2 Once in the spotlight

2 Once in the spotlight

When Leon came to Bayern Munich's training ground, the Bayern players on the training ground were almost all there.

Well, the Germans sure are punctual.

This is the first time Leon and his new teammates have met, but people like Kahn, Link, Jeremes, Hargreaves and others have known Leon as early as the World Cup in Korea and Japan.

During the World Cup, Hargreaves represented England, while Kahn, Link and Jeremes represented Germany.

I don't know why... Leon always feels that the eyes of everyone looking at him, the "biggest player" in Bayern's history, are not quite right, as if everyone is curious about him.

It's still Kahn the Lion King who is direct, speaking German that Leon can't understand, while pulling Leon into his teammates.

In fact, it is hard for the Bayern players to imagine that the 19-year-old boy in front of him is worth 40 million pounds!

Oh, God. You must know that there are many stars in the Bayern team. As the Bundesliga class bully, the Bayern team does not lack stars, but who can be as terrifying as the kid in front of him?

While talking to Leon, Kahn pulled a tall and thin South American guy in front of Leon. This handsome South American guy wearing Bayern's No. 24 jersey is a Paraguayan genius—— Roque-Santa Cruz.

In addition to Santa Cruz, Kahn also pulled Pizarro over, because the two of them can speak Spanish, so Kahn also meant: You two take good care of this kid.

"Hello, Leon, my name is Rock Santa Cruz. If you want, you can call me Rock directly." He is handsome, but when he smiles, he gives people a very melancholy feeling.

"My name is Claudio Pizarro! Welcome, Captain of Argentina—Leonville." Compared with Santa Cruz's melancholy, Pizarro punched Leon as soon as he came up, this guy Definitely a familiarity.

Leon also smiled and communicated with the only two Spanish-speaking players in the Bayern team. Pizarro spoke more than Santa Cruz. He introduced Leon to his teammates one by one. The guy who bald is Bayern's veteran Sauer, and the guy who looks very old is Bayern's main striker Elber...

Under Pizarro's introduction, Leon also greeted his teammates one by one.

Among them, the Lion King Kahn, Link, Jeremes and Hargreaves undoubtedly have to respect Leon. After all, they know Leon's strength after the competition in the World Cup.

Although the other teammates have also watched the game, they have not competed in the same field after all, so they still have some questions about Leon.

What makes Leon strange is that when Pizarro kept introducing his teammates to him, Santa Cruz, a handsome guy, followed the two of them like a younger brother...

What's wrong with this guy? Why are you so quiet?

If Leon knew Rock Santa Cruz's career experience, he might understand why Santa Cruz was so melancholy...

When Roque Santa Cruz joined Bayern under the title of Paraguay's first talent, he was also highly anticipated at that time.

Tall but with excellent foot skills, just when people expect Santa Cruz to become a sharp weapon for Bayern to attack the city...Because of his thin body, Santa Cruz suffered repeated injuries again and again...

Yes, Santa Cruz is indeed talented, but facing the tall central defenders in the Bundesliga, his excellent skills are often knocked to the ground before he can use them...

Injuries made Santa Cruz gradually lose himself in Bayern Munich. Now Bayern's starting striker combination is more tough, and also has good skills Pizarro and Brazilian Elber.

Even now, in the mind of coach Hitzfeld, he would rather believe in Ziegler than he would use Santa Cruz.

You said, if you were Santa Cruz, when you saw the same South American talent, but joined Bayern with a worth of 40 million pounds and became the focus of attention, would Santa Cruz not be depressed... …

In fact, if Leon knew that Santa Cruz would think so, he would definitely tell Santa Cruz that you are more suitable for the midfielder position.

Looking at the career of Leon Santa Cruz in his previous life, apart from having a brilliant season at Blackburn and scoring 19 goals, Santa Cruz lost himself more on the court the rest of the time.

The reason why Santa Cruz is invincible in the Paraguayan national team is very simple. He is the core of the team and the leader of the team. But after Paraguay has a powerful center like Barrios, people think that Santa Cruz Ruth will lose his main position, but Roque Santa Cruz ushered in a major turning point in his career.

In the World Cup in South Africa, Santa Cruz was more often responsible for organizing the team's offense behind Barrios. The retreat of the position allowed Santa Cruz's football talent to be perfectly displayed.

With his tall stature, he can often send exquisite through balls.

