Chapter 75
The World Cup qualifiers and the Champions League group stage are interspersed in the schedules of the Premier League and Serie A. The division of the World Cup qualifiers and the failure to be drawn into the same group in the Champions League group stage mean that Cristiano and Kaka will have basically no chance to meet in the next period of time.
However, this is something they are used to. To maintain their peak athletic form, being apart more often than together is their true normal state.
What's more, they now have some space together. Although they only have three hours to spend together, Cristiano always smiles and looks easily satisfied.
Compared to his previous life, his current situation couldn't be better. He had never even prayed to God expecting more.
"Honestly, how could they think we are not familiar with each other?" Cristiano squatted on Kaka's instep and pressed Kaka's legs. The two did the most primitive physical exercises and threw all the matching equipment in the system into the corner.
Those machines will cry that they can't serve top athletes.
Cristiano curled his lips unconsciously. He shared the post with Kaka. There were even more outrageous comments below, saying that the Son of God was just well-educated and treated every player he played against equally and in a friendly manner, and that Ronaldo was nothing special.
Cristiano almost wanted to leave a message below - he, Cristiano Ronaldo, is the most handsome, the most skilled and the one that Kaka most admires among all the players he has played against. He doesn't want to show off, but this is the fact.
Kaka was also helpless. After the recording of the show, he and Cristiano were worried that their call time on the show would be too long, causing others to speculate about their relationship. They chatted for at least several minutes on the show, although they just talked about some ordinary daily things, but they hung up the phone because Jonathan interrupted them.
In addition to this, there is also the call record from the previous day on Cristiano’s mobile phone screen.
The call log also showed the duration of their communication the day before - one and a half minutes with Dolores, half a minute with Ferdinand, and the one with Kaka, which was far ahead at 00:22:07.
However, neither of them expected that even after all this, there are still netizens who think that they are not even "good friends with a good relationship."
Do these netizens only look at the surface?
Kaka sat up and kissed his lover's lips, feeling helpless but wanting to laugh: "Ignore them, like the captain said, it's safer this way."
Kaka also watched that talk show video, even more than once - to be precise, he watched it completely from beginning to end, and then his teammates, the extremely enthusiastic Inzaghi and Gattuso, seemed to be immersed in the Internet, and they got the edited version from somewhere, and they kept sending him some edited versions that were spoofed by fans, and the central idea around it was "Kaka and Ronaldo are really not familiar with each other."
His teammates were all laughing, and Maldini applauded Kaka: "I know it's not easy, but you performed very well."
Kaka didn't know what to say, he performed well? His mind just went blank when he heard Cristiano's crying voice!
Then, because he didn't answer Chris immediately, the two of them were considered to have an "unfamiliar" and "forced" friendship.
Even his captain thought he was doing it on purpose.
Not only that, some freelance media writers who love gossip also like to use this to vent their opinions -
[Obviously, this show exposed many problems - Ronaldo really has very few friends.
We can see that he was angry about the unfair remarks Kaka encountered on the show, but in fact, this was only one-sided on his part. In the subsequent phone call session, Kaka was even indifferent to the fact that a "friend" was crying, and remained calm and judged that the other party was in a program activity.
Think about it, if it was a friend you truly cared about who was telling you "I love you" sadly, would you still be able to stay rational and calm?
I have heard inside information more than once that Ronaldo is an arrogant, selfish, and extremely self-righteous guy. He has few friends, and the relationship in the locker room is terrible. His teammates only have to endure his terrible temper because of the favoritism of the two head coaches. Perhaps only his mother can love him in this world. Oh, maybe that’s not the case, even his mother didn’t intend to have this child from the beginning.
Poor Ronaldo, maybe he should think about why no one loves him, there must be a reason.
……】
The person who posted this article is a freelance writer with a large number of fans, and even some basketball stars follow him. A few hours after his article was posted, it suddenly became popular, as if an invisible hand was pushing it forward.
After reading this post, Mendes felt that no matter how many inexplicable fabricated news stories there are in the future, he would not be surprised. For example, he did not understand why an article full of nonsense, in which only 3% of the content was true, could be made to sound so confident by the author and even have many people believe it.
Rooney was one of the first two people to see the report, which had their names tagged.
Rooney would check out the new content under his tag every day, and naturally saw this article. He immediately shared the article in the group with a loud voice - the group they had created to deal with Cristiano's little love troubles.
Now Manchester United's main players, as well as Van Nistelrooy who was far away in Real Madrid, also learned the news and were excited in the group chat.
