"I don't want to play anymore!"

At the end of 2005, at home in Rio, Brazil, Thiago Silva sat on a patched sofa in the living room, grabbed his mother's hand beside him, and said this bitter sentence.

"Really?" When the brother on the other side heard this, he immediately laughed, "Come to my company to help, instead of spending money to hire others to work, it is better for our brothers to work together to make the company bigger." ”

Thiago, Silva nodded: "Well, I'll help you!" ”

"Rest assured, in Brazil, there are countless people who can't play football, but they have carved out their own world in other industries, and I couldn't play football back then.

After all, he was a businessman, and his brother was always very persuasive when he persuaded people, which made Thiago and Silva feel that they should leave football and embark on another path, such as business.

His mother didn't say anything, just listened silently to the two brothers, looked at Thiago, Silva, looked into his eyes, as if she could catch something in these eyes, and read something from them, because mother will always be the one who knows her son best in the world.

Kuan Hòu's warm hand, gently patted the back of Thiago Svar's hand, and nodded, "If you don't want to play anymore, then don't play, your brother is right, you can have other development if you don't play, but you must ask yourself whether you stopped playing because others said you couldn't do it and were discouraged, or did you really try hard and found that you couldn't do it, so you decided to change careers?" ”

"The two are different, the former is a coward, and the latter is wise."

Thiago, Silva listened and couldn't help but think of what happened to him a few days ago when he tried out for Flamengo, where he had a day of tryouts and two training sessions before not being able to stay there, even though he had returned from Europe and had already proven himself at Juventud.

But what made him even more sad was that when he was changing clothes, he heard the cynicism of his teammates and coaches.

"At that level, he's coming back from Europe, oh, everyone in the team is better than him!"

"With his poor level, it's no wonder that he can't play a single game in Europe, not to mention Porto, Dynamo Moscow doesn't want him, it can only be said that he has poor strength!"

"He's got a low IQ, he's too slow, he's too fat, he's got a good speed, he's got a good technique, but it's obvious that he can't keep up with the pace of other people, and it's impossible for this kind of player to play professionally in Brazil."

Hearing these cold words, Thiago, Silva sat down in the shower area and let the water spray on his head, face and body, as if the end of the world had come, and it was the nightmarish trip to Europe that brought him all this. Li Sui, at the age of youth, with a beautiful vision for the future, stepped on the road that countless Brazilian predecessors had trodden, plus the second league Porto, but what awaited him was an endless bench career.

In Porto, Thiago and Silva barely see a chance to make their mark because coming from Brazil and having no experience in Europe, he has found that all his hopes for European professional football are just illusions, all of which are impossible to achieve because there is a lot of competition everywhere.

He met a man in Porto, Copellavilla, Ferreira, many people called him Pepe, he used to play for Marítimo in Portugal, and he performed very well, and then was favored by Porto, but after coming to Porto, he still had to play as a substitute. …,

Because they are all from Brazil, Pepe and Thiago, although Silva is a competitor in the position, but the relationship is very good, the two often sit together and chat, Thiago, Silva also heard from Pepe's mouth a name that was already in Europe at that time, Yang Cheng!

Pepe told him a lot of things about Yang Cheng, talking about how he went to Brazil to find Deco and cultivated Deco into the best midfielder in the world, and also talked about what Yang Cheng said to Pepe back then.

Once, Thiago Gelva asked him why he didn't go to Yang Cheng after coming to Europe.

Pepe replied at the time, "I'm just a nobody, what are you going to do with him?" ”

"I hope to play under him one day, but it will have to be if I have the quality he wants, and Deco told me that he is the manager that all players dream of!"

Because of Pepe's words, Thiago Cryelva admired him very much, because he was a strong person!

So, a year later, Thiago Silva couldn't find a chance in Porto and went to Dynamo Moscow in Russia, hoping to have the opportunity to prove himself, even in the ice and snow of Russia.

But who would have thought that in Russia waiting for Thiago, Silva's is not football, but sickness.

He got tuberculosis in Russia, which is contagious, hospitalized for 6 months, isolated, and the doctor even told him that he may only have 2 weeks left to live, and during that 6 months, he was given injections and pills almost every day, and those drugs with strong side effects made Thiago Gelva's body gain uncontrollably weight, a full 10 kilograms of weight, and his spirit was also tortured, and his willpower was tested.

After being cured, Thiago returned to Brazil and went to flamengo for a tryout, where he had the same experience, and then he left flamengo and returned home, where he had a conversation with his mother and brother.

In two years, he has changed from a high-spirited and passionate teenager to a frustrated young man who wants to retire.

However, after listening to his mother's words, he couldn't help but hesitate.

