ball magic

July 2001, 7 was a day of special significance to Michael Owen.

Because this is the first time he saw all his teammates after joining Inter Milan.

It was just to meet his teammates. He didn't care about it at first, but the reporters outside the hotel where he was staying obviously had different opinions.

they scrambled to ask him

"Mike, how does it feel to officially become teammates with Rafael?"

"Have you got your wish now?"

It was these media reminders that reminded Owen of the letter he wrote to Liverpool fans more than a month ago.

Parting is always different and always emotional.

His emotional way is to accidentally tell the truth.

Yes, wanting to be Sir Bobby Robson's disciple and teammate with Raphael is his sincere intention.

But what really made him choose to join Inter Milan was Robson's earnest persuasion

"Mike, the world of football is very small. It's so small that there are only five top leagues, and only a dozen giants. Even so, there are still giants in G5 that make up their numbers.

But the world of football is also very big. Each league has a different style, has its own system of emphasis, and has its own leading players.

what about you?

You are already the best player in England.

I believe your future will be as bright as Bobby Charlton's. If you stay at Liverpool, your future will surely surpass King Dalglish.

But do you really want to be like them, stay on the land of England all your life, and only conquer this world from beginning to end? "

Conquer, the word pierced Owen's proud heart.

He has conquered Anfield, conquered Wembley, and also staged a scene of fame in the World Cup, conquering the hearts of countless fans.

But he did not prove himself in other leagues.

This also reminded him of Raphael who was half a year younger than him.

This guy was only 17 years old when he came to the Apennines from the Iberian Peninsula.

What was this guy thinking?

But after thinking about it carefully, Owen felt that his behavior was very ridiculous.

That guy became the "Dambo Man" on the very night he joined, and the "Five Fingers" incident happened when he participated in the Italian national derby for the first time. Will he be entangled with this?

And since I envy his pleasure, that fearlessness, and yearn for the thrill of conquest, why am I still hesitating and entangled?

It made him less like himself.

It would also take some of the purity out of his decisions.

Yes, joining Inter Milan is actually pure for Owen, an impulse that he has no longer had since he was 14 years old, and it is also a conquest of a shooter.

So that winter, he put his name on the contract.

The moment he signed the contract, what kept throbbing in his chest was a hot heart.

But all this changed with an apology call from Robson Sr.

It's hard for Owen to describe how he felt at the time, but he felt he had been fooled by Robson Sr.

He made such a difficult decision, and now he wants to go back to England, to Newcastle?

He is angry about it! ③эㄚQχδ.CΟM

Three weeks later, he got a call from Toshack.

As a Welshman and a player who has not left Liverpool, Owen certainly knows Toshack.

Of course, he also admitted that Toshack was not as attractive to him as Robson.

Because Robson has defined success.

But Toshack convinced him anyway.

As for the process, Owen didn't want to describe it at all.

If everyone is really curious, he can say that the process of Toshack's persuasion has nothing to do with conquest, dreams, or purity.

In short, he decided to fulfill that contract and came to Milan in the anger of Liverpool fans.

Because the original intention of joining Inter Milan changed, he almost forgot what he had written.

It wasn't the hotel's security that saved him amidst a crowd of reporters, but his national team-mate Ashley Cole.

Once this guy was still on the fringes of the England national team, and now he has become the most promising left-back in the world.

In fact, after Cole appeared in the Champions League final and won six championships with Inter Milan, the British media has already blown him into the second Maldini.

If it weren't for the Milan captain being too awesome and not yet retired, Owen felt that the British media even dared to brag that Cole would surpass Maldini.

Although he was unfamiliar with the national team, after he joined Inter Milan, Cole started texting him, telling him about a bunch of locker rooms, and also gave him some suggestions for learning Italian.

Irving actually didn't use Cole's suggestion, because he started learning Italian since the winter window.

But he was still extremely interested in what Cole said about the locker room and Raphael.

Now in the car that Cole came to pick him up, he also breathed a sigh of relief, thanking him: "Thanks, brother, if you didn't save me, they would definitely eat me alive."

Cole smiled and said, "Then did you answer their questions?"

This made Owen laugh: "After listening to your suggestion, those who asked questions in English just said something casually, and the answers were fast, but those who asked in Italian pretended not to understand."

Cole laughed when he heard it, and then began to talk about some situations in the team.

"The Italians are lazy and their training usually starts in the afternoon. Like Milan, I heard that their training can even start at 4pm. But in Bobby's time, we were at 10am, like the English team. Start training. But I suggest arriving an hour early."

