37. Chapter 37
When the whole River Plate team got the news from the airport security staff, they didn't expect that there would be hundreds of fans to pick up the plane at such a late hour. Although this should be the farthest area that River Plate has been to recently, it still can't change the fact that this is just an ordinary league game, and it is not the battle of Tianwang Mountain, but not only there are 8,000 people on the scene, but even fans come back to pick up the plane, which really makes them a little flattered.
Like the fans, there are also some reporters who want to grab some news and photos.
Because the next game was six days later, Kappa had already told his disciples about the decision to take a day and a half off in the away team's dressing room, so he was not afraid to delay for a while and decided to go and say hello to the fans who supported them.
Because it was early in the morning, the fans who came were quite well-versed and did not shout loudly, but quietly held banners to show their support for the team.
"River Plate, Target Champion!"
"Let's get out of the relegation, River Plate will never be defeated!"
"Capa, please give Raphael a little more chance. β
When the 20-odds walked out of the waiting hall, there was a slight commotion among the fans, and the flashing lights of the reporters hidden in the middle flashed frequently, and some reporters even wanted to rush up to interview.
Hector and the rest of the coaching staff kept the players in the middle, while Capa shook his head and told reporters, "It's too late, we don't give any interviews." Then on behalf of the whole team, he thanked the fans for coming.
The only exception was the sleepy Raphael. The abruptly stopped team and made him crash directly into Ortega's back, and when he heard the noise around him, he thought he had arrived at the base, and looked up in confusion: "Have you arrived?"
As a result, I was almost blinded by the flashing light. Raphael raised his hand to cover his eyes, yawned lightly, and his eyes were hazy with tears: "I'm so sleepy...... Where is this? There are so many people...... Did you sell me?"
He still couldn't tell the difference.
Ortega Black Line, if I could, I would really like to sell you!
When the reporters who were close to heard this, they couldn't help but laugh at once.
But many female fans who risked dark circles just to look at him more could no longer restrain their excitement and screamed at the top of their voices.
"Raphael is so cute, come to my sister's arms, my (harmony) will be a pillow for you!"
"Wow, Moe Meng Moe! Is this what Raphael looked like when he was sleepy?"
"Oh my angel baby, go home with my sister, my sister's house is nearby, and I'm sure you'll be asleep. β
Raphael, who was caught by the unscrupulous "little donkey" on the shoulder and woke up a lot, grabbed the short hair that was a little messy and slept on the plane, and a teardrop fell from the corner of his eye, and smiled weakly at them: "Thank you for coming to pick you up, but it's too late, you better go back and rest early." β
The fans, who were originally planning to leave after a glance, were instantly annoyed by Rafael's soft and cute appearance, and coaxed: "No, I want to sign it!"
"If you don't sign it, you can kiss it!"
Rafael was a little embarrassed and looked at his teammates and coach for help.
Ortega patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, we can leave you here alone to sign autographs, you don't have to worry about us." β
Raphael: "QAQ"
Capa coughed: "It's too late today, after a few days of public training, let Raphael give you an autograph." β
Fortunately, the fans were just joking, and they understood that they must be very tired to fly back after the game, so they were quickly let go.
Only the voices of a few fans pierced through the sea and reached Rafael's ears.
"Raphael, are you really not going home with me? You can sleep in the car or in the grass if you want!"
"I want you to sign my (harmony)!"
I also seem to hear a man's voice, it must be a delusion!
Rafael, who filtered out the discordant words, asked his teammates in confusion: "Why do I sleep in the car and in the grass instead of sleeping?"
That look like I didn't have a cat disease, and it successfully made my teammates, who were also a little sleepy, hold their stomachs and laugh.
"I really think Raphael is better than my ten-year-old son. β
"How did those women get their hands on ......?"
"Having a relationship with a minor is a prison sentence. This kind of law is to protect a good baby like Raphael. β
"No, no, no, 16 years old is already an adult, don't you think it's necessary for us to take Raphael to see and see, hahaha!"
Ortega turned back to the fans and shouted, "Don't tease him, your angel is still a virgin!"
Now everyone burst out laughing.
