Saturday, May 25, race day.

It was just past six o'clock, and a large number of fans had already gathered around the stadium. Today's game can be said to be quite important, because the opponent is Zhuzhou City Football Club. In the standings of the Champions League, the two teams are also tied in points, and Sangju FC temporarily ranks first by virtue of goal difference. The importance of this game can be seen, and it can be called the "Battle of Tennoyama".

As a die-hard fan of Sangju FC, I naturally didn't want to miss this game, so I came to the stadium very early. Recently, the ball market has been getting better and better, and the number of nearby restaurants and cafes has naturally increased a lot, so I found a café close to the course and sat down to pass the boring time waiting for the ball.

"There's still an hour." I pushed open the door of the café and looked at my watch, which had just circled the minute hand and reached 6:30.

"Hello sir, how many may I ask?" A waiter, who looked fairly young, asked politely by bending down slightly.

"One, thank you."

"Excuse me, do you mind sharing a table, because there are no more single tables." The waiter asked tentatively.

It is also awkward to sit on the sofa of four or five people alone, and it is not impossible to share a table with others. I thought to myself.

"Yes, but try to find a quiet seat."

"Okay, there's a two-person here. That gentleman was also a newcomer. The waiter pointed to the window.

I didn't look closely at the man, just nodded. The waitress took me to a seat next to me. "Sir, this is sharing a table with you, please understand because the table is limited."

The man lowered his head and played with his mobile phone, and he couldn't refuse when he heard that he was here to share a table. He got up and picked up the bag that was sitting on the chair opposite, and after these movements, he never lifted his head.

I sat down in my chair and took over the menu.

"A cappuccino, a rustic burger, a small portion."

"Okay, wait a minute."

After the waiter left, I put my backpack aside and slumped into a comfortable chair, I looked at the man sitting across from me, he seemed to know that I was looking at him, and silently raised his head. When we looked at each other, we were shocked.

"Cao Yang, why are you, you also came to watch the game. I don't even recognize you. "I never thought that it was Cao Yang who was sitting across from me.

"I didn't expect it to be you, you're dressed too pompously today."

I looked at myself after listening to this, and indeed I had the words "Sure to Win" printed on half of my sleeve, I thought that my dress was normal as a fan, and I looked at Cao Yang, he was dressed like usual, which I would definitely recognize if I was near the police station.

"You're a fan too? Why haven't I heard you mention it? I asked, confused.

"Haha, I'm relatively low-key, and besides, I don't watch much football now because of my work, so this game is very important, so I'm here."

It's true that after I worked, I rarely watched even live TV. "Yes, this game is very important, it's a battle for the top spot." After speaking, I looked at Cao Yang, he seemed to have something to say, but the arrival of the waiter made him hold back his words.

I took the coffee, and when the waiter left, he didn't continue the conversation.

"This shop is really good, when I went to school, I came to watch the game, and there was no place to stay, so I had to wait outside the court." I complained.

"Mm-hmm, the ball market is really good right now."

"What time do we go?"

"You're done, it's almost time to enter. Burgers you take to the stadium and eat them. ”

I looked at my watch, and it was six forty-five, and it was about seven o'clock when I finished drinking.

At seven o'clock we walked out of the café and walked towards the stadium, and on the way to the stadium there were fans. Some of them wore football jerseys, some wore cheering shirts like me, and some wore ordinary clothes like Cao Yang.

Cao Yang and I parted ways off the pitch because Cao Yang and I had different seats, so the ticket gates were different. The city of Sangju can seat a total of 60,000 people in the stadium, so there are a lot of ticket gates, even the away ticket gates have three, and we have a rough count of the home ticket gates, there are about 20 of them. It's all in alphabetical order, my ticket gate is located at Exit J, and Cao Yang's is at Exit O. The effect of having so many ticket gates was obvious, and it took me about 15 minutes from the queue to the entrance.

I found my seat through the seat number on my ticket, and I put down my chair and sat down. When I sat down, I was blown away by what I saw. The line between home and away is very clear, because the home color of Sangju FC is red, so I sit here with a sea of red. The direction of A-D is blue, because the home color of Zhuzhou City is blue. Fans jokingly called it "the confrontation of ice and fire." "I think that's a very apt description.

At 7:25, the players entered on time and the fans stood up to cheer for the players on the field. The crowd was very shocking.

