Football: Starting from the 05 World Youth Championship

After the game, Kaka found Lin Feng and offered to exchange jerseys with him.

"Congratulations, you win this time, but I won't admit defeat!"

Lin Feng took off his jersey and replied:
"It doesn't matter, I'll be waiting for you to challenge me here!"

Kaka rolled his eyes:
"It's like you can defend the championship and you're not afraid of getting your tongue stuck when you brag!"

Since the reform of the Champions League, no team has ever been able to defend the title.

There may be gaps among the five major leagues, but the levels of the top clubs in each league are not that different.

In addition, the Champions League schedule is interspersed with the league, and is greatly affected by the league.

So if you want to win the championship, in addition to having strong strength, you also need some luck.

If they are unlucky and encounter strong resistance in the league, or are affected by a wave of injuries, even top clubs will fail.

Lin Feng smiled indifferently:

"Records always need to be broken. Who can say for sure about such things?"

Kaka didn't continue talking nonsense with him. He took the jersey and turned away.

Just as Lin Feng was about to return to the locker room to wash up, he was caught by a group of teammates.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? Let me go!"

After realizing his teammates' intentions, Lin Feng was so scared that he shouted.

However, his teammates seemed not to hear him. They shouted "one, two, three" and threw him high into the air together.

Enjoying the same treatment as Lin Feng is Inter Milan's head coach Mancini.

"Haha, Inter Milan's players are celebrating their victory. Lin Feng and Mancini, as the two major contributors to the championship, are enjoying the warm hospitality of their teammates!"

The two CCTV commentators couldn't help laughing when they saw this.

Lin Feng's performance in this game was amazing. He scored all the goals for the team by himself and stood up many times when the team was in adversity.

It can be said that without him, Inter Milan would not have this Champions League trophy.

He enjoys this courtesy from his teammates, he deserves it!

As for Mancini, although many people doubted him at the beginning of the season, he proved his ability with three championship trophies: league, cup and Champions League.

Although he still has a gap in coaching experience compared to the world's top coaches, after winning the Champions League trophy, he has already stepped into the threshold of the world's top coaches.

……

The staff on site were very efficient and built a podium in just a few minutes.

Players from both teams lined up on both sides of the podium and took turns to receive awards from senior UEFA officials.

As runners-up, Milan's players ranked ahead of Inter Milan.

UEFA's new president Michel Platini personally put silver medals on the Milan players, and on the tray next to them were twenty gold medals.

Looking at the golden medal, Torres couldn't help but get excited. He nudged Lin Feng with his elbow and asked:
"Tell me, is that medal really made of gold?"

Before Lin Feng could answer, his teammates beside him spoke up first:

"You're dreaming. How could this thing be made of gold? It's good enough if it's plated with gold!"

"Tsk, how stingy! Even if they really give me a gold medal, it's nothing. It doesn't cost that much!"

"This is not about money. The gold medals of the Olympics and the World Cup are not made of pure gold!"

"Ah? Even the World Cup is so stingy?"

Torres was stunned when he heard the news.

In his opinion, the weight of a gold medal is probably around two or three hundred grams. Even if it is replaced with a real gold medal made of pure gold, its weight will not exceed 1 kilogram.

According to the current gold price, even if it is a real gold medal, its value is only 30,000 to 40,000 euros at most.

For Torres, whose market value exceeds 3000 million euros, this is not really high.

But the Champions League awards about 40 gold medals every year. If they were really made entirely of pure gold, it would cost one or two million euros.

This expenditure is a considerable burden for UEFA.

So naturally they try to save as much as possible. Each gold medal is only plated with six grams of gold, not a penny more.

Anyway, this thing is just a symbol of honor. Does anyone really expect to get rich from it?
Lin Feng didn't want to listen to Torres' nonsense, so he looked up and saw Platini putting the medal on Kaka.

Platini seemed to say something to Kaka, and the award ceremony took noticeably longer than for other AC Milan players.

The silver medal is definitely not an honor for Milan players, so most of them took off the medals hanging on their chests as soon as they left the podium.

But there were a few who didn't do that, and Kaka was one of them.