Arrive at the training base at 9:[-] in the morning?

Owen raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't this half an hour earlier than our usual training? If you had told me this earlier, I might not have come to Italy."

This is of course a joke, Cole complained: "Although the assembly time is 9:10, those Argentines are terrible. Jankulovski is also working hard, which makes me very stressed. So I got used to it earlier Come to the locker room. Like today, although we gathered at [-] o'clock, but based on what I know about Rafa, he probably walked to the base after breakfast."

The word "walking" reminds Owen of Lineker's interview with Raphael.

It was only after watching that interview that he realized that Raphael actually set up his home near the training base, and he couldn't help but admire: "This word is used extremely vividly."

Cole smiled and said, "After all, I lived in his house for two months."

It was only when Owen found out about this that he couldn't help but say, "If I knew it, I wouldn't be in a hurry to find a house. I'm still very curious about that guy's house, especially the shooting range."

As a man, Cole understood immediately: "Don't worry, in order to welcome you to join, Rafa will definitely hold a party at his house."

Owen smiled and said, "Barbecue party? I heard you hate it to death."

"Actually, the barbecue is still delicious," Cole argued, "otherwise their barbecue restaurant business would not be so prosperous, and there are always people who want his brother and Zanetti to open a branch. But the party, everyone still wants to Just kidding, you know Ke Rafa's character, if he can't get excited as the host, it makes people feel a bit disappointed."

As soon as the word "disappointment" came out without any modification, Owen threw himself forward and laughed wildly.

It is enough to see that someone is not omnipotent.

Cole looked at Owen's unreserved smile and laughed too.

Although he and Irving are about the same age, when he was in the elite academy, he became the favorite of the whole of England. When he was in the national youth team, he usually only played with Carragher, Gerrard and other Liverpool players. people play.

After arriving in the national team, although Irving is young, in the dressing room dominated by Manchester United, he himself is the top of the mountain!

Cole is always excluded because he was trained by Arsenal and is not playing in England now. Naturally, he envies Owen's detachment and joy.

But even so, he didn't think about getting closer to Owen, who was about the same age, because he didn't want people to say that he was a sycophant.

What Irving can do now, he will be able to do it sooner or later.

But now they have become teammates in the club, and it is a club with only two Englishmen. Everything is different. Cole is so happy that he feels that he is no longer alone in the club!

The two of them arrived at Pinettina talking and laughing. After getting off the car, Irving glanced at the player-only parking lot and asked, "Is there a parking space for Rafael? I mean did he use it?"

"The one that's empty. In fact, it's always been empty. Even when they have to drive, they usually park in Juan's spot."

After Cole finished speaking, he blinked at Owen: "Would you like to see something that you will definitely like?"

Owen was a little curious, what would he definitely like?

As a result, he was taken in the direction of the training field, and without Cole's explanation, he saw the helicopter himself.

He really wants to get a helicopter driver's license, but it's just to buy his girlfriend an old castle for easy commuting, not like someone who is so close to home and still drives this thing to pretend to be that.

Before he had time to complain, he heard Cole say, "It came out after driving it. It seems that there are reporters blocking the door today."

Owen: "..."

Okay, he won't complain about someone.

Cole looked at the training ground again, and then muttered, "It's strange that Rafa isn't on the training ground."

Owen knows that someone is the number one training maniac in football, but today is the day of returning to the team, right?Do you need to practice more today?

When they got to the locker room, they found that the locker room was full.

This made Irving a little embarrassed, because he didn't intend to "finale".

Just when he was considering whether to introduce himself, he saw Raphael walking towards him, and stretched out his hand: "We should be able to omit those self-introductions. Shorty, welcome to Inter Milan , it was the right decision because you win everything here."

little man!

Owen swears, if he didn't know that he couldn't beat this guy, his fist would have swung towards his chin!

Despite not throwing a punch, he looks at the bully with that "I'm going to kill you with my eyes" look, let alone shakes the bully's hand.

But Raphael, who was left to dry by him, didn't feel embarrassed at all. He rubbed his hair casually and said to the other people in the locker room: "As you can see, I have a good relationship with this little guy."

Ah!

This time Owen couldn't bear it anymore, he directly kicked the bully, and while Raphael easily avoided it, he looked at Toshack angrily!

If you had told me that this guy was so tyrannical in the locker room, would I have come to Italy for that money?

