved rebelliously, which made Cao Jingwei hate him even more. To be honest, Cao Jingwei has never liked Lin Zhigao, but due to the identity of the opponent, even if he is the leader of the national team, he can't put on shoes for Lin Zhigao.

Then what happened was like God's will. Before Cao Jingwei had time to report the mistake of the team doctor Zhang Peng to Wei Di, China lost to England in the game - the score of 0:5 made the whole of China in the world. The national team must be responsible for this game. Just like Milu was terminated shortly after the World Cup in Japan and South Korea in 02. Camacho and Cao Jingwei may have to step down after returning to China. If they don’t want to step down , you have to find a good scapegoat for yourself.

For example, the reason why the Chinese team failed was because Lin Zhigao did not come back to play!Although some people may ask, "Could it be that the Chinese team can't play football without Lin Zhigao?", but most people will definitely resent Lin Zhigao. The inertia when people think about problems will automatically attach hatred to him. Focus on the biggest cause and ignore the others.

When a person who is cunning by nature is about to fail, he always thinks of pulling people to back him up. This was Cao Jingwei's subconscious choice at the time.But now, Lin Zhigao seems to choose to fight back, will Cao Jingwei wait for him to reveal his secrets?He had to find a way to make amends.

"Lin Zhigao doesn't seem to be ready to apologize." Cao Jingwei said more carefully: "We have contacted him in the past few days, and he said that there is indeed something wrong with his feet, so he refuses to accept the punishment imposed on him by the Football Association. The press conference should be held for Explain this..."

"There's something wrong with his feet? Didn't you check him several times and he's fine? Hmph, don't think you're going to be overwhelmed, and bribe some foreign doctor to give false testimony for yourself!" Vide, who has been watching everything all his life, likes to dig the dark side.

Cao Jingwei said in distress: "Yes, the team doctors did a detailed examination on him, and there is nothing wrong with his feet. But, he insisted that he couldn't play because of the unbearable foot pain. Isn’t there a reason to be accepted by the public? Although Lin Zhigao is being called out by everyone now, he still has a mass base, maybe with a few sweet words from him, the fans will believe him again..."

These few words made Wei Di angry after hearing it: "Lin Zhigao made a mistake of being disorganized and undisciplined! The entire Chinese football has suffered huge losses because of him! You want to change public opinion with a few words? You mean His words are more effective than the Football Association?"

"Director Wei, please calm down, please calm down!" Cao Jingwei racked his brains, he wanted to persuade Wei Di to use his power to prevent Lin Zhigao's press conference from being held, and then settle the matter with the mud: "I am Just in case, he will say something bad about you at the press conference..."

"Then let him talk! I'd like to see if he has the ability to spread the lotus flower with his tongue!" Wei Di couldn't help but shouted loudly, but he felt that the Football Association took advantage of it once, and it was unreasonable and not stubborn!If it's always so futile, who will take the Football Association and his Viddy seriously?

"Director Wei..."

"The Football Association will not compromise with any player!" Vidy said with authority: "Go and tell Lin Zhigao, don't touch the stone with an egg! I haven't settled with him for leaving the team without permission!"

After saying this, Vidy hung up the phone with a "snap".

Cao Jingwei finally knew what is meant by "early death and late death are death".Is it the pain of being an unknown person after the defeat of the World Cup by the Football Association?Or is it more miserable to have cheated the Football Association and endured the wrath of Vidi and other big bosses?This answer seems unnecessary.

If time could be repeated, Cao Jingwei swore that he would never do such a stupid thing again!

But, it's too late, it's too late.

……

Although nearly 300 reporters gathered in the press conference hall, the atmosphere was not noisy. Most people fiddled with the cameras, microphones or recording pens in their hands without saying a word, and at the same time pricked up their ears, quietly waiting for the arrival of the protagonist .

Finally, when the hour hand had just reached the number "9", a young man in a gray suit appeared on the stage at the same time as a gray-haired foreign old man, and took their seats with ease.

