Ender's Football

Christmas is coming soon.

On Christmas Eve, schools and clubs are on holiday, and there is still a little snowflakes in the sky in South Germany. The snow is not heavy, but the stars are falling from the sky, which makes the whole area have a very festive atmosphere of Christmas. .

Celebrations were held in the center of Uwensburg. The Christmas theme planned by the city hall this year is "Ice and Snow World". The large ice skating rink in the city center is open to the public for free, attracting many parents and children to come and play. On both sides of the street, businesses They also hung up their own Christmas decorations at the right time, embellishing a joyful Christmas atmosphere.

The Christmas activities in Munich are bigger than Uwensburg. This beautiful international city held a lively Christmas fair during the Christmas holidays. The tents set up by the merchants are connected together near the Marian Square. The medieval market, Circus night, carnival... all kinds of themes are dazzling, tourists from all over the world shuttle in an endless stream, and hostesses in traditional Bavarian costumes come and go with plates full of beer , seems to have become another major festival outside of the Oktoberfest.

The Ender family also had their plans on this day.

In the morning, Li Mei and Stanzel took Ender and Helena to go skating.

Ender has never been skating before, but he has a good balance and is very quick to learn. After a little learning, he can freely shuttle back and forth on the skating rink. Li Mei couldn't help reminding him to pay attention to safety on the sidelines due to the difficult movements.

Compared with her brother's handyness, Helena is a bit clumsy.Rarely and cautiously, she stretched out her feet wearing skates, held on to the railing tightly, and tentatively slid forward bit by bit.When Ender slid over to take her hand to go to the center of the rink, the little girl gave him a resentful look, and pulled the railing a little tighter.

Ender laughed: "Helena, it's nothing, I won't let you fall."

"This is just a promise you imagined in your mind," Helena said in a low voice, "You have never led anyone to skate before, and you are not an experienced skater, so you have no way of knowing whether you will make me fall .Besides, 'won't be' is a very definite negative word. You don't have data to support this negative word. If I believe it easily, then I will be your first sample-"

Because she looks cute, even Sui Suinian's appearance is also very cute.

The smile on the corner of Ender's mouth became bigger, he directly took his sister's hand from the railing, and said to her: "Okay, Lian Na, I apologize to you, then how about I take you to slide around the railing?" Like? You see, if we keep such a distance from the railing, even if you are about to fall, you can reach out and hold on to the railing to stabilize your center of gravity."

Helena stopped thinking about it this time. She looked around again and found that most people had slipped to the center, and there were many beginners like her beside the railing. After thinking about it, she said: "That's good." Bar."

She held Ender tight, and said seriously, "Please hold me tight."

The happy time was very short. They played in the skating rink for a whole morning. In the afternoon, the ice and snow activities turned into shopping in the mall.

Taking advantage of the discounts in the shopping mall during this time, Li Mei led the siblings to try clothes in the clothing store. The bags piled up on the ground made Ander unable to bear to see them, and Helena was heartbroken to see them.Standing behind the siblings, Stanzel patted the shoulders of the two children with both hands, and said sympathetically, "Be patient."

The family had a fairly fulfilling (maybe) day, and at night they returned home.

Today's kitchen is still Li Mei's special show, she looks like a chef today, and she appointed Stanzel to help cook, preparing to cook a sumptuous dinner.

Helena was watching her own Latin teaching program in the living room, while Ender took out his mobile phone, sat cross-legged on the sofa, and began to exchange blessings with his friends. Reply yourself.

His social media is calm, I don’t know if he is too busy, and Sieghard’s reply has been delayed.

Ender thought for a while, quit Instagram, and clicked on the little blue bird icon on Twitter, ready to see the latest news about Sieghard's club and national team.

His twitter is also an account with a blank avatar and information, but he has a lot of followers, and he usually uses it to watch football news.

Ender hummed a ditty and clicked on Bayern's grouping, but the oncoming news made him feel tense.

[Breaking (burst)! U17 captain Sieghard Meyer seriously injured in training! 】

The huge red headline of "Bild" was like blood stains, and it was strongly reflected in Ender's eyes. The accompanying picture was a photo of a stretcher and an ambulance. In the photo, the boy with his arms covering his face had golden hair. Legs curled up unnaturally.Surrounded by a few middle-aged men with serious faces, the one in the training suit had a particularly gloomy expression.

It can be seen that the reporter who captured this photo must have a very high level of shooting, and people can feel the tense atmosphere of the scene every minute.

Anderton sat up from the sofa suddenly, the movement was too loud, and Helena, who was watching TV, stared at him.

However, he could no longer distract himself from looking at his sister. He held the phone and wanted to scroll down, but his thumbs trembled a little, and he almost didn't click on the report.

"what happened?"

