Chapter 13 The Legend Ends
Gu Biao was restless, always feeling that something big was going to happen.
So he took his time changing clothes in the locker room, often stopping what he was doing and turning his attention and eyes to the door of the locker room.
Especially when the door is open.
But every time he looked away in disappointment, because it was not Brother Wang Lie who came in.
As a member of the Sofo United U18 youth team, this period of time is his happiest day - although it seems wrong to say this, after all, this period of time is not a good time for Brother Wang, but this is the fact, Gu Biao is indeed happy.
Because he can train with his idol Wang Lie almost every day.
The two of them were in the same club. It was not that they had never seen each other before, but they had never had the experience of getting along day and night like they had in the past few days.
He still remembers how he felt when he saw the news that "Wang Lie was sent to the youth team for training by Heldon":
Of course he was shocked and unhappy at first, feeling unhappy for his idol. .
But soon, when he realized that he was in the youth team, he became excited - didn't this mean that he could train with Brother Wang? !
Gu Biao had never enjoyed this kind of treatment before.
For him, Wang Lie has always been a "monument" that he can only look up to. Being able to take a photo with Brother Wang, shake hands and hug each other can make him excited for a long time.
And now he actually has the opportunity to train with Brother Wang!
He has been coming to Soft United for three seasons, and this is the first time!
Gu Biao still remembers the first day he met Brother Wang in the youth team locker room:
In the locker room, Brother Wang was quite kind and greeted every youth team player he saw. , chat, and meet their requests for autographs and photos.
He had a smile on his face, and it was not obvious that he was demoted to the youth team.
Of course, everyone had a tacit understanding and did not ask about his grievances with the head coach of the first team - if Brother Wang gets angry when he asks, how will we get along with him in the future?
When the training started, Wang Lie, who had been quite kind before, seemed to have changed. He was serious and focused, even a little... scary.
If others do not perform well in training, he will loudly remind or criticize without mercy, just like a youth team coach.
Gu Biao was caught and severely criticized by Wang Lie because he was distracted during training.
However, Gu Biao did not feel embarrassed, but was excited - to be criticized by Brother Wang, it means that we are in Brother Wang's eyes!
Brother Wang, you are right!
Brother Wang, I will definitely change it!
Brother Wang, what do you think of my changes?
......
And in addition to criticism, Brother Wang will also give a lot of suggestions based on his own experience. He does not just scold people, but also gives solutions to them after scolding them. This advice will be valuable to the youth team players.
Gu Biao, who plays as a winger on the field, was encouraged by Wang Lie to cut inside more, instead of habitually just hugging the side and playing at the base. Don't avoid playing from the opponent, but actively seek opportunities to break through.
Gu Biao euphemistically expressed that he was afraid of losing the ball when he went to a crowded place in the middle. Wang Lie suggested that he strengthen upper body strength training to increase his ability to resist, and taught him how to specifically train upper body strength.
Brother Wang also told him that if he always plays from the side, his future achievements will be very limited. If he wants to achieve higher achievements, he must go to the middle.
So although training with Wang Lie was very hard, Gu Biao enjoyed it and cherished it very much.
It is a pity that such opportunities are not the norm...
Gu Biao did not ask Brother Wang privately where he would go next - this is a very sensitive privacy issue, if the relationship is not particularly private Get close, it's best not to pry. If you ask, you will make things difficult for the other party, and it will be difficult to handle even if you don't say anything.
He just seizes every opportunity to train with Brother Wang and try to learn as much as possible from his idol.
No matter how much he delayed, Gu Biao still changed into the equipment needed for training. The door to the locker room had not been opened for some time because all the youth team players who were going to train were in the locker room.
Brother Wang still hasn’t come.
In fact, Gu Biao should not have had any expectations since he entered the locker room without seeing Wang Lie, because Wang Lie was never the last person to arrive in the locker room. In the past few days of training, the youth team members pushed open the locker room door and saw Wang Lie. It had never happened that they were all dressed up and waiting for Wang Lie...
