Chapter 45 A Stadium(1/2)
Gao Zheng stood next to the red car and noticed the sign on the front of the car: "Fiat...500?"
"What 500? Is Punto (PUNTO)!"
"I just knew a Fiat 500..." Gao Zheng muttered, "Boy is so developed, and all cars are driving."
"My dad's..." Maxi scratched his head. "I just got my driver's license today."
Gao Zheng looked at him vigilantly: "You just got your driver's license today?"
"Yes. Otherwise, how could I come and take you for a ride?" Maxi looked "What do you think" with his expression.
"Goodbye." Gao Zheng turned around and walked back after hearing this.
Maxi quickly grabbed him: "My skills are very good! Actually, I can drive at the age of sixteen! If I hadn't had a driver's license, I wouldn't have been on the road legally... I'm already an old driver!"
Gao Zheng looked at the mini two-door car and spread his hands: "Do you think I can sit at this height?"
"The seat can be adjusted backward..." Maxi said, while pushing the co-pilot for Gao Zheng to the end, and now there is enough leg room.
"Please get in the car, Your Majesty the Demon King!" He also made a gesture of inviting.
Gao Zheng resisted the urge to turn around and leave, and stepped onto the car.
After closing the door for Gao Zheng personally, Ma Xi went around to the driver's seat to get on the bus.
Then he started the car, rolled down the window, and honked the horn: "Go away! Don't stay in the small town of Boriasco all day long. Today I will take you to see Genoa, a big city during the day!"
The last time he took Gao Zheng to a nightclub was at night. Gao Zheng had never seen Genoa during the day...
Gao Zheng laughed dryly: "Your words remind me of our big city in China, Tieling."
"Where is that?"
"A big city that is well-known in China..."
“Is it big?”
"It's much bigger than the big city of Genoa."
"Oh, cool! Then you must go and have a look if you have the chance!"
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The red Fiat Pondo was driving fast and steadily on the coastal highway. The windows were opened and the sea breeze poured in with a slight fishy smell.
An Italian song is playing on the on-board CD. Gao Zheng has heard this song in many different places. It is considered an old song that is highly sang in Italy.
"I have been looking for summer all year, and suddenly it comes. She went to the beach and I stayed alone in the city. I heard a plane flying over the roof. Blue, for me, this afternoon was too blue and long..."
Maxi hummed while driving, and the song was blown out of the carriage by the wind and spread all the way on the winding coastal highway.
On the outside of the highway is a cliff formed by years of sea washing. Below the cliff is an endless blue sea. The afternoon sun shines on the sea surface, as if ten thousand small suns are hidden in the waves, appearing and disappearing. White seabirds scream and pass by the sea, looking for their food in the tumbling waves.
On the other side of the coastal highway are houses built according to the mountain, distributed on the ridge in a step-like manner. The rich colors seem to be flowers blooming in the green mountains under the sun.
There is a tunnel ahead. Through a short dark tunnel, accompanied by a slight dazzling light, a large ocean rushes towards you, and the car seems to be leaping directly into this sea from the road.
The sea breeze blows in front of us. Although it is March, it is not cold and refreshing.
Even Gao Zheng was a little stunned when he saw this beautiful scenery.
I have been renting a house and training base before, and I don’t care about the environment I am in.
Gao Zheng, who had just returned to the right track from a year-long blank period, seemed a little anxious and wanted to catch up with others' progress as soon as possible.
But now he felt that it was not a bad thing to relax occasionally and slow down to appreciate the beautiful scenery around him.
He closed his eyes under the warm sunshine and sea breeze.
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Gao Zheng was awakened by Ma Xi.
"I kindly took you for a ride, but you ended up sleeping all the way!" Masi, who woke him up, said aggrievedly.
"Ah? Sorry, your singing is too hypnotic." Gao Zheng wanted to stretch his arms in the car, but his hands quickly hit the roof, unable to straighten them. "Where are we?"
Then he turned his head and saw a huge building.
"This is……"
"Welcome to Feraris Stadium!" Alberto Masi said excitedly at the huge building.
"You want to take me to the game?" Gao Zheng was surprised.
"Of course not. The game has begun, and we don't have tickets."
"Then you..." Gao Zheng was puzzled.
Massi turned his head and looked at the Ferraris Stadium outside the car window, looking a little yearning: "I just take you here to see it, we will compete here in the future."
"Come on the door first?" Gao Zheng turned his ears, and he heard the huge noise coming from the stadium.
The Serie A is playing in it.
