Chapter 54 Chapter 54 I Don't Dislike
Germany entered October, and Leverkusen played four games in these 30 days. Except for the team's defeat in the seventh round, Leandri held on at home for nearly 90 minutes, but was scored by Hertha Berlin before the whistle, losing precious league points. In the next three games, they first won 2-0 away against Frankfurt, then beat Cologne 2-0 in the North Rhine Derby in the 9th round of the league, and kept a clean sheet when challenging Werder Bremen.
The team won three consecutive games, and Rolfes invited everyone to have a meal together during the break. Leandri learned the Sheep Head Card game from the advice of a bunch of Germans, but soon after, he was kicked out of the team by a group of Germans who had revealed their "not stereotyped at all" nature.
"You're still counting cards? This is to relax, not to take a math class!" Castro had a look of devastation on his face. Except for the first few hands where Leandri didn't understand the rules clearly, this guy never lost since then!
Leandri was also helpless. There were only 32 cards in total, so there was no need to remember them specifically. But Leandri, who was already familiar with his teammates, did not let them off. "I'm helping you quit your addiction to cards!"
Leandri, who was forcibly expelled from the Sheephead team, was taken away by Schneider for a barbecue. Although the veteran is still in the recovery stage, he also came to today's party wearing a neck brace.
Leandri found a skewer of meat nearby and threw it on the grill, turning the skewer around in his hand.
"You won't be able to cook the meat like this." Schneider had undergone surgery on his cervical spine and is still unable to turn his cervical spine to a large extent.
Leandri had never done this before. He was responsible for making skewers at home and had never been a chef who controlled the heat. However, he was angry about being kicked out just now, and he continued to hold his neck in dissatisfaction, "I'm doing this to make sure they are heated evenly!"
Schneider laughed so hard that he almost had to have a second surgery, and then handed over a glass of German beer.
Shaking his head to refuse the wine, Schneider stared at Leandri as if he was an alien, and joked that playing football in Germany without drinking beer was a waste of time. He also asked the young goalkeeper if he wanted to join in the Oktoberfest in Munich.
Continuing to shake his head, Leandri is now extremely busy every day. School, training, and homework have almost taken up all of his free time.
But when it comes to Munich, Leandri thinks of his friends again.
Leandri's life has been smooth sailing since he came to Leverkusen. Everyone from the management to the players are very friendly to him. Although his German still needs to be improved, his teammates are very patient with him. They usually help him correct his grammatical errors and give him encouragement, saying that his language is better now. The pharmaceutical company does not have any particularly big-name players. Famous people such as Schneider and Vidal are all easy to get along with.
But Kroos is different. At the age of 16, he attracted Bayern's attention with his excellent performance and got a semi-professional contract. After being promoted to the first team, the then coach Hitzfeld made Kroos the youngest player to appear in the Bundesliga, which shows the coach's love for him. He made two assists in his debut. Even K God said in front of the media more than once that Kroos will become a superstar in the future.
If Kroos' football career before the age of 17 was smooth sailing, the wide-faced young man's future has begun to become bumpy this season. This summer, the Golden Bomber Klinsmann replaced Hitzfeld as the head coach of Bayern. He had just started coaching at the Allianz Arena and his foundation was not stable. For the sake of the team's results, he did not dare to let the team's young players train on the field. Muller, Kroos and other young players who were highly expected had no chance. From August to now, Kroos has only started in the first round of the German Cup, and then waited for rotation on the bench. Now his name is not even on the roster. He was a hot young star in the Bundesliga last season and had not suffered any injuries, but now he doesn't even have a chance to play.
After the dinner, Leverkusen started their league journey again, beating Wolfsburg 2-0 and extending their winning streak, but they had a very tense game against Karlsruhe in the next round.
25 minutes into the first half, the scoreboard showed 0-3. Bayer Leverkusen conceded three goals as a gift at the opponent's home field. Not to mention the players on the field, even Labbadia and assistant coach Sezer looked relaxed, as if the team bus could go home with the three points.
But in the 57th minute, the pharmaceutical company's defender committed a foul while defending, and the opponent got a free kick in a good position.
Leandri directed the position of the wall and stood in the middle of the goal.
Bang!
When the players in the wall closed their eyes and jumped up, Leandri also rushed to the far corner. Unexpectedly, the midfielder pushed the ball directly along the line. The ball ran along the grass, under the studs of the players in the wall, broke through the defense line, and then rolled into the goal under Leandri's annoyed eyes.
Then in the 60th minute, Leandri was even more furious. The opponent's No. 5 made a run in the backcourt, and none of the three defenders in front of his goal noticed it, so Leandri again pitifully fished the ball out of the goal.
This number 5 is a defender! Defender! Can you learn from No. 5 when making forward runs and score a goal for the opponent instead of creating a defensive vacuum that allows the opponent to take advantage of it!