"God!"
“Oh my God!”
"Oh my God!"
"WhatTheFuck?!"
Suddenly several people in the locker room exclaimed, and then they announced a message at the same time:
" The club has terminated the contract with Wang! "
Logically speaking, this result is not difficult to imagine. It can even be said that things have developed towards this ending since Wang Lie was demoted to them.
They had also discussed privately before when the club would terminate Wang Lie's contract.
But when this incident really happened, everyone was still greatly shocked and found it difficult to accept it for a while.
There was a commotion in the youth team's locker room, and everyone took out their mobile phones.
Gu Biao immediately went to the official social media account of Soft United Club. As soon as he entered it, he saw the latest news.
He ignored the text and looked at the accompanying photo first. It was Wang Lie wearing a Soft United jersey who was pumping his fist in celebration.
The picture was also accompanied by eye-catching text: "THANKYOU, CHINAWANG, GOODBYE"
After so many days, the second boot finally fell.
Gu Biao suddenly didn’t want to go to training...
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Under the sign with the Arabic numeral "11" in the parking lot, a dark green car The low-lying coupe slowly parked into the parking space, and the charging cover at the rear of the car opened automatically.
Then a young man with a handsome face and not a tall figure got out of the car, took off the charging gun located behind the parking space, and inserted it into his car.
After doing all this, he went around to the co-pilot to get his backpack and prepare to go to training.
At this moment, the phone in his hand vibrated, accompanied by a message alert.
At the same time, the AI news reading voice came from his earphones:
“Breaking: Soft United Club confirmed the termination of Wang Lie’s contract! Ten minutes ago, Soft United Club official account An announcement was made on various online social media platforms, officially announcing that the club had terminated Wang Lie's contract. The Softball United Club thanked Wang Lie for his contribution during his playing period..."
By the time he reacted and took out his phone to watch, the AI broadcast was coming to an end.
These news contents are not long, in fact they should be regarded as quick news.
But Chi Zhen still stood outside the car and looked at his cell phone for a long time.
He was not surprised by the termination of the contract between Suofu United and Wang Lie. After all, this was an ending that even a fool could guess.
It can even be said that Chi Zhen could not have imagined that Brother Wang would bow his head to Soft United Club, then tuck his tail between his legs and return to the first team in despair.
That's Wang Lie! It's Wang Lie who never admits defeat...
But when Wang's ten years at Soft United came to an abrupt end, Chi Zhen couldn't help but sigh.
Wang Lie can be regarded as the target figure that almost all Chinese players studying abroad look forward to. His achievements in Soft United make every Chinese player envious. No one wants to become a football legend like Wang Ge. , club celebrity.
Two years ago, Brother Wang renewed his contract with Soft United. The contract expired on June 30, 2037. At the same time, the two parties agreed that the contract could be renewed for another year, which is June 3, 2038. Ten days.
Everyone thought that this beautiful "marriage" would last forever.
Many people, including Chi Zhen, feel that Wang will retire at Soft United and end his brilliant career.
But who would have thought that Brother Wang's ending in Sofo United would be like this...
It's like there is a couple around you who are particularly loving. You think they are a model couple, and your feelings towards them I am envious of life, and I and my lover also work hard with them as goals and examples. As a result, when I got older, I suddenly heard that the couple had divorced...it was so outrageous.
How did this originally beautiful fairy tale end up where it is today?
Is Brother Wang wrong?
Or is Soft United doing something wrong?
Chi Zhen felt that everything was wrong. Brother Wang was too impulsive and the club was too mean.
But...it won't be so ugly, right?
An indescribable emotion lingered in Chi Zhen's heart, causing him to stand outside the car for seven or eight minutes without realizing it.
Until he suddenly remembered that Brother Wang had terminated his contract with Soft United. Although he still didn’t know where he would go next, he was the only one left playing in the Premier League giants.
