"Boss, have you forced yourself to do something you don't want to do?"

I don't know if it's Yang Hao's empathy that made Evra gradually open his heart and finally ask about his heart knot.

Yang Hao was glad to hear this question, and he smiled.

"Of course, who hasn't in the adult world?"

Evra is only 19 years old and has just stepped into the ranks of adults, but he has been precocious since he was a child, and he agrees with Yang Hao's words.

"Yes, my mom used to tell me that she worked so hard just to hope we could all survive."

If Yang Hao remembered correctly, this was the first time he had heard Evra take the initiative to talk about his family.

And Yang Hao played the role of a listener just right.

"I was born in Dakar, Senegal, the city famous for its rallying, and my father was a diplomat and he raised 24 children with my mother."

When he said this, Evra seemed to be afraid that Yang Hao would not believe it, grinned, smiled and showed his white teeth, and nodded: "Really, in my impression, there are more than a dozen children in the family at most. ”

"When I was 6 years old, my father found a lot of connections, and finally came to work in Brussels, Belgium, and not long after that, he came to Paris, France, and our family depended on him to support us."

"But when he was 10 years old, he finally couldn't take it anymore, divorced my mother, and moved all the valuable things in the house, our favorite TV, sofa, chair, table, ......"

Evra didn't go on, but as you can imagine, his father was resolute.

"Actually, I kind of understand him, because he was so miserable at that time, he worked hard in the embassy alone, received a meager salary, but had to support my mother and a large group of children, and had to break his fingers and count the money every day."

"Before, when he was in Senegal, everyone around him was like this, he may not have felt anything, but when he came to Europe, when he came to Paris, he saw a completely different world, in fact, I understand why he made this decision, and my mother too, so she has always taught us to understand and be tolerant."

"Without our father, we would still be in Senegal and would not have had everything we have now."

Yang Hao listened silently, but he could feel the entanglement, the pain, from the words.

His father made that decision more to escape, and it must have been very painful.

To say that without feelings, he could not have supported this family for so many years.

"You know, in that neighborhood where we live, there are shootings, even murders, and when my siblings, one after another, grow up, they move out of our house and go out to live on their own and find a way to make a living."

"My mother is not a very capable person, she works late every day and is very tired, but she always teaches us to be happy, she will take us to sing hometown songs and dance hometown dances."

"In the neighborhood where we lived, a kid like me, who was not very tall and a black immigrant, would be bullied all day long if I wasn't fierce, so I fought a lot, I learned to steal, and I even begged on the road to buy myself and my sister and my mother a sandwich for a few francs."

"But at home, we're really happy."

The story Evra told was very sad, but Yang Hao didn't see the slightest sadness on his face, on the contrary, there was a faint feeling that that memory was really happy for him.

On the outside, he was looked down upon and bullied, but at home, he was happy.

"When I was very young, people around me told me, 'Let's play football.' In our neighborhood, there were people who made money playing football, and they moved to a better and safer neighborhood and lived in a bigger house with bigger and brighter buildings."

"So, on my first day of school, our teachers asked us what we wanted to be when we grew up."

Evra couldn't help but laugh again when she said this.

"My classmates were either lawyers or doctors, and I said, 'I'm going to be a footballer, a striker like Romario, because we have the same short size and the same agility as we are.'

Yang Hao suddenly remembered the game against Deportivo La Coruna not long ago.

After scoring the goal, Patrice Evra ran straight to the home team's dugout and shouted at Juanma Lillo, "I'm a striker!" ”

That should be the attachment in his heart from childhood to adulthood.

'I used to think I had a lot of talent, I went from a small club on the outskirts of Paris, to a bigger club, then to PSG, and I even fantasized about playing in Ligue 1 one day.

"But after a year in PSG's academy, they didn't give me a professional contract, but ruthlessly told me that I wasn't up to their mark, so I had to keep going until a guy who owned a restaurant watched my game and asked me if I would like to try out in Turin, Italy."

"Of course I wouldn't say no, but my tryout in Turin was unsuccessful, they thought I was too short, but during the tryout in Turin, there was a guy from Marsala, the third division of Italy, who invited me to Sicily."

In Yang Hao's previous life, he learned from Evra's information that the 17-year-old Evra went from Paris to Sicily, Italy, single-handedly, he first went to Milan, but the language was not clear, and he was not familiar with life, missed the train in Milan, and was forced to live on the streets.

