Chapter 278 After being rejected, he became the Shiyi Cult
The Champions League final is approaching.
On the Internet around the world, there are reports and discussions about this game everywhere, showing a scene of vitality and competition.
The main thing is that this Champions League final is so special!
On the one hand, Hamburg has reached the Champions League final again after 30 years and has a chance to win the second Champions League championship in history;
On the other side, Real Madrid strives to win the championship for the tenth time and create the myth of "perfection".
On one side is the youthful storm caused by the Hamburg Young Guards, which has maintained an undefeated record on all fronts for a season;
On the other side is another galactic battleship built by Real Madrid. The BBC combination of "two hundred million flying together" is almost invincible.
On one side is the up-and-coming coach Pan Yi, who switches between offense and defense as smoothly as silk. He can attack Manchester United if he advances, or he can hold on to capture Atletico Madrid when retreating;
On the other side is the veteran Ancelotti, who has a lot of tricks up his sleeve, and he uses every player that Lafayette gives him just right...
Such a contest is naturally a lot to watch!
In the far east, fans of the Dragon Kingdom will of course pay more attention.
Because there is Wu Lei and Pan Yi in the burger! They are both from the Dragon Kingdom!
According to well-informed sources, since Sun Xingmin's facial injury has not been cured and his performance after wearing a mask in the German Cup final was also average, Pan Yi is likely to let Wu Lei in the Champions League final.
Such news naturally detonated the Internet of Longguo, and there were many discussions about Wu Lei.
"Wu Lei will become the first Dragon Country player in history to compete in the Champions League final!"
"Brother Leizi, come on!"
"He dared to go abroad to play football at a young age. Facts have proved that his choice was correct!"
"Yes, young domestic players, what are you waiting for? The role model is right in front of you!"
"Wu Lei's signature jersey is on sale, the quantity is limited, only the first 1,000 people can buy it!..."
Of course, it’s more about Pan Yi.
After all, everyone knows that Hamburg is what it is today, and Wu Lei is what it is today, all thanks to Pan Yi!
If it weren't for Pan Yi who brought this group of energetic young people together and kneaded them into a whole, how could Hamburg have the fighting power it does today?
German champion, German Cup champion, unbeaten all season so far, highest points in Bundesliga history...
These achievements cannot be achieved casually!
As the Champions League final approaches, Pan Yi's domestic influence in the Dragon Kingdom has reached its peak.
"If Pan Yi leads the team to win the Champions League again, and look at Milan's results in the past two years, we can really conclude that the hero behind Milan's Triple Crown is also Pan Yi!"
"You are talking nonsense! His achievements have already proven this. What I want to say is that if Pan Yi wins the Triple Crown again, his influence in our country will definitely exceed that of Liu Xiang and Yao Ming!"
"Is this what it should be? After all, the influence of track and field and basketball is still far behind that of football..."
"Haha, let alone Pan Yi. If Wu Lei had played and scored in the Champions League final, his historical status would not be much worse than Liu Xiang and Yao Ming."
"Yes, I only recognize Wu Lei as the only world champion! And Pan Yi is the true world leader!"
"Damn, who could have thought that Pan Yi would become the first coach in the world after being rejected by the national football team?"
"Upstairs, we are talking about the Champions League. Isn't it a little too disappointing to mention the national football team at this time?"
"Okay, I was wrong. Come on, King of Martial Arts! Come on, Pan Yijiao!"
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Of course, CCTV will not let go of such popularity.
They sent a professional team to Hamburg and wanted to conduct exclusive interviews with Pan Yi and Wu Lei before the game.
When the CCTV team led by Ma Fanbing arrived in Hamburg, they immediately felt the enthusiasm of Hamburg fans.
The date of the Champions League is getting closer, and the football atmosphere in Hamburg is getting stronger.
Walking on the streets of Hamburg, you can see fans wearing Hamburg jerseys strutting through the city everywhere, and some are holding flags high in their hands, showing high morale.
When the local fans saw the CCTV team and knew that this was the official media from the Dragon Kingdom, they were eager to express their love for Wu Lei and Pan Yi.
"Wu Lei played great!"
"Pan Yi is our god!"
"Long live the Dragon Kingdom!"
This kind of enthusiasm makes Ma Fanbing and the others a little overwhelmed, but their hearts are full of pride.
Have they ever been treated like this before?
When you go to cover the World Cup or just watch a World Cup game, when people see that you are from the Dragon Country, they will only ask in confusion: "What are you Dragon Country people doing here?"
Not to mention the Champions League and so on, it has nothing to do with the Dragon Kingdom.
But now, even though this is an important Champions League final, it has an inseparable relationship with the people of the Dragon Kingdom!
