Because he had just arrived, the prince could only watch the team's first-round Bundesliga match in the auditorium at the Commerzbank Arena.
The Commerzbank Arena, formerly known as the Waldstadion, means forest in German, so it is often called the Forest Stadium. It is the joint home stadium of Frankfurt Football Club and Frankfurt Galaxy American Football Club. The stadium can accommodate approximately 52,000 fans.
In this game against Hertha Berlin, about 40,000 Frankfurt fans came to cheer for their team. In addition, there were about 3,000 away fans who came to Frankfurt with Hertha Berlin, so the whole stadium looked lively and cheering.
The boos were endless. The prince had always heard that the Bundesliga had the highest stadium attendance and the hottest atmosphere. Now he finally got to witness it. With such a terrifying home atmosphere, how much pressure do the visiting team's players need to play?
It seems that I also need to adapt to the Bundesliga stadium atmosphere as soon as possible.
Naotai Takahara is still missing this game due to injury. Also missing due to injury are Brazilian defender Chris (knee), new Mexican aid Galindo (adductor) and substitute forward Heller (fatigue fracture).
In the midfield, Junichi Inamoto and Madavecchia started together, and captain Amanatidis stepped forward alone. Hertha Berlin coach Favre made his debut in the Bundesliga, and the Swiss used Polish teenager Piszczyk on the front line.
The combination of Gram and Serbian Pantlic. The Brazilian international Gilberto, who has just recovered from injury, serves as the defensive midfielder, while his compatriots Mineiro and Lucio are on the bench.
In the 27th minute, Streit passed the ball from the right. A. Meier, who scored a hat trick in the first round of the German Cup last week, headed the goal but Czech goalkeeper Drobny received it steadily.
In the 31st minute, after receiving a pass from Streit, Amanatidis turned his back to the goal and lightly touched the ball with his head under the defense of Dardaoy. The ball bounced off the ground and entered the net, 1-0. Prince.
After the team scored a goal, they were inexplicably excited. They cheered loudly and celebrated with the surrounding fans, but the people next to them didn't know that this young man was the team's new player and would slowly become the team's chief star in the future.
Even the best players on the planet.
In the second half, Hertha Berlin replaced Lucio, Okoronkwo and Rakic, but the visiting team's performance did not improve much.
In the 72nd minute, Lucio took a direct free kick from the right and was saved by Puller.
In the 80th minute, Amanatidis made a pass from the left. The unguarded Streit shot high in the penalty area and missed the opportunity to expand the score. The fans who were ready to celebrate again saw the shot go over the crossbar.
It was a warm ovation and I was very satisfied with the team's performance.
In the final minutes of the game, Hertha Berlin's desperate attack put Frankfurt's defense under tremendous pressure. Even the midfielders and forwards concentrated in their own half to assist in the defense. Until the last minute, Spicher
At that moment, the opponent's forward's shot reached near the center circle, and the referee blew the whistle to end the game. Frankfurt defeated Hertha Berlin with a goal at home and got a good start in the league.
The prince returned to his apartment after watching the game. The first team has a holiday tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow the prince will go to the Rothenburg training base to train with the first team, so of course he must take a good rest in the last two days.
On August 13, 2007, the prince came to Frankfurt's training base to report. In the office building, the prince met the team's head coach Funkel. Like most Germans, he had a big nose and strict and serious face.
But fortunately, he still has a full head of hair, and there is no sign of baldness like ordinary German men.
After a brief greeting, Funkel got down to business.
"Jose, you should know that the team is in a difficult period now. Last season's results were even a bit disastrous. Fortunately, they managed to avoid relegation in the last two rounds. Now the board of directors is very dissatisfied with the team's offense. We know you
You are a talented player from Castilla, and you still stand out in the talented Real Madrid youth academy. So after learning that you were not able to stay in the Real Madrid first team, we immediately made an offer to Real Madrid to buy you. Fortunately, we succeeded.
Although your transfer fee is not high, it is still a good figure among young players. Our entire coaching staff has great expectations for you and unanimously believes that you will be the best addition to our training. Maybe you will not be
Main player, but I guarantee that you will have many opportunities. I hope you can train hard, boy, don't let me down!" It seems that the head coach is still very sincere. Anyway, as an inexperienced otaku, even if the opponent
It's all hypocritical, and the prince still can't tell...
After a simple encouragement, coach Funkel led the prince to the locker room of the training base.
"Ioannis, this is Jose Callejon, who has just transferred from the Real Madrid youth training camp. He is a good young man. Now I will hand him over to you. After introducing him to everyone, he quickly went to warm up. There are still more today.
