1.chapter 1
What do people in their twenties typically say about themselves?
I've become braver than before, daring to strike up a conversation with a girl I like, and having the courage to try whatever it takes. I will completely say goodbye to my elders and live independently, and I can feel that this life is so good when I rent a deserted apartment. Hungry for freedom and independence, he thought he would be the next headline to sing the praises of.
When you're in your twenties, life hasn't completely fixed you, you always have a few more paths to choose from, and of course, you still have the courage to pursue your dreams and self-shaping beliefs endlessly.
Yes, dreams and beliefs.
Twenty-one-year-old Francisco Álvarez is at such an age, at an age of boiling blood, and his best dream is not to meet his childhood sweetheart girl □□, but to take turns holding the championship plate, the Champions League Champions Cup, the Hercules Cup, and so on, which are clearly in the dream but are still subconsciously named trophies and cheers. However, this dream did not wake up spontaneously, but when he finally noticed that there was Igor Casillas standing on the other side of the championship, and Igor was wearing the captain's armband on his arm.
He woke up and stared blankly at the ceiling with half-asleep dead fish eyes, as if Igor was still smiling with cracked teeth.
He didn't dare to tell the absolute next captain Raul Gonzalez or José Guti, the one who didn't keep the door open, but he couldn't hold it in his stomach, and he told the dream to Cassie without vomiting or unhappy. He expected Cassie to secretly look left and right to hope that the scene of being frightened and frightened didn't happen, but the guy pursed his lips, and a baby face with some baby fat looked very kind, "I've had this kind of dream too." ”
"Hey, you've had this kind of dream too?" Fran, who was leaning against the wall listlessly, looked up and asked with some interest, "Did I wear the captain's armband in my dream?"
"Oh oh Fran," Casillas' eyes widened with innocence, "after all, it was my dream, and of course I'm the captain." ”
Fran nodded to show that he was right, but he suddenly grabbed Cassie's shoulder and began to shake desperately, "Then why are you suing me, why is the captain of my dream still you?" Casillas was a little dizzy by his shaking head, and laughed and didn't change his words.
Casillas feels that Fran, who has just stepped into the first team at the age of 21, will always be the captain of the team, which is not fair, but it is probably an undoubted fact.
Born in Madrid, Spain, in 1981, Francisco Álvarez, a Swedish mother who fell in love with Madrid boy Fernando Álvarez at first sight, was 10 years old when he was accompanied by his father, who is a die-hard Real Madrid fan, to participate in the entrance test to the Real Madrid club, and since then two words in his life that are as important as his surname are football and Real Madrid.
He and Casillas, who were a few months younger than him, were selected into Real Madrid's second-tier team at the same time, but he stayed for two years longer than Casillas.
In the 9900 season, Real Madrid won the eighth championship trophy in the team's history, when people heard about the departure of Argentine Fernando Redondo like a bolt from the blue, but boasted that "a passion was given to the future Bernabeu" Forlan didn't care about the transfer of this superstar who had little to do with him at that time, because it was during this period that the 19-year-old who excelled in Real Madrid's second-tier team finally got the opportunity to go to another team and guarantee the number of appearances of the main team, that team is called Tenerife.
Tenerife have just been relegated to La Liga this season, and the departure of key players naturally needs to be replenished, according to them, they are impressed by Francisco Alvarez's cousin, and they are willing to give the young player a chance that Real Madrid can't give for the time being.
At that time, he was temporarily acting as his own agent, and the elder Alvarez was very excited to tell his son the news, "Forlan, you have the opportunity to play for Real Madrid's former rival team." Forlan looked at his father's happy appearance and simply understood 'Real Madrid's opponent' and 'former one', "But Castilla is also a team in La Liga!"
But because of Real Madrid's deposit, Castilla is unlikely to rise to La Liga, while Tenerife can.
"Tenerife, where Redondo came to Real Madrid!" Old Alr mentioned that Real Madrid's former prince was a little out of control, and Forlan looked at his father for a while and sighed, yes, when the whole world is paying attention to the Argentine, probably only he will care about where he goes. He turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Lao Al, this father may know that the table just now is not suitable, he should be more professional as his son's agent temporarily, and he can't go all by his own mind, Fran is a person who has too many ideas of his own, "There is also a team, which is Malaga who was promoted to La Liga for the first time in the team's history last season, son." ”
Fran paused in his steps to turn around and leave, and he looked back at his father's solemn face, knowing that this was the truth, and not the nonsense he wanted to fool himself into leaving the reserves.
That night's dream was very real, and he parted peacefully with Real Madrid and went to Malaga, with Real Madrid's preferential buy-back treaty on the contract. But he knew, even in his dreams, that when he decided to leave Real Madrid, a lot changed. He started with Real Madrid as his goal, and if this goal can't be achieved, will he still do his best like now?
Finding a first-team manager is not an easy task, but finding a coach who often moves between the first and second teams is quite easy for Forlan with his own coach and Casillas on the other side. Forlan is no stranger to Bosque, who used to be the manager of Real Madrid's second-tier team for a long time, and he rushed to him without thinking much when he saw Bosque frowning and being deeply troubled, which startled Bosque.
When Bosque realized that he was standing in front of the captain of the reserve team, Bosque smiled at Bosque, who was like his own child in his own academy, "Fran, is there anything wrong with you?"
