第1章生不逢时的萧然 

Xiao Ran, born at the wrong time

"Elegance" was once the most fashionable compliment in the football world, like blue and white porcelain after a clear rain... exuding an air of "classical" and "artistic" beauty. It was Zidane's composure during the Marseille turn, Riquelme's elegant "Cruyff turn," Berbatov's seemingly lazy shot... those moments that made fans willingly hold their breath... the ball at their feet seemed to come alive, each touch like a brushstroke on a canvas, carrying a graceful, unhurried beauty. Until Makelele's meteoric rise, elegance gradually became synonymous with "sluggishness," silently swept into the corners of history. James Rodriguez's meteoric rise followed by a decline in his career in 2014 further proved that elegance was dead! From then on, elegance became a cursed possession for coaches. In 2015... a Chinese teenager, deemed "unworthy" by experts, walked into Fiorentina with unwavering determination...

“优雅”曾是足球世界里最时髦的褒奖词，像清明雨后的青花瓷…散发着“古典”“艺术”的气息。它是齐达内马赛回旋时的从容，是里克尔梅“克鲁伊夫转身”的写意，是贝尔巴托夫懒散的射门……是那些让球迷甘愿屏住呼吸的瞬间…是球在脚下仿佛有了生命，每一次触球都像在画布上落笔，带着不疾不徐的美感。直到马克莱莱横空出世，优雅渐渐成了“拖沓”的代名词，被悄无声息地扫进了历史的角落。2014年J罗先扬后抑的职业生涯里，又名进一步佐证了优雅已死了！从此优雅就成了主教练的敝屣。2015年…一个被专家判定“敞屣”的中国少年带着倔强，走进了紫百合的...