At the end of the day's training, the Atletico players returned to their dressing rooms with the intention of returning home after a shower. Have dinner with the family, or do something else. But at this time, Atletico Madrid's captain Enzo asked everyone to come over, and he had something to say to his teammates.

Hearing this, Javier, who had looked a little listless after training, looked up at him, and then looked at Enzo with a kind of hesitation and suspicion as if he had a premonition. The Atletico captain, who wears the number 14 shirt on the pitch, looked at his current team-mate, who will be playing for their city rivals next season, and smiled to signal him to be a little restless.

These Atletico players may have guessed more or less that their captain would say that Javier would move to Real Madrid, as stated in Marca. But no one thought of it...... Enzo would go straight to the ground like that.

"I don't know if you've read the latest issue of Marca. It says that Xavier will move to Real Madrid at the end of this season. ”

As everyone moved closer to Enzo's side and spontaneously formed a circle, there was some whispered conversation between the Atletico players. But when Enzo said this, the locker room suddenly fell silent. Someone subconsciously wants to take a look at Javier, and then they will find out...... Their golden boy's face was not good at the moment, and it could even be said that he was a little bad.

It's not surprising that even if Javier's coolness on the pitch is beyond his age, he's still a boy who's only 21 years old this year. When something like this happens, it really makes him feel a lot of pressure.

"I would like to say that this time Marca did not make things up. And it is. At least, before this report came out, the club did have plans to move Xavier to Real Madrid this summer. ”

After saying this, several Atletico Madrid players looked at each other, and then one of them couldn't help but ask: "So, this is the club's decision?" Must sell Javier? ”

Enzo didn't answer his club teammate's question directly, he just gestured for everyone to listen to him first. So everyone turned their attention to Enzo again.

"In fact, Real Madrid were already keen to buy Xavier at this time last year. And at that time, Javier also told me about it, and I am grateful for his trust. Javier was hesitant at the time and ultimately made the decision to leave Atletico a year later. There's not much to say about it, everyone knows that in modern football there are not many people who can play for only one team for the rest of their lives, everyone will have their own choices. But he's only one day at Atletico and he's like all of us, hoping or eager to help the team win everything we can. I would say there are really, many professional players in the world. However, a team can only have a maximum of 20 players. It's really not easy for us to be team-mates and play for the same club. ”

At this point, Enzo paused, not looking at the amazingly talented young striker who had chosen a different path than him. But when Javier looked at Enzo, he would see that the reliable man had a smile on his lips.

"Now, we're only three weeks away from the end of the season. I hope that all of us will be able to cherish these last three weeks. Who knows who will leave next season? As long as we're teammates now, we should treat each other like our own brothers! Then, next season, if we become opponents, when we meet again on the field......"

At this point, Enzo finally looked at Javier and showed a smile that would make people's eyes hot, and the son of the golden wolf said, "I will definitely not show mercy." ”

Hearing this, Javier exhaled a burning breath in his throat, and he parted his teammates and walked over to Enzo with a smile and gave them a strong hug. Enzo also gave Javier a hug and patted Javier on the shoulder.

As they let go of each other, Enzo looked back at his club teammates, "If someone doesn't defend well next season against Javier on the pitch, I'm not going to show mercy to that guy." When the time comes, you just wait for the cold violence in the locker room! ”

Enzo's threat can be said to be not at all in place, so that everyone laughed when they heard it. Javier, on the other hand, walked towards his teammates, towards these teammates who will become opponents next season, and hit them one by one, and hugged each other.

Well, the boys who have squandered their youth on the court have yet another reason not to lose.

At the same time, their head coach Alberto was standing in front of their dressing room, and when Enzo made the speech to his team-mates, Alberto opened the locker room door, but when he heard Enzo speak, he decided to hear what the captain he had chosen would say to his team-mates.

And the head coach eventually left with a sense of relief.

Said that this man from the Guti family will one day return to Real Madrid?

Let those people get out of here. At least for now, he's from Atletico.

It was on the second day that the Porto team arrived in Madrid, the capital of Spain. And this also means that the countdown to the second leg of the match between Atletico Madrid and Porto has begun. Maybe the fans haven't been able to feel it yet, but this battle ...... It is destined to be full of tragedy.

Both Porto and Atletico Madrid have their own belief that they must qualify.

But Atletico knows this belief in Porto. And Atletico Madrid's belief, the Porto team does not know.

The team from Porto, Portugal's beautiful port city, was just able to feel the ...... of Atletico Madrid It's not the same as before. This is still the same well-trained Atletico team, but it is different from the previous battle. They grew deeper, but the blue flames burned at the touch of a button.

Almost as soon as the whistle blew, they launched the most fierce attack on Porto's half-pitch, and it took little time for them to bring out the best in them. Such a start undoubtedly made the formation of "Come on Atletico Madrid!" Come on! The fans of the huge words "Best Atletico Madrid" felt their blood boil and detonated the atmosphere of the whole stadium at the opening time.

