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Gao Zheng didn't stay at home for long.

He has received emails and text messages from the club, informing him that he has been selected for the first-team training squad for the new season, asking him to return to Boliasco's Mugnaini for training on July 5th. Base, to participate in the pre-season training of the first team.

This means that he is one step closer to becoming a real professional player.

Since it was already June 12th after the finals of the Reserve League last season, the time left for him to take a vacation is actually not long.

Plus he stayed with the old man for almost a week.

So he only stayed at home for ten days, and he was about to leave for Italy.

During this period, he and his father watched a ball game together. In the qualifying match of the final stage of the 2012 London Olympics Asian Qualifiers, the Chinese National Olympic Team faced the Oman National Olympic Team at home in Shanghai.

In this game, the Chinese Olympic team lost 0:1 to the Oman Olympic team and lost the opportunity in the first match of the two rounds.

In the second game back to Oman's home court, with the characteristics of West Asian football, the Chinese Olympic team will hardly have any chance.

Gao Zheng's father looked at the result and sighed: "Oh... If you weren't injured, you should be there now." He pointed to the stadium on the TV.

He doesn't care about obscenity.

In fact, Gao Zheng missed not only this Olympic team game, but also the Asian Youth Championship held in Zibo, Shandong in 2010. In that Asian Youth Championship, the Chinese U119 youth team performed well in the group stage. Won the first place in the group, but was eliminated in the quarter-finals, missed the semi-finals, and lost the qualification to participate in the 2011 World Youth Championship.

In 2010, Gao Zheng was in a state of decadence. Because of the conclusion of the Milan laboratory, he left the AC Milan youth training camp, came to the old man to seek asylum, and disappeared into the vast crowd.

In the previous year in 2009, during the qualifying stage of the Asian Youth Championship, Gao Zheng had just returned from that serious injury, and his physical condition was not good, his competitive state was not good, and he had several frequent injuries .

This led to his failure to be selected for the U19 National Youth Team at the time.

In fact, if it weren't for the serious injury in 2008, Gao Zheng's life trajectory should be completely different from now.

When he first entered the AC Milan youth training camp in 2005, there were media reports. Since then, he has attracted the attention of the Football Association. In 2006, he was recruited into the national youth team to participate in a friendly match, but the coaching staff of the national youth team did not think very highly of Gao Zheng. Although he was training in AC Milan, he did not cooperate well with his teammates on the field. In addition, although he is tall, he is not strong, and he does not have an advantage in physical confrontation, so he only played a few games when he was in the national youth team, and he was not beaten. recruited.

Who would have thought that in 2007, Gao Zheng had a full-scale explosion in AC Milan's U16. Not only did he help AC Milan win the national championship in this age group, but he was also elected as the best player.

But it is a pity that Gao Zheng, who performed well in AC Milan, lost a chance to prove himself on the world stage because the Chinese team did not qualify for the next year's World Junior Championships in last year's Asian Junior Championships.

He can only participate in a few friendly matches with the U17 National Youth Team, and his performance is much better than that of the year.

If he maintains this momentum and does not get injured, he should join the U19 National Youth Team and participate in the Zibo Asian Youth Championship in 2010. With him, the National Youth Team should be able to win the top four places in that tournament and thus qualify for the World Youth Championship. What performance the National Youth Team with Gao Zheng can show in the World Youth Championship is also very exciting. This national youth team led by Song Maozhen, in addition to Gao Zheng, also has domestic talented young players Wu Lei, Zhang Xizhe, Yang Yi, Hu Letian, etc.

The strength is actually not bad...

But it is a pity that the serious injury in 2008 turned all this into a bubble that was doomed to be impossible.

Gao Zheng didn't say anything.

In fact, after he left AC Milan, Director Feng of the Chinese Football Association, who was in charge of the youth department, called Gao Zheng's home and asked about Gao Zheng's situation.

The initial reply was "I don't know", after all, Gao Zheng didn't go home at that time.

Later, Gao Zheng's father directly said that Gao Zheng suffered a serious injury that might lead to retirement, and his mother hoped that Gao Zheng could go home and take the university entrance examination.

After listening to Director Feng over there, he let out a long sigh, feeling sorry for the news. Then he also said that if Gao Zheng wants to take the university entrance exam, he can come to him if he has any difficulties, and he can help him within his ability.

But Gao Zheng's father politely declined.

Of course, that Director Feng also left the Chinese Football Association after the anti-gambling and anti-crime storm in the football world, and was no longer in charge of any work related to the Football Association. Judging from the fact that he hasn't entered yet, he is indeed innocent in the drug-trafficking and anti-criminal operation that went deep into the Football Association and led to the downfall of many Football Association executives.

Director Feng had always been in contact with Gao Zheng. After he left the Football Association, coupled with the huge changes in the Football Association's personnel, the Chinese Football Association had already cut off contact with Gao Zheng.

So even though Gao Zheng has played in the Sampdoria reserve team for half a season, the Chinese Football Association doesn't know anything about Gao Zheng's latest situation.

Otherwise, maybe he can still appear on TV today?

If so, will the fate of the Chinese Olympic team be changed?

None of these questions are known today.

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Before Gao Zheng left, the Chinese Olympic team went away to play the second round. They were once able to kill Oman and advance to the final stage of the Asian qualifiers.

However, due to the biased penalty of the Iranian black whistle Mohansin Doki, the Olympic team lost to Oman 1:3 and completely missed the London Olympics.

