"Walter", a loud and powerful name. At the end of 1999, when the "South Wind" blew in Chinese football, everyone first remembered the protagonist Walter in the Yugoslav movie "Walter Defends Sarajevo", after all, the image of "Walter" can be said to have influenced an entire generation of Chinese, and Fan Zhiyi, who played for crystal palace, was one of them. On March 29, 2000, Fan Zhiyi, who set foot on The territory of Yugoslavia for the first time, finally fulfilled his wish for many years. However, his meeting with Walter was not in Sarajevo, but on the banks of the Danube River.
On the afternoon of March 37, 2000, this reporter went to the airport to pick up Fan Zhiyi, who arrived in Belgrade before the national football team. As soon as they met, Fan Zhiyi mentioned "Walter", and after inquiring about the current situation in Yugoslavia, he read words in his mouth: "The earth is trembling, as if the air is burning." Finally, he went with the reporter to the airport to pick him up with a local friend who asked if he would have the opportunity to meet with Walter. Since he did not return to London until the afternoon of the next day after the game, a friend who was a journalist promised to let him see Walter after the Battle of Central South.
At about 12:30 p.m. on March 29, with the help of friends, "Walter", accompanied by his son, arrived at a Chinese restaurant on the danube river, where Fan Zhiyi, who had been waiting there, finally got his wish, and the two embraced warmly as soon as they met. To the surprise of the reporter, the national team goalkeeper coach Santinliang continued to stay in Yugoslavia because of his work, and after hearing that Xiao Fan wanted to meet with "Walter", Santinliang actually proposed to meet "Walter".
"Walter" Willy Mir Zivoynovich is over seventy years old, compared with Walter in the movie, in addition to the age difference, in the words of Director San, "people also appear to be much thinner", and his identity has changed dramatically, and he is now a member of the Yugoslav Parliament. Talking about the movies of that year, "Walter" still remembers it vividly, saying that when he played Walter, he was as old as his son, only 32 years old, and even humorously said that the film was played during World War II.
Fan Zhiyi in the conversation with him, constantly reciting the lines in the movie, "Walter" although do not understand the Chinese, but under the translation of his son, again and again out of the hearty laughter, especially when Xiao Fan said the last "the name of the city is Walter", "Walter" even stood up from the dinner table, made the end of the movie action, so that everyone present sighed: "Walter" style is not reduced in the past! ”
Walter said that he has a deep affection for Chinese people and has been to China three times, the most recent time being accompanied by his son 2 years ago, and he said humorously: "The most recent time I went to China, I walked on the street with my son, and Chinese said that my son was 'Walter' and I was a fake 'Walter'. My son often pretended to be me to do walter things, and every time he was deceived, Chinese felt in his heart that 'Walter' was always young, just like my current son. As he spoke, he patted his son sitting next to him with his hand, "But every time he does something, I find out." ”
During the conversation, "Walter" naturally mentioned the Battle of Central South, and he thought that the game was very exciting and interesting. Mihajlovic is Walter's favourite star, but he doesn't think Mihajlovic did well in this game, "He didn't give his all. ”
To the reporter's surprise, "Walter's" son Miliko actually played football before and played for the Red Star team, and the head coach of the Beijing Guoan team, Jorich, was the coach he played in the Red Star team. When the reporter asked him to talk about his opinion of Jorich, Miliko seemed to have something difficult to say, and did not want to talk more, but said: "I hope he can have good luck." ”
Because of the need to catch the plane, during the banquet, the crowd constantly reminded Fan Zhiyi that it was time to leave, otherwise he would miss the plane. Xiao Fan said: "Even if it is worth changing the flight." With a full hour to go before the plane took off, Fan Zhiyi finally got up and said goodbye to Walter. When they broke up, "Walter" waved the usual movements in the movie. ——Sports Weekly, March 31, 2000
