football's most handsome

Then he spoke softly.

"This starts with Leo's childhood..."

Lionel Messi first discovered his football talent when he was five years old.

At the time he was playing for the local interception youth soccer team in Rosario, coached by his father, Jorge Messi.

Jorge Messi is very proud of his abilities, he is 100% sure that his son will be the future champion of Argentina, just like Maradona!

There are five children in their family, and the whole family is going through a difficult time, and now, the only light is dawning, and the family has high expectations for him.

——But everything was so unexpected.

When Lionel Messi was 11 years old, he still looked like he was five or six years old. Finally, the whole family began to feel that something was wrong, and they took him around for a checkup. The already tight-knit family suddenly fell into despair.

"Deficiency of developmental hormones, that is, dwarfism." Speaking of this time, Jorge Messi still couldn't help sighing, with a bit of embarrassment in his eyes, although it was a thing of the past, but he said it now I still feel very hard, "His bones will never grow up, and will always only be this tall."

But God didn't close the window of hope for their family right away, at least there was a ray of hope, at least this dwarfism is curable, as long as the injection of growth hormone is enough, but the monthly cost is as high as [-] Dollar,

The hope of the whole family suddenly became the biggest burden. Faced with such a high cost, almost everyone in the already tight family was desperate.

"The cost of the injection is nine hundred dollars a month, which may be a drop in the bucket for a team like Barcelona, ​​but Newell's old man..." This is their mother team, and it is also the team where Messi and his son have always played. Maybe he can afford the money, but it's really not worth it for a child.

——Originally, the River Plate team, one of the A-League duo, also coveted him, but now, he has such a persistent disease, so why should he want it?

The two remained silent, and Juan could only pat him lightly in the end. Messi's father tried his best to raise his head and gave him a smile.

"No one came to save us... until four years ago, when we moved to Barcelona with our family, they said they could treat Leo. They gave us hope and opportunity, and we are grateful to them."

"Barca gave us money for medical treatment, gave Leo a trial at La Masia, and nothing else."

Juan didn't say anything, his slender fingertips casually caressed the wall of his cup, and a pair of ice blue eyes looked at him vaguely, allowing the person in front of him to immerse himself in his own world.

——To be honest, although Barcelona doesn't take good care of the Messi family, it is already considered as benevolent.

For such a young man in his early teens, no one knows if he will play well, even the wealthy local Argentines are not willing to spend money for treatment, let alone a club as far away as La Liga.

To say that the only bad thing is that Barcelona is really not authentic in the placement of family members. They do not provide accommodation, food, or other things. They only provide a chance for treatment, but at least, this is Messi. The family's only lifeline at the time.

And in all fairness, why should people provide these things?

Have you contributed to Barcelona before?No.

Is it after Fame?no.

Is it going to cost a fortune?Yes, but still don't know what risky investment.

All in all, Barcelona is willing to take such a risk, and Messi's talent accounts for a large part of the reason. They signed Messi's contract until 2012-in 2000, they directly pulled a 12-year contract.

But this does not mean that the club attaches great importance to him, because Juan is very clear that the significance of such a long-term contract is that unless this person can suddenly advance to the king's level, otherwise, the salary in these 12 years is absolutely worthless. Don't think about adding more.

At least as far as Juan remembers, all the contracts that everyone can get are signed every four years, which will leave some room for bargaining between the club and the players.

...Anyway, Real Madrid will not give such a contract. Raul is renewed every four years, but he is very low-key when he renews, and everyone tacitly agrees that he is definitely in Real Madrid, so there has never been a big report .

Guti has a three-year continuation, mainly because this kid is good at playing football but too noisy. Real Madrid is afraid of such a firecracker, and they can't wait to get away early...

As for Iker Casillas, renewal every five years, the renewal of these three castillas is basically something that everyone defaults to, but I have never heard of a contract that was signed for more than ten years at once.

And it was this ten-year contract that made Deportivo bite Barcelona hard.

How much is Messi's transaction price?

— 2000.

