FC Mezzi 8: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

By Daniel Zimakoff

Football is not about life or death - it is far more important!Jake has started talent training in Farum. He meets Thor and they quickly become friends. But Jake also plays on FC Mezzi, so a lot of his time is spent playing football. He has problems finding time for homework and friends. And for Ursula. He is also tired when he is on the field, and FC Mezzi starts losing matches. Nick is also getting weirder and weirder and he is mad at Jake. Is Jake losing his best friend? And how is he going to manage everything?Football is not about life or death – it is far more important! Jake and his friends have formed their own team, FC Mezzi. We follow their training matches, tournaments and old and new friendships. There is even a little bit about love.This series is all about having fun with the game!

• Language: English
• Publisher: SAGA Egmont
• Release date: Jul 8, 2019
• ISBN: 9788711872222

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Daniel Zimakoff

FC Mezzi 8: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Saga

FC Mezzi 8: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Original title

FC Mezzi 8: Mellem to stole

Translated by

Signe Holst Hansen

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FC Mezzi 8: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

FC Mezzi

Daniel Zimakoff

Translated by Signe Holst Hansen

Jake: Jake loves to play ball. It is more important to him than anything else. He is good at reading the game, he is fast, and he is a good runner. He does not like to be tackled. He dreams of being a professional at FC Barcelona – like Messi.

Peter: Peter is an amazing goalkeeper. He has saved many difficult goals. He knows everything about football, knows every team, and knows their tactics. His only problem is that he hates to run and quickly gets out of breath.

Nick: Nick practices with his ball in the garden very often, and has a mean left kick. He is always optimistic and fun to be around. He is really strong, has lots of energy and he is the younger brother of the top player, Kingo.

Ursula: One of the two girls on FC Mezzi. The other girl is called Anne. Ursula is fast. She mostly plays the right midfield position. She is good at passing the ball and is not afraid to tackle. Ursula is Jake’s girlfriend.

Chapter 1

Next! Johnson put a hand in the air to signal Bo, who was on the other end of the field in Farum Park, holding a stopwatch, on an artificial grass pitch. This was where the Superliga team, FC North Zealand played their home matches.

Imagine if I could play here in the future, in the Superliga. Bo was a former league player. He was tough but seemed nice enough. Johnson was an old goalie in Farum, a bit older than Bo and not nearly as tough.

Come on, Jake!

I ran with the ball at my feet, slalomed between the pins along the entire field. It was all about having control of the ball at all times, so you did not lose time.

Good, Jake, Bo said.

Was I fast enough? I heaved after my breath.

Yeah. But in a few weeks, you’ll be able to do that much faster. Next.

The next person who ran through was a boy called