Chapter 53 Chapter 53 Post-match press conference
After Leandri's debut, when he was being embraced by the captain to leave the court, his brother Tong finally issued a new task.
This side quest is the most easy to understand one ever. As of last season, only 11 teams have won the Bundesliga championship. Except for 1860 Munich, which has almost disappeared, the other teams are mostly strong teams in the Bundesliga. Bayern, who just won the championship last season, successfully won the 20th league championship in team history and also had the fourth star embroidered on their jerseys.
Although Leverkusen's ancestors were considered wealthy, they have always missed the chance to win the championship. The most regrettable one was the 2001-02 season. At that time, Leverkusen remained unbeaten in the first 14 rounds of the league, met Schalke 04 in the German Cup final, and defeated Arsenal, Juventus, and the Premier League Reds in the Champions League. It made progress in the league, the German Cup, and the Champions League. Unfortunately, the unstoppable Bayer Leverkusen eventually became the king of Sanya, and Ballack was also labeled as a tragedy.
In the 2001-02 season, Leverkusen lost the title to Dortmund by one point, and the shadow of Sanya still hangs over the team.
When walking back to the locker room, Leandri was thinking about the task issued by his brother Tong while stretching his neck. Rolfes was as tall as him, and the arm on his neck was pressing down on his sweaty hair.
After taking a shower, Leandri had just finished installing his washing machine and was ready to run away when Labadia waved to him. The head coach wanted to take the young goalkeeper to attend the post-match press conference.
When the reporters saw that today's player was Leandri, they immediately started thinking about questions.
The blond reporter was called by the press officer to stand up and asked a harmless question, "Mr. Labadia, congratulations on your victory today. Do you think your pre-season training camp has worked?"
Labbadia is strict in his team management. In order to keep the team in good physical condition and in a good atmosphere, Leverkusen conducted two training camps in the summer, which also included activities such as rowing and surfing. All players who did not need to participate in the European Cup and were not troubled by injuries were required to participate. When Leandri transferred over, the team's training had already ended.
Sports director Voller has great faith in the new coach and is genuinely happy to see Labadia being so iron-fisted. You should know that the team had hopes of qualifying for the Champions League last season, but unfortunately it collapsed at the end of the season, winning only two games in ten games. Not to mention qualifying for the Champions League, they couldn't even play in FIFA's newly reformed Toto Cup. With the results so bad, the club immediately terminated the contract with former coach Sikibe. When Waller was looking for a head coach for the team, he wanted to find a disciplined type who would strive to restore the former glory of the pharmaceutical factory.
"Today's victory is the result of the efforts of everyone on the team. The pre-season training camp is to help everyone get better acquainted and lay a good physical foundation for the players."
Another middle-aged man stood up and said, "Hello, Mr. Perez, you kept a clean sheet for the team today and everyone saw your performance. May I ask why you chose Leverkusen?"
The Germans spoke like a machine gun firing bullets. Leandri could only understand bits and pieces of what the reporter said. In the end, he had to rely on a translation device to understand what the reporter meant.
Leandri looked puzzled, "Leverkusen made an offer to me."
"Arsenal and Manchester United also made offers at the same time. Why did you finally choose Leverkusen?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the press officer frowned in displeasure, and then took a look at the man's press card. Wow, this guy is a reporter from Bayern's mouthpiece Bild. His questions were obviously intended to extract some inside information from Leandri. Ferguson scolded Real Madrid and even sued them to FIFA because his transfer fell through. This matter caused a sensation in the football world as it was exposed. It would be fine if you asked about Arsenal, but why are you mentioning Manchester United now? Are you trying to incite young people to say something explosive at the press conference?
The press officer and Labbadia were about to stop him, but Leandri had already come to the microphone and said, "At that time, Leverkusen offered the highest transfer fee."
The press officer almost couldn't hold back his laughter. There was nothing wrong with this answer. Why did they choose us among the three? Of course it was because the transfer fee offered by Bayer Leverkusen was high, a one-time payment of 7 million and 6.5 million in installments. After Calderon stepped down, Real Madrid would have to be crazy to cut their losses and send Leandri to Arsenal.
"Will you return to Real Madrid? The president of Real Madrid appeared on the sidelines today."
"That's my dad. He just took time out to watch me play football. Besides, Mr. Voller didn't say he would return me to Real Madrid. There's nothing wrong with my medical examination."
The Bild reporter was desperate. They had never seen such a stupid player who couldn't even hear the hidden meaning.
Another blonde lady changed the style of the press conference, "Leandri, you just came to Germany to play football, are you adapting here?"
Leandri pulled his chair forward. "I'm a little uncomfortable. I find it strange that everyone in Germany wears black, white and gray clothes. I even looked up German laws and found that wearing brightly colored clothes is not against the law."
The blonde girl's mouth twitched. "We Germans are more modest in the way we dress."
But beautiful players always have privileges, and people want to hear words of praise from them, so another young man with glasses also asked him, "Mr. Perez, can you tell me your impression of us Germans?"
