Superstar

The most influential sport in the world is undoubtedly football. Football is known as the world's largest ball. Whether it is the European League or the World Cup, or stars, celebrities, and neighbors, they all have infinite influence. Football The World Cup can even be compared with the Olympic Games, a luxurious feast held every four years. The 1999 World Cup is about to land in the United States this summer, and it will be a sleepless night carnival.

But in the United States, football must stand aside. Americans are not at all cold about football. Not only is there no national professional league, even football is not called football (), but called football (). The so-called "" in the United States Refers to rugby, which is the most popular national sport on the North American continent.

Rugby is an indispensable part of American culture. Whether it is a TV series or a movie, whether it is music or books, or even the most life-like things such as slang and idioms, you can feel the powerful influence of rugby anytime, anywhere. Don't talk about football, even baseball, which has been banned as a "national ball," has a fan base in the United States that is not as good as football.

Although Hugo had seen Americans' madness about football before, they could only feel the enthusiasm first after arriving at the scene.

Go south along Sunset Boulevard, turn into Manchester Boulevard (.blvd), and you can see the view instantly. On the right side of the road is the green planning green space, which stretches for nearly a mile within the line of sight, and the sky The azure blue and the emerald green of the ground complement each other; on the left side of the road is an open space about 400 meters long and three hundred meters wide. On both sides of the open space is not a bush but a low bungalow. A cake-shaped blue building is impressively the Great Western Forum Arena.

The Great Western Forum Arena in Inglewood (), this is the most luxurious and advanced stadium in Los Angeles. After it was put into use in 1967, it hosted NBA events for more than 20 years and also hosted the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Since it was put into use, the basketball game has been well-known to the residents of the City of Angels as the home court of the NBA Los Angeles Lakers.

This arena can accommodate 17,500 people. Every game day, the empty playground will be overwhelmed by thousands of vehicles and crowds. This is true today, even more exaggerated.

Private cars are laid out neatly in sight like beetles, densely packed and countless, and the crowds are like a wave of continual swarming towards the Great Western Forum Arena. The arena obviously can only accommodate less than 20,000 spectators, but there are at least 30,000 people in the line of sight at this time.

Not only is the playground where the Great Western Forum Arena is occupied by the crowds, but the free green space across the road is also occupied. People are like coming to a picnic, bringing tablecloths, sandwiches and beer to the green space, and then orderly Sit down and embellish the green in front of you into a colorful canvas, as if a painter splashed all the colors of the world on this canvas.

The turbulent crowd will be ignited instantly in the summer before they have had time to warm up in Los Angeles, as if a fire was ignited on the vast west coast, and then spread like a prairie fire, bringing the lazy spring that is still unwilling to leave. Driven away in an instant, the scorching heat of midsummer and July came to the City of Angels in May. The turbulent heat and turbulence will make people feel an illusion that they can melt at any time. This is true fanaticism. Looking at those faces that are excited or looking forward to or excited, just a smile is enough to rub the air with flames; looking at the figures that are excited or nervous or worried, just one action is enough to drive the air The volatility caused a hurricane.

Thirty thousand people? This is just a rough estimate within Hugo's sight. Even if someone tells him that there are fifty thousand people here, he will not hesitate to believe that it is no wonder that there are patrolmen starting to maintain traffic beyond the three streets. Order is in place. Such a grand occasion cannot be driven by any concert or awards ceremony, and even makes Hugo trance giving the illusion that the World Cup has opened a month in advance.

"It's nothing," Joseph said with a smile looking at Hugo's stunned expression. "You should go to the Super Bowl to see it. That kind of heat wave, even if you just stand off the court, you will feel like you are standing. It’s just in the crater."

"Have you been there?" Hugo turned his gaze from the window to Joseph sitting in the passenger seat in surprise. Because it was a low-key trip today, they did not drive out the van, but left Joseph's car at home. Volkswagen Golf. But it was Samora who drove.

The smile on Joseph's face rose involuntarily, "In 1974, at Rice Stadium(.)." Joseph was only ten years old at that time, and childhood memories surged in an instant, when Paul and Mary were not there yet. At birth, his father took him and his brother Peter to the scene to watch the game.

That year, the Miami Dolphins defeated the Minnesota Vikings and successfully defended the Super Bowl and became the second team to defend the Super Bowl after the Green Bay Packers. He witnessed the birth of a miracle on that scene. Twenty years have passed, and that memory has begun to fade, but it still shines with infinite light, but he and Peter are getting farther and farther away.

