Football: I am a goalkeeper, averaging 1 goal per game

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Collins, the club's public relations manager, picked up Xu Jin and drove to the Riverside Park Stadium, the home stadium of Middlesbrough.

Sitting in the car, Xu Jin seemed to have suddenly remembered something, and turned to Collins and asked.

"Sir, how well do you understand the little boy I mentioned last time?"

Collins kept his hands on the steering wheel and watched the road ahead.

"Oh, what a poor child."

"what happened?"

Collins said: "The little boy's name is Tony Machelin, and he is only 9 years old this year. When he was seven years old, he was diagnosed with leukemia."

Hearing this, Xu Jin looked at Collins who was driving in surprise.

"Then he... can still come to the stadium to watch the game?"

Collins shook his head and said, "According to the general situation, it is not allowed! After all, this weekend, he will undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and he was secretly brought out of the hospital by his father."

"How can this work? Isn't this a joke with the child's life?"

Hearing this, Xu Jin was a little angry.

Collins sighed: "Why didn't his father know that such an action would bring huge risks to the child? But the doctor told his father, Machelin, that the child had other physical problems at the same time, and the success rate of this operation was not high. Gao, whether he can walk out of the operating room is still unknown."

Hearing this, Xu Jin suddenly remembered the painting Tony gave him.

Although the brushwork is immature, it can still be distinguished that it is a picture of a goalkeeper standing in front of the goal.

Because this painting was given to Xu Jin by Tony.

Therefore, the goalkeeper should be him.

Thinking about this little fan of myself, when life has not fully started, it may end.

Xu Jin couldn't help feeling a little melancholy.

"Mr. Collins, is Tony's operation on this Sunday?"

Collins nodded: "Yes, I asked his father, and the time was this Sunday morning."

Xu Jin was silent for a moment, and then he said, "If possible, can you arrange for me to meet him before our youth team's match against Forest U18!"

"what?"

Collins froze for a moment, then nodded slightly: "I see, I'll go talk to his father."

……

The club is not far from Riverside Park Stadium.

After only driving for less than 10 minutes, the very British-style car driven by Collins was parked in an open-air parking lot.

Look through the car window.

Xu Jin saw at a glance that there was an independent building with the team logo of Middlesbrough outside the Riverside Park Stadium.

Presumably, there is the club's peripheral store.

Although the jersey signing will not start until 4 pm.

But Xu Jin could see that many fans had already gathered in front of the store.

Just like the ratio of male to female fans in Middlesbrough, the majority of fans waiting outside are women.

"Xu, today's jersey signing meeting process is not too complicated, it will not be like a fan meeting, you have to talk or something."

Sitting in the driver's seat, Collins said to Xu Jin: "We will enter through the back door of the store. When the time comes, you go out directly, say hello to the fans present, and then sit on the signing table and sign autographs for the fans one by one."

Listening to Collins' explanation, Xu Jin nodded slightly, and then asked, "Is there anything that needs attention?"

Collins shrugged: "There is nothing special that needs to be paid attention to. The fans who can walk into the queuing channel need to be fans who have recently purchased goods in our store. As long as they don't give you something that may cause trouble, you will be fine." Anything that can be autographed, like... jerseys from other teams, or jerseys from other sports brands."

Xu Jin nodded, expressing his understanding.

After sitting in the car for more than ten minutes, Xu Jin and Collins took a long detour to the back door of the surrounding shops in Mibao.

Along the way, Xu Jin smiled and said to Collins that he was just a young football player and not a big star, so why should he be so mysterious.

Collins smiled mysteriously, and said to Xu Jin, "Our Middlesbrough fans are crazy."

Xu Jin didn't quite understand this sentence at first.

However, when he walked out of the store, he really understood what "crazy" is!

As soon as he opened the store's sliding glass doors, the fans behind the divider screamed.

He kept calling Xu Jin's name.

Even though he had been mentally prepared for a long time, he was still taken aback by such a battle.

After all, this isn't the stadium.

He also didn't score.

Just a jersey signing!

The enthusiasm of the fans present was as if he had scored a crucial goal.

After quickly adjusting his mentality, Xu Jin waved to the fans, and then, under the guidance of Collins, sat in front of the signing table.

After the signing began, although the fans were still crazy, the overall order was still good.

After all, the club arranged for three tall security guards to maintain order at the scene.

"Huh, you're amazing! If you could, could you write 'For Alice' on the jersey?"

"Of course!"

"Xu! You must work hard for the next game!"

"Thank you!"

"My God, my God! It's finally me! It's finally me! Xu, can you draw me a heart?"

"Ok."

……

The signing meeting went very smoothly, as long as the fans' requests were not too outrageous, he would satisfy them one by one.

After all, as a player, Xu Jin knows very well that these fans can be counted as his parents.

Against opponents, especially unreasonable opponents.

Xu Jin would show his fangs to them, just like a lion seeing its prey.

Let these unreasonable people become reasonable.

But for fans who like him, he will become very kind.

But he really can't do anything about the demands made by some fans!

"Xu! My girlfriend is your fan, can you help me transcribe this love poem I wrote into the jersey?"

"What is your name? You have three pages of letter paper here! Or, let me write the names of you and your girlfriend."

"I don't want your autograph! Huh! Seriously! Don't give me my autograph! This is lipstick I just bought! Can you put lipstick on and leave a hickey on your jersey?"

Xu Jin raised his head and looked at the middle-aged man with lipstick in his hand and a fierce expression on his face.

"Sorry, I may not be able to do this kind of thing, I'd better sign it for you."

"what!"

A man who looks like he would be stopped by the police to question his appearance while walking on the road shyly wrinkled his nose: "Okay, then you must help me draw a super cute heart."