Chapter 62 Chapter 62 Thanks, Brother
Before waiting for Eric to arrive in Germany, Leandri first waited for Frankfurt, the opponent in the 25th round of the Bundesliga.
Many people holding Leandri's signs have appeared at the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, including many financial men/engineers/doctors who wear gold-rimmed glasses and look very successful.
In the player tunnel, Helmes hugged the young goalkeeper and joked, "If the media were to do statistics now, you might be Nan Tong's favorite player in the team."
Leandri was sorting his gloves. Hearing this, he was not embarrassed at all. "I'm good in every way. It's normal to like me."
After saying this, Leandri felt like it sounded a little familiar.
Rolfes touched Leandri's head with his big hand, "Okay, the best little boy in the world, it's time for us to go on stage."
The young goalkeeper who was good in every aspect lost the ball after just fifteen minutes on the pitch. The opponent played a three-on-two combination in front of him, and in the end the ball was kicked directly into the net. Leandri was powerless to save the situation and could only shut up and fish for the ball.
In the 40th minute, Frankfurt's attack failed and was counterattacked by Leverkusen. There was a large defensive gap in the opponent's backcourt, and Rolfes passed the ball. The whole field was full of opportunities for Bayer Leverkusen. Leandri even wanted to replace Kadlec and go forward. Wouldn't it be better if he just ran forward a few steps and stretched his legs!
The facts went according to director Leandri's script. After receiving the pass from his teammate, Kadlec pushed the ball with the instep of his foot and scored without any fancy moves.
During the half-time break, Leandri suppressed his envy and emphasized again to his fellow defenders: Don't rush forward easily, otherwise they will know what a shooting goalkeeper is!
The Germans, threatened by the intimidation of the Taiwanese, began to defend diligently. During this period, Enrique couldn't help but rush to the center circle, closed his eyes and kicked the ball blindly. Looking back, he saw that Leandri was still in front of the goal, and finally felt relieved.
In the 75th minute, Castro stole the ball from the Frankfurt player and made a long pass to Banetta. The opponent missed the ball and Kiessling shot from behind!
2-1, Leverkusen finally took the lead and maintained this score until the end of the 90-minute game.
Kroos did not play today, but he still patted the butt of Leandri who was walking towards him, and they walked back to the player tunnel together with their arms around each other's shoulders.
"Ryan, can you give me your jersey?" A handsome young man wearing a Leverkusen jersey shouted at Ryan. The young man was quite thin, but his smile was very sweet. He looked to be only seventeen or eighteen years old, about the same age as his roommates.
Leandri pulled off his goalkeeper uniform with one hand. He was very skilled at this action now and it looked very handsome. His figure without any base clothes was very pleasing to the eyes. When Leandri rolled up the clothes and threw them over, the handsome boy blushed.
Young people nowadays are very courageous and are particularly good at hitting straight balls. The handsome boy knew that the opportunity was hard to come by, so he confessed to his beloved player from his beloved club with a red face and red ears, "Ryan, I like you, can you be with me?"
The fans nearby started to make a noise when they saw this scene. Who wouldn’t love a handsome boy courting another handsome boy? But there were a few annoying guys making some noise, but they were quickly drowned out by the whistles.
Leandri showed his big white teeth, "I like men who are more manly. Try harder."
The fans saw that Leandri, who was not at all arrogant, was joking with them. Although the young man was upset and almost crying, they laughed even more happily for some reason.
"Young man, if you can't get Ryan, you can still get me." The uncle with a beer belly slapped the man's thin shoulder.
Leandri continued walking towards the fans when suddenly a hand climbed up his waist.
Facing his friend's puzzled look, Kross said calmly, "There's a platform next to us, be careful not to bump into it." After that, he put his arm around the man's waist and led him to the locker room.
"Thanks, brother!"
After packing Leandri's sports bag, Kroos waited for the landlord's brother to take him home on his motorcycle. He would return to Munich tomorrow to prepare for the game against the German youth team. Although he has been selected for the German U21, Kroos injured his ankle not long ago and has never started for Leverkusen. The German U21 coach Karel Hrubes chose to let Kroos adapt to the U19 first. On March 27, the German U19 will play against Iceland at home.
Leandri is also going back to Madrid as the Spanish U21 has called him up. On the 28th they will fly 1,600 kilometers to play an away game in Ireland.
In his first U21 trip, Leandri wore the number one goalkeeper's uniform and met many old friends. Adán followed Castilla to play in the Spanish Second Division. Due to various reasons, the team lost key players such as Arbeloa and Juan Mata one after another. The previous head coach Redondo also fired the club. All these factors caused Castilla's performance to begin to decline this season. Their current ranking is very close to the relegation zone. If they are not careful, they will return to the Spanish Second Division B next season. However, Adán's performance is still remarkable.
During the break, Leandri and Adam watched the game between Germany and Iceland in the room in amazement. There was no need for Kroos to adapt. In 90 minutes, Germany scored 7 goals into Iceland's goal. Kroos alone scored three goals and performed a hat trick in the first half of the game. Leandri opened his mouth and started praising his German friend to Adam, saying how accurate his short passes were, how good his free kick skills were and so on.
Adan could hardly hear the commentator's voice, "Ryan, I almost thought you were the striker who was fed by him every day."
