Chapter 34 The suicide of goalkeeper Enke
Robert Enke is dead. He ended his young life in an extremely tragic way by lying on a train.
Not long after Zhuoyang fell asleep, he was woken up by a call from Mad Dog Rand before he fell asleep completely. The dog told him that something had happened to Enke and he was dead.
At dusk with the setting sun like blood, 32-year-old Robert Enke calmly walked onto the railroad track after driving aimlessly for a whole day. At ten o'clock in the morning, Enke told his wife Theresa to go to training.
Then they left home alone, but their goalkeeper never came to the AWD Arena again.
When the driver of the train from Bremen to Hannover spotted Enke on the tracks in the afterglow of the evening, everything was too late. After receiving the alarm from the train driver, the Hannover police took several hours to find the car parked not far away.
Personal belongings inside confirmed Enke's identity.
The news quickly spread throughout Hannover and also to Barcelona. Zhuoyang could not believe the sudden tragedy. Before boarding the plane during the day, he received a call from Enke and made an appointment with him to go back and have a drink next time. Zhuoyang
He suddenly realized that Enke might have wanted to say something to him during the day, but he had rejected him. This made Zhuo Yang very guilty and even painful.
Enke is a friend of Zhuoyang. They have known each other for about five or six years through the troll Gomez. Zhuoyang is the kind of person who clearly distinguishes his circle of friends. He has a clear line between friends and non-friends.
But when it comes to Enke specifically, to be honest, he is not a very important friend of Zhuoyang. He is far inferior to the Six Musketeers and Madiburg, Milan's old teammates, and even inferior to the fan leader Dà sb and Bald Colliver.
If Zhuoyang were asked to count his friends, Enke would definitely be among them. If he were asked to rank his friends, Enke would be very far behind. Enke is the kind of person who gets along with friends very quietly.
He rushes to pay the bills and rarely even takes the initiative to invite friends to get together. Friends often ignore him.
But Enke has a very rare advantage that is not easily noticed by others: he never shirks an invitation from his friends.
During Zhuoyang's four years in Hannover, sometimes he was really bored and wanted to find someone to hang out with for a drink, but there happened to be something going on at home. Whenever this happened, he always felt a great sense of loneliness and frustration.
I feel that at this time, Enke will be fine.
This kind of companionship personality is very rare. As long as the phone rings, such a friend will never shirk an appointment. Enke will always accompany his friends quietly to have a drink and show some bragging rights when they need company.
However, such a character will always be ignored by friends around him, and his preciousness will not be seen. Zhuo Yang only realized this when he thought carefully about it during this guilt-ridden sleepless night.
The next day Zhuoyang came to Gamber Sports City with sleepless bloodshot eyes. The Barcelona club had also received the news. Enke's misfortune caused quite an uproar here because he was a former Barcelona player.
In the summer of 2002, Enke was recruited by Barcelona due to his outstanding performance at Benfica in Portugal. However, he spent two very miserable seasons here, one of which was loaned by Barcelona to Fenerbahce in Turkey.
and West Second Division Tenerife. During his time at Barcelona, Enke only came on as a substitute once, and also caused the team's defeat due to mistakes.
In 2004, Enke was brought back to Hannover 96 by coach Li Ning, and he has truly found his gloves since then. With his outstanding saves, Enke brought Hannover 96 back to the first division, and he himself was also favored by Loew.
, was selected for the national team.
After Kahn and Lehmann aged out, the German national team faced a shortage of goalkeepers. Enke emerged at the right time to fill this vacancy. Previously, some media opinions believed that Enke is likely to become the starting goalkeeper of the German team in the World Cup in South Africa next summer.
However, Enke was not very lucky in the national team. He was injured during training before the qualifying match with Russia in November last year, and his position was replaced by Adler. After returning from injury this year, Enke also went to China with the German team in the summer.
In the friendly match, Hao Junmin scored the goal. Just last month, Enke was injured again during the national team training. Before the qualifying match against Russia, Enke was replaced by Adler.
Now that Schalke 04 young goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has exploded, Enke has felt tremendous pressure from the national team. Coupled with Butt and Wiese, Enke has no advantage. He went to South Africa.
The quota is no longer secure.
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Enke did not leave many traces in Barcelona. Today, only veterans such as Puyol and Xavi have some impressions of him. Even then-president Joan Laporta and then-coach Frank Rijkaard had some impressions of him.
The impression is very vague. Because Enke was not only not outstanding in the team at that time, but also too quiet and low-key.
Barcelona people pay attention to Enke's matter just out of the etiquette of professional football, and there are not many people who feel sorry for it. Unfortunately, unfortunate things happen every day in this world, and most of them are just talking points for irrelevant people, and they are not even considered at all.
Known to outsiders.
But Zhuoyang's dejected look was very unusual. When other people came over to ask questions, he didn't want to pay attention. He just waved his hand and said it was okay.
Guardiola stared at him from the side for a long time before slowly walking over.
"Zhuoyang, is it... Enke?"
"...Well, he...is my friend."
"You have a good relationship?"
"Hmm..., not bad." Zhuo Yang shrugged, but his expression was still dull.
Gua Shuai said: "Let's do this, Zhuo Yang. You go back and go to Hannover."
Zhuo Yang looked up at Guardiola, his eyes still tangled. "But, there will be a game tomorrow...tomorrow."
"Go, I'll give you a day off." Guashuai said: "Go back and take a look, and then have a good sleep. I believe our club will take action soon. Enke was a player here in the past. He... is a very good player."
Good boy." When Enke came to Barcelona, Guardiola had already gone to Serie A, and the two had not met.
Tomorrow Barcelona will face Mallorca at home, but Zhuoyang's current mental state is obviously not suitable for training, let alone a game.
"Okay then. Thank you, Pep."
Guardiola smiled and patted Zhuo Yang on the shoulder.
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In fact, Zhuoyang's emotions were very complicated at this time. He felt guilty for rejecting Enke's invitation, and he was afraid because of this guilt. He was afraid that his rejection was one of the causes of this tragedy. And because of fear, he still had a trace of anger.
But he didn't know who to be angry with.
Am I responsible for this death? What did you want to say when you called me? Why did you call me? The emotional entanglement even made Zhuoyang a little angry.
After walking out of Hannover Airport, Zhuo Yang didn't know where to go. Looking for Enke? He was now in the cold cabinet of the mortuary. Looking for Rand who informed him of the news? What should he say to him? Looking for Kou Kou, but
Today I came here for Enke.
Just when Zhuo Yang was in a dilemma, a regional flight from Potsdam also landed in Hannover. Joanna Reid, the main midfielder of the German women's football team Turbin, met Zhuo Yang unexpectedly at the airport.
Chapter completed!