Leon watched with interest as Ribery argued with the foreman.
What came to his mind was the French player's resume. Li Ang remembered that he had 'once' read an article that told the inspirational story of Franck Ribery's growth.
Using time as the axis, the story of a top star from a poor background is unfolded.
On April 7, 1983, Frank Ribery was born in Boulogne, the poorest town in France. It was a run-down town with overflowing sewage, garbage everywhere, and an unemployment rate that always exceeded 50%. The young people there
There is nothing to do except play football. There is only one photo in his bedroom: two younger brothers and a younger sister playing football with him.
To be honest, apart from playing football with his brothers and sisters, he didn’t even have a partner to play football with, because he had a hideous and terrifying face: a lightning-like scar occupied one-third of the right side of his face. This is
When he was two years old, a tragic car accident left him a souvenir.
When he was 9 years old, his father sent this "silent" child to a youth football club so that he would not go astray. He seemed to be at home like a fish in water. However, he soon sadly discovered that his friends here did not only provide him with
They are more interested in the nickname than playing football with him. They don't like this kid who is as silent as a piece of concrete. He plays ball like a life-threatening little lion. They always blow a sharp whistle.
Him: "Ugly face!"
Ridiculed and abused, waves of pain surged in his heart, but apart from football, he had nothing. He always fought harder and harder every time, with a crazy desire to change everything, and this destroyed his sincerity towards football. He was distracted.
I was so angry that I made no progress in the past few years.
On his 12th birthday, his father said to him, "You will never grow up like this." Then, he gave him a saxophone and said, "Blow this." In the soothing music, his anger gradually subsided. Soon,
He fell in love with the saxophone and would go to church every weekend to ask for help from his teacher. From then on, the saxophone and football became his inseparable spiritual support.
At the age of 13, he said to the head coach with youthful enthusiasm, "I will definitely succeed!" Then he came to Lille's youth academy. Unfortunately, for three years, he did not get the opportunity of this French Ligue 1 club.
Favored by him, he soon returned to his hometown and became a member of Alais in the French third league.
However, he soon became unemployed again and could only play in semi-professional leagues. Ribery, who was living in embarrassment, was once kicked out of his house by his tenant because he could not pay the rent.
The ugly face that follows him like a shadow has already made him unfazed by honor and disgrace.
In 2002, it was all because of love that he got a girlfriend.
When they met for the first time, this girl named Wasiba, who looked ordinary but had big eyes, stared at him with her big eyes for a long time, then held his face and said, "This is very special."
The girl's words were like a power he had never experienced before, making his heart shine with all kinds of light.
Then in the summer of this year, he changed teams again and came to an amateur team, and his salary was reduced again... This young man with an ugly scar began to appear frequently on construction sites.
However, Ribery firmly believes that everything will get better. The long hibernation is just the wait of the cicada calling for the hot summer.
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In the end, Ribery failed to let the foreman's 'plot' of deducting five euros from his salary succeed. The price he paid was that the construction site settled his entire salary and then kicked him out.
"Go away, get away." The foreman waved his hand with a look of disgust on his face.
"Sooner or later you will regret it." Scarface shouted, "Someone can come to my games in the future!"
"Even if you give me fifty euros, I won't watch your game." Foreman Hawahid spat.
Ribery's reaction was: he took out the bird, peed, then quickly picked up the bird's cage and pants, and ran away.
Behind him were workers chasing after him brandishing shovels and wooden clubs.
Both Leon and Banderas were stunned.
"This is the player you value?" Banderas asked.
"Oh." Li Ang was speechless. He didn't expect that he would see such an "uninhibited" side of Ribery before he became famous...
Then, Li Ang called out to Banderas and started running. Naturally, they were not running because someone was chasing them, but because they were chasing the guy who was running away.
Then, on May 10, 2004, at a construction site in the suburbs of Paris, a scene like this appeared. A guy with a scar on his face was running away desperately. Behind him were more than a dozen people who were shouting and fighting.
Behind the big men who killed, two men in suits and leather shoes were chasing...
As the sun sets in the west, the scenery is beautiful.
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The workers on the construction site chased for a distance, and finally stopped chasing. They were all panting from exhaustion. The boy ran too fast, and it was not worth the hard work just to pee. At worst, we will meet next time.
That guy, just beat him up again.