Lin Feng guessed that the other party probably wanted to use this to motivate himself to continue struggling so that he could avenge his previous shame in the future!

After awarding the prizes to Milan's players, it was soon Inter's turn.

Everyone lined up and took turns to go forward, feeling nervous and excited.

"Congratulations!"

With a professional smile on his face, Platini personally hung medals around the necks of Inter Milan players.

"Congratulations, Lin, you did a great job today!"

In this game, Lin Feng was named MVP. In addition, he scored 17 goals in the Champions League, which greatly refreshed the Champions League single-season goal record.

So when he was awarded the award, in addition to wearing a gold medal, he also wore a trophy symbolizing the Champions League Golden Boot.

Platini personally put the medal around Lin Feng's neck, and took the opportunity to give him the award to chat with him for a few more words:
"It's been a long time since I've seen a player as young and outstanding as you. You're amazing!"

"Thank you for your compliment, Mr. Chairman. I am still far from being good at playing football and I need to learn a lot from you, my senior!"

Lin Feng was a person who said one thing to one person and another thing to another person. Seeing that Platini was so polite, he also said a few words to him insincerely.

Platini was a midfielder by training and he was very strong.

At his peak, he won the Ballon d'Or for three consecutive years and the FIFA World Player of the Year for two consecutive years.

In three years, he led Juventus to win a Champions League, a Cup Winners' Cup and a Champions League runner-up.

Such explosive performances earned him the title of "Emperor of Football", making him the undisputed number one in Europe at that time.

It’s just that Platini has retired for many years, and his past glory has long faded away with the passage of time.

At this time, Lin Feng's flattery just hit his itch, and Platini's eyes almost narrowed into slits:
"Haha, that's all in the past. Now it's you young people's world. I'm very optimistic about you. Your future achievements will definitely not be inferior to mine!"

After presenting awards to all the players, Platini personally handed the Big Ear Cup, which symbolizes the highest honor of the European Club League, to Inter Milan captain Zanetti.

Zanetti carefully held the trophy and came to the podium. With his teammates shouting "three, two, one", he held up the Big Ear Cup high!
This is Inter Milan's third Champions League trophy in history and the 11th Champions League in Serie A history.

So far, Serie A has won the English League more than 10 times, and tied with La Liga, which has also won 11 times, as the league with the most European titles among the top five leagues. At the beginning of the season, those fans who swore that the Premier League was better than Serie A now remain silent when asked.

……

After winning the Champions League, the Inter Milan team did not stay in Athens for too long, but returned to Milan overnight.

When their plane landed at Milan airport, Inter Milan were stunned by the size of the crowd flocking outside!
"Oh my god, how many people are there? I'm afraid everyone in Milan is here?"

"Isn't this crazy? It's three o'clock in the morning. Don't these people sleep?"

Seeing them appear, countless fans excitedly rushed forward and surrounded the crowd.

After the award ceremony, everyone, who had already been picked by the fans who swarmed into the venue, trembled with fear, fearing that they would be attacked again.

Fortunately, the security personnel at the scene were strong enough and tried their best to keep the excited fans out and prevent them from drowning the Inter Milan team.

"champion!"

Seeing that they couldn't get in, some people started shouting slogans for the championship.

"champion!"

"champion!
"champion!"

Others followed suit, and in the blink of an eye, Milan Airport was turned into Inter Milan's celebration venue.

It was already early in the morning when we returned to Milan, and we were surrounded by fans at the airport for several hours.

By the time the players got home, it was almost dawn.

Lin Feng was so tired that he could hardly keep his eyelids open. He fell on the bed and fell asleep in a second.

I slept for more than ten hours and was woken up by hunger.

I crawled out of bed and made myself a large portion of fried noodles with pasta. After eating it, I felt alive again.

He patted his belly contentedly, got up and went out, taking out the latest newspaper from the newspaper box.
The title that catches your eye has a very UC shocking feel:

《The new king ascends the throne, and the 'Emperor' inherits the throne! 》

The accompanying picture is a photo of Platini and himself. The emperor naturally refers to Platini, and the new king should be referring to himself, right?

Lin Feng's mouth twitched. These journalism students are really good at flattering others.

