Chapter 0004: A Natural Pair
The next day, a number of German media and mainstream European media reported on yesterday's press conference at the Signal Park Stadium in Iduna. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
At the beginning, the content of the report was relatively objective, for example, Dortmund spent 12 million to bring in the best players and top scorers from this year's Copa Libertadores, which will be of great help to the future development of the team.
Of course, there are also media alarmists, claiming that Dortmund's heavy recruitment will be a repeat of the 2005 bankruptcy.
However, the most talked about is Klopp's unfounded optimism about Tang Zheng, and Tang Zheng, who attended Dortmund's press conference for the first time, was surprising and arrogant.
It's simply uncultivated, and there is no one in sight.
As a result, there are sharp judgments from some media, who think that Klopp and Tang Zheng are a perfect match together, and they both like to talk big.
Regarding the media's questioning, Tang Zheng didn't say anything later, he had already experienced the dirty face of the media in the past year and a half in River Plate.
Before you have actual results, they will say that you are worthless, only when you make corresponding results and slap you in the face, they will come and kneel and lick your toes like dogs.
Klopp's response was the same, as he left the press conference after saying that he would win the Bundesliga title in two seasons.
At the end of the day, world football is another world where 'strength is paramount'.
The first round of the 2009-2010 Bundesliga season will be played on the sixth of next month, but Klopp considered that Tang Zheng had just participated in the Copa Libertadores final, and then flew to Germany non-stop for a physical examination, and he had not had time to adjust and rest this summer, so he decided to give Tang Zheng a week off.
But Tang Zheng thought of the doubts of media reporters, and the new Bundesliga season was about to start, so he rejected the kindness of head coach Klopp and insisted on meeting with his new teammates in advance.
Klopp also knew Tang Zheng in the past, knowing that he was a very talented and hardworking young man, so he didn't say anything more.
After all, Tang Zheng integrated into Dortmund a day earlier, and the team's results were more guaranteed.
The new season is not only a great test for Tang Zheng, but also for Klopp, he stepped out of the sea in front of the media, if there is no corresponding result, then he will be slapped in the face, so when the two have a common goal, they naturally dare not relax.
Because Tang Zheng temporarily decided to transfer to Dortmund, the agent Rodrigo had not had time to help him find a place to live, so the club directly paid for a four-star hotel for half a month until he found a suitable house.
Although Steigenberger is a four-star hotel, it still has a full range of supporting facilities, such as a gym and swimming pool.
Tang Zheng got up early and came to the gym, and the most mentioned problem in the Bayern physical examination room and Dort physical examination room was his lack of core strength, and he began to exercise his core muscles after completing the warm-up on the treadmill, which did not end until eight o'clock.
Back in his room, he took a hot shower, then changed into clean clothes, took his training bag, and flagged down a taxi directly in front of the hotel.
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"Huh~"
Hans Heisenberg's taxi stopped in front of the Steigenberger Hotel, there was a clear brake mark on the ground, and the passenger hurriedly paid the bill, and then he held on to the door and couldn't vomit, he smiled.
At the same time, he saw through the mirror a tall Oriental figure walking out of front of the hotel, a potential customer in need of a taxi based on his 'years' of experience in carrying passengers.
So he turned up the volume, and the Dortmund team song "Das-Vereinslied" was playing on the stereo, chewing gum mechanically in his mouth, his hands on the steering wheel and tapping rhythmically, his head still shaking slowly to the rhythm of the music.
Tang Zheng opened the back seat door of the Chevrolet taxi parked in front of the hotel, threw the satchel in, and then closed it, while he sat in the passenger seat.
He glanced at the young driver and smiled politely, "Dude, please go to the Stobelari training center." β
"Where?"
Hans Heisenberg raised his eyebrows and said subconsciously.
Tang Zheng slapped his head suddenly, what he blurted out just now was Spanish, and he didn't speak German, so he changed to English that he was not familiar with: "Go to the Stobelari Training Center." β
I don't know if the driver understood, Tang Zheng had an idea: "BVB Training Center." β
Anyway, the spelling of 'training center' in German and English is exactly the same, and it is estimated that the other party should be able to move.
So he saw the driver nod thoughtfully, then slowly started the car, and slapped the meter with his right hand.
Then Tang Zheng added: "quick." β
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Tang Zheng nodded.
The young driver then said a few more words, Tang Zheng didn't understand, but the other party reached out and pulled the seat belt, and he immediately realized that the other party was asking him to wear a seat belt.
Just as Tang Zheng lowered his head and just finished fastening his seat belt, the driver stepped on the accelerator suddenly.
The low roaring sound of the engine made Tang Zheng suspicious, and he turned his head to look at the young driver, with an excited expression.
The driver turned up the volume even louder, and then pressed the accelerator all the way.
Tang Zheng felt a strong feeling of pushing back, and this Chevrolet taxi was like a wild horse, overtaking all the way uncontrollably.
