Chapter 38

said that he wanted to do something, but obviously he didn’t do it immediately after waking up the next day, because this kind of thing cannot be rushed, and it has to be done in a subtle way. You must not let others know from the beginning. Discover your mind.

No, it was to see if Sheva was willing to change the status quo. Endrit didn't just ask directly and carelessly: Do you want to change the way you play? Do you want to have a good relationship with coach Mourinho? Do you want to be a starter?

Endrit didn't ask, but when he got to the locker room the next day, changed clothes and went out to prepare for training, he turned to look at Sheva: "Do you want to go to training together?"

The first time he asked, Sheva refused. . Endrit didn't try to persuade him any more and turned around to go out for training. He knew that this was because of what happened to Abu the day before yesterday, when the latter had a unilateral disagreement.

When he was in high school, he learned that his father abandoned him and left him with his grandparents, and he was in the same state now. However, his awkward period was short-lived, because the two old men were hospitalized not long after.

Alas, why do you think of the past again?

But... Endrit put his hand on his heart and found that when he thought about the past again, he didn't seem to feel sad at all. He just saw Sheva like this, and then simply thought of his former self.

When asked the second time, Sheva shook his head and refused again. Endrit hummed slightly, then turned around and went out to train. But halfway through this training, he saw Sheva out of the corner of his eye.

After rejecting myself, I struggled for a long time, and then came out to train again.

Of course, the training here refers to extra training. Endritt is doing extra training every day. Chelsea players are completely used to it, and because of the game against Manchester United on the 5th and the treat at the pizza shop that day, Now when they see Endrit, they will take the initiative to say hello.

At first, it was naturally just a polite greeting out of the mentality of "identifying with Endrit as a teammate." However, after Endrit could always call their names with a smile and chat for a few words, things developed. I found something unusual.

The stereotype impression Endrit had left on them was too deep. They all thought Endrit was a little lunatic who only had football in his eyes, trained crazily every day, and was unsmiling - but this guy could actually laugh! He can also call all the Chelsea players by name accurately! He can even laugh and chat with you about the latest news instead of just the weather!

To be honest, it’s not surprising for a newcomer to the team to do the above three things. Not only will they not be surprised, they will also complain that you have been in the team for so long, why don’t you carry my bag?

But it was particularly shocking that Endrit did the above three things.

"My friends from the youth team said that Ritter does have this habit. Every time he gets a bonus or the team wins a difficult victory, he will spend his own money to treat them to dinner. Privately, they actually regard Ritter as their captain. "

So as long as Ritter is not training or talking to you about football, he is a very normal person."

"What is a very normal person? He is very normal!" Football, you see how much the coach likes Ritter. I think if we treat football with the same attitude as Ritter, the coach can also like me so much.

"Don't talk nonsense, your skills are not good, the coach will not like you." "

..."

"Hey! Wait, I have a question!" Sedwell interrupted the conversation, "Why do you do it so naturally?" "Did you call Ritter?"

The locker room was quiet for a moment. Sheva remembered Endrit's first club friendly match after coming to Chelsea, and couldn't help but complain in English that he could barely speak fluently: "I remember that when you were substituted by the coach in the first club friendly match, you called him Little, right?"

Sedwell suddenly looked like a chicken that had been strangled by the neck, and the area above his neck turned red instantly. , "You, I, I didn't..."

He hesitated and refused, but this refusal just showed that it was true, and the atmosphere in the locker room instantly became happy.

"Well done, Sheva!"

"Hahahaha..."

Amid laughter, Sheva lowered his eyes, and his eyelashes cast a shadow under his eyes: a completely, strange feeling.

At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the locker room, and everyone's laughter stopped immediately.

"Ritter is back from extra training, hurry up! Get ready!"

Endrit outside the door obviously didn't know what was going on inside. He only heard the laughter from a distance, but when he walked to the door of the locker room, At that time, the laughter inside stopped.

Endrit raised his eyebrows in surprise and raised his hand to push open the locker room door.

Two black men immediately jumped out and greeted Endrit, "Hey, Ritter!"

Endrit:?

On the left is player No. 5 Michael Essien, generally called Michael. He is a midfielder who joined Chelsea in 2005 for 24.4 million pounds.