Li Ang ran fast and Banderas couldn't keep up. Li Ang made a phone call gesture towards Banderas behind him, which meant that you can't keep up with me. After a while, he called Banderas and nodded breathlessly.
Then, Li Ang sped up to catch up.
While chasing, Li Ang cursed in his mind, this bastard can really run and is so fast.
However, thinking about the scene of Ribery galloping around the football field with his pursuers chasing him all the way, this man was happy again.
Baby, don't run, come to my bowl!
After running for about two miles, Ribery felt that he had reached a safe distance, so he stopped and took a breath. Then he heard a sound behind him, and then saw a person not far away chasing after him desperately.
The young man from Boulogne cursed a French slang and ran away.
He had just taken two steps when he heard the man behind him shout, "Hey, you dropped your wallet."
Ribery almost braked suddenly, then quickly looked at his feet and the road behind him, looking for the shadow of his wallet.
Li Ang caught up and breathed a sigh of relief. His method was not bad.
"You lied to me?" Ribery, realizing that he had been deceived, glared at Leon.
"Otherwise, you would still have to run." Li Ang took a breath and said with a smile.
"When did Khawahid find an Oriental to work for?" Ribery first glanced at Leon in confusion.
Then, Ribery stretched his neck and looked behind Li Ang. Seeing that no one was catching up, he was sure that Li Ang was the only one. He sneered. It must be said that with such a smile, the scar on his face was extremely ferocious. Li Ang felt that
Franck Ribery doesn't even need makeup to play a villain.
"Boy, you're done." Ribery moved his joints and made a rattling sound, "I tell you, I fight like crazy."
When Li Ang saw this scene, he burst into laughter.
This laughter angered Ribery, and he wanted to pounce on this guy and teach him a lesson.
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"Introduce yourself." Li Ang said, "I am the head coach of a football club——"
Before Li Ang finished speaking, Ribery, who was about to pounce fiercely, stopped, his face changed quickly, and he squeezed out that scary smile, "Really?"
"Really!" Li Ang nodded.
"Are you the head coach?"
"Yes!"
"Aren't you a scamming agent? I can tell you, I don't have money to pay the agency fee."
Li Ang glanced at Ribery. He didn't feel speechless, but just sighed that the scarred man who would be all-powerful in the future was now so... down and out.
"I'll treat you to dinner and let's talk slowly," Li Ang said.
"Okay!" Ribery nodded immediately, and then asked confirmingly, his eyes gleaming, "Are you treating me? I'll decide the place?"
"Yes, I'm treating you." Li Ang nodded.
"Thirty euros." Ribery stretched out his hand.
"What thirty euros?" Li Ang was surprised.
"Wahiba Restaurant, the best local buffet restaurant, fifteen euros per person." Ribery smiled with pride, "Wahiba, my wife."
Li Ang's eyes widened. This guy actually didn't forget to solicit business for his family's restaurant. The most egregious thing was that he even included his own share.
At this time, Banderas came running out of breath.
Ribery glanced at Banderas, seemingly confirming that he and Leon were together, and then said, "Forty-five euros."
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Li Ang glanced at Ribery and he understood that this guy didn't believe he was the head coach at all and was just teasing him.
Fortunately, he was prepared for this, and Li Ang handed over a document bag.
"What?" Ribery asked.
"My coaching qualification certificate and some photos that can prove that I coach the team." Li Ang said.
Ribery was dubious, opened the document bag, and looked at it carefully. The photo was correct, it was the person in front of him, but...
"I don't understand," Ribery said.
"That's Spanish." Li Ang patted his head, "Sorry, I forgot this. Let me introduce again. I come from a professional football club in Spain, Sporting Gijon, a team in the Spanish second division football league. I
He is the head coach of the team. This time he came to France specially to find you."
"Spain?" Ribery was stunned, "You came to France from Spain just for me?"
"Yes." Li Ang nodded.
"Are you the head coach? The head coach of the Spanish second division team?" Ribery asked.
"Yes." Li Ang said, and he was a little proud at the same time. Boy, we have come all the way here just for you, a 'nobody'. You must be touched.
"Liar!" Ribery's eyes widened, "Shameful liar!"
The smile on Li Ang's face stiffened...
Next to him, Banderas looked at this scene in a daze. If it weren't for his inability to understand French, Banderas would have doubled over with laughter at this moment...
ps: Second update. Guaranteed 1. (To be continued.)
