Chapter 208: Natural Disaster

After the match with Lazio, Li Zihan was elated. The latest free chapters of the book can be found here. One is that the team has won, and the other is that he can play in the next game.

But something happened right away that made him not happy.

"At 8 o'clock in the morning of the 20th Beijing time, a huge earthquake occurred in Ya'an, Sichuan, China, and experts estimated that the earthquake reached 7.0 magnitude"

Li Zihan didn't know how he came over when he saw the news, he felt that his whole brain was blank, and then his heartbeat stopped, and he didn't hear a word behind the news.

His mind went back to five years ago, that summer, which could be said to be the day of the end of Shijie for the entire Sichuan people.

His mind vaguely flashed some fragments of that time, the car parked in the middle of the road, the roof of the building collapsed and slammed into the car.

The huge school building collapsed in an instant, and the students didn't have time to show their panicked faces, and they were never seen again.

The child was crying outside and calling for his mother. The man tugged at the rubble with his own flesh and blood hands, even though his ten fingers were bloody and his eyes blurred with tears. He didn't stop, he knew she didn't have time to grieve him, he just wanted to dig his wife out.

The empty square was full of people, some of the wounded. People who are not injured, or who are not seriously injured, are still resuscitating their loved ones.

Li Zihan had never seen a corpse, and that day he knew what hell was like.

"The depth of the epicenter is about 13 kilometers, and the epicenter is about 100 kilometers away from Chengdu. Chengdu, Chongqing, Baoji, Shaanxi, and Hanzhong all felt strong tremors. Sichuan Province immediately activated the first-level emergency procedures, and the troops conducting the exercise near the Chengdu Military Region have rushed to the front line, and two helicopters have already taken off urgently. The emergency office echoed everyone's efforts to give way to ambulances, supply trucks, and military vehicles as much as possible."

Li Zihan woke up from his memories, and he felt that he should do something.

He wiped away his tears and immediately headed to Conte's office. It's the morning of April 20th, Italian time, and the time difference between Italy and China is about six hours, so it should be almost afternoon in Sichuan.

"Boss, I want to take a leave of absence!" As soon as Li Zihan entered Conte's office, he hurriedly said that he didn't even knock on the door because he was in a hurry, which is very impolite in Europe.

Conte was taken aback and didn't react at first. But then asked: "weishenme?" ”

Li Zihan choked up and said: "There was an earthquake in my hometown, seven or seven!" ”

Conte froze, he really didn't know, because there was a league game against AC Milan this afternoon. So his attention was all on the layout of the game, and he didn't have time to watch the news at all.

Conte's face darkened and he said, "I'm so sorry, Lee! ”

Li Zihan pretended to be strong and said: "It's okay, boss, I just want to take a leave of absence and want to go back to my hometown, they need me, I need to be with them at this time." ”

Conte hesitated and said, "I'm sorry, Lee. I'm afraid I can't agree to your request for leave," Seeing that Li Zihan was anxious to interject, Conte immediately said: "You know that we have a very important game this afternoon, and the opponent is AC Milan, one of our competitors for the championship. We have a big advantage in the standings, but if we don't deal with it carefully, we can lose the title, because we haven't won it yet. The roster has been submitted, you are in the starting line-up, and the team needs you at this time. And even if you go back now, what can you do? ”

Li Zihan was stunned. yes, what can I do when I go back?

"Go back to volunteering? Carrying supplies, or participating in the rescue of people? Trust me, there are people who do these things more professionally than you. It's not much different if you stay here and play now, and when you go back home. Although you are staying in Italy, your heart is with them, and you can go back after the season and donate money to participate in the post-earthquake reconstruction."

I have to say that Li Zihan had no idea when Conte said this. He also wanted to go back when he was enthusiastic before, just like five years ago, as soon as he came to volunteer with some volunteers from Chengdu, he went to nearby Mianyang and Deyang to volunteer, and he didn't think about where he had never been before.

"Trust me, Lee. In the afternoon you play seriously and try to get a big win to tell the people back home that you are with them. You can write what you want to say, what you want to do, on the T-shirt inside the shirt and lift it up every time you score a goal. Of course, you can't take your shirt off, you're going to get a card like that. As for the rest, I'll leave it to me. Conte looked at Li Zihan sincerely and said, "Trust me! ”

Li Zihan looked into Conte's eyes, hesitated for a few seconds, and then nodded absentmindedly.

In the subsequent pre-game training, Li Zihan did not look like a professional player at all. Frequently distracted in training, and even had a pass that could have been easy, but it didn't use much strength, and was cut off by a player on the other side.

In the shooting practice that followed, all ten shots hit the plane, and Buffon didn't even make a save.

Then his teammates didn't complain about him, maybe everyone already knew about the earthquake and could understand Li Zihan.