On the right is player No. 4 Claude Makelele. He came to the team very early. He was a midfielder who transferred to Chelsea for 24 million euros in 2003.

Of course, this is not the point. The point is that Michael, who is standing on the left, is wearing the No. 4 jersey, while Makelele, who is standing on the right, is wearing the No. 5 jersey.

Endrit guessed something and was a little speechless. He glanced at the two of them very coldly and then went straight to his cabinet to change clothes.

"Ritter? Aren't you going to say hello to us?"

"My mother said that greeting an idiot will lower your IQ."

"What? Who are you calling an idiot? You..."

Endrit changed his clothes. Then he turned around and crossed his arms and looked at the two of them, "A person who can even wear his own jersey wrong is not an idiot, so who is an idiot?"

Help, why are they so naive? Look at the expressions of the people in the locker room. They are teaming up to do such a childish thing of guessing who I am...

"Ritter, can you tell the difference between us!?"

Sure enough, ah... ...Idiots, but it’s definitely not possible to just call them idiots.

Endrit walked slowly up to the two of them, with a smile on his lips, and said in a more general but at least reproducible tone: "Oh, my dear God, have you seen this damn prank? It's just like Rona Ms. Er's cooking is as bad as cabbage. I won't stand it anymore. I swear I will kiss his ass with my sneakers."

Endrit raised his legs, "Swear to God, I will do it! "

After saying that, Endrit raised his foot and kicked him over. Michael and Makelele were shocked and jumped out quickly, kissed the cold floor with their backs, and faced Ritter with their bodies. .

"Ritter! This is just a little prank. It's not worth what you do!"

"Yes, we just want to see if you really remember us!"

Endrit snorted lightly and took it back. legs, and declared very solemnly, "I swear to Chelsea that I will not talk to you teammates who fooled me for the time being."

After Endrit said that, he opened the door and ran away. Without giving the remaining players any time to react, they disappeared.

The Chelsea players in the locker room looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"He, just said, swore to Chelsea? He couldn't really ignore people, right?"

"We just seemed, indeed... a bit too much?"

"I think he seemed to be shocked, you two He jumped out too early. He should have been given some time to react."

"He said he swore to God to kick us, but he didn't, but then he said he swore to Chelsea..."

Everyone was silent, wondering if Endrit should do it. Will he really stop talking to his teammates? They are on the same team, and they have to cooperate. How can they do it if they don't talk... Hiss, it seems that they didn't talk much before, and they only started to say hello recently.

But, it was because I was not familiar with it before, but now I am familiar with it, so, it should be, right?

When the next day came, the Chelsea players were very surprised to find that they could no longer touch Endritt in the dressing room!

Every day when they came to the team, Endritt had already gone to train by himself. When he left, Endritt was still training. When they had lunch, Endritt was in the coach's office.

For a whole day, they had no chance to have direct contact with Endrit—it was even more impossible to continue greeting him like before.

And in such a strange atmosphere, the time came on August 12, the first round of the Premier League, Chelsea faced the Premier League team Birmingham at home.

When Endritt was still in the youth team, they played against Birmingham U18. Endritt remembers that game very clearly. It happened to be after he rejected the offer from his teammates and wrote "To the greatest Iron Mask".

In the game that day, there was a forward who impressed Endritt deeply - after he held three sure-hit footballs kicked by the opponent in his arms, the opponent's forward stood looking at him with a distorted expression.

Endritt remembered that in order to prevent the opponent from stealing the ball, he moved a few steps in his direction and stared at him eagerly. Then the opposite striker's expression became even more distorted.

In today's game, Endritt finally knew the name of the forward with a distorted expression: Preet Hope. Like Endritt, he was mentioned to the Birmingham home team this season because of his outstanding performance in the youth team.

However, compared to the media coverage after Endrit became a member of the home team, Preet only made a small splash on their official website after becoming a player of the Birmingham home team. Even Endrit slapped the football with one hand in front of the goal today. When I went out, I realized this when I looked up and saw a familiar twisted face.

Endrit thought for a while and smiled at the other party without moving his feet even half a step: Don't worry, I have grown up now and I won't have to keep an eye on you like before to make sure you don't steal the house.

