Ten years, in a person's short life, is undoubtedly a very long period of time.

In the past ten years, from home to training base, from training base to Camp Nou, Messi's trajectory in this rainy Mediterranean port city has always been inseparable from these three places.

He does not like nightlife like Brazilian players, nor does he chase fashion life and taste like Pique. He likes low-key, likes to live in his own home, and live a little bit of his own life, a relatively simple life.

Of course, he will also indulge, and indulgence is very ridiculous, but that is too rare for him, because in his bones, he is a person with an inferiority emotion, although he now looks very confident, even he can Discussing his past inferiority in the media openly and honestly, but in fact, this emotion has always affected him, and may be with him for a lifetime.

From Camp Nou to La Masia training camp, along this road shaded by trees, with a barbed wire, looking at La Masia inside, Messi seemed to be back to the scene ten years ago, At that time, he was also standing in this position, across this wire fence, overlooking the training of players in the wire fence.

Pique, Fabregas, Iniesta ... they were all here at the time. A group of imps were playing with the ball with interest, looking at the new little boy, and Messi's instinctive reaction under his eyes. It is to bow his head and feel ashamed.

He came from Argentina, which had collapsed after the economic collapse. He dreamed of playing football when he was younger than this group of peers. Facilities are much worse. This group of people of the same age is much more confident than him, and his body is better than him, which makes him a little afraid to step into the wire fence.

Although the training base in Barcelona has now been moved to the San Juan Despi district in the west of the city, where a five-star luxury training base has been established, Messi will still come here from time to time, because there are his memories here. .

That year, he was 13 years old and only 1.4 meters tall. When he was 11 years old, he was diagnosed with developmental hormone deficiency, which would directly hinder bone growth. So his father took him away from his hometown to Barcelona in Spain for help.

Rexach did not bring much honor to lead Barcelona, ​​but he brought Barcelona the biggest contribution in the past ten years, that is, he retained Barcelona for Messi who came to Spain for medical treatment. Famous players have become the most outstanding superstars in the world.

But sorry. A few months later, Messi, this name will no longer belong to Barcelona from now on!

Messi is standing outside the barbed wire, silently looking at the barbed wire, waiting for a group of children to come here to play football training, they are the future of Barcelona, ​​maybe there will be a second Messi in that group of children, and Every child is full of affection and love for this club.

Once, Messi was just like them. The pure hope is to play for Barcelona for a lifetime. At that time, his wish was simple. As long as he had the salary to support himself and his family, he would be willing to fight for Barcelona to retire.

But with the accumulation of time, as the temperament matures, the innocent and innocent naive gradually faded away, replaced by mature reality, he is very clear that professional football is to be realistic, and only reality can be in cruel professional football . Protect yourself, protect your family, protect your future.

Today, he will no longer be as easy as in the past, in his own heart, to any club. Anyone makes a promise of loyalty, because he knows. In the field of professional football, there are many times when loyalty is not a virtue. On the contrary, loyalty can become a stumbling block.

He is willing to stay in Barcelona, ​​but that is when Barcelona does not need him to leave!

Today Barcelona needs him to go, and if he wants to have a better future, he also needs to go, so he did not hesitate, he chose to leave, but this does not mean that he is not grateful to Barcelona in the heart, on the contrary , His feelings for this club will not change!

He also knows that it is easy to say, but it is difficult to do!

When he was informed that he had left Barcelona and switched to Real Madrid, Barcelona fans would be crazy, they would treat him as a traitor, wantonly humiliation and cursing, he could not distinguish anything, he could only choose to bear, and then use his own way To prove my feelings for this club.

Like Batistuta's feelings for Florence, one day, they will understand!

Thinking of this, Messi felt a little bit of pain holding the barbed wire. When he loosened it, he found a trace of redness, which made him smile bitterly, then took a deep look at La Masia, and turned to Nuo Walk to Camp Stadium.

Just this morning, the club ’s chairman Russell personally called Messi ’s father and informed the latter that the club had entered into a secret agreement with Real Madrid, hoping that Jorge would find time to go to Madrid to discuss Messi with Real Madrid. The contract will be transferred after the opening of the summer transfer market on July 1.

The specific time of joining will be determined by Real Madrid!

Messi had been mentally prepared, but when he received the notice from his father, he was still stunned. The training class throughout the morning seemed very disheartened and uninteresting. Vilanova also seemed to receive the news and let go For one afternoon's vacation, let him adjust his vacation well.

Wearing a Barcelona shirt for ten years, he hated Real Madrid for ten years, but suddenly one day, he was going to wear Real Madrid's jersey to fight Barcelona, ​​which made Messi have a trance illusion, it seems that it is two distinct Different life.

