naaapseattle Chapter 132 To Schalke
Chapter 132 To Schalke
Chapter 132 Back to Schalke
Rijkaard attended the press conference one step earlier than Slomka. He believed that Barcelona performed very well in today's game and deserved to be promoted, not the luck argument put forward by Slomka.
In fact, Rijkaard also thinks that Barcelona's performance is not good, but he will not blame his players now. He has already been unable to control the locker room. If he blames the players for their poor performance in front of the media, it will not make it worse. What about his relationship with the players? He's not stupid so he doesn't say the team is lucky.
After a night of failure, the players of Schalke 04 were very silent on the car back to the hotel, and Zhang Yuan was also very silent. In fact, being eliminated from the game was a bit of a blow to everyone.
Stayed in Barcelona for one night, and the Schalke 04 team flew back to Germany the next morning. As usual, today is a holiday for everyone. Although the weekend is another heavyweight game, the players are in Spain has been fighting all night and is in a low mood. Slomka wants everyone to have a good rest.
After sleeping for a whole afternoon, Zhang Yuan kept thinking about this game in bed last night, imagining that he was in invincible mode and killing all directions. Of course, he couldn't sleep well, so he couldn't stand it when he returned to Schalke, lying in bed. Asleep in bed!Waking up in the evening, Mai Xuewenqiang took Zhang Yuan to the city for a stroll, so being bored at home would not be conducive to emotional recovery.
As usual, it was Hoffman who came to pick up Zhang Yuan and the two of them. When Zhang Yuan got into the car, Hoffman said, "You did a great job last night, don't be sad!"
"It's a pity that we were eliminated in the end!" It's good that Hoffman didn't mention it, but when he mentioned Zhang Yuan, he felt bitter.
"I said man, you have to deal with failure. Sometimes life is like this. Everyone fails! Except this time, have you ever failed?" Hoffman said.
"Once!" Zhang Yuan replied. He was in Rimini last season, and he was only one step away from being promoted, but he failed in the end. Zhang Yuan didn't cry at the time, but when he returned home, he thought of the fans. I still cried, but later I moved to a new club. I couldn’t help Rimini’s promotion. This is his constant pain, because Rimini occupies a very important position in his heart, where he gets the care of the club from top to bottom. And support, it can be said that without Rimini, it is impossible to have him now.
"Oh, can you tell me about it?" Hoffman asked curiously.
Zhang Yuan told Hoffman about the failure of Rimini's promotion. After listening, Hoffman said: "Look at the failure of the promotion, you have endured it. What's the exit from the Champions League? Let's fight again next year!"
"Aren't you sad at all?!" Zhang Yuan asked, he knew that Hoffman was a diehard Schalke 04 loyalist, so couldn't he be really sad, and he was still smiling when he looked at him.
"Sad, I was already sad last night! You really did a good job, don't be so depressed, just do your best! Besides, what's the use of being sad, let's look forward, I think we will one day Can hold that trophy!" Hoffman said with a smile.
When they arrived at the bustling area of the city, Zhang Yuan and Mai Xuewen got out of the car. Hoffman stretched out his head from the lowered car window and said to Zhang Yuan again: "Go forward, keep going like this, don't think about the past anymore! Dude, Good luck!"
Perhaps because of the narration, Zhang Yuan's mood improved a lot, and finally he was no longer depressed. Mai Xuewen took him to this store and that store and bought a lot of things. Zhang Yuan's mood was a little higher. Points, although I love money, the pleasure of spending money is the same for men and women, and it can make people feel happy.
After dinner, when I got home, Anna called. Anna sent a text message to Zhang Yuan to comfort Zhang Yuan immediately after watching the game. The call today is obviously to comfort Zhang Yuan not to be too disappointed.
"How's your day? Dude!"
"Not bad, I went shopping with Brother Mai just now!"
"Two men went shopping, aren't you going out on a date?" Anna interjected, still wanting Zhang Yuan not to focus on yesterday's failure.
"How is it possible, I am very specific! But I bought a lot of things!"
Anna laughed loudly on the other end of the phone. In fact, men all over the world are similar, and they are not born shopaholics like women, so Anna wants to laugh when imagining the crazy street of two men carrying big bags and small bags.
"What are you laughing at? I look at these things now, and I regret it! Damn, I spent 3000 euros today!" Well, this is Zhang Yuan's first such crazy shopping, and poor Mai Xuewen also spent a lot of money, Fortunately, the two of them can still afford it now, but Zhang Yuan is in pain now. After all, he came from the countryside, and 3000 euros is more than 3 yuan in conversion. He feels so distressed. He secretly vowed not to listen to Maggie again next time. up.
