Chapter Thirty-Seven: My Name is Chusovigin Stich
I opened my eyes and saw a world that seemed familiar and unfamiliar. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
I seem to ...... I came from another universe, but my impression of that world was very vague...... What is that world? I just vaguely feel as if I'm not from this world......
However, now that I have come into this world, I always need to know where I am and what I am going to do......
I got out of bed—
"Huh? Are you up? How many points? ”
A thin man with blond hair was lying on another bed next to me. I was taken aback: "Ah, you, who are you?" ”
The blond man opened his eyes and said to me with a dazed look, "Did you have a fever last night, Chusovi Ginstic?" Didn't we all stay in the same room during the European Championship? ”
"Yes, yes?" When I heard him say that, I calmed down a little.
"Chusovi Kinstic...... That's it...... My name? I thought to myself.
I stood up and looked around, and I saw two sets of red and white checkered jerseys.
One set is, Red and White Grid No. 17, Qsovikinstic.
One set is, red and white grid No. 10, Modric.
"Modric!" I exclaimed.
"Ahh On fire? The dazed-looking blonde man jumped up from the bed with a "bang". "Hey, Mr. Chuso, please don't be so surprised, okay? My heart is beating out of you! Modric clutched his chest and said angrily and amusefully.
"Ahh I...... I guess it's burned, burned. I quickly touched my forehead, as if I was still feverish.
"You hurry up and take your temperature, otherwise the coach won't even leave you on the bench for the first game of the group stage." Modric took out a thermometer out of nowhere and shoved it into my hand.
"Okay, I'll ...... it"
……
After five minutes, I took out the thermometer and said, "37.4°C, still a little low-grade fever." ”
"Why don't you sleep a little longer? A low-grade fever like this is often a poor rest. You take a little more rest and you should be fine. Modric said to me with concern.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you Magic Flute."
"The Magic Flute?"
"Ah, that's it...... En, the Chinese say that you are like a flute with magical powers, just like when Suke played the violin with his left foot. They call you the Magic Flute, haha. ”
"Oh. Well? How do you know what nickname the Chinese gave me? ”
"Uh...... I don't know how I know, maybe it's because I usually read a lot of websites, haha. ”
……
I slept for another two hours, and when I woke up, I was refreshed, and by the time I took my temperature again, it had dropped to 36.7°C.
"Chuso! The coach is looking for you! Modric suddenly pushed open the door and walked in and said to me.
"Oh, here we go." I agreed, put on my No. 17 shirt and trotted all the way to the manager's office.
In the office, our head coach, Slavin Bilic, is sitting at his desk in the office. This office, including this entire training base, is rented on a temporary basis. In order to play well in the European Championships, we have been training here in Poznan, Poland, where we have played two group stage games in a row, on loan, and have been training here every day for almost three weeks.
Tonight, we will face our first opponent in the group stage, Ireland.
I'm just a sub. Wearing the number 19 jersey, dispensable. I'm in the back of the field – yes, that's where Luka Modric is. He's at the heart of the national team, he's the number 10, our number one superstar. He played for Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League, where he played very well, and with Wales' Bale, he gradually improved White Hart Lane's results. I've heard that Real Madrid have their eyes on him. This European Championship, it depends on how well he plays, if he plays well, Real Madrid will use more than 20 million euros to bring him to the Bernabeu.
Such a great player is something that a small substitute like mine cannot hope for. Thankfully, there is also the national team. As a fringe player like me, I was fortunate enough to be selected by Slavin Bilic to represent the national team at the European Championships, so I was able to recognize a great star like Luka Modric and learn a few more tricks from them.
"Coach! Are you looking for me? "I asked our head coach Slavin Bilic respectfully. He is one of the greatest stars in the history of Croatian football, having played in the '98 World Cup in France and finished third. In that legendary Croatian team, Davo Suker was naturally the number one star, while Bilic was the iron gate at the back, one of our legends.
We are certainly convinced that such a manager will guide us.
Bilic looked me in the eye and said, "Chusovikinstic, I want to tell you something. With your height, it's a waste to play as a substitute for Luka Modric in a midfield position for a long time. You're 1.95 meters tall and you have a certain amount of ball control at your feet, so I want to put you up front and play with Mandzukic, what do you think? ”
I was taken aback: "Coach, coach, I've never played as a striker before." ”
"What position is not made by people? If you look at the Belgian team, their Fellaini is a big midfielder of more than 1.9 meters, but you look at them, although they usually let Fellaini play in the midfield, but in times of crisis, they will send Fellaini to the front line and play long passes. For you, I want to do an experiment. Anyway, I'm just going to get 10 to 15 minutes of your playing time, so you can do it as hard as you can. ”
"Okay, okay...... But coach, our opponent Ireland is not bad in height, right? Why should I play as a striker? ”
"I asked you to play as a striker, not for the Irish team...... Our opponents in the group stage this time were too strong, not only Ireland, but also Italy and Spain...... Let you play the tactic of the striker...... I wanted to apply it to Spain. ”
"Spain? They are the defending champions of the European Championship and the midfield of Xavi and Andres Iniesta is not something we can compete with. Don't...... Coach: Do you still want to score points against Spain? ”
"Yes...... If we don't take points from the Spaniards, how can we get out of line...... This group is really cruel, we are the strength of the top four, but Italy and Spain are both champions...... If we don't win by surprise, I'm afraid it will be difficult to beat these two super teams, and even more difficult to overwhelm one of them. ”
"Hmm...... Okay, I'm willing to be a test for coaching. Whatever the coach asks me to do, I'll do it! "After all, I was just a substitute and I was already very happy to be able to play, so I agreed to the coach's request to change positions.
"Hmm...... I hope you can complete my mission and become famous with one goal. Bilic said to me with a smile.