Ender's Football

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July 2015, 7, Shanghai, China.

Ander took grandma's hand and carefully helped her walk out of the hospital gate. They came for follow-up visit together today.

Grandma has not been in good health recently, and Ander just returned to China from the summer vacation, so he took her to Shanghai to see a specialist, and by the way, we had a tour of Shanghai together.

It has to be said that the development speed of the motherland is astonishingly fast, and the cities are also changing with each passing day. After living in Europe for less than a year, Ander made new discoveries after returning.

Ander especially likes the convenient and fast life in the city. He almost quickly adapted to all kinds of new things, and enthusiastically began to plan a play itinerary for his grandma and himself.

Grandma thought his appearance was also very cute, so she specially praised Li Mei who was thousands of miles away: "Your mother takes good care of you."

"Yeah..." Ender said.

He didn't know whether he should tell grandma about their life in Germany, because it seemed that when Li Mei was mentioned, Stanzel and Helena would be mentioned.And all this is because Li Mei divorced his father.

But grandma took the initiative to ask about these things: "When I first found out that your mother had a daughter over there, I was very angry with her too," she said slowly, "She didn't tell me about it before leaving , and didn't tell you, made us all feel uncomfortable...I don't like how she put you in that awkward position."

Ender was really embarrassed when he thought of the time when he first went to Germany...Helena's appearance caught him off guard, and his mother didn't even reveal her daughter's existence in advance.

But did Ander forgive Li Mei?He feels that this is not a matter of unforgiveness. Sometimes, even parents will do some unpleasant things based on their own preferences.

"Helena is a .

He accidentally mentioned Stanzel, immediately covered his mouth, and his voice stopped abruptly.

Grandma laughed: "Ender, I'm not such a narrow-minded person, am I?"

Ender shook his head quickly: "Of course not."

"That's right," said the little old lady. She squinted her eyes and looked into the distance, as if she was also looking at those distant times in the past. "Before your mother divorced, I still encouraged her to make a decision... I know what the National Day is like, I also know how much she struggled at that time. Divorce was a relief and a rebirth for your mother. In fact, I am very pleased that she bravely made such a choice and finally found her own happiness."

An De was greatly surprised by her words. Although he knew that his grandmother was a woman, he still did not expect that she could put herself in Li Mei's shoes and feel relieved that she and her son were divorced. .

She was even willing to hear about Stanzel.

"Please tell me more, Ender, I'm also very curious," grandma smiled, "Although I only heard a few words from you, I knew that he was a good man. You're so happy when you mention him."

Ender nodded in agreement.

Grandma rubbed his head: "That's good, Zaizai, that's good, I want to thank your mother, and that foreign man named Stanzel, they make you happy, that's already a lot It's something your parents can't do."

Next, An De took his grandma to visit Yu Garden and Tianzifang together in Shanghai, and even strolled around the expo area. When they walked to the Bund, on the Magnolia Square, Ander saw towering towers, There is also a huge LED screen around the tower, showing Bayern Munich's iconic club LOGO on the screen, together with the promotional slogan of their sponsor Audi, it is warming up for Bayern Munich's China tour this summer.

Seeing that An De was fascinated, grandma called him: "Zai Zai, why don't you leave? What are you looking at?"

Ender came back to his senses after being shouted at by her, took another look, and then continued to walk forward with his grandma, saying, "Grandma, that's the symbol of Bayern Munich, the overlord of the Bundesliga. Tomorrow they will play against the Italian giants Inter Milan at the Shanghai Stadium." .”

Grandma nodded slightly: "Ander, did you say that this game is what you want to watch tomorrow?"

"Yes." Ender smiled lightly, slightly bending his eyes, "Although it's a commercial warm-up match, I really want to experience it on the spot...and..."

He hesitated for a moment, remembering the big list he had seen in the German media before.

"And one of my...friends—maybe it should be called that, he is playing for Bayern," Ender said, "If he hadn't been...injured half a year ago, I believe he will definitely be with the team this year Come to China together..."

Six months ago—seven months, to be exact—Sighard broke his leg.

When Ender saw the news on social media, he was shocked beyond words, and felt deeply sorry and sad for Sigurhard.He always wanted to contact Sigurhard, not to say anything to him for the other party, just to make sure he was okay.

But I don’t know if it was a big blow. Since then, Sieghard has hardly used his social media anymore. He has no Instagram updates, and he has never replied to Ender’s private messages. He was photographed near Sebena Avenue, and Ender thought the boy was going to disappear.

