Prologue: The birth of the "Football Dream".

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As the game entered the final 10 seconds of stoppage time, China won a corner, and the Argentines knew that if they held on to this attack, they would regain the Hercules Cup, and the Chinese team had to seize this opportunity to save their dreams. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Whether it is the coronation of the king, or the continuation of the life of the fighters, success or failure is in one fell swoop!

Fans around the world are waiting for the outcome of the blow, with Argentine fans ready to raise their blue and white flags while Chinese fans fold their hands in prayer for heaven's protection.

Nearly 100,000 fans on the field were silent...

"Beep---!" The referee blew the whistle to signal that the Chinese team could take a corner kick.

A silver-white ball whipped into the Argentine penalty area with a sharp spin. Several players in the box jumped up at the same time, but none of them could get their hands on the ball. The Argentine goalkeeper broke free from the block in front of him and jumped high through the crowd, using his height and reach to gain air dominance. A fist like a hammer slammed the ball out of the penalty area.

It was a punch that was meant to shatter all the hopes of the Chinese, and there was a sharp pain in their chests, as if the punch had been hammered against them. The feeling of despair spread throughout the body, and the corners of countless people's eyes were already filled with tears...

The ball floated towards the centre circle, and the referee looked at his watch again, as if he was about to blow the final whistle to announce the end of the game.

At the moment, the closest to the football landing point is the Argentine number 10, who has raised his hands and is ready to celebrate the hard-won victory. The victory in this game not only allowed him to win the coveted Hercules Cup, but also allowed him to deserve the title of "King of the Ball"!

Suddenly, a red figure rushed out from his right. is also No. 10, and he also has the captain's armband wrapped around his left arm, which is his cherished friend, the most difficult opponent on the football field, and the most dangerous figure in the Chinese team. The Argentine captain reacted immediately, the whistle did not blow, the game was not over, and he knew that the danger was not lifted.

One red and one blue, two No.10s rushed to the ball landing point at the same time. The Chinese team No. 10 first touched the football with the advantage of height and long legs, he did not unload the ball, but hooked the football behind him with his right foot, and the football returned to the air again, forming a parabola, over the top of the two heads, and then the Chinese team No. 10 quickly turned around to chase.

How can Argentina's No. 10, who is known as the world's football king, be easily passed. He instantly started to catch up with his opponent, and at the same time used his body to resist the space and stretched out his left foot, threatening to disrupt the opponent's control of the ball's landing point.

But his opponent, the Chinese No. 10 nicknamed "Flying General", suddenly stepped on the turf hard, his feet tensed up, and he jumped up! The leap went past the outstretched left foot of the Argentine 10 and into the air, where he used his chest to propel the ball several metres away.

The man and the ball returned to the ground perfectly, the football fell half a meter in front of him, and the No. 10 of the Chinese team stood firm with his left foot, and pulled the bow with his right foot to prepare for a long shot.

Two Argentine defenders are in the tackle! Faced with a vicious sliding shovel on the left and right, he did not choose to dodge. He concentrated what little strength he had left on his raised right foot, stretched the bowstring to the limit, and then ricocheted out, crashing into a soccer ball parked on the grass and drawing a long-range siege cannon!!

The football spun and accelerated in the air, like a silver-white lightning bolt slashing into the upper left corner of the Argentine gate!

Due to the speed of the ball, the players in the penalty area did not have time to react, only felt a strong wind blowing overhead. The Argentine goalkeeper struggled to see the trajectory of the ball, moving his body to the right as much as possible to increase his coverage on the right side of the goal.

As a rule of thumb, this shot from close to 40 yards will be slightly over the crossbar.

However, to everyone's surprise, the ball suddenly fell sharply after entering the penalty area, and the sharp spin changed the trajectory of the ball. The goalkeeper felt bad and tried to pull his weight back to the left, but it was too late, the silver-white lightning had turned into a sharp scimitar, cut through the barrier formed by the goalkeeper and 2 defenders on the goal line, and fell into the net!

"Whoosh -------!" The crisp sound of a soccer ball hitting the net sounded.

The originally silent auditorium burst into a landslide and tsunami-like cheers.

Most of the players on the pitch have not yet reacted, and they still have the afterimage of the football flying in front of them in their eyes. It wasn't until the bright whistle blew that they knew whether to lament or rejoice.

The disbelieving Argentine rushed to the referee in protest, but a round of disruption failed to change the outcome. And the players of the Chinese team have been celebrating wildly, and they are rushing to the hero who saved the team again. But the hero fell to the ground in agony, his hands clutching his scarred left leg...

"Beep, beep--!" The referee blew the final whistle at the end of legal time, and after a five-minute break, the game went into 30 minutes of extra time.

The team doctor quickly arrived to treat the captain of the Chinese team, which was his old problem, and the team doctor had repeatedly warned him to pay attention to protection before the game. But in the face of the threat just now, he still recklessly made a long-range shot, and after the shot, his left leg, which was the center of gravity, was kicked by the Argentine defender's ferocious sliding tackle, and although he won a point of life, he paid a heavy price.