Fortunately, when he was at a loss, he met a stranger from Senegal, took him to his home for the night, and put him on the train to Sicily early the next morning.

Evra later tried to find the good Samaritan, but he never found him, and no one came looking for him.

At Marsala, who was the only black man in the team, felt both the passionate side of Sicily and the discrimination he felt, especially during many away games, when Italian fans would imitate the sound of a monkey and bite a banana in order to humiliate and hit him.

A year later, he moved from Marsala in the third division to Monza in the second division, where he has always been a striker.

Even, when he arrived at Atletico this summer, he thought he would continue to play as a striker.

As a result, Yang Hao asked him to switch to defender.

At first, he was very angry, he couldn't accept that he had changed from a striker to a defender, it was completely against his dreams and wishes, so he took out this resentment on the pitch completely.

But gradually, when he started to appear in the Spanish Super Cup, in La Liga, when he saw the centre-forwards like Pandiani, Adriano and Torres, and saw more and more strikers and centre-forwards from other teams, he couldn't help but ask himself, can he compare to them?

In the forward position, his performance at Monza was not too impressive.

On the one hand, there are dreams that have been obsessed with since childhood, but they have been shattered by reality; On the other side is the cruel reality that he is unwilling to accept, but has a bright future.

How to choose?

……

The problems encountered by Evra are very similar to what happened to Yang Hao in his previous life.

This is a heart disease, and no one can help it, so you can only overcome it on your own.

After listening to Evra's story, Yang Hao did not say a lot of words to appease him, but told him very bluntly, "Play as a striker, you have no future, but you must believe me, at left wingback, you will become the best in the world!" ”

Yang Hao witnessed it in his previous life, so he was very sure of what he said.

"Patrice, I think the most important thing for you now is not to close the door and struggle, not to bury your head in distress, but to come out, try to let go of your arms, try to accept this change, adjust yourself, and find happiness again."

Just like Yang Hao, when he encountered these problems, he was also repeatedly groping, constantly looking for a path that was not only suitable for himself, but also cater to the market.

It's hard, but that's what he did.

"There are many paths in a person's life, and there is never only one path to success."

"Your mother is a very wise person, she is right, be happy!"

Evra took a deep breath and nodded heavily, "I understand, boss, I try my best." ”

It's a difficult road, and it can't be reversed overnight.

"Here, I give you a guarantee, Patrice, I always have full confidence in you, no matter how long you need, I believe that you can come out, and I will always wait for you!"

Evra was really moved at this moment.

"Thank you, Boss!"

……

The UEFA Cup away from home is really devastating.

Helferg's position is indeed too far away.

Atletico Madrid traveled a long distance from Madrid to Frankfurt for a connecting flight, finally arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark, and then took a bus south, after more than an hour's drive, before arriving at the famous port city of Quee.

Helforg is just a few kilometres southwest of Kee.

But that's not the biggest headache.

The real trouble is the temperature, from Madrid in the teens to Denmark at three or five degrees, especially at night, almost hovering around zero.

Not to mention Atletico Madrid's players, Yang Hao felt very uncomfortable after arriving in Denmark.

He even wondered if it made sense for UEFA to arrange such a match.

Benefiting the away fans?

Come on, there were 1,660 fans in the stadium to watch the game, and the stands on all four sides of the stadium were empty.

Atletico also didn't play as well as they should in the game, conceding a goal in just one minute.

Yang Hao played on the bench this time, but substitute goalkeeper Toni Gimenez, who replaced Edwin van der Sar, failed to save the shot that was not much of a threat.

All the players are out of shape.

It wasn't until the 43rd minute that veteran captain Aguilera scored a goal for the team and successfully equalized the score.

In the end, Atletico drew 1-1 with Helferg away from home.

After Yang Hao led the team back to Madrid from Denmark, he had to adapt to the temperature of more than ten degrees again, and this kind of back and forth tossing and turning was really very torturous, far more uncomfortable than playing that game away.

But time waits for no one.

The Avenger Irueta has led his Super Laco Legion to the Calderón Stadium.

Two more chapters in the morning, and then continue in the afternoon, kneeling and begging for subscription! Kneel and beg for a monthly pass!

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