The next morning.

Whew.

"Lyle, you bastard, eat less. Yang Fan glared at Lyle.

Whew. Lyle agreed, and fought the noodles hard.

Ever since he 'inadvertently' tasted Yang Fan's breakfast, Lyle has often come to eat. No, most of the breakfast 'egg noodles' that Yang Fan prepared for himself went to Lyle's stomach. This really made Yang Fan speechless, a Westerner who can't use chopsticks can actually eat noodles faster than himself.

"Whoop. Yang Fan also hurriedly started, if he slowed down for a while, it was estimated that he would only have to drink noodle soup.

After eating breakfast noodles like a war, Yang Fan sat on the sofa, squinting his eyes and looking out the window, it was snowing. At the end of December 2006, Newcastle finally had its first snow of the winter.

Lyle was even more exhausted, lying on the sofa humming, I don't know what I thought this guy was doing.

"Chinese food is delicious!" Lyle groaned as he touched his stomach.

Yang Fan pouted, poor child, just egg noodles or shredded potatoes with green peppers, or even a small plate of spicy vegetables, this guy thought it was the best delicious.

"Hey, Yang, don't you have to train today?" Lyle asked curiously.

"There's no rush. Yang Fan waved his hand, "It's still early, the time of this damn wall clock is not accurate, it's half an hour faster." ”

The expression on Lyle's face immediately became quite exciting.

"What's wrong?" Yang Fan asked.

The latter cried with a sad face, "I think it is necessary for me to sue you that I turned back the clock clock by half an hour yesterday."

"Oh, shit! Damn! Why didn't you say it earlier!" Yang Fan jumped up like a rabbit with its tail stepped on, "Lyle, I swear, if I'm late, I'll kill you." ”

In Lyle's laughter, Yang Fan scolded and ran away and drove to the team's training base.

Seeing Yang Fan walking away, Lyle smiled, it seems that Yang really forgot about today's training postponement.

Well, Yang Fan's car is a bicycle, a permanent bicycle, this is a second-hand car that Yang Fan bought from Newcastle's Chinatown, and it feels amazing to be able to have such a car with a Chinese taste in the distant United Kingdom. He often imagines how this bicycle came to be with his owner across the ocean to the distant British Peninsula, where it took root. [A lot of good novels]

It was December 31, 2006, and almost all of the UK had New Year's holidays, so people didn't need to get up early to go to work, which made the morning after the snow seem extraordinarily quiet.

When Yang Fan arrived at the rigber training base, the old janitor Alexon Owens was clearing the snow at the gate. The snow had been cleared by him, and looking at the snowdrifts on both sides of the gate, he could see that the old man's workload was not easy.

The white-haired man was a 'landmark' at Rigberton's training base, having worked here for seven or eight years, and in fact, after retiring eight years ago, he could have enjoyed his old age with his pension, he could have had fun at senior clubs, and he could even travel the world. But the old man insisted on coming to the rigberton training ground, applying to become a janitor, and insisting on a symbolic salary of £100 a week, which was almost less than one-fifth of the minimum wage set by the British government!

He came to do this job only because he loves the club and loves the team, so he sees it as an honour to work at the club. When he was young, he couldn't work and contribute to his beloved club because he had to support his family, but after retiring, he finally fulfilled his dream!

This old man is always smiling, he is polite to everyone, he always looks with respect to the players and coaches who come in and out of here every day, and he is genuinely proud of these people and considers them the heroes of the team.

For such an old man, Yang Fan always maintains respect.

"Alexon, good morning. ”

"Good morning, Yang. "Alexon. Owens stopped what he was doing and looked at this sweaty young man, because he was worried that he would be late, Yang Fan rode the bicycle as fast as he could, and it usually takes close to half an hour's 'drive', but he only took twenty minutes today.

Yang Fan pushed the bicycle, rushed through the gate, rode on, and immediately continued to sprint, time was running out, and he was about to eat.

"Hey, hey, kid. The voice of the janitor old man sounded behind him, "It's New Year's leave, and today's training is postponed by half an hour." ”

"Oh, hell, I forgot about it. ”

Then the janitor heard Yang Fan's frustrated voice. The old man laughed, and he continued his work of clearing the snow, it would be a pleasant start to the day, wouldn't it?

