Winter can be clearly felt in San Francisco in January, but at this time, the tip of Candace Swanepour's nose is slightly oozing with sweat. The entire Candlestick Park is filled with a raging heat wave, and there is no end in sight to the sparkling, slightly undulating sea of red, and the blood-red remnant sun of the evening fills the sky, the sea, and the stadium with a dazzling and brilliant halo.

Tonight, at 8 p.m. West Coast time, the San Francisco 49ers vs. Seattle Seahawks division game is about to start, and there are still more than four hours before the official game starts, but the scene is already crowded.

Candace's expression was extraordinarily focused, unaffected by the noise and noise around her, her eyes like the blue sea faintly reflected the dazzling light of the sun, as if she was working on the most important artistic creation in the world, and then the smile on the corner of her mouth rose little by little, "Okay! What do you think, Annie? I think Jack looks younger like this! ”

Jiang Youning stood behind Candace and nodded again and again with a smile on his face, "I think so too." ”

Lu Zhengze, who had become the center of attention, was still a little unaccustomed to it, and turned his head awkwardly, "Are you sure it doesn't matter?" I always felt that it was not a good fit. ”

At this moment, Lu Zhengze's cheeks are painted with two oil paint patterns, the left side is the San Francisco 49ers' team emblem, and the right side is a small crown, which looks exactly like the standard configuration of a fanatical nine.

But for Lu Zhengze, he is a little uncomfortable. At heart, he was still an Asian, and at his age, drawing these things always seemed unorthodox and out of place; After arriving at the scene today, because of the fiery atmosphere at the scene, Jiang Youning also painted oil paints, and with the encouragement of Candace, he nodded impulsively, but ...... He regretted it now.

"Don't worry, Jack, you look great right now!" Candace gave a big smile and gave a thumbs up to Lu Zhengze, while also shouting to the other nine people next to her, "Isn't it, what do you think?" ”

"That's it!" Li Mo Nian was the first to start shouting, and then shouted in Chinese, "Old Lu", which is a nickname among their Chinese fans, corresponding to Lu Ke's "Little Lu", affectionately gave Lu Zhengze a nickname, usually when they want to joke, they will deliberately call it so, and then switch back to English mode, "I'm starting to be jealous now, come on, give me two too!" ”

This season, the San Francisco 49ers made the playoffs for the second year in a row, and went one step further to create a brilliant undefeated season, and the enthusiasm of the Chinese American community reached the highest point in two seasons.

Today is the first game of the playoffs, all the fans came to Candlestick Park to cheer, even if you can't enter the Candlestick Stadium to watch the game, the big screen outside the stadium is the best place to feel the atmosphere of the game at the same time, and the number of Chinese fans in the Bay Area alone has exceeded 20,000.

As we all know, San Francisco is the third largest city in the United States by the number of Chinese, after New York and Los Angeles; In terms of population density, more than 20 percent of San Francisco's residents are Chinese, which is the highest in the United States, and if Oakland is added, then the number of Chinese in the Bay Area will surpass Los Angeles and be second only to New York.

After two years of foreshadowing and brewing, the current San Francisco 49 people have absolute appeal in the Bay Area, especially for the Chinese community, they are witnessing history step by step, the pride and pride is indescribable, and even other Asian American groups have joined this wave.

It is no exaggeration to say that Lu Ke's appeal to the Chinese community in North America has even faintly surpassed that of Yao/Ming. On the one hand, it is because of the unique leadership of football in the United States; On the other hand, it is because Lu Ke is making history with a terrifying performance on the field - in the final analysis, competitive sports are all about winning and losing.

Li Monian is finally no longer alone.

All his dreams and ambitions, all his persistence and regrets, are now realized in Lu Ke's body, and even the entire Chinese community has begun to change subtly - others don't know, but as a middle school rugby coach, he can clearly feel that more and more young people from the third and fourth generations of immigrants are beginning to join the sport of rugby.

Once, his persistence was considered to be unprofessional, and even his family and friends could not understand it, so he silently walked alone on the road of his dreams; Now, his dream is being realized step by step, his work, his ideals, his hobbies have been recognized, and every second of his life in the moment is happy and happy.

