Chapter 243: Where Are the Geniuses of the Past Now (First Update)
The arrival of the entire Lazio squad in Getafe to prepare for the Champions League final against Bayern Munich was the biggest event in the Getafe region in the past few days.
The warm welcome they received when they arrived in Getafafy was shocking when it was broadcast on television.
It was a spectacular spectacle that made one think they had already won the championship.
"It's hard to believe that the popularity of the Getafe region is so high...... The welcome for his team in Getafe was spectacular! ”
Sports news was playing on the TV at a fast-food restaurant, and images of Raziodah Dakhtafe appeared in the news.
The cheers of the Getafe fans were clearly heard off the TV.
It is a fast food restaurant located in Madrid.
At this time, the business is at its best, and the waiters and diners are busy walking back and forth in the store.
But there are people who are an exception.
A young man in a fast-food restaurant uniform was not doing anything, but looking up at the TV hanging from the ceiling.
He seems to be concerned about all the news about the Champions League final.
Chang Sheng and Jose Passarella appeared in the picture, and the news anchor introduced: "Chang and Jose Passarella both debuted in Getafe, Jose Passarella was just a substitute striker for the youth team, who would have thought that now he is the world's top central defender......"
At this moment, the TV screen suddenly went black and the sound disappeared.
The young man was stunned for a moment.
A voice sounded next to him: "Gorka, watch TV after you're done with your work!" ”
The young man whose name was called turned his head to look at a chubby middle-aged man behind the ordering counter, who was his manager.
"Look at what? We're all going to be busy! ”
So Gorka lowered his head and went to clean up.
Behind him came the disdainful voice of the fat manager: "Do you know how many young people in Spain can't find a job now?" It's hard to find a job, but it's hard to do it, and there are still a lot of people waiting outside the door to take over you! ”
Gorka didn't refute, nor did he pounce on Chang Sheng as angrily as he did on the training ground of the Getafe C team.
He just lowered his head and quickened the pace of his busyness.
Because it's like the fat manager said. Unemployment in Spain is very high today, especially among young people.
Many young people simply can't find a job.
For someone like him, who has dedicated the first 20 years of his life to football, he can't do anything but play football, and it's even more difficult to find a job.
It's been four years since he retired. During this time, he did a lot of work. Gas station employees, car washers...... And now this fast-food restaurant employee.
At a time when everyone is cheering for Chang Sheng. Gorka, the genius of the former Getafe youth, has naturally been forgotten.
These people don't even remember such a person. Such a thing.
Even Gorka himself, most of the time these things would not have surfaced, if it were not for the fact that the Champions League final was played in Madrid and Lazio came to Madrid to prepare......
Not a single person in this restaurant knows about Gorka's national game. They didn't know that this usually taciturn colleague was once a talented player who had been highly anticipated by Getafe fans and that Getafe FC had come out once in 30 years.
His future was already set, he made his debut at Getafe, performed well, then jumped to a bigger team, then worked his way up the ladder to become one of the best stars in Europe. With an annual income of several million euros, he lives in a mansion, drives a sports car, and hugs beautiful women. Visiting luxury stores and nightclubs, it frequently appears in the newspaper news...... is a real star.
If he hadn't met that Chinese, he thought it would have been like this......
But now, that's not the case at all.
And until he retired, he didn't make a name for himself.
After leaving Getafe, he went to the youth team of Atletico Madrid, and he thought it would be a step out of his misery, and with his level, he would easily stand out at Atletico Madrid, and then be selected for the first team and play in a real professional league.
The result?
He's the only one of its kind in Getafe. Carefully cared for by the stars holding the moon.
His demands are met by the club, he can enjoy privileges in the team, and the attacking tactics of the whole team revolve around him. In Getafe he was a real star.
But at Atletico Madrid, no one is unfamiliar with him. The privilege was gone, which made him very unaccustomed.
If the tactics don't focus on him, he will be even more uncomfortable, and his performance will plummet.
And most importantly, Chang Sheng is right, his body is not adapted to higher-intensity confrontations.
At Getafe, he has the privilege of not having to physically fight at the level of training that Getafe youth team has.
But when he went to Atletico Madrid, it was the youth team of the Spanish giants, and how fierce the competition was, it was simply unheard of for him.
Not accustomed to physical confrontation, he was gradually left out in the cold.
In the end, he was not able to make it to Atletico Madrid's B team, but once again chose to leave.
At the instigation of his father, he spent the next few years moving through Spain's lower leagues.
Even if it was a team in the West C League that he didn't look down on before, he also went to play.
But it always can't be kicked.
Later he was seriously injured in a competition.