Seeing them, the reporters below were whispering: "Jiang Shupeng? Lin Zhigao's manager?"

"Yes, it's him, but who is that foreign old man next to him?"

"Why does that foreigner look familiar?"

At this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed: "Lin Zhigao!"

"My God, look at his feet!"

Hundreds of pairs of eyes immediately turned to Lin Zhigao, the figure who was being supported by someone and walking towards the rostrum step by step.

It's only been a few days out of the public eye, but Lin Zhigao's body has undergone earth-shaking changes. He looks thinner and thinner, as if he lost at least 5 catties in a few days.His face was very pale, there was no smile, only the corners of his mouth were tightly pursed. The reporters were used to seeing Lin Zhigao's bright and sunny smile, so this look was really strange at first glance.

But the most noticeable thing is his foot - there is no overshoe on the right foot, but a thick cast, which makes Lin Zhigao unable to walk on the ground, and can only be supported by a staff member, almost jumping Stepping onto the stage, every step he took was heavy, weighing on everyone's heart.

Some old sports reporters who have been in the industry for many years and have a full understanding of sports injuries immediately made a judgment in their hearts: Judging from the walking posture and the sweating on the forehead, this does not seem to be pretending...

Although he knew that Lin Zhigao held the press conference, his arrival still shocked the hearts of many people. Many people were still not relieved. Before anyone asked a question, Jiang Shupeng had already pulled the microphone in front of him and said: "Among the media present today, five journalists could have the opportunity to ask Lin Zhigao questions, but not now. We have many things to explain before allowing questions."

Jiang Shupeng pointed to the foreign old man sitting next to him: "First of all, I would like to introduce you to Dr. Martens, a famous Belgian surgeon."

"Martens? That Martens?"

"The one who operated on Ronaldo?"

"real or fake?"

"No way, Martens is a world famous doctor..."

Amidst the buzzing, Martens got up and introduced himself with a smile in English: "Hi everyone, I am Maurice Martens, and I am also the attending physician for Lin's fractured ankle surgery."

Throwing down a word, the frying pan exploded on the spot.

Many Chinese journalists present had good English skills, not to mention dozens of foreign journalists.An American reporter from "Sports Expo" hurriedly asked: "I know you, Dr. Martens, I interviewed you at the WHO General Assembly last year, and your topic was sports injuries!"

Martens glanced at him with a smile: "Ah, I remember you, reporter from New York?"

The American reporter nodded excitedly, and quickly asked his own question: "As far as I know, you have never gone to other countries for consultation except for the call of the World Health Assembly. Professional athletes who came to see you also went to Belgium by themselves. , how could you agree to come to China this time?"

"First of all, I want to explain that Lin went to Belgium to see me for surgery, so I did not break my own routine. The reason why I came to China was to do my friend a small favor. I am an honest man. People don't want to see an equally upright person being slandered."

"You mean?"

"Lin has a very bad fracture in his right ankle, along with other complications, and he's not 'all right' as some people are saying."

The venue was once again in chaos, everyone shouted loudly, trying to get their questions into the ears of several people on the stage.

"Quiet, please be quiet." Martens increased the volume, and after the scene calmed down, he opened a box on the table and said, "Let us speak with evidence."

Martens first took out a few scans and let them be enlarged by the projector so that they could be seen by the entire venue: "This is the ultrasound and MRI done by the team doctor of the Chinese national team when Lin was in Brazil. After Lin arrived in Belgium, my clinic did a full set of scans for him. You can see that there is no obvious difference in some of the images. Here, and this image, you can all see a shadow appearing , This is a bone fracture, very very clear, as long as you have enough professional knowledge, you will not miss it. However, the Chinese national team diagnosed Lin as 'ankle tissue injury', and I gave him a diagnosis of 'ankle fracture' '."

As he spoke, Martens pointed at the image so that laymen could see everything clearly.When everyone was carefully studying the examination images of the two doctors, Martens took out another package from the box and let everyone see the transparent glass box, and he immediately got feedback——

"My God what is that!"

