football redemption

Chapter 1

Before you tell a story, ask yourself two questions:
What comes to mind when you think of Italy?
1: Food

2: Renaissance

3: Football

4: Mafia
5: Nagging
6:Other
What do you think of when you think of Sicily?
1: "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily"

2: Mafia
3: Football
4: Incomparable beauty.

5: Other

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Brother Xun, who is a European, once said: "If you don't go to Sicily, it's like you haven't been to Italy. Sicily is the source of beauty in Italy."

Trapani is a walkable historical old city on the beautiful island of Sicily. The city is small and can be visited in a day.

The most famous scenic spot is the Baroque-style San Natorio Palace. The best local school is the Trapani Conservatory of Music. People here are not fast-paced and very leisurely.
So you don’t have to rush at all, boldly forget the pace of “Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou”, calmly and comfortably order a piece of Italian ice cream, take a piece of brioche bread, and enjoy the beauty of Trapani with the gentle sea breeze and the afterglow of the setting sun.

In this beautiful small city with a population of less than [-], the locals have two things that are the same as other places in Italy, one is chatting (chatting) and the other is football.

Many people say that Italian football is chain defense football. In the eyes of the locals, Italian football is happy football.

The joy of football is only what you can't think of, and there is nothing you can't do.

Shaggy, 15, is enjoying soccer right now, having just won a soccer game with a kid from another neighborhood.

Winning is a joy, but greater joy comes from the victor's privilege.

Children's football game winners do not have bonuses and honors, but this does not prevent them from finding their own happiness.

They stipulate that the winner can ask the loser to stand at any position in front of the goal, with his back to the goal and his hands on his head.The winner then kicks the football towards the goal post, which bounces off the crossbar onto the loser.

The winner cannot kick the football directly to the loser, the loser cannot peek with his back to the goal, his feet cannot move away from the ground, but his body can twist or bend at will.

The 11 players on the winner's side have a total of 5 free throws. The loser's side does not need all of them to be punished. They can choose 11 of their 3 players to play and stand in the position designated by the opponent's free throw player.

3 people is a reasonable number of people. If there are too many free throwers, blind cats will encounter dead mice. If there are less than 3 people, it will be too difficult. The winner will not find the feeling of victory.

This kind of penalty first requires the penalty kicker to hit the crossbar or goal post at the penalty position. Except for the Chinese national football team, it is difficult for the Bayabi Netherlands and Shuangya international football team to meet this requirement.

Hitting the goal post is only the first step. You also need to calculate the angle and strength to make it bounce back. If you hit the punished person's position, you will want to hit the punished person's buttocks if you have good footwork, because the punished person can bend down, and the upper body can be avoided.

In short, not to mention children's footwork, even ordinary players in professional leagues need some luck to hit five or six out of ten, so the probability of physical injury to these punished children is extremely low, and the main torture comes from psychology.

The children who play with Xia Qi range from 11 to 16 years old. Xia Qi is 15 years old this year and is considered relatively older among this group of children.

Children's football, in fact, age has a great influence on the level. The age of each player in the music academy block team led by Xia Qi is almost 12-15 years old.

The rival Yanchang team is different. Their youngest Anthony is only 11 years old this year, and their oldest leader Arthur is 16 years old this year.

This Arthur is the king of the kids of the two teams, and his fighting power is one of the best both on and off the field, but football is not played alone after all, otherwise Melo would not be short of a World Cup.

The Conservatory of Music team led by Xia Qi and the Salt Fields team led by Arthur are old rivals. The two sides have their own victories and losses in the battle. The main reason is that Arthur, the king of the kids, is like today. Without shooting boots, the Xia Qi team won.

Everywhere there was class, and so did the kids' teams, and the failed Salt Flats neighborhood team punished the youngest, Anthony, Joseph, and David.

Shaggy arranges Anthony, Joseph, and David to stand on the left side of the goal. He is a right-footed player. The football is scored from the right and hits the crossbar and bounces to the left. This rebound is about 45 degrees, which is the angle that Shaggy concluded is most likely to hit people.

He arranged for Anthony to stand on the left goal line, Joseph to stand on the diagonal to Anthony's right hand, and David to stand on the diagonal to Anthony's left, forming a triangle.

Xia Qi knew that his footwork was not very precise, so he didn't let the three of them line up in a straight line. If they were arranged in a triangle, the area would be larger. Maybe they still couldn't hit the person, but the probability of the ball falling in the triangle would be higher.

Children's shots are not powerful enough, so Anthony in the top corner is the most dangerous. Who is to say he is the youngest? Class is everywhere.