Only assistant coach Massimo Carrera was a little talkative and sat on felt. Conte looked at him beside him and looked constipated and asked, "What's the matter, Massimo?" ”

Carrera hesitated and said, "I'm sorry, but it's football, professional football, after all. Maybe Lee's state is not suitable for starting, and even the bench is difficult to compete. It was like he was sleepwalking, it's not that I don't have compassion and humanitarian care, but"

Conte raised his hand to stop Carrera from taking the next word and said: "Don't worry, this doesn't mean it's the same when you play. The starting line-up has been handed in, so could it be that you asked me to use a substitution spot without a minute of play? Besides, this will hit Lee even harder. He needs to vent, he needs a platform. ”

Seeing that Carare still looked uneasy, Conte continued: "It's okay, I've been with Lee for a season. Don't you know what kind of person he is? He has a maturity beyond many young players of his age and a love for football. ”

Carrera sighed and said, "Listen to you, you're the head coach anyway." ”

The final match went ahead as scheduled and was not postponed because of a disaster in one player's hometown.

It's just that after Li Zihan came on the court, he found that today was different from the usual home game day. In the past, the singing and shouting of the fans in the stadium located in the suburbs could be heard from the center of the city before the game had even started, but today, the players have entered the stadium, and the fans have not cheered and sang, and it can even be described as silent.

When he walked into the field, he found that the black and white stadium was black and white as always. It's just that today's black and white is a little different from usual.

When Li Zihan looked up seriously, he found that the slogan banners that the fans had pulled out to cheer for the team were different.

It used to be written "Come on Juventus", "Juventus will win", "We are with the Juventus soldiers!" or a slogan for a certain fan who likes a certain football player.

But today

"Sichuan, come on!!" "Ya'an, hold on!!" "Today, we are all Ya'an people!!"

Written in Italian and English, the banners filled almost all the stands, even those of the away fans.

The away fans who don't know why are a little unsure of what the situation is. But when they entered the venue, the staff at the ticket gate told them what had happened. I hope they can cooperate a little bit, although Italians are more racist, but they still have a clear distinction on some major issues of right and wrong and humanitarianism.

The banner on the corner of the stand was written in Chinese, and Li Zihan looked over and found that the banners and slogans were all yellow-skinned Chinese.

This should be Chinese students and Chinese working in this area of Turin.

In the stands where the fans usually are, there will be a huge canvas of Juventus' crest covering almost half of the stands.

And today there is, but it is not the Juventus crest. Rather, it is an all-black cloth with a white hook drawing a map of China, and in a certain place on the lower right side of the map, a red circle stands out.

Li Zihan knew that that place was Sichuan, Ya'an, Sichuan.

Unconsciously, Li Zihan's eyes began to blur, and he tried hard to keep his tears from falling.

Li Zihan stood on the field, and he bowed deeply towards a stand. Then he changed direction and bowed deeply to the other stand. Until he bowed to the stands all around, this was not for himself, it was just his gratitude on behalf of his hometown to these caring people who did not know each other overseas.

The catastrophe five years ago took away too much. He also left a lot, among which Li Zihan was deeply impressed by the unity and support of the people of the whole country, as well as the help and support of people at home and abroad.

The sound of the live radio rang out, calling on the fans to stand up and observe a three-minute silence in memory of those killed in the earthquake before the start of the game.

"Today in Sichuan, China, which is the hometown of Juventus player Li Zihan, there was a magnitude 7 earthquake, so now the Juventus Stadium is set up like this by the fans and staff. With the agreement of the Italian Football Federation and the league committee, as well as the opposing clubs, the match will be marked with a three-minute silence before the start of the game, and I suggest that the fans in front of the TV join us in a moment of silence. In the face of natural disasters, there is no distinction between countries. Herhouse said in front of the camera, and when the stadium began to mourn, he took the initiative to get up from his chair and pay a silent tribute.

After a moment of silence, both sides prepared to kick off. Li Zihan stood in the center circle, and Juventus kicked off first. At this time, Robinho, the Brazilian player on the other side, walked up, patted Li Zihan on the shoulder and said, "Condolences change." ”

To Li Zihan's surprise, he actually spoke Chinese.

Li Zihan politely thanked him: "Xiexie, you, not only today, but also five years ago." ”

Robinho was stunned for a moment, then reacted. smiled politely, and then patted Li Zihan's shoulder and returned to his place.

Five years ago, many international football stars expressed their concern and condolences. One of them was Robinho, holding a banner in Chinese and Portuguese that read, "Today I'm from Sichuan!" ”

Li Zihan remembers that photo deeply.

[I didn't want to write this chapter, but Zuihou wrote it anyway.] Xiao Qi is a native of Sichuan, which may have been discovered by everyone a long time ago, 512 also went to be a volunteer, and Ya'an was working in the field that day. It's not well written.,By the way.,I don't know how to write this.,There's still a chapter in the back.。 It's just that I want to tell myself not to forget, there are many things that can't be forgotten, it's not that I can't let go, it's just that there are too many sadness and touches. 】

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