Baku is the capital of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a large port on the Caspian Sea, and the largest city and transportation hub in the Transcaucasus region. It is called the "Oil City" because it is located in the Baku Oil Field.
The 2018-2019 Europa League finals will start today at the Olympic Stadium in the oil city of Baku.
The two participating teams are Chelsea, who are wearing blue jerseys, and AC Milan, who are wearing red and black vertical striped jerseys.
Fans were sitting in the stands on both sides of the stadium. Even though it was 11pm local time, the venue was still packed and lively.
Feeling the hustle and bustle of the football match, Wang Yiduo said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, the scene is so lively? There are 30,000 to 40,000 people here, right?"
The scene was so noisy that Zhang Yida couldn't hear what his sister-in-law was saying. He turned his ear and said loudly: "What did you say? I can't hear clearly."
Wang Yiduo covered both sides of her mouth with her hands and shouted loudly into Zhang Yida's ear: "I said... the scene... is so lively!"
Zhang Yida took a breath of air and scratched his ear. It hurt a little. His voice was really loud...
I glanced at my sister-in-law. Is it necessary to speak so loudly?
Zhao Erya sat between the two of them, her attention always focused on a special group of fans.
In the center of the stands, there were two to three hundred teenagers and children ranging in age from six to seventeen years old.
Different skin colors, different hair colors.
Zhao Erya leaned into Zhang Yida's ear and said, "I heard that you did a good deed this time and invited hundreds of Chinese and Italian children to watch the game?"
She pointed at the group of young fans in the center of the stands and asked, "Is that them?"
Zhang Yida looked in the direction she pointed and nodded: "Yes, that's them.
Those children are very pitiful. They are all children who like football, but they are seriously ill and cannot come to watch the game due to financial reasons.
Today I will help them realize their wishes!
Some of these children are from Italy, and some are our Chinese children."
Zhao Erya said "Oh". She looked at the twenty or thirty children in the group of children standing up and jumping and making noises. They were so active. Why didn't they feel like they were suffering from some serious illness?
"Why do those children look so healthy?" Zhao Erya pointed to the group of lively children.
Zhang Yida took a closer look and noticed that there were several adults around those children, so he explained: "Those children are from Genbao Football School in Modou, and a few are talented football teenagers from Xinjiang Province.
I thought about inviting them as well, so that these kids could see the top teams in Europe.
Sometimes you just need to sow a seed, and they will take root and grow into a towering tree."
Zhao Erya smiled and said, "I hope there will be a Chinese Messi or Ronaldo."
Zhang Yida shook his head and laughed, "As for Melo, it would be great to have a player of Son Heung-min's level. China's 1.4 billion people will be excited about it."
Huang Xin was originally whispering with Shen Beipeng, Xu Xiaoming and others. When he heard Zhang Yida's words, he turned around and added: "I've been thinking too much. Take long-distance running as an example. I think those out-of-shape players in the national football team can't run as well as ordinary people."
Aoki boy."
Huang Xin and others are here because AC Milan went all the way and reached the Europa League final, which is a shame for Zhang Yida.
So Zhang Yida invited friends and partners with good relations such as Huang Xin to come to Azerbaijan to watch football and show off.
"Have you passed? The national football team can't outrun the Aoki boys?"
Shen Beipeng did not very much support Huang Xin's remarks, although Aoki University has always been known for its strict requirements on student sports standards.
But no matter how bad the national football team is, they are still professional athletes, so they can't outperform students?
Huang Xin smiled and said, "There is no sports without Aoki! Aoki's playground is Aoki's classroom!"
Since 1928, physical education classes at Aoki University have required students to run 1 mile in every class, about 1,609 meters. Even during the difficult period of Southwest Associated University, students were required to run 1,500 meters in physical education classes.
In the movie "Wonderful West and East", Mr. John Ma takes students to run in physical education class in the rain. This is also true history.
In 2010, due to accidents in some schools during long-distance running competitions, Aoki considered canceling the 3,000-meter and 1,500-meter tests and replacing them with the 1,000-meter and 800-meter tests uniformly stipulated by the Ministry of Education.
But after the news came out, it was strongly opposed by many teachers, students and even alumni including myself. The tradition of Aoki students testing 3000 meters and 1500 meters in physical education class has been passed down.
Every year, a large number of Aoki students sign up for the Beijing Marathon, the 129 long-distance running, and the campus horse racing.
Sports is the strength engraved in the bones of every Qingmu person."
Zhang Yida waved his hand, "Okay, okay, Wudaokou Sports School, I can't afford to offend you!
By the way, what you just said was definitely heard by the national football team. From now on, the national team will ban the magnesium team and only eat hungry."
Huang Xin was also amused, "If they advance to the World Cup one day, I can pay for it myself and let Magnesium Tuan deliver it to them for free for life!"
Xu Xiaoming chuckled, "How can I eat takeout? Wasn't the overseas training camp exposed last year?
The dinner table was filled with big fish and meat, wine, coffee, cola and various juices.
You know, these high-sugar delicacies are killer foods for athletes.
If you don't have self-discipline in your diet, why should you play football? Yao Ming ate very lightly even after he retired."
"Hey, let's not talk about this anymore and hurry up and watch the game!"
Zhang Yida didn't want to comment on the national football team and asked everyone to start watching the game.
Players from both sides began to enter the stadium.
Chelsea led a group of normal ball boys on the field, while AC Milan led a group of not-so-normal ball boys.
Some caddies have trouble walking, obviously because of problems with their legs and feet. Some caddies are blind and have a crooked mouth and squinted eyes...
There were even one or two caddies who looked relatively normal, but their faces were pale and weak, and they looked like they had some physical problems.
This is a caddy team made up of children with disabilities.
AC Milan's players walked very slowly because they were holding handicapped children, and Chelsea's players also slowed down very understandingly.
These children are all local children in Azerbaijan.
At this time, fans from both sides listened to the explanation and learned about the origins of this special group of caddies, and they stood up and applauded.
"I said Yida, if you want to do this, after this game, the whole world will know your reputation as a great philanthropist?"
Huang Xin stood up and said with a smile while applauding along with the audience.
"I am now determined to be a world-class entrepreneur! There are always some institutions in Europe that are trying to get hold of Musical.ly, and I also want to gain some good reputation."
Huang Xin smiled and nodded, "That's a good idea. Let's learn from Gates."