The two sides usually punish in the same way. On weekdays, five shots are often missed four or five times. Maybe they can often hit the crossbar in the game, but when it comes to kicking the crossbar, it is very difficult to hit it.

It's that amazing!It's so wicked!
The three people who were punished had also been punished before. Knowing that the probability of "winning" is very low, they laughed and mocked Xia Qi: "Hurry up, Xia Qi, are your feet soft?"

Xia Qi ignored the clamor of the three people, hugged the football and wiped off the mud and water stains on it with his jersey, then put it on the penalty spot, and took five or six steps back.

Squinting and aiming at the crossbar with one eye, as if kicking and shooting, it needs to be calibrated.

Run up and shoot the crossbar!

Vigorously miracle!
"Booom!"

A loud bang!
Anthony, Joseph, and David held their heads in their hands, with their chests upright, with an expression of "I'm brave and I'm not afraid", standing bravely like a proud pine tree that is not afraid of winter snow.

Normally, this may be right, because it has both face and sympathy. It is already very rare for the boys to hit the crossbar, and it is even more trivial to be able to reflect it.

But today is different, Shakio is the king.

"Booom!"

There was a loud noise, and the three children were very experienced and bowed down with their heads in their hands, making sure that their upper body would not be hit.

"Oops!" Little Anthony screamed, and the football hit his bent back.

"Oh! Nicoli! (Italian: Victory, Win)" the little boys in the Conservatory of Music neighborhood jumped, jumped and shouted excitedly, and some who were close to Shaggy rushed into the penalty area to give Shaggy a high-five.

This kind of punishment for children has an extremely low hit rate, which is even more difficult than scoring goals in a game, but today they won the lottery.

Little Anthony lay on the lawn, wiping away his tears secretly. He knew he couldn't cry, and he couldn't run away, otherwise he would be a coward and a crybaby, and no one would play with him in the future.

After being hit once, the three little boys were no longer as relaxed as before. They were all a little nervous and scared.

This kind of punishment, fear is not from physical pain but psychological.

"Clang!"

The three boys bent over with their heads in their arms, and the football landed two meters in front of Little Anthony like a cannonball.

"Oh!" Everyone felt sorry for him, but who knew that little Anthony's heart was beating so fast!His face turned pale with fright.

so close!

Too dangerous!

Little Anthony's feet were trembling. He saw Xia Qi stretching out his arms and raising his thumb to measure something. Little Anthony had seen artillerymen use this action in movies and TV shows.

"Mai Kar, when did Xia Qi learn to measure? No wonder he is so accurate today."

The more little Anthony watched, the more he felt that Xia Qi had mastered a new technology instead of being lucky. Thinking of this made him even more frightened, and his legs shook even more.

"Booom!"

The football hits the crossbar but bounces outward.

"Oh!" A sigh is the pity of the bystanders.

"Ah!" was the scream of the three punished children.The three of them turned their backs to the goal and didn't know that the football was flying outwards. They couldn't help screaming in fear when they heard the sound of the football hitting the crossbar.

Xia Qi was really good at hitting the head today. He hit the crossbar three times, and every time the sound hit the fragile hearts of the three children.

Little Anthony cried, attracting everyone's attention.

"Haha, look, Anthony is scared to pee." Xia Qi's best friend, James, pointed at Anthony and laughed.

Little Anthony let out a wow, finally cried out, turned and ran away.

Everyone booed and laughed unscrupulously behind him, even his teammates were no exception.

Xia Qi didn't know that if he hit the small one, he would grow old. He didn't realize the danger, so he let the opponent fill up the personnel and continue.

Not long after, Anthony brought his 20-year-old brother Andrew back to face.

"Boy, are you the one who bullied my brother?"

Andrew pretended to be tough, and deliberately unbuttoned the two buttons of his jacket to reveal his muscular chest muscles.

"Call..."

The children were dissatisfied. Although they were a little scared, they made "shame-faced" expressions because of the large number of people.

Little Anthony, who had changed his pants, blushed and held his brother's hand uneasily.

Andrew understands his younger brother's uneasiness. His childhood is also like this. He knows the rules of the game Shaqi and the others play, and he also knows that these "stinky boys" are bullying his younger brother. The loss is the responsibility of the whole team. Why is Anthony the one who is punished?
He forgot that when he was fifteen or sixteen years old, he also let the youngest one go to the top of the bag.

Andrew couldn't say what was in his heart, and no one wanted to play with him after the words came out of Little Anthony's mouth.

Players who are unwilling to bear penalties for losing games cannot find playmates.

