On May 31st, San Remo Sunlight Square was filled to the brim!
The San Remo season and cup victory celebration was officially held here.
It is reported that fifty thousand people flooded into Sanremo City to attend this celebration.
This was the most grand celebration in the history of San Remo, far surpassing last year’s Italian D Division victory celebration.
Last year’s Italian D Division victory was a celebration exclusive to the small city of San Remo.
But this year’s San Remo celebration attracted fans from many other towns as well.
San Remo is a city under the Imperia Province of the Liguria Region, where there are two Serie A teams, namely Genoa and Sampdoria.
Actually, now there is only one left.
Sampdoria ranked third from the bottom in the Serie A standings this season and still couldn’t escape relegation; next season they will compete in Serie B alongside San Remo.
While Genoa is a Serie A team, their situation isn’t much better than Sampdoria’s, always teetering on the edge of relegation, a tragic tale.
Under such circumstances, fans across the Liguria Region are eagerly awaiting a new and strong team to carry their hopes for victory.
It’s not uncommon for a popular Serie B team to be more favored than a struggling Serie A team.
Because the latter has already exhausted the fans’ enthusiasm.
Even though you’re a Serie A team, which sounds prestigious, as a fan, it’s painful to watch your team get beaten by others all the time.
Apart from die-hard local fans, what other fans would such a team have?
None at all!
But a rising team like San Remo is different.
Even though they’re just starting to compete in Serie B next season, they have long been the Lanbo Bay in their league!
They keep winning, and their fans have almost forgotten the feeling of losing.
This kind of joyful experience is beyond the imagination of Genoa or Sampdoria’s fans.
Therefore, in the Liguria Region, San Remo’s twenty-year-old fans have sprung up like mushrooms after the rain.
This celebration drew many fans from big cities too.
It’s worth mentioning that almost all these fans were wearing No. 24 jerseys.
Why? Because Lu’s popularity is too high.
If you’re wearing a No. 7 Becher’s jersey, it only shows you don’t understand San Remo. Among the die-hard fans of San Remo, there are none for Becher’s, because Becher’s once tried to go against Lu!
If you’re wearing a No. 9 Sogel or No. 10 Latu Yidi jersey, you might be an AC Milan fan.
If you’re wearing a No. 8 Versachi jersey, you might be a Florence fan.
If you’re wearing a No. 5 Naji jersey, old fans won’t explain—they’re dad fans, otherwise, they would have burned the jersey or hired a killer long ago.
If you’re wearing a No. 23 Morici jersey, you must really know football.
But all these jerseys combined don’t come close to the sales of Lu Yang’s No. 24 jersey.
Because Lu Yang’s jersey has a direct purchase link right beneath Sofia’s social platform.
Throughout the Italian Third Division season, a total of fifty thousand Lu Yang jerseys were sold!
And San Remo only has twenty thousand registered fans.
Hardly anyone buys two of the same jerseys, which means most of Lu Yang’s jerseys were bought by non-San Remo fans.
He became the undisputed sales champion of San Remo!
At the victory celebration, Rondo publicly announced his official retirement decision.
The fans on site gave a long-lasting applause.
Although those new fans were not familiar with Rondo’s story, it didn’t stop the old fans who knew from educating them.
Rondo was a hardcore player who accompanied San Remo through twenty springs, summers, autumns, and winters.
He and San Remo once struggled in the regional leagues; it was he who led San Remo back to the Italian D Division and Italian Third Division!
Without Rondo, there would never have been the later story of Lu Yang and Morici announcing the legend of San Remo was taking off.
If the legend of San Remo is a bestselling novel, then Rondo is the preface and introduction.
Rondo’s retirement marks the end of an era.
San Remo thus officially enters the "Lu Yang and Morici" era!
On the celebration stage, Lu Yang took over the captain’s armband from Rondo.
From then on, he became San Remo’s undisputed captain!
This was Rondo’s retirement ceremony, and even more, Lu Yang’s coronation ceremony.
On this day, San Remo was immersed in a sea of joy and emotion.
But the next day, clouds loomed over San Remo’s sky.
Because Lu Yang’s injury report was leaked again.
Against AC Milan, Lu Yang went all out.
After the match, Lu Yang’s injury became the focal point of everyone’s attention.
But under Mr. Russell’s money, the hospital remained tight-lipped.
Now, almost a week has passed, and the news eventually spread out.
"Serious injury! Lu Yang’s cruciate ligament tear! Recovery starts from six months!"
"Permanent damage! After a cruciate ligament tear, a player’s explosiveness will suffer irreversible permanent damage!"
"The cost of defeating AC Milan is so great! The Third Division superstar may become ordinary!"
"Moderate meniscus abrasion! Lu Yang’s problems aren’t just ligament tears!"
"Severe tendon strain, two months before he can walk, six months before possible return to the field!"
"Can the Italian Cup Best Player still continue to play football? That’s a question!"