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The scene of Karl laughing happily was played on the big screen of the Alm Stadium.

Dozens of reporters in the media area were stunned for a moment, and immediately pointed their cameras at the side of the court, flashing lights one after another.

Karl Alston actually bared his teeth when he smiled off the court?This is a once-in-a-lifetime picture!

When Carl realizes his face is on the big screen, he suppresses his smile and returns to his normal self, looking at the court.

After 1 minute, the reporters still did not move the camera away, they were still capturing his every move.

Unpleasant to be stared at by so many cameras, Carl frowned slightly, his upper teeth brushing against his lips.

"Munich Daily" reporter Huck's heart moved. He noticed that Karl Alston's lip, which had been bitten by his teeth, had turned into the same color as rose petals.

Usually they are always pale.

Perennial pale complexion, thin and bloodless lips, and a calm, self-sufficient coaching style that never loses composure make Karl Oston in the public eye look like a portrait or a sculpture for many times. Too real.

Some fans even said either nympho or maliciously: "Actually, he looks like a vampire."

Of course Karl is not a vampire, nor is he a demon, nor is he a perennial abstinent priest... He is a person with emotions, and he will naturally show warmth, but no reporter or fans can see this kind of scene, so they Sometimes my impression of him is too rigid, and I even feel that he is not real.

But now, first with a wanton laugh and then with rosy lips, the Munich 1860 coach has never been more vivid.

'It's like a portrait painting has been breathed into life', Huck thought: 'And, if there was a lipstick that would paint her lips in that color, my girlfriend would be crazy to buy it. '

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After the game, the media surrounded Koch in the mixed zone.

"Do you feel insulted by the Bielefeld fans throwing bananas?"

"Why do you think those fans are throwing fruit at you?"

"Help the cleaners pick up bananas and eat them on the pitch, are you really hungry, or is it a counterattack to the home fans?"

"Do you like bananas?"

Although Koch can be regarded as a new star in football, fortunately, he has dealt with such a big battle in the media when he first became popular, and he will not panic when he encounters it again: "Being thrown bananas? I don't think it's a big deal. Kahn was thrown bananas by Dortmund fans, Figo was also thrown a pig's head at the Nou Camp, I just repeated the path that my predecessors walked, which didn't cause me much trouble."

Shrugging his shoulders, he continued to answer questions from the reporters: "Bananas have high nutritional value, are rich in fiber, can replenish energy quickly, and are also low in calories. I have no reason not to like it. In fact, we often use it as a snack during training. Eat." Blinking, he smiled too brightly at the camera: "The Bielefeld fans are really generous. I think the number of bananas they threw on the field was about a few hundred? Although some of them were rotten, there were also many good ones." , My teammates and I picked them all up, you know the price of bananas on the market is not cheap now, it would be a pity to throw them all away.”

"You, you mean you took all those bananas..." the reporter of "Kicker" asked a little dumbfounded.

"I picked up all the ones left." Koch said with a smile: "Do you want some? I put them all in the locker room. I guess I will have to take a taxi back to the club soon."

The reporter was so intimidated that he was almost speechless. Fortunately, it didn't take long for him to realize that his colleagues were still holding up the cameras to him. At this time, professionalism played an important role: "About the competition, I mean it's just a competition. ,what do you think?"

"I'm glad we didn't concede a goal in this game," Koch said sincerely.

"A clean sheet opponent makes you feel very happy and excited?"

"It's not just because of this." Koch showed a happy expression: "The boss promised me that as long as I didn't concede a goal in a game, he would give me a bonus of 1000 euros."

1000 euros.After hearing this figure, the reporter was silent: If a game costs 1000 euros, it is only more than 34 euros to play 3 league games in a season without conceding a goal. If someone can keep a clean sheet for a season, that is A proper goalkeeper level, with an annual salary of 600 million, there are clubs waving banknotes to buy frantically, and an average of 1000 euros per game makes Lambert Koch excited?Is this a money fan, or does it mean that he doesn't care about the bonus at all, and is actually focusing on other things?

Before he could ask another question, Koch was surrounded by other media. The reporter of "Kicker" glanced at the teenager surrounded by the crowd, and murmured with emotion: "I have never seen a goalkeeper like him... ..."

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The reason why Bielefeld fans threw bananas at Lions goalkeeper Lambert Koch during the team's match with Munich 1860 has been investigated after the game. Many Bielefeld fans admitted that they threw bananas at Koch Throwing bananas is because he thinks his hair color is like a golden monkey, and his action of saving and catching balls is like a gibbon.

Just like racially discriminating African players like gorillas and throwing bananas at them, Karl believes that what Koch encountered was also an incident of discrimination. When he was interviewed by the media after the game, he actively criticized the behavior of Bielefield fans Condemned, and said: "I hope the Football Association can give Bielefeld a fair punishment, because what they did to Koch in the game was by no means a good-natured joke, in fact it was full of malice and insult to personality."

