Chapter 90 You have to control the audience
After the team's last training session before the game, about 350 Leverkusen fans set off fireworks on the sidelines. They sang, laughed, and applauded the players, and the atmosphere was warm and harmonious.
After failing in the league championship for several consecutive years, Leverkusen's fans are still unyielding in the team. The five consecutive victories have made the team follow Bayern again, and fans hope that the team can beat Frankfurt away on the weekend.
Captain Ulf Kirsten took the defensive core Novotney to interact with the fans.
"Thanks,"
"Thank you everyone."
Kirsten, who looks like Hollywood action superstar Schwarzenegger, has been full of sincerity. For eight years, he has not brought any honor to the team and has reached his twilight years of his career. In Democratic Germany, the championship was like taking a picture, but in Federal Germany, even if he won the best scorer, he could not lead Leverkusen to win a championship.
"Tomorrow, we'll see you at the Forest Stadium."
He waved to the fans in emotion, and after saying goodbye to the fans, he started chatting with Novotney.
"Jens,"
“We can’t fail any more.”
“What do we have to win.”
After so many years of ups and downs, my desire for championships has become stronger than ever before, and even Kirsten seems a little impetuous.
"Captain, I will definitely do this year."
"The Brazilian gang is here, and the team's strength has increased again." Novotni comforted.
The Brazilian Gang is talking about Link, Emerson and Ze Roberto. These three players arrived one after another, which really improved Leverkusen's strength. In addition to Link, the two behind are future masters.
"But Bayern's strength is also increasing. Hertha Berlin, Kaiserslautern and Dortmund are all very strong, and I feel it's harder than last year."
"Captain, you can't let other people hear these words, it will hurt morale."
"I know. But we lack the determination to win, and we always lose track of the chain at critical moments. Many people don't have the heart of a champion. They come here not to win the championship, but just want to use Leverkusen as a springboard and go to a better club."
Kirsten was obviously dissatisfied with some teammates.
"Where is the boss?"
"The boss should do more ideological work for everyone."
“We don’t just have to play beautiful games, we also have to know what the goal is.”
"The boss just ran away at the end of the training. He always ran away faster than we did. I don't know what he was going to do. You rarely even see him appearing outside of work."
"Ah, what a weird guy." Kirsten sighed. He had worked with Daum for two and a half years, but he didn't know Daum. Daum always stayed in seclusion and was very mysterious. He always felt that there was an indescribable barrier between him.
"He should pay attention to the players' lives off the court and can't ignore them."
“And the tactics have changed a bit lately,”
"Tomorrow's play against Frankfurt will be a bit conservative,"
He had some complaints about Daum's tactics.
"It seems that tactics are changing with his mood?"
"This..." Novotney didn't know what to say. After thinking about it, he said, "Maybe he was worried, and he didn't want to capsize on the road."
"We lost too many points when playing against weak teams."
"He didn't say that in the afternoon, let Emerson, Nick Kovac and Lamelo stare at No. 15 and No. 39."
"Well, don't worry, let me and Link solve the problem before, we will win the game."
In the eyes of outsiders, perhaps Leverkusen has been making great strides, but in fact, the thoughts inside the team may not be as they see.
Anxiety, worry and fear fill their hearts. Daum is indeed a very good head coach, but in terms of the players' psychology, he may have ignored a lot.
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On Saturday afternoon, Leverkusen's bus drove outside the Forest Stadium, and a large number of Leverkusen fans arrived with the team, almost turning Forest Stadium into their home court.
Daum walked off the bus first, and did not respond to the cheers of the fans, but walked straight into the away locker room.
Sometimes it is cold and sometimes it is hot, this is Daum.
After arriving at the locker room, Daum changed again.
He and his assistant quickly exchanged opinions, and then the lineup changed, Nick Kovac was taken down, and Yog Reib was replaced.
The original Croatian Nick Kovac was definitely unhappy. Although he didn't say anything, the black face expressed everything. The younger brother Robert Kovac saw it and gently patted his shoulder.
After the 1998 World Cup, Nick Kovac was in a bad state and he couldn't even participate in the World Cup. He is the old captain of Croatia.
"You will regret it." He muttered in his heart. He was already ready to do his best, but he didn't expect Daom to change his mind.
In the home team's locker room, Eman Trout has been emphasizing the team's defense, focusing on the midfield and backcourt. The madman Shuster crossed his hands on his chest and listened with his head tilted.
After Eman Trout finished speaking, he pulled Zheng Zhi aside.
"Zheng,"
"It's going to be a very difficult game."
"It will be the most difficult game you have ever made since you entered the Bundesliga."
Schuster is also stressing.
"They have a lot of powerful players that can completely suppress you in the half. You can't just focus on defense. Outside of defense, you have to see the opponent's loopholes. No one is perfect, and no tactical system is perfect. There will always be loopholes and space. But you have to find them, find them, and use them."
"No matter how powerful the opponent is, they have fatal weaknesses!"
Zheng Zhi listened attentively, and Shuster had too high demands on him.
"How much can you show and to what extent? The more you play like this, the more it tests a player's ability."
"You must let everyone know at a glance, look, that's Zheng!"
"You can do it!"
"You have to control the whole game! Let all the Brazilians, Germans, and Croats die."
From beginning to end, Shuster was instilling strong beliefs in Zheng Zhi.
Although Zheng Zhi has been through the battlefield for a long time, his ambitions have been ignited by Shuster's words.
Take control of the whole audience!
It sounds incredible, it is almost impossible to do.
but……
Football is round. What is certain is that Frankfurt has made sufficient preparations for defense. The only thing that is missing is to give Yang Chen and the others the chance to seal the throat with a sword?
His eyes became cold, sweat began to seep out of his palms, and his whole emotions were mobilized. Naturally, the burden on his body instantly became heavier.
Chapter completed!