i want to be king

Chapter 597
"Hello, Sue!"

On the third morning after Bayern arrived in Donaueschingen, when Su Dong was training in the hotel gym, he met Neuer, who obviously came here on a special trip. The latter seemed very polite when they met.

"Ha, nice to see you here, Manuel." Su Dong smiled and shook his hand.

He is optimistic about Neuer from the bottom of his heart, because this goalkeeper is really special.

how to say?

Quick response, wide defensive range, quick movement, outstanding physical fitness, big heart... There are many goalkeepers with these characteristics, but Neuer is different from them. His foot skills are still very delicate, which is not ordinary.

Su Dong really appreciates Neuer, otherwise, he would not have exchanged jerseys with him as soon as they met.

Now, seeing Neuer become Bayern's teammate, Su Dong is also very happy.

Neuer told Su Dong that he arrived in Donaueschingen last night. At that time, the team had already started to rest, so no one knew, and he came here specially to thank Su Dong.

Because Hoeness told him that it was Su Dong's strong recommendation that made Bayern determined to sign him.

Joining Bayern is definitely a leap in career for Neuer.

Su Dong didn't take the credit at all, but he still reminded Neuer that at Bayern, he would face a lot of competitive pressure, because Kahn's disciple Lensing is now Bayern's number one goalkeeper.

Neuer said confidently that he would not mind competing with Lensing.

"I came to Bayern to play the main force, and I am very much looking forward to fighting side by side with you!" Neuer said confidently.

However, in the first training session, this confident kid suffered setbacks.

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As we all know, Bayern's goalkeeper coach Sepp Meyer was once a legendary German goalkeeper. He has been the goalkeeper coach of Bayern and the German national team for more than ten years, and he has a close relationship with Kahn.

And Meier's assistant was Bernd Dreyer.

The 41-year-old goalkeeper is a goalkeeper and a goalkeeper coach. He has played for Bayern since [-] and has always been Sepp Meyer's right-hand man.

For Bayern, this can be regarded as a kind of inheritance.

More importantly, Dreyer's ability to train goalkeepers has been recognized by Bayern's management and players. For example, he and Meyer have designed a series of targeted training for Bayern goalkeepers, which has achieved quite good results among goalkeepers. Among them, the medicine ball training is the most praised.

In recent years, the balls used in football games have become lighter and lighter, but Bayern have gone in the opposite direction when training goalkeepers, using solid balls of two kilograms for training. This kind of ball is thrown out with great force, forcing the goalkeeper to open his arms when making a save. If it is retracted, it will be very bad, and it may even break the arm.

But this kind of ball is very good for goalkeepers to train their arm strength, and the effect is very gratifying.

For goalkeepers who are familiar with this training, medicine ball training is actually nothing, and they are used to it within Bayern.

When he was in Schalke [-], where did he come into contact with such medicine ball training?
So, the training session the morning after Neuer arrived in Donaueschingen, it can be said that he suffered a lot.

On the contrary, his competitor Lensing seemed to be able to do a job with ease, apparently already adapted to the medicine ball training.

In addition to technical and tactical drills and group confrontations, goalkeeper training has its own independent area.

Su Dong watched Neuer being abused from a distance, and could only sympathize with him.

"Young man, it's better to suffer a little bit."

No pain No gain!
But in fact, Su Dong is only one or two years older than Noel.

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After the training session in the afternoon, Su Dong went to the gym for additional training as usual, accompanied by a team of personal trainers.

But when he finished the extra training and was about to leave, he heard movement on the training ground.

Walking over to see, it was Neuer.

The kid was standing in front of a goal and asked the staff to throw the medicine ball as hard as he could towards the goal, while he was trying to save it.

Solid balls are much smaller and heavier than footballs, making it more difficult to save. Neuer is obviously not used to it, but time and time again, he keeps yelling to come again, as if he is competing with someone.

When Su Dong watched this scene from a distance, his first reaction was to laugh.

This kid's physical fitness is really good.

Heynckes’ summer training was very intense, and Sepp Meyer’s training was not easy either. As a result, he not only withstood Meyer’s training, participated in joint training with the team, but even stayed to practice medicine balls by himself. I have to say that his physical fitness is indeed quite good.

But what Su Dong admired the most was his strength.

Professional players, especially young professional players in the rapid promotion stage, must have such a vigor, not convinced by anyone, and have to compete with everyone.

Watching Neuer's training on the court, Su Dong couldn't help but think of himself and Ronnie in Sporting Lisbon.

Ronnie dared to threaten to be the number one hunk in the sports tower when he was skinny. Neuer was somewhat similar to Ronnie in this regard.

