Ender's Football

While Ender was frustrated on the football training ground in East Germany, Sigerhard's situation was even worse.

Going into December 2015, his rehab was complete, but the team had their new goalkeeper, Colander, a boy from Nice who performed very well and made the media and his teammates think that he had played against the West. Gerhard sang the praises all on himself, he was one with the team, he gave the coach no reason to push him back to the bench.

"Korland: Bayern Munich's new talent! Will he surprise us?"

Even the local newspaper of the city of Munich, the "Munich Daily", wrote in its sports section.

Although no one mentions Sighard, and no one compares Sighard with Korland, but sometimes, there is no comparison, but it is evidence-proving that you have been forgotten.

"How can they assume that I'm going to die after a broken knee and tibia?" Sigerhard once asked his agent Loel.

The man could only pat him on the shoulder to comfort him.

He is not an omnipotent god, he can dance with skillful sleeves, deal with sponsors and clubs, and fight for the best interests of Sigerhard—his nephew and also his client, but he can't be so powerful that he can change people thoughts in mind.

Voel has always been a handsome man, but since Sieghard was injured, you will find that the previous carelessness and rebelliousness seem to have faded from this man at once, and he began to work hard to become stable.

"To be more like an elder, at least let Sieghard know that I will always be by his side and support him," Voel once explained to others about his change.

Sieghard didn't like this.

It's hard for him to like this feeling of "paying for you". It's too bad. In his more than ten years of life, he has always believed that he can rely on his talents and abilities to make a difference. He has never been so powerless .

In the winter of 2014, a collision not only allowed his uncle to grow rapidly, but also made Qatar his unattainable dream.

Worst of all, a year later, Qatar still seemed far away.

Bayern Munich's winter training list will be announced before the end of the month. This year, they are still led by the rumored to be leaving coach Guardiola. Air tickets to Qatar.

The whole team will train there for more than a week. They can enjoy the hot spring hotel provided by the sponsors, as well as the meals and beach baths full of Middle Eastern style. More importantly, young players have the opportunity to get in touch with the first team Everything, their training will be seen by Guardiola.

——Everyone knows what it means to be valued by the head coach.

Especially at Bayern Munich this season, after they brought Joshua Kimmich from RB Leipzig to Munich in the summer, the player was like an unpolished, deeply buried pearl being fished out of the gravel Together, they began to radiate their own light.Prior to this, no one thought that a young player who jumped a few steps from the Bundesliga to Bayern Munich could gain a firm foothold in this top club full of masters. Most people thought that this deal was just a bad deal. For the unobtrusive investment in future stars, people talk more about those talents who have already made a name for themselves in the Bundesliga. However, Guardiola's emphasis on this young player made him the The charming brilliance bloomed in the first season, and at the same time, all the young people in the second and third divisions of the Bundesliga began to burst out with unparalleled fantasies, as if one day they could also achieve this incredible counterattack like him.

But Sighard, for two consecutive winters, did not have the chance to stand in front of Guardiola.

On the day when the list was announced, the atmosphere was extremely dull. There were not many U19 players going to Qatar this year, only Koland and Cohen, and Sieghard was naturally not selected because he did not play this season.

He didn't speak for a long time after coach Vogel announced the list, and he was about to leave after completing daily training on the training ground.When he walked out of the training ground, Sieghard didn't say hello to anyone. He quickly took a shower, changed his clothes, walked out of the locker room with a sullen head, and walked towards Sebena Street.

Cohen catches up to him: "Hey buddy! Wait for me!"

Sieghard was walking fast, but Cohn persisted in catching up, bumping his arm repeatedly to signal him to stop.

They stopped at the end of the street.

Sieghard doesn't look back at his best friend in the locker room, and he doesn't even feel like talking right now.

"Uh... I just wanted to say, Seager, we all know how good you are, really..."

Cohn stood behind him, hesitating to speak a little, completely lost the lawless vivacity of the past, as if he was afraid that a wrong word would shatter Sieghard's fragile glass heart.

Sieghard still turned his back to his friend, and said sullenly: "Congratulations, Cohen, I thought it would be like this, but I am not very happy, you have to make me unhappy."

Cohen froze for a moment: "...Okay, okay...But, I still hope you can be happy, Sig," he said very seriously, "You are my best brother, and I won't say those who can Beautiful words written in literature, but you know, my biggest dream has always been that we can play together at the Allianz Arena in the future. I will always run a lot of extra meters and be the first gate of the team's defense. "

Sieghard turned to look at him.

