Lord of the Rings Raul III.
It was the demand of Spanish fans, with the title of top scorer in the qualifiers, Raul played in his first European Championship, but the slow-hot Bullfighting Legion lost 0-1 in the first group stage to Norway.
Raul scored a volley against Slovenia to help Spain, who had no way back, win the game 2-1. The third group match against Yugoslavia is a life-and-death battle destined to become one of the most classic reversal battles in the history of the European Championship.
When the game entered the ninth, Spain needed two more goals to appear in the group, and in the third minute of the catch, Spain won the penalty, the goal fell and calmly sent the ball into the net.
There was no time to celebrate, all he could do in Spain was to keep teeing off and immediately throw himself into the game, which was almost their last attack, Also's volley, bounced to the ground, but then hung up in the net.
Spain's cheers over Bruges endured on this day, with goalkeeper Canizares kneeling in prayer and Afonso hugging his teammates. Raul is not the protagonist at this time, but the feeling of going from hell to heaven brings everyone the same surging. It's just that who would have thought that just four days later, he would experience a painful baptism from heaven to hell.
When the first penalty goalkeeper Dieta was replaced, Raul stood alone in front of the penalty spot, perhaps he only hesitated for a second, and the ball flew into the night sky of Bruges, leaving the impression of the Bull Legion dark, and the faint light leading to the last four of the European Championship was finally extinguished. In Raul's soothing like a brother, he bowed his head like a child for the first time, and even he forgot about it. Two days later, he will celebrate his second or third birthday.
When most of his peers enjoyed their youth, he was already carrying the name of Golden Autumn and the expectation of a country, walking for a long time, with a deep love, unable to hide the loss of youth, and could not be exchanged for a new life. Even the golden boy has a past and eternal regrets that he does not want to recall, and the reality is so cruel, but he still has to wake up from the dream.
In the summer of 2,000 years, when Raúl returned to Madrid after his trip to the European Cup, Real Madrid had changed the world, and Florentino, a businessman who started in the construction industry, was elected the new president of Real Madrid. His superstar policy, which began with the arrival of Barcelona captain Flying Pigeons, added to the hot atmosphere in the Spanish national derby.
It was a year for Raul to show his full potential, scoring two goals in the national derby and making him Raul's La Liga top scorer with twenty-four goals all season.
Real Madrid won the La Liga title for the first time in four years, dancers at the Bernabeu, dancers in the Raúl Temple, in the best years, imagining dreams, Champions League, Raúl with seven goals, the second consecutive year as the top scorer. Raul finished third in the 2001 World Footballer of the Year and second in the European Ballon d'Or, and although he has never won either of these top accolades in his entire career, he is a world footballer.
Some players who can last for years and stay at their peak, which overshadows many superstars.
In the 01-02 season, in the special year of Real Madrid's centennial, Raul led the Blancos to the top of Europe for the third time.
On May 15, 2002, at Hampton Park in Glasgow, it was Raul who knocked on the door for Real Madrid, and he sealed the victory in the opening eight minutes. Subsequently, he had the Celestial Flying Immortal within Jeddah. In his home of five consecutive Champions Cup titles, Raul stood beside captain Hierro and watched the Gold Cup lift high from the nearest spot. In the golden years, it belongs to the victorious bullfighting steps, the Lord of the Rings, and the most beautiful movement in the gorgeous performance. In the 2002 World Cup quarterfinal, Raul did not leave a goal, but at that time Raul did not know about his European Cup memories, and it would be over. It ends with his lonely figure and his sympathy with the tragic song. Ending with gorgeous football, kung fu football, and with the arrival of sadness, Raul said meaningfully: Now I will go back to the Piazza des Harvests, because the whole of Spain is applauding. The scene that appeared countless times in his dreams really happened, and he held the golden cup of victory high in front of the goddess. For a hundred years, the goddess of aggression who witnessed all the rise and fall of Real Madrid's glory, watched his children grow little by little.
Finally, one day, he became the prince of the Bernabeu. One pee, one pee, one pee. Lao Er once said: "Whenever I wear the number seven shirt, my feet feel like magic. In the 2002 World Cup, Raul took off the national team's number 10 shirt and became the owner of the new number seven of the Bull Army, scoring Spain's first goal of the 2002 World Cup.
For the first time in half a century, the Bullfighting Legion tasted victory at the World Cup. In the match against Uruguay, Raúl won two consecutive games for Spain to win the penalty shootout Bull Legion. In the third group game, Raul scored two goals against South Africa. It was Raul's best international competition. It was he who has advanced to the round of 16 of the World Cup with a three-game group stage record of three victories in the past 50 years.
But Raul was injured in the quarterfinals against Ireland and he was substituted in the 80th minute of the match. After the match, he was diagnosed with a muscle strain and needed to rest for ten days. After bidding farewell to the World Cup in Korea and Japan early, Raul watched weakly as the Bullfighting Army suffered injustice in the quarterfinals against Mr. Dong.
Offering the ball that Galaxy saved at the bottom line, Morientes knocked on the door of the Korean team. However, the referee team believes that the goal is invalid for the ball to go out first. South Korea beat the Bullfighting Army in a small-ball battle, just as Raul did to Raul's shoulder two years ago. Raul embraced the twenty-one-year-old Casillas deeply, passing on his comforting fighting spirit and perseverance to another bullfighter, who would one day break through the spell of fate.
But Raul couldn't break through the spell of parting. Although he returned to the Bernabeu and won his fourth La Liga title in the 02/03 season, he once again had a very high summer. Real Madrid has a new name: Galaxy Battleship.