After an initial examination, the team doctor determined that he was no longer able to continue playing. Just as the team doctor was about to raise his hand to the sidelines to signal the stretcher to enter, a strong hand stopped him. The team doctor turned his gaze to the hand that was clinging to his arm, and the back of the hand was tattooed with a powerful word "dream". At that moment, the team doctor understood that the owner of that hand was the captain of the Chinese team.

"You can't hold on any longer!" The team doctor said to him in a deep voice.

"Just... Even if... This leg is broken... I... I'm going to too... Stand on the field, too! The sharp pain in his left foot made it impossible for the iron man to speak, and his trembling body, white lips, and bruised tendons were all warning signals to his master.

Paramedics and teammates advised him to stop pushing, but he ignored it. He snatched the painkiller spray from the medical staff and sprayed it vigorously on his left leg. The paramedics tried to stop them, but they were stopped by the team doctor.

The smoke of painkillers wafted through the air, and a pungent smell reached everyone's nostrils, and they all felt a sour nose and an indescribable feeling welling up in their hearts.

The team doctor changed his mind and adopted a reckless approach to get the Chinese No.10 back on the field.

Once again, he got back on his feet after falling. This persistence is not only due to the desire to win the World Cup, but also contains the agreement between the brothers and the commitment to her.

The camera focused on his injured left leg and his left hand, which was tattooed with the word "dream", and the audience in front of the television was moved.

In the audience, coach's seat, and officials' seats, there was a person holding the same tattoo of the word "dream" on the back of his hand...

The team doctor repeatedly warned him, and he simply nodded in response. He couldn't run, he couldn't dribble, he couldn't break through, he couldn't shoot. In extra time, he could only stand outside the box and watch his teammates use their feet, hands (goalkeeper), head, chest, and back to resist the Argentine's repeated bombardment.

"Captain, leave it to us!" Because of these words, he chose to grit his teeth, watched his teammates fall to the ground in pain, watched his teammates struggle to get up, and he did not force his already overloaded body to participate in the battle. He has to believe in his teammates, and he must believe in his teammates, and this group of young men who have been trained for a long time are young but trustworthy. He is the spiritual leader of the team, his indomitable spirit encourages his teammates to persevere, but he is not just a statue with a halo, he has to reserve himself the strength to explode once, he has to wait for a chance, the last chance to explode...

Extra-time was coming to an end, and both sides were close to their physical limits. The Argentine's repeated attacks were resolved one by one by the Great Wall of flesh and blood of the Chinese team, and the game was about to enter a penalty shootout.

"Fight back!" Suddenly, there was a loud shout from the coach's seat of the Chinese team.

The members of the Chinese team immediately realized that they would launch a surprise attack when their opponents were slackening!

The right winger of the Chinese team advanced with the ball, and he broke through the interception of two Argentine players in a row and rushed towards the right rear of Argentina.

The two Chinese strikers also used their last strength to run to the edge of the opponent's penalty area.

Seeing that the threat was getting bigger and bigger, all the spectators in the audience stood up, everyone's pupils moved with the forward movement of the football, the sweat of their palms kept coming out, and even their hearts were about to jump to their throats.

However, the Argentine team, which also has the dream of winning the championship, will not easily let the Chinese team counterattack successfully, and their defenders also squeezed out the last trace of physical strength to defend. Every Argentine involved in the defense kept their eyes on every Chinese who had crossed the halfway line, including the Chinese No. 10 who limped towards the penalty area.

"Blocking !!" The Chinese team's coach's bench came with a tactical code shouted by their head coach.

After hearing the code, both sides became nervous. The head coach of the Chinese team, known as the "tactical genius", once used surprise tactics again and again to make the opponent suffer. The Argentine players did not understand the meaning of the code, so they had to pay more attention to who they were targeting. The players of the Chinese team followed the familiar tactical routine to run the position.

I saw that the Chinese forwards who had just entered the penalty area ran back one after another, and the Argentines who were in charge of marking them did not dare to slack off, and immediately followed.

At this time, the No. 10 of the Chinese team, which had been moving at a slow pace, suddenly accelerated forward, which caught the players who were originally marking him a little off guard. But the Argentine would not let him run away easily, and the two rushed towards the Argentine penalty area one after the other!

China's No. 10 has been accelerating, his left leg injected with an overdose of painkillers can no longer send a signal of pain, he knows that every step on the grass is a sign of an aggravation of the injury, he knows that this is the last time to speed on the green field, this will be the curtain call for him to leave the field. He could stay on his favorite playing field as long as he stopped, but the belief in his heart at this moment made him rush towards the cliff without hesitation.

The Argentine, who was closely following the Chinese No. 10, suddenly stopped, and he was blocked by two Chinese strikers in the retreat. The Argentine defender, who was originally responsible for marking the two strikers, reacted and wanted to fill the position, but he could no longer catch up with the red figure.

