Chapter 1 Debut on Top of Europe
Chinese standing on top of Europe? Super League pioneers? The Awakened Lion of the East?
In the past week, whether it is Marca, As, Daily Sports, etc., which are notorious toilet newspapers, or the sacred BBC, "The Team", and "Kicker", they have all been reported with similar headlines, and the number of hits is hundreds of millions of times a day. However, Bai Tao, the protagonist of the story, who won the Golden Boot Award of the Chinese Super League, the MVP of the Chinese Super League, and the third pick of the Asian Footballer, ignored this.
On the bench at the Bernabeu, everything in his eyes was everything on the pitch.
With 33 minutes played, Real Madrid's crown prince Santos, 22, scored a penalty. The moment he scored the penalty, the whole Bernabeu was shouting his name like crazy. His father is a legend of Real Madrid and the overlord of multiple Ballon d'Or awards, Ronaldo. Time flies, young people grow old, but football and dreams have been passed down and inspired generations of people.
Looking at the former idol, the son of the football enlightenment teacher, scored a penalty, Bai Tao was not happy at all, because he scored his own door. Counting the first leg, their home team is currently in the abyss of 0:5.
No matter what happens off the pitch, he remembers the legendary David Beckham saying that 10 per cent of my income as a player is standing on the pitch and 90 per cent is the pressure of being a player. The pressure of media and public opinion will make or break a person.
On February 20, 2037, at 21:45 Spanish time and 3:45 a.m. Beijing time, the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals will be held at the Bernabeu, the home of Real Madrid. The visiting team that fell behind by a big score was the dark horse Fürth of the Bundesliga last season, and it was also the first European club that Bai Tao joined.
There is no glorious history, no outstanding achievements, and there are no weighty trophies in the trophy showroom, all of which are incomparably similar to Bai Tao's motherland, China. However, this is only history after all, and history is used to create and break. Although he thought so in his heart, his worries had quietly sprouted in Bai Tao's heart.
On January 31, 2036, the last day of the winter window closing, Bai Tao transferred from the Far North Black Soil to the Bundesliga newcomer Fürth for a record-breaking 10 million euros, and just completed all the formalities the day before yesterday and sat on the team's bench.
The pre-match press conference was attended by Spanish coach Rose, 34-year-old captain Kempa and Bai Tao, who had just landed in the Bundesliga. The question asked by one of the reporters and the manager's answer were also the main reasons for his concern.
A few hours ago, at the press conference at the Bernabeu.
"Hello Coach Rose, I'm a reporter from The Times, will you let Bai Tao from the East play tonight? Was his arrival due to technical and tactical needs, or was it a commercial factor? "Fluent in Spanish, short blonde hair, pale blue eyes, full of feminine charm, but her questions are so acute.
Fürth head coach Rose, known in the industry as a coach with a broken leg, on the one hand, retired because he broke a leg in his career, and on the other hand, his devilish physical training that allowed players to run with broken legs. Rumours have it that some players did have a torn hamstring due to too much training. At press conferences, he has always been straightforward and unabashed, and he is a great contributor to feeding many journalists.
In this reporter's mind, Bai Tao naturally can't understand Spanish, and with the head coach's personality, it will definitely be the headlines.
"The introduction of this player was the decision of the manager and the chairman, not by me, although I brought in this player, I don't trust the Chinese player in my heart." Unsurprisingly, Ross's answer pleased numerous journalists. I have already started to edit the title of the next time, Chinese football is not trustworthy; Eastern power has not yet broken out, and so on.
Kempa on the side couldn't help but clench his fists in his ears, he respected the head coach from the bottom of his heart, without him there was no possibility of promotion to the Bundesliga, but the coach's press conference often became a big headache for the club's management.
Just when the captain was worried, another reporter stood up and asked Bai Tao in Chinese, "Just now the head coach said that he didn't trust you, what do you think about this?" "It's never too much, that's journalists. Kempa cursed the reporters viciously, but there was still no expression on his face.
'The manager doesn't trust me, that's completely understandable. I've just arrived in Europe and haven't trained with the team yet, so I don't complain even if I'm on the bench. Bai Tao smiled and answered the reporter's question.
