From following the home team to "Green Star"

□ Our reporter Zhao Cenyu

Last weekend, Jiujiang team in the Ganzhou Super League played against Nanchang team at home, and a nervous penalty kick before the end of the game affected the whole game. No. 50 of Jiujiang team Fang Liang stood at the free throw point but failed to get the ball into the penalty. The moment the final whistle sounded, the young fan named Lin Zukai turned red on the spot and tears slid down his cheeks.

"It was very sad that he didn't get the penalty kick and didn't say a word on the way home." Lin Zukai's mother recalled.

This summer, Xiao Zukai has almost never missed every game of Jiujiang team. In the first game of Jiujiang team against Nanchang, his parents asked his friends to buy tickets and took him to watch the game away; in the second game of home against Jingdezhen team, he excitedly shouted cheers with the whole audience; in the third game of away match against Yingtan team, his parents failed to buy tickets, and the whole family stayed in front of the live broadcast; in the fourth game of away match against Shangrao team, his parents were lucky to grab the tickets and drove him to watch the game away; in the fifth game of Nanchang team, he followed nearly 30,000 fans to shout at Jiujiang home court, witnessing the regrettable penalty.

Since kindergarten, football has become Lin Zekai's most loyal playmate. In the first grade, his parents asked him to try to learn street dance, but the little boy shook his head firmly: "I only like football." In the eyes of Xiao Zukai, the players of Jiujiang team are the heroes of this city. On the evening of August 26, my mother took him to the Chaisang District Gymnasium to visit Jiujiang Team for training. Xiaoyu, Nie Weitian, Ke Xianli, Fang Liang... were all there. When he saw the players of Jiujiang team, Xiao Cai cheered excitedly. Because Fang Liang often rolled up his trousers during competitions, he also gave his idol a nickname: "God of War in Briefs", which made the entire team laugh. When Xiao Zukai walked onto the training ground and "played his feet" with his idols, his innocent smile infected every member of the Jiujiang team. "The players all like him very much, and Fang Liang also touched his head and said that he would definitely get the penalty next time." Lin Zukai's mother said so.

In school, Xiao Zukai has long been a "green little star". This year, Hehu Primary School organized a second-grade football competition. He led the team as the captain of Class 2 (5), winning 10 consecutive games and defeating 11 teams in the same grade. He scored 7 goals alone and was the well-deserved No. 1 football star in the class. "Football brings a lot of happiness to children." Lin Zukai's mother said: "Not only he has become stronger, he has also learned to unite, work hard and struggle from it."

Happiness does not only belong to Xiao Zukai. The reporter learned that in recent years, Hehu Primary School has continuously deepened the popularization of campus football: football has been included in the school-based curriculum system, and each class in the school has two football interest physical education classes per week. Everyone participates in the first to ninth grades, aiming to allow more children to participate in football and enjoy the joy brought by sports.