To the east of Mons, a famous tourist city in southern Belgium, there is a small city called Lalouviere.
Unlike Mons, a well-connected transportation hub, Lalouviere is just an inconspicuous small city, even on the map, it is insignificant.
There is a football field and a training center in Lalouviere, which are the common memories of countless young people in this small city.
They all played and trained here.
So far, the most famous story about this football stadium and training center in this small city is that of the Hazard family.
Both his father Thierry and his mother Karin were professional football players, which is very rare in such a small city, so Thierry is also the youth training coach of this country team, and his wife Karin serves as his assistant.
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They have four children. The eldest is Eden, who now plays for Lille in French Ligue 1. The second is Thorgan, who is also playing for the French team’s youth academy. The third is Kilian, who is also playing for the Belgian youth team.
Training team players.
In 2003, their family had a youngest, Etang, who was trained by his parents in this small team in his hometown.
The first three children are all very promising, and they are outstanding in the eyes of small city residents. However, this also makes Thierry, as a coach, very sensitive. He is always worried that others will say that he is partial.
His own children, so he is always very strict in training, especially towards his own children.
Sometimes, he is so harsh that others can't stand it. After all, Etang is only eight years old.
Every time, Karin stepped in to calm down the atmosphere and give her husband a step down.
The couple, one a popular person and the other a bad person, have worked closely with each other over the years to raise their fourth child.
There is only one road across from the training ground, and opposite is a row of three-story street-facing apartments.
The Azar family lives here.
Thierry often said that the reason why he stayed here as a coach was to be close to home. Otherwise, when the boss Eden was valued by the Tibbits youth training camp in the north, he could go directly to Tibbits.
I was coaching a youth team in the Belgian Second Division, and the salary was much higher than it is now.
But the benefits of coaching a hometown team are also very obvious.
On the one hand, it is close to home, and on the other hand, it is only a hundred kilometers away from Lille, where the eldest brother Eden plays, so it is very convenient to go back and forth. The second and third sons also receive the best and most formal training in France because of the eldest son.
Youth training.
Today, the couple's biggest wish is to train their youngest to become a professional player.
While training the players, Thierry and Karin looked back from time to time and looked at their home across the road.
At this moment, in the living room on the second floor, the eldest brother Eden, who had just returned from Lille, was standing in front of the window of the living room, looking at the training ground from a distance, watching his parents training his younger brother and his peers, with thoughts in his mind.
Li couldn't help but recall what he looked like when he was training at this stadium.
At that time, he never imagined that today would happen.
Who would have thought?
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Night falls.
At the end of the day's training, the children dispersed in a hurry, either picked up by their parents, or went home on their own.
Small cities have the advantages of small cities. Everyone knows each other and looks after each other, and children don’t have to worry about getting lost.
Although they were coaches, Thierry and Karin were both sweating profusely like the youngest Etang.
Thierry held Etang's hand and went home to take a shower first, while Karin went to the nearby farmer's market.
The boss is back, and she plans to prepare him a meal of his favorite dishes.
Speaking of the eldest son in the family, he is really good at everything, he is gentle and humble, and he loves his younger brother very much. In France, no matter who he is talking to, he always praises his younger brother and belittles himself, so that many people
People who don't know the inside story still think that the younger brother will be more talented than the eldest brother.
But in fact, the eldest son is the most talented person in the family to play football.
But the second oldest child is the most diligent one in the family.
The boss is greedy and lacks self-discipline. This is a big problem for him. Every time he goes home, Thierry has to nag him for a long time, fearing that he will gain weight accidentally and his speed will be affected by getting fat.
and explosive power, which resulted in the inability to complete many technical movements, greatly reducing his performance on the court.
However, the boss doesn't seem to care particularly about this.
Talented people are often so willful!
She raised them all by herself. Karin understood each of their personalities and temperaments, and she loved every child.
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After Karin finished shopping for groceries, she returned home and was busy again.
From time to time, his father Thierry's shouts were heard urging Etang to take a bath.
This kid pestered his brother as soon as he got home. He was clearly a teenager apart, so how could he have such a good relationship?
"If you don't go take a shower, I'll get angry!" Thierry had to shout with a straight face.
Etang quickly ran to take a shower.
The eldest brother, Eden, glanced at his old father and curled his lips, as if to say, this is still the same trick after all these years.
From the time he returned home to now, the boss has been slumped on the sofa watching TV without moving his buttocks. This made Thierry a little bit unable to bear it. He wanted to say something to him several times, but in the end he held back.
He just won the French Ligue 1 championship and won the Ligue 1 Player of the Season. He is probably tired, so just bear with him!
