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The Adventures of J Luo.

Colombia plays Uruguay in the eighth final of the World Cup in Brazil on June 29, 2014.

By Casey CardinalPublished 3 years ago 5 min read

A Colombian genius stopped the ball in his chest nearly 40 meters away, shot with a bow and arrow, and the ball crossed a wonderful arc and pierced the gate of Uruguay directly.

The goal was regarded as the best goal of the World Cup, and the scorer's name was Hames Rodriguez, who was 23 years old and became the golden boot of the World Cup.

The more familiar name of Hames Rodriguez is "J Luo", who became famous at the age of 23, bringing the talented Colombian into the mainstream media.

His handsome face, skilful dribbling and spiritual shooting are all his labels.

With his stunning goal at the World Cup, he was selected by Columbia Magazine's person of the year in 2014 and was shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award that year, and this classic goal won the 2014 Puskash Award without any doubt.

Six years ago, the summer was undoubtedly the brightest moment of J Ronaldo's career, wearing the halo of World Cup golden boots, he bid farewell to the strong French team Monaco, and before that, he left his mark in Uruguayan team Banfield and Portuguese super giants Porto.

He made his debut in the Uruguayan league at the age of 17 and scored five goals in a single season in the South American Libertadores Cup at the age of 19, thus gaining the opportunity to travel to Europe. J Ronaldo's resume is in line with the consistent development path of South American talent.

With the aura of a "popular star", J Ronaldo officially moved to Real Madrid in July 2014, when the Galactic battleship stars gathered, Cristiano Ronaldo and Bell "200 million flying together", Modric played mature and steady football, Ramos defense command, as a world-class club that has just won the 10th Champions League title in team history, any player is eager to have a foothold in Real Madrid and write their own legends.

It is self-evident that Real Madrid attached great importance to J Ronaldo, whether it was the media price of 80 million euros or the floating clause of 75 million plus 5 million, which was the third price in the team's history and the fourth in football history at that time.

Real Madrid chairman Florentino said that both personally and Real Madrid, J Ronaldo has been admired and pursued for a long time, and people expect Colombians to gallop in the Bernabeu and become another hero under the pure white shirt.

In fact, when J Ronaldo joined Real Madrid, he also had a honeymoon with the team.

At that time, Carlo Ancelotti had just dealt with the situation of chicken feathers in the team, and winning the Champions League laid a stable foundation for a long time. After Di Maria left the team, J Ronaldo was the well-deserved top assistant.

In the Champions League match against Basel, J Ronaldo completed the first goal of Real Madrid's career and then used his excellent form to help Galaxy Battleship's 22-game winning streak. The Colombian scored eight goals and seven assists in La Liga over a period of time. It is extremely rare not to contribute goals and assists in two consecutive rounds of games.

Fate is always jealous of genius, a metatarsal fracture let J Luo directly recuperate for two months, laying the groundwork for future sadness.

After his return, J Ronaldo gave out the data of 5 goals and 6 assists in 10 rounds of competitions. He completed 17 goals and 18 assists in all competitions throughout the season, with 13 league goals and assists, although he did not seem to be as good as C Rorbert in his position. But J Ronaldo made people expect more with his highlight performance in the first year.

However, this situation came to an abrupt end in the summer of 2015, when the "gone with the Wind" Lafayette fired Carlo Ancelotti and the honeymoon between Ronaldo and Real Madrid came to an end.

A torn thigh muscle put him in a two-month truce, and when he returned, he suddenly found Benitez in an awkward position in order to straighten Bale.

This embarrassment has not changed with the dismissal of Rafael Benitez and the firefighting of Zinedine Zidane, the Real Madrid midfielder has become an inverted triangle, and under the manager's new system, there is not much room for Ronaldo.

Later stories have made it clear that J Ronaldo has been further marginalized since the 17th season in 2016, and even there is no place for him in the Champions League final, and Colombians' feelings for Zidane have turned from love to hatred. He made a difficult choice-agreeing to join Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich on loan to join his mentor Carlo Ancelotti.

However, in the two years he played for the Bundesliga giants, he scored 14 goals in 43 league games and only 1 goal in the Champions League, which is not enough for Bayern to choose a buyout.

As a result, J Ronaldo returned to Real Madrid in the summer of 2019 and continued to play against Zinedine Zidane, who made only 14 appearances in 2019, 10 of which were at the start of the season.

On one side is Zidane's extremely obvious "not in the plan", and on the other is J Ronaldo's resentment of his former idol. In this helpless atmosphere, it is probably only a relief to leave the Bernabeu.

Jiro is only 29 years old, and he still has a lot to do.

We can probably understand why J Ronaldo chose Everton, where he used his Carlo Ancelotti six years ago, and perhaps deep in his memory, he is still thinking about his honeymoon in white six years ago.

The configuration of the Ether Coffee is enough to support the 4231 and 433 formations, which is exactly the routine that JRonaldo was familiar with during the Ancelotti days of Real Madrid.

From afar, 29-year-old J Luo will probably look like he was in high spirits when he was 23.

You can be said to be a genius plagued by injuries, or it can be said that fate is playing with talent. After going around in circles, J Luo finally chose to go to his origin in another way.

When it comes to him, the first reaction is still the wonderful goal of the 2014 World Cup. When the Colombian chooses another path, can he find his most desired destination after constant fantasy drifting?

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