Chapter 286 The No. 1 Funny Player in Football Today (No match, don’t enter if you don’t like it)

Author: Grayson Gudong

Chapter 286 The No. 1 Funny Player in Football Today (No match, don’t enter if you don’t like it)

After the game, although the players on both sides were completely different, the score results could not be changed.

For both players and coaches, the greetings must be carried out in a routine manner.

But Barrera, who had lost both the team and the individual, was really not in the mood to say hello to anyone in Rome. As soon as the referee Massaro's final whistle sounded, he walked into the player channel and went back to feel frustrated.

Inter Milan's young player Aslani made plans before the game and took the initiative to find Chen Xiaoliang to change his jersey after the game.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he specially consulted the opinions of several locker room leaders one-on-one a few days ago, including captain Handanovic, midfielder Big Brother Brozovic, and other one-on-one, and also received their affirmative responses.

In Serie A, Chen Xiaoliang has almost become a common idol for young players around 20 and under 20 years old. On the one hand, it is because of its incredible performance on the court and completely surpassing age. On the other hand, it also embodies the wishes of young players, hoping that he can get the opportunity as soon as possible and make his mark, just like Chen Xiaoliang.

But at this moment, Aslani saw the angry expression of the same important boss Barrera, and had to regretfully dispel his thoughts.

If he had returned to the locker room with Chen Xiaoliang's jersey, the irritable Barrera would not have to come over and tear the jersey and tear it apart with him.

Just as he was about to miss the opportunity, Lukaku waited in the player channel until Chen Xiaoliang came over, then took the initiative to greet him, and took off his jersey.

Not only did Aslani, who was following behind, was stunned, but Chen Xiaoliang, who was the person involved, was also stunned.

In this game, the gunpowder smell between him and Barrera has become so strong. He scored 4 goals. Lukaku also came to ask himself to change his jersey?

This will be taken back to the locker room later...Barera sees it, huh?

Chen Xiaoliang thought about it again and thought of the scene where Lukaku and Barrera quarreled on the court during the game.

Could it be that this fat man wanted to deliberately disgust Barrera?

But no matter what the reason, such a famous big star came to change his jersey politely and friendlyly, so of course he had to accept it. So Chen Xiaoliang also took off the jersey and handed it to Lukaku. The two of them hugged each other with one hand.

However, Chen Xiaoliang only found out when he was watching the news the next day that Lukaku later gave the jersey to Aslani in the locker room of Inter Milan, satisfying the wishes of this teammate.

But this is a story later. That night, Chen Xiaoliang remembered two scenes, one was that Lukaku had almost no smile on his face, and the other was that Mourinho greeted the Belgian striker who had played for him twice in the past. The two faces were intriguing and meaningful expressions.

On the way from Meacha through the bustling Milan city to the hotel, in the bustling bus in Rome, celebrating and joking, Chen Xiaoliang, who was sitting in the front, took the initiative to ask Mourinho: "Coach? Is it okay? You are not very excited."

Mourinho smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, I'm older, maybe a little tired."

Chen Xiaoliang looked back and saw that no one was listening to their conversation, and asked quietly: "Is it because of Lukaku? There is something unhappy between you and him?"

Mourinho's eyes suddenly opened his sleepy eyes and looked at Chen Xiaoliang in surprise: "Why do you say that?"

Chen Xiaoliang: "You two worked together twice, but the communication after the game just now was very cold. And I think when I shook hands with him, I wanted to stop talking, so..."

Mourinho: "Are you interested in him? You have never asked me about the players from other teams."

Chen Xiaoliang: "No, but he is now very famous on the Internet."

Mourinho nodded helplessly: "I know."

He was indeed immersed in his thoughts, and he also knew that this former disciple Lukaku's poor performance after entering Chelsea in the second place seemed to have become the number one joke in football. He didn't want to say it at all, or that people with a arrogant personality like him could sit together and talk and express their feelings.

However, he thought about it and felt that perhaps those things hidden in his heart might be helpful to the child in front of him, and maybe it would make him feel more comfortable, so he began to tell with memories.

Although Lukaku currently occupies almost half of the funny points on the Internet and is the new generation of Happy Football leader after Sterling, Mourinho actually discovered since he met him very early that this black player rarely laughed on the court, and most of the time he was focused and serious in his eyes. When he first met him, he would think of the word "Bulls" at the first moment.

Mourinho once talked deeply with Lukaku more than a decade ago about his family and his childhood.

This is a normal process and courtesy between a head coach of a wealthy family and a potential star he intends to sign. In order to narrow the distance between each other and to make the wealthy family more competitive when signing young people, rather than just relying on spending money and contracts.

But as he chatted, Mourinho realized that the chat was not ordinary.

Most of Lukaku's memories start when he was 6 years old, because that year, Roger Lukaku, who was once a professional player, was unemployed and lost his main source of income. His family began to be powered off four times a week, and furniture was sold one by one until it was sold, the most important thing for a child who liked football since childhood - the TV.

This made him unable to watch football games that fascinated him again.

He told Mourinho that there was a scene that year that he would never forget, that was their mother, pouring cold water into a pot of milk, to get as much fullness as possible, for his only lunch.

Bread is a luxury item that can only be eaten after credit.

As for taking a bath? It was done by using a cup to scoop out the hot water from the stove after the power was cut off and rinse it with cold water.