No matter how angry Labadia was on the sidelines, the head coach still felt that he could take away three points from the away game. However, the situation on the field immediately told him that it is normal in life that things don't go as planned.
Two minutes later, Karlsruhe scored again to show everyone that everything is possible.
From 3-0 to 3-3, Leverkusen fell into confusion in just 40 minutes. Even without Labbadia yelling on the sidelines, all the players dared not be careless anymore. If they lost directly, they would be scolded to death by the fans and the media!
After this game, Bayer started to win and lose, first beating Schalke 04 2-1, and then losing to Bielefeld. When playing against Schalke, Leandri met Neuer for the first time. The German goalkeeper was taller and stronger than him, and his powerful arms seemed to have the strength to turn a thrown ball into a grenade, which was also a physical talent.
Leandri told himself more than once, I am not envious.
Throughout November, Leverkusen has earned 7 points in the four games they have played, and in the last game of this month, they will face the Southern King Bayern Munich at home.
Bayern has two more Champions League group matches than Leverkusen this month. In order to give the main players more rest, and because Kroos' performance on the training ground has been so outstanding that people have to take it seriously, Klinsmann put him back on the roster and had him come on as a substitute in the match against Fiorentina.
Today, Leandri met his friends whom he hadn't seen for a long time as he wished.
This was their first meeting after the World Cup. Leandri happily gave him a kiss on the cheek, then he carefully looked at his friend's face and said, "You have more pimples again!"
Cross: "Then you still kiss?"
Leandri waved his hand, "I don't dislike you."
When preparing to enter the player tunnel, Adler stood side by side with Leandri. He defeated Jan Rensing and Butt in Bayern's goalkeeper battle and became the team's main goalkeeper. Adler also greeted many of his former teammates warmly. The goalkeeper who grew up in a pharmaceutical factory maintains a good relationship with all the players on the team. Finally, he smiled and said hello to Leandri, "I've seen your game, good luck today."
German players generally find it difficult to refuse Bayern's call, and now there is no final number one goalkeeper in the national team. His chance is best in Bayern. Adler left Leverkusen for his own future, but after so many years of friendship he was also happy that the team's new goalkeeper performed well.
I have always heard that Bayern is oppressively powerful in the Bundesliga, but today Leandri truly felt it for himself. Although Bayern has stumbled in the league this season, they have Germany's main striker and offensive core Klose, the late bloomer Golden Boot Toni, and the scarred Ribery with balanced left and right feet, not to mention stars such as Schweini who is good at through passes and Ze Roberto who likes long shots. Leverkusen's weak defense can't withstand Bayern's powerful firepower.
Less than half an hour into the game, Leandri's handsome face was already covered with traces of saves, his hair and clothes were all dirty, and beads of sweat kept dripping down his dark brown curly hair.
Leandri had just pushed the Italian striker's powerful header out of the goal line and was still gasping for breath as he climbed up from the grass. The game had just started for 30 minutes and Bayern had already launched 8 attacks, 5 of which were on target. If he hadn't been in great form today, the score would have been changed by now.
The home fans put their hearts back to their original places, cheering for Leandri's wonderful save. Even the commentator exclaimed, "This is his first season in the top five leagues? Leandri's performance, we should thank Calderon for driving him away, thank Mijatovic for the failure of talks with Manchester United, and thank Mr. Voller for his vision to bring him to the BayArena!"
During the half-time break, Leandri kept drinking water and wiping his sweat. Labbadia emphasized on praising Leandri's saves, but did not be too harsh on the defense. Just look at the big collapse at the end of last season to know how bad Leverkusen's defense is. They could still hold off weak teams, but they could not hold on for too long in front of Bayern. Labbadia also knows that defense cannot be transformed overnight.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and the failure to score a goal made Bayern's attack more fierce.
In the 59th minute, Ze Roberto blocked the passing route of Banetta, and then began to protect the ball all the way to the front court, and then passed it straight to Toni who was ambushing in the penalty area. The Italian shot directly without stopping the ball!
In fact, Leandri didn't see the ball clearly at all, and subconsciously raised his hand to block it, just blocking the ball out. The retreating Caster kicked the ball out of the penalty area.
Luck could only save Leverkusen temporarily. In the 82nd minute, Ribery's shot was changed by Leandri's legs, but the next second Klose appeared at the landing point of the ball. This time Leandri was powerless and could only shake his head at the ball still circling the net.
Leverkusen is still unable to stop the Southern King. Although Leandri and the entire team worked together on both offense and defense, they still couldn't stop Bayern from winning 3 points at the BayArena with Klose's only goal of the game.
After three whistles, the 15th round of the Bundesliga ended. When Leandri was comforted by captain Rolfes with his arms around his shoulders, a pair of eyes with a gentle attitude appeared in front of him.
Klose smiled and took off his jersey and handed it to him, "Shall we change jerseys?"
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