Golden Greenery

The old handsome guy Kenneth Kalitzakis reminded him again, which made Zhuo Yang feel surprised: Is this young man an acquaintance of mine? After looking carefully, the face seemed a little vague, but with Zhuoyang's high-speed super brain, he still couldn't find where he had seen it.

Suddenly, Zhuo Yang slapped his hand: "Hey, Brother Guinness, this must be Mr. Ling. He is so tall and handsome, and it seems that he has the excellent blood of the Kalitzakis family. Little brother, let's discuss our own affairs. Yes, your father and I are brothers, and we are the same generation. Gee, we have grown so big..."

Old handsome guy: "..."

Young man: "..."

"Zhuoyang, I only have two daughters. You have seen them. One is 17 this year and the other is only 9 years old." The old handsome guy had a black line on his head: "Look at it again and think about it carefully."

"Brother Guinness, little brother, please forgive me for my blindness... I'm rude and rude. Can you give me some tips?"

The young man rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, and a peach wood bracelet with a wolf tooth appeared in front of Zhuo Yang. "Zhuoyang...brother, do you still remember it?"

Like a key, the door of memory opened in Zhuo Yang's mind in an instant. He still had an impression of this bracelet because he had worn it on his wrist for several months. That was several years ago. Lao Mu went to wander on the Zhangbei grassland and accidentally discovered this beautifully crafted bracelet. He didn't like these things himself, but thinking that Zhuo Yang had nothing to do in a foreign country, he decided to I received it and mailed it to Germany.

Zhuoyang played with it for several months and later gave it to someone in Athens.

Zhuoyang was suddenly startled: "I gave it to a child who was bullied...fuck, little brother, are you that child back then?"

The young man grinned happily and nodded while laughing, while the old handsome man laughed loudly.

"Brother Zhuoyang, I am Sotirios Ninis, and I am the lucky child back then."

Sotirios Ninis is a Greek of Albanian origin. When he was a child, he was very popular with nymphomaniac little girls because of his foreign accent and short and thin stature. The child is the target of long-term bullying.

Six years ago, at the end of 2004, Madibau's last game of the year was a life-and-death battle against Aek Athens, their opponent in the UEFA Cup group stage. Zhuoyang arrived in Athens one day later than the team due to delays due to personal matters. The old handsome guy Kalit Zakis and Papadopoulos, the then captain of Panathinaikos, went to the airport to pick him up.

On the way to the hotel while driving from the airport, the three of them happened to encounter Ninis being bullied by five bad boys again. Originally, the brothers were too lazy to mind their own business, but the green Panathinaikos sales jacket that Ninis was wearing made him stand out. Kalitzakis felt compassion.

The three of them got out of the car and drove away the bad boys. Zhuo Yang gave Ninis the string of wolf teeth on his wrist because he stared directly at him.

"Give it to you! There is a wolf tooth on it. The wolf on our Chinese grasslands never fears or shows weakness." Zhuo Yang said: "Remember, no one can bully you as long as you want to."

Zhuoyang had already forgotten about this incident, because the person who took action that day was not him but Papadopoulos, and also because many things happened at the end of that year, each of which impressed him more than this episode.

But Ninis will never forget that Zhuo Yang's encouragement and this wolf tooth gave him great courage. Later, he bravely resisted the bullying and became a tough guy that no one dared to mess with on campus. Half a year later, the 14-year-old Ninis, who had outstanding skills, rejected the contract offered by Aek Athens and passed the selection of the Panathinaikos youth training echelon, and has since become a professional player.

Gifts of roses, hand a fragrance. Zhuoyang looked at Ninis happily: "It's been six years and I don't recognize you at all. Ninis, it seems you are doing a good job now."

"More than good!" the old handsome guy took over: "Ninnis is now the star of hope for the entire Greek football."

Since Greek football won the European Cup in 2004, it seems that all its energy has been drained, and it has been in a state of collapse since then. There has also been a serious shortage of players, and there are very few outstanding young players. They failed to break through the qualifying rounds in the 2006 World Cup, were last in the group stage at the 2008 European Cup, and were completely defeated by South Korea in the group stages of this year's World Cup.

After all these years, the Greek players active in the five major leagues are still the same group as in 2004, and Greek football has no successors. However, although Greece performed poorly at this year's World Cup in South Africa, the 20-year-old Ninis stood out. His speed and skills on the wing and midfield were Greece's only bright spots. In the three games, Greece only scored two goals in the 2:1 victory over Nigeria, and both goals came from assists after Ninis' sharp breakthrough.

After the World Cup in South Africa, the European media selected ten outstanding young players under the age of 22 from the tournament as the 'Top Ten Promising Stars'. Germany's 21-year-old Thomas Muller topped the list, China's 22-year-old Deng Shuoxiang ranked 10th, and Ninis was 5th.

Also on this list are Ozil, Busquets, Aguero, dos Santos, Li Qinglong, Ayew, and Coentrao.

Ninis made his first appearance in the Greek League at the age of 16 years and 7 months and won the man of the match award. At the age of 16 years and 8 months, he participated in the UEFA Cup and became the youngest Greek European player. At the age of 17, he was named the Greek Young Player of the Year (23 years old). (below), scored a goal in his first national team game at the age of 18, another youngest record.

Last season, Roma was eliminated by Panathinaikos in the UEFA Cup at home 2:3. It was Ninis's great achievement in 45 minutes with one shot and two passes. Because of his size and playing style, Ninis was dubbed the ‘Greek Messi’ by the Greek domestic media.

After the old handsome guy's introduction, Zhuo Yang seemed to have heard that there was such a magical young player in Greece, but how could he possibly connect that information with the beaten kid he met on the road.

Ninis' idol was Zhuo Yang, even before he met Zhuo Yang in 2004, let alone after that. But he likes the name 'Messi of Greece' and never tells others that he prefers to be called 'Zero Yang of Greece'. In Ninis' view, Zhuoyang is unique and no one is qualified to be the second him.

"Brother Zhuoyang, I have been wanting to say thank you to you for so many years."

"Hey, thank you for that. The people who took action that year were two brothers, Papadopoulos and Guinness, and I was their little follower. Guinness, we are called fate."

The three of them then chatted happily in the sofa area of ​​the hotel lobby. Ninis took the initiative to tell Zhuo Yang the story after they met six years ago. The delinquent boy Soares, who had always taken the lead in bullying him six years ago, was later severely punished by him and never messed with him again.

Six years later, Soares was still wandering around the countryside and running a small company. His girlfriends became prettier than the last, and he frequently changed his girlfriends. His life was very smooth.

Life is not a novel, and evil people do not always have evil consequences. However, these have nothing to do with the current Ninis.