Chinese champion

Chapter 120 Childhood Idol

After Pei Wei returned to Mallorca, his teammates were a little curious and came up to ask him how he felt about shooting the commercial.

Pei Wei suddenly felt a little strange after answering a few words: "Don't you guys ever shoot commercials?"

Eto'o shrugged his shoulders: "Who is like you? There is a market as big as China behind us. We can't do it. We are not as famous as you."

"Don't be kidding!" Pei Wei smiled and slapped Eto'o on the back: "You 'Cameroon Lion' is famous all over the world. You have participated in the World Cup. Who is more famous if you are not famous?"

"Then why no one asked me to shoot commercials?" Eto'o said bitterly.

Pei Wei thought about it carefully. No one in the team has participated in commercial shooting. Even Delgado, who has been in the European arena for nearly ten years, has not shot commercials. No wonder their group should be "see "Informative" players have also shown keen interest in him.

After a few jokes, Aragones, who arrived later, dispersed the crowd with a whistle: "What are you talking about! Don't let me go to training!"

The players dispersed one after another, and there was no distraction, because after all, Mallorca will welcome Real Madrid at home in two days, and no team can be sparse before the game against Real Madrid.

But during the training, Pei Wei found that captain Nadal was a little preoccupied and made several mistakes.

After the training, Pei Wei, who was at the end, met Nadal at the gate of the training camp.

"Captain, what's the matter?" Pei Wei knew that the captain would not wait for him here for no reason.

Nadal stepped forward, his voice was very low: "Pei... did you meet Guardiola this time when you went to shoot an advertisement?"

"Guardiola..." Pei Wei thought for a while. Guardiola was the former captain of Barcelona. He terminated his contract with Barcelona after the World Cup. Now, it seems that he and you used to be teammates of Barcelona, ​​right?"

"Yeah..." Nadal said slowly: "We have been friends for more than ten years. We have been together since Cruyff's era. I wonder if he is still okay now? Italy is not the place he should go. , maybe ten years younger..."

When Nadal said this, Pei Wei also remembered that Guardiola was always a little depressed during the filming process. It seems that he is not happy in Rome.

"Okay, I'm leaving, goodbye." Nadal patted Pei Wei on the shoulder and walked out. After a while, his figure disappeared into the night.

"It doesn't feel good to be abandoned." Pei Wei thought. Guardiola was abandoned by Barcelona after the World Cup. The former Camp Nou hero can only play as a substitute in Rome. Think about the former European football team. The "dream team" of Barcelona, ​​Romario is now in Brazil, and the state is also going from bad to worse. Stoichkov retired early. The former European No. [-] goalkeeper Baia can only spend his time in the Portuguese league. How cruel is the metabolism on the football field at the end of the career!

Will I be like this in the future?Pei Wei asked himself.

No!I believe that I will not have such a bleak evening scene, and I will keep my competitive state.

Robert Baggio, Matthaus, these evergreen trees in world football are the objects of my study.

When people in the future were surprised that he could maintain his competitive state for a long time, he just laughed and didn't answer. No one knew how much this ordinary night would have an impact on his future.

Two days passed quickly. On December 12th, Mallorca hosted Real Madrid at home.

Aragones knew before the game that this game was definitely not easy to play.

Although Mallorca did not fall behind in last year's two league games, and both games were tied with their opponents, Aragones knew that it was not a reflection of the team's true strength. In the home game, if It wasn't that heavy rain that made the opponent's cooperation impossible, and if many opportunities were wasted, the score might not be 2:2. As for the draw in the away game, Real Madrid, who saw the league championship lost, became anxious. Coupled with Mallorca's tiger's defense without leaving the hole, this made Mallorca take a point in the away game.

But today's game is different. Real Madrid has a strong army after Ronaldo joined. Now they are only three points behind Real Sociedad. It is time to catch up and they will not let the victory slip away from their hands.

Fortunately, Real Madrid's defense has always been a big problem. Although Hiero has rich experience, he is old. Turning around is a big problem for him. It should be a good way to attack him with the sensitive Eto'o. Although the other defender, Elguera, is fierce in defense, he is only 1.8 meters tall. Delgado should have an advantage in height.

The problem is the backline.

Like Real Madrid, Mallorca's defense is too old. Can captain Nadal be able to block Ronaldo's impact?And the dexterous Raul might not be something Nino can stare at, right?
No matter how much Aragones struggled with the lineup, the game started.

Mallorca's lineup has not changed, and Aragones can only use the lineup he has used most proficiently, and Real Madrid's lineup is also very similar to last year, except for Ronaldo instead of Morientes. Also unchanged from last year.

The game is on!

Real Madrid kicked off the ball first, and Pei Wei stood outside the top of the center circle and looked at Ronaldo who was about to kick off, and couldn't help feeling ups and downs.

I came to the Inter Milan youth team in 96. In the second year, Ronaldo transferred from Barcelona to Inter Milan with a world-leading price of 2900 million US dollars. Pei Wei still remembers the day Ronaldo came to Milan. Many Inter Milan fans flocked to the hotel on the street where Ronaldo stayed, chanting Ronaldo's name constantly. They hoped that the No. Milan brought the glory of the Italian Serie A championship that had not been seen in eight years. When Ronaldo participated in the Inter Milan training for the first time, a large number of children rushed to squeeze around him, and they could touch his bald head. proud of.

