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(that really was only a small part of the interview, it was really nice. He's quite the dork, and he watches cheesy TV. About history "We can all easily say, looking back 'how could they let that happen in the 30s, it was all so obvious!' But I'd be curious to see what the history books in 2150 will say about the year 2017. Not trying to imply anything about AfD, really, I'm not!" He bought a really expensive watch, that he's always wanted, one like James Bond has in "Quantum of Solace", that

has all the time zones, or sth, and he loves it so much, he wants to show it to the interviewer at the next occasion:). Has he ever resumed diary-writing. "I never stopped?" "Oh? Because I'd read your journal finished with the WC final?" "Oh, that's just when the book was full. So I put it in a safe in a bank. But I got a new one that I write in now. But, you know, it's nothing great. It's just jot a few things down, after every game, in order to remember, just for me. I really enjoyed readingfrom back when I was 17 years old or something. You forget so quickly! But this way, when I'm fifty, I'll get it out and sit down with... André Hahn", and think of the good old times, aw. Later they're kind of chronicling his career, and he refers to the journal a few times. Like when his big dream was playing in Regionalliga (he put that in at 17), and then, when he made his first game for Leverkusen's amateurs he wrote, that's it, made it. Though come this far, there may be even more ahead...

It's also rather cute when he talks about his childhood/youth, when Leverkusen kicked him out as he wasn't good enough ("Back then they told me I was too small... well, I was 1,60m, I was quite small."), and that quite destroyed him, cause he'd gone to training five times a week and every weekend & suddenly it was all over &when he got to school, all his classmates had kind of paired off into couples & talked about things happening on the w-e, and he'd missed it all. But then he didn't want to give up football (and he very sweetly praises his parents, because they didn't understand, they didn't have anything to do with football at all, but they always supported him "and they spend so much time, driving me places and things!"), so he applied at Fortuna Düsseldorf, got accepted, & really learned self-assertion there because everything was much rougher there & a bit of a fight. But eventually he really enjoyed it & ended up captain, and then Max Eberl approached him for the first timeabout Gladbach, CK suddenly having found some recognition, &there were other offers, too, but he wanted to show the Leverkusen people that they'd been wrong about him, so he applied for their amateur team & got in. He became a regular starter so Bayer gave him a new contract, first lending him out to VfL Bochum for playing practise. "What about Max Eberl?" "What about him?" "Didn't he try again?" "No, I don't think he watches Leverkusen amateurs" Hahaha. "That was later, via the bridge of LeonGoretzka. He was great even back then, so there were always scouts at the games for him. I had a good run at that time, and I guess when my contract ended, Max was just like "oh that's the guy I tried to get once before" and went for it." Hehe. There were offers from Benfica Lissabon (and he'd have like to go, he was there in Portugal & everything), also Freiburg which he would have liked, but then Gladbach came in kind of at the last minute, & he didn't think twice about it. He names the Gladbach players of the time & how much he loved it:).

Ofc they talk about the national team. What was it like, getting the phone call from Löw "oh, that was that one game against Poland in May, when all the Bayern and BVB players couldn't come" for some CL reason or sth, so that was quite nice. The game was in Hamburg, and straight after speaking to Löw, he rang his mother, who was so excited and instantly went and booked a hotel there:). He thought it would be his only international game for Germany ever, so he gave it all he got and ran more than 14km in that one game. "Did you think you'd get called up for the WC?" "No, of course I didn't. The preliminary squad had been announced, I wasn't in it and I didn't know you could change that." "So did [Löw] tell you then and there?" "Well, we got back really late that night, we were stuck in traffic, so we only reached the team hotel by 1 o'clock or sth, and when we arrived he took me aside and said, he'd like to take me along to the trainingcamp." "So were you all, 'oh no, sorry, I've got a holiday booked?';)" "I said 'Läuft. Ich komm mit.'" HAHA. Really deadpan. I don't know how to do that justice in translation. Kind of, "well, ok then", like he was doing Löw a favour. It's also quite cute, he says on the plane he and the other "newbies" (Ginter, Durm etc.) kept looking at each other and beaming, they couldn't really believe how they had ended up there &he praises the big stars (Lahm etc.) for making them feel like they had always been part of the squad. Must have been a really great atmosphere, everybody was rooting for everybody. He didn't think he'd get playing time, "only maybe in the group stages, if a game had long been decided and there was nothing at stake", so when those games were over he'd resigned himself to not playing, and didn't mind at all, as he was having "the time of his life", sitting "front row". And everything about Brazil was great. Then the Algeria game, everything was extremely tense, he'd neverseen anything like it, the entire stadium, the whole crowd, everyone was tense. And then in extra time, Löw just went over to him and said "Warm up, I'll put you in", he didn't give him any instructions or anything, & he really appreciated that.

