The strikers who play the number 9 in the Belgium national football team, know the whole world of the Romelu Lukaku. But someone can not even imagine his simple calm face, he has hid it carefully in an incredible rate, not to say the story! Let's hear the story from his mouth ...
# When I realized we were gone!
I remember the time when I realized that we had gone. Mom's face standing in front of the refrigerator still floats in front of my eyes.
Then I was six years old. During the break I used to come home from school to eat lunch. Every day Mother gave us the same food, bread and milk. The kids do not really care about anything. But I used to understand, then we had the capacity to say that it was very difficult.
One day I came home regularly and entered the kitchen. As always, the mother stood by the milk box in front of the refrigerator. But on that day he was mixing something with it. I did not understand exactly what's going on. After the meal, the mother tried to laugh naturally, so that nothing happened. But I caught her performance. I was complaining about the truthful eyes of the state of lies behind his lies and me.
Mother was actually mixing water with milk. Use this method because you can not afford to buy full-week milk. I then realized that we were gone, not just poor, absolutely gone!
My father was a professional footballer. But he came to the end of his career and all his money ran out. The first was farewell to the TV. I stopped watching the football game. At night, there was no light in the house, sometimes there were no electricity for two to three weeks. There was no good luck in getting a little hot water for a bath. Mother filled the water in the pot and she used to ride it on the stove. From there the cup pours water with the head.
It has been time that the mother had to borrow bread from the bakery. On Monday, the people of the shop knew me and my younger brother, giving me the opportunity to pay money on Friday on Friday. I knew that we had to struggle very hard. However, when I saw my mother mixing water with milk, then I realized that everything was finished. You understand? That was our life.
# I promised to change everything
I have not said anything. I did not want the mother to be under stress. But on that day I made a promise to myself. The day someone woke up to wake me up! I understand what I have to do, and what I'm going to do. My mother was making such a difficult situation silently, I could not bear it, I could not bear it at all.
The mental tenacity of football players is a key factor. Now after knowing the next chapter of my life story, I will be the most intelligent people I have seen. Because, the moments of praying mother and younger brother in the dark are still alive in my memory. I thought to myself, believed, and knew ... 'I can'.
I kept my promise for a while. But sometimes I came back from school and saw my mother weeping tears silently. So at the end of the day I said to my mother, "Mother, one day this condition will change, you see it. I will play football for Anderlicht, and that birthday is very close. We can be better again. You do not have to worry about anything else. "
Again, I was only six years old.
I asked my father, "Dad, when can I be a professional footballer?"
In response, he said, "At the age of sixteen."
I said firmly, "OK. It will be sixteen. "
But it has to happen, and it's going to be over!
Let me tell you something. Every match I had was a final one. When I played in the park, that was the final. When I played kindergarten during the break, it would have been the final. Believe me or not, these words are true. Every time I was kicked, I tried to get rid of the salting. I used to beat all the energy. I did not have FIFA's new games, I did not have a play station . Due to these joy, fascination and luxury away, I was just trying to kill the sad time of life!
When they questioned my identity
When I started to grow slowly, some of the teachers and guardians started having trouble with me. On the day when I heard from someone's mouth, "How old are you? How old are you in? "I can not forget about that day anytime. His question really surprised me.
At the age of eleven I was playing for Leicester Jubilee. One of the players of the opposition team, one day prevented me from going into the field. His talk was so much like, "How old is this boy? Where is his ID card? Where did he come from? "I said to myself," Where am I from? What does that mean? I was born at Antwerp, from Belgium. "
My father was not there, because there was no car to take me to Away matches. I was totally alone and had to fight alone in my life struggle. I showed all the guardians by bringing ID card from the bag. They all started watching it. My blood then became warm I was thinking, "I'll finish your son now. I was actually going to finish him. But now I will completely destroy him. You will go home with your weeping and weeping. "
I wanted to be the best player in Belgian history. That was my goal. Not a good player, not a prominent player, the greatest player. I would have played many rugs in my mind. There were a lot of reasons behind this ... because rats ran around our apartment ... because I could not see the matches of the Champions League ... because the other guardians used to tell me so bitterly.
