fat man who can't play football

Chapter 46 An Unforgettable Christmas

On the eve of the Christmas game, the Championship teams will follow a heart-warming tradition.The teams will conduct annual Christmas visits, visit local children's hospitals, and send Christmas gifts and joy to children.

The teams understand that all the honors and good memories they have achieved come from the loyal and continuous support of the fans.At Leeds, the fans are everything and the players and the club know that.Everyone is willing to use the warmest embrace to thank the fans for their never-ending love and sincerity.

After finishing training on the afternoon of December 12, Fatty led the team to the community children's hospital as planned.While the team bus was driving, Fatty suddenly received a call. The community children's hospital was temporarily unsuitable for the team's visit due to a sudden situation.

The fat man hung up the phone after expressing regret, and urgently contacted the team director Salerno to inform him of the sudden situation.

"Steve, wait where you are, and I'll call you back later."

After a tedious wait, the call came again, "Steve, I contacted York Teaching Hospital (York Teaching Hospital). There are many lovely children there who want to see us coming."

"Okay, Director. I'll go right away."

Longing for Leeds to arrive was a community hospital under the jurisdiction of the York Teaching Hospital, and the Leeds team rushed straight to their children's ward after arriving at the hospital.

There were screams and cheers as soon as the players arrived in the ward.What caught the eyes of the fat man and the players were childish smiling faces.

Sending gifts one after another to the hands of the children, and hearing them say thank you sweetly, the fat man felt that he was not satisfied enough.I should come later dressed as Santa Claus, it will definitely bring double happiness to the children.

Just like this, they went into the wards one by one to send gifts and joy. Originally, the fat man and the players hoped to give these children some warmth in this cold winter, but slowly found that in the end, they were the ones who were really warmed. .

After a while, I walked to a single children's ward, which is usually prepared for children with serious illnesses. The team prepared more surprises for them.

Pushing open the door, the fat man saw a person he never expected to appear in front of him——Owen.

Suddenly thinking of something in fear, the fat man hurriedly looked beside Owen.The fat man saw the scene that broke his heart. The poor little angel Cindy was a little pale, lying on the hospital bed wearing a cute little red riding hood.

Cindy was the first to see the fat man, and her eyes widened happily, "Hi, Steve Shumai."

The fat man hesitated a little, "Hi, little angel."

Owen turned around suddenly, a little surprised at first, then slowly relieved.

The man with glasses gestured to the fat man to go outside first.

"Cindy, Uncle is here to find Dad, Dad will go out with him first."

"Okay, Daddy."

The fat man stopped the people behind him, and walked with Owen to a corner of the hospital corridor.

"I'm sorry, Steve. I lied to you. Cindy didn't go back to the country with her mother. In fact, Cindy's physical condition has not been very good. She was found to have neuroblasts in her body when she was one year old. tumor."

"Originally, her mother and I thought that through treatment, she had recovered."

"Some time ago, Cindy felt very uncomfortable and always vomited. After her mother and I brought her to the hospital, the doctor diagnosed that her cancer had recurred, and it had reached a very bad point."

"Cindy now spends most of her time in the hospital, undergoing chemotherapy to relieve her condition."

"Steve, don't mention hair in front of Cindy for a while, she is the most beautiful. Me and her mother are afraid to look at her in the mirror now."

"Uh, no wonder. I haven't seen Cindy for a while." The fat man wanted to say something more, but found that he was so choked up that he couldn't continue.

Owen is such a guy who only makes himself uncomfortable.

Steve stepped forward and hugged Owen tightly, without saying anything.

"Steve, let's wipe our tears before we go in, it's not good for Cindy to see."

"okay."

The fat man found that he couldn't dry the corners of his eyes with paper towels.He didn't understand why God had just let this little angel come to him, and was so eager to take her away.

When he was about to enter the door again, Cook seemed to realize something through the fat man's red eye sockets, and his chest began to rise and fall obviously.

The fat man decided to say something to Cook, after all, no one knows if this will be Cindy's last Christmas.

"Lewis, come here." The two reached a corner again.

"Son, I have to tell you something. But you have to act normal in a moment and don't let Cindy see anything."

Lewis was noncommittal.

"Cindy is going through very difficult things now. She may not see the day when you become a superstar. Try to leave her some good memories for a while."

Cook was silent when he heard this.

"Lewis, I'll go in first. Come in after you sort out your emotions."

