Chapter 29 Your greatness does not need to be proven (please subscribe)
“Don, are you really not going to watch the game with me?”
Jon Bo, fully armed and neatly dressed Ge stood at the door, trying to persuade Tang Lin to watch the game for the last time today.
But Tang Lin still shook his head and rejected him: "No, Mr. Berg, I don't like places that are too noisy...and I really don't like football."
"But today is Wang’s debut in Tyne, this is a day that can be recorded in history! ”
Tang Lin smiled and shook his head firmly.
"Okay..." Mr. Berg shrugged, then put the woolen hat embroidered with the Tyne team logo on his head with sparse and gray hair, turned around and opened the door and went out.
Seeing Mr. Berg close the door, Tang Lin returned to his room upstairs.
Then he saw Mr. Berg walking slowly along the road in the direction of the Miners' Bar from the window.
He and his old buddies will gather there and go to Tyne's home stadium to watch the game together.
It is true that Tang Lin is not interested in football, but how can he be completely insulated from football when he lives in the home of such a fanatical fan?
He doesn't like football, but he doesn't hate football either, so Mr. Berg doesn't actually bother him too much.
After seeing Mr. Berg safely out of sight, Tang Lin sat back at his desk, then opened his book and prepared to review his homework.
But he was soon interrupted by the noise outside. He looked out and saw another group of people wearing Tyne's scarves around their necks, passing under his window together. They were chatting loudly as they walked.
Just like this, a few people passed by for a while, and a few more people walked by for a while.
It wasn't until more than half an hour later that no one passed by him anymore.
Based on previous experience, Tang Lin knew that all Tyne fans on this street should have left home to go to the stadium. He can then review his lessons without interruption.
However, when he looked at the densely written book in front of him, he could not enter a state of concentration like before.
Not only now, but just now he was different from usual - before, after Mr. Berg left home, he would go back to his room, put on his headphones, and play music. In this way, no matter what sound is outside, he will not be able to hear it and can quickly enter a state of focused study.
But today he couldn't help but think of what Mr. Berg said before he left:
"This is a day that will be recorded in the annals of history!"
A day that will be recorded in the annals of history?
But it was just an ordinary Premier League game...
Mr. Berg seemed to be particularly confident in Wang Lie, more confident than me, a compatriot of Wang Lie.
Anyway, Wang Lie is already thirty-eight years old, right?
Although I don't know much about football, I understand the laws of physics...
It should be time for athletes of this age to "enjoy their old age", right?
The first game of such a veteran in a relegation team...what can be recorded in history?
Is it possible that Wang Lie can really bring any hope to this team?
By some mistake, Tang Lin picked up his phone again, opened the domestic Weibo, and then entered "Wang Lie" in the search bar to search.
Soon the search results popped up, and the first one was Wang Lie's certified Weibo.
The following is a Weibo post marked as "hot", published by "Yunxun Sports", the content is:
"#王 Lie无狠#太恩announces the first release "Wang Lie is not on the list."
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Tang Xingmei took her daughter Wang Zilin to her room to sleep. When she came back, she saw her son Wang Ziqi pouting and looking unhappy. sitting on the sofa.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Dad didn't make the starting lineup..." Wang Ziqi snorted.
Tang Xingmei smiled: "It was impossible to get in, right? If you didn't get in, you didn't get in. What if you came on as a substitute?"
"Then who knows..." Wang Ziqi was still in trouble. Hiding his disappointment, he looked very unhappy, and looked like a troubled child... Oh, he was a child to begin with.
Tang Xingmei stopped trying to dissuade her when she saw this: "How about you go to bed like your sister?"
Wang Ziqi immediately sat up straight on the sofa and puffed out his chest: "No! I want to watch!"
"If you want to watch, stop talking nonsense!"
Wang Ziqi pursed his lips tightly. Mouth.
Grandma Zhou Hong, who was sitting in a wheelchair next to her, smiled and comforted her grandson: "Don't worry, Qiqi. This head coach likes your dad very much, and he should let your dad play."
“What’s the point of liking me if you don’t give me the first try...” Wang Ziqi muttered in a low voice.
"Mom, please ignore him." Tang Xingmei said, "Mom, are you cold? I'll get you a blanket to cover your legs?"
Zhou Hong shook his head and smiled: "It's not cold, I'm still warm. ..."
"Shall I turn down the heating temperature?"
