Chapter 52: Changes after the game
"I ask for my honor."
Referee Cantalejo stood on the sidelines and knew exactly what Levi's celebratory gesture after the end of the game meant.
It was a naked humiliation against him.
Annoyed, he even forgot to give Levi the honor he deserved - the match ball after the hat-trick.
Unexpectedly, he didn't give it, and Levi came to ask for it himself.
Kantahorle looked at Levi, the tall young man with no emotion in his eyes, just like the passionate player on the field.
When the assistant referee brings a soccer ball and is about to hand it over to the referee.
Levi suddenly took it from his hand.
"Thank you."
Levi thanked him, hugged the football and left.
Afterwards, he and his teammates went to the surrounding stands to thank the fans.
Originally, he had planned to exchange jerseys with Xavi after the game.
The midfielder has put a lot of pressure on him.
However, Busquets and Pique pulled his shirt on the pitch, which annoyed him a little, causing him to take off his shirt and throw it on the ground after the game.
It's a bit rude to exchange again.
None of the Espanyol fans in the stands left the stadium, with smiles on everyone's faces, and they went out of their way to wave the blue and white flags that reflected the colors of the players' jerseys.
"Well done!"
"You guys are the best!"
All kinds of praise poured in, accompanied by long-lasting applause.
Levi looked at the captain on the field and also took the lead in paying tribute to the fans.
This team, as an outlier living in Barcelona, has been in the middle of the league all year round and has not been able to compete for the title, for the fans.
There was nothing more exciting than the win over Barcelona.
Levi also kept his promise and interacted with some fans across the fence.
After everything was over, they returned to the locker room.
The Espanyol players were not in a frenzy of excitement over a miraculous reversal of the game.
Because their teammate Halke suffered a heart attack in this game and is currently in hospital.
"Lee, come with me for the post-game interview."
Pochettino tapped Levi on the shoulder.
Levi nodded, and in Halke's absence, he had to take on the latter's duties.
Just then, a tall figure appeared at the door of the locker room.
Round face, short hair, deep eyes.
"Lee, let's exchange jerseys."
Henry, the former King of Highbury, leaned against the doorway, smiling freely.
"I just dropped my jersey on the turf..."
Levi hesitated.
"It's okay, the green field is the purest."
Henry smiled, and his high emotional intelligence resolved this embarrassment, without the slightest hint of disgust.
He was somewhat flattered by Henry's overtures.
This player is an absolute legend.
Just as Levi was about to hand over the shirt that had been changed in the first half of the dressing room to Thierry.
Henry pointed to another.
The jersey was even dirtier because of the more intense conditions in the second half.
"I want that."
Puzzled, Levi had no choice but to follow his wishes and take Henry's jersey and unfold it to reveal his number 14 as a sign of respect.
"You've done what I once wanted to do."
Henry, with that, left.
Something I once wanted to do but didn't do.
Henry's regret is probably the Champions League final against Barcelona in 2005.
When he was fighting the field, he must have thought about helping Arsenal reverse Barcelona and win the first Champions League in team history.
Although he is a Barcelona player at the moment, the proudest years of this man will remain at Highbury Stadium forever.
...
Levi, who accompanied Pochettino in the post-match interview, became a favorite in the eyes of reporters.
Countless spotlights slapped on his face.
Levi's performance in this game has gone beyond the game itself.
The victory and defeat of a La Liga game, three more goals to continue to lead the scorer list, and the MVP of this game.
These are the little things.
What's more, through this match, everyone began to put him and Messi on the same ladder as a comparison.
"Excuse me, what do you think of someone comparing you to Messi."
A reporter held the microphone in front of Levi, who replied without thinking.
"Messi has shown what a great player he is, there is no doubt about his quality, and I need more games to prove myself."
Levi blinked, "It's too early to tell. ”
"But many media outlets have compared you to the [La Liga double]."
Li Wei couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, these media are really watching the excitement and not think it's a big deal, isn't this disgusting Real Madrid?