Besides, you are already twenty years old, how can you train like the eight-year-old Etang?
It didn't take long for Karin to prepare a sumptuous dinner.
The family was eating together in the restaurant, and they couldn't help but think of the second and third children who were still in France.
"Thorgan and Killian don't know when they will come back?" Karin missed her children a little.
In fact, it's very close, only a hundred kilometers away, and it only takes more than an hour to drive there.
But sometimes it's like this. No matter how close we are, we are still separated.
"It must have been the past few days. They had one more game and they disbanded after the game," Thierry replied.
"How is the third child's recent studies?" Eden suddenly asked.
La Louviere is very close to France, so most people here can speak French, and Lille is also the closest city in France to Belgium. There is no problem in communicating with the Belgians in La Louviere, including school education.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "If you can maintain the passing line, the ball has improved a lot." Thierry smiled happily.
What he is most satisfied with in his life is that he has raised three children, who seem to have no problem playing professional football.
If possible, he hopes that the youngest can also embark on this path.
There is no way, the Azar family just does not have the gene for reading.
Of course, whether it is France or Belgium, youth team players must pass their studies in addition to playing football.
"How many days do you plan to stay when you come back this time?" Karin asked with concern.
"I don't know, I'm waiting for news from John."
John Bick is the agent of the three Hazard brothers, Eden’s transfer to Lille, and his two brothers playing football in France. John Bick is in charge of everything.
Speaking of this, Thierry and Karin looked at each other, both showing worried expressions.
Although we are in a small city, information is very developed. TV and the Internet are connected to the outside world, and a lot of news can come in.
Everyone knows that after the season, several teams in the Premier League, as well as Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, are all looking for Hazard.
The most important thing was that Manchester City made the first offer, and several other teams also followed suit. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern, Juventus and other wealthy teams also followed suit, and everyone went crazy for a while.
There are rumors everywhere now, which team will Eden Hazard choose?
Ligue 1 champion Lille tried their best to refute the rumors and kept saying that the team would do everything possible to retain Hazard and planned to renew Hazard's contract in an effort to keep him in the team and play well in the new season.
UEFA Champions League.
But everyone knows that this rumor is actually false.
For a team like Lille, there is nothing more cost-effective than selling players at a high price. The reason why they refute the rumors is that they want to sell them at a better price.
Eden returned to La Louvière from Lille. On the one hand, he wanted to avoid the disturbances from the outside world. On the other hand, he wanted to let his agent handle these matters. On the other hand, he concentrated on hiding behind and waiting for news.
Thierry and Karin also know the situation that the boss is facing now. They are both professional players, so they also know how important transfer is for a professional player. How many professional players have changed because of transfer.
Entire career?
If your career is planned well and transfer operations are done well, it is easy to move to the next level, but conversely, you may fall at any time.
This is especially true for a twenty-year-old player like Eden.
"Boss, what do you think?" Thierry asked with concern.
Eden thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't have a very clear idea."
His character has always been like this, without much ambition and a bit of a happy-go-lucky attitude.
The advantage of this kind of personality is that you won't compete with others, but the disadvantage is also obvious, that is, you have no enterprising spirit and you are relatively lazy.
As Thierry and Karin said helplessly behind their backs, all their talents were wasted.
But what can be done about things like character?
"So from a big perspective, which league do you prefer, the Bundesliga, Serie A, La Liga or the Premier League?"
Eden shook his head again, "I never thought about it. If I had to choose, I would like to be closer to home."
Thierry and Karin's expressions became complicated, and they didn't know whether to laugh or be angry.
It is a good thing for children to love their families, but if they are still in love with their families when they are twenty years old, is that not a good thing?
If you want to be closer to home, then it’s the Premier League and Bundesliga.
The Premier League is just across the English Channel from Belgium, which is really close. The Bundesliga is a little further, but it's also convenient.
As for La Liga and Serie A, they are both too far apart. Whether it is climate or anything else, they are all very different.
"Actually, your characteristics are quite suitable for La Liga." Karin said.
Eden is a technical player, with excellent dribbling and ball control skills and strong breakthrough ability, but he is relatively poor in physical confrontation and is not tall. Such a player is more suitable for La Liga.
Of course, there are differences when it comes to La Liga. For example, Real Madrid and Barcelona are two obviously different teams.
Even Barcelona under the coaching of Mourinho still has the gene of passing and controlling the ball, and still follows the technical flow, but Real Madrid pays more attention to physical fitness, speed and intensity.
The difference between the two teams can be seen from the core players, Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
