ball magic

Extra episode 2

January 1995, 1, was a Wednesday that should have been peaceful.

Rafael, who has joined Manchester United for half a year, is also training in Carrington as usual, but soon the coaches disappeared collectively, and when they reappeared, they all had shocked and incredibly stupid expressions on their faces.

Rafael did not have the curiosity of his teammates. After the normal training, he started extra training as he thought.

But at this moment, the captain who had been beaten up by him also appeared in front of him with that stupid expression, and said to him: "Did you know that Cantona was arrested because he hit a fan at the stadium?" , he went into the police station."

Raphael couldn't remember what he was thinking at the time, but he knew that his expression at that time must be as stupid as Rice and the others.

He still finished training

Accompanied by that stupid captain of his.

He also babbled a lot that day, such as "I'm jealous of you", "You will definitely be promoted to the first team", "They all say you are the second George Best", "I don't want to be left too far behind by you , it makes me despair..."

Raphael was already in a bad mood, but now he was even more annoying, interrupting him and said: "If you don't want to be left behind, you have to speed up, isn't it common sense to run faster? If you have time to complain, just You should run faster!"

Rice stared at him for a moment under the field lights, then ran to Rafael and joined him around the pole.

He admitted that when he ran behind Raphael and was only half a meter away from him, the impetuousness in his heart was also swept away.

He felt the media and the coaches were wrong.

This kid who doesn't want to be British, just wants to be a bloody Argentinian is not like Best, he is like Cantona.

At 7:[-] in the evening, they were kicked out of the training camp by the coaches.

Rice rode his bicycle back to his host family near the base. At the gate of the base, he saw Rafael get on the big and comfortable Mercedes-Benz off-road vehicle.

This made him envious, because he saw a Land Rover a few days ago.

And Raphael was biting into a salmon sandwich. After the car started, he asked Byron: "What did Cantona do?"

"Crystal Palace fans called him a French bastard and he scissored him," Byron said.

But he immediately regretted it!

Because he saw his son's "cool" face in the rearview mirror

This is also the first time he saw Raphael make such an expression!

He tried to remedy it, even if there was only a slight possibility of making Rafael obedient.

"Don't imitate him, Rafa, his football career is over! You have to think about what Maradona and the others will do, they will fight back on the pitch!"

Rafael said coldly: "I have only been at Manchester United for half a season, do you know how many opponents, even their parents called me an Argentine bastard?"

Under Byron's shocked gaze, he continued to say in a cold voice: "I can't say that he did the right thing and did it beautifully, but if I were him, I would never regret it."

Byron didn't say anything more, and the return journey of the day was very quiet.

For the next few days, Raphael listened to the radio on the way to school every day.

The entire English football world is discussing how to punish Cantona, but what about the fan who insulted him?

Nobody talks about him, he's like a pure Welsh sheep.

Manchester United imposed a team penalty on him. He will be suspended until the end of the season and fined 2 pounds.

The French national team stripped him of the captain's armband.

On March 3, Cantona attended the hearing.

At the hearing, Cantona said something that made Rafael think for a long time: "When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think the sardines on board will be thrown into the sea. Thank you very much."

Cantona, who said this, was still sentenced to 2 weeks.

The English Football Association announced that Cantona's suspension period was extended to eight months.

FIFA later confirmed that Cantona's suspension penalty is a worldwide suspension, even if he transfers, he will also accept the suspension.

This is extremely bad, but fortunately Manchester United filed an appeal for him.

A few days later, Rafael saw Cantona again in Carrington

On the kids team side.

Rice and the others said that Manchester United's appeal was successful, and Cantona was commuted to a 120-hour community service order, teaching children to play football at Manchester United's training ground.

Rice and the others also said that Cantona's time at Manchester United is not long, and he may go to Inter Milan.

On this day, Rafael skipped training.

He was wearing Manchester United's training uniform, with a face that everyone recognized. Under the eyes of other coaches of the children's team, he just watched the children running around, while Cantona was bouncing the ball with a bored face. .

Harrison, who is the director of youth training, heard about it quickly. He thought for a while and said to the coach of the children's team: "Don't worry about it, tell his coach and ask him to write a review. Tomorrow, he will be in the restaurant at all bases. read in front of staff and players."

After the children were picked up by their parents, Cantona came over and gave Rafael a look.

"Why are you here? Are you watching a joke?"

Raphael stared at him and asked: "What if you can't be selected for the French national team in the future?"

Cantona looked into his gray-blue eyes and remembered those rumors. He twitched his lips and answered the question: "Listen, if you are strong enough, you can make others regret it, not yourself. .If you're strong enough, they can't accept losing you, let alone switching to someone else."

