Morning of April 8, Barcelona Sports City.

When Leo Messi approached the dressing room, he had already heard movement coming from inside before he even entered the door.

"Hey man, did you watch last night's game?" That's the voice of Brazilian left-back Silvinho.

He was the second team-mate Messi to speak to him after he entered the first team.

"Look, Villarreal played well, but unfortunately lost." This is Ronaldinho's voice.

He was the first.

'Ajax played better, I think.' This is the voice of midfielder Deco.

"Defensively, man, they're doing a good job defending." Ronaldinho retorted.

"No, no, no, I'm talking about the Chinese kid." Deco replied.

"yes, that kid is good, pretty good." Silvinho laughed.

Ronaldinho groaned, "Well, it's really good, that Cruyff turned around very quickly, very light, you can see, I usually practice, and the ball sense is very good, but it's just not casual enough." ”

"You see that everyone is not casual enough, you can't make everyone else play like you, please." Deco shot back.

"OK, I'm just saying my opinion, okay?" Ronaldinho is aggrieved.

"I think the pendulum pass after him is better than the Cruyff turn before him." The Brazilian superstar added.

This was echoed by many of his teammates in the dressing room.

"He's fast, I think."

'It's really fast, I've played against him, the Champions League final. "I remember after the final, my teammates Carvalho and Costa told me that the kid came off the bench like a loach and was running around, but he was really smart and he ran to the point where he was going to catch the ball if he wasn't paying attention. ”

"We've played against Ajax and Yang Yang is really one of the most dangerous players." Gyuli joined the discussion, "However, judging from last night's game, his strength has improved by leaps and bounds. ”

"Yes, better than last season."

"His stoppage was pretty mediocre at the time."

"The physical confrontation is also relatively weak."

"That's right, but judging from last night's performance, he has really improved a lot, and I guess he has worked hard."

"I'm only eighteen years old, but I've already behaved so fiercely, as long as I'm not injured or sick, my future is limitless."

'Ajax has also protected him very well, and now he is basically playing 60 or 70 minutes a game, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem.

"Ajax is still very strong in this regard."

Everyone discussed for a while, and the topic was closely around Yang Yang.

But soon, others joined the conversation.

"I think Sneijder is also worth paying attention to, he has worn a lot of balls for Yang Yang." This is Harvey.

As the heart of Barcelona's midfield playmaking, Xavi pays more attention to the midfielders' play.

"Oh, I wonder if you've forgotten McConn?" Silvinho reminded.

The Brazilian right wing-back set up a beautiful cross at the Estadio de la Echo last night.

In today's Barcelona dressing room, Brazilian players occupy a large proportion, so they quickly began to discuss the cooperation of McCone and Yang Yang on the right side, especially the second goal, and felt that the two really had a tacit understanding.

"I heard that almost all European giants are now paying close attention to Yang Yang, and I am afraid that they will go crazy this summer."

"What young rookie doesn't want such a young rookie?"

"I really want to find a chance to compete with him." Ronaldinho said eagerly.

"Just think about it, don't get involved with me." Silvinho hastened to refuse.

He is a left wing-back, right opposite right winger Yang Yang.

When you meet such a player, whoever touches it is unlucky.

There was an immediate burst of laughter in the locker room.

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Messi stood at the door of the dressing room, silently listening.

He was promoted to the first team this season, and as soon as he joined the team, he was taken care of by the Brazilian players who were also from South America, and the team's number one star Ronaldinho said on the spot that from now on, Messi will be under his cover.

Ronaldinho, Deco, Silvinho, Belletti, Ednelson, Thiago Motta......

These Brazilian players accepted him from the beginning, and from now on, whether it was in the circle or group training, he got together with the Brazilian players, which made Messi integrate into the team smoothly.

He came off the bench for the first time in the seventh round of La Liga last October, when Barcelona played just eight minutes, before coming off the bench for 20 minutes at home to Osasuna.

Since then, he's been in the squad for a month, but all on the bench.

In February, he accepted an invitation from Argentina's youth team to play in the South American qualifiers, and he performed well, but since returning he has been sitting on the bench and occasionally playing for a few minutes.

In the away game against Athletic Bilbao, he even played only a minute.

The only time he started and played the full game was in the final game of the Champions League group stage, when Rijkaard gave him a start and played the full game, but Barcelona lost 2-0.

So far this season, he has been in the squad for Barcelona 18 times this season, making seven appearances, all of which add up to 200 minutes, and in the league he has been in the squad 13 times, making five substitute appearances, with a total of less than 70 minutes played.

This situation made Messi feel very depressed, because he was already seventeen years old.

