Chapter 012: Today, I Will Take the First.

The Wolfsburg bus slowly drove away from the 'Wolfsburg Hotel' amid the flashing lights and the cheers of the fans.

"Hopefully we can win today. ”

"What do you say, I'm sure I'll win today!"

"That's right, the lad will definitely Frankfurt hard. ”

Amid the fans' chatter, Wolfsburg's buses slowly drove towards their home stadium, Volkswagen Arena.

Yang Fan sat silently in the last row, a little excited and a little nervous, today, for him, whether he can play or not, it is a special day.

This Chinese guy from an ordinary family will have zero contact with the top European leagues!

Winter is approaching the end of the day, but there is still a cold smell in the air.

He opened the window of the car, and a slight cold wind hit him, and he couldn't help but squint at a group of teenagers chasing a soccer ball on the roadside field.

It's a small pitch, in a park next to the road, and pitches like this are everywhere in Germany, in England. How much of the children's happy childhood was spent here?! They are happily playing football and doing their own star dreams.

Yang Fan remembered his childhood, the playground of the primary school, the field of the yellow earth, the two teams of small schoolbags are the goal, and a group of teenagers are looking for their happiness in the dust!

I want to be like Ronaldo!

I'm Nesta!

I'm David Beckham!

I'm Karn!

The friends proudly declared that it was a vision for the future and a joy and laughter when they were children.

The dream that Yang Fan and his friends once had.

Teenagers gradually grow up, some people are admitted to college, some are farming at home, some people go out to work, everyone has their own life, everyone has their own sadness and vision for the future, but, in their hearts, their original dream, the dream of galloping on the green field, the dream of galloping under the blue sky, on the green turf, smile in the bottom of their hearts.

Finally, it's so close to the dream. Yang Fan knew that he was lucky, he was still holding on to that initial dream, he stretched his arm out of the window, towards the air, grabbed it, and then, clenched his fists, as if he was grabbing his dream fiercely!

Guys, will you be in front of the TV today, and see me running around the field?!

Yang Fan smiled.

Brothers, you, me, him, us, all of us have to come on!

Wolfsburg is not a big city, and if it weren't for the headquarters of the Volkswagen Group, the city would have remained obscure.

Of course, now the city's famous business card, in addition to the Volkswagen Group, is also because of the Wolfsburg team.

Now, this small city is so noisy. It's so hilarious.

As the buses get closer to the Volkswagen Stadium, the excitement becomes more and more enthusiastic.

On both sides of the road are a large number of fans, who are heading towards the Volkswagen Stadium. Seeing the bus slowly coming, people applauded, whistled, and made a V-shaped gesture towards the bus!

Wolfsburg's current record is not good, but that still can't stop the enthusiasm of the fans, who love and love this team. It's their own team!

The road began to be difficult, the bus was moving forward with difficulty, and the noisy sound clearly hit everyone's ears, and the hot feeling became stronger and stronger.

On both sides of the road were a large number of fans, who carried huge flags and sang songs, marching towards the public stadium in a majestic and high-spirited manner.

Zhang Yang didn't know how his battle-hardened teammates felt, he himself was excited, he waved his arms to the fans, although the fans' response to this strange guy's actions was very light, but Yang Fan was not tired of it. In the young man's mind, he was already imagining a scene of him waving out the window, the fans cheering, and with each wave of his hand, a tsunami of vibrations was triggered!

One day, I want to be such a star!

The young man said to himself!

Finally, the bus passed a bend and entered a road exclusive to the club, and suddenly the bus accelerated, and quickly rushed into the parking lot of the stadium, and the surroundings finally calmed down again.

Yang Fan's mood is still not calm, this is the top league, this is the atmosphere of professional football.

He really liked the feeling!

The bus came to a slow stop, and everyone stepped off the bus under the leadership of Augenthaler.

Yang Fan carried his backpack, held his head high, and followed the mermaids through a corridor and into the locker room.

Because the lights were not turned on in advance, the light in the locker room was dim.

Captain Kevin Hovland went up and pressed the master switch.

"Brush, brush, brush!"

The lights in the dressing room came on, and at once the whole room was illuminated.

The sudden bright light made people's eyes a little uncomfortable, Yang Fan squinted his eyes and looked at the situation in the locker room.

"Yang, this locker is yours. The assistant coach said, pointing to a locker in the corner.

The position of the locker reflects the status of a player in the team, and the best position is naturally for the most important players of the team, and for those who are the most remote, it is naturally for the marginal players. Yang Fan's locker is one of the worst locations.

"Yes, sir. Yang Fan nodded and said, he happily walked over to open the locker and put his things in.

The locker is not in a good position?

Now he is not qualified to pick and choose.

