Dark Moves Of Love ~ Neymar Jr

Chapter 3

My friends all looked at me with wide eyes.

"Didn't we tell you to google the players?" Peter said disapprovingly.

"Yeah, I meant to do that." I said, realizing that I forgot a second time. "Well tell me now."

"Only one of the best players in the world!" Alex exclaimed.

"Brazil's hope of winning the World Cup." Peter added.

"Insane skills."

"People call him the next Pele."

"And on top of all that, he is hot. Extemely... hot!" Marina added, fake-fanning herself.

Both Alex and Peter looked at her disapprovingly.

"What? He is!" She answered their look.

"And he's already here?" I asked.

"Yeah. But I don't see why. If I was him I'd stay in Rio, partying." Marina said.

"He is a professional athlete about to compete in the World Cup. He doesn't need distractions." Peter said.

"Oh, some distractions are good for you." Marina said winking. We all, even Peter, burst into laughing.

I walked to the kitchen to get my lunch.

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"Okay guys, are we ready?" Mr. Jones asked after we summed up.

"Yes Mr. Jones." We all said in unison, like school children.

"Alright. On to the meeting with the coaches."

We followed Mr. Jones to a conference room, smaller than the one where we had our first official meeting. In there, two men were waiting for us. They both looked to be around 30, one had blue eyes and dark hair and the other had hazel eyes and light brown hair.

"Hello guys, I am assistant coach Mario Tandres and this assistant coach Luis Santos." The dark haired man said.

We shook hands and then we all sat down.

"Today we are going to talk about the goalkeepers and defenders. I am the head coach for our goalkeepers and coach Santos is the head coach for the defense. Tomorrow you will meet with the head coaches for the middle and attack zones as well, in order to be ready to start when all the players are here." Coach Tandres told us.

We talked about the goalkeepers first, there were three in the World Cup squad and the starter was Julio Cesar, who was also the goalkeeper when Brazil won the Confederations Cup last summer. We talked about strategies in the main game and about penalties as well. It was very interesting to learn all those things. There was so much work and thinking into everything that I was unaware of before, as a spectator.

Then we moved onto the defense. There was even more strategy to talk about there and this one took even longer. We talked about the players individually and I was really excited to see Thiago Silva play. He was one of the most valued defenders in the world and the captain for the Brazilian team. And even if I wasn't following football the past few years, I heard a lot of names that sounded familiar. Brazil must have a really good team.

The meeting ended a good three hours later and we were all pretty exhausted. We ended up going to dinner immediately but to Marina's disappointment Neymar wasn't there.

After dinner I was pretty exhausted and when the others decided to take the bus to Teresópolis, instead of staying in the compound I decided to stay in. They invited Mr. Jones to go and to our surprise he agreed. Alex once again asked me if I wanted company but I refused.