On November 30, 2033, the final match of the 38th round of the Chinese Super League of the 2033 season is underway, and Jiangsu Suning team plays Shanghai SIPG team.

This game has no meaning, the Suning team has already won the championship 4 rounds in advance, and the SIPG team is no longer eligible for the AFC Champions League. After the expansion of the Chinese Super League to 20 teams, the Suning team has achieved 6 consecutive dominance.

But this game is still the most talked-about game of the round.

Because this is Shi Hao's last professional game. Half a year ago, he announced that he would retire after this fight.

"I'm 40 years old. I still play and I still have a love for football, but it's time to spend more time with my family. Thank you for your support and love, I will still be in the football circle in the future, although I don't plan to be a coach, but I still need to take care of the 34 football schools across the country. If the mountains don't turn around, we will have a period later. ”

This was a brief speech made by Shi Hao at a press conference at that time.

There are no ageless beauties in the world, and there are no ageless stars. People also know that Shi Hao will retire one day. It's just that I didn't expect this day to come so quickly, he can now score more than 40 goals every season, except for a more masculine face, he can't see the erosion of time on him at all.

This is not only Shi Hao's last professional game, but it is also likely to reach a record: Shi Hao's 1,000th career club game.

In the 2033 season, he has scored 41 goals in all competitions, basically locking up the top scorer of the Chinese Super League this season ahead of schedule.

According to statistics, the total number of goals scored by the club in his career has reached 998 at this time, and if he can score twice in this game, he will be able to achieve "1,000 goals" before hanging up his boots.

Of course, one expects him to achieve this feat – although the "Thousand Balls" is nothing for the hard-to-describe "brilliant" achievements he has already achieved.

Because a few years ago, he had already achieved a thousand goals - that was counting the goals of the national team.

Before announcing his retirement from the national team at the age of 37, Shi Hao made 141 appearances for the national team and scored 129 goals. This record has been unbroken, at least for a short time.

“999！” “999！” In the 17th minute of the game, Shi Hao opened the scoring with a free kick, and the Nanjing Olympic Center Stadium broke out into earth-shattering cheers.

Shi Hao didn't revel, he slowly walked to the sidelines, waved to the fans, and hugged his teammates and head coaches on the bench one by one.

The referee did not stop him from doing anything, and the opponents did not protest. He deserves that respect, especially since this is his last professional game.

Before the game, the players of the Shanghai Port team spoke on Weibo: "I feel honored to be the opponent of Shi Hao's predecessor in the last professional game. ”

"Although my pride does not allow me to tolerate Shi Hao's senior brushing the club record of 1,000 goals on us, I sincerely wish that my senior can achieve this goal."

"I grew up watching my seniors play, and he's always been my idol, and my room is full of posters of him. And now I'm going to be the last fight before he retires, and it's really hard to describe how I feel. ”

"@石浩, senior, let you enter 5 tomorrow, don't retire, okay? I think you can play for another 20 years. ”

"@石浩, you can get a few if you want to get in tomorrow, please, don't retire, okay? Together we will try to reach the World Cup final next year. ”

In the subsequent game, the players of the SIPG team obviously did not really let Shi Hao "score a few if he wants", and Shi Hao was targeted as always.

Seeing Shi Hao's orthodox figure that was not inferior to the young man, the on-site commentator couldn't help but sigh: "His dribbling breakthrough is still so sharp, although the speed is not as good as before, but it is still unguardable." He really shouldn't retire and still score 40 goals a season, which is still the level of a top player, I really can't understand it. ”

And the live broadcast screens almost always focus the camera on him, regardless of whether Shi Hao has the ball or no ball. The narrator's tone was choked with a hint of choking: "Please take a look at this back more - in the future, you will never be able to see it on the court again." He is one of the greatest football dribmers of all time, a football artist, and none of them. I don't think he's going to be able to break those records for a long time. ”

A commentator on a webcast platform said a few well-known data: "...... In 2015, he lifted the Ballon d'Or for the first time. From 2017 to 2025, he won the Ballon d'Or and the World Footballer of the Year award nine times in a row. In 2026, he moved to Suning on a free transfer, away from mainstream European football, so he did not win this award again. ”

"Since the 2012-2013 season, apart from those two injured seasons, he has been the top scorer in his league and no one has ever challenged him. He won a total of one top scorer in the Portuguese Super League, one top scorer in Ligue 1 and three top scorers in the Premier League – once at Chelsea and two at Liverpool. 4 times top scorer in Serie A, 3 times top scorer in La Liga, 7 times top scorer in the Chinese Super League. ”

"Before him, it was a time when Mero's twin stars shone brightly. With him, he is the ruler of the pitch. ”

"In the national team competition, his highest achievement was the top 4 of the 2022 World Cup, and many fans and friends must remember that tournament......

