Chapter 32: In Their Stories, There Are Our Youth (2)
An ordinary warm-up game, but at this moment it is given an extremely unusual meaning. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
It was a farewell match that belonged to Jose. Josico's farewell match.
Last season, it was the last year that Hosiko stayed at Love Song Stadium, and in fact, although in the past year, Hosiko had a lot of attendance opportunities and performed well, but the time went back and Hosiko appeared more as a substitute rotation player.
It's just because of the injury of Senna, the main midfielder, and the team's personnel are stretched, that Josiko has to be ordered in danger.
His career at Villarreal has long since entered the final years, especially after a young player like Mavuba joins the team, and he realizes that his position in the team will become even more awkward.
There is nothing to be sad about, every professional player has his own peaks and lows, time is the most ruthless pig-killing knife, it can make a passionate hot-blooded teenager slowly turn into a tired and twilight veteran.
For Hosico, when he should have left, he turned around in style, and the team he poured his feelings into was on the right track, and he had no regrets.
He has dedicated his best 13 years to this team and now all he wants is to go back to his hometown and enjoy his last football moments in that amateur team.
Therefore, after proposing to the club that he wanted to leave in the new season, although he was reluctant, although many club executives, including head coach Pellegrini, urged Hosiko to stay, and they were willing to treat every veteran who has made great contributions to the club, but after being rejected by Hosiko, the club could only helplessly send blessings to Hosico.
After this game, there will be no longer the old captain Hosico at the Love Song Stadium, so even if it is a warm-up game, this is also the last performance of Hosiko in this stadium.
Arsène sat in his own commentary seat, looking at the slightly silent and sad fan stands, and his heart was also full of emotion and melancholy at this moment.
He has also worked for the course for many years and has a lot of affection for it. But that's the way things are in the world, no one can stay in one place all the time, no one can stay in a certain position all the time and not move. Even if you resist in your heart, the years are always powerless.
The river of time is murmuring, everyone has their own destiny, and they will find the end they want.
Hosiko is like this, and he, one day in the future, will definitely be like this.
When there were many thoughts, the stands suddenly erupted into bursts of noise, cheers, applause, screams, and crying.
Villarreal's players have already played, and at the forefront is none other than Jose, who wears the captain's armband. Hosico, the veteran's face has the wind and frost left by the years, but he is still holding his head high, calm and confident.
"José! Jose!! Jose!!! ”
"Stay, Jose! We need you! ”
"We can't live without you! In the past 13 years, we have long been accustomed to seeing you on the court every weekend, we have long been accustomed to your running, your scrambling, and your never giving up......"
Some fans were already sobbing softly, and their voices hoarsely sang the ballad that had not been sung for a long time, the ballad belonging to Hosico.
"In a beautiful seaside town, there was a young man, he was strong, he was silent, he was ordinary...... He runs hard, he will always stop his steps, he uses his feet, he builds a strong defense, he makes the opponent afraid, he makes the opponent panic...... He never fell, he never fell, he inspired everybody, forward, forward, forward...... He's Hosico! Jose. Hosico...... Our José, Jose the Brave, with your feet, run, run, run forward forever......"
The name of this song is "Jose's Song", a ballad composed and sung by fans for the young Josico many years ago, the tune is very simple, and the lyrics are very plain, but as the song sings, the former Josico is so young, so passionate and powerful, he is always running, he builds the team's midfield backbone with continuous running, and also fiercely drives the team forward bravely.
As the years went by, Hosiko grew old, his performance on the court was no longer what it used to be, and the ballad was rarely sung again. But when the parting moment came, everyone remembered the figure, the young and strong figure, the figure that dedicated 13 years of youth to the town.
How many 13 years have there been in a person's life, how many teenagers have grown into youth, how many young people have entered middle age, and how many people have changed from a boy who can only clapping his hands and shouting in the stands to a man who carries a huge slogan and roars angrily!
And when time passes, when I look back, the young man is no longer young, and his strong body is no longer thick, the only thing that remains unchanged is his shoulders, which are still solid and still belong to the fans.
"José Josico!"
After Arsène roared hoarsely, he felt that his voice was a little choked, he did not hide his strong emotions at the moment, as if telling a most prosaic story, "He has never been a star, he has never been the darling of the media, he has never received a highlight of personal glory, even the trophy, it is only an insignificant Toto Cup......"
