Fate can be ruthless, but it must not be unjust.

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In the first game, they defeated South Korea 3:0 away, and swept Malaysia 9:1 at home in the second game, and the Chinese team has become the first place in this group, and has also replaced South Korea as the top favorite. It's good that everything goes on like this, but Zhang Jun heard the news of Robert Baggio's retirement at this time.

"I thought about it for a long time and it was very difficult to make this decision because Brescia gave me a lot. But I'm thirty-seven years old, and I think it's time to say goodbye. So I would say that I have decided to retire officially at the end of this season, and there is nothing more to pursue in football. ”

Baggio said calmly in front of the TV cameras, but one could still see something in his eyes glistening in front of the reporters' flashes.

Zhang Jun only learned about this shocking news by watching CCTV5's "Sports News", and he could hardly believe what he saw and heard.

The captain, who was still training together last year, heard him say today that he was retiring. No wonder he said: "It's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to play with him...... it turned out that he was not worried that Zhang Jun would not be able to return to Serie A, but that he was worried that he would not survive that day - he had already made up his mind to retire.

A somewhat overwhelmed Jang Jun called Baggio, hoping that the venerable senior would retract his decision. In any case, he is the last poem in Italian football.

But Baggio smiled and told him: "Since I announced my retirement, a lot of people have called me asking me to reconsider my decision to retire. But I know my own situation, the long-term injury has affected my form, and I don't want to make a fool of myself on the pitch. It's a good choice to end now, I'm a greedy guy and I didn't think about ......retiring until I was thirty-seven."

Baggio didn't say any more, in fact, Zhang Jun knew that Robbie was unwilling, really unwilling, when he said those words in front of the TV camera. In his life, the blue of the Mediterranean Sea has become a concern that he can never let go. Zhang Jun is a foreigner and doesn't want to evaluate what kind of person Trapattoni is, he can only sigh deeply for Robbie and bury his regrets deep in his heart. In more than two months, I will never see this man playing football again, and a ten-year-long dream will finally have the moment to wake up.

What else could he do but sigh?

But Baggio enlightened Zhang Jun instead: "Don't care, metabolism is very normal......"

Zhang Jun remembered a sentence: The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and the front waves die on the beach. It's a normal natural phenomenon, but it's also really cruel.

“…… We're still friends, don't overthink it. You've been in good form lately, keep it up! ”

"Thank you Robbie."

"But be careful, you've been in too good shape lately, and you've been too showy. You will be a thorn in the side of all defenders, and they will not be polite to you. The coach will also specifically order the players to be cruel to you. You have to learn to protect yourself and give up some balls when you should give up. ”

"Hey, Robbie. I don't know whether to say it or not, it's not like what you say. Otherwise, you wouldn't have dragged one and a half legs to play football for twenty years, would you? Zhang Jun said with a smile.

Baggio was stunned, and what Zhang Jun said also made some sense. There is really some similarity between him and Zhang Jun, otherwise he would not have been the first to help Zhang Jun in Brescia and became good friends with him. Eyes, yes, eyes, but not melancholy, but eyes that don't give up on every opportunity on the pitch.

As long as he has these eyes, he will succeed. But danger is always with him.

Zhang Jun has the same temperament as Baggio, but Baggio will not want Zhang Jun to have the same ending as him.

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Zhang Jun put down the phone, his mood was no longer the shock he was when he heard the news at the beginning, but became more complicated. I don't want Robbie to retire, but I can't stop him from retiring, after all, since the age of seventeen, Baggio has been dragging one and a half legs on the field, and sixteen surgeries have made his football not as happy as most people think. Every competition, every training is like a big test to test his body and will.

In the United States in '94, the summer when he first met Robbie, he witnessed the birth of a great star, and the role of a superstar on a team was fully reflected in Robbie. But Zhang Jun can't tell whether Robbie has become the Robbie who is now revered by 10,000 people, because he rode the savior alone again and again, or because of the penalty kick that flew over the crossbar?

