Coach John's encouragement made Dennis young so excited that he couldn't fall asleep all night. He fantasized that he could score goals for the Rangers like Hiller. I don't know why Dennis, who has been weak and sick since childhood, always doesn't feel tired on the court. No matter how long it took him to run, as long as it was not dark, Dennis young was always enthusiastic, which made Newton, who was strong and physically strong, was exhausted and panting every time. Only when the night came could Dennis stop running and pack his schoolbag and go home reluctantly.

Seeing his son playing mud all over his body every day, his parents felt very distressed and always tried hard to persuade Dennis to give up football. But Dennis always used the fact that he did not mislead his studies and used his outstanding grades to block his parents' mouths. In addition, playing football invisibly made Dennis' body gradually become stronger, and gradually his parents got used to his son's love.

Soon Dennis and Newton successfully entered the fourth grade of elementary school, and also officially became a member of the St. George Rangers. It is very beneficial to be a member of this team. A brand new football uniform with Dennis Young and a pair of real football shoes. When wearing these two equipment, Dennis feels like he is finally a football player! I am a real football player!

The 8-year-old Dennis is undoubtedly the smallest in the team. To be honest, Dennis's skills are also very poor. His poor health and poor skills are actually a very poor player.

"Dennis, this football is for you. From now on, you go to school every day and walk and ride the ball while you are away from school. At the same time, you also need to exercise your skills well, otherwise I can't send you on the court! But you have to pay attention to traffic safety on the road!" Dennis, a little boy, was extremely moved. In the past, he also bought a football for himself, but his parents didn't get what he wanted. Now there is finally a football, and Dennis happily jumped several feet high.

From then on, neighbors in Gateshead District could see a thin little boy carrying his schoolbag and carrying his football all the way forward early every morning.

"Hey, Dennis, you will definitely be a Newcastle player in the future!" The residents nearby always greeted Dennis like this along the way.

"Little Dennis, be careful of the car!" Kate Newton's father always reminded with a smile whenever he saw Dennis walking past the door.

"Uncle Kate, I understand! Did Newton get up?" Every day of contact with the ball has made Dennis' dribbling skills improve rapidly. Dennis, who could have been able to pull the ball out 4 or 5 meters away in the past, was gone. Now even if he raised his head all the way, the ball would not leave his control.

Every morning we met Newton, two 8-year-old boys fought fiercely against this poor football along the way. Many times, they wanted to go to school to longer so that they could play football for a while.

In addition to dribbling, in the small back garden at home, Dennis Little drew a small square on the wall and regarded him as the goal of the away team on the St. James Park. Every day before going to bed, Dennis Little always kicked at the goal for 1 or 2 hours. At first, the ball was always shot outside the small square. Gradually, even a very casual kick would be accurately hit in the square.

"Shot! The ball is in! It's Dennis Young! It's Dennis Young! He's Newcastle's hero!" Every time Dennis shot into this small goal, he always imitated the cry of the TV commentator, and thought that he was in St. James' Stadium, running and shouting in the small garden.

"Dennis is about to go to bed soon, and there will be class tomorrow!" The shooting exercises every day always end with the helpless blame from parents.

After taking cultural classes every day, the Rangers have to conduct two hours of training. In the training class, Coach John focuses on basic training, dribbling, shooting and passing are the three most basic training subjects. All trainings, Coach John will let the young players move with the ball. "Be friends with the ball!" is Coach John's catchphrase, "Only being friends with the ball will not leave you, and no one can take the ball away from you."

The team's tactical training looks a bit casual. Coach John's purpose is: as long as you don't play the striker and play the defender, and play at will. He will not ask you to play like this and that, and the ball must be passed to whom, and not to whom. He lets these 10-year-old children fully utilize their imagination, don't stick to rules and regulations, and figure out what is the most reasonable and how to cause the greatest threat. It doesn't matter, they are in the initial stage. If they kill their creativity now, they will only be an ordinary player who follows the rules in the future and will not be able to become a star.

Alan Hiller is definitely a star at St. George Elementary School. His goals in the game can be described as a hit. It is common for him to score 7 or 8 in a game. When Dennis first joined the Rangers team, he was even shy and did not dare to talk to this "celebrity", but he just secretly imitated Hiller's way of playing football.

