23. Chapter XXIII
23 Victory is gratifying, defeat is also gratifying
Leo sat on the grass for a long time, watching the majestic figure in the stands disappear behind the passage. He was in a trance when he stood up, and smiled helplessly in his heart: "Is this a drag to see me lose?" โ
When he turned around and was about to walk to the locker room, there was a man standing behind him, it was Rayo Vallecano's No. 15 Rath.
Rattle was hesitating to speak, but he had already stood up and turned around.
Leo looked at him suspiciously, the expression on his face was not friendly or disgusted, just like he usually treats all strangers, very patiently waiting for the other party to speak.
Rattle looked very embarrassed, scratched his head and said to Leo, "Can I exchange jerseys with you?" โ
In fact, Leo does not appreciate Rayo Vallecano's style of play, but although he has a cold temperament on the surface, he is actually a person who does not know how to refuse other people's requests, and if it were not for this, he would not have died resolutely in his previous life.
Leo took off his jersey without saying a word, and seeing that it was so dirty that no piece of it could see its original color, he frowned and said, "It's a little dirty, the locker room got you a new one?" โ
Rattle hurriedly took the jersey in his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, that's it." โ
Leo nodded, took his jersey from him, didn't say anything more, and walked straight to the players' tunnel. Then I heard Rattle say behind him: "Thank you today, even if you didn't avoid it, you wouldn't have fouled me if you kicked my leg directly, and you wouldn't have even eaten a yellow card." You know, my teammate kicked your captain for a foul in the morning, but you didn't do that. โ
Leo didn't stop for half a minute, and only replied lightly: "It's okay." He continued to walk to the locker room. Passing by the bench on the sidelines, he saw head coach Gonzalez talking to a Rayo Vallecano player wearing a substitute vest, and both of them had pleasant smiles on their faces, and it seemed that the conversation should be very relaxed and pleasant.
Leo's gaze lingered on the player for a few more seconds, white and black are common on the Spanish football field, but the yellow-skinned and black-haired Oriental is a very special kind of being.
Leo paused, and inexplicably became interested in this Oriental. Gonzalez turned his head to see him not far away, and beckoned to him, "Leo, come quickly." โ
Late autumn in Madrid, when it is almost dusk, the weather is a little cooler. Leo and Rattle exchanged jerseys and were shirtless, and he hesitated for a moment, turned the jersey in his hand over and put it on his body as a sign of respect for the new friend he was about to meet, and then walked over.
Gonzalez enthusiastically introduced them: "This is Zhang Chengdong, from Beijing, China. โ
Then he said to the other party: "Leo Fernandez, I don't need to introduce you more." โ
After a brief pleasantries, Leo learns that the Chinese footballer has arrived on loan at Rayo Vallecano from Chinese Super League side Beijing Guoan, and that Gonzalez used to be an assistant to Beijing Guoan head coach Gregorio Manzano.
Before Leo arrived, they were discussing another friend who was going to Spain from Beijing, because that friend was going to Granada, and Zhang Chengdong asked Gonzalez to take care of him.
Leo had a keen interest in that country far to the east, and he had looked it up on the Internet as his hometown in his previous life, and he wanted to know what that land was like now. Although his body was so tired that he couldn't lift up half of his strength, he still chatted with this oriental boy from afar with great interest.
Zhang Chengdong is a good Englishman, having studied at the AC Milan Football School in Italy and later played in Portugal. This time he came to Spain to sign a one-year loan contract with Rayo Vallecano, but he has not even played a game in La Liga.
It didn't take long for the trio's chat to be interrupted. The assistant coach reminded Gonzalez to attend a press conference in the media interview area. Gonzalez knew Leo's character, and he didn't even ask him anymore, and directly brought another striker, Cรณrdoba.
After saying goodbye to Zhang Chengdong, Leo dragged his tired body to the player's tunnel, but when he was not far from the locker room, he felt a trace of unusual atmosphere. The visiting dressing room was like a pot.