What made him decide to leave football?

He pondered this question for days, during which time he left football and went to work in his brother's company, but he found that the more he tried to exhaust himself through labor and make himself forget football, he could not do it at all, because football was everywhere in Brazil.

Life is always full of magic, looking at all the famous people, looking at all the great people in history, their lives are always full of all kinds of opportunities and luck, and even miracles.

When Thiago and Silva decided to give up, another team in Rio, Fluminense, offered him an invitation, and the scouts there decided to give him a chance after learning about Thiago's situation.

Went to Fluminense, Thiago Cryva trained hard, he brought his body fat due to the side effects of the drug back to the standard, he used his hard training, conscientious defense on the field, solid performance, and conquered the fans again and again.

Until the summer of 2006, when Brazil's most prestigious agent, Figer, summoned him, Marcelo and their agent to his office to send an invitation from Real Madrid and Yang Cheng, their expressions could only be described as shock, as if the sky was about to fall.

Unlike Marcelo, who is always confident, active and outgoing, Thiago and Silva always seem very calm, especially after those two years of almost nightmare trip to Europe, he is full of fear of Europe, and the only reason why he decided to join Real Madrid is only Yang Cheng! …,

He anticipated the difficulties he would encounter in Europe, and he also anticipated that he would not be able to play as a regular at Real Madrid all at once, because he was nothing in front of the top centre-backs like Cannavaro and Thuram, so he had a learning mentality in every training session and asked for advice every time.

Yang Cheng was very satisfied with his attitude, often communicated with him, told him some problems in the game and training, gave him guidance, and also asked Kanava and Thuram to look at the Brazilian brother, which made Thiago and Silva very grateful.

He felt that he was gradually adapting to Europe, especially the technical and tactical style of La Liga, and he also saw his strengths and weaknesses clearly in the communication with Yang Cheng, and understood Yang Cheng's requirements for him, he knew very well that his future was bright, and what he needed was patience and progress.

He thanked the agent who brought him to Europe, because without the nightmare torture of those two years, his mentality could not be as peaceful and calm as it is now, and he also thanked Yang Cheng, because it was Yang Cheng who told him again and again that he could become one of the best central defenders in the world, giving him confidence and encouragement.

Right now......

Despite the cold bench he sat on for the full minutes in Barcelona's derby of the century, and despite the fact that he failed to perform in both of the team's outstanding games, he knew it was because he wasn't good enough!

Sitting on the plane back to Madrid, looking at the clouds outside, he couldn't help but laugh because he was so confident in his future that he had never doubted it and would do his best to do it!

Perhaps because of the team's successive defeats against strong opponents, when Real Madrid's special plane arrived at Madrid Airport, nearly 1,000 Real Madrid fans came to meet the airport, and when they saw Real Madrid getting off and off the gate, they all cheered.

First, Yang Cheng gave the most enthusiastic applause to Yang Cheng, who was walking in front, and then every time the players passed by, they would chant their names, even those on the bench.

The front page of this morning's Marca newspaper was the Derby of the Century last night, and they used a very uplifting headline.

Real Madrid heals the Achilles' heel, 4, wins against Barcelona, and the championship battle is revived!

In the most striking key commentary, Marca believes that Real Madrid's inconsistent performance this season has a lot to do with the overabundance of young players in the squad, and although there are veterans such as Raul, Cannavaro and Thuram, when these players are absent, Real Madrid will start to have some common problems of youth, such as lack of consistency.

However, in the last two games in a row, Real Madrid first washed Roma with a G-shirt, and then with a 4, and then won the Camp Nou, and in both games, Real Madrid played a convincing form and played football that deserves to be treated.

"The hearty and sharp attack against Roma, the high fighting spirit against Barcelona, and the kind of pleasing football that the team showed in the game undoubtedly made people look forward to the team coached by Yang Cheng, especially in the fourth goal, which was full of artistic beauty."

"After 13 consecutive back-and-forth passes, Barcelona could only chase the football the whole time, and their backline, which was so exhausted by Real Madrid, was tested like never before this season, and there was no doubt about each of the four goals, and there was nothing Barcelona could do about it."

"The fast pace of the game and the passion are guaranteed, the good passing and receiving coordination, the intelligent off-ball running strategy, the short and long passes are effectively integrated into Real Madrid's transmission system, all of which inject beautiful artistic genes into Real Madrid, so that Real Madrid's attack has become a gorgeous score like mercury." …,

"The wonderful and domineering art of football is undoubtedly the new football aesthetic that Real Madrid interpreted in this game, and Yang Cheng's team has finally seen the dawn of its rise after a period of low points."

