princely elegance

Chapter 340 After the War
In a hospital in Madrid, Gago was lying on a hospital bed with his left foot braced and covered with bandages.Beside him, his mother Alicia helped him peel an apple, and Linaya changed the TV channel according to Gago's request.

At this moment, the door opened, and Xia Wei'er in business attire walked in, followed by two people behind him.Real Madrid captain Raul and vice-captain Guti.Seeing them coming in, Gago immediately asked Linaya to help him up.

"Fair, don't get up when you're injured, the two of us are here to see you on behalf of the team!"

Seeing Gago's appearance, Raul stopped him immediately, and his mother, Alicia, put the peeled apple on the bedside, and then walked out with Xia Weier and Linaya with great interest.

At this time, the TV station in the room was just tuned to the sports station, and Sarah, Gago's acquaintance, told the latest sports news to all the audience watching.

"Friends from the audience, hello everyone, four games on the first day of the second round of the UEFA Champions League knockout round of 7 ended yesterday, and the four clubs entered the quarter-finals. The first one is Bayern Munich. Sporting Lisbon entered the quarter-finals with an absolute advantage of 1:12. After last year's reorganization, there is no doubt that this Bayern team has completed its rebirth."

"And the second is the Red Army Liverpool. Although they lost the absolute main players Alonso and Mascherano in the winter transfer, Benitez is worthy of the title of cup master. 0:1 away and 4:0 at home , swept the Serie A giants Juventus 5-0 in two rounds. This year's Liverpool should not be underestimated. Not only is it ranked second in the league, but it is still very competitive in the Champions League. The midfielder Las Diarra welcomed in the winter A perfect replacement for Alonso and Mascherano."

"The third is last year's La Liga runner-up Villarreal. The submarine once again reached the Champions League knockout two years after losing Riquelme. The coaching level of Chilean engineer Pellegrini has been confirmed this time. Although It was hard to win, but this small town team kept a place in La Liga."

When Sarah said this, his face was slightly embarrassed, but his identity as the host of the sports station allowed him to say the last club name.

"The fourth is Chelsea in the Premier League. In the rainy battle of extra time at Stamford Bridge, they used a goal from Drogba to eliminate the defending champion Real Madrid with a total score of 6:5."

After each report, there will be highlights of the game, and this time is no exception. The three people in the ward did not speak, and they seemed very quiet.

"Due to the impact of the dense devil's schedule, Real Madrid suffered a head-on blow from their opponents at Stamford Bridge. Ballack's goal and Lampard's brace gave Chelsea a three-goal lead over Real Madrid. Although in the last 10 minutes the Argentine King Gago Two goals in a row dragged the game into overtime, but he was also injured because of the opponent's captain Terry's flying shovel. Although Real Madrid, which lacked the core of attack, showed a rare bloody performance in overtime, but at this time London went down. It was raining heavily. The players of Real Madrid obviously did not expect this situation. In the cold rain, they lost their way. In the 112th minute, Drogba's header broke the last resistance of Real Madrid!"

"After the game, Real Madrid coach Schuster did not attend the press conference. It is said that the team's offensive core Gago is seriously injured and is likely to miss all games this season!"

When he heard this, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of Gago's mouth.

"gab!"

"Fair, don't journalists like this kind of pretentious things, exaggerating!"

Guti didn't have the consciousness of a guest at all, picked up the apple that was peeled by the bed and bit it down.Raul couldn't help but give him a blank look, but Guti still went his own way, with a crisp sound of biting an apple in his mouth.

"Fair, I'm sorry, I didn't show the demeanor of the captain in yesterday's game, and let you fight alone. The team was eliminated. As the captain, I have a great responsibility."

Hearing Raul's remorse, Gago shook his head and interrupted.

"It should be me who blames myself. If I scored that one-handed goal in the end, the team would not enter overtime, and then it would not be killed by the opponent..."

"Fair, my face is going to blush when you say this!"

Guti stuffed the half-eaten apple into Gago's mouth, preventing him from saying the following.

"It's our fault, we've tired you too much to be around and have left you alone to save the team. If it wasn't for your two goals yesterday, we wouldn't even have had extra time , although you didn't score that single-handed goal, but the captain of the opposing team, Terry, was sent off with a red card. In overtime we were all beaten by the opponent under the advantage of one more man. To be honest, I feel very ashamed !"

