Vermilion Bird, one of the four sacred beasts in ancient Chinese mythology, is the god of the south, the main fire of the five elements, and represents summer in the four seasons.

Xi'an, China, there is a south and north direction of the Vermilion Bird Street, 1,400 years ago Sui Wen Emperor Yang Jian built the beginning of the city, this road is called the Vermilion Bird, has been until now. Later, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan took the Sui and prospered the Tang Dynasty, Daxing City restored the old name of the Han Dynasty - Chang'an, and Zhuque Street became the central axis of Chang'an City, it was 100 meters wide and was the most spacious road in the world at that time.

At that time, Chang'an was also known as Jingzhao Mansion, Jingzhao governed two counties, bounded by Zhuque Street, Chang'an in the east, and ten thousand years in the west. Thousands of years of white horses have passed through the gap, the vast waste capital has become Xi'an, Chang'an is only a district at the southern end of Xi'an, although the Vermilion Bird Street is still there, but it has long lost the prosperity of a thousand years ago, and has become an ordinary street.

Between Zhuque Road and Chang'an North Road, there is a comprehensive stadium with a capacity of 60,000 people. The grade of the stadium is very average, and the appearance connotation is also decent, the official name is "Shaanxi Provincial Stadium", and the name of "Coca-Cola Stadium" is hung high after the name of the business.

However, Shaanxi fans only call this place - Suzaku Stadium. Or, St. Suzaku!

It carries the meager memories of Shaanxi fans after the professionalization of Chinese football, because compared with the developed provinces of football in the east, Shaanxi's football is so worthless. From the Bayi team that lit the flame of Shaanxi football in the early years, to the eternal pain in the hearts of fans - Shaanxi National Strength, now, this is the home of the Chinese Super League team Xi'an Chanba.

This team, originally Shanghai Pudong and Shanghai COSCO, will be called Guizhou Renhe and Beijing Renhe in the future.

In last year's Chinese Super League, Xi'an Chanba ended up in fifth, and halfway through the game, they were inseparably separated from Shandong Luneng. At present, the best player in this team is Brazilian foreign player Vicente, the most famous homeless in the Chinese professional game, who later set a record for foreign players in Chinese football, and is far ahead.

The biggest player in the team is Emperor Li Yi, the core player is midfielder Wang Yun, and the most popular is the rotation main player Wang Erzhuo, because he is from Xi'an.

However, none of the three of them are members of the Chinese national team that is now in the palm of Rijkaard's palm.

January is the coldest time of the year in Xi'an, with only sparse dead leaves left on both sides of the road, struggling in the cold north wind, a bleak white sky, and sharp ice picks hanging under the eaves adding a sense of slaughter to this winter.

But such a cold weather could not stop the enthusiasm of the fans, today St. Suzaku was crammed with fans from Xi'an, Shaanxi, and even the whole country, and there were crowds of fans gathered outside the stadium. St. Suzaku is located in the downtown area, and the crowd of fans has paralyzed the radiating traffic around the area, but no one complained, and fans, pedestrians and drivers listened intently to the movement in the stadium.

The pitch DJ's high-pitched tenor was very excited: "...... World Footballer of the Year, from Xi'an, China, Zhuo-Yang! ”

In an instant, the screams of the sky and the earth broke out inside and outside the stadium, the whole area was boiling, and all the cars that were blocked on the road and couldn't move sounded their horns in unison, and no one cared about the ban on the flute in Xi'an for three years.

Holding the 2008 World Footballer of the Year trophy aloft, Zhuo Yang walked slowly along the red carpet to the center of the Holy Suzaku.

The Ballon d'Or and World Footballer of the Year are not too unusual for Zhuo Yang, but this time they have a different meaning. This time, Zhuo Yang not only won a gold and a silver as the captain of the Chinese national team as AC Milan No. 18, but also for the first time.

