Red Rebels

695 Newcomer of the Red Rebel Army

Gelsenkirchen is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area in western Germany. It is estimated that few people in the country will know the name of this city, but as a fan, you must know the powerful Bundesliga team in Gelsenkirchen, Schalke O4

In this city that prospered because of coal, there are many Germans who immigrated from Turkey. They are of Turkish descent, but they hold German nationality. They gather in a neighborhood called Bismarck, and this neighborhood is also called by Germany. People call it the poorest Turkish street in Germany.

Of course, such a title is a bit insulting, but even in the Ming Dynasty, it still cannot change some objective facts.

The reason why Thuram has been determined to promote his anti-racism in France and other parts of Europe since he was a child is because he has been racially profiled since he was a child. What the official publicizes is often different from the actual situation. This is true all over the world.

Due to the heavy pollution of the coal mining industry, it was closed down successively in the 1980s. As a result, unemployed people can be seen everywhere in the Bismarck neighborhood, including children, young people, young people, and the elderly. There are all kinds of people. They have nothing to do and lead the German government. Living on the aid money, this makes outsiders look down on the people here even more, and they will insultingly say that they are a group of social worms.

More than one kilometer north of the Bismarck neighborhood, you can see Schalke O4's Veltins Stadium, but now more people call it the Schalke Stadium. Next to this stadium, there is A very humble school called Bergfield Comprehensive School.

This is a very, very ordinary school. In fact, the only special thing about it is that it is next door to the Schalke Stadium and has become one of the many schools that cooperates with Schalke O4 to train young players for them. .

There is a saying in the Bismarck neighborhood that if you cannot become a professional player, you will have no choice but to be unemployed. Therefore, in this Bergfield Comprehensive School, countless teenagers of Turkish descent from the Bismarck neighborhood are studying hard, and then There are three mornings a week, without classes, to receive coaching from Schalke O4 youth training coaches.

It is said that some talented young players will be directly selected into the Schalke O4 youth team.

Entering this very ordinary campus, you come to the lobby below the teaching building. There is an exhibition cabinet with player certificates of past graduates. Through this exhibition cabinet, you can see the uniqueness of this school. Although this school is very inconspicuous, it actually provides Schalke O4 with a large number of professional players, including Schalke O4's main goalkeeper Neuer and defender Bei who played in Schalke O4 this season. Nedict Hwedes and defender Sebastian Bernisch moved from Schalke O4 to Werder Bremen.

The most recent one was just taken away by Schalke O4,

Joel Matip, a 7-year-old Cameroonian defender who joined the Schalke O4 youth team, is a rising star defender who is highly valued by countless scouts.

A slender hand gently pressed the glass cabinet. Through the glass, the position of the hand happened to cover one of his player ID cards. The player ID card was behind Neuer. His name was Mesut Ozil. Er, a player who is currently being criticized by Schalke O4 fans, is also another professional star who came out of Bergfield Comprehensive School.

"Hey, Mesut?" An old man saw Ozil's figure in the distance and shouted, looking familiar.

"Hello, Uncle Hova." Ozil turned around and greeted politely. That was the caretaker of Bergfield Comprehensive School, Thomas Hova, a very good person who also watched Ozil grow up here. players.

"Are you here to see Mr. Kelanbei?" Howa asked with a smile.

Ozil nodded, "He said he was in the dormitory, I'll go find him."

"Well, you go ahead, I still want to look around."

After saying that, Hova left, and Ozil took another deep look at the player ID card on the glass cabinet. He looked very immature on it. It was a photo of him when he was young.

Christian Clambe is an English teacher at Bergfield Comprehensive School and Ozil's most respected teacher in this school. Ozil even feels that he changed his life.

"Krischi" Ozil knocked on the door and entered.

"Oh, Mesut" Krambe was very happy to see Ozil and immediately welcomed him into his dormitory.

