half a lifetime separated by clouds

2011.

Club World Cup.

Neymar, with a mohican hairstyle, stood in the formation of his own team, staring blankly at Messi, who was like a big boy next door and had soft short hair in the opposite half.

In fact, this is not the first time Neymar has met Messi.

With a "beep", the referee's opening whistle sounded, people in both halves started running, and the game began.

Neymar's thoughts became erratic with this whistle, and some pictures of last year flashed uncontrollably in his mind.

Qatar in November is a suitable place to travel.On that afternoon last year, with a clear breeze, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Neymar met for the first time the long-haired boy who could only be seen on the broadcast screen before. The boy who was only 11 years old had already written his own in the European battlefield. Barcelona darling of the era chapter, Lionel Messi.

However, in that confrontation, Neymar was not the protagonist.What people were looking forward to at the time was those two No. 10s: Messi and Ronaldinho - a duel between the two Barcelona teammates.At that time, Neymar was just an inexperienced rookie making his second appearance in the national team. "Little flea" Messi really lived up to expectations.In second-half stoppage time, Douglas made a mistake in midfield and the Argentine won the ball. Messi counterattacked quickly, and he ran half the pitch, interspersed between David Luiz and Thiago Silva. Detour, the last shot, the Brazilian goalkeeper Victor watched the ball into the net.The fledgling Neymar can only be dumbfounded on the other side of the court.

In fact, the game itself was not in a good state.Neymar laughed at himself.Standing on the left wing, he was the tallest Brazilian player on the pitch at the time, but he couldn't penetrate the defense.He fell too often and was substituted before the end of the game.He remembered that there was also a famous commentator named Juca Kefri who said that Neymar still needs more experience, he is not mature enough.

So now, it is a good opportunity to prove myself. The team in front of me has changed, but the person in front of me has not changed.He wants to prove that he is no longer the fledgling kid a year ago.The ball in front of him reached the midfield, he shook off the inappropriate memories in his mind, and concentrated on running.

no... still no...

The hair on Neymar's temples was wet with sweat, and he felt more and more powerless.Messi over there kept receiving passes to his feet, but he didn't even have a chance to show his skills here.As time ticked by, Messi had already scored a goal, a pleasing lob.With his mohican hanging down in frustration, Neymar had to admit that Barcelona dominated the space, isolated him and left him lost helplessly in this sea of ​​green.

The author has something to say: Ah, I'm really, really sorry~(≧.≦)/~The number of words in each chapter is very small, hey, is anyone willing to read it ╮(╯▽╰)╭