There is a belief called football

Chapter 236 Flight Inspection
After the competition on November 11, Stan next considered winter training. For professional athletes, winter training is very important, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is related to the competitive state of the coming year.

But it wasn't easy for Stan, for one simple reason - the club didn't want to let him go.

"Stan, I don't think there should be intensive training anymore. The club also has winter training. Before the game against Uzbekistan in March next year, just check everyone's competitive state," Pekovic said.

Stan was silent, noncommittal.

Finally, Stan suddenly said, "Do you want to go back to spend time with your wife?"
Pekovic's face turned green, and he said: "There is nothing wrong with wanting to accompany your wife. Not everyone is married to football like you."

Stan laughed loudly and said: "Well, the winter training is fine, but Dong Zhou is responsible for monitoring their physical condition remotely. I have to read the training report every day."

"Stan, you're the football jerk," Pekovic thought.

*****
There is no game, no training, Stan is completely free, but for a workaholic, the taste of "vacation" is not good.

I remember that there was an episode in the American drama "The Big Bang Theory" that "Sheldon" didn't want to take a vacation, hated it and made a lot of jokes.

And Stan is like that in real life. At the end of November, the Chinese Super League was over, and Stan didn’t even have the opportunity to inspect new players. He had no choice but to go back to his old club “Guangzhou Tianbao” to watch Li Qiao train.

In the end, Stan simply flew to London to watch Wei Xiao's game, "If all countries are like the Premier League, how good would it be to play every week in the new year"?Stan thought as he sipped his beer.

"Maybe I'll come to the Premier League to coach in the future," Stein thought.

After living in London for a few days, meeting with friends, and buying a plane ticket, Stan flew to Hamburg to inspect Lin Zhijian.

When he arrived in Hamburg, Stan thought of "Mia", but Stan didn't plan to contact her immediately, he wanted to watch a game first.

Among the five major leagues, Bundesliga tickets are relatively cheap and not difficult to buy, but Stan can only buy "standing seats" in bad positions.

There are several famous stadiums in the Bundesliga. Standing seats will be arranged behind the goal, such as Schalke 04, Dortmund's home stadium, and Hamburg also has standing seats in the south stand.

In fact, this kind of standing seat is relatively dangerous, the slope is very steep, and there is nothing to hold on to. When watching the game, the only thing you can lean on is the shoulders of the audience in front of you. Imagine that if someone falls behind, the people in front will be like dominoes.

Therefore, during the European war, German clubs will install seats on the standing seats to meet UEFA safety standards, but in the Bundesliga, such standing seats have never had an accident, which shows that the discipline of the Germans is really good.

Of course, standing seats are dangerous, but there are also many advantages. The first is that the price is cheap, and the second is that the atmosphere of standing seats is more enthusiastic. After scoring a goal, everyone can hug each other, and whether they know each other or not, they can celebrate together like good friends.

This is why Dortmund's "South Stand" is often where the team's most loyal fans are located.

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The game was held at 3:3 pm German time. Stan arrived at the stadium at 11:[-]. At the end of November, the sky in northern Germany was already dark blue at this time, and all the lights in the stadium were turned on.

This game is Hamburg's home game against Schalke 04. These two teams can be said to be the most distinctive in the Bundesliga.Hamburg is the most important port in Germany, and the Ruhr area where Schalke is located is the most important mining area in Germany.

In other words, both teams have a large number of "blue-collar" fans, which is why the home courts of these two teams are so popular.

Stan came to the booth with a glass of beer. The booth was not crowded yet, so when the wind blew in the empty 10-story booth, Stan shivered suddenly.

Stan looked to the side and saw that there were more people there, so he moved over and squeezed in. He was immediately warmed up a lot when he squeezed into the crowd. It seemed that this was another benefit of standing seats - "warming each other".

Stan began to chat with the fans around him, "What do you think the result of this game is?"
The fans next to them were chattering, but they all predicted that Schalke 04 would win.

After listening for a while, Stan suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart-"Am I in the stand where the Schalke fans are?"?
After asking, sure enough, these are fans of the visiting team who came from afar. "Only these cold and tired seats will be sold to fans of the visiting team," said a strong man on the side.

Stan rejoiced in his heart, "Fortunately, I didn't say in advance that I was here to see the Hamburg team."

"You are also a Schalke fan, right? My name is Maier," said the strong man stretching out his big hand.