In ninety-four years, he was still a primary school student who didn't know anything, and his daily pursuit was to play football with Yang Pan, and he never thought that one day he could go to Europe to play football, let alone that he could become friends with Robbie and wear the jersey of the Chinese Olympic team to fight for the country. Ten years, a whole ten years, I have grown from an ignorant teenager to a star of hope, met a lot of friends, met Sophie, and have countless stories to recall. Zhang Jun suddenly wondered if he was reluctant to retire because he had inadvertently linked Robbie with his own experience in the past ten years, when he thought of Robbie's career, he would inevitably think of his past in the past ten years, and many people in this decade have been or are leaving him. Robbie's retirement means that Zhang Jun's ten years of time have left him, knowing that it is futile, he still wants to hold on tightly with both hands.

Robbie is still going to retire, and he himself has nothing to keep on.

Ten years ago, Robbie was in the year of fighting, turning the tide in the United States and becoming the idol of 10,000 people. Ten years later, the kid who sat in front of the TV late at night had already started his professional football career and was gradually becoming an idol of Chinese football, but Robbie was old and was about to retire.

At the same time, many fans around the world are calling for Baggio to retract his decision to retire, and many people even cried bitterly after hearing the news. Is this sadness entirely due to the regret of never being able to enjoy Baggio's performance again? I'm afraid it's more of a feeling of powerlessness in the face of the rushing river of time, right?

Qiu Suhui noticed that in the additional practice after the training, Zhang Jun increased the number of free kick exercises, he practiced free kicks, and Sima Hongxin silently accompanied him and guarded the goal for him.

Thinking of the imminent start of the Sino-Iranian war, Hu Li wanted to remind Zhang Jun to pay attention to rest. But he was stopped by Qiu Suhui, he shook his head, and then turned around and left the training ground.

At sunset, on the golden training ground, Zhang Jun swings the ball, retreats, runs, picks his legs, and the football flies through the moving wall to the goal. Regardless of whether the ball is scored or not, his waist is always as straight as possible.

This is what Robbie taught himself, his best free kick, like a baton, and it is his responsibility to run faster, faster.

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The Wuhan Sports Center was full of people, and the noise shook the sky. The Chinese Olympic team, which has been getting better and better, has been treated like world champions in Wuhan, and the stands that can accommodate more than 60,000 spectators are full. The five-star red flag rolled in the stands, like a big wave, impacting the poor Iranian Olympic team.

The big screen showed that the game had been played for 30 minutes, the score was 1:0, and the Chinese team was ahead. In the first half, Zhao Pengyu forced a breakthrough and was brought down by Iranian defender Ibrahimi after entering the penalty area, and the referee blew a penalty without hesitation. Zhang Jun slashed, and he deceived Iranian goalkeeper Taleblo with a relaxed and dashing "spoon" hanging shot, 1:0.

The 21-minute penalty ignited the atmosphere of the Wuhan Sports Center, and countless five-star red flags were like the continuous surging flames of the crater. Zhang Jun has seen the volcanoes of the Netherlands at the Amsterdam Arena, and now this volcano in China is believed to be not too different.

The huge home advantage is not only in the number of spectators, it is said that the lessons learned from the work of the last game against Malaysia were learned, and the Chinese Football Association paid very, very much attention to the reception of the referees in this game.

After taking the lead, the Chinese team played with ease, and the Iranian national team humiliated the Chinese team twice in the top 10 of '97, scoring four goals in each game. I believe many people still remember that kind of scene, Iranian fans stretched out four fingers at the cameras of Chinese CCTV, which is a shame for Chinese football. But none of this has anything to do with the current Olympic team, they won not for revenge, but to qualify early.

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Zhang Jun was pushed to the ground by his opponent again, this is the seventh time he has been violated by his opponent in this game, and it has only been 30 minutes, which shows how nervous Iran is about him. Fans expressed their dissatisfaction with the Iranian team with huge boos, Zhang Jun is now comparable to the giant panda, if he has any mistakes, the Iranian team may not want to walk out of the Wuhan Sports Center tonight.

Zhang Jun was a little slow to get up, which was not his usual style - he used to jump up immediately to signal that he was okay - and it looked like he was tidying up his shin guards and socks.

The referee awarded a 27-meter direct free kick to the Chinese team, and the Iranian team was busy building a human wall, and they also knew the power of Zhang Jun's direct free kick.

