Chapter 5: Real Players

"Andy, Andy, Andy" There were bursts of cheers from the sidelines, as time passed, the St Paul's Church team finally reached the final of the British schoolboy league "Prince Cup", at this time cheering for Andy on the sidelines was his growing fan base, although the two sides were just a group of schoolchildren, but there were still hundreds of spectators on the sidelines, of course, most of them were students from both schools and the parents of the players. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Andy on the field listened to the cheers around him, skillfully controlling the football under his feet and rushing towards the opponent's goal, like a fearless warrior.

"Leave me" The tall defender from Newcastle St Anne's Primary School yelled and pounced on Andy, only to see Andy suddenly change lines at the moment when the two sides were about to collide, transfer the ball from his right foot to his left foot, and pass the ball to Oy, who was unguarded on the right side of the goal.

Oyi easily received Andy's pass, and with a gentle push, the ball was hit into the opponent's goal, and the opponent's goalkeeper's attention was all on Andy's body, and he didn't expect Andy to pass the ball at all, so he could only watch the ball roll into the goal.

After the goal, Oyi pointed at Andy with both hands and ran towards him with a smile all the way, and their teammates also jumped at Andy with cheers and jumps, instantly drowning him under the crowd.

"The 8:3 match is over, let's congratulate the St. Paul's Church team from London for winning the championship, their goalscorer Andy broke the goal record in the schoolboy league in this year's "Prince Cup", let's congratulate him too" The announcer of the final came from the loudspeaker, causing everyone to cheer again.

"yes" When Andy, who was excited for a day, lay in bed at night and found that the survival time on his right hand gradually decreased from the appearance after his 5th birthday to 17, and today there was a + sign behind 17, although it was only 2 months, and the 1989 primary school league championship + January, the top scorer + 1 month was marked behind the 2 months, so that he also realized that his idea was right at that time, looking at the group photo and 2 medals after winning the championship next to the bed, he smiled happily.

Time flies quickly, in a blink of an eye, the new school year has started again, in the summer vacation, George Chen and Alina had a good talk with Andy, clearly told him that they have no objection to him playing football, but his academic performance must remain at the top of the class, every weekend in addition to accompanying his grandfather to the court to watch the ball, he also has to go horseback riding or play golf with his father, and he has to learn the piano with his mother for an hour every day, oh my God, Andy was basically crazy at that time, In his last life, he grew up in an orphanage, although he also went to a technical school after graduating from junior high school under the country's free education, and in the process of studying, he also saw that his classmates around him were learning musical instruments and participating in various interest classes and cram schools under the supervision of their parents since childhood, but he didn't expect that he would be like this abroad in this life, when he could only look at his Edward grandfather with pitiful eyes, who knew that as a descendant of the old British aristocracy, he not only expressed his support, but also added a few more items, so our little Andy could only agree under the eyes of his family Jackie Chan.

"Hey! What are you doing, pay attention to my passing. Andy was loudly teaching his new partner on the training ground, as Oyi and several other players who were originally his forward partners were promoted to middle school, the responsibility of attacking the team this school year was on his shoulders, and they didn't play well in the first season, so Andy also made a noise, and taught his teammates on the training field, under his influence, the whole team became irritable, and everyone complained to each other.

Until the end of the training match, Andy buried his head and walked to the sideline to prepare to go home, Coach Niven stopped him on the sidelines, "What were you doing, Andy!" ”

"Rael can't do it, the ball passed to me is fast and urgent, I can't catch it at all, he can't catch the pass I give him, I really don't know how to cooperate with him?" Andy grumbled as he drank his water. …,

Coach Niven became angry all of a sudden, "You can't stop his ball well, you should continue to hone your stopping skills, you must know that not all passes you can catch comfortably, remember what I told you, imagine your chest as a net, when you stop the ball, you don't have to hit the chest hard to catch the ball, but at the moment when the ball and the chest touch, the chest is adducted, and then let the ball slide to the ground, the key is the timing and speed of adduction, try to do the ball as soon as it touches the chest, not sooner or later, The speed of the ball is the same as the speed of the ball, slightly slower, so that you can slow down, you can hold your chest up before receiving the ball, and increase the deceleration stroke! You need to practice more on a regular basis, instead of blaming your teammates! ”

"Coach, coach, I... Andy was frightened by the always amiable Niven.

"You just passed the ball and he couldn't catch it, you should observe his position and habits more, help him cooperate with him more, not like now, how everyone helped you when you first entered the team, have you forgotten? Know that you are teammates, now help each other, understand no, Andy, if you don't understand then go to the cold bench! Coach Niven said sternly.

"Okay, coach, I promise I won't do it again, I'm just a little unused to it now, it's not against him." The frightened Andy explained helplessly.

"Do you want to be a real player by deeds, not by words? You must know that you can't stay in one team all the time, and your teammates will not be the same people, if you want to succeed, you must first love football, take him as your partner, don't be complacent with a little achievement, do your best to help any teammate in the team, humble, studious, helpful are the most precious qualities of a football player. I want any player in my team to be a good friend, but if we can't be friends, what can we talk about playing together and winning together? Coach Niven said earnestly again, patting Andy on the buttocks, "Go ahead, go and apologize to your partner." ”

Andy put down his schoolbag and walked quickly like his companions who were still practicing in the training ground, shouting: "Guys, I was wrong just now, here I apologize to you, let's be in the practice meeting together, we will continue to win the championship this season, everyone will work together." ”

A group of small children formed a circle in a circle with Andy's victory declaration, high-fived each other, and cheerful laughter rang out from the small grass.

When Andy was asked in an interview a few years later about the people you had the most influence on his football career, he said that Coach Niven was one of the people he respected the most, and that he taught him how to approach football and how to get along with his teammates and how to be a real footballer.