[Football] Because your eyes are too big

In the next few days, Stephanie's parents were busy welcoming their upcoming cousin, Stephanie's uncle.

While Stephanie was doing her own tennis practice, she did not forget to urge Mesut to train well, so as to give the visiting Bavarian team a head-on blow.

As for Mesut, he not only had to deal with the coaches who became nervous as the game time approached, but also had to deal with the encouragement of his childhood friend Stephanie with the whip and stick. He was also busy and happy.

We are all very busy, and time passes quickly when we get busy.

Soon came the day when the Bavarian team visited.

This is a friendly match, and the two sides of the match are only elementary school students. However, because of the football atmosphere of Mesut's school, there are still many spectators flooding the stands during the match.

Stephanie stared out at the pitch from the perfect front row seat she had asked Mesut to secure for her.She wants to cheer Mesut from the nearest place on the court, supervise him by the way, and save him from slack during the game.

"If you dare not play hard, you will die!" Stephanie did not forget to threaten Mesut before the game.

Mesut nodded again and again, but he knew that Stephanie's words would mean what he said, not to mention that even if Stephanie didn't say anything, he would have a serious competition.

"I heard from the coach that there are several players from the youth academy of Bayern and Munich 1860 in the opposite team." When preparing in the lounge, someone shared the information he got with others in this way.

"I've heard it too. In other words, are we going to compete with quasi-professional players?" Some people said worriedly, after all, Bayern Munich's name is too famous.

"Yes, that's Bayern!" Everyone was a little nervous, completely forgetting that the opponents were just Bayern youth players who were about their age, and they couldn't be regarded as quasi-professional players.

Some people didn't care: "What are you afraid of? They have Bayern's youth players, and so do we. Manuel and the others are also Schalke 04's youth players."

Neuer, who was tidying up his gloves slowly, smiled slightly when he heard his name. He is two years older than Mesut. He has successfully entered Schalke 04's youth training camp last year and is accepting the goalkeeper of the system. train.

As a player in the team with professional team youth training experience, Neuer was not that nervous, but rather eager to try. He even took the time to think about whether he would have the opportunity to rush across the middle circle and run to the opposite side during the game Say hello to his colleagues, of course the way to say hello is to score a goal.

While thinking about how feasible it is to score a goal, Neuer looked at his school team teammates by the way.He found that most of the people, even his teammates in the youth training camp, became nervous because the opponent had Bayern youth training players, so he shook his head helplessly.However, he also found that some people didn't seem nervous at all, and they were even a little calm.

"Mesut, you don't look nervous at all?" Neuer leaned over to his teammate with big eyes. Among those nervous guys, the calm expression of this big eye was too conspicuous.

"Stephanie said that if I lose, she won't let me go." Mesut turned to look at the main goalkeeper of his team.

Neuer has had a very good relationship with Mesut in the past two years, and it can be said that they are very close friends.He still has some understanding of the usual way of getting along with Stephanie and Mesut. Of course, his opinion is that the two people are willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer. The way of getting along that looks very painful is what they want. .

But thinking of the ferocity of the little witch Stephanie, Neuer patted Mesut's shoulder sympathetically.He knew that this guy wasn't nervous at all, but he was numb from nervousness, or he was frightened by Stephanie's intimidation.

The game time finally arrived. When the school team members Neuer and Mesut came out, they heard the cheers from the stands. After all, they were playing at home, and most of the people in the stands were Cheer them on.The guests from Bavaria did not bring their own cheerleaders.

Such a one-sided home atmosphere is very unfavorable to the visiting team.After all, both sides of the game were elementary school students, and the visiting team's players were also frightened by the home atmosphere.Of course, there are exceptions. One person looked at the stands with his head poking his head, and then happily pulled his teammates to point at the stands: "It looks great. Everyone in the stadium is our enemy. This feeling Ok, I like it so much, I can't wait for the game, let's start. By the way, if I perform well, will they cheer for me? Or will they boo me? You say Are the cheers more powerful, or the booing more? And..."

"Shut up Thomas!" Several players of the visiting team couldn't bear it anymore, and finally stretched out their fists and punched the guy who didn't stop talking from the moment he opened his mouth.

The behavior of the visiting team attracted the attention of the home team. In fact, if the guy was not a player of the visiting team, those who also heard the guy talking non-stop and had a headache would also want to flatten him.

"It's a good thing he's not our teammate." Neuer whispered to Mesut while queuing up.

Mesut didn't answer, but he also thought so deeply in his heart. Fortunately, he was not their teammate.

The two of them at this moment never expected that one day, they would become teammates with the guy who didn't want to be teammates, and even won the Hercules Cup together.Of course, Mesut is the worst. Whenever he sees that guy on the court and in his life, he wants to find a place where no one is there to cry.Later Mesut summed up his life, Stephanie destroyed his body, and the guy directly attacked the spirit, his life was really miserable.

The two people who haven't thought that far yet are focusing on the game. After the players from both sides shook hands, the game started.

Neuer is already eager to try in front of the goal, the visiting team has the ball, and he may greet the visiting team at any time.

Mesut stands at the right midfielder position, and the coaches are very divided on his use.

Although it is only a school team for elementary school students, the coaches of the team are also very experienced because the neighbor next door is the youth training camp of Schalke 04.

In the eyes of the coaches, Mesut is a player whose strengths and weaknesses are equally obvious.

His advantage lies in his excellent overall view, calm enough mind, his position in the midfield, he can adjust and handle the passing of the ball clearly, connect the whole field, and provide very comfortable assists for the forwards.According to Mesut's forward teammates, Mesut's pass is the most comfortable one they have received.And compared to other most offensive midfielders, Mesut, who focuses on assists and does not grab credits, is the favorite of forwards.

