Vol 3 Chapter 186: future

"The game is over! With one assist and one goal by Zhou Yi, the Chinese team defeated Australia 2-1 in overtime and broke into the final!" Liu Hong shouted. "But the core of the team, Zhou Yi, was sent off with a red card at the last moment because he blocked Australia's offense... He will definitely miss the finals of the Chinese team and the Japanese team..."
It stands to reason that after the game, the Chinese players who reached the final must definitely celebrate on the court.
But they don't.
After the whistle sounded, the Chinese players had returned to the locker room as quickly as possible and did not stay on the court. Gao Lin, who scored a goal, also waved his hand and rejected several reporters' requests for interviews.
After politely shaking hands with the head coach of Australia, Gao Hongbo also quickly moved to the player channel.
Every player and coach of the Chinese team left the stadium in such a short time, as if they were the one who lost the game to the unspeakable side.
Without celebration, the players did not see any expression of joy in the finals.
They went straight back to the dressing room.
They returned so fast that Zhou Yi just took off his shirt and was about to take off his pants.
"Why did you come back so early?" Zhou Yi, who was wearing an upper body, was surprised, and at the same time raised the waistband with his hands again.
No one answered his question, or did not know how to answer it, and the teammates who poured into the locker room just looked at him after coming in.
Looking at everyone's appearance, Zhou Yi couldn't help but laugh: "Why? A look at my memorial service, hello, I'm not dead yet!"
He told a joke, but no one laughed.
"Okay, or are you all worried that you can't win the Japanese team without me?"
"How is it possible?" Gao Lin blurted out.
Zhou Yi smiled at him.
"But you helped us reach the finals, but you yourself..." Gao Lin said.
"No, I'm not helping you." Zhou Yi shook his head and interrupted his words, correcting it. "We are a whole, we are all players of the Chinese team. The finals are the result of the joint efforts of everyone, not me alone. Don't take me so important. I will be proud!"
"You are really important. Zhou Yi." Gao Hongbo said as he came out from behind the crowd.
"High finger?"
"I tell the truth, and I believe other players can understand it."
The national team players behind Gao Hongbo nodded.
"So you don't have to be too modest, Zhou Yi."
After that, Gao Hongbo turned around and said to the players behind him: "But we will not have Zhou Yi for the first time in the final. What should we do? Should we surrender in advance? The opponent is a very powerful Japan. No Of course, you can’t surrender. No matter what the final result is. I think we have to go all out. We can only lose to our opponents because our skills are not as good as ours. Any talent is right. Just like Zhou Yi."
After talking, he turned to look at Zhou Yi again.
"Yao Zhi you praise me again. I'm so proud!" Zhou Yi scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Not afraid of you being proud." Gao Hongbo laughed.
The conversation between the two also amused the others. The air in the dressing room, which had been frozen before, re-flowed, and the atmosphere was a lot more active.
"Okay. Let's take a shower, and then take a good rest. There is another game waiting for us." Gao Hongbo finished and turned to go to the post-match press conference.
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At the post-match press conference, Gao Hongbo answered questions from reporters. The reporters are most concerned about how the Chinese team without Zhou Yi will face the Japanese team in the finals and whether it can compete with the Japanese team.
"I don't know what the finals will look like before the game is actually played. But whether Zhou Yi or not, we will go all out." Gao Hongbo said.
This is a bit tragic to everyone. In fact, everyone knows the huge strength gap between the Chinese team and the Japanese team. If Zhou Yi, how much can make up for this gap.
Now there is no Zhou Yi, and the strength gap between the two sides has made the finals lose their suspense.
Therefore, Gao Hongbo said so now, in everyone's opinion, it is nothing more than to express a gesture and convey a message.
When Zhou Yi came out of the dressing room and was about to go to the bus, he was surrounded by reporters.
"What did you think at the time?"
"I didn't think much, just don't let him break through."
"Do you regret that foul?"
"No, I don't regret it. Why do I regret it? I did what I should do."
"But as a result, you will not be able to participate in the final..."
"Is the Asian Cup every four years? I will join in four years later. Anyway, I am only nineteen."
Everyone was surprised to see that Zhou Yi answered so easily. While the reporters were stunned, Zhou Yi had drifted away and boarded the bus.
