[Football] Crown of Thorns

The day after the team dinner is Saturday, which is a rest day according to common sense, but for professional players, they must arrive at the training base in the afternoon on this day and live in the dormitory that night, because the league match day Usually on Saturday and Sunday.

After the league on the 12th, Dortmund's new round of the league will be on the 19th, which is at 5:30 pm this Sunday, so the players have to stay at the base in advance as usual.

When he got up in the morning, Gama took the local newspaper he ordered from the newspaper box and went through it.

Sure enough, the news about their meeting last night was in the newspaper's sports highlights page except for the headline.

"Tsk, this photo is not bad."

It was photographed when the captain Kyle entered the door with his wife and daughter. As the host, he stood at the door to welcome the scene.

"I'm going to ask a reporter for a photo... Forget it, you can go to his website to download it."

Jia Ma, who happily made a decision, was very happy to eat the leftover Lantern Festival cooked yesterday and mix it with some vegetable salad for breakfast.

"I really want to eat fried dough sticks, soy milk, or big buns!"

Jia Ma, who was eating, was full of resentment thinking about the Chinese breakfast.

So before he knew it, he ate too much breakfast.

Touching his distended abdomen, Gama sighed deeply—from the next meal, let's continue to eat nutritious meals!

Gama, who ran to the club's base, still signed autographs and took photos for the fans guarding the door. He didn't enter the base with the captain and vice-team until he saw the captain and the vice team coming together.

"Have a good rest?"

Entering the locker room, Captain Kyle asked as the three changed their clothes.

Gama looked up, "Very good."

"Xiko, you still run to the club every day!"

Feller said.

"Well, it's all time to warm up."

Gama, who was originally in sportswear, grinned and showed his big white teeth.

"Good habit."

Kyle smiles.

Today's training is just basic training, running circles around piles, or some relatively soothing recovery training, of course, this does not include Subotic.

The Serbian, who is one year older than Gama, had just come back from a red card suspension in the last round against Kaiserslautern. As a result, he was sent off for accumulating two yellow cards in the game. He will be suspended for another game.

As a central defender, Subotic has quickly become the main force of the team under the guidance of coach Klopp since his transfer to Dortmund in 08, but his speed of eating cards is absolutely top-notch.

After training, he sat on the sidelines in a daze, and while he was in a daze, he was followed by young players on the same team, and someone was going to play tricks on him.

"Hey American."

Taking advantage of the rest time during training, Ge Xiaoce lay on the ground and quietly moved behind Subotic, and then poured a bottle of water on Subotic's head.

For some reason, Subotic, who was in a daze, was taken aback, and then he heard the sound of those bad boys laughing.

Subotic wiped the water from his head, "Mario!"

Ge Xiaoce blinked, "Yankee, when will you invite us to Disneyland?"

"Hey Mario, how old are you?"

Before Subotic could answer, Sven, who was sitting cross-legged on the other side, yelled.

Ge Xiaoce rolled his eyes at him, "So what's the matter, I heard it's very interesting there."

The two started to quarrel again, discussing whether the famous children's theme park is fun.

The teammates sitting in a circle listened to their discussion with a smile on their faces. After a while, the teammates who had children couldn't help but join in.

Finally, the playful team-mates turned their heads to their centre-back *Red Card Master* Subotic.

"Neiwen, during the summer break, if you go to America, you have to entertain us."

This year is not a major competition year. Except for the international players, the players will participate in some possible national team friendly matches. Most players can enjoy a long and comfortable vacation.

Subotic, who was made dumbfounded by his teammates, grabbed his half-long hair and said, "But my family is in Salt Lake City, not in Los Angeles or Orlando."

There are two Disney parks in the United States, one in Los Angeles and one in Orlando.

"It's okay, we don't mind if you come to receive us."

Who is this cheeky?

Everyone looked over, and Sven returned innocent eyes, "Am I wrong?"

Subotic took a sip of water silently, "I should return to Serbia."

"But aren't you a German?"

"No, Nei Wen is a civilized American," Ge Xiaoce put on a serious expression, "He obviously played for the U.S. U15 youth team."