More than half of the money is for Messi's contract, which also includes Messi's medical subsidy for so many years, basically it can be said that Messi and Barcelona are completely broken.

Although Jorge Messi is not very astute, but as his son's manager, he still knows these things. At the same time, he also knows that the coach who looks young in front of him is actually the one who makes up his mind. If you want to do something, it is best to implement it through him, so this time I went to him directly.

Their conversation didn't last very long, basically the person in front of them was talking all the time, Juan was listening, and at the end, Jorge Messi wiped his eyes and said earnestly One sentence: "So, this is a request from our family. It has been more than two years since my family returned home. We have not seen each other in the past two years. Our family is eager to reunite..."

After pondering for a while, Juan considered his vocabulary: "So, you hope to find a job and let your whole family move to Lacco?"

"Yes, yes." He nodded hurriedly, his eyes were full of earnestness and pleading, Juan stood up with a smile: "Understood, I will discuss it with Mr. Mendez... Jorge Mendez, you guys You've met a lot, haven't you?"

"Yes, yes." When mentioning the Portuguese agent with the same name as him, there was a strange aura in the eyes of the person in front of him. Juan didn't know how to describe it, but he sincerely suggested: "Now You're Leo's agent, but what I'm saying is, maybe you can try to get him to Jorge Mendes."

"Why do I have to share money with other people for what I can do?" Regarding this question, Jorge Messi was obviously very noncommittal, and Juan smiled very calmly.

"He is a professional agent with enough experience. The transfer operations he handles will make the players go in a better direction-and one more thing, he can make a lot of money."

"It's very profitable...what do you mean?" Jorge Messi hesitated.

Juan replied with a smile: "It means that Jorge Mendes will maximize the benefits of players when allowed, such as Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo."

Messi's father has also heard about Manchester United's new Portuguese star. Although he usually only pays attention to the games between La Liga and Argentina, can't he bear the little guy's fame?

"It can be said that if he didn't have a good agent, he must still be in the Portuguese Super League now, and he would not be able to come to the five major leagues at all." Juan said with righteous words, and did not insult his teammate's self-consciousness at all. . "And maybe you can only earn 20 yuan, but through his hands, you can earn 30, [-] or even more. You only need to pay him a little fee, and you can save a lot of things later. .”

——Although I don’t know why it’s obviously a conversation between a club coach and a football manager and father, but now he’s sincerely recommending an agent to others, the style of painting is a bit strange...

"I know, but now I can't afford an agent at all." Jorge Messi nodded when he thought of the Portuguese agent. After all, he is still very good at being a man. Ao has no salary, let alone me, I have already worked very hard for the rent..."

"We are ready for everything." Juan smiled, and then took out his phone. Jorge Mendes never shuts down the phone 24 hours a day all year round, just to prevent his customers from making any requests. When he heard that the person on the other end of the phone was Juan, Jorge Mendes had the idea of ​​killing people.

"Juan, I didn't expect you to be such a person." When the phone was answered, the Portuguese agent had a feeling of gnashing his teeth, "A blanket and a sofa, is this the treatment you give to heroes?"

"Sorry, I'm just afraid that moving will affect your sleep quality." Juan replied in Spanish without changing his expression, and then raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Speaking of which, I want to introduce you to a business."

"Tell me, what's the business?" The person on the phone rustled for a while, as if struggling in the blanket, Juan hadn't left for half an hour at the moment, when he was called again Yes, I have to say that life is really hard... But as soon as he heard that the man was speaking Spanish, he knew there must be something wrong - at least there must be another person on the other side.

"About Messi." Juan said this, and Jorge Mendes immediately became energetic: "Lionel Messi? Didn't his father always refuse to let go of Messi's agent rights?" ?”

"Yes, because he doubts your ability." Juan smiled slightly at the person in front of him.

"Doubt me?" The Portuguese agent exploded in an instant, "I can guarantee that the money Messi himself will earn in the next ten years will be fine even if his family doesn't have to go out to work and go out to play day and night! "

"Really?" Mendes was taken aback by the sudden voice on the phone, but soon, he recognized the accent of the other party with his super memory: "Mr. Messi?"

