Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 165 The New Season Begins

It is definitely beneficial for Digan and Zhang Yuan to practice together. The reason why Digan made rapid progress in Rimini at the beginning is because the four cohabiting roommates often practice together. A player with strong breakthrough ability like Zhang Yuan It is good for tempering Degan's one-on-one defensive ability and other abilities.

After returning to Milan, Degan couldn't find such a good partner. It is impossible for Kaka to compete with his younger brother as often as a bachelor. Besides, Degan was a little bit decadent in AC Milan.

But it’s different now, out of Kaka’s shelter, he can only rely on his own efforts to prove himself, prove to the world that he is Digan, and his identity label is not only Kaka’s younger brother, but also prove to Schalke 04 that he is capable of supporting Get a higher salary.

Schalke 04 everyone worked hard in the pre-season training camp. Everyone wanted to have a place under Rutten, but Zhang Yuan, Digan and Rakitic must be the hardest people, not only because they want to play more opportunities, and because the three of them are still young, they all want to improve themselves.

Schalke's first opponent in the pre-season warm-up match in 04 was Turkey's Besiktas. This team is a powerful team in the Turkish Super League, and it is very difficult to deal with. The results also proved that Besiktas is indeed difficult to deal with. Schalke 04 lost.

The second warm-up match opponent is Glasgow Rangers, this team is still difficult to deal with, Schalke 04 lost again.

Losing two games in a row does not necessarily mean that Schalke 04 has a big problem, but at least it also shows that the team is not in a good state during this period. The main forward Zhang Yuan is in a very average state. He has not scored in these two games There are no assists. Many media are commenting that Zhang Yuan’s second year in the Bundesliga is not easy at all. After getting familiar with last season, many teams have figured out Zhang Yuan’s routine. The new season will definitely be very difficult for Zhang Yuan , Now that he is not in good condition, it will be even more difficult.

Rutten believes that the reason for the poor state of the team is that the overall fitness of the players is not ideal. Old players like Zhang Yuan have gone through the summer vacation and are relatively slow to enter the state. Not enough has been done.

The loss in the warm-up match was not on his mind. What worried him was that the main central defender in his mind, Kristajic, was injured, and it was seriously injured. He could not play for half a season.In addition, Neuer and Farfan were also injured in training one after another, and it is basically certain that they will not be able to catch up with the first game of the new season.

In this way, Rutten thought that his 424 formation was obviously impossible to play, and he adjusted the formation to the previous 433 formation during training. Fortunately, the players are familiar with this formation, and there is no problem of adaptation.

After returning to Germany, on August 8, Schalke 5 played the last warm-up match with Aachen. The result was a 04-4 victory. The ball is credited.

After the game, Rutten also regained his vitality, and said frankly to the reporters that he was very satisfied with the game, "Everyone worked hard in this game. It can be seen that their status is improving. I am very happy to see the team The progress! This also let me see the combat effectiveness of the team in the new season.

The new season of the Bundesliga will kick off on August 8th. The transfer market in the Bundesliga is not active throughout the summer. Schalke 16 is considered to have invested a lot. In addition, Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen have invested a lot this season. There is also a lot of investment. The Bundesliga squad has bought people like crazy last season, but there is no movement this season. It is obviously a minor repair. Both the senior management and the newly appointed head coach Klinsmann are very supportive of the current lineup. Have strong confidence.

Schalke 04's first opponent in the new season is Hannover 96. Last season, Hannover 96 made Schalke 04 very ugly at home. In the end, if Zhang Yuan's pass did not cause the opponent's own goal, then Schalke 04 will be Ushered in a defeat at home, and will also lose the second place in the league, and have to play the Champions League play-offs.

As the first game at home in the new season, Ruteng is determined to win, but now the team is seriously short of players, mainly in the defense line, Kristajic is reimbursed, and Rafinha is going to participate in the Olympics. The original 9 defenders are only left 7 people, the point is that there are two more people, Tam and Troyate, who the club intends to sell, but they haven't found a home yet, so they can only continue to play with the first team. There are only five defenders in Erke 04.