Zhang Jun really stood in front of the ball, but there was also Li Yongle, a college midfielder who has quickly become popular in the past two games.

"Maybe it will be a tactic, Li Yongle's long-range shooting kung fu is not weak, and the two of them are very threatening." Wang Jianxiang said, "It's a little far away, maybe it will be Li Yongle who will kick." ”

Zhang Jun walked up to Li Yongle and whispered to him: "Now we are actually talking to make a show, specifically for Iran. I'll kick it later, and you can cover for me. You're closer to the ball, I'm farther away, you run and I'll run, ok? ”

Li Yongle crossed his hands on his hips and nodded: "OK." ”

The referee's whistle sounded, Li Yongle helped run, and Zhang Jun also started to run at the same time. Li Yongle is from right to left, and Zhang Jun is just the opposite. Because the distance of the run-up is different, the possibility of a crash is avoided. Li Yongle stepped on the ball, picked up his left leg, and was about to hit the goal!

"It's Li Yongle!"

But at the critical moment, Li Yongle's legs didn't go down for a long time, but the human wall had already jumped up, the ball didn't pass, they were fooled!

At this time, Zhang Jun had just arrived, he stretched out his arms to maintain balance, tried to straighten his upper body as much as possible, and volleyed with the instep of his right foot! The soccer ball flew right over the top of the wall that had just fallen and flew straight to the lower corner!

Although Taleblo struggled to save, he was shaken by Li Yongle's action just now, and then turned back to save again, but there was no way, the football crossed his hand and hit the net!

"The ball is in again! It's Zhang Jun again! Another free kick! It's amazing! Zhang Jun's state is too godly! Wang Jianxiang shouted hoarsely.

Zhang Jun high-fived Li Yongle next to him with a smile on his face, and the ball seemed to be a little easier for him.

"The Dutch called Zhang Jun's free-kick 'smile', and now it seems that it is indeed a very apt name."

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At the end of the first half, relying on Zhang Jun's two set-pieces, the Chinese Olympic team led the Iranian Olympic team 2:0, which is undoubtedly an exciting score, so at halftime, fans from all over the country showed their local characteristics, and the stands of the Wuhan Sports Center on March 27 were like a grand carnival of national fan gala.

"Wow! Well done! "Zhao Pengyu howled as soon as he entered the locker room, his breakthrough today created a penalty, which can be regarded as an assist, and he is in a pretty good mood." What is Iran? What is Iran? Two more of them in the second half, and the next time we see them, we'll stick out four fingers to greet them! ”

"Why don't you stretch five?" Wang Yu asked rhetorically.

"Five? How about ten? Zhao Pengyu asked again, and everyone laughed. The atmosphere at half-time this time was just as good as the last one, no, it was better because no one complained about the referee.

"Hey! Brother Zhang, you can rest in the second half, it's time for us to perform. Someone shouted.

Jang Jun just smiled, and then he sat down in his chair and gasped. After returning from Europe to play three more Olympic games, the physical strength is getting less and less, and the physical strength stored during the winter break is almost used up, and it seems that when I go back, I will have to discuss with the old man that I will play less in the league, otherwise it is really worrying about how far Warendam can go in the Dutch Cup. After this game, he will be on a flight to Yenching the next day and then fly to Amsterdam, where the club's car will be waiting for him, and then he will be sent directly to Nijmegen, where he will be involved in the quarter-finals of the Dutch Cup after three days of training with the team. Non-stop, real non-stop. During this time, he must grit his teeth and persevere, maybe if he wins in a row, he will not have to participate in the last chicken rib match with Malaysia after qualifying, so that he can at least rest for two more days, for the tired Zhang Jun, two days of rest may be a bit of a luxury.

A big hand was placed on his shoulder: "If you are tired, you don't have to work too hard, just wait in front, and I will pass the ball to you." Li Yongle looked at the opposite wall and said, as if he was still a little stiff, and his expression was a little unnatural.

This line seems to be only spoken by Yang Pan, Zhang Jun thought. Unexpectedly, Li Yongle, who has always been an opponent, also said this day, it is really good to be a teammate, Zhang Jun laughed.

