When Gao Zheng drove the car out of the training base, he was surrounded by a group of Atletico Madrid fans.

He was used to this scene, so he pulled over and stopped the car, then opened the window, ready to take the postcards, jerseys, scarves and other items handed over by the fans and sign their names.

If someone wants to take a photo, he will cooperate to sideways his face and look at the camera or mobile phone in the hands of the fans to help them complete the selfie.

But he would not meet the fans' requirements so unlimitedly, because in that case, he would not be able to go home within an hour.

Fans also know this, so the people who came to the scene were satisfied.

Others can only get early tomorrow.

But today's situation is a little different, and no one of the fans around him asked Gao Zheng for autographs.

One of them stood up and said to Gao Zheng: "Gao, I want to apologize to you."

"???" Gao Zheng was confused and didn't understand why an Atletico Madrid fan apologized to him.

If Barcelona fans apologize to themselves, he thinks it can be imagined.

"Please allow me to introduce myself first. My name is Daniel Herrera, and I am just an ordinary Atletico Madrid fan."

Gao Zheng turned off the car and pulled the handbrake. Judging from his posture, this ordinary Atletico Madrid fan may have no choice but to say what he wants to say in just a few words.

"I want to apologize to you because I...uh, I actually hated you in the past."

This made Gao Zheng not expect that among the Atletico Madrid fans, there were still people who hated him very much. He always thought that his performance should have won the joy of all Atletico Madrid fans...

He was a little unaware of what form to make.

The fan named Herrera seemed to completely ignore Gao Zheng's feelings and continued: "I hate you because you are a Chinese... I am ashamed to say that I know that this is wrong. But at that time I was like a devil. I blamed the Chinese for losing my job and not doing well, so I hate everything related to China, including you... Therefore, I want to apologize to you, and now I have realized my narrow-mindedness and insignificance."

Gao Zheng looked at Herrera and found that the fan spoke very sincerely and did not have any erratic eyes.

He had thought before that his part might cause some trouble for himself. After all, racial discrimination is not uncommon in Europe. He had seen it when he was in Italy. Although Europe has vigorously advocated political correctness against racial discrimination in recent years, it has not actually made this situation better. It has just changed from the previous open discrimination to the secret hidden discrimination.

If you don’t see it, it does not mean that it doesn’t exist. Those who look down on the Chinese from the bottom of their hearts will not really not discriminate against you because of political correct propaganda. They just dare not discriminate publicly, and they may be even more discriminatory in their hearts.

Although he knew that someone would definitely discriminate against himself because he was Chinese, he didn't take it seriously because he felt that it was no big deal. After all, he couldn't care what others were thinking.

But if someone dares to express this kind of discrimination in front of him, he is not easy to bully.

I just didn't expect that he would hear this from the mouth of an Atletico Madrid fan today.

Herrera continued, "I know, I don't come to you, and you must not know that someone like me has done this. But I think I should still come to you, say sorry to you, and apologize to you for my previous prejudice against you."

Gao Zheng felt that the Atletico Madrid fan in front of him was quite responsible. As he said, if he didn't come to find him, he would definitely not know that there was an Atletico Madrid fan named Herrera who hated him because he was Chinese.

"I just hope that before we can play against Barcelona, ​​I hope that you can express my apology to you, and I hope that there is someone who has changed his views on you and the Chinese as a whole because of your outstanding performance... I hope that this personal transformation can bring you some strength to help you defeat Barcelona and create miracles."

Herrera said it very sincerely. Gao Zheng didn't expect that there was such a story behind it. He smiled and replied: "Thank you for your confession. Don't worry, just like what I told reporters, we will definitely win and advance to the semi-finals."

"I will cheer for you in the stands." Herrera said at last.

"Thanks!"

The two sides parted ways.

On the way home, Gao Zheng was still thinking about Herrera. He did not expect that his performance on the court would conquer someone and make him change his prejudice against the Chinese.

I have to say that he has scored many goals in the game, won many games, and won several championships. But at this moment his sense of accomplishment is the highest.

He is a Chinese, and when he is abroad, he represents the image of China.

If one can change one's original prejudice against China because of one's own performance, it is indeed worthy of pride.

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After Gao Zheng left, Herrera turned to his companions and said, "Guys, do I do what I said? I expressed my apology to Gao in front of me! I have corrected the mistakes I made in the past. I must be a brand new me first!"

His companions opened their arms and hugged him: "Well done, Daniel! We are proud of you!"

"Let's cheer for Gao together in the middle of the week, hoping he can create miracles!"

"Now, let's have a drink first! To celebrate Daniel's freshmanship, haha!"

"Well said, to celebrate the new life!"

A group of people walked arm around and left the gate of the Mahada Onda training base with a smile and talked and laughed.

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Gao Zheng's words soon reached Barcelona. After training, Messi was surrounded by reporters and wanted to hear his opinion.

"Gao is right, in fact, we didn't forget that game. After all, it was really rare to lose so badly in the away game. Just yesterday, we were still talking about that game and reminded ourselves not to forget. Although we won three goals in the first leg, I don't think this means we can qualify in advance. The statements outside are too optimistic, not our true thoughts." Messi said seriously. "We will use that 0:4 game as a lesson to prepare for the second leg of Atletico Madrid. We will forget the score in the first leg in the game and give our all."

After saying that, Messi waved his hand to the reporters and said goodbye.

Looking at his back, the reporters sighed: "It's really worthy of being Messi! It's not surprising that such words come from his mouth..."

Some reporters laughed: "Gao seemed to want to use that game 4:0 to boost morale, but he reminded Messi and other Barcelona players, making them more vigilant. It's really a waste of money, ha!"

"Thank you very well, Gao!"
Chapter completed!