Legendary Road

"In the Bundesliga last night, Dortmund, who challenged Werder Bremen in the away game, was almost in the lead for 10 minutes, but was equalized by Werder Bremen at the last minute of the game. In this way, Dortmund's previous four-game winning streak was also ended. , currently ranked second in the Bundesliga behind Bayern Munich with a goal difference disadvantage..."

Yan Jing pressed the switch of the TV remote control panel, and then the female anchor's voice disappeared in the room.

The draw with Werder Bremen made him realize a very critical issue-the team needs to continue to rotate during the season.

Now Dortmund's record is so ideal that those media commentators who were pessimistic about Dortmund before the start of the season were surprised. The company has also adjusted the odds of various betting games. Although looking at the entire European football world, there are very few media paying attention to Yan Jing Countable, but only in Germany, he can be regarded as a coach who has made headlines in major media.

However, Yan Jing understands that these praises are only temporary. Once the team's performance has declined significantly, the media's verbal criticism will still come as scheduled.The media are too lazy to care if you are a rookie coach, as long as the record is not good, a bombardment is absolutely indispensable.

Dortmund is now in a state of third-line combat. In addition to the Bundesliga and the Champions League, there are also German Cups to participate in.

Last night's game was originally controlled by Dortmund for most of the time, but it was because some of the starting players on the field were exhausted at the last moment of the game, which gave Bremen's attack line a chance to take advantage of it. .

而从三天后的与比勒费尔德的比赛开始，多特蒙德将要经受一周三赛的考验——9月21日和9月24日的两场德甲联赛，还有9月28日对阵国际米兰的欧冠小组赛。

Leaving aside the German Cup, Yan Jing and Dortmund's top management are unwilling to give up the league and the Champions League.

League results, as the basis for maintaining the team's operations, are undoubtedly the most important for a team like Dortmund that is not considered a wealthy team-a series of economic income such as broadcast viewing fees, ranking bonuses, etc. come from this.

As for the UEFA Champions League, the fans did not have much hope at first - the strongest team in the group is undoubtedly the Serie A team Inter Milan, and their young coach Mancini has been supported by Inter Milan chairman Moratti this summer. Supported, successively introduced powerful players such as Figo, Samuel, Pizarro, Cesar, Worm, etc., which made Inter Milan even more powerful and wanted to make a surprise blow It is really difficult to get points from Inter Milan.

In addition to Porto, another opponent in the group, Real Betis from Spain, is by no means weak.They have Joaquin, the La Liga assist leader last season and the No. [-] right winger in La Liga that both Real Madrid and Barcelona are chasing, and the striker Oliveira, who almost became the top scorer in La Liga last season. Nito sits.

It is not easy to get out of such a group, but when Dortmund won Porto in the first game and Inter Milan was unexpectedly tied 1-1 by Real Betis at Meazza, the high-level executives who had not had much hope shined. ——The opportunity is right in front of you!

On the night of the victory over Porto, Yan Jing was euphemistically told by Zorc that he hoped that he could lead Dortmund out of the group.

Yan Jing feels that the task given to him by the club is really not easy to complete, but he also understands the difficulties of the club - the economic benefits brought by the Champions League are the most obvious. Just qualifying for the group stage can get 300 million euros Bonuses, not to mention other extra income such as appearance fees, TV broadcast fees and tickets.

For the current Dortmund, obtaining such a sum of money will be very precious.

Therefore, among the team goals set by Yan Jing, the two most important are "qualifying for the UEFA Champions League group" and "qualifying for the UEFA Champions League next season".

This is where the problem lies. Such a goal makes Dortmund, who has insufficient bench depth, have to face the troubles of multi-line combat.

The current level of players in the team is actually quite uneven, and the most capable players are undoubtedly the starting group.And among the remaining 13 players, only those three or four are able to support the situation in the starting lineup, and the rest of the players can use them as substitutes to attack the opponent, but Yan Jing is really not good. Dare to try to put them in the starting lineup.

It's still early before the winter transfer window, what can I do if I want to add players now?

An hour later, Yan Jing appeared in the Dortmund U19 youth training camp.

After obtaining the consent of the U19 team coach, Yan Jing asked the U19 coach to call out a young player who was sweating on the court.

"Marcel Schmelzer! Come here!"

