Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 330 Respect
Draxler is a product of the Schalke 04 youth training. He has watched every official Schalke 04 game. After playing a game, he more or less knows what problems he still has in adapting to the tactics of the first team. , but Zhang Yuan's national team teammate Gao Jun is different. He knows nothing about Schalke 04.

In fact, it is rumored that he did not start the winter break in Schalke 04, but started a long time ago. The scouting system of Bundesliga clubs is very long in Asia. It is not because Zhang Yuan came to Schalke 04.

It is well known that the first Chinese who landed in the European league originally landed in the Bundesliga, which also reflects that the Bundesliga clubs still have research on players in the Asian region.

Gao Jun's contract expired at the end of 2009. Schalke 04 saw this good opportunity and introduced him for free without any transfer fee.

The Bundesliga's foreign aid regulations are like this. Each club has 4 foreign aid places, but only 3 players can play at most in each game.In addition, it is also mandatory for each club to have at least 12 home-grown players in the first team.

For example, Schalke 04 itself is mainly based on local players, and some foreign players even have German nationality, so there is no obstacle to the introduction of Gao Jun.

Gao Jun learned about the Bundesliga from Shao Jia. Shao Jia, as a veteran, naturally knew how difficult it is to adapt to a team, so he suggested to Gao Jun that you should listen to Zhang Yuan’s opinion. After all, he is in Schalke. 04 stay, much more familiar than me.

Gao Jun did have Zhang Yuan's phone number, but he didn't know him very well after all, so he wanted to ask, but out of reserve, he never asked.

Now that Shao Jia has said this, Gao Jun decided to take some time to ask for clarification. He didn't need to look for time. After the friendly match with St. Pauli, Zhang Yuan flew back to China, preparing to participate in the two Asian Cup qualifiers One game was against Syria in Hangzhou National Football Team on January 1, and the other was when the national football team went to Hanoi to challenge the Vietnamese team on January 6.

Zhang Yuan can only return to China one day before the match, and Magath is unwilling to let him go. The last time Schalke 04 and the national team had a little trouble because of Zhang Yuan’s minor injury, this time they faced the aggressive Magath. In particular, the national team chose to give in temporarily and agreed to Zhang Yuan to participate in winter training for a few days before returning to China.

Arriving at the centralized training base in Hangzhou, Gao Jun couldn't wait to ask Zhang Yuan about Schalke 04.

To be honest, Zhang Yuan doesn't know much about Schalke 04's business situation, and he doesn't usually pay much attention to these things. What he knows is passed on from his teammates, but when it comes to techniques and tactics, he knows quite well.

He knew that Gao Jun played in the midfield position, and he was also a full-back, but in Magath's tactics, there was no such thing as a full-back. Not on the wing, because he needs the midfielder to have a certain organizational ability and also have a certain defensive ability.

He specifically explained this point to Gao Jun, but he also said that Magath's tactics are not fixed. In the first half of the season, he changed his formation many times and played with many tricks. Zhang Yuan is not sure whether Gao Jun is It is not him who can play the main force here.

After Zhang Yuan's introduction, Gao Jun finally had a comprehensive understanding of Schalke 04. Studying abroad is a huge temptation. He is not as lucky as Zhang Yuan. He can go abroad to play football by accident. He is now ready to accept Schalke 04's invitation.

In the game against Syria the next day, Zhang Yuan arrived too late, but Coach Gao still included him in the starting lineup. As a result, Zhang Yuan, who was running back and forth, was in poor condition, and his effect on the court was not ideal at all. He was replaced in the 65th minute of the second half. As a result, the game ended at 0:0, and everyone scored one point.

After this round, China ranked second with 10 points, Syria ranked first with 11 points, Vietnam ranked third with 5 points, and Lebanon ranked last with 1 point.

There is still the last round left, and the Chinese team has already determined to qualify.

The failure to win Syria at home still made the fans feel unsatisfied. No matter how you say it, you have to play at home!

Regarding Zhang Yuan's performance, there are two opinions on the Internet. One is that Zhang Yuan played too badly and should be replaced as a matter of course. The other is that the coach doesn't know how to use Zhang Yuan at all.

Coach Gao said when answering reporters' questions after the game: "Zhang Yuan just came back yesterday after all, he is very tired!"

He was not very satisfied with the way the officials agreed to Zhang Yuan's late arrival, and he didn't know what the officials thought. Could it be that because of the bad luck last time, the national team should compromise? !