But his complaining gaze had a different interpretation in Toshack's eyes. Old Toshack said with a smile, "Rafa, I know you have a good relationship, but you still have to introduce what you should introduce."

Raphael raised his eyebrows, looked at the people in the locker room and said, "Owen, is there anyone you don't know?"

Everyone in the locker room laughed, this is Irving!

Raphael looked at Owen who hadn't given up killing him with his eyes again: "Is there anyone in the locker room that you don't know?"

What greeted him was Owen's capitalized and bold eyes.

When he joins Inter Milan, of course he has to figure out who his teammates are.

Raphael said with satisfaction: "Very good, since we all know each other, come to my house for dinner after the physical examination."

Owen said unhappily: "Dinner? Do you want to eat your always-disgusted barbecue?"

When Irving tried to kick Rafael, someone wanted to laugh, and that person was Figo.

After Owen complained so sharply, the Portuguese couldn't bear it, and he was the first to laugh hahaha.

Rafael was not angry when he was ridiculed, he just glanced at Owen and said, "I've changed my mind, you don't want to eat my barbecue."

Even Juan laughed now.

After laughing, a thought popped into Juan’s mind

Rafa is very happy today.

Has he long been looking forward to being teammates with Irving?

Just then, Juan felt a poke in the shoulder.

Juan turned his head, and saw the good old man with big eyes, looking at him seriously, and said something jealous: "Help us keep an eye on it, don't let Rafa be abducted to England by this dwarf. "

Juan: "..."

You are Zanetti, don't say such stupid things that are impossible.

But Juan glanced at Rafael again, and felt that the worries of these Argentines were not all superfluous.

At this moment, Raphael is also fulfilling his duties as the captain.

He pointed to the cabinet next to him and said, "Your."

At the same time, he commented: "You are lucky. Vieri is a weirdo who doesn't like No. 9. Saviola wants my No. 10 more, so he chose No. 20."

Not late today, Vieri, who has been eating melons and watching the show, said angrily: "I heard it!"

Saviola also sneered: "Yes, I just want number 10."

What responded to him was Raphael's signature squint.

This look is so fucking annoying, and Saviola is even more angry.

If it's not that you can't beat... forget it...

Unexpectedly, Owen glanced at his cabinet and echoed: "I am England No. 10, and of course I prefer the No. 10 jersey."

Now everyone is happy!

Vieri also whistled!

But Raphael just glanced at him, and asked Lao Tuo, "I'm still him, choose."

Because he has two "angels", he has already begun to imagine how to sweep the Apennines: "..."

Bear boy, how could you cheat me like this!

When Owen also looked at him, Lao Tuo smiled and said: "Okay, everything is here, quickly change my clothes and wait for the physical examination! If anyone fails the physical examination, just wait for me!"

After speaking, Lao Tuo immediately oiled the soles of his feet and fled.

Although everyone guessed that Laotuo would choose to dodge, they didn't expect to be so thoroughly persuaded, and they booed off the head coach one after another.

Of course, Irving didn't plan to compete with Raphael for the jersey, so he stood in front of his closet and planned to change clothes, which can be regarded as calming down the "battle for No. 10".

At this moment, the cabinet was originally next to Raphael, but now it gave way to Owen, and Vieri, who moved behind Owen, winked at Owen desperately.

Because he was so tall, Owen didn't notice at first, so he had to poke Owen.

When Owen looked at him, he immediately motioned Owen to look at the cabinet of the ball bully.

Owen looked curiously, and saw three photo frames in the cabinet.

His eyes were first attracted by the photo in the middle.

In the photo, Rafael and Aimar are both wearing thick windproof clothing, which looks a bit funny, and their movements are not too intimate, but how could Owen, who witnessed their kiss at the "Empire Stadium" not know this? Is it a dog food?

Owen had no interest in eating dog food, so he looked at the other two photo frames.

After seeing the content clearly, Owen was extremely speechless.

No wonder Lao Tuo turned a blind eye to his "complaint". Under the attack of a certain sycophant, the heart of this fellow Welshman has already gone to the English Channel!

The author has something to say:

A little complaint:

For England, No. 9 and No. 10 are special.

The peculiarity is that most of the people who wear them are forwards, and they may wear both 9 and 10.

Some clubs wear No. 10 and national teams wear No. 9, which is Kane of this European Cup.

I really don't understand why Nanmen didn't give him number 10. Is Kaihuang not worthy?