Cook remained silent, but he couldn't hide the sadness in his eyes.

The fat man couldn't bear to see Cook's appearance at this time, turned around and walked into the ward.

"Cindy, look what uncle brought you for Christmas."

A surprise moment to unwrap presents! "Wow, a super cute big bear, I can hold him to sleep at night. Steve, I've been having trouble sleeping lately."

"Little sweetheart, Big Bear will definitely be able to accompany you to have a good dream."

The fat man didn't dare to continue, fearing that his voice would uncontrollably tremble.

At this time, Cook opened the door and came in, and Cindy cheered happily, "Wow! Lewis, are you here to surprise me?"

"of course."

"Great! Daddy, can I have a photo with Lewis?"

"of course."

Fatty asked the team photographer to take a group photo for the two, and the photo was quickly printed out.The little angel in the photo is smiling very sweetly.

Everyone spent a happy and short time with the little angel.When everyone walked out of the ward one after another, Cindy suddenly called out to Cook.

"Lewis, my parents never told me anything. But I already feel that my time is running out."

"Can you just let me see Leeds back in the Premier League after this season?"

"Yes. No, I will definitely be able to!"

Cindy lay down happily after hearing this, she seemed a little tired.

Both Fatty and Cook walked back to the bus with heavy hearts.

On December 12, Leeds United will play against Wigan Athletic at home.Fatty went back to the club to discuss with the owner Cellino, and decided to give Little Cindy an unforgettable Christmas gift before the game.

The fat man happily dialed Owen's phone, "Owen, bring Cindy to the stadium early for the next home game."

"What's going on? Steve."

"The team is going to give little Cindy a mystery gift."

"Really? I thank you on Cindy's behalf."

The fat man heard intermittent sobbing from the receiver.

"No matter what happens, Owen. We will always be with you."

"thanks, thanks……"

On December 12, at the Elland Road Stadium, players from the two teams were warming up.They were joined by a young player wearing Leeds' number 26 shirt with "Cindy" emblazoned on the back, the number on the back of Lewis Cook.

She happily runs and chases the ball with the players.Although she started to falter before taking two steps, she still had a smile on her face.

Players from both sides applauded her "exquisite" skills.

After a while, it entered the surprise session that the two teams specially prepared for Cindy. The game went directly to a penalty shootout.

Cindy's final kick will directly determine the outcome of the game.

Will she win this game for the team she loves all her life?
She faced Scott Carson (S Carson), who had played for the England national team.

Little Cindy staggered a bit before taking the penalty kick, and the shot was weak.But Carson, the national goalkeeper, misjudged the direction of the ball and rushed in the opposite direction after Cindy shot the ball.

The ball rolled slowly into the goal.

The audience burst into thunderous cheers.

Players from both sides rushed to Cindy to celebrate and applaud her wonderful goal.

Cindy still had abnormal whiteness on her face, but she never forgot to show her smile when facing the players, the fans, and the camera.The fat man on the sidelines thought this might be his most memorable Christmas.

In the 23rd minute of the game, the No. 23 jersey with Cindy's name was displayed on the big screen of the stadium, and all the fans stood up collectively to pay tribute to this little angel.

In the Li Wei stands, Cindy snuggled into her father's arms and smiled shyly, and the mother and Xia Tian beside her also smiled and applauded her.

The fat man felt tears welling up in the corners of his eyes.

Cook saw the ball in this game like a wild dog saw a long-lost prey, biting it and never letting go.

In the whole game, Cook led the Leeds team to grab the Wigan players and couldn't find the north. Under the watchful eyes of his diehard fan, Cindy, "Tomorrow's Superstar" scored the only goal of the game. It was a beautiful kick. volley world wave.

Cindy in the stands jumped up in his father's arms after seeing the goal, and Cook also pointed to the stands where Cindy was on the court.

"This is for you! Cindy!"

This fantastic game will definitely leave an indelible memory in Cindy's heart.

After the game, BBC TV rated Cindy's penalty kick as the best goal of December in the British Championship.Looking at the report, the fat man found it hard to imagine that the BBC would be so warm.

Reports on Cindy appeared on the front pages of major media one after another, and the little angel also received gifts and more than 10000 Christmas cards from fans all over the world this Christmas.

The little girl has never enjoyed more happiness from birth to now than in this period of time.

Fatty now silently prays for Cindy in his heart every day, hoping that God will give her a little more time, and he wants her to see more.

(End of this chapter)