"No, Nei Ming is clearly a Bosnian."

"No, Nevin is Croat."

The teammates who were deliberately joking played one by one, but Subotic was not allowed to speak.

The central defender who was 'bullied' could only sigh helplessly.

Gama, whose head is not enough to listen to, wrenched his fingers and counted, "I've only heard of dual nationality and three nationalities, but you're so surprised in the text," Gama fingered, "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, good guy, Five nationalities, awesome!"

"Xiko, Xico, you are so stupid."

Ge Xiaoce criticizes Jia Ma in a bully style.

Jia Ma rolled his eyes at him, rushed over and directly overwhelmed him, "What did you say, say it again!"

The tickled Ge Xiaoce rolled around on the ground, laughing so hard that he couldn't breathe.

Immediately afterwards, Subotic, who had been silently being bullied by his unscrupulous teammates, pounced on him silently and suppressed him.

"Oh my goodness!"

Jia Ma and Ge Xiaoce shouted at the same time.

The strong man with a height of 1.94 meters and a weight of 80 kilograms made such a pressure, and the two poor people below immediately withered and waved for help.

结果，在接下来的数秒间，身高1.97米索别赫、1.92米胡梅尔斯、1.87米的克林格、1.87米的格罗斯克罗伊茨、1.86的斯文都毫不客气的接二连三的压了上去。

Poor Ge Xiaoce was already screaming, and their vice-team Feller rubbed his wrists, accelerated and jumped after a big stretch, and pressed his 1.89-meter-high and 86-kg body to the highest point.

As for the one who started stabbing, Jia Ma was already rolling his eyes.

Not far away, Captain Kyle, who was talking to the coaching staff, turned his head and looked at Roshan in the middle of the spectators and the screams coming from below.

Kyle raised his forehead, "What are you doing again?"

The coach in charge of physical fitness in the coaching staff burst out laughing, "It looks like they are having a good time!"

The speechless Kyle sighed, "There will be a game tomorrow, and they are not afraid of getting hurt."

"Don't worry, the lads have first-class ability to withstand pressure, absolutely no problem."

After all, Kyle was still a little worried, so he hurried over.

Of course, before he walked over, Roshan had disintegrated, leaving only the two self-defeating fools on the ground rolling their eyes.

Kyle leaned over the two of them, "It's all right!"

Ge Xiaoce whimpered and pretended to cry, "Captain, they bullied me~~~"

Kyle was angry, "Hurry up, isn't it cold on the ground?"

Jia Ma buried his head on the turf, took a deep breath, and decided not to do such a stupid thing again.

"Shiko!"

"I'm fine," Gama raised a hand, "but I want to report that Nevin is overweight and needs to lose weight."

The teammates on the side laughed, and Subotic snorted, "You can try."

The teammates in the onlookers were laughing and laughing, and Subotic, who had been putting on a cold face, finally couldn't help laughing.

Kyle looked at the time and turned all these guys up, "There is still training to come, so be honest."

"Then captain, is it good to be honest?"

No matter when, there are those who are not afraid of death.

Kyle glanced at the little fool who popped out, "Yes," he had a sweet smile on his face, "you can have extra meals at night!"

"Oh yeah!"

Some people actually believed it and dared to cheer.

Jia Ma looked at the cheering idiot speechlessly—you actually believed the 'extra meal' that the captain said?

Therefore, the 'extra meal' after seven o'clock in the evening made the little fool look aggrieved.

Jia Ma patted his face, "It's cool to run ten extra laps!"

"...The captain is really bad!"

"If you talk nonsense, you may be circled and run away!"

From behind came the laughter of teammates who ran the circle together.

"So there is a saying you have to remember," Jia Ma said seriously, "If you don't die, you won't die, OK!"

…………

On February 2, Dortmund faced St. Pauli, currently ranked 19th in the standings, at their home court at the Westfalenstadion.

这是两队在本赛季里的第二次交锋，之前两队在2010年9月25号的比赛里，多特蒙德3比1取胜对手。

From the point of view of paper strength alone, Dortmund has a higher winning percentage than St. Pauli, but the game is not viewed that way. As the saying goes, football is round, and stories of weak teams overthrowing strong teams happen from time to time. Who can say the strength The opponent who is not strong will definitely lose!

