Many things in this world are doomed, ex-girlfriends who can't be saved, big houses that can't make enough down payments, and dreams that can't be realized. Ordinary people are like this, players are the same, Ronaldo is one Champions League away, the flying Cruyff and the Dutchman just can't touch the Hercules Cup, Maradona didn't wait for Argentina to lift the trophy, and passed away...
Of course, there is also Royce, who is always injured like a spell before every major tournament, and fate tricked him again when the 2022 World Cup opened with 10 days to go, and this time, his World Cup dream was ended.
A year of waiting has been exchanged for disappointment
Back in time a year ago in the summer, after a season of intense competition, Reus announced that he had decided to withdraw from the European Championship after consulting with German coach Loew due to physical fatigue and minor injuries.
Many people regretted Reus' decision, but everyone cheered him on: it's okay, rest well and get ready for next year's more important World Cup.
Royce is planning the future as well. He was in excellent form last season, playing 41 games for Borussia Dortmund in all competitions, contributing 13 goals and 14 assists. Everything went so smoothly until September of this year.
In the Ruhr derby with Schalke, Reus injured his ankle and recuperated for four weeks. Reus, who had not yet fully recovered from the away game against Union Berlin, was called in the second half and injured again.
In order to recover quickly, he tried almost all means, strengthening rehabilitation training while even walking carefully, for fear of aggravating the injury. The conflicted Reus, on the one hand, wants to rest well, but on the other hand, he is worried about Dortmund's results and that there is no chance to recover before the World Cup.
So last week's game against Bochum, Reus came on in the 67th minute. After the game, when he limped off the pitch, the fans had already sensed the ominous omen in his eyes.
There was still no miracle this time, and before the German squad was announced, Reus had already announced that he would not qualify for the World Cup.
Tragic career: Two dreams are doomed to fail
After the squad was announced, Royce said on social media: "The result can't be changed, and one of my big dreams is shattered."
It is touching that the gentleman Reus did not talk too much about his helplessness, unwillingness and sadness, but thanked the German team doctor and fans for their support and sent blessings to the German team: I will pray for the German team and every player at home as an ordinary fan, wishing you all the best and looking forward to your good performance.
Reuss previously said in an interview that he has two dreams, one is to win the championship with Dortmund, and the other is to win the World Cup with the German team.
Reus, who came through the Hornets academy, returned to Borussia Dortmund in the summer of 2012 after spending time in the Bundesliga Red and White Allen and Borussia Mönchengladbach. In his first year home, Reus was good enough to play 49 games for the team, creating 30 goals, scoring in the Champions League group stage against Manchester City and Real Madrid to help the Hornets qualify from the group of death.
But fate likes to joke with Reus, and this season Dort was dragged from the championship by Bayern. In the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in May 2013, Reus did his best to create a penalty for his team, which was scored by Gundogan and they equalized for a while, but in the end, Robben's smash left Dort with nothing this season.
The 24-year-old didn't believe in spells or fate, and after the game he encouraged his teammates to start over. He had studied free-kick tactics and attacking coordination with Lewandowski in training, and he had agreed with the Pole to help the Hornets make a comeback. A year later, however, Lewandowski joined Bayern as a free agent. He had dreamed of a bright future with Hummels, and a few years later, his teammates also went to Bayern.
Reus has been with Dort for just ten years since the summer of 2012, and the Hornets have not won a league title. During this period, he won Player of the Year (2019) and twice Season of the Year (2013-2014, 2018-2019). The team has only won the German Cup twice.
Reus is not without the opportunity to switch to the giants and embellish his career with championships. At his peak, he was even considered the third man after Mero.
The giants Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester City all lined up for purchases, and Reus almost made it to the Bernabeu in the summer of 2014, but in the end, time and again, he chose to stay with the team.
He's not a glass man: just bad luck
When many people talk about Royce, they are accustomed to calling him the glass man. According to media statistics, since joining Dort in 2012, he has spent 900 days recuperating, nearly 3 years. Is this really the case?
