Chapter 52 Chapter 52 Friendly Teammates
The Leverkusen first-team players kept looking at Leandri who was brought to the sidelines by Voller.
In the summer, the whole of Europe was quietly watching the big drama put on by Real Madrid. At the same time, Leandri, who was threatened by the club's top management that he would not be allowed to play unless he transferred, was also silently pitied by everyone.
Not to mention that the young guys in the first team were curious about the new goalkeeper, head coach Labbadia was also looking at the team's new number one who was standing obediently in front of him. He was about 1.9 meters tall, not particularly strong but in decent shape. His slightly curly brown hair hung obediently beside his ears. His honey-colored eyes looked at him as he spoke, and he was very polite.
Although Adler's departure made the newly appointed coach somewhat dissatisfied, fortunately the new goalkeeper is both talented and well-behaved, not at all as stiff as the Germans.
Jakopa, who had just returned from injury, poked Vidal next to him and said, "Is that our new goalkeeper? I heard he is only 18 years old."
Vidal smacked his lips. "He is the youngest player in the team. I don't know if he can speak German."
When the new captain Rolfes heard the two voices, he was a little worried about whether Leandri could adapt to Germany. He secretly pulled over Castro, who had dual Spanish and German citizenship, and asked him to take care of his half-compatriot.
Labbadia clapped his hands and gathered the players together to introduce the new kid to everyone.
Then the whole team was dazzled by the brilliant Spanish sunshine. Why does this new goalkeeper smile so handsomely? Wasn't he bullied badly last month? Shouldn't he be sad and depressed now? Is our pragmatic and unemotional Bundesliga team going to be melted by the Koreans? !
Oh, this 18-year-old boy can speak a little German, but not very standard. I need to talk to him more to help him improve his language skills! xN
When Leander greeted everyone in German, these German guys had nothing serious on their minds. No wonder the German guys were cheated by the Italians twice and still couldn't forget it.
The blond and blue-eyed captain Rolfes has a different personality from the average German. He is more sunny, proactive and friendly. You rarely see the Germans' rigidity and seriousness in him. Rolfes was the first to actively welcome the newcomers and introduced his first-team teammates to Leandri one by one.
After finishing the team training, everyone started their own activities according to their positions. Goalkeeper coach Forborn looked at Leandri's performance in the first day of adaptive training with surprise.
He has no problems with catching high balls and ground balls, and is very mature in saving shots at different angles, positions and distances. Facing tricky balls, his reaction, bounce and flexibility are all top-notch. Even in passing and controlling the ball, which is not very needed in the Bundesliga now, Leandri, who came from La Liga and was taught by Redondo for a long time, performed very well. After Adler left the team, the 184cm tall Benedikt temporarily took charge of the goal. This youth training product who has been in Leverkusen for 8 years has rich experience, but his overall training performance is not much different from Leandri. The problem is that Benedikt is six years older than Leandri.
Looking at the new goalkeeper who once again held the ball steadily in his arms during training, the balance in Forborn's heart began to tilt in the opposite direction. Originally he was still feeling sorry for Benedikt, who had worked diligently for the team for eight years. Now that Adler is gone, if the team bought an outstanding goalkeeper, it would be fine for Benedikt to continue to be a substitute. But a few days ago, Völler actually spent 7 million to buy a young goalkeeper who had not yet proven himself, and even gave him the No. 1 jersey. Isn't this clearly telling everyone that the team's main goalkeeper has already been selected?
But today, Forborn saw that half an hour after the goalkeeper training, Leandri began to add weights to the originally high balance tray, and finally broke the balance in the opposite direction. The goalkeeper coach is the best person to see the goalkeeper’s talent, ability, and potential heights he or she may reach in the future.
Forborn asked the goalkeepers to continue training and quickly called the head coach. "He still hasn't gotten a chance in the A-League. If he gets more games, even if he can't reach the level of Adler and Neuer for the time being, he will at least be better than Butt's performance in the past two seasons."
The two men and Voller, who had not left yet, were more satisfied with Leandri's performance. Leandri's height of 190cm made him much better than Benedict in defending high balls. Voller kept praising himself in his heart, thanking the Real Madrid president for making trouble and making Manchester United miss. I have a really good vision, and I acted super quickly before Wenger got there first!
After the training session, captain Rolfes, who had always been concerned about his new teammates, stayed a little longer to watch his young teammates silently practice more and take a shower before shoving all their things into a messy ball into their bags. When you zip up the bag, you'll see a sports bag full of youthfulness; when you unzip it, you'll see a fully automatic drum washing machine.
After the new teammate had finished blowing his curlers, Rolfes took the initiative to offer Didi taxi service.
"Where is the dormitory arranged by the team for you? I'll take you back." Good captain Rolfes shook the car keys in his hand at Leandri.
"I live in xxx"
"? Is the accommodation the team has arranged for you so good now? The houses there are not cheap, and they are hard to rent due to the limited supply." The rental market in Germany is so tight that tenants need to write letters of introduction to landlords to introduce themselves for screening.
