Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 202 Old Acquaintances

There was an eerie atmosphere throughout the team, with many players knowing that the next game against Bielefeld was Rutten's last chance.

I hope that there are many players left by him, and there are not a few who hope that he will leave. Zhang Yuan knows that Rakitic, Ernst, and Jones are really not very interested in Ruteng's tactical arrangements, because this season Schalke 04's midfielder has been criticized by the outside media for being too weak in control.

These three were the main players last season. Last season Schalke 04's midfielder was considered relatively strong in everyone's eyes. This season has completely changed. Ernst and Jones are not happy to be constantly questioned by the outside world.

Engelal and Farfan didn't want Rutten to leave. Engelal was the most unlucky. He had only played once for Schalke 04 so far. His mentor left, and most of his positions would be lost.

Farfan is a bit guilty. So far his goals and assists are pitiful. If he performed better, maybe Rutten would not be dismissed. Rutten is also facing the same problem when he leaves. Erke 04 can play his position too much, and he will seriously compete with other players in the team.

The ninth round of the league that Schalke 04 was looking forward to came as scheduled. On October 10th, the Schalke Stadium was still full of fans. No matter how poor the team's performance, the fans will never leave, but today many fans They all put up the slogan "Go Rutten!"

Looking at the slogans of the fans in the stadium, Rutten was indifferent, and rarely sat on the coach's bench without emotion and expressionless.

The Schalke 04 players on the pitch didn't seem to be in good shape, and they were beaten by the underdog Bielefeld.

God knows if these players are serious about playing football, Farfan and Engelal are more desperate than anyone else.

Zhang Yuan is also fighting. The team really deserves to win. If they don't win, the ranking will probably drop further. He hopes that he will have the opportunity to participate in the Champions League every year.

But it's useless for these three people to fight all the time. At the end of the game, the score was fixed at 0:0, and the fans booed hugely. This boo was for Rutten, and now Schalke 04 The results made everyone intolerable.

Of course, this kind of booing is also given to the players on the field. The fans booed the players on the field a lot. Kuranyi, who got the most boos, had another very bad game today, followed by Ngualla Er, he is tall and big, works very hard on the field, and runs actively, but in the eyes of the fans, he looks like a headless chicken.

Rutten was absent-minded in the post-match press conference.

"Mr. Rutten, I heard this is your last game, isn't it?"

"I do not know."

"Mr. Rutten, have you received a notice of dismissal?"

"I have not yet!"

"What do you think about this game?"

"Well, no opinion!"

The next day, the German media made Rutten worse. Well, as a head coach, he should have the awareness of being hurt by the media at any time.

Many media listed Rutten's three major crimes. The first major crime was poor record, too many draws, very unsatisfactory Champions League and league rankings, which completely turned Schalke 04 into a mid-range team.

The second major crime is being stubborn, unswervingly implementing the three defensive midfield strategies, giving up the midfield advantage to the opponent, and not listening to the correct opinions of others.

The third major crime is that the striker has been useless by him. Among the main players, Kuranyi has only scored two goals so far, and Farfan has only one goal and one assist. Even the sharp knife Zhang Yuan has been useless by him. There are only 5 goals and 3 assists, which is completely different from the second half of last season.

In short, if Lu Teng does not leave get out of class, it is not enough for the common people to be angry. If Lu Teng does not leave get out of class, it means that Lu Teng is still celebrating his father's death!
On the same day, October 10, the official club of Schalke 26 announced that the Dutch head coach Rutten had officially resigned and left the team.

What Zhang Yuan learned was that the club's executives voluntarily chose to resign after talking with Lu Teng, so that the club does not need to pay liquidated damages.

Lu Teng left the team and did not say goodbye to the first team. Zhang Yuan maliciously wondered if he was embarrassed to say goodbye to the players.

Zhang Yuan and other teammates arrived at the training base this morning and saw an old acquaintance, Buskens.

Rutten dismissed get out of class, and the club pushed Buskens and Mulder out again to be the team's transitional head coach. I don't know when the coaching will be selected this time, because Rutten's resignation is actually quite sudden. time.

