Chapter Twenty-Five: Marginal Figures
With Park Ji-yeon by his side, at least Digan doesn't have to be so lonely, although he looks cold, except for his teammates, almost everyone in the world is his enemy, but in fact, even the king of the ball has a fragile side in his heart, he also longs for friendship, family, and love.
In Barcelona, there is no need to think about friendship, this is the world of La Masia, he, an outsider, is only excluded here, and Digan is not a person who can lower his head and stick his hot face to other people's cool buttocks.
Family affection, it seems that after Degan was reborn, he never enjoyed it at all, Bosque and Simone always only have the obedient eldest son Kaka in their eyes, in their eyes, Degan, the youngest son, is completely an accessory, born to set off Kaka's greatness.
Although, the relationship with his parents has also eased, but because of Park Ji-yeon's relationship, the relationship between the two sides has cracked again, until now, Digan has lived in Spain for half a year, his parents have not come to see him, and the only ones who can give him family warmth are Kaka and Caroline, of course, little Gaudí, and the little niece Isabella who was born not long ago.
Now, all that Deegan can get is love, but fortunately, there is still love by his side, allowing him to face the lowest point of his life strongly.
Before Villa came, Digan could still get a lot of opportunities in some games, after all, the current Barcelona strikers are also Digan and Bojan, Bojan is too unreliable, and Guardiola can only choose to use Digan in some games.
But now that Villa is here, Digan is completely marginalized in Barcelona.
In the first game after the start of the second half of the league season, Digan did not even make the 18-man squad for Barcelona and could only act as a spectator from the stands.
And Villa's performance in this game also completely made Guardiola and the fans forget that they also have a world champion in their team who was just crowned a god half a year ago.
With three goals, Villa's Barcelona debut was even more impressive, and watching Guardiola hug Villa on the sidelines, cheering for victory, Deegan could predict that he was destined to be forgotten by Guardiola for a long time to come.
After this game, the local media pages in Catalonia were also full of praise for Villa, which can be summed up as having Villa, my waist is no longer sore, my legs are no longer painful, and I have the strength to win six championships in one go.
At this time, Deegan was completely forgotten, and no one cared about it anymore, after Villa came, what would be the future fate of Degan, the world football king.
Originally, in previous seasons, Fiorentina led by Degan repeatedly blocked Barcelona, which has made the Catalan media very unhappy, plus, in the 2006 World Cup European qualifiers, Belgium still knocked out Spain three punches in the case of early qualification, and in the 2008 European Cup, Belgium led by Degan defeated Spain in the final, so that Spanish football missed a golden opportunity to rise, and the 2010 World Cup, It was Belgium who eliminated Spain in the semi-finals, leaving Spain out of the final.
All these old and new hatreds combined, after Villa scored three goals in a row, it completely exploded.
Why should we go after someone who has hit Spanish football a few times?
Although Villa is not from La Masia, he is also from Spain, and if he wants to stand in line, he will naturally have to stand on his own side, so Digan is a complete tragedy.
In the next three consecutive games, Digan did not enter the Barcelona squad, and Barcelona won three games in a row, climbed to the first place in the standings, and qualified for the Champions League ahead of schedule.
Of course, there are also Belgian media who are not reconciled, and at a press conference after a match, they asked Guardiola about Digan.
Pep Guardiola also seems to have been prepared: "I will only choose the player who is most suitable for my tactics, between Digan and Villa, Villa is more suitable for Barcelona's tactics, and Digan refuses to integrate into the whole, how to choose, I think this is no longer a problem, now Digan can't get a chance, it's not my problem, what you should ask the most is Digan, how he played in Barcelona, I think anyone can see it clearly, he has always been out of the whole, I also want to help him, But unfortunately he refused, and it seems that he doesn't want to change the way he plays! ”
Degan, who doesn't want to change the way he plays, naturally can't get Guardiola's trust, and he can't get a chance.
It wasn't until a month and a half after the second half of the league that Digan finally appeared in Barcelona's lineup again, he came on as a substitute in the match with Athletic Bilbao, when he came on the field, Barcelona and the opponent were in a stalemate of 1:1, Athletic Bilbao's defense, so that Barcelona had no choice, at this time Digan played, although it was only ten minutes, but when the game ended, the score on the field had become 3:1.
Digan came on and took a free-kick straight past the opposition's goal, then headed home from Pedro's wide cross a second before the end of the game.
Deegan is scoring again!
But one could feel that Degan was not happy at all at Barcelona, after the goal, he refused to even celebrate, and the other Barcelona players did not seem to have any intention of celebrating with him, and in Barcelona, Degan was completely ostracized, he was like an outsider.
After entering March, Park Ji-yeon also had to return to South Korea, although Digan was a little reluctant, he was not the kind of man who had to tie women to his side.
Without Park Ji-yeon by his side, Deegan became more and more lonely, and sometimes, he didn't even say a word for a day, and all he did every day was to train, go home, and wait for the opportunity that didn't know when it would come.
Pep Guardiola doesn't seem to have really completely forgotten that there is such a person as Degan in his team, and occasionally he will give Deegan some chances, and what Deegan does is to keep scoring goals, as long as he is on the field, he can score, he seems to be venting his frustration and dissatisfaction in this way.
