When Maxi Carey came to the box, his wife Sophia was already there waiting for him.

Seeing him coming, he asked, "How is it? You went to the locker room..."

Carey knew what his wife really wanted to ask, so he didn't beat around the bush, but said directly: "I thank him."

"What was his reaction?" asked the wife.

"have no idea."

"I don't know?" Sophia's eyes widened.

"I turned around and left after I finished speaking. I didn't see his reaction." Carey told the truth.

The wife was speechless, and then sighed: "You..."

Then she laughed again: "But it's pretty good that you can thank him face to face, ha! Then you can rest in peace and recuperate."

Carey nodded in agreement, but said nothing.

Then they sat down and waited for the game to start.

But soon someone in the box recognized Carey and came up to ask him for an autograph and took a photo with him.

The box they are in is not a small room like a private room in a restaurant as everyone understands, but a place that can be called a "hall". Near the floor-to-ceiling glass windows, there are two rows of sofa seats, which can accommodate dozens of people watching the game together.

And in the wide space behind the seats, there is a 360-degree bar roundabout, where there are dedicated waiters to serve the VIPs watching the ball in the box, order what you want to drink directly, and light meals if you want to eat supply.

And it's all free.

The stadium box is not a better place to watch the game at all, but a social place.

After all, the people who watch the game here are basically celebrities, politicians and business people, and it is normal for them to use the time of watching the game to have some social activities.

The situation in the Pirates Park stadium can only be considered ordinary. Anyway, even those who watch the game in the box are basically people who really like pirates, but their identities are different.

And their next door, King Madrid's situation is more complicated.

Many people in the VIP boxes at the Crown Stadium are not even fans. They come to the box to watch the game as a check-in behavior, or they simply come for the purpose of socializing. As for how the King of Madrid's game is going, they don't care at all.

Inside the box and outside the box seemed to be two completely different worlds.

The Kings fans outside the box cheered for their team, and their moods fluctuated with the progress of the game.

The VIPs in the box are more concerned about their own stock market returns, or the result of a certain business negotiation in East Asia thousands of miles away.

The people who came to Carey were actually fans of the Madrid Pirates, but they were also successful businessmen. They wore suits and leather shoes and wore a Madrid Pirates scarf around their necks to prove their identity.

They expressed regret for Kyrie's injury and wished him a speedy recovery, saying, "The team needs you, Maxi. No matter what, no matter what the situation is, you are an important member of the team!"

Carey smiled and complied with all autographed photo requests.

After doing all this, he sat back beside his wife.

Sofia smiled at him and said, "Look, honey. You're still needed."

She sensed her husband's low mood and negativity after this ankle injury and took every opportunity to cheer him up.

In fact, it was Sophia's idea to come to watch the game this time, including visiting her teammates in the locker room.

She thinks it is still necessary to go out, not to stay at home all the time, but to go out and get in touch with people, especially teammates and fans. Let your husband know that he is welcome and wanted.

Sophia is very aware of her husband's problems. Don't look at him saying all kinds of things that sound arrogant, but in fact his heart is not as strong as he shows.

He longs to be needed.

Obviously, coming out to watch the game between the Pirates and Ruhrlein this time made him feel the atmosphere of being needed.

Sophia hopes this will cheer up her husband.

However, in the face of his wife's words, Carey was indifferent, did not give any response, just sat on the sofa, quietly waiting for the game to start.

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Janus Erdelmann walks down the tunnel in Ruhr Rhein's white away jersey.

He saw Hu Lai who was already standing in the passage at a glance.

This is actually not the first time that Edman has seen Hu Lai, but it is indeed the first time that he met on such an occasion in the International Champions Cup, a warm-up match before last season. Ruhr Rhine and Leeds City played against each other. However, Edman was only sixteen years old at the time, and the main striker of the Ruhr-Rhein was Mark Becker. Even if Edman had become the youngest goal scorer in Ruhr-Rhine history, it was still impossible to win. Mark's location.

So Edman watched Hu Lai's game from the bench.

He didn't come off the bench until the last ten minutes of the game, when Hu Lai had also been replaced.

Strictly speaking, the two have never played against each other in a game.

Edman originally thought about exchanging jerseys with Hou Lai after the game, but he suddenly remembered what if someone exchanged jerseys with Hou Lai before him?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. In order to ensure that he could definitely exchange for Hu Lai's jersey, he decided to make an agreement with Hu Lai first and let him keep the jersey for himself.

So he walked out of his team and went straight to Hu Lai.

The tall Edman immediately attracted the attention of everyone present when he walked up to Hu Lai.

The Pirates looked at him suspiciously, and Joaquin Bella asked Hu Lai directly in a low voice in Spanish: "Do you know each other?"

Hu Lai shook his head: "I don't know him."

After speaking, he asked in German: "What's the matter?"

