Part-time Soccer

July 2012, 7 (Italian time) was destined to be a sad day for Italian football. On that night, Italy lost the European Cup final in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, and lost the game with a humiliating 1-[-] aggregate score.

There are thousands of people in Italy tonight, and no one sleeps.The blow of defeat flooded everyone's face, almost either hanging out in the bar, or curling up at home wiping tears.

At this time, in an empty amateur lighting stadium in Palermo, Sicily, the boy was running stubbornly and slowly, round and round, slow but never stopped, the soft sea breeze caressing Looking at the disappointment on his sculpted and delicate face, but the pair of eagle-like eyes under the two thick eyebrows exude a soul-stirring spirit and determination.

He didn't stop until after one o'clock in the morning, dragging his tall and straight back slowly away under the shining lights.

The boy's name is Chenlong, he is an ordinary local boy, his father is Chinese, and his mother is Italian, he is an authentic mixed race of East and West.

More than two hours ago, he was sitting alone in front of the TV at home, watching Italy's defeat in Kyiv, watching Spain lift the European Cup for the second time in a row, and watching his former friend Mario Liu shed tears...

What?Buddy Mario?Isn't that Bashen?Bashen is actually his friend?Yes, it is.

Chenlong originally had a crazy future, even crazier than Bashen today.Time has to go back to 14 years ago, in the summer of the [-] World Cup, four-year-old Chenlong fell in love with football deeply after watching Ronnie's lightning-fast performance. That was the year he became obsessed in football.

At the age of four, Chenlong showed a super talent in football, and was recruited into the youth team by Inter Milan at the age of five.The news caused an extraordinary sensation in Italy at the time.At the age of five, he played for the Inter Milan youth team. At that time, the members of the youth team were all four or five years older than him. One can imagine how talented Chen Long is in football.

But also in that year, I don’t know if Ronaldo’s injury bad luck also passed to Chenlong. Before a game, after he ate a colorful candy, his physical strength instantly changed to 5 minutes.The result can be imagined, a child who can only play football for 5 minutes can only be kicked out.

The one who was kicked out was the now famous Bashen Balotelli.At that time, Bashen was doing trial training at Inter Milan, and he was a roommate with Chenlong, who was four years older than him. In just three months, he and Chenlong formed a deep friendship. Mysterious friend....

The two people who were kicked out had completely different fates. Bashen, who was kicked out, went to the La Masia youth training camp, then returned to Inter Milan, went to Manchester City, and went to the Italian national team, becoming the real Bashen.

And the other, then....

*****************. After Chenlong returned home, he took a steaming bath first, and finally entered his bedroom clean.

Chenlong has an unusually large wardrobe, but he is not a second-generation rich man, so naturally he doesn't store expensive clothes, but all his football uniforms.There are many professional players' uniforms, but if you can see his wardrobe, you will be shocked. In his wardrobe, there are all kinds of ball uniforms, no less than a hundred pieces!Of course, the most dazzling thing is the Inter Milan No. 14 jersey hanging in the center, with ronaldo printed on it.This is his biggest idol, and for [-] years, this jersey has been hanging there quietly...

Since he was abandoned by Inter Milan, in the past 13 years, no professional team has looked for him again. No one will ask for a waste of 5 minutes. No matter how talented you are, how outstanding your skills are, it is useless. Football does not need waste. .

That candy 13 years ago changed his life, only 5 minutes of physical strength, what a joke God made, and was it a joke with an innocent child who was only five years old?

The only way to increase physical strength, the answer given by the doctor at the time was to keep running to improve lung capacity, but the running speed must be kept within the range of 5 kilometers per hour, which is almost the same as walking speed.In this way, Chenlong's daily life consists of studying, running, sleeping, and secretly practicing football.

Chenlong has been running for 13 years, but his physical strength has not increased substantially. For 13 years, his physical strength has increased almost every second. In the past 13 years, his physical strength has only increased by 15 seconds, which is five minutes and 15 seconds.

