ball magic

When Aimar went downstairs with an indescribable mood that could be summed up as depression, he found that Raphael had already put on an apron and was preparing breakfast, and Louis was drinking milk happily from the bottle. For a moment, he immediately jumped off the sofa, grabbed the bottle and rushed towards himself.

Everyone may not believe it, but Aimar’s most real feeling at this moment is that he feels that he has become a winner in life—he has a career that has just started, a beautiful and virtuous wife, and a smart and lovely son.

But it only takes a look from the "wife" to break this fantasy.

It is actually difficult for Aimar to sum up what Rafael's eyes mean when he looks at him.Fortunately, he can ignore it, and the "son" should not be too cute, whether it is coquettishly begging for a hug, or giving him a wet good morning kiss with milk flavor, Aimar firmly believes that good luck will come today.

Aimar picked up Luis and walked towards the kitchen. He was actually curious about what kind of breakfast Rafael would cook.

As a result, he saw a piece of gold in the pan, and his complexion changed slightly, because what was in the pan was the Spanish specialty "Potato Tortil", commonly known as potato omelette.

Aimar doesn't like this thing, because he can see it almost every day at the training base, and the Spaniard can't live without it!

Raphael knew that he didn't like it very much just by the expression of his raised eyebrows, but he didn't care.

Want to picky eaters?is it possible?

In fact, although Aimar is a bit picky about food, since he has the handwritten recipes written by Rafael, he can no longer enjoy the happiness of picky eaters.If he wants to enjoy life and enjoy food, he can wait until he retires.

There are not only potato omelettes on the table, but also a steamed fish with lemon and a seafood soup.

In contrast, Louis is a good baby who is not picky eaters. He sits on his "throne", which is also Aimar's knee, with his little feet dangling on his legs, drinking grandma, digging potatoes and fried eggs, no matter how he looks at it Very happy to eat.

As soon as Aimar's appetite was whetted by him, the little guy started to blare and turned on his little horn.

What he said was vague, and Aimar knew through Rafael’s translation that the kid was actually smug—Louis knew that he was going to watch the game today, and he was full of expectations, so he wanted to cheer him on, but he wanted to wear the same clothes as Aimar jersey.

The expression was awkward, but Aimar had already melted into his milky voice and the adoring eyes that looked at him.

Buy, buy, buy, of course Luiz has to wear his jersey, and if he wants to take him to buy it himself, his number 20 will be printed.

Raphael didn't express any opinions. After all, what clothes does the child wear?

Curly can snatch Messi away, he doesn't believe that Louis will worship Curly more in the future-yes, he has already competed with Curly in his heart.

Aimar obviously didn't think so much. In fact, he and Louis had a lot of common language, for example, he was talking about Batman with Louis at the moment.

Rafael was not surprised by this. Apart from "Tom and Jerry", Aimar's favorite is Batman, and he can be called "Batman".Just now Louis linked the Bat Legion (Valencia's nickname) with Batman, so of course he would move the topic to the man with cat ears.

Raphael's "Silence is golden" at the dinner table was of course noticed by Aimar, but he has long been used to it.Whether he was vacationing in Brazil in winter or in the United States in summer, Raphael would not speak on topics he was not interested in, even in front of Veronica.

Raphael noticed Aimar's gaze and just looked back. The two looked at each other. Instead, Aimar seemed to be burned by his gaze. He looked away first and looked at Louis who was still babbling. .

Because Louis's speech is actually not very good, it is still vague and abbreviated-for example, Pabrido, he can't always shout, so Raphael also encourages him to speak.

But now that Aimar is here, he is justifiably lazy—I prepared breakfast, and it’s not that I didn’t make a contribution, Rafael thought.

After he cleaned up his breakfast, Raphael began to care about Aimar's schedule.

"What time do you gather?"

"Four in the afternoon," Aymar said.

Today's UEFA Cup is their home game, and the game will start at 8 pm.

At this time, night has not fallen in some parts of Spain, but this time is more comfortable for Spanish players.

