Green Glory: the Soul of the Football King Blooms in the Mud

In the coal dust of Bijie, Guizhou, young Ma Dige has been inseparable from football since birth. When the world champion Maradona passed away, his remnant soul traveled halfway around the world and fell into the body of this newborn baby. From then on, his feet had miracles, and his heart was filled with the unyielding pursuit of light. From the Guiyang Football School, to the youth training in Seville, Spain, to the tempering of the steel defense line in Serie A; from the devilish home court of Boca Juniors in Argentina, to the century-defining victory in the Champions League final. He used the tenacity of the East and the agility of South America to tear apart all prejudices and put the wealthy teams on his shoulders. But Madige knows that all glory is only for that red flag. When he led his team to survive in a life-and-death battle in the World Cup qualifiers, Chinese football finally got this light after a century of wasted time. He is not the shadow of Maradona, he is Madige - the Eastern flag that leads the national football team into the World Cup to compete with various strong European and American teams. The flowers blooming in the mud will eventually bloom in the morning sun. This is not a football novel, this is a history of awakening towards the sun.