"No, no, it's just excitement. Stop working and sit down and wait. Watch the game."
Tang Xingmei agreed and sat next to her son.
Live footage was being played on the TV, and Tyne's home stadium, Lizer Park, was packed with seats and extremely noisy.
CCTV commentator Luo Jin said: "...the game hasn't started yet, but the Lizer Park Stadium is almost full. Such a scene is difficult to see at Tyne's home court in the first half of the season. There should be some today. Many people came here for Wang Lie. But we already know that Wang Lie did not start this game. We hope that Wang Lie will have the opportunity to come on as a substitute. You must know that as Chinese fans, for Wang Lie in the Premier League. , it’s really ‘long time no see’!”
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In the home team dressing room at Leather Park, head coach Sam McNeil is talking to the players who are about to play. Making the final speech:
"...Heringham is ranked higher than us, but that doesn't mean they are better than us! This is our home court, and you have to let the guests see who is the best. He is the owner of this place!”
In the third round of the league, Tyne challenged Hurlingham FC away from home. As a newly promoted team, Hurlingham FC had not won a game in the first two rounds of the league and had two consecutive draws. It looked very weak, didn't it?
But in the first round of the league, they tied with last season's runner-up Scorsese 2:2, which shows that this newly promoted team is not simple.
The match against Tyne also proved this.
The Tyne "mercenaries" armed with oil capital defeated the newly promoted team in the away game and lost 1:4.
It was the victory in this game that allowed Herlingham FC to find its feeling. So far, it has eight wins, four draws and nine losses with 28 points, ranking ninth in the league. The goal of relegation has been completed ahead of schedule. , and even have a chance to qualify for the European war.
In a sense, Tyne can be regarded as the "elegant person" of Hurlingham FC.
After McNeill finished speaking, he called Wang Lie's name: "Wang, as the captain of Tyne, even though you don't start, you still have to say a few words to everyone before the game."
This is a new rule he established after coaching Tyne.
Wang Lie was a little surprised - McNeil had never told him that there would be this link before, so he was completely unprepared.
But he still stood up, and instead of speaking in front of his seat, he walked to the center of the locker room.
McNeil, who was originally standing here, had to step back and give him the "center stage".
Everyone raised their heads and turned their attention to Wang Lie, even Sonny Dean was no exception.
In full view of everyone, Wang Lie began to deliver his first pre-match speech as the captain of Tyne, and then the first sentence was a bit explosive:
"I know how the outside world evaluates you——' Mercenaries'. Ha!"
He even laughed.
"What a coincidence. I also had a nickname back then called 'Mercenary'. That was the nickname given to me by the Barcelona media when I transferred from Atletico Barcelona to Soft United. So from this point of view, maybe it was destined ten years ago. I have to join Tyne and be with you.
“I don’t think it matters whether you hire mercenaries or not. Who doesn’t play football for money? We are professional players. What is a ‘professional player’? Isn’t it just about playing football as a career? Play football, make money, make a living, is it shabby? Not shabby.
“Of course, it can’t just be for money. After all, the bosses who provide the money are not fools. If you clearly deceive them of money, you can deceive them once, but if you want to deceive them again and again, then you are really thinking about the bosses. It's too simple. Even if Tyne's boss is wealthy and doesn't care about the money, Tyne won't keep you if you don't perform well here. If you leave Tyne, you can still get so much money from another team. "
While Wang Lie said this, his eyes were always wandering around the teammates in the locker room. Everyone in the locker room behaved differently, some were thoughtful, and some lowered their heads to hide their faces. , and some were expressionless.
When he finished speaking, his eyes paused on Dean for a moment.
"Let's talk about the next game. Everyone knows what I mean by 'bigger stage'. Each of us may have a different understanding and view of 'bigger stage'... But it doesn't matter, no matter what the view is, it's all We have to start by winning the current game. Some people don't believe that we can do it. It doesn't matter. Don't think about things that far away. Just win today's game first. So you see, things become very simple, no matter what. To avoid relegation, we still have to go to a bigger stage, win first, and then talk about it.”
At this point, he stopped and did not continue, but looked at the people in the locker room.
Just when everyone thought his speech was over, and even head coach McNeil was about to step forward to speak, he suddenly asked: "I don't think any of you don't want to win, right? Hmm ?”
After asking, he turned and looked at everyone.
No one spoke.