Raphael could tell he wasn't nervous when it came to talking about the game, even though it held special meaning for him in some way.

"Go out for lunch, I know there are a few good restaurants." Rafael suggested.

Counting today, he still has 9 days of vacation, so he naturally doesn't want to waste it at home with his children.

Even if you want to bring children, don't you have more choices?

Of course, the so-called good restaurants are recommendations from "Rabbit".

His silicon-based friend was also a bit of a logistical help.

The word "dating" immediately appeared in Aimar's mind, and he almost immediately subconsciously looked away and got up and said, "Wait for me."

After Aimar finished speaking, he picked up Louis, who was already full and was leaning on him with his belly puffed out, listening to them, and walked towards the entrance.

Raphael immediately knew what he was going to do, and sure enough Aimar brought back a dozen newspapers.

"There are reporters outside." Aimar put the newspaper on the dining table and said, "If you don't mind, I'm fine."

He shook Louis' little fleshy hand, "You didn't bring a reporter with you this time."

No one knows the reason for the establishment of "work" better than him. Rafael is definitely the most resistant star he knows to cooperate with the media and hates exposure.

What's ridiculous is that Raphael is the hottest star on the planet, and countless media around the world pay attention to his every move. His popularity and charm are far beyond what "a star" can describe.

Raphael snorted, would he be afraid of reporters?At best he doesn't like interviews.

Louis immediately snorted.

Aimar immediately burst out laughing, which made Raphael look at that stinky brat speechlessly.

He pretended not to hear Aimar's ridicule, opened the newspaper, and found out that even though it is the national match day, the European Cup qualifiers are in full swing. At such an important moment, the Spanish media can wear "capri pants", The photo of him with his hands in his pockets and Aimar holding Luis walking side by side on the street was placed on the front page or the headline of the supplement!

Contrary to what he thought, these media were quite friendly, especially the local media in Valencia.

If you take a closer look, you can find that they are very angry that the three clubs in the Valencia region missed him like this, and instead let Deportivo take advantage of him. They repeat this over and over again like a repeater. fact.

Aimar leaned over to take a look and then smiled, "I also heard such words in the locker room."

Rafael twitched the corner of his mouth, taking this as Aimar's compliment to him.Then I saw Aimar take away the newspaper and put it together with several other newspapers with their photos printed on it.

Raphael, who was still very stingy with his smile just now, suddenly smiled with satisfaction.

He wouldn't ask Mao whether he wanted to cut newspapers at this moment, but the answer was right in front of his eyes.

Louis pointed to himself in the newspaper and said "Louis" over and over again.

After coaxing him a few words, Aimar had already started to pack the dinner plates, and asked Raphael to turn on the irrigation system in the backyard of the house.

This single-family villa is not big, at least far inferior to Rafael's in the small town of Pinetina in Milan City. The front yard is a shooting range, the back yard is a court, and there are two indoor and outdoor swimming pools.

But when their family bought the campus, they still opened up a small world, allowing Rafael to play football at home when he returned from Deportivo, and even installed a small goal.

Aimar obviously cherishes everything here. Rafael discovered yesterday that the lawn in the yard is well trimmed and raised with great care.

And when he saw the small goal, Louis regarded this place as his own little paradise!

Especially when Rafael turned on the irrigator, he immediately became a mischievous ghost happily—he ran around in the small yard repeatedly, tirelessly, taking avoidance of the water sprayed by the irrigator as a fun dodging game , The rattling sound came from the yard, along the window into the kitchen, and into Aimar's ears.

Aimar couldn't help laughing, and when he finished his housework, he put Raphael's sunglasses and hat on the coat rack at the entrance of the entrance, and when he came to the yard, he immediately found that Louis was already wet, even golden The slightly curly little head hair was not spared!

Facing his angry eyes, Rafael shrugged, "I said earlier that when he is naughty, he can be worth five. Otherwise, why do you think Javier and Ada don't want to have another child?"

What can Aymar say?