Although he is only 6 years old, whenever he thinks of these scenes, Lukaku feels that everything is over, and the goal of life has become very simple, that is, to live and live with his family.

At that time, he said that he had never complained to his parents when he was still young, but he would always be unable to raise his head in front of his classmates.

In 2002, he was 9 years old. After Zidane scored the history-lost flying immortal against Leverkusen in the Champions League final, the next day, the whole class was excited to discuss the ball. He could only pretend to see the goal, and echoed it with the discussion. Then he secretly went to the school computer room, suppressed his excitement and trembled body, and finally witnessed the goal with his own eyes.

God saw that when God closed a window for him, he also opened a door.

Despite his poor life, he still has a strong physique.

He asked his father, what age can he become a professional player?

His father told him that he was 16 years old.

He replied, "At 16, I must become a professional player and the best player in Belgium's history."

When he joined the junior team for football training, he showed talents far exceeding his peers.

But this did not bring him glory and self-esteem. Instead, because of his excessive height, exaggerated weight, black skin and poor family background, he was contempt and sarcastic from his classmates and parents around him.

At that time, he often heard other parents say:

"Coach, is that black kid really not lie about his age?"

"Hey, black guy, we're going to check your ID card and check your age."

"How could such a black man be born in Antwerp? Is it legal to be sure his identity is?"

Lukaku told Mourinho that at that time he was 12 years old, he had been joked and discriminated against by others all day long because of his inability to change and control.

And when other children were playing, their parents watched the game on the sidelines, but because they didn’t have a car at home, their parents never appeared in the school stadium.

Faced with those doubts and being just a child, he could only defend himself alone, hand over his ID card to the parents, and then watch them sarcastically while circulating each other, like a policeman who checks the illegal population or a judge who is subject to trial at any time.

Over time, Lukaku, who was not good at speaking, no longer fought back with words. He had only one thought in his anger, that is, to completely destroy the sons of the adults who questioned him on the football field.

Then after the game, I enjoy watching the opponents who were crying and being carried into the car by his parents because they were ravaged by him and "get out" home.

As a descendant of an African immigrant, he wanted to prove with his actions that he was standing on the court by his strength and living in Belgium through hard work.

When he was 12 years old, he scored 76 goals in 34 games, and the sneakers he wore were the ones his father wore when he used to play football.

The coaches of other teams knew that he was a good seedling, but they still asked him curiously how he did it.

He replied that he regarded every game as the final.

Playing football in the park is the final. Playing football at school is the final.

Compared to his father, who was once a professional player, he loves to share his goals with his grandfather more.

Grandpa was unable to come to watch football on site because he was in Congo, where Lukaku's parents' hometown, but grandpa liked to talk about football with his little grandson.

Lukaku will tell his grandfather: "I scored 76 goals in the youth training team, we won the league championship, and those big teams are paying attention to me."

Grandpa would also be happy for his progress.

But Lukaku remembers that once, my grandfather said something different from the past:

"Hey, boy, can you take care of my daughter for me? Please."

Lukaku, who was still ignorant at the time, was confused and didn't understand what his grandfather meant at all. He replied: "Mom? We are doing pretty well now."

He was wondering, what was my grandfather talking about?

But my grandfather said, "No, promise me, take good care of my daughter for me."

The little Lukaku patted his chest on the other end of the phone and said, "Okay grandpa, I promise you."

Five days later, his grandfather passed away, and he finally understood the meaning of the phone call.

Mourinho remembers that when talking about this incident that day, Lukaku cried, and the mother who accompanied him to the interview also cried.

Lukaku said he really hopes his grandfather can live four more years so that he can see him join Anderlecht, the largest club in Belgium, to witness his promise to become a professional player and completely change the family's life situation.

He finally achieved this goal, but was 11 days late.

On May 24, 2009, in the final of the A-League championship play-off, Anderlecht vs. Liege.

Lukaku, 16 years old and 11 days, was sent to the court in the 63rd minute of the game and played for the first time for the first time.

In the following first full season, at the age of 16, he scored 20 goals. Since then, he has entered people's vision and Mourinho's vision.

Because everyone compared him to the second Drogba, the nickname of the little monster gradually spread.

In 2010, Lukaku wore his idol Drogba's jersey and, as a special tourist, walked into Stamford Bridge for the first time. However, Mourinho had already traveled to Madrid from Milan City. Because he was still young, the two did not sign the contract immediately after the first interview.

But he is still very grateful to Mourinho because he was on the Chelsea scouting network's key observation list during that interview. During his visit to Stamford Bridge, he also told reporters that he would definitely join this veteran Premier League team in the future.

Later, he did not break his promise. After scoring 39 goals in a single season at the age of 18, facing invitations from many giants, he officially became a member of the Blues for 16 million pounds.

Unfortunately, Boas, the young coach who coached Chelsea at that time, ended up being unable to protect himself and had no time to take care of Lukaku who still needed to grow.

After a season loan to West Brom, he returned to Chelsea and happily welcomed Mourinho, who had entered the palace for the second time.

But fate teased him. In the European Super Cup at the beginning of the season, facing Bayern, both sides entered a penalty shootout. When he took the penalty kick in the last game, he actually kicked a soft and weak, and without angle rolling ball, which was easily saved by the German goalkeeper, which also made Chelsea lose the championship.

Mourinho, who left Real Madrid at the time and was under super tremendous pressure, rented Lukaku to Everton two days later.
To be continued...