September 2018.

In the mountains of the small city of Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, there is a football club called HSK (Mostar Zlinski).

In order to follow in their footsteps, I found this club.

The quality of the turf is terrible, and it is not even as good as some of the school's internal courts, with no more than 1,000 seats, and the facilities are simple and somewhat old.

But this is where they ran and fought hard.

As two of the most high-profile stars in football right now, their names have spread all over the world, and they have created brilliance through their performances, but there is no trace of their existence here compared to the glory itself.

Rusty iron fences, gray walls, yellowed grass, and some old graffiti.

I searched every nook and cranny, but I found no trace, as if they never existed.

I walked around the pitch a few times, and the menacing coach from the training camp next to me was training with the kids.

I heard that the physical confrontation of the Bosnia and Herzegovina league is extremely fierce, and I think it should be very hard for them to be thin at that time, right?

After a few laps, I still couldn't find anything meaningful, and I sat down in the stands with a hint of frustration.

As the sun sets, the dappled light and shadow shine on the pitch through the fence, making the already messy pitch even more dilapidated.

After a long time in a daze, I reluctantly got up and prepared to leave.

At this time, I met an old woman who was passing by on a bicycle, I couldn't understand what she was saying, and after opening the translation software, it wrote:

"You're supposed to be here for them, right? We have known for a long time that those two children are destined to become the brightest stars in the world! ”

Under the slanting sun, the old grandmother was smiling, and the folds on her face became more profound.

Her gaze looked at the distant sky, as if she was remembering something...

Finally, the old lady said something again, and I hurriedly used translation software to translate.

"I have always been deeply nostalgic for those years, that morning was always full of hope and sunshine, and they injected a new energy into the HSK!"

"After going through difficult years, in the face of many difficulties and dangers, they did not compromise, they climbed over the mountains, and finally engraved their names on the stars!"

"Yes! This is where it all began! ”

(The prologue is in the first person, and the text begins in the third person!) ）