Raphael's eyes widened as he looked at the sub-team, as if he couldn't believe what he had heard, his fair face was stained red, but in the end he didn't know how to justify, so he silently walked away from him and stood behind the others.
The appearance of pretending to be an ostrich was inevitably laughed at by everyone kindly, and the selected teammate was Lamela, who had a black line, especially when he heard some fans say: "Our COCO won't be the same!"
You are, your whole family is!ββ
Rafael was a little affectionate, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the club's slamming of the door, if they hadn't slept so late for the accommodation fee for that night, if he had gone to bed early, he wouldn't have met so many fans when he was sleepy and confused, he hadn't met so many fans, Ortega wouldn't have been able to sell him, he hadn't sold him, and there wouldn't have been so much discussion in the newspapers today about whether he was a "virgin" or not!
Isn't there a half-dime relationship with you!
Yes, early in the morning, in the newspapers, yesterday's game was mentioned easily, and the attention of all the media was on the early morning vignette.
What big newspapers and tabloids take turns, I can't wait for the whole world to know that he is still the same!
"Ole Daily": Angel's private life has been exposed, and he is still a virgin.
Clarion: A good routine, a clean private life, and a super sub are not just a matter of luck
"The Nation": Angels have a shy personality, and they have been kept for the first time
The Buenos Aires Morning News: Football baby Ana is proud to win the angel for the first time, and the chastity of the new star of River Plate will not be guaranteed
"Football Entertainment": The dressing room of the giants is too messy? Raphael confessed that the little donkey wanted to sell him, and Ortega mocked the angel for being a virgin.
"Capital Sports": Female fans say that angels are too pure, which is really uncontrollable
Since becoming Raphael's agent, Terri's mother, who thought that he had a specialization in the art industry and went to apply for sports agent training, also called him, saying that he was not forbidden to have a girlfriend, and that he could bring it back for the night if necessary, but he could not delay the training......
The real biological father who deliberately took the newspaper back to make fun of his son jumped up at the time: "What?!How can this be! No! No! Xiaoyi is only 16 years old, and he can't fall in love!"
His son is so good, and so young, how can he know how to distinguish between good and bad, if he is deceived by a random woman, what will he do?
That's right, the child's father's mood is so contradictory!
Raphael rolled his eyes, grabbed the soccer ball and ran to the backyard.
The backyard was originally a garden, Terri is a woman with a lot of interest in life, originally raised a lot of flowers and trees here, and later saw that Raphael is now a football all day long, so most of the flowers and plants were transplanted into flower pots, placed on the balcony, and the trees were moved to the side as a natural barrier, and then invited professionals to plant turf in the backyard, changed into a grass, let him play football.
Terri also made two small goals on it. Although it is a bit nondescript, Rafael can at least practice shooting by himself.
After all, the total size is less than 300 square meters, and it is not even enough to build the standard of the smallest 5-a-side football field.
Originally, Raphael said that it would be enough to build a goal, and it would be for him anyway, but Terri thought that although it was not so formal, if there were friends in the future, they could also play together.
Rafael thought about it, and the first person to visit was his friend Lanzini, but unfortunately he was still recovering from injuries at the time, but they can train together in the future.
It's fun to think about.
Lanzini: I'm sorry, I'm going to pick up girls, I'm not available =-=
Over the course of a day, Raphael received mocking text messages from his friends. He found that if he scored twice in the game, a hat-trick, the group of animals would all be lost. Once something happens, the text messages are more diligent than the other, and they are shameless!
Lanzini: "Congratulations, I said I'll take you to a nightclub, it's okay to pretend, you're not happy, now the whole world knows you're a virgin, [laughs] "Hehe."
NiccolΓ²: "I'm definitely not texting to laugh at you...... Ah, it, my nose is getting longer!"What the hell!
Ocampos: "My friend has a younger sister...... Well, she's pretty and likes you, and she says she's willing to help you, what do you think?" "Help me, help me what?"
Ocampos: "Help you get out of your virginity." "Get out!
Pezzella: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that if everyone knows about it...... Hahahahahaha!"
Correa: "I don't know what to say, let's laugh at it routinely." "Huh!
Raphael found that what he learned from Weibo is really easy to use!
