The rise of English national Jamie Vardi from amateur football to England`s champion with Leicester`s team was fabulous, but Hannover 96 has a version of his story of success - striker Hendrik Weidmann, writes the official Bundesliga site. If you look at the top scorers from the first round of the German Championship, you will notice all the familiar names - Robert Lewandowski, Arien Robben and Thomas Mueller for the champion Bayern Munich, Vedad Ibisevic for Hertha (Berlin), Daniel Ginczek for Wolfsburg and even AndreHan for Augsburg. One of them is unfamiliar even for the big fans of German football - that of Weidand, who entered as a reserve in the 75th minute and 77 seconds later equalized for Hannover against Werder (Bremen). Only a few days earlier he scored two goals in just eight minutes in his debut for the German Cup against Karlsruhe (6:0). So he can boast three goals from his first three blows in official matches according partners of football predictions for his new team. But that`s not all. Even more impressive in this story is the fact that until four years ago the striker played at the eighth level of German football before paving his way to the fourth division of Germany Egestorf / Langreder, from where he bought it to reinforce his second team. However, the coach of the first team, Andre Breitenreiter, had other plans for the 23-year-old player after he was fascinated by his performance during the doubles training. 'I just wanted to check if he could show me my goals. He is very hardworking, so it`s not a coincidence here!', said Breitenreiter. 'It`s madness, like a fairy tale. It makes soccer so special. Only a few years ago he was playing at an amateur level and I think it was only the second or third touch of the ball. He grabbed his chance so coldly. He was so worried he made a big mess as he prepared for the match. However, I e xpected a bigger celebration of the goal. We will now offer him a professional contract!', said the Sports Director Horst Heldt.
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