“This guy's footwork is too rough, there is no potential for development, although he trains quite hard on weekdays, but without talent, it's all for naught!”
“That's right, only in Germany we need blue collar players like him to do the dirty work!”
“Baumann, remember, your only role up there is to watch that fucking number ten, and if necessary, come down hard and get him off the pitch for a yellow card!”
“Damn it, Baumann, I told you to defend, what are you doing rushing up front? Don't you know your own level? You're the one who just lost the ball, and you're the loser who lost your position!”
“Haha, Baumann, good job today, getting that guy off the field!”
“Baumann, I'm sorry, there's no room for you in the team, but FC Schalke 04 seems to be short of a workhorse player, so you can look for yourself, they might take you for free!”
“En, FC Schalke 04 can indeed give you a contract, however, this contract might be a bit low-paid and it can only be signed for one year! You can think about it!”
Niemeyer Baumann signed his free transfer agreement at the last minute of the Schalke transfer period.
Niemeyer Baumann, 25, works hard!
But some things don't change with hard work.
Like his damn footwork!
From 2. Bundesliga to Bundesliga and back again!
In those six years, the three words Niemeyer Baumann was most used to hearing were sorry!
He knows his level!
And he knew his limits.
Only, he wasn't satisfied. He didn't want to live in obscurity for the rest of his life!
He didn't want to go back to the 2. Bundesliga or The 3. Liga and play the role of the hated villain every day!
But there's no way!
He didn't have the talent!
He came to Schalke on the most meager of salaries, and he didn't even have enough money to buy his wife the car she wanted!
Until that day!
He remembered clearly that Magath, who had never looked at him in the eye, actually noticed him.
He even remembered the way Magath twitched her eyebrows when she spoke!
From that day onwards, it was as if he had found the value of his existence.
Sweeping everything away for Su!
Even if it was a red card, or a ban!
Even if it was a gamble on his career, so what!
At the very least, he could let people know that there had once been a roughneck who wasn't very good at offense as Su's teammate!
I don't know why.
In this game today, he felt like he had been transformed.
From the first half, he desperately wanted to rush forward.
But he held back.
He knew his offensive capabilities.
Until he saw his teammates all put their lives on the line in a crazy rush!
With that kind of exertion, he knew his teammates wouldn't last long!
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So he rushed up!
Looking at Su.
He ghosted and actually asked for the soccer ball from Su's feet.
Oh, my God!
What the hell?
I, Niemeyer Baumann, a little man who's never been taken seriously, actually asked for the soccer ball from the feet of the heart of FC Schalke 04's offense!
Su's pass was as comfortable as usual!
No need to adjust himself at all.
And just after receiving the ball!
Niemeyer Baumann noticed that no one from the Dortmund defense seemed to be paying any attention to him!
That's right!
Who is he?
A notorious roughneck, notorious blue collar!
A passer of the ball, beat an opponent with the ball?
That's a joke!
It's normal that no one takes him seriously.
Nuri ?ahin was looking at Su and stood in his own and Su's passing lanes to prevent him from giving the ball to Su!
And Sven Bender looks to have gone to see Smits, who has gone as far forward as he has, to his left!
And yes, Smits has a decent cross and long range shot!
It looks like that pesky Japanese is all that's left in front of him!
45 meters!
44 meters!
Niemeyer Baumann just strides forward with the ball!
Shinji Kagawa is desperately trying to grab the soccer ball at Niemeyer Baumann's feet.
But no matter how hard he tries, the burly Niemeyer Baumann won't budge!
43 meters!
42 meters!
....
Niemeyer Baumann has just made it to the forty meter mark with the ball under Shinji Kagawa's guard!
At this point, it looks like all of Niemeyer Baumann's teammates around him are being restrained by Dortmund!
And just as Niemeyer Baumann is a bit dazed.
And suddenly he sees the goal!
Niemeyer Baumann's heart felt like it had been touched all of a sudden.
It looks like he can't remember the last time he shot on goal!
Shot on goal!
Goal!
What player doesn't want to be the most watched man on the soccer field!
Even once!
Just once!
At this moment Niemeyer Baumann raises his head proudly!
With his right foot, he traveled the ball forward!
Carrying Shinji Kagawa raised his right leg!
Gritting his teeth, he pumped it down hard towards the soccer ball!
“BANG!!!”
Just the moment Niemeyer Baumann's right foot made contact with the soccer ball!
There was a loud bang!
At this moment, Magath, who had been watching the field from the sidelines, looked exaggeratedly at Niemeyer Baumann on the field.
Is this guy crazy?
He's going to shoot?
A shot on goal?
He hadn't seen Baumann shoot since this guy joined the team!
What are you shooting for if you don't pass the ball?
This is ....
But soon Magath's mouth grew wide!
It was as if he had seen something incredible!
In front of him.
Niemeyer Baumann's shot was like a meteor streaking towards the Dortmund goal!
The speed of the ball!
The speed of the ball!
On the other side, Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller has been watching Niemeyer Baumann with the ball.
But he didn't expect this guy to shoot from that distance!
That's 40 meters, you think you're Roberto Carlos?
Without thinking, Weidenfeller lunged in the direction of the soccer ball!
But the ball was too fast!
Even though Weidenfeller had prepared for it, he watched in despair as the soccer ball brushed past his fingertips and drilled into the top right corner of the goal!
“GGGGGGOOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!”
“GOAL!!!!!”
The moment!
Veltins-Arena's long-silent live DJ finally hissed wildly!
“Beautiful ！！！！”
“The ball went in!!!”
“The ball went in!!!”
“Skillful and stone-cold! Unbelievable!”
“Forty meter burst!!!”
“Oh my god ！！！！”
“A world-class goal!
“Niemeyer Baumann #35 from FC Schalke 04!!!”
“The first goal of his career!”
“And in such an important Ruhr Derby match!”
“Incredible!”
“This goal is perfect ！！！！”
And at that moment!
On the pitch, Niemeyer Baumann froze!
He listened in some bewilderment to the hysterical shouts of the live DJ!
He heard a voice!
“Baum.... .ann....”
Was that his name?
Finally!
There was a moment just for him!
Niemeyer Baumann pushes away Smits who rushes at him!
Pushing away from Hao!
Pushing away from Raul!
He makes a mad dash to the CORNER KICK zone!
The place he's imagined so many times!
And he performs a celebration he's secretly practiced countless times!
The sliding knee!
Only, this time, the slide was a failure!
Just as he bent his knees, he fell straight to the turf!
The teammates rushed up!
Pressed on top of him!
Damn, the only chance he had was wasted, and his daughter was still in front of the TV watching his dad.
That celebration was so humiliating!
At the moment!
Underneath all the excited teammates!
The man who looked like steel had long been in tears!
Until the end of the celebration, when he got up from the turf.
Niemeyer Baumann's tears were still flowing uncontrollably!
“A book with a less than magnificent beginning, that leaves room for the imagination!”
“A movie that ends with a hint of regret, that's a touching moment of beauty.”
“Football!”
“You can see the joy in him, and you can experience the sadness in him!”
“Football, he can also a man of steel leave rolling hot tears!”
“Niemeyer Baumann!”
“Let's remember this man who was in tears at the Veltins-Arena!”
“This moment belongs only to you! Only belongs to soccer!”
“At this moment, a song comes to mind!”
The sports channel's camera was in the middle of the scene, with the conductor's command.
The tearful man in the camera reappeared!
There was a dream
Long time ago
There was a dream
Destined to grow
For a lifetime of heartbreaks
That brought us here today
We will go all the way
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