Fox in the Penalty Area

There is one thing I said when I opened the book, and I explained it once from the perspective of Hu Lai at the beginning:

This book is fictional.

[The capital of the United Kingdom is still London, but the giant clubs in London are not called Arsenal or Chelsea anymore, and it’s not just a name change, everything else is the same.

At first, Hu Lai used the things in the football world he was familiar with, but found that he couldn't. It's not as simple as changing the name of Chelsea and Arsenal, but completely different - the history of the club, the strength of the club, the background of the club, the status quo of the club...everything is different.

The clubs are different, and the players are naturally different.

That's why Luo Kai and Fatty Song don't know who Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are, because in this world, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo really don't exist at all.

Just like the club, it’s not as simple as changing the name. You can use Messi’s life history and technical characteristics to find it, but you can’t find it at all-there is no one in this world who is the same as the Messi that Hu Lai knows.

At first, Hu Lai thought that the "Caesar" that Luo Kai and the others were talking about was Cristiano Ronaldo, but after asking someone to inquire about Caesar's situation, Hu Lai found that he was not the "C Ronaldo".

Caesar has the habit of turning up his collar. This habit is very similar to the former Manchester United legend Eric Cantona that Hu Lai knew, but Caesar did not change his name after Cantona. In addition to this habit of turning up his collar, There is nothing similar between the two. 】

——The above is excerpted from the third chapter of the first volume of this book "This World Is Something Different"

Although there are situations where elements of reality are used for reference—after all, I really do not have the ability to completely build a modern football world with a history of more than a hundred years from scratch—but some specious teams in the book are definitely not one-to-one correspondence with the clubs in reality relation.

For example, the King of Madrid looks a lot like Real Madrid, but it is not Real Madrid.

Catalan looks a lot like Barcelona, ​​but it's not Barcelona.

Tramed is not Manchester United, and Stan Park Rangers are not Liverpool, otherwise there would not be as many as six Premier League titles.

Therefore, the Madrid Pirates are certainly not Atletico Madrid.

When you are discussing the whereabouts of Hou Lai, don't take it for granted that Atletico Madrid in reality will be placed on the Madrid Pirates.

Of course, some elements of the two teams are similar, such as the fan class they represent, such as the relationship with the King of Madrid, but these by no means mean that the two can be equated.

Why do I have to make up fiction?

Just to avoid this kind of situation, I don't want everyone to completely map their feelings about European football in reality to the world in the book.

Otherwise, why don't I just write about the real football world, so that so many people won't shout "don't watch overhead football", and I won't make so many setting information memos, for fear that I will forget something while writing...

Because a football world created according to my heart can maximize the story I want to tell.

The same is true for players. Meli is not equal to Messi. Although I used Messi as a reference when setting up the characters, it is not Messi. They have different appearances and personalities.

Kabanka is not equal to Kaka, Ronaldinho, or Neymar.

Hope you can tell the difference.

When discussing content, please use the world in the book as a substitute.

Don't completely confuse book teams with real teams.

The Madrid Pirates in the book are one of the thirteen super giants in Europe. They have won 20 La Liga titles, 15 Copa del Rey titles, 2 Champions League titles, 3 Europa League titles, 1 European Super Cup title, and the Intercontinental Cup title. once.

It is definitely not the same thing as Atletico Madrid, which has not even won a Champions League in reality.

I would like to make a special note here.

Thank you for understanding.