Chapter 24: The World Cup is coming
Chen Xiaojian couldn't understand how an excuse that came to mind temporarily at the beginning became the reason why Bian Yuanya is studying seriously now.
Chen Xiaojian asked, "Does it have anything to do with your studies and newspapers?"
Bian Yuanya said: "What do you know? If we do well, we'll be in the newspapers. You say, when the time comes to go to the newspaper, the newspaper says, 'A group of scumbags from Dagang Middle School won the championship', where do you put our face?"
Listening to Bian Yuanya's explanation, Chen Xiaojian had a point in his heart, it turned out that it was not because Bian Yuanya was motivated to study hard because of some mess, but for the so-called face.
Chen Xiaojian quipped: "Then you don't have to rush to study, what if we don't get good grades and go home in one round?
Bian Yuanya said: "How can you not get good grades, don't talk nonsense, bah blah." ”
After Bian Yuanya finished speaking, he took three sips in a row, and said that what he just said would not work when Chen Xiaojian and them came.
"Of course it's us, and I'm not alone, like Panda and Bingbing, they're also starting to work hard now. Bian Yuanya suddenly fell silent, and then said something like this to Chen Xiaojian: "And even if you don't have good grades and can't be in the newspaper, then you should be doing your best to prepare for the college entrance examination, and we won't suffer anyway, right?"
Chen Xiaojian originally heard Bian Yuanya say that now all of them are studying seriously, just so that they will not be too faceless when they are on the news in the future, Chen Xiaojian felt in his heart that they must only be hot for three minutes.
So Chen Xiaojian was still thinking about how to crack down on and tease Bian Yuanya and them for a few words, but when he heard Bian Yuanya's next sentence, Chen Xiaojian was also silent.
Indeed, in the eyes of teachers and parents, they are not good students who can study hard, and it seems that they will never be the children of other people's families in the mouths of teachers and parents.
Indeed, in the eyes of teachers and parents, they are not good students who will increase the rate of admission to school. For them, perhaps the best outcome is to get a diploma and then find a technical school or a place to do odd jobs and work hard.
But now at this moment, Chen Xiaojian suddenly figured it out a little, even if it was himself, Chen Xiaojian also understood a little.
Why did Chen Xiaojian decide to start studying hard for a new beginning? In order to get into a good school and then find a good job?
Chen Xiaojian is like this, he doesn't have to worry about work or anything, or he doesn't have to worry about money at all. So what does Chen Xiaojian think is studying hard for?
Are they really not good students? Do they really not want to study hard and go back with good grades?
There is not a single student who has not thought that his academic performance is so good that he will be praised by his parents and teachers. It didn't matter what he was at school, what it was like in the hearts of the teachers, but they all thought about it before.
It's just that before, it has always been so bad, even if you work hard, what can you do?
Every time this group of scumbags is inspired by someone to want to study hard and work hard, they will first self-deny themselves.
Because we keep failing, because we are not welcomed, because we are the negative teaching materials in the mouths of teachers.
Chen Xiaojian said: "What you said is right, it should indeed be like this. Aren't I seriously reviewing now? Actually, I'm thinking the same thing as you. After Chen Xiaojian finished speaking, he and Bian Yuanya glanced at each other and laughed.
The two laughed, Chen Xiaojian suddenly felt that such a picture looked so ambiguous, and hurriedly stretched out his hand, covered Bian Yuanya's face, and said, "Don't smile at me, I'm not good at that." ”
Bian Yuanya heard Chen Xiaojian say this, and hurriedly said: "I'll go, you slut, what are you thinking? I'm not interested in a fat man like you." ”
Chen Xiaojian said: "Oh, you actually say I'm fat." ”
Saying that, the two moved their hands twice, and the other party snapped.
After a while, Bian Yuanya said: "I said, why did you suddenly change sex and start studying seriously." I thought I would be able to show myself when I reported it later, right?"
Chen Xiaojian said: "How can I be, am I that kind of person?"
Bian Yuanya said: "That's, that's it, who are you? You are that kind of person." Don't explain, slut. ”
Chen Xiaojian and Bian Yuanya are noisy, in the eyes of others, such Chen Xiaojian and Bian Yuanya are normal, Chen Xiaojian was like that a few days ago, it was really abnormal.