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Two days later, Messi's text message was long overdue.
Messi: Congratulations, two goals!
Raphael burst into tears, what is an upright and good person, this is what it is! Of course, it is not excluded that people do not watch the news in Argentina.
(Don't kid yourself, now that the online world is so developed, do you think you can hide it**?)
At that time, Rafael had just come out of the shower after training, he looked at the time of sending the letter, two hours ago, and tacitly calculated the time in Barcelona now, it seemed to be almost 12 o'clock over there, it was too late, Rafael decided to get up tomorrow and reply, it would be bad to wake others to sleep.
He didn't know that Messi, who had just finished a Champions League game, was sitting in the dressing room and texting him. For this reason, the teammates were very puzzled, the first thing Messi did when he returned to the locker room was not to take a shower, but to play with his mobile phone!
Puyol laughed: "Did Leo have a girlfriend?"
Messi touched his nose and put his phone away: "No." β
"Don't be nervous, it's good to have a girlfriend, but don't learn from someone, Leo, you don't want to sleep with a football every night. Peake was super fat, and he laughed at the team boss with eyebrows.
"Hahaha!"
Harvey's face darkened: "You guys think life is too comfortable, right?" β
After a while in the locker room, Messi also forgot about the text message, and when he got home, he remembered it again, and quickly turned on his mobile phone, but there were only some text messages from relatives and friends in the inbox, congratulating him on scoring twice in the game and scoring 4 goals in the Champions League, and the text message he sent to that person was lost in the sea and has not been read so far.
Messi has a not-so-good habit, as a person who is not extroverted by nature, he does not like to call, but likes to communicate with others by text.
Basically, he is in a state where he will never call if he can send a text message, and once the other party does not reply to the text message, he will be a little anxious and will think repeatedly, whether the other party has not seen it, or does he not want to reply?
Now he wondered what kind of situation Raphael was in when he didn't see the text message.
But now it's already 6 o'clock, how can I not see it? Didn't you see it when you had dinner with friends? Shouldn't you check for missed calls and missed text messages the first time you touch your phone?
After thinking about it for an hour, Messi took out his phone again and looked at it, hey, he had read it.
Glad.
But why didn't you reply?
Out of sorts.
Why doesn't he want to go back? Why doesn't he want to go back, is he in a bad mood? Why is he in a bad mood? Could it be that he is still not happy today after he was exposed a few days ago?
Actually, that kind of thing is not a big deal......
Could it be that there is something wrong with the content of the text message? But I didn't mention it...... Or is it too late to congratulate?
Messi is like the first-floor resident who stubbornly wants to hear the other boot hit the ground when he hears one boot landing, tossing and turning, and can't sleep at night. I finally fell asleep in a daze, and when I got up the next day, there was still no text message.
Rafael didn't know that his kind act almost caused Messi insomnia. Refreshed, he finally picked up his phone to reply to the text message while he was having breakfast.
Raphael: Thank you, and congratulations on your victory in yesterday's contest.
2 minutes later, Messi replied.
Messi: (smiling) Did you watch the game?
Rafael is still lamenting that the reply of the Internet addicted youth is fast, and he doesn't know what kind of psychological journey Messi has gone through.
Finally returned, happy, reply immediatelyβ no, he replied so slowly, how can I reply so fastβ I must let the other party know the pain of waiting for a text messageβ if I don't reply, will he think I'm not there and throw the phone asideβ forget it, I'll still go back, I must set a good example, sue the other party for being too slow to reply is immoral!
Rafael: No, we were still training when you were playing, we knew it on the news.
Messi's heart is congested. In fact, there is a function on the computer called video playback......
Messi: Okay...... (smiles)
Raphael: (smiles)
After breakfast, Rafael, who didn't receive a text message, kicked his phone in his pocket and asked the family's newly hired driver to take him to training camp.
It's not really a perfunctory on the part of Raphael, it's a training maniac who doesn't like texting, and it's rare for him to think of replying to a letter. If it's his group of bad friends, he just ignores it if it's not a big deal, if you're interested, call back, text you and me, how laborious, how can a good time be wasted on texting, do you have to send half an hour for something that can be said in a minute?
