July 1, 2012 (Italian time) was destined to be a sad day for Italian football. That night, Italy lost the European Cup final in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, and lost the game with a humiliating total score of zero to four.
Tonight, the streets in Italy are empty and no one can sleep. The blow of defeat is full on everyone's face. Almost everyone is either hungover in the bar or curled up at home wiping tears.
At this time, in an empty amateur stadium with lights in Palermo, Sicily, the boy was running stubbornly and slowly, round and round, slowly but never stopping, caressed by the gentle sea breeze. He could see the disappointment on his delicately carved face, but his eyes, as bright as an eagle under his two thick eyebrows, exuded a soul-stirring energy and perseverance.
He didn't stop until after one o'clock in the morning, dragging his tall and straight back slowly away under the shining lights.
The boy's name is Chen Long, and he is an ordinary local child. His father is Chinese and his mother is Italian. He is an authentic mixed race of East and West.
More than two hours ago, he was sitting alone in front of the TV at home, watching Italy defeat Kiev, watching Spain lift the European Cup for the second time in a row, and watching his former friend Mario stay in the competition. I shed tears...
What? Friend Mario? Isn't that God Ba? Bashen is actually his friend? Yes, it is.
Chen Long originally had a crazy future, even crazier than the current Ba Shen. We have to go back in time to fourteen years ago, in the summer of the 1998 World Cup. After watching Ronnie’s lightning performance, four-year-old Chen Long fell deeply in love with football. That was when he started playing football. Obsessed with football.
At the age of four, Chen Long showed great talent for football and was admitted to Inter Milan's youth team at the age of five. This news caused an extraordinary sensation in Italy at the time. At the age of five, he played for the Inter Milan youth team. At that time, the members of the youth team were four or five years older than him. You can imagine how high Chen Long's football talent is.
But that year, I wonder if Ronaldo's bad luck with injury was also passed on to Chen Long. Before a game, after he ate a colorful candy, his physical strength instantly decreased to five minutes. The result can be imagined. A child who can only play football for five minutes has no choice but to be kicked out.
Also kicked out was the now-famous Balotelli. At that time, Balotelli was on trial training with Inter Milan. He was roommate with Chen Long, who was four years older than him. In just three months, he and Chen Long formed a deep friendship. To this day, Chen Long is Balotelli. Mysterious friend... .
The fate of the two people who were kicked out had completely different fates. The kicked-out Barcelona later went to the La Masia youth training camp, then returned to Inter Milan, went to Manchester City, and to the Italian national team, becoming a real Barcelona.
And the other one is... .
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After Chenlong returned home, he took a steaming bath first, and finally entered his bedroom cleanly.
Chenlong has an unusually large wardrobe, but he is not a rich second generation, so naturally it is not filled with expensive clothes, but is used to store his football uniforms. Professional players probably have a lot of uniforms, but if you could see his wardrobe, you would be shocked. There are all kinds of uniforms in his wardrobe, no less than a hundred pieces! Of course, the most dazzling thing is the Inter Milan No. 9 jersey hanging in the center, with Ronaldo printed on it. This is his biggest idol. For fourteen years, this jersey has been hanging there quietly...
Since he was abandoned by Inter Milan, no professional team has looked for him again in the past 13 years. No one will want a five-minute waste, no matter how talented you are and how outstanding your skills are, it is useless and is not needed in football. waste.
That piece of candy thirteen years ago changed his life. He only had five minutes of physical strength. What a big joke God made, and it was made with an innocent child who was only five years old
The only way to increase physical strength, the answer given by the doctor at that time was to continue running exercises to increase lung capacity, but the running speed must be kept within the range of 5 kilometers per hour, which is almost the same as walking speed. In this way, Chenlong's daily life consists of studying, running, sleeping, and secretly practicing football.
Chenlong has been running for thirteen years, but his physical strength has not increased substantially. For thirteen years, his physical strength has grown almost every second. Thirteen years have passed, and his physical strength has only increased by fifteen seconds, which is five minutes and fifteen seconds.