Raphael's heart was broken by this Frenchman.

Here he is with the French, and he has the answer he's always wanted.

The Frenchman obviously needed comfort from others, but comforted him.

On the second day, Rafael had to stand on a chair during the busiest time of the restaurant and read the review aloud.

On this day, Cantona was also there.

Ferguson wrote in his autobiography many years later: "This kid must have written a lot of self-criticism, because he is too good at pouring water."

Without Cantona, Manchester United lacked stability. Although they once returned to the top of the table, they eventually lost the league title this season.

The season is over and summer is here.

Raphael rejected Lillechar again.

Veronica has saved some money, and this summer, he will go to Spain for vacation with his family.

The little man named Owen called him an inexplicable phone call that puzzled him.

The little man seemed unable to understand why he didn't join Lilleshire, and was bitter about it.

Rafael was too lazy to explain this topic, so he hung up the phone directly, but in the next few days, the little man called him at a fixed time every day.

Byron was very pleased with this and said happily: "Rafa, you finally have a friend! Do you want to invite him to your birthday party?"

Oh, mentioning this Raphael wants to spray him in the face!

This guy actually threw him a birthday party behind his back!

It's nothing, but he invited all his teammates!

He promises that those guys will swarm around him like flies asking for Ronnie's information, and they won't be able to beat them away!

Raphael didn't save the little guy's phone number, and even though his excellent memory allowed him to recite the number backwards, on his birthday, the Liverpool little guy showed up at his party in a very flamboyant manner.

Everyone is greeting the future star of England, but Raphael just wants to kill Byron!

But Byron had already slipped away.

What changed his opinion of the little man was that after the little man had politely greeted his sister, he didn't take another look.

But this dwarf buzzed around him, muttering, "I'm from Welsh, you know that? I don't think you need to reject Lillechar so much, because the one who recruited you now is not England national team, it's just a youth team, you don't get branded..."

Raphael gave him a supercilious look, and then put a label on him: a utilitarian little man.

The utilitarian little man invited him to play in Wales, but before he responded, his sister agreed instead.

This made Rafael look at his sister dissatisfied: "Didn't you agree to go to Spain? I'm going to Spain to bask in the sun!"

Veronica said straightforwardly: "We invite Michael to go to Spain together, and I will book an extra room."

Before he could continue to protest, the utilitarian little man was already thanking Veronica.

Raphael: "..."

The utilitarian runt gave him a not-so-happy vacation.

The summer is over, and Rafael has an extra contract extension in front of him.

Ferguson and Harrison promised him the future. They said a lot of dreamy things. They will train with the first team in the new season, and they may make their debut at Old Trafford next season...

On the day he was kicked out of Boca, Rafael had antibodies to these sweet words.

But he still readily signed it

Since he has no plans to leave Manchester United, why refuse a higher weekly salary?

He admitted that this idea was influenced by the little man, because Owen always talked about how little Manchester United paid him a week.

On the second day after he got the contract, the little man who saw the news in the newspaper came to him for a treat.

Raphael has never seen anyone with a thicker skin than him.

But he was not stingy, so he invited the little man who came all the way to have a meal.

Owen asked: "Do you want to save money to buy a car? Ah, I remembered, you are half a year younger than me, and you have one year to apply for a driver's license, and two years to drive."

Rafael doesn't want to buy a car, but he wants to buy one for that jerk Javier.

He started to resume training, because summer has been insisting on training, it is not painful for him.

But one-third of his teammates have become rookies. Even though he has been used to this cruelty since he was 8 years old, his mood is still affected.

At the end of the extra training, Rice, who had been with him all the time, said: "You won, the coach wants you to be the captain."

Raphael didn't respond, because he paid for it.

His reaction may not be pleasing, and Rice gave him a blank stare before telling him: "Eric may be leaving Manchester United. I heard that he wants to terminate his contract with Manchester United."

This made Rafael's mood even worse today.

He thought maybe he should admit

He liked Cantona more than he liked Maradona.

Fortunately, Ferguson saved everything.

Rice said the Scot was riding through the streets of Paris on Cantona's agent's motorcycle before finally meeting the Frenchman and eloquently changing his mind.

After finishing speaking, Rice asked him, "Are you happy?"

Raphael nodded.

On the way home that day, he took the initiative to send a text message to the utilitarian little man: I want to buy a car, Harley!

Harley is a man's ultimate dream, and naturally it is also his!

It was a bad idea because the little guy actually called him right away and babbled on for 10 minutes just to tell him it wasn't going to work.

