Meeting Isa again

"Let's go to the hotel to rest for the match tomorrow", Kovac told us after stepping out of the bus.

"I will sleep with a friend today. I won't be at the hotel today", I said and left as quickly as possible as I knew I was probably misunderstood.

If I looked back I would have seen them smile like I expected. 

Anyway, I called a taxi and soon arrived at Isa's apartment. Yes, she lives in an apartment.

She lived alone there as her parents still wanted her to go to a university. Due to this, she lived in an apartment near the university. This didn't really make any sense to me as she didn't even go to school there, but it didn't really matter.

I took the elevator to the 10th floor and knocked on her apartment door.

"Hi, Max"

"Hey, Isa"

We greeted each other. 

"You can sleep on the couch. I already prepared everything for you.", she said with a smile.

She showed me her apartment and we played some games till it was time to eat dinner.

We went to eat dinner in a casual restaurant as we both didn't like spending way too much on dinner. While eating I gave her the cards I got for her.

"Ey, Isa should I make a celebration for you If I score?"

She told me about a celebration and I smiled.

After that, we went home and I slept pretty early to wake up early in the morning.

~next day~

I woke up and already smelled strawberry jam.

After waking up I saw her spread the jam on a toast. 

After seeing me she said, "This one's for you", and stuffed the toast rudely into my mouth with a wicked smile.

After almost dying of having no breath and finally breathing it I took some jam and threw it into her face.

"Ey, that's unfair", she said and threw some toast at me. We threw both things at each other for 5 minutes straight.

After that, I quickly showered and went to a nearby field we rented to train.

Yes, we trained in Stuttgart too. That was the reason why we arrived in Stuttgart a day early.

After training, we went into the stadium and went to prepare everything. 

Shortly before going out of the catacombs we saw the Stuttgart fans mostly in white waving their club logo on flags and cheering on their team.

They were loud.

This suddenly made me smile. I liked proving everyone wrong.

( I will try to write commentators. I will sometimes use it to write a solo game( where only one game is played. The whole time. And the conference. This means that there will be something like: "Goal in Stuttgart", and it will switch to this perspective and we see someone celebrating. This one will be a "solo" match)

"Today we will see an exciting match between VFB Stuttgart and the FC Bayern München. How do you think this game will be, Frank(not Ribery)?", one of the commentators said.

"Interesting question Ulli, we can see the starting eleven of both teams here. Let's start with Stuttgart. They are playing with a 4-1-4-1 having Gomez as a striker. The old Gomez isn't to be underestimated. He still is very dangerous in front of the goal. 

Now let's look at Bayern. They are playing in a 3-5-2 formation, having the just 15-year-old Maximilian Meyer in their starting eleven. Many of you already know him, but for those who don't know him. He is the grandkid of German legend Sepp Maier and one of the most promising talents in Germany. I think this is well-deserved as he has made a great match against Hoffenheim. If we look at the other players in both teams... In the end, I come to the conclusion that this match will be one-sided as Stuttgart seemed to be suppressed by Bayerns tactics with many fast players. The older Stuttgart may be more experienced but will be run over. This is my guess.", the commentator finally finished.

"Interesting conclusion Frank. I think that it will be more of a close call, due to the experience of the Stuttgarters. Let's see how this match will soon turn out.", they said at last. 

...

"Now the game begins"

"Bayern has the kickoff. They are playing in their usual red today and Stuttgart in their white."

...

"Meyer has the ball. He dribbles past Aogo(CM). He finds Gnabry on the left wing. Gnabry makes a body feint and goes towards the goal. Standing a few meters near the goal he passed it sideways to Lewandowski who easily shot the ball into the net. 1-0 for the Bayern in the 23rd minute."

...

"The Bayern team attacks, attacks, and attacks the whole time. It seems you were right Frank."

...

"Kimmich with the chip to Coman on the side. Coman lays sideways to Meyer. Meyer on the front of the penalty area finds Müller, who was in an open situation. Müller shootsssss. Zieler(GK) saves."

"It will be a corner kick. It seems that the young Meyer will shoot the corner. He passes to Kimmich who runs towards him. A short variant. Kimmich crosses into the penalty area. Hummels jumps. Crossbar. That was lucky. Zieler couldn't save this ball if it were a bit lower"

...

"Now it is half time. The second half will soon begin"

After Half time we all went to the locker room and listened to Kovac's tactics. He wanted us to press even more. Even at the cost of possession to make it 2:0.

"Now the second half begins"

...

"Now Lewandowski with a nice pass to Meyer, who runs to the goalkeeper. He shoots. Goalpost. Now this was a close call. In the replay, you can see Zieler lightly influencing the ball to the goalpost. The referee didn't notice this and called for a goal kick."

...

"Sloppy pass from Parvard to Zieler(Ball is in the middle of the Stuttgarts side of the field. This means Zieler can't use hands). MEYER RUNS TO THE BALL. Who will make it first. Meyer or Zieler? Zieler may be nearer to the ball but most people here know Meyers's speed. Meyer gets the ball first and passes it in front shortly before Zieler gets the ball and Jumps over Zieler, who tries to tackle the ball away. Now comes the next contest. Center back Baumgartl tries to run for the ball from Meyer and Meyer runs to it again although he stumbled after the tackle, he quickly accelerated again. Who will win this contest? Baumgartl is faster than Zieler but Meyer is the fastest. Who will win? Meyer gets the ball first passes the ball to his right foot and shoots immediately. The contest in front of the penalty area was won by Meyer again. Pavard runs again. The ball wasn't shot too strong. Will Pavard make it before the ball goes into the goal? AND PAVARD SHOVELS THE BALL AWAY. Was the ball in the goal?"

Everyone in the stadium looked at the referee for a short moment as he looked at his watch and whistled to signal that the goal was effective.

"Goal from Meyer. A mistake from Stuttgart which was used by the fast Meyer."

I ran to the sidelines. Looked up to the Lounges where Isa was located and raised my left finger to point at her and used my right arm to make something like glasses. This was an insider of us nobody knew. Nobody knew who I was pointing to. There were too many people on this side. (Please just look at the comments. I am worse than a 5-year-old explaining celebrations)

"Now, in the 71st minute Bayern will make two substitutions. One being the young Meyer, who performed very good today and the other being Gnabry who also played an amazing match. Instead of the two of them Ribery and the new Goretzka will be coming onto the field."

...

After that Goretzka made a goal with a low shot it the right corner making it 0:3 for us. 

After that the game ended and I said goodbye to Isa. We agreed to meet sometime soon again.