But that poisonous but sweet candy also brought him a little comfort.This was only confirmed by Chen Long when he was ten years old. Since he ate that candy, his physical strength has indeed changed to 5 minutes, but his golf skills have improved by leaps and bounds. Any technical action of a star can be demonstrated in front of his eyes. After more than ten times, he can easily simulate it, which brought him an unexpected surprise. After more than a hundred times of simulation, he can completely copy the other party's technique proficiently!

So when he was ten years old, Ronnie's oxtail, cycling, pendulum style, passing the ball, piercing the crotch, colliding with the wall, explosive speed, acceleration and change of direction, sudden stop and quick turn, etc., have been imitated to the point of incomprehensibility. If Ronnie knows that there is another person in this world who is as perverted as him, he who has retired will definitely feel comforted. It is a pity that Chenlong is a 5-minute cripple who will never be on the stage.

At the same age of ten, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and joined the first team, boys, and eventually became the ace of the team, but it was the ace of 5 minutes.

Also from the age of ten, Sicily also had a new beautiful legend, the king of field battles, Chenlong, the ace of 5 minutes.

You can't play professional football, right? We can still play amateurs!Amateurs are kings too!

In Italy, where football is prevalent, there are more than a thousand amateur teams in the port of Palermo in Sicily.The amateur team in Sicily always happily invites him to be a substitute, just like a temporary worker.

For example, whoever the team is going to play tomorrow, they will prepare a uniform for Chenlong, let him join the team, play at the last moment of the game, and score a goal for 10 euros.After ten years, Chenlong is also willing to accept such an invitation. After all, he can play more games, earn money, and finally build a good reputation.

The teams in Sicily have almost kept Chen Long's name out of the game when they gamble and play, because in the last 5 minutes with Chen Long on the court, he will often score goals.In the end, almost all the teams just invited him to play outside of Sicily...

Obviously, if Ronaldo is the working emperor of professional football, then he is the working emperor of amateur leagues!But Ronaldo's team is definitely not as many as his, and his uniform can be selected into the Guinness Book of Records...

Chenlong stood quietly in front of the closet, carefully selecting the jerseys for tomorrow's game. Chenlong wanted to find three jerseys today, because there were three games tomorrow, and all three teams called him to help.

************************* The next day, a beautiful weekend, Chenlong rode a bicycle to the football field very early.The first game is at [-] o'clock in the morning, and he needs to rush to the field, yes, he also needs to rush to play football.Fortunately, today's three games are all in Palermo. If it is outside, then he has to catch the train. Of course, his income will increase accordingly.You could say he's the most unprofessional pro temp, or rather, the most amateur pro temp.Every team will make sure he has other games before inviting him, and if so, they will scatter the game time, which has to be said is a weird miracle in Sicily.

"Here we come," the Victoria team leader standing aside greeted him.

"Well, what team are you playing today?" Chenlong brushed his long black shiny hair with his hand, and Mance asked methodically.

"The strong team that has just transferred to Messina is going to play in the Sicilian regional league. The old rules, you will score goals with all your strength, this time the bet is high, 5000, we are going to win, you take 200, of course, the premise is that you Goals, we still have to win. Otherwise it's 10."

"No problem, before I play, I have to make sure not to be beaten into a sieve, otherwise I won't be able to recover, I don't want the two hundred in my hand to become ten yuan," Chen Long smiled, with a relaxed and natural expression , turned around and looked at the steps behind, took advantage of the opportunity and sat down.

For him, the first 85 minutes of a game has nothing to do with him at all, because he is a spectator, but it is also closely related to him, because if the team loses all over the place, he will not get any benefits. Most of the goals are ten euros.He has also communicated with other teams, let him play for 5 minutes first, make a preemptive goal, and then stick to win the game.But this effect is still not as good as the effect of playing in the last 5 minutes, because at that time the opponent has not much physical strength and is more suitable for Chenlong to play.

Game start.

A game with a bet is always exciting.Although Chenlong didn't place a bet, he has a chance to win the bet. Therefore, he should not be concerned about a game, but he often has to worry about it, because when it is his turn to play, he doesn't want to lose his chance. Earn two hundred euros less in vain.

The game process was more than strong, but not exciting enough.Typical Italian style of kicking.Chenlong stumbled and waited for his No. 805 minutes, the score was one to one.