As the representative of Chinese players in the Premier League, he has to train harder, perform well, take over the flag left by Brother Wang, and not let the flag fall.
So he gathered his mood, closed the door and locked the car, turned and walked to the locker room, ready to start a day of training.
When Chi Zhen walked to the door of the locker room at the training base, he heard a burst of laughter coming from inside:
"The king was finally driven away! Ha!"
"This is the most correct decision made by Soft United!"
“This is really the best news I’ve heard in days!”
“Oh goodbye, Wang, we won’t miss you at all! Haha!”
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Chi Zhen, who was about to open the door and enter, stopped. He was a little unsure whether it would be bad for him to go in at this time - neither he nor his teammates were embarrassed...< br>
Just when he was hesitant, a hand gently rested on his shoulder.
Chi Zhen was startled, and when he turned around, he saw that it was his captain, Marshon Harper.
"Hi, Chi." Harper grinned, showing his big white teeth, "You wait outside for a while before going in."
After saying that, he took his hand off Chi Zhen's shoulder, He opened the door and walked in.
The door slowly closed, and Harper's loud voice soon sounded inside: "What are you doing?! I had an illusion when I heard your laughter outside the door. I thought we were the ones who won the day before yesterday... I took out my phone to check, and guess what? Damn it, it’s us who lost, 0:3!”
Chi Zhen knew why the captain asked him to wait outside. Well, if you follow him in, everyone will feel embarrassed when the captain trains others. This can be regarded as saving some face for the teammates. At least they will not know that they are outside and listened to everything they just said...
"We have so many problems of our own now, and you are still in the mood to be happy about other people's things - let me put it bluntly, in the first half of the season, when we played against Sofo United, did Wang play? No. What was the result? We It was a 1:1 draw and we didn’t win. So do you really think that without Soford, we can definitely beat them? If you still have this mentality, then I can make a prediction. I think it will be twenty-five. In the next round, we will definitely lose to them!"
Captain Harper was still outputting, and Chi Zhen, who was standing outside the door, heard it clearly. In fact, he can understand why his teammates were so excited after hearing the news that Wang Lie left Soft United.
Although Scouse and Soft United are mortal enemies, the excitement of the teammates is not limited to this.
Because Wang Lie is the "sufferer" of the Scos people.
Wang Lie has fought against the Scosi people thirty-four times in total. Among the opponents he has fought against, he has fought the most times. The first time Wang Lie played against the Scorsese was not even at Soft United - he was still playing for Atletico Barcelona at the time.
In the thirty-four encounters, Wang Lie had the upper hand with fifteen wins, nine draws and ten losses. He scored a total of twenty-three goals and scored three hat-tricks.
The Scotsman also "honored" Wang Lie as the opponent with the most hat-tricks and scored the most goals in his career, and ranked fourth in the list of goals scored by Wang Lie.
The last of the three hat-tricks was not far away - in the thirty-fifth round of last season, the Scorsese challenged Soft United away.
Last season Soft United finished sixth in the league and did not qualify for the Champions League, so they could only play in the Europa League.
The Scorsese finished second, only one point behind the champion Clayton Athletic.
The important turning point that caused them to lose the league championship occurred in the thirty-fifth round.
The overall performance of Sofos United last season was not good. In the first half of the league, they even lost 0:5 to Scorsese in an away game, which directly led to the failure of the then head coach, the famous Dutch coach Delano Coe. Ding was sacked by Soft United.
In the second half of the league season, Sofos United returned to their home court and performed very tenaciously. Scorsese, who were beaten twice by the championship, took the lead. Wang Liedu helped the team equalize the score twice.
In the 84th minute of the game, Wang Lie took advantage of a corner kick and scored with a header. Soft United took the lead for the first time in the game, and ultimately maintained the lead until the end of the game.
In the end, with Wang Lie's hat-trick, Soft United defeated Scots 3:2 at home.