That's because one of the teams participating in the finals was led by Longguo coach Pan Yi!
There is another important player in this team, who is a Dragon Kingdom player!
Therefore, the CCTV team happily interviewed some Hamburg fans at random, and then went to the Hamburg Club to find Pan Yi and the others.
However, Pan Yi only agreed to half of their interview requests.
That is, interviews are allowed, but only Wu Lei is allowed to go.
As for Pan Yi himself, he will not participate due to the heavy preparation tasks.
Of course, Pan Yi still had a private and cordial meeting with Ma Fanbing, and still used the domestic snacks she brought to replenish his own inventory.
The interview was held in the conference room of the Hamburg Club.
When facing a beautiful host like Ma Fanbing, Wu Lei still seemed a little shy and nervous: "Ma... Teacher Ma, hello. I also often watch football programs on the ground..."
Ma Fanbing laughed out loud: "I haven't been an official host for long, so don't call me Teacher Ma. Just call me Xiaobing or Bingbing."
"Okay, Teacher Ma."
"... Let's officially start today's interview. In a few days, you will participate in the Champions League final. This should be a wonderful experience for you and the entire Hamburg team, right? What's so special about you?
How do you feel?"
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Wu Lei scratched his head and said with some embarrassment: "Actually, I don't have any special feelings. As a player, I just follow the guidance of coach Pan Yi and play game after game, defeating opponents one after another, and then keep playing.
We’ll reach the finals right away.”
"Uh. I understand what you mean. The reason behind reaching the Champions League final is the Hamburg players - including you, of course, the down-to-earth and pragmatic training and competition, as well as the strict implementation of the coach's tactics, right?" <
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Ma Fanbing gave a summary of Wu Lei’s speech.
In other words, sublimation.
This is also an essential skill for an excellent host.
Sometimes, the interview subject can make witty remarks and come up with frequent golden sentences, and of course there is no need for the host to add fuel to the fire;
But more often than not, the interviewees may be boring gourds like Wu Lei, and then the host is needed to help sublimate the topic and guide the interviewee to talk about the topics that everyone is most interested in.
"Yes, that's what you said, I'm not good at expressing myself." Wu Lei smiled sheepishly again, "Teacher Ma summed it up well."
"...Let me ask a question that domestic fans are more concerned about." Ma Fanbing asked, "Who is the most important person in your football career? In other words, who has had the greatest impact on you?
?"
"Oh, let me think about it." Wu Lei thought carefully and replied, "There should be three people."
"Oh? Which three people are they?" Ma Fanbing asked curiously.
Wu Lei said: "The first one is my first teacher, Xu Genbao. He is my guide in football. I can achieve today's results absolutely without the support and cultivation of teacher Xu Genbao. He is the most important person in my life."
A great nobleman!"
Ma Fanbing nodded lightly.
The relationship between Xu Genbao and Wu Lei is like a family member, which can be regarded as a good story in Longguo football.
Wu Lei showed his talent for football when he was very young. He often took the volleyball at home to play outside. His father saw that he loved playing football so much that he wanted him to take this career path.
However, it costs a lot of money to become a professional player. Wu Lei's family is not rich to begin with, which also makes Wu Lei's father worried.
Later, his father heard that there was a football youth training base on Chongming Island in Shanghai, which specialized in training children with football talents. The tuition fees were affordable to ordinary families, and a large amount of money was invested every year to maintain the normal operation of the base.
These funds were all paid by Xu Genbao, the founder of the foundation, at his own expense. As a result, he trained many players for the league and Longguo Football.
When Wu Lei arrived at the base, Xu Genbao saw Wu Lei, who was thin and small, a head shorter than other children of the same age. Xu Genbao also wondered in his heart, should he accept this child or not?
Later, Xu Genbao learned that Wu Lei's family conditions were not good, and his father even resigned from his job so that he could play football. Coupled with Wu Lei's love for football, Xu Genbao finally took him in.
Although the tuition at the base is not high, Wu Lei still has to bear his own monthly food and living expenses.
Xu Genbao also noticed Wu Lei's struggling family.
In order to solve the problem of Wu Lei's food expenses and a place to go on vacation, Xu Genbao came up with a way to get married.
So Xu Genbao led Wu Lei to the home of Cheng Shifa, a famous painter and a senior fan, and recognized Cheng Shifa as his godfather. In this way, Wu Lei's living expenses and a place to go on vacation were solved.
In the following years, Cheng Shifa stopped funding Wu Lei until Wu Lei earned income from playing in the professional league.
So when Wu Lei said that Xu Genbao was the most noble person in his life, he definitely spoke from the bottom of his heart.
"The second place is Messi." Wu Lei continued.
