Reporter Deng Weijin reports On the afternoon of February 28, the national football team announced the latest 32-person training list. Among them, Xu Bin, a midfielder who just joined Qingdao West Coast this year, appeared in the national team's training list for the first time. After finishing training that afternoon, Xu Bin found that his mobile phone was bombarded with text messages from relatives and friends - "Xu Bin, congratulations on being selected for the national team!" Xu Bin didn't reply too much, after all, from the moment he learned that he had been selected in the morning, he began to feel unreal dizziness in his mind.

On the morning of the 28th, Xu Bin received a WeChat message from the national youth team who had not been in contact for a long time, with a sentence and a business card: "This is the leader of the national team, you add his WeChat." At this moment, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have been selected for the national team. This unexpected joy shocked Xu Bin, who had always been calm, to the ground, but reason told him that he must be calm.

"I decided to keep the good news of my selection for the national team a secret from everyone around me, including my mentor and current head coach Shao Jiayi, but later found out that he received the news earlier than me. Even my parents, I didn't tell them. The only person Xu Bin shared the good news was his girlfriend Xiao Dong, who was by his side at the time and came to Qingdao to watch his home debut. Interestingly, Xu Bin didn't cry at that moment, but Xiao Dong's tears couldn't be stopped.

According to the arrangement of the national team, Xu Bin needs to go to Beijing at noon on March 3 to meet the team, and then fly to Dubai with the team for training. But before that, he has a league game against Wuhan Three Towns, the first home game of the new season, and the club will be hoping to give fans a first league win before the break.

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On the afternoon of March 2, the Qingdao West Coast University Town Stadium was stormy, and outside the locker room, there was a faint singing, which was the enthusiasm of the West Coast fans who could not be extinguished by heavy rain. "This is our weather, they are definitely not as ......good as us in this confrontation" In the locker room, Shao Jiayi was making the final arrangements for the players, and his teammates were worried about the impact of the heavy rain on the game. And Xu Bin is more worried about the impact that the news of being selected for the national team may bring to him and even the team.

"Of course I was pleasantly surprised, but I was more scared because of the news, which made me think too much when I played on the pitch and affected the club's game. So from the moment I learned about the selection, I forced myself not to think about it and kept my emotions in my heart. Because of the need to suppress the restlessness in his heart, Xu Bin felt that the waiting time for the game in the locker room passed slower than before.

"Due to the weather, the start time of this game was delayed by 15 minutes." The official notice means that Xu Bin has to worry about it for another 15 minutes. Fifteen minutes later, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game as scheduled. Fortunately, as a professional player, Xu Bin quickly adjusted his state and focused his attention on the field.

The rain battle in Qingdao is cold, which makes it difficult for Xu Bin, who is used to the rain battle in Guangzhou, to adapt, "In fact, the rain battle is not the most uncomfortable, what is even more uncomfortable is that after every confrontation, I fell into the pool of ice water on the ground, which made me feel that I couldn't get warm no matter how I ran." I know I need to be calm, but it's not the 'calm' I was given physically! ”

The physical torture was finally stopped at 17 minutes and 57 seconds into the race, and the match was postponed. But this not only means that he will have to meet with the national team a day late, but also means that Xu Bin will continue to control his emotions in the next 24 hours. After getting his mobile phone, he contacted the leader of the national team as soon as possible. Considering the special circumstances of the game, the team leader helped him change his flight and report to the national team one day later, and Xu Bin's destination changed from Beijing in the cold spring to hot Dubai.

"Dubai, the highest temperature tomorrow is 26°C, and the day after tomorrow is 30°C." Looking at the weather forecast, Xu Bin put away the thick clothes he was going to take to Beijing and took a T-shirt handed over by Xiao Dong. "This turn of events is even more exaggerated than my feints on the field." He laughed to himself.

At 2 p.m. on March 3, at the University Town Stadium on the West Coast of Qingdao, the cheers of the fans sounded as scheduled, and the comfortable weather seemed to indicate a perfect result. Without the influence of the weather, the three towns of Wuhan were stronger than the day before. Fortunately, the experience accumulated in the past two years in the Chinese League has made Xu Bin's performance on the field more calm, "I like to play in strong teams, the stronger the better, the stronger the opponent, the more exciting I can be, and the more I can improve." ”

Qingdao West Coast won their first league win 2-0, Xu Bin started the whole game in the second game of the new team, and contributed a game-high seven tackles, and a successful one-on-one defense on the wing Palacios also won him the cheers of the fans. "After two Super League games, the performance is also up to my expectations, but I think there are still a lot of things that need to be improved." What satisfies Xu Bin the most is that he still manages his emotions well and shows his real strength on the court. The first home win was also his best farewell gift to the fans before leaving for the national team.

Becoming an international player means that Xu Bin will receive more attention, and fans will have greater expectations for him. When the game ended in the afternoon, the fans in the stands shouted "Xu Bin come on". When they met the fans on the way home after the game, they didn't ask for autographs for the first time, but came to say "Xu Bin, come on the national team".