Although he didn't know that texting was Messi's hobby, he was already very restrained, and he now checks for missed text messages every day and then makes sure that every text message from the other party is replied to, but that's all.
So the communication between him and Messi is that Messi took the initiative to chat with him about some game anecdotes or news, and then he replied......
He is actually quite strange, why does Messi text him from time to time, obviously one between them is in La Liga and the other is in the Arab League, except for the World Cup in South Africa, there is no intersection, and now Messi is in Rafael's position in Daming, think about it...... Rafael can only think that Messi is really a good person, and he pays so much attention to the growth of newcomers in his country......
In fact, sometimes Raphael really wants to call, but they don't seem to know each other that well, so this idea usually turns into a dispensable smile in a text message.
Because today is another open training day once a week, and the training program is relatively casual, Rafael picked up the training vest and prepared to leave the locker room, Ortega pulled him down: "Our good boy went out like this, will he be scared?"
Raphael: "?-?"
"I can only tell you, you've entered the target list of many coquettish girls, be mentally prepared. Ortega patted him on the shoulder as if heavily, laughed and ran. The others looked at him sympathetically and rushed out.
Raphael's eyes fell on Lamela, who was still changing clothes: "Eric, what do you mean by the words of the vice-team?"
Lamela glanced at him: "Literally." β
Raphael touched his head, how did he feel that the other party seemed to be cold to him......? This must be an illusion.
Then when he went out and saw the fans around the training ground, Rafael understood it in a second......
A group of coolly dressed "female fans" formed a beautiful landscape on the sidelines, all of which were plump, breasts, fat buttocks, sexy, and colorful, each more enchanting than the other. Although the spring is shining and the sun is warm, it is not enough to treat the training camp as a beach, and if you have few clothes, you will have to wear a bikini......
The other men were quite feasting for their eyes, and Raphael almost turned around and went back to the dressing room when he saw them.
The target of these people is undoubtedly Raphael, who is still a little magician.
However, the ordinary fans who came to see the training on this day were very, very depressed, because their beloved Angel Raphael basically maintained a position during the training process...... That is to turn your back to the audience.
And after training, he always met most of the fans' autograph and photo requests very gently, and after the first training session, he ran away without a trace......
Raphael is very congested, and even more so by the girls who see him as something in their pockets, but they will not give up.
This unscrupulous tabloid named the "Angel Chastity Defense Battle" campaign fought vigorously for half a month, and every day people exposed their intimate contact with Raphael, or said to be in a relationship or in a tryst, this qiΔ with an article on the Internet became popular and the Super Derby hit, only gradually sank to the bottom, and there were occasional storms, but it was no longer as well-known as during this time.
The online article, published on her Facebook account by Joe Siadoni, a well-known television model, in the form of a diary, chronicles her ambitious but ultimately aborted plan to capture angels.
October 22nd
Angel Raphael, his looks are like his title, beautiful and pleasing to the eye. Ortega's exposure brought him into my sight, huh...... Actually, he's always been in my plan, but I haven't been able to find a chance, oh, actually, I've always wanted to say, why hasn't this person been famous for a few months, and no TV station has been able to invite him to do a show? Are they all β‘β‘? Blame you for not even having a chance to appear!
Anyway, like a lot of people, I dressed myself up and went to see Raphael train. I was very ambitious before I went, I firmly believed that my boobs were fuller than others, my beautiful buttocks were more upright than others, and I believed that as long as he looked at me, he would be bewitched by me and would fall in love with me at first sight, huh...... Yes, I'm just so confident, but why, he didn't even give me a chance to look at me!!!! why!!
I think, in front of his golden head and back, we who stood in the wind and shook for three hours are a stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid!!
October 23rd
After I went back, I thought a lot, I think it was my previous thinking that was deviated, I thought that an innocent little virgin like him couldn't resist the love of mature women, and now he is on the cusp, he must be very, very want to get rid of this identity, as long as he looks at me, he will indulge in my obsessed chest (the above crossed, I don't praise it), want to sleep with me.
But apparently, this idea is wrong.
