Chapter 2 The World Cup is held
Self-spiritual pursuit, enrich one's life experience, and choose one's own hobbies.
Football, Lu Yang in his previous life, is a senior fan who has watched football for more than 20 years. Perhaps it was influenced by the subconscious of past life memories. Little Andrew, who has been in love with football since he was a child.
In the past few years, he has also played football in the school team for several years, and he is the main midfielder of the school team, and he has performed very well in inter-school competitions. The school's football coach also recognized his skills and talent, clear and calm mind, broad vision, good passing skills, and good free-kick ability, which could lead to professional success in the future.
But in fact, Andrew himself understands that his physical condition is average, and his playing talent is average! To be able to perform well in the midfield of the varsity team is only to rely on the thinking of an adult, so that he has a relatively clear and calm mind, and the memory of a senior football lover makes him understand the simple football tactics more thoroughly.
If you choose to play professionally in the future, the future will definitely not be ideal, and there is no money in football in this era, so this choice has to be given up rationally.
Maybe it should be feasible to be a football coach, after all, there are a lot of memories of where football will go in the coming decades. This choice can be planned in advance.
Well, in a few years, when it comes to the holidays, go to learn the football coaching course, gradually learn the assessment, spend a few years, take the qualification of an intermediate coach, and be able to coach amateur and low-level professional football teams.
In the future, I will be a player and coach, and when I am interested, I will arrange myself to play a few times, so that it is convenient to satisfy my desire to play!
In a few years, Andrew happily decided to take a football coaching course.
As for the hobby of reading, it does not generate income. But you can write if you look at it!
In my previous life, my writing was barely okay, but after the failure of my business, I made a living by writing online articles, although my grades were average, but I still accumulated some writing experience.
The idea of writing a novel about football gradually emerged when the two hobbies, football, reading the advanced version of the book, and writing, were combined.
Regardless of the grades, it is inevitable to give it a try. Then give it a try, even if the football novel is not to the taste of the British, if it fails, it is just a waste of brain cells and spare time.
There is also finance, which is not a hobby, which is the foundation of the born. We have to pay attention to it, in terms of financial speculation in this era, this is to be studied and understood, and the memory value of the previous life cannot be wasted!
By the way, we will develop financial contacts and prepare for future financial speculation.
One by one, the other items came to mind, compared with themselves, evaluated and then denied one by one.
It seems that we still need to learn more about the social situation of this era! Now that I am still young, the level of participation in social activities is too low, and I have to understand the possibility of implementing many ideas in the process of growing up.
Now it's better to do your job as a student. In my spare time, I try to write a novel about football. For the rest, let's wait to grow up.
Fast forward three years, and the juvenile chapter of the football novel that Andrew is trying to write is about to be completed. 200,000 words, handwriting is still quite a lot of effort.
In the summer of 1966, July came, and the whole of London was filled with a lively football atmosphere, and the 8th World Cup would open on July 11.
The good things that Andrew had been waiting for for three years were about to begin. Over the course of three years, Andrew saved £50 in pocket money and £100 for the bike his family bought him when he was in secondary school, for a total of £150.
From three years ago, Andrew began to encourage his father Alan Smith to buy England winning lottery tickets, from the beginning of the perfunctory, to the decision to buy dozens of pounds, it took Andrew three years of saliva.
As the opening of the World Cup is approaching, the publicity of the local World Cup has become more and more frequent, which has inspired the patriotic enthusiasm of many Britons, and participating in the discussion of the World Cup football match has become a fashionable topic in the near future.
His father, Alan Smith, was also influenced by public opinion with patriotic fervor and decided to follow the advice of Andrew, the family's leading figure on football, and bought a £200 football ticket for England to win the championship, with odds of 11 times.
And Andrew himself, however, did not buy football lottery tickets right away, but waited for the match between North Korea and Italy in the group stage. Andrew also talked to his father about the possibility of the North Korean team's upset, but what he got was his father's disapproval.
No way, no one will be optimistic about the North Korean team before the game. But Andrew is not, according to the memory of his previous life, in this match between North Korea and Italy, the odds of North Korea beating Italy will reach 1 to 1000.
On July 11, the long-awaited 8th FIFA World Cup began. Andrew focused on the situation of the North Korean team. North Korea were placed in Group 4 against Italy, Chile and the Soviet Union.
When the faster and stronger Soviet Union caused the North Koreans to lose 3-0 in the first game, many felt that the North Korean team had no resistance.
However, things were different next against Chile, and although Marcos gave Chile the lead, Park Seung-jin equalised and North Korea took the first point.
Next up is the third group game, and no one is going to look favorably on North Korea before the game, unless he's crazy.
Andrew waited for the moment to win 1-1000 against Italy at a lottery spot for £150.
The match started on July 19 at 7:30 p.m. for both teams, and all those who watched the match at Aersum Park or on TV will not forget it. It's easy to get lost in the romance of the story and assert that North Korea just won against a mediocre Italian team, which is partly true, but not quite.
The Italian captain and Bologna legend Bourgareli was unavailable due to a knee injury, but head coach Efarbry felt the striker was too important to miss him and put his health on the line. However, this time he lost the bet. Bulgarelli's attempt to get past Park Seungjin has aggravated his injury, and with no substitutions, Italy have to play one man less and their prospects seem to be out of place.