Leandri turned off the microphone, turned around and sent a message to Eric, telling him to see how awesome Kroos was today.
Eric sat in the studio, his girlfriend painting with him. The little nobleman looked at his phone and began to roll his eyes skillfully again. In the past few months, he received too many text messages like this from Leandri!
With the ambition to not lose to his good friend, Leandri shut out Ireland in the second day's game. No matter how tricky the opponent's shot was, it was blocked. Unfortunately, there was no goal in the frontcourt and the two sides shook hands in a 0-0 draw.
After the team finished the game and returned to Spain, Leandri took some time to meet up with a few of his mates, and the defence team reassembled! Carvajal and Vazquez punched Leandri's chest and hugged their friend tightly. A few minutes later, they started to complain that since Carvajal gradually became famous, the ex-girlfriend who had knitted him a warm green hat wanted to come back, and Dasha still liked her a little. Leandri, who had never been in a relationship, recalled the horrible look on his friend's face when he cried, thought about it seriously and told Carvajal that in your opinion, it is better to pursue pure gold than pure love.
Carvajal's eyes widened, as if the door to a new world had opened.
Nacho stabbed in the back, "Please bring a magnifying glass when you look for a partner. We no longer want to send you home crying until your body is as limp as a caterpillar. We will no longer pity you who is so love-brained!"
Carvajal chose to manually mute Nacho's microphone.
Guti was also very happy to see Leandri, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He was ready to put into action what he had promised last year: "Brother will take you to see some of the world." This time Leandri was really tempted, but still refused. His U21 game had not ended yet, the international match day had not ended, and Spain would play against Sweden U21 in two days. Leandri had only just joined the team and didn’t want to be photographed by Madrid tabloids in a nightclub with a glass of sparkling water.
Redondo, who was standing next to him, has become much more relaxed since he retired. When he heard that Guti was going to a nightclub, he didn't try to stop him like he did before. If Guti went to nightclubs for fun in the past, then later he just went there to drink and dance. Now that he is old and can't even jump around, he just stays in a booth and drinks and chats with a few friends, and sometimes Redondo would join.
When Leandri heard that the Argentine was now on such good terms with Guti that he could go to nightclubs together, he looked at Guti with disbelief as he grinned at his big white teeth. He congratulated the Golden Wolf on his success in chasing his idol and finally gaining the friendship of his idol after so many years.
On April 1, Spain U21 played against Sweden at home. Looking at the tall players over 1.9 meters in a row on the opposite side, even the midfielders looked like little giants. Leandri prayed to God in his heart for his good friends, please, give Nacho, Carvajal, Vazquez, oh, and Real Madrid's water cooler comrade Marcelo some height, please let them grow a little taller!
Florentino also went to the match. He was unable to go to Ireland for his youngest son's first U21 match due to work conflicts. This time in Madrid, he had to support him on site.
Leandri also saw Nadal on the sidelines, the world's number one tennis player who recently defeated Federer at the French Open, Wimbledon and Australian Open to win his first hard court Grand Slam. Cameras often capture Nadal watching Real Madrid or the national team's games on site. Today he even came to watch the U21 game, proving he is truly the number one fan in tennis.
After all, he has been training in the Bundesliga for nearly a season, and Leandri played very stably. Several high balls from the opponent failed to enter the goal he was guarding.
The backcourt situation is good, but the attack in the frontcourt is not favorable.
Watching the forwards miss the ball one after another, although Leandri had a blank expression on his face, he kept cursing in his heart, Shoot, can you shoot? No, let me do it!
Then he also had a vision of the whole process of himself getting a hat trick. He first got the ball in the backcourt, dribbled past 10 opponents, and finally dribbled past the goalkeeper and kicked the ball into the goal. The whole audience cheered him as the new generation of striker of the Chinese Ducks! The second was that he defuse the opponent's attack and then make a long pass to the midfield. When his teammates passed the ball back, he ran to the center circle and jumped directly after receiving the pass from his teammates in a panic. He won the Puskas Award this year with an ultra-long-distance overhead kick. The third one was when Banya got a free kick before the end of the game. He rushed to the opposite side and headed the ball directly into the goal.
A goalkeeper's hat trick was born. The world's troubles had nothing to do with him. He just took the ball handed to him by the referee back to Germany and put it in front of his roommate. What's so great about scoring three goals in midfield?
Me, goalkeeper, hat!
But he soon woke up from his daydream. It was not because the opponent suddenly launched an attack, nor was it because someone made a long-range lob shot, but because Leandri suddenly remembered that although there were rumors of creating an award to praise the most beautiful goal of the year, the Puskas Award had not yet been established by FIFA.
There is a bug in the setting and the assumption is not true.
Leandri criticized himself in his heart for his inexplicable desire to win. How could he want to be like Kroos just because he had a hat trick?
Until the end of the 90 minutes, neither side had scored a goal. Leandri stuffed his goalkeeper gloves into the arms of his little nephew who reached out for him to hug him. The little boy who was lifted up giggled non-stop.
Both U21 matches ended in a draw. Leandri bid farewell to the sunshine and fellow countrymen of Banya, packed his bags and flew back to Germany, a country filled with seriousness and the aroma of malt.
Cross said he would wait for him at the airport, and his flight landed about ten minutes earlier than Leandri's.
Two people share a taxi and save money.
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