Chapter 230: May Heaven Have Football as Well
The return of Fan Bizhuang made the whole Villarreal feel reassured as if they had taken a pill, and they felt extremely relieved.
After Luna's accident, Van Bizhuang missed all of the team's training for the cycle, including the league games since, and although Manuel Pellegrini stated to the team that Van had submitted a leave of absence to the club and it was approved, everyone knew what was going on.
In such a situation, Fan Bizhuang's mind is not in the professional arena at all, his mental condition is extremely poor, and the whole person is in a state of confusion, except for staring at the ceiling in the hospital, he is only left curled up in the corner and crying - Fan Bizhuang in such a state, where does he have any thoughts to ask for leave.
And Fan Bizhuang's return is to let a group of teammates who are worried about him finally put their minds at ease, no matter what Fan Bizhuang's competitive state is, whether he can recover quickly, but as long as people are fine, the players don't have to worry about Fan Bizhuang by their side.
On the other hand, Fan Bizhuang's psychological state may still need to be adjusted, but the power of spiritual leadership is also infinite, the team has always been with Fan Bizhuang as the core, even if he can't play immediately, or is not in good shape after playing, he can't give the team too much help at the competitive level, but as long as he is on the sidelines, all players will find the backbone.
The only thing worrying is that Fan Bizhuang seems to be more silent than before.
In training, although he is acting with the big guy, he doesn't like to talk much, always has a cold face, and is in a trance from time to time. In the past, although Fan Bizhuang was also a little cold, he could also participate in the conversation and ridicule between teammates, not like now, maybe if you say ten words, he may not necessarily reply to you.
The most serious thing is his trance, he is distracted when running, he is distracted when doing passing training, even in the confrontation game, he suddenly stops from time to time and allows the football to be snatched away by the defenders.
"Although he is back in the team, Van is in ...... form It's still worrying. ”
On the sidelines of the training ground, watching Fan Bizhuang let Cazorla's pass out of bounds, but he stood like a wooden stake, Mr. Ruben sighed helplessly, shook his head and said, "Little Luna's departure has hit Fan too hard, and he has always blamed himself, thinking that if he hadn't invited Little Luna's father and daughter to watch the game in the town, maybe this would not have happened...... In fact, we all know that the responsibility for this incident does not lie with Fan, and no one blames him, but he still drilled the horns of the bull......
Mr. Ruben looked at his immediate boss and gave his advice: "Sir, should we do something, for example, find a psychiatrist for Fan......"
For Fan Bizhuang, Villarreal's players and coaches can be said to be heartbroken, during the daytime training, the players always pay attention to each other, and after the training, such as Nihatt, Fran and others, are taking turns to accompany him, afraid that Fan Bizhuang will play the missing game again, and now, the coaches have put forward a suggestion to find a psychologist for him.
However, this suggestion was rejected by manager Manuel Pellegrini.
"Fan's will is very strong, and such people are often not very interested in the advice of psychiatrists. The only one who can help them is themselves. Time, and only time, can heal Fan's wounds. All we can do is help him as much as we can, and then ...... Await. ”
Although Pellegrini said this, he couldn't help but shake his head when he turned around.
Time, he also needs it. However, in the current situation, it is clear that time is running out for them.
The second leg of the Champions League semi-final against Manchester United is set to start in two days, but the core of the team he relies on the most has returned, but the form has been terrible, and without Van Bizhuang, Pellegrini has a lot of worries about the team's prospects - although they won the first leg by a large margin, can a yellow submarine that has lost its leader withstand the ferocious defending champions?
Manuel Pellegrini is somewhat underwhelming.
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Eventually, Van Bizhuang went with the team to Manchester, England.
Pellegrini wrote the name of Fan Bizhuang into the team's eighteen-man squad, not only because Fan Bizhuang's mental condition has improved in the past two days, but the most important point is that for the current Villarreal, the lack of a soul like Fan Bizhuang is really incomplete, this kind of incompleteness is not only reflected in the overall strength of the team is likely to plummet a notch, but more importantly, without Fan Bizhuang, from the level of spiritual fighting spirit, it is the team's biggest loss.
