On 9 September 2006, Borussia Dortmund had their first race in the German Cup against Tarnhausen from the Bundesliga.

With the team set to travel to London in four days for the first game against Chelsea in this season's Champions League group stage, Yan Jing fielded most of the substitutes in this game.

Although Dortmund sent all the substitutes, there was a very clear gap between the two teams, and in the end, Dortmund beat their opponents 3-0 thanks to two goals from Suarez and a long-range strike from Lars Ricken to advance to the next round.

Before flying to London, Yan Jing received a good news call from Gotze.

"Boss, I just got a call from Frank Engel, do you know what he told me?"

Frank Engel and Yan Jing searched his mind for memories of the name, and finally remembered that this person was the head coach of Germany's Under-17 team.

"Oh - you've been selected for the U17 national team?"

Gotze originally wanted to surprise Yan Jing, but he didn't expect his boss to guess the matter at once, and he pouted on the other end of the phone: "Yes, he didn't notify you in advance, right?"

"What?" Yan Jing was confused, "Why do you say that?"

Otherwise, how would you know all at once...... Gotze didn't say what was in his heart: "It's nothing, it's nothing, boss, it's going to play against Chelsea the day after tomorrow, come on!"

Yan Jing responded with a smile: "Of course, I will bring the 'lucky tie' you gave me, I believe that my players will definitely surprise the fans." ”

"Well, and ......," said Gotze, after a moment's hesitation, "Chief, thank you for giving me chocolate, I couldn't help but eat one, it tasted very good." ”

"Ah, if you like it. Yan Jing is almost in the habit of pampering the other party, "It's a pity that you can't participate in this trip to London, is there anything you want? I can bring it back for you." ”

A trip to London......

Speaking of London, Götze's memories of the city all come from a trip with Yan Jing during the winter break two years ago.

Mapo tofu in a Chinese restaurant where his tongue is unconscious, St. Paul's Cathedral where Princess Diana and Prince Charles were married, the River Thames sprinkled with glowing blue and orange light from the eyes of London at night, and the goodnight kiss on his forehead in the Milestone Hotel......

Gotze was a little distracted for a while, and Yan Jing couldn't help but shout again when he heard that there was no sound on the other side of the phone: "Mario?"

"Ahh Gotze jerked back his distant thoughts, "Actually, I don't really want anything, if I have to say, I want to come back with a victory!"

"It's a deal. Yan nodded his head, "Do a good job in the national team, I think if you do a good job, the coach will definitely take you to the U17 Youth Football Championship in Belgium next year." ”

Gotze also nodded heavily: "Okay, it's a word." ”

After making the call, it was time for the team to board, Yan Jing put away the phone and led the group of people to the special plane.

Dortmund's Champions League journey this season is not optimistic, not only the media and fans, but also Yan Jing and the players.

In the latest odds given by Bo.Cai, Dortmund is 17 to 1 and 560 to win the championship. Last season's defending champions Barcelona are priced as low as 1.8 to 1, while Jose Mourinho's Chelsea are also priced at 3.8 to 1.

Of course, there is also a group with better odds than Dortmund to qualify, and that is the hapless Olympiacos, who are priced at 59 to 1.

This means that if you spend 100 euros on Olympiacos now, you will be gone in three months.

Although the goal set by Dort's senior management before the start of the season is to continue to qualify for the Champions League, the plan cannot catch up with the changes after all.

The day after the draw, Zolke informed Yan Jing that the top management was no longer mandatory for him to qualify from the group, as long as he did his best.

Barcelona are the reigning champions of the Champions League, while Rijkaard's side were in the limelight with four major stars at last month's UEFA Awards Gala.

Chelsea have won the Premier League for the second year in a row, but they have always failed in the Champions League. The Blues have made a number of big purchases this summer, and it's clear that their Russian boss is intent on getting his hands on the Big Ears Cup.

Based on these two formidable opponents, the media has overwhelmingly favoured Dortmund, who agree that they have little chance of knocking out defending champions Barcelona or the Blues Chelsea.

However, Yan Jing doesn't think so, although he is not optimistic about the line, it does not mean that there is no chance.

While Barcelona and Chelsea qualification look like a no-brainer, both teams have their potential problems.

Yan Jing also went to the award ceremony last month, and when Ronaldinho took the stage to accept the award, he clearly saw the Brazilian's lower abdomen slightly erect, and the whole person also looked more blessed than when they played last season. It seems that Brazil's defeat at the World Cup did not affect Ronaldinho's mood much, and his holiday must have been accompanied by beautiful women and barbecue, and he had a colorful time.

And the problems on Chelsea's side are probably even more annoying.

Jose Mourinho once declared to the media that "God comes first, then me", and I am afraid that he will now have to add an Abramovich between him and God.

While they have bought a lot of stars this summer, there are not many that Mourinho really wants. Needless to say, the arrival of Ukrainian Shevchenko has made Mourinho reluctant, with the free transfer of German star Ballack overlapping with Frank Lampard and Essien.

The addition of these two big-name stars goes against Mourinho's policy of not wanting big names, and his Russian boss will always ask for the stars he bought to be put in the starting line-up, consciously or unconsciously, and want him to continue to strengthen the attacking firepower in midfield.

Yan watched footage of Chelsea's first three games of the new season. Although Chelsea won all three of those games and striker Andriy Shevchenko scored, there were hints of interference from Abou throughout Chelsea's starting line-up and formation.

Chelsea's problems don't end there, with factionalism within the squad, and a large number of players coming to Stamford Bridge for high salaries, who look more like a mercenary than a real team.

Although Mourinho can still hold down this group of players with his high-pressure wrist and his past brilliant record, once there is a slight mistake in the results, it will definitely lead to a situation where the wall is falling and everyone is pushing.

When Dortmund's squad arrived in London, Yan Jing bought a newspaper from a roadside newsstand and took a look at the English media's opinion of the game.

The ever-faunted English media barely mentioned Chelsea's internal problems, seemingly bewildered by Chelsea's big