It was under the bombardment of Atletico Madrid that Javier, the recent talking point, broke through the door of Porto first in the opening nine minutes.

Then came an incredible shot from Enzo. Enzo was so far from goal when he launched that shot! Far, far away! At that moment, no one would have doubted that the number 14 midfielder was looking to make a pass!

But when Enzo had just crossed the midfield line six or seven meters, he was extremely decisive......

The ball flew almost halfway up the pitch before crashing into the Porto goal!! Just by the time the goal came in, many people already understood...... This goal will definitely be selected as one of the top 10 goals in La Liga this season! Almost the entire stadium stood up at that moment, and almost all the Atletico fans held up the square of paper that had been placed on their seats when they entered the stadium, and in a sea of blue, the lines of Spanish with red and white diagonal lines were there.

In the 70th minute, Javier scored his second goal of the game!! It was Atletico's third goal of the game!! The score was 3:0 due to Xavier's goal!!

This means...... In the Europa League semi-finals over the home and away legs, Atletico have already equalled Porto on aggregate!!

But that's not all!!

At that moment, the Spanish narrator exclaimed excitedly: "Now! We have won against Porto on away goals for the time being with the same aggregate scoreline!! As long as we keep this score until the end of the game! Atletico Madrid will be the winner of this Europa League semi-final!! ”

As the minutes and seconds passed, the Spanish broadcaster's commentator became more and more excited.

But it was at the 87th minute that it was the long-legged winger wearing the No. 99 jersey again, and it was him again...... Once again, he had a shot on goal for Porto. When all the players were down, it was the boy who scored three crucial goals in the first leg of the match that stood out from the crowd.

He scored a nightmare strike with his heart-pounding turn, light footwork, and a naturally breathless and sudden kick that was hard to defend.

Yes, it's a nightmare.

A nightmare for all Atletico Madrid people.

Thunderwing's shot shattered what was already a winning victory in front of all Atletico Madrid.

Although Atletico Madrid did not give up until the end, and even went out with all the players, even the goalkeeper rushed out of the goal, using his feet and hands to respond to the attack of the whole team. But it is precisely because of this that Atletico Madrid's defeat seems so tragic.

In the last five minutes, including injury time, the Porto team finally held on with all the players dropping back.

In other words, the final winner of this game is Porto.

But when the curtain came down, Atletico Madrid's home stadium was applause. This is not a round of applause for the victors. And they certainly aren't applause for the losers.

Perhaps in this two-legged home and away match, there are not winners and losers, but only the leaders and those who are behind.

Atletico Madrid won the match with a beautiful score of 3:1.

But they still lost the game after all.

This became the last European club match for Spanish golden boy Xavier at Atletico Madrid. For Javier, this would obviously be a pity for him. And the reason why it becomes a regret is that no matter how much you desire, you will never have a chance to change it and start again.

Football, he is really a sport that makes blood, glory and pain infinitely intertwined, with extraordinary charm.

Until the moment the whistle blew to mean that the game had reached the end, Xavier, who contributed two goals for Atletico Madrid in this game, sat on the familiar lawn with a sense of confusion. He clutched at his dazzling blonde hair, a little bewildered. In the close-up of the live camera, the fans who were broadcasting the game could find that the 21-year-old Spanish second striker finally had red eyes and tears.

When you see those tears, you will be able to understand that this player will be playing for another club in three weeks' time...... How desperate he is to win this game for Atletico. You can also understand what kind of self-blame he has in his heart at this moment.

At this moment, he didn't even know how to face the fans who had put up the slogan throughout the stadium.

In his heart, there is sadness and guilt.

The second leg of the Europa League semi-final certainly means to him, and of course it can't just be an ordinary game.

But in football, it doesn't always happen the way you want it to.

As with every away game in the past, Raywing found their Porto fans, and together with several of his team-mates, he went to thank the fans who had come to see them play "at the risk of their lives".

Although Porto lost this game, they have the advantage on aggregate as they beat Atletico Madrid and they have already started their way to the Europa League final. So at the sad La Pennetta stadium, the Porto fans cheered as they walked towards the Porto team.

The Porto No.99, who has become very adept at using his digital printing machine, took off his shirt and showed his T-shirt to the Porto fans who came to watch them on the road. On the white T-shirt was the Portuguese phrase:

Seeing this warm reminder, the area where the Porto fans gathered erupted in applause, shouting the name that was printed on their jersey by Thunderwing, and screaming.

On the lawn of La Pennetta, Enzo Guti, who had the captain's armband on his shoulder, walked up to Xavier, rubbed his head vigorously with Javier, who had been his teammate for several years, and then reached out to Xavier, pulled the occasional vulnerable player off the ground and patted him on the shoulder as before.

So the other players of Atletico Madrid also walked over slowly to comfort the golden boy, who had already scored two goals in this game.

Porto didn't stay on the pitch for long, and after several players thanked the Porto fans who had come to watch the game, they made their way to the players' tunnel to get back to the dressing room as soon as possible.