Looking at those big hands, Stan smiled and said, "Of course."

"Then can you sing "Take off Bayern Munich's pants"?"
"What? There are songs like this"?thought Stan.

"I won't," Stan said sheepishly.

The other party was a little disappointed, and then said: "That's our Schalke's second team song. Every time Bayern comes, we will sing together. By the way, what's your name"?
"My name is Stankovic".

"Haha, we Schalkes don't like this name",
"how"?Stan's heart skipped a beat.

Maier said with a smile: "In the 2011 Champions League, when we played against Inter Milan, another player named "Stankovic" scored a long-range lob for us. That was a bad memory for us Schalke people."

Stan likes the German in front of him very much. He guesses that he must be a blue-collar and a diehard Schalke fan, because usually only diehard fans are so innocent. For the first time, he chatted so much with a stranger. Stein always firmly believes that people who love football have a pure heart and are easy to be satisfied.

Stan really wants to visit the Schalke 04 club one day, because Schalke's youth training is second to none in Germany. It has trained top stars like "Ozil", "Rakitic", "Neuer" and "Herwedes".

"Next time I go to Schalke, can I find you?"
"Of course," said Maier and gave Stan the phone number.

******
After the game started, the stands were packed to the brim, and the Germans sang and danced while watching the game. Anyone who watched the live broadcast of the Bundesliga knew that the singing of the fans would not stop for 90 minutes. The one on Stan’s left and the one on the right put their hands on Stan’s neck at the same time, and then everyone began to move back and forth rhythmically together.

While moving, he kept yelling rhythmically "la la la".

"Heh, just touch my neck without asking me first," Stan thought.

But luckily the one on the left is a beautiful girl, Stan can forget about it, but unfortunately she can't speak English at all, she kept speaking German to Stan, maybe it meant to let Stan sing together, but Stan couldn't understand.

Stan could only open his mouth following her mouth shape like a parrot, but after coming and going, Stan suddenly felt the biggest charm of the standing seat - not picking up girls, but making friends.

After dancing for 10 minutes, Stan was tired, but he was crowded among hundreds of people, and he couldn’t help himself whether he jumped or not. You had to move when the people next to him moved, so remember that when you go to Germany to watch a football match, you must first be in good health.

After Stan got used to the rhythm around him, he could finally take the time to watch the game on the field. He knew that Lin Zhijian was starting today, playing the same position as the national team, and he was also a right winger.

Schalke's left back "Fox" is in charge of marking Lin Zhijian. Fox is an Austrian international, good at assists and free kicks, and is one of the best left backs in the Bundesliga in recent years.

Lin Zhijian tried twice, but Fox saw through both times and the ball was broken.

In addition, Fox also stood beside the German international defender "Herwedes", which made it even more difficult for Lin Zhijian to break through.

Stan is well aware of the difficulty of surviving in the five major leagues. Back then, Hao Junmin came off the bench in Schalke 04 and failed to score. The head coach disliked him. Although the Bundesliga is a bright stage, you must also perform well.

After 20 minutes, Lin Zhijian took the initiative to withdraw his position a little to avoid the opponent's powerful "Fox".

At this time, the Czech veteran "Jarolim" from Hamburg also came to help Lin Zhijian. Yarolim was slowly advancing obliquely in the direction of Lin Zhijian at 10 o'clock. Schalke's defenders knew that Yarolim was playing a cover.

Hewedes took a few steps forward, trying to stick to Yarolim. Lin Zhijian knew that if he didn't pass the ball, he would have no chance.

Lin Zhijian passed the ball to Yarolim, and Yarolim knocked the ball obliquely behind Fox. Now it is time to sprint for the [-]-meter sprint.

Lin Zhijian moved forward quickly, Fox pressed Lin Zhijian, and the situation was tense.

"Zhijian squeeze through," Stan in the stands prayed in his heart.

After rushing 20 meters on the sideline, Fox gradually couldn't take it anymore. Lin Zhijian gritted his teeth and broke through.

"It's great, Zhijian," Stan shouted in Chinese, causing the people around him to look at each other in dismay.

Lin Zhijian went down to the bottom line, made a right-footed arc pass, and sent a scimitar into the penalty area. The German center "Lasoga" in the middle beat Schalke defender "Matip" with a header. The ball flew straight to the front post of the goal.

Hamburg led 1-0, the home fans were boiling, and the Schalke 04 fans beside Stein suddenly stopped singing.

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