Legendary Road

Shortly before the doors of the plane opened, the players were sorting out their clothes and images, and some of them hadn't woken up from their sleep.Yan Jing took off the earphones and unfastened the seat belt, got up from the seat and pulled out the suitcase, and walked to the hatch while waking up those players who were still soundly asleep.

And Coentraang, who is full of energy from beginning to end, has already packed up and joined Yan Jing's alarm service team.When the Dortmund players woke up, Coentraang straightened his body in the new tailor-made suit, dragged his suitcase and followed Yan Jing out of the cabin door.

The refreshing Spanish air penetrated into the nostrils, and the team members, who were still asleep just now, were ready to meet the camera, and turned into healthy and handsome boys.

The digital time in the lobby of Madrid Airport has come to 22:00. The reporters who got the news and squatted here early saw a shadow protruding from the special passage, and immediately surrounded it.

There are more people here than ever before.Under the guard of the airport security, Yan Jing took a step and looked around calmly. Since he served as the temporary coach last season, he has been coaching Dortmund for nearly a year. This time is the biggest reporter formation he has ever seen.

No way, who let their opponent be the most successful club of the 20th century, Real Madrid?It is normal for the heat of attention to spread to them.

Following behind Coentrao, Suarez squinted his eyes, still not quite used to the flashing lights of the reporters.

There has never been any grievances with the Spanish media before, and Yan Jing is relatively cooperative for the time being.Having suffered from Benito last time, under the reminder of Watzke, he has deliberately controlled his emotions recently, and he treats media reporters with a friendly face.

Yan Jing answered all the questions raised by the reporters with a good-tempered smile, and at the same time did not forget to give benefits to the women who came to ask for autographs.

Thiago Silva, who only signed autographs for a few Dortmund fans who traveled with the team to Madrid, muttered to captain Metzelder: "Is the boss so popular in Spain?"

Metzelder glanced at Silva, smiled and shook his head to indicate that he didn't know, but he answered the Brazilian silently in his heart.

Thiago, in addition to grades and strength, people still look at face now——

The whole team didn't spend a lot of time dealing with the media, it was getting late, and they had to ensure adequate rest.When they arrived at the hotel where they stayed, the surrounding environment was very quiet, and there were no extreme fans who ran down to beat gongs and drums and dance square dances.

Of course, both Yan Jing and Nafel feel that this is just because the arrogant Real Madrid fans disdain to do such a thing to a team that was on the verge of bankruptcy last season.

On the second day, Yan Jing took a half-day off in the afternoon as usual, allowing the players to move freely or rest within a certain range.

There is still an hour before departure to the Bernabéu Stadium for stepping training, and the players have all arrived.Yan Jing was dressed in a suit and sat on the sofa in the lobby with his legs up, his palms resting on his side cheeks and his elbows resting on the armrests, and he put on headphones and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

The hotel guests who came and went couldn't help looking at Yan Jing curiously when they passed by, and some even took out their mobile phones and secretly took pictures.

As soon as the pre-booked assembly time arrived, Yan Jing half-opened one eye and silently counted the players who came to the lobby.Soon the players came out of their respective rooms in decent suits, and it took only a minute before and after.

No one is late, that's fine.Yan Jing stood up, straightened his collar, and hooked his hands at the Dortmund players.

"Set off."

From entering the Bernabéu stadium to stepping on the lawn, the reception staff of Real Madrid were very polite and did not deliberately make things difficult for others.

Yan Jing stretched out his foot and stepped on the turf, the softness was normal, and he didn't do any tricks.

The shooting time open to the media was only 15 minutes, but the journalists from China Central Television were a little anxious - they arrived in Madrid two days in advance, just looking for an opportunity to interview Yan Jing alone.For this reason, they also contacted Dortmund's media director Friger, but the other party said that it is an extraordinary period and the Champions League round of [-] is about to be played. As the head coach, Yan Jing has been very busy and can't help them. Schedule time for a private interview.

It's been photographed now, but even if he had the cheek to call Yan Jing from such a long distance, he wouldn't be able to hear it.

The Chinese journalists who came to Madrid were not only CCTV, the well-known domestic "Sports Weekly" and "Football News" also sent reporters to the Bernabéu without hesitation.They inquired about the hotel where Dortmund was going to stay, and planned to book the same hotel to mix in, but they were told by the hotel that there were no rooms.

We also have a mission, although many people have failed in this mission before - it is just a Chinese coach who looks like a model, why is it so difficult to interview him?

Xu Wensi, a young female reporter who just joined CCTV, looked at the senior beside her with a sad face.

"Brother Jia, what do you think is going to happen? If we didn't get the first-hand interview, the leader would have scolded us to death."

Before, I only heard colleagues who came back from business trips complain that it was too difficult to interview Yan Jing, and I didn’t have any direct feelings.

Having personally experienced it this time, Liu Jia himself also had some difficulties.As soon as they contacted the media department of Dortmund to arrange an interview, they shirked that Yan Jing didn't have time, or simply asked them to find Yan Jing by themselves.

Liu Jia glanced at his Chinese counterpart carrying a DSLR behind him from the corner of his eye, and couldn't help but sigh.This situation is too weird, the dignified special correspondent of CCTV couldn't even interview a Chinese.

However, Liu Jia was not as depressed as Xu Wensi. He had experienced many things, and he never lacked persistence and perseverance. This little setback would not make him discouraged.