A day later, the results of the DFB's investigation and execution came out.Football Association officials said that they have figured out the truth of the matter. Bielefeld fans did act insultingly during the game, which caused a very bad impact (fans of other clubs have already started calling Koch "love". Banana-eating golden monkey', this is obviously not a well-meaning nickname), in this regard, the German Football Association will criticize the Bielefeld club by name and ask them to restrain their fans in the future.

After the penalty result of the Football Association came out, the media gathered outside the Munich 1860 club and asked whether the Lions were satisfied with the penalty result.

The media originally thought that their questions were just routine, and they definitely couldn’t ask anything from Oston—yes, Karl Oston has a more handsome face than Beckham, especially when the latter has been married for many years Under such circumstances, the former's single status can add points to his charm, and Oston also has very good personal relationships with Ferguson and Mourinho.But to the chagrin of all the media, Beckham, Ferguson, and Mourinho are all "walking talkers" on the court. Wherever they go, public opinion and controversy follow.Can Auston?His greatest contribution to the green field is the feeling of taking the turf out of the runway, and most reporters will no longer be able to dig out any news from him once he exits the field.

Oston never initiates a war of words against his opponents, never complains about referees, and manages the locker room in an orderly manner. In addition, he pays great attention to the privacy of his life... unless illegal means (candid filming or wiretapping) are used, the media They really can't guarantee that they can find bad points from Oston that can detonate the fans' emotions.

But today, when the head coach of Munich 1860 just finished speaking the first sentence into several microphones, everyone's eyes lit up: Oston himself brought the controversial topic to the door!

"I think the Football Association has given a lighter punishment to the Bielefeld club, but verbal criticism does not serve as a warning at all."

The reporters held their microphones and waited quietly.

None of them took the initiative to intervene, because they were worried that it would arouse Carl Auston's vigilance and resistance. The reporters believed that the only way to make people like Auston tell the truth was to listen silently and use friendly words. The attitude tempted him to talk more and more—only when he talked a lot could he find important information from it.

"Isn't it despicable enough to compare a normal human being to a monkey and throw bananas at it? As far as I know, because the Bielefeld fans have not received any substantive punishment, their current hostility towards Koch is even worse. Rising to new heights, they started referring to Koch as a 'monkey' in public forums and criticizing his parentage, totally malicious kind, I wouldn't be surprised if they did anything more drastic in the future , because their mistakes were not properly corrected in the first place."

Carl quietly dropped a bomb: "So I think it is difficult for UEFA and even national football associations to deal with all kinds of violence and discrimination on the pitch fairly."

The reporters were in an uproar.

The "Munich Daily" reporter asked sharply: "Why is UEFA and the national football associations unfair?"

Karl said in a tone of complaints or jokes: "If there are fans throwing bananas at black players, I think not only the German Football Association, but also UEFA will pay great attention immediately. The club will be severely punished, and those fans will also be punished. They will be ordered not to enter the home court to watch the game, but if the person who is thrown a banana is a white player, the troublemaker will not get any substantive punishment, and the Football Association will not take it seriously."

"Bild" reporter asked: "Most of the current rules of European football are formulated by UEFA, but you are publicly expressing dissatisfaction with UEFA?"

The media felt that they might have caught a shocking news.

"No, I'm not expressing dissatisfaction, just making a suggestion. Maybe this is not the fault of UEFA and the national football associations, but a phenomenon that generally exists in European football - when white people racism against black people occurs. , everyone is filled with righteous indignation, and those who make mistakes will be punished promptly and severely. In this regard, everyone has done a good job."

After a pause, Carl continued: "However, there are also all kinds of discrimination between white people and white people, and between colored people and colored people. For example, white people discriminate against Asian players and South American players, and South American players discriminate against black people. Discrimination against players, etc... Some people are given all kinds of bad nicknames and treated unfairly by fans just because of their ethnicity, religious beliefs, accent, or background. UEFA and national football federations, even the clubs don't care about such things, it seems that everyone thinks that only white people should be severely punished for racial discrimination against black people, and nothing else."

Hearing this, many journalists who were born and raised in Europe unconsciously remembered the racial discrimination that existed in the European continent before African and South American players poured into European football in large numbers: the British disdain to be with the European continent; Germany discriminates against each other; Spaniards despise French arrogance; Italians think Germans are rigid; Northern Europeans despise Southern Europeans for being lazy; Poles hate all former Soviet countries...Even within the same country, England, Scotland, Ireland, The relationship between Wales is complicated; because of the conflict between the Madrid region and the Catalonia region, Real Madrid fans proudly sang "Barcelona in Catalonia is a whore" at the Bernabéu; Unity but contradictions always exist...

