Chapter 64 Chapter 64 Listen to others' advice and eat a full meal
After the last round of games, Leverkusen is still ranked sixth. In fact, they have the same points as Hamburg, which is fifth, but are temporarily behind because of the goal difference. The Bayer players are full of confidence and are determined to return to the European competition zone.
On April 12, Leverkusen played against Werder Bremen at home.
Last season, Bremen won the half-time championship thanks to its excellent form in the first half, but unfortunately it frequently failed in the second half and lost the chance to compete with Bayern.
Although the opponent always lacks strength, Labbadia still dares not relax. After all, the opponent just won 4-0 at home and is in the limelight. But Bayer Leverkusen is not in a hurry, after all, Bremen's performance is as nervous as a knife. Take last season for example. First they beat Bielefeld 8-1, then they were eliminated in the Champions League group stage 1-3. They returned to the Bundesliga and immediately beat Duisburg 3-1. Their performance within a week was as ups and downs as a roller coaster.
Although he did not have much playing time in the past few rounds of games, Kroos, who always performed well, was finally fully trusted by Labbadia. In this league match, Kroos started.
Vidal and Kiessling were cheering, asking everyone to pass the ball to Kroos more often when they have the chance. Maybe the young man could score a goal or make an assist in his first start.
You little beets don’t cherish them, but we love them very much. If you despise them so much, don’t let them go back. Just sell them to us!
Although everyone knows that Bayern is unlikely to really let Kroos go, it’s still possible to think about it!
Helmes clapped his hands loudly. Everyone hoped that Kroos could have a good performance today. Everyone had seen Hoeness's remarks and the way he was embarrassed by reporters yesterday. The players did not say much and chose to support him with actions on the court.
What is most important to the players? It must be the performance on the court.
Kroos was a little touched, and Leandri hurried over, exclaiming, "Don't put so much pressure on Tony. No matter how he performs today, he is a good player!"
Leandri was afraid that everyone would put too much pressure on Kroos.
When Labbadia heard what Leandri said, he nodded in agreement, and at the same time praised his own goalkeeper in his heart, showing the style of a great general! Don’t be arrogant or impatient! Have a long-term vision! Care about your teammates! But it’s a bit strange. Don’t you know your brother’s personality? Could it be that his movements on the court are distorted because of too high expectations and too much pressure?
As it turned out, there was no need for anyone to pass the ball to him, as Kroos scored a goal himself in the 10th minute.
Banetta held the ball and kept looking for opportunities to try to pass the ball to Kiessling or Helmes, but the two forwards were closely watched by the opponents and any pass would be disrupted. Seeing another defender on the opposite side rushing towards him and kicking him, Banetta felt a little sorry that this attack would be in vain. As a result, he heard a voice coming from the diagonal behind the next second.
"Give me!"
The familiar voice made Banetta pass the ball back subconsciously. Just as he passed the ball, the opponent's shoes appeared in front of him.
Banetta looked back and saw the golden-grey midfielder who was their first starter.
Kroos was in a good position, the Bremen defenders closest to him were blocked by Barnetta. After receiving the ball, Kroos did not make any adjustments and took a long shot directly from the edge of the penalty area.
The force was not great, but it had obvious rotation and shaking, and an arc went straight to the blind corner of the goal!
Eric couldn't bear to watch from the sidelines as his good brother Kuang Kuang ran from the backcourt to the German guy. His semi-long curly hair was almost straightened by the wind. He couldn't even squeeze past his teammates and could only stay at the outermost edge.
After being rewarded with a pat on the head by his teammates, Kroos finally broke free from everyone's arms and took the initiative to hug the goalkeeper who came from afar. Leandri was really happy and kissed the German on the face twice.
The home commentator also saw this scene and was very moved and boasted about the brotherhood on the field!
"The relationship between our goalkeeper and midfielder is really good. Kroos scored a goal in his first start, and Ryan ran over from the goal to celebrate for his friend. It is said that Kroos still lives in Ryan's house. They are really good brothers, the twin stars of our pharmaceutical factory."
The commentator was about to shed tears of excitement, but Eric complained in his heart, "Are you crazy? The pink bubbles are about to flood the stadium, and yet the two of them are not together?"
The game started again. In the 15th minute, 2*2 suddenly launched a long pass forward. Pizarro faced Enrique in the penalty area, won the last line of defense in front of Leandri in physical confrontation, and then shot directly without stopping the ball!
"Enrique couldn't hold on, Pizarro caught the ball, be careful!"
"Beautiful, Ryan's amazing save!"
"Ryan saved Pizarro's shot from almost his face. It was almost a face-to-face shot, but I didn't expect Ryan to react so quickly. He stretched out his legs and blocked the ball!"
The home commentator was so shocked by Leandri's terrifying reaction that he was almost incoherent. He was able to block a close-range shot? !
In the 37th minute, the attack of the pharmaceutical factory was resolved by the opponent. The goalkeeper kicked the ball out with a long kick, and Frings started to break through on the wing with the ball.
After cutting in from the ribs and entering the penalty area, he shot hard with the inside of his foot!
Leandri lifted the ball over the crossbar with one hand.
The commentator couldn't help but sigh, "Ryan's performance today was very brave and in very good condition, and he resolved many of the opponent's offensive opportunities!"
During the halftime break, Kiesling suddenly pulled Leandri and said, "Quick, praise me and say I'm a good player."
Leandri didn't understand, but he said it anyway. Praising people won't hurt anyone, and he, the young man Lai, is the best at praising people.
As a result, in the 10th minute of the second half, Kiessling scored a goal, which was a follow-up shot.
The 1.9-meter-tall German pushed aside his teammates and rushed to Leandri in front of the goal, shouting, "Praise me, praise me in every game from now on, I can score goals!"