Ender couldn't imagine how Sigurhard licked his wounds in the darkness, but he knew that it was not a world he could step into.

They have only met twice, and it is still reluctant to call them "friends". Perhaps it is more appropriate to describe them as "meeting by chance".

He didn't talk about this topic with his grandma anymore, and returned to the hotel where he was temporarily staying with the elegant and decent old man.

*

On the second day, Ander went to the Shanghai Stadium to watch the match between Bayern Munich and Inter Milan.

The two clubs also have a deep relationship and the relationship has always been very good.Bayern chairman Rummenigge described the relationship between the two clubs as an "extraordinary friendship".

The "love of the century" between the two originated in the last century. When Bayern Munich was in deep bankruptcy crisis, they had to seek to sell the number one star in the team - it was Bayern's current chairman Rummenigge in exchange for some cash .And Inter Milan, when other teams wanted to take advantage of the fire, took out the record-breaking 1100 million Mark transfer fee in that era to take away Rummenigge. This money dragged the financially distressed Bayern out of the quagmire.

Before the game, the players warmed up on the sidelines.

Ender looked down from the stands and found that there were only two goalkeepers for Bayern wearing red jerseys today. One was their main goalkeeper Neuer, and the other was the veteran star Stark who was on the verge of retirement. There will be no third goalkeeper.

He asked the fans around him, and the answer he got was the same as the situation on the field. This year's China trip, the club's squad has only two goalkeepers.

Looking at Neuer and Stark who were warming up together on the sidelines, Ender couldn't help but sighed in his heart——

If Sieghard is not injured, he really has a good chance to come to China with the team...

Ander on the sidelines thought so, and Loel, who was preparing to watch the live broadcast of the game in Munich, also thought so.

He quietly turned on his mobile phone, put on his earphones, and hid in his room to watch the live broadcast of the game.

Loel didn't dare to watch this in the living room, let alone release it publicly. Sieghard is still doing rehabilitation at home every day. Letting him see all this now is tantamount to cutting flesh with a soft knife. Man watches himself being devoured bit by bit.

He watched the game by himself, but there was a clear sound of glass shattering downstairs.

Knowing that Sighard hadn't fully recovered, Loel was startled by the sound, and before turning off the phone, he stuffed it in his pocket and rushed downstairs quickly.

"What's the matter, Sig!? Are you okay? Don't touch the broken glass, I'll take care of it!"

Loel rushed over in a hurry and found his nephew standing at the entrance and exit with a cold expression. The glass shards under his feet were scattered all over the ground. Obviously, he didn't hold the water glass firmly when drinking water, so he broke the glass of.

"Sorry," said Sieghard, "for keeping you from watching the game."

Loel looked at him with a monster look.

"You want to know how I know?" Sieghard asked for him, and then asked and answered himself, "because, of course, I don't think you have anything to do without me in order to complete it. .”

Loel was not in the mood to tell him such a joke. He found a broom to help a little bit, at least cleared the large pieces of glass on the floor, and then continued to ask Sieghard: "So what happened? gone?"

Sieghard handed over the mobile phone he was holding in his hand, and Loel took it over, only to find that the page was still on the homepage of a twitter account.

"No big deal," Sieghard said. "It's just that someone has filled my vacancy. I think I need to tell you. After all, you are the one who went to negotiate a contract with the club."

Loel quickly checked on his mobile phone, and it turned out to be the news that Bayern was going to adjust the team lineup!

"Bild" stated in a very clear and affirmative tone, "Sighard is injured, and now both the club and the national team need to consider filling the vacancy in his position, and Bayern has already set their eyes on the 18-year-old. Year-old German goalkeeper..."

Sieghard felt like laughing. Before the operation, Loel comforted him and said, "Everything will come back." At that time, he expressed pessimism about the current situation, but he didn't want to hit Loel. So I couldn't say it.

But reality seems to have heard his inner thoughts, and then transformed them into reality.

——This is the most real world, isn’t it?

When he stayed in place, everyone was still striding forward.

He didn't want them to turn around and see his distressed appearance, so he pretended to be fine, but made himself even more sad.

"Didn't Dr. Wolfart say that your surgery was a success?" Loel encouraged him, "And our rehabilitation work is doing very well. If the next step goes well, we will be able to start recovery training in October. gone."

Sieghard didn't know if he had listened to his words. The boy shrugged his shoulders and expressed his heart with body language: "Maybe."