Under the news of this game, in addition to the anger of the fans at the black call and the foreign move in the West Asian football game, there were also very few people who mentioned Gao Zheng's name: If Gao Zheng was still there and not injured, wouldn't this scene be unsatisfactory? will happen?

But this is destined to be just a beautiful vision of the fans, and it is absolutely impossible to realize.

Gao Zheng himself knew nothing about these sporadic voices.

After resting at home for a few days, he packed his luggage and was ready to go again.

Leaving home this time made Gao Zheng's parents feel a little different from before.

They used to think that their children were not suitable for professional football, but their son proved with practical actions that he could gain a foothold in European football.

Parents don't feel like they've been slapped in the face.

They just hope that their children can succeed, but they also have a little worry.

My mother repeatedly told me not to get hurt, and to hide as much as I could on the court.

The father asked directly: "Your left foot..."

Gao Zheng moved his left ankle: "I have played in the Sampdoria reserve team for half a season and have never had any problems. I think it may be good."

"Be careful..."

"I know." Gao Zheng shook the phone in his hand. "Anyway, you all have this, if you need anything, please contact me on WeChat."

After returning home, he also bought the same smartphone for his parents.

Although Dad said that it was too wasteful and unnecessary, on the day he got the new mobile phone, he went downstairs and walked around. In the process of greeting and chatting with the neighbors, did he take out the shiny mobile phone from his pocket? The Apple phone checked the time, and everyone exclaimed enviously.

Don't mention how cool it is to be a father.

While the mother complained to her son that her husband was showing off, she did the same thing when she went grocery shopping...

Seeing his parents doing the same thing but complaining about their beauty, Gao Zheng laughed.

Although he signed a professional contract with Sampdoria, it was the lowest-grade contract, and the salary he got was not high, so he couldn't directly change a house for his parents.

Nevertheless, in the eyes of his parents, his son is already a big money maker.

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After bidding farewell to his parents, Gao Zheng returned to the city where the old man and Director Zhao were located, where he would fly directly to Milan, Italy by plane.

He arrived a day early to visit the old man again, and at the same time check if there was any problem with his smartphone.

Had a meal with Zhao Ju again.

The next day Zhao Ju drove Gao Zheng to the airport in his Iraqi-quality "sacred car".

"I'll buy you a new car, Lao Zhao. Since you want to deliver goods, you must use a good car..." Gao Zheng said to Director Zhao on the way to the airport.

But Director Zhao resolutely rejected Gao Zheng's offer: "No need, brother Zheng. I'm really embarrassed that you bought me a mobile phone. Although the car is a bit broken, it can still be driven, and the maintenance cost is also very low." .When I make money, I will change the car myself."

Seeing that his friend was so determined, Gao Zheng didn't try to persuade him anymore, but just smiled.

Lao Zhao has become sensitive since his legs and feet became weak. He always interprets other people's kindness as "charity" and subconsciously rejects other people's help.

He could accept the mobile phone from Gao Zheng, or Gao Zheng came up with a reason that he really couldn't refuse.

When Lao Zhao's dilapidated Wuling Rongguang just parked at the international departure entrance of the airport terminal, it immediately attracted the attention of everyone around him.

A Volkswagen Sagitar taxi was honking its horn vigorously behind their car, as if dissatisfied with the fact that the Wuling Glory had snatched the parking space he was looking for.

A traffic policeman responsible for maintaining order also came up.

Director Zhao quickly poked his head out from the driver's seat, first waved his hand to apologize to the taxi behind him who kept honking his horn, and then said respectfully to the traffic policeman, "Comrade policeman, I'll see someone off, I'll leave right away..."

"Send it off?" The traffic policeman was wondering, when he saw a handsome guy in the co-pilot grinning at him.

"Sorry, I'll take my luggage and leave."

That handsome face made the traffic policeman a little dizzy - this broken car and his handsome face really didn't match, making him wonder if he had an illusion.

Zhao Ju jumped out of the car, opened the tailgate, and brought down the suitcase and backpack to Gao Zheng.

"Have a safe trip, when it's time to send...Wechat." He slipped it off for a while, planning to say a text message, but fortunately he quickly realized that it was not a text message but a WeChat.

"Okay. Take care of yourself and visit the old man for me when you have time."

"Don't worry, that's my coach too."

Zhao Ju stretched out his hand, intending to shake Gao Zheng, but Gao Zheng hugged him with open arms.

"I'm leaving, Old Zhao, take care of yourself."

After speaking, Gao Zheng put his backpack on his back, pulled up the suitcase, turned around and walked towards the entrance of the terminal without looking back.

Director Zhao stood where he was, watching Gao Zheng's back disappear into the brightly lit entrance of the terminal.

The taxi didn't rush him.

Because including the driver, the two people in the car were staring at the scene in front of them in a daze.

A broken car, a handsome guy, and a hug.

The female passenger sitting in the back seat looked at this scene and murmured: "What a handsome guy, it's a pity he's gay..."

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PS, the game between England and Sweden was uneventful yesterday, and England won easily.

But the match between Croatia and Russia can be described as tragic-although the two teams played not very dirty, but it was very cruel, many players were injured, they fought until exhausted, leading in extra time, then equalizing, and finally penalty kicks Decisive battle... There were not many goals in this game, but it was very intense after entering overtime.

In the final penalty shootout, Croatia was more stable than Russia.

I am very happy that Croatia reached the semi-finals. After all, Croatia has Modric who I like. I still hope that they can go further...

There will be no competition for the next three days, so everyone can continue to rest well.

And the end of the World Cup is getting closer and closer.

I'm a bit reluctant...