Chapter 40 The Ideal of a Drop of Water

When Clattenburg blew the full-time whistle, the substitute players who had been waiting on the sidelines for a long time rushed into the stadium with open arms. They cheered and showed their joy in front of the Brazilians. Bayi Middle School √ Wenwang

And not only them, even the coaches who are usually more stable are celebrating the victory crazily at this time.

Only Blazevic was relatively calm. He walked towards the Brazilian team's head coach Menezes and took the initiative to extend his hand to him. This is the etiquette after the game.

The two people shook hands, but did not communicate with each other. Menezes was not in the mood to chat with Blazevic at all. It was already good for him to shake hands with Blazevic.

As a coach with a mission, the team he led stopped in the semi-finals. The huge pressure made him want to say nothing.

"Congratulations to the boys of the Olympic team!" He Ping said excitedly. "This is a chapter worth writing about in the history of Chinese football! Chinese men's football can finally stand on the top stage of international competitions! Under the leadership of Zhou Yi, this Olympic team has accomplished what their predecessors could not even imagine. Great achievement! Although the Olympic men's football competition is not on the same level as the World Cup, it is a global event after all. As a Chinese football commentator, I am deeply proud!"

At the same time, on the Internet in China, the celebrations are as lively as the Chinese New Year.

"Awesome! The Olympic team is awesome!"

"This is the happiest news for me at this Olympics!"

"The Olympic team defeated Brazil to reach the final. Qualification for this final is very valuable! You must know that the Brazilian team is the favorite to win the championship!"

"So what about the 200 million strikers? Why don't you go home obediently!"

"I wonder, is Chinese football about to have its first day?"

"There were reports yesterday that Gao Hongbo was also in London. I wonder if he watched this game? I think after this Olympics, all the outstanding players in the Olympic team can join the national team? Now, I can finally We are seriously looking forward to making it to the World Cup in Brazil!”

"This Olympics is enough for me to brag about for the rest of my life!"

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Although it was already past four o'clock in the morning on August 8th, Beijing time, messages on Weibo were still being refreshed. In addition to Weibo, the national football section of the famous football forum Gouchi was also bustling with new posts and replies. People who have watched the game are not tired,

People on Weibo and forums happily exchanged their feelings about watching the game.

Even at the beginning of last year, when the Chinese team won the Asian Cup runner-up, they had never been so excited and excited.

He Ping is right. Although the Olympic football competition is not on the same level as the World Cup, it is an international competition after all, and the Olympics has a halo bonus. Being able to reach the Olympic finals is enough to make Chinese fans ecstatic.

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Some of the excited Chinese players wanted to exchange jerseys with the Brazilian players, but were rejected by the other side. Surprised, Zhou Yi hugged his teammate and said to him: "Don't take it to heart, now we are the winners, we should They are the ones who begged us to exchange jerseys. Besides, I am reluctant to exchange the jerseys of such a memorable game!"

As the captain of the Olympic team, Zhou Yi did not go to any Brazilian player to exchange jerseys. He pulled his teammates back to the celebrating camp, leaving the Brazilians heartbroken. They are winners and do not need to care about the feelings of losers.

In the mixed area after the game, Zhou Yi was interviewed by Chinese and foreign reporters. A British reporter asked him: "Is it a miracle that the Chinese team can reach the final?"

Zhou Yi spread his hands: "When we were still in China, we set the goal of this Olympics as gold medals, so reaching the finals is just a necessary process for us to achieve our goals. How can it be called a miracle? I understand you Reporters are always tempted to make big news, but this is really not a miracle, it is a normal manifestation of our strength."

Zhou Yi's words left the British reporter speechless. He didn't know how to continue asking... I have seen people who are confident, but I have never seen anyone who is so confident! The one you just defeated was the number one favorite to win the championship! Why do you say it like it's a trivial thing?

The Chinese reporter asked excitedly: "You have told the Japanese team before that if Japan wants to win the gold medal, it must pass you first. Does this mean you are more confident in defeating Japan?"

But I didn't expect Zhou Yi, who was just taking it easy and taking it for granted, became serious and said: "That's not the case. We will not be afraid of the Japanese team, but we also know that this final will never be easy. I don't think anyone can reach the final. For a weak team, it is disrespectful to oneself to underestimate the opponent.”

Zhou Yi's answer surprised the reporters. Everyone thought that meeting Japan would make Zhou Yi full of fighting spirit and make bold words. The grievances between China and Japan, whether in football or non-football, can last for three days and three nights. Many people are filled with pride when they encounter Japan.

