From the man behind the football king to the football king

Belgium dressing room.

After returning from the training ground, De Bruyne sat in front of the wardrobe, leaning his head against the cold wardrobe, closing his eyes and thinking about his own affairs. The other players in the locker room did not pay attention to him. Making final preparations before going on stage.

Hazard walked to De Bruyne's side, sat down, and asked softly: "What's wrong?"

As the twin stars of this Belgian team, the two were also competitors in the Premier League. This has led many media to believe that De Bruyne and Hazard have a bad relationship, but this is not the case.

It can be said that since the relationship between De Bruyne and someone broke down due to a certain sexual incident, Hazard can be regarded as De Bruyne's best teammate in the Belgian national team.

De Bruyne opened his eyes, looked at Hazard, and shook his head.

"It doesn't matter, tell me." Azar said.

"What does he look like?" Azar asked. In fact, he saw it on the court, but he asked it deliberately.

But Victor Kasoy was obviously more impressed by Bruno. When he saw the Portuguese and Belgian teams coming out at the same time, he took the lead to say hello to Bruno, because as early as the 2013 World Youth Championship in Turkey, the two had Just dealt with it.

De Bruyne has always been shy, but that doesn't mean he is a fool. He has his own ideas. Many times he even thinks more than anyone else and is more sensitive than anyone else.

"Because I am afraid, I can only make myself stronger, so I train hard because I know that he has been training hard. If I want to be stronger than him, I have to be stronger than him. hardworking."

According to the intelligence provided by Ajax before the game, Victor Koshay is a card-playing maniac. He is ruthless towards fouls and enforces the law very strictly. Bruno had already informed the owner of this before the game. Coaches and teammates, but the specifics still depend on the control during the game.

De Bruyne opened his eyes again, staring straight ahead, as if his sight could penetrate the thick walls, enter the Portuguese team's locker room, and find the Portuguese player who he had always regarded as his enemy.

As a result, after one season, he scored 14 goals and 8 assists for Chelsea, helping Chelsea win the league championship. He himself also became the best player of the season selected by the English Professional Footballers Union.

That experience made Azar understand a truth: young people compare themselves with each other and no one is convinced by the other.

De Bruyne took a deep breath and nodded heavily.

"He is about the same height as me and has a similar build to me. He seems to be a very kind person and he smiles at me." De Bruyne said with a wry smile.

After hearing this, De Bruyne narrowed his eyes slightly, nodded, and said nothing.

After hearing this, De Bruyne smiled bitterly and said: "The injury was only part of the reason. What really made me work hard to practice was because I felt the threat from Bruno. He was like a sword, always hanging It felt like it could be chopped off at any time, and I was very scared."

After a pause, De Bruyne said slowly: "I have been training hard in the past few months. I want to compare with him and surpass him."

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"I finally met him!" De Bruyne said.

"Since you are afraid of him, then kill him in today's game. As long as you kill him, you no longer need to be afraid of him from now on. You will completely wash away this psychological shadow."

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It can be said that the Hungarian referee is one of the most popular referees in European football in recent years, and has officiated many major games.

The referee of this highlight match between Portugal and Belgium is the whistle-blower Viktor Kosoy from Hungary. He is 40 years old and is a very experienced international referee. He was the referee of the 2008 Beijing Olympics men’s football final. , he also officiated the 2011 Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona.

While waiting to appear in the player tunnel, Bruno happened to be standing near De Bruyne, took the initiative to walk over, stretched out his hand and greeted: "Nice to meet you, Kevin, I hope it will be a wonderful game today."

Sometimes, being more familiar with the referees is an advantage.

"Kevin, I believe you can do it. You are the strongest player in this European Cup. You are omnipotent and no one can stop you!" Hazard encouraged.

He was scared, terrified.

"Yes, that's right." Hazard said with certainty, "I remember, when I saw you again during the training camp, everyone felt that you seemed to be a different person. You were completely different. Not only were you in better shape, but you were also stronger. "You have great resilience and have made great progress in physical fitness, tactics and technology. Everyone believes that this is because you pay more attention to your health after being injured."

At that time, Chelsea's head coach Mourinho expressed his intention to introduce Bruno in public many times, which greatly stimulated Hazard. Then in the following season, he performed desperately to prove that I am no worse than that Portuguese boy.

He had seen his reaction when he saw Bruno countless times, but when he actually saw it, he found that it was completely different from what he imagined, whether it was Bruno's reaction or himself.

In a previous private conversation, De Bruyne revealed that he was worried that Manchester City would introduce Bruno, which would result in him having no place in Barcelona and Manchester City, or even being forced to leave like Nastasic and other teammates.

In January, De Bruyne suffered a serious injury and it took him two months to recover.

De Bruyne shook his head and said: "I don't know."

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De Bruyne once imagined that when he first met Bruno, he might be a very proud and unsmiling person, but he did not expect that Bruno would actually smile at him, which made him a little at a loss. Out of politeness , he waved quickly.

Hazard can understand De Bruyne's mood, because he also had such an experience for a period of time two years ago.

"I think you are strong enough now." Azar said with certainty.

De Bruyne was stunned for a moment, but quickly extended his hand and said: "Me too, I hope we can work hard."

"How did you feel at that time?" Azar asked again.

In this European Cup, he officiated Belgium's group match against Italy, which is obviously Belgium's advantage.

De Bruyne exhaled heavily, as if his whole body relaxed.

"Okay." Bruno noticed the other party's fighting spirit.

After returning to his own team, he took a deep look at De Bruyne again, and fighting spirit ignited in his chest.