He could only go upstairs to get some clothes for this mischievous ghost to change into, and then settle accounts with Raphael after the change, "You can turn off the irrigation device obviously."

"What about his happiness? Don't you think I've deprived him of his happiness? The current temperature won't make him sick." Rafael was confident. They were in Valencia with a pleasant climate.

Aimar: →_→

He was glad that they were both men, at least they would not quarrel over their children's education one day in the future.

"Going?" Raphael asked him.

The word "dating" came to Aimar's mind again, but Aimar, who was bouncing around to hang out, gave him courage.

Raphael put on his hat and sunglasses, while Aimar put on Louis, who clamored to put on his own little sunglasses, and put on his little hat by the way.

Louis touched the hat, and praised his "papa" the best, and his "papa" was the kindest angel in the world.

When such a long sentence came out, Aimar was deeply shocked, Rafael shrugged, "Lyrics."

Aimar remembered the incomparably disgusting "Song of Lolo" written by the people of Milan, but even this did not prevent him from angrily praising Luis for being smart!

Louis's sweet little mouth then popped out a few sweet words that Rafael commented as "unique Italian slickness". When Aimar went out, he obviously bowed down under Louis' little pumpkin pants.

Seeing that Aimar's attention was all on the little ghost, Raphael, who had been wrapping his pockets with both hands, stretched out his hand to the little ghost from Aimar's arms.

Louis looked at him, then at Aimar, and finally fell into his arms, wrapped his hands around his chest, and buried him obediently.

Just as Aimar felt a little lost, Raphael grabbed his right hand.

Aimar: "..."

Rafael was very "considerate" this time, he didn't look at Aimar's face, and just took his hand and went out.

There were indeed some reporters outside the house, and when Aimar wanted to withdraw his hand, Rafael did not let go.

Not only that, he even stopped to answer a few reporters' questions.Most of the reporters who can stay here are from Valencia and Spain. Aimar has to live here for a long time. If he wants to deal with them, how about being friendly and cooperating?

What's more, the relationship between him and the European media has become much more happy.

And although this was not the first time he and Aimar held hands, this time he wanted reporters to take pictures and even send them to his mailbox.

Aimar clenched Raphael's hand slightly when he heard his proposal.

Don't want to be driven by this guy all the time.But he also admits that if he thinks about Raphael's intentions and ideas behind doing these things, he is very happy.

Raphael even handed Aimar the kid who he thought was in the way, and the kid waved his hand skillfully at the camera with a skillful posture, while Rafael stood beside Aimar, hooking his shoulders, smiling just like today warm sunlight.

The journalists in Valencia were so moved that they almost exploded!Who said Raphael was difficult to get along with!He obviously has no airs at all!

The old town of Valencia is full of relaxed and leisurely atmosphere, and also has a strong artistic atmosphere, but the famous beaches also make countless tourists find love here.

Rafael's height and aura made him destined to be the focus of the crowd.It obviously takes courage to walk with him on such a street, either to become a green leaf that sets off him, or to become a supporting role that is ignored.

But Aimar is very comfortable, not because he lost the competitive spirit of wanting to compete with Rafael when he was a teenager, but because Rafael has always held his hand tightly in the crowd. The streets with tourists will also slow down his pace, and the eyes that look at him all the time will also lose the domineering expression when holding his hand.

These details mean so much.

Because Aimar knew clearly that although Rafael had a soft heart, it didn't mean that he was inconsiderate and gentle to everyone.

Before lunch, they stopped at a sports equipment store.It was easy to buy a Valencia jersey for the little guy, and printed "20Aimar".

This made Louis so satisfied that he even pointed to his little hand and wanted a Valencia baseball cap.

Aimar didn't hesitate to pay for his little hands, and even tiptoed off Raphael's hat and replaced him with the same one as Louis with the Bat Legion logo.

"Maybe it can help us sell more hats." Aimar said with a smile.

Raphael smiled slightly, taking this time as a compliment.Many years ago, when he was a pure 18-year-old boy, he looked at his appearance in the mirror, but he actually sketched and copied the appearance of Hughes in his mind through his own facial features.