"What are you smirking at? Don't fall for the opponent's offside trap! ”

"Got it, hehe!" Zhang Jun continued to laugh.

Qiu Suhui also saw Zhang Jun's fitness problems, and he also considered when to replace him in the second half, but definitely not at the beginning. Iran's counterattack made him a little concerned, Kaabi who played right midfield on the 13th was very fast, if he hadn't let Xiang Tao stay in the backfield honestly in the first half, Kaabi this kid might really set off some waves. And Iran's main striker No. 20 Bohani doesn't know why he didn't play, maybe Kohan is waiting for an opportunity. Zhang Jun still has to be on the field, at least after the Chinese team leads 3:0 before considering substitutions, he just stands on the field and does not run, which can also pose a threat to Iran, a psychological threat.

In contrast to the relaxation of the Chinese team's dressing room, the atmosphere in the Iranian dressing room is very dreary. Everyone bowed their heads and said nothing, all like frosted eggplants. Before the game, head coach Cohan repeatedly emphasized that Zhang Jun should be restrained and not let China calmly hit the attack into the 30-meter area, but how to prevent the penalty and free kick? Jang Jun made it difficult for Iran with two set-pieces.

Cohan thought about it again and again, and finally decided to kill the killer.

"Carmeli, you're the captain, and you're going to take responsibility." He called centre-back Carmeli aside and said to him, "In the second half, I want you to only be responsible for marking Zhang Jun." ”

"Am I alone?"

"Yes, one-on-one, person-to-person." Cohan nodded.

"However, Zhang Jun's personal ability is outstanding, and I ......"

"I know that too, so I won't let you use regular defensive moves."

"But I used it all to push, pull and trip, and it ended up giving him a free-kick to score, coach."

"It's still a regular defensive move, and I mean rush and leave the ball alone."

Carmeli was a little surprised, and he asked with his mouth wide open, "Are you going to use lethal tactics?" ”

"Yes. I remembered the report about his Milan laboratory and put my foot down on his left ankle, don't hesitate, we have already lost at home to South Korea, and this is the only way to qualify! You're going to lead by example, my captain. Send Zhang Jun off the field, if it's on a stretcher, I'll reward you. ”

Carmeli looked at the manager's face, his mouth open before he had time to close it.

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At the start of the second half, the fans welcomed the Chinese team with the warmest applause and looked forward to a more exciting second half.

Even the commentator Wang Jianxiang can see that Iran has made some adjustments. "Kehan actually used one person to mark Zhang Jun, and gave up the pinch tactics in the first half, although Zhang Jun was given a chance to score, but from the perspective of the entire first half, it was still relatively successful. I really don't understand, does he think that No. 4 Carmeli's personal ability is enough to guard against Zhang Jun, who is in good shape? ”

Carmeli really can't defend it, Zhang Jun felt that the defensive pressure was significantly reduced after getting the ball, and he could calmly face a defender, which was generous to Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun was naturally not polite, he used a shift of gravity to break through Carmeli and shoot with his feet, but unfortunately he was saved by the goalkeeper.

"What are you doing?" Cohan yelled from the sidelines, unhappy with Carmeli's "cowardly" performance. "Be fierce! You're welcome! He is your enemy, do you still want to be humiliated by him? ”

The players of the Chinese team can see it, and for some reason, Iran has relaxed its defense against Zhang Jun, and the back and the other two central defenders are no longer sandwiching Zhang Jun. This was obviously a good thing for the Chinese team, so the ball was passed to Zhang Jun's feet, and they had to make the most of it.

Zhang Jun took the ball, he turned his back to Carmel and was about to turn, but Carmeli did not hesitate to get down to the tackle...... Person! Zhang Jun's body went weak and fell to the ground.

The referee's whistle blew and he ran over quickly and showed a yellow card to Carmeli.

And Zhang Jun was helped to the field by the team doctor and received treatment.

Cameli turned his head to look at the dugout in the face of the boos from the Chinese fans, but he saw Kohan give him a thumbs up.

After a simple and quick treatment, Jang Jun returned to the field, and the fans responded with enthusiastic applause to welcome their hero back to the battlefield.