Hiller always likes to knock on his opponent in front of the penalty area and shoot. Dennis thinks this kind of shooting method is very handsome and secretly imitates it. Unfortunately, he not only found the wrong object to imitate, but also found the wrong object to experiment. Newton, who looks like a middle school student, is like a wall of iron that makes Dennis hit him again and again, but is bounced out far away.

"Dennis Young, I, Kate Newton, will become an insurmountable obstacle for you. You should give up trying to surpass me!" Kate Newton held his head high like a knight, with a proud look on his face!

"Hey, Dennis, you shouldn't kick like this. You should use your skills to defeat Newton, the big cow with your dexterous body!" Hiller said with a smile and pulled Dennis who was lying on the ground.

"Who is the big cow? Alan Sheiler, you are the big cow!" Being called the big cow made Newton angry!

Dennis smiled, pointed at Newton and said, "Big Cow, I want to defeat you!"

"Come on! You thin loach!"

He pushed the ball gently and passed through Newton's feet obediently. Dennis's thin body was as slippery as Newton said, as slippery as a loach. Even Newton's black hand was stretched out, and he pressed against Newton's body and walked into front.

"Newton, look, I'm past you!" Dennis stepped on the ball, raised his head and raised his chest, and turned around and shouted excitedly. Many teammates also gathered over and patted Newton with his head hanging down to show comfort.

Coach John also came over and said with a smile: "Dennis, you have defeated your opponent with skills. I think you should understand how you should play football, right?"

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"Dennis, come on!" At 8 years and 6 months old, Dennis Young finally made the first appearance in the official game, but the so-called official game was just a friendly match with an Irish elementary school team who came to England for outings.

"Me? Coach!" Dennis asked, holding Coach John's hand and blinking his two round eyes.

"Yes, Dennis, it's time for you to play. Go up and let them taste your awesomeness and let them remember your name!" Coach John lowered his head and patted Dennis' butt, pushing him to the sideline referee.

"I'm on the court, I'm on the court! I'm finally a football player!" Dennis was extremely excited, and his body was trembling slightly.

"Hey, kick it well and defeat them with your skills!" Seeing Dennis standing on the court in a daze, Hiller shouted at Dennis.

Newton also ran over and kicked Dennis in the butt, saying, "Their guards are much worse than me, the great defender. Dennis will defeat them. We need your goal now!"

"Okay, okay, I will bring goals to the team!" Dennis controlled his emotions and replied in a hurry.

The young players in this Irish team are well-equipped, wearing new football boots endorsed by celebrities. Even their team has traditional uniforms, a pair of blue and white striped uniforms. The team's name is quite loud: Cork Rockmond is a regular team armed to the teeth. It is said that this team in Ireland is very famous and has won several national champions.

For young players, they hope to win no matter what kind of game it is. There is no difference between friendly matches or official matches in their eyes, so the game is quite fierce. At present, the two sides have 3:3, and there are 20 minutes left in the game. Dennis, the surprise soldier, was given an important task.

Unfortunately, Dennis, the young man did not play the role of a surprise at the beginning, instead hit the morale of the Rangers.

"Dennis catches the ball!" Hiller roared and distributed the ball to Dennis on the side in front of the penalty area.

"Okay!" Dennis went forward with the ball, and passed a defender and entered the penalty area.

Facing the goalkeeper, Dennis decided to shoot, just like Kevin Keegan saw on TV. He even thought about taking off his jersey after the goal was scored, running around the field, and accepting the cheers, just like a real football player!

However, the expected violent collision between the feet and the football did not occur as expected. Dennis, who was in a sure way, had an intimate contact with the ball. The ball was inserted into the outside of his foot and flawed it! At the same time, Dennis's right foot waving high also made him fall his butt to the sky!

The Rockmond defenders and goalkeepers looked at this scene in shock. After a moment, the teenagers began to laugh, and the goalkeepers quickly grabbed the ball. Such a ball would also be flawed, so it's no wonder they laughed!

Dennis stood up with a flushed face. He didn't dare to look in the direction of the coach. I disappointed the coach. I didn't score like Keegan!

"The first time, I had this situation when I was 8 years old!" Hiller walked over and patted Dennis on the shoulder, comforting him.

"Alan, I wasted your pass!" Dennis said with a flushed face.