Then... that was the season that made every Inter Milan feel excited. Under the leadership of coach Simeone, Zamorano and Djorkaeff's attack line was invincible, and Diego Simeone firmly controlled the midfield , Bergmi and Zanetti lead a solid defense, and there is the Italian national goalkeeper Pagliuca in front of the goal... Of course, the "alien" Ronaldo, who we regard goals as nothing, is indispensable!
At that time, Pei Wei was in the youth team of Inter Milan. Of course, in order to make up for it, he also worked part-time as a ball boy at the Meazza Stadium. This was the happiest moment for him at that time, because he could get in close contact with his idols. , Several times when he threw the ball to Ronaldo with his own hands, he saw Ronaldo's eyes flashing with excitement.

That year, Inter Milan once dominated the Serie A field. The 97-98 Serie A season has always been the most exciting season so far in Pei Wei's opinion. Among other things, you can only chase after the top four strikers on the scorer list. The grand occasions I have caught up with can be described as unprecedented, Juventus' Del Piero, Inter Milan's Ronaldo, Udinese's Bierhoff and Bologna's Roberto Baggio, they use their own one after another A wonderful goal wrote one after another beautiful, gorgeous, or domineering music for the Serie A field of the year...

Although Inter Milan is one point behind Juventus when there are three rounds left in Serie A, all Inter Milan fans still confidently believe that the champion of this season is still Inter Milan, because in the next round, Inter Milan will be at the Away to Juventus, if we win...

On the night of April 1998, 4, the beginning was quite normal. In the second half, Del Piero of Juventus took advantage of Inter Milan's defensive mistakes to take the lead. Inter Milan, unwilling to fail, launched a tide-like attack , In the 26th minute of the second half, Ronaldo broke into the penalty area after receiving the ball and was knocked to the ground by the defender. When all the Inter Milan players were waiting for the referee's whistle, the sound did not sound for a long time. The referee asked for an explanation, but the Juventus players took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. Piero took the ball in the penalty area, and Bergmi intercepted the ball. At this time, the referee's whistle sounded sharply: penalty kick!

The anger of the Inter Milan players finally vented, but this move was undoubtedly stupid. They paid the price of three yellow cards for this. Although Del Piero's penalty was saved by Pagliuca, the score was still maintained until the end .

This is also the last league game that Ronaldo played for Inter Milan that season. After that game, Ronaldo was fined and suspended for three games because he criticized the referee on duty in an interview. In the end, Inter Milan could only take second place. runner up.

The last memory that Ronaldo left for Pei Wei that season was in the UEFA Cup final at the end of the season. His last goal helped Inter Milan beat Lazio 3-0 and won the UEFA Cup. The only honor received by Inter Milan.

Then... there are three seasons that are like a nightmare for both Ronaldo and Inter Milan. Ronaldo was injured after the World Cup. This injury lasted for three years. During this period, he only played intermittently. Ten games, and Inter Milan's results are also very bad, neither Roberto Baggio, Batistuta or Vieri can bring Inter Milan even a Coppa Italia championship with their goals .

After three years of recovery, injury, injury and recovery, finally last season, Ronaldo officially returned. His return brought a lot of weight to Cooper's championship plan. He and Vier The combination in Italy has also become the most lethal striker combination in Italy. Although Ronaldo has become a bit bloated after three years of training, his technique, speed and awareness still make him one of the most threatening strikers in the world. one.

As the team's performance got better and better, a smile appeared on Ronaldo's face again. On the premise of winning the championship, the conflict between him and coach Cooper due to the training content seemed to be so obvious. negligible.

On May 2002, 5 at the Olympic Stadium, with Simone Inzaghi single-handedly passing Toldo and scoring the ball into the empty goal in the No.5 minute of the second half, Inter Milan fell behind 703:2, and the whole game was mediocre. Ronaldo was replaced by Cooper, this is also the last game Ronaldo participated in Inter Milan.

The last impression Ronaldo left on Pei Wei was the situation where he covered his face and cried bitterly after being replaced. At that moment, not only him, but all Inter Milanese's hearts were broken...

At the beginning of that game, Pei Wei did not participate in the training and competition in Mallorca due to injury. He watched the game from beginning to end in his apartment. When he was leading, he cheered with the fans of Inter Milan. He sighed with the Inter Milan fans, and when Ronaldo shed tears sadly, his heart also twitched, and a sense of sadness permeated his whole body...

In a later day, Pei Wei and Marco said that the scene of Ronaldo crying was one of the three biggest regrets he felt as an outsider on the football field in his life. The other two were The back view of Baggio shooting a penalty kick in the 1994 World Cup final and the heroic tears Batistuta shed in 2002 when Argentina's elimination from the group stage was a foregone conclusion.

These three shots made Pei Wei understand that in the world of football, there is not only victory and joy...

After the World Cup, after a month of almost soap opera-like seesaw, Ronaldo transferred to Real Madrid at the last moment of the European transfer market closing. This move also brought him nicknames such as "traitor", "Judas", and even Radical Inter Milan fans declared that they would burn his mansion in Milan!
Although Pei Wei is a loyal fan of Inter Milan, he doesn't mean to be angry about Ronaldo's transfer.

The flow of professional players is very normal. Although Ronaldo immediately left Inter Milan, which was still loyal to him during his recovery period, on the grounds of disagreement with coach Cooper after he recovered from his injury, but from professional football From this point of view, it is indisputable.

No one would like to play awkward football under a coach whose coaching style is completely different from his own technical characteristics.

Now, he is going to compete with his idol in his youth. The ignorant little caddy has grown into Mallorca's number one star, while the high-spirited "alien" has become the hard-edged and restrained Madrid. sharp knife.

Although it is rare to see Ronaldo's flamboyant and amazing individual performances now, his ability to seize opportunities in front of goal is undoubtedly more precise than before. The eight goals in the World Cup have been well illustrated. at this point.

The referee's whistle blew, and Pei Wei woke up from his memories. Raul passed the ball to Ronaldo.
(End of this chapter)