My heart beats blue white red

The first home game of the season

The next day we were really put to good use during training, but I got used to it quickly. "Good performance on your first professional game." David Wolf spoke to me during training. "Thanks, I didn't think that I would find my way here so well." I just meant. After the training we continued talking. And we got along very well. "If you need help or don't find your way around here, because that can happen quickly here, I'll be happy to help you." Said David. "By the way, me and a couple of guys from the team wanted to have a drink tonight." he said "team building" he called it. I had nothing to do today so I thought why not. We met around 8 p.m. in a pub near the stadium. It was a funny evening. Among others were, Dennis Endras, Dennis Reul, Markus Eisenschmied and Sinan Akdag. We talked for a long time and almost forgot that the next game was going to take place tomorrow. Around 10 p.m. everyone went home to rest for the game against the Kölner Haie. It was my first home game and I was very nervous. We were just standing in the players tunnel and waiting for our signal. Then the time came. We heard the fans shouting the lineup in the stadium. It was a strange but also a nice feeling when I heard the fans calling my name. "With the number 23 Julian Launspach." Then the song from AC / DC - Thunderstruck rang out. We stepped on the ice and I got goosebumps. This game was tough too. Until 30 minutes the Game was even. Then I had the best chance. After a tough check against a man from Cologne, I saw the window open and then ran towards the Cologne Goal. I saw that Nico Krämmer was running and instead of shooting at the goal, I pass the Puck to him and he made the Goal. "Launspach wins the Puck and he's quick. Krämmer ran along on the left. What does Launspach do, does he hand in the Puck or does he shoot. Pass to Nico Krämmer. Goal for Mannheim." "Goal for our Adler! Scorer with the number 21 Nico Krämmer, Nico Krämmer and the pass came from our youngster with number 23 Julian Launspach. The Adler fans present the score. Adler Mannheim! 1, Kölner Haie 0!" it rang through the stadium. Then it went in the other direction, because Cologne tried to make the balance, but failed because of Dennis Endras. Our trainer said to us during the break. "That was a very good third. Especially Julian, at first I thought you'd try it yourself. That's exactly what I want to see on the ice." The third third was exciting again. Cologne tried desperately to even things up, but we prevented as a team. Then 2 minutes before the end we made the 2:0 through a counterattack. I won the Puck again and then quickly played the Puck to Markus Eisenschmied, who passed it on to Tommi Huchtala and he scored the goal. "Goal for our eagles. With the number 61 Tommi Huchtala. The pass came from the number 16 Markus Eisenschmied and the number 23 Julian Launspach." it echoed through the hall again. Then the Cologne team took out the goalkeeper 30 seconds before the end and a sixth field player in. Our chance to make it 3:0. David Wolf got the Puck and passed it to me with the words. "Do it!" I ran towards an empty goal and didn't let my chance to score my second goal of the season be taken away. A short time later the horn sounded. We also won the second game of the season. I was the match winner with one goal and two assist. And again I fell into bed exhausted when I was home. It's amazing what I had achieved in the last few days.