February 14, 2018 is the eve before New Year's Eve. Atlanta has a very important first game of the Europa League group stage to play on that day, which is to face the Premier League Everton team from afar at home. However, since this season,

As long as Atlanta has not lost a game at home, and Everton can only be regarded as a perennial mid-level team in the Premier League, the result of this game is not difficult to guess. Atlanta won't have much suspense in the end.

Under such circumstances, he easily defeated his opponent 3-0.

After playing this game, although the team's preparations were still not relaxed, they were finally able to take a good rest on the next day's New Year's Eve. The club also considered the needs of several Chinese players in the team.

Due to special circumstances, they were given a day off on this day, and Li Zhao also returned to his family's big villa early after the game that day.

In a blink of an eye, it’s the morning of New Year’s Eve. Although this day has no meaning in Western countries, it is the last day of the Year of the Rooster in the Chinese lunar calendar, and after zero o’clock on this day, it is the Year of the Dog. In the past, due to Brazil’s

The league will end before the end of December at the latest, so Li Zhao returns to China early every year to spend time at this time. However, due to the different conditions of the season in Europe, he will definitely not be able to go back as usual this year, and this

It will also be his first Spring Festival spent abroad. Fortunately, his family, relatives and friends are also with him, which makes him feel less lonely. On the contrary, it also gives him a sense of novelty that he has never had before.

The New Year's goods at home had been prepared several days ago, but Li Zhao still got up early in the morning and was busy preparing to bid farewell to the old year and welcome the new year with his family. He was not finished until nearly noon, and the club's

The friends came to visit at this time. Considering that it was not easy for these Chinese friends to celebrate the New Year overseas, this was what Li Zhao had agreed with them in advance. The original staff also included people who were also in Italy.

The former Portuguese players and Wu Lei who played in the league, but actually more people came. A small half of the team members including the club coach Gasperini came. Fortunately, Li Zhao's house is big enough.

Moreover, we must be fully prepared to accommodate so many people.

After the guests said their New Year's greetings one by one, parents Zhao Xueqin and Li Junsheng also gave each of them a small red envelope. Although the amount in it was not large, it was a sign of lightness in courtesy but weight in affection. After that, everyone gathered together again.

After a simple lunch, Gasperini left with the team members. However, the friends who were originally on the agreed list continued to stay because they had to attend with Li Zhao in the afternoon.

One activity is to visit a local Confucius Institute and send New Year blessings to the overseas Chinese students who stayed in the school to celebrate the New Year.

The Confucius Institute, also known as the Confucius School, is not a university in the general sense, but an exchange institution for promoting Chinese and disseminating Chinese culture. It is a non-profit social welfare institution, usually among universities and research institutes located abroad.

Among educational institutions of this kind, one of the most important tasks of the college is to provide standardized modern Chinese teaching materials to Chinese learners around the world; to provide the most formal and important Chinese teaching channel. And over the years, it has been committed to adapting to countries around the world (

region) people’s need for Chinese language learning, enhance the understanding of the language and culture of country C by people from all countries (regions) around the world, and strengthen educational and cultural exchanges and cooperation between country C and other countries around the world, develop friendly relations with each other, and promote the development and construction of world multiculturalism

Harmonious World has made outstanding contributions.

The Confucius Institute that Li Zhao and his companions are going to today is the Confucius Institute at the National University of Milan in Bergamo. Its host institution is the University of Milan, and its partner institution is the Liaoning Normal University from China. It can be said that Li Zhao

Zhao and these people are now very well-known in the local area, and their influence in the Chinese community is even more terrifying, so the moment they appeared in front of everyone, they caused quite a stir. Some people think

They wanted to take photos with them, and some people wanted their autographs, but Li Zhao and others basically satisfied the demands of this group of teachers and students.

After completing a series of interactive sessions, the next step was the question-and-answer session, which teachers and students were most concerned about. After answering some questions about football and clubs, Li Zhao and his companions each talked about their time in a foreign country.

The daily life conditions of the show aroused everyone's resonance and encouraged the compatriots to work hard, and Li Zhao was the last person to appear.

"Dear teachers and classmates, in fact, except that we may be better at playing football than you and have the identity of a football player, we are exactly the same as you in other aspects, and I was once one of you.

I am a member of the Communist Party of China and completed my studies last year. But if you want to talk about certain academic and professional fields, you are more powerful, so it is not certain who will learn from whom, so

The best way is to learn from each other. But if I really want to make some suggestions, I think it is necessary to emphasize some of the beliefs that we Chinese people should have.

First of all, as the only remaining Chinese civilization among the four ancient civilizations, the reason why it can be passed down to this day has a great relationship with its cultural characteristics of being inclusive and open to all rivers, and on the other hand, it is attributed to the past

The three schools of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism represent the strong resilience of Chinese culture and their continuous influence on generations of descendants. Therefore, the Chinese nation deserves to be one of the best nations in the world today. Coupled with the rapid development of the motherland’s national strength, we can

I feel extremely proud and proud of being a Chinese.

It is obviously not enough for the inheritance of Chinese civilization to be limited to the country. It also needs to be developed to a wider world and be discovered and accepted by other people in the world. As a representative of Confucian culture, the Confucius Institute is at the forefront, and it is worthy

We sincerely admire and work hard.

But we Chinese people are still a relatively vulnerable group overseas, and under such circumstances, some people are still keen on engaging in internal fighting. This is what I feel particularly sad about.

Our compatriots in Sao Paulo have done a very good job at this point. I believe many of you also know what it was like there in the past, but the status of the Chinese people there now is completely different, not only with the local

The integration of people and culture has created an unprecedented new situation, which is indeed worthy of our overseas compatriots in other regions to learn from.

I hereby call on all compatriots to put aside their grudges and regional prejudices. I also hope that your Confucius Institute can serve as an example to promote sincere unity and the will to make progress together to more overseas compatriots.

Our head of state has put forward the great concept of the China Dream, and I think its prospects should not be limited to the country. If our overseas Chinese compatriots can also work together and unite, we can realize the China Dream that goes further than this.

Finally, as a relatively pure football person, I am also very concerned about the development of domestic football, but I also know that there is still a long way to go for country C football to truly rise, and it requires the accumulation of a huge football population to finally succeed.

, and first of all, we need everyone’s full support. This is not just about shouting slogans. I hope everyone can participate in more physical exercises after studying. To revitalize football, we must start with ourselves." As the final speech.
Chapter completed!