This blow is nothing compared to the countless accusations that Lai Toad wanted to eat swan meat, played barefoot against others, was pressed by the team to eat grass on the lawn, and slept on the bench at night.
Kempa listened to the joy in his heart, and was shocked, Bai Tao answered the question not in Chinese, but in Spanish, that is to say, he fully understood the conversation between the head coach and the reporter just now, even so, he was still able to answer the question just now, Kempa looked at the 20-year-old young man in front of him from the bottom of his heart.
Under the red jersey is a muscular line that is obvious, and although it is thin, it does not make people feel weak. At the age of 20, his complexion is not dark, but he definitely does not belong to the age of 20. One can imagine how hard this young man was on himself at the training ground.
When everyone came back to their senses, they were ready to continue to ask Bai Tao questions as if they had discovered a new continent, but he stood up in advance and bowed to everyone, "The game is about to start, I want to have a simple joint practice with my teammates, and I look forward to the next exchange." This time he used Chinese, neither humble nor arrogant, showing a strong personality.
What happened later, Bai Tao didn't know and didn't care. After a brief distraction, he quickly returned his attention to the court.
Santos scored the only goal in the first half to make the score 1-0.
Rose's frenzied training has created extraordinary physical fitness for the players, which is the foundation of defense and a must-win weapon for weak teams to defeat strong opponents. However, due to financial problems last season, the sale of defenders and midfielders has reduced Fürth's defensive ability a lot, and it is not easy to maintain 1:0 in the first half.
But in the face of Real Madrid's smooth cooperation and tidal offensive, his predecessors have shown obvious fatigue. After all, they are facing the king of the Champions League, the only Galaxy battleship to achieve three consecutive Champions League titles after the restructuring.
Although Bai Tao didn't want to evaluate the coach's tactical arrangement, he had some different opinions in his heart.
In the face of Real Madrid's strong midfield configuration, Rose put on a 451 formation, hoping to respond to Real Madrid's offensive with the numerical advantage of the midfield. Although it largely restrained Real Madrid's attack, it was unable to achieve an offensive breakthrough. In particular, many of Fürth's midfielders are not full-time, but are made temporary cameos by forwards.
With 45 minutes left and 0:5 down, it is impossible to turn the tables around. Football is full of miracles and we expect them to happen. But prayer does not make a miracle happen, and there must be some underlying conditions for a miracle to happen.
For Fürth now, winning is not a miracle is a dream, and scoring one or two goals is already a miracle. And the key to the miracle was on the bench, and he sat quietly, staring and thinking with God's eyes.
Time passed quietly in a frenzied shout, sighing again and again. Real Madrid repeatedly attacked Fürth's penalty area, but the strict defensive discipline made the new Real Madrid king return again and again.
In the 66th minute, the captain of Fürth cleared the ball, and the ball came to the feet of Moody, who is known as the pianist of the stadium in the Real Madrid midfield. Moody advanced quickly from the center circle, and the tired Fürth players were already a little unable to keep up with his rhythm, and even took the opportunity to pull the autumn coat foul.
In the blink of an eye, Moody's has reached the vicinity of the big penalty area, and what is even more terrifying is that Real Madrid's SQB combination has run in place. Moody looked up to see only one defender in front of him, his strong right leg raised high after a pendulum swing.
Intuition told Bai Tao that he was going to shoot! The defenders also had the same feeling as Bai Tao, falling down and blocking the shooting route.
However, Moody made a false shot and quickly passed the ball to the side along the forty-five degrees, it seemed that he was still too young, Bai Tao couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, the wing was empty, and the shooting route was so clear, that the Fürth players gritted their teeth and sprinted to the side. Fast and efficient passing, which makes the defenders tired.
Real Madrid's wide horse Flash Cesola received the ball and approached the penalty area again, and the moment he raised his foot, Fürth's goalkeeper had fallen to the ground and was ready to block. A sly smile appeared on the corner of Chesola's mouth, and the triangle was reversed. In the face of the goal, he actually suppressed his desire to shoot and passed the ball to Santos, who was in a better position, this Real Madrid team was too strong.
Countless spectators stood up and prepared to cheer for the upcoming goal.
Santos picks up the gun and is determined to win in the face of the empty door.
