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From delivery to sending a wave to the Internet ─ Messias’ 30-year-old Europa League debut | Football Storytelling

Played as an amateur delivery at the age of 24, played in Italy at the age of 25, played in Serie C at the age of 27, played in Serie A at the age of 29, and played in Europa League at the age of 30. The rise of geometric progression, is the hero’s twilight? Still unreliable? Maybe, nothing is…

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Seeing that the big clock has less than 5 minutes to complete the legal time, AC Milan, which is also anxious to keep the chance of qualifying in the Europa League group stage, won the Champions League 7 but now they only have 1 point to accompany the tail seat. They must win this game. But the opponent is also the Madrid Athletic Club, which is also very resilient and strong.

The time went every second. Three minutes before the end of the field, Kessie made a wave from the bottom line of the left penalty area. Just before 12 yards, a Milan player dressed in black was like a beast with the momentum of hunting prey. Ma knows that the defensive players rush forward to respond, no matter how good Obil is, there is no way to save it. AC Milan scored the goal and saved the chance to qualify. It was also 2920 days later to return to the European Union.

The player who scored the winning goal was not Ibba, who has repeatedly saved Milan, nor Keote, who has repeatedly won the best works, but a Brazilian who was still playing in Italy 4 years ago and has turned 30. Newcomer-Messias.

10 years ago, 20-year-old Messias drifted from Brazil to Italy. Messias, who has the same name as “Messi”, is not as lucky as Messi in terms of his football talent or chance. He has received football training, but he traveled from South America to make a living. Go to Europe to work as a home appliance delivery man, recycling bricks, and unpacking goods. During the weekend, Messias continued his football dream in the amateur team, but this dream has long since been devolved into interest because of life, just like you and me.

However, Messias is more than enough in the amateur league. As the MVP of the amateur league, he even won the favor of the Italian team, but he knows that the road from Italy to Serie A is quite long and difficult. Becoming a full-time football player is the only way out, but At that time, the salary of an Italian player was not as good as that of a delivery man. Under the contradiction between livelihood and dream, Messias chose to live again.

Dreams are easy to say, but very extravagant.

Later, the team was willing to pay a higher price than the deliveryman, and Messias finally agreed to go back and forth, as if God forced the football kid with mismatched resources to return to the right track. That year, in 2015, Messias was 24 years old.

He scored 21 goals in 32 games, which is Messias’s first season of Italy’s data; the next season he was “upgraded” from a guardian team to a “strong team” in Italy, scoring 14 goals in 33 games; in 2017, he won the favor of the Group C team. ,originally.

According to the rules of the Italian Football Association, Serie C teams cannot register non-EU players who participated in Italy last season, so the Brazilian borrowed Messias cannot move to Serie C.

God asked Messias to get back on track, but he made a big joke for him. However, Messias did not give up. He successfully assisted the team in promotion when he returned to Group D. This time the Group C league did not close the door for him again; that year, he At the age of 27, he joined another Serie C team, has been through five rounds and beat six players, from Serie C to Serie B and then to Serie A. In 2019, he was 29 years old and finally boarded Serie A.

Although he was a little late, he was promoted from Italy to Serie A in only 4 years. It must be unexpected. What’s more surprising is that he won AC Milan with 9 goals and 4 assists in 36 games in the first season of Serie A. Borrowing, he became a member of the giants; this morning he experienced the Europa League against the horses early this morning, and he fell back on the field to complete the Europa League debut, and used a goal to help the team win.

Story like a dream─

From home appliance delivery guys to professional football players, from amateur league to UEFA Champions League, the geometric progression is an achievement that countless people who have worked harder cannot achieve. It is chance and strength, but keeping the flame of dreams and hope in life is the way to success for Messias. Although the flames have been constantly being extinguished by reality, every step taken makes the cold wind unexpectedly become the burner of Messias; even if the flames do not ignite in the end, those who have left a little wonderful spark in their lives, It will also be a beautiful scene in life, I believe.

“I want to dedicate this goal to my family and friends far away in Brazil, as well as those who have always believed in my strength in Milan. I am so happy because this is the most important victory of my life!”-Messias

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