In addition, even if appearance brought him a lot, even saved his mission more than once, let him avoid crisis, and even brought wealth in this life, he would not be proud of having such an appearance.

But it’s different now. Just like lions like to show off their manes, male birds will show off their feathers. As a man, Raphael also thinks that Aimar likes his appearance, which is better than not liking it. Wouldn’t it be nice to have extra points? ?

The store manager stared at Rafael with regrets and said, "You could have worn the Bat Corps jersey with Pabrydo and ran at the Mestalla Stadium..."

Rafael could only return an apologetic smile and leave an autograph with Aimar.

After Aimar signed, he saw him take the pen from his hand and leave domineering notes on the paper.

It's nothing, the point is that this guy is really domineering, so domineering that it's as big as a piece of paper, he insists on signing his name on top of him.

Seeing the flying and brisk handwriting, and remembering that he had flipped through the notebook over and over again to guess his mood at that time, Aimar only felt that he had done something stupid-this let him know how proud Rafael was at the moment.

After leaving the equipment store, they wandered the streets, mainly because Aimar wanted to buy some toys for Louis.

It was also at this time that they frequently received calls from their teammates—one after another, like a traditional appointment!

Naturally, there was no shortage of teasing about their "friendship" on the phone. Of course, not many dare to tease Raphael, so I specifically pointed out Simeone.

Simeone, who also had a 10-day vacation, took his wife and children to Greece for vacation, and the call was just for entertainment and to tease him.

Raphael directly ignored his nonsense, and he didn't bother to pay attention to his request of "bring me a gift, and my son."

Aimar's teammate Keely Gonzalez is obviously much kinder, and he called to make an appointment for dinner.

Kiley is also Passarella's favorite, but the No. 10 jersey was transferred from him to Ortega.Although a little unwilling, Kiley is still willing to play for Ortega. Whether it is in the Valencia locker room or in the Argentine national team, Kiley's character and football quality are highly praised.

Raphael would not reject the kindness of his seniors, and readily agreed.But just as he hung up the phone, he received a call from Mendieta.

Raphael: "..."

It's not because of collusion that there are ghosts!

As I said before, Valencia's captain is a guy with a very Buddhist personality, but a very good character.

How good is a person?In order to welcome him to Valencia, he generously provided his own box, welcomed him to the locker room, and arranged for a special "reception".

Raphael thanked him sincerely.

"The captain is very nice." Aimar then praised him highly, as if he had become half of Mendieta's fanboy.

Rafael heard him say a lot of good things about Mendieta, and the topic turned to the game tonight.

Valencia's opponent tonight should not be underestimated, because their opponent is the traditional giants Steaua Bucharest from Romania.

The Romanian giants almost dominated the Rhoneian league and won the most championships.

More importantly, in the 1985/86 season, Steaua Bucharest won the Champions League trophy by beating Barcelona on penalties.

Not only that, Star Bucharest also reached the Champions League final again in the 88/89 season, but that time they lost 0:4 to AC Milan.

To put it bluntly, Steaua Bucharest is not just a giant in the minor league, they are a giant in the Champions League!

In this era when cup games are often upset, there are many problems in the league. From Valencia coach Ranieri to the players, they have to go all out to advance to the next round.

Speaking of his team, Aimar showed a little bit of worry, obviously still worried about the team's situation-they will soon fall to the relegation zone!

"The worst thing is not being able to advance and being eliminated. That way you can focus on the league, which is also a good thing. Your schedule is too tight."

Raphael was stared at after finishing speaking, but he didn't think he said something wrong.

Valencia has entered the third-line combat state since the beginning of the season-the Toto Cup has been played since mid-July, then the league, and now the Europa League has just started.

If they have to play the Copa del Rey after the winter break, if they have not been eliminated in both cups at that time, then it will be a four-line battle.