At that time, the competition between Scorsese and Clayton Athletic in the league had become fierce.
The result was that the defeat took the Scorsese from two points ahead of Clayton Athletic to one point behind - exactly the same point difference between them and Clayton Athletic at the end of the season, and between them and the league champions. score difference.
After losing this game, the media in Liverpool, where the Scorsese are located, were wailing. Because they know that at this time, letting Clayton Athletic take the lead will almost mean that the championship has lost suspense... How could Clayton Athletic, which has always performed stably, miss such an opportunity?
In fact, neither Soft United nor Wang Lie were in good shape last season. Soft United failed to qualify for the Champions League for the third consecutive season, and Wang Lie scored fewer than 20 goals in a Premier League season for the first time - he ended up scoring only 19 goals that season.
The nineteenth goal was the header he scored against the Scorsese.
In other words, Wang Lie used the last three goals of last season to knock off the Scotsman's league championship.
No wonder after that game, the local media in Liverpool insisted that the Scorsese did not lose to Soft United, but only lost to Wang Lie.
After the season, they said sourly that the Scorsese lost the league championship not to Clayton Athletic, but to Wang Lie. When Clayton Athletic celebrates the league championship, don’t forget Invite Wang Lie onto the open-top bus.
This is just an example. The Scos people suffered too much from Wang Lie.
Every time Wang Lie came to Scouse's home stadium, Liverpool Stadium, for a game, from the introduction of the players on both sides before the game to the end of the game, he was only treated with boos from the Scouse fans.
On the one hand, it is because Wang Lie is the sufferer of the Scos people, and on the other hand, it is also because of the many wars of words between Wang Lie and the Scos people.
Chi Zhen, as a Chinese player who plays for Scorsese, there are many Scorsese fans who have a good impression of the Chinese, but if you tell them that you are a Wang Lie fan, then don’t blame them for giving you Look at the faces...
Chinese people are Chinese, Wang Lie fans are Wang Lie fans, Scouse fans are very divided.
Chi Zhen is very aware of the grudges between his team and Brother Wang, so he can actually understand that his teammates would be so happy after Brother Wang was terminated by Soft United. Even he himself had very complicated emotions towards Brother Wang...
He was not angry with his teammates because of this. He was just hesitant to go in because he was afraid of embarrassing both parties.
While Chi Zhen was distracted, Captain Harper's lecture in the room was coming to an end:
"... Think about it, guys! Our goal this season is still the league championship. If we follow our The performance in the last game was nothing but wishful thinking! What does other people’s affairs have to do with us?” Chi Zhen waited for a while and saw that there was indeed no laughter in the locker room. It was a normal chat, so he pushed the door open and entered.
Then as usual, he greeted everyone with a smile: "Hi, good morning!"
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"After friendly negotiations between the two parties, Sofos United Club has decided to officially terminate the contract with Wang Lie. The club is very grateful to Wang Lie for his contribution during his ten seasons with the team. His passionate celebration after scoring the goal will also be a symbol of Sofos United. A classic in history. He is an eternal legend in the history of Sofo United. We wish Wang Lie good luck in the rest of his life."
Xiao Cheng posted this content on his mobile phone. He read it over and over several times, and he even counted how many words were used in the official announcement from Soft United Club.
Counting all the punctuation marks, there are one hundred and thirteen words.
If you post this on domestic Weibo, you won’t even need to post on Weibo.
One hundred and thirteen words and a picture, this is the club's entire farewell to Wang Lie.
Xiao Cheng kept refreshing his phone for more than an hour, but he still didn't see any new official relevant content released.
It seems that this is the end of things about Wang Lie.
“I decided to leave at noon and go to Manchester.”
During the break, Xiao Cheng said to his friend.
My friend was surprised: "There are classes in the afternoon, brother! From London to Manchester, you will never be back before class..."
"Escaped." Xiao Cheng said simply and lightly.
