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Chapter 353 Finale: Enjoy It
2033年11月30日，2033赛季第38轮中超联赛的收官战正在进行，江苏苏宁队对阵上海上港队。

This game is meaningless. The Suning team has already won the championship 4 rounds ahead of schedule, and the SIPG team is already ineligible for the AFC Champions League.After the Chinese Super League expanded to 20 teams, the Suning team has achieved 6 consecutive championships.

But this game is still the most topical game of this round.

Because this is Shi Hao's last professional match.Half a year ago, he had announced that he would retire after this game.

"I'm 40 years old. Although I can still play football and still love football, it's time to spend more time with my family. Thank you for your support and love. I will still be in the football circle in the future. Although I don't plan to As a coach, I still need to take care of 34 football academies around the country. The mountains will not change, we will see later."

This was Shi Hao's short speech when he held a press conference.

There are no ageless beauties and famous players in the world, and there are no ageless football stars.People also know that Shi Hao will eventually retire one day.I just didn't expect this day to come so soon. He can now score more than 40 goals every season. Apart from a more masculine face, he can't see the erosion of time on him at all.

This is not only Shi Hao's last professional game, but it is also very likely to reach a record: Shi Hao's 1000th goal in a club game in his career.

In the 2033 season, he has scored 41 goals in all competitions, basically locking in the top scorer of the Super League this season in advance.

According to statistics, the total number of club goals in his career at this time has reached 998. If he can score twice in this game, he can reach the "thousand goals" before hanging up his boots.

People certainly hope that he can achieve this achievement-although "thousand goals" is nothing compared to the achievements he has achieved that cannot be described as "brilliant".

Because as early as a few years ago, he had already achieved a thousand goals-that was counting the goals of the national team.

Before announcing his withdrawal from the national team at the age of 37, Shi Hao played 141 times for the national team and scored 129 goals.No one can break this record, at least in a short period of time.

"999!" "999!" In the 17th minute of the game, Shi Hao scored the first goal with a free kick, and a burst of cheers erupted from the packed Nanjing Olympic Center Stadium.

Shi Hao did not revel, he walked slowly to the sidelines, waved to the fans, and hugged his teammates and the head coach one by one on the bench.

What he did, the referee did not stop the scenery, and the opponents did not protest.He deserves that respect, especially since this is his last professional game.

Before the game, SIPG players spoke on Weibo one after another: "I feel very honored to be the opponent of Shi Hao in his last professional match."

"Although my self-esteem does not allow me to tolerate senior Shi Hao setting the club's thousand-goal record on us, I sincerely hope that senior can achieve this goal."

"I grew up watching my seniors play football. He has always been my idol. My room is covered with posters of him. Now I will be his opponent in the last game before he retires. Now I feel really happy. It's indescribable."

"@石浩, senior, let you score 5 tomorrow, don't retire, okay? I think you can play for another 20 years."

"@石浩, you can score as many as you want tomorrow, please, don't retire, okay? Let's try to reach the World Cup finals together next year."

In the ensuing games, the players of SIPG obviously didn't let Shi Hao "score as many as he wanted", and Shi Hao was under the focus of marking as always.

Seeing Shi Hao's vigorous figure that is not inferior to young people, the on-site commentator couldn't help sighing: "His dribbling breakthrough is still so sharp. Although his speed is not as good as before, he is still hard to guard against. He really shouldn't retire. , scoring 40 goals a season, which is still the level of top players, I really don't understand."

On the other hand, regardless of whether Shi Hao is with the ball or without the ball, the live broadcasts almost always focus on him.The commentator's tone was choked with sobs: "Please take a look at this back - in the future, you will no longer be able to see it on the court. He is the greatest football player and football artist ever. I think Those records he created will not be broken for a long time."

A commentator on a live webcast platform talked about the familiar data: "... In 2015, he won the Golden Globe for the first time. Then from 2017 to 2025, he won the Golden Globe and the World Cup for nine consecutive times. Footballer of the Year Award. In 9, he transferred to Suning on a free transfer and stayed away from mainstream European football, so he didn’t win this award again.”

"From the 2012-2013 season, except for those two injured seasons, he has been the top scorer in his league, and no one has been able to challenge his status. He has won the Portuguese Super League top scorer once, 1 Top scorer in Ligue 1, 3 times in the Premier League - once at Chelsea, 2 times at Liverpool. 4 times in Serie A, 3 times in La Liga, 7 times in the Chinese Super League."