So everything became challenging to me.
At the age of twelve, I scored 76 goals in 34 matches. I did all the goals in my father's shoes. Once our legs were the same size, so we used to share shoes.
The day we talked to Nana ...
One day I called Nana. He is one of the most important people of my life. I was in contact with Congo, from which my parents came. So one day I was calling him on the phone, "I play quite well nowadays. I scored 76 goals and we also won the league. Big teams are watching over me. "
He usually wanted to know more about my football. But that day his behavior was quite strange. Many said, "Yes, it's a good news. But can you do me a favor? "
I said, "Yes, what to do?"
He said, "Can you see my daughter, please?"
I became quite hesitant. I did not understand what exactly the different meanings meant.
"Mother? Yes, we are fine. Everything is going well. "
He said, "No, promise me. Can you talk to me Just watch my girl. For my sake, check my daughter, okay? "
In response I said, "Yes, different I can understand. I promise you. "
Five days later he left the world. Then I also understood what he meant to mean.
When I remember the incident, my mind became very bad. Because I wanted him to be alive for more than four years and I can see him play for Anderlicht. So that he can see that I have kept my words, everything has been fixed again. I told my mother that at the age of 16 I will play for Anderlicht. 11 days were late.
When caught a hard bet with the coach
May 24, 2009. Play-off final between Anderlecht and Standard Liege That was the most exciting day of my life. But before listening to this story we have to go a little bit backward. Because at the start of that season, I just started playing for the Andylerhat Under-19 team. The coach kept me sitting on the bench almost time. I used to think, "If I had to sit on the bench for the Under-19 team, how would I make a contract for a professional team at the age of sixteen?"
As a result, I bet with the coach. I said to him, "I guarantee you one thing. If you give me a chance to play, then I will score 25 goals in December. "He laughed, he really laughing at me.
I said, "Then come, let's bet."
He said, "OK. But if you can not score 25 goals in December, then you will get back to the bench again. "
I also said, "OK. But if I win, then every minivan you take away from the training of the players will need to be cleaned. "
The coach said, "OK, the deal is final."
I said, "Another thing. You have to make pancakes for us every day. "
He said, "OK."
It was perhaps the most strange bet that humans used to think. Before November I made 25 goals. We started eating pancakes before Christmas. You can also take a lesson from here. You can not neglect him when a hungry boy fights for something to eat. The hungry tiger knows how terrible?
Playing with Anderlicht and my dream day
My professional contract with Anderlicht concludes on May 13th, on my birthday. Then go straight to the market and buy new FIFA games and cable TV. The season came to an end. So I was enjoying the time at home. But that year the Belgian league was a big deal, because the points of Anderlecht and Standard Liege were the same. Therefore, the settlement was done through the two-legged playoffs.
I saw the first leg sitting in front of a TV just like a fan. On the very first leg of the second leg, I received a call from the reserve bench's coach.
"Hello"
"Hello rom, what are you doing?
"I'm going to play football in the park"
"No, no, no. Drop the bag, now. "
"What! What am I doing again? "
"No, no, no. You just come to the stadium. The first eleven is asking for you right now. "
"What the hell! I? "
"Yes, you. Come on now. "
I ran to run to my father's room and ran, "Dad, get up early. We have to go now. "
His words were, "Yes! What? Where to go? "
I said, "Anderlecht!"
I will never forget that day. I ran into the stadium and ran into the dressing room to run around. Kitman asked, "How many numbers do you want jersey?" I also said, "Give me 10 numbers." Ha ha ha. I did not really know anything. I was very scared when I was young.
He said, "Academy players can take only 30 or more jerseys."
I thought then, "OK. 3 and 6 are matching 9. This is a very nice number. Give me the number 36. "
During the dinner that night, senior players asked me to sing a song for them. I can not remember exactly what I sang. My head was rolling around
The next morning a friend came to my house to know whether I would go to play football or not. Mother said to him, "He has gone to play."