“Are you crazy, Xiao?!” The friend’s eyes widened, “That’s Professor Crowley’s class! He never allows anyone to miss his class!”
“It doesn’t matter. "I'm going to see Wang Lie off," Xiao Cheng said. The friend opened his mouth but hesitated, and finally sighed: "Then I wish you good luck, Xiao... you really need good luck!"
The friend knew that he was a Chinese friend. How obsessed is he with Wang Lie - he came to study in London, England because of Wang Lie, because Wang Lie plays in the Premier League - so it seems that it is not incomprehensible for him to make such a crazy move...
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After the day’s training, the Nanhe Jiuding players returned to the locker room and chatted about today’s top news in Chinese football while changing clothes.
You can't talk during training, but they heard the news when they were preparing to start afternoon training, which made them miserable.
“Is there any latest news?”
“No, after the Sofu co-official tweeted something, there has been no news... Oh no, there is new news, but What I posted is the training content of the first team..."
"Damn, you just finished telling the story of the departure of the number one legend in the history of the club in just one tweet? How heartless!"
"Oh, the two sides were so unhappy before, otherwise it wouldn't be like this..."< br>
"No matter how unhappy you are, you have to keep up the appearances, right? To put it bluntly, I think Soft United is unreasonable in this matter!"
The discussion was very lively, but as the captain of the team, Chu Prison was not involved.
He just changed his clothes silently, packed his things, and prepared to leave.
Until he was named by his teammates: "Team Chu, do you think Brother Wang will return to China to play football after the contract is terminated?"
When he asked this, everyone who was discussing in the locker room turned their attention. , Chu Yu smiled bitterly: "How do I know?"
"Didn't you say that Brother Wang is also considering returning to China to play football? There are rumors on the Internet..."
"Hey, you listen to what is on the Internet ? If Brother Wang wants to return to China to play football, he has already returned, why should he delay it until now?"
As expected, the discussion was lively. Chu Yu only said one thing, and everyone quickly turned their attention away from him. Move away and continue the discussion.
Chu Yu was also happy and continued to keep his head down.
"That's right, why doesn't Brother Wang come back to play football? If he comes back to play football, he will definitely be able to play in the game, and he won't waste half a season in Soft United..."
"You The question is...why doesn't Brother Wang return to China to play football? Of course it's because the level of our domestic league is low. Brother Wang must be afraid that he won't even be able to join the national team after returning to China to play football..."
Hearing the thorn in someone's words during the discussion, Chu Yu, who originally planned not to participate, coughed and then said: "You can't say that. Even I can make it to the national team after returning to China, so how can Wang Lie not make it to the national team?" ”
“Then why doesn’t Brother Wang return to China?”
"There are always reasons." Chu Yu said, "For example, if you are not willing to..."
"Not willing?" Some people were surprised, "Brother Wang's career is already very impressive, what else can he not be willing to accept? "
Some people agreed: "Captain Chu is right! I wouldn't be willing to change it for me! Why? The top scorer in the club's history is being treated like this. Treated? I think those people scolding Brother Wang on the Internet are like having high blood pressure... Are they worthy of being criticized by a bunch of idiots?"
"Where else can Brother Wang go now? Is there a team he can go to? He said before that he only wants to go to a team that can play in the Champions League. I think it will be difficult for any team that can play in the Champions League to sign him..."
I have to say , even though he is almost thirty-eight years old, even though he has not played well for half a year, and even though he is almost losing his place in the national team, Wang Lie is still Wang Lie, the well-deserved number one star in China and the top player in Chinese football.
The fact that he terminated his contract with Soft United could trigger such a heated discussion in the locker room of an ordinary Chinese Super League team.
However, Chu Yu had no intention of continuing to discuss others thousands of miles away with his teammates.
He packed his things, reminded them not to stay in the locker room for a long time, and left first.
