In the eastern part of Mons, a famous tourist city in southern Belgium, there was a small city called La Louvière.
Unlike Mons, a transportation hub with roads leading in every direction, La Louvière was merely an inconspicuous little city. Even on the map, it was an insignificant presence.
La Louvière had a football stadium and a training center. They were the shared memories of countless young people in the small city.
They had all played football and trained there.
To date, the most famous story in the small city involving the stadium and training center was that of the Hazard family.
Their father, Thierry, and mother, Carine, had both been professional footballers. That was extremely rare in a small city like this, so Thierry was also the youth coach of the local team, with his wife Carine serving as his assistant.
They had four children. The eldest was named Eden and now played for Lille in the French Ligue 1. The second, Thorgan, was also in the youth academy of a French team, while the third, Kylian, was now a member of the Belgium Youth Team training squad.
In 2003, the youngest child, Ethan, was added to the family. He received training from his parents at this small hometown club.
The first three children had all shown great promise. In the eyes of the small city's residents, they were the outstanding "other people's children." But that also made Thierry extremely sensitive as a coach. He was always worried that people would say he favored his own children, so he was particularly strict during training, especially with his own children.
Sometimes, he was so harsh that even others could not bear to watch. After all, Ethan was only eight years old.
Carine was always the one who stepped in to