ball magic

Byron will never forget the day, July 1994, 7, when he received a message from his partner Hughes

The Lionheart defeated Pandora.

Knowing what this text message meant, Byron boarded the plane to Buenos Aires in the fastest mood with grief.

But after getting on the plane, Byron thought in a daze, I have seen that kid, but how do I greet him, and how do I let him leave with me?

I... Can I really take care of him?

Full of worries, Byron followed Hughes' instructions and came to the restaurant where Raphael's sister Veronica worked.

It was a typical tango show restaurant, and it was also a very beautiful girl.

Probably because they had met before, the girl recognized him.

So after the show, a waiter came up to him with a tray and a note on it.

This made Byron, who was suffering from not knowing how to answer her, heaved a sigh of relief.

He came to the backstage together with the waiter who looked at him with ambiguous eyes, and saw the girl who hadn't changed her costume yet.

But the first sentence she said made him unable to answer.

because she said

"Is he coming to fetch Rafa?"

He could only reply dryly: "I think he also hopes that the person who picks up the child is himself, but he entrusted everything to me."

The beautiful girl was silent, and she probably knew what this meant, because her eye sockets turned red almost instantly.

But this is obviously a strong girl, she quickly sorted out her emotions and said to him: "I need to change my clothes first, and my brother Javier will pick me up later, I think we can talk about this thing."

All Byron could do was nod and nod again.

He was actually a little grateful to this girl, because he really didn't know much about dealing with women, and she acted like she didn't object to letting him take his brother away.

This is very important to him, because he can't mess up Hughes' wish under any circumstances.

After that, they waited at the door of the restaurant for her other brother, the one named Javier.

Veronica introduced them, and Byron nodded to Javier, acting as if he was meeting him for the first time.

He actually knows Javier, whether it is his appearance or personality, he can be regarded as an outlier in the Iglesias family.

As he investigated, Veronica was a very decisive lady. After they shook hands, she said: "Javier, this is a friend of Rafa's father, and he wants to adopt Rafa."

This made Javier look at him critically, but after just a few seconds, he looked at Veronica and said, "Okay."

This was simply too smooth, and Byron felt that following this pace, he would be able to account for Hughes' entrustment.

Until he accompanied them into the famous "Area 31" and met the parties.

"I dont go."

The person concerned had a pair of eyes that were obviously inherited from Hughes, but he looked at him so indifferently, and shattered his hopes with short and powerful speeches.

Byron wanted to tell him, now for your safety, you must leave with me!

But what troubles him is, how is he going to talk to this kid about what is bothering them about their safety?

He could only look at Veronica as if asking for help.

She is really a wonderful girl, because at this moment, she made severe accusations against her younger brother with the most severe expression!

"You have to go, you can continue your football dream in England! Rafa, you can't give it up! I still want to see you running in the green, you can't be so cruel to me!"

The accusation of "cruel" is obviously difficult for a 14-year-old boy to accept, even if the boy is a head taller than him.

After confronting Raphael's eyes with his sister, he seemed to be defeated, but in front of him, the boy raised his chin arrogantly: "I don't know why you appear here, and for what purpose you want to adopt me, But I can tell you that if you want to take me away, you must take away my sister, oh, and that idiot!"

It was a difficult request for Byron, because he never imagined that he would become a father one day, let alone the father of three children now?

Although one of the children is an adult, I want to get them to England...

Byron knew it was difficult, mainly on Javier's side, but when he looked at Hughes' eyes that were so similar, Byron couldn't say no to it.

Because he knows that once he refuses, there may be no turning back.

Moreover, this child already has so much less than his peers, how can he let him lose his elder brother?

In order to break the joints, Byron had to spend some time in Buenos Aires.

Of course, he doesn't want his three "kids" to continue living in the ghetto, so they're leaving tonight and moving to a hotel.

"You can bring your most cherished items, and you can buy everything else in your life."

Even if he said such a thing, he still had the confidence to support them, but that guy named Javier still packed a bunch of luggage in this small house that looked like a birdcage.

As a girl, Veronica didn't pack much, but you know, she is a girl after all.

Only Raphael only brought a flat sports bag with Boca's logo printed on it, and then threw him something.

When he took it over and looked at it, he had mixed feelings, because it belonged to Hughes' medal.

The lion on it is so majestic and majestic, but Byron felt hot while holding it.He wanted to give it back to Raphael, it belonged to him.

But Raphael didn't pick it up, but asked, "If I call the number above, will you come?"

Byron nodded sharply and promised, "I will definitely show up, just like now."

He saw the corner of the boy's mouth curled up, which was an obvious mockery.

