Fame with a ball

"China Central Television, CCTV. Hello, audience friends, I am your old friend Liu Jianhong. Welcome to sit in front of the TV and watch this football event held at the Shanghai Stadium - the Italian Super Cup. I think this is the domestic It is one of the few spectators who can watch the duels between the top European clubs during the daytime. In the past, because of the time difference, we could only watch games of this level in the early hours of the morning with the help of TV broadcasts."

"Through the big screen behind me, perhaps everyone has seen how enthusiastic the atmosphere in the 8-person stadium in Shanghai is. Chinese fans are wearing the jerseys of their respective teams, standing in the stadium, cheering, and talking inside the stadium. All kinds of banners were put up, and I saw a banner that said 'Come on Inter Milan!' Ah, this should be the fans of Inter Milan. But the fans of Juventus were not too far behind, they pulled out a A huge painting is the Juventus team logo - even in the live broadcast room, I can clearly hear the huge cheers coming from outside, the atmosphere on the scene is really warm. This is in the Chinese domestic competition field, in fact It's a rare sight."

Just after Liu Jianhong finished his opening remarks, another huge roar exploded from the sky above the stadium. This time, without his mentioning, the audience sitting in front of the TV had already cast the camera and the audio equipment in the live broadcast room, and heard that sound .

It's exciting.

Countless people who had to sit at home and watch TV because they couldn’t buy tickets, or secretly turned on their computers to watch live webcasts at work are regretting: If they were going to buy tickets a few days ago, they would have acted earlier , A little faster, now I can sit in the stadium and cheer with others, instead of watching the game through the screen.

And some people are still thinking: Well, the asking prices of those scalpers are not particularly fierce? A seat ticket in a remote location costs 500 yuan. Although the view is not good, the atmosphere and the big screen can make up for it all.And it’s only 200 yuan more expensive than standing tickets... If I knew it, I would have bought it... Maybe I could meet some celebrities outside the stadium and ask for an autographed photo!Like Lin Zhigao or something...

In the Juventus fan stands, there is a group of special fans.There are a lot of people in this group, there are about a dozen, and there are old and young. The oldest looks to be 80 or [-] years old, and the youngest is only three years old.They are uniformly wearing Juventus jerseys, waving small Juventus team flags in their hands, and they also have a bottle of mineral water and a loudspeaker-these two are standard fan equipment.

The eyes of the people next to this big family suddenly became reverent: It is not difficult to be a fan in China, but it is difficult to be a diehard fan, because after all, China does not have the football environment background like Europe.It's easy to be a diehard fan, but the hard part is that the whole family is a diehard fan - judging by the vigor of this group of people, it's true that the whole family is a Juventus fan.

This kind of situation is extremely rare in China. Generally speaking, only those countries in Europe will support a certain team. Because European football has a rich background, and the rich clubs are also regional clubs. People are basically supporters of local clubs.But China is not Europe after all!Moreover, it has only been 20 years since the domestic broadcast of Serie A. Why do these old men in their [-]s and [-]s like to watch football games?

Sitting near this family, those fans who usually insisted that they are loyal "Juventini" (Juventus fans call themselves) immediately began to self-examine: Compared with this big family, my fans are more serious. Is it still not enough?

What these fans don't know is that the big family they see is not the loyal Juventus supporters they imagined, they are Lin Zhigao's family!

Originally, the tickets that Lin Zhigao gave to his parents were all in the VIP box, where the environment is good, there are sofas, drinks and snacks, and a small TV.However, when Lin Zhigao’s grandfather checked the tickets, he suddenly felt that the atmosphere in the ordinary seats was better, and it was more conducive to cheering for his grandson, so he forced the whole family to agree to sell tickets for the VIP box, and then bought ordinary seats.

The crowds around the stadium were not all with tickets to watch the game. They had local fans who didn't buy tickets, so they came to try their luck during the game time to see if they could buy a ticket.There are also those scalpers who come to slaughter fat sheep.

Lin Chang’an’s family members were not willing to go to the scalpers to buy ordinary seat tickets whose price had been raised by several times, nor were they willing to sell their VIP tickets to others at a high price, so there was only one option left— —Exchanging tickets.

