Legendary Road

Yan Cheng used to be an avid football fan. Before Yan Jing went abroad, he liked to stay up late and watch football with his son. Although every time he would make his wife who was woken up by them cheering for the goal scold him, but at that time He is very happy to watch the game.

Not long after Yan Jing went abroad, he was promoted because of his excellent performance and was appreciated by the company's senior management. As his work became more and more busy, he gradually spent less time watching football——his wife couldn't figure out how to put a What's so interesting about kicking the ball back and forth? No one will watch it with him at night, so he also finds it a bit boring.

In recent months, Yan Cheng, who has passed the age of no doubt, has been dizzy because of a big project specially assigned to him by the company. Let alone staying up late to watch the game, he has been on a business trip. There is no time for any big event in football.

On this day, he happened to meet a fan friend who he knew well on the street. The other party was very excited when he saw Yan Cheng, and asked him if Yan Jing, who has frequently appeared in various news programs recently, was him. home son.

"...Ah?" Yan Cheng looked over in bewilderment, "My son went to study in Germany, and now he has found a job."

"Hey! Yes!" The other party didn't see Yan Cheng's confusion, and continued to say happily, "Your child is really promising, and he can be an assistant coach in Dortmund!"

Dortmund... assistant coach? !

There was a bang in Yan Cheng's head, and he was shocked by the news. He remembered that the last time his son called home was about seven months ago. At that time, Yan Jing told him excitedly that he had found a job. He didn't ask carefully about good jobs related to football, but he didn't expect...

After returning home, Yan Cheng immediately turned on the computer and entered the word "Yan Jing" on Baidu to search. A lot of news came out, which dazzled him and made him laugh from ear to ear.

It's been a long time and I don't know how to call my family, this damn baby is just promising!

Although Yan Cheng scolded Yan Jing in his heart, the uncontrollable smile on his face had already betrayed his true thoughts.

On the Dortmund side, tonight at the Westfalenstadion will usher in Mainz, who has been promoted to the First Division for the first time, and their head coach is Jurgen Klopp. The hot-blooded coach is only 38 years old this year, which is considered very young in the coaching circle.

Last year, it was precisely because he commanded the Mainz players to perform well in the Bundesliga [-] that the team was able to taste the taste of the top league.However, due to their serious lack of experience in the top league, Mainz has performed poorly this season and has fallen into the quagmire of relegation.

If they want to enter the European theater, then Dortmund will never allow themselves to lose points on the relegation team.

Yan Jing dare not say that he is the person who knows Klopp best, but as a fan who has been paying attention to Dortmund's skills and tactics for many years, he is very aware of the advantages and disadvantages of Klopp's style of play-scrambling without hesitation, high position The oppression counter-grabs on the spot, and almost the whole team must participate in the defense.

In view of the above, Yan Jing asked the players to play the ball with one kick, speed up the delivery speed and efficiency, so that the players of Mainz were exhausted and exhausted their energy.

摒弃范马尔维克4-3-3的阵型，严景将阵型回归至4-4-2，鉴于在范马尔维克禁赛期间严景也这么干过，所以媒体对此并不吃惊。

The score of 0:0 in the first half did not last long. Just 5 minutes into the second half, Dortmund took advantage of a quick counterattack and Rosicky pushed the far corner of the goal to score.

After the first goal was scored, Yan Jing chose to let the players on the field slow down to stabilize their position. Their continuous and fast passing increased the physical exertion of the Mainz players.

Dede and Rosicky counterattacked and scored a goal in the 72nd and 79th minutes respectively. Although the Mainz players did not give up the game because of this, they still failed to change the score on the field.

A 3:0 victory filled the Westfalenstadion, which hadn’t won so heartily for a long time, with joy. Fans had to worry about whether the team would be relegated in the first half of the season, but now they can look forward to Dortmund Going into European competition next season is really an exciting thing - especially with the club's financial situation in decline, the victory can somewhat dilute their low mood about it.

After the game, Yan Jing took the initiative to find Klopp to shake hands with him. Klopp, who is naturally informal, also shook back politely, and then went back to the locker room while encouraging the Mainz players affectionately.

Yan Jing was still looking at Klopp's back and didn't know what to think, but a nest of Dortmund players had already surrounded him with a smile and asked Yan Jing to go with them to thank the fans.

"Yan, let's go, why are you staring at the coach's back?" Dede's face was indifferent, as if he hadn't realized that Yan Jing's identity had become the head coach, even if it was only temporarily, "Thomas and the others They are already waiting for us at the South Stand."

Yan Jing turned his head and cast a gloomy glance at Dede, deliberately teasing him: "Leonardo, do you like to take care of the water dispenser?"

