FC Mezzi 4: FC Mezzi Meets Messi

By Daniel Zimakoff

Football is not about life or death – it is far more important! FC Mezzi is going to Barcelona during the autumn break. They are going to live at a school with a pool, play in a tournament against Spanish teams, and visit Camp Nou. They are so excited. They even get their biggest wish fulfilled: On the way to Camp Nou they meet Messi! Maybe they can even bring home a trophy?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: 9788711872260

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Daniel Zimakoff

FC Mezzi 4: FC Mezzi Meets Messi

Saga

FC Mezzi 4: FC Mezzi Meets Messi

translated by

Signe Holst Hansen

original title

FC Mezzi 4: Mezzi møder Messi

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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.

Chapter 1

Come on, Mum, we’re late.

I’m coming, Jake. I just have to… Let me see… do we have everything?

Yes. Bag, sleeping bag and something to sleep on.

Let’s go, Jake.

I grabbed the key and went to the car with my things. My football bag was so stuffed I could barely close the zipper. I had football clothes, extra clothes, and swimming trunks. There was a pool close to the school we were going to be staying at.

I had trouble falling asleep last night. I knew there was something called homesickness, but what about something called holiday-sickness?

It was very early and foggy, and my breath was visible. It looked like I was smoking. The sound of walking on the rubble in our driveway was loud in the silence. The automatic lock sounded like a pistol. I put my things in the back of the car.

Finally, my mum came out. On the way to the station we saw no people or cars, but the parking lot in front of the station was not empty today. FC Mezzi was going to Barcelona. I ran around and said hi to everyone. Peter yawned.

It’s the middle of the night, man, he said again and again.

Nick and Zlatan threw a tennis ball against the wall of