Same with the game against France, and even the final. He says that Sami had pulled a muscle in training & he (Chris) got really nervous, so after the final training unit he asked him how he was and SK said he was fine, he could play, and CK was reallyrelieved & all "Yesss, front row for the WC final" & everything went as planned, normal warm-up & 10min before the game, he was kicking the ball around with Götze* & Schürrle when [Löw] came over to him & said "Sami can't play, you're starting", no tactical instructions again, which he took as a sign of trust (*"He also refrained from telling me to show the world I was better than Messi" hahaha). Interviewer "and you played really, really well, do you ever wonder, what if, what if the clash hadn't happened?" No, not really, because "That day was so perfect, there's nothing to improve about it at all!" btw - the whole world cup talk was prefaced with the reporter asking if he was tired of the topic, and he replied, well, of course he doesn't mind talking about it, but be warned: there's nothing new, it's all been talked about, so no scoop there...hehe.

Ofc the question to the ref, which he *doesn't remember*, duh (but he wonders what language he asked him in, cause he doesn't speakItalian and Rizzoli doesn't speak German and "my English is really bad so if I could put that together in that state I was in then... well, well done me!":) He met Rizzoli again later when Gladbach played Celtic in CL and he came up to him and shook his hand and they shared a moment and laughed together:). There's a lot more, but I'm very, very worried I'm boring you to death (do tell me), so... there. :)

(i love getting info about chris and other gladbach players ur basically my personal german translator lmfao)

it’s kinda cool that he keeps a diary, and consistently as well cos i just forget everything that ever happens to me lmfao but it’d come in super handy if/when he writes that autobiography lmfao but yeah it’s nice to be able to go back and look at memories and thoughts from certain points in ur life

it’s sad that leverkusen didn’t really value him much as a player even when he played for the first team but also lucky cos we got him haha

dam i really wanna know what language he talked to the ref in now lmfao it never really occured to me until now lol but it’s nice that he can laugh and joke about it now i mean ... getting a concussion and asking whether he was actually playing in the final is one way of bonding with refs i guess

#chrikra #anon #replies

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satanistwhodeviatedtogod-blog · 6 years

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Euro 2018

it’s fun and games until we hit the epilogue

one more sleepless night Then book the cheapest flight

earlier this month (may) we went for a short trip to Europe. We planned it for a year. we went there for educational purposes, which is Euromun. It’s a United Nation conference simulation.

We went there as a group that consist of 4 person

my hyperactive friend, J

my wild but religious friend, Ali

my grumpy bitch, Bella

and of course me

4/5 of us are selected from a very tight selection to represent Universitas Diponegoro in Euromun. With a year of preparation and well not that much time to meet and get to know each other because we have our own activity, we finally make it to Europe.

We went into separate flight. Me and Bella went there on Monday, J and Ali went there on Tuesday. too bad. It was around 10 PM from Soekarno Hatta International Airport and we went to Turkey for transit. Having a glass of coffee and a cig then straight to Schipol Amsterdam.

after we arrived, Bella and i store our luggage at the airport and we go straight to Amsterdam Centraal. Not surprised that the smell of weed everywhere. giting terus bosku!