Therefore, even if Fan Bizhuang doesn't do anything in the end and doesn't have a minute of playing time, as long as he stands on the sidelines, he can reassure his teammates and make them feel empowered.
The game started on time at 8:30 p.m. in the middle of the week.
The atmosphere at Old Trafford is as hot and frenetic as ever, with more than 70,000 Red Devils fans shouting and applauding frantically to give their team the greatest support, although they lost the first leg by two goals, but the heritage and strength of the defending champions should not be underestimated.
There are not too many fans in the small town who followed Villarreal to the away game, only more than 2,000 people, and for a small town with a total population of less than 50,000, it is not easy for the fans to reach this number. At a crossroads where the team stands to create a new history for the club, there is a great deal of enthusiasm and hope from the people of the town.
Although Villarreal was completely crushed by the home team in terms of the number of fans, in terms of momentum, the people of the small town were not far behind, they sang and danced in the stands, some held Villarreal scarves, some held portraits of the players, and more importantly, dense banners and slogans. Almost all of them are slogans of support and comfort to Fan Bizhuang, and there are also memories and blessings for little Luna who has left.
"Fan, we are waiting for your return!"
"There's no difficulty that can knock you out, because you're ...... Fan! ”
"Football is important, but football is not higher than life! Luna, please go all the way! ”
"Villarreal fans forever, fans forever, we will always remember you, we are honored to have a partner like you!"
Most of the fans in the small town are wearing yellow home jerseys, and this small stand has almost completely become a sea of yellow, and in this yellow wave, there are black spots from time to time, faintly flashing.
The more than 2,000 submarine fans present wore black gauze around their arms. The fans didn't know what was going on, so they didn't prepare any rituals for the match against Sevilla, and when the truth of the matter was revealed, everyone couldn't help but feel grief.
Now they are using this way to express their comfort to Fan Bizhuang, and also to remember the little girl who smiled cutely in the photo.
Not only the away team fans, in fact, many Manchester United fans also wear black veils on their arms, although the death of Little Luna does not seem to have much to do with them, but such a thing happened on the football field, it is indeed a very regrettable and deplorable thing, and when Little Luna had an accident, it was when Manchester United and Villarreal were playing, from this point of view, it is reasonable for them to express their grief and deep sorrow.
"May there be football in heaven too!"
Some Manchester United fans unfurled such a huge banner with a large photo of Little Luna.
There was always a noisy state of noise in the stands, and when the players from both sides entered the stadium, the noise undoubtedly went up again.
The home fans rubbed their eyes in disbelief, their faces were full of incredulity, and the fans in the small town were not much better, more than 2,000 people were a little dumbfounded, and then, there were cries, shouts, and boiling sounds.
The reason is that Van Bizhuang turned out to be in Villarreal's starting lineup.
With a black veil tied on his hands, he walked slowly into the court with an indifferent face, without waving to the stands, not even having a superfluous expression, he walked indifferently, and then stood still.
Obviously, for Fan Bizhuang's start, whether it is the home team fans or the away team fans, it is extremely unexpected, because what happened to Fan Bizhuang, after the media reporters have been hyped, it has long been known, everyone knows that Fan Bizhuang's mental condition and competitive state seem to have something wrong, I thought that even if he entered the eighteen-man squad, it is likely that he will not have the opportunity to play, but I didn't expect that Pellegrini was a big surprise to send him directly to the starter.
Manuel Pellegrini is undoubtedly a very human coach, and after much deliberation, he decided to give Van Bizhuang the chance to start, not so that he could help the team on the field, but purely so that Van Bizhuang could join everyone in the ceremony of remembering little Luna.
Doing so is quite a bit of a suspicion of "abolishing the public for personal gain", but Pellegrini doesn't care, he has already been "selfish" once, and he feels guilty about it, if he is "selfish" again this time, he can't face himself.
When the slightly mournful music sounded and the fans bowed their heads and were silent, Fan Bizhuang, who was always indifferent, had already looked into the distance, which was the direction of the Iberian Peninsula, and he knew that the little girl who would hold him and smile and say that she would always support her was really gone.
Tears fell quietly, soaking the placket of the clothes.