"Are you coming for English tutoring again? I told you, your English level is very good, you don't need any more tutoring." Cranbe poured water and asked Ozil to sit down wherever he wanted.

Although they are teachers and students, their relationship is actually more like friends. After all, Ozil is now a professional player of Schalke O4, while Cranbe is a fan of Schalke O4.

Ozil sat down, looked around, and immediately saw the chess set on the table opposite, and paused.

"What, have a play?" Cranbe suggested with a smile.

Ozil shook his head, "No, Christian, I'm not in the mood today."

"That's not like you, Mesut. Aren't you the most obsessed with chess?" Cranbe joked.

Ozil plays chess, which can be said to have been brought up by Cranbe. He is very fascinated. As early as when he was still in this school, he was addicted to chess. He enjoyed that kind of thinking very much, and The feeling of predicting the opponent's chess moves, so that he was convinced that it was this way of thinking that often read one or two moves more than others in chess, which gave him a high ability to predict and predict the opponent's moves on the football field. Competition reading skills.

And all of this, Crombe played an important role, especially when Ozil was rejected by Schalke O4, it was Crombe who encouraged him to go to the lower-level league club Red and White Essen in the nearby town. After training with the team, Ozil was chased by Schalke O4, and finally he was able to join Schalke O4.

But even now, he is not Schalke O4's main player, especially in the second half of the league.

"Did something happen? Mesut, you can tell me," Cranbe suggested after taking a sip of water.

Ozil blinked hard a few times with his pair of fish-bubble eyes that couldn't be said to be ugly but were very unique. He hesitated for a moment and finally said: "I...I'm leaving here."

"Oh?" Cranbe didn't look very surprised, "Where to go? Bundesliga or Bundesliga 2?"

In fact, as early as when Ozil was learning English, Cranbe had already understood that his heart was probably no longer in Schalke 04. Otherwise, there was no need for him to learn English specifically. That is the international standard. Language, but in Schalke O4, German is the official language.

Of course, although he is a fan of Schalke O4, Crombe does not blame Ozil at all for wanting to leave. In fact, he wonders why he chose to stay and study for half a year six months ago. You know a lot of English, but you have just decided to leave now?

Now that Ozil is not well-known, Crombe is more speculating. I wonder which team in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga has taken a fancy to Ozil, rather than thinking about it abroad. After all, Ozil has won There are not many results, although he is a member of Germany u9.

Oh, no, maybe he has one outstanding result, which is the indoor football international competition held in Göttingen in 2006. He became the scoring leader of this competition with 6 points, but no one cares about this. Games, especially professional teams.

"Abroad, English team" Ozil smiled, and when he talked about his new club, he felt satisfied.

In fact, he is not a person who does not know how to be satisfied, but in Schalke O4, he felt that he was not respected, and even felt that he was ignored, whether it was the club or the fans.

As early as Ozil and Schalke's first professional contract, the other party told Ozil that he would be a key player for the club and he would become the future of the club, but he must be loyal to the club and wait patiently. Chance.

Ozil complied, so in the first season, he got 9 appearances in the first team, most of them as substitutes. However, he did not complain and remained loyal to Schalke O4.

But clubs all over the world are the same, eating from the bowl and looking at the pot. After already having the star of hope in Ozil, they still choose to introduce the Croatian star Rakitic from Basel in Switzerland. This is a waste of time. Schalke O4 has a total of 00,000 euros, and the latter is the same age as Ozil, and his strength is not significantly better than Ozil, but he is the main force of the team.

As for Ozil, it is a pity that he was forgotten by Schalke O4.

Originally, he received invitations from many Bundesliga teams during the winter break, including Werder Bremen, but at that time, Ozil chose to stay, which was a bit surprising.

It was at that time that he began to take English lessons from Cranbe, began to live an independent life, and began to want to make himself look stronger, but all this did not change his status in Schalke O4, and he was still not accepted. Attention, but his talent and talent are obvious.

