Godfather of national football

Chapter 634 Encounter in the Fan Square (1)

Chapter 634 Encounter in the Fan Square ([-])

Kazan, a big city along the Volga River, has become lively recently, and the next match between the Chinese team and Italy will be held here.

In recent days, the influx of people into Kazan has obviously increased, many of them are from Italy, because they all wear the jerseys of Serie A clubs.

The most common ones are fans of AC Milan, Inter Milan, and Juventus, but there are also some old-generation jerseys, such as Parma’s. It was the era of the Seven Sisters of Serie A, and it was also the era of what the Chinese call the Little World Cup. Unfortunately, the current Serie A has no The style of the past.

In fact, like the Italian league, the strength of the Italian national team has also regressed a lot. In the two consecutive World Cups in South Africa and Brazil, Italy was eliminated in the group stage, but this time it seems to be different. The European Cup two years ago gave people hope for Italian football.

Italian fans also felt the passion of the national team again. This time, many fans came from Italy. According to media reports, about [-]% of those who can finally enter the stadium are Italian fans, [-]% are Chinese fans, and the rest are host fans.

For Chinese fans, Italy is very special, because Serie A was the first league to enter China, so there are many fans of the Azzurri in China. In addition, Italian male football players are generally more handsome. There are also a group of fans in China.

Among them is one born in the 90s, Guaiguai from China. She was born in the summer of France 20 years ago, which happened to be during the World Cup.

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"Dad, hurry up."

Lao Xu is an obedient father. This time the father and daughter came to Russia to watch the game together. They had already watched a group match in Italy before. This time they came to Kazan to watch the match between the Chinese team and Italy.

Lao Xu is an ordinary office worker in China. Like most people, he also fell in love with Serie A in the era of the Seven Sisters of Serie A in the 90s. At that time, Serie A gathered world-class stars such as Baggio, Del Piero, Gullit, etc. It was a pleasure to watch Serie A every week.

But Lao Xu is different from others, he did not like the giants, but fell in love with a strong team that is not considered a wealthy team - Parma.

At that time, Parma had Thuram, Cannavaro, and Buffon in the team. Although they were not considered wealthy, they were still a powerful team in Serie A.

Although Lao Xu's income is not high, he still tried his best to get a Parma jersey, which is now worn by Guaiguai.

"Hey, do you want to add a coat, Russia is still a bit cold."

She pursed her lips obediently, she knew that her father felt sorry for this jersey again, and she was afraid that it would get dirty or something.

"Dad, we come to the fan square to make friends. If we don't wear jerseys, how will people know us?"

Saying that, he obediently pointed to the jersey on Old Xu's body, "Aren't you wearing a jersey too? I bought it for you. It's an authentic Italian jersey."

Lao Xu looked at the jersey on his body, then at the one on Kuaiguai, and said, "Is a few hundred dollars now the same as it was in the 90s? It was my three-month salary back then!"

Obediently hehe smiled: "You have said this paragraph eight hundred times, you bought the jersey secretly, my mother almost divorced you after she found out, didn't she?"

Old Xu blushed, and realized that he was too nagging, but he couldn't help but said: "You young people don't understand, that's passion, that's faith, that's my hard-earned wages."

Guaiguai really doesn't understand, for her, buying a jersey is a matter of spending hundreds of dollars and clicking a few mouse buttons on X Bao.

Old Xu continued: "In short, this football jersey will be passed on to my grandson. When he grows up, Parma should rise."

Although Parma went bankrupt, Lao Xu knew that the rules of Italian football are there. As long as they are promoted level by level, one day Parma will reappear on the Serie A stage.

"Okay, although I don't have a boyfriend yet, don't worry, I will tell your grandson in the future."

Old Xu chuckled: "Poor mouth."

"Dad, look, Buffon."

Old Xu set up a pergola and looked over. There are huge posters on both sides of the fan square. One side is for the Chinese team and the other side is for Italy. The most prominent one on the Italian poster is captain Buffon, who is also the oldest player in Italy.

Looking at Buffon, Lao Xu had mixed feelings in his heart, remembering that when Buffon just debuted in Serie A, he was just born, and now his daughter is in college, time flies so fast.

Seeing Buffon, Lao Xu still told his daughter about the history, "Thuram, Cannavaro and Buffon were the pinnacles of Parma's defense back then. Now only Buffon is still playing football."

"Dad, you certainly didn't expect this guy to play until he was 40 years old."

Lao Xu shook his head: "I didn't expect, let alone that I would be able to watch Buffon play football with my daughter one day."

Obediently holding Lao Xu's arm, she said coquettishly, "Father, I will accompany you to watch the next World Cup, okay?"

Old Xu patted his daughter's head, looking very satisfied. At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind—"There are still people wearing Parma."

Kuaiguai studied Italian in university, so she naturally understood. She turned her head and saw that it was a guy wearing Inter Milan.

"What did you just say? Inter Milan."

The other party was startled at first, and the beauty in front of him could speak Italian and also had an Asian face, so he stretched out his hand: "Hello, my name is not Inter Milan, my name is Fabio."

Obediently did not reach out, and regardless of whether the other party was called Fabio or not, he still called him Inter Milan.

"Inter Milan, do you look down on those who wear Parma shirts?"

Fabio was embarrassed, he was just joking, but he didn't expect the other party to be serious, so he quickly waved his hand and said: "Of course not, I just find it strange that few people like Parma in Italy now."

Old Xu couldn't understand Italian, but he was very supportive of his daughter's oral English practice, so he took a few steps away wisely.

He smiled obediently and said: "Inter Milan is also so-so, isn't it bought by us Chinese?"

Fabio only heard the key words, and asked with a smile: "So you are from China, then we are opponents."

In all fairness, Fabio looks pretty good, if the first sentence didn't make Kuaiguai a little upset, Kuaiguai's first impression of him should be pretty good.

"What? Do you look down on Parma and the Chinese team?"

Fabio was complaining incessantly, thinking why this girl felt so prickly all over her body, he obediently looked at the embarrassment on her face, and was satisfied, so he asked, "By the way, what's your name? I forgot just now."

(End of this chapter)