In 2008, 19-year-old Reus was banished by Dort to the red and white Allen of the Bundesliga due to his thin health. Since then, Reus has intensified his physical training and learned how to move and move in the fierce tackle, and fully play the agile ball style.
The summer of 2014 was the beginning of Reus's nightmare, when he was basically locked up in a playing spot in the German team, and suffered a torn ligament in the final warm-up match against Armenia six days before the start of the tournament and missed the World Cup.
In this competition, the German team went all the way to win the championship with Götze's desperate victory in the final. After winning the Hercules Cup, his teammates did not forget Reus, and Goetze put his number 21 shirt in front of the camera.
Royce, who was sitting in front of the TV, also cheered happily for his teammates, and he only had emotion, helplessness and sadness for himself.
Reus did not admit his fate, he recovered desperately, returned to the stadium 1 month earlier than the doctor expected, and scored in the first match of the German team against Australia in 2015, and the German media exclaimed after the game: super talent is back. Then in the European preliminaries against the difficult Georgia, it was Reus who broke the deadlock, and after the game, Loew praised that Reus would be stronger than the future.
After the injury, Royce had no psychological shadows and fears, and he even fought with injuries in key games. In his fully recovered season (2015-2016), he played 43 games in all competitions and scored 19 goals.
Before Euro 2016, Reus, who wanted to make up for his regrets with this competition, collapsed again before the start of the competition, this time because of an adductor muscle injury, his injury worsened after the league, and the German team medical team rehabilitated Reus for more than 4 hours a day, which was still to no avail.
On his 27th birthday, when Reus learned that he had lost the national team, he refused all interviews, and when he returned home alone, he closed the door.
The 2016-2017 season started unsmoothly and lasted until the final of the season, when Reus was diagnosed with a torn cruciate ligament in the DFB-Pokal final against Eintracht Frankfurt, and this time it took him more than half a year to recover.
Although he has a sunny and handsome appearance and blond hair, Royce is definitely not a soft egg on the court. It's true that injuries have affected Reus' career, but it's really unfair to arbitrarily label him as a glass man.
In terms of time, he had nearly 1,000 days to recover from injury, but for more than three seasons, he lasted until the end of the league before undergoing surgery.
From the data, since playing in the Bundesliga in the summer of 2009, to last season, Reus has only made 15 appearances except for the seriously injured 2017-2018 season, and has averaged more than 25 appearances in the remaining 13 seasons, and more than 35 appearances in 10 seasons, including the 2020-2021 season, the 32-year-old played 49 games (39 starts, 10 substitutes), and how many times he gritted his teeth and injured himself in difficult times for the team.
For Royce, who is known for speed, dribbling and skill, this is not easy.
The only World Cup memory: only reluctance and bitterness
The summer of 2018 was the only World Cup in which Royce participated, but unfortunately there was only bitterness in the memory. At this time, Germany is no longer the same iron army that swept through Brazil four years ago.
In the first game against Mexico, substitute Reus was unable to save the defeat, and in the second game against Sweden, Loew decided to change the line, Reus got the chance to start, and lived up to expectations and scored an equalizer with his left foot in the 48th minute to win 2-1.
On June 27, 2018, it was Reus' last day related to the World Cup. In a life-and-death battle with South Korea, he started again, but he and his teammates could not prevent the collapse of the German tank.
This is all Reuss has ever remembered about the World Cup. He made his major debut at Euro 2012 and, albeit as a substitute, scored against Greece. Ten years later, the bitter curse of Royce missing the tournament continues.
Bidding farewell to Qatar at the age of 33 basically means that as a player, Reuss will not be able to participate in the World Cup in the future. The once small rocket, still full of power, but could not bloom in the sky of the World Cup. Such a tragic mood that has the intention to change fate, but cannot realize his long-cherished wish, perhaps only Royce himself can empathize.
