Brazil, a pearl of South America, in addition to the hot and spicy beauty, also produces football athletes.
Pele, Zico, Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Kaka and other world-class stars are treasured by fans from all walks of life.
Among them, there is a defender player who has not been paid attention to, who joined the mainstream league at the age of 25, and finally entered the giants for many years and won many awards.
The media raved that he was like Lucio and would one day become the iron gate of the Brazilian national team, leading the Yellow Jackets to lift the Hercules Cup again.
But just when he started his national team career and was entrusted with heavy use, he was fed 7 goals by the German in a key World Cup match, and the poor defense made him fall from heaven to hell, and he was the unlucky Dante.
One
Unlike talented teenagers like Robinho and Neymar, who were defined as potential stocks by European scouts early on, Dante has always been a small and obscure role.
Because of his good height, he had dreamed of becoming an offensive player like Socrates, but Brazil was full of talent, so how could this position stand out?
So he changed to playing center-back, and through continuous training, learning to head, defend, and intercept, Dante slowly became a needle in the team he played.
Under the operation of the agent, the 20-year-old Dante crossed the sea to Europe, joined the Ligue 1 team Lille, trained hard day after day, and dreamed of showing his fists on the court.
Contrary to expectations, in the team's 3 years, Dante only got a few games, a veritable "water dispenser player".
So he escaped from Ligue 1 and came to the Belgian League, the cradle of talent, where he was successful, constantly improving himself in actual combat, tapping potential, and opening up the second pulse of Ren Dou, and soon the league boss Standard Liege pocketed him.
The big player became the great wall of steel for the team, and under his escort, Standard Liège won the league championship in one fell swoop, and Dante also tasted the sweetness of the championship as he wished.
Famed, Dante also received attention from the five major leagues, and in 2009, bore The Borussia Mönchengladbach, who needed relegation every year in the Bundesliga, bought Dante with a banknote.
At this point, Dante's football life has undergone a huge change, and the bigger stage of the Bundesliga has sent him to the altar.
Two
Jade is not thoughtful, not a tool.
After a lot of competition polishing, Dante is more and more pearlescent.
A strong centre-back in the Bundesliga, he has excellent header skills, a good sense of position, and a first-class frontal defense ability, and a strong body that is never afraid of hard confrontation.
In Borussia Moncheng's glory years, Dante transformed from a blue-collar manager to a manager who could help the team succeed in relegation and beat Bayern in the league, and the steel defense he built was impregnable.
When was Bayern Munich ever bullied like this? In 2012, the league boss won Dante and took it for himself.
To paraphrase Lucio's instructions, Dante plugs and plays and wins three trophies for the bundesliga, the German Cup and the Champions League in his first year with the team.
Fame rose to prominence in the world of football, and he was 28 years old that year, at the peak.
Success is no accident, every step is poured with sweat, the water comes to fruition, the yellow robe is added, the door of the national team is opened to him, and Dante was called up by Brazil for the 2014 Homegrown World Cup.
This should have been a happy thing, but Dante did not expect it to become the most painful chapter of his life.
Ambitious, World Cup-winning Brazil were heavily dunked by Germany for seven goals in the semi-finals, and his backline with David Luiz was ruthlessly blown up.
The football world does not believe in tears, the game is inherently win-lose, and a truly strong person must dare to face himself, even if he was once injured.
Three
That night was full of attention, and people all over Brazil were hoping that their hero would defeat Germany and advance to the final.
The pre-match team lost the absolute main players of Neymar and Thiago Silva, but they still believe that the substitutes are extraordinary.
Dante was appointed as the best man at the third back, and head coach Scolari believes he knows German football very well, which has helped Brazil a lot.
The game did not go according to the script, the German team mercilessly washed brazil in the host's territory 7:1 blood, forwards Müller and Klose scored goals in succession, and they joined forces to create the first tragedy of the World Cup.
Defender Dante performed extremely badly in this campaign, his German teammates studied him clearly, the whole game was like sleepwalking, the position was lost, the route was poor, the turn was slow, and all the shortcomings were clearly visible.
In the stands, the Brazilian fans in front of the TV set were in tears, and their hearts were dripping blood.
The iron gate door is wide open, easily beaten into scrap iron, and people remember only Dante's staggering steps and helpless hanging hands.
Dante was weak, the team colander, and after the loss he became the culprit of the fans.
To be fair, Brazil's loss cannot be blamed only on the defenders, the pressure at home, the combination of team personnel, technical and tactical mistakes and underestimation of opponents have laid the groundwork for this loss.
Proud Brazilian football also has a low point, but many people are reluctant to admit it, and when the Germans ruthlessly tear off its mask of hypocrisy, we find that the colorful star hall will also fade.
How high it was held back then, how miserable it is now.
Dante used up all his good fortune, and to this day, whenever he talks about this heart-wrenching 7:1, he still grumbles, which has become a lingering knot in his heart.
Four
The moon is cloudy and sunny, people have misfortunes and blessings, and everything has changed after The bad luck of Dante returned to Bayern.
Head coach Guardiola seems to have lost trust in him, and the contradictions between the two continue to intensify, and Dante sits on the bench and becomes the outcast of the team.
When you need to say you want to have 1,000 Dantes, you don't love to be taken down before halftime.
"Guardiola is a master tactician, he can play football, but he can't be a man." This is what Dante said about Guardiola after leaving Bayern many years later, and when he said this, Dante was still indignant.
In order to maintain his form, he resolutely left the Bundesliga and left Nice, France, abandoning the aura of the Bundesliga giants that not everyone was willing to give. Dante says he's not just playing for money, he hopes every game in the future will bring victory to the fans who love him deeply.
Once falling and stubbornly rolling over and getting up, Dante did not sink and concede defeat, he performed quite well in Nice to help the team against the rule of Greater Paris, and the excellent results of the league also allowed him to gain the trust of the team.
Nice opened the contract extension, saying that the veteran is still an important member of the team, which is the best compliment for Dante, even if he is nearly 40 years old, there are still many honors waiting for him to create.
He used one game after another to complete his self-redemption, and that 7:1 let him go with the wind.
Playing for the national team is his constant dream, he is eager to play, eager to bring joy to Brazilian fans, and he is still willing to defend the honor of five-star Brazil whenever needed.
The sunshine is always after the wind and rain, how to see the rainbow without twists and turns?
Dante, carrying the weight forward, the task is long.