"Oh?" If Wu Lei mentioned Xu Genbao as expected, then the sudden appearance of Messi made Ma Fanbing a little confused.
"It was during the 2008 Olympic Games. The Argentina team was short of people for training, so they asked our base to borrow a few people." Wu Lei explained with a smile, "Teacher Xu Genbao naturally agreed to such a rare training opportunity. He ordered Li Yunqiu, Bo
Jiajun, Zhan Yilin, Lu Wenjun, and me, a total of five players went."
Ma Fanbing understood a little bit: "It's the Argentina team that won the 2008 Olympic Games. The core of that team was Messi. That's why we have the photo of you in the back..."
Wu Lei nodded: "Yes. We were excited, so we took a boat from the base to the city one day in advance. After resting, we went to Yuanshen Stadium the next afternoon to join the Argentina team for training. Then my feeling was that Messi could not be guarded at all.
Stay!"
Ma Fanbing asked: "You and Messi are both forwards, don't you often face each other?"
Wu Lei said with a smile: "The person who faced Messi the most was Bai Jiajun, and he suffered a lot. Of course I saw it, and at that time I thought, how can there be someone in this world who plays so well?"
People! So I also have goals for my future development..."
Ma Fanbing asked: "Want to surpass Messi?"
"Haha, how is this possible?" Wu Lei obviously relaxed a lot, with a smile on his face, "This is a role model. You don't have to surpass your role model, but with a role model, you have a goal to strive for!
”
Ma Fanbing nodded again: "I understand. If Mr. Xu Genbao is your guide on the road to football, then Messi is a bright light in the distance on this road, guiding you in the direction..."
Wu Lei said: "Teacher Ma, you are literate and can say what I want to say in the most literary way. Of course, apart from Messi, the rest of the Argentine team are also very strong."
"For example?"
"Aguero's shooting is very powerful, Di Maria is very fast. And Mascherano, who is opposite me, has very clear positioning and prediction, and is on the route you want to attack. Also
His ball play is also very good, and he is indeed a world-class defensive midfielder. I learned a lot during this training..."
The two chatted for a long time before Ma Fanbing remembered: "By the way, you just said three people, who is the third one?"
"Of course it's coach Pan Yi!" Wu Lei replied without hesitation.
"He brought me to Europe, gave me the opportunity to see the outside world, and allowed me to express myself on the stage of the five major leagues!"
"Of course there is also the Champions League, which represents the highest level of competition among clubs in the world! I really can't imagine that without coach Pan Yi, I would have had the opportunity to play in such a competition in my life!"
"And Coach Pan Yi's guidance has really improved me too much! If my level was 50 points when I was still in China two years ago, now it has at least improved to 70 or even 80 points!"
"Forgive me for my low cultural level, it is really difficult for me to use accurate words to describe my gratitude to him!..."
Wu Lei talked endlessly when he talked about Pan Yi, and Ma Fanbing couldn't say a word for a long time.
Finally, Wu Lei finally stopped, and Ma Fanbing had the opportunity to help him summarize: "Can you say that Teacher Xu Genbao makes you become a professional player, Messi lets you know what the upper limit of a professional player is, and Coach Pan Yi
, is it to teach you how to improve yourself, become a better professional player, and win?”
"Yes!" Wu Lei nodded heavily.
At this time, Ma Fanbing looked at Wu Lei with a smile: "So, our interview today is almost over here. Finally, is there anything you want to say to the Dragon Kingdom fans?"
Wu Lei turned to smile at the camera and said: "Hello everyone, I am Wu Lei. I hope everyone can support Hamburg, support me, and support coach Pan Yi!"
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The next day, this interview appeared on TV5’s above-ground football column.
Wu Lei's sunshine, humility and tenacity in the interview also made more and more Dragon Country fans fall in love with this player.
"Drink water without forgetting the well digger, Wu Lei is a good boy!"
"Wu Lei has made a name for himself in European football, but he still has no airs at all. He is just like a boy next door. He loves him so much."
"Perhaps it is because he has such excellent qualities that coach Pan Yi will be so determined to bring him to Europe and give him enough trust."
"Didn't you listen to what he said? The person he is most grateful to is Pan Yi! We Dragon Kingdom players are really lucky to meet such a master!"
"Well, among our domestic coaches, Pan Yi is really like a firefly in the dark, so bright and outstanding. If we all have coaches like him, why can't our national football team break out of Asia and go global?"<
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"Pull them down. Those losers, it would be nice if they let you join the team again without charging you any money. How do you still expect them?"
"I'll stop here. There will definitely be coaches of the national football team who commit crimes and get into trouble in the future..."
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On May 25, the day before the Champions League final, the Hamburg team rushed to Lisbon, Portugal.
