Red Rebels

6 A genius like Messi

Droisden Road was originally a secluded suburban path. The road was shaded by trees on both sides. When you look up, you can only see a sliver of sky. It feels like a frog in a well.

This path winds forward, past the gate of the Newton Heath training base, and then around the nearby community.

With the success of the Red Rebels in recent years, and the rise of the Red Rebels' youth training camp, Droysden Road has become one of the most famous roads in Manchester, with nearby Brooke Dell Park has also become a good place for countless parents to take their children to play.

Every morning, there will be many young people practicing and doing morning exercise at Brookdale Park nearby. Some of them are teenagers from the Red Rebels youth training camp, while others have been eliminated from the competition and have no chance to join the Red Rebels football team. Enthusiast.

Football has almost become synonymous with Brookdale Park

Gao Ren lives nearby and he comes here every day to practice football, but unlike those groups of teenagers, he is always alone, but he doesn't feel lonely at all because he has football by his side.

Because of Xiao Yu's existence, Chinese people will not face even a little bit of discrimination in Manchester. This makes Gao Ren not have to worry about being bullied at all, even if he takes off the Red Rebels training jersey that can attract countless envious eyes. .

However, the language barrier and his rather withdrawn personality left Gao Ren without any friends here.

Every morning, he would leave Jim's house and come to Brookdale Park to practice football. He always got up very early, which was his habit in China. He always had to get up early to help his parents with work. Then go to school.

"I heard from Jim that the club helped me contact an English tutor today. He is an international student. I don't know what he is like," Gao Ren thought to himself as he bounced the ball.

In such an unfamiliar place, he is always eager to see compatriots with the same skin color and color as himself and who speak the same language. Those people always give him a particularly kind feeling, but at the same time, he But he is reluctant to approach them.

The club's psychiatrist said that this is because Gao Ren has been stimulated, which makes him feel insecure about the people around him. As time goes by, he takes the initiative to let go of his arms, and slowly he will accept it all.

But for Xiao Yu's family, Gao Ren has very strong feelings, but it is very contradictory. He is not willing to accept too much help from Xiao Yu's family, which will make him feel uneasy, so Xiao Yu's current arrangement is not good for him. Say it's the best.

Dumping the ball, dribbling the ball, making emergency stops, adding... Gao Ren was in a corner of Brookdale Park.

A person silently performed these simple basic technical movements, because the comment he received from Meulensteen was that he was very talented, but his basic skills were not solid enough. This made Gao Ren attach great importance to the practice of technical movements.

But he only heard half of it. The second half of what Meulensteen said to Xiao Yu was that compared to the best young player in Group U

After arriving at the Red Rebels training base, Gao Ren's outstanding skills and scoring ability made him stand out among his peers. This made the club transfer him to U in a short period of time after research, following Those teenagers who were older than him played football together.

You know, these teenagers have gone through several years of basic training, and some of them started playing football fun games when they were young. For teenagers like Gao Ren who have never received any professional training before, they can get Meulensteen's evaluation is outstanding enough in itself.

However, he mistakenly believed that Meulensteen was not satisfied with his basic skills, so he would come here every morning to practice by himself, because he learned from Jim that there is no shortcut to improve basic skills, only constant practice. Practice and constantly improve your ball feel.

It's strange that although these technical movements are the same and even boring in the eyes of many people, in Gao Ren's eyes, they don't feel boring at all, as if he can feel his progress from every practice.

As a result, this eccentric Chinese has become a unique landscape in Brookdale Park.

After practicing for an extra hour every day, Gao Ren would play football, put on his schoolbag, leave Brookdale Park, and go to a nearby elementary school to study. Although he could not understand what the teacher and classmates said at all, he still decided to go to school. , because he always has to find something to do for himself, and here he can also play football with his companions.

Physical education class became Gao Ren's favorite class. He did not need to understand those people's words. Football became the common language for everyone.

But just as he passed the gate of the Newton Heath training base, he saw Xiao Yu leaning on his car, as if waiting for someone. When he saw him running over, he immediately walked out with a smile.