So a few couples who came to watch the game together became the lucky ones today. They didn't believe Lin Changan's suggestion to exchange tickets, and firmly believed that he was a liar.It wasn't until one of them actually took the ticket to pick it up and entered the arena that they looked like they had won a 500 million jackpot.

You know, the ticket price of the VIP room is several times lower than that of the ordinary seat!Perhaps under the cruelty of the scalpers, the distance will be increased to more than ten times.

But Lin Zhigao's grandfather didn't think he was at a disadvantage, and he was even happy when he entered the arena—the posters with photos of Lin Zhigao wearing autumn clothes and the small cheering posters held by the young couples Things like fans entertained him very well.The old man thought that since these people are fans of his precious grandson, it would be good to let them take advantage of it. He is generous, eh.

"Anzi, when will Gao Gao come out? Why haven't I seen him yet?" This was the tenth time the old man asked this evening.

Lin Changan said helplessly, "Dad, the game hasn't started yet. Gao Gao should be in the locker room right now."

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Although there was still nearly half an hour before the game started, the atmosphere in the stadium was already unbelievably hot.

For Chinese fans, today's Italian Super Cup final is definitely a carnival event exclusively for them.

Perhaps the vast majority of people in the world think that China is a football desert.Here is full of all kinds of dark systems, bribes, black whistle, black feet, low-level technology, and fragile physical fitness.Chinese football ranks at the bottom of the world. They are as excited as if they have won the Hercules Cup once they can enter the World Cup group stage. Chinese football has not even cultivated a career that can be achieved in world football for many years. The players come.

Especially this kind of embarrassing result is based on the fact that China is a country with a population of 14 billion, which is simply unbelievable.And the neighbors of this country, South Korea and Japan, both have a few players who can play well in world football.

Could it be that among the billions of Chinese people, can't you pick out a better football player?

Of course, we all know that Lin Zhigao has appeared now, but what we want to talk about is Chinese football before Lin Zhigao appeared.

However, no matter how unbearable the football performance of this country is, they also have the most enthusiastic and loveliest fans in the world, not much inferior to those fans in Europe.

They scold the national football team because of their deep love for football.They were disappointed with the domestic leagues, so they focused on the various leagues in Europe. They knew the top clubs in Europe very well, even more than the locals in Europe.

This is a country that is often overlooked by world football. Only a few clubs can realize how abundant, even shocking, football energy is in this country.

Now, this energy is being stimulated gradually...

Before the official start of the game, the highlights of the Italian Super Cup in the past have been played repeatedly on TV several times, and Liu Jianhong has also traced the history of Juventus and Inter Milan, the history of the Italian Super Cup, and even the history of the national derby All said a little bit.

When he was searching for the content in his mind, and was about to find something exciting to tell the audience, so as to pass the boring time before the start of the game, finally, the referee appeared on the field, and he waved his hands, Members of the two teams took the hand of the little caddy and appeared from the other side of the player tunnel.

The flashing lights all over the sky instantly illuminated the entire Shanghai Stadium. From a distance, the stands of the stadium seemed to be a piece of night, and those cameras were stars, bright and shining, filling every corner of the stadium.

The climax of the "vivalavida" music sounded on the spot, and many audience members felt their blood boil with the sound of "swish".

Every time a player appeared on the other side of the player tunnel, the cheers on the scene became more and more enthusiastic. When Lin Zhigao finally appeared on the scene, it was as if hundreds of tons of explosives had been placed in advance, and then all of them exploded suddenly. I fell into a state of madness that lasted for 1 minute.

The enthusiasm of the fans made many players' ears ring for a while. Marchisio shook hands with the Inter Milan players and muttered, "What a passionate Chinese fan."

"The atmosphere is even more lively than at the New Alpi Stadium." Seeing Lin Zhigao looking at him in confusion, Pepe explained: "Most Juventus fans are... er, calm and reserved? Even at home Come on, they rarely go crazy."

Lin Zhigao nodded, indicating that he understood.

After finally waiting for the players on both sides to adapt to the huge sound waves on the scene, the tinnitus disappeared, but there was another burst of majestic boos in the stadium.The Chinese fans seemed to be possessed by their souls at this moment, completely copying what European fans like to do in the stadium. They booed desperately, just because the starting rosters of both teams were displayed on the big screen.

Among the starting players of Juventus, there is no Lin Zhigao.

