The 2016 European Cup is about to start. Before returning to Portugal, Luo Xiaoxiao hugged Ivan again.
To be honest, the younger ones in the family are all over three years old, but the oldest one, Chris, seems to be frozen in time and is always three years old.
In the eyes of little Chris, big Chris is just competing for favor with his brothers and sisters (?).
Alvin knew what the Portuguese was struggling with. Every time there was a national team competition, the two of them would have to be separated for a while.
It is said that only newlyweds feel more like a new marriage after a short separation. This is not the case with Alvin and Luo Xiaoxiao. They have been together for 6 years, right? No need for a short separation, every day is like a newlywed.
But when he heard the Portuguese man's words clearly, he understood.
Cris particularly wants to win the European Cup and the World Cup.
He and Messi are two superstars in world football. They have won numerous club and personal honors, and the only thing they are away from being crowned the king is a world-class championship in their national team.
The World Cup is still two years away, but the European Championship is just around the corner.
Moreover, Luo Xiaoxiao is 30 years old this year.
Well, in the blink of an eye, he is no longer the tender young man he used to be. As Alvin was thinking this, he lost his focus amid the Portuguese man's muttering and reached out to pinch someone's face.
As the European Cup approached, Luo Xiaoxiao talked to him more and more about playing football and winning awards.
Luo Xiaoxiao rested her head on Ivan's thigh: "Ivan, I want to win the European Cup!"
Ivan: “Okay.”
Luo Xiaoxiao: "Since you don't play football, this year's European Cup championship belongs to me!"
Ivan rubbed his face: "Okay."
Luo Xiaoxiao squinted his eyes comfortably: "It's settled, the next European Cup will be yours. Anyway, you will be in your early 30s in four years, there is still time." His voice became smaller as he spoke. Since he turned 30, every time he mentioned this, he would remember that he was three or four years older than Ivan, and he would be unhappy.
When Ivan heard him say that, his smile became ambiguous: "Won't Cris be able to win the championship again in four years?"
The Portuguese, who already had their own plans in mind, were about to get furious. Who said no? Of course!
But what about Alvin if he wins the championship?
The Portuguese said that he not only wants Alvin to win a championship with him, but also wants to play in the same club with Alvin!
Ivan has won the World Cup, this year he won a European Cup, in 2018 he will fight for a World Cup, in 2020 Ivan will win the European Cup again~
Thinking about it this way, I feel so happy~
Alvin watched him happily plan the next ten years, and then began to look forward to this year's European Cup.
I don't know why, but I feel like Cris is more like a housekeeper now~
"Have you arranged your officiating match?" Luo Xiaoxiao rubbed her face over and buried it in Ivan's arms.
His eyes were particularly bright, and Alvin always felt like he saw little stars in them.
Ivan stroked his hair and said, "Not so fast."
The groups have just been announced, and we still have to consider issues such as the referees' nationality and officiating performance.
"Is it also a group match and a knockout match?" Luo Xiaoxiao didn't pay attention to these at first, but he started to care about them after being with Ivan. He knew that generally a good referee would officiate more than one game in a large international tournament.
"Maybe." Alvin moved his head away a little, having just touched a place that couldn't be written.
However, they are already an old couple, and Luo Xiaoxiao is becoming more and more courageous.
He was not afraid and reached out to grab it with a smile.
The expression on Xiao Tiantian's face gradually disappeared. The one in his arms was indeed a cat.
After getting used to it, the Portuguese people are not averse to close contact at all, and they become more and more proactive.
After Xiao Tiantian threw Luo Xiaoxiao to the ground, she thought for a moment and whispered in his ear, "Cris, there is a saying in China, and there should be such a saying in Portugal as well."
Luo Xiaoxiao: Meow meow meow?
Ivan kissed him and continued to lean close to his ear, enunciating each word clearly.
The deliberately lowered voice was enough to make one's legs go weak:
"Thirty is like a wolf, forty is like a tiger."
Luo Xiaoxiao:? ? ?
Luo Xiaoxiao:! ! !
Little Chris and Tun Tun had just listened to their grandmother's words and returned to their room to climb into bed to go to sleep, when they seemed to hear the faint shouting of Big Chris.
"Evan, you are not allowed to sleep here tonight!"
"Then I'm going to sleep with little Chris and Tuntun."
“…”
“…Come back!”
Little Chris looked at his brother and said, "Will Tiantian come over and sleep with us today?"
Tun Tun patted his brother: "Tian Tian said that Chris is the youngest in the family, so we should give in to him."
The two children looked at each other and reached a consensus.
After knowing the specific game he was going to officiate, Alvin sent the officiating arrangements to Luo Xiaoxiao as promised.
Luo Xiaoxiao, who had just returned from training, stared at the screen of her mobile phone: "Quarter-elimination round?"
Quaresma happened to be nearby. When he heard what he said, he came over curiously. Unexpectedly, he was hugged by the suddenly excited captain.
"Final! Final!"
Quaresma:? ? ?
What happened to the captain today? What final?
