27 Chapter 27: First Match in the Stade Brest 29 Team!
Helder was in his first training session with his team.
He met all the football players.
It was not like the clubs he went to before.
He felt that way.
Everyone was close and friendly to him.
And everyone had great respect for Helder.
Because it was one of the most expensive goalkeeping transfers ever in Real Madrid history.
He was also only 16 years old.
Footballers saw Helder up close and wondered about his performance.
In short, all eyes were on him during training.
But at least a famous footballer was on the team.
The captain of the team is the defender Zebina.
Zebina had played for both Roma and Juventus teams.
He even lived in the championship with the Roma team.
He knew that Helder was from the youth team of the Roma team.
"Welcome to our family." said Zebina.
"It means family…" thought Helder.
Then "I'm happy to join your family." said.
Training started with the arrival of the coaches.
Manager Alex Dupont's tactics were more defensive.
Usually, they played with the 4-2-3-1 tactic.
He liked to create a wall of 4 defense and 2 defensive midfielders in front of them.
He was aiming to counter attack with the balls won.
A few days passed like this ...
The training sessions were great for Helder.
Goalkeeping coach Julien Lachuer was very happy with Helder.
"He really was a player at this age deserving of 35 million euros." he thought…
***
MATCH DAY
Stade Brest 29 vs Montpellier
Brest's squad was this.
Goalkeeper: Helder Xerxes
Defender: Tripy Makonda, Santiago Gentiletti, Jonathan Zebina, Ousmane Coulibaly
Midfielder: Bruno Grougi, John Culma, Mario Licka, Benoît Lesoimier, Richard Soumah
Forward: Nolan Roux
Manager Dupont gave the pre-match speech.
"What I want from you is to put your heart out. And even if we are defeated, never stop fighting! " said.
"Are we going to win this match?" captain Zebina shouted.
"Yes, captain!" the team said.
Helder smiled.
While in Turkey he was doing similar conversations.
It came to mind for a moment.
But he never disturbed his concentration.
They went to the field.
The stadium was small, yes, but the fans filled the stadium.
Everyone was there to watch Helder and support their team.
"What a beautiful and refreshing atmosphere." Helder thought.
It really was.
While the atmosphere was nice, the rival was strong.
Normally, in the future, Helder knows that the Montpellier team would be the champion in the 2011-2012 season.
But now the future was unpredictable ...
***
The match started with the whistle of the referee.
Team Montpellier was pressing with the start of the match.
Brest team players were very hectic.
"Keep calm, don't lose yourself." cried Helder.
The reason they haven't been calm is that they lost 6-1 against PSG last week.
That's why Helder's job was difficult.
It was the first time that a goalkeeper who had always played in strong teams was playing in a weak team.
It was 20 minutes.
Montpellier was attacking from the right, left, middle, briefly from everywhere.
"You have to stay calm, if it goes like this, we will score a goal." shouted captain Zebina.
Brest could not play a game.
The ball came to Camara on the opponent's right-wing.
The left-back was ahead of Makonda.
Camara passed his opponent.
He entered the penalty area.
He was going to shoot the goal ...
Makonda pulled it from behind and dropped it ...
The referee blew his whistle without hesitation.
And he showed the penalty spot.
Helder was bowing his head.
"Why did he pull his rival there? Inside, the rival was not crowded anyway. I can't understand… "he thought.
Giroud was the player to take the penalty for the Montpellier team.
Helder knew he would play in many good teams in the future.
In fact, Giroud won the World Cup that he could not win in his previous life ...
Giroud came calmly…
He took the penalty ...
And…
Gooooooool…
Goooooooooollll…
Gooooooooooooooooollll…
Brest 0 - Montpellier 1
Helder knew the right corner, but despite the ball touching his fingers, the goal was scored.
"We're really hard with this team." he thought…
Let's see what Helder would change in this team?
Or did he think he would change it?
Time would show everything ...