[Kean: What a bunch of bullshit, what the hell did you post @Rooney]
[Rooney: ...I'm just a porter]
[Ferdinand: I went to comment]
[Giggs: Tsk, I thought the two young lovers would have some public crisis, but I didn’t expect that the focus would be on Ronnie in the end... What an amazing physique, I have to say that it is a stable performance]
[Fanni: Annoying]
As he said this, he turned around and commented under the article:
[@vanNistelrooy: Have you asked us if we agree with this? 】
Soon, other people followed suit and came to the team building——
[@ferdinand: Why don’t you come to Old Trafford and see the truth]
[@gneville2: Ronnie is still a child. He shouldn't have to endure these unfounded things. This is too much, in my opinion]
@giggs: He didn't dare come to Old Trafford @ferdinand, he didn't even dare look us in the eye, he knew how wrong he was but he didn't even have the guts to admit he was wrong
[@alanSmith: Cristiano is a very good person. I never thought I would like him before we became teammates, but I must admit that it would be a pleasure to be friends with him, but obviously you don’t have this opportunity]
[@3gerardpique: Come on, Ronnie is definitely more popular in the locker room than you are in the bar. He has charmed at least 20 men]
[@giggs: @3gerardpique...]
Kaka contacted Mendes immediately, and then responded directly to the author under the article:
[@kaka: Cristiano is everyone's friend. There are so many people who love him, not only the fans, but also his teammates and opponents. I am just an insignificant one among them. Your article is full of subjective speculations with individualistic colors, which is wrong and sad. I sincerely hope that no one will be deceived.]
Kaka knew it, which meant that his club teammates also knew it.
Costa, who was staying in the same hotel room with Kaka, almost immediately felt the low pressure on the other bed: "Hey, what's wrong? You look like our little strawberry ran away with someone else."
"This article." Kaka threw the phone to Costa.
Costa finished the sweep with a few strokes and took several deep breaths.
"Figo will praise him." He said gritting his teeth, took out his mobile phone and forwarded the article to the national team chat group.
【Costa: [Share link]】
{Costa withdraws previous message}
{Costa invited Figo, Deco, Ricardo, Carvalho... to join the group chat [Little Strawberry Secret Breeding Base]}
[Figo: What are you doing? Why create a new group, are you excluding Cristiano? You better explain yourself @Costa]
[Costa: ...I didn’t! ! 】
[Costa: [Share link] Look at this, Cristiano can’t see this]
[Deco: Mysterious, let me see]
[Carvalho: ...When did Cristiano provoke this psychopath? 】
[Ricardo: It’s obvious that this is just a media outlet to gain traffic]
【Costa: Where is the captain? Why isn't he talking? 】
[Deco: Together with the Manchester United captain, I am giving the media an update [shared picture]]
【Costa:? 】
[Costa: Absolutely]
[Deco: The battlefield needs me, so I went]
[Carvalho: I’m here too, brother]
{Costa changed the group chat name to [Protect our little strawberry]}
Meanwhile, Manchester United's main players, who had just finished a team building, returned to the group chat. Van Nistelrooy, a non-member, suddenly thought of a more critical question -
[Fanny: So Ronnie knows? 】
Cristiano didn't see this article because he was suddenly scheduled very full - his games, his training, and even his private time were almost all booked by his teammates.
"Ronnie, do you have any plans tonight? Theresa wants to invite you to try the paella she just learned, using the recipe from your place." Keane invited Cristiano on the first day and invited Cristiano to stay overnight, but was rejected. Cristiano even packed up the leftovers and took them back.
So Ferdinand came directly to Chris that night, using the excuse that there was a power outage at home and asked to stay overnight.
"So where are you going to sleep, Leo? I have many rooms here." Cristiano walked towards Ferdinand in a bathrobe and holding a clean bed sheet. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't be restrained. Just go into any room you like."
"Oh, this one then." Ferdinand walked into Cristiano's bedroom.
Cristiano: “……?”
"Let's talk. It seems like we've never sat down and talked about our true feelings." Ferdinand acted as if he wanted to have a long talk - he had to stare at Cristiano and make sure he didn't look at his phone, but he couldn't confiscate his phone. What could he do?
Ferdinand successfully talked Cristiano to sleep, and the two sat on the soft bed foot. Ferdinand stared at Cristiano's eyelids, which were drooping during the chat, and reported in the group: "He fell asleep and didn't check social media."
Then a string of “Well done”, “Who’s turn tomorrow?”, “Leo, you should come out of Ronnie’s bedroom” came up in the mobile group…
The next day, Cristiano was kept by goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar: "Do you want to practice shooting?"