I read the little angel's information from beginning to end, to make sure that I don't miss a word, I can be sure that he must belong to the stuffy type, he has always given everyone a positive impression, such a person, how can he find a woman who is too coquettish, even if he actually likes this, he will definitely not show it.
I have to take it slowly.
October 26th
I can't even catch anyone, and! Does Raphael know how to stealth? Why can't I catch him every day? Doesn't he need to train?!
I carefully read River Plate's official website, and it didn't say that he was injured and would miss training!
But for three days in a row, I didn't touch the corner of his clothes, I'm going crazy! I can't climb over the wall and climb into the training ground to ask for a chance encounter! In short, I made up my mind today that I won't leave until I see him out of the training ground!
One by one, the stars of River Plate are gone, I am still standing in the cold wind, I am wearing a carefully selected beige dress, pure and sexy (I really don't mean to boast), I am sure that when I rush up to ask for an autograph, Raphael will be impressed by my persistence and fall in love with me at first sight!!
But why...... I waited for three hours, four hours, and I didn't wait for him until half past nine in the evening...... Later, when the doorman wanted to lock the door, I realized that Rafael had already left in the car!! WTF?!
I swear I saw the disdain in the eyes of that uncle, and he said, people have drivers!
WTF !! Evil Rich Man!!
November 03rd
If the old lady had the ball at his feet, we would have loved each other a long time ago!
This is the conclusion that the old lady (who is already going crazy) has spent a lot of money to get an angel round-the-clock itinerary from the tabloid reporters. I've always thought I'm very smart, you see, others can't think of going to the paparazzi to ask for information, I thought about it, but at this moment I also understand why this information was two months ago, anyone who reads such a trip will collapse, right?
Look, go out at 5:30 in the morning to run laps and practice, go home at 7:30 for breakfast, and then take the car to training. After that, I was in training camp until I got home at 7:30 p.m.
Tell me, where is such a piece of information worth 10,000 pesos?!!!
I bought the information myself, and I want to make it work with tears. I decided to have a long-term encounter with my sweet little angel during my morning jog.
Isn't it just half past five in the morning, I'll bear it!
I got up at 4 a.m., put on a nice make-up, put on a tracksuit I bought (it's a tracksuit, but it also shows off my curves), curled my flowing hair, looked in the mirror, and oh, I'm about to fall in love with myself.
I appeared in the intelligence, on the boulevard where Raphael ran, waiting for the arrival of Prince Charming.
Hehe...... The old lady waited until the sun rose as usual, and when the passers-by gradually looked at me as if I was mentally retarded...... it!
November 07th
The old lady squatted for three days in a row, not to mention the corners of Prince Charming's clothes, and I didn't even see his ghost! In order to prevent my beautiful appearance from aging, I gave up and went to the tabloid reporter to settle accounts with murderous spirits! As a result, he told me without any sense of guilt that the angel's house had recently made a small lawn, probably for this reason, so he rarely came out to exercise in the morning.
Of course, in the end, at my "strong request", the other party finally refunded me half of the price.
I locked my tracksuit in the closet and slept until I woke up naturally, oh yes, this is the life I want!
As for the angels, to hell with him, let him jerk off to football in the future!
If you want me to say, he's either a fetish or a GAY!
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Those little models and girls probably never dreamed that they did not hesitate to concoct some specious scandals in order to fall in love with the little angels, and the sensation was not as good as a web diary full of complaints and rampage!
And this extremely realistic and poignant article undoubtedly turned all their scandals into a joke.
What? Are you dating Raphael? Where did you make an appointment? The lawn behind their house or the training ground? Who else is the Witness besides football?
Oh, can you remind Raphael to update Facebook, thank you.
What? Raphael invites you to have a candlelit dinner? Can you please make enough preparations, Raphael had dinner with Lanzini yesterday, or are you Lanzini?
A group of true love fans who were originally heartbroken for Raphael, worried about the love that angels are very likely to have, are now all turned into a "hahahaha" reply, poking at the poor pioneer of revolution.
"I was relieved to see Raphael so well-behaved. β
"Recently, Raphael's scandal has been flying all over the sky, and I am still very worried, I am really afraid that he has changed from a pure angel to a playboy, it is unimaginable! Now I am relieved, thank you to the PO Lord! Thank God!"