Lin Zhigao knew about it half an hour ago, and Capello didn't put him in the starting lineup, and he didn't even explain the reason to him.Lin Zhigao was a little unhappy at the time, because this game meant a lot to him—not every player who played in Europe had the opportunity to return to his home country with the club to participate in such an important event.

Even because the game was held in Shanghai, Lin Zhigao believed in advance that he would definitely start, but he didn't expect the reality to be a bit cruel to him.

Wouldn't Capello take care of the emotions of Chinese fans?Many people have the same thoughts as Lin Zhigao, thinking that he will be included in the starting list, but Capello is Capello, this is a ruthless iron-blooded coach, and other people's public opinion can't change his inner mind at all.

When Lin Zhigao finished shaking hands with the opposing player and was about to sit on the bench, Buffon, the current captain of the team, suddenly said to him: "This is a game in your country, I think the coach will definitely let you play. Yes, whenever."

Reassurance is useful.In other words, he was surprised by Buffon's initiative, which has always been prudent, and Lin Zhigao smiled: "Thank you, I hope so."

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"Well, Juventus' starting lineup is a bit unexpected."

Not only the fans at the scene were surprised by the starting lineup, but also the reporters and commentators.Liu Jianhong paused for a long time before uttering such a meaningless sentence.

But he quickly reacted, and his good professional quality allowed him to quickly change the topic in one direction, and began to introduce the starting lineups of the two teams.In fact, he really wanted to discuss with the audience in front of the TV why Lin Zhigao didn't play, but if he did, he might have to be criticized by the leader after explaining the game.

"Next up is Inter Milan's starting lineup: goalkeeper Cesar, forwards Milito, Pacini, François Crash...Poly...Crisser's grid...oh, Nagatomo Yuto is also in the starting lineup In the lineup! Since he transferred to Inter Milan last season, he has been very popular with head coach Ranieri. According to Ranieri's interview with Japanese media, Nagatomo is very friendly and humble, and he is very popular in the team It's also very good, he likes it very much. It is not difficult to imagine that we will see more of this small Japanese player in future Inter Milan games."

Liu Jianhong still couldn't hold back: "It's just a pity, we could have seen a veritable Asian derby match - if the head coach of Juventus is willing to send Lin Zhigao on the field."

His words were recognized by all the domestic fans who were sitting in front of the TV watching the game. They waved their fists and cursed Capello viciously at the TV: "It's all your fault!"

Standing on the coach's bench, Capello, who stood with his arms crossed, of course also heard the huge boos that erupted from the scene.He was very confused at first, not knowing why the audience started booing before the game started... Could it be that some audience was running naked at the scene, and then it happened to be captured by the camera and broadcast on the big screen?

But soon, the assistant coach muttered next to his ear for a while, and Capello realized that the boos were all for himself-because he didn't arrange Lin Zhigao in the starting list.

"I didn't expect that Chinese kid to have a low reputation in world football, but he is quite popular in his country." Capello muttered and continued to fold his arms in thought.

To be honest, Capello did not arrange Lin Zhigao in the starting list, it was really not his intention. When arranging the list, he did not think at all that "the venue of the game is in China-Lin Zhigao is Chinese-so he should be allowed to play. "Taking this factor into consideration.

In his opinion, this Italian Super Cup is a game that must be won.For Juventus, which has only won one league championship in six years, the second championship trophy is really important, so the game must be played safely to ensure that the result is foolproof.

And Lin Zhigao joined the team for less than a month. Compared with the tacit understanding of the game with his teammates, he is certainly not as good as those old players who have cooperated for several seasons, so Capello did not let him start.Because this game is very important, it is not a good occasion to train new players.

As for whether or not Lin Zhigao should be admitted in this match...

Capello thought, it depends on whether Juventus can take advantage after the game starts.

Serie A has always been famous for its excellent defense rather than sharp offense, so the first Champions League match of this new season will be relatively dull, which was also expected by many reporters and fans before the game.

The head coach of Inter Milan, Claudio Ranieri, is nicknamed "Tinker". He appointed the head coach, or took office in the middle of the season, and then used his ability to adjust the chaotic team to the best state. Because he is good at solving such troubles, and often leads the team to good results, so any reporter will give it to him. Gave him such a nickname.