"Wow, it actually cost so much?!" Anna was also dumbfounded, this amount of money was a lot of money for her.
"Yes, it won't be like this next time! I swear!" Zhang Yuan said solemnly.
The two chatted for a while and hung up the phone. Zhang Yuan recovered completely and turned on the computer. There were messages from domestic friends on QQ. With a smile, he replied to them all, and finally put on a laughing emoji, indicating that he was fine.
The team resumed training the next day. Time is very tight for Schalke 04, because after training today, they will go to Bremen to challenge Werder Bremen tomorrow. This game is very important and it is also the day of this round of Bundesliga. the main event.
It means that in fact Schalke 04 only has one day of preparation time today, and they have to challenge a strong enemy. The situation before the war is quite unfavorable for Schalke 04. After the UEFA Champions League, the team's physical fitness is very problematic. In addition The one-day preparation was too hasty. Slomka consumed a lot of brain cells against Barcelona earlier, and he didn't care about the Werder Bremen game at all, so the effect of the preparation can be imagined.
The worse news is that during the training that day, Rakitic sprained his foot. Although it was not serious, the team doctor Larek said that he would not be able to play in the next game. Although Rakitic only came this season Schalke 04, but Slomka has shaped Rakitic into the core of Schalke 04's midfield. Now he is absent and who to replace is really a big problem.
In Slomka's heart, Zhang Yuan will not start this game. Zhang Yuan fought very hard in the last game. He has just resumed training. His physical condition is the worst in the team. During training, Slomka Muka has already told Zhang Yuan that he doesn't need to play in this game.
Zhang Yuan also agreed. He himself knew that his physical condition was actually very poor. He was very tired after the last fight. It would not be good for him to force him to play.
Now Schalke 04 is equivalent to directly losing two main players against Werder Bremen tomorrow. Regardless of Werder Bremen's strong attack power and home court advantage, the balance of victory is already tilting towards them.
After training in the afternoon, Slomka announced the 18-man roster and the starting roster for tomorrow's away game. Zhang Yuan was selected as a substitute.
After being out of the UEFA Champions League, the German media generally praised Schalke 04, thinking that Schalke 04 still surpassed the level, style and momentum of our Bundesliga team in the Champions League. The difference is the final luck.
As far as the club is concerned, no matter what the outside world says, Schalke 04 is exaggerated to the sky, but if you are out, you are out. Why did you tolerate Slomka to continue to bring it down? It was because the high-level executives dreamed of destroying Barcelona and entering the semi-finals. Now The dream was shattered, and it was natural to find the responsible person, and the responsible person in the eyes of the club was Slomka.
The club’s top management held a meeting yesterday to discuss whether Slomka should leave immediately. They have actually been planning this matter for a while, but the club manager Muller proposed that the next round will be against Werder Breeze Mei, now Werder Bremen ranks fourth with 47 points, Schalke 04 ranks second with 48 points, the gap between the teams competing for the Champions League seat and No.1 Bayern has reached as much as 9 points, the Bundesliga The suspense of the championship is almost gone, but the suspense of the Champions League seat is still great. Wolfsburg, ranked seventh, is only 04 points away from Schalke 5.
Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Schalke 04 challenged Werder Bremen to say that it was worth 6 points. Muller proposed that it is too risky to change the coach now?Should we wait until after the Werder Bremen game?
Muller's opinion has been unanimously agreed by everyone. The issues he considers are very practical. No matter how much he wants to drive Slomka away, the Champions League seat is much more important than firing Slomka. If he can win or tie Yun Dalai May, the higher-ups can accept it.
Slomka didn't even know that the top management had held a meeting to discuss his future, and he still led the team to train as always.
Slomka is more easy-going in terms of personality, not a very serious coach, but it is precisely because of this easy-going that many so-called big names in the team do not get along well with him, such as captain Bolton and him I don't talk much.
On the morning of April 4th, Zhang Yuan followed the big team to set off for Werder Bremen. Werder Bremen is located in Bremen in the northeast of Germany. Bremen is a port city with a long history. Werder Bremen Mei also has a long history. It was established in 12 and has won four Bundesliga championships in its long history. In recent years, it has become the main opponent to challenge Bayern Munich after Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen.
(End of this chapter)