So Wang Lie nodded: "Very good, since we all want to win. Then this game..."
He took a deep breath and said: "I'll leave it to you all!"
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Watching the players leaving the locker room one after another, walking outside, preparing to play.
Assistant coach Varro, who was at the end, covered his mouth, moved closer to McNeil, and lowered his voice and said, "I was surprised by Wang's last words."
"I was a little surprised, too." McNeil I said.
"It seems that I am not the only one who feels this way." Varro said, "I thought the king would pretend at the end, just like he did before, saying, 'I will lead you to win the game.' Something like that... but he actually said, please... I almost thought this was not the king I knew."
McNeil nodded: "I have the same idea as you. I didn't expect him to be tough. Wang Lie's posture would "ask for help" to his teammates... Well, saying "ask for help" is an exaggeration, but it does mean something like that. So I observed that after Wang said this, many people in the locker room were confused. There was a reaction. Obviously they were also surprised..."
"Is it because you didn't put him in the starting lineup that he said that? He may hope that the team will not let him play before he has a chance to play. It collapsed..." Varro asked.
McNeil shook his head: "I don't know. But I think when a Mr. Golden Ball asks them to please him, especially a person like Wang who is notoriously proud and arrogant, I am afraid that few people will be indifferent."
Varro agreed with McNeil's point of view with his observation of the team: "Don't be angry when I say something, Sam. When he walked to the center of the locker room and gave a speech, I even thought he He is the head coach of this team... Ha!"
Not only was McNeill not angry, he also laughed: "So I say he is a natural leader."
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“The players from both sides finally came out of the locker room!”
With Luo Jin's voice, countless Chinese fans who had begun to doze off in front of the TV woke up again.
Anyway, Wang Ziqi was woken up by his mother: "Your dad is out."
Zi Qi sat up from the sofa in excitement and looked at the TV.
On the screen, his father turned into the tunnel with the other Tyne players and walked towards the camera.
While walking, he was talking to his teammate Vitini.
Upon seeing this, Luo Jin introduced: "Wang Lie is communicating with Vitini. As we all know, Vitini is Wang Lie's little fan. As a Brazilian player, he likes Wang Lie very much. This is indeed... quite interesting, ha. !”
That’s all I can say, he can’t stir up a fandom topic on a national TV station, right?
As a Brazilian player, Vitini doesn't like Ronaldo, but he is crazy about Wang Lie. This is really deviant in Brazilian football...
No one knows what he is. Why do you worship Wang Lie so much? People just worship him anyway.
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When Vitini and Wang Lie reached the entrance of the tunnel, they stopped. He was the starting player and had to wait here to play together.
But Wang Lie had to go to the bench first and wait for the game to start.
Wang Lie, wearing a Tyne down jacket, finally said to Vitini: "Remember, Vitini. It is very important for you to control your anger on the court. Your talent is obviously very strong. , Why is the performance on the field mismatched? In the past, anger controlled you. From now on, you have to try to control your anger and turn it into a flame that burns your opponent instead of burning yourself to death."
"Me. I will try hard to do that, Wang..."
Seeing that Vitini seemed to have no confidence, Wang Lie said: "If you feel that you are going to lose control of your emotions during the game, then just do it. Look at me, whether I'm on or off the court. Just think of me as a switch to control your emotions. When you see me, think of what I said to you, and then try to control your anger."
Vitini didn't expect Wang Lie to say that. He was stunned for a moment, and then asked in an uncertain tone: "Is this...really okay?"
"Try it, try it." Wang Lie patted him on the shoulder, turned around and walked out of the passage first.
At the exit, there were TV photographers and countless photojournalists who had been waiting for a long time.
In the camera, Wang Lie turned a blind eye to the countless cameras in front of him and climbed up the stairs.
The sound of the shutter and the flash were clearly audible and visible in the TV broadcast.
And the growing cheers at Leese Park.
Luo Jinyuan was in a small studio thousands of miles away in China. He was a little excited by this scene for no reason. He wanted to loosen the buttons of his shirt at the collar.
"Wang Lie! At the age of thirty-eight, he is still the focus of the camera. He is a star that attracts much attention wherever he goes! He is the superstar and pride of our Chinese football!"