"Why are you here too?" Someone called him in front.

Messi, who lowered his head, looked up and found out that it was Iniesta, dressed in casual clothes, and then looked at himself, smiling bitterly for no reason, "Like you, take a holiday!"

In a word, both of them lost their hearts!

"It's a strange feeling, right?" The two walked on the street, Iniesta said with a wry smile.

Messi has no expression. Looking a bit demented. "I will accept it!"

"We are all professional players. Playing football for us is just a job, a career!" Iniesta suddenly turned his head to look at Messi. "I thought you had seen it very badly. think……"

In the past, Messi also did not lie with the club in order to increase his salary. Jorge even patted the table with La Porta, so many people think that Messi is a very professional player and very good for Barcelona. loyalty. But there is no loyalty enough to do everything.

"After all, here and in this city, I have been wearing a Barcelona shirt for 10 years!" Messi looked up. Looking at the buildings on the side of the road, the style is very familiar, because he knows everything about this city. After all, he has looked at it for ten years.

Even, the city gave him a feeling that he grew up here as a child!

"Like you, I came to Barcelona when I was 13, but before that, I almost went to Real Madrid!" Iniesta said with a smile, but he couldn't see how happy he was in his smile. Ingredients. "I didn't expect to go around and go back to the origin, I went back to Real Madrid again!"

Walking on the street, ignoring passers-by's eyes and concerns, walking silently, thinking about their own affairs, and then sat down under a sun umbrella in front of a cafe on the street and called for two cups of coffee.

"A little scared?" Iniesta saw Messi's hand tapping gently on the glass table with a little rhythm.

Messi smiled slightly and shook his head. "Nothing to be afraid of!"

Iniesta said nothing. He saw Messi joining Barcelona with his own eyes. He also watched Messi enter La Masia with his own eyes. He was very clear what kind of person Messi was at that time, which is definitely not the case now. This is the world's best superstar. It was just a shy child who seemed inferior.

One of the feelings of all the devil in Catalonia at that time was. When will this little dwarf from Argentina leave?

Xenophobia, this kind of emotion is definitely not only found in adults in Catalonia, but the children they cultivated also have strong xenophobic emotions, such as Pique, this rich second generation It's very xenophobic and hates Castillas.

Iniesta first came to La Masia, and actually did not suffer from this emotion, so he could understand Messi's feelings.

Sometimes inferiority complex is not a bad thing, on the contrary, in many cases, inferiority complex can make a person become persistent, hard work, unprecedentedly strong, of course, may become very arrogant, but Messi grew up Under the cultivation of the cultural courses of the Barcelona youth training system, this emotion is well channeled.

"I was thinking ..." Messi was silent for a moment, then spoke again, looking at Iniesta, a glimmer of light in his eyes, "... Are we going to Real Madrid like this? ? "

Iniesta was a little stunned, not very clear, "What do you mean?"

Messi leaned back on the back of the seat and looked up at the sky, more like muttering to himself, but Iniesta could hear it.

"I mean, do we want to go to Real Madrid as a loser?"

Iniesta was stunned. He hadn't thought about this meaning, but after hearing Messi's words, he couldn't help thinking.

"In the past five years, we have performed very badly. We have not even won a championship trophy. We are always empty-handed. We are a complete loser. We lost, we lost, and even lost. Take it easy! "Messi looked a little bit indignant.

But whenever he thinks of last season's Champions League final, he really convinced!

In that game, Yang Cheng ’s Real Madrid thoroughly punished them all, and everyone was convinced, because Real Madrid is indeed incomparable. I believe that everyone at the time, as long as they are football players, they will be I have such an idea in my heart, what would it look like if I could play in this team?

Is convincing. It does not mean that they are going to admit defeat. They do not mean that they are going to surrender to the winner as a loser and ask for the winner's containment. That is unacceptable to Messi.

"If we went to Real Madrid like this, guess what everyone would think of us?" Messi looked at Iniesta.

The corner of the latter's mouth was slightly drawn. Want to say something. But he didn't say anything, but his eyes were somewhat different from the previous ones.

"That team has a group of the most outstanding super geniuses in the world. That team has the cruelest competition in the world. If I want to go to Real Madrid, I must play football, not go to the bench. , But if I go to Real Madrid with the title of loser, all I get is laughter, pity and sympathy! "

Messi shook his head vigorously, "Andres, I don't need mercy and sympathy. I also hate to suffer ridicule, so I hope to prove myself, at least, I want to let myself. Even if I walk into the training ground of Real Madrid I can tell them with my head high, I ’m from Barcelona! "

Iniesta looked at Messi. Suddenly, he felt that Messi's original short body suddenly seemed tall. This was just a pure illusion, but he really felt that Messi The one he usually sees is different.

