Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 339 I am a Dortmund fan
Because of Magath's gag order, Zhang Yuan can't reveal too much information, and whether he can play is basically a question mark, which needs Magath to answer.

So when the reporters asked him if he would play tomorrow, he helped Magath answer this way: "I just resumed training today. As for whether I can play tomorrow, I am not sure. Maybe I will or maybe I won't! Reporter Monsieur, perhaps that question would be better addressed to Monsieur Magath!"

The fans are also concerned about this issue, they don’t care about Magath’s psychological tactics, and they are a little disappointed to hear Zhang Yuan’s answer. Play and score a hat-trick!"

"Zhang, are you sure you'll be able to play tomorrow?!" Asked back, it seemed affirmative.

Zhang Yuan responded with a smile and an uncertain answer, which was completely justified.

In fact, Hoffman also asked the same question yesterday. Zhang Yuan still did not give a definite answer. Magath issued a gag order, which of course meant that Zhang Yuan would play. No one can read his mind.

Zhang Yuan remembers that he once read a sentence in the Art of War, "What is true is empty, and what is empty is true". slightly".

Magath's approach undoubtedly coincides with the main points of this ancient Chinese theory of the art of war, so Zhang Yuan knew that he had a great chance of starting, but it was really unclear whether he would actually be able to play, in case Magath did the opposite It may not be impossible to do it.

Due to Holtby's injury, Altintop Jr. and Kobyashvili have left on free transfers, Gao Jun was withdrawn to the guard position, and Magath transferred Draxler from the youth team.

Xiaode is quite excited these days. He performed very well in training. He is not demanding. He hopes that he can appear in the 18-man roster. It would be the best if he can get his first Bundesliga appearance. But he also knew that it was quite difficult. There were not as many people leaving as there were coming.

His position is a winger or a midfielder. In the frontcourt competition, Rakitic and Farfan must have an advantage over him.

During the training on the morning of the 26th, Draxler asked Zhang Yuan in a low voice during the training interval. His advice was very strange. He asked Zhang Yuan to predict whether he would appear in the 18-man roster.

"Um, Julian, I'm not God, I can't guess what Mr. Magath is thinking! I don't even know whether I can enter!" Zhang Yuan spread his hands and said.

"Hey, Zhang Yuan! Will you not be able to make the big list?!" Draxler looked in disbelief.

"What I said is true! About you, I think your training results are all in the eyes of Mr. Magath, and he will never forget you!" Zhang Yuan affirmed Draxler's training performance.

"That's good!" Draxler laughed.

Zhang Yuan was speechless for a while, I am not the head coach, I hope you have a fart!

He didn't know that he actually held a high position in Draxler's mind. Like many young players in the youth team, Draxler regarded Zhang Yuan as an almost insurmountable mountain. The Bundesliga is playing very well, with continuous highlight performance.

The continuity here is as far as the season is concerned. When it comes to a single season, Zhang Yuan’s performance is far from being sustainable. This is a common problem of young players. Sometimes Zhang Yuan will not score consecutively. There will be situations where you can't find the feeling on the weak team, and you will be particularly motivated to play against the strong team.

The consecutive scoring this time is his best continuous performance in a single season in the past few seasons, and he has never had such a continuous performance before.

Because of the recent fire, his status in Draxler's mind has risen again. In Xiaode's view, if the team's top star recognizes him, then it is impossible for Magath, the head coach, to ignore him.

As the morning training draws to a close, Eshkorn finally announced the 18-man roster and starting roster for the game.

The effect of Magath's gag order was not very good. The media generally believed that since Zhang Yuan resumed normal training, Zhang Yuan's starting lineup can be confirmed, so most of the media included Zhang Yuan in predicting the starting lineup. starting lineup.

But Zhang Yuan was not on the starting list announced by Eshkohn today. He and Draxler just entered the substitute list.

Draxler was ecstatic about this, but Zhang Yuan was very dissatisfied with this arrangement. He felt that he was not respected. Included in the starting lineup.

Moreover, all kinds of smoke bombs before the game showed that Magath wanted to include him in the starting lineup, but the current result is not.

If it is a substitute, he thinks that the head coach should at least say hello to himself in advance, even if it is to talk about the reason, he is completely acceptable, but Magath did not say anything.

Zhang Yuan's unhappiness was written on his face, but he quickly covered it up. When Draxler smiled and gave Zhang Yuan a thumbs up, Zhang Yuan just smiled perfunctorily respond.

There are still more than two hours before the game, but more and more Schalke 04 fans have gathered around the Schalke 04 Stadium.

They wore the jerseys of Schalke 04 from various periods and waved Schalke 04 against each other. The blue ocean gradually converged to the end. The derby had not yet started, which did not hinder the warm atmosphere of the scene.

The Schalke 04 fans kept gesticulating the V-shaped victory gesture to the camera head, and shouted to the live interview camera: "Victory! Victory!"

"Come on! Royal Blue!"

Some fans directly attacked Dortmund, swearing that Dortmund is a pile of ****, even worse than shit.

Anna and Elise came to the stadium together. Today's box was filled with many spectators. They are the family members of Neuer and Rakitic.

As the highlight of the season, they will never miss such a game. Of course Rakitic’s parents are not Schalke 04 fans, but their son plays in Schalke 04. Naturally, they must support the home team Schalke 04 of.

When the players from both sides were on the field, Elise saw that Zhang Yuan was not in the starting lineup but walked to the bench. She blurted out in the box: "It's a great day! Fortunately, Zhang Yuan didn't play!"

She and Anna are the same without prior notice from Zhang Yuan and Digan.

Everyone was stunned, and Neuer's brother asked an excuse: "Miss Meersberg, why do you think so? Without Zhang Yuan, Schalke 04's offensive level will drop by several percentage points!"

"Haha, because I'm a Dortmund fan! So I'm glad Schalke 04 didn't send Zhang Yuan!" Elise replied proudly.

Compared with Anna, an amateur fan, Elise obviously knows a lot more about football.

Everyone present was silent. The Neuer family were all authentic Schalke 04 fans, but Digan's girlfriend was a Dortmund fan. Everyone felt weird.

Elise is actually a very steady and considerate girl, but sometimes it doesn't prevent her from playing some pranks, for example, now is a good time.

Zhang Yuan did not appear in the starting lineup. When the starting players were waiting to play, he had already walked to the bench with Draxler and Gao Jun. Passing by his starting teammates, Zhang Yuan hugged and high-fived them one by one. Good luck to them.

Sometimes such absence is a smoke bomb, and the effect can never be expected to be ideal. A qualified coach will never cling to a tactic. Of course, Klopp is not an idler. Before this game, in view of Zhang Yuan’s injury , he has already made two sets of plans!
One is the response method for Zhang Yuan's starting game, and the other is the response method for Zhang Yuan's absence.

Zhang Yuan is always a very lethal weapon on the field. It is difficult for one person to stop Zhang Yuan's breakthrough. Klopp will adopt the method of zone defense and personal pressure.

Another solution is that Schalke 04 will adopt a zone defense. For the remaining players, Klopp believes that a zone defense can do a good job.

(End of this chapter)