Well, the nickname is actually a bit ironic.Ranieri has coached an incredible number of clubs, including giants - Cagliari, Naples, Fiorentina, Valencia, Atletico Madrid, Chelsea, Valencia, Parma, Juventus, Roma, Inter Milan.This is Ranieri's resume.

But the sad thing is that Ranieri is good at fighting fires, a good old man, always able to do better than the club's top management expected, but in his coaching career, he has received very few honors-not a single championship honor, not a single one.His best finish in the top league was the runner-up, and his best finish in the Champions League was the semi-finals.

Claudio Ranieri is good at laying a solid foundation for a team, but he is not good at leading the team to compete.So many clubs like to find Ranieri to fix when the team's performance is a mess, and then kick him away after the team's performance is excellent.

Inter Milan won the glory in the 09-10 season and achieved the first triple crown in Serie A. However, the head coach Mourinho turned around and left, causing chaos in the Inter Milan locker room. The club's top management could not find a good replacement. The team's performance was also abysmal.So not long after the start of the 11-12 season, Inter Milan signed Ranieri, expecting him to bring changes to the team.

Ranieri did exactly that, and he did it well.In the last season, he led Inter Milan to the first championship honor in his personal career: the Coppa Italia.

However, although Ranieri won a championship trophy for Inter Milan, Inter Milan executives still have not shown signs of renewing their contract with Ranieri-it is reported that Inter Milan executives have been dissatisfied with Ranieri, although he last The season brought the club a cup championship, but their performance in the league and the Champions League was not satisfactory.

The reason why Ranieri is good at repairing the team rather than creating brilliant results is because his character is conservative and conservative, and his leading the team also fully demonstrates the characteristics of Italian football-defense, defense, or defense.A little less exciting and less pleasing to the eye.

Generally speaking, if Ranieri's team plays against other teams, he must be the one who gets scolded more, because the viewability is too low.But today is not the case, Capello's dismissal is also very conservative, he chose the 532 formation.

The first half of the game is over, but the score is still 0:0.

In the past 45 minutes, the number of offenses between the two teams can only be counted on hands, let alone confrontation. The fans almost fell asleep watching it, but there were not many complaints.Because they all know that the characteristics of Serie A are like this.Moreover, fans who come to watch the game generally don't care much about whether the process is boring. For these Chinese fans who rarely see world-class stars, they are on the same field with those stars, breathe the same air, and feel the excitement of the scene. The atmosphere, then, is very satisfying.

During the half-time break, many reporters were typing on their notebooks or tablets, and the fans were free to move around, but most of them were singing in an organized manner in the stands, and the commentators briefly summarized the first half After the highlights of the game, I focused on an aspect that all Chinese fans care about, that is——

Will Lin Zhigao play in the second half?

"It's actually a bit difficult to say." Liu Jianhong commented into the microphone: "Given that Capello chose a conservative formation, and there were already two forwards who cooperated tacitly with Pepe and Iaquinta, in the second half Lin Zhigao The feasibility of playing is pitifully low, unless Capello changes the formation in the second half of the game."

"However, this possibility is not low. Because neither Inter Milan nor Juventus scored a goal in the first half. If they want to score in the second half, the lineups of the two teams must change a little. I hope that Juventus will be the first to change. If you haven’t left the TV just now, you probably still remember the huge banners unfurled by the Chinese fans when the cameras passed over the stands——‘Go Lin Zhigao’ Chinese fans hope to be there Seeing Lin Zhigao on the Internet, of course, I also expected the same."

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Unfortunately, Lin Zhigao was still unable to play in the second half, because Capello did not change his style of play.

But Ranieri changed the formation, removed a defender and added a striker.Clearly, Inter couldn't wait to score in the second half.

The striker who was substituted for Inter was Giampaolo Pazzini.His dribbling skills are excellent, and he has outstanding speed and physical coordination in Serie A. He was once called the future of Italian football together with Montolivo.

Of course, he also has a very outstanding sense of self-expression.

From the beginning of the game, he ran actively, and reached out to his teammates for the ball several times. With the cooperation of Inter Milan players, he created two threatening shots for Juventus' goal. If it weren't for Buffon's The goalkeeper's awareness is indeed excellent, and Juventus has already lost points first.

"Will Capello change his formation? Will he continue to defend, or play against Ranieri?" This is a question that everyone cares about.