In fact, European football has always been a place full of various discriminations and struggles. It was only after the influx of a large number of foreign players that the European players were unanimously external, which eased their internal conflicts.

Carl still said: "True fairness should treat blacks, whites, and yellows equally, and punish them equally if they make mistakes, instead of increasing punishment just because whites insulted blacks; whites insulted whites, and blacks insulted blacks People of the yellow race are discriminated against by other people of color, and they just let it go as if they didn’t see it, which is not really fair.”

At the beginning, the reporters wanted to catch such small braids as "Auston attacked UEFA", but later, they voluntarily gave up this gossip topic and introduced deeper thinking instead.

Indeed, the phenomenon Karl mentioned has always existed in football, but it has never received enough attention in the past.Now that the past is brought up again, many people can’t help but think: Whites discriminate against blacks, South Americans discriminate against blacks, and whites discriminate against South Americans, whites discriminate against Asians. The nature of the discrimination is the same, but the penalties for the former two will undoubtedly be higher The latter two are much higher, and the attention and exposure they receive are also different.

Is it really fair to give different degrees of importance to the same racial discrimination?

The discussion spread like sparks, from the Lions fan forum, to the German public forum, and then expanded to other large European websites, triggering widespread responses from fans and even players, especially in Britain and France, where racial discrimination is serious. In China, many players stood up one after another and complained dissatisfiedly, "I have also been nicknamed orangutan sea lion mouse by opponent fans, but people don't care. They didn't even have the slightest condemnation of those fans."

Then someone dug up the history and said that the French star Zidane also received racist discrimination: Zidane was born in Algeria, a northern African country, which is an Islamic country and has been implicated in many deadly international terrorist organizations. Including the Sicilian Mafia in Italy and the Spanish national separatist organization ETA, so when Zidane played for Juventus and Real Madrid, he was caught by extreme fans of other teams and entangled him severely.Of course, those fans were never punished for insulting Zidane's ethnic origin.

When the discussion got bigger and bigger, an Asian player stood up and said: "The Football Association is only interested in black players being scolded. I told them that I was called a 'yellow monkey' by fans of many teams, but no People take care of me."

However, the appearance of the Asian player has caused some media and fans to speculate whether Karl Oston publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with the discrimination in football not only because Koch was thrown bananas, but also because Shao Jiayi also suffered the same. treatment?Discrimination against yellow races has always existed in Europe, but both influence and punishment are not as important as discrimination against black players.

For this speculation, the Chinese media reacted the most.

"Sports Weekly" and CCTV No. [-] sent two teams to Munich to interview Shao Jiayi. Regarding the domestic media's speculation that he was wronged in Germany, Shao Jiayi shook his head and said: "I didn't suffer any harmful things in Munich. Discriminatory behavior, the fans of the club like me very much, and because of the position at the back, the opponent fans will not deliberately target me, at least I have not been thrown bananas. In fact, even Mr. Auston has been booed by the opponent fans Well, after all, apart from money, no one can be [-]% loved by people... However, although I have not been discriminated against, I know that some friends in my country have received relatively poor treatment in Europe."

Based on Shao Jiayi's words, the Chinese media immediately thought of other Chinese players studying abroad in Europe, especially Dong Fangzhuo, Li Tie, Sun Jihai and others. They all lived in Britain, the hardest-hit area of ​​racial discrimination.

However, how the Chinese media cared about the players who played in the UK later has nothing to do with Munich 1860.

Except for Karl himself, no one knew that the reason why he expressed his emotions to the reporter was not touched by Shao Jiayi, but from his own experience.

If a white person and an Asian person both come from a foreign country and their appearance conforms to the mainstream European aesthetics, when they want to integrate into the local society, the degree of help and acceptance they receive will definitely be completely different.Maybe some people are smart enough to treat you like a family on the surface, but the distinctions in the bottom of the heart will always exist. This is what Karl learned in the European fashion circle, which is also a place where white people dominate the world.

When the discussion expanded from racial discrimination to stadium violence, and when the scope expanded from a single country to the whole world, under the pressure of public opinion, the German Football Association later revised the punishment of the Bielefeld club, from verbal criticism to prohibiting Bielefeld fans from playing football. In the 30th round of the league, I went to watch the game at home and imposed a fine of 1 euros on the club.

The press officer of UEFA also said in a public speech: "Mr. Alston's suggestion is very thought-provoking. UEFA will notice more injustices in football in the future and deal with them."