Turning his head, Li Monian could see a large number of Chinese faces in front of him, and all of them were filled with pride and excitement, because of Lu Ke and because of the 49 people in San Francisco.

Li Monian likes this moment, either because of a specific thing, or because he likes everything that this moment brings.

The reason why dreams are called dreams is not because they are beautiful and bright, but because they represent the source of power for life, which makes life bearable. What's more, dreams still have to be had, maybe one day they will come true?

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"You say, in today's game, can the minimum consumption still be achieved?"

"Absolutely! Otherwise, is it still called a minimum consumption? ”

"However, the team's injury problems are really annoying right now. The offensive group finally regained its feel, and now it has lost half of it, and the front line of the defensive group is also worrying, and I am not afraid of other problems, just afraid of injuries! ”

In the past week, the wild card game was in full swing, and the San Francisco 49ers were also actively preparing, and after a high-intensity confrontation throughout the season, injuries were still inevitable.

Mario Manningham suffered a knee injury in the final stage against the Arizona Cardinals and left the court on a stretcher, and later after an in-depth examination, it was confirmed that it was a medial knee ligament strain, which was not too serious, and two weeks of rest was fine, but if you want to fight fiercely, then you need to rest for at least three weeks or more, and this year's playoffs will be completely missed.

Chad Hall sprained his ankle in training, but fortunately the situation is still under control, he can play in this game but cannot start, and the specific state still needs to see the performance after the rotation; And Randy Moss's fitness has been problematic since the second half of the season, Hubble has been consciously controlling Moss's game time, and the playoff confrontation has been more accumulating, and it is now uncertain how long his fitness will be able to last.

As fans said, the lineup of offensive receivers who could win the San Francisco 49ers in the second half of the season was almost halved. Now it's time to get back to the three wide receivers of Michael Crabterry, Ted Jean and AJ Jenkins, plus a rotational Randy Moss.

Considering that Crabtree is still not fully recovered, Moss is not able to play the full game, and Jenkins is still too immature, then Jean is also alone, and it is very likely that they will once again passively return to the two-end strategy, and Vernon Davis is even more unpredictable than Crabtree.

The only good news in the attacking group is that Anthony Davis' injury is completely out of the way, and he can return to the offensive front line to ensure that Lu Ke has a solid pocket.

At the same time, the defensive group is also facing injury problems.

Not serious enough injuries to affect the game, but lingering minor injuries, Justin Smith and Ray McDonald's on the defensive front line are both old injuries - the San Francisco 49ers play a "3-4" formation this season, a total of three defensive forwards, and now both main players are facing injury troubles, which means their ability to raid quarterbacks and put pressure on offensive fronts will be tested.

Defender Navoro Bowman has been plagued by a shoulder injury, corner-back Chris Gulliver has played his last two games with an injury, and safety defenders Donte Wittler and Dashan Goldson are not in the best physical condition.

Although injuries are inevitable in competitive sports, almost every player has injuries to some degree; But the fatigue and overdraft of a winning season are slowly creeping in.

The San Francisco 49ers' defensive team is dominated by veterans, and the impact is more obvious; The attacking group is dominated by young players, and the ups and downs of form and adjustments still have a greater impact than injuries.

"But I still have faith in us! Because there's Bambi! ”

"Rugby is a team sport and we can't put all our hopes on Bambi, Bambi is really good, but if the pressure is too high, he's not omnipotent! Barbie is going to be broken! ”

"I mean, Bambi is the spiritual leader, and he's going to be able to find a solution after all! Believe me, when the receiving team was up and down before, Logan was also absent due to a concussion, Bambi was stunned to continue the winning streak with second-tier players, if it wasn't for Bambi digging, who would have known that Mario and Chad could be so good? So, it's the same now, Bambi must have realized the problem! He's not going to be caught! ”

"It's just, what's more, we're playing against the Seahawks right now, and we have a psychological advantage! You're sure to be able to beat your opponents with ease! The minimum consumption is definitely not something we just talk about! ”

"Anyway, in terms of strength, we're on the upper hand, aren't we? Season wins, we fight one game at a time! ”

"But...... Forget it, just when I didn't say it. I'm looking forward to winning as well! Come on, come on! ”

Although the last fan didn't say it, Li Mo Nian knew: But ...... There have been too many upsets this year.

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