"This kid is really good." Heynckes' voice sounded beside Su Dong.

Su Dong turned his head to the side and saw Old Man Hai standing beside him with a pleasant smile, looking at Neuer in training from a distance, but for some reason, Su Dong always felt that his stomach was full of bad water when he looked at his smile?
"You've put a lot of pressure on him, and you've made a big mistake in the first class." Su Dong laughed.

It stands to reason that Neuer has just arrived and is still familiar with the team. There is no need to use medicine balls as soon as he arrives. At least he should give people a little adaptation period, right?

"I didn't propose this, it was Sepp who proposed it on his own initiative." Heynckes felt aggrieved.

"You are at least an accomplice." Su Dong scolded with a smile.

Among the Bayern players, the one who dared to talk to Heynckes like this is probably Su Dong.

Of course, Su Dong has a sense of proportion, and he only does this when communicating in private. In front of his teammates, he also respects Heynckes and maintains Heynckes' authority.

Heynckes did not refute, "Sepp feels that Neuer has made little progress this season, mainly due to the lack of pressure. This kid is arrogant, but his potential is amazing, and he is resilient, so we should endure it, squeeze his potential as much as possible, and force him to grow faster."

Su Dong has no objection, because Sepp Meyer is really an authority when it comes to training young players, especially goalkeepers. He knows better than anyone else what a goalkeeper should do, what qualities he should have, and what kind of training he should receive.

"So, according to you, you don't plan to let him play the main force?" Su Dong vaguely guessed the intention of the coaching staff.

Heynckes smiled and nodded, "Where is it so easy to be Bayern's main goalkeeper? How many years has Lensing been Kahn's substitute? A young boy like Neuer wants to be the main player when he first arrives?"

Bayern's management and coaching staff have the same meaning. Lensing and Neuer are both goalkeepers with great potential. Bayern just wants to create a platform and opportunities for the two to compete and see who can stand out from the crowd.

It's kind of like a gladiatorial fight.

It's brutal, but also very realistic.

Professional football is full of such fights and competitions.

As a player, Su Dong has already adapted.

"For a meal, I'll bet on Neuer. He will be the main player in the first five rounds of the Bundesliga." Su Dong laughed.

Heynckes was taken aback. He was also very optimistic about Neuer, but he was not as optimistic as Su Dong. He felt that he could maintain a high-speed progress in the first half, and he had a chance to become the main player. After all, Lensing has been in Bayern for so many years.

What the management means is that this season is for Neuer to adapt, and the adaptation period can even be extended to two years.

"You're so optimistic about him?" Heynckes was a little surprised.

Su Dong didn't answer, but asked with a smile: "Come on, bet or not?"

Heynckes pouted, "No betting."

"It's boring." Su Dong was discouraged, this old man Hai was actually quite conservative, he wasn't OPEN at all.

"Why are you so optimistic about him?" Heynckes felt very strange.

Su Dong smiled, "I have a friend who was originally very thin, but in a short period of time, through high-intensity training, he could even practice all night in the gym, and soon became the team's number one hunk."

After a pause, Su Dong looked at Neuer in the distance again, "You should never underestimate a person's perseverance and determination."

Heynckes was a little puzzled, "Does this have anything to do with you being optimistic about him?"

"It doesn't matter." Su Dong shook his head amusedly, "If I lose, I'll just lose you a meal, but if I win, I'll make more money, right?" After speaking, Su Dong couldn't help laughing happily.

Heynckes was speechless.

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Later, during the training camp in Donaueschingen, Neuer really insisted on extra training every day, which surprised the coaching staff, and Su Dong was also quite surprised by him.

As support, Su Dong specially asked Grant Downing to tailor a recovery training plan for him, which made Neuer very grateful to him, because he had heard of the reputation of Su Dong's personal trainer team.

After the team trained in Donaueschingen for a period of time, they played a warm-up match against a regional team.

Bayern was safe and sound, beating their opponents [-]-[-].

Soudine didn't even feature in the game, Thomas Müller was brilliant and scored a hat-trick, Toni Kroos also scored a goal and Hummels scored a goal.

Bayern beat their opponents in the first warm-up match of the new season, allowing everyone to see Bayern's strong strength, especially the thickness of the bench.

Neuer, Tymoshchuk, Olic and other new aids also played in this game one after another.

After the warm-up match, all the international players participating in the European Cup returned to the team on time to report.

The team trained in Donaueschingen for another three days, chartered a flight to Singapore, and started the first leg of the Asian tour.

(End of this chapter)