Chapter 53: We're Fucking Rich!
"Wealth cannot win", this sentence Zhang Shu said in Chinese, but the Italian media already had a wealth of experience in interviewing Zhang Shu's "torture" this year. Many of the controversial remarks made by Zhang Shu www.biquge.info were made when facing Chinese reporters, so no one has one or two translators who understand Chinese now.
But when the reporters at the scene returned with voice recorders to find Chinese translators to help translate, it made it difficult for these translators. In Chinese, this sentence would be a good victory declaration in context, expressing that Brescia has the confidence to defeat her opponent despite being less financially than her opponent. But if it is translated into Italian, it loses a little bit of charm.
Fortunately for a big newspaper like Milano Sport, the Chinese translator they hired was a Chinese immigrant, and the phrase was translated as "Money can't make people submit." ”
But when other smaller media outlets routinely asked some Italian college students who had studied half-hung Chinese to help translate, Zhang's words were literally changed to "rich people cannot win."
Such a report has confused many fans, why can't the rich win? The commercialization of modern football is becoming more and more complete, and how many of the teams that can win championships are lacking in funds? Manchester United, the hegemon of the English Premier League, has the best global business development, Juventus, which has won the most Serie A titles, stands behind Italy's largest private industrial and commercial group - EXOR Group, and the Bundesliga giants Bayern Murihei is also wealthy, not to mention the La Liga giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, as a membership club that does not allow profits, their biggest trouble every year is how to spend all the income and membership dues of the previous year.
So Zhang Shu's words are simply unreasonable.
Because of the Western media's long-standing demonization of China, many misguided Italians even believe that Zhang Shu would say such absurd things because he came from a communist country.
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So, as Brescia walked into Stamford Stadium, they were greeted by the singing of the Chelsea fans.
This certainly does not mean to be kind to them.
In the Premier League, the singing of the fans is one of the biggest features of the scene. In addition to the official Blue.Is.The.Colour anthem from Chelsea Football Club, the multi-talented fans will also write their own songs for the team and their favourite players.
For example, the most widely circulated "Chelsea ~ Chelsea ~" and "Forward, Chelsea". With a simple melody and repetitive lyrics, these two songs are the most often sung by fans at Stamford Bridge.
In addition to this, the songs of Claude Makelele and Frank Lampard, who cheered on the players.
Of course, compared to these gentler songs, there is another kind of fan song born under the hot football culture in England, which is commonly known as the "song of hate" and attacks other teams and players.
For example, in the famous "F**k.Them.All", tens of thousands of fans would gather in the stands to chant "you!" during the games against Manchester United, West Ham and Liverpool. you! Manchester United, West Ham Liverpool! ”。
For local rivals Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea fans have also written their own songs for them.
"They're going to White Hart Lane for laps and birdie by the way! The fans of White Hart Lane were dumbfounded, my little bird has a coat! ”
That's how Chelsea fans welcome Tottenham.
Brescia and Chelsea do not have a deep hatred, Brescia has not had the opportunity to participate in European competitions in the past, the two sides have never met, this is the first time they have met.
Theoretically, they are completely ineligible to enjoy Chelsea fan 'Hate.Song'.
However, Zhang Shu's pre-match remarks, which were mistranslated by the media, spurred the self-esteem of Chelsea fans. Abu's money brought a new life to Chelsea, and at this time, a Chinese jumped out and declared that "rich people can't win"?
How can you endure such words that are almost cursed!
With several fan groups in tandem, Chelsea fans came together to give these poor people from Italy a vivid memory in the most enthusiastic way.
This time they played a new trick.
Due to the tight schedule, it was too late to improvise a song that mocked Brescia, but it didn't matter, they had a newly composed song that would definitely have the effect of stimulating Brescia.
The name of the song is "We're Fucking Rich!" 》
"We're just rich! We're just rich! We just have a fucking amount of money to spend! ”
"And you are poor only in spirit, but you are hungry and complaining here! Oooooooo We're just fucking rich! ”
When listening to such a song came to their ears, the faces of the Brescia players couldn't help but twitch.
"These nouveau riche!" Standing in front of the goal to shoot to warm up Tony scolded, "Except for being rich, there is nothing else to show off!" ”
But Chelsea fans couldn't hear him, 'We're just rich!' We're just rich! We just have a fucking amount of money to spend! The repeated lyrics continued to burrow into his ears without stopping, disturbing him.
", that's annoying!" He kicked the ball towards goal, but with too much force, the ball flew high into the sky, causing a burst of laughter from the Chelsea fans sitting behind the goal.
Tony spat on the lawn, turned around and walked back, and then Zhang Shu, who came up to shoot, walked up to him.
"What a bunch of nouveau riche!" When he passed by, he couldn't help but complain to Zhang Shu.
"Haha, I think they're right, Chelsea are richer than us." Zhang Shu had a cheerful face, "These fans are so talented!" ”
"Zhang! Don't you feel uncomfortable!? Tony asked with a dark face, and he almost wrote the word "unhappy" on his face.
"I don't think so." Zhang Shu replied as a matter of course, "If only the opponent's provocation was so interesting, those opponents in Serie A are too uncreative." Thanks to them, I think it's a lot more fun now! ”
He was as excited as a child who had discovered a new toy. "Looks like we'll see what they're going to do if we win!"
"Zhang! How can you be so calm! Tony felt that sometimes he really couldn't understand what was going on in Zhang's head.
But Zhang Shu's answer once again refreshed Tony's three views.
"Because I'm shameless! Luca! ”
Tony was so choked by Zhang Shu's natural answer that he couldn't speak, and it took a while for him to come back to his senses, and when he looked back, Zhang Shu had kicked the football towards the goal.
