Prologue (2) Genius Diary: Chasing Dreams Over the Years

Monday, July 14, 2014 sunny

"Today happens to be my sixth year in Barcelona, ​​but the most ridiculous thing is that yesterday the club told me that I can't stay any longer. For six years, all the sweat and life I've spent have finally gone to waste. So, , let’s see you again like this!”

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The World Cup final is playing on TV.

"Mario Gotze!!! What a Super Mario!!! He is the hero of German football tonight!"

With the passionate commentary, one genius on the TV became a national hero, while outside the TV, another genius had to accept his fate.

Yi Zhe recalled everything he had experienced in Barcelona over the past six years. He's not shy about talking about his talents.

The first Chinese player to train at the La Masia youth academy. Six years later, most of his friends who participated in the Elite Football Overseas Study Program and went through national auditions to come to Europe have now been forced to return home. Only I am still persisting in a foreign country.

But he is lucky, from U13, U15 to U17 echelons... Everyone knows that China is a football desert, but Yi Zhe has shown in the most competitive La Masia youth training camp that he is no weaker than the geniuses of the same age around the world. talent. Since the moment he joined La Masia, he has often appeared in the spotlight of the domestic media.

This is the lowest moment in domestic football, and everyone is glad that Chinese football may finally have a "George Weah".

But today, when he was about to turn eighteen, he was informed by the club that he was not eligible for promotion to the U19 echelon.

Yi Zhe knew the reason. In a U17 youth league two months ago, as the core midfielder of the team, he was kicked from behind by his opponent and was injured for two months.

Originally there might have been a chance to start over, but now Yi Zhe realized that he was wrong.

He dreams of being cheered by thousands of people at the Camp Nou, and of becoming Barcelona's new leader after Messi's twilight years.

But now is the reality. There is no perfect fairy tale world, only a helpless relationship - the head coach of the U19 echelon is worried about his physical condition after injury. Of course, this is a reason or an excuse. In short, he was kicked out of the higher echelons, and there was only one last option left: accepting a loan arranged by the club.

In the past six years, Yi Zhe has seen too many talented players from all echelons leave on loan, but he never thought that one day he would become one of them. A cruel law lies in front of us: Those geniuses who are loaned out have almost no chance of returning to Camp Nou in their lifetime.

But after a tangled night, Yi Zhe has made a decision.

"What the hell! If you don't stay here, there must be a place for you! Barcelona? Haha!"

Yi Zhe looked out the window, wrote the last line, closed the diary, and let out a breath.

Outside the window, the first ray of morning sunlight has arrived. Yesterday has come to an end, and this is a brand new day. A La Masia genius with a dream is about to move to another country.

But this is not the end of the journey of chasing dreams. It is just a change of place and a return to the road to fight hard again.

A new beginning, a new journey.