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China News Service, Beijing, December 9th is World Football Day again. This time last year, the World Cup in Qatar was in full swing.

To this day, when “arhbo” sounds, the scene of Messi, Ronaldo and other stars entering the stadium, and the tension of the impending war, are still immersive.

This is the joy of football.

Data map: Messi and Argentina win the World Cup.

“There is a kind of heroism in the world, which is to still love life after seeing the truth of life clearly.”

French writer Romain Rolland’s classic sentences are cleverly combined with football through He Wei’s explanation.

It was the final round of the group stage of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The defending champion Spain defeated the Australian team 3:0, but had to face a dismal exit.

Data map: Spain won the World Cup in South Africa.

The “magic curse” of the defending champion team being eliminated was a somewhat “metaphysical” existence at that time.

At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the defending champion French team, with young talents such as Mbappe and veterans such as Lloris and Giroud, used its strength to break the “curse”.

Data map: French star Mbappe.

At the glittering Lusail Stadium, the venue for the decisive battle, the Argentina team led by Messi broke the “curse” in the same way, winning the French team through a penalty shootout, and finally won the Hercules Cup again after 36 years.

Spanning 36 years and two generations of football champions, Argentine football has had its rock bottom, and has also had the regret of missing out on the Hercules Cup. But at the moment when I hold the golden cup, every dark night also sparkles.

Data map: Penalty shootout between Argentina and France.

The “magic curse” may just be a loser’s excuse. Whether you set foot on the top of a mountain or fall into the bottom of a valley, just like the rising and falling tide of the sea, it is the law. What is important is how to deal with the peaks and troughs.

Football is not only about winning, but also the bitterness of losing. This is the beauty of football.

Only those who love football will understand the power that Messi and the Argentine team are struggling to pursue.

Data map: Argentina won the Hercules Cup.

Argentina and France are already as shining as the top of the pyramid in the football world.

Most teams, players, and the loyal fans who support them cannot have the supreme glory of lifting the Hercules Cup. A league championship, cup championship, or more game wins are even extravagant hopes, but this does not prevent them from living their best in their respective tracks.

Before 2019, Union Berlin had never played in the top German professional football league. In 2004, the team faced a financial crisis and was almost unable to participate in the regional league.

At a time of life and death, Union Berlin fans collectively donated blood and donated the rewards free of charge, saving the club.

Four years later, Union Berlin returned to the professional league, and the dilapidated stadium became an obstacle to the team’s progress. In times of crisis, fans came together to help the club renovate their home stadium. With 2,500 hands, Union Berlin once again weathered the crisis.

In August 2019, when the team debuted on the Bundesliga stage, Union Berlin fans spontaneously raised the portraits of the fans who had passed away to witness the team’s historic moment. This season, they set foot on the Champions League for the first time in team history.

Data map: Union Berlin home fans.Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

Similar emotional scenes have also been staged in domestic football. When Shaanxi football is about life and death, it is also the power of fans that keeps the fire alive.

Donate buses to the team, and purchase members and team peripheral products as much as possible… Shaanxi Changan United, which symbolizes “rebirth”, successfully entered the Chinese League Two this season.

At the home stadiums of Chinese Super League teams such as Xin Gongti with 50,000 spectators, and the home stadiums of the National Football Team with 40,000 spectators… Chinese football in its trough is still burning with sparks.

Only those who love football will understand the significance and extraordinaryness of this persistence.

Beijing Guoan home fans.Photo by reporter Tomita

When a boy from the mountains stepped out of the mountains for the first time, took the high-speed rail for the first time, took the plane for the first time, and went abroad for the first time because of football, he stepped onto the Qatar World Cup finals and served as the flag guard;

When a football boy from Yushu, under the watchful eyes of nearly 50,000 spectators at the Beijing Workers’ Stadium, a professional football stadium, he joined the players as a ball boy and entered the professional field;

When Valencia, who relied on milking cows and selling milk on the street to support his family’s livelihood during his childhood, scored twice to help Ecuador win in the opening game of the World Cup in Qatar…

Only those who love football will understand how colorful the colors football brings.

Data map: Yushu football teenagers enter the workers’ sports. IC photo

World Football Day, every day with football is actually a holiday. I hope you and I can feel more happiness and comfort in football. (over)