Chapter 48: The second generation of football stars with a different fate
"One last question."
"Hello, I'm a journalist from Portugal Friday TV. Right now, I don't want to ask you any questions, just a request. ”
"Tell me."
"To avoid a fight between our Iberian brothers for a place in this group stage. I'm just saying my request to the Spanish team as a Portuguese, and I hope you can win this game and don't just win by one goal. ”
Before the final round of the group stage match between Spain and China, a reporter from Portugal said these words after he was given the opportunity to ask questions, causing the audience to burst into laughter. There was such laughter, and it seemed that the atmosphere of the pre-match press conference was very relaxed.
But everyone understands that at least the Spanish team's heart is not so relaxed.
As the Portuguese journalist said, if Spain can't beat China in this game and get that precious three points, then ...... The brothers from the Iberian Peninsula will have to compete for a place in the group according to their goal difference and total goals scored in accordance with the World Cup group stage qualification rules.
Although these two teams from the Iberian Peninsula play particularly fiercely every time they meet in an international tournament, it seems that they can lose to anyone, but they can't lose to each other. But when it comes to this kind of survival, fans in Portugal and Spain still don't want such a tragedy to happen.
"You say...... The right winger of the Chinese team, how did he learn Garrincha's dribbling footwork? That's just too ...... It's incredible. ”
When taking the bus to the stadium, some players in the Spanish team still raised such questions. Obviously, the players of the Spanish team are relate to his feelings. In recent decades, Spain's midfielders have been known for their delicate footwork. But there are few who feel that the technique of the feet is delicate and outstanding, and there are few who have never studied Garrincha's dribbling footwork.
The player has been dead for a long time, and even the fans who attend the stadium every week are largely unaware of the legendary Brazilian player, but among the professionals, Garrincha's legacy is far more far-reaching.
It's one thing to not have a research, it's another thing to have studied it before.
And the more familiar you are with Garrincha's dribbling technique, the harder it is to imagine how a player can do what Garrincha does in those blurry, low-resolution black-and-white footage.
"Oh, maybe you'll have to ask your father and mother why they made your legs the same long. In fact, I think it is very likely that this is a natural skill that only people with a difference of six centimeters between the length of their left and right legs can have. ”
The person who said this was none other than the Spanish team's positive Indian center forward, Milan Pique.
Yes, don't doubt it, he is the son of the famous Spanish star Gerard Pique and the Latin diva Shakira from Colombia. Milan Pique's father is Catalan and his mother is Colombian, so he always has a strange accent in Spanish. Of course, Milan Pique's Spanish is no worse than David Beckham's English. Coupled with the excellent appearance he inherited from his parents, the strange accent has instead become a unique and silly plus.
When Milan Pique said "the natural skill of long and short legs", the bus in which the Spanish team was riding suddenly erupted in one after another, uncontrollable laughter. But Milan Pique, who said that, had the style of a smiling man, and he continued with a basically unchanged expression:
"Personally, I think that if you want to learn Garrincha dribbling, you have to have long legs first. And then ......" Milan Pique paused abruptly as he said "then", and then said in a tone that solved the mystery of the puzzle: "You may have access to the secret law of the dribbling footwork!" ”
After saying this, Milan Pique said to the laughter of his national team teammates: "Don't say what I just said, I personally think that the whole thing I said is neutral." But for some reason, I was always vulnerable to protests from strange civic organizations. ”
Milan Pique, who has just returned to La Liga from the Premier League, has clearly not been able to adjust to the public opinion environment in the UK. Perhaps among the five major leagues, the Premier League can be regarded as the most entertaining one. This means that the star is no longer a simple, playing athlete in England. In the eyes of most of the media, football stars are linked to words like "idol" and "star".
In England, there's a good chance you'll only be praised by the media for your excellent performance in the last game, and next week you'll be blackmailed by a collection of bad jokes for your poor performance in the latest round.
Genius and fool may be only one issue away from a newspaper in England.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Milan Pique, who transferred from Manchester United in the Premier League to Barcelona in La Liga, has so many scruples about his words and deeds. After all, this is not a nerve-wracking press conference, and no one will be able to speak in private with friends on a daily basis.
However, Milan Pique was definitely overthinking this time, or his words were meant to play a kind of teasing role. It's a pity, it's hard to think that he also has such great wisdom!!
Speaking of Milan Pique's boyhood, it must have made many people laugh and cry.