The global discussion caused by Karl will be widely referred to by the media as "the guidance of idols" in the future-because the main force driving the increase of the influence of this matter is the attention of fans, if there are no fans who are loyal to Auston , Maybe some reporters will only call his words "Auston is dissatisfied with the Football Association and complains about Bielefeld", but now, they are discussing "What is the complete elimination of racial discrimination?" It's in everyone." "Aside from racial issues, what other aspects of stadium violence?"

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All the discussions in the football world could not affect the progress of the league. When the 29th round of the Bundesliga was over, Karl was surprised to find that the curse he uttered to boost morale before the match against Bielefeld turned out to be true. Yes, Bayern lost, and it was a 0:3 defeat to Werder Bremen.

与其同时，汉堡则2:0战胜了门兴格拉德巴赫，慕尼黑1860也1:0赢了比勒菲尔德。

The Bundesliga rankings have been refreshed again. The leader Bayern Munich is no longer so far ahead. Their points remain unchanged at 66. Hamburg has 65 points and the Lions have 64 points.

After a game, Bayern's situation suddenly became precarious. Now it is not only Munich 1860 who are trying to challenge their championship. Hamburg is more urgent and ambitious than them, because they have never played since 1983. I haven't touched the Bundesliga championship trophy - now it only needs 2 points, Hamburg can surpass Bayern to climb to the top, the league championship, one step away!

Perhaps there is a bigger goal of Hamburg in front of it. Although 1860 Munich is only 2 points away from Bayern, it has received much less attention. In interviews, the Lions players and coaches never said that they If they are coveting something, they have been hiding their ambitions in a low-key manner.

After returning from overtime work this day, Carl, who checked his mailbox, found that he had received an email from Ronaldo, which contained a 6:30-minute video.

At first, he thought it was something like a music movie that the other party wanted to share with him, but when he clicked on it, he realized that the protagonist of the video was Ronaldo himself.

Or more precisely, him and Andorinia.

"Hi, Carl." Ronaldo held a DV in one hand, and waved the other hand towards the camera. He was wearing a helmet and a black and white horse racing suit, and the smile on his face was so bright that it could make the sun pale: "I'm here Just saw Andorinia, you haven't seen it in months, miss it?"

The camera turned down, revealing Andorinia's shiny body, as if she had just applied skin care oil, and her dark and strong front body. It was only then that Carl discovered that Ronaldo was riding on Andorinia at the moment. Nia back.

'I don't want it at all. ' Carl thought, 'Because you're sending me a ton of pictures of him every two or three days, and it's filling up my inbox. '

After several months of intimacy, Andolinia, a thoroughbred horse that is approaching its prime, clearly recognized Ronaldo as its owner. No matter how Ronaldo holds a DV in both hands and poses for a selfie on the horse’s back, he will always sit still. It can be seen firmly - if it is a little naughty and stubborn, Ronaldo, who is not good at riding and likes to twist and turn while riding a horse, would have been thrown to the ground long ago.

Slowly, the picture began to shake, which showed that Andorinia was trotting at a faster speed.Carl saw Ronaldo stretch out a hand to grab the reins, and then the surrounding scenery began to fly by. Andorinha's big head always occupied most of the frame, and occasionally some parts of Ronaldo's body were in the shot.

A few minutes later, the run was over, Ronaldo turned down from the horse, and the brim of the hat squeezed Anlorinia's head: "Hi~" He touched the horse's head affectionately: "Come say hello~"

Andorinia's head became bigger and bigger in the shot, and finally, a thick, flesh-pink, long strip of steaming object suddenly swept across the shot.

The picture goes dark for a moment, and then starts to falter again, with some giggling and gasping and screaming.

Tens of seconds later, Ronaldo reappeared in the camera. This time not only did his hat disappear, but the collar of his clothes was also a little crooked.He was grinning with wet hair, and he was very close to Andorinia, while the black horse shook its head and flicked its tail.

The video ended here. Carl stepped back, stared at a certain screen for a long time, and couldn't help picking up his phone.

The phone rang twice and was connected. Ronaldo said with high spirits, "Did you see the video I sent you?"

"Yes, I saw it." Carl pointed at the screen with his hand: "But what are those wet and sticky things on your hair? Too much hairspray and it melted under the heat?"

"...You only paid attention to this?" Ronaldo's tone immediately became strange: "What about my heroic posture on horseback?"

"Your hair is too stealthy. In the last scene, they seem to have been poured with a lot of transparent jelly." Carl Qing coughed: "So some British tabloids are really right, you have to put it on your head before going out every day." Half a bottle of hairspray?"

"...That's not my fault." Ronald said, half unhappy and half proud, "Andorinia was too enthusiastic."

"A horse licked you until your hair was soaked?!" Carl's voice sounded horrified and...disgusted.

This tone irritated Ronald so much that he hung up the phone angrily.

A day later, Carl received another 9 minutes and 41 seconds video in his mailbox.