Every time Pep Guardiola criticizes Digan for not being in good form and not being able to fit in with the team, it doesn't take long for him to score goals as long as he can play.
Degan is so hung that he can't get up or down, and every time he is almost forgotten, he suddenly jumps out to score goals and awakens people's memories of him.
As the season progresses, Barcelona because of some problems with injuries, the results are gradually unstable, first in the league, in the standings, Real Madrid gradually catches up, followed by the Champions League, in the 1/4 knockout round, Barcelona lost 0:1 at home in the first leg to Bayern Munich, the results are stable is the Copa del Rey game, Barcelona has reached the final, which is also the only event that Deegan can participate in stably.
Generally speaking, domestic cups are all events for those wealthy clubs to train newcomers, but now the Copa del Rey has become the home of Degan, a dignified world football king, and it is really sad that he can only ensure that he is not forgotten by participating in the Copa del Rey. It can also be seen from this point that Digan has been on the edge at Barcelona.
In the final of the Copa del Rey, Barcelona faced Sevilla, and at the home of Valencia, Degan's Barcelona finally defeated Sevilla with a score of 3:1 and won the second championship trophy of the season, and Degan scored a hat-trick in the game.
However, the small Copa del Rey is obviously not enough to attract attention, and Barcelona people are more eager for a Champions League victory.
It's a pity that Barcelona reached the final, in the game against Manchester United, after 90 minutes, the two sides fought 0:0, and then extra time, or 0:0, when they exchanged penalties, Villa shot the post on goal, and finally the European Red Devils reached the top of Europe for the second time in the Ferguson era.
Deegan was in the squad for this game, but unfortunately he didn't get even a minute of playing time, and after receiving a silver medal, Deegan threw it into the stands with a blank face.
In the stands, Park Ji-yeon, who came to watch Degan's game, couldn't cry, which made Degan's heart become colder and colder, and the rift between him and Pep Guardiola, the La Masia gang led by Messi, and the Barcelona fans and Barcelona fans reached the point of irreparation.
After the game, a reporter asked Guardiola why he didn't consider giving Digan a chance at the last moment, and Guardiola replied expressionlessly: "His physical condition can't meet the standard of playing, and Villa played very well today, he just had too bad luck!" ”
Such an answer is obviously not satisfactory, but Pep Guardiola is still the head of the Barcelona family, although he has confirmed that he will leave the Camp Nou at the end of the season, and until then, Barcelona will have the final say.
And when Deegan faced the reporter, he was completely angry: "Are you asking me now? It's ridiculous, you should ask that bastard, ask him, what's wrong with my body, I've been training hard every day for the game, but that bastard never gave me a chance, okay, I won the Copa del Rey, should I celebrate? The Champions League final, now is not my stage, Guardiola is a hypocrite, he has his choice, now I want to congratulate him, congratulations on winning the first Champions League silver medal in his life, really TM beautiful, now we can go to celebrate, celebrate Barcelona in the Guardiola era, historic Champions League runner-up, go to TM, that bastard should go to hell! ”
Degan, who had been patient, finally exploded, his anger almost ignited everything around him, and the reporters were stunned, and it was the first time in the history of international football that a player had cursed his manager like this after the game.
But think about it, if Digan can play in this game, will the result be different from now?
It's a pity that there are not so many assumptions in this world, Digan did not play, and Manchester United reached the top of Europe for the third time in history.
The league has also come to an end at this moment, with only the last game left, and Digan, who offended Guardiola, naturally did not appear on the field.
The protagonist of this closing game was Lionel Messi, who scored four goals in a row in the game to complete the big four, and also helped Barcelona finally beat Real Madrid to win the La Liga title by one point.
When everyone was celebrating the championship, Deegan stood aside quite lonely, a season, he only got eighteen appearances in the league, nine of which started, nine substitutes, but in this limited playing time, Deegan still scored eleven goals, in the eighteen league games that Deegan played, Barcelona achieved 16 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss, and in the Champions League, he made a total of five appearances, one start, four substitutes, and scored three goals, Then there's the Copa del Rey, with twelve goals in seven appearances and 26 goals for Barcelona in one season.
Such a result should be proud of any striker player, not to mention that Digan is just a fringe player in Barcelona, and he will only be heard when no one is available in the forward line, so everything he does, his contribution, in Barcelona, has been deliberately ignored.
People just remember Messi, remember the media who scored 40 goals in the league, and as for Degan, he is not his own person, who cares about him.
Although the Champions League dream did not come true, the season was a great success for most Barcelona fans.
Subsequently, Pep Guardiola announced his departure, and his assistant coach, also from Barcelona, Vilanova, became the team's head coach.
People are lamenting, except for Degan!
But he has nothing to be happy about, although Guardiola is gone, but Villanova, to put it bluntly, is a hanging!
Born in the La Masia Academy, Vilanova has never hidden his admiration for Messi and his love for the players produced by the La Masia Academy.
Degan still lives a winter-like day in Barcelona, but fortunately, the season is over, and he can go to meet Park Ji-yeon, which is probably the only thing worth thanking about Degan.