"Is what you just said true?" The person on the phone asked a little uneasily, and the Portuguese agent, whose professionalism was once again questioned, was angry: "Of course!"

Jorge Messi was just about to say something, but Juan interrupted him with a smile: "Maybe you can talk about the specific situation in person, so you can feel more at ease."

The Argentine made sense when he thought about it, and left Depor's training camp after asking about the location, and Juan Ci finally had the opportunity to return to the court to participate in today's training.

On the way to the court, he greeted his agent again: "Jorge, listen to me."

"what?"

"Jorge Messi... is a bit greedy, you have to be careful when you get along, but he is not a bad person, as long as you give him enough economic benefits, he will have nothing to say, do you understand?"

"Understood." Jorge was very helpless on the phone. Is he such a person who is not worthy of reassurance? "You also worked hard to keep Leo Messi."

"Yes." Juan smiled, "You should also get his agent rights as soon as possible, so that you will earn in the future, well, I won't talk to you, I have already arrived at the training ground, let's talk back."

When he hung up the phone, Juan was still in a happy mood, but when he stood on the court, his first reaction was to be shocked, and the second reaction was——

What the hell is this?

There were two groups of people standing on the field, and it seemed that they were confronting each other. The people on both sides stood loosely, and the scene seemed to be on the verge of breaking out, but if you look carefully, you will find that the two groups of people actually have a certain pattern. .

For example, one wave is the Portuguese-speaking gang, and the other is the Spanish-speaking gang...

Spanish players and Argentine players stood in a wave, and in front of them stood Navas, who is currently the second youngest in the team. The Costa Rican teenager looked quite dazed, and he was a little embarrassed holding his gloves—mainly Juan saw The pair at the back firmly held down his big hands, not knowing what they were doing.

On the other side, players from Brazil, Portugal, and Greece stood in a wave-it is worth mentioning that the two players from Greece speak Greek, and they don't know a word of Portuguese. After a few, the momentum was not enough, so I stood here to help the platform, and the person standing in the front was the puffy-haired David Louis, the tall and thin puffy-headed laughing and talking to the people around him.

Everyone seemed to be confronting each other. Only Redondo and Belleron, who were standing at the back of the Spanish language gang, noticed him, smiled at him, and then sneaked over.

"What's the situation?" Juan asked in a low voice, he was also a little surprised, after all, he never thought that there would be such a situation on the court.

"Oh, it's like this." Belleron smiled helplessly, "The two of them were comparing their ages at the beginning, but the new Messi is not the youngest? First or something..."

"Is that so?" Juan was taken aback for a moment. That's a good thing. The competitiveness of the players is something to be happy about.

"Yes, but at this time, the biggest problem comes." Belleron was silent for a while, and finally said, "Among these three people, there is a goalkeeper, a defender, and a midfielder. The backbone of Depor's next generation."

"Isn't it?" Juan was stunned. The three people he chose were all carefully considered, and the future is limitless. Why does it seem that something big is going to happen in Captain Laco's mouth?

"How should I tell you?" Belleron struggled for a while, then turned to look at Redondo for help, and Redondo could only accept the words: "Now it's no longer a fight between three young people, Now it's a contest between the Portuguese-speaking gang and the Spanish-speaking gang."

"What's there to argue about?" Juan raised his eyebrows, "Can the Portuguese-speaking gang be able to take over the place?"

→The township he said refers to stars like Redondo, Riquelme, Aimar, etc. who have already been kicked out. As a result, when it comes to this, Redondo and Belleron seem to be even more helpless.

"Romario likes to watch the excitement, so he got involved in this matter."

"..." Juan suddenly wanted to sigh a little bit. On the court, the Brazilian lone wolf looked lazy, but he seemed a little too active in fighting and not doing these things?

"Besides, even if Romario doesn't make it, they still have you."

...? ? ?

Juan was stunned for a while before realizing what these people were thinking.He is a coach!If you just think about it from a professional point of view, it is true that no one present can restrain him.