This was the first time Gago saw Guti with such a formal and serious expression. He put his hands on Gago's shoulders, and his blue eyes were as clear as water.Looking at each other, Gago felt the feeling of hating himself for being powerless. Guti, who has always been very proud, must be dissatisfied with his performance yesterday.

In the end, Schuster replaced the injured Gago with him, hoping that Real Madrid's vice-captain could help the team win in overtime, but the result was a lore shot by the opponent with only ten players.

At the end of the game, all Real Madrid players stood in the pouring rain for a long time, insisting not to go to the hospital. After watching the game on the bench, Gago buried his head deeply in his arm in the last camera shot In the bend.Although it was not photographed, the tear stains on his face can be clearly seen in the subsequent snapshots.

Fernando Gago, who became a king this year from a prince, but shed tears of sadness for the first time this year.At this time, the fans realized that he was only 22 years old, just a half-old child, how cruel it is to ask him to save the team every time.

This time he finally failed to save the team again, and fell into the abyss with his teammates. He created hope by himself, but failed to grasp it.

At the end of the game, every Real Madrid player was very sad, but the saddest must be Gago, who cried very sadly in the corner of the locker room where there was no reporter's lens.Gago is blaming himself. If he hadn't missed that one-handed goal, the fate of the team would be completely different.

In the locker room at that time, even Marcelo and Pepe, who had always been the most lively, were silent. Ramos and Guti, who had the last relationship with Gago, kept comforting him until he stopped crying.

For coach Schuster, being out of the Champions League is undoubtedly bad, but the worst is not this.It was Gago's injury.

Real Madrid with Gago and without Gago are completely two teams, and this time his injury caught Schuster by surprise.After the team doctor's inspection, the problem is a bit big.But in the end, you still need to go to a regular hospital to make a conclusion.

The results of today's examination have just come out, and the ligament of his left foot is strained. This kind of injury is not troublesome, as long as he cultivates, he will heal.But what Real Madrid lacks most now is time. Gago's injury will take at least half a month, that is, don't expect him to play in the next two league games in March.

At this time, Schuster was suddenly very fortunate that the end of March was the national team match day. In the past, he would definitely have to toss Gago, who was not physically fit, but now was the best time for him to cultivate.Two league games plus two World Cup qualifiers, with a bit of luck, Gago will be able to play in the game against Malaga in early April.

But Schuster is happy, but Basile is jumping and scolding his mother. He has just established Gago as the core of Argentina, and even kicked his love Riquelme out of the national team for this. .Now tell him this, Gago is injured, what about the Argentine national team?
There are not many people in Pampas who can be the core of the midfield. Veron retired happily after winning the Copa America. Riquelme was just driven away by him. Riquelme, who is arrogant by nature, is definitely unwilling to come back.And Aimar, who is a Riquelme loyalist, can only say that he is average. Originally, Basile was going to let him accompany Riquelme, so how could he promote him.

After Gago talked with Raul and Guti for nearly an hour, the doctor came in and suggested that Gago should be checked.The two captains of Real Madrid just left. Before leaving, Guti peeled an apple for Gago as compensation for the half he ate.

After finally checking, Gago has already had dozens of missed calls.

Mentor Madoni, former agent Rombia, Redondo, Maradona, national team coach Basile, Messi far away in Barcelona, ​​and Aguero in the same city...

Xia Weier and Linaya returned the calls from some unimportant people, while Jiago from some friends called them one by one in person.

During the conversation with Basile, Gago kept apologizing. To be honest, he was also very guilty of this old man.They finally helped him settle all aspects and supported him to become the new core of the national team, but he was injured immediately after a friendly match and released pigeons.

Fortunately, Basile was not an unreasonable person. When he knew that Gago was not seriously injured, he was relieved and at the same time let him recover from his injury. He must recover before he can play the game.

He doesn't want the core of his national team to become a glass man in the future!

After finally getting Basile settled, just when Gago was about to breathe a sigh of relief, someone knocked on the door again.Looking back, Ramos, Marcelo, and Higuain came in slyly, and it was less than a minute after the three walked in.Aguero also happened to arrive.

"Don't you still have training today? Why are you here?"

"Ask for leave! X4"

Hearing the four people saying in unison, Jiago was moved while being angry and funny.

(End of this chapter)