Leo Meier

Two gentlemen meet in the forest. One is flipping stones. The other does not play in his spare time. One is a striker, the other a midfielder. Both are professional footballers for Real Madrid. What a wonderful coincidence. They get to talking and talk about the eternal fear of dying and about trophies. And because they like each other so much, the striker invites the midfielder to a contemplative Christmas party at his parents' house. A daring move, but the midfielder is thrilled. He even brings a home-baked banana bread, which, however, leads to an allergic shock for the mother and her premature demise. C'est la vie.


At the funeral of the only apparently dead mother - she will miss her own funeral - condolences are made happily tipsily with counter champagne, while striker and midfielder kiss for the first time. But the tender love between the two does not remain undiscovered for long - a photo of their first kiss goes viral. And so the footballers have to endure numerous questions at the first press conference of the year. What's even worse - suddenly the striker's transfer plans to Paris Saint-Germain are also revealed! Does this young love have a chance? One thing is for sure, the world will keep spinning like the ball at their feet - no matter what turf.


With great empathy and subtle humour, Leo Meier intertwines fiction and reality and creates a counter-world in which successful professional footballers confess their love to each other and Sergio Ramos poignantly philosophises about the meaning and transience of life.