"Okay, boy! Let's play another game, and I won't bully you. I'm older, and I'll team up with the youngest of you, so everyone's average age is about the same. It's fair!"

"Xia, Andrew is from the Trapani youth team." James reminded that he was afraid that Xia Qi would suffer.

The city of Trapani is very small, with a small population, and he is the elder brother of his playmate. Shaqi actually knew that Anthony's elder brother was a semi-professional player very early on.

The Trapani team is now an Italian second-tier team. According to Italian regulations, there must be a youth team, but it is difficult for a small town with a population of less than [-] to have a youth training camp for [-] people. Therefore, the youth team receives a meager guaranteed salary and needs part-time jobs to support themselves.

Of course, such a youth training camp is also difficult to retain good seedlings. This phenomenon is not only unique to Trapani, but also to the entire Sicilian team. All youth training talents are almost poached by Cagliari in Sardinia and Naples, its neighbor outside the island.

This is also an important reason why Sicily, the largest island, has never had a Serie A team.Another reason is that the underground black ball in Sicily is very rampant, crowding out the sunny league space on the bright side.

Young people always have some arrogance, and the semi-professional Andrew is not intimidating.

Arthur and Xia Qi exchanged glances. They both believed that football is a team sport. Can a lion lead a group of sheep to eat meat?

Believe in yourself and not be afraid of others, the two agreed when they reached a cooperation intention.

Although Arthur and Xia Qi are not in the same neighborhood, they often play together, and they still have a friendship. At this time, they meet an "outsider" and they are naturally united.

It is better to have no books than to believe in books!
Xia Qi and Arthur thought that the "gorilla" could be killed by teamwork, so they slapped the face, but...

This is like Melo leading the primary school students in a game against college students. The winning side must be the college student team, but if Mero leads the primary school students in a match against the Chinese men's football team, no objection is allowed. The winning side must be the primary school team led by Melo.

This face-slapping game was almost like this. Little Anthony only needs to kick the football to his brother Andrew, and the latter will be OK+KO by one-stop express delivery.

Arthur and Xia Qi, who want to play as a team, have a beautiful ideal, but a skinny reality.

Don't forget that Andrew is not fighting alone, there are 9 elementary school students, and the energy of elementary school students is beyond your imagination.

As soon as Xia Qi received Arthur's pass, he was surrounded by two little brothers. Xia Qi smashed the ball with his left foot, and passed the football with his right foot.

In this way, they easily passed the pincer attack of the two, and the extraordinary action won the applause from the outside, but the offensive rhythm of the whole team slowed down. At this time, the big man Andrew also killed.

Xia Qi guarded the football like a little brother, turned around, felt like being hit by a truck on his left shoulder, and fell backwards involuntarily. At this time, his mind was thinking of not falling, so he didn't care about the football.

Pete, who was the referee on the field, hesitated and didn't blow the whistle. The young man's heart is relatively simple and there is no evil intention. Although he belongs to Xia Qi's group, he is right for the profession of referee in black, which makes many "judges" in black in the league feel ashamed.

Pete thought about it for a while, and Andrew didn't violate the football rules. He didn't deflect the whistle to indicate that it was a good shot, and the game continued.

The unreasonable Andrew broke the ball unceremoniously, and rushed towards the goal like a whirlwind.

The friends on the sidelines shouted anxiously for the players on the field: "Defend! Defend!"

During this process, Arthur and James on Shaqi’s side also wanted to steal the ball, but they were both overwhelmed by Andrew. They reached the penalty area in the blink of an eye, and Andrew shouted at the goalkeeper Russell: “Goal!”

Russell Jr. saw the football whizzing towards him, the speed and strength were definitely not something he could catch.

So he roared like Kahn with a strong and imposing "Ah", chose Zhang Fei's voice defense of Dangyang Bridge, and felt at ease as a wooden man.

"Why didn't you save the ball?" Arthur growled at Russell angrily.

Little Russell pouted aggrievedly, didn't talk back but replied in his heart, I have saved the ball, use your mouth!
Xia Qi rushed to pat Arthur on the back: "It's my fault, I shouldn't stick to the ball." Then he said to Russell: "Next time he shoots if he can shoot, save it. If he can't shoot, don't hold the ball, it will hurt you."

Little Russell was smiling all over his face, and said with a confident smile, "I'm not that stupid."

Then Shaggy shouted at the discouraged friends: "Don't stick to the ball, remember what Uncle Jackson said? Play like Barcelona and Arsenal."