"Of course!" Cristiano nodded without hesitation. Van der Sar is a legend, and it couldn't be better to have Van der Sar accompany him to practice shooting.
In his previous life, he always asked Van der Sar to practice shooting with him, but now he has not yet become familiar with the goalkeeper who has just transferred in.
Van der Sar took several banknotes with women's heads from Giggs.
Accompanying a little kid for extra training, well, whatever.
- Although Van der Sar regretted it an hour later, Cristiano Ronaldo is simply a robot that does not need rest. He is a 35-year-old man and should not suffer such torture.
In the following days, Cristiano was still occupied in his private time by his teammates, but what made others relieved was that the article was made privately visible.
This is the first time I see so many living basketball stars gathered under one article. If this scene were to happen in a dozen years, it would probably become a phenomenon.
Netizens were even more excited about this, but no one thought that the article was true. Instead, they were more curious about the verified IDs in the comment section.
How do they all know this article? Is it so popular? I don’t think there are many reposts! 】
[It’s amazing. This doesn’t match my impression of these stars. I thought they wouldn’t pay attention to this news.]
[Figo and Keane both left the field]
[The funniest one is Van Nistelrooy from Real Madrid. I thought they were former colleagues, but I didn’t expect him to be the first one to appear in the comment section.]
Did you notice the timing of their comments? Almost all of it is concentrated in the half hour before and after! Even the interval between comments from the Manchester United group was no more than ten minutes. Isn't that too much of a coincidence? 】
[Is this a group?] They must have a group! 】
【……】
Mendes watched the whole process. He found it unbelievable that a crisis went out of control and turned into a farce.
It seemed like he didn't need to do anything.
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Cristiano has played in the ninth round of the club's league. From the first goal he scored against Birmingham, it seemed to herald the beginning of his goal-scoring boom.
Alan ran on the right side of Cristiano, like a defender on the forward line.
When the Birmingham defender rushed up and tried to kick Cristiano's knee, he saw a figure rushing forward without hesitation, and the opposing defender fell directly to the ground.
The refereeing standards in the Premier League are always unusually lenient and the whistle was not blown.
Cristiano quickly glanced at Alan who was rushing towards him. Alan was following him like a shadow.
The two exchanged glances, and Alan rushed into the penalty area, directly pulling away the defense of the two opposing defenders, creating a large space for Cristiano.
Cristiano seized the opportunity at this moment and shot from outside the penalty area without hesitation!
The ball went into the net with a whoosh!
Now even reporters have described Alan as a sharp wingman on Manchester United's No. 7 striker line, and such voices obviously make Rooney feel much more uneasy.
This is only the ninth round of the league! Cristiano has already scored seven goals! Even if Alan did not give a direct assist, the role he played cannot be underestimated!
It's obvious who is more suitable for Ronnie!
After the ball entered the net, Cristiano immediately ran to the sidelines with his arms open excitedly, turned back to find Alan, grinned and nodded at him, waving to him to come over.
They were at their home ground at Old Trafford, and the sidelines were filled with fans wearing red Manchester United jerseys, all cheering for this beautiful goal.
Alan noticed Cristiano's gaze coming towards him. He paused, then ran to Cristiano.
The next second, Cristiano hooked his shoulders enthusiastically and waved his arms towards the audience: "Look at our cooperation! We scored a goal! These fans are screaming for you too."
Alan was stunned for a moment. His ears were filled with the loud cheers of fans, but Cristiano's voice was louder and clearer than those thunderous roars.
He couldn't help but smile, and followed Cristiano to run several meters along the sidelines before stopping. He looked down at his red jersey, took a deep breath and exhaled: "Cristiano, we are going to win the championship."
"Of course!" Cristiano answered without hesitation.
They not only want to win, but also want to win beautifully. These fans spend money to buy tickets to watch their games, not just to see twenty or so men on both sides fighting for a ball.
Cristiano knows what the fans want to see, so he is always willing to play as beautifully as possible, especially now that he has more control.
He carried the ball as if he was doing a Latin dance, which was light and passionate, dazzling and deadly.
"Look! Ronaldo got the ball! He cleverly dodged the two defenders on his bicycle! It was beautiful!"
"Watching Ronaldo play is always a visual delight, apart from the fact that he is always prone to being fouled."
The two commentators in the broadcast room spoke in unison.
"The fact that he is always fouled shows that it is difficult for the opposing players to really defend him," said one of the commentators, spreading his hands and looking at his partner. "Only fouls can stop the 20-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo."
The partner stared at the running red figure in the picture and nodded in agreement: "He is like a nimble little deer. Look how fast and nimble he is running!"
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