"Eh?!" De Deke didn't want to be a substitute at all, so he immediately changed the subject tactfully, "Boss, let's go there quickly, just leave the water dispenser to someone else!"

The other team members couldn't help laughing when they saw Dede's funny and serious expression, and the gloomy atmosphere that shrouded Westphalia not long ago seemed to have been swept away.

As soon as the game was over, Yan Jing, who had just finished being interviewed by reporters on the sidelines, got another good news from Zorc—Lars Bender and Thomas Bender, who played in the U16 echelon of the Dortmund youth academy. Muller was selected for the new U15 national team squad.

Yan Jing can even imagine the joy of the two children receiving the call from the U15 head coach—well, Lars should be fine, he usually behaves quite calmly, but that bastard Thomas...

In the press conference after the game, Yan Jing didn't get too much trouble. After all, the fact of victory is in front of him, and it's not easy to find faults if you want to.

And Yan Jing also noticed with sharp eyes that there seemed to be more oriental faces coming to the press conference all of a sudden, and most of them came for him.

Now that Yan Jing has found out, Frige, as the media director, will naturally not fail to notice. He informed Watzke of the situation afterwards: "Hans, the reporter who recently came from China to ask to interview Yan Jing It was several times more, and even their CCTV was dispatched. Moreover, according to the person in charge of network maintenance, since Yan Jing became our assistant coach, the number of hits on the official website has skyrocketed, especially the announcement of his interim head coach. After taking office, the official website was even paralyzed for a while.”

The meaning of Frige's words is easy to understand, that is, Yan Jing's popularity in China has far exceeded their imagination.

As a successful businessman, Watzke knows that the consumer market in mainland China, far in the east, has great potential. In recent years, some wealthy clubs have taken a fancy to this sweet pastry, hoping to vigorously develop this commercial treasure.

Dortmund almost never paid attention to external business development before Watzke took office-they have a group of loyal fans, and the peripherals they produce can be sold out, so why bother to develop any overseas market?

Chinese football?Watzke's understanding of this is nothing other than the 02 World Cup in Japan and South Korea.He knows that China's table tennis, diving, and volleyball are all great, and the Chinese are very supportive, but... football?

With doubts, Watzke turned on the computer and searched for related matters about Chinese football. A video called "Chinese fans celebrating after the Chinese team entered the World Cup" made him interested. After a buffer of seconds, he saw a scene that surprised him-people, people, people, the empty streets were occupied by ecstatic fans, and their expressions of excitement were crazy.

Immediately afterwards, he found a video of Real Madrid's visit to China in 03. The extremely high enthusiasm shown by the Chinese fans made Watzke feel that he needed to change his attitude towards the Chinese market.

Although the performance of Chinese football is not ideal, there is absolutely no shortage of fans in China.

But now, Dortmund is holding a key that can easily open the Chinese market - Yan Jing.

Watzke's business acumen made it easy for him to sort this out.Now Chinese football lacks a leading figure. Dong Fangzhuo, who originally joined Manchester United, has long been silent. The sudden rise of Yan Jing has given Chinese fans hope. Therefore, they will continue to pay attention to it enthusiastically.

The Dortmund club Yan Jing belongs to will also gain more and more exposure in China. With some achievements in the future, the popularity can even match that of Real Madrid, Manchester United and other giant clubs. Popularity drives the growth of economic benefits. Watzke's confidence doubled.

Oh God, this plan definitely works!

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Yan Jing has no free time recently, and even the extra training appointment with Gotzeroys and the others has been postponed indefinitely, because under the reminder of Zorke, Yan Jing realized that he really needs some time now. Zhang's qualification certificate for coaching the top league.

To this end, he signed up for the German Sport University of Cologne, three classes a week, where he continued to study the Class A coaching license course required by the Bundesliga head coach.

Dortmund's search for a new coach is not going well, they can provide a salary for the new coach is not much, and the club's financial crisis dooms them in the next few seasons will not have sufficient funds to buy strong players, or even Several key players in the team have to be sold to fill the vacancies.

Most coaches are unwilling to take over this mess, for fear that their reputation will be ruined because of this coaching, so Yan Jing was able to continue coaching in Dortmund.

And he did not disappoint the fans who were looking forward to it.

Following the 3-0 victory over Mainz in the last round, after a full 12 days of rest, Dortmund was a guest at the Grundig Stadium. With Rosicky's outstanding performance, they beat Nuremberg 3-2 thrillingly, taking all three points and further shrinking Closed the gap with the European theater.

And their next round will usher in their direct opponent in the European war in Westfalen, currently ranked fifth with 42 points in Stuttgart.

Yan Jing cut off the video with the remote control, and he understood that perhaps the next game would be a turning point for Dortmund's entire season.