"Have you finished practicing?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile.

Although Gao Ren's way of practicing football is somewhat unscientific, one should not be superstitious about science in everything in this world, as long as he is happy

Gao Ren nodded, lowered his head, opened his lips slightly, wanted to say something, but quickly closed it.

"I just met your teacher at the intersection and chatted with him for a few words." Xiao Yu said with a smile, but he walked forward. It seemed that he was sending Gao Ren to school.

Gao Ren followed Xiao Yu with some anxiety, looking at the back of the familiar yet unfamiliar man in front of him. The reason why he was familiar was because this man had given him so much help, so much that he even doubted that he would help him all his life. It's not clear yet, but their relationship is so strange, so strange that they have only known each other for a month.

"Want to know what he thinks of you?" Xiao Yu turned around and asked with a smile.

Gao Ren nodded. He knew that his homework was very bad because he couldn't even communicate in the most basic language.

"Genius, a genius like Messi," Xiao Yu said with a smile. His smile was very genuine, just like the pride and pride of a father who loves his son when he hears others praising his son.

"Oh, by the way, let me tell you that your current teacher is Messi's teacher back then. He is very familiar with me." Xiao Yu said with a proud smile, and then seemed to recall what happened back then, "He is also the rise of our Red Rebels." "One of the witnesses"

Although Gao Ren does not understand the language, he knows the Red Rebels. This football giant is only one year older than him. However, in recent years, it has created a series of surprising achievements in European and even global football. A brilliant achievement of the tongue.

"He said that your performance in physical education class is number one, but outside of physical education class, your performance is also number one." At this point, Xiao Yu stared at Gao Ren and laughed, "But you are number one from the bottom."

Gao Ren was stunned at first, thinking that the foreign teacher was taking care of him and deliberately exaggerating his performance. However, when he heard Xiao Yu's last sentence, he couldn't help but laugh, but he was a little ashamed.

"It's nothing, Gao Ren, you just came here and don't understand the language, but I hope you can learn more besides practicing football. Not everyone who likes football can embark on the path of professional football, and not everyone who has A player with Messi's talent can achieve Messi's height."

"I know you can understand what I am saying. You are a precocious child, so I also want to tell you that I will not give you too much. Whatever you want, you have to fight for it and work hard. In the red You won't get any special privileges in the Rebels, and if you don't meet the requirements in chemistry, you will be banned from age group competitions like everyone else, do you understand?"

Gao Ren nodded heavily. He felt that this was a sign of respect given to him by Xiao Yu.

"I hope one day, Gao Ren," Xiao Yu patted Gao Ren's shoulder heavily, knelt down, and looked into his eyes. They were very clear and spiritual eyes, paired with that handsome but resolute face. His face is easy to impress, "I hope one day I can proudly tell others, look, that's my son."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Yu stood up and gently scratched Gao Ren's head, "Let's go, I'll take you to school."

For some reason, Gao Ren nodded without hesitation and followed Xiao Yu.

Once upon a time, when Gao Ren was in kindergarten in China, he had become accustomed to going to and from school alone. He was always very envious of those children who were picked up and dropped off by their parents. Now that he is with Xiao Yu, he also feels the same way. , which made his eyes wet.

"By the way, are you free on Saturday?" Xiao Yu walked forward and asked casually.

"I want to practice football," Gao Ren said for the first time today.

Xiao Yu laughed, obviously he was very satisfied with Gao Ren's words, "Then just practice more in the morning. Bye bye in the afternoon, I will take you to watch the football match. Eva and Chopin will also go. Let's get together as a family. "

Gao Ren didn't nod, but he didn't shake his head either, so he acquiesced to the definition of a family.

"This is the first game of the season for our Red Rebels, and it is also the opening game of the season. It is a tough battle against our old rival Chelsea at home," Xiao Yu said with great anticipation.

When Gao Ren heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. He had not learned much else in the month since he came to England, but he still knew something about Chelsea. He heard that they were strong contenders for the championship every year. , and is also one of the most powerful competitors of the Red Rebels.