"After 42 years, Inter Milan once again tops the European summit!"

"Inter Milan won the treble, Moratti's huge investment finally paid off!"

"4 goals in the final, 17 goals in a single season, Inter Milan's No. 8's terrifying attacking power shocked the entire football world!"

"Lin Feng becomes a record-breaker, breaking seven records in one battle!"

"Defeated but still honorable, Kaka is still one of the best players of this era!"

"Moratti: Signing Lin Feng is the luckiest decision of my life!"

"The Golden Globe Award is no longer a foregone conclusion, Lin Feng's net worth has skyrocketed, and he may become the first billionaire!"

……

Continuing to look through other newspapers, the front-page headlines were almost all about Inter Milan's victory in the Champions League.

A large part of it is flattery for him, from all angles.

Lin Feng has heard countless flattery in the past two years, both from abroad and at home, and his ears are callused.

But even so, he still felt a little embarrassed when he saw these media praising him with all kinds of compliments!
It’s over, am I really that great?

Didn't he just score four goals in the final, breaking the Champions League single-season goal record, the single-season free kick goal record, and seven other records including the youngest player to score a brace, a hat trick, and a hat trick in the Champions League final?

Am I as good as you say?
I do not know how!
If you can speak, please speak more!
Unfortunately, he didn't buy enough newspapers, and he quickly finished reading the ones he had.

But this did not pose a problem for him. Lin Feng turned on his computer and logged into several domestic portal websites to read domestic reports.

I originally thought that this game would not attract much attention in China, but I didn’t expect that the front page headlines of major portals were all about the Champions League final.

However, unlike the reports in Europe where Inter Milan is the protagonist, the domestic reports are all centered around Lin Feng.

Obviously, the Chinese people are not concerned about the outcome of the Champions League. What they care about is whether Chinese players can lead their team to win the Champions League.

Seeing the overwhelming coverage from major domestic media, Lin Feng silently prayed for a certain rock singer in his heart:
“I hope Mr. Wang doesn’t have a new album to release soon!”

He really didn't mean to steal the other person's limelight.

It’s just that he is too famous and his strength doesn’t allow him to be low-key.

If it was really an accidental injury, then there was nothing he could do!
Just when Lin Feng was lurking in the domestic football forum under a pseudonym, his cell phone suddenly rang.

"Hello? Who is it?"

The call was from an unfamiliar number in China. Only relatives and friends knew Lin Feng's number. The other party knew the number, probably because they had learned it from his friends.

"Hello, Lin Feng. I am Wang Pingjiu, Director of the Cultural Activities Department of the Olympic Organizing Committee. We would like to invite you to record a theme song for the Olympics. Do you have time?"

……

On May 5, the Serie A league ushered in the final match.

In the final match, Inter Milan will play against Torino at home.

This was an insignificant game, but 80,000 people came to the Meazza Stadium. The entire stadium was packed, and even the aisles were filled with people.

No Inter Milan fan wants to miss the moment of seeing Inter Milan players lift the Big Ear Cup at home!

Before the game, the visiting team players lined up outside the player tunnel to welcome the new Serie A and Champions League champions.

Lin Feng, Zanetti and Torres each have one.

They walked at the front holding the Champions League, the Bertoni Trophy (Serie A) and the Scaloni Trophy (Italian Cup) respectively.

These three golden, heavy trophies made the Torino players drool with envy.

This is the first time that a team in Serie A has achieved the treble, something that neither AC Milan nor Juventus have ever done, but unexpectedly Inter Milan was the first to accomplish it.

However, fans of both teams are not convinced. Stimulated by Inter Milan's treble, both teams are gearing up to make a big effort in the new season.

Next season, Juventus will return to Serie A, which will definitely become more lively, and Inter Milan will definitely be under much greater pressure in the league than this season.

When Inter Milan's players entered the stadium holding three trophies high, deafening cheers rang out.

Some older fans were so excited that their eyes were filled with tears.

More than 40 years have passed, and those fans who witnessed Inter Milan’s rise to the top are now in their sixties or even eighties.

Before I go to the grave, I can see Inter Milan reach the top again. How wonderful! (End of this chapter)