When Hugo saw the smile on Joseph's face went from blooming to dimming to loss, he suddenly remembered that in 1974, Joseph's brother and sister were not born, that is to say, Joseph thought of his brother. Last month, Joseph's brother Peter, who was constantly in trouble, got into trouble again: this time he joined the army directly.

Last year, the U.S. war in Somalia ended in disastrous defeat. The famous "Black Hawk Down" incident became the focus of attention of major American newspapers at that time. The civil war in Somalia became more and more turbulent, but the United States was forced to withdraw its troops. The aftermath of this war The Rwandan genocide was ushered in the Rwandan genocide last month.

Just as the concerns pointed out by the analysis of Ziegmund-Bauman after the release of "Schindler's List", the massacre broke out again. This genocide began on April 6th and has continued to the present. The negative actions of the United Nations in this incident have further increased the arrogance of the massacre. The US President William Clinton has not stopped because of the Black Hawk not long ago. The operation of the fall failed because he expressed that he did not want to intervene in the Rwandan civil war, so the situation is getting worse now.

In this context, Peter Gibbs joined the army.

When Joseph found out, Peter had entered the army to report. He was as if his soul had been taken away. He stayed on the spot for a full five minutes without speaking or moving. He just stood silently. In situ.

Although Peter kept getting into trouble, even experienced the danger of life and death, and caused his family members because of huge debts; but... he is a family member after all. Peter is not only a family member, he is also the elder brother that Joseph most worshipped from d, n, but now, Joseph is witnessing the collapse of his idol little by little, and Joseph's inner struggle and pain are more turbulent than anyone else.

Hugo looked at Joseph with a bit of bitterness in his eyes. Family, this is a problem that will never be solved.

Leonardo DiCaprio, who was sitting in the back seat next to Hugo, couldn’t see Joseph’s expression, but he saw the obscurity in Hugo’s expression. He couldn’t help being a little worried, although he didn’t know what happened. What happened, but he knew very well that Hugo's personality has always been positive, optimistic and clear. Such a melancholy look between his brows is really not suitable for Hugo.

"What's so good about football? I still think basketball is good. If it weren't for the Los Angeles Lakers, I wouldn't have come." Leonardo broke the two-second silence just now, deliberately raising his voice, bluffing Speaking of.

Sure enough, as soon as this sentence came out, Joseph and Hugo returned to their senses. Joseph was the first to shout, "What do you know! Rugby is a man's sport!"

Hugo actually has deep feelings for basketball, but I don’t know if it’s because of the complete fusion with Lancaster’s soul, or because he has now fully integrated into American life, and his love for rugby has surpassed basketball. , "Leo, rugby is a sport full of wisdom and physical strength. It is even more complex and intense than football. You should really learn how to appreciate rugby."

Leonardo didn’t refute either, he just said with a face of dissatisfaction, "Che, I don’t think so! Wilt a Burren (.), Jerry West (jerry. West), Karim A legend like kareem. abdul-jabbar is not something that any team can appear."

Steven Spielberg took four tickets to Hugo. Originally, Hugo invited members of the Glory to the Dead band to attend, but they are not Americans. They really don’t have any special ideas about football~www.readwn.com ~So Hugo invited Leonardo. No, Leonardo is here, but his passion for football is obviously not as good as basketball.

"I can't count the superstars in nfl history at all, just the glory of the Houston Miners I can count for two hours!" Joseph is a typical "Los Angeles immigrant" at first glance, he has always supported his hometown team , Not all the teams in Los Angeles.

But Hugo looked at Leonardo up and down. He obviously knew a lot about this kid. He frowned and thought about it, "Leo, to be honest, you like the Los Angeles Lakers because of Jack. Nicholson? You admire Jack, so you like his favorite team." Otherwise, according to Leonardo's age and family background, his enthusiasm for basketball should not be so obvious.

Leonardo was embarrassed by Hugo's inquisitive gaze, he could only avoid his gaze shyly, "Don't doubt my loyalty to basketball." But when he said this, he already looked out the window. Obviously lack of confidence. This immediately made Hugo laugh happily, making Leonardo a big red face, and he couldn't help laughing. (To be continued (Dian Dian Han paper) provided. If you like this work, you are welcome to read it and vote for a monthly ticket for the work. Your support is the biggest motivation for me to continue to create!)

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