"Before him, it was the era when Melo's twin stars shined. After him, he is the ruler of the court."

"In the national team competition, his highest achievement is the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup. Presumably many fans and friends remember that competition..."

"In the 2030 World Cup, the Chinese team, known as the strongest national team and the favorite to win the championship, was eliminated in the group stage. After that, Shi Hao chose to retire from the national team. To be honest, we all owe him a World Cup The championship trophy. For him, perhaps the biggest regret is not being able to win the World Cup."

In the 41st minute of the game, Shi Hao took advantage of the opponent's mistake to grab a spot in the penalty area and make another victory.

Countless fans burst into tears. "1000 balls!"

A strange scene appeared.After the goal was scored by Shi Hao, the SIPG players not only did not feel discouraged, but instead stepped forward to shake hands with Shi Hao, smiling all over their faces.The referee was also very interesting. He walked into the goal and picked up the football and handed it to Shi Hao. He conjured a pen out of nowhere and asked Shi Hao to sign it.Shi Hao signed it readily.

Then Shi Hao asked the referee to wait for a while before announcing the re-kick-off. Under the admiring eyes of tens of thousands of people, he walked to the sidelines and took out his mobile phone to return to the court. He said with a smile, "Let's take a photo together to commemorate it?"

The players of the SIPG team have no objections, and being able to take a photo with their idol is a dream. Four referee officials also came to join in the fun, so there was a dumbfounding scene on the field.

Originally, Shi Hao didn't want to score any more goals, but after the game restarted, another forward of the Suning team was tripped by a SIPG player when he received a pass from Shi Hao and was about to shoot. The referee awarded a penalty kick.

All the players of the Suning team pushed Shi Hao to take the penalty kick: "This is your last penalty kick." They all knew that Shi Hao would be replaced after the intermission, and it would be over since then. career.

The SIPG goalkeeper also ran up to Shi Hao and said affectionately: "No one will be able to defend your shot from now on—give me this honor, and let me slam your shot for the last time!"

Shi Hao thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.

Standing in front of the penalty spot, he suddenly remembered a lot.I remembered the first time I played for Inter Milan in the league and scored a goal against Parma.He recalled his first Champions League final, a hat-trick against Real Madrid.He thought of the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup. They fell at the feet of the French team and failed to reach the final. At that time, he and Jun Yingzhi, 29 years old, hugged each other and cried with tears in their eyes, because they both knew it was It was the closest they got to their dream, and there would be no such opportunity in the future... He remembered the first time he met Liu Xiyu, in the classroom under the setting sun, the lights and shadows were mottled.He remembered the draft of the Nerazzurri's trip to China, and thought of Tan Wanjun, those hidden feelings.He looked up in the stands—he couldn't see Liu Xiyu, but he knew she was there, watching him with a smile, waiting for him to go home after the game.This woman who has silently dedicated 31 years behind him.

After the referee whistled, he was distracted for more than a minute.No one urged him.No one protested.This is likely to be his last back on the court.Everyone watches greedily, just wanting one more look...

Then Shi Hao started to run up.In fact, he doesn't care whether the goal is scored or not.He doesn't even care if he can reach the record of [-] goals.After the defeat in the World Cup, he has understood a truth: victory or defeat is only momentary, but football is eternal.

So no matter whether the goal is scored or not, no matter whether his legend will have a perfect ending, he will continue to like football and continue to engage in football-related activities in the future.Maybe even wear slippers to play amateur league.

He has won too many championships, and now he really doesn't care about winning or losing, or scoring goals.

Enjoy it.

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Shi Hao's story ends here. 80 words is not too much. The original plan was to write 200 million words, but various reasons made me choose to end it early.Although most of the plot has been cut, I hope you still think this is a good story.Well, I admit that my storytelling ability still needs to be improved, and I hope the next book will be better.

I still think about him, and I still want to continue the legendary journey with him, but it's a pity.It is also a pity that Shi Hao did not win the World Cup, but life is not perfect.

Just go here.

Thank you for the support of all book friends, no amount of nasty words can express my touch.Please pay attention to my new book, still starting at the starting point: Tycoon of Two Worlds. (Urban)
Goodbye.

(End of this chapter)