The opponent also respects the good guy Royce
Royce missed the World Cup and received so much attention and regret, not only because of his tragic career, but also because he was an easy-going and good guy on and off the field.
After the birth of his daughter in 2019, Royce's social media instantly received 500,000 likes, not only teammates and friends in life, but also opponents and opponent fans on the court, all of whom sent their heartfelt blessings.
In the 2018-2019 season, in Dort's 2-4 defeat to Schalke 04, Reuss made a tackle and went off the court, and he not only apologized to fans and opponents after the game, but also clarified in an interview that it was not malicious injury and hoped that young players should pay attention to their emotions.
After being rejected by Borussia Dortmund, someone complained about Reus, but he was only grateful for the team that had nurtured him. In his 10-year career at Dort, he was disappointed without a title, but never blamed the manager and teammates.
Reuss, who was reviled at Union Berlin last season, responded with two goals before covering his ears and making a move he couldn't hear. In an interview after the game, the reporter thought that Reus would say something, and his response was only: the stadium is settled, and I respect all opponents and fans off the field.
Reus can give everything for the team, teammates need help, and always think of Reus first.
In the 2021-2022 season, Dortmund beat Borussia Mönchen 6-0, and the brilliant Reus had already completed the assist and brace's highlight in the 80th minute, and when the team won a penalty in the 90th minute, Reus gave the penalty opportunity to Emre Jan, who desperately needed a boost of confidence, and missed the moment that will go down in history. When fans and journalists felt sorry for him, he just smiled.
Royce is still a gossip insulator, and no matter how the gossip media tracks, it just can't find a shred of room to play. But why do such good people always get the favor of good luck?
Always fall and always run Royce
To Qifeng told an interesting story in "Judo Dragon and Tiger List", a former judo master Situ Bao was about to go blind due to eye disease and degenerated into a rotten gambler, and a new little champion Tony always wanted to PK all judo masters, but he was always unhappy; There is also a pretentious little singer Xiaomeng, who wants to become a big star, but has been repeatedly hit.
The film begins in chaos, and the three people meet in a bad way, from mutual ridicule to mutual support, until the end of the film, there is no reversal of the dream ending of life. The blind Situ Bao will never be able to regain his eyesight, and no matter how hard Tony tries, he will not be able to become a judo master, and the little dream of preparing to go to Japan to develop is doomed to become popular.
They are always falling, but they are also always running. They are ordinary but never give up, they dream when they have dreams, and they will not stop moving forward when the dream is gone.
Royce, or most ordinary people, is very similar to the protagonist in the movie.
Reus sent away Lewandowski, Goetze, Aubameyang, Haaland and other teammates at Dort, knowing that it will be difficult to overthrow Bayern to win the title with the current strength of the team, but before the start of each season, he still has light in his eyes and full of determination when he encourages his teammates to shout out the goals of the new season.
An ordinary student, no matter how angry he is, cannot become a top student; A hard-working office worker, no matter how hard he tries to make money, he can't get on the rich list; You who run for life are not as good as nine out of ten.
To be realistic, ordinary people will not be great because of ordinary, nor will they shine because of dreams, but because of their persistence day after day, even if they curse after falling, they can still stand up and run for the obsession in their hearts, so as to become a better version of themselves.
In terms of talent and player career, Reus has outperformed 95% of ordinary players, but on the other hand, he is an ordinary person, and the troubles on and off the pitch, frequent injuries and unsatisfactory will make him miserable and sad.
After a journey of upheaval and displacement, from another perspective, Reus can also heal well during the World Cup, and it is time to let go of his long-term tension.
That's right, the World Cup drama is really over for Royce. But judging from the law of conservation of energy and the metaphysics of reincarnation, the 33-year-old Royce stood there, as determined as ever. One setback is impossible to make him give up, and there are many goals waiting for him to achieve.
Believe that the good life of Royce may have just begun.