Leandri scratched his head a little embarrassedly and began to mutter, "I feel that Germans generally have a high level of English. My German is average now, but I don't have any problems communicating with people in English."
The guy with glasses and all the German guys on and off the stage had one corner of their mouth slightly raised by 2 degrees.
"Germans love sports. I often see many people hiking or cycling. They are very professional."
The corners of the glasses guy's mouth and the German guys on and off the stage rose another 2 degrees.
"Also, you're relatively, um, calm and composed. Sometimes I feel like you're very happy, but you just don't like to smile. At most, the corners of your mouth will turn up a little bit."
Everyone quickly straightened their lips and remained serious.
Leandri wanted to continue talking, but Labbadia immediately ended the press conference with the lame excuse of "I still want to celebrate with the team."
It’s not a knockout match or a life-and-death battle. We just won the fifth round of the league. There’s nothing for you to celebrate! Even though they complained in their hearts, no reporter tried to stop him. If Leandri continued talking, the Germans would lose all their face!
From this we can see that there is still a certain gap between German journalists and British journalists.
After the press conference, Leandri hurried home.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." Leandri quickly apologized when he saw the Yamaha staff waiting downstairs of his house.
After returning, Redondo really started to carefully select a motorcycle. Based on the advice of Guti and others, he chose the Yamaha brand, which had the lowest failure rate that year. They had just produced the third-generation TMAX. Strictly speaking, this model is a scooter that combines sports performance with practicality and is popular among many young people throughout Europe.
When Redondo chose the style and told him, Leandri quickly went to take the AM driver's license test, otherwise this thing would just be piled up in the garage and be useless.
After taking the photos, I sent them to Redondo to thank him and decided on a return gift based on his preferences. Over the years, Redondo and others have been very good to him, and Leandri also pays great attention to interpersonal relationships. As for gifts, who wouldn't be happy when receiving them?
The next day, when Leandri rode into the club gate wearing protective gear, he attracted the attention of many teammates. They were all young men in their twenties, so who would not like Yamaha!
Before heading to Bochum, Leverkusen first faced the challenge of the second round of the German Cup, against Augsburg, who were still fighting in the second-tier league. Leandri's post-match interviews two days ago were obviously seen by his teammates. Rolfes sat next to Leandri on the bus and kept honking at them. In fact, the Germans are very hospitable after getting to know each other. Who said Germans don’t like to laugh? Isn’t the captain of the pharmaceutical factory’s smile sweet? !
The last league game has proved that Leandri has the ability to wear the No. 1 jersey and guard Leverkusen's goal. In addition, Leandri has been very stable in daily training and has shown a trend of improvement. The coaching staff is thinking of observing his performance in one or two more games. If he performs well, let Leandri be welded in front of the goal.
In this game, Leandri barely moved a few times, and the opponent's shots mostly went wide due to the constant pressure from Leverkusen's defense. He finally managed to get two shots on target, but Leandri held them firmly in his arms to defuse the attack, and Bayer Leverkusen easily won the game 2-0.
In the sixth round of the league, Leverkusen played two consecutive away games. This time, Ryan did not continue the performance of the previous two games and keep the opponent scoreless.
Bochum is also a team with a long history. From the establishment of the Bundesliga to the end of last season, they were ranked 12th in the Bundesliga permanent standings, which seems to be a stable ranking, but they also appear on the list of clubs with the most promotions and relegations in the Bundesliga, ranking third with 6 promotions and 5 relegations.
Vidal, Augusto and Helmes scored goals respectively to help the team maintain the 3-0 score until the 78th minute.
But then Shestak received a lateral pass from Azawang in front of the penalty area and penetrated the goal guarded by Leandri. When the ball flew over, no matter how hard Leandri stretched his body, he could hardly reach the ball which was moving at an incredibly fast speed and at a tricky angle.
Leandri got up from the ground and touched his nose. If I let you score again, my last name will not be Perez!
Two minutes later, Bochum made a comeback, and it was still Azawang who was directing the ball from the midfield. This time, Leandri had made preparations early and was keeping a close eye on all the passing routes of the midfielder in the backcourt, shouting at the defender in front of the goal in German, which was not particularly fluent. This season, Labbadia's lineup only has three defenders, which puts the team under great defensive pressure.
Azavage tried to score another goal in the same way. Shestak was closely watched, but another striker found an opening by running. Azavage quickly passed the ball diagonally from the front of the penalty area, and the Bochum striker shot directly without stopping!
Leandri had been watching, moving his feet to the far side of the goal in advance, and took the ball off with a slight jump.
After landing, he couldn't control his temper on the court and shouted to several older guys to ask them to pay attention to their positions. Friedrich, who was already 29 years old, felt a little embarrassed to be scolded by the young goalkeeper who had just become an adult. This time he was indeed the one who missed someone.
In the 88th minute, Bochum's last attack was resolved by Leandri, and Leverkusen won three points away from home with a score of 1-3.
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