But that poisonous but sweet candy also brought him a little comfort. This was only confirmed by Chen Long when he was ten years old. Since eating that candy, his physical strength has indeed been reduced to five minutes, but his skills have improved by leaps and bounds. As long as any star's technical moves are demonstrated in front of his eyes He could easily simulate it more than ten times, which brought him an unexpected surprise. After simulating it more than a hundred times, he could copy the opponent's technique with complete proficiency!
So at ten years old, Ronnie's cow tail, riding a bicycle, pendulum style, passing the ball, wearing crotch, hitting the wall to coordinate, burst of speed, accelerating and changing directions, sudden stops and turns, etc., have been imitated almost to the point of incomprehension. The state... If Ronnie knew that there was someone as perverted as him in the world, he would definitely feel more comforted after retiring. Unfortunately, Chen Long is a five-minute cripple who will never be on the stage.
At the same age of ten, he finally couldn't hold it any longer and joined the first team, the Boys, and eventually became the team's ace, but it was the ace for five minutes.
It was also from the age of ten that Sicily also had a new beautiful legend, Chenlong, the king of field battles, the five-minute ace.
You can’t play professional football, right? We can still play amateur football! The amateur king is also a king!
In Italy, a country where football is popular, there are too many amateur teams. The port of Palermo in Sicily alone has thousands of amateur teams. Amateur teams in Sicily are always willing to invite him as a substitute, just like a temporary worker.
For example, whoever the team will play tomorrow, they will prepare a uniform for Chen Long, let him join the team, play at the last moment of the game, and score a goal for 10 euros. Ten years later, Chen Long was happy to accept such an invitation. After all, he could play more games, make money, and finally build a good reputation.
The teams in Sicily now almost exclude Chen Long's name when betting on football, because Chen Long is often scored in the last five minutes when he is on the court. In the end, almost all teams only invited him to play games outside Sicily...
Obviously, if Ronaldo is the working emperor of professional football, then he is the working emperor of the amateur league! But Cristiano Ronaldo's teams are definitely not as many as his, and his uniforms can even be included in the Guinness Book of Records...
Chen Long stood quietly in front of the closet, carefully selecting the uniforms for tomorrow's game. Chen Long wanted to find three uniforms today because there were three games tomorrow, and all three teams called him for help.
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The next day, a beautiful weekend, Chenlong rode his bicycle to the football field very early. The first game is at nine o'clock in the morning, he needs to rush, yes, football also needs to rush. Fortunately, today's three games are all in Palermo. If they were out of town, he would have to catch the train. Of course, his income would also increase accordingly. You can say that he is the most unprofessional professional player temporary worker, or the most amateur professional player temporary worker. Before each team invites him, they will first clarify whether he has other games. If so, they will split the game time. This has to be said to be a weird miracle in Sicily.
"Here we come," the leader of the Victoria team standing aside greeted him.
"Well, what team are we playing today?" Chenlong brushed his long, shiny black hair with his hand, and Mance asked logically.
"A strong team that has just transferred to Messina is preparing to play in the Sicilian Regional League. The old rule is that you will score a goal with all your strength in a while. This time the bet is high, 5,000. If we win, you will get 200. Of course, the premise is that you Goal, we still have to win."
"No problem, I have to make sure not to be beaten into pieces before I go on stage, otherwise I won't be able to save myself. I don't want the two hundred I got to turn into ten yuan." Chenlong smiled with a relaxed and natural look on his face. , turned around, looked at the steps behind, and sat down.
For him, the first eighty-five minutes of a game have nothing to do with him at all, because he is a spectator, but it is closely related to him, because if the team loses badly, he will not get much benefit. , the most a goal scored was ten euros. He has also communicated with other teams, asking him to play for five minutes first, score a pre-emptive goal, and then defend to win the game. But this effect is still not as good as playing in the last five minutes, because at that time the opponent has not much physical strength, which is more suitable for Chen Long to perform.
Game start.
A game with stakes is always exciting. Although Chen Long didn't place a bet, he had a chance to win the bet. Therefore, he often had to worry about a game that he shouldn't be worried about, because when it was his turn to play, he didn't want to lose the chance. Earn two hundred euros less for nothing.
The game process was more than powerful but not exciting enough. Typical Italian style of kicking. Chenlong waited stumblingly for his 85th minute, and the score was one to one.