Seeing that his expression was wrong, Helena simply paused the TV and asked.

Ender then turned his head to look at her, his expression blank: "One of my...friends seems to be hurt."

"Oh," the little girl didn't know how to respond. In her world, "injury" refers to accidentally scratching her finger with a knife at most, and the most serious thing is to break her knee while running. Every time she didn't understand the meaning of Ander's expression, she could only vaguely say, "Then you... care about your friend?"

"I don't have his cell phone number..." Ender said, feeling a bit at a loss, "I just contacted him on social media and agreed to exchange cell phone numbers, but he hasn't replied to me... I'm still surprised Why didn't he return, it turned out to be..."

Helena thought for a while, and suggested: "Then do you know other people's phone numbers? Or that kind of public phone number? People who can contact your friend, such as his parents?"

"I don't know," Ender said.

As he sat on the sofa, the scene from the Bild photo flashed back to him, leaving him feeling empty inside.

"...I don't know." He repeated.

*

The clinic belonging to Dr. Wolfart seemed a little deserted when the Christmas party was held near Marian Square.

During this period of time, there were relatively few athletes who came to see Dr. Wolfart, and there were not many patients who needed to be hospitalized, and the single ward was even more terrifyingly quiet.Sieghard was leaning on the head of the bed alone, with his eyes downcast, not knowing what he was thinking.

The windows of his ward are closed, but various Christmas-themed music can still be heard outside the window from time to time. The music sounds light and joyful, as if there is only joy in the world at this time.

But this is not Sig's world.

From the moment he lay on the turf of the training ground, his world had collapsed into ashes, and all the good and bright futures were gone from him in an instant.

"Sig!" His uncle Loel stood outside the door of the ward, knocked on the door, and then pushed the door open and walked in.

The man looked much more serious than the previous cynical look. He was wearing his own three-piece suit and a coat wrapped around it. As soon as he entered the room, he pulled out the chair and sat down, letting out an exaggerated breath: " You don't even know what I just went through..."

"If you said that you just met Mr. Rummenigge and Mr. Guardiola, it's nothing. The two of them just left here." Sieghard said lightly, his tone did not fluctuate, and his expression did not change. .

Loel couldn't help getting closer to him, his tone was a little restrained, but there was still a bit of acting: "Sig, you know that? The club said it would open the door for you, your recovery training, or All academic tutoring sessions are run by the club and Dr Wolfart is your primary physician - think of how many athletes he has healed! As long as we can get the surgery done as quickly as possible, most of your work will not be delayed !You'll be back on the court, and you'll pass the Abitur exam*-"

"I know," said Sieghard.

But there was still no expression on his face.

It's strange, Sieghard is not usually such a lively child, but his face gives people the feeling of youth and sunshine for no reason, like the morning dew shining on the grass blades.

But at this moment, his expression was blank, his tone was flat, and the vivacious spirit of the youth seemed to be taken away all at once, and his whole temperament suddenly became dull.

Loel continued his efforts: "Sig, and Cohen, he and your teammates in U17 and U19 asked me to bring gifts, remember Stolz, he also wrote you a letter, wanting to send you a letter. You apologize..."

Sieghard shook his head: "Actually, I should apologize to Stolz."

Stolz was the striker who collided with Sieghard on the day of the training match. Sigerhard broke his tibia and fibula and injured his anterior cruciate ligament, but Stolz miraculously only suffered injuries. A few scrapes and bruises, nothing serious.

The boy has been tossing and turning about this for several days, and he has been thinking about what he did that day. After thinking about it, he can't get an answer, but he is indeed unscathed, while Sieghard was seriously injured. , so I feel quite guilty.

But Sieghard doesn't share the apology.

"Stoltz just did what a striker should do. My movement range was too large... Also, that was training. I shouldn't make dangerous moves that could easily lead to injuries..."

He paused every word, but Loel was extremely shocked when he heard it.

"Sig!" Loel interrupted him, "You should know! You also did what a goalkeeper should do!"

"But I put us all at risk," Sieghard said.

Looking at his cold and unmoved expression, Loel felt infinite sadness in his heart.

He knew that it was difficult to convince Sigerhard that his injury was just an accident at this time. Once people wanted to get into a dead end, even the smartest people would inevitably fall into a logical dead end.

Loel had to change the subject: "The operation is scheduled for the day after tomorrow, Seager, is there anything else you want to do before that? Tomorrow is Christmas. If you want to spend time with friends, we invite you How about your friend coming over during the day?"

Sieghard lowered his eyes: "Forget it, why let them spend the holiday with me in the ward."

"Then how about I accompany you?" Loel said, "Our family..."

When he talked about the family, he felt something was wrong, and wanted to stop talking, but almost bit his tongue.