This injury caused a big shadow on his heart.
After returning from injury, he became more afraid of physical contact.
However, modern football, if you dare not engage in physical confrontation, it is impossible to succeed.
In the end, Gorka was injured again, and this time he didn't even have the courage to make a comeback.
Like a lost dog, he directly decided to retire.
In this way, he left his favorite football and was forced to start working here and there in order to make a living.
After retiring, he chose to completely break with his past self, not to play, not to watch, and to ignore everything related to football.
It seems that this will make him feel better.
If it weren't for the recent Champions League final in Madrid, where the TV was full of Champions League news, he wouldn't have re-focused on it.
Because this time there are several of his "old acquaintances".
The newscaster just said that he really didn't expect that the substitute striker of the youth team would now become the world's top central defender.
yes, he didn't want to fight either.
At the beginning, he was crushed by himself, he didn't have a chance at all, and he was about to give up professional football. Now he is the world's top central defender, winning the European Cup with the Spanish team and the Champions League with Lazio......
At the beginning, he obviously looked more promising than him, why is he cleaning in a fast food restaurant now. And he is already at the pinnacle of world football?
And often. The rookie coach of the youth team who seemed to know nothing is now a famous coach in European football. There is no shortage of attention everywhere he goes, he has led two teams with different words to win the Champions League, and he has married a big singer as his wife, which is really a winner in life.
Life......
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In the evening, after the fast food restaurant closes. Gorka was told by the fat manager that his probationary period was over and he was fired.
Gorka did not roar and question angrily, and naturally did not pounce on the manager and scuffle with him.
He silently accepted the result, then received the month's salary, and then turned around and left.
This kind of thing has been working here and there in the past few years. It's been through it many times.
With a modest salary, Gorka did not choose to go straight home, but strolled the streets of Madrid.
As the Champions League final approaches, the streets of Madrid are littered with posters and posters of the Champions League final.
The fast-food restaurant he works at is not far from the Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid's home stadium.
So posters and advertisements here are particularly dense.
There is the Lazio crest and the Bayern Munich crest.
Besides. Photos of the star players of both teams will also appear on these posters.
Bayern Munich have Ribery and Rowe on their side, while Lazio have Jose Passarella and Gotze.
Gorka looked at the poster of José Passarella, who was outstretched his arm to direct the defence, with the captain's armband on his outstretched left armband.
I don't know much about laughing at him back then, but I just know that I have laughed at him and despised him with disdain.
As I passed by the window of a shop, the TV was playing a video of this afternoon's pre-match press conference.
Sitting in it happened to be Lazio's head coach Chang Win.
Gorka stopped, stood in front of the window, and looked at the TV.
"Afraid of Bayern Munich? Sorry, there is no word 'afraid' in my dictionary. So I don't know what you mean by this question. ”
Chang Sheng folded his hands on his chest, leaned back in his chair, raised his chin, and looked at the reporters in the audience out of the corner of his eye.
Not much has changed from when he first appeared in front of him.
Just as rampant, arrogant, fearless, and no one ......
On the first day I came to Team C, I dared to fight with myself, the "ball bully" who was the king of Team C......
Gorka burst into laughter.
Thinking of my past self and comparing it to my current self, I suddenly feel that even being scolded by that damn Chinese is a kind of happiness......
Because at that time, I was still playing football anyway.
Can kick a ball...... What a blessing.
Chang Sheng on TV is still answering questions from reporters.
Although he looks like this, it has not affected the attention of reporters to him.
This is the real star, no matter what he does with the media, the media will rush to lick his toes.
"I chose Getafe as a place to prepare for the fight, but the training facilities and accommodation there were not particularly good. Why would you consider going there to prepare for the war? Aren't you worried that the not-so-good training environment will prevent the team from being the best prepared? ”
This reporter is here to stir up trouble at first glance.
Gorka outside the TV can be heard.
He didn't believe that Chang Sheng would hear it.
That's an authentic mad dog.
But to Gorka's surprise, Chang Sheng did not get angry, nor did he ridicule him.
He smiled and replied, "Poor? In your unsympathetic eyes, it may be so. But for me and Lazio, this is the best place to prepare. Coming to Getafe is like coming home, I and my players feel calm, we love it and it's the best place for us to prepare. If we win the championship in the end, then Getafe is a big part of it. ”
Back?
Oh, yes...... Go home.
I...... It's time to go home, too.
It's not too early for Gorka to remember.
Go home, go home.
The video of the pre-match press conference continued to play, and Gorka turned away.
It's like he turns away from a fast-food restaurant without looking back.
ps: I'm sorry, but there are only three shifts today......