What is different in the end, he can't tell. It's just a feeling!

"I love this team, but maybe I will never have the chance to play for him again in the future, so I hope that in these remaining games, I will do my best to help this team win the game and win honor!"

Messi put his hands in front of his mouth, looking at the Camp Nou stadium covered in front, with a firm face.

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Some people just talk, but they can't do it. That's the mediocre talent of Zhida Caishu; but some people can tell it and they can do it. That's a genius. There is no doubt that Messi belongs to the latter!

After finishing the national team game. Barcelona challenged Villarreal away, Messi in the crucial 77th minute. A winning goal was scored for Barcelona, ​​and Iniesta passed for him.

The code of the critical savior was again staged at Stamford Bridge.

In the first round of the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, Barcelona visited Stamford Bridge and Chelsea stood in wait for Barcelona. Mourinho's team defended Barcelona's attack with strong defense and sharp counterattacks.

After Barcelona experienced a debt crisis, the morale of the team was very low, and the player's condition was very bad. When he was squeezed by Mourinho's team, he immediately broke out. In the 43rd and 76th minutes, Chelsea scored two consecutive times. ball.

0: 2 behind, Barcelona has completely lost the desire to advance and resist, but there are only three people, still stubbornly looking for opportunities on the court, one is the team captain Puyol, he will never give up Barcelona soul; the other two are Messi and Iniesta.

The three players worked hard to find opportunities, and finally in the 86th minute, after Puyol completed a dangerous tackle, Iniesta passed to Messi, who broke the ball with three consecutive players and cut in. The frontier of the penalty area volleyed and scored a goal, breaking Cech's goal and keeping the Barcelona alive.

Critical away goal, the dawn of Barcelona's qualifying flashes again.

Back in La Liga, Barcelona encountered Almeria at the Camp Nou. The two sides played 0: 0. Barcelona did not win the opponent. Instead, it started in the second half and declared a goal in the 48th minute.

Messi sitting on the bench took the initiative to find Vilanova and asked to play.

In the 67th minute, Messi immediately scored a valuable goal for Barcelona to equalize the score, but unfortunately, in the end Barcelona still scored a 1-1 draw with Almeria at home, behind Real Madrid by as much as 9 points , Has lost the possibility of winning the championship.

Also at Camp Nou, Barcelona ushered in the second leg of Chelsea's Champions League.

Mourinho learned the lessons of the first round, imposed strong marking and imprisonment on Messi and Iniesta, which completely restricted the performance of the two superstars in Barcelona, ​​and other players except Harvey did not give They have enough support and help, resulting in a very downturn in Barcelona throughout the game, and eventually lost 0: 1 at Camp Nou.

Just like this, Chelsea eliminated Barcelona with a total score of 3: 1 and successfully advanced to the semifinals.

After this game, everyone can see Messi ’s tearful expression, but he ran into the player channel early, although he is one of the few players in this game that has been affirmed by fans and professionals. , But he still can't change the game by himself and Iniesta.

In another game, Real Madrid was in a raging situation, with 5: 0 at home and 3: 0 away, and Tottenham Hotspur, bloodlessly invincible into the semifinals.

Manchester United defeated Kaiserslautern with a total score of 4: 2 and met Real Madrid in the semi-finals. Chelsea's opponent was 6: 1 victory over Donetsk Miners' Inter Milan.

After being eliminated from the Champions League, returned to the La Liga field and Barcelona challenged Real Madrid away.

Real Madrid has always dominated this game, Barcelona is fighting back with tenacious contraction defense, the two teams played dimly, but Real Madrid took the lead by Ronaldinho in the first half.

But in the 57th minute, Tiago Silva was injured in the game and Yang Cheng temporarily replaced Pepe. As a result, Messi made a sneak attack in the chaos and equalized the score for Barcelona.

But when everyone thought that Barcelona had a chance to score points, Kaka's key moment was finalized for Real Madrid to beat Barcelona again at the Bernabeu Stadium.

The score of 2: 1 looks very dangerous, but in fact, Real Madrid took the advantage in the whole game, Barcelona defended very embarrassed, but after the improvement, Vilanova's defensive counterattack is used more smoothly, especially the three back The arrangement firmly consolidated Barcelona's defense, which also made some variables in the final of the King's Cup three days later.

Coupled with Tiago Silva's absence after the game, he will miss all games of the season due to injury, and also Real Madrid suffered a terrible blow. The defensive strength will be weakened to a certain extent.

But Yang Cheng said very confidently that Real Madrid will beat Barcelona in the final of the Kings Cup and win the cup again! (To be continued)