And Rutten adopts a four-back tactic, and Degan's opportunity will come. Westermann, who could have played as a central defender, will go to fill Rafinha's vacancy, and Degan will compete with Hewedes for a central defender. The guard position, another position undoubtedly belongs to Captain Bolton.

Degan also played in the warm-up match. He still started against Aachen and performed well. However, in Rutten's mind, Howedes was ranked ahead of Degan.

Digan and Zhang Yuan seemed very excited on the way home. He felt that his chance had come, and said to Zhang Yuan, "Zhang Yuan, do you think it is possible for me to start?"

Zhang Yuan also thinks that it is very possible. Digan and Hewedes are both strong. Zhang Yuan is more optimistic about Digan, but he also advises Digan to work hard in training and not let the opportunity slip away in vain.

The two chatted and talked about the Olympics. The reason was Rafinha. Because of Rafinha, Schalke 04 had a verbal fight with the Brazilian Football Association. While saying that they did not agree with Rafinha to participate in the Olympics, they said Agreed, but in the end Rafinha went anyway.

Whether it is the Olympics, the World Cup, or the Copa America, Brazil and Argentina have always been popular, and this year is no exception. Respectively represent the Olympic team.

The main reason Zhang Yuan wanted to join the Olympic team was to compete with his idols Ronaldinho and Messi on the pitch. He always believed that Ronaldinho played beautiful football. like.Messi is a genius who has been hyped in recent years, the successor of Maradona. Last season, Schalke played against Barcelona in 04. Messi was injured. Zhang Yuan also failed to compete with Messi on the court. This is something Zhang Yuan regrets.

Zhang Yuan of the Chinese Olympic team is also very concerned. He has watched every game. After all, he is Chinese. Even if he is not selected, he still hopes that the Chinese Olympic team can play well, but the performance of the Chinese Olympic team is really annoying. If he didn't win a game in the group stage and was directly eliminated, Zhang Yuan would wonder if it would be a different result if he participated.

The domestic media lashed out at the Olympic team. Many netizens criticized the Football Association on the Internet, thinking that it was their fault for not recruiting Zhang Yuan. Of course, some people would object. Zhang Yuan certainly agreed with many netizens. The team can definitely contribute.

But it’s too late to say anything, the Football Association is still the Football Association, netizens are still netizens, and netizens can’t change anything.

On the morning of August 8th, the training was over, and Zhang Yuan was resting in his room. He suddenly received a text message from the courier company, saying that a package was left in a certain hotel and he was asked to go and pick it up.

He really felt strange, who would send him a package, his family members, it was impossible, if there was something, he would give it to him when he returned to Germany in the summer.

Anna?I also sent text messages with Anna last night, but Anna didn't mention any package at all!

But after training in the afternoon, he still called Hoffman's car to the hotel to see what happened. He also wanted to know who sent it?What was it sent, and why was it sent to the hotel and not his home.

When I arrived at the hotel, I asked at the front desk. The beauty at the front desk obviously knew Zhang Yuan. She joked that Zhang Yuan’s reputation in Gelsenkirchen was not built on, and she kept winking at Zhang Yuan.

"Mr. Zhang Yuan, is there anything I can help you with?" the beauty asked delicately.

"Well, I want to ask, do you collect mail packages from customers here?" Zhang Yuan asked.

"Of course, we have this service here." There was spring in the beauty's eyebrows.

"Then can you see if there is my package?" Zhang Yuan ignored the beauty's seduction.

"Okay!" The beauty looked down at the records, went to the storage room and quickly took out Zhang Yuan's package.

It was said that the package was actually a small bag, Zhang Yuan opened the bag on the spot after signing, and inside was an envelope, inside the envelope was a room card, room number 1606, the hotel is this hotel.

Zhang Yuan is really dizzy, what's going on?
(End of this chapter)