Edman was very happy, grinning, showing a mouthful of white teeth, looking a little... silly: "You can speak German? That's great? I was just thinking about how to express my meaning in English It's clear...my English is very average."

"It's okay, you can speak German, I can understand German, and I can speak it." Hu Lai asked after finishing speaking, "So what's the matter with you?"

"Here it is, Hu. I have an idea... Can I swap jerseys with you after the game?"

Hu Lai froze for a moment: "Swap jerseys?"

It is not uncommon to exchange jerseys, but it does not mean that every game can be met.

Moreover, Hu Lai himself did not take the initiative to exchange jerseys, except for Junpei Morikawa.

So the chance of swapping jerseys on him is not high.

And he couldn't figure out why a person who had never interacted with him before suddenly wanted to change his jersey with him?

Generally speaking, exchanging jerseys is an act with some special meaning. It means some kind of appreciation, liking and sympathy. Otherwise, two people with a bad relationship will never exchange jerseys.

Being willing to collect the opponent's jersey means that the opponent has been recognized by him.

But the problem is that I haven't fought against this person in front of me yet...

Hu Lai looked at the tall, simple-looking man in front of him, and suddenly realized that the boy in front of him was his fanboy?

Ouch, I didn't expect that I also have players fans?

This is... superstar treatment!

That's great!

Although Hu Lai rarely takes the initiative to exchange jerseys, it does not mean that he will refuse others to come to him to exchange jerseys.

Not to mention how could he disappoint the little fanboy?

So nodded: "No problem!"

Seeing Hu Lai's straightforward answer, Edman was very happy: "That's really great! We've made an agreement like this, you must keep your jersey to me, but you are not allowed to give it to others! Ah, I forgot to introduce myself, My name is Janus Edmann, Number Nine of the Ruhrlein!"

He pointed to the number behind him.

This number also belonged to Mark Becker last season. Now after Mark moved to Blue and White Munich, No. 9 was vacated. Edman expressed a strong desire to wear the No. 9 jersey, so the number fell on his back.

"After I score a goal in the game, I will ask you to exchange jerseys after the game!"

After finishing speaking, Edman turned and returned to his team, and the remaining one was a bit messy:

What did he just say?

Swap jerseys after scoring a goal?

Exchange jerseys, exchange jerseys, why set a condition?

Can't swap jerseys without scoring?

He couldn't figure out the brain circuit of the Ruhr Rhein No. 9.

It's not easy for me to have a player fan, but it seems that my brain is not working?

well…

"What are you talking about?" Joaquin Bella leaned over and asked the silent Hu Lai.

"Oh, nothing, he wants to swap jerseys with me, so make a reservation first."

Hearing this, Bella patted Hu Lai happily: "Aha, superstar treatment! Before the game kicked off, someone in the opponent is thinking about your jersey! Now you don't show some good performance in the game, I can't justify it!"

Holly was reminded.

Yes.

Now that there are players and fans, how can I make fans feel like I have succeeded in chasing stars if I don't work hard in the game, score a goal or something?

As an idol, of course you have to show something, so that you can calmly accept the adoring eyes of fans!

Hu Lai nodded, his voice suddenly became low and slightly magnetic: "You're right, Joaquin. I can't let that big man down."

"Why did you suddenly change your voice?"

"It looks formal."

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"Why did you go?" John Setter asked Edman, who was back in the line.

The latter said with a smile: "I asked Hu to leave me the jersey so that others would not steal it. He agreed. He is really a talkative person!"

Then he said: "John, you must create more opportunities for me when you are playing later. I made an agreement in front of Hu that as soon as I score a goal, I will ask him for the jersey! Can I get it?" Hu's jersey, it all depends on your passing!"

But John Setter shook his head: "I'm not going to pass the ball to you, Janus. Unless you're in a good position. Otherwise, once they find out that I'm more inclined to pass the football to you, they will target it." Defense. That’s not good for our offense. So I’ll just do it as usual, whether you can score goals or not…has nothing to do with me~lightnovelpub.net~ You have to work hard yourself.”

After speaking, he patted Edman on the shoulder.

It's just that he, who is only 1.75 meters tall, raised his hand and patted the shoulder of Edman, who is 1.88 meters tall, which looked weird and funny.

"Okay...I will try my best!" Edman felt that Seth was right. "I will prove that I am better than Becker!"

Mark Becker has left Ruhr-Rhein fans disappointed by his move to Albanian Munich, who feel they have been betrayed.

Edman feels that if he can perform well in this window period, he can make the fans of Ruhr Rhein completely forget about Mark.

It's like winning the hearts of girls who just fell out of love.

Use one goal after another to fill the empty hearts of the fans and soothe their lost mood.

Tell them to leave Mark as a "scumbag" and I, Janus Erdelman, are the ones for you!