When he first arrived in England, he was unfamiliar with the place and could not speak anything but a few simple English words.Under such circumstances, he took the train from Nottingham to Manchester alone, and watched the first Manchester United game in his life live.As a diehard Manchester United fan, he didn't know how much he was excluded when he was studying in Liverpool, and he was hit on the head with a stone.

Liu Jia has never complained about these things. He knows that he wants to do football-related work in the future, and he has been working hard for this goal.In the end, his hard work paid off, and he joined CCTV5 to work.

He reached out and patted the newcomer beside him: "Wensi, don't worry too much. Isn't there a press conference later?"

"I know, it's just..." Xu Wensi hesitated to speak, "...ah."

Of course, Yan Jing inside the arena didn't know that someone outside the arena was worrying about him. He checked the time with his watch, and when the 15 minutes came, he immediately called the security guards and asked them to clear the reporters out of the arena.

Assistant coach Nafel distributed training vests to the crowd, and Coentrao reached out to take them and saw that it was orange representing the substitute.He was a little disappointed, but he looked up at Dede who was holding the green vest, and this disappointment quickly turned into motivation for himself.

Come on, Fabio, you will have a chance when your strength surpasses Dede.

"I will announce tomorrow's starting lineup in advance today."

Yan Jing has been studying Real Madrid for a long time, last night he lined up the final lineup in the hotel

"You can take a look at the color of the vest you just got." Yan Jing took the extra two from Nafier, "The green one is the starter, and the orange one is the substitute."

Coentrao turned his head to look, and the players who got the green vests were similar to those who played against Inter Milan in the last game, that is, Odon Cole became Suarez.

In fact, Yan Jing has been paying attention to Coentraang since he went to get the training vest.Suarez and Coentrao entered the first team at the same time, but now Suarez has changed from a substitute to a starting striker, and Coentrao is still struggling to get a chance to play.

Fabio is not stable enough... Yan Jing looked at Dede who was stretching his body again.Of course, the other most important factor is virtue.To be honest, with his strength, he can go to a club that is more famous than Dortmund to get the main starting position.At the end of last season, no one would blame him if he chose to leave.The team's tight financial situation made Dede not only not get a salary increase, but also a part of the salary cut, but Dede still chose to stay.

Since joining Dortmund in the 98/99 season, Dede has been the absolute main force of the team.He thrived on the left side of the pitch, whether he was a left winger, a left midfielder or a left back.

This Brazilian is not like those Brazilian geniuses who became famous all over the world at a young age. After becoming famous, he still maintained a diligent and regular schedule.

Although he once had a dispute with Van Marwijk, Yan Jing understood that he was worried about the team at that time. In addition, he was relatively straightforward and couldn't resist the cunning media clichés.At least he had a good attitude of admitting his mistakes, and he didn't do it again afterwards.

So Yan Jing can't find a reason not to start with Dede.

On the other hand, in the team's midfield, Yan Jing's formation seemed a bit stretched.Since Lars Bender was promoted to the first team in the middle of the season, his name was not in the squad when he signed up for the Champions League, so he was unable to appear in the Champions League.Lars Rickon is still recovering from injury, while Kyle has not been at his best since returning from injury.Even so, Kyle still has to start, and then Klinger must occupy a starting position, and it took Yan Jing a lot of effort to choose the candidate for the remaining position.

Regambino is delighted that he can get the starting position in such an important game.

In the league, because of the outstanding performance of the teenager Lars Bender, his chances of getting a start began to gradually decrease.He doesn't want to be reduced to a substitute, Regambino wants to show his Chinese coach that he is no worse than Lars Bender.

They practiced in groups against each other.Dede ran forward with the ball confidently, his pace was nimble, and he quickly got rid of the defenders behind him.

Looking up at the penalty area, there are not many people in green vests, and kicking crosses at this time is not very effective.

De De simply intends to break through and look for better opportunities.He was so focused on the practice match that he didn't notice a small sunken hole on the lawn ahead.

Dede strode forward and stepped on the pit impartially. He felt his ankle twist, and immediately lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

In the state of no physical confrontation, Dede fell to the ground.

Seeing that Dede still hadn't woken up after several seconds, Yan Jing suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"Team doctor! Let the team doctor come!"

The surrounding players stopped the game spontaneously, and they ran to Dede's side quickly, only to see Dede clutching his ankle with a painful expression.

"Dede, are you okay?!"

Dortmund's team doctor arrived quickly with a medical kit, and the players spontaneously made room for the team doctor.

Yan Jing was also biting his thumb next to Dede, watching the team doctor nervously.

One minute later, the team doctor got up and shook his head at Yan Jing with a regretful expression.

"Yeah, he's sprained his ankle. We have to send him to the hospital immediately for further examination. In any case, he won't be able to play tomorrow's game."

Yan Jing bit his thumb, and the tip of his tongue tasted a trace of rust.

Damn, don't you play like this? !

The author has something to say: I may often feel the pain of waking up late at night to type... I am so sleepy at night that I can only sleep. It seems that the efficiency of getting up at three or four o'clock is relatively high.

Seeing that some readers mentioned the issue of the national football team, let me explain it.This article will not show the plot of coaching the Chinese team to win the World Cup or tearing up with the Football Association because of this, but the Chinese media and the Football Association YY Yan Jing will definitely coach and will try to invite, but Yan Jing will politely refuse.If the country really produces such a powerful coach, they will not look like the Football Association...