Soon, Capello stood on the sidelines and raised his hands, making a gesture.

"Oh, it turns out that Caceres was asked to guard Pazzini." Liu Jianhong said disappointedly.Although I know that even if Inter Milan scores a goal, Capello may not necessarily send Lin Zhigao on the field. After all, Juventus has many excellent star strikers, and Capello is more familiar with the star striker.However, Liu Jianhong still wants Inter Milan to cause a little trouble for Juventus, so that Lin Zhigao's chances of playing will increase.

Although this idea is a bit stupid and blind, it is indeed feasible.

Obviously, Liu Jianhong is not the only one who has such thoughts.Chinese fans are one of the cutest fans in the world, of course, this is in terms of their loyalty to their players.Under the banner of the nation, any club disputes were completely put aside. Many Juventus fans, or not so determined Juventus fans, decisively began to cheer for Inter Milan in the stadium.

Whenever Inter Milan's striker launched an attack, they shouted to cheer.Other Chinese Inter Milan fans who are in the same football world certainly understand their psychology. Although Lin Zhigao is a Juventus player, it does not mean that they do not want him to play.

Perhaps the only confusion on the field is the Juventus players and staff.They couldn't figure out why those yellow-skinned fans in black and white swordsman shirts were still cheering for them in the first half, but they switched to supporting the enemy in the second half.

Look at the field, Juventus's formation is correct!Not even flopping, red cards and yellow cards.As for Inter Milan, it can't be said that they played beautifully. At most, their offense was a little stronger than in the first half.

Chinese fans are so amazing, people can't understand... This is almost the thinking of all foreigners.

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In the 60th minute of the game, Inter Milan player Stankovic sent a threatening long pass from the midfield. Inter Milan striker Classo received the ball and then took the opportunity to lob it. Buffon could not react in time. A shot changes the score on the field.

Inter Milan 1:0 Juventus.

Capello immediately began to make substitutions, but he only replaced De Qie Lie, who was starting to lose his physical strength, and replaced him with right back Lichtsteiner.Then finally changed the tactics on the field, Pepe played as a winger, trying to find a breakthrough for Inter Milan from the side.

In the 68th minute, Juventus forward Vucinic broke into the Inter Milan penalty area, and Inter Milan defender Nagatomo had to foul in order to defend him.This action was quickly seen by the referee and awarded Juventus a free kick.

Iaquinta's powerful shot was saved by Inter Milan goalkeeper Cesar, but Pepe, who had already been guarding Inter Milan's penalty area, seized the opportunity and scored a header to tie the score.

So far, Ranieri and Capello, who realized that time is running out and cannot pull the game into overtime, changed their tactics at the same time: attack!

The defense in the first 10 minutes of the game has prevented them from falling behind by a large score. Although they also scored poorly and the score was tied, there are still 10 minutes left in the game and they still have a chance to win.

Moreover, within these 10 minutes, neither Inter Milan nor Juventus will be able to pull the score to more than two points. It is very likely that one of them will completely defeat the opponent after scoring the first goal and taking the lead. fighting spirit.So the third goal of the game is crucial, whoever gets it first almost wins.

For this reason, Ranieri and Capello started a new round of substitutions. Ranieri replaced the exhausted defender Samuel, and Capello replaced the offensive and defensive midfielder Bale. zali.

For the first time ever, the tempo on the pitch became crisp and clean, with both teams pushing into midfield while taking care of the defense in order to seize any opportunity to attack.

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Lin Zhigao had given up on the idea that he could be substituted.

Although Capello still holds a substitution spot in his hand, it is not necessarily reserved for him. If the situation on the field is not particularly severe, would the general head coach use up all the substitution spots in every game? It is possible that Perot kept the third substitution spot because he feels that the current lineup on the field is just right, nothing more.

It's not that he feels very disappointed. Lin Zhigao didn't plan to be the main force as soon as he joined the team.

Just feel a little sorry.Based on Lin Zhigao's understanding of his family, they must have been cheering for him since the beginning, especially his grandfather, who is almost 80 years old, it is not easy to travel such a long distance, especially when he came to the scene Watching the ball, the atmosphere here is very stimulating to the body of the old man.