Is Cris saying they will definitely make it to the finals? The whole team wants it! People all over the country want it!
Luo Xiaoxiao didn't explain. He felt that he needed to take a shower to calm down, and also work harder to make it to the finals!
Because the two games that Alvin will officiate are the quarter-finals and the finals!
This year's European Cup will be held in France, and he must meet Alvin at the Stade de France!
The Stade de France is the venue for the final!
At the same time, Alvin was watching the final he was about to officiate. The message notifications on his phone never stopped. He opened the message interface and saw that they were all congratulatory messages congratulating him for officiating the final.
He only clicked on the pinned text message.
The sender was a Portuguese who was even more excited than he was.
Aiwen smiled happily and typed a line of words on his phone:
[See you at the Stade de France.] 】
He thought for a moment and added:
[Are you feeling unwell anywhere?] 】
Luo Xiaoxiao hasn't told him where she's feeling unwell recently, and the primary repair medicine doesn't have much effect. Alvin even suspects that this thing is most effective when used for the first time, and that drug resistance will occur if used too much. In addition, the Portuguese always grumbled and was unwilling to do so, so Alvin didn't often give it to him.
The Portuguese naturally said no, he was fine.
Facts have proved that Luo Xiaoxiao is in pretty good shape. Although he has been restricted since the start of the season, he has been leading the team to maintain an unbeaten record.
While other teams were fighting hard to win, Portugal, who also fought hard, had a very good performance. They drew all the way and advanced to the next round.
After the list of the top eight was determined, the team lists of both sides of the quarter-finals officiated by Ivan were also released.
They are Italy and Germany.
When Italian fans learned that Ivan was refereeing an Italian game, they thought it was just media talk.
Britney has Italian blood running through her veins! How could FIFA allow him to referee a match involving Italy?
However, after seeing the official notice, the fans had to believe it regardless of whether they wanted to or not.
No one can tell why, not even Ivan himself. It may be because he grew up in England and has never publicly stated that his father is Italian.
Yes, he doesn't have much sense of belonging to Italy, and has more feelings for China than for Italy. After all, the only elders who grew up with him were Chinese and British.
FIFA is quite generous in some aspects, and of course this is based on their optimism and trust in this young man.
When the German team saw Ivan, everyone was impressed by Muller's wit in the World Cup two years ago.
I don’t know if it’s useful to get lucky so early... It doesn’t matter, psychologically they feel that they have got lucky! (*≧︶≦))(￣▽￣* )ゞ
Germany has never beaten Italy in a world championship, and before the game many people thought that the German team still could not break the curse.
Germany coach Loew responded to this statement by saying that past history is like cold Italian coffee, and he prefers to taste the hot, freshly brewed one.
The Coffee Team Italy has now gathered in the player tunnel.
Italy is still in the transition from the old to the new. They have failed repeatedly in the World Cup in recent years, but their performance in the European Cup is quite good.
The oldest member of the team is their goalkeeper Buffon, a veteran figure.
He and Neuer, the goalkeeper of the Tank Team Germany, are the two most powerful goalkeepers in the world today. There are two generations between them, and Casillas is the middle generation.
Commentators always have a lot of emotions when it comes to such occasions. They are talking a lot. To sum up the scene in front of the fans, it is probably like this:
The 38-year-old Buffon stood there, looking at the 27-year-old Irving's back. His mind was full of the opponent's handsome figure who shot him in the friendly match six years ago.
The entire first half was dull, so dull that during the half-time break, a German fan couldn't help but fall asleep.
There was finally a goal in the second half. The first goal was scored by Germany, and the scorer was Germany's Ozil.
Ozil, who always loves to score, accidentally scored a goal in front of the goal.
However, this lead was soon equalized by Italy, who then scored a goal.
As the game was drawing to a close, the commentators were speculating that it seemed that everyone might get to enjoy the most exciting penalty shootout today.
In the overtime, neither side scored.
Sure enough, the moment came when the Germans were at their best.
Relatively speaking, Germany has rich experience in penalty kicks compared to Italy.
They seemed to have a chance to break the curse.
With two great gate gods in charge, who's afraid of whom? It all depends on your attitude!
Since becoming the referee, Irvin has never officiated a game that went into overtime. After running for 120 minutes, he was sweating despite his good physical condition.
As usual, five minutes are given for players from both teams to rest and for the coach to designate the penalty taker.
The camera was also turned to Ivan. The female fan who has been a fan of Ivan for nearly 10 years was still nervous for her son... It was Tiantian's first time to officiate a penalty shootout!
...Wait, today's penalty shootout is between Italy and Germany?
Who still remembers the penalty shootout between England led by Irwin and the favorite Germany team at the World Cup in South Africa six years ago?
The penalty at that time was really thrilling. Many English fans said that they still remember the heart-pounding feeling!
That was after the penalty shootout!
That was the beginning of Alvin's rise to fame and status.
The fans who were watching the show were shocked. Damn, if they were Germans, they would be panicking for themselves!
The ferocious beast that used to rub his own player under his hands is also on the court today!
