Jiupai News Commentator Wen Hedao
In Yunnan, there is such a "grandfather" football club. On the green field they raised 90,000 yuan, this group of elderly people who love football can't stop fighting every week's double games. The oldest one is 88 years old, and here there are six players in their 80s.
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Running, passing, passing ball... Their figure seems to be full of vitality, and their energy is obviously still very vigorous. Amid the laughter, the grandpas shouted "Football is our lifelong love" and left a group photo. The so-called "life never stops, exercise never stops", probably what these grandpas look like on the court.
Love cannot be cultivated overnight, just as this club itself has a history of forty years, and the old men also formed an indissoluble bond with football as early as teenagers. Li Chongzhi, 84, started playing football at the age of 14 and ran on the court for 70 years, spending 20 of them here. Among his teammates when he was young were Li Xianmin, 88, and Zhang Du, 82, who had known each other because of the ball, were still being continued for decades. Over the years, the world has changed and the times have changed. The boy's face will be covered with wrinkles, his yearning for football has not changed, and his pursuit of football has not stopped.
Someone asked why their physical fitness still allows it, why time is not so cruel to them alone... In fact, these grandfathers are also experiencing tests and losses. Fighting against the gravity of time is not an easy thing, but they are only able to calmly act with love. Chen Xiaokun, 81, had a header a few months ago that caused blood stasis on his head. After the operation took the blood stasis, he still focused on continuing his game with his friends on the Green Field. Grandpa Li Chongzhi still remembers the names of his teammates who have "lefted". He himself has installed heart stents and pacemaker due to several surgeries. He is temporarily "banned" by his basketball friends. He is still watching the running figures of the basketball friends on the sidelines of the green field. Of course time will leave traces, but these grandfathers continue to move forward with traces and memories, and continue to run on the turf, because life is endless and love is endless.
"What is football here? Happy football." An old man concluded. Around the green field of this club, one wall says "I have fun with you" and the other side says "Chinese football starts with me." "Hometimes have fun" is the personal spirit, and "Chinese football starts with me" is the collective spirit. In this corner of Yunnan, China, there is an unusual spiritual power hidden, not only dedicated to lighting up oneself, but also a heart that wants to shine for the country.
All the light comes from love. In this Yunnan "Grandpa" football team, I saw the spiritual outlook that Chinese football should have. If you love it, that's probably what it is.
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