If it weren't for the old man's repeated insistence on seeing his grandson on the field, the Lin family really didn't plan to take the old man out this time.Perhaps if Lin Zhigao is lucky enough to return to China to play games next year, his grandfather will not be able to watch the game live, so this game is actually really important to Lin Zhigao.

However, no one in the team knew about Lin Zhigao's family coming to watch the game. Lin Zhigao didn't tell anyone.

If the team's head coach is Warnock, Lin Zhigao will directly say to him: "Hey, boss, my family is here to watch the game, so I will start this game?" I agreed with a smile.

But if this object is replaced by the unsmiling Capello... Lin Zhigao doesn't have the guts to provoke this great god.No, it should be said that in the current Juventus team, no player dares to talk to Capello easily.

This iron-blooded coach has the ability to assimilate everything around him to be hard, rigid, and unreasonable.The vast majority of people were either suppressed by his aura, or aroused the rebellion in their hearts, and became irreconcilable with Capello.

The only thing to be thankful for now is that there is no player with such personality in Juventus - the only player who has status and is qualified to challenge Capello. The former Juventus captain Del Piero has gone to the United States. alliance.The players who have seen the support of the club's top management for Capello, even those who were unruly before, have restrained their tails for the time being.

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There are only 10 minutes left before the end of the game, and the situation on the field is still stalemate. Many people have foreseen: I am afraid that this game will be dragged into overtime.

Capello frowned tightly, standing motionless on the sidelines.

No head coach likes overtime. It is not only a huge test of the physical strength of the players, but also makes it difficult for every head coach's tactical arrangement.Even if he has a good tactical plan, those players who have been running for 90 minutes on the field are covered in sweat, and their speed and skill levels have been greatly reduced. Can they really guarantee that they will win in overtime? Goal?

If not, the game will be drawn into a horrible penalty shootout, which is something no one wants to see.

The coach of Inter Milan, Ranieri, has exactly the same idea as Capello.A game that can be played within 90 minutes is best not to be dragged into overtime, not to mention that the victory is only one step away from Inter Milan. As long as they work harder, they can win the first prize of the 12-13 season. Championship trophy.

That will also be very beneficial to his contract renewal negotiations, Ranieri thought, and he can use this to ask for a higher salary.

The changes on Inter Milan's bench quickly caught Capello's attention. When he saw Ranieri ordering one of the opponent's players to start warming up, Capello realized two things at the same time: There was a substitution, and he also held the last substitution spot in his hand.

Capello's hawk-like eyes quickly swept across the bench. When he met Lin Zhigao's vigorous and undaunted eyes, his heart moved, and he turned to the assistant coach: "Let Lin warm up."

Ferrari was a little surprised, but he quickly nodded, walked to the bench, and said to Lin Zhigao: "Go warm up, you only have 5 minutes."

Lin Zhigao was taken aback for a moment, but immediately stood up from the bench: "It's summer now, and it takes less than 5 minutes to warm up."

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When Lin Zhigao appeared in the warm-up area, doing some routine moves, he quickly attracted the eyes of many reporters and cameras who had been paying attention to him.

There were also many fans around the Juventus bench watching this scene in doubt, and then woke up: Lin Zhigao is going to be replaced?

Then their eyes naturally moved to the timer, and there were less than 8 minutes left before the end of the game.

What's the point of being replaced now? Does Capello only think of taking care of the emotions of Chinese fans now?

"Maybe it's not just to take care of the emotions of the Chinese fans. Obviously, there are only 6 minutes left before the end of the game, but the score is still 1:1, and the game is likely to be dragged into overtime. Lin Zhigao's Going on the court is supposed to be preparing for overtime."

"The fourth official raised the substitution reminder, oh, not only Juventus, but also Inter Milan. The two coaches made substitutions at the same time. It seems that they are ready to continue the game for another 30 minutes. gone."

Although this surprise came a bit too late, when Lin Zhigao stepped on the green grass, all the fans cheered for him.

They looked forward to the whole game, looked forward to the whole game, and even cursed Capello the whole game.Just when they had given up hope for Lin Zhigao to play, he was replaced in the game. This feeling was a kind of surprise that was lost and found again.

Among all the stands, an old man who was the oldest fan in the audience was the most excited. His excited performance made the fans next to him tremble with fear. He was afraid that this old man would have to call 120 urgently if his blood boiled.