And around the tunnel of the jerseys, it was filled with Atletico Madrid fans.

To be honest, Lei Yi still took a deep breath to ease his tension as he walked there.

He was ready to walk to the tunnel to the boos of the home fans, and he even motioned for his team-mates to leave first so as not to be overwhelmed by him.

After all, he's scored four goals in two games...... The man behind Porto's victory.

If there must be someone in the Porto team, it might make Atletico fans hate him so much that they want to knock him in the back.

Lei Yi felt that that person must be him.

But what Lei Yi didn't expect was that when he walked to the players' tunnel with his head down, he actually heard sporadic applause close at hand. That surprised Lei Yi, and he even doubted it...... It was a hallucination in my ears. But in a matter of seconds, the applause grew loud and loud and big.

This is the applause given by the away fans to the long and short legs!!

When that was confirmed, Lei Yi looked up embarrassed and looked at the completely unfamiliar faces.

Long and short legs stopped, he hesitated for a long time, but ...... He eventually looked at the group of Atletico fans sitting next to the tunnel, waved to them, and said loudly in Spanish: "Thank you!!" ”

In a loud voice, with the shouting repeated several times "Thank you!" After that, Lei Yi finally ran into the players' tunnel.

That vivid, youthful and energetic back is the last image of Porto's No. 99 Garrincha at La Pennetta tonight.

At the same time, Sporting Lisbon, another Portuguese Premier League side that reached the semi-finals of this season's Europa League, was at their home stadium, where Jose Alvalad defeated Premier League giants Manchester City to qualify for this season's Europa League title and runner-up final. The game will be in two weeks' time.

Two days later......

Thunderwing: "Domingos, are you really sure he's going to play today?" ”

Domingos: "I'm sure, Leiy. And I'm sure they're not only going to play today, they're going to start. ”

Raywing: "But didn't they just play the away game in the Champions League semi-finals on Thursday and narrowly beat Bayern Munich?" Will the Torino boss play him? ”

Domingos: "Leiy...... Have you really taken a closer look at the ticket I sent you? ”

Lei Yi: "Ah...... Yes? ”

Italy

City of Turin.

The Brazilian, who plays for Inter Milan, and his former club team-mate Leiy set off from Milan this morning to take the intercity train to Italy's third largest city, which is very close to Milan.

On Friday, Thunder Wings traveled with the team to Madrid, Spain. Because they had another domestic league game in Portugal on Saturday, the team flew back to Porto the night after the game, and in the next day's game, Thunderwing, who helped Porto qualify for the Europa League finals, did not start despite being in the 23-man squad for the game. Considering his physical depletion, the Porto head coach only allowed Lei Yixi to make up for the final twelve minutes of the game.

Garrincha is not a panacea after all.

In that game, Thunderwing, who was clearly not at their best, did not score or assist for the team.

But the thoughtful fans didn't blame him. On the contrary, some Porto fans, who had not been able to make it to Madrid, Spain, the day before to cheer on their team, gave Raywing a belated ovation after the game.

And after the Portuguese Super League game, Lei Yi hid from his team manager, secretly got on the plane, and rushed to Milan, Italy to meet his good friend Domingos.

Domingos said he had two tickets for the Torino game, a Serie A favourite that was hard to come by, and he believed Raywing would be interested.

As soon as he heard this, Lei Yi immediately said, I'm interested! I'm certainly interested!! I've heard it all! Torino beat Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-finals!! It's time to storm their fourth Champions League title!!

In this way, Lei Yi sent a text message to his mother immediately after the Portuguese Super League game:

Lei Yi's mother quickly replied:

Long and short legs:

Mother Lei: ".................."

Even before Raywing arrived in Milan by plane, the Brazilian midfielder sent him a ticket with the name on Raywing's passport on it. But it wasn't until the next day that the two came to the home stadium of the Torino team, and when they were new to Komunale, the long and short legs still didn't seem to be able to react, what is the popularity of the "Serie A hot game" mentioned by Domingos......

Sure enough, Domingos was once again helpless after hearing Lei Yi's obviously unrequited answer. He couldn't help but sigh and said: "Today's opponent for Torino is Juventus. ”

"Oh, Juventus, what's wrong with Juventus?"

At first glance, when I heard the question that Dominguez had just asked me, I thought that I had missed some very important information, but when I heard it, it was actually just that the opponent of the Torino team today was Juventus! Of course he didn't miss this! So long and short legs long breathe a sigh of relief.

But such an answer clearly made Domingos feel ...... The problem now may be stricter than what he just thought.

So Dominguez, who had been with Lei Yi in Brazil for half a year and already knew a lot about the thinking mode of long and short legs, asked tentatively after thinking for a long time: "Leiy, do you know which league Juventus belongs to?" ”

Lei Yi: "Hmm...... Italy! I've watched your league matches between Inter Milan and Juventus! ”

Domingos: "So, do you know where Juventus is in Italy?" ”

Lei Yi: "Juventus! ”

Dominguez: ".................."