Seeing his uncle's distressed appearance, Sieghard didn't think it was funny, but said: "You should spend Christmas with Mariana, uncle, instead of spending time in the hospital waiting for someone who will never come .”

Loel was stimulated by his words, and he jumped up from his chair.

"Sig, don't do this, please, son..." He looked at his nephew earnestly, trying to stop him from being so gloomy and his tone, "I've already told your mother that she will Try to get back as soon as possible... I have ordered Christmas dinner, and..."

The corners of Sieghard's mouth were slightly curved. It should be a smile, but because his expression was too cold and the aura around him was too gloomy, the smile was rendered into a sneer.

"Uncle, look, my legs are broken, so it's not as important as her career."

He said in a rising tone, but Loel could hear the sarcasm and frustration in it.

But he couldn't help his sister to justify anything. Facing Sieghard, he couldn't even say "that's your mother after all".

In the past so many years, his sister's attitude towards this only son was cold and formulaic, which made Loel very uncomfortable, and he once complained to others behind his back.

This topic can no longer be continued, but the well-known sports agent who is extremely cunning in the business field has no idea what else to say besides the above-mentioned topic.

Sieghard's injury was very serious this time, and it was a serious injury enough to affect his entire football career. If he was not careful, he might not be able to become a professional player for the rest of his life, burying the most passionate dream of a teenager.

However, his nephew seemed very calm. This kind of calm was not the calm after hysteria, but a disheartened calm that seemed unable to arouse enthusiasm.

Except for the first day when he was sent to the clinic, Sieghard couldn't help covering his face with his arms and shed tears. In the past few days, he has never cried again, nor has he lost control of his emotions, just like a A toy whose mainspring is completely broken, no matter how much you twist it, its outer casing will not move, it will no longer creak due to the damaged mainspring, but it will no longer sing, and it will lose its joy forever.

——This is the current Sieghard.

Such a situation left Loel with nowhere to go.

It hurt him far more than Sigurhard broke down and cried.

Today, when Bayern's club chairman Rummenigge and head coach Pep Guardiola came to visit Sighard in person, Sighard was very strong, making Rummenigge so shocking in the world of football After the stars came out, they were full of praise.

When facing Vogel, Sighard could even comfort his mentor in turn. In the end, Vogel had tears in his eyes, but Sighard was as calm as stagnant water.

A boy, who is only 16 years old, can hide such severe pain in his heart, and still has the strength to make himself behave very normally when facing others, so is the volcanic lava surging in the depths of his heart or dead ashes? Gather together, the more you think about it, the more you worry.

Loel felt that his hair was going to fall out within a few days.

But Sigurhard still wants to continue to be so indifferent and calm.

Seeing that he stayed where he was for a while, Sieghard asked him, "Uncle, is there anything else? If not, I want to rest."

Loel burst into tears.

His tears came so suddenly that even Sieghard was stunned when he saw them.

"You..." Sieghard opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

Loel took a big step forward and came to the bed. He hugged his nephew. The Christmas aroma from the man's body made Sieghard a little dazed, and what he said also made Sieghard Gerhard was at a loss.

"Sig," Loel said in an extremely sour and painful tone, "I will always be with you. We will have surgery the day after tomorrow and then work hard to recover. Everything will come back, I promise you."

He spoke sincerely, and the arm hugging Sigurhard was very strong, making it difficult to doubt the correctness of his words.

But Sieghard did not believe his uncle.

——It's not because he doesn't love Loel, but because he has glimpsed a ruthless and cold corner of the world in the past few days of wandering thoughts.

Coach Vogel didn't say it directly to him, but he also knows that during his injury period, U19 will definitely need a new goalkeeper. This new goalkeeper will replace his starting position. If he performs well, he will I will follow the original route set by Sieghard and keep going upwards, go to the second team, go to the first team, and even start in the first team, and then win the glorious championship at Allianz. Usher in your own bright moment...

Coach Cramer also called him to comfort him. He said that it was a pity that Sighard could not make it to the World Youth Championship, but there are still many games waiting for him in the future.

Look, coach Vogel and coach Cramer, no one dared to say "wait for you back" to him.

Sieghard doesn't hold a grudge against them, he understands that when a player gets injured, someone always has to fill the void, football is a 22-man game and you can't expect yourself to keep a regular position forever, even when you're seriously injured After that, you are not sure whether you can play in the team after you recover from your injury...

The physiological mechanism shackles the limits of the human body, and Sieghard doesn't even know now whether he can play football after the operation.

But he looked at Loel's tears and didn't say what he thought.

Since his uncle firmly believes that miracles will happen, let him believe so firmly. It is better to give relatives a little comfort than to tell the cold and cruel reality.

Sieghard thought so.

He raised his hand and patted his uncle on the back: "I believe you will stay with me, Loel, thank you."