"too disgusting!"

"It looks scary!"

"So, is that human blood?" Accompanied by the violent vomiting sound from several female reporters.

Dr. Martens smiled wickedly: "This is the bloody tissue and bone fragments that were cleaned out from the wound during Wei Lin's operation. Originally, his ankle was only slightly fractured, but it was obvious that our patient was injured. Afterwards, he still had to train and play football, which made the slight bone fracture become serious. Fortunately, these small things in his wound were treated in time, otherwise, Lin’s foot nerves would be damaged.”

Human blood and human bones, as well as those tissues that can make the faint of heart dizzy... When these things really appear in front of your eyes, they are really too impactful. This is by no means the artificial plasma is comparable.Not to mention the female reporters at the scene, some of the male reporters were also stunned speechless. If they had seen X-rays and other images before and had already believed 7% of what Martens said, now they are 100% convinced.

Someone stammered and asked: "Then, did Lin Zhigao really have the surgery?"

"According to the situation at that time, every time the operation time is postponed, the patient's injury will be aggravated, and the risk of affecting the career may even be affected." Martens said with a serious face: "My profession requires me to do my best for the patient. Considering my life, I asked Lin to have the operation immediately, and before the operation, we had notified the Chinese national team about it, and there was a record on the fax machine in my clinic, and all of this can be found.”

"What? The national team already knew about this?!"

"Who lied to us?"

"Who is using us as gunmen?"

But Martens couldn't answer this question. He shrugged and sat back on the chair: "I don't know these questions. I'm just a doctor."

Hundreds of pairs of eyes turned to Jiang Shupeng and Lin Zhigao.

Lin Zhigao looked back calmly, but many people he looked directly at turned their eyes away with shame on their faces.

Jiang Shupeng looked at the time: "Dr. Martens finished explaining, does anyone have any questions?"

Hundreds of hands raised up in unison.

Jiang Shupeng randomly ordered someone.

"I'm Zhou Hao, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency." The male reporter introduced himself and turned his attention to Lin Zhigao: "I want to know what you want to say to fans all over the country after being misunderstood by the public but the truth is revealed."

Lin Zhigao's voice was a little hoarse: "After my ankle was injured in the match against Japan, the team doctor treated me, but the effect was not good. I could hardly continue my daily training. I really want to participate in the match against Japan." England, but I can't make fun of my career, I still have to be responsible to my club. I hope they will forgive me."

"What about you? Would you forgive the fans who scolded you before?"

"Ahem." Jiang Shupeng coughed, "This reporter, you only have one question."

Another male reporter stood up: "Let me continue the previous question, Lin Zhigao, will you forgive the fans who scolded you before? Uh, I mean, you received a lot of criticism in China a few days ago, a lot The remarks are extremely harsh..."

"The vast majority of people don't have the problem of whether I forgive or not. They have done nothing wrong. But those who attacked my family and friends with words and actions..." Lin Zhigao thought for more than a minute before saying: "I'll hold grudges for a while, but eventually I'll forgive them when I've had enough of torturing them in my head."

There was a small burst of laughter at the scene, and the atmosphere became a little more relaxed.

The third question: "How did you find out that you were misdiagnosed and chose to go to Belgium for medical treatment?"

"I am very grateful to a... friend of mine. He found out that my wound was wrong, and then persuaded me to see someone else. He contacted Dr. Martens for me and asked Dr. Martens to perform on me online. I got a second diagnosis and got the news that I had been misdiagnosed, so I went to Belgium."

Question [-]: "When will your foot heal?"

"This issue is a bit complicated." Lin Zhigao glanced at Dr. Martens, and after nodding to him, Lin Zhigao said: "It may be a few weeks, or it may be months, because some neurological problems are involved, so It's a bit troublesome to recover, and it depends on God's will if you want to fully recover."

The fifth question was asked by a female reporter. She asked Lin Zhigao: "How are you feeling now?"

Lin Zhigao showed her a small smile: "It's neither good nor bad."