At Hamburg International Airport, the airport terminal was packed with Hamburg fans who came to see off the team.
Because the scene was too lively, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the airport had to arrange for Hamburger Club personnel to enter through a special channel.
However, what they didn't expect was that when the plane landed at Lisbon Portela Airport after a three-hour and 20-minute flight, the number of fans here was no less than what they saw in Hamburg!
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Many people wore Hamburg's traditional white jerseys and sang Hamburg's team song to welcome the arrival of the Hamburg team.
This really makes everyone in the burger look stunned.
There are many local fans in Hamburg who understand this, and there are so many in Portugal. This shows how crazy Hamburg fans are for this Champions League final.
After all, it’s been more than thirty years of waiting!
For those who watched the last UEFA Champions League final in Hamburg, maybe many people have changed from young children to middle-aged uncles and aunts, maybe many people have changed from young adults to octogenarians, and maybe many people are no longer alive...
Thirty years is really too long!
If a team like AC Milan or Real Madrid enters the Champions League final, the local fans will of course be very excited and thrilled, but they will never be as crazy as the Hamburg fans.
They just want to put down everything in their hands and rush to Portugal and Lisbon to cheer for the team!
For them, they themselves may not be able to confirm that when their team once again has such an opportunity to stand on the highest level of European football, whether they still exist in this world...
And when the Hamburg team finally "made it out" of the airport, got on the bus, and headed west to the hotel in the southwest of Lisbon city, they could even see Hamburg fans along the way!
Especially after approaching the hotel, the road was so crowded that the bus was unable to move due to the large number of fans welcoming it.
Pan Yi, the coaching staff and the players looked out from the bus and could constantly find some familiar faces and slogans in the crowd. They were all die-hard fans from Hamburg, and they all came for the Champions League final!
They sang songs in support of the team and Pan Yi. Their enthusiasm almost overturned the entire hotel!
Their enthusiasm even affected the people staying in Hamburg.
In the end, it was Pan Yi who came forward to ask the fans to calm down and leave the area of the hotel in an orderly manner. Only then did Hamburg players and coaches enter the hotel.
Pan Yi also chatted with the fan leaders and hoped that they would not make too much noise here so as not to affect the team's rest.
In fact, it also includes the players' pre-match adaptive training. After all, if so many fans are crowded here, it will be difficult for the team's bus to even drive to the Stadium of Light, which is not far from here.
Of course, Hamburg fans readily agreed to Pan Yi's request.
First of all, they are all senior fans, so they naturally know the importance of rest and training for a team to prepare for games, and they do not want to "hold back" behavior that affects the status of their team's players.
Secondly, who wouldn’t listen to what Pan Yi said now?
It was Pan Yi who allowed all Hamburg fans to end their thirty-year wait and give them the opportunity to come here to watch a Champions League final that truly belongs to them;
Now Pan Yi is really like a god in the eyes of Hamburg fans, and what he says is like a divine voice in their ears!
So, under the joint persuasion of the fan leaders and Pan Yi, the Hamburg fans gradually dispersed and sang and danced towards the Stadium of Light.
"Even if it's just for them, we must win the Champions League championship!"
Watching their retreating figures, Hamburg captain Westermann clenched his fists tightly and said.
The Hamburg players on the side also nodded.
Although Westermann is not the absolute main force in this Hamburg team, he has always tried his best to help the coaching staff do the work in the locker room, uniting all the players to a great extent, and everyone respects him very much.<
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This is why when Pan Yi first entered Hamburg, he had a heart-to-heart chat with the captain and asked him to stay and help the team.
He is indeed a qualified captain!
And now, Pan Yi's promise to Westermann is really about to come true!
He really led Hamburg to win the Bundesliga championship, win the German Cup, and now reach the Champions League final!
Westerman, who has played for Hamburg for many years and has experienced dark times when Hamburg was on the verge of relegation, can naturally better understand the feeling of returning from the trough to the top.
He also knows how difficult it is for these most die-hard Hamburg fans.
Even when the team was about to be relegated, they still came to the scene to cheer for the team;
After successfully avoiding relegation, they also supported the team more than ever before. More fans bought the club's season tickets, hoping to help the team get out of the trough with their own practical actions.
There is a saying that "The peak produces false support, and the dusk witnesses the devout believers";
There is also a saying that goes “A friend in need is a friend indeed”.
These die-hard fans' feelings for Hamburg really will not change just because Hamburg's performance deteriorates!
And now, it’s time for the Hamburg Club to repay them.
"Win the Champions League!"
"Win the Champions League!"
I don’t know who roared first, and then more and more Hamburg players followed suit.
They all looked excited and full of fighting spirit!