The seventeen-year-old Yang Yang has already performed very well in the Eredivisie, scoring for Arsenal for Ajax and scoring a stunning goal for Ajax in the Champions League final.

But the seventeen-year-old Messi is still struggling on the bench in Barcelona.

His best friend, Cesc Fabregas, went to Arsenal and was heavily used, while another friend, Gerard Pique, went to Manchester United, who was also in the spotlight, and he was the only one who chose to stay and wait for his chance.

And when Messi heard that Barcelona was also interested in introducing Yang Yang, his mind was completely confused.

He can play on the left and right, but with Ronaldinho on the left, he can only play on the right, but if an eighteen-year-old Yang Yang is introduced on the right, then what chance does he have?

Messi has always been introverted and shy, but he is delicate and sensitive, he doesn't say much, but thinks a lot.

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"Leo."

Head coach Rijkaard was also present at the door of the dressing room.

He was like a gentleman, always dressed in a straight suit and with a relaxed smile.

He's a good guy, but assistant coach Ten Carter is a personal hater.

"They...... They're talking about last night's UEFA Cup. Messi squeezed out a smile, very reluctantly.

What a person Rijkaard is, he immediately captured Messi's mood changes.

La Liga has struggled in Europe this season, with Real Madrid reaching the round of 16 and Barcelona losing to Jose Mourinho's Chelsea in the round of 16.

Manuel Pellegrini's Villarreal have been the furthest European team in La Liga this season, and many have high hopes for them to win the UEFA Cup and resolve the European embarrassment of La Liga.

Unexpectedly, last night, the yellow submarine was defeated by Ajax 2-1, and the eighteen-year-old genius Yang Yang scored a brace, and the limelight even overtook Riquelme, causing the shock of the entire Spanish football world.

This morning, from Marca to Ace to National, from Daily Sports to World Sports, almost all major media are reporting on Yang Yang, a player who is hyped by Real Madrid, and then said that Barcelona wants to get him.

Rijkaard can understand Messi's complicated mood at this moment, he and Yang Yang's position conflict, if the club really spends a lot of money to bring in Yang Yang, then it is impossible to have his Messi position.

'Leo, don't worry too much, at least so far, I haven't heard anything about the club being in contact with Ajax.'

After Messi heard this, his eyes regained some light.

"Not long ago, I returned to the Netherlands, and many of them told me about Yang Yang, saying that he has improved rapidly, and he has performed too well this season, and so on, but do you know that Yang Yang is the first to go to the training base every day, and he will not leave until dark, and during this period of time, he is practicing almost all the time."

Messi was silent and asked himself, he didn't work as hard and hard as Yang Yang.

"Half a year ago, Yang Yang took the initiative to do strength training, and during the winter break, he hired the club's fitness coach as a personal trainer out of his own pocket and insisted on training, so his performance in the second half of the year went one step further."

Now, Messi understood what Rijkaard meant by what he said.

Not long ago, assistant coach Ten Carter proposed that he undergo strength training, but he, like all South American players, was full of resistance to the gym and was reluctant to accept Ten Carter's arrangement.

Rijkaard told him this at this time, just to tell him that it is impossible to grow without hardship.

"Trust me, Leo, there is no such thing as a genius in this world." Rijkaard uttered a startling remark.

Messi was a little surprised, he didn't believe it.

"Ronaldo grew up holding the ball, he is inseparable from the ball, the ball is like a part of his body, so people say he is a genius; Bergkamp insists on training hard every day, never stopping, no one is with him, he trains against the wall, so people also say that he is a genius, and Ronaldinho, who also grew up with the ball. ”

"These so-called geniuses, to put it bluntly, are just the time they have invested in football from childhood to adulthood, much higher than others, even if they really have a little bit of talent, it doesn't matter, at most one percent, but the other ninety-nine percent, you have to rely on hard training."

Rijkaard was once one of the best players in the world, and his words brought a lot of touch to Messi, even a little subversive.

"Two years ago, Yang Yang was just a teenager who couldn't play in an amateur team, but now, he is already a hot talent in European football, and he can achieve all this because of his hard work."

"He's the best example you can learn from!"

Messi was silent, not knowing what reaction to give, these words were a bit of a big irritation for him, and he needed to digest it well.

Rijkaard didn't say much, "Think about it." ”

Seeing the head coach leave, Messi couldn't help but think of the guy named Yang Yang at Ajax, is he really that hard? Is it really that powerful?

But soon, Messi realized that from beginning to end, Rijkaard only said that Barcelona had not been in contact with Ajax, but he did not say that Barcelona was not interested in Yang Yang.

Realizing this, Messi became nervous again.