Of course he knows Cohen’s character. They played football together when they were teenagers. He believes that these are words from Cohen’s heart, but it’s really embarrassing to force a person who was selected to go to Qatar to experience the coldness in his heart at the moment. .

And Cohen has the strength to be selected, he should be happy for his selection, instead of standing here, racking his brains to comfort himself.

"...Thank you, brother." In the end, he just replied this.

The two clashed fists, and Cohen was relieved to see that Sieghard was finally willing to look directly at him.Instead of comforting Sieghard, he asked in a relaxed tone: "Okay, Sieg, what souvenir do you want? I'll buy it for you this year, and you have to buy me something in Qatar this time next year."

***

Before night fell on this East German city, Ander received a call from Leipzig.

"Hi, I'm Ahlbeck," the caller introduced himself, his voice a little old, "the director of youth training of the Leipzig Red Bull, and also the sports director of U15 and U16."

"...Hello." Ender replied.

He was still a little dazed. The name reminded him of the exaggerated praise he heard from the bearded scout at the gate of the Leipzig training base today.

At that time, the bearded man also introduced that Ahlbeck was recruited by the Leipzig Red Bull from the Stuttgart youth training center. He is very famous in Germany and has trained several famous stars... Is this the old man who is calling himself now?

As Ender thought back, the voice on the phone had gone on: "Glad to inform you, son, that you passed your trial and performed well today. I like your smarts on the court, I promise, If you join us, you will get very good care. The club will provide you with all necessary living guarantees and training facilities. You will experience some of our newly introduced football technologies. Our U16 coach is also very good. He is ..."

"Sorry, sorry, sir," Ender was attracted by one of the words, and he couldn't help interrupting Albeck, "I didn't mean to interrupt you on purpose, but——what did you just say? U16? But I'm only 14 years old this year..."

The old man laughed on the phone: "Genius does not need to be bound by age, boy, I read your profile that the scouts handed in. When you were in Uwensburg last year, they only let you play for U13. The game was too easy for you, you scored 32 goals in half a season and scored a hat-trick against my Stuttgart, didn't you?"

"I thought...you would consider my age..." Ender said, "and maybe my physical fitness..."

"Of course physical fitness needs to be considered, but age is the last thing to consider," the old man said, "The environment in Uwensburg is too loose for you, boy, I don't intend to criticize your home team, nor do I intend to criticize you However, you need to know the fact that crushing your peers is just a sign of talent, but for this crushing to pave the way for your career, you need to play at a higher level Football needs to hone itself in a more difficult environment. In modern football, there are fewer and fewer late bloomers, and many myths are gone, but there are more and more young talents who become famous. Do you know why?"

"Why?" Ander couldn't help thinking along his words, and asked puzzled.

"I'll tell you the answer tomorrow," the old man said on the phone with a smile, "Come on, you must come and have a look tomorrow. When I saw you play football this year, I already had an idea in my mind." A very complete training program, we have never trained a star from the East, think about how exciting it is."

***

It was already dark when Sieghard returned home.

Starting today, Bayern Munich is officially on holiday, and the school has already entered the Christmas holiday. He didn't know what to do next, so he casually threw the backpack he was carrying on the sofa, and then turned on the lights in the room.

He was taken aback when he turned on the light. His uncle was sitting quietly on the sofa. He was motionless in the darkness just now, and he didn't even hear him breathing.

"What are you doing?" Sieghard asked.

"Sig," Loel suddenly turned his head and looked at his nephew, "Do you think you can become the starter again in the second half of the season?"

Sieghard was silent for a moment.

For this question, if he would answer "yes" a month ago, but now, after knowing that Kolland can go to Qatar with the team, he has already begun to feel at a loss about this question.

The confidence I once had was taken away bit by bit by the pain, the comments from the outside world, and the bloody reality.

Sieghard couldn't even nod "yes", the reality had already told him that Coland had gone further than him now.

Seeing that Sieghard didn't answer, Loel stood up.

He approached Sieghard, put his hands on the boy's shoulders, the light reflected in his eyes, and the pair of blue eyes that were very similar to Sieghard's shone brightly: "Then leave! We Go to a place where you can start, Seager! If you can't get a start, don't stay in Munich and wait for a chance! We move to another club, I will let you play U19 - no, play the second team! You It can be done! You have been the captain of the U17 national team, and the youth training coaches across the country know your strength! They will welcome you!"