Life is like football, you should not "admit your fate", do not "lie flat".
Pogba once helped France lead 3-1. Image source: ic photo.
Text | Chu Jinshou
Last night, the European Championship ushered in a crazy night, the situation was glued, and the accidents continued. Croatia nearly beat Spain with the absence of the main force, and France overturned the big boat in a small ditch, because a penalty was lost at the feet of Switzerland. The ups and downs of the two games have feasted on the fans.
Many fans were shocked by the shocking opening of Spain, and shouted surprises at the elimination of the strong French team, but is this not football? "Football is round", the best thing about football is that success or failure often happens inadvertently, and you can never predict what will happen in the next moment.
Since the start of this European Championship, it has brought us many "accidents": Elkeson Stadium suddenly suffered from illness and escaped death; "old man" c Ronaldo is not old, even set a record, but as the defending champion, Portugal has been eliminated; Italy, which was generally not optimistic before the game, broke into the knockout round with a group unbeaten.
On the pitch, nothing has to go according to the script, and there is no "natural winner". And if you tell you that the strong team must win, the weak team must lose, there is no penalty, no oolong, no counterattack, such a football, will you love?
▲ Swiss player Seferović (right) scored a goal during the match on June 28. Image source: Xinhua Net.
There have been too many "god scripts" in the history of European football: in the 2004 European Championship, the "weak team" Greece reached the final, and finally defeated Portugal, which has the "golden generation" of Figo, Rui Costa, etc., creating a "Greek myth"; in the 2005 Champions League final, Liverpool fought back in the first half 0:3, equalized, and finally defeated ac Milan in a penalty shootout, achieving the most thrilling "big reversal" in the history of the Champions League.
There are too many such games: in 1992, the "substitute" Denmark defeated germany in the final, which was extremely powerful at the time, and won the European Championship in an incredible way; Ramos's 92 minutes and 48 seconds became a permanent memory for fans; Barcelona eliminated Paris Saint-Germain 6:1 in the second leg of the Champions League...
All of this explains the uniqueness of football as a sport, and it is this high degree of uncertainty that makes us fall in love with football. Victory and defeat, joy and tears, imposing attacks, hard bridges and hard horses defense, desperate counterattack reversals, the purest football, the highest level of enjoyment.
And the football we love, the ball game we miss, is not also a projection of life? Not everyone is Mbappe, and he may just be an obscure club player Locatelli, but who says it must not be the latter who laughs at the end?
▲ French player Pogba (right) at a match on June 28. Image source: Xinhua Net.
Most of us live an ordinary life, follow the rules every day, there is always a lack of excitement in life, but the last thing we should do is to "admit our fate" and "lie flat", even if the situation is difficult and the strength is disparity, we may as well "fight", fight hard, and look forward to the "accident".
Maybe you'll find another landscape.
In football matches, there is never a fixed procedure, there will always be accidents and oolongs, and this high degree of uncertainty is the charm of football. The same is true of life.
□ Chu Jinshou (Media Person)
Editor: Ding Hui Proofreader: Li Lijun