Book OM "Droit au but : L'OM dans la peau" Volume 06

At 17 years old, Nino is, in the opinion of the experts, the most promising player in the Olympic network. Rumour has it that he will soon be starting in the first team, during the French Cup matches, which for the big clubs, means rotating the squad and launching their new talents into the big time. But Nino is also a teenager in the process of changing. He feels more and more out of place in his family's daily life, and the romance with Hao Sien, resists temptation. Everything changes when his childhood friends ask him to help them win a neighbourhood tournament, because the girlfriend of one of them, a beautiful young girl, opens the door to the world of pleasure and freedom. Nino gets dizzy, and this delightful scattering affects his performance, and the OM staff realizes this. He was not selected to play in the Cup. The spiral of failure takes hold of him. To the point that his coach put him on the sidelines to think things over and gave him a severe warning. Nino finally found his way back to the pitch, with humility. He started to work again. Soon, a new chance to play with the big boys presents itself to him. This time he won't let it pass.

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