"Raphael is still young, it's normal not to want to fall in love at this age, why scold others for fetishes and GAY. β
"These journal entries will make me laugh for a year!"
Raphael's mother and agent, Terri, is in mixed moods.
Rafael's image has always been positive, sunny and handsome and healthy, and she hardly needs to bother to take care of it, although those tabloids for the purpose of hype and scandals hate him to death, but the fans just buy it, and now River Plate is full, how many people are going for him.
Some people say that celebrities need exposure and hype to be popular, but Rafael simply broke this barrier, he only needs to rely on his football skills and rely on that face. People who like football watch him play, people who don't like football watch him brush his face, and the two sides are in harmony.
Therefore, it is conceivable how many women who want to be famous want to step on him and get on the throne. First of all, Rafael is good-looking, if he really catches up, it will not be himself who suffers? Secondly, Rafael is currently the most powerful potential stock in Argentina, and the future is unlimited, becoming his girlfriend, not to mention helping his career in China, he will transfer to Europe in the future, and he can also follow to the world, again, Rafael's family is rich, and he will be richer in the future.
Whether it is seeking fame, fortune or wealth, Raphael can meet them all, is there anything better than him? So when the other party broke the news, these glamorous models who were struggling to find a chance at the beginning were excited. Their thoughts are exactly the same as Joe Siadoni began to think, the little boy who is anxious to get rid of his identity, wouldn't he hit it off with them? They don't need a long-term relationship, and even a piece of news about "Angels and XX Spring Breeze for a Time" is enough to take their careers to the next level.
And those unscrupulous media who want to expose and sell are happy to hear about this, which is even more fueling. Today's newspaper headlines, on the left is a photo of Raphael turning his head and staring at his affectionate eyes, on the right is a three-point girl scratching her head, and then the headline is "Supernova falls in love with the model XXX, don't forget to look at each other affectionately in training", and tomorrow it will be "XX hints that he has a dewy relationship with an angel, he is not as clean and self-conscious as people think"......
In those days, in different newspapers, the object of the scandal with Raphael was different, that is, the same newspaper, and the person could be changed in the morning and evening. The unifying feature of these newspapers is a photo of Raphael and a bewitching model, almost photoshopped the two as a couple.
Of course, those reporters knew that they or the whistleblower themselves made it up, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to take any greasy photos.
But are they willing to wait for Raphael's "spring heart" to sprout, a 16-year-old boy, not curious about sex, unwilling to explore the mysteries of women? Not to mention that he is still on the cusp.
But everyone underestimated Raphael's composure, he didn't seem to care what others thought of him, although others made fun of him, he would be shy, embarrassed, but he never seemed to want to get rid of this trouble at the root, and still did what he should do every day.
Even in the next two rounds of the league, he continued to score 2 goals as a substitute and continued to lead the scorer list.
Terri was originally angry about the hype, and while many sane fans knew it was fake, there was a way to ruin the rumors, and many people would believe it. And she is also afraid that Raphael's state will be affected. Although Raphael's calm appearance reassured her a lot, she was still ready to start maintaining Raphael's good image.
But before she could think of a specific implementation plan, Joe Siadoni's diary went viral from the Internet to reality.
Then she found out that she didn't have to do anything at all, and no one believed those tabloids anymore......
This diary seems to have worked more than any PR method she could have ever thought of.
As for GAY and fetishes?
After all, Raphael is now 16 years old, not 36.
Of course...... When the future Terri mother thinks of today, she really regrets that she didn't face up to the problem of sexuality in the first place......
In order to completely extinguish the flame of Raphael's hype, Terri also gave an interview to public television. She emphasised that Rafael has no intention of falling in love right now: "Now he's putting all his energy into training and competing. As his mum, I know how hard he trains every day, and even sometimes, I have to stop him from overtraining. β
"What kind of person is Raphael in private? He was a quiet kid, he could read and write when he couldn't train, he rarely watched TV or played on the computer. β
"He likes whomever he wants to associate with, it's his freedom, and I don't interfere, as long as it's not the people who appear in the tabloids now. β
"No, no, no, I'm also a woman, and I think women have the right to choose their own careers, as long as it's not illegal, it's not a big deal. But I hope that Raphael's future girlfriend can respect each other with him, not not know each other, and can use him to hype without burden, this is a personality issue, not a career issue. β
After this incident, Terri, as Rafael's mother and agent, has also entered the eyes of many fans.