"No, my parents bought it for me."
A crack appeared on Rolfes's smiling face. He almost forgot that although his new teammate's transfer experience in the summer was miserable, his family background was enough to support him in playing football for several lifetimes. Rolfes cursed himself in his heart and never wanted to be sad for rich people again.
Leandri joined Leverkusen's first team for two days of training. The third round of the Bundesliga is about to come, and Bayer Leverkusen will face Hoffenheim at home.
Although Hoffenheim was only promoted to the Bundesliga this season, it was promoted consecutively in the previous two years, making a triple jump from the regional league. In the previous two rounds of the Bundesliga and the German Cup, Hoffenheim did not concede a goal and won three games, maintaining the impressive performance of keeping opponents scoreless for 10 rounds in the second half of last season.
Leverkusen had a rough time in the first three games of this season. Veteran Schneider has not yet recovered from cervical spine surgery, and many players have been put on the injury list during training in the new season. In the German Cup, the team played very tensely against Rot-Weiss Oberhausen, the runner-up of the Northern Division of the Regionalliga, and finally won the game thanks to Helmes' goal in the 110th minute. In the first round of the league, the team received three yellow cards in the game against Dortmund and lost the league points 2-3. Fortunately, the second round match against Stuttgart finally allowed the team to regain some form.
Due to the short time he has been here, head coach Labbadia only included Leandri in the roster for this league game, and Benedikt will still start today.
The BayArena originally could only accommodate 22,500 spectators. This season the team began expansion work, and they will add another 7,500 seats while upgrading some venue facilities. Today's experience was a little different. It was the first time that Leandri walked into a stadium with scaffolding erected. He sat obediently on the bench, holding his face with his hands and paying attention to the situation on the field.
German is ranked seventh in the world in terms of difficulty to learn. No matter how smart Leandri is, his German level is just above B1. He can communicate in a few simple sentences, but it is still a bit difficult for him to understand overly complex sentences. His compatriot Castro was not included in the roster today, and he could not understand the mixed shouts of the fans on the sidelines. Yekas, whose main position was taken away by Helmes, sat next to Leandri. This Greek man who looked very fierce was actually very easy to get along with. Seeing that Leandri didn't understand the fans' shouts, he would translate it for him in English.
"We're welcoming you, say hello to the fans." Yekas, the former Bundesliga top scorer, is ten years older than Leandri and is quite caring towards young people.
The team with the most goals in the third round of the Bundesliga was today's match between Leverkusen and Hoffenheim. The two sides fought hard and scored a total of seven goals. Kiessling scored twice and added an assist. Midfielder Banetta also scored a goal and two assists. At the same time, we have to thank the two defenders for their goal sponsorship.
After winning the game, the team was in a good mood and the boring review was not so difficult to endure. Labbadia, like a parent, requires the players to spend at least ten hours together every day. Leandri discussed with the head coach whether he could make his time a little more flexible. When the coaching staff first heard that Leandri came to ask for leave, they were puzzled. This boy looked very well behaved, so why did he want to ask for leave just two days after arriving? Then the handsome Spanish boy took out his university admission letter, majoring in mathematics at the University of Bonn.
There are few people in the football world who play football while studying at university, but there are some. However, I haven't seen anyone studying such a crazy major. Isn't it agreed that the players are beasts with empty heads and strong limbs? How come their pharmaceutical company now has a young goalkeeper who has won the imo gold medal!
The reason was very reasonable and the coaching staff would naturally not disagree. What made them happy was that their young goalkeeper struggled every day to keep going between home, the team and school. Sometimes, when the team finished training, they could see Ryandley rushing into the stadium with a big schoolbag on his back to practice for himself.
In the fifth round of the league, Leandri finally made his debut performance for Leverkusen. When Leandri appeared standing in front of the goal on the broadcasting station, fans of Hannover and Bayer Leverkusen were a little dazed. Why did you come here to play football when you are so handsome! Look at you, why are you smiling so happily? At the same time, the Bundesliga cameras were aimed at the stands, and Florentino appeared on the sidelines to cheer for his youngest son.
The excitement of being a starter and the arrival of his family made Leandri explode in this game and save several sure goals from the opponent. Schlaudraf's volley was quickly blocked by Leandri, Balić's long shot from the ribs was lifted out of the baseline with one hand, and his serve from the corner area that was trying to find a high point was caught by Leandri who was well prepared.
At the end of the 90-minute game, Leverkusen defeated Hannover 96 4-0. Florentino hugged Leandri intimately on the sidelines and hurriedly caught a plane back to Madrid. Florentino is very busy now, and he was able to come here today because he had squeezed in a lot of work.
Rolfes put his arm around Leandri's shoulders and took the young man to the sidelines to meet the Bayer fans. The rough fans did not have any of the German stereotypes at this time. They raised their beer and sausages in their hands and cheered for the victory.
[bite! Side quest: Ask the host to help Leverkusen win the first league championship in team history. ]The long-awaited mission finally started.
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