In the 2030 World Cup, the Chinese team, known as the strongest national team and the favorite to win the championship, was eliminated in the group stage, and then Shi Hao chose to retire from the national team. Honestly, we all owe him a World Cup trophy. For him, perhaps the biggest regret is not being able to lift the World Cup. ”

In the 41st minute of the game, Shi Hao took advantage of the opponent's mistake to grab a point in the penalty area and stabbed again.

Countless fans burst into tears. "1000 balls!"

A strange scene appeared. After being attacked by Shi Hao, the players of the SIPG team not only did not get discouraged, but stepped forward to shake hands with Shi Hao with a smile on their faces. The referee was also very interesting, he walked into the goal, picked up the football and handed it to Shi Hao, and out of nowhere conjured a pen for Shi Hao to sign. Shi Hao happily signed.

Then Shi Hao asked the referee to wait before announcing the resumption of the game, and in the admiring eyes of tens of thousands of people, he walked to the sidelines, took out his mobile phone and returned to the field, and said with a smile: "Let's take a group photo to commemorate it?" ”

The players of the SIPG team have no opinion, and it is undesirable to be able to take photos with their idols. 4 referee officials also came to join in the fun, so there was a scene on the field that made people laugh and cry.

Originally, Shi Hao didn't want to score any more goals, but after the game restarted, another striker of the Suning team was tripped by a SIPG player when he received Shi Hao's pass and was about to shoot, and the referee awarded a penalty.

All the players of the Suning team pushed Shi Hao to take the penalty: "This is your last penalty." They all know that Shi Hao will be replaced after halftime and end his career.

The goalkeeper of the Shanghai Port team also ran to Shi Hao and said affectionately: "No one will be able to defend your shot in the future - give me this honor and let me save your shot one last time!" ”

Shi Hao thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Standing in front of the penalty spot, he suddenly remembered a lot. I remembered my first league appearance for Inter Milan and scored a goal against Parma. He recalls the hat-trick he scored against Real Madrid in his first Champions League final. He remembered the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup, where they fell at the feet of France and failed to reach the final, when the 29-year-old and 31-year-old Jun Yingzhi hugged their heads and cried with tears streaming down their eyes, because they both knew that this was the closest they were to their dreams, and there would never be such a chance again...... He remembered his first encounter with Liu Xiyu, in the classroom under the sunset, the light and shadow were dappled. He remembered the draft of the Nerazzurri's trip to China, and thought of Qin Wanjun, those hidden feelings. He looked up in the stands - he couldn't see Liu Xiyu, but knew she was there, smiling at him, waiting for him to go home after the game. This woman who has been silently dedicated to him for twenty years behind him.

After the referee blew the whistle, he was distracted for more than a minute. No one rushed him. No one protested. This is likely to be the last back he left on the court. Everyone watched greedily and just wanted one more look......

Then Shi Hao began to run. In fact, he didn't care if he scored the goal or not. He doesn't even care if he can achieve the 1,000-goal record. After that defeat in the World Cup, he has understood a truth: victory and defeat are only temporary, but football is eternal.

So no matter whether this goal is scored or not, and whether his legend will have a perfect end, he will continue to love football and continue to engage in football-related activities in the future. Maybe wear slippers to play in an amateur league.

He's won too many titles, and now he really doesn't care about winning or losing, he doesn't care about goals.

Enjoy.

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This is the end of Shi Hao's story. 800,000 words is not much, and the original plan was to write 2 million words, but for various reasons, I chose to end early. Even though most of the plot has been cut, I hope you still think it's a good story. Well, I admit that my storytelling skills could be improved, and hopefully the next book will be even better.

I'm still thinking about him and still want to continue the legendary journey with him, but it's a pity. It's a pity that Shi Hao didn't win the World Cup, but there is no perfection in life.

That's it.

Thank you for your support, no matter how numb words are, I can't express my touch. Please follow my new book, which is still debuting at the beginning: Tycoons of the Two Worlds. (Urban)

Good bye.