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After leaving the Mahadahonda training base, Viviano curiously asked Gao Zheng what happened to the kid who didn't ask him for an autograph or take a photo with him.

"Oh, he just wanted to chat with me." Gao Zheng didn't tell Viviano the truth because he didn't think it was necessary.

When he chatted with Dong Jin just now, he spoke Chinese, which Viviano couldn't understand.

Viviano didn't ask any further. After all, it's not like he hasn't seen fans who want to show their admiration to Gao Zheng.

Gao Zheng didn't tell Viviano the truth because it was troublesome to explain.

He had to explain why Dong Jin cared so much about nationality.

Although Lin Yuan said that Dong Jin was not Chinese, Gao Zheng disagreed. He felt that although Dong Jin had Spanish nationality, he was indeed a Chinese in terms of cultural identity.

Because maybe in this world, only Chinese people care about their identity so much...

In Europe, bloodlines have been chaotic since before the Middle Ages. You are my father and I am your son. The king of this country is also the king of another country. The royal families of two different countries have relatives. .

To put it bluntly, Europe is a place where a group of big bastards live together.

It is precisely because of this that Europeans do not care much about nationality.

That's why Western countries have the theory of multi-nationality, that is, a person can be Italian, Spanish, German, French, Dutch, British, Brazilian, Argentinian, Mexican, etc. People, Canadians, Americans...etc, they don't see anything wrong with it at all.

People who live in the United States now, counting up a few generations, may be Italians...

This also has a lot to do with the colonization of various parts of Europe.

Therefore, the people here don’t have a deep identification with their nationality. If you tell Viviano that Dong Jin has a headache about his nationality, Viviano will definitely find it strange, and then Gao Zheng will give Wei Wei a new question from the perspective of Chinese cultural traditions. Viano explained.

Gao Zheng didn't want to do this, it was pointless to waste his saliva.

Anyway, it is precisely because Dong Jin cares so much about nationality and identity that he is so confused.

But Gao Zheng still felt that he didn't need to care so much.

He has personally experienced how cruel professional football is.

Fourteen or fifteen-year-old kids who have just entered the echelon to receive training, and now they want the national team, it is still unknown whether they will be able to play professional football alive.

Along the way, his teammates have changed wave after wave, from China to Italy, and there are many talented and talented players among them.

But in the end?

So far, he is the only one kicked out by his domestic teammates.

This is not to say that he is the only one who became famous, but that he is the only one who played in the professional league.

The teammates in the AC Milan youth training camp are better than those in China, but that is also because Italy's player training system is more mature than China's.

But even so, there are not many people who really gain a foothold in the top league.

He is the only one who has become the main core of each team.

In terms of youth training alone, many people think that Barcelona's La Masia Youth Academy is awesome, because it has trained Barcelona's golden generation of players such as Messi, Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets, and Pique.

But in fact, Real Madrid's youth training is no worse than Barcelona's, and it may even be better. Because Real Madrid's youth academy La Fabrica has produced more professional players.

Yes, professional players.

Maybe these players have big names such as Messi, Harvey, and Iniesta, but they are all professional players who can play in their respective professional teams.

Although it is difficult for them to play in the star-studded Real Madrid first team, they have provided many high-quality seedlings to other teams in La Liga.

So being able to train enough professional players means that the club's youth training level is very good.

This shows how difficult it is to become a professional player.

Now Dong Jin and Lin Yuan may be considered talented among their peers, otherwise it would be impossible to enter the training base of Atlético de Madrid for training.

But whether they can eventually become professional players - even if it is not to play in the Atletico Madrid first team, but to play in other clubs would be great - there are still too many unknowns.

Luck and strength are indispensable.

Those who are outstanding in strength but suffer from frequent injuries may end up disappearing from everyone.

Although he was not seriously injured, as his body developed, his strength gradually became mediocre, and it was difficult to become a professional player in the end.

Gao Zheng, who knows how difficult the path of professional football is, feels that the two children are thinking too far and are too naive.

Is it so easy to be a national footballer?

It's like a poor man who starts to cry. If one day he wins five million, how can he keep others from knowing? Worrying about things that haven't happened at all, isn't this mediocre?

What Spanish nationality and Chinese nationality, wait until the day when you can really be selected as a national footballer.

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Lin Yuan saw Dong Jin again on the training ground.

Last time he hit Dong Jin hard with a few words, but Dong Jin who appeared in front of him this time was full of energy, and seemed not to worry about which country he was from at all.

Standing in front of Lin Yuan, he raised his head and said, "You guys came here to study, right? I heard that after three years, you still don't know if you can stay! Hmph! Wait until you can stay here before talking about defeating me!"

These words really hit Lin Yuan's heart.

They came here on a three-year contract.

And whether he can stay here after three years really depends on his performance in these three years. It's not that if you come here, you will definitely be able to continue playing in Atletico Madrid in the future. There may be a high probability that the scene he fantasized about in Calderon will not happen.

The first batch of Star of Hope seniors who came before them, now there are only nine people who can continue to stay in the Mahadahonda training base... and there was a team of 30 people like them back then. what……

Lin Yuan naturally also worried that it would be difficult for him to stay after three years.

Doesn't that mean waking up and discovering that the past three years have been a dream?

Who can bear this?

Lin Yuan waited for the arrogant Dong Jin: "Just wait and see! You will be gone by then, and I will still be here!"

Dong Jin snorted, "Who can't speak big words?"

"Of course I will prove it to you. Not only these three years, but three years after that! I will always be here!" Lin Yuan said loudly.

Lin Yuan, who is fourteen years old this year, will be twenty years old in six years. Early adulthood. If he can really stay in Atletico Madrid, he will play in the Atletico Madrid B team, and maybe even play in the first team!

"Just wait and see!"

Dong Jin is not to be outdone either.

"Okay, let's see!"

The two teenagers competed like this.

Before the outcome of this bet is decided, I am afraid that no one will give up easily.

After all, it would be embarrassing to surrender early...