As soon as he left, people in the locker room suddenly stopped talking about Wang Lie and started talking about their captain.
"Captain Chu said he was unwilling to give in. I think Captain Chu is really unwilling, right?"
"No way? Didn't Team Chu say that? His ability at that time was already difficult to play for Berlin Star, so he returned to China to play football. If he didn't return to China, he might not be able to enter the national team... ..."
"Even if you can't play at Berlin Star, you can always go to another team, right? It doesn't have to be in the five major leagues. You see the state of the Chu team after returning to China, you want to stay. Europe is not impossible. So why is Team Chu unwilling to give up? If he had persisted more, maybe he would still be playing in Europe."
"I think our Team Chu has always been helpful. What Brother Wang said is even more strange...Don't they all say that they have a bad relationship?"
"It seems true when you say that..."
"That's right! Brother Wang is wearing a pair of pants? This is unscientific!”
The protagonist who was being talked about behind everyone's back was already sitting in his car.
But Chu Yu was not in a hurry to leave.
Instead, he took out his mobile phone and watched the news about the termination of the contract between Wang Lie and Soft United.
Chu Yu actually fully understood why Wang Lie did not return to China and why he insisted on staying in Europe, but he could not explain it to his teammates. It was very complicated to explain, and others might not be able to understand it well. mean.
Wang Lie is that kind of person, always accompanied by controversy.
I and Wang Lie have known each other for a long time, even before they were professional players - the two of them once trained at the same football school, the famous "Oriental Football School", so from this point of view, they are considered equals. Above is "alumni".
But this relationship did not allow the two people to become friends. Not only did they not become friends, they were also somewhat at odds with each other.
At first, Chu Yu criticized Wang Lie's decision to leave the Oriental Football School - at that time, Wang Lie had a very unhappy relationship with the Oriental Football School in order to go to Europe to play football. Fans across the country know this, and Chu Yu, as a student training at the Oriental Football School, certainly knows better.
But later, after Wang Lie’s family sold their house and made compensation to the football school, Chu Yu couldn’t say that Wang Lie was “ungrateful”. After all, they really gave the money... I just felt that Wang Lie was so Although people are gifted, their personalities are too strong, their actions are not decent enough, and they are not lovable.
Later, there was a game that exposed the contradiction between the two people.
It was the semifinals of the men's football event at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Twenty-two-year-old Chu Yu is a player of the right age, while Wang Lie was 25 years old at the time and participated as an over-age player. His goal is very clear, which is to achieve zero honors in Chinese football in international competitions. Breakthrough and win the Olympic gold medal for the Chinese Olympic team.
Wang Lie is not just dreaming about Spring and Autumn Period.
After all, the Chinese national team has historically reached the quarterfinals in the 2022 World Cup held in China, so winning a gold medal in the Olympics is by no means a fantasy.
In addition, after Chinese football became professional in the 1990s, it has been promoting the reform of youth training and has indeed cultivated many outstanding players.
Wang Lie himself is also a beneficiary and outstanding representative of the Chinese football reform trend.
Chu Yu was one of them. He was the captain of the Olympic team at the time.
This extremely powerful Olympic team, coupled with the over-age player Wang Lie who has already established himself as the main force in the La Liga giants Atlético Barcelona, let’s not mention the gold medal. At least winning the medal is not a dream. ?
This Olympic team lived up to expectations. After making it out of the group stage, it continued its efforts and reached the semi-finals.
At this point, the Olympic team is actually very close to the medal goal - even if they lose, they still have a chance to compete for the bronze medal.
As a result, the Chinese Olympic team really lost in the semifinals to the Argentine Olympic team, which later won the gold medal.
After losing this game, the boys of the Chinese team were very sad. Some shed tears on the spot, and some could not suppress their sadness and pain even after returning to the locker room.
As the captain, Chu Yu, of course, had to comfort them: "Don't be too sad, we have tried our best and have no regrets..."
