There is a belief called football

Chapter 293 Hard To Say Goodbye
The match was over, Qi Bing cried, Wei Xiao held his head in his arms.Zhang Xizhe was crying, Li Weifeng went over to pat his head, comforting him, others like Zhou Dun just bent over, put their hands on their thighs and bowed their heads in silence, no one could see his expression clearly, maybe he was crying too.

The players on the bench stood up and walked into the court to wave. Many of them hadn't even played for a minute in the four games, but they were also part of the Chinese team. Now it's the curtain call. Maybe it's a pity, maybe it's a reluctance, but no matter what, they are also the protagonists today.

After a short silence, Stan walked into the field, one by one, he went to hug his players, comfort them, no, not comfort, the lads have done a great job, all he has to do is tell them that.

"You guys are great and I'm so proud of you," Stan told everyone.

Stan saw Qi Bing who was in tears, and hugged him, "The competition is over, I will give you a day off tomorrow, go to the streets of Brazil to chat up girls here", Stan laughed out loud.

Qi Bing asked half-crying and half-smiling: "Can I go to Rio? There are many beauties there."

Stan laughed louder, rubbed Qi Bing's head vigorously, and said, "Go, I don't care about you."

Then Stan walked towards Zhou Dun, "Very well done, a match with no regrets".

Zhou Dun nodded with a wry smile.

Stan held Zhou Dun's cheeks and said, "You are the vice-captain, you should comfort the other teammates. I will give you a task. Have you seen the five children on the bench? You are responsible for comforting them."

Zhou Dun nodded.

"Remember, anyone on a team can go down, but you can't because you're the captain."

This sentence is a pun, and Stan is very clear that this must be Zheng Zhi's last World Cup, and Zhou Dun will be the captain of the Chinese team in the future.

"I see, I'm sorry coach",
"No need to apologize, go ahead and comfort those crying little players, they are the future of Chinese football."

After Zhou Dun, Stan went to other players. To young people, Stan was like Qi Bing, comforting them. To the future pillars of the team, such as Zhou Dun, Stan talked more about responsibility with them.

After talking with everyone, Stan suddenly realized that there seemed to be one missing. When he remembered, he turned around and looked at Li Qiao who was sitting on the bench watching the court silently. Stan thought to himself: "This person can be skipped. I don't need to tell him anything, he will understand."

*****
Li Qiao silently watched the Ukrainian players celebrating. He seemed to have returned to Kiev 10 years ago. At that time, we were friends, training together, growing up together, being happy together, and being scolded together.

The 20-year-old Li Qiao looked over, his eyes were full of himself when he was 10 years old, and when he looked back suddenly, his eyes were full of tears.

Brahimi, Kobin, Zhedov, I remember we had a fight and bet on a bottle of soda together. It was so beautiful at that time. No matter how brilliant the future is, the most memorable is the years when we were in the youth training together. No matter how big you are now, in my eyes, you will always be that naive little black "Prahimi".

Perhaps losing to you is the best result. Youth cannot be reversed, but good memories are eternal.

*****
Just when Li Qiao was feeling sad, the Ukrainian players did not forget Li Qiao, and they ran towards Li Qiao after interacting with the fans.

"Joe, take the t-shirt off, let's swap jerseys," Prahimi said.

"Why don't you ask Li Qiao if he agrees," Corbin said.

Prahimi chuckled, "Do I still need to be like this with Joe?"
Li Qiao handed the jersey to Prahimi, and then took the jersey from Prahimi's hand. Corbin said, "But I also want to exchange jerseys with Li Qiao."

Corbin touched the jersey in Brahimi's hand and said, "Why don't we share this one between the two of us?"
Prahimi's expression changed immediately, as if a child had been robbed of his toy, he hid the jersey behind his back.

Li Qiao was amused by this scene, "Korbin, I will supply you later."

Corbin nodded, and he took off the jersey and handed it to Li Qiao. Before it was over, Zhzhov behind Corbin also gave the jersey to Li Qiao, so for the first time in the history of the World Cup, one jersey was exchanged for the opponent's three jerseys. This scene is probably unprecedented.

Li Qiao finally couldn't hold back anymore, he stood up and hugged the three people, Corbin, Brahimi, and Zhedov were also very excited, the four big men all had the urge to cry, Li Qiao finally patted the three of them and said: "See you next time, I will definitely not lose to you."

Prahimi chuckled and said, "I'm looking forward to it. I met an injured Li Qiao today. It was too easy for me to win. It's not fun."

"Fuck you, if I wasn't hurt, you would have been beaten to tears by now."

