Chapter 18: Long time no see, Pääbo!

On December 6, in the thirteenth round of La Liga, Real Madrid played Almeria at home.

The Bernabeu Stadium is already boiling and cheering at the moment.

“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! In the 58th minute, Real Madrid finally scored a goal, and the goal was ...... Cristiano...... Ronaldo! With a heavy artillery shot from 28 meters, he broke through the door of the visiting team! Almeria's goalkeeper was beaten without a reaction, and it was an absolutely brilliant world wave! ”

"This is the ninth La Liga goal scored by the Portuguese star since joining Real Madrid, 13 league games, nine goals, Cristiano Ronaldo's goal efficiency can be described as amazing! At the moment he is ranked first in the scorer list, which is incredible, he doesn't seem to have any adaptation process, and he will fight on the fly, and the battle will be brilliant! ”

"After the chaos at the beginning of the season, the current Galaxy Battleship has become more and more complete, and the tactical system created by Pellegrini with C. Ronaldo as the core is invincible in the entire league! It can be said that this summer, most of Real Madrid's reinforcements have been successful, and the white team has been renewed, with a bright star at the same time, the competitive strength is also superhuman! ”

"Yes, Alonso, Albiol, Arbeloa...... After 12 league games, some of these new signings have occupied the main position, and some have become rotation players, but they have all shown enough quality to contribute to the strength of Real Madrid. However, it is a pity that after experiencing the highlights of the early season, Kaka, who is also a superstar, has gradually declined due to injuries, and now his performance is not in line with that of a superstar, which is quite a bit of a high start and low go. ”

"Of course, Kaka wasn't the most disappointing. Compared to Fan, Kaka's performance is already good, and there are high expectations, and the small city kings who switched from Villarreal have only started once in the league so far, and there are no assists or goals so far, and even the number of successful breakthroughs he has made is very rare...... What was originally a future superstar that was originally a shining future seems to have completely fallen! ”

The fans cheered for the goalscorer, and the commentators on the commentators sighed in amazement and sigh at the same time, and the objects of the sighs were Van Bizhuang and Kaka.

Needless to say, the former has not regained his former heroic state after transferring to Real Madrid, and the fans have gone from the expectations at the beginning to the disappointment later, and then to the current without any illusions, it can be said that Fan Bizhuang has been completely "abandoned" by the fans.

And Kaka's last two months have not been easy.

In the first three rounds of the league, Kaka's performance was quite good, scoring goals and assists, but then a groin injury affected the Brazilian superstar's performance, his performance became worse and worse, it was difficult to stride forward as before, and the trademark bright smile rarely appeared on his face again, and he began to sit on the bench more often than Van Bizhuang.

In this game, Kaka rarely appeared in the starting list, but more than 50 minutes passed, he seemed to disappear on the field, and the few times he appeared in the camera, either simply receiving the pass, or trying to break through the failure, such a performance is really difficult to satisfy the home team fans on the scene.

Of the three superstars introduced in the summer, Fan Bizhuang has never been able to recover to his peak level, Kaka is walking on the road of regression because of injury, and C. Ronaldo is singing all the way, shining infinitely, and the same person is not the same life, which is inevitably embarrassing.

When Cristiano Ronaldo ran excitedly to celebrate the goal, the fourth official on the sidelines also raised the electronic card in his hand, and Real Madrid made a substitution, replacing No. 8 Kaka with No. 24 Van der Vaart.

As an "old courtier" left over from the Calderon period, after Florentino came to power, many media in the outside world thought that Van der Vaart would become a member of the purge army, but the Dutchman eventually stayed, but people are still not optimistic about the future in Real Madrid, the reason is very simple, in the same position, Pellegrini has two options, Van Bizhuang and Kaka, in the ranking, Van der Vaart can only be ranked third.

But the final result is unexpected, Fan Bizhuang is no longer in state, Kaka is gradually squandering, Van der Vaart's reputation may not be as good as the first two, but his performance and state have been very stable, and now he has gradually overwhelmed the two and sat firmly in the main force.

The world is unpredictable, so that's what it says.

After a complicated high-five with his rival, Kaka walked off the field with a lonely face and sat back on the bench.

Kaka looked at Fan Bizhuang who was sitting next to him, wearing a large puffer jacket, with no expression on his face, just looking at the court seriously, and shook his head slightly, now he can finally understand Fan Bizhuang's feelings, falling from the peak to the bottom, from the clouds to the abyss, such a feeling is really sour.

As if he felt the gaze projected on his face, Fan Bizhuang turned his head and found that Kaka was looking at him intently, Fan Bizhuang nodded lightly and withdrew his gaze.

