There is a belief called football

Chapter 297 Making Your First Friend at the Training Base

After the signing, in the afternoon, Li Qiao attended the fan meeting held at the "Signal Iduna Park Stadium", which is a routine event that European clubs will hold after signing new players.

When Li Qiao came out of the player tunnel, there were two colors on the scene - "yellow" and "black". This city belongs to yellow and black, just like Turin belongs to Juventus' "black and white", half of Milan belongs to "red and black" and half belongs to "blue and black".

Li Qiao raised his right hand and waved to the fans at the scene. The fans in the stands played slogans, most of which were in English, and a few were written in Chinese - "Welcome".

After a while, Li Qiao changed his posture, raised his hands and gave thumbs up to the fans, and the fans responded to Li Qiao with even louder applause and cheers.

It was the first time to feel the popularity of European fans, and Li Qiao was a little excited. It is not an exaggeration to say that his blood is boiling.

Walking to the side of the field, Dortmund mascot "Emma the Bee" kicked a football towards Li Qiao. Li Qiao picked it up with his toes and began to show off the ball. At first, he played a few ordinary balls, and then played a few fancy balls, which attracted applause from the fans.

The club is very caring, and the mascot "Emma the Bee" on the side wears the same jersey as Li Qiao, with the number 9 "qiao".

Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere at the scene was not warm enough, "Emma the Bee" rushed to Li Qiao to "compete" with Li Qiao. Li Qiao used a "hand ball pass" to pass "Emma".

"Emma" was not convinced. The chubby man turned around and made a provocative gesture to Li Qiao. Li Qiao returned the same gesture. "Emma" rushed to Li Qiao again. This time Li Qiao made a Marseille turn to pass "Emma".

The play is almost done, this time "Emma" turned around and gave Li Qiao a thumbs up, expressing that I am convinced.

After the heated atmosphere at the beginning, Dortmund's high-level speeches followed, and Zorc began to speak to the fans with a microphone.

"We are very happy to welcome the club's new aid in the summer transfer. Li Qiao's technical characteristics are very suitable for the club's tactical system. Jurgen and I like him very much. Of course, don't forget that it is me who made the final decision."

Zorc’s words made the fans laugh, and Uncle Zha (Klopp’s nickname) also laughed happily. Obviously, he was very satisfied with the transfer being completed so quickly. You must know that in Dortmund, the club can satisfy less than one-third of the people Uncle Zha likes.

Uncle Zha didn't want Zorc to be too complacent. When he said that, Uncle Zha pretended to be angry and made a thumbs down gesture. The German fans at the scene cooperated very much and immediately began to "shh" Zorc.

Zorc said humorously: "Li Qiao, do you know who the boss of Dortmund is today? It's not me who manages the money, but the man with the messy beard."

Li Qiao smiled and applauded cooperatively.

After Zorke and Uncle Zha gave brief speeches respectively, it was Li Qiao's turn to play, and he wanted to say something to the fans.

First, Li Qiao said "thank you" to the fans in German, and then when he officially started speaking, Li Qiao could only use English temporarily, but fortunately most people in Germany still understand English.

"There are so many people. I originally expected that only one or two people would come," Li Qiao said.

The first sentence was so humorous, which amused many fans and left a good impression on everyone.

"I am very happy to join this great club and to work with Jurgen, who is the number 9 coach in my heart."

The fans at the scene laughed again, and then applauded.

"I'm sorry, I made a mistake. Jurgen is the second best coach in my heart. I left the best one to my mentor."

These words seemed very humane, even Uncle Zha applauded loudly.

"I hope I can help the team win more championships. What championship do you want most?"After speaking, Li Qiao pointed the microphone at the fans.

"Champion of Champions League".

"ok, let`s`do`it".

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The Bundesliga will officially start on August 8, BJ time, and August 23, local time in Germany. One day later, on the 8th, Dortmund will face the first opponent of the season at home - the mighty "Leverkusen".

When Li Qiao came to the club's training base "Brackel" on August 8th, there were not many people on the training ground, most of them were from the second team. German international players like "Hummels" and "Gundoğan" were still on vacation.

Today's training, Klopp did not come, led by the assistant coach, Klopp has 3 assistants, today is led by "Bovac", and the other two are "Peter Kravitz" and "Teddy Dibeer".

