Chapter 149: The lucky ceremony of combining Chinese and Western

When Han Shuyu and Li Qingliang stepped into the stands, the Pirate Park stadium was basically full, and all the flags and TIFOs that created the stadium atmosphere had been arranged.
Fans on both sides posed a battle, for tat.
Madrid Pirates fans occupy the south stand of the Pirates Park, which is the position of the most die-hard Pirates fans.
This stand can accommodate 20,000 to 4,000 people, all of which are standing seats and have no seats.
To watch the game here, you have to stand and watch the whole game for 90 minutes, it is absolutely impossible to sit down and rest.
Physical fitness is extremely demanding.
But no one will complain.
Because this is the site of the most die-hard pirates. . .
What these die-hard pirates want is this distinctive effect.
If watching football here is a very easy thing, it will not show their loyalty and speciality.
The South Stand will return to seating only when international events are held. At the same time, the number of people that can be accommodated has also been reduced from 80,000 to 66,000.
The place where Han Shuyu and Li Qingliang are located is naturally not the South Stand.
That stand is sacred to Madrid Pirates fans, but not just anyone can go there.
Some fans in the South Stand will not resell their tickets to others if they can't go there, but would rather leave them empty.
Although Li Qingliang is a Pirates fan, he is obviously not qualified to go to the South Stand to cheer for the team. In the South Stand, he is not to watch the game, but to fight. The fans there must sing and cheer for the team non-stop.
Li Qingliang wasn't that crazy yet.
The reason he likes the pirates is very simple - because he is tired of the superiority of the king fans in the country, and out of rebellious psychology, he likes the king's nemesis pirates.
In fact, before he fell in love with this team, he didn't know what the Pirates were like, what history and past they had.
Those things were learned later.
Han Shuyu, the second or fifth boy, is naturally even less qualified to go to the South Stand.
This is also some difference between the Pirates and the Kings. In the last Madrid derby, Han Shuyu got the tickets for the North Stand of the Crown Stadium, where he watched the game with the most loyal King fans.
Although the North Stand of the Crown Stadium is a diehard stand, it does not exclude outsiders.
This may be because the King of Madrid is a giant in the world, and there must be "pilgrims" from all over the world, so the North Stand will also be open to the public.
However, the sphere of influence of the Madrid pirates is more in the one-third of an acre of land in Madrid, and their influence has not yet expanded to the entire world, at most Latin American countries.
Unlike the sworn enemy king, in Latin America, North America, Africa, the Middle East, the Far East... and so on, you can see countless die-hard fans of the king.
The Madrid Pirates are relatively conservative, and they also stick to their traditions, although some of them may be out of date.
But the Madrid pirates who do not want to be "world giants" are proud of their persistence and tradition.
They think they are the purest Madrid football club, not the same as the coquettish like the king.
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Hu Lai has changed into his training uniform and is ready to go out with his teammates to warm up.
At this moment, Captain Ramirez found him with a box in his hand: "Wait a minute, Hu. I have something to ask you to do."
As he opened the box in his hand, three coins appeared in front of Hu Lai.
Three gold coins with a face value of two euros, obviously some years old. Because under the light of the dressing room, the coin did not sparkle, but was rather dim, with some obvious scratches and rust on the surface of the coin.
"This is the 'Mary's Lucky Coin'..." After seeing the coin, Hu Lai realized what was in front of him.
These are three coins linked to the Madrid Pirates club's intra-city derby tradition.
In the beginning, it was just an ordinary superstition by an ordinary fan, but unexpectedly it became the club's derby tradition in the end.
In the Madrid Derby of the 1990-1991 season, the Madrid Pirates played against the King of Madrid at home. Before the game started, a Pirates fan named Marie Maganto threw three worth one to the stadium below from the South Stand. Coin of the seta (formerly Spanish currency unit).
At that time, someone beside her asked her strangely: "What are you doing?"
The female fan replied: "I think we can score three goals for the Kings in this game, so I tossed three coins."
As a result, the Madrid Pirates really scored three goals for the king in that game, and finally defeated the opponent with a score of 3:1 and won the city derby.
This matter was known to the media after the game, and after media reports and publicity, everyone knew about it.
And asked Miss Mary to toss the coin into the field at the next home city derby.
In this way, before the derby, tossing coins into the stadium became the coins of the Madrid Pirates.
In fact, this tradition has undergone many developments and changes in the process of its formation.
For example, not only Mary threw it in the beginning, but other people also threw it.
Everyone wants the Madrid Pirates to score more goals, so more and more coins are tossed.
But such behavior did not help the Madrid Pirates to win the derby at home in the years after that.
This nascent tradition is almost being abandoned.
So some people in the media called on everyone not to mess around. Since only Mary was the first to toss the coin, then only Mary should be allowed to toss the coin.
