Hope of the whole village [football]

Extra episode [-]: "Practice"

In the very beginning, Shen Heng was always trembling in this love affair.On the one hand, it is because the other party has always been an idol, and his strength is also high. His appearance is said to be the best in history. His parents are still Cambridge professors. He earns hundreds of millions of euros every year. He is always at the top of the list of "world's highest paid athletes". There are 2020 million fans, but in 30, Staunton only released [-] endorsement advertisements, and nothing else.On the other hand, because the other party was British, Shen Heng always felt that the other party was just a whim and not serious.

However, after being together for a year and a half, after saying "Yes, Ido", Shen Heng began to relax, and he understood the other party's heart.Sometimes he is even coquettish and energetic.

For example, in the past, when the two of them practiced alone, Shen Heng was always serious.But later, after winning the Asian Golden Globe Award, sometimes when Staunton passed by, Shen Heng flew over, hugged Staunton tightly, and dragged him back to prevent him from hitting the door. Staunton didn't care either, moving and struggling, the two were laughing and fighting.

And Staunton, too, was growing old and out of place.Sometimes Shen Heng pouts his ass to protect the ball, and he starts to be dishonest, and Shen Heng yells "foul" and "foul" to no avail.

Of course, in most cases, they practiced seriously.

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Extra episode [-]:

Shen Heng retired at the age of 37, in 2031.

In 2022, the King's League ranked 10th and failed to enter the UEFA Champions League, while Shen Heng ranked 15th in the scorer list with 12 goals.As for the Europa League, they were also eliminated by strong teams as soon as they got out of the group.

In 2023, with only one year left, Shen Heng is still in good shape.His speed is not as good as before, but his passing, crossing, hitting the goal and other skills have all improved.When he first landed in the Premier League, he relied on diligence and speed, but his ability to grasp opportunities at the door was really average, but later, he really improved.Therefore, Shen Heng transferred to an old giant with a glorious history in the Premier League and one of the traditional Big6.He hopes to go to "chariot", but chariot has no shortage of forwards.

He played three years with that new team until he was 33 years old.In the first two years, he performed very well, with more than a dozen Premier League goals every year, two or three European goals, and better assist data than the Kings.Forum fans keep blowing.However, in the last year, Shen Heng's state was ups and downs. After two full months of failing to score goals, he was put on the bench and occasionally played for ten minutes to show the shadow of the Chinese.The local fans of that team naturally scold him every day, but the Chinese forums have always supported and encouraged him, because he is indeed the pinnacle of local players going abroad.

Competitive sports are really cruel.So, in January 2027, after sitting on the bench for a year, he returned to the "King" during the winter transfer period.It was the middle of the season at this time, the Kings record was not good, and they were desperately trying to avoid relegation. Seeing Shen Heng's return, the Kings fans gave Shen Heng a lot of welcome and great expectations.Shen Heng was very moved, and then he returned to his state and helped the king to avoid relegation. In the last round of the game, he staged a lore in 1 minutes and pulled the king out of the relegation zone. He was very happy at that time.

But only one year later, Shen Heng, who was 35 years old, was asked by the king to leave the team.The management made it clear that the Kings will not renew the contract of a 35-year-old player. With half a year left on the two-year contract, Shen Heng needs to find a next home.Everything is cold and rational.Even though he helped the team break into the European war and helped the team successfully avoid relegation, the team still refused to renew his contract.Shen Heng understands that the team cannot support idlers.

Shen Heng has a regular choice, to go to the major leagues in the United States, or to Qatar-these places have high wages and are places for stars to "retire". However, Shen Heng finally chose to return to the Chinese Super League and Beijing.He said that he entered Beijing XX at the age of 12, played youth games at the age of 13, and played for the first team for the first time at the age of 16. He wanted to return to the place where his dream started.

Chinese fans naturally welcome them—the “hope of the whole village” has returned after nine years of wandering abroad.

However, what is very, very amazing is that this year, Beijing xx announced the introduction of two forwards, one is Shen Heng and the other is Staunton.

Chinese fans simply exploded.

They all said on the forum: [No, the wages of the Chinese Super League are not high now?Jinyuan football is a thing of the past. 】

[Staunton?A maximum salary of 300 million euros?He is now 4500 million euros...]

【Is he crazy……】

【My God, this is the biggest name in the Chinese Super League...】

[This is the real No. 1... I am stupid for the king of the ball to join the Super League team. 】

Foreign fans are even more collapsed.

Because Staunton is in good condition and has been ranked first in the scorer list all year round.Chariot fans always thought that Staunton would stay here forever, with only one team and one jersey in his life, becoming synonymous with "loyalty".

Only Shen Heng knew the specific reason why Staunton also came to China-the two of them always wanted to play together in the same team, as teammates instead of opponents, even if it was only for one season.

The two of them practice every day, they know each other that way.They know every thought and every intention of their lover, but they have never cooperated.The two of them wanted so much to know what it felt like to echo each other, to fulfill each other.So, out of this idea, Staunton also transferred to the Super League.