What's more precious is that Xu Bin also received a blessing video: "We hope you can gain a firm foothold in the national team, play the demeanor of a young person, and win glory for Qingdao football, I wish you a smooth future and a promising future!" Come on, Xu Bin! "This sincere wish comes from a special fan Lao Fan, who is battling cancer and is still thinking about coming to his home stadium to cheer on his beloved West Coast. Looking at the video of Lao Fan's blessings to himself, Xu Bin also sent encouragement to Lao Fan in the air: "Lao Fan, you also have to work hard, I wish you a speedy recovery!" ”

Sitting on the soft sofa at home at night, Xu Bin finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Frankly speaking, I didn't really relax until this moment. "The WeChat prompt sounded, it was his good brother Hu Hetao in his youth." We were roommates and we talked a lot, but he and Baihram were called up to the national team before I did, and I blessed them from the bottom of my heart. But from tomorrow onwards, I can catch up with them. Knowing that Xu Bin could enter the national team, Hu Hetao felt happier than Xu Bin, "You enter the national team, we can fight side by side again, see you in the national team!" ”

After a simple rest, it was time for Xu Bin to hurry up and pack his luggage. A toiletry bag, a few changes of clothes, three pairs of sneakers, shin guards, and a face mask were all he had in his suitcase. Interestingly, Xiao Dong's legging board storage box specially prepared for Xu Bin, on one side is the Q version of Xu Bin drawn by herself, and on the other side is a group photo of the two, this storage box accompanies Xu Bin in every game and every national number training. As for the mask, "I would also like to thank the fans for their concern, I am recovering quite well at the moment, but I haven't had time to go for a follow-up examination, and I don't know what it looks like inside, so I have been wearing a mask to protect my nose." ”

He was busy until 11 o'clock in the evening, and Xu Bin packed his luggage. This year's goal of "playing in the Chinese Super League" has been achieved, and tomorrow will be another breakthrough in his career.

On the morning of March 4, perhaps because of the biological clock, or it was difficult to hide the excitement, Xu Bin woke up at eight o'clock. Outside the window, it was already snowing in Qingdao, and I don't know if it was floating from Jinan, "I just hope it won't affect my flight today." ”

Xu Bin has a puppy named "GOAL" and a rabbit named "Little Brother Xu" at home, and after saying goodbye to the two little ones, he decided to go out early to get a haircut, not superstition, simply because this is more than 20 days, and I don't know what it will become if I don't get a haircut. But the haircut took more than an hour, so that he had to speed up when he could have calmly driven to the airport.

Along the way, Xu Bin's mobile phone was still ringing, and Xiao Dong in the passenger seat was still blaming himself: "I said I was going to take you to the airport, but I asked you to drive by yourself, how embarrassing." So Xu Bin handed her the phone: "Then you can help me answer the phone." Xu Bin's father on the other end of the phone was concerned about whether his son left for the airport on time, and he also wanted to give Xu Bin a few words of advice before departure.

The news on WeChat came from Shao Jiayi's guidance, although he didn't say much after knowing that Xu Bin was selected, only left a sentence to "train well", but before he set off, Shao Gui would still send Xu Bin WeChat, "When you get there, you have to behave well", "Learn more from others", "Take more hands, help move things", and finally don't forget to let Xu Bin bring a good one to his old teammates.

Xu Bin knows that this training camp is a valuable opportunity, "For young players, the opportunity itself is important, but what is more important is whether you can really grasp the opportunity when it comes." "As a young man, what can Xu Bin bring to the team? He himself thinks that it is "vigorous and hardworking".

Speaking of head coach Ivan, Xu Bin is also very grateful: "I can be called into the national team this time, although it is only an inspection, but I can feel his willingness to give young people opportunities, and I am very grateful to the coaching staff for providing us with such a growth platform, I will cherish it." For Xu Bin, it is naturally the best outcome to be on the roster in the end, and even if he is ultimately excluded from the roster, it is also an "opportunity to learn well from the big brothers in the team." ”

Before you know it, the car has arrived at the airport. Following the sign of "P5 Terminal", Xu Bin steadily parked his car into the parking space, and he suddenly realized that he should park his car at "P6". 6 This number is very related to Xu Bin, this is his number on the first stage of the football school, and it is also his number on the west coast of Qingdao, and it is his lucky number. But it doesn't matter anymore, according to the plan he needs to check in an hour and a half early, but there are only ten minutes left.

"Don't put too much pressure on you to go to the training camp, do what you have to do and play your own style. And most importantly, don't get hurt, come on! In front of the security checkpoint, Xiao Dong's farewell was simple but affectionate. Xu Bin said yes and walked into the security check, and then he was going to take a flight of more than ten hours, and he planned to sleep well and calm down. "I believe that with my explosive sleep characteristics, it is not far from me officially becoming a member of the national team when I wake up again."

In the terminal building, the announcement of boarding the plane seemed to tell Xu Bin: The teenager who was imagining the future in the football school dormitory was about to open the door of the locker room of the Chinese men's national football team. Amid the roar of the aircraft engine, the new international player secretly determined to achieve the goal of this selection: "Hopefully, I can do something for the Chinese team this time!" ”