"As long as the current momentum continues, I believe that Real Madrid will soon come out of the trough, and it is even possible to re-attack the league championship in this season's La Liga, because for Real Madrid, it is not completely impossible to recover 9 points in 12 rounds!"

The front-page headlines of the newspaper were not at all polite, and the editor-in-chief, Alfredo, wrote the commentary himself.

Caesar finally put on a gorgeous coat for Real Madrid, forcing away such a famous handsome will become Real Madrid's eternal pain!

"After a few months, Yang Cheng finally let us see the prototype and framework of the perfect football in his mind, and he showed the world his definition of artistic football through two big wins, that is, to inject more delicate and gorgeous genes into the passion of the game without lack of aggression."

"Neither of these games can be said to be perfect, nor can it be said that Real Madrid performed well in these two games, in fact, the opponent's performance was very unsatisfactory, Roma was fine, but Barcelona was very sluggish, coupled with the heavy rain, which undoubtedly made the atmosphere of the century derby greatly reduced."

"However, in the game, we can still see the recovery of Real Madrid, especially the B-foot pass at the last moment, the fast, concise and not lacking in the art of watching football, especially the passing of David Cryva in the gap between Oleg and Puyol, we can't help but think of Zidane."

'Real Madrid took the initiative from start to finish the game, Barcelona got better, but Real Madrid quickly suppressed the momentum, Mascherano's performance in midfield made us forget the pain we had in the midfield position, and the Real Madrid back line also gave us a lot of confidence.

But Alfredo is not blindly good, he thinks that the biggest problem of Real Madrid at present is that Yang Cheng's tactical framework has been formed, but the details still need to be carved and honed for a long time, especially in the team's offensive promotion speed, he feels that Real Madrid has a big deficiency.

"The appearance of Raul and Guti did bring stability to Real Madrid in the derby of the century, but the game also exposed the problem of the team not advancing fast enough, and if there is a player in the midfield who is fast enough at this time, it will undoubtedly make Real Madrid's attacking storm more fierce."

"Sergio Aguero is a very good candidate, but he is too young and he is good at attacking from the back, not enough on the last pass, and it is reported that Real Madrid have taken a fancy to Brazilian midfielder Diego, who has performed very well in Werder Bremen this season, the Brazilian player has Italian nationality and his technical characteristics are also very suitable for the position of the forward midfielder in Yang 4231."

"In any case, we can expect that the improvements and refinements around Real Madrid will continue in the coming period, and as we get older, the role of veterans such as Raul, Guti, Cannavaro and Thuram will gradually be replaced by younger players, which is also a choice that Real Madrid football must make if it wants to continue to develop."

This time, even some of the pro-Barcelona newspapers were unhappy with Rijkaard's use of the man and his poor command of the game.

The World Sports newspaper published on the front page of the headline, Barcelona can't escape the nemesis of ten years after all, and the Caesar curse continues to wreak havoc at Camp Nou!

According to the report, Barcelona not only lost the score, but also lost the game, and the scene that the team used to be proud of was not presented in this game, especially when Real Madrid scored the third goal, the game has been completely killed. …,

"The most intolerable thing is that some players wear Barcelona shirts, but after the team is behind, they completely lose their fighting spirit, which is undoubtedly the last thing we can bear."

'Rijkaard and his coaching staff have to reflect on why we lost so badly in terms of results when we had more possession than our opponents and when we had more stars than our opponents. Why did our players completely lose their diligence and their desire to win at the last minute? ”

'It was an ugly game, but there is not much time left for Barcelona to adjust, Real Madrid have shown great tenacity through two games in a row, they will chase after our butts, we have to adjust as soon as possible and get back to work as soon as possible.

There are also some pro-Barcelona newspapers that call for the team to get out of adversity as soon as possible, adjust their mentality as soon as possible, and continue to maintain their jaw advantage in the standings, which will definitely not give Real Madrid a chance.

Unlike the Spanish media, which is divided into two factions, in Europe and even around the world, almost all mainstream media are satisfied with the performance of Yang Cheng and Real Madrid, believing that Yang Cheng and Real Madrid have finally found a common rhythm and pace.

Among them, the Sun News has been ostracized by Yang Cheng for many years, but it still published a front-page headline with their characteristics.

Caesar and Real Madrid have finally found the ** who is high at the same time!

Many netizens on Weibo felt vulgar about the Sun's report, but Yang Cheng did not give any comment, and after returning to Valdebebas, he announced that the team would take a day off, and then the home game against Tarragona in a week of training and preparation.

This is also the first game of Real Mara's all-out counter-attack!

But before the game, Real Madrid has to take a good rest first, isn't there a saying?

Breath is to go longer! ）