"Looking at the way he runs, there seems to be no problem! I think when Zhang Jun fell down just now, everyone was sweating, right? ”

Zhang Jun is still raising his hand to ask for the ball, he is not willing to give up because the opponent's defensive action is a little too big, this is not his surname, Zhang Jun is very stubborn.

Li Yongle hesitated, but still passed the ball, Zhang Jun decided not to give Carmel a chance to get close, he wanted to get rid of the defense at the first time.

Zhang Jun hooked the ball behind him with his foot, and then quickly turned around! Beautiful! Carmeli has no chance! ”

After Zhang Jun burst into the penalty area, he took another step before shooting, but he hit high due to the interference of the tackle of the opposing defender.

Qiu Suhui decided to replace Zhang Jun, and the opponent was obviously using lethal tactics against Zhang Jun, which was dangerous, and the lead of two goals should be able to win. He asked Wang Liang to warm up.

The Chinese team attacked the front court again, and their offensive wave after wave made the Iranian team tired to cope. Zhao Pengyu dialed the ball to Xiang Tao, who was inserted in the back, and deceived No. 13 Kaabi.

"Xiang Tao's cross!"

Zhang Jun looked up at the ball, looking for a landing point, and then he ran towards the predetermined landing point, and Carmeli followed him, but did not get close, but kept a certain distance, strange behavior.

The ball came, and it was really looking for Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun was ready to jump, he sprinted a step, and then jumped!

Carmeli also rushed up, but instead of jumping, he stretched out his foot and stomped towards Zhang Jun's left ankle!

This is a deliberate hurtful move!

Carmeli's foot knot was solid and accurately stomped on Jang Jun's left ankle! At this time, Zhang Jun's body had already vacated and his right foot had left the ground, but his left foot was stomped on by Carmeli and nailed to the ground! The ankle of the left foot is almost bent at 90 degrees!

The scene was noisy, but Zhang Jun heard a crisp sound.

The ball slashed over his head and flew all the way out of bounds. The ball went out of bounds, but no one paid attention to it.

Zhang Jun collapsed to the ground as if he had lost his bones, he couldn't stand up, and he couldn't protect himself by rolling around, he could only curl up in a ball as much as possible, trembling and unable to scream.

The big screen is replaying the moment just now.

"It's a clear hurtful move! It's a malicious foul! It is a serious violation of sportsmanship! It is even possible that it was a premeditated, conspiracy against the surname! Wang Jianxiang's anger has also reached a peak, and he is a little reckless.

"It's not kicking! That bastard did it on purpose! Qiu Suhui yelled excitedly at the fourth official. No wonder he was so excited, this time the violation was too heavy, so heavy that it exceeded the limit of Zhang Jun's ankle.

Xiang Tao rushed forward as soon as possible, although he was not the closest, he ran to Carmeli and slapped the other party in the face. "You want to die!"

Li Jie also rushed up, but he didn't persuade him, but slammed Carmel into Xiang Tao with his chest.

The Iranian players also rushed up, on the one hand, they pulled away the captain, and on the other hand, they fought back against the Chinese team, and the Chinese players also rushed over, and the scene was a mess.

"Kill his turtle son!"

"Don't be impulsive! Calm down! ”

"Don't stop me, or I'll fight you!"

"Stretcher! Stretcher! ”

"Nope! Call an ambulance and take you straight to the hospital! ”

"Your mother sells it! Here, you dare to go crazy! ”

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People poured onto the field, players, coaches, fourth officials, paramedics, volunteers, and police. Stretchers also came up, small ambulances drove in, ambulances parked outside the stadium on standby also drove to the sidelines, and the doctors in white coats stood out in the crowd, no, they were particularly glaring.

The sound was also chaotic, whistles, shouting, and loud boos.

But Zhang Jun couldn't see all this, and he couldn't hear it clearly. There was only one voice in his head: the crunch. At this moment, he suddenly remembered the medical examination report more than half a year ago, and he was about to forget it, but at this time, it reminded him, like a nightmare, Milan's curse, Carmeli's stomping, countless crazy goals, that crisp sound......

Zhang Jun was carried onto a stretcher and put into an ambulance on the sidelines, and then the ambulance closed the door and rushed out of the stadium with a roar.

And the chaos behind him has nothing to do with him.

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