"Hi everyone! We meet again, so I don't think I need to introduce myself?" Buskens said with a smile.

Maybe it was the bitter face of Rutten who left, and the players all smiled, meaning no need, everyone is an old acquaintance.

Buskens returned to the second team after fighting the fire last season, and occasionally studied with Rutten in the first team. Everyone in the team knows everyone, including the newcomers.

"Okay, gentlemen, the self-introduction is over, let's start the training! Let's get back the feeling of winning, you know? It's still the same sentence that whoever makes me feel bad, I won't make him feel good! Everyone remember that I am a firefighter Coach, no matter how negative you are, you won’t be able to affect me, but I will definitely let you sit on the bench under me!” Buskens uttered harsh words, he understands, and there must be someone who treats the game negatively in the last game.

He won't call names here, as long as he knows what's in his mind.

After a simple meeting, it was team training, which was no different from usual.

Buskens held hands with Mulder and watched the players warm up from the sidelines, and smiled at Mulder, "Old man, we are both hard-working people, and it's the two of us coming out again!"

"Hey, you can suffer from me!" Mulder had a wry smile on his face.

Ruteng was actually brought by him, but get out of class is over now. Although he is a Dutchman and Rutten's assistant coach, he still has an important identity, an old courtier of Schalke 04!
Rutten is gone, but he still wants to stay and help the team. He can't leave this team behind. He loves this team just like a diehard Schalke 04 fan.

Buskens patted Mulder on the shoulder as a sign of comfort.

"You spend a lot of time in the first team, what do you think?" Buskens asked.

"I have some opinions on tactics!"

"Yuri, let's hear it!"

"Let's not talk about Fred's tactic. He didn't succeed. This proves that we can't use this tactic. The three defensive midfielders can't control the midfield. The more they can't control it, the more the opponent's two sides can suppress us. A full-back cannot achieve the goal of a full-back attacking."

"Well, yes! So what do we do now? What about last season's routine?" Buskens said.

When Buskens and Mulder were firefighting coaches last season, they won a wave of winning streaks and rushed to No.2 in the league. The formation at that time followed Slomka's tactical thinking, and it should be said that the effect was quite good. .

"It's still the tactics of last season, but now I have some ideas!"

"what idea?"

"Have you watched Zhang Yuan's game against Wolfsburg?"

"You mean he plays at the center position. I've seen it. The whole team performed very well. After he left the field, he started to lose momentum. You mean let him play at the center position?!"

"That's what I mean. I think he can enrich our style of play by going to the center position. Do you think he has a bad header?"

"Haha, I saw him playing with his head for the first time, and thought it was not bad, but when he got on the court, he found that he was not good at heading. Now it seems that he has improved a lot!"

"Not only the header, but also the thoughts in his mind have grown a lot, and he has begun to increase his freedom on the court!" Mulder pointed to his head and smiled.

"Well, in fact, a player like him should give him enough freedom in the frontcourt, because he is a genius, isn't he?!"

"He is now developing into an all-round striker. He may have been a bit independent and sharp on the wing before, but now his ability to head, pass, run, and read the game has greatly improved, and he is completely competent. The role of the center forward, maybe the header is not very strong, but I think we can consider letting him play the center forward! But..."

"But what? Yuri, don't hesitate to speak, now we are the head coach!"

"What about Kuranyi?"

"His state has plummeted this season. It's too bad. Maybe it's time to change someone up. It's also good to put him under competitive pressure."

"Okay then, my opinion is to move Zhang Yuan a little bit on the basis of last season!"

"Well, let's do it! How about that Deegan? Personally, I think he's doing pretty well!"

"He?! He may really be our biggest surprise this season, and he performed really well!" Mulder praised Degan.

"Give him a little more chance, Bolton is not a good bird!" Buskens concluded.

Mulder chuckled and didn't respond. He knew very well that Bolton was actually one of the people who played negatively.

(End of this chapter)