This was originally a normal comfort, but the result was always Wang Lie, who was sitting sullenly, broke out and scolded Chu Yu: "Don't give reasons for failure!"
Chu Yu was stunned: Brother, can't you see that I'm fucking comforting you?
Wang Lie, however, seemed to really not be able to tell, and was disappointed and angry: "Deceiving yourself! What about 'trying your best'? It's not a reason to comfort yourself after losing! What's the use of saying nice things? Where do you have no regrets? Who has no regrets?! I don’t!”
To be honest, if Chu Yu hadn’t chosen to endure it at that time, the news of the infighting in the locker room after the Olympic team lost would have caused a nationwide uproar.
After this incident, the relationship between Chu Yu and Wang Lie became very cold.
However... although Wang Lie's words after losing made Chu Yu very unhappy, he had to admit that Wang Lie was the biggest contributor to the Olympic team's ability to win the Olympic bronze medal - the last three In the top four finals, it was with Wang Lie's goal and assist that the Chinese Olympic team defeated the Japanese Olympic team and achieved a breakthrough for the Chinese men's football team with zero medals in Olympic events.
When receiving the award, every Olympic team player was very happy, except Wang Lie.
After he got off the podium, he took off the bronze medal hanging around his neck and held it in his hand without any smile on his face - he was still worried about losing the semi-final and not having the chance to win the Olympic gold medal.
After that time in Chu Prison, we knew that although Wang Lie was harsh on others, he was even harsher on himself, so you really can’t blame him...
So again It went back to the feeling I had at the Oriental Football School - there was nothing wrong with Wang Lie's approach, but it just made Chu Yu feel uncomfortable.
Maybe this is the so-called "incompatibility"...
So the two have been teammates in the national team for more than ten years, often fighting side by side, but they have not become friends.
Chu Yu also admitted that Wang Lie was a hundred times better than him, that Wang Lie had reached a height that no Chinese player had reached, and that he had made a pioneering contribution to Chinese football. He admired him and respected him, but he just couldn't like him.
When Wang Lie was at his most glorious, almost everyone would try their best to please him, flatter him, and cling to him when facing him. Chu Yu still kept a respectful distance from him.
So Wang Lie and Chu Yu, the two captains and deputy captains of the Chinese national team, have a normal relationship, which can even be said to be bad. It is not a secret in domestic football for so many years.
Chu Yu never thought of pretending to have a good relationship with Wang Lie, and Wang Lie even disdained to do so.
But strangely speaking, in recent times, every time Chu Yu hears someone around him saying bad things about Wang Lie, he can't help but want to defend Wang Lie:
"He is actually not as bad as you think..."
"That's an exaggeration. How could Wang Lie's success come from marketing?"
"Of course Wang Lie has problems. , but that’s not to say that all the problems at Sof United are because of him..."
"Wang Lie was too impulsive to refuse to leave, but Heldon’s substitution was not a problem at all?"< br>
"Wang Lie's extreme fans are annoying, but what about Xiaochi's extreme fans? You want Wang Lie to manage his fans, but he doesn't even have an official fan base, how can he manage it? By issuing a lawyer's letter Do you care? Besides, if Wang Lie has the responsibility to take care of his fans, should Xiaochi also take care of his own fans? How can this be done?
"Gong is merit, fault is fault. Wang Lie is not good now. It cannot be said that he was not good before, let alone those championships he won. He relied on his teammates, referees, and marketing... No matter what Wang Lie's character is, it has changed. Not to mention his status in the history of Chinese football and even world football..."
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Chu Yu had never thought carefully about why this happened before.
Until today I heard the news about the termination of the contract between Suofu United and Wang Lie.
The careers of him, who is about to turn 35, and Wang Lie, who is about to be 38, have irretrievably entered the final stage and may face a farewell at any time.
At this time, people are particularly vulnerable and prone to sentimentality.
He suddenly thought about something.