But as a coach, he doesn't know how to play. What are these Portuguese-speaking people thinking?And once he plays, Redondo, Riquelme, and Aimar may play over there, and then Romario here can't help but also come, and then it will become a big fight.

"Ah, it seems to be about to start." Beleron smiled and raised his eyebrows, his face full of relief - Laco hasn't been so energetic for a long time, "Five-on-five, it finally developed into a reasonable group fight."

A confrontation between the Portuguese-speaking gang and the Spanish-speaking gang?

Juan was speechless for a while, and finally couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "The Portuguese team has no goalkeeper and midfielder, and the Spanish team has no backcourt. How can we play?"

Indeed, the three goalkeepers of Deportivo are all Spanish-speaking, and currently there are only three Spanish-speaking gangs in Depor's nine defenders, and two of these three Spanish-speaking gangs are over-age-the only one Ibáñez, who is not very good at his legs these days, did not participate in such a confrontation for safety; and the midfielder is even worse. Depor currently has six midfielders, four Argentines, two Spaniards, There is no Portuguese help at all...

The people on the field obviously also found this problem. Juan looked around, and finally he stepped forward: "I think it's better to arrange it like this. Let's divide into age groups, how about it?"

"How did you come here?" Seeing the head coach coming, everyone calmed down and listened to what he had to say. Juan picked the ball into his palm and twirled with a smile: "The languages ​​on both sides are a little different, so I don't force you to How—but at least we can try to get along."

"However, it is still possible to learn, so it should be considered as learning a few sentences of Spanish?"

So, at the beginning the two sides were in a state of confrontation, but when the game officially started, there were players on both sides, one was wearing a vest and the other was not, and this was used to distinguish the crowd.

Messi is also on the field. Although he is not very tall, and even has almost no sense of presence on the field, when the two sides were playing, a few people with sharp observations discovered that he had been very busy that morning. The quiet and silent boy seemed to be about to change into a different person.

And when the ball was at his feet, it was just a blink of an eye.

——The people on one side have already started to marvel and celebrate, while the people on the other side are full of helplessness.

"Let me just say, it's terrible to have no defense!" "Damn it, didn't that kid come from a midfielder?" "We don't have a goalkeeper yet, take it easy!" Have it?"

After the two pairs were mixed together, the scene suddenly became picturesque. A few slightly older people smiled and watched the young people running around on the court, and Juan didn't say anything at the beginning , and finally couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

"It's not right." The young coach of Laco finally found out what was wrong. "...where are our teaching assistants?"

Why is there no assistant to take everyone to do warm-up exercises and stretching exercises today?Generally speaking, at this time, he should lead the players to do these things, and he also chats a lot, just for a while, what about people?

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?" Belleron asked. When Juan heard it, did the honest people know how to play tricks? "What is the truth and what is the lie?"

"The lie is that the doorknob of the locker room was loose and fell off, and the assistant teacher accidentally locked himself in."

"What about the truth?" Juan couldn't help raising his eyebrows.

"The truth is, the teaching assistant was locked into the locker room by Pengpeng...the middle door was broken by pulling. Now they are betting on who will tell you about it."

For some reason, Juan suddenly felt very tired :)

"Pengpeng, come here!"

Their very weird "game" ended with Messi's goal within 2 minutes. Juan took the opportunity to call the Brazilian defender immediately. Hearing his voice, David Luiz immediately walked in his direction. With a look of embarrassment: "Coach, was my performance just now very good?"

Defenders like them are all trained, so it’s not a bad thing to make a lot of mistakes on the field. As long as he can improve next time, it will be great. And after being in Depor for so long, his progress is obvious to all. , It is also appropriate to be embarrassed.

But Juan gave him a slight smile, and then stretched out his hand, his brain collapsed, and Redondo couldn't help raising his eyebrows while watching.

This is not light, he was beaten into a daze by Pompons, and he didn't recover for a long time, Juan had a gentle and kind smile on his face: "Do you know why you beat you?"

"No, I don't know..."

"Really don't know?" Juan asked again patiently.

