European cup (e.g. soccer)
The flames of the war have been extinguished, followed by the Copa America, which ended the day before. Like a soccer feast, the summer has come to an end. The story of this summer is full of surprises. France, originally considered the favorite to win the Cup, was knocked out by Switzerland in the semifinals, which was a shocker. The departure of Crowe, who set a new Euro goalscoring record in the group stage only to be eliminated in the 1/8 final, was equally lamentable. The same can be said for Germany, who were eliminated in the 1/8 finals, which was saddening. Dubbed the "Group of Death," the 2014-18 international and European kings failed to reach the last eight. Croatia, runners-up in the last European Cup and the last International Cup, also bowed out early. However, surprises always come with surprises. C Luo, who left the field early, will receive a special delivery: his first European Cup top scorer trophy. This time, when watching the match, you will always see a Chinese billboard 'Trust the power of trust'. The quadrennial European Cup is always like a ruler, measuring the changes in our lives. In the midst of this change, what do we still trust about soccer? Is it the peculiar Higgs? Or is it the Sanchez who fires up every Euro? Or little Hazard playing better than his brother? What a string of surprises.
Denmark came so close to catching up with the team legend, Schmeichel Jr. was so close to his dad. Chiesa, however, truly surpassed his father. He continued to work wonders for Italy in the knockout rounds, even switching to the left wing for the final and creating the equalizing corner kick. In the end, heaven forbid, Italy won on penalties: Bonucci and Chiellini lasted until the end, and the young Donnarumma, almost as a small Toldo. Despite England's fantastic position in the final, the home advantage, and even Italy's penalty shootout situation, Italy was still able to win with resilience. The power of trust. At the end of the European Cup, a group of men left the stadium. Soon after the Olympics, a group of women will take the field again. That's Wang Frost, and the Chinese women's soccer team she leads. --Although, on reflection, it's a bit of a pity: many fans always think of the Chinese women's soccer team when it comes to the big games. Think about the 1999 International Cup runners-up, we all know Sun Wen, remembered Liu Ailing against Norway that two feet out of the sky. Even Feng Gong also put their names into the skit. But since then, perhaps the most out of the loop name, is still ...... Wang Frost? Two years ago, the Women's International Cup. I went to Rennes and the Stade des Princes in Paris to watch China play. Most Chinese fans, very plainly, do not cover the eyes of their star-chasing heart: "Wang Frost! Go for it!!!" Because at the time, she was still playing for Paris St. Germain.
Some time ago, Wang Frost said in a media interview that she was not a gifted player. You can take this as her self-effacement, or you can believe that this is the truest summary of her journey along the way. After all, even in the eyes of the fans of the talented female players Wang Frost, her road to soccer, but also not all smooth sailing. When she was 7 years old, under the guidance of her cousin, Wang Frost entered the humble green field full of small stones for the first time and started to contact the most important partner in her life - soccer. At the time, she was the only girl in the campus soccer club. While the other girls danced and sang, she and a group of young boys ran around in the hot Wuhan sun, enjoying the joy of soccer goals. After each training session, when the other children went to play and relax, she stayed alone on the field and repeated the practice. The effort based on talent was not in vain. She was selected for the national junior team at age 12, the national youth team at age 15, and the national team at age 17. Wang Frost first made her international debut in 2015. In a warm-up match between the Chinese women's soccer team, a crucial goal by 20-year-old Wang Frost helped China's women's soccer team beat its rival, the United States. In 2018, in order to be exposed to more systematic soccer training, Wang Frost traveled to Paris and signed for Paris Saint-Germain FC. From Wuhan to Beijing, from China to France. Her stunning performance at the club impressed the world and made her the second Miss Football Asia in the history of Chinese soccer.
But back to the 2019 International Cup as mentioned: back to the national team, Wang Frost played poorly and failed to contribute a stunning goal. She blamed herself for this and after the International Cup, she terminated her contract early with her club in Paris and returned to the national team. At her most pessimistic, she told her coach at one point: "Director Xu, I don't want to play anymore." But the competitive, restless heart in her body still took over, and she decided to prepare well for the Tokyo Olympics. In 2020, the city of Wuhan was closed and Wang Frost had to train alone at her home in Wuhan. She is practicing at home, catching the ball on the rooftop, and training with her teammates in the video "cloud training"...... In the play-off against South Korea, the South Korean team first broke the situation by scoring two goals in a row. Recalling the adversity of falling behind, Wang Frost said this in front of the camera: "I don't want to hear others recalling our women's soccer team, just a sentence but so." With such a strong sense of conviction, Wang Frost equalized in the second half, and in overtime, she scored twice to seal the win. With great pressure, the women's soccer girls did not give up, put all their strength into the fight back, before getting the final ticket to the Tokyo Olympics Asian region. "We will be able to beat the opponent." This is Wang Frost's trust. But Wang Frost is not the only girl who has such trust. Those who trust inaudibly deserve more applause. In Changhu Town, Shilin Yi Autonomous County, Yunnan Province, there is a girls' soccer team of Wize Youth League Hope Primary School. Founded in 2017, 20 little girls, without exception, are all Yi. They are fans of Wang Frost's sister, and they adhere to the same expectations as the Chinese women's soccer team.