At least not in his eyes.

When answering the reporter, Zhang Yuan said that he did not play well and the main problem was his own responsibility. He assured the fans that he would adjust his state as soon as possible and strive to give everyone a satisfactory answer in the next game.

Because the Chinese team has definitely appeared, Magath has a new idea. His idea is to let Zhang Yuan come back and prepare to participate in the 18th round match against Nuremberg.

The first person he asked was Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan was very embarrassed. He wanted to participate in the national team competition, but he didn’t want to offend Magath. He could have told Magath that this matter should be discussed between the club and the national team. I have no problem.

But thinking of the expectations of the fans, Zhang Yuan finally rejected Magath's suggestion. Yes, he did not want to offend Magath, but more importantly, he is a Chinese, a Chinese player who was born and raised in China. What should be played for the national team.

This is not a matter of side selection, but a matter of principle. He does not want to compromise with Magath on the national team.

Magath was very annoyed, but there was nothing he could do, but he did not let it go. Just as Zhang Yuan thought, in fact Zhang Yuan did not have much autonomy in recruiting. Everything was negotiated between the club and the national team.

Magath also had a bad nose when discussing with the national team. The national team had a lot of criticisms about Zhang Yuan. You said that Zhang Yuan must participate in the winter training a few days ago. We agreed. Zhang Yuan is completely out of shape, and now he wants to make further progress, wanting to let Zhang Yuan return to the team early, what is this? !

If the national team disagreed with life and death, Magath was completely out of the game, because in accordance with the regulations of FIFA for these two games, as long as Zhang Yuan is not sick or in pain, the national team has sufficient rights to call up.

But because of this incident, it laid the groundwork for the conflict between Zhang Yuan and Magath in the future. The last injury incident made Magath feel a little unhappy with Zhang Yuan. Now Zhang Yuan still does not obey his arrangement. A thorn was planted in my heart.

Zhang Yuan will not consider those issues for the time being. The most important thing now is to adjust his state and not neglect physical training.

In the training of the national team, since most of the players are domestic, the time period of a season has already ended. Coach Gao will also train physical fitness during training, but there are not many, and more is to organize the team to carry out tactics , Training with the ball.

So Zhang Yuan had to do extra physical training after training every day. Gao Jun had already decided that he would accept Schalke 04's invitation, so he did extra training with Zhang Yuan.

Seeing Zhang Yuan and Gao Jun continuing to practice after training, Coach Gao couldn't help sighing, their success is not without reason.

But he thought it wrong, Zhang Yuan did not expect to participate in the remaining winter training of Schalke 04, so he did this, otherwise he would rather have extra training with the ball.

After intense and busy preparations, on January 1, the national team challenged the Vietnamese team away. The Vietnamese national team is considered good in Southeast Asia, but in fact it is still inferior to the Chinese team.

Although they still did not have the upper hand at home, on the contrary, the Chinese team in the away game played very aggressively. The way for the Vietnamese team to block the Chinese team was to foul.

Zhang Yuan has been kicked many times, but after 10 days of systematic training, he has recovered his brave state.

In the 17th minute of the first half, the Chinese team launched a fast break from the side, Gao Jun passed the ball, and Zhang Yuan grabbed a spot in front of the goal, giving the Chinese team the lead.

After scoring the goal, the Chinese team was still relentless and did not give the Vietnamese team any face at all, especially Zhang Yuan seemed to have opened up the two veins of Ren and Du. The striker retreated to organize, grab points, and break through. Can't resist him at all.

In the 43rd minute, relying on his super personal ability, Zhang Yuan passed 3 defenders of the Vietnam team in a row, calmly volleyed, and once again broke the goal of the Vietnam team, 2:0.

After scoring this goal, Zhang Yuan was not as reserved as after the first goal. Instead, he ran to the Chinese fans who came from afar and saluted under the stands. His move won warm cheers from everyone.

He fulfilled his promise to the fans and scored twice in the first half of the game.

Originally, he still had a chance to score a hat-trick, but Coach Gao replaced him during the intermission. On the one hand, the Chinese team already had a two-goal advantage. Zhang Yuan can rest.On the other hand, the Vietnamese team committed too many fouls on Zhang Yuan. He didn’t want Zhang Yuan to get injured. An injury meant he would have to argue with Schalke 04. Everyone had their own grudges. He was in a winning situation I don't want to continue to expand the contradiction between the two parties.

(End of this chapter)