And after being not a center forward, Santa Cruz has less pressure to score goals, but he is more efficient. He is tall, so when he inserts a header from the back, he is much more powerful than before.

Santa Cruz is indeed a talent, but unfortunately, he chose the wrong position. Being tall doesn't have to be a center forward. Sometimes, just shifting the position back a bit can make a difference.

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Speaking of which, Leon's overall feeling when meeting his teammates for the first time was not bad, at least everyone still accepted him very much.

Although Leon can't communicate with everyone in terms of language, well, it seems that learning German is imminent... By the way, I don't know if there is any language crash method in the system?

In other words, if you go to shoot a chick who can speak multiple languages, can you make the language crash? Although Leon himself has a strong language talent, it is impossible to be able to communicate freely with his teammates within half a year.

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Just when Pizarro, a big talker, kept telling Leon interesting stories about his teammates, the head coach came.

The current coach of Bayern is Otmar Hitzfeld, who is known as the iron coach. Hitzfeld once led the Swiss team, which had no big names in the team in Leon's previous life, to an upset 1-0 victory over Spain, which was full of glory at the time. Almost thought that Spain could not qualify from the group stage...

Hitzfeld, who emphasizes discipline and tactics, is a famous coach. On his professional resume, the most important thing is the champion, especially the Bundesliga champion!

This season, Bayern has reorganized the midfield. The joining of Sebastian Deisler and Leon Weir has made people optimistic that Bayern in the new game can compete in the European war and the Bundesliga.

But for Hitzfeld himself, he doesn't like Leon and Deisler very much, because these two people give people the impression that they are always a little softer in terms of technical skills.

Hitzfeld prefers hard-line players, such as Hargreaves, Leverkusen's Ballack and Ze Roberto...

However, although Hitzfeld is the coach of Bayern, the real helm of Bayern is Beckenbauer who has been behind the scenes.

This season, Bayern has promoted young players like Schweinsteiger. The intention is already obvious. The German national team needs Bayern's rise and Bayern can contribute more talents to the German national team in the 2006 World Cup.

When Bayern prospers, German football prospers.

Although he doesn't like players like Leonwell very much, Heathfield also knows that the club doesn't want Leon to come to the bench for spending 40 million pounds.

"It's great to see you again! Now, let me take a look at your status!" Straightforward, never procrastinating, Iron Coach Heathfield hoped to use the team match to check the players in the offseason. How is the status maintained over time.

The twenty-four players were divided into two teams, and No. 3 goalkeepers Schleser and Feuerner would be substitutes for a while.

Leon got the yellow vest that symbolizes the main force, and his teammates have no doubts about it. On the contrary, everyone will be surprised if Heathfield puts the 40 million man on the bench.

Compared with Leon's main force, another genius, Deisler, was assigned to the substitute team. Although the German genius had resignation written on his face, he soon felt relieved. After all, he is a rookie. , and he is not as valuable as Leon...

As for the Paraguayan genius Santa Cruz, he looked at Leonwell with a melancholy expression. Once, he was so much-anticipated...

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In fact, when it comes to the confrontation match, everyone is very clear in their hearts. Iron Marshal Heathfield is not so much to see everyone's status, but to see how much magic power Lionwell has to let Emperor Bei meet him in person. , invite to join.

Teammates also want to know what is the level of the World Cup Bronze Ball winner, the Argentine golden boy who has been blown up by the media, and the youngest champion captain of the World Cup, Leon.

After all, in modern football, there are quite a few parallel players who have become famous.

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Speaking of the main team, the goalkeeper is the Lion King Kahn, and the four defenders are the French veteran Lizarazu, the German team's main central defender Link, the Croatian Robert Kovac and the right back Sagnol.

In the midfield, Leon and Hargreaves partnered to form a new midfielder combination. Leon also communicated with Hargreaves in English. Hargreaves also expressed to his new partner: Don't worry, Just play normally.

Bayern's frontcourt is veteran Sauer and fast horse Salihamidzic, and Pizarro and Elber are on the front line.

It can be said that this is almost likely to be Bayern Munich's main lineup for the new season.

On the bench side, there are young people like Schweinsteiger and geniuses like Deisler. Of course, Rock Santa Cruz was also placed on the bench.

Well, under the watchful eye of coach Hitzfeld, this Bayern team match also started after the players warmed up.

Because it was a confrontation match, there were only 30 minutes for the first half and the second half. The referees were of course Heathfield and the assistant coaches.

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