Kaka was also about to look away, when Fan Bizhuang's flat voice suddenly sounded.

"Since that's already the case...... So, do everything you can do, look at the providence, and wait for the opportunity. ”

Kaka's eyes widened suddenly, his indifferent face was still expressionless, and Fan Bizhuang was still looking at the court intently, as if the words just now did not come out of his mouth.

Kaka knew very well what this sentence meant, and to his astonishment, he saw a glimmer of brightness in Fan Bizhuang's eyes, a brightness called "hope".

He's worse off than he is, he's been slammed by the media and fans, he's almost on the fringes of the Bernabeu, but why does he still have faith and hope for the future?

What Kaka didn't know was that although the situation was difficult and although the state was not good, it was precisely because of the belief in not giving up that Fan Bizhuang persevered until now. He didn't want to leave the green field, so no matter how fierce the abuse and criticism were, he could only endure it.

He's waiting, he's hibernating, and he needs an opportunity that he can announce his return, or rather, a reason for him to really get over it.

"It seems a little different."

Kaka retracted his gaze and thought so.

……

"Everything, it's different."

Meanwhile, somewhere in the stands at the Bernabeu Stadium, a bearded man in a hat sighed.

If Fan Bizhuang saw his face, he would definitely exclaim, because this big man was none other than Pablo, who had been "missing" for nearly half a year.

In fact, it was not for nothing that Van Bizhuang searched the entire Iberian Peninsula for a reason, and after going from the hospital in the small town to the capital city of Valencia, Parolo did not stay in the country for long, and only one day later, with the help of his friends, he was escorted to the United States.

In the United States, he underwent amputation, and gradually accepted the fact that his most beloved daughter was gone, although his heart was still sad, but he gradually came out of the haze, after all, the deceased is gone, he still has to continue to live.

Pablo was reluctant to return to the country that was sad for him, and he didn't want to pay attention to all things football, until one day, a man who claimed to be Little Plata approached him and asked him for a favor, so he returned to Spain and came to the Bernabeu.

At this moment, Pablo sat in the corner, shaking his head and sighing.

He has already learned about Fan Bizhuang's recent situation through the newspapers and the discussions of the surrounding fans, which is why he sighs.

It is hard for him to imagine that the once high-spirited teenager can only sit on the bench and waste the years, he has lost his aura, and he has also lost his edge, he is like an ordinary amateur player, he can't do anything......

Pablo shook his head again, glanced at the shadow of the roof on the bench, stood up, stood up, and slowly walked towards the exit of the court.

……

"It's over! The game is over! Real Madrid finally beat their incoming opponent 2-0 at home! They defended the glory of the Bernabeu! ”

"The hero of this game, without a doubt, is Cristiano. Ronaldo! He opened the scoring for Real Madrid and then scored twice to seal the win! ”

"I think we can declare that the current Real Madrid team belongs to the Portuguese! Here he is, in infinite glory! ”

The announcer's excited screams were heard on the live radio, C. Ronaldo was surrounded by his teammates, jumping in celebration of the victory, while Fan Bizhuang got up and clapped his hands, and then turned to leave.

Kaka also stood up, his lips moving, but he didn't say anything. Not celebrating with his teammates, such a scene has happened many times in the past three months, for which Fan Bizhuang has also been criticized and criticized by many media and fans after the game.

But his teammates gradually got used to it, some people understood this, and some people gradually distanced themselves from him, but Fan Bizhuang didn't seem to care about all this, and still went his own way.

Kaka hesitated, but walked to the court.

Walking with their backs to each other, one towards the direction of departure, and the other towards the cheering crowd, it is like two paths, as if they are two different choices.

In the distance, Pellegrini looked at the figure that gradually disappeared into the players' tunnel, shook his head slightly, and then sighed heavily.

……

By the time Fan Bizhuang walked out of the stadium with a sports bag on his back, darkness had already covered the land, with only the flickering neon lights flickering in the distance and the cool night breeze rattling the olive trees beside the road.

The players and fans alike were basking in the joy of victory, and no one noticed the departure of a lonely figure.

It's just that when he walked slowly to the side of the street, Fan Bizhuang stopped.

On the other side of the street, a familiar face suddenly appeared before his eyes, and the owner of the face, like an olive tree on the side of the street, stood still and looked at him calmly.

Surprised, stunned, delighted, shameless......

In an instant, countless complex emotions came to my heart, but in the end, they only turned into a bland greeting.

"Long time no see."

“…… Pabo. ”