It's not scientific at all.
Although their locker room is always buzzing with people, it always reverberates with ridiculous team songs. But it was all because they won, the players sang and danced together, and the coach just turned a blind eye.
But today they lost to Rayo Vallecano, who are not as good in the league as Granada. Just now, although Gonzalez had been talking to Zhang Chengdong with a smile on his face, Leo could already see the disappointment and anger in his eyes because of the loss.
What was going on inside his teammates who dared to frolic so unbridled in the locker room when the manager went to the press conference? Leo paused at the door of the locker room, and when he walked in, he saw several of his teammates gathered in front of the checkerboard with his jersey number.
At the moment, there was a person sitting there, smiling and accepting everyone's group photo requests, while chatting with his teammates without saying a word.
When Leo saw Ronaldo, the first thought in his mind turned out to be that if he knew that his idol would come to the locker room out of thin air after the game, he would cry and faint in the toilet, hating that coach Gonzalez did not select him in the 18-man squad for this round of the league.
Mini Luo obediently sat in his father's arms, and as soon as Leo walked into the locker room, he struggled to jump off his father's lap and went straight to Leo.
Leo hurriedly waved his hand and said to him, "Don't don't, you are so clean and beautiful, my brother will stain your clothes." โ
Mini Luo Cai didn't care if he would get his clothes dirty, so he rushed over and hugged his legs: "Brother Leo, I haven't seen you for a long time." โ
I haven't seen you for a long time, but I haven't seen you for less than a week.
Two big hands clamped Mini Luo's armpits, pulled him off Leo's legs, and then hugged him into his arms: "Son, don't make trouble, let Leo's brother go to the bath first." โ
When Leo came out of the shower, his teammates were almost gone, and there was only the chatter and laughter of Ronaldo's father and son in the huge dressing room.
Leo stood in front of the father and son and wiped his hair with a towel: "Real Madrid didn't play today? Or are you going to take two weeks off in a row? โ
Cristiano Ronaldo gave him a roll of his eyes: "Tomorrow away to Sevilla. โ
Mini Luo raised his head and interjected: "My dad will take me to watch your game after training in the afternoon." โ
Leo stretched out his finger and pointed it on the tip of the little guy's nose, but his eyes fell on Ronaldo: "Did you bring your son to watch me lose?" โ
"Yes, unexpectedly good-looking, I fell badly, and I was so tired that I wanted to stick out my tongue and gasp like a dog." As he spoke, he really stuck his tongue out and gasped a few times, his mouth was open and his eyes were staring with a funny expression, which made Mini Roha laugh.
"......" Leo suddenly realized that he was talking to two little boys who were no more than ten years old combined.
The father and son laughed enough, Ronaldo stood up with his son in his arms and asked Leo: "Are you going home tonight, come with us." โ
Leo shook his head and picked up his backpack: "No, I'm too tired, go back to the hotel with the team to rest." โ
Ronaldo pursed his lips, didn't say anything, and walked away with his son in his arms.
Leo shrugged helplessly behind him, what temper? If you don't agree, you will leave.
Hop on the team bus back to the hotel, have a brief dinner with his teammates, and then go back to his room. He shared a room with Marchis every time he played away games, but this time Marchis didn't come, and the team happened to be alone, so Leo enjoyed a separate room.
He threw his backpack casually on the sofa, and the whole person fell on the bed, so tired that he didn't have the strength to move his fingers.
I didn't sleep long with my eyes closed in this position, but the doorbell rang again.
He really didn't want to get up and open the door, thinking that his teammates must have come to invite him to hang out with him again, so he just pretended to be dead. So he pulled out the quilt under him and covered his head, but the doorbell still kept ringing.
Leo had no choice but to roll over and get out of bed to open the door. "Go ahead, I'm tired and want to rest." Before he could say anything, he saw the appearance of the person who came.
Forcefully changed the words on his lips to: "Why are you again?" โ