It was not just the Chinese commentator Luo Jin who was excited, but the voice of the English commentator Connor Cowley also rose:
"This is...Wang! After leaving Soft United, he will soon play in Tyne begins the 'last dance' of his career! Yes, whether you like Wang or not, you have to admit that this may be his last chance in his career - he did not choose to return to China to play football. It shows that in Wang's heart, he is not willing to leave England like this! Let's wait and see if Wang can prove himself again in Tyne!"
Surrounded by photographers, Wang Lie walked to the home team's bench. He did not sit down immediately, but waved to the Tyne fans cheering for him in the stands.
This feeling is a bit strange.
After all, this was the first time he waved to fans other than Soft United fans in the Premier League - before, he had always glared at them, or made a "shut up" gesture...
And what he got were basically boos, middle fingers, yelling... and even racial discrimination with his hands pulling at the corners of his eyes.
Being cheered on by someone other than Soft United fans?
Wang Lie never thought about it before.
After joining Sofos United, he originally thought he had only one home team in the Premier League.
In the end, I still broke up with my old club on bad terms...
Someone on the Internet said that my "character determines my destiny"?
Fart!
What character determines destiny?
Would any normal person not be angry when faced with Soft United and Atletico Barcelona doing this?
It’s just that I have the ability to challenge the wealthy clubs, but others don’t have the ability to challenge them, so even if I’m unhappy, I can only hold it in and accept the compromise.
Does character determine destiny?
No!
It is strength that determines destiny!
After waving to the Tyne fans, Wang Lie turned around and sat down on the large and comfortable leather seat on the bench.
And just as he sat down, he almost stood up again...
This is because on a cold night at the end of January, his butt actually felt warm just now!
That kind of warmth is like peeing in your pants...
Wang Lie couldn't help but look down at the cushion he was sitting on under his butt in surprise - the seats in the home team area of Lizer Park Stadium actually had a heating function!
He looked more carefully and found that not only the seat cushions, but also the leather surface of the seat backs were densely packed with small holes...
Hiss, not only are the seats heated, The seats are also ventilated!
This was not his first time playing at Leeds Park Stadium, but on the visiting team's bench, he never felt that the chair was any different from other places. At most, it was softer or harder.
Unexpectedly, there is something hidden in their home team’s bench!
Even though Wang Lie knew that Tyne was a wealthy team, he was still shocked by the club's inhumane style.
You must know that the world's top giants like Soft United do not have such exaggerated and luxurious hardware facilities!
The same goes for Atletico Barcelona!
The wealthy teams he has played for will never install ventilation or heating on the chairs on the home bench!
He suddenly felt deep sympathy for the Middle Eastern owner behind the Tyne Club. After spending so much money, let alone the championship, he is still fighting for relegation...
Moreover, they actually pinned their hopes on an old guy who was about to turn thirty-eight. It seemed that he was in a hurry and sought medical treatment.
But...
Congratulations, boss, you really made the right call this time!
Wang Lie leaned on the comfortable back of the chair and discovered that not only the seat cushion had a heating function, but the chair back also had...
Damn... trench!
He couldn't help but smile in front of so many cameras and cameras.
Seeing this scene, Luo Jin sighed with emotion:
"Wang Lie smiled! Yes, he smiled! How long has it been since we saw his smile? What has surrounded him in the past six months? There seems to be only endless scandals and criticism. He is busy fighting against those who criticize him, against those who hate him, and even... against the whole world!
"In fact, as his supporters! , of course we like to see him score goals and see him win, but maybe what we want to see more is his smile from the heart. We wish he wasn't so hard, not so tired, and not so...angry.
“Whether he admits it or not, his career has irrevocably come to an end. If it is regarded as a football match, then now is Wang Lie’s ‘injury time’.< br>
"At this time, the result of the game is actually not important anymore - Wang Lie has won all the honors he can get in his career. His achievements are beyond the reach of countless Chinese players, Asian players, and even European and American players. I don't want to be here Here is a list of the championships and honors he has won, because maybe I haven’t finished talking about the players on both sides...
“What a great journey this has been! Now, on the last stretch of the road that is about to reach the finish line, as an ordinary fan who has witnessed the whole process, I am no longer excited about those past glory, but I just want to see more of the smile on Wang Lie's face.
“Compared with Soft United, Tyne is an inconspicuous small team, and its strength is not outstanding. But here, it has regained respect and trust, so we can I see a smile on his face again. I don't know if this means he is reconciled with the world, but I really hope he can enjoy football here because...
"Your greatness no longer needs to be proven!" ”
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