Now, he is finally leaving

Kelanbei had already guessed that this day would come and smiled, "English team? No wonder you want to learn English. Was it their suggestion?"

Ozil shook his head, "No, they didn't make any promises to me at that time. It was just that their scouts paid attention to my game and then told me that if I wanted to go out to play and show my talent under a wider sky. Skills, I have to make myself independent and strong.”

So since then, Ozil began to improve his physical fitness. After each training session, in addition to routine technical training, he also added physical training to himself. In addition, he would find time to learn English with Cranbe.

"They told me I had the potential to play for the top teams outside and I believed them," Ozil laughed.

When Clambe heard this, he frowned, "Wait a minute, Mesut, you said you believe them? Oh my God, maybe they were just talking nonsense, or they were simply irresponsible. You were just because of what they said. If so, choose to stay at Schalke O4?"

"Of course, Christian, I was hesitant and not ready at the time, so I chose to stay, but now, I am ready, and coincidentally, they have contacted me recently and asked me if I have done anything for them. Interest in playing for the team.”

"Then..." Cranbe hoped Ozil would continue.

"Then I agreed without hesitation, but they also reminded me that in their team, they can't guarantee that I will be the main player, they can't guarantee my number of appearances, and they can't guarantee my future. They can only give me a fair competition. A platform to train with a group of the best players in the world and compete for playing opportunities.”

At this point, Ozil's originally swollen eyes became even bigger, full of enthusiasm, "You know? Christian, it is my dream to be able to play for such a club. I almost don't have it." Reject them for any reason. Werder Bremen, Leverkusen... although these teams that are interested in me can give me some short-term guarantees, I still hope to join this top club."

"I'm eager to prove myself there. It's the focus of fans all over the world, the biggest stage in the world."

It was the first time for Cranbe to see such persistent pursuit and fanaticism on Ozil's face. He even wondered if Ozil was crazy for joining such a team, which gave him no guarantee at all. club.

But just when Cranbe thought that the 9-year-old Ozil was still young and wanted to persuade him to be more realistic and join a Bundesliga team to train himself, Ozil spoke again.

"Do you know which team it is?"

Cranbe shook his head, he couldn't guess.

"Red Rebels," Ozil laughed.

Kelanbei was shocked and grabbed Ozil's shoulders hard, "Red...Red Rebels?"

"Yes, the Red Rebels were our opponents in the Champions League group stage last season. I was sitting on the bench and watching their players play against Schalke's players. All I can say is that they played in a way that I Beautiful football that I have never imagined in my life, oppression, control, smoothness, delicacy...all of these are fascinating."

"Wait, Mesut, their team seems to be gathering big names in the frontcourt now. There are world-class stars such as Kaka, Aguero and Asa. They will want you?" Cranbe still couldn't believe it.

Ozil smiled to himself, "I still can't believe it even now, but it's true. For 4.5 million euros, I am already a member of the Red Rebels. I will go to Manchester to undergo a physical examination and then go country, participating in pre-season preparations, I hope to play for the Red Rebels, I believe that it is absolutely the most wonderful thing in the world.”

"Kaká, Ronaldinho, Messi, Aguero, Drogba, Cesc Fabregas, Beckham, Terry, Evra, Curtis... being able to be with this group of people could only appear in dreams. I don’t have any reason to refuse, right, Christian?”

Kelanbei smiled bitterly. He knew Ozil's thoughts and had no objection, but...

"But Mesut, what if your trip to the Red Rebels fails?"

Ozil was stunned for a moment, but immediately laughed, "Failure is failure. I am only 9 years old. At worst, I will return to Germany, but at least I tried. Even if it fails, I will not regret it in the future, but if I don't Agree, let this opportunity go in vain, I will definitely regret it in the future, Christian, it is the most unique club in the world, I can't find any reason to refuse."

After hearing this, Cranbe laughed and nodded in agreement, because he found that Ozil at least did not lose his mind.