We had a really nice Italian Pizza for breakfast. Strolling around Amsterdam was so much fun. It was unexpectedly warm there, and we wear a jacket. lot of jacket gosh

after strolling around centraal, we went back to Schipol to take our luggage and go to Maastricht. it’s a hell of a atmosphere. No traffic jam, very clean environment, and bikes everywhere. not a long after we arrived, we got picked up by our host parents there. Shout out to Mr. Untung and Mr. Adriyan!

the next day, Bella and I went for a walk in the city of Maastricht. It’s like a city for student, but sure it’s waaaay different from Tembalang riot city. We’re not actually walking but we ride bikes, just like locals.

this place is lit. even thought there are less attraction than Amsterdam, this place it’s a good place to live.

the conference start 2 days after we arrived. we gather all our stuff, research, but not our brain. kiddin’. it’s located in MECC. it’s a really good place for a conference, since it’s provide so many room that big enough to provide all the participant. I’ll be represent India in ECOSOC council under the topic of Globalization and gig of economy. I met a lot of cool person there from France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, and even Israel. Surprisingly they’re so nice and very friendly to me even thought i have a very different background from Indonesia. Cheers to all of my friends there! hope to see you soon. #ecoshot

after all those exhausting day in the conference, we went to Paris. the funny thing is, we haven’t book any place to stay. But hey, where’s the fun part if we already plan everything correctly right? joke. it’s no fun at all.

we went to Paris by bus. but before that, we went to Belgium first because why not. Lots of chocolate there. too bad we went there while the avengers went by. all the roads its like on renovation, F!

oh and we went to Comic Strips Museum. we met Asterix & Obelix, total classic. when we want to get back to the bus, we almost got left behind. We went to the wrong station and have no idea which train to take. after trying to figure it out, we finally make it literally on time. living on the edge huh?

so Paris. the city of love where everything is art, including steal things. Just like Jason Mraz album. there’s so many spot that we want to see, but 3 days and 2 night are not enough. So we only went to the mandatory places such as Louvre, Eiffel, Arc de Triumph and other shit. its one hell of a adventure.

First on the list is Louvre. Because its the nearest and most reachable. There’s a lot of people there (no shit deto). We took a couple of shot and then we went to the nearest and one of the coolest cafe, Cafe Kitsune.

I even bought a mug! #kenaikanstratasosial #cheapestthingicouldafford

then we stroll to do some thrift

l̶i̶f̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ shopping. It’s kinda took time because it’s far. but worth the time. I got some Yankees tee for only 1€! what a bargain. then we had some kebab. safest food we could eat.

Tired of shopping, we went back to our list. We went to the Arc de Triomphe. its so crowded. Lots of car. Cooler version of Simpang 5 #semarangjugakeren.

Enough taking picture and embracing it, We went for a religious trip to Notre Dame. it was a really good looking and ancient cathedral. Everyone was very friendly even though we are Muslim. There are a lot of terrorist attack that triggering bigotry, and yet the security of Notre Dame still smiling and say hi to us. There’s a preacher talking inside and also people attending for a regular religious activity, and yet it remind us its time to taraweh back in Jakarta hahaha.

right beside Notre Dame, there’s a really cool river. And just so you know, that’s where Rattatoullie drowned and decided whether he want to act as a chef or just live his life as a rat. Yes. I know. Not important but still.

after that we went to the last spot. looking for a cool place to enjoy the sunset. the symbol of Paris. yup. where else. It’s the Eiffel Tower. we also meet several Indonesian there. It’s easy to recognize them. we arrived in Eiffel at around 7 pm, and the sun are not yet tired shining. The first thing we seek are toilet. The toilet are disgusting if you don’t really look. after we found the proper toilet, it was very modern and breathtaking. All automated thing makes us believe that one day the terminator will took over the world.

The Eiffel tower was amazing. lots of family, friends and also couple hanging out to enjoy the dusk. No soulmate, no problem. I still got my friends! #denialkampret

Eiffel at night are the best. All those cool lamps and the cold vibes are beyond amazing. Also with my old friend, Gudang Garam Kretek, the nights are perfect. We sit together, we gaze the star, we talk nonsense and enjoy the night like there’s no tomorrow.

after strolling from Paris, we went back to Maastricht. One funny thing that keep happen, we always get on the bus literally on time. Means that once we hop in, the bus drove away. No. That’s not a good thing.