Hang straight to the dead end.
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After the pre-match warm-up, the players returned to the locker room one after another, and the players exchanged views on the songs they heard during the warm-up.
"Don't worry about that." Baggio clapped his hands and said, "The performance of their fans shows that they can't find any other advantage over us except money, so as long as we do our job, the final victory will definitely belong to us." ”
Vice-captain Filippini also loudly cheered up the morale of his teammates.
"That's right! Even if we don't have as much money as they do, football is played with our feet! We have come here step by step from relegation, not with the incentive of winning bonuses, but by relying on everyone as a whole! Let's teach that nouveau riche a lesson today! Let them know that football is not something that money can buy to win! ”
While the captain and vice-captain were giving a speech to Fabio to the players, Pep Guardiola looked around the dressing room left and right, and finally found Zhang Shu in the corner outside the crowd, and he walked over to see Zhang Shu drawing something on a T-shirt with the marker pen he usually carries with him to sign for fans.
"Zhang, aren't you going to say a few words?" He asked curiously, stretching his neck, wanting to cross Zhang Shu's shoulder to see what Zhang Shu was writing. "What are you doing?"
But Zhang Shu immediately leaned sideways to block the T-shirt, "I can't look at it now!" Pep! He hurriedly pulled up the hem of his T-shirt to cover the fruits of his labor, as if it were some great secret.
"Isn't that inappropriate? You've got to show me what you've written! Guardiola looked at Zhang Shu with some suspicion, God knows what strange things this guy with a big brain will do.
Zhang wrote on his T-shirt, presumably to show it to everyone in front of the cameras after scoring a goal. This form of celebration can vary from public service announcements that get everyone to applaud, to name-calling and taunting opponents or political propaganda that can lead to additional post-match suspensions.
Pep Guardiola didn't dare to let Zhang Shu take it upon himself to reveal the T-shirt on all the TV screens, which he didn't know what was written.
If you don't die, you won't die, although Guardiola doesn't know this sentence, but in his heart Zhang Shu is a guy who loves to die.
"Don't worry, Pep! Definitely not something that doesn't fit in! Zhang Shu still grabbed the T-shirt tightly, "You let me keep a little mystery!" ”
"Really, not?" Pep Guardiola stared at Zhang Shu's eyes for sure
"Not really!" Zhang Shu patted his chest and promised, "I have no ill will towards those Chelsea fans!" It's just a little joke on each other! ”
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"To be honest, I always feel a little uncertain."
While queuing in the tunnel of players, Guardiola was still discussing his findings with Baggio, "Zhang shouldn't write too outrageous words, right?" The singing of the Chelsea fans is honestly exciting. ”
But Baggio's trust in Zhang Shu is now increasing.
"If Zhang says it's not, I don't think it should be." He thought for a moment, "It might get media attention, but at least it won't be the kind of thing that will get him banned." ”
"Well, I hope you're right." Guardiola shrugged his shoulders and turned to line up, just taking two steps before falling back in.
"Robbie, just to be on the safe side, if Zhang scores, you have to be tight with him, and if you find something wrong, you will immediately pull off his jersey." He said solemnly.
"Good, good, good." Faced with such a careful Guardiola, Baggio could only raise his hands and make a gesture of surrender.
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Chelsea lined up in a 4-3-1-2 formation with goalkeeper Koudicini and Johnson, Garra, John Terry and Bridge lined up at the back. Midfielders Veron, Makelele, Duff, Frank Lampard, and up front were Gudjohnsen and Mutu.
The formation is somewhat similar to Brescia's, with Veron, Claude Makelele and Frank Lampard in midfield having a clear division of work, while Duff, who is incredibly fast and physically fit, is more likely to operate on the wings.
Brescia's formation is their main lineup that has remained unchanged for thousands of years. The disparity in economic strength between the two sides is also evident at this moment, with Chelsea still winning the opposition in the last round despite sending half of the team on the bench, while Brescia's side? Although he had just finished a tough battle with Inter Milan, Mazzoni still sent all his main players on the field.
There's really no way around it. Now Brescia only have this competitive squad in Europe, except for Filippini, Bacchini and Stanevicius on the bench, the gap between the other substitutes and the main team is really obvious.
In particular, Brescia has no options at all for Zhang's position. Mazzoni can only be thankful that the pre-season physical training has reserved enough physical energy for Zhang Shu, and Zhang Shu has always been healthy, otherwise Brescia would have to go back to the old ways of last season.
So even if the players felt a little hard, Mazzoni didn't dare to make any rotations.
As for the match against Juventus three days after the end of the Champions League, he has not thought that far ahead.
The league has just begun, and there are still opportunities to make amends, but the Champions League is one less round.
Thankfully, the two-week break brought on by the previous European Championship qualifiers has kept the players in good fitness, otherwise Mazzoni really doesn't know how Brescia will survive the devil's schedule of back-to-back games against Inter Milan, Chelsea and Juventus this week.
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In a pre-match coin guess, Baggio got the tee shot.
Zhang Shu stood on the halfway line and looked at the Stamford Bridge pitch with interest.
The Chelsea fans in the stands were still singing, and they had been singing for more than an hour since the previous warm-up, but they didn't stop at all, like robots that never tired, except that the song had been replaced by the more normal "Forward, Chelsea".
This made Zhang Shu slightly disappointed, why didn't he sing the song "We're Fucking Rich" on the other side?
He loves all the fun and creative things on the football field, which can make him more fun, and wouldn't it be more fun to taunt his opponents with his fortune, beat them and then taunt them back?
Of course, it wouldn't be so interesting if he lost, but Zhang Shu rejected that possibility from the first day he entered the professional world.
If you want to have the joy of football, winning is the most basic condition.