All he needs to do on the court now is to score a goal and win.

He was very careful, not wasting his energy at all, and walked slowly to the area belonging to the forward.

He is waiting, waiting for an opportunity that belongs to his feet.

The ball has been fiercely scrambled in the midfield and cannot roll to his feet at all. His temporary teammates naturally know to grab the ball and send it to his feet comfortably, allowing him to complete the goal.Chenlong didn't run violently all this time, but just walked back and forth slowly, like a cheetah waiting for an antelope, ready for the final blow.

But time is ticking by, and more than two minutes later, the ball still hasn't reached Chenlong's feet. He is also anxious: the ball is either changing positions in the midfield, or it is out in the half of the field. There is no pass to me at all, it seems that I need to retreat to get the ball.

After thinking about it, Chen Long suddenly quickened his pace and ran back quickly.The defenders followed him subconsciously, too.You must know that no matter who the new team members are, they should not be taken lightly. After all, where the physical strength and uncertainty are, who dares to be careless.

Sure enough, there was a slight change in Chenlong's retreat. His pulling made the defender move forward, and the team's passing route became shorter, and there were more opportunities for the ball to go out.But the ball still couldn't come to his feet smoothly.

More than three minutes passed, but Chenlong still didn't get the ball.But at this time, Chen Longfang got a chance to get a boundary ball!It was about ten meters past the center line.Chenlong ran over without hesitation, and stretched out his hand to signal the players to throw the ball to him.

In fact, he didn't need to signal, the ball had to be thrown to him, because time was running out, if Chenlong didn't score, the game would be over.

The teammate threw the ball forward to him without hesitation.Facing the fast approaching ball, Chenlong adjusted his posture in an instant. He didn't intend to stop the ball at all. Instead, he saw the position where the ball came from and chose to use his body as a cover. While unloading the ball with his right foot, he directly Knock the ball from the right side of the body, and then reverse and accelerate from the left side to bypass the defender.

Between lightning and flint, Chenlong's movements were done in one go, with a simple and effective move to pass the ball behind him, slipping through the opponent's defense line easily and slipperily like a loach.

What Chenlong has to do at this time is to hold the ball, and then speed up, speed up, speed up and speed up again.Take the ball diagonally towards the goal 40 meters away.

The opponent's defender was completely freed by Chen Long during that moment of stunned. Chen Long had already dribbled the ball to the edge of the penalty area, forming a one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

The opponent's goalkeeper immediately chose to attack.Chenlong ignored it completely, glanced at it with the corner of his eye, and kept moving forward. At the moment when he was one meter away from the goalkeeper, he raised his right foot and made a motion of pushing to the left side of the goal. The goalkeeper judged that he was in the right direction. , quickly gliding and lying down in the same direction, trying to seal the shooting direction and angle.But what surprised him was that Chenlong's next move was to nimbly flick the ball to the right with his left foot, Renhe the ball passed him at once, and finally kicked the ball comfortably into the empty goal with his right foot.

Wow??, won, entered.The team leaders off the court, or the gamblers burst into excitement, cheering continuously.

On the other side of the coaching bench, someone exclaimed in disbelief: Why did such a strong person not play until the end?This is simply an awesome professional player...

And on the field, the opponent's tall defenders were staring at Chenlong in the field with incomparably disgusted eyes... full of resentment as if his banknotes were being ruthlessly stolen by the opponent.

Chenlong walked slowly back to the middle circle, completely ignoring the other party's gaze.Because he has only a little physical strength left, and he has no time to appreciate the other party's interpretation of him.

What he has left to do is just to stay on the court and spend time. Defense is definitely not his task. If the biggest player in football history is called Ronaldo, then he is more leisurely than Ronaldo, because the rest It really has nothing to do with him, he just needs to watch his teammates defend and wait for the end of the game time.

Of course, no one would struggle with money, so everyone except him fought to the end, and he got his wish of 200 euros. Of course, this was not his last income today.He still has two games to play, although the combined playing time is only 10 minutes.

But at this time, the opponent didn't understand why Chenlong didn't play until the end. They could only say that if they knew that Sicily had a 5-minute ace, they would not have come to the game carelessly.