"Don't think about the next game, what you need to focus on is today's game."

Klopp told the players.

"clear."

Yes, their next league opponent is the strongest enemy of all teams in the Bundesliga-Bayern Munich.

Although Bayern Munich started the season poorly and only ranked 9th in the middle of the first half of the season, when the chariot of Bayern Munich began to exert its strength, any team had to give it its all. The 11th place has caught up to the third place in the current standings, but it has only been half a season. After the winter break, they have only played a few games, and they have returned to the third place in the league.

And Dortmund and Leverkusen, who are closely pursued by them, dare not relax with 11 games before the end of the league.

In the locker room after the coach went out, the boys chatted quietly.

"No matter what, don't be careless!"

"Today's opponent's starting lineup has a large number of substitutions. Don't be careless when you match up."

Because of the recurrence of captain Kyle's injury, their current captain on the field is still goalkeeper Weidenfeller. He reminded his teammates not to be careless.

"understood."

At this time, the Westfalenstadion was already full of fans who went out to watch the game.

Except for the north stand reserved for visiting team fans, the fanatical Hornets fans have already dyed the stadium into a yellow and black world.

As the music sounded, Dortmund's team anthem sounded in the stands.

The home DJ kept shouting, causing the fans to set off a wave of enthusiasm, overwhelming the cheering sound of the fans of the visiting team.

Gama, who was standing in the aisle, knocked on his sneakers, turned to look at today's opponent on the other side, and asked Gotze in a low voice, "I heard that St. Pauli's mortal enemy is Hamburg?"

""That's right. "

Gotze nodded.

"That's good."

Gama patted his chest.

"what happened?"

Sven, who was standing in front of Jia Ma, turned around and asked.

Jia Ma grinned, "If I'm not a mortal enemy, I won't kill him. I don't want to get hurt."

"" Tsk, the master said that today's game must be played well before thinking about the next one. "

Ge Xiaoce pushed Jiama.

Jia Ma curled his lips, "I didn't take this matter seriously, but there is nothing wrong with being careful."

"Tch, cunning fellow."

Sven dropped this sentence and turned around, about to enter the arena.

…………

"...Let's welcome our heroes!!!"

Above the pitch, the DJ shouted the names of Dortmund's starters.

"The patron saint of our team, captain Roman Weidenfeller!!!"

In the auditorium, the fans of the home team shouted frantically.

"... heroic defender, Lukas Piszczek..."

"The powerful and handsome Marcel Schmelzer..."

"The brave and invincible Mattes Hummels!"

"Filipe Santana, boy..."

"Oh, our Super Mario, Mario Gotze!!"

"Handsome guy Sven Bender, the engine on the pitch!!"

"Gama, our midfield commander, a sharp offensive organizer!!!"

"Goals, Robert Lewandowski who keeps scoring goals!"

"From our youth training, the hope of the team, Kevin Gross Kreutz!"

"Finally, our Lucas Barrios, shoot, shoot, shoot, Barrios, our shooting machine!"

Good guy, thanks to the home DJ who can come up with so many tricks to praise the boys of the team, Gama felt his ears burn when he heard it.

Today Dortmund played a 4312 formation, and the opponent is a 442 that focuses on stability. It seems that they want to focus on defense.

St. Pauli starting list -

Goalkeeper: Thomas Kessler;

Defenders: Bastian Ochipka, Ralph Gunesch, Fabio Morena, Marcus Torrant;

Midfielders: Charles Takei, Mathias Lehmann, Max Cruz, Richard Sukuta Passu;

Forwards: Marius Ebers, Rowan Hennings.

Jia Ma compared the list of opponents sent by the coaching staff just now, thinking silently in his heart.

If this is the case, then don't rush to attack at the beginning, focus on stability first, and then try to open up the opponent's defense...

Having made up his mind, Gama gestured to his teammates to let them understand his intentions, and Gama stood in the middle circle.

Gama looked at the opponent's half court and licked his lower lip.