Football: United Sons at Anfield

When he was thirteen years old, Union Berlin was on the verge of bankruptcy, and fans lined up to donate blood to save the team. He was not allowed to enter the school because he was not old enough, so he could only squat on the roadside and use half a piece of chalk to draw the team logo on the cement floor. Sixteen years later, he became the core midfielder of this team. His name is Union Lee, a German-Chinese, and the "Son of the Union" in the mouth of Union Berlin fans. My father is Chinese and opened a Chinese restaurant called "Union Hotel" in the East District of Berlin. My mother is a local nurse. He was born named "Union" - Union. The whole neighborhood knows him, the skinny midfielder who grew up in the stands wearing adult jerseys and practiced hard until the lights were turned off. No one thought that the child who was not even qualified to donate blood would later become the iron gate of the poorest club in the Bundesliga. In the promotion play-offs, he played the entire game despite being injured, ran 14 kilometers, and used a sliding tackle to secure his qualification for promotion. When the final whistle blew, he knelt in the center circle, his forehead pressed against the turf, and 25,000 people shouted his name in unison. The whole world thought he would stay and be a hero. But the manager said: "Liverpool's offer is enough for us to build a new youth training camp." A die-hard fan said: "Boy, the philosophy of Union Berlin is not to be a stumbling block for others." He is the future that fans bought with blood donations, but he has to give himself away with his own hands to survive in a different club. Twelve million euros. From Berlin to Liverpool, from Bundesliga 2 to the Premier League, from engineers to legends. This is a child who was raised by the team and repaid everyone by leaving. Tags: #Football # # #fanculture #