"I'm sorry." The female reporter said suddenly, her voice choked with sobs: "I hope I'm not too late."

Lin Zhigao was stunned for a moment, and replied solemnly: "Thank you for your concern."

"No one wants to say anything?" After a while, Lin Zhigao moved the microphone in and asked in a low voice.

silence.

Today's press conference is a conference full of all kinds of exciting news, but it is not lively enough, because most people are in a heavy heart, and some people have prepared some tricky questions, but they can't ask them now I don't want to ask anymore.

"Okay." Lin Zhigao took a deep breath: "I want to tell you one thing, a very important thing."

Everyone's ears perked up.

"From today, I will unilaterally withdraw from the national team."

……

Wei Di arranged for several reporters to go undercover at Lin Zhigao's press conference, and his instructions to them were: "If Lin Zhigao dares to pretend to be wronged to deceive sympathy, or to speak ill of the Football Association, you will give me a hard time." Pierce him hard!"

In order to be able to see this scene, Vidy even went online and logged on to the Sina website. Today there is a "Live Broadcast of Lin Zhigao's Press Conference".He made himself a cup of tea and prepared to read slowly.

However, after half an hour...

A roar came from Wei Di's office, and the head of the Football Association pushed his computer off the desk angrily: "Let that bastard Cao Jingwei come to see me!"

……

In July 2014, there was a piece of news that occupied important pages in newspapers all over the world: "Lin Zhigao unilaterally announced his withdrawal from the Chinese national team!" "true or false?of course it's true!

Temporary or permanent?No one knows.

The European media don’t care much about Chinese football. Their news focus is to promote “the dark Chinese Football Association keeps persecuting their country’s best players, and even let Lin go as a scapegoat for losing the game. Oh, poor Lin!”

But in China, it is simply mourning.

Before people had time to review their mistakes, they beat their chests and exclaimed: "Lin Zhigao quit the national team? God, what will happen to the Asian Cup next year? What will happen to the Brazil Olympics in 16? What will happen to the World Cup in Russia in 18?" !"

The Chinese Football Association issued a statement on the afternoon of July 7: Cao Jingwei, the leader of the Chinese national team, was dismissed, and five team doctors including Zhang Peng were dismissed.Less than an hour after the statement was issued, Zhang Peng, the team doctor of the national team, also issued a statement of guilt. In the statement of guilt, he admitted that he had made mistakes in the inspection of Lin Zhigao and was willing to accept any punishment from the Football Association.

Given that Camacho's coaching team has signed a contract with the Chinese Football Association, it is impossible for the Chinese Football Association to unilaterally announce the termination of the contract with Camacho, so the Football Association's statement did not mention anything about the coaching staff.However, according to internal sources, after the contract with Camacho expires next year, it is impossible for the Chinese Football Association to renew his contract.

And the public generally thinks: Football Association?national team?None are clean!

The director of the Football Management Center of the General Administration of Sports and the vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Wei Di, said in an interview with reporters the next day: "The Football Association had the idea of ​​punishing Lin Zhigao at the beginning, but it was all misleading! Everything I know It was all reported by the team leader of the national team. They said that Lin Zhigao's foot was fine, so I naturally felt that it was fine, so this time the Football Association did nothing wrong in the management. Someone was lying...I sincerely hope that Lin Zhigao can think carefully about it. With regard to retiring from the team, the country needs him, the people need him..."

Wei Di's words were really sincere, but no one believed it—even the reporter sent by the newspaper to interview him didn't believe it, and the reporter was listening to him and poohing in his heart: "Hey, acting school! ".

Cao Jingwei's fault was directly blamed on the Football Association by the fans, and no one would believe that Vidy was innocent.

After countless people took the blame for the Football Association, the Football Association finally took the blame for it.

The Chinese team has since lost its core and suffered heavy losses.

Journalists all over China were looking for Lin Zhigao, wanting to know what he thought of the Football Association's reaction, but no one could find him.

Where did Lin Zhigao go?

In fact, he has not gone far, the World Cup in Brazil is not over yet!