It’s our last day in Maastricht. One more chance to live the fullest in here. No lol kidding. None of our friends from other Indonesian uni still here. So we just rest, looking for ticket to Frankfurt, Germany and go to the city for one last time. I know there are nothing there but still, Maastricht is an interesting place to discover.

we went to the bus station at noon. it was quite a long trip. we arrived around midnight with no f-ing clue which bus or train or any public transport we should take. sitting for a few minutes on the street, trying to figure out which one is our ride to Ginnheim. we’re staying at my aunt’s. Special thanks to Tante Sila & Om Jabrik. they also lead us (patiently) how to get there.

in the morning (its almost 12pm) we go to the city. we went to one and only place that we’ve been craving, Primark. There like a shitload of cheap with decent quality product that worth to buy. Wont hesitate to spent so much money there. Tired of shopping, we went to a cafe on top of a building. We can see the whole city from that point of view. what a way to spent the afternoon.

the next morning, we stroll to the city again. but its weekend, means that all the shop are closed. so, no shopping day. so we took a walk around the city. that day was a special day for frankfurt. the night before, Eintracht win against Munchen and gain victory for the German Cup since 1988. the whole city celebrating. drinking beer, marching around. everyone’s happy and surprisingly no vandalism.

later that day, we met Ale from Brawijaya to hang out. We also meet several Indonesian who live in Frankfurt. We hang out in a park enjoying afternoon with beers and fries. Also smelling other people smoke weed which is nice.

It was Ramadhan so we look for breakfasting. We went to Chinese restaurant. You know, no rice means haven’t eat. After getting fueled, we went to a bar to spend the night. it was real fun. and also cold. Never forget the cold part. We went back at 3 am. No more trams, subway and buses. Well we also cant walk tho. Strolling around for a while, thinking how to get back home, we finally manage to find one last bus that headed to Ginheim. fyuh

The next day we went to Rudesheim. Caca and Ale invited us. it was a really nice small town for a quick escape. Like Cisarua hahaha. It takes around an hour and half. We hop on a cable train. It has a wonderful view. the cable cara leads to Niederwald Monument. Strolling around Rudesheim feels like hanging out in Diagon Alley. its so chilling seeing people from young age to an elderly hanging out and dancing to a cheerful music.

After an exhausting day, we went back to Frankfurt. Catching for some dinner because you know, stomach asking for a refuel.

The next day is our last day in Frankfurt. it was Monday, means that all the store are open. Working days, but holidays for us. We go straight to the city, buying things we don’t need and spending money we don’t have. We split and go nuts for goods. We went back before dark, because later that night we need catch bus straight back to Amsterdam. We have our last dinner and saying goodbye to the Tante Sila and family. Time flies.

We also meet our local frankfurter for the last time before we hop on the busses. See you when we see you!

Earlier in the morning, we arrived in Amsterdam. we want to go to Amsterdam central to end our happy holiday. But shit happens. We bought the wrong public transportation ticket, so we can’t use it for the trains. farts. after that, we hop on the bus. Its a little bit detour but why not. Its a fancy busses and not mikrolet. The whole city of Amsterdam looks like a human size miniature. Very well coordinated. long story short, we arrived in the Amsterdam Centraal. We store our luggage at the train station and go straight to the city. Getting lost in Amsterdam for one last time.

First we need to get fuel. We stop on another kebab restaurant and have pizza for dessert. Every corner of Amsterdam smells like weed. which is wrong. and nice on the same time. Also, we look for several souvenirs to take back home. Funny things are, we only spent like only a days in Amsterdam and 16 days in Europe. Amsterdam its like Netherlands main attraction, but we don’t have times although we’re like 16 days here. There are also a lot of street artist who drew alll those vintage shops in a vintage building. Very classic. We also went back to the Red Light District for a quick stroll. Because why not right. We also want to visit Anne Frank Museum and explore the canals by boat. but we don’t have time and have a plane to catch. later that day, we went back to the airport and call it a day. Me, Ali, and Bella took a same flight. J have a solo flight. So long!

It was super amazing trips. Good friends, Good times, Good company. All leads to breathtaking memory.

ps: if you’re lookin for how i ended up with bella, just ask her. i dont even have any clue.

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