But how would they know that this time the noise was different from before.
Time passed in the noise of this classroom.
When another hot summer wind blew, it was evident that the wind was hotter and more manic than all the previous ones, and the water vapor in the air seemed to have been evaporated.
Just the day after Chen Xiaojian bought a sports lottery ticket, a summer football whirlwind blown by Germany in Europe, under the leadership of Greo VI, swept the entire Eurasian continent together, and spread to Africa and the Americas in an instant.
In a very short period of time, the whole world has been swept and all the people are crazy about it, at this time, you can understand why there are so many sports, and only football is called the first sport.
The world's attention is turned to Germany in Europe, home to 32 of the best teams from five continents.
They were the heroes of their respective peoples, and together they came to Germany with a dream, and together they launched a brave assault on a trophy.
But this is destined to be a process full of tragedy, because it is destined that only one team can fulfill the most dazzling dream and embrace the "Hercules Cup".
In 2006, the World Cup in Germany came under the attention of the world.
Black and white elves dance beneath their feet, and great battles will be staged on the verdant lawn.
On the green battlefield, the smoke of gunfire rises again, and the heroes compete with each other, pointing their swords at Berlin.
Thirty-two princes, competing for Germany, after forty-eight fierce battles, there is only one champion, and only the victor will be remembered.
After a month-long battle, the final or two teams will face off at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
In a few years' time, if people talk about this World Cup, they will say it's special, it's special just because it's so ordinary.
There is no dark horse in charge, and there is no wealthy family upset and accidental fall from the horse.
Everything is acting out according to a fixed, imaginable script.
When the group stage is over and the round of 16 is born, the normality of this World Cup has already been revealed, and almost no team that enters the round of 16 is unexpected.
Then came the quarter-finals, but when the quarter-finals were over. When Argentina, Ukraine, England, and Brazil were all eliminated, no one said that this round of matches was an upset.
There are no absolute upsets in this round of quarter-finals, just look at the names of the qualifiers, Germany, Italy, Portugal, France.
They are all the top giants in Europe and even the world, which is why Chen Xiaojian found that the odds of almost all teams were not high when betting on the championship and rankings.
In the eyes of most people, except for Portugal, which is relatively weaker in the top four, no one dares to say who is more champion of the other three teams.
9 July, 2006.
Imperial time: 2:00 a.m.
Location: Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany.
Italy and France successfully met, when the romance of the Mediterranean collided with the passion of the Gallic rooster.
It was a battle of the best, with the teams tied 1-1 in regulation time and extra time, with neither team able to dismember their opponents in the game.
The game came to a brutal penalty shootout under the gaze of 75,000 spectators.
Needless to say, when Italy won the Gold Cup, when the gold ribbon was sprinkled all over the field, who was still paying attention to the hollow, sad eyes of the French?
Yellow cards, red cards, fouls, violence, goals, equalisers, penalty shootouts.
This game has all the ingredients to become a classic, so whenever people talk about that year's World Cup, that summer in Germany, they can't avoid this game.
The last master of art, only Zidane, was sent off for hitting his opponent's chest with a red card. When Zidane and the golden cup passed by, how many people's eyes were blurred.
The villain on the field, the devil in the eyes of the opponent, the angel in the eyes of the fans. Materazzi, he is such a special person, he is such a contradictory person.
No one thought of it, nor could it have imagined that the cold on the field, between words, let the opponent's ace core red card go off the field.
In the eyes of the French and Italians, Materazzi was the combination of the devil and the angel.
When Grosso scored the last goal, it was all over. Time seemed to freeze at that moment.
The previous 120 minutes flashed before everyone's eyes, and in these more than 100 minutes, the two teams worked together to contribute a wonderful, classic game for everyone. Italy and France, two great teams, have tasted the pinnacle glory of modern football, but also encountered setbacks and bumps in their path.
Now both teams are on the road of reform, France's literary and romantic football philosophy is changing towards subtlety and agility, but the road to reform will inevitably encounter failure, just like a butterfly can not fly in the sea, no one blames.
For the French players, this night in Berlin was undoubtedly sad, just like the sad rainy night that Napoleon faced more than 100 years ago in the Belgian town of Waterloo.