They really scored goals like hemp.The two cooperated seamlessly, passing and catching the ball smoothly, like soul mates.In the Chinese Super League and the AFC Champions League, they often scored more than 10 goals, which stunned everyone. It seemed that the two of them cherished every opportunity to cooperate.

Every time one passes and one shoots and they actually score, they hug each other and celebrate the score very normally.Sometimes Shen Heng jumped onto Staunton's back with one step, and Staunton circled and gestured in front of the stands with Shen Heng on his back; Put your arms around Shen Heng's legs, lift him up, and weigh him again, let him receive the cheers of thousands of people.Once when Shen Heng failed to kneel down, Staunton smiled and rubbed his legs.

Also, in Beijing xx, I don’t know when, Chinese fans seem to acquiesce to the "couple relationship" between the two of them.

There are always posts on the forums and Weibo discussing this matter, and then, inexplicably, everyone has no objections, and often gags.

For example, once the court was too slippery, Shen Heng wanted to reach out to catch the ball, but ended up doing a big split and sat on the ground. The fan forums were full of: [Fuck!Shen Heng can do splits!Blessed is Staunton! 】

For another example, when the Beijing XX AFC Champions League played against a team from the Philippines, media reporters reported that the team had already stayed in a certain hotel.This was originally a normal piece of news, but fans left messages one after another: [Don't put Staunton and Shen Heng in the same room!Will lose to the Philippines! ! ! 】

Shen Heng was also quite speechless.

In the second season of Beijing xx, in the first game, Shen Heng suffered a serious injury of a third-degree cruciate ligament tear.He practiced for six months, but due to his age, he did not recover well. After returning to the field in September, he always felt that his knees were weak and he could not exert his strength.It happened that Beijing xx wanted to bring a star of hope to the first team, and the two of them had the same position, so Shen Heng decided to retire and give up his position.He knows that to truly love a team is to voluntarily leave it at a certain moment.

He told Beijing xx that Staunton would not stay, and they could take action to snatch a popular foreign player.

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On the day of retirement, Beijing xx held a grand farewell ceremony.

The fans of Beijing xx all played stand cards and banners.

Among them, the largest banner in the center of the first row reads: [You were once a teenager. 】

Shen Heng played in the welcome of the two teams.

Before the opening, Beijing xx first showed a 5-minute short film.

The first is the picture of him playing for the Chinese team for the first time.On the screen, he ran into the stadium as a young man, and the commentator introduced him: "His name is Shen Heng, a 20-year-old young player. This is the first time he is wearing the red and white jersey of the national team. The five-star red flag, playing for the Chinese team..."

Then there was the penalty kick he missed in the key match of the World Preliminaries... and the wonderful goal he scored in the life-and-death battle...

Then there is...

Shen Heng's eyes twitched slightly.

It's the only World Cup he's ever played in, the only good chance he's ever had.Since then, due to salary restrictions in the Super League, China has no big-name foreign players to naturalize.

In the World Cup that year, the Chinese team lost all three games and failed to score a goal. However, Shen Heng actually had a chance.Against the weakest opponent, a teammate of a naturalized player made a good pass, but when Shen Heng suddenly saw such a good opportunity, his mind was buzzing, and he didn't pass the opponent calmly. The goalkeeper hurriedly kicked the goal, but the goalkeeper fell to the ground and hooked it.

After the game, Shen Heng was flooded with saliva again.What is "the national team immediately misfired", "the chain was lost at a critical moment", and so on.

In the end, it was a variety show that made him forgiven.That famous variety show invited all the main players to talk about the World Cup.It was very interesting for everyone to throw and pick up the memes frequently according to the script of the program. Finally, when it came to Shen Heng, Shen Heng knew that he should say those "famous quotes" to gain attention for this program, but in fact, Shen Heng opened and closed his mouth Cooperate and work hard for a long time, but it still doesn't work.His tears kept rolling in the circles of his eyes. In the end, Shen Heng knew that he was choked up, so he finally gave up completely, bowed his waist, lowered his face, put his elbows on his knees, and covered his mouth with both hands. eyes, and said: "I'm sorry... I have no sense of humor... I thought I could laugh with the audience. As everyone said, Chinese football can at least provide jokes and pistachios. But...I can't do it, I can't laugh...I'm so sad." "In the past few months, I have dreamed back to that stadium countless times at midnight...I'm so useless..."

Then, for the first time, the show went silent.

The next day, unexpectedly, he was forgiven.

The second part of the farewell short film is Shen Heng's club career.

At the beginning, it was his self-introduction of joining the Beijing xx youth team, the material used by the team's official announcement.In the video, he was a little nervous and said: "Hello everyone, my name is Shen Heng, I am 12 years old, and I am a player of Beijing xx..."

Then there is the video file of his promotion to the Beijing xx first team.In the video, the commentator said: "Shen Heng is only 16 years old this year, and he set a record for the youngest player in the Chinese Super League..."

After that, it is a wonderful journey abroad.

In the first game, he came off the bench in the 87th minute and did nothing.

Then he transferred to a new team and made his debut amid applause.

He returned to the Kings, and the Kings fans gave him a warm welcome.