They have no court, training remedies, and at best, a mat on a concrete floor. Every year they go to the county's school soccer league, but they've only won once - The opponents were still the same as them and also had no pitch. Whenever they meet an opponent who has trained on a green field, they are bound to lose. But they just have to trust that things will change. In April this year, the first Chinese women's soccer-themed Rose Hope Stadium was inaugurated, and a touch of turquoise was added to the campus. With the new stadium, the children began to dare to dream about the future. Want to play until they are 60, want to get out of the mountains, want to be as fierce as the Chinese women's soccer team ...... There are more than one similar story. As mentioned before: Alipay launched the "Campus Scoring King" encouragement program, in June in Shanghai, for the three Chinese teenage scorers, awarded the current UEFA Cup scoring king of the same trophy. Putting average kids together with the Euro top scorers - Crowe and Higgs? What kind of kids are those?
In the village of Shimu in Qiongzhong Li and Miao Autonomous County, Hainan, there is a girl named Huang Weiwei. At the age of 8, Huang Weiwei, who was still studying in the township elementary school, was selected by Qiongzhong women's soccer coach Gao Yuxuan. Until then, she had never even seen a soccer ball. Her family of nine, crammed into three cramped tiled rooms, lived there for more than 10 years. On weekdays, she always had to take a sickle and help her mom and dad in the forest. Now, she goes to the county campus to study and play soccer for almost six years. At first she played defender, then at an indoor futsal tournament in 2019 she switched to striker and it was all over: 2019 National Indoor Futsal Championship u11 girls top scorer, 2019 jfc Youth International Football Championship top scorer, 2019 "Gothenburg - China Cup" Golden Boot Award ...... In 2021, she received the honor of "Campus Scoring Champion". The power of perseverance and self-confidence has taken Huang Weiwei from the mountain village to more places, allowing her to see more scenery. In addition to being an international soccer player, she has another expectation: to become a soccer coach in the future, so that more children in the mountains will fall in love with soccer. At the very beginning, Qiongzhong women's soccer conditions are difficult, only weed-infested dirt field, sneakers and other equipment can only be mended and mended. Now, the coach came, perfect place and logistical support is also available, so that the children can better chase expectations. For the kids who play here, perhaps becoming a professional player or even an international footballer is a very daunting goal. But at least through soccer, they have entered better campuses, and many have become college students, stepping out of the mountains to have a different life. Hu Enrui, from Chengdu, has scored up to 32 goals in a single game. Among the children of the same age group in Chengdu, the 7-year-old is the "King of Scorers". On the field, Hu Enrui sometimes imitates Messi's movements, especially the celebratory movements after scoring a goal, "I hope I can become a player like Messi." But he said his favorite player is Maradona, which is the common idol of his father's fans in that era, "Maradona is the first fierce, Messi is the second fierce."
How can I put it? This is the future. Although it sounds far-fetched for children to talk about being a Crow, a Messi, or a Wang Frost, when there is trust in their hearts, they have the strength to move forward. Like, who can trust that a kid who started out as a runner on the island of Madeira will become the top attacker in Portuguese or even European history? One's own persistent trust will be taken as a joke to be truly worthy as an expectation. Not just kids, of course. My dad, a retired man, wakes up at 3 a.m. to watch the game, chatting with me on Twitter. Of course, there is a sense of the times, such as watching Chiesa, think of his father in the 1996 European Cup; see Ukraine, I do not recognize, just recognize a Shevchenko. But chatting, when I was a child in the summer, father and son to eat watermelon together to watch football feeling, back. Circle of friends, usually has only issued food and drink or children of the same age, also began to lyric. In the words of a Suzhou friend, can watch the ball, only to feel, "the past days, back." Can cross color and class, region and civilization, let us enjoy the same happy, also soccer. In front of soccer, we can temporarily forget about epidemics, middle age, and all kinds of bad things in our days. Soccer makes people more pure, trust some simple pleasures. And more than that. This was mentioned two days ago when Argentina got the Copa America: It's been a year of deep epidemics in South America, and the economy isn't doing too well. And Argentina was notorious for infighting. It's soccer that brings us back together when we're at loggerheads. The big thing about Pele, as mentioned in that Nefi Pele documentary, is that in the 1950s and 60s, when Brazil was industrializing, around 1965, there was a lot of internal conflict as well. What smoothed Brazil then were the three International Cups of 1958, 1962 and 1970. So Messi, at the age of 34, lifting the first national team trophy of his career, and taking out Brazil, was kind of a big celebration for Argentina under this pandemic. On the day of the win, people were dancing wildly in Messi's hometown of Rosario, Argentina's Marambio scientific research station in Antarctica. Similarly, this European Cup, in terms of the epidemic control perfect domestic, not necessarily obvious, for more than a year of boredom in Europe, is a carnival to restart the day. The day after Italy's win, the owner of a near-by Italian restaurant wrote a blackboard: for a week, all goods are 50% off and desserts are free! Trust that good things will happen, trust in the power of trust, and the days will always get better. Just trust.
