i want to be king

Chapter 697
In early November, Germany has entered the cold winter.

Far away in northern Germany, people in Hannover have already put on long johns and down jackets.

In this cold season, a chilling news came out of nowhere.

German goalkeeper Robert Enke committed suicide at a railway crossing north of Hanover.

When the news came, not only the entire German football world, but even the whole world was shocked.

This is the main goalkeeper of the German national team!

If it wasn't for the virus infection in his stomach that caused Enke to be sidelined for two months and also missed the national team's game, he should be reporting for the national team now, but now, he has left football forever.

Enke's suicide quickly triggered a strong reaction from the German football world. The German national team leader Bierhoff immediately said that he canceled the friendly match with Chile. He even said in tears that Enke's depression has never been noticed by his teammates and officials.

Enke's wife also came forward quickly, saying that Enke had been suffering from depression for six years. At the beginning, he was playing for Barcelona. At that time, he lost his main position and became depressed. That was the first time he sought help from a psychologist.

As a professional player, he is faced with brutal competition and competition pressure every day. Losing a game may lead to the ruin of his future. That kind of pressure is unimaginable to ordinary people, and even outsiders cannot empathize with it.

Enke's suicide note stated that he lived in fear and pressure every day, and he was afraid of losing everything he had now.

As a goalkeeper, every loss, every goal conceded, made him feel scared and uneasy.

……

This is the second time that Su Dong has felt the harm of depression so closely.

The last time he joined Bayern was when Deisler, a recognized genius in German football at the time, was about to retire due to depression, but the Big Three of Bayern did not agree, saying that he could temporarily leave the team for treatment, and he could come back at any time, but he could not retire.

But now, three years have passed, and Deisler hasn't come back even for a minute.

He seems to have completely disappeared. It is said that he lived in seclusion in his hometown for a period of time. Even Bayern once lost contact with him and went to his hometown to look for him for a while. Recently, it is only heard that he opened a shop in Freiburg, specializing in the sale of special products from Nepal and the Himalayas.

The second time is now.

"According to the statistics of the German Health News, there are about 400 million depression patients in Germany. Among them, the number of female patients is more than that of men. However, due to greater social pressure, the suicide rate of male patients is higher. About 1 people commit suicide every year, and most of them are depression patients." Nuno Cruz said the data from the German media.

Obviously, depression has become a very common mental illness.

The total population of Germany is only 8000 and 5.00 million, that is to say, [-]% of the people suffer from depression.

"Among the professional players, not only Deisler and Enke, but many others suffer from depression, but they were not taken seriously before. I believe Enke's matter will attract attention this time." Su Dong still felt sympathetic.

He has played against Enke. This is a very capable goalkeeper, but the development of his career is too rough, so that he lacks confidence in his own eyes, and is also very worried about losing everything he has now.

This is a very normal psychology, not only for Enke, but also for Su Dong himself.

As the saying goes, born in sorrow, die in peace.

Humans, there is always pressure to make progress.

The difference is that Enke is crushed!
Professional players are also human beings. Like Enke, after experiencing so many setbacks and ups and downs, especially after experiencing the defeat of Barcelona, ​​Benfica and other teams, he was able to regroup in Hannover [-] and become the main goalkeeper of the German national team. What a rare thing.

It can only be said that heaven is jealous of talents!

……

When Wang Chuqing was in the office and saw the news, her first reaction was to go home.

She immediately dropped all her work, left the law firm under the perplexed eyes of her colleagues, and drove back home.

The moment she saw Su Dong, she breathed a sigh of relief, and threw herself into his arms without the slightest restraint in the usual way, regardless of whether Nuno Cruz and the others were stunned watching.

Su Dong was also a little surprised, but he felt that Wang Chuqing was trembling and frightened.

"It's okay, don't worry, no matter how I look at it, I am an optimistic person." Su Dong comforted with a smile.

In fact, the higher you climb, the greater the pressure, and you must be somewhat depressed in your heart, especially a Virgo like Su Dong with a sense of responsibility will have higher demands on himself.

This should also be the reason why Wang Chuqing suddenly felt scared.

She knows Su Dong so well!
……

On the national team match day in November, Su Dong did not continue to have a holiday, but resumed training with Nuno Cruz and other private coaches, mainly for the adjustment of muscle fatigue.