He just changed his clothes. Now he is the black-clad judge on the court. During the match and the penalty shootout, at least for 150 minutes, he is the God who has the final say!
However, they wanted to ask the Germans, that ferocious beast is indeed no match for you, but when it stands on the side and watches you guys kick it one by one, don't you feel scared?
The real god of death!
The German players then remembered, damn, Ivan is here!
At this time, when anyone sees Ivan, the first thing that comes to mind is not his identity as a mascot full of European energy. Don’t be fooled by his appearance of being a pretty little cat, for he is a big tiger inside!
Tigers are also cats! Cats eat meat too!
His aura is simply explosive and his presence is always strong. The camera is facing him now. Although there are other players in the camera, the first person people see is definitely him!
Shit, look at the way he drinks water with his eyes squinted. Doesn't he look like the laziness of a ferocious beast teasing its prey before eating?
The beast is out of the cage, anyone who stands in the way will die!
The entire German team glanced at Ivan and couldn't help swallowing.
Love obviously realized that something was wrong with the players. He immediately called back the boys loudly, asking them to concentrate and not be disturbed by the outside world.
Xiao Tiantian, the ancient ferocious beast in everyone's eyes, had no idea that many people were panicking at the moment, and he was still in the mood to chat with the Fourth Official and the others.
The fans were extremely excited. Some of them even came up with an idea. To be honest, if the Germans were not afraid, they could just send a representative to give Ivan a kiss.
What is the most important thing about a penalty shootout? Of course it must be the goalkeeper!
Let Neuer kiss Ivan, and he will just get a yellow card.
But I heard that kissing Alvin can help you score a goal? Is it useful for saving penalties? Shin-chan, don't go crazy and block the ball into your own goal!
The atmosphere before the penalty shootout was quite interesting. Alvin and his assistants drank some water and observed the reactions of the two teams during this short period of time.
The last penalty kick was 6 years ago, and the team on the field was the German team on the field today.
At that time, he was a player preparing for a penalty kick, and what he noticed with his eyes was of course different from what he notices now.
He saw that Löw reached out to hug Ozil but failed. Ozil looked back and saw that his left hand was already on Muller's shoulder, and the space on his right was still empty, as if it was occupied by someone.
——He was indeed occupying the position, and Khedira came over, and the two of them happily put their arms around each other's shoulders.
He also saw that the Italian side seemed to have already decided on the order of penalty takers. Italian coach Conte had already prepared the penalty takers. He replaced the penalty taker Zaza at the last moment before the end of overtime. His intention was very clear, which was to let Zaza take the penalty.
They finished cheering first and then separated. In order to express his encouragement, Conte hugged Buffon's head and kissed him on the face.
The Italian commentator accidentally interrupted: "Conte kissed his favorite Buffon, obviously sending his most sincere blessings to our goalkeeper..."
The camera playfully cuts to Ivan.
The Italian commentator understood the intention of this switch in a second: "Oh, to be honest, the effect of Conte's kiss is definitely not as good as Ivan's..."
Italian fans expressed their support and strongly requested young player Buffon (?) and Britney Spears to kiss each other!
Of course this was impossible. Alvin stood far away and no one had the chance to get close to him.
Seeing that it was almost time, Alvin blew the whistle and asked the captains of both sides to come over and choose which goal they wanted.
The captain of the German team is Schweinsteiger, who has a stiff expression on his face and is obviously very nervous about the upcoming penalty.
...Especially when he stood next to Ivan, a domineering aura came over him, and the piglet trembled all over.
Mother! This referee is so scary! But I can't go home! QAQ
Ivan looked at his weak face and said to himself tremblingly: "I want the goal on the Italian stand."
Ivan raised his eyebrows, oh? This is not something a player with fear written all over his face would say.
The piglet who was so weak but still forced himself to represent the German team was: "..."
Alvin didn't bother to be polite with him. After confirming with the captains of both teams, he stretched out his hands and gestured to his left - the goal close to the Italian stands.
As soon as he made the move, the atmosphere at the scene exploded.
Italy's goal!
Choosing a goal means the game is about to begin!
Schweinsteiger really wanted to cry. In order to encourage himself, he discussed with coach Löw and his teammates. They wanted to learn from Irwin and take the penalty kick at the opponent's goal, just like in the penalty shootout six years ago.
Love was very much in favor of this. He admired the spirit of his players who went forward to meet the man (?) even though they were clearly being attacked by Ivan. He actively promoted this matter.
Six years ago, as England's temporary captain, Irwin resolutely chose the German stands as the penalty goal.
As we all know, it was England that advanced.
So today, Germany, which chose Italy's stands, will definitely be the final winner!
Coach Löw felt a little more at ease. He walked to the edge of the court and used his hand that was picking his nose to hide his smug smile.
The older you get, the wiser you are. Those who kiss and hug Ivan are nothing. They may have gotten some good luck, but won’t they be criticized by Ivan’s fans in the future?
Löw said that the real skill is to take advantage of the luck so that you can't even tell!
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