In the past, when Zhuo Yang won the award, although Chinese fans were honored, they did not feel the joy of empathy, because Zhuo Yang did not belong to Chinese football at that time. But now it's different, just like Zhuo Yang said in Chinese to the camera when he received the award in Zurich two days ago: "Look, it's beautiful, isn't it?" I'm going to take it back to China and show everybody, and I think you're going to like it. ”

After the award that day, Ronaldo finally couldn't hold back his sourness, and he said to Zhuo Yang before parting: "Actually, the main reason is that your name is more familiar to the ears of those national team managers and captains, which makes no sense." If professional reporters and fans vote, it's really hard to say. ”

In the voting of professional journalists, Ronaldo defeated Zhuo Yang to become the European Golden Ball, and Ronaldo believes that from the perspective of European fans, he is naturally more popular than Asian Zhuo Yang.

Zhuo Yang didn't care about him, just smiled and said to him: "Ronnie, I'm not blowing with you, if I let the fans vote, I won't score a goal in a year, even if I lie down and don't play, but as long as I don't retire, this award is my believe it every year?" “

"How is it possible for Jie Nima?"

"There are 500 million fans in China, and more than 400 million can go online. As long as I'm alive, they'll all vote for me. ”

"500 million...... What do you mean? "Ronaldo's eyes flashed in confusion, and the unit of '100 million' was completely beyond the scope of his knowledge.

Zhuo Yang rolled his eyes, didn't bother to pay attention to him, and poked Messi: "Leo, you explain it to him." ”

"Ahem, ahem...... cough cough cough ......" Messi bent down and coughed suddenly: "Zhuo Yang, this thing has a ...... cough cough cough ...... If you have a big list, you can't even get into the list if you lie down and don't kick, 400 million...... cough cough cough ...... How can 500 million people vote for you? ”

Zhuo Yang: "......"

"Leo, don't be too smart, too smart to grow tall!"

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Zhuo Yang did what he said and flew directly from Zurich to China, not only bringing last year's World Footballer of the Year trophy, but also taking advantage of the opportunity of the fourth round of the Asian Top 10 of the World Cup in South Africa to pack all the goals and Mr. he had scored in the past four years and shipped them back. Xi'an is the home of the Chinese team in this round and Zhuo Yang's hometown.

Zhuo Yang walked up to the platform in the center of the field with the World Footballer of the Year trophy in his hand and placed it on top of the only vacant one of the eight circular pillars. On the eight pillars, eight trophies shine.

2008 and 2007 World Footballer of the Year Golden Ball Boot Trophy; 2006, 2005 European Golden Ball Golden Ball Trophy.

2005 World Footballer of the Year Silver Trophy; 2007, 2008 European Golden Ball Silver Trophy.

2006 World Footballer of the Year Bronze Trophy.

Over the past four years, Zhuo Yang has never left the top three in two awards, and today he brought them all back.

Zhuo Yang's family was also in the stands, and his mother Yang Hong came to watch a football match for the first time. Although she had already experienced the majesty of her son being hailed by thousands of people on TV before, immersive was a completely different concept. Sixty thousand people shouted Zhuo Yang's name in unison, and the sound seemed to shatter the sky where the miserable sun hung high, and no matter who was in it, their blood would boil.

Yang Hong was shocked by the explosive boiling, and she looked at her son who was cheered by thousands of people in the center of the venue, and she was sincerely proud.

"You...... ...... year Support the doll to kick the ball, you ...... That's right! She said to her husband Zhuo Tongtong.

"What did you say?" Zhuo Tongtong turned his head. The scene was deafening, and he couldn't hear what his wife was saying.

"Nothing." Yang Hong muttered, and then shouted at her stupid husband: "I didn't say anything!" ”

Zhuo Tongtong smiled with his eyebrows, he was a husband and wife for almost thirty years, he actually knew what she wanted to say just by looking at his wife's eyes, not to mention that he heard it just now.

Yang Hong's right hand secretly clenched Zhuo Tongtong's left hand underneath, but he felt pity in his heart: alas, he should really let Zhuo Yang take the Chopin Gold Medal together.

The Chopin Gold Medal is the world equivalent of the world footballer in the piano world, and the status is only high and not low, because it is not every year. Yang Hong squeezed her husband's hand, and just wanted to tell him the emotion in her heart, but saw that her son in the middle of the venue was about to speak.

Zhuo Yang's words came to be known as the 'Chinese Football Manifesto'.

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