Perhaps it’s because over the years, although he doesn’t like Wang Lie’s behavior, deep down he has a deep envy of Wang Lie...
Envy that he can live for twenty years If you insist on being yourself, even if you don't like the world, you will be like this when you are successful, and you will be like this when you are at the bottom. It has never changed, and you are simply incompatible with this world.
I envy him for really demanding and pushing himself with unkind and strict standards for more than 20 years. Even if he is just pretending, if he can pretend for so many years, he is really awesome.
I envy him that he can grit his teeth and persevere even when the situation is most unfavorable. He is unwilling to give up despite seeing no hope. He truly achieves the unity of knowledge and action.
And these are things that Chu Yu can’t do at all...
The reason why he doesn’t like Wang Lie may be because he knows that he will never be as dazzling as the sun in his life. Wang Lie, that dislike may just be his desperate and incompetent jealousy.
And now, when Wang Lie terminated his contract with Soft United and ended his legendary career in Soft United in such a disgraceful way, Chu Yu felt that he could praise him without any jealousy. One sentence:
What a great person, what a wonderful life!
Pulling away from the indescribable emotions, Chu Yu gathered his mood and drove out of the parking lot.
In the song played randomly on the car stereo, a man's singing gradually went from low and melodious to high-pitched:
"Pause for a while to organize, tell yourself that this will eventually pass."
"Don't be sad and frustrated...don't be sad and frustrated..."
"You will jump on that speeding train——"
"Even if you are not a strong man of time, even if you are helpless and lonely!"
"You will jump on the speeding train——"
"Even if you are not a strong man of time, Even if you fall down in pain, you still have to fight it out——" (Note 1)
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Stanley Harris finished training with the first team and returned to the dressing room. room.
At a glance, he saw that there was neither Wang Lie's poster nor Wang Lie's name and number on Wang Lie's cabinet.
It was empty, like a piece of blank paper, as if there had never been such a person.
Not just him, everyone in the locker room looked at the only empty cabinet in silence.
Then they looked away and quietly returned to their cabinets, changed clothes, took a shower...as usual.
Only Harris stood there in a daze.
Players have left the team in the middle of the season before, but they have never been cleared so quickly - in just one training session, everything about him in the locker room is gone.
It seems that what they sent away was not a legend, but a hot potato.
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Xiao Cheng stood outside the Red Rock Stadium in despair. He felt like a fool today.
A good friend said he needs good luck, and he does need good luck...
It took him more than three hours to take a train from London to Manchester, and then drove to Heaton Sports City, hoping to see Wang Lie for the last time at Soft United.
As a result, he waited for a long time before suddenly reacting - Wang Lie had been sent to the youth team by Heldon long ago. He had not been training with the first team for many days. How could he be in this place? Where is Wang Lie?
Then he remembered that there was a huge advertising poster on the outer wall of the Red Rock Stadium, and it had Wang Lie on it.
So he took a taxi across Manchester and arrived outside the Red Rocks Stadium.
What came into view was the huge poster of Wang Lie that was being demolished.
The demolition work is coming to an end. Wang Lie's upper body has disappeared, and only two feet remain in his lower body.
Xiao Cheng did not expect that the Soft United Club would be so efficient, and that he would have wasted nothing today.
Disappointed and aggrieved, Xiao Cheng couldn't bear to watch the workers dismantle Wang Lie's poster bit by bit. The tools seemed to be greeting him, so he turned around and prepared to leave.
Thinking that his youth ended so hastily, and that he didn't even have time to say goodbye... He felt so sad that he cried like an idiot while walking.
Time is running and I don’t know where it is going
The world will revolve around silence and complexity again
There will be a confused and passionate self
Even if there are hardships, we must cross the mountains, lakes and seas to see you
You will jump on the speeding Train
Even if not a strong man of time
Even if you are not a strong man of time...
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Note 1: The last paragraph of the same ending comes from "The Man Races Against Time" in Mansion A
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