He had the illusion that this was not an ordinary taxi at all, but like the bumblebee in Transformers.
Hold the grass!
No wonder Dortmund's South Stand is so fierce, this ordinary taxi driver is so tough, other professions really can't be imagined......
But to be honest, drag racing is still pretty cool.
It's no wonder that many stars like to buy supercars, and it just feels different.
Tang Zheng thought that when he had time, he would get a driver's license and buy a supercar to have fun.
It was supposed to take fifteen minutes to reach the Stobelari training center, but it took seven or eight minutes to reach the destination.
Hans Heisenberg glanced at Tang Zheng in surprise, because this was the first time he had met a guest who sat in his car and did not vomit.
Interesting.
"Hmm, why do you look familiar?" Hans Heisenberg's eyes and brain were running at high speed, and he had a flash of inspiration, and quickly took out the first newspaper with his butt paddled and looked at it, and then compared it to Tang Zheng.
Tang Zheng, who was taking out change, looked at himself in the newspaper and grinned very cooperatively.
"Great!"
Hans Heisenberg hurriedly took out a pen from the dark compartment and handed it to Tang Zheng, saying a lot of words, but he saw that Tang Zheng couldn't understand, so he pointed to the back of the Dortmund jersey he was wearing.
Only then did Tang Zheng understand what the other party meant, and he took the signature pen and signed his name on the other party's back.
After the pen was done, Tang Zheng took out twenty marks, but the driver did not collect the money, but took out his business card and handed it to Tang Zheng, and also said a simple sentence in English: "no-money." β
Tang Zheng understood this sentence, which means that there is no need for money.
So Tang Zheng smiled and patted the young driver's shoulder twice, and did not refuse the other party's kindness, and then walked to the Stobelari training center with his satchel.
It wasn't until Tang Zheng's back disappeared at the door of the training center that Hans Heisenberg excitedly honked his horn.
He is an avid Dortmund fan and has his presence in the crazy South Stand every game, so he pays close attention to Dortmund's dynamics and does not mind the arrogant Chinese claimed by the media, because they are the most arrogant fans on the planet in the South Stand.
Arrogant Chinese and arrogant fans add up to a natural pair.
It seems that the great revival of Dortmund is finally coming!
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In fact, as early as half a month ago, Dortmund had already started pre-season preparations for the new season, so this is why Klopp did not insist on taking Tang Zheng off.
If Tang Zheng, who is the core of the midfield in the future, does not have pre-game training, it will be more difficult to run in with the team after the league starts.
At the entrance of the training center, there was already a young man waiting for Tang Zheng, so when Tang Zheng pushed the door in, he greeted him: "Welcome." β
The young man, who still smells of a scholar, is a temporary translator hired by the club, fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and German, and is now Tang Zheng's temporary translator.
So while Rodrigo helped Tang Zheng find a place to live, he was also looking for Tang Zheng's German teacher.
"Hi, Bach. Tang Zheng smiled and stretched out his right hand.
Translator Bach Schneider shook hands with Tang Zheng and led them straight to the first-team dressing room before heading to the training ground.
From the simple chat just now, Tang Zheng knew that Dortmund's morning training started at half past eight, so when he went to the training ground, the players were already doing stretching exercises under the leadership of the physical coach.
Klopp saw Tang Zheng's tall figure in the afterglow, he walked over with a straight face, pointed to his watch and said loudly: "You are a full fifteen minutes late, you know?"
"Uh......" Tang Zheng tried to explain after listening to Bach Schneider's translation: "I don't know what time to start training. β
"That's not the reason. Klopp shook his head and pressed the stopwatch on his left wrist: "Ten laps around the training ground, ten minutes limit, one lap per second each." β
Tang Zheng was still talking to the translator, but Klopp said, "It's been five seconds!"
The old-fashioned Germans were vividly reflected at this time, and Bach Schneider's head turned quickly, and he hurriedly translated a long story short.
Seeing Tang Zheng drop a Chinese national scolding and start running around the training ground, the Dortmund players who were stretching looked at Tang Zheng, the team standard king this summer, with great interest, chatting with each other and covering their mouths and smiling.
They could hear clearly just now that Klopp wanted Tang Zheng to run ten laps in ten minutes, and one lap outside the training ground was at least 350 meters, and ten laps were 3,500 meters.
Ten minutes to run?
And the time to pass the translation also consumed dozens of seconds, which means that Tang Zheng needs to run 3,500 meters in more than nine minutes.
Completely impossible!
But Tang Zheng told them that anything is possible!
Tang Zheng ran the first lap in almost a minute, the second lap within a minute, and the third lap within a minute......
When Tang Zheng's ten laps were finished, he didn't even have much breath before he came to Klopp to report.
Klopp looked at Tang Zheng in a daze, and his stopwatch had only reached 9\'15"
The other team members were also stunned, they didn't finish stretching yet, and they finished running?
(To be continued.) )