The schedule is scattered and the ambition is great. Ranieri's own coaching privileges can be seen from the nickname of "Tinker"-after all, there are only wrong names and no wrong nicknames. Ranieri is not a cup expert. Raphael is also not optimistic that Ranieri can lead the Bat Corps to go far in the two cups.

In his opinion, if he wants to restore the team's decline in the league and regain the trust of the management, he must make a choice.

He explained his thoughts, and Aimar still looked at him angrily.

Raphael made a zipper movement in front of his mouth, signaling that he would shut up.

The curly hair in front of him is actually a bit superstitious.Yes, Aimar believes in metaphysics, he could see it in the World Youth Championship, so Aimar is not willing to listen to this before the game, he can not say it, of course he can say something nice.

"Football is round, and cup games rely on defense. Maybe the Italians can lead you to some success in the cup game?"

Aimar was amused by his "desire to survive", but he still said firmly: "It must, of course we have to defend the victory at home."

"I'm looking forward to your first European start." Rafael shook the little hand of Louis, who was already sleepy, "Take him to cheer you up."

Because the little guy was so sleepy that he fell asleep, they took a taxi home after lunch.

Refreshed from a nap, Aimar kissed Luis before heading out to meet the rest of his team-mates with his baby's blessing.

Raphael glanced at him several times before he went out, but only got the result of "winking for the blind" and being ignored.

After sending Aimar away, Raphael used the curly-haired computer to handle a little work, and more importantly, posted a news.

It was a group photo of the three of them. The reporter he and Aimar knew asked for it, and the other party sent it to his mailbox that was only open to some people.

He was very happy looking at the group photos, picked the two he liked the most, and posted a post, which quickly received countless likes.

Raphael felt the joy of being praised.

He also experienced the joy of being able to distribute dog food after watching too much dog food.

Juan and Pirlo struggled at the front line of likes, and the two younger brothers still thought about that day, Rafael decided to bring some gifts for him and Pirlo when he went back.This is the benefit that the little brother should have.

In the evening, Rafael put Luis on Valencia's No. 20 jersey and cap, and let him carry his own small backpack. After the inspection, he also prepared a pair of small earplugs for him, so he brought him here to the field.

Mendieta sent him a text message in advance, asking him to get off at an entrance that was not open to the public. After he got off the car, he was led into the locker room by a staff member who had been waiting.

In fact, when he stepped into the locker room of the Bat Corps, he didn't even see the curls, only a bunch of enthusiastic players.

Up to the club chairman and vice chairman, coach Ranieri, and then to Mendieta and other players all welcomed the arrival of him and Luiz, and they even asked the team photographers to take photos for them.

This is obviously a special courtesy.

Ranieri also had a brief chat with Raphael before the game, such as asking him to greet the old Robson, and told him some interesting things about Bergomi. Mao hugged and rubbed his curls, wishing him good luck.

In fact, if he wasn't afraid that the curly hair would explode on the spot, he would have wanted to kiss him. After all, he has been lucky enough to kiss him.

He and Luiz were taken by staff to the VIP box that Mendieta had long rented, which is usually provided by players to their families.

When they appeared in the VIP box, they quickly boarded the big screen, and the live commentary introduced his arrival to all fans.After a while, some children who watched the game came to ask for autographs.

Rafael asked the staff to help him look after Louis, tried to meet the wishes of each child, and answered some of their questions.

"Why didn't you join Valencia? You didn't even come to try out." A little boy with red eyes asked him.

Raphael thought it might be because of the hat he was wearing.Apparently Curly made him wear it, which broke the hearts of the children instead.

Raphael gently rubbed the boy's cheek, scraping away the tear stains for him, "But now I have appeared in Mestalla, signing autographs for you."

"Then will you join Valencia in the future?" The child seized the last chance and asked full of hope.

"I don't think so." Rafael looked into his eyes, "If I ever return to La Liga, I think it will only be Deportivo. I have blue and white in my heart, but I'm glad you like it football."

Blue black and blue white, like the two colors blended into his blood.Perhaps he will, like Zanetti, make them the most important roles in his life.

