Midfield Weaver, De Bruyne's Legend

From a 6-year-old child chasing the ball on the gravel in the suburbs of Brussels to the 34-year-old midfield spine under the dark blue jersey of Naples, Kevin De Bruyne's football trajectory has never been a straight line. It not only writes about the highlights of the "midfield master": the number of assists in the Bundesliga, the medal for the best player in the Premier League, the glory of third place in the World Cup, but also writes about the "ordinary people" behind the halo - the wrinkled sheets on the operating table, the silence when practicing static passing after the age of 30, the 12-year-old Gent jersey in the suitcase when he transferred to Naples. In his 28 years of football, his passes have bypassed the legs of defenders, and cannot avoid the obstacles of life; his trajectory has been marked by fans with data, and has been quietly engraved with the bones of his family, the shoulders of his teammates, and the lines of old balls. When the 34-year-old stood on the lawn in Naples and the setting sun stretched the shadow into a long line, he realized that the so-called legend was just the idea of ​​"wanting to play well" when he was 6 years old. He spent more than 2,000 sunrises and sunsets and slowly made it come true. There are no imaginary miracles here, just a boy walking a long way with a football in his arms - at the end of the road, the ball is still under his feet, and he is still the same Kevin who loves to stare at his teammates' movements.