With a bang, the ball hit the crossbar hard and bounced off the touchline.
Faced with an empty goal, the talented teenager Santos flew away? No, the experienced captain Kempa had already seen through it and stood up early to block the ball that was going to go in.
In the face of the captain's god-level performance, Bai Tao stood up and did not hesitate to contribute his applause. Driven by him, the Fürth substitutes, and the Fürth fans in the corner of the stadium desperately gave applause to their captain Kempa, and they didn't know when they would usher in the parting of the meritorious captain.
This move even touched many Real Madrid fans, in the face of the Galaxy Battleship, Fürth has performed well enough, but the opponent is too strong.
Coach Rose looked in his eyes and did not say anything, his eyes were glued to the message on his mobile phone, the message sent by the president of the club: the outcome has been decided, let the Chinese player Bai Tao play, this is the order.
This is undoubtedly a business operation.
Rose looked at Bai Tao, and Bai Tao looked at the court.
At this moment, we can't relax, and corner kicks are also a common means for Galaxy Battleships to score.
The ball was artistically processed by Moody's and crossed a perfect curve and landed on Santos, who ran out of the open space. At this moment, the stadium froze for breath, as if everything was slowing down.
Santos jumped high, spread his arms, and supported his thighs with his strong waist and abdomen, and the ball made full contact with Santos's instep, and the perfect upside-down golden hook ball went into the net.
Many years ago, his father also scored a shocking upside-down golden hook against Serie A giants Juventus.
After scoring the goal, Santos lifted his autumn coat, on which his father's name was written, a move that caused the scene to burst into thunderous applause, and if he didn't look up, it seemed that the next moment the rain would come.
Champions Madrid! Champions Madrid! Champions Madrid!
Madrid Champion, Madrid Champion, Madrid Champion.
Stopping in the quarterfinals of the Champions League for four consecutive seasons and winning La Liga once every five years, at the moment of getting Santos, the Melinger vented their hearts loudly.
After the goal, the linesman signaled for Real Madrid to make a substitution. He was replaced by the new king Santos, who had just scored a brace, and he had no complaints, because he was replaced by Theo, the famous captain of Real Madrid in the past seven years.
The most romantic thing I can think of
It's about growing old with you
These are the warmest words between lovers
But I saw my favorite stars slowly getting older
But it's the cruelest thing
This appearance is likely to be Theo's last time representing the Galaxy in the Champions League, which is the youth and tears of many people. Even Fürth's fans stood up and paid their respects to the Real Madrid legend.
The enthusiasm and tears at the scene made people not notice that Bai Tao was ready to replace the midfield vice-captain to make his debut, nor did he notice that Fürth head coach Rose left the field in anger.
The performance of the head coach Bai Tao can be expected, although he is uncomfortable, but he still admires Rose in his heart, compared to the coach who once met him who could only play by paying money and arranging for the players to abolish the opponent's ace, Rose is tens of thousands of times greater.
Taking off his training vest, Bai Tao raised his head and straightened his hairstyle. Fürth's away jersey is red on the top and white on the bottom, and the socks and jersey are also dark red. Under the jersey, Bai Tao wore a close-fitting vest with two sentences printed on it, and the dream of more than ten years finally had the opportunity to show it boldly tonight. Thinking of this, he clenched his fists hard, his muscles bulging, and his strong muscles exuded a strong desire to win.
From childhood ignorance to youthful confusion, this moment finally has the opportunity to stand here, standing on the top of Europe.
It doesn't matter if it's a commercial operation or not. It's not what others say, it's what you do.
Go ahead and go towards the Golden Globes!
Kopjun: The 11-a-side football field is surrounded by four lines, the left and right lines are called the sidelines, and the lines behind the upper and lower goals are called the bottom line.
The field is divided into two halves, with the tee circle and the halfway line in the middle of the field.
The goal is from the inside to the outside: the small penalty area, the penalty spot, the big penalty area and the top of the arc.
Penalty: The defender fouls maliciously in the penalty area, and the attacker gets a penalty. Send a person to face the goalkeeper one-on-one, the ball is placed at the penalty spot, and the attack has a high probability of scoring the ball without interference. For this reason, a penalty kick is also known as a death penalty kick.