At this time, there were already many people in the youth team locker room. Yang Fan didn't know that he was the talking point and 'joke' of some of his teammates at this time.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and in the Newcastle youth team, there are three small groups.

One is Andy, the leading scorer. Carol at the core, Andy. Carroll's Newcastle's latest talented goalscorer, it is said that even Alain. Shearer was looking at Andy. Carroll was full of praise after the game, and Newcastle first-team manager Rod even publicly stated that Andy. Carroll should always be ready to feel the big scene. What is the big scene? It's the Premier League.

Andy. Carroll's talent is naturally surrounded by several people who have a good relationship with him, all of whom are players in the main squad, and they are a promising category in the broad sense of the word, and they are likely to be promoted to the first team. This is the first echelon of people.

The other gang is Robert. With Cavin Na as the core, these players are average, although they may also be transferred to the first team, but, they belong to the second echelon, so to speak, they belong to the kind of people who think they are geniuses, but they are 'depressed'. Of course, the reason for Robert. Calvina was able to become the nucleus of this small group, mainly because of Robert. Kavina has a father who is a shareholder of the club, although it is only a small shareholder, but it is also a shareholder.

There is also a group of people who also belong to the second echelon, but they do not belong to Robert Cavinna's gang, but they are in their own right.

The other group of people is a player like Yang Fan who trains hard and competes hard, but it seems that it is difficult to have a 'talented' future.

Robert Cavina and his gang are envious and jealous of the first-tier talents, but they can't afford to offend Andy. Carol, a well-known talent, vented his inner unhappiness and resentment on the people of the 'third echelon', and among the people they looked down upon, Yang Fan, a teammate from the 'football desert' China, was the most often bullied, which is understandable.

There is a saying that if you fall behind, you will be beaten and bullied, and this sentence is applicable in any field.

At this time, Robert. Kavina was spitting and talking to the crowd around him.

"Why hasn't that Chinese come to training yet? Oh, my God. "Robert. Kavina suddenly crowed like a rooster's throat, "This Chinese finally came to his senses, he finally knew that he was not the material for playing football, and there would be no future in this industry, and he finally realized how stupid he was." It looks like he's not coming back. That's a good thing, you know, whenever I think about a genius like me training and playing with a Chinese every day, my muscles twitch. Do Chinese play football? Do they play table tennis? ha. ”

A burst of laughter rang out.

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Andy. Carol glanced over here, for Robert. Cavina was sarcastic and sarcastic about a teammate, and he had a lot of criticism. However, it is only a complaint, he will not come out to uphold justice, and anywhere, if you want to win respect, you have to rely on your own strength. Yang Fan's table is indeed too bad. Truth be told, Andy. Carol even thinks Robert. What Kavina said makes sense, his Chinese teammate is indeed not the material for football.

"It's too much!" On the other side, someone couldn't stand it, and he said indignantly, "I really can't understand why these people can't accept Yang." He-"

"Reeves, you're here again. "I know what you're going to say, Yang trains hard and competes hard, but that doesn't mean he can succeed, and it doesn't mean he can earn everyone's respect." To be honest, I ...... too."

The player known as Reeves interrupted his friend, "You can't say that, James, everyone has their own dreams, they all have the right to pursue their dreams, and those who pursue their dreams should not be criticized." ”

Reeves looked at his friend and said, "Yang is my friend. I know him, he's not the kind of person who gives up, and I'm sure he'll be here today!"

James. Troisi looked at his friend and stopped talking. Although he had 10,000 reasons to refute his friend, he didn't do that, because his friend is also a very talented player, and now he can occupy the main midfield position in the youth team more because of Reeves. A large part of the reason why Marl's friends support the Chinese teammate is because his friends see their own shadows in the Chinese.

Tong guò hard work, step by step success, is the pride of friends. James. Troisy didn't want to affect his friend's self-confidence because his words were in jeopardy.

looked at the empty locker that belonged to Yang Fan, James. Troisi shrugged, equally talented, equally hard-working. That's why these two people will resonate. Just, James. Troisi doesn't think Yang Fan can make a name for himself on the team like his friend.