Seeing these video materials, Shen Heng's eyes were a little wet.Because of his courage in deciding to study abroad, he received many honors, including... Staunton.

At the end of the video, he returned to Beijing xx and started the day. He put on this jersey again and set foot on the court again.In the video, Beijing xx fans put up a conspicuous banner, which read: [Shen Heng, after 12 years of wandering, welcome home. 】

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After the video is over, the game begins.

In 90 minutes, Shen Heng won two yuan by himself.

He concentrates on feeling everything.

He knew that after this game, he would have no chance to play.He does not intend to be a coach, nor does he intend to be an official-although the Football Association has invited him several times.He knows very well that Staunton will return to England for another two years and he wants to be there.Staunton stayed with him for two years, and he stayed with Staunton for two years.After that, Staunton will become the assistant coach of Chariots and start his coaching career. He and Chariots have already agreed.Shen Heng felt that Staunton was really suitable for the position of coach - he had always had a sense of advancement and command ability, and Staunton was really charming in a suit and leather shoes.As for himself, he really doesn't want to be in a foreign country, so he plans to open a football school, and he will drive it wherever Staunton goes, so that young Chinese can train and compete in Europe to improve their level.

He knew Staunton when he was 16 years old.Staunton has occupied 37 of his 22 years of life and will occupy many more.

Whatever it was, Staunton asked for it, and he gave it.Staunton wanted him for life, and he gave it.

In the 90th minute of the game, the coach replaced Shen Heng.It is a common practice to leave the court early, so that Shen Heng can walk off the court amidst the applause of the audience.

When seeing the fourth official holding up the signboard for replacement, Shen Heng felt nostalgia and reluctance in his heart.

But everything has an end.

He knelt down and kissed the bushes of green under his feet affectionately.

At this time, he knew that there were some farewell activities outside the Beijing XX Stadium, and the fans would definitely stand on the sidelines and wait for him to appear.

He also knew that soon, the sports media he was familiar with would issue a report titled "Legend Retires!!!".

He also knew that soon, he would send out the written farewell Weibo.

That Weibo was very, very long, and he liked the last few paragraphs very much.

Those passages are as follows:

[I am very fortunate that when I was 12 years old, I chose a piece of greenery between the red track and field and the green football field.

Many reporters asked, Shen Heng, from 12 to 37 years old, for 25 years, what are you most proud of?Is it a shocking barb to a chariot?Is it the lore that helped the king avoid relegation?Is it the key goal of the world preliminaries?Or the captain's armband at the World Cup?I want to say that it is not. What I am most proud of is that I am very aware that my talents are limited, I have doubted myself countless times, and I have been confused about the future countless times, but I have never given up.

I've been trying desperately to be the version of myself that was supposed to be "hope".

thanks everyone.Thanks to the fans, thanks to the king, thanks... I am most grateful to Beijing xx, who gave up competing for the championship back then, and supported me to study abroad for the sake of China's weak football.

Also, don't be sad.How did you say that sentence?It seems to be, "A generation will eventually grow old, and there will always be someone who is young."]

When I walked off the field, the sun happened to be very bright.

He narrowed his eyes, looked at the sun, and walked off the stage step by step.

From then on, he was mainly Staunton's alone.

There is no such thing as going out for the country, or one person, one city.

There are no longer fans who are accompanied by wind and rain, and there are no longer coaches and teammates who share weal and woe.

Only Staunton.

How much he wanted to turn back time, and how much he wanted to return to the starting point of his dream.If everything can be done again, he will not miss a penalty kick, nor will he miss a single shot, but no, these are the regrets of a lifetime.After 22 years of fighting for the country and the city, today, on this sunny day, at the age of 37, he retired.

(End of "The Hope of the Whole Village [Football]" episode)

The author has something to say: the full text is over!The short story is actually not too short!

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Changed to have been in the Beijing team!I am no longer making my debut in Shandong!

In addition, still, when I made the outline, I felt that with naturalized players, it would not be very difficult to enter the World Cup, but the Chinese Super League suddenly limited salary, and the big-name foreign players ran a few, laughing and crying. Just take a look at the relevant plots of the World Cup... Anyway, the text Just one sentence, and a paragraph outside the episode...

In this article, I accidentally wrote some Chinese football... Hey, there are two styles of Chinese football, forums and Weibo.Non-fans often think that Chinese players can improve their grades after knowing their shame and working hard, but this is really not true. No matter how much you scold a stupid kid, you can’t get into Peking University and Tsinghua University... So fans don’t say "hungry them" "Smack them" and so on, because I know that apart from reducing the already poor football population, it is meaningless. Fans basically only scold specific games and specific players... and sometimes it is obvious that China is blacked out by referees. Yes, being bullied, everyone still scolds their own people, and thinks they are a bit miserable...Of course the national football team is really bad...Many players really don't work hard...But fans are actually much more pessimistic than ordinary netizens, because they know It's not as simple as "not trying hard enough".No one is watching, no one is kicking. Under such a premise, no matter what you do, it will be nothing.

In the end, I think, the two of them are so sweet!

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