If possible, the forwards of the school team would like to start every game Mesut, but because of his shortcomings, the coaches are very cautious in using him.

Mesut's shortcoming has always been obvious, that is, his body is always weaker and thinner than his peers.Also, he doesn't seem to like confrontation. When meeting opponents on the court, he will choose to avoid confrontation and pass the ball. Although this makes him look very good at running without the ball, his poor confrontational characteristics are Let the enemy and your own side be clear at a glance.So when encountering a game that requires a lot of physical confrontation, Mesut often has to sit on the bench and wait for an opportunity to play.

Considering the reason of today's opponent, Mesut finally got the chance to start.He stood on the court, looking at the opponent's players, and he could still hear the sound of cheering from the stands.Needless to say, there must be Stephanie's voice here, and even he can imagine that Stephanie is rolling up her sleeves and shouting cheers in the stands at this moment.

"If you dare to lose, try it!" Stephanie's warning was still in his ears, Mesut still trembled, then he shook his head, staring at the opposite side with his already big eyes.

"Be careful, Mesut, you have to work hard to avoid being beaten!" he told himself.

Although the elementary school students' football game was not intense enough, and even the game time was a little less than the official game, the players participating in the competition on the field were extremely serious, trying to do their best in every move and style.

Just like Stephanie and the people from North Rhine-Westphalia hope to win the people from Bavaria who came from afar, similarly, this team composed of elementary school students from Bavaria is also eager to win in the territory of North Rhine-Westphalia. ball.Especially those who have entered the youth training camp of professional teams in the team, they know that the elementary school they came to visit is basically the territory of Schalke 04. Although Dortmund is more powerful, Schalke's Guys aren't much of a bird either.

Both sides have a very strong desire to win this game, and the game has become very fierce from the first minute.

The visitors had the ball and they opted to first pass the ball back and reorganize it in the midfield before the forwards dribbled the ball across the center circle.

But some people just don't do that. When his striker partner retreats to ask for the ball, the guy who almost caused a group to fight because of his nagging in line has already run to the home team's half in a big way.

Mesut hurried forward with his midfield partner to block in front of him. Of course, when defending, he can only play a supporting role as a scumbag.

"Hi." The guy named Thomas, who didn't know his surname, actually greeted Mesut and his teammates in a friendly manner.

Mesut froze for a moment, his partner was also a little silly.It's not that you can't talk during the game, but it's rare that this guy doesn't play cards like this.

Mesut just muttered something in his heart, and his mind was a little distracted. The guy suddenly started and walked away from them. The ball was suddenly passed from behind under his feet.

"Cunning guy!" Mesut reacted faster than his midfield partner, and immediately ran up to try to catch up with that guy.

But that guy was much stronger than Mesut, and he ran even faster. He nimbly bypassed the players who stepped forward to block him like a monkey, and then faced Neuer who had already run out of the penalty area.

"Damn it, why did he run out again!" Mesut's coaches screamed in their hearts when they saw this scene.

Mesut is a player who is used cautiously because of his obvious advantages and disadvantages. In fact, there is another player like this in the team, but because of his special position, he has no replacement. The coaches can only helplessly Put him on the field with a toothache.This man is goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.

Mesut's shortcomings are mainly caused by physical reasons, while Neuer's problems may seem to the coaches to be conscious.

Neuer has a very good physical development and is very suitable as a goalkeeper.But he has a big problem, which is his position. He likes to stand forward and doesn't like to stay on the goal line.On one occasion, he even wandered all the way, wandered out of the penalty area, and ran to the midfield to meet the opponent.

There are not no goalkeepers who like to attack, and there are even a few very famous ones, such as the butterfly Campos who changed clothes in the first half and played as a forward in the second half, and Chilavert who arranged a lot of free kicks for the team. And Madman Iguita.Neuer is now showing signs of Higuita, likes to get out of the penalty area and even run to the midfield.

In places like the school team, the team does not kill the players' nature, but they also consider their own performance.A goalkeeper who likes to attack and often leaves the goal open is obviously much more dangerous than a goalkeeper who stays in front of the goal honestly.So if possible, the coaches still hope that Neuer can stay in front of the goal more peacefully.

Today, this kind of situation that the coaches don't want to see appeared. Neuer ran out of the penalty area and faced the opponent's striker directly.

The striker named Thomas was also a little surprised, and he didn't expect to face the opponent's goalkeeper so early.But then he became interested. It seems that the other side also knows how to play, so it's interesting now.

Thomas simply played with Neuer. Although a striker and a goalkeeper, it is interesting to play footwork between them, but they are really one-on-one.

Although Neuer is a goalkeeper, his footwork is not weak because of his interest. If he has the opportunity, he will tell others that his shooting skills are also very good.

The two played like that, and then made the coaches of both sides very angry: these two guys!Can you play a game seriously!

In the end, under the help of teammates who finally arrived, Thomas' ball was cut off by Neuer.

He was not frustrated at all when the ball was intercepted. Instead, Thomas, who was very excited, did not retreat, but stretched out his hand to Neuer: "You are very good, let's get to know each other. My name is Thomas Muller, Thomas Muller's Thomas, Thomas Mueller's Mueller."

Mesut, who is also a member of the defense, twitched his eyes, probably because of the existence of Stephanie, he was particularly sensitive to the surname Muller.

Just happened to meet a Muller, there is no relationship between the two of them, don't be nervous!Mesut comforted himself in this way.