Sure enough, the moment of the goal came quickly: the Italians cleared the ball but did not go far, the North Korean team headed the ball back into the penalty area, and the forward Park Doo-ik conceded the ball, and then pulled his foot and fired a low shot, the ball passed through the Italian goalkeeper's ten fingers and finally rolled into the net. "With five minutes to go, North Korea is ahead!" the BBC commentator screamed, making those who were following the match realise that they could be witnessing a match that will go down in history.
Maybe the goalkeeper at the time, Albertosi, could have done better, but at this moment the goddess of fate was also on the side of North Korea. Since then, Italy have had a number of chances to equalise, notably Perani, who was playing for Bologna at the time, squandered two great chances to score. Italians today are really out of luck.
The North Koreans' strong defense allowed them to finally hear the final whistle and they advanced, while the Italians had to bow their heads and return home in depravity amid laughter.
The result quickly hit sports headlines in various countries, with reporters scrambling to cover the game with exaggerated rhetoric. It was really big news that the North Korean team, who were initially underdogs, eliminated the big favorites Italy and entered the knockout round.
Andrew was at home, watching the game in the living room with his family, and when the final whistle blew for the game, North Korea won against Italy.
The results of the game are consistent with the memories of the past life. Andrew relaxed his tension, and then there was ecstasy, laughing, dancing, 150,000 pounds!
The family members looked at Andrew silly inexplicably, isn't it that the North Korean team defeated Italy. It's an accident, but I don't do anything with you, why are you so excited. Only the father remembered Andrew's advice the other day and guessed the reason for Andrew's ecstasy.
Father Alan Smith came over and hugged Andrew and asked:
"Dear Andrew, did you buy a ticket for the North Korean team's victory over Italy?"
"Yes, father, I bought it all for £150. Andrew replied with a smile.
When the family heard about it, they also gathered around and asked Andrew. Only his father was in a daze beside him, muttering to himself, 1 to 1000 odds, 150 pounds for 150,000 pounds.
"Alan, my dear, what are you talking about £150,000?" the mother asked, hearing his father's muttering.
The father came to his senses, hugged his mother and said excitedly, "Yes, dear, you heard it right, £150,000, Andrew won the lottery." ”
When the family heard their father's answer, they all looked at Andrew in a daze, their expressions were dull, and they couldn't believe it was true. Andrew happily enjoyed the surprised expressions of his family, or his father thought of the lottery bet slip, and said to Andrew:
"Andrew, take out the lottery ticket slip and show it to us, don't make a mistake. ”
When Andrew returned to the living room with the lottery ticket slip from the bedroom, the family's emotions were also restored under his father's explanation.
After the father confirmed the lottery ticket, the family cheered together. 150,000 pounds! Now in London, an ordinary worker earns more than 20 pounds a week, and he can't earn 150,000 pounds in his lifetime.
Even the accumulation of the Smith family for a hundred years is only more than 1.5 million pounds of family property, and one-tenth of the value of the family property, the family has to sigh and be excited.
After the excitement of the family, my father solemnly said to everyone: "This lottery is Andrew's accurate judgment and luck against the sky, can not be copied, I warn you, don't blindly participate, most people who buy lottery tickets are losing......''
After warning the family, his father, Alan Smith, turned around and said to his third son, Andrew, "Andrew, what are you going to do with the prize?"
"I'm still young now, and I don't want to be exposed to the public, so I still have to ask my father to help me handle the prize redemption. Andrew replied soberly.
"Okay, I'll handle the prize redemption, and then I'll open an account in the bank in your name, and I'll keep it for the time being. I'll give it to you when you're an adult. In the meantime, if you need to use this money, please discuss it with me in advance. Do you approve of this kind of treatment, Andrew?" asked Andrew about his father, Alan Smith.
"Yes, thank you, father!" Andrew nodded.
After discussing the handling of the prize, the family was still interested in talking about the current performance of the England team and whether they could win the championship.
In the dead of night, when he returned to his bedroom, Andrew was sleepless and thinking about the future. The first pot of gold is earned, what should I do next?
Thinking about past life memories, in the early seventies, there would be an oil economic crisis, and throughout the seventies, Britain suffered from a decade-long stagflation of low economic growth and high inflation. High welfare benefits and strong trade unions will be important factors hindering economic growth in the UK.
Staying in the UK to develop is not very good for both the family business and the personal development prospects. How to choose to go abroad for development, and how to persuade my father to listen to his own judgment and choice?
It's too brain-burning, the difficulty of things is too great, Andrew's mind is temporarily suspended, so let's think about it slowly later.
The next day, the North Korean team was a big upset, knocking out the favorite Italy, and the news of entering the knockout round was quite lively. The associated unpopular big multiplier football lottery winners, with a personal prize of £150,000, have also attracted the attention of journalists.
Andrew's original idea of making a little more money in the subsequent tournament had to be stopped. The lottery thing, Andrew doesn't want to be too attention-grabbing. When I bought a lottery ticket, I didn't expect there to be such a sensational news attention, I knew it was so, and I should have bought it at several points at that time, distracting attention.
It's good to make a little more money, but it's not necessary to attract too much attention.
This holiday, I still have to finish the juvenile chapter of football life, and try the reading taste of the British?
PS: Dear book friends, please collect, ask for recommendations!