He finally said: "You must be in the newspaper! Then Ferguson will kill you."

Raphael didn't listen, he had the final say on how to spend his money.

As for Ferguson?

He is not in his charge now.

He was obviously too optimistic, because Ferguson and Harrison didn't draw an empty pie for him, they actually promoted him to the first team, although they only followed the first team training.

He had heard some of the traditions of United's first team, and knew that Beckham, Scholes and the Neville brothers had been bullied after they were promoted to the first team.

Instead of being stuffed into the washing machine in the laundry room, he chose to bring them down with his fists.

As for doing that to the famous posters in the team, hehe!

He made so many preparations, but none of these things happened.

This may be because Ferguson sent away Paul Ince, the overlord of the locker room, before the start of the season, but more likely, it may have something to do with his brand new nickname

"Ferguson's godson."

Yes, he was forced to have an extra Scottish "sugar daddy"

Because he became the godson personally certified by Ferguson, the young players in the team are very proud to ignore him.

Raphael felt that such a day was very comfortable, unprecedentedly comfortable, because he didn't want to mess with everyone.

The old captain Bruce took good care of him, but this care is also full of Manchester United characteristics.

He always likes to say to him: "I have to treat you better, after all, I am old enough to be your father."

I also like to say: "You are just a little brat, you still like to bite people, you are not cute at all."

But this guy also likes to bring him sandwiches, hamburgers, etc., and he likes to feed him milk so much that everyone in the locker room likes to call him "the kid who hasn't been weaned", and some even call him "Bruce's son" .

Rafael can ignore Bruce in the locker room, but that doesn't include on the court.

In the first intra-team match, the old captain mercilessly knocked him down and pointed to his nose to warn him: "Boy, if you dare to show off in front of me again, watch out for your legs! "

When Raphael got up, he caught sight of Ferguson who was smiling.

Maybe that's why Harrison sent him to the first team, he thought.

Ferguson sent away three generals in one breath this summer, and started a big change.

This led to the start of the season, when they lost their first game, and the skies over England were full of jeers.

Liverpool star Alan Hansen even publicly shouted at Ferguson: "With a group of children, you can't win anything!"

When September came, he saw Cantona in Carrington.

Ferguson was the first to applaud.

Then the whole locker room applauded.

Raphael clapped his hands a few times, and found that the Frenchman came to his closet like a big boss.

That is No. 7, a legendary number belonging to Manchester United and the goal of all young players in youth training.

That doesn't include Raphael, though.

He's Argentinian and he only wants number 10.

The day when he wears the number 10 jersey is still far away, but the day when Cantona comes back is approaching.

Cantona returned in October.

That game was the "Double Red Club".

The public opinion before the game was very unfriendly to Cantona.

Raphael didn't care either. After all, a Frenchman still wants the British to say good things after doing such a big thing?

This is unrealistic, let alone care about it.

As a teenager under the age of 16, Raphael is not eligible to be selected for the squad. Of course, the same is true for Liverpool's little guy.

He took the initiative to discuss the game with him, and Rafael had nothing to say.

Manchester United ranked second, why would they want to argue with a fifth-ranked player before the game?

The little dwarf was so angry that he jumped and gave him a nickname

"You are a super arrogant ghost!"

Cantona successfully assisted Bart in the first 2 minutes of this game, and even personally took the penalty in the second half.

The Frenchman's penalty kick has its own magic, and this time is no exception. He helped Manchester United tie the score. In the end, the score of the "Double Red Club" was fixed at 2:2.

Cantona used this game to announce his return. After that, Manchester United once achieved a record of 13 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, but before Christmas, Manchester United was still 10 points behind Newcastle.

By February, they were 2 points behind Newcastle.

The time comes to March, and Manchester United is about to play Newcastle away.

Before the start of this game, which was about 6 points and more about the competition for the top of the standings, Ferguson was interviewed publicly on many occasions, pointing the finger at Keegan.

Said that "Kegan is a completely inferior coach"; said "Newcastle's current record is the result of the boss's spending money, without Keegan's credit"; so".

What level of taunt is "leash crown" for a head coach?

It's like pointing at a player's nose and saying, "My grandma can score this goal too"!

And then Keegan goes crazy...

His team won only 8 of the next 2 games.

Manchester United won the last three rounds and won the championship by 3 points ahead of Newcastle.

This is a season that belongs to the "children", and it is also a season that belongs to Cantona.

As a real kid, after this season, Rafael, who is about to turn 16, has a brand new contract in front of him.

This is no longer a youth training contract, from this day on, he is a professional player for Manchester United.