Leandri: ...You can score goals because you know how to run, you know how to shoot, you are lucky, you... Anyway, what does it have to do with me?
Kadlec, who was not far away, also heard it. When Kiesling went back with a happy face, he couldn't help but secretly discuss it with the goalkeeper and asked him to praise him.
"You still want to score? If you defend well you will be the best player!" Ryandelli was furious.
But 10 minutes after he was angry, he was stunned and embraced by a defender with tears in his eyes.
"Pay attention, we are playing football, don't hug each other!" The goalkeeper seriously pushed away the defender who successfully scored a goal, and then tried hard to avoid Helmes' eager gaze.
"Well, you're a good player too, better than all of them." Ryan Deli was defeated.
Helmes dribbled past three players and scored the goal. The commentator excitedly said that this was definitely the best goal of this round.
After the game, Labbadia was particularly happy. In the game that was played at the same time, Hamburg drew and Leverkusen climbed to fifth place in the ranking and entered the European war zone.
The head coach patted his goalkeeper on the shoulder and gave him an order, "Before the game starts from now on, you must praise all the forwards to one side."
Leandri looked up at the sky, what a superstitious football world!
After taking a shower, Leandri and Kroos were not in a hurry to leave. They were waiting for the goalkeeper's good partner Eric. Kroos and Eric had met each other before, and they followed the schedule of the European Cup together last year.
Eric didn't look like a "small well" at the moment, and took the initiative to greet him, "Hello Tony, I'm in Germany to attend a fashion show."
Eric has been exposed to art since he was a child and has now become famous in the circle. He is also a member of the Alba family in Spain, so many brands will actively invite him when they hold exhibitions and shows.
Cross had doubts in his mind and didn't hide them at all, "How could a brand hold an exhibition in Germany, our fashion desert?"
"Brand from your country, hugo boss"
Eric didn't really let Leandri take him to the bar to "see the world". He had already arranged the seats and dragged the two of them over. He ordered a cocktail for himself and sparkling water for the two athletes.
Originally, Kroos was going to drink beer, but Leandri frowned and yelled at the football boy to be self-disciplined, and said that alcohol would prevent the acne on his face from going away. The acne-ridden and wide-faced boy obediently chose the same drink as him.
Eric clicked his tongue in his heart.
Seeing that the two athletes with blond and black hair were feeling uncomfortable here, Eric took the sparkling water from Leandri's hand while Kroos went to the bathroom.
"You said you were going to bring me here to see the world, but in fact, you were molested by Tony that day."
Leandri's eyes widened, with the words "how did you know" written on his handsome face.
"You have a good relationship."
"I'm good with you, too."
"You even ran straight to the front court to celebrate today, tsk tsk tsk, and even kissed him."
"Isn't it normal to kiss on the court?"
"Besides him, have you ever kissed anyone else?" Eric sighed. "Ryan, nine out of ten times you called me you were talking about him, and the messages you sent were all about how great Tony was."
Leandri began to recall that although he felt sad when his teammate was injured, he did not feel distressed, and his first reaction would not be to rush over and fight to vent his anger for Kroos. He is delighted every time he sees Kroos and habitually shares a room with him during away games. He would be happy for every excellent performance of Kroos, angrily respond to others for his lack of opportunities and lack of attention at Bayern, and worry about whether the pressure would be too great when others demanded too much of him. She would squeeze out time to practice the team song with him over and over again, and would unguardedly hold his hand to feel his vocal parts. He would habitually put an extra person on the back of the motorcycle, so that they could train together and come back together every day. Since Kroos came, he was never alone during his extra training. He will get used to someone taking care of everything for him, so that he doesn't even have to carry a bag after training, and there will be milk poured for him every night. He deserves to enjoy this care. She would flirt back without any shyness when faced with flirting from others, but only Kroos could make her blush with just a few words from him. Leandri thought of the love formula of that night again. Cross joked that he was confessing to him, and he felt embarrassed and angry. What was he angry about?
Then Leandri reacted immediately, "I like Tony?!"
Eric exclaimed calmly, "Oh my God, it turns out you like Tony. I wish you happiness."
But the other party was a little sad, “No, football is homophobic, I can’t ruin both of our careers.”
"Just don't let anyone know."
Things may change, so the young nobleman decided to change his route.
After Ryandre closed the door in a bad mood, Eric secretly called Cross out and said straight to the point, "Do you like Ryan?"
The German nodded frankly, "I like it very much."
Eric was confused. "I like you but I don't pursue you? We've lived together for a few months, but you haven't succeeded yet?"
"I don't know if he likes me. If he likes girls, I don't want to..."
"I heard that your football circle is homophobic. Are you afraid?" Eric interrupted directly.
Seeing the German shaking his head quickly, Eric immediately revealed all his gay friend's past, then patted him on the shoulder and gave him advice, "Ryan doesn't like girls, his sexual orientation is like that of boys, play it straight, be more aggressive, I know you can do it."
Even though Eric doesn't play football, they grew up together and are well-known in Rosales for their good relationship in school. The slightly different circles made their relationship closer. In fact, because Eric didn't play football, he knew most clearly about some of Leandri's affairs.
Cross was ready to take the advice, after all, listening to advice was the key to success.
Eric flew back to Madrid the next night after the event. Anyway, Leandri couldn't hide his secrets from him, and he would also get a piece of the pie in the sky in Spain, so it would be better for him to leave early to make room for the two of them.
Leandri, who was not in a very good mood to begin with, became even more upset when he saw his good friend go back. As a result, Cross grabbed his wrist just as he opened the door of his room.
The German's voice rang in his ears, "I like you. The kind of like that I want to fall in love with."
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