Milan Pique is a Catalan himself, and his father is still known as the 87 golden generation of Barcelona's own academy La Masia along with Messi and Cesc Fabregas. And Milan Pique's mother, Shakira, a Latin diva who once fell in love with the son of the Argentine president, was banned by Real Madrid because she was a "person with a position". It's clear that Real Madrid's home Bernabeu hasn't played the Latin diva's song for decades.
In this case, it is only natural for Milan Pique to enter the Barcelona academy and, if he is good enough, he should also go to La Liga Barcelona after graduating from the Barcelona academy.
But! is such a young and upright Barcelona man, he actually went to Manchester United's academy!! And after graduating from Manchester United's academy, he gradually became the main striker of Manchester United!! It wasn't until this winter that he returned to Barcelona amid the abuse of Manchester United fans!
At that time, Manchester United fans chased Milan Pique and yelled: "Go back to your Barcelona!!" All Pique don't come to Manchester United again!! Don't come again!! ”
Because Milan Pique and the son of the golden wolf Guti are the same age, and their fathers belong to the two opposing camps of the Spanish national derby, Barcelona and Real Madrid, and showed their extraordinary football talent at a very young age, the two main players of the Spanish national team have been compared from an early age.
In addition, Milan Pique left Manchester United's academy two years before Enzo Guti left Real Madrid's academy and went to Atletico Madrid's academy, which caused a lot of sensation at the time.
But the experiences seem very similar, but these two people have very different follow-up encounters.
Milan's father, Gerard Pique, has repeatedly explained his son's choice in front of the media, and Milan's mother, the diva Shakira, has publicly stated that she supports the decision made by their little man. But Enzo Guti almost broke with his father.
So, what is it that has made Milan Piquess go so far and far that he has even crossed the country to the Manchester United Academy?
Some people say that it is because the strong physique of Manchester United players has always been famous in football, generally speaking, Manchester United players are rarely troubled by injuries, and there are even many times, as soon as the glass man of another team arrives at Manchester United, it seems to be reborn as if he has become a strong player who is not injured in a hundred battles.
After such a statement appeared, many people agreed with it. Until...... A friend of Milan Pique said after getting drunk that because the Barcelona academy has produced excellent players with a stable height of 1.7 meters all the year round, Milan, who was only 1.45 meters tall until the age of twelve, was afraid that his father's genes would not be strong enough, and he said that he would go to the Manchester United academy!
Think about it, as soon as such remarks come out, how can the young students who are still in the Barcelona academy and are less than 1.7 meters tall participate in every day of training and learning with a calm mood?
Then, the Spanish team has taken the bus to the stadium for the game, and the Chinese team is ready to line up in the corridor of the hotel where they are staying. Among them, Lei Yi, who was carrying twenty-three sets of jerseys in his bag, was particularly excited.
Although Zhang Shaolin strictly stipulated the daily lights-out time and came to check the room from time to time, it was in those limited hours that Lei Yi still exerted his artistic talent, washing and ironing everyone's dirty jerseys, and then using sports-specific tape to stick the Chinese name of each of them and the Chinese pinyin of the Chinese name.
Though...... Even Lei Yi really didn't believe that as a team representing a country in the World Cup, it was possible for all of them to wear these highly artistic jerseys he pasted to participate in their key battles in the World Cup. But that didn't prevent Lei Yi from being very excited and happy to put on the twenty-three sets of jerseys and go to the game court with everyone. But obviously, his behavior can easily cause misunderstanding among others. And, now he has caused a misunderstanding among others!
Seeing Lei Yi carrying such a big bag on his back, his eyes were full of excitement and expectation, even Wei Lin, who said "it looks honest, but in fact his stomach is black", felt that his heart was full of guilt, not to mention...... came up with Zhang Shaolin, who used this method to teach Lei Yi the truth of life.
The vice-captain walked next to the captain, and motioned to the captain with his eyes to take a look at the Thunder Wing Boy, you go and take a look at the Thunder Wing Boy's current expression!!
The captain replied to the vice captain with a crampy expression, don't look, don't look, educate the problem teenager must be ruthless!
So the deputy captain Wei Lin exhaled, and his movements were extremely secretive, and he suddenly dragged Zhang Shaolin to turn around and face Lei Yi without looking back!
"Captain!!"
Seeing that Zhang Shaolin actually turned around to look at him suddenly, his long and short legs happily called out this title. In his eyes, there was a lot of anticipation. Long and short legs said: "Captain! I've got all the jerseys with me! Each one is different! It's beautiful! ”
Zhang Shaolin: "............"
When Lei Yi said this, not to mention Zhang Shaolin, who came up with this trick, the other teammates who knew about it also turned their faces in their hearts.
So, Captain Shaolin, have you figured out what to say to little Leiy?