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Stories of the Pitch

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Stories of the Pitch tells a passionate yet poignant story of campus football from the perspective of Cheng Yuan, a sophomore at Luzhen High School. Obsessed with goalkeepers' saves since childhood, he led his class team to a string of clean sheets after the "season" resumed. But when a teammate got injured and sidelined, he was forced to switch to center forward—scoring five goals alone in the semifinal to steer his team to a stunning comeback. Before the final, he reunited with his close friend Lu Haixiang and Li Hao, who had been missing and then returned. He sealed the championship with a match-winning penalty kick. Yet victory came with regret: with the college entrance exam looming, he claimed his school’s first county title without playing a single minute on the pitch. Eventually, the green field of his youth was replaced by classroom walls and desks. Written in a humorously self-deprecating tone, the story looks back on friendship, first love, conflicts between teachers and students, and the growing pains of adolescence. It juxtaposes the passion of football against the suffocation of exam-oriented education, painting an elegy of youth—one that captures a generation of teenagers struggling between rules and dreams, and finally reconciling with their regrets.
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Chapter 1 - Chapter 1:past events

几年前,我读完了"麦田里的守望者"...当然,这和我的阅读体验无关,我只是想表达我的感受——如果我要写自传,最好改成"绿地";我不是叛逆者,只是与众不同.E非常独特,看到更多像我这样的人并不令人惊讶.但在中国北方的陆尘中学绿地里,那段时间和陆迅毫无关系,在我看来意义重大,尽管那段时间真的很短暂.

我从没觉得自己叛逆.只是,从小到大,我总觉得无论是家人还是学校教的东西,并不总是正确的.我的想法一直有些独特.但如果你真的想弄清楚,问我是不是错了,我只能勉强承认我确实和你们不同.说到足球,你们似乎都喜欢看明星进球,无论是罗纳尔多,梅西还是罗纳尔多二世.但我不一样.我更喜欢看守门员做出扑救.如果你想看到进球,我不会让你.

你一定没见过这个:学校一放学,你就带着朋友去踢足球.作为组织者,我喜欢站在球门前.奇怪的是,我可能天生擅长存档,也不担心有人从另一边开枪.如果你是我队的,你肯定会赢.我只是站在球门前,等他们进攻.

我着迷的起源可以追溯到2002年,那时世界杯上发生了奇迹.我相信没有人不知道这件事.那时我还年轻,根本不在乎红队取得什么成绩.我只记得有一支球队,球门前站着"金狮",几乎每场比赛都保持零封.我很喜欢看那些存档.不幸的是,他在最后一刻犯了错误,最终获得第二名.后来我才知道那支队伍是德国国家队.那时我还不是德国的粉丝,甚至不知道德国在哪里.那一年,我只有七岁.

我从不觉得叛逆,有些事情只是巧合.比如,在那门让许多学生窒息的地理课上,这非常简单.总有学生会在南欧常被混淆的三个半岛上答错.那次,地理老师让我告诉大家怎么记住它们.我随口说西班牙和葡萄牙的比赛叫'伊比利亚德比',所以我记得是伊比利亚半岛...地理老师有点生气,但其实没什么大不了的.学地理的目的不就是看地图,不迷失方向吗?他们最常说的是,无论你用什么方法来记住,大学入学考试后忘记它都是可以的.

有些事情就是这样无法解释.我甚至不知道自己是否真的喜欢踢足球,我自己也不清楚.我没去做守门员,因为我不会踢足球,但我真的很想成为一名守门员.他们想看到进球,我只是不希望他们进球,仅此而已.