After signing this contract, Rafael bought Javier a car with the signing fee.

The little man in Liverpool laughed at him: "Don't you want to buy a Harley? You buy it. I'm waiting to see how fast you are."

Raphael's response was to directly hang up the phone of the little man.

In this birdy place in the UK, you can be a soldier at the age of 16, you can test your driver's license for a four-wheeler at the age of 16, but you can drive a large-displacement motorcycle at the age of 21!

On his 16th birthday, Liverpool runt runs to Cheshire with presents

A bunch of beers.

"I asked McManaman to buy it. How about it? Is my popularity much better than yours?"

McManaman, the Premier League assists leader this season, has sent 15 assists. No wonder the little man mentioned his name to make a fuss.

But Raphael doesn't like this, what does the little dwarf's popularity have to do with him?

Owen couldn't bear his stinky face, and complained: "It's fine to drag him to the sky, but now he's drinking my wine and ignoring me?"

This complaint is very sharp, Raphael can only ignore him

"I thought you knew, I've always been like this."

Then the little man gave him a savage look, dropped the beer can on the ground, and ran away without looking back.

In the next few days, Rafael never received any text messages from him.

Veronica heard the news that he and Owen were dead from nowhere, and Raphael thought the traitor was Byron.

She cut off her vacation plans and told him in stern words, "Michael is a good boy, he is as good as you, and he wants to be your friend, but what have you done? Give me a hard time! Before you apologize to him, we Not going anywhere!"

Not only that, he was also "grounded".

His "grounding" punishment is different from others, because Veronica does not allow him to go out, but does not allow him to play.

From childhood to adulthood, for him, nothing is a more terrible punishment than "grounding".

The traitor Byron also said to him: "You have never liked dealing with Rice and the others. Veronica told me that this is because you don't like to get along with the weak. You think that they will fall behind sooner or later, and they are not worth wasting their affection.

But Michael was a well-known star of hope in the UK at the age of 14. At that time, he became the spokesperson of Umbro and had his own sneakers.

He is very sincere to you, and I think you like him too, but why do you resist?Is it because this is England?You're okay with playing for your England team, but you don't want to be friends with anyone?

Rafa, if so, the idea is ridiculous. "

These were the harshest words Byron had ever said to him.

It was also on this day that Raphael realized that this guy with a sharp mouth understood him very well.

The next day, Raphael asked Javier to drive him to the supermarket, where he did a lot of shopping.

When he was ready to do the work and sent the text message representing reconciliation, the torrential rain began to pour down.

Raphael was speechless as the charcoal fire was extinguished by the rain, so he had to resign himself to moving the grill in the rain.

Grilling indoors was obviously not allowed, so he had to put on an apron and get those skewers into the oven with the help of a chef.

He'd never had an oven roast, and now he just wanted them to be edible.

He spent so much effort, but after the little Liverpool man showed up, he patted the drops of water on his head and complained to him: "I thought checking the weather forecast every day was a necessary common sense for living in England."

Well, the little man's complaints are still sharp, which makes Raphael wonder if the little man is like this in front of others

After all, he boasted that he was very popular.

"Why are you looking at me? Eldest young master, handing me a towel is what you should do at this time!"

Raphael looked at the drenched dwarf, and simply took him to his room. After opening the closet, he found that the only thing he could let the dwarf wear was a bathrobe.

Owen was determined not to be insulted like this. After asking the direction of Javier's room, he knocked on the door and was completely dressed.

This made Raphael discover that he might really have the capital of "good popularity".

The little man was very interested in his room, and after turning around, he commented: "You really have a cold personality, I bet no women other than Veronica have come in here."

Raphael didn't like him commenting on his room and his love life, but he had hired him, so he could only bear it.

Owen also noticed Raphael's attitude, and now the gloom in his heart disappeared.

But he has been at home for several days, and now he has the opportunity to step on this arrogant guy's head, he will not be stingy.

So he mocked: "Young master, when you apologize, you should say it out, instead of sending someone a text message directly, it is also common sense to ask people to come to eat barbecue."

Raphael: "...I'm sorry. But I don't like that title, I'm not a young master."

Owen was so excited to hear the apology from the arrogant ghost, but when he heard his protest, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Don't you know? This is your nickname in the Manchester United dressing room. I heard that it was Gary. Will picked it up for you."

Raphael: "..."

Gary Neville, he remembered!

"Oh, I can tell you a few things if you're interested. I think it's still very interesting."

Raphael: "..."

The author has something to say: a follow-up to my friends.

But I think Owen and Rafa are too wronged to be friends, and they will be pissed off.