Forlan looked at the first-team manager, trying his best to straighten his back to show his confidence, "Sir, is it possible for me to play for Real Madrid?" Bosque was stunned, although he didn't know why he suddenly asked this question, but he still comforted him like he answered everyone, "Of course Forlan, you are the best defender in Castia, of course you can play for Real Madrid." ”
As a Real Madrid manager, there are so many things to worry about, the arrival of a new president, the arrival of big stars, the vacancy of Redondo's position and the introduction of players, etc. It's a little bit to do with Forlan, but he's far from the point.
Fran's bright smile after saying goodbye to Bosque narrowed his smile a little, and he lowered his head and crushed his teeth. When Casillas, who had been waiting for news, was really puzzled by the follow-up results, he was squatting under the big tree with a fallen branch to play with the ants. Fran had already spotted Casillas standing beside him, but given that the kid was luckier than himself, Fran decided to turn around and continue teasing the ant with his butt at him.
Cassie hesitated for a long time and didn't raise a kick to kick him down, he also found a branch, Fran poked the ant and he poked Fran, and in the end he annoyed Fran, who was already secretly anxious, and took a deep breath and raised his head to him "Hey, hey, hey" a few times, the fake smile was described as a fake smile is a compliment, Cassie wants to understand this completely as good news, but he doesn't have that rich imagination. So one of these two people continued to look down and play with ants with distractions, and the other looked up to count the white clouds without distraction. Cassie couldn't help it, and Yu Yu said, "It's not that easy to come back." ”
The two of them knew each other too well, and Casillas broke the point and hit Fran with a word, making him instantly die down even if he had only a 1 in 10,000 possibility, and the branch in his hand broke uncontrollably, and he heard him speak for a while.
"I know. ”
What's more, what's the point of coming back from a loan, like Samuel Eto'o?
Fran, who was standing at the door of the house, raised his hand and rubbed his hair to make him look a little messy, and repeated the action of raising his legs on the spot to make himself look more excited, and he slammed the door, and there was a panic in the door before Old Al came to open the door. Old Al looked at this son who was a head taller than himself, "Stinky boy, if you don't"
"Dad, Coach Bosque came to me, he told me that Real Madrid need me, Real Madrid need me!" Fran grinned at his father, and Old Al was a little incredulous, "Really? He said when you would be sent to the first team?"
"Next season! next season, of course!" Fran answered his question as naturally as possible, and even blurted out the answer without thinking, and the next second he saw Old Al's expression change from anger to surprise mixed with extreme joy, and put his arm around his son's shoulder, "Look! My son is going to play in Real Madrid! He has the hope of playing in Real Madrid next season!"
When Fran finally got out of the excitement of his parents and sister and walked back to his room, he locked the door with his back hand and lay down on the bed, blindfolded his right hand, and breathed a long sigh of relief.
As Igor said, he is gone, but it is not so easy to come back.
Fran picked up the pillow and put it on his head, even if it was to deprive the brain of oxygen, it was better than thinking about it, he still had to be willful, and he really didn't believe that he couldn't throw himself into the Bernabeu pitch.
Nineteen-year-old Francisco Álvarez, who was going to block all other roads and follow one road to the dark.
Halfway through the 0001 season, Casillas's form went into a slump, and he was even pressed on the bench by Bosque for a while. Real Madrid had a lot of holes at the back, plus Hierro's unexpected injury, but Forlan still didn't make the first team. Old Al looked at his son's usual face every day, and finally asked tentatively, "To be honest, did you lie to me before the season?"
Forlan watched the video of Real Madrid's game against Real Madrid, which lost in the last league game, for the seventh time, and the whole person stared at the TV screen as if he had not slept well recently, and the dark circles under his eyes were faintly visible. Hearing Old Al's words, he shrugged, "Hey, hey, hey, what's the hurry?" The look of the hanging man seemed to be completely unrelated to him, Old Al was stumped like this, picked up the remote control and turned off the TV, "I'm talking to you, Fran!"
He remembered the dream that resembled a drama, in which he went to Malaga and played an exaggerated double against Real Madrid and Barcelona in the next season, and at the end of the season, Real Madrid sent him an offer. Never seeing the excellence of his own people, Fran laughed self-deprecatingly in the dream, and then turned down this opportunity to return to Real Madrid.
It's terrible, and although he has initially become famous, it is terrible.
It's scary...... Although he has initially become famous, is this still him?
"My dream is to play for Real Madrid, I started playing football and I was sure that I would go the way of a professional footballer, I never thought about any other result!" Forlan took a deep breath to avoid hiding his excessive anxiety and exploded, "If they don't think I'm qualified enough, I'll try to make myself stronger, as long as I get into the first team, the bench won't trap me!"
"Okay, it's your life—" Old Al should have guessed what the stubborn boy thought, and no one could persuade him to make a decision, and after all, "your life, you make your choices—never regret it, Fran." ”
Old Al looked at his son, who didn't hide his gaze, "Never regret it, Fran." ”
This is the protagonist of this story, Francisco Álvarez.
At that time, the first team seemed to be within his reach, but it was far away.
At that time he was a fool who swore that he would be innocent for the rest of his life.