But why does Zhou Yi's performance not conform to common sense? He said that defeating the Brazilian team was a matter of course, but he was cautious when facing the Japanese team. why is that? Is the Japanese team really good? Everyone feels that at least compared to the Brazilian team, the Japanese team is not as strong as the Brazilian team. Since the Chinese team can beat Brazil 3:1 and think this is normal, why do they become cautious when encountering the Japanese team?

Coincidentally, at the press conference after the game, the Chinese team's head coach Blazevic also expressed similar opinions to Zhou Yi. When talking about defeating Brazil and entering the final, he thought there was nothing surprising: " I am the head coach of this team. I have led this team for more than a year. I know their strength very well. I don’t think it is incredible to beat Brazil. We have this strength.”

When talking about the finals and the gold medal, he seemed very conservative again: "We will work hard to win."

He didn't talk much and what he said was careful. Trying to win is a valid BS statement, and although there is nothing wrong with it, it is meaningless.

The captain and head coach were so low-key in their post-match interviews, which should have been something worthy of praise, but some people were still dissatisfied because the opponent was the Japanese team! Is it necessary to be so cautious when facing Japan?

However, most people still sided with Zhou Yi and Blazevic, believing that respecting their opponents is also respecting themselves.

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On the bus back to the hotel from Old Trafford Stadium, Zhou Yi, as the captain of the team, stood at the front of the bus and said to the whole team: "I know that defeating Brazil will definitely make everyone full of confidence and feel that the Olympic gold medal is within easy reach. But I hope everyone will forget this game. Any team that enters the finals is completely different from the team before it entered the finals. If you lose the gold medal because of pride and underestimate the opponent, I don’t need others to say, you will find it unacceptable. Right? So don’t be too happy too early. No matter how happy you are today, you have to hold it in until we win the gold medal and then celebrate to the fullest!"

"Guys, it's just the last step. Don't die before the finish line!" Sun Pan also stood up and responded to Zhou Yi. "Kill the little Japanese and get the gold medal!"

"Kill little Japan! Get the gold medal!" A uniform shout suddenly sounded in the bus.

Fortunately, no one was present to record the video, otherwise if it were posted online, it might cause some "diplomatic dispute"...

After returning to his seat and sitting down, Zhou Yi took out his mobile phone and started browsing Weibo.

Yang Muge next to him glanced curiously and saw that Zhou Yi was typing on the virtual keyboard with flying fingers.

"What?" he asked.

"Call you idiot." Zhou Yi didn't even raise his head.

"****, you are addicted to scolding!" Sun Pan poked his head out from behind. "No, I also need to register a Weibo account!"

"Pan Pan, you are still in the ban period." Zhou Yi said to Sun Pan while typing on his mobile phone.

"Not even on Weibo?" Sun Pan's eyes widened.

"Don't you know that some reporters are too lazy now, and they just squat online and browse Weibo all day long to find news materials? You just say something, and a reporter will immediately write it into the news. What's the difference between this and being interviewed by a reporter yourself? ?" Zhou Yi explained. "So we say goodbye during the Olympics. At least we say goodbye before the finals are over. After the finals are over, I don't care what you love."

"Damn, then why can you check Weibo?" Sun Pan was very unconvinced.

Zhou Yi stopped and spread his hands: "Because I have not been banned."

His expression and tone were both in need of a beating, but Sun Pan didn't dare to really hit him, so he could only gnash his teeth and curse: "Damn it!"

"Who are you scolding?" He Ying, who was sitting in front, heard their conversation and turned to ask Zhou Yi.

"A certain financial official who is not doing his job properly." Zhou Yi said, and then he pressed the send button. "alright."

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After the game, fans and netizens were surfing the Internet for almost an hour. It was already past five o'clock in the morning. At this time in August, the sky was already dark, and many people couldn't hold it any longer. They were withdrawn from the excitement. Getting ready to go to bed, or already going to bed.

There are fewer and fewer new messages on Weibo.

But at this moment, a Weibo message suddenly appeared, attracting the attention of those night owls who were still awake.

"Zhou Yi is not a fortune teller" posted on Weibo!

"Let alone a small ditch, even an insignificant drop of water can have the ideal of becoming a river. This is one of the most valuable qualities of human beings. Of course, I want to use the poor brain capacity of the salty fish editor of Caijing.com I'm afraid I can't understand this. It only laughs at ordinary people who work hard for their ideals, and even makes them proud. I don't know what's so proud about this. We normal people really don't understand the salty fish's brain. ."

Zhou Yi included a screenshot below these words. The screenshot was a Weibo post posted by a netizen on Caijing.com who ridiculed that "small ditches also have the ideal to become rivers, which really touches China." (To be continued.)