This would obviously break the boy's heart, but Rafael wouldn't lie against his will.

"You are so heartless." The boy wiped the corners of his eyes.

Raphael handed him a handkerchief prepared for Louis, and smiled encouragingly, "But you will obviously become a strong boy."

This compliment made the boy burst into tears, and he also hugged the signed jersey on his chest.

The staff quickly took the children away and thanked him, "Thank you for fulfilling their request."

"I also want to thank them for loving me, and thank you for helping me take care of Louis." Rafael said.

The little guy had been looking for Aimar's figure through the glass window just now, and after finally finding the little guy, he frantically waved over there.

Today is the first time for Aimar to participate in the European war, and it is also the first time for him to enter the starting list of the European war, which has a different meaning.But Rafael is not worried about his stage fright - he has participated in the World Cup player.

Even if you don’t talk about the time when the World Cup debuted, Aimar has also participated in the Copa Libertadores twice with River Plate, and has participated in more than one "Century Derby" (River Plate vs. Boca Juniors), which lasted for a hundred years. If you want to talk about the atmosphere, say crazy , European teams are far from enough to watch.

After the warm-up, Mendieta and Aimar ran to the direction of the box and waved.

At this moment, the camera lens aimed at the VIP box also swept over, and Raphael waved to them with the excited Louis in his arms.

After waiting for a while, players from both sides led the field into the field. Raphael listened to the commentary and introduced the players of the home team, and also led Louis to applaud the players.

Ranieri's lineup today is not the diamond-shaped 442 that is widely used in the league, but only used 433. Aimar occupies his most comfortable front midfielder, Mendieta is on the left, and Keeley Gun Sares is on the right and Claudio "The Bug" is on the front line.

Ranieri chose to put the curls in the middle today, which surprised Rafael. The curls didn't tell him this at breakfast, nor at lunch!But he is already looking forward to Aimar's performance.

Valencia, which played high offensive football at home, encountered stubborn resistance from Steaua Bucharest. This Roma team, which even Raphael is not familiar with, adopted a 442 lineup, focusing on defense and not competing with La Liga teams. The ball, the style is quite tenacious.

The reason why I mentioned tenacity is that in the opening 4 minutes of the first half, Mendieta's long-range shot helped the team get a fantastic start. I found Claudio behind the line, and used the tacit understanding between the three to send an assist to Claudio. Valencia entered the second half with a score of 19:2.

As the clock progressed into the second half, Ranieri showed his relatively conservative Italian side, while Steaua attacked aggressively, eventually winning a goal through the advantage of set-pieces.

And when Ranieri realized that leading by one goal was not enough insurance, and once again let the team press on the attack, Steaua Bucharest made another wonderful counterattack, the score became 1:2, and the two sides returned to the same starting line.

At this time, it was not Ranieri's two substitution choices that stood up to save the team, it was still Mendieta!

This man who has entered his peak period and is omnipotent in breaking through, passing, organizing, and shooting began to switch positions with Aimar frequently, successfully created a penalty for the team, and scored it himself!

But just five minutes later, Steaua took advantage of a corner kick and Laurenti Rosso headed home to level the score again.

At this time, the time is already 85 minutes. One can imagine the mood of the Valencia fans who took the lead three times and recovered all three goals!

The camera was aimed at Raphael more than once, but what disappointed the director was that Raphael was simply a "cold-faced madman" when he was watching the game, and he had no expression from beginning to end.

It was still Mendieta who stood up again at the last moment. Aimar, who switched to the left in 88 minutes, passed Laurenti Rosso, who had just scored a goal for Steaua Bucharest, and sent the ball to Mendieta's feet!

Mendieta forced a shot from a small angle under the interference of the opponent's defender. The ball bounced off the post and into the net. It penetrated into the goal from under the goalkeeper's armpit and once again helped Valencia take the lead!

At this moment, all the fans of the Bat Corps in the Mestalla Stadium are shouting Mendieta's name. They are sincerely grateful to Mendieta and grateful to him for choosing to stay this summer!