Due to the injuries of Franck Ribery and Robben, Sudong now has to bear the opponent's key marking in almost every game, which has a great impact on him, especially the consumption in the game, and Bayern can't do without him now.

A while ago, his muscles were kicked by his opponent, and Su Dong didn't have time to take a good rest. One game after another, everyone was overwhelmed. Now that he finally has time, he must recover as soon as possible.

The Champions League has been won twice in a row. As long as he wins another one, Su Dong will be able to complete the task!
He is very much looking forward to what kind of world will be opened up for him after the upgrade of the Road to King system after he completes the task.

King of the ball!

That is the realm that many people dream of!

Su Dong really looked forward to being able to enter this strange world and continue to improve his own strength.

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On November [-], Enke's suicide scandal was still brewing.

As far away as Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in the Middle East, the draw ceremony for the [-] Club World Cup is being held.

Representatives of all participating teams are invited to participate. The representative of the champion team of the last Club World Cup, Bayern star Beckenbauer, attended the draw ceremony and served as a guest of draw.

Interestingly, he is also the representative of Bayern.

In the past few years, the Club World Cup has been held in Japan, but in [-], the United Arab Emirates applied to FIFA, hoping to host the [-] and [-] Club World Cup, and Australia also applied for it.

But in the end, the UAE defeated Australia and won the right to host the Club World Cup for two years.

Two years later, the Club World Cup will return to Japan.

As before, the Club World Cup is contested by seven teams, the champions from six continents and the champions of the host country.

As the most attractive team in the Club World Cup, the champions of the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores will be scheduled to participate from the semi-finals and will definitely be divided into different groups in order to meet in the final.

The champion of this year's Copa Libertadores is the University of La Plata from Argentina.

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This November is destined to be eventful.

Just as the two-week national team match day was coming to an end, Bayern held its annual club annual meeting.

At this Bayern annual meeting, Beckenbauer officially announced his retirement and honorably resigned as chairman of the Bayern Supervisory Board.

In fact, news of this has already spread out, so it will not attract too much attention.

And there is also no suspense. After Beckenbauer retired, Uli Hoeness, who had worked as Bayern's general manager for 30 years, was elected as the new chairman of Bayern's supervisory board without any suspense by virtue of his past brilliant achievements.

In the on-site voting, Hoeness received more than 90.00% of the votes. Among the more than 4000 votes, only [-] were against, [-] were complete, and the rest were all in support, which far exceeded outside estimates.

Hoeness was also very excited. He first expressed his gratitude to Beckenbauer. The club will hire him as honorary chairman, and said that after Beckenbauer stepped down, the relationship with Bayern would not be broken.

On the other hand, Hoeness also said that Bayern will carry out a series of major reforms.

Among them is that the sponsor Audi will sign a new blockbuster contract with the club, which will last for ten years. At the same time, Audi will also acquire [-]% of Bayern's shares at a high price.

Hoeness also stated that the club will carry out a large-scale reorganization of the current management, will redefine their respective responsibilities and boundaries, and will also re-establish the club's development plan for the next few years.

After Hoeness retires, Bayern will no longer have the position of general manager. The duties of general manager will be divided into three parts, one part will be given to the chairman of the board of directors Rummenigge, and the other part will be given to the financial director Hopfner. The athletic affairs will be in charge of Nehringer.

The position of sports director has been rumored for a long time, including Kahn, who have the opportunity to compete, but no one expected that in the end, it will be Nehringer, but compared with the previous Hoeness, Nehringer's authority has been greatly reduced.

You know, Hoeness used to be almost like covering the sky with one hand in Bayern.

Re-dividing high-level powers and re-establishing the club's long-term development strategy will undoubtedly be the most concerned topic of the outside world.

Even before the media revealed that Bayern may reorganize the current lineup after the end of this season and begin to vigorously promote the club's youth training talents.

After the annual meeting, Hoeness attended the press conference as the chairman of the supervisory board for the first time, expressing his confidence in the future of the club, because Bayern has ample cash reserves, is financially independent and very healthy.

"In European football, no giant can compete with us financially!" Hoeness said very proudly, obviously very satisfied with his business performance in the past few years.

As for the prospects of the club, Hoeness expressed great expectations, "We have every reason to believe that the club will have a brilliant golden future, because we have a group of outstanding stars and a very good youth training reserve, which will allow us to achieve sustained success!"

As for Bayern's long-term plan, Hoeness did not disclose it, saying that it is still under study.

(End of this chapter)