The courtyard in front of a flat low bungalow, surrounded by old wooden piles and covered with a thin layer of cement, has long been damaged by the trampling of people, and the potholes are full of water when it rains.

Beside a rusty fourth-step iron staircase leading to the door of the bungalow, a thin blonde boy, wearing a pair of blue shorts, stepped barefoot on the concrete pavement, kicked the ball towards the wall next to the iron ladder, stopping the ball with his left foot, right foot, and chest......

The boy always had a bright and innocent smile on his face, because he could always kick the ball into the circle on the wall that he had already practiced deep into, and make a muffled sound of the ball colliding with the wall on the flat wall.

In the far side of the courtyard sat an old man, who would wave his hand to the young man who was practicing from time to time, shouting something, pointing out the mistake of his footwork when he just played the ball, the old man was once a professional footballer, so he was very respected in the town.

In the kitchen facing the courtyard, a German woman was serving dinner, waiting for her husband to come home, while looking out of another balcony window, two little girls with ponytails could be seen rushing to watch TV in the living room.

I don't know how long he practiced, the young man stopped sweating profusely, stepped on the ball, crossed his hands on the waistband of his trousers, and looked at the old man with a smug smile, especially when he saw the latter give him a thumbs up, he grinned again, revealing a mouth full of white teeth and laughing innocently.

At this time, the sunset shone into the peaceful town of Rolach, sprinkled in this warm courtyard, and plated the little boy's smile with a layer of golden light, which was extremely dazzling.

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I don't know how many times Deisler woke up from his sleep.

There is no cold sweat, no thrilling, only a tear stain that has dried up in the corner of the eye.

He sat up from the bed, curled up, his forehead resting on his knees, and a pair of slightly lifeless eyes gleamed in the dark room.

Every time he woke up, he wanted to cry, but he couldn't!

He remembered that in 1989, when Germany was reunified, his father had to retire early due to a myocardial infarction, which made the family's environment very bad all of a sudden; When they were 10 years old, at the World Cup in Germany, their whole family gathered in front of the living room to cheer for their motherland.

He remembered his father, the German man who retired early due to injury, who had shouldered almost all the family responsibilities and used his misfortunes to spur and motivate Deisler, and encouraged him to strive for his football dreams, but he always quarreled with his mother over and over again over family trivialities.

Remember, when he decided to escape from his home, which was starting to become unwelcoming, when he wanted to try to find his football dream and go to Borussia Mönchengladbach, his parents locked themselves in their room and had one of the most heated arguments he had ever seen, and they even proposed a divorce.

In the end, for the sake of the children, the marriage was not divorced, but the two were strangers, which made Deisler begin to hate the home that had become cold, he hid alone in Borussia Mönchengladbach, even if he was on vacation, he refused to go back, even if he was bullied and humiliated by his teammates in the academy at Borussia Mönchengladbach, but he was dumb, he gritted his teeth and persevered.

It's a chance, a chance to become a professional footballer!

He wanted to be self-reliant, he wanted to be strong enough to make money with his own hands and change everything in his family, so when Kaiserslautern's contract was sent to him, he almost did not hesitate to say yes and fled from Borussia Mönchengladbach without looking back.

Coming to this city closer to Rohrach, Deisler finally felt the attention of the manager, but after a few years, his heart has been frozen, he began to reject people and things from the outside world, he can't trust everything around him, because he is afraid, once he believes, once he has feelings, then it won't be long before all this will leave him.

It's like a warm family in the past!

The time interval between his parents visiting him became longer and longer, from once a week, to once every two weeks, to once a month or half a year, and when he decided to join Kaiserslautern, they just nodded coldly and said, "Oh, Kaiserslautern? We got it! ”

That's all! Because they are too busy to take care of themselves!

Originally, Deisler thought that his life would probably pass like this, but he never thought that he would be moved, recognized, and have a feeling of trust towards people.

Yang Cheng, a foreign head coach who has been in his life since a few months ago, is young and energetic, and he has a lot of value for Deisler, not only agreeing to his almost demanding demands to bring him from Borussia Mönchengladbach's academy to Kaiserslautern, but also helping him in every possible way.

Talking again and again, helping him in secret, and rekindling hope after disappointment again and again, Deisler had to believe that Yang Cheng really wanted him to be good, and he really trusted him.

He is extremely ashamed of this manager, because he has never been able to overcome his demons and let him down again and again!

But when he saw Yang Cheng for him, he rushed into the field regardless of the violation, and even impulsively moved towards the opposing player, but was finally sent off the field by the referee, especially the words before he left the field, which made Deisler feel extremely guilty.

"Am I a coward?" In the darkness, Deisler muttered to himself, tears had already slipped down his cheeks uncontrollably, at this moment, he really even had the heart to die!

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Early the next morning, Deisler, who had not slept all night, arrived at the training ground in Tilingen like a walking corpse.

Because he came early, when he arrived, the coaching staff was setting up training facilities on the training ground, and he just stood silently on the sidelines and watched, silently looking for the person he wanted to see in the crowd.

But unfortunately, he didn't find Yang Cheng.

Yesterday's incident caused an uproar in German football, TV and newspapers were published, Yang Cheng rushed into the field and pushed the opposing player, the Football Association will even file a case for investigation because of this, if it is serious, he may even be banned for a long time!

After waiting on the sidelines for more than ten minutes, but still didn't wait for Yang Cheng, Deisler was a little panicked, because he knew that Yang Cheng had always come to the training ground an hour in advance, but today ......

He likes to think wildly, and he is afraid that Yang Cheng will leave the team in a fit of anger, or like him, he can't bear the pressure and do something......

"Mr. Byer!" For the first time, Deisler found Paul Byer.

The latter was a little surprised, because this was almost the first time Deisler had taken the initiative to talk to him, so he was stunned for a few seconds before he reacted, but Deisler had already spoken first.

"Excuse me, Mr. Yang Cheng ...... him"

Paul Baier smiled bitterly and pointed to the training building in the distance, "He's here a long time ago, but he's in a bad mood and doesn't want to see anyone, and we'll be in charge of today's training." ”

Deisler's heart was sour, and a sense of guilt arose, he naturally knew the reason why Yang Cheng was in a bad mood.

"Can you talk?" Paul asked.

Deisler hesitated and nodded.