"I really don't know!" David Louis was full of grievances, but before he could open his mouth to say anything, he heard his little coach say in a very soft voice: "Okay, let me give you a hint. Where's Mr. Allen?"

Allen is the name of their teaching assistant. After hearing this name, Pompons froze all of a sudden, hehehe smirked several times: "You, guess...?"

"What am I guessing?" Juan couldn't help but sighed, "Is there any deductions from your salary?"

In just two months in Lacco, David Louis settled down for less than two weeks, and then he started to make trouble everywhere. It can be said that he is the most troublesome person in Lacco, but he is also Has its own nemesis.

For example, Romario, he is as good as a primary school student in front of seniors; for example, Redondo, he dare not say a word in front of this person; and for example, Juan Diaz, Just looking at him with cold eyes, David Louis felt that he would lose ten years of life by looking at him more...

"Also, there is a little more?" Pompons was about to cry when he said that, "At least I can save some food..."

"Come on, don't be so pitiful, you thought I, Laco, abused you." Juan patted his head helplessly, "Run around the court, and do one-on-one obstacle practice after twenty laps, who is the opponent? I feel."

When it comes to obstacle courses, Louis turns green.

What obstacle practice? To put it bluntly, it was to torture him!After all, their position is a position that requires a lot of experience. If they don't have enough experience in competitions, they can at least temporarily use their training experience to make up for it.

After the poor assistant coach was liberated, his whole body was not well, but there were no major problems, and the orderly practice resumed on the scene. Juan glanced around and subconsciously focused on Messi. .

... May I ask that little girl with long hair over there, can you stop looking at Aimar on your right with the eyes of a puppy looking at its owner, even if that person is your idol, ok?

However, Juan didn't intend to make Messi feel special. After all, everyone present has a bad past.

Fortunately, for now, everyone in Depor looks good.

The daily training ended soon, and before going back, Juan went to the locker room to remind everyone.

"In three days, the new season will start."

Hearing his opening remarks, everyone was stunned, and then subconsciously looked in the direction of the door.

Juan stood there, holding a piece of paper in his hand, but this time it was not used for pranks, Juan just pinched the corner of it, and said very easily: "38 league rounds, 38 fierce battles, and The Copa del Rey and the Champions League, this is our first season and it is important to fight well."

"Oh!!" A few people who can make trouble have already started howling, and the new season is finally about to start!Although the holiday is long and comfortable, they are professional players, and they also need games to maintain their competitive level!

Juan, on the other hand, said calmly: "I've got our schedule now, and now I have two news to announce, one is a little bit worse, and the other is a little bit worse."

"What?" Everyone at the scene was stunned for a moment. It should be a good start, but why did their little coach say such things all of a sudden?

Juan was silent for a while, and said: "The bad news is that our first game of the new season is an away game."

The first game is an away game, which is also quite a bad thing.

"What about the worse news?" Belleron asked with an anxious expression on his face. He is the soul of Deportivo and the captain of Deportivo. He is always the one who cares most about the team. .

"The worse news is that our first game is against... Atletico Madrid."

There was silence at the scene, and when Juan said it, he actually wanted to sigh a little.

I analyzed it before the game. In fact, with Depor’s current lineup, he is not afraid of Real Madrid, Barcelona or Arsenal at all. The only headache is Atletico Madrid. The team is really afraid of something now.

"That is to say, we are going to go to Madrid to play the first game?" When I asked this question, there were actually a few people at the scene who were in complicated moods, but Juan decided to turn the topic over immediately. So he smiled and said: "Yes, what is gratifying is that among the four teams in Madrid, we have won a decent one. Although Atletico Madrid was still in the Second Division last season, their own ability should not be underestimated. Everyone has to play Get up."

"Oh!!"

"Messi, come here."

As soon as Messi's name was called, everyone had a clear face. Everyone was not familiar with Messi at the beginning, but once they played the game, they all saw the boy's ability—at the same time, they understood Why the club and Juan are so obsessed with him.

When Messi was called to the sidelines, he was still a little nervous. After all, he also knew the person in front of him. Ever since he, Pique, and Fabregas were swung around on the Portuguese field that day, he had always been in his heart. It's a bit awkward, but he also knows that this is the gap between the youth team and the adult team, so he is also working hard.