"Unlike many professional footballers who don't do anything and don't know well, although he hasn't achieved much in his career, he has gained the love of a city, a city and everyone. He spent 13 years here, he used his youth to engrave his name in this city, no matter whether time passes, no matter whether the world changes, his name, will always remain here and will not be forgotten! ”
"Because of a man, you fall in love with a city, and because of a city, you fall in love with a person! Jose. Hosico, he already represents the city! ”
"Perhaps for the whole world of football, Villarreal is an insignificant little town, Jose. The name Hosiko is also not remembered by many people, but I would say that he has succeeded because he will always stay here! ”
"To hell with the insignificant! Jose, he is our Jose forever! ”
"Remember the name, this man who gave all his youth to the field of love songs, this loyal man, his name is ...... José Josico! This is a name that deserves to be remembered forever, and this is a man who deserves to be remembered forever by the town! ”
"He's not a star, he's not outstanding, he's ordinary, but he's been with us for 13 years! This is his story, this is his youth, and in his story, there is also our youth, we ...... Have walked through the wind and rain together! ”
I don't know how many people remembered everything in the past at this moment, but the voices in the stands were more murmuring and sad. As Arsène said, Josico has been running on this stadium for 13 years, and they, too, are in his story, watching him, running for 13 years!
This is the story that belongs to Hosiko, and in the story, there is also their youth!
With a smile on his face, he was still so confident, so determined, the cheers from the stands kept coming to his ears, the fans were singing for him, his eyes were slightly red, but he was still laughing, raising his hand and waving it gently towards the fans.
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The protagonist of today's game is destined to have only one, and that is Jose. Hosico.
He is not a striker, nor is he an offensive player who is stronger than defending, and even most of the time, he can only defend in the midfield, but people's eyes have never taken their eyes off him, his running, his tackles, his passes, his forward insertions, and his every action has touched the hearts of more than 30,000 fans at the scene.
And every time he touches the ball, the love song court will be thunderous applause and cheers.
The warm-up matches have long since lost their purpose, and only attention has been paid to Hosico, to the veteran, to his last performance here.
The process of the game did not matter, and the result of the game did not matter, even if Forlan's two goals in the first half made the score 2-0, and the cheers he received were not as loud and fierce as those from Hosico.
The first high of the game: The tide appeared in the fifteenth minute of the second half, after Fan Bizhuang burst into the penalty area, he faced the goal with a single knife, but did not choose to shoot, but continued to move around in the penalty area, playing with defenders.
The provocation resulted in a nasty retaliatory foul and a penalty for his side.
"José! Jose!! Jose!!! ”
"Hosico! Josico!! Hosico!! ”
Amid the shouts from the sky, Fan Bizhuang and Hosiko hugged heavily, and the veteran did not say a word of thanks, patted him on the shoulder, held the ball, and walked to the twelve yards.
Without any surprise, the veteran shot like a cathartic blast and blasted the football straight into the middle of the goal.
It was Hosico's last goal for the stadium, and although it wasn't an official goal, it was a memory that's just as precious because it had extraordinary significance.
Race the biggest high.. In the 80th minute of the match, Manuel Pellegrini finally made a change, replacing the old captain Hosiko with Mavuba.
Hosiko knelt affectionately on the grass, bowed his head and kissed the team badge on his chest, and then removed the captain's armband from his right arm.
Helping Fan Bizhuang put on the armband, Hosiko patted the young man on the shoulder and slowly paced off the court.
Without looking up, without waving to the stands on all sides, even though the cheers and cries in the stadium had reached a peak, Hosiko still did not look back.
He didn't dare to look back, he was afraid that others would see the tears that flowed from him.
He said that he has no regrets here, and he should leave happily. It's just that at this moment, he still didn't hold back, and still let the tears gush out uncontrollably.
But he didn't want the people in the town to see that he was brave as the song said, so he had to leave bravely!
Hosico's figure faded away until he disappeared at the end of the player's tunnel, until the eyes of all could no longer reach him.
The shouting continues, the crying continues, the sigh still sounds, everyone knows that it belongs to Hosiko, to the story of this meritorious veteran, the story of him here, it is really over.
"What should come will come, and what should go will eventually leave. Let's remember the best times and remember every player who has put their sweat and tears into this place! ”
"One last time, please chant his name, he's José—"
Tens of thousands of fans stood en masse, roaring wildly with choked voices.
"- Horsico!"
"Our eternal captain is—"
- José...... Hosico! ”
The figure in the player's tunnel did not go away, and the earth-shattering shouts outside reached his ears, and he had already squatted down, tears flowing wildly.
"Goodbye, Kojo!"
"Goodbye, Villarreal!"
"Goodbye, I...... And ours, youth! ”