With the cooperation of this tactic, the No. 10 of the Chinese team was able to get rid of the marking and rushed into the penalty area alone. At the same time, the team-mate who managed to break through to the bottom line on the right side immediately sent a precise cross into the box!

The cross flew straight to the twelve yards, and there were only two people left in the penalty area, and the Chinese No. 10 and the Argentine goalkeeper who had just stepped into the penalty area jumped at the same time!

Although the Argentine goalkeeper is far away, with his tall frame and the advantage of his reach, he is sure that he can resolve this crisis. However, he seems to have forgotten that his opponent is a "monster" with super bounce ability!

Countless flashing lights lit up at the same time, and everyone on the court, in the audience, and in front of the TV watched this moment in amazement. Time seemed to be stretched infinitely, and their eyes seemed to see the moment playing frame by frame.

The fist of the Argentine goalkeeper is on the same level as the forehead of the Chinese team No. 10, no one can judge who can touch the ball first, no one can say who the winner of this confrontation will be, and the next moment the football is about to fly to...

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"Woo wow wow whoa..."

A baby's cry woke the man lying on the bench from his sleep. He braced himself up and shook his head vigorously so that he could distinguish between dream and reality.

This time he heard it clearly, and the cry was indeed coming from the operating room. The man immediately jumped up from the stool and staggered to the door of the operating room. At this time, the door of the operating room was also opened, and a nurse who had just come out of it was startled by the man who almost fell on her.

"I almost scared you to death." The frightened nurse sister gently slapped her undulating chest and scolded.

"I... Did my wife give birth? The man asked nervously as he didn't bother to apologize.

"I gave birth, I gave birth to a little padded jacket." The nurse was still a little angry, and she wanted to play a trick on the reckless man.

"Padded jackets? shenmegui? The man didn't understand what the nurse meant, and asked with a puzzled expression.

"It's an intimate little padded jacket." Before the nurse could react, she turned around and returned to the operating room with a smile.

"Little padded jacket, intimate little padded jacket...... Oh, it's a daughter, my wife gave birth to a daughter for me! I'm really a dad!! The man finally understood the meaning of the little padded jacket, and he danced with excitement, and he shouted loudly with excitement.

"Shhhh Mr. Foot, be quiet! The nurse opened the door again and poked her head out to stop the man's screams.

"Oh... Oh... Got it! As a new father, he turned up the volume to the lowest and continued to dance and shout softly...

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In the hallway of the hospital, the man was holding his newborn daughter in his arms, and he gently patted her little butt so that she could sleep peacefully.

"The first Chinese Football League is officially opened!" Suddenly, a passage came from the TV at the end of the hallway, which caught the man's attention. He stopped and turned his gaze to the television.

On the display screen, the speech of the leader of the Football Association had just ended, and tens of thousands of spectators present waved their flags and applauded in celebration. On the field, the Sichuan team and the Liaoning team were gearing up to stage the opening match of the first A A in history.

This day is April 17, 1994, marking the opening of the first A League of Chinese football into the professional road, in the eyes of those who really love football, they seem to see the hope of Chinese football to become stronger!

At this moment, he can only feel this moment through the TV, remembering everything he has paid for it, remembering the unforgettable past, and remembering the "dream" buried in the center.

"Whoa, whoa..."

His daughter's cry brought him back to reality from his dream again. He stretched a thick finger to his daughter's young hand, who grasped his finger tightly, and when she was comforted, she became quiet again. A soft and warm touch reached the man's heart, and this moment made him feel that he was the happiest person in the world.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, he turned and ran to the room at the other end of the hallway.

"Mr. Foot, don't run in the corridor of the ward!" A nurse on duty gave a stop to the man running with the baby in his arms.

But the man ignored it, and he continued to run until he ran into a hospital room.

Lying on the hospital bed was a first-time mother, and it was clear from the pipes and instruments on her side that she was not lightly ill. The sound of the man's footsteps and the baby's cry made the woman's eyes open slightly.

"Honey, you know what? The A-League has opened, Chinese football has finally become professional, and our plan has succeeded! The man told her excitedly.

Before the woman could respond, the man continued: "Our daughter was also born today, this must be fate!" ”

The woman did not answer him, but from the slight lifting of the corners of her mouth and the tears in the corners of her eyes, she was also pleased by this.

"I had a dream last night, the dream that the Chinese team is going to win the World Cup, this must be God's omen to us, this child will make our dream come true!" The more the man spoke, the more excited he became.

He lifted the baby in his arms slightly so that he could see it clearly. Then he said excitedly to the baby and the woman on the bed: "Football dream, good! You will call it a football dream in the future! You are our football dream! ”

In this year, the opening of the A-League ignited the enthusiasm of the fans and made their Chinese football dream see the light of day again! And the birth of a baby girl named "Football Dream" also became the beginning of those teenagers chasing football dreams...

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