He is the new king of La Liga giants Barcelona, and it would be good to say that he was a core player of Real Madrid.
If you want to say that Catalan is okay, the Spaniard's players have become La Liga double, and you must not make the president of Real Madrid angry.
"There are a lot of good players in La Liga and they are all role models for me to learn from, and I don't agree with that title."
"I don't know which media came up with the title, it's obviously irresponsible."
More is better than less, anyway, it doesn't affect his play, and Levi doesn't need such a name.
I think it's a new trick made by "World Body" or "Every Body".
"It's Marca! This will be the cover title of their next issue. ”
Levi knows that for some time now, various media in Madrid have been hyping the topic that Real Madrid will buy him in the winter window.
This has been warmed up in advance, and the routine and summer window have to pack Ronaldo and Kaka a number.
Good guys, this is really a pink top ten black.
When the two pride of La Liga in the future is in Barcelona and Manchester United, Levi can think of what the expressions of these media are.
When Ronaldo joins Real Madrid, what should be called to describe him and Messi?
Double Pride 2.0?
"Do you want to join Real Madrid?"
One reporter finally couldn't hold back.
"Real Madrid is our opponent in the next round, and such a question is an insult to me and our club, and I refuse to answer it," Levi said solemnly. ”
The reporter slumped the microphone away.
Immediately after that, Levi answered questions about "the outlook for the season" and "thoughts on leading the scorer list".
Many reporters also seized the opportunity to request a personal interview with Li Wei.
However, it was speculated that Levi was going to visit his teammates in the hospital after the end.
Pochettino helped Levi out of the siege in time and began to be besieged by reporters from all walks of life.
The young coach, who had just been promoted from women's football to assistant coach, was tasked with using his tactics to successfully limit Barca's attack.
It's also very topical.
...
"Killian, it's time to sleep!"
Outside the door, the voice of his mother's urging came from the door, and ten-year-old Kylian Mbappe sat in front of the computer.
"If you don't sleep so late, I'll move the computer out of your room."
Mbappe's mother issued an ultimatum.
"Got it."
His father is a football coach and his mother is a handball player, and his family conditions are not bad.
On his birthday, his father gave Mbappe a computer, and he had just learned to use it not long ago.
Mbappe glared at the remarks of the hated British on the other side of the screen.
His father was a Cameroonian immigrant, and the official languages of that country were English and French, so he knew a small amount of English, but it was still difficult to communicate, and he had to rely on translation software and the other party's mouth.
[I repeat, Levi is the best player in the world!] 】
Rashford on the other side of the screen smugly typed out such a paragraph.
Ever since Manchester United's warm-up game was shocked by Levi, Rashford has been following La Liga fixtures.
was completely convinced after Levi's solo four-yuan at the beginning, and since then he has become the number one Wei Blow.
[No, you're lying, Cristiano is the best player in the world!] 】
Mbappe copied the phrase from the translation software and slammed back.
[Can Cristiano also score five goals in a row?] 】
[Can Cristiano also score with a barb? ] 】
Mbappe was speechless for a while, and even people were okay to say.
But the barb is really not...
After all, barbing goals was once a shortcoming in Ronaldo's career.
It wasn't until 10 years later, in the 2018 Champions League, that it was made up.
Rashford was complacent when he saw that the other party was delayed in replying to the message.
At this moment, Mbappe suddenly killed the game.
[But Levi himself said that Ronaldo is a model for his career]
Rashford, who didn't know that he had been cheated by Mendes, turned off the computer in anger.
Glancing at the jersey hanging on the wall.
He'd seen football news like that.
And as a result, fans are fighting to the death, why did the idol descend first.
At this time, he did not know what this jersey would mean many years later.
Levi wore the number 14 shirt for Manchester United.
This is the only one of its kind in the world.
Mbappe, on the other side, turned off the computer with satisfaction and lay on the bed covered with Ronaldo posters on the surrounding walls.
He put his hands on his face and smiled with satisfaction.