Since only three coins were tossed the first time, then only three coins should be tossed in the future.
With the idea of ​​giving it a try, when another Madrid derby came, Mary, witnessed by tens of thousands of fans, threw three coins into the stadium in front of the South Stand.
It is also unbelievable. In that game, the Madrid Pirates really scored three more goals for the King of Madrid and defeated the opponent 3-0.
After that game, some Madrid Pirates players even ran under the south stand to thank the female fan Miss Mary.
Since then, the tradition of tossing three coins into the stadium by Marie Maganto before the home derby has been fixed.
After each home derby, the media and fans would watch and witness Mary Maganto standing in the South Stand and throwing three coins into the field.
Then everyone cheered in unison and applauded to thank Mary.
The tradition was named "Mary's Lucky Coin" and continued until the 2008-2009 season. The coin tossed also changed from pesetas to euros as European integration progressed.
In 2009, Mary Maganto, who was famous for throwing coins to bless the team before the game, died suddenly in a car accident.
So in the Madrid Derby that year, there was no coin tossing ceremony before the game, and the Madrid Pirates eventually lost at home.
After the game, countless fans called for the tradition of Ms. Mary to be preserved.
But Lady Mary is gone, who's going to toss the coin?
For another fan?
There will always be people who disagree.
In the end, it was decided that the players of the Madrid Pirates would come by themselves.
Of course, not everyone can, it has to be a player who is popular and recognized by the fans.
Most of the time it is the team captain who is in charge of tossing the coin.
The specific method of the ceremony has also changed a bit, and it was not necessary to throw it out before.
Later, after throwing it out, some club staff will pick it up again, put it away carefully, and save it for the next home derby.
The three weather-beaten coins that Hu Lai sees now have been used since the 2009-2010 season.
Seeing these three coins, Hu Lai knew why the captain was looking for him.
It should be for him to complete the coin toss before the game.
Hu Lai did not reject this arrangement, even though he had the [True Lover's Red String] on him, it was something that could really bring him good luck.
But he wouldn't turn down a comforting ritual because of that.
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When Li Qingliang saw Hu Lai and Ramirez walking towards the south stand together, holding a box in his hand, he was a little surprised: "I didn't expect Hu Lai to flip a coin today!"
Other Madrid Pirates fans took notice and cheered.
It is hoped that this ceremony can add a little good luck to Hu Lai. After all, if Hu Lai gains good luck, it means that the Madrid pirates have good luck.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Hu Lai walked to the south stand and took out three two-euro coins from the box.
The Pirates Park Stadium, which was noisy before, suddenly became much quieter, and everyone turned their attention to Hu Lai.
Corresponding TV broadcasts also appeared on the big screen at the scene.
I saw that Hu Lai did not directly throw the coin, but first folded his hands and bowed, and then threw the coin out.
Han Shuyu turned to look at Li Qingliang: "Did the previous ceremonies have this step of bowing?"
Li Qingliang was also speechless: "No..."
It was a normal ceremony, but it was turned into a Chinese scenic spot by Hu Lai...
Han Shuyu laughed: "I think this scene after the game will definitely become the focus of everyone's discussion, and domestic fans are going to complain about Hu Laihu again, ha!"
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"Hu, what do you mean by that move before the coin toss?" Captain Ramirez asked Hu Lai as he walked back to the court to warm up.
He also imitated the action of putting his hands together.
"Oh, this is our Chinese tradition, and it has the same meaning as 'Mary's lucky coin', which is a blessing." Hu Lai said.
In fact, when he did this action, he really didn't think much about it. When he was about to toss a coin in his hand, his body naturally made such a movement.
It was as if it was engraved in his genes, completely mindless.
After finishing it, he realized that he was not in front of the pool in the Chinese scenic spot...
This is a little embarrassing.
Fortunately, he was quick-witted and immediately found an excuse to perfectly explain why he just did it.
"Since 'Mary's Lucky Coin' is a ritual for praying for good luck, then I naturally think of this blessing gesture in our China~EbookFREE.me~ The two blessing rituals of Spain and China are superimposed, I think . . . We should be out of luck in this game."
After listening to Hu Lai's explanation of what happened (shuo), "ba" (dao), Ramirez nodded: "It makes sense, I hope it's what you said."
Hu Lai stroked the red bracelet on his right wrist and said, "Don't worry, Captain. In our China, there is an old saying: 'Qin Shihuang touches the wire - he won't get numb'."
"QinShihuangtocaelcable—ganaresinsensible?" Ramirez repeated what Hu Lai just said. Although it was in Spanish, he didn't quite understand the meaning of this sentence.
"It means that the advantage is in me, it couldn't be better!"
Ramirez suddenly realized.
(End of this chapter)
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