Down-to-earth competition, striving for a good table, is the king.

Head coach Augenthaler didn't come in right away, he went to the pre-match press conference.

The assistant coach told everyone to quickly change their equipment and then rush to the court for a pre-game warm-up.

"Hello spectators, I'm your old friend Netzer! Welcome to Volkswagen Stadio, where the 19th round of the Bundesliga will be played today against Eintracht Frankfurt at home. German national television's gold medal commentator Netzer sat in front of the commentary booth, the camera was facing the stadium, and at the moment, the players of both teams were warming up on the field.

'The situation at Wolfsburg is terrible at the moment and this game is a decisive battle for their manager Augenthaler. "Eintracht Frankfurt finished 14th in the Bundesliga last season and were barely relegated until the final round of the league. Netzer began to give fans a brief introduction to the visiting Eintracht Frankfurt team for this game.

"Meyer, what do you think of this game?" he asked his commentary partner, Myer Hanks.

The latter is looking at the current Bundesliga standings, where Eintracht Frankfurt are 11th and VfL Wolfsburg are 13th. Such a ranking is really cold enough for the Wolfsburg team, which was originally aiming to attack the European stage, and it is no wonder that the media regards Ogenthaler as the most likely manager to be sacked in the Bundesliga.

"At Wolfsburg, I'm not surprised to lose to any team. Meier Hanks said unceremoniously, "What intrigues me is that today Ogenthaler put that Chinese striker in the squad for the game, and it looks like he really intends to rely on the Chinese to save him, and it looks like he's not kidding." ”

"Alright, well, let's see what Mr. Augenthaler's new baby will look like. Netzel snorted, he was not interested in the Chinese striker at all, in his mind, this Chinese can join Wolfsburg, nine times out of ten is not because of strength problems, but because the Volkswagen Group wants to develop the Chinese market, although there is no evidence that there is a commercial operation behind this recruitment, but this is what Netzer thinks.

It is worth mentioning that there is also an Asian player in the Eintracht Frankfurt team, and he is Japanese striker Naoyasu Takahara, and the Japanese international has been fully trusted for a year last season. He is still Eintracht Frankfurt's main striker. Netzer went on to say that he seemed to have found a highlight of the game, "Can the Japanese and Chinese call this game an Asian derby?"

Now, Europeans have figured out the habits of Asians, and they are used to giving some very ordinary games all kinds of hype-worthy names, among which 'Asian derby' is the most commonly used word.

Not to mention, in the stands, most Chinese journalists, including Zhang Shunxian, did have the term 'Asian Derby' in their minds. It was their first reaction after seeing Eintracht Frankfurt have Japan international striker Naoyasu Takahara in their squad. What's more, some reporters even thought of using words like 'anti-Japanese' to cover the game.

Zhang Shunxian rubbed his hands in the stands, he is a southerner and is not used to the cold climate.

Watching Yang Fan practice shooting, a low shot, the football rolled into the net. Even though it was just an ordinary warm-up shooting exercise, Zhang Shunxian still applauded the young man.

Yang Fan, come on.

Not long after, Wolfsburg finished his warm-up and returned to the dressing room.

Head coach Klaus Ogenthaler hasn't returned yet, so the players are busy with their own business, with Alexander Madelen busy with an electric shaver on his chin, Mike Hank spraying perfume on himself, goalkeeper Simon Jench listening to music with headphones on, and everyone looking busy.

Yang Fan had nothing to do alone, he stood up and walked to the window, and he could still hear the singing of the fans coming in, hearing this singing would make his blood boil.

After about a dozen minutes, Ogenthaler came in, saw the head coach come in, and the busy people were all taking care of their business, and the somewhat noisy dressing room was quiet.

Augenthaler quickly laid out his tactics. He drew a rectangle on the board with great speed and then wrote the players' numbers on it, telling them the starting lineup and the specific positions of the players.

Goalkeeper: Simon Jench;

Left wing-back: Stegmeier;

Right wing-back: Merrle;

The centre-back is a partnership for Kevin Hovland and Alexander Madelen.

In midfield, there is a midfield five of Krzynovic, Van der Regate, Santana, Machiade and Sarpe.

Yang Fan didn't listen much to Augenthaler's words, because he only heard his own heartbeat, and he was expecting his name to come out of Augenthaler's mouth.

However, in the end, when he heard that it was a five-midfield lineup, he knew that he could not get the chance to start, because this formation can only have a striker, and this striker is naturally none other than Mike Hank.

This made him a little disappointed, but Yang Fan thought about it himself and smiled, is he too dissatisfied, in the first game, he dreamed of getting the chance to start this game, for him, being able to play is the greatest satisfaction.

Today, for him, play!

It's the first step!

If you can score goals, then it will be even better.