He had never experienced such a scene before when he was in AC Milan. At that time, he had dreamed of wearing AC Milan's red and black sword shirt, making a winning goal for the Ross and Blacks, and helping AC Milan win the championship...
Sixteen-year-old Gao Zheng had such a beautiful dream and firmly believed that the dream would come true. Among the players at that time, it seemed that he had the most hope to get close to this goal.
But now...
Gao Zheng rubbed his chin and looked at the Ferraris Stadium with the orange exterior wall in front of him. Although this stadium is still a "big thing" for him personally, it is much smaller than San Siro... After all, it is the difference between a stadium with more than 30,000 people and 80,000 people.
But even if it is such a small stage, it is not easy to get on.
"Do you know, the big devil... Actually, I envy you very much, and I also envy that Argentine boy."
Gao Zheng withdrew his gaze and looked back at Ma Xi.
"You are all very talented people."
"You have talent, Alberto, no talent can go this far."
"Yes, you're right. But your talent is far above us. If we are geniuses among ordinary people, then you are geniuses among geniuses."
He has been called by Maxi "the great devil king". Now when Gao Zheng heard Maxi's naked praise, he could accept it calmly...
"You and that Argentine boy will definitely be able to enter the first team in the future, but I don't know if I can. Although there are more than 20 people in our reserve team, I don't know how many people can be there for those who can really play in the first team in the end... I'm not talking about Sampdoria's first team, I'm talking about all the first teams. Football... The elimination rate is too high, and I'm not very confident in my ability."
"There is no need to underestimate yourself, Alberto. You are a very capable central defender. As long as you don't meet me, ha!" Gao Zheng felt that the atmosphere in the car was a bit heavy, and he wanted to use a joke to dispel this atmosphere.
Unexpectedly, Masi nodded seriously: "You are right, I will try not to be enemies of the Great Demon King."
"Hey, I'm just kidding..."
Masi ignored Gao Zheng's self-judgment, but continued to go over Gao Zheng's side and looked at the Ferraris Stadium outside the car window: "Whenever I have no confidence in my future, I will come here on home game day. But I never go in, I just look outside, look at Ferraris Stadium, and listen to the sounds coming from inside..."
When Gao Zheng found out that Ma Xi said this, he couldn't help but close his eyes.
"...I just stayed quietly for a while and I seemed to be able to regain the power to move forward. Then I thought, one day, I could come here as a professional player."
"That must be possible, Alberto."
Maxi laughed: "Thank you for your blessings, I think I can continue to move forward again."
Then he restarted the car.
"Let's go, I'll take you to see Genoa. Do you want to go to the Columbus sculpture in front of Prince's Railway Station, or to the White House, the Red Palace? The New Palace and the Old Palace... Anyway, they are all on the same street. Ferrari Square is also worth visiting... and the Aquarium!"
"I don't want to go to the aquarium with a man." Gao Zheng raised his hands and said. "A place of such a romantic one must be left to beautiful girls."
Masi laughed loudly, unable to see the shadow of his depression just now.
When the red Fiat Pondo drove out of the parking lot of Feraris Stadium, Gao Zheng turned around and looked at the orange stadium, which was faintly golden under the afternoon sunlight.
A stadium is not only a landmark building in a city, but also the source of strength for those who love football in this city.
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In the south stand of the Ferraris Stadium, Clarian Moretti and his companions stood in front of their seats, mostly silent. Not only them, but the entire Ferraris Stadium seemed to be able to hear only cheers from Palma fans.
Christian Zacardo ran on the court, greeting his teammates to celebrate the goal just now.
On the big screen in a corner of the stands, the latest score was scored - 0:1, and Sampdoria, who played at home, fell behind Parma.
The goal concealed in the 65th minute is just a microcosm of Sampdoria's poor performance before. From the beginning of the game, the fans could not see the hope of winning. The entire team seemed to have lost their souls. It was not eleven professional players running on the court, but eleven walking dead.
Moretti sighed.
For some reason, looking at the scene in front of him, he remembered the game he watched at the Ricardo Garone Stadium in Mugnaini Sports Center yesterday.
He thought of the tall man.
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Mattia Palin bought a newspaper on the street, the most influential newspaper in the area.
On the sports page of the newspaper, he found a report about the reserve team's "Lighthouse Derby" yesterday. There was also a photo of Gao Zheng interviewed by a reporter. The front photo was quite clear.
"Hat Trick in the Lighthouse Derby"
This is the title of the newspaper.
"Another talented star of Sampdoria Reserve appears!"
To be continued...