Byron wanted to explain, he wanted so badly to tell the kid it wasn't what you thought it was, but he couldn't say anything.

Because the child in front of him is already 14 years old.

Neither he nor Hughes have appeared in the past 12 years.

So off they went, he booked a family suite which was clearly a bad decision

Of course, Veronica should have a room to herself. He thought that the two brothers would live together, but Raphael walked up to him, obviously wanting to live with him.

He should have been happy for his behavior, if, if he hadn't stared at him with a vicious look and warned him in a bully tone: "Don't think about my sister, or you will have to say goodbye to your little brother forever Already!"

Byron couldn't laugh or cry, and finally understood why he wanted to sleep with him.

He wanted to tell Raphael that I'm not interested in women.

But he shut up, because he realized that after he said that, it might be interpreted as suspicion of homosexuality, isn't it just asking for trouble?

Because he lived in the same room with the boy, he found out what the boy had taken from that house.

The answer made him a little uncomfortable, because it was just two jerseys, one was blue and white, and the other was blue and yellow.

He cherishes them so much.

But this made Byron a little distressed. He complained in his heart that the Argentines are ignorant. Isn't it good to grow taller?Not only a dwarf like Maradona can be the king of the ball!

This heartache made him unable to help saying: "When you arrive in England, you can go to the team over there for trial training. Chelsea is closer to my home..."

As a result, Raphael looked at him so coldly that he just wanted to keep himself.

He obviously touched the child's reverse scale...

Byron managed to obtain a labor certificate for Veronica, which allowed her to go to England legally, but it was different to adopt Raphael and his brother Javier in a legitimate way.

First of all, he had to solve the problem of their mother Eva. This was originally the most difficult step, but she, who was far away in Spain, made it all happen with an eager attitude.

But Byron was angry because of her attitude, because she seemed to want to throw away these two garbage quickly!

Why didn't she do this sooner?If she gave Hughes custody, Rafael wouldn't have to grow up in a slum!

On the day the formalities were completed, Byron wanted to take his three children for a drink, but when he returned to the hotel, Javier told him: "He's out."

Byron wants to ask, where are you going?

But he still kept his mouth shut.

Although he officially became the child's father legally, Rafael's character is too unique, and he had to find a suitable model to get along with him.

Just like now, Javier didn't object, although he knew it was because he didn't dare, and maybe he shouldn't interfere too much.

Raphael didn't come back until night, and Byron looked carefully at his face, but didn't see any emotion.

Even when he announced that they could buy tickets, his expression didn't change.

Byron could only sigh in his heart, and then cheered himself up

Although being a father is not easy, but now he is the boy's father!

They came to London together.

Forgive him for not being able to take his children around the city of London properly, because he has a lot of tedious procedures to go through.

For example, the legacy of Hughes.

Like the two brothers' school.

He was so busy with these things, because of the language problem, choosing a school was far more difficult than he thought.

Fortunately, Hughes' old butler, Frey Sauron, helped him a lot!

After he finally settled the school, the two brothers actually resisted going to school one by one.

Byron had a big head, but fortunately Veronica, in his shock, used force to solve the problem.

Veronica, what a...a fine girl!

Well, good girl!

What Byron didn't expect was that on the day of enrollment, Raphael beat up his classmates!

The kind that hits a few!

In the principal's room, he asked Raphael the reason. The boy looked at the victims coldly, and then mocked, "They asked for it themselves."

Byron solved the problem in his own way

He asked Javier.

Javier said: "Rafa is very popular with girls. You know, they may say some trash in front of their faces, thinking that Rafa can't understand."

Byron: "..."

Cough, if Raphael might not have understood him when he first arrived in Argentina, but this child's language talent was inherited from his father, and it is extremely outstanding.

Because they were the reason, Byron began to perform by himself, and in his best way, let the principal admit that Raphael was the weak side, and avoided him being detained on the first day of school.

It's not easy being a father, Byron thought, but he couldn't help but smile when he caught Raphael spying on him from the back seat.

He is not a bad father, is he?

In order to be a better father, he plans to send Raphael to try out.

He told Rafael this way: "There are so many teams in London. We go to this one now which is the closest to home. We can go to a few more by then. You can choose the one you like the most."

But what surprised him was that Raphael didn't go!

The reason he gave shocked him even more, because he wanted to join the army when he was 16!

This made Byron even more full of shit!

Byron could only ask for help at the first moment. Veronica, who had already found a job as a dancer, came back in time and suppressed him by force!

Byron felt that the good girl had been beaten too hard, and covered his face, avoiding Raphael's hateful gaze in such a way as to cover his ears and steal his bell.

Don't look at me, I didn't know she was going to beat you when she came back...