I saw that after the players on both sides shook hands with each other, they stood in the middle circle in an orderly manner. I don't know what it's going to do, because it's usually after the handshake.

"What is this going to do?" I asked the person next to me.

"You don't know this, this is to commemorate our old captain Jiang Lei."

Hearing such an answer, my mind couldn't help but go back to three years ago, and all the memories and sadness came to my heart in an instant. I looked at the big screen, Jiang Lei's black and white avatar flashed on the big screen, and then the top midfielder's goals and highlights were revealed. I stared blankly at the center circle, and the silence made the stadium silent.

"The famous star Jiang Lei, after losing in the final, committed suicide with regret. As the captain, he did this, but he was really irresponsible at all, and his poor performance in the final became the swan song of Jiang Lei's career and even his life. ”

My mind recalls this news from three years ago, compared to the defeat in the final, Jiang Lei's death brought indelible scars to the heart of a student fan at the time. As I sank deeper and deeper, the appearance of the center circle blurred in my eyes, and warm tears crossed my cheeks in an instant, and I am sure that not only me but others on this court will also be saddened by this decorated captain.

My thoughts were interrupted by applause after the silence, and the game began.

The intensity of the game was much more than I could have imagined, and the players on the pitch were 100 per cent in shape. Because I haven't followed Sangju FC's game for a long time, I don't know much about some of the players on the field. What I remember and what I love the most is the current captain of Sangju FC, Yoo Dae-woo, who plays as a central defender. Because of his tall stature and excellent header attack, he is known as "Sangju Ramos".

"Oh, alas, this goal didn't go in?" It's like that all around me, and I follow the situation on the field, sometimes excited, sometimes lost.

Eighty minutes into the clock, the score was still 0-0. I couldn't help but get nervous, and once I was careless at this time, the first eighty minutes of hard work would be in vain in an instant.

In the eighty-fifth minute, Zhuzhou City's counterattack, only to see Zhuzhou City's No. 9 player a header, and the side players quickly inserted, so fast that the fullbacks of Shangzhou FC were beyond the reach of the dust.

I am also familiar with this fast-moving player, this is Gu Hui, who transferred from Sangju FC to Zhuju City three years ago. As soon as he got the ball, we booed him sarcastically and disgustedly as a home team fan, and he seemed to be disturbed by the boos. He shook off the full-back and fired a shot into the visitors' stands.

"Oh my mother, it scared me to death." "I thought I was in," exclaimed a fan near me. And I silently touched my own chest, and I was also scared of the danger in front of the door just now.

Ninety minutes, four minutes of stoppage time were shown on the big screen. "Four minutes to go, there's still a chance." I muttered quietly.

Ninety-two minutes, our No. 9 centre-forward, known as the "Little Tank" English foreign player Jesse. Meyer shook off the opposition's centre-back and fired a powerful shot.

"There it is! Ah, alas. I couldn't suppress the tension in my heart and shouted out loud.

I saw a miraculous save from the opponent's goalkeeper and bravely saved this must-score goal from the bottom line.

"Corner, there's still a chance." I looked at my watch, ninety-three minutes and five seconds.

We took a corner kick and it landed in a good spot, and my eyes were fixed on the football. I saw a familiar man jumping up high and shaking his head to attack the door. The angle of the football is particularly tricky, hanging into the top right corner, and the goalkeeper will not help even if he struggles to jump.

"Scored, the ball went in!!" I shouted out loud.

The pitch is boiling, and so are we. I hugged and high-fived the strange fan next to me. For a while, the silence of 0-to-0 turned into a sea of triumphant cheers.

I looked at the big screen with my spare eyes, my eyes were not wrong, the goal was our current captain, Liu Dayu.

At ninety-four and a half minutes, the referee blew three long whistles, and the game was over. 1-0, we beat strong opponents Zhuzhou City, and we also retained the first position, and the first place at the head of the summer off-season is undoubtedly the result that the fans want to see the most.

I followed the flow of people out of the football field, and I didn't see Cao Yang again, and when I called, he had already taken a taxi home. And I also took a car, in the car I have been reminiscing about the killer ball, recalling the beautiful goal of captain Liu Dayu, and at the same time remembering our most respectable captain! Jiang Lei, the midfield master who will always live in the hearts of football fans......