What he needs to do now is to score a goal and win.
He was very careful, not wasting any of his energy, and walked slowly to the forward area.
He is waiting, waiting for an opportunity at his feet.
The ball was fiercely fought for in the midfield and could not be rolled to his feet. His temporary teammates naturally knew how to snatch the ball and then send it to his feet comfortably, allowing him to complete the goal. Chenlong never ran fiercely, but slowly walked back and forth, like a cheetah waiting for an antelope, preparing the final blow.
But time passed by minute by minute. More than two minutes had passed, and the ball still had not reached Chen Long's feet. He was also anxious: the ball was either changing positions in the midfield, or it was playing in his own half. The ball was out of bounds and couldn't be passed to me at all. It seemed that I needed to retreat to get the ball.
After Chenlong thought about it, he suddenly quickened his pace and ran back quickly. Defenders also follow him subconsciously. You must know that no matter who the new players are, they cannot take it lightly. After all, with their physical strength and uncertainty, no one dares to be careless.
Sure enough, Chen Long's retracement changed slightly. His pull caused the defender to move forward, and the team's passing route became shorter, creating more opportunities for the ball. But the ball still couldn't come to his feet smoothly.
More than three minutes passed, and Chenlong still didn't get the ball. But at this time, Chen Longfang got a chance to get a boundary ball! That's about ten meters past the center line. Chen Long ran over without hesitation and stretched out his hand to signal the players to throw the ball to him.
In fact, there was no need for him to signal, the ball could only be solved by throwing it to him, because time was running out, and if Chen Long didn't score, the game would be over.
His teammates threw the ball forward to him without hesitation. Facing the fast ball, Chen Long instantly adjusted his posture. He had no intention of stopping the ball. Instead, he spotted where the ball was coming from and chose to use his body as a cover. While unloading the ball with his right foot, he directly Knock the ball past the right side of the body, and then accelerate from the left side to bypass the defender.
In the flash of lightning, Chen Long moved in one go, using a concise and effective move to pass the ball behind him, slipping through the opponent's defense like a loach with ease.
What Chen Long has to do at this time is to hold the ball, then accelerate, accelerate, accelerate, and accelerate again. He took the ball and shot it diagonally toward the goal 40 meters away.
In that moment, the opponent's defender was completely shaken off by Chen Long. Chen Long had already dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area, forming a one-on-one situation with the goalkeeper.
The opposing goalkeeper immediately chose to attack. Chen Long ignored it completely and glanced at it with the corner of his eye. He kept moving forward at a fast pace. When he was still one meter away from the goalkeeper, he raised his right foot and made a push to the left side of the goal. The goalkeeper judged the right direction. , quickly sliding in the same direction and lying down, trying to block the direction and angle of the shot. But what surprised him was that Chenlong's next move was to flexibly move the ball to the right with his left foot. Renhe and the ball immediately passed him, and finally he comfortably kicked the ball into the empty goal with his right foot.
Wow??, win, enter. The team leaders or gamblers in the audience suddenly burst into excitement and cheered continuously.
On the other side of the coaching bench, someone exclaimed in disbelief: Why did such a strong person only play at the end? This is simply an awesome professional player...
On the field, the tall defenders of the opponent were staring at Chen Long on the field with extremely hateful eyes... as if their own money was being ruthlessly stolen by the opponent, full of resentment.
Chenlong slowly walked back to the center circle, completely ignoring the opponent's gaze. Because he only had so much energy left, he didn't have time to appreciate the other party's interpretation of him.
All he has left to do is to stay on the court leisurely and stay up. Defense is definitely not his task. If the biggest player in football history is called Ronaldo, then he is more leisurely than Ronaldo because of the rest. It really has nothing to do with him anymore. He just needs to watch his teammates defend and wait for the end of the game time.
Of course, no one can struggle with money, so everyone except him fought hard to the end, and he got his wish of 200 euros in income. Of course, this is not his last income today. He still has two games to play, although the total playing time is only ten minutes.
At this time, the opponent still didn't understand why Chen Long didn't come until the end. They could only say that if they knew that Sicily had a five-minute ace, they wouldn't have carelessly entered the competition.