"Can you win?" Gao Ren asked with concern.

Xiao Yu laughed and shook his head, "How could I know? Football is interesting because of the unknown, which makes everyone go all out. If the result is known in advance, it won't be fun at all, right?"

Gao Ren didn't quite understand Xiao Yu's words, but he understood to some extent that anything is possible on the football field.

"At that time, we will be sitting in the stands, and you can personally feel the pressure created by the wave of people from our Red Rebel fans, which is almost suffocating. Those who are slightly less able to bear it will probably be My legs started to feel weak as soon as I walked into the stadium," Xiao Yu said with some pride.

As soon as Gao Ren heard what Xiao Yu said, he was filled with expectations. From Xiao Yu's eyes, he could understand his enthusiasm and feelings for the Red Rebels. He still didn't know why Xiao Yu was like this until he Later, when he started to understand English, started to communicate with people around him, and became familiar with the history of the Red Rebels, he truly felt the greatness of this club.

But at this moment, he is just a pilgrim looking forward to going to the sacred Red Rebel Stadium to experience a professional football game.

"Okay, we're here, Gao Ren." Xiao Yu stopped near the entrance of the primary school, "I sent it here, go in."

Gao Ren hummed, lowered his head, and walked forward. After walking for more than ten steps, he turned around and found that Xiao Yu was still standing there, looking at him and waving. This immediately made him have the urge to cry, because He had been at the door of the kindergarten countless times, longing for this scene to happen. However, at that time, his parents were busy with work, getting up early and working late every day, so their little wish was always unable to come true.

Biting his lip stubbornly, Gao Ren continued to walk forward for more than ten steps. He turned back again and found that Xiao Yu was still there, looking at him as if he would not leave until he walked into the school gate.

This made Gao Ren's eyes well up with tears. He simply gritted his teeth and ran forward with all his strength, ran into the school gate and hid directly behind the stone pillar. Two lines of tears fell down his cheeks.

Through the crack in the door, he secretly saw Xiao Yu turn and leave with some disappointment.

"Dad..." The voice was choked by sobs, but it was very small and weak, and only Gao Ren could hear it.

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At nearly noon on Saturday, Gao Ren was waiting obediently in front of Jim's house. Eva drove Chopin over to pick him up, along with an aunt named Victoria and her two sons. It is said that the older one His name is Brooklyn, and he is the same age as him, 8 years old.

The group drove directly to the Red Rebel Stadium.

After parking the car and walking out of the parking lot, Gao Ren was immediately stunned. He had never seen so many people, tens of thousands of people, all gathered in the Red Rebel Theme Park. This grand occasion definitely shocked him. Even a little scared.

As long as he thinks about it, every one of these people is screaming loudly, and the sound is probably going to tear the sky apart.

"Don't be nervous, Gao Ren, just think that they support us, and that'll be fine," Eva Snow said with a smile.

Gao Ren nodded quickly.

Let Eva and Chopard take them with them, they went to the official flagship store to buy some fan supplies, such as jerseys, scarves, accessories, etc. Chopard also took the initiative to buy team emblems and paint strips that could be pasted on the face, until After making the faces of the four children look like Indians, they walked towards the entrance of the stadium with smiles.

Just at this time, there was a commotion from the fans in the distance, and they saw a bus painted in the color of the red Rebels jersey drive in. Mourinho and the players got off the bus one after another. The fans He shouted through the iron fence and cheered for the players desperately.

That kind of madness made Gao Ren feel shocked for the first time. He had never thought that the fans of the Red Rebels were so crazy that even when they saw the players, they felt as if their blood was boiling.

So what will it be like when you walk into the stadium?

Looking at the magnificent Red Rebel Stadium, Gao Ren felt the same enthusiasm from his heart as the fans around him for the first time. The difference was that he also longed to be like the Red Rebels who had just been unanimously cheered and supported by the fans. Professional players like the players

He believes that this is what Xiao Yu expects from him