The four of them laughed and high-fived each other, agreeing that they will fight next time, and you are not welcome.

*****
After Corbin, Prahimi, and Zytov left, Marsh walked towards Li Qiao, and Li Qiao was surprised. In fact, he didn't like Marsh very much, probably because Li Qiao didn't like people with deep palaces, and Marsh was the kind of wily and calculating person.

"Joe," Marsh said first.

Marsh is now concurrently serving as the head coach of the Ukrainian national team, and his job is still the head coach of Dynamo Kiev. This situation is very common in the crony Ukrainian football, as was the case with the old Blokhin.

"Hello Coach",
"If you are not injured, I think the Chinese team should be cheering now," Marsh said as a compliment to Li Qiao.

"Hehe, football is a whole. The Ukrainian team is very strong under your guidance. I hope you can go further."

"thanks",
Li Qiao didn't want to talk too much with Marsh, because he could only say "I wish you success" with Marsh, which didn't feel interesting.

"Coach, I should go back to the locker room, I hope to see you later," Li Qiao said.

Marsh smiled slightly and said, "I don't think it will be long."

"What do you mean by that?"Li Qiao thought to himself, the other party obviously meant something.

Marsh's eyes were vicious, seeing Li Qiao's reaction, he continued to say: "Hasn't Stan told you?"
"tell me what"?
Marsh smiled knowingly and said: "According to FIFA regulations, you should ask him first."After finishing speaking, Marsh left, leaving Li Qiao, who was puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, standing there alone.

*****
After the game, when the Chinese team appeared in the mixed interview area, they were still welcomed by the victors. The reporters gave Stan warm applause, and the fans stopped by the guards shouted at the Chinese team: "Stan, renew the contract... Stan, renew the contract".

Stan said concernedly to the fans in the distance: "I hope the guards are kinder to them", and then the brief interview began.

The question that the reporters are most concerned about is the same as that of the fans, that is whether Stan will sign the new contract. When Milu led the Chinese team to the World Cup, he retired bravely. Now many people are worried that Stan will do the same. After all, no one wants Chinese football to wait another 12 years for another glory.

"Will you renew your contract"?
"That's a good question," Stein said.

Everyone is happy, but what I look forward to more is that Stan will give you an accurate answer.

"I don't know if everyone is satisfied with my job and wants me to stay",
As soon as the words fell, the fans on the outer layer shouted like a tsunami: "Satisfied, satisfied...". The post-match interview was also broadcast live. At this moment in China, I don't know how many people shouted in front of the TV: "Damn, do you still need to ask?"
Stan was a little emotional at this time, "I'm sorry, I'll take it easy."

Everyone waited patiently with the microphone, and finally Stan said: "Okay then, see you in Russia".

With that, Stan turned and left the mixed interview area.

After 2 seconds, everyone realized, "YAAAAA...", Stan stayed! !

*****
After returning to the hotel, the players are free agents. Those who want to leave will leave Brazil tomorrow, but Stan wants to stay. He will continue to stay in Brazil to watch the game. Many players also expressed their wish to stay and study.

"You don't have to do this, our World Cup trip is over, don't you have your own family, and you still cling to me"?
Qi Bing said: "Stan, you are my family."

"But I don't really want to be your family",
Everyone laughed, but in fact everyone really wanted to stay. On the one hand, the World Cup every four years is a rare learning opportunity for the players. On the other hand, the players are now completely accustomed to the "World Cup time" and really don't want to change immediately.

"Okay, raise your hands if you want to stay",
In unison, all 23 hands were raised.

"There is one thing I want to make clear to you first. After our World Cup trip is over, the main committee will no longer arrange hotels for us. We have to pay for it ourselves."

Li Weifeng stood up and said: "No, coach, I will pay you your share."

Stan thought to himself: "Wow, these guys are very generous".

Others also stood up and rushed to say: "No, I will pay Stan's share".

"Still grabbing it for me? Is this the legendary overflow of character?"thought Stan.

"Stop, there is no need to grab it anymore, I will pay for my money myself, everyone agrees to stay, and those who disagree will leave tomorrow."

At the end of Stan's words, the matter was decided so happily.

*****
After everyone left, Li Qiao found Stan alone. He wanted to ask something, but Marsh was also hesitant to speak at that time, so Li Qiao didn't know where to start for a while.

He could only tell Stan exactly what Marsh and himself said after today's game. In order to express it more clearly, he played two roles.

After 10 minutes of rambling, Stan seemed to understand something, and he suddenly said: "Oh, that thing, but before I say it, Joe, I may have to apologize to you first."

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