On Saturday, the day after the beating, he and Veronica accompanied him to buy sneakers and other supplies for his workouts.

He didn't know much about this, but Veronica was obviously an expert. When this good girl was picking and choosing, he heard Raphael say, "I never thought about playing in England."

Why?

He looks at the boy.

He saw this kid who had been calm and rational since he appeared and said with a complicated expression: "So what if I can play football? My dream is to be selected for the Argentine national team."

Byron was puzzled: "If you played in the five major leagues, wouldn't you be selected? You have this talent?"

But all Rafael gave him was a blank stare, as if he had told some joke.

He told Javier about this that night, and Javier told him: "You don't understand Argentina. Even if he is better than all Argentine players, he may not be selected for the Argentine national team."

This made Byron say angrily: "Is it because the coaches of your national team are blind?"

But he already understood why.

The war, everything is because of that war.

Twelve years later, it's still affecting Raphael's life.

But Byron still drove Raphael to the Harrington training base on Sunday.

Raphael, who was reluctant to come here, looked at him with "Are you making a mistake" after he walked in here.

Byron was also shocked, because it's really a bit...broken...

But he has to explain to the child, "Although it is a bit old, you have to understand that London is very expensive..."

This is useless, and Raphael's eyes are even more mocking.

But the next arrangement made Byron very unhappy, because some people from the National Football Academy came, and the start of the trial training would be postponed for an hour.

Then notify early!Byron thought.

Raphael may have the same idea as him, the kid has a look of "I'm so bored now".

Byron can only chat with him. For example, the stadium in front of you belongs to Imperial College of Technology. If you like science and engineering, you can take it. Of course, you can choose better...

He knew that he was looking for something to say, but Raphael asked him after he said a lot: "Freisoren said that he graduated from Cambridge. Although he also played football, he prefers billiards and rowing." I have been in the rowing team."

Only then did Byron realize that this kid wanted to know Hughes?

He could only praise reluctantly: "He is an elite cultivated in that traditional way, yes, your grandfather also graduated from Cambridge."

Rafael raised his eyebrows and asked, "This is why you want me to go to boarding school next season?"

That's called a private public school!

Byron wanted to explain, but in the end he looked into Raphael's eyes and said, "I did consult Frey Sauron about this, but I reached an agreement with him, you are free, and if you don't like it, we will don't go."

But Raphael did not continue this topic, but stared at him with those gray-blue eyes and asked, "Why didn't you tell me how he died?"

It's because I don't know either!

Byron roared in his heart!

Fortunately, he was relieved by the whistle of the coaches, and he said to Rafael: "Okay, you can play. Your opponents are all children from England. You are from Boca. Perform worse than them, right?"

Raphael was still staring at him, and it took several seconds before he walked towards the court.

Byron could only imitate the parents around him, helping him hold the water bottle and cheering him loudly after he put on the vest.

Raphael obviously heard it, but the gaze he glanced at was

"To shut up!"

Byron shut up obediently

He thought about the little secret that Javier told him, and thought, if you can play socks and tennis so well, how about playing football?

This day is July 1994, 8.

The Premier League is about to usher in its third season, and Chelsea also started their first public trial of the season on this day.

On this day, Rafael, who was expelled from Boca for a month, shined in the audience in his own way.

Before the trial training was over, Byron, who already had a premonition that Raphael would succeed, called Veronica to announce the good news.

The good girl was crying with joy on the phone, but what she said made him almost laugh

"Fortunately, fortunately, he didn't grow any taller this month, he finally got used to it!"

This made Byron look at Raphael's thin figure and think, how tall is Hughes?

Seems to be 6'2"?

At the end of the trial, several coaches appeared with Rafael.

He looked so calm, such special treatment was just normal for him.

What a tsundere, Byron thought.

But when these people introduced themselves, Byron discovered that these people were actually members of the England National Football Academy.

They told him that Raphael had been selected for the initial selection of Lilleshire Academy, which did not affect Chelsea signing a youth training contract with them.

They're still looking at Rafael, and if he continues to play like this, he'll be one of 10 players who could be inducted into the academy this year.

It may be that his expression was too dazed, and Chelsea's coach told him that this is equivalent to being selected for England U15.

England's u15!

Is my son so nb?

But when Byron saw Raphael's expression, he whimpered in his heart, it's over!

This coach, what are you talking about, why are you talking about England!

That same day, 14-year-old Gerrard gleefully told his dad that he had passed Lilleshire's first-round selection, along with Michael Owen and Jamie Carragher and another Liverpool midfielder.

That teammate might become his competitor, but the captain of the Liverpool youth team has confidence in himself!

The author has something to say: Calvin, just wrote a small episode, and there should be another chapter to finish.