The fact is just as Endrit thought. When he reached out to shoot the football, Ashley, who had been practicing with him for a long time, stepped on the football immediately and then passed the football directly to the center. Frank Lampard.

Pritt, who had a distorted face, quickly reacted and turned back to rush towards his own half, but the Chelsea players in front of him were not players from the youth team, let alone the previous substitute lineup, but the real Chelsea starting lineup, so when Pritt When Te rushed to his own half, the referee blew the whistle that the goal was valid. The Chelsea fans on the court cheered for Malouda who had just scored.

Fifteen minutes later, Endritt saw Pritt again in front of the goal. This was a shot that hit the upper right corner of the goal. If it was Endritt a month ago, then he would probably have to ask the Chelsea fans present. Show off your iron skills.

But during this time at Chelsea, the forwards really stopped talking to them. When practicing with him, they wanted to let every football kiss their cheeks. As a result, he has made rapid progress in the past few days. Facing comparisons, Malouda's shot was much weaker than the football, and Endritt took off early and scooped the football into his arms.

Then, he turned his head and glanced at Pritt on the right, and then threw the football to Ben Haim on the far left - his ability has improved, but the advantage of caution cannot be discarded.

Ben Haim passed the football directly to Michael in midfield. Michael cut inside and passed the football to No. 21 forward Kalu outside the penalty area. Kalu's long shot from outside the penalty area was collected by the opposite goalkeeper Colin.

Chelsea failed to score another point, but the opposing coach substituted striker Mikael for Pritt after a few minutes.

At this time, Pritt no longer had time to show his distorted expression. He knew that he should not be swayed by personal emotions on the court. If it wasn't because he wanted to prove himself so much, he felt that he could kick the football into the goal. The gate guarded by Endrit!

Pritt sat on the bench and stared at Endritt in front of the goal with an expressionless expression for the entire game, his personal mood constantly changing.

If I don't let my personal emotions sway me, I will definitely score goals!

If I were not swayed by personal emotions, then I could be like McShuffel and kick him in the chin with a football!

If I...fuck! Why don't you enter this! Is this reasonable?

Endrit: That makes sense!

A 3:0 victory opened Chelsea's 2007-08 Premier League season to a good start, which is very reasonable. After all, even though Chelsea was in a very embarrassing situation last season, it was the runner-up in the league! With the support of the entire starting lineup, it is not something that any team can win casually.

However, this is a very reasonable thing in the eyes of Endrit, but it is very unreasonable in the eyes of Chelsea players: unexpectedly, there is also a clean sheet?

Although it has always been ignored, the fact that has always existed: Even if Endritt doesn't talk to them all day long, as long as he can keep zero opponents, he will always be the starting goalkeeper, he will become their most solid backing, he... ...Oh no, no, that's not the point. The point is that the reason Endrit didn't talk to them was entirely because of the little prank before.

"Maybe he hates these pranks. I know that some people just don't like others to play such jokes on them. In our opinion, maybe this matter is very small, not even worth mentioning. We think he is making a fuss, but in any case "Is he the kind of person who really hates this kind of prank?"

"He even swore at Chelsea. We all know how much Ritter loves Chelsea..."

"I think we should apologize, he In fact, he is quite nice. Although he hasn’t talked to us recently, didn’t he call the coach over when he was training us? Then the coach didn’t train us anymore. “

I was too tired during the last training . He even grabbed me when I fell on my back. If he hadn't grabbed me, I guess my head would have hit the ground..."

"He didn't say anything, but he and other staff members supported me that day. We walked together for a while, and when my breathing became normal and I wanted to talk to him, he had already continued training. "

..."

The locker room became quiet again, and no one made a sound for a long time.

Suddenly, Makelele stood up, "I, I want to contribute my ass!"

Sheva raised his head in shock, and everyone else also looked horrified, except of course, Michael.

Michael understood it immediately and stood up, "Yes, didn't Ritter say before that he would kick us for this prank? Then let's let him kick us back, so that he won't be angry again. ?”

Endritt's mouth twitched as he stood outside the door, fearing that the two men would say something sarcastic again, so he pushed the door open with a smile on his face, "Hey, everyone, I don't mean to interrupt, but the coach asked me to Call you over for a meeting."