It's a very important tactical training, remember not to be late, otherwise you will know the consequences." The head coach's slightly threatening tone made the captain Almadetis, who was very authoritative in front of the players, break into a cold sweat.
"Okay, sir, don't worry." Almaditis replied respectfully, and then watched Coach Funkel walk out of the locker room before letting out a big breath, turning back to the prince and saying without fear: "That's really great.
It’s scary. Let’s hurry up. It will be terrible if we are late for training. Devil’s training is not something ordinary people can bear. Come on, buddy, get to know your lovely teammates.”
"First of all, I am the newly appointed captain of the team. If you have any problems in the team in the future, you can come to me first. Of course, if you are brave enough, you can also go to our Mr. Funkel to solve it. The premise is
You have to be determined to die. Okay, no kidding, guys, look here, do you see this handsome young man? Our new teammate, Jose Callejon, comes from the Real Madrid youth training camp."
After everyone's eyes were focused on him, the prince took a deep breath and stepped forward, "Hello everyone, Jose Callejon, 20 years old, from Castile, can play as an attacking midfielder and winger. Currently,
He should still be a substitute player for the time being, but you should be careful. Soon I will take a stand and be called the main player. Be careful about your main position, although I still don’t know which of you is the attacking midfielder or the winger." Prince's arrogance.
Extremely, in other countries, people might like players like this, but this is Germany, and the Germans, who are strict to the core, don’t really like people who appear to be so arrogant. Captain Almadetis didn’t expect this newcomer either.
How could this guy be so arrogant? Which player here has not been in the Bundesliga for many years? This guy actually directly stated that he was here to fight for the main force. His tone was really loud.
Although the other team members in the locker room were a little dissatisfied with the prince's arrogance, they did not care too much about the newcomer. Those who should change clothes should change clothes, and those who should wear shoes should wear shoes. The captain also has the responsibility of regulating the atmosphere in the locker room.
Seeing this situation, he shook his head helplessly. Looking at the situation, no one would take the initiative to introduce himself. Well, I could only introduce him to this guy one by one.
"Okay, Jose is joking with everyone. Well, Jose, that tall and big guy is our main goalkeeper, Marcus Puller. He is a trustworthy guy."
"Hello, big man." The prince was cool even when he greeted him.
"Hello, arrogant rookie, I hope your strength is as powerful as your big mouth." Goalkeeper Puller didn't like the prince very much, so he didn't have a good tone, but the prince didn't care. What he thought in his heart was that he was just a goalkeeper.
, if you offend me, I will become the goalkeeper and steal your main position. Anyway, my friend’s goalkeeper attribute is also 90, but he will not think about who caused the trouble first.
"Jose, the one who ties the shoelaces is our midfielder, Michael Fink. You are in the same position. You can talk to each other if you have nothing to do." Almadetis continued to introduce.
"Rookie, I'm waiting for your challenge. I hope you won't go home crying to your mother, haha!" Fink was also very arrogant.
"The person who locks the cabinet over there is..."
The introduction was finally finished. Some players were very cold towards the prince, some were very polite, like the two Japanese players, and some were more enthusiastic, such as Alexander Maier. Maybe the prince showed a very different character.
To his liking….
The prince didn't care about that. After saying hello, he randomly found a free locker and started to change clothes. His jersey number was No. 11. After putting on his jersey and sneakers, he went outside to warm up.
There were already people running in twos and threes on the lawn to warm up. The prince also started running with Meier who came out behind him, chatting as they ran.
"I said man, I didn't expect that the outside team would have another arrogant guy besides me, but I like it, haha, finally someone can quarrel, but you have to work hard, you still have to rely on your strength on the court.
"Speak of me, I'm the main player now. You saw the hat trick in the German Cup. How about it, buddy, my strength is not bad." Meier is very familiar with it. There is no way, such people are still relatively rare in Germany.
of.
"Tch, let me tell you, soon I will be the main player, and soon I will be the core. If you still want a hat trick, then you have to follow me, otherwise I will not pass the ball to you, or you can invite me
You can also eat." The prince was naturally not to be outdone and was still very confident.
At this time, the head coach blew the whistle. According to today's training arrangement, there will be a training match after the warm-up. The main players will play against the substitutes, and the main players will practice the tactics for the game against Bielefeld. The prince has just arrived, so he is naturally a member of the substitutes. There are also other substitutes among the substitutes.
There are Naotai Takahara, who has just recovered from injury, and midfielder Streit, who did not perform well in the last game. The others are just some pure substitute players, and their strength is obviously lower than that of the main players on the opposite side.