"It's okay, I'll pass the ball to you later. I'll get one next time!" Hiller smiled and chased the Rangers' players who were in possession of the ball.

"Dennis, it's very good and beautiful. The venue is a bit slippery today, so it's inevitable that it will fall!" Coach John applauded hard on the sidelines.

"Denis Young, who defeated Newcastle's greatest defender Kate Newton, what are you doing? Come back to defense!" Newton's loud voice came over. Listening to the title he had given him, some neighbors watching the game on the sidelines couldn't help laughing.

Kate Newton's face turned red with a laugh. He roared and suddenly broke the ball under the opponent's feet, then turned around like a show-off. Look, you laugh at me, I will definitely become Newcastle's greatest defender in the future.

"Transfer it to me!" Dennis was a little defense around him, and he quickly raised his hand and shouted.

"Next!" Newton waved his feet, and the ball flew over half of the court and headed towards Dennis.

Dennis' ball control skills have improved rapidly every day, but it seems that only the ball control skills have improved. Now he has basically not practiced the stopping skills he needs. He suddenly saw a half-high ball flying towards him quickly, and Dennis was at a loss for a moment. As a result, his body subconsciously flashed, and the ball flew past Dennis. Under the stunned gaze, Dennis turned around and chased the ball that fell in front...

At this time, Newton was so angry that he wanted to go up and kick Dennis's butt. The ball that could stop in his chest was so complicated...

Near the bottom line, Dennis finally controlled the ball, but was already exhausted and panting!

The defender, who had just been reduced to traditional behavior, was a little unreflective by Dennis, hurriedly came up at this time, "You are so funny, I think you will still surrender, you can't get over it!" Facing the thin Dennis, a fierce Rockmond player rushed over and issued such a declaration.

Dennis didn't say anything, shouting in his heart: "Are you even better than Newton? I must pass you!"

Dennis and Newton had countless confrontations on the Tyne River on the way to school every day. In Dennis's opinion, the bottom line at this time was the Tyne River with black liquid flowing.

Dennis rushed towards the opponent with the ball, and his right foot hit the ball into the court. The fierce-looking defender shook and stuck Dennis's route of running inward with his body. "Do you want to use your speed to surpass me? You dream!"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Dennis turned his ankle and dunked the ball to the left. Just as the ball was about to go out of the baseline, Dennis pushed the ball forward with his right foot, and the ball passed straight through the gap between the baseline and the fierce-looking defender's body. At the same time, Dennis' body had bypassed the fierce-looking defender from outside the baseline.

After successfully passing the defender, Dennis turned around and smiled at the fierce-looking defender, while remembering the name printed on his back: Roy Keane!

Dennis, who was no longer defended, saw Hiller's position, just like shooting at a small square in the garden at home every night. He kicked a powerful ball towards Hiller's head. Of course, the natural shooter Hiller would not miss such an opportunity. His little body jumped high and simply pushed the round football into the goal cleanly.

"Great! Dennis passed well!" All the players rushed to Dennis at the bottom line. Even Hiller forgot that the ball was entered by himself, and rushed towards Dennis with a wide mouth with a smile.

"Maybe, it's good to be a passer!" Dennis was thrown to the ground by his teammates, thinking happily, this might be the taste of a star, it's really great!

"Alan Hiller is very promising if elementary school players can have such heading skills!" Jack, the owner of the Highlanders Bar, looked at Hiller after scoring the goal, and said to Coach John with a smile.

"Yes, I think this kid will become a professional player in the future. Speaking of which, since you, our neighborhood has not been abroad for a long time!" John was once a Jack fan, but now he has become a good friend.

"It's been a long time ago, and now I'll look at these kids! And this kid named Dennis is also good. I think his ball control skills and extraordinary skills are good, but it seems that he lacks systematic practice. How can you be a coach?"

John grabbed his hair and said embarrassedly: "This child used to be alone, and recently he has conducted some systematic training on my team. Unexpectedly, his progress is really great. I really have to let him practice well in the future. His stopping skills are simply 0. As a striker, I guess he may not even be able to head the ball. My coach seems to be a dereliction of duty!"

"You have to practice it for him. I think he is very talented. Seeing them playing football, I missed the joy of playing football when I was young!"

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Chapter completed!