As a result, after working hard, he was brought to Laco.

"The first day, how do you feel?" Juan smiled at him, and took out a small bag of snacks from somewhere, with a malicious expression on his face, but Messi kept his head down and didn't see anything, "I heard you I like sweets."

"I feel fine on the first day, thank you." Messi hesitated for a while, then picked up a biscuit from inside and put it in his mouth, his eyes lit up for a moment.

Juan has also heard about this person's junk food addiction, but this is the first time he has seen it, so Juan handed him the bag directly, crossing his arms and saying, "Deportivo and Barcelona are still incomparable after all. "

As soon as he mentioned Barcelona, ​​Messi's radiant face suddenly dimmed. After a moment of silence, he said: "Barcelona... I am very grateful to them."

"I know." Juan nodded. "A very heavy kindness."

"So, if Barcelona wants to buy me back in the future..." Messi spoke very slowly, especially when he was talking about key points, he paused, picked up a biscuit and put it in his mouth.

Juan knew that he was asking his own opinion.

"Whether Barcelona or Real Madrid want to buy you in the future..." Juan replied softly, "you must pay the corresponding price."

After a pause, Messi raised his head and glanced at him. His eyes were full of seriousness and carefulness. While looking at him, he was also confirming the credibility of his words. Juan couldn't help raising his eyebrows and curling his lips into a smile.

His original expression was not much, and he basically kept it within a relatively normal range, so he behaved particularly elegantly amidst a bunch of neuropathy, and it is the same now, he just patted Messi on the shoulder lightly.

"Messi, can I ask you a question?"

"what?"

"How much happiness has football given you?"

--hapiness.

Playing football is not always a happy moment. There are endless and boring trainings, injuries, partings, pain and tears, as well as the disappointment and unwillingness to miss the championship.

The football circle is very complicated, with various emotions, various transfers and intrigues, no less than outside.

The circle of football is very simple, as long as you keep moving forward, victory will definitely come to you.

But most of the time, football is still happy.

No one can deny how much satisfaction it brings to oneself when playing football, as if there is only football in one's own world, as long as there is football to accompany it.

Accompanied by football, happiness goes hand in hand.

Even if there is pain, parting, reluctance, unwillingness, grievance, anger, and dissatisfaction, this is part of this sport, and it has nothing to do with any club or any physical injury. , Little elves can bring people endless happiness, and this field is so wonderful.

It can bring happiness to people, it will be admired by thousands of people, it will have countless support and followers, there will be countless people who love you, and at the same time, there will be countless eyes staring at you.

In the end, Messi could only answer in this way——

"a lot of."

There are so many candies and toys that I dreamed of when I was a child, all lined up in front of me, so many that I feel like eating marshmallows for the first time, so many that I can communicate with God.

Much like a smile.

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【Today's Small Theater】

#拉科比怀大会 Player Group#

#Everyone is a male student with a story×#

Hello everyone, this is Deportivo's first tournament, the entry list is Deportivo's collective staff, welcome everyone~ First of all, our player group——

Postiga: "The Premier League's largest parallel importer", isn't this title bad enough?

Quaresma: After the transfer, I have been pushed on the bench and degenerated directly. Is it miserable? !

Portillo: I have been hidden by my home team and have no chance to play. Is there a tragedy in the world?

Aimar: I haven't started since I was injured, and I'm miserable too...

Redondo: I have been recovering from my injury for two years, and I am still doing well :)

—a suffocating silence—

Lopez: I am also miserable. As a goalkeeper, it is really difficult to grab Casillas' job...

Riquelme: After I transferred to Barcelona, ​​my brother was kidnapped and almost never came back

Messi: I almost stayed at 1.4 meters for the rest of my life!

Juan Belleron: I'm going to spend a lot of time with you guys...

Everyone: ...

→ In the player group, Juan Belleron wins!

Reason for winning: Everyone is in the past tense, only his misery is in the present tense and the future tense ×