Uncle Jackson is a single alcoholic in the city. He heard from adults that he once played for the Serie A giants Inter Milan and was teammates with Balotelli, the former national treasure of Italy.

This experience made him very tall in the eyes of children.

Serie A giants Inter Milan and superstar Balotelli are too tall for this small town, at least as high as three floors.

When Uncle Jackson is sober, he will also teach the children to play football. A single alcoholic has no friends, except for these children who like football.

Facing Andrew, who is far superior to himself, let the offense speed up and prevent him from touching the ball. After all, there is only one football, and fast advancement and quick transfer are the best ways to deal with Andrew.

The right technique and tactics must be implemented with strength, otherwise it is empty talk.

The Xiaqi team wants to speed up the offense, but there are nine younger brothers who want to overthrow the "boss" and want to be "upper". The constant interception and steals make Xiaqi and Arthur unable to speed up. The skills of Xiaqi and Arthur are considered top-notch among the small partners, but they have not yet reached the point of being crushed.

As an old saying goes, the king of Hades loves to mess with little ghosts.It is often the inconspicuous factors that determine the outcome.

Whether it is domestic or Italian, elementary school students are not easy to mess with!

The Xiaqi team couldn't get rid of the entanglement of the elementary school students, so they couldn't revitalize the football quickly, and they must have been crushed by Andrew's absolute strength.

Andrew steals the ball from Shaqi's feet and throws a "wink" at his younger brother, and Anthony, who understands it, happily rushes towards the goal.

Andrew slowly rolled the football to attract a lot of firepower from the Xiaqi team. Children played wild football without any rules, and almost everyone rushed towards the football.

Therefore, Andrew alone attracted the competition of many people such as Shakey, Arthur, James, etc. The gap in age and skills made Andrew become the Messi of Trapani City.

Andrew made a fake shot, let Russell keep the goal with the dolphin sound again, and then flicked the football to give his brother an assist.

Little Anthony, who was secretly lurking on the left side of the goal and holding a 30-meter machete, was hungry and thirsty. He smiled and accepted the gift, stabbed and shot, and easily broke through the gate of the wooden goalkeeper.

After scoring the goal, little Anthony happily jumped on Andrew's back and let his brother run around the field with him on his back.

Happy to have a kid with a brother!

Several primary school students of the Anthony team looked at the two brothers in envy.

"Brother, this is my good friend Joseph, can you help him score a goal?"

"no problem!"

"Me, I'm also a good friend of Anthony."

"Okay, I'll give you an assist too."

"And I"

"..."

Little damage, strong insult!
Listen, the Anthony team has started "rewarding for merit" (distributing goals).

Ignored!The more anxious the Xiaqi team became, the more disorderly they became. Andrew saw that the two-goal lead was in sight, and coupled with the big bullying the little ones, he really had no sense of accomplishment, so he sent out assists frequently.

Don't look at Russell defending the goal with his mouth against Andrew. His shot against other people is entirely Buffon's.Being able to sit firmly in the position of the first goalkeeper of the Kids Street team, there are two brushes, Russell saves the truth of "the weak team's goalkeeper".

The Xiaqi team saw that their own goal was frequently in a hurry, and they became more and more anxious.

The steals of both sides became rough and intense, losing the charm of Latin football, and both teams believed that hard work would make miracles.

A steal by Shaqi, the football hit Pulixis calf and bounced and hit Andrew's crotch. The pain caused him to squat for 2 minutes. Fortunately, he is a big man. If it was Anthony Jr., he might have to be sent to the hospital.

Not long after, Xia Qi hit the goal post with a long-range shot. It happened just right, and it bounced back and hit Andrew in the face.

Andrew's nose was sour. It was Xia Qi who won the lottery twice and made him suspect that Xia Qi did it on purpose: "Boy, you did it on purpose!"

"How can this be intentional?"

"You do it on purpose, you measure and you calculate."

Little Anthony's accusation made Andrew even more suspicious.

"What! How is this measured and calculated?"

"This kind of bouncing ball is God's will, how could Shaqi do it on purpose?!" James is helping Shaqi, and what he said is also true.

Several people quarreled together.

At this time, "Boom!"!
Arthur kicked the football hard towards Andrew, hitting him and yelling, "Shaggy! Run!"

It's over, pig teammate, cheating!This time it was yellow mud that fell into the crotch, it was either shit or shit.

Xia Qi saw that Andrew's eyes were red, like an angry bull, knowing that no matter how much he explained, it would be useless to reason with an angry bull?Silly, shouted: "James, let's run.", turned around and ran.

"Boy, stop for me! I must beat you to death!"

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