Chapter 3: An Unexpected College Career
Brescia is an industrial city in northern Italy, which is considered an ancient city, without a famous story, but with unusual scenery, just find a tall bell tower and climb up, and you can see the snow-covered Alpine foothills to the north. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Yin Sen came to Italy in 2004, and after Sao Paulo won the Brazilian league title in 2003, caca received a huge offer from the Serie A team AC Milan, which was an offer that no club would refuse, so at the end of 2003, caca went to Italy, and due to the language difference, they changed the name of caca to kaka. Luis, another of the Trident's arrowheads, also went to Porto, Portugal in early 2004, and the loss of these potential football superstars due to the overall economic downturn in Brazil is indeed embarrassing.
In the same year, Yin Sen's 3-year contract with the club also expired, and he did not agree to the club's request to renew his contract, but accepted the invitation of caca to go to AC Milan for a trial, but by chance he was spotted by the scouts of Milan's neighbor Brescia Football Club, that year, Baggio, the banner of the Brescia team, officially announced his retirement, perhaps they saw hope of revival in Yin Sen. As for Yin Sen, he was only 20 years old that year, chasing his football dreams, and after he saw the city of Brescia, for some reason, he liked it, there was not much spotlight, it was low-key and cozy, he liked this feeling, so he decided to use it as a starting point for his landing in Italy.
In the Brescia team, Yin Sen quickly found his position, Yin Sen rarely began to focus on the game seriously, the team ran in very well, and continued to win in the middle of the league, so that the Brescia team not only stayed away from the relegation zone, but also climbed to the second echelon of the standings, Yin Sen's eyes lit up with a blazing light. In between games and training, Kaka would always drive his unknown car and take Yin Sen around Italy, and even took Yin Sen to the most mysterious club in Italian football circles, "Football Man Bar", a small bar in Milan City, which is limited to players from Serie A teams, and it is rumored that the owner behind the bar is the Italian Prime Minister, in order to turn against potential players, but the truth is unknown.
The bar is not noisy, like the aristocratic club, the venue is divided into two areas, inside and outside, each with a bar, the periphery is open to all Serie A players and even club officials, while the infield implements a VIP membership system, and only the leading stars of each club can get an exclusive pass. Yin Sen was a regular for Brescia when he first came here, and Kaka was already hailed as the future of AC Milan, and they had only been in the outfield for a few hours that day, and Yin Sen saw all sorts of people coming in and out of the infield, greeting Kaka and wondering at the Asian kid around Kaka.
Two months later, when Yin Sen got the golden pass card mailed to him by the bar, he felt that the people around him looked at him differently, at that time, it was the Brescia League that was unbeaten in ten rounds, and Italy, the most special small football circle, also accepted Yin Sen, so Yin Sen met a number of important figures in Italian football in the infield: Trese, Ibrahi, Gidino, Shevcheco, Martini, Pilo, Ariano, Beronro, etc., and many of them because they had played against Yin Sen, came and went, Coupled with the golden boy of Kaka, so they soon became friends, Yin Sen gradually adapted to life in Italy, his income is considered a medium player income, for Yin Sen, who does not smoke or drink, it is enough to cope with life, and there is still a considerable balance, so he rented a house near the Cathedral of Brescia, fantasizing that if he can buy it in the future, he can also pick up his parents for vacation.
The 2004-2005 season, for the entire Italian football industry, it was an eventful season, match-fixing, black whistle, "phonegate" was the popular word at the time, which made the football industry, which accounted for the second largest tax of all industries, into a crisis, and more unfortunately, Brescia was also involved in the match-fixing incident, just when Brescia was in the Serie A league was in full swing, the Italian Football Association in order to survive its own crisis of confidence, quickly cut through the mess, with the determination to kill a hundred by mistake, and strictly dealt with the Brescia club, The Italian Football Association made a decision to Yin Sen not to participate in any domestic first-class football tournament for 5 years, which made Yin Sen fall directly from heaven to hell, fell so suddenly, fell so hard, Yin Sen faintly felt that his football dream of competing in Serie A seemed to have not started yet, and it may have been shattered. The shady scene of the football circle turned out to be worldly, I thought that only China had it, but I didn't expect Italy to have it, during that period of time, he thought about fighting, but after experiencing a series of events and even being threatened by masked people, Yin Sen gave up completely, he knew that in Italy, he could not succeed.
It was a tragic memory, at that time he thought of going home, but, such a home made him feel very faceless, so he still chose to stay, after careful consideration, Yin Sen made two decisions, one is to take the initiative to terminate the contract with the club, the "generous" club in order to apologize, a one-time payment of 5 years of salary for the contract period, Yin Sen of course accepted, this is the future living expenses, and then he took the unexpected wealth, with the mentality of trying to apply for the local University of Brescia international student qualification, The University of Brescia is not obvious in Italy, although it is known as a comprehensive university, but Yin Sen learned that in fact, there are only four colleges: the School of Economics, the School of Engineering, the School of Law and the School of Medicine.
This year, Yin Sen is 20 years old, and it is indeed the age of college in China, but thinking about his high school dropout, I feel a panic, fortunately, at the end of 2005, he received an admission letter from the University of Brescia, and Yin Sen informed Kaka and a few close friends of the news that day, and it was not a weekend, and several people did not compete, so they gathered at Yin Sen's house. This group of people, when playing football, the scenery is infinite, once they walk on the road, but they need a lot of disguise, after all, people are afraid of being famous, pigs are afraid of being strong, so that Yin Sen's nest has become an underground traffic station, several people have brought gifts, but Yin Sen only prepared beer and pizza, after staggering, it is rare to drink a big drink, Yin Sen is also in a trance, and I don't know who said in a haze: "Ethan, I really hope we can still play football together." Yin Sen fell asleep in confusion.
Officially become a college student, parents are very happy, originally they did not approve of Yin Sen becoming a professional football player, now can go to college abroad, that is really a bad thing to become a good thing, the phone tirelessly taught Yin Sen to study hard, can find a better job in the future. The implication is that the tickets are too expensive, and they won't be able to come.
Indeed, the football dream cannot be realized, but life must go on, the parents' ideas are very realistic, after all, they can't be out of touch with this society, and when he graduates from college, he will go back to China, after all, he is a turtle, and it should not be difficult to find a job to support himself, he also thought about going back to China to play, but his impression of Chinese football has always been synonymous with darkness, but he misses those partners who have played football together. So, since this year, Yin Sen has wrapped his passion for football with the snow at the foot of the Alps, and quietly started to read a book.
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