Surprised friend asked, "Where?"
Mother said, "In the final."
When we reached the stadium we came from the bus. Every player had a nice suit to wear. Except me I was wearing a very tragic track record. And all the TV cameras were able to look exactly like my face. From there the distance to the locker room was 300 meters. Minute three way walk As soon as I had locked in the locker room, my phone started ringing. Everyone saw me on TV In just 3 minutes, I got 25 messages. My friends' head wasted.
"Bro! Why do you see the game? "
"ROM! What is the story Why do you show up on TV? "
I just gave the reply to my best friend's message. I wrote, "Bro! I do not know whether I can play today or not. I do not know what's happening all around. Just watch the TV. "
At 63 minutes the manager took me to the field. At 16 years of age 11, I got into the field of Anderlicht.
We lost the day's match. But then I started floating in the sky. I have been able to fulfill my promise to many mothers and mothers. At that moment I really realized that everything was going to be OK.
In the next season, I continued to study last year's high school and play Europa League. I used to take a big bag in school so that I could catch the flight in the afternoon. We won the league very clearly and I was the second best player in African player. It was one way ... amazing.
I also wanted to do this, but not so fast. Suddenly, the media around me grew more and more, the burden of hope was imposed on me. Especially in the national team. I do not know what is the reason for the national team. It was not happening.
But, what has happened! I was 17 years old! 18! 19!
When people's mindset makes me amazed
When everything went well, then I would read newspapers. They wrote, 'Romlu Lukaku, Belgian striker'. And when I used to play bad, they would write, 'Romlu Lukaku, the Bengolan Striker of the Congo tribe'. All right, you can not like the type of game I do. But I was born here. I grew up in Antwerp, Liege and Brussels. I dream of playing for Anderlicht. My dream was to be a Vincent Company. I'll finish the sentence in French, Danish. Depending on where I am I speak Spanish, Portuguese or Lingala.
I'm Belgian. We are all Belgian. This thing has made this country so remarkable, is not it? I do not know why some people in my homeland want me to see me as a failure. I really do not know. When I was not playing after Chelsea, I heard them laughing. When I went to play West Brampton, they still laugh at me.
But the matter is really nice. When I got mixed with water in the water, these people were not with me. If you are not near me in a poor condition, then you will never really know me completely. Know funny thing I did not see the Champions League game for 10 years in my childhood. We did not have that capability. When I came to school, all of them were talking about the final and I did not know what actually happened.
When I played with the club Leverkusen in 2002, I remember one incident. Everyone said, "Those volts! And my god, that's the volta! "I assumed that I know all. Two weeks later, one of my friends in the computer class came to the video from the Internet and I could see what Zidane did with his left foot.
That summer, I went to see the phenomenon of Phenomenon Ronaldo in the World Cup final at that friend's house. I had heard all the news about that tournament only from the mouth of the friends. Yes, I remember, my shoe was torn in 2002. Very tangled 12 years after that I was playing in the World Cup!
Now I am playing another World Cup. What's funny, you know? Now I will enjoy the issue. Life is so small and the life is really small compared to so many plays. People can say whatever I want about myself and my team.
Finally some things
Listen, in the match-of-the-day childhood, we were not able to see Thierry Ori on TV. And now I am learning from him every day in national team. Now I am standing beside this legend, and he taught me how he used to run in the field. Thierry is perhaps the only man in the world to see more football than me. We talked about almost all issues. Maybe we are sitting somewhere and argue with the German second division football.
Maybe I said, "Thierry, saw the setup of Fortuna Dusseldorf?"
He would say, "Do not have fun. Of course. "
These things are the most fun of me in the world.
If you could see these things really! I'm not talking about the Premier League. Not to Manchester United, not the Champions League, even the World Cup. I do not really mean that. I really want to see if he can see our present life. I think I could call him once more ...
"See? I told you Your daughter is perfectly fine. There is no other rat in the apartment. We do not have to sleep on the floor. There is no worry. We are fine now. we are fine…
... they do not have to check my ID and now. They know our name! "
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