Hearing the coach's voice, Schmelzer quickly stopped practicing his foot movements. He turned his head and saw the coach he was familiar with first, and then he saw Yan Jing standing next to the coach under the exclamation of his teammates around him. .

Why does the head coach of the first team want me?Surrounded by the envious eyes of his teammates, Schmelzer, who had no sense of what was about to happen, walked out of the training ground in a daze and came to Yan Jing's side.

He subconsciously glanced at his head coach, trying to find some answers.

But Yan Jing immediately interrupted Schmelzer's thinking: "Marcel, good evening. I came to you today to ask you a question-would you like to get up from tomorrow to report to the first team?"

Schmelzer felt that he was frightened, and he blurted out what he had only thought in his mind in a dazed state.

"What, what... the first team?!"

Schmelzer looked at Yan Jing and nodded with a smile on his face, feeling dizzy in his brain.

For Schmelzer, who is still half a year old, the happiness came too suddenly.

Born in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Schmelzer joined Dortmund's youth academy at an early age.He performed well in the youth academy, and was promoted to U17 at the age of 19.However, Schmelzer's ability to skip a grade has nothing to do with talent, and he was able to be favored only because of his hard work.

There is a huge gap between him and the so-called genius. He has never encountered any scouts who tried to poach him since he was a child.

Schmelzer himself is well aware of this, so he never had any unrealistic fantasies. Originally, he planned to work harder in the second half of the year and use more diligent performance to impress the U20 coaches. .

I didn't expect today...God, isn't he dreaming? !

Schmelzer put his hands behind his back, pinched his own arm and spoke nervously after feeling the pain.

"Sir, can I, can I ask a question?"

Yan Jing nodded with great interest: "You say."

"I want to ask you..." Schmelzer swallowed, "Why me?"

Hearing this question from Schmelzer, Yan Jing showed a sly smile, and then smoothly told a large series of data.

“马塞尔.施梅尔策，马德堡人，12岁起就成为了多特蒙德青年队中的一员。在去年一月份由于在U18队中出色的表现被选入U19梯队，上个赛季代表U19梯队一共参加了包括德国青年杯在内的32场比赛，其中27场首发；在首发的27场比赛里，场均抢断4.7次、传威胁球2.1次、助攻0.42次，传球成功率87%、一对一拦截成功率则达到了67%；身高1米77，体重65千克，平时训练的百米冲刺跑用时是11.87秒、800米跑用时1分57.34秒；大局观上佳、插上积极是你的优点，但正是因为这个原因导致你很容易在防守时失位……”

After explaining the above data, Yan Jing paused, his expression became serious.

"I also know that your idol is Dede of the first team, and you even have his jersey on your bedside. When you were 12 years old, you left your hometown and came to Dortmund youth training camp alone with your parents. To be able to play football in Dortmund, you wandered from East Germany with rough roads to Dortmund. In that cold winter with heavy snow, you knocked on the door of Mr. Kleinstaber[Note 1] with your frozen hands. But Kleinstaber and his wife Connie were moved by your stubbornness, so they decided to take in you who is working hard for your dream... Now you are studying management courses in a vocational high school, and you will practice in your spare time Practice the violin."

God, it's just, it's just...

Schmelzer felt a little flattered when he heard Yan Jing calmly explained his usual data as if he had memorized them thoroughly, and even he couldn't remember quite a few of them. ——The head coach of the first team pays so much attention to him?

But after listening to what Yan Jing said below, the word flattered is no longer enough to describe Schmelzer's mood at this moment.

His hometown, Magdeburg, is a remote small city in eastern Germany. Since he was a child, he has been looking forward to making a name for himself with football...and then taking his parents to West Germany so that they can live a comfortable life.

For this reason, Schmelzer came to Dortmund alone. Only he himself, who swallowed it all without a word, knows how much hardship he has suffered over the years.

"Maybe in the future you can play a violin to celebrate after our team wins." Yan Jing smiled and patted Schmelzer on the shoulder, "By the way, don't call me Mr. in the future, just call me the boss gone."

Schmelzer looked at Yan Jing, his eyes were still full of confusion and shock, he didn't know what to say to this young Eastern coach.

From this moment on, his future began to be changed.

The author has something to say: Note 1: He used to be Dortmund's substitute goalkeeper, and later became the goalkeeper coach of Dortmund's second team.