Players at this level actually don't need any supervision, and the assistant coaches just watch.Li Qiao's leg injury has not healed. He is doing the most basic movements under the supervision of the team doctor "Marcus Braun", and he is not even allowed to jog.

"Dr. Markus, when will my leg injury heal, can I catch up with the first Bundesliga game"?
"There is no problem, it will be cured in about 10 days."
Li Qiao was very happy after hearing this. He really wanted to represent the team in the first round of the Bundesliga.

"Attention, don't practice with the ball for now," Marcus said.

Li Qiao nodded. Marcus is a kind old man, not the same as the Bayern genius doctor "Wolfart" that Li Qiao had seen before.

After Marcus left, Li Qiao was a little at a loss. The players who couldn't train remained on the training ground, and they still didn't know anyone, which made Li Qiao very embarrassed.

"newcomer"?
Li Qiao heard someone calling him behind him, he turned around and saw the big brother "Weidenfeller" in the team, the 35-year-old Weidenfeller is a veritable big brother to Li Qiao, Li Qiao nodded to Weidenfeller.

"Are you still used to it?"
Li Qiao didn't know how to answer, so he could only nod again.

Weidenfeller smiled, "When I first came to Dortmund from "Kaiserslautern" in 2002, I was like you, but don't worry, the people here are nice, you can try to chat with them."

The kindness released by Weidenfeller greatly relieved the embarrassment in Li Qiao's heart. He smiled and gave Weidenfeller a thumbs up, "I watched the 2013 Champions League final, and you performed very well."

Weidenfeller laughed and said: "In the history of German football, there has been a lack of strikers, midfielders, and defenders, but there has never been a lack of goalkeepers. It is rare that you still remember me when you are far away in China."

"Dortmund also has many fans in China," Li Qiao said.

Weidenfeller seemed to like this kid from China very much, he beckoned, "Go over there and shoot a few times"?
Li Qiao was embarrassed and said: "Dr. Marcus told me not to train with the ball, and I still have a little leg injury."

Weidenfeller stuck out his tongue and said: "Then you'd better be obedient, that old man is not easy to mess with, you can do whatever he says."

"When I fully recover, I want to compete with you",
"OK, you can come to me if you need help, you're welcome."

Li Qiao really needs help, but he is embarrassed to say that, seeing Li Qiao's faltering, Weidenfeller said: "Well, I won't help you in vain, you can repay me."

"What do you want in return"?
"For example, you can treat me to Chinese food",
Li Qiao thought: "This is simple, there is no Chinese food in the world."

"no problem",
"Then can you say it now?"
"I'm learning German and I need someone to practice with me, would you like it?"
Weidenfeller was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "It's just such a small thing, I thought you wanted me to introduce you to a German girlfriend."

Li Qiao was embarrassed when he heard it, and thought: "Why do you have such an idea", but after thinking about it, he realized that Dortmund players come from all over the world, and many foreign players are likely to find locals to introduce friends.

"Is that all right?"
"Of course, you can talk to me anytime."

Li Qiao was very happy and made a friend when he came to the training base on the first day, "I can't train with a ball, but I want to practice arm strength, where is the gym"?
Weidenfeller said: "You can find the physical therapist "Peter Kunt", he can help you." After speaking, Weidenfeller pointed to an old man in the distance.

Li Qiao thought to himself: "The division of labor here is really detailed. It deserves to be a world-class football power."

"Thank you",
Li Qiao found "Peter", Peter made a brief introduction to Li Qiao, and then made a detailed training plan for Li Qiao, "Tomorrow you will not use the training ground, go to the spa room for strength training."

After Li Qiao thanked him, he went to Weidenfeller again, "Is there anyone here who is the most difficult to get along with"?
Weidenfeller thought for a while and said: "No, you may have seen the most difficult people to get along with, that is, the team doctor and the physical therapist. Except for the two of them, everyone is quite easy to talk to."

Li Qiao said embarrassedly: "I heard that Germans lack a sense of humor",
Weidenfeller laughed and said: "You should be talking about the Germans before World War II. The Germans are not like this now. It should be a misunderstanding."

In fact, after chatting with Weidenfeller, Li Qiao also felt relieved a lot, and many worries before coming here were eliminated.

"Joe, why don't you come to my house for dinner at night, after the training is over, you go to the parking lot and wait for me, there is a blue Porsche, that's my car, just wait for me there."

Li Qiao smiled and nodded, agreeing to Weidenfeller.

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