Chapter 40 of "Jiagen Supplement Jihua".

"What? You mean Cristiano Ronaldo?! The next morning, Zhuang Mingge heard that Costa was going to see a "football genius" in a village on the volcano of Madeira on the outskirts of Funchal.

The result from Costa's mouth surprised Zhuang Mingge, it was Ronaldo! One of the best players of the future! As a fan, Zhuang Mingge immediately said that he also wanted to go over to see the Ronaldo who is still "Zhengtai", which made Jihua, who he originally planned to have a good day with Karin in Madeira, postponed for some reason, for which Zhuang Mingge also paid a painful price.

"Rui, how far are we from our destination?" Zhuang Mingge, who was sitting in the car, asked while rubbing the soft flesh on his waist with bared teeth.

"According to the address the lady gave me, it should be almost there."

At 1,862 meters above sea level, Madeira Volcano is the highest mountain in Portugal, and to the south of it, there are many simple but chic residential buildings, most of which are super poor households with an average annual income of less than 2,000 US dollars, and what Costa calls "gifted children" live in this village.

Under the guidance of Ronaldo's mother, Zhuang Mingge and others got off at the entrance of the village, walked through the gravel paved paths, and finally arrived at the Zhengtai version of Ronaldo's residence - a house made of wooden planks, and a small yard was carved out of wooden planks outside the house.

Gently pushing open the wooden door of the yard, the yard is full of all kinds of recycled garbage and plastic bags, and there is a miniature goal made of scrap iron bars......

"Is this it? No...... Wrong, right? ”

Although Zhuang Mingge had some understanding of the difficult situation of Ronaldo's family in his previous conversation with Ronaldo's mother, he did not fail to see poorer families when he was in Croatia...... But Zhuang Mingge was still shocked by the scene in front of him, after all, this is not the war-torn Yugoslavia, this is the tourist resort of Madeira!

"Dinis (Cristiano Ronaldo's father), I'm back! Is Ronaldo at home? ”

"No, this kid ran out and played wild ball with those kids."

After introducing each other, Zhuang Mingge knew that this middle-aged uncle was Ronaldo's father, and the middle-aged uncle who learned from his wife that Zhuang Mingge and others were interested in inviting everyone into his home enthusiastically.

The living room in the house was not large, and a group of people crowded into the room, found a random place to sit down and began to talk to each other.

The enthusiastic middle-aged uncle is like a natural tour guide, from the beautiful scenery of Madeira to the most familiar football. Speaking of his youngest son, Cristiano Ronaldo, it is even more gushing, and the comfort and pride revealed in the father's words have deeply affected every audience present.

"This is a sensible child!"

"This is a child full of dreams!"

"This kid named Ronaldo knows very well how to lift his family out of poverty and live a happy life......

In front of the simple middle-aged uncle, the audience, who felt something, gave their own judgments to the child they had not yet met.

……

"Dad, I'm back, I scored four more goals in today's game......" As we were talking, a childish voice came to the ears of everyone in the room, and then a child ran into the house with a hand-sewn leather ball.

With a dark face and strong bones, he is full of healthy vitality...... Although the impression of seeing Ronaldo for the first time was somewhat unexpected, Zhuang Mingge still stepped forward cordially and patted the little guy's shoulder in style.

"Hello, Cristiano, I'm Antonio Corleone, the president of the Fiorentina club...... Zhuang Mingge patted the surprised little Zhengtai in front of him, and continued, "We heard from your parents that you are very talented in football, so this Mr. Rui Costa came from vacation to see your talent in football, and if you pass his review, you will get a full financial aid from Florence and a ticket to Florence, Used to help make your football dreams come true. ”

At this time, Ronaldo, who had not completely recovered from the shock, looked at his father, who was also immersed in excitement and joy on the side, and stammered: "You are Mr. President of Florence?" The same Fiorentina who just won the Cup Winners' Cup and the Serie A double? ”

"Hehe, I didn't expect you to know us Florence...... That's right, I'm the president of that Fiorentina club. ”

"This is Mr. Rui Costa, the central midfield of the Portuguese national team and Benfica?" Xiao Zhengtai pointed to Costa beside Zhuang Mingge again, with a look of disbelief, he didn't expect that he would actually "provoke" two characters that were unattainable for him now.

"Come on, kid, let me see your basics." Costa said mildly, wanting to see how talented this precocious child really was.

"Oh, good, haode!" Ronaldo Xiao Zhengtai finally came back to his senses and responded busily.

followed Ronaldo, who hurriedly ran out of the house, and everyone came to this slightly dilapidated small courtyard together.

"Sir, I usually use this here to practice." Shota walked over to the only large clearing in the garden and shouted at Costa.

"No problem, now you can get started, show your jishu well."

"Haode, sir!" As he spoke, Ronaldo began to use the handmade football at his feet to make all kinds of jishu movements: first he took turns bouncing the ball with his two feet, and then showed the overhead ball, Cruyff passing, Maradona passing......

"How's it going, sir?" More than half an hour later, Ronaldo, who was now a little exhausted due to playing a wild ball before, stopped showing it, picked up the football and ran to Costa, and asked with a look of hope.

"The ball sense is very good, and there is also a lot of room for development on the small jishu." Costa looked at Ronaldo's expression as if he had found a piece of jade that had not yet been developed, but his tone was quite stern, but you attach too much importance to individual performances, you know, a haode offensive player is not only to have a gorgeous pass, but also to be able to give an assist or score at the most opportune time. ”

Costa's stern tone made Ronaldo bow his head sadly, and Xiao Zhengtai thought that he would definitely not be able to pass the eyes of the main player of the national team......

But at this point, Costa suddenly changed his words: "Overall, you are still qualified, boss, I think you can consider letting Cristiano Jr. join Fiorentina's academy." ”

Originally, Zhuang Mingge's trip to Portugal was for Rui Costa, who knew that he would meet a young Ronaldo classmate here, if Zhuang Mingge just let it go, it would be damned.

"Since you have agreed to Rui, then I have nothing to object to, and you are welcome to join Florence, Cristiano Jr."