1 Try-out

*whistle*

Stade de Vanves 3-3 CSM Clamart Football.

"well played Ali, another goal and two assists" said Alex. "what are your plans for next season, have you decided on a team?"

"no, I have try-outs with a dozen clubs but my parents want me to stay in France and graduate from high-school, so I won't go to the foreign clubs and see what I can do in France."

"oh, which foreign club invited you?

"come on be serious, just because I dominate here doesn't mean that I interest those powerhouses. They have tens of players that better than me. I was invited by Leeds and Watford in England. Celta Vigo in Spain. Fiorentina and Parma in Italy. Young Boys in Switzerland. Hannover, Stuttgart and Koln in Germany. Genk and Eupen in Belgium. As for the rest they are Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and National 1 teams." calmly said Ali. He is reluctant to leave France in the first place so he is fine with his parents decision and since there is no powerhouse interested in him it is fine.

" do you have any preferences? " asked Alex

" yeah but I'll keep to myself for now"

"mom, dad I'm home"

"how was your game" asked his mom, Sarah. Sarah is a plump middle-aged lady. She works in a kindergarten.

"it was alright"

"sleep early tonight Ali. Starting from tomorrow we have two busy weeks. We'll take the train Early in the morning." That was Ali's father talking. His name is Samy. He is an average looking midlle aged man and he teaches P-E in high school.

Like his father said, Ali will be busy starting from tomorrow. He will go for his first tryout in Lens and then in the next two days he will go to Lille and Valenciennes. And in the following days he will go to Nancy, Metz, Lorient, Le Havre, Red Star, Créteil and Paris FC.

"Domaine de Luchin, please" it is 9 in the morning and Ali and Samy got off the train and took a cab to the training center.

In the training center Ali went to the welcome desk to register himself.

"good morning ma'am. I'm here for the tryout"

"I need your ID please." Ali gave her his ID and she gave him a pass.

"don't lose this pass or you can't play today. Go to the locker 01 and get your training equipment and then to locker 10 to get changed and wait for them to call you. This morning is for the individual test and the afternoon will be for the matches. The people accompanying you have to wait in the stand"

Ali went in the direction of the locker rooms to get ready and Samy went to the stand.

There were already other parent sitting. Samy nodded at them and waited for his son to appear on the field.

The kids started to appear on the field. Samy quickly spotted his son. He was one of the tallest. He was wearing the 75 jersey.

The coches separeted them into smaller group to do the technical drills and then the physical drills.

Samy was watching all this from the stands while frowning.

At noon he went to have lunch on his own as the players went to the club cafeteria.

Ali was seating on the bench for the first match. There were 6 teams and the 3 matchs were played simultaneously.