Female fans said: "It turns out that this is my future mother-in-law, it looks a bit strict, but this is good, I can help the angel block those shameless women until I appear-3-"
In any case, most of the supermodels who want to take advantage of the east wind to rise to the top have disappeared, and even if there are those who do not give up, no tabloid is willing to publish them before there is real evidence. After all, there are no fans willing to buy it now, so there will be no sales, although they have no discipline, but they have to eat.
The time has just entered November, and the media has begun to be busy with crazy warm-up for the Argentine Super Derby that will come in ten days, various tactical analysis, personnel comparisons, and several references, which are the headlines in turn, don't think it's an exaggeration, for Argentinians, most of the world is not as big as the Super Derby, even if this game is a "South American derby" between the national team and the Brazilian team 24 hours later, the momentum is completely incomparable with the Super Derby.
The whole of Argentina, because of the arrival of the super derby, the atmosphere has gradually become feverish. This is the duel between River Plate and Boca, and even if they are both lonely now, it still touches the hearts of millions of people, because for Argentinians, the club they support is their lifelong faith.
As one of the fans interviewed on TV said: "It's just a friendly match for the national team, is it worth my attention? I don't care about the national team, I only care about the game between River Plate and Boca!"
A few years ago, a professional organization made exact statistics, the fans of the two traditional giants of River Plate Boca, Boca fans account for 25% of the total population of Argentina, and River Plate occupies 20%, which adds up to nearly half of the total population of Argentina!
The collision between Boca and River Plate is a fixed holiday for fans every year, or pilgrimage day, and among the 100 most unmissable events selected by the famous "442" magazine, the super derby between Boca and River Plate is at the top of the list, and even the British "Observer" newspaper once wrote an article calling it "the most important sporting event that sports fans must see before they die", and its position is ranked ahead of Formula 1 Monaco, Wimbledon, and boxing matches in New York's Madison Square Garden.
It is no exaggeration to say that more than ten years ago, when a large number of South American players had not yet landed in the European League, the duel between the two teams could be called the first derby in world football, without any moisture!
The reason why the matchup between River Plate and Boca has attracted so much attention has to do with Argentina's football beliefs and the passionate nature of South Americans, but most importantly, it has to do with the class struggle between the two teams that has been entangled for nearly a century.
Argentina's "Super Derby" has been around for more than 100 years, and although the distance between the two clubs has now widened to almost 20 kilometres, they were once fighting in the same neighborhood. A hundred years ago, both teams were located in the Boca district of the port of Buenos Aires, but now Boca is still here, and the riverplate has moved to the wealthy district of Nunez at the other end of the city.
Until now, Boca has been a popular club for the common people, and River Plate's membership is generally from an upper-middle level.
Once the derby is given meaning outside of football, it will become out of control because ...... It will be a war without gunpowder.
With four days to go until the Super Derby, Raphael, who is extremely nervous about something, has already felt the atmosphere of the rain coming to the building, he has logged on to Facebook once in a while, and there are a lot of abusive words and uncomfortable pictures on the message board, which may have come from Boca's crazy fans, but many River Plate fans have stopped leaving him messages in a gentle and encouraging tone, and have become like this.
"The match against Boca is the real competition, don't let us down, Rafael!"
"Take out those bosteros and defend our honor at Monument Stadium!"
"Send those to hell step by step, if they are demoted, it will be the happiest thing in my life!"
"Only by defeating Boca will you be our real hero! Capa will put you on the bench again, and I'll help you kill him!"
In reality, every day is an overwhelming media campaign, with celebrities on both sides speaking, fans scolding, and players declaring war.
When the grumpy Ortega was asked by reporters what he thought of the match with Boca on the 16th, he was the first to shout: "As I once said, the match between Boca and River Plate will never be a friendly match, we will let go of our hands and feet to attack with all our strength and bring victory to River Plate!"