After getting in the car and sitting down, he had not forgotten to wave to the reporters below.
It's hard to believe that Zhou Yi looked like this. He just used a suicide foul in the game to stop Australia and let him bid farewell to the Asian Cup in advance.
The reporters have been waiting outside, just waiting for Zhou Yi. They thought they would wait for a painful frustration, but they might pretend to be strong Zhou Yi in front of the camera.
But they didn't expect that what they saw was a Zhou Yi who didn't seem to care.
Not being able to participate in the finals is a regret for many players for a lifetime, but why does Zhou Yi have no such emotions?
Everyone suddenly recalled the last sentence Zhou Yi said.
"Participate in four years."
I didn’t notice this at the time, but now they think about it...I will participate in four years later, I am afraid it means not to participate in the Asian Cup?
But... to participate in the Asian Cup final again?
Has he already booked the final place for the final four years later?
It seems that he can explain the lightness of his thoughts...
The Chinese journalists continued to think about Zhou Yi, and suddenly got excited.
Zhou Yi was only nineteen years old. It was only when the month was full. After four years, it was only twenty-four.
At that time, we may have new players like Sun Pan and He Ying.
By that time the Australian Asian Cup, maybe...can we really make it to the final again?
With this thought, many Chinese journalists are not so disappointed.
Because Zhou Yi represents the future, and the future has unlimited possibilities.
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Sun Pan said in the group: "I must join the national team as soon as possible!"
"Well, I don't want to be an audience anymore." Yang Muge said. "But first I want to play in the first team of Schalke 04."
"Me too, I want to be in the first team of Inter Milan..." Guo Nu said. "Then the national team!"
"Me too." He Ying said.
"That guys, let's work together! It will be time to meet in the national team!" Sun Pan said excitedly.
"If you pay attention to this, let us make an appointment. See you in the national team." Yang Muge agreed.
"it is good!"
"Well, yes."
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When the bus started and drove towards the hotel, Zhou Yi, sitting in a chair, plugged the earphones into his ears and turned on the music player on his mobile phone.
In the sound of music, he closed his eyes.
As soon as he closed his eyes, his foul scene against Cahill was replayed in his head.
From all angles, what he should see and what he shouldn't see is like a multi-angle slow motion of a movie.
Do you want to ask him to regret it?
In fact, it's a bit... If you stopped him at the same time without fouling, or just supported a yellow card...
Then he can participate in the finals, meet Kagawa Kaji in the finals, lead the Chinese team to defeat the Japanese team, and report the revenge of the 2004 Asian Cup finals.
This is the script in Zhou Yi's mind.
If the foul does not exist, you can go on like this.
But if the foul does not exist, maybe the Chinese team will not be qualified for the finals?
There is no if in football, nor in life.
So the most important thing at this time is not to regret what has happened, but to look ahead.
Football is like life. It can't be perfect. There are always regretful imperfections. Zhou Yi also had a period of ups and downs, as well as when the first team could not play for several months in a row. Just as waiting is part of football, failure is part of football, and regret is part of football. And these are all part of life.
It doesn’t make much sense to regret what happened in the past. It is most important to look to the future.
Because what has happened in the past is conclusive, but in the future there are infinite possibilities, nothing happens, and anything can happen.
With such a thought, the regret in Zhou Yi's heart was diluted a lot~EbookFREE.me~ He felt tired and his eyelids became extremely heavy, and his heart gradually fell into peace.
Zhou Yi closed her eyes and leaned on the back of the chair, so she was asleep.
He is indeed too tired for this game today, so neither teammates nor coaches come up to disturb him, and no one even sits beside him, allowing him to enjoy this quietness alone.
There was a faint singing voice leaking from his headphones.
"...Remember the youth declaration at that time; the splendid fireworks are my world... No matter how heavy the rain is, the dream will never be defeated; no matter how strong the wind is, it can't stop the teenager from getting ready... Come on, I want to run forward bravely! The runway of life, don’t forget to smile when you fall! Youth is a high fever, crazy burning, not disappointing the young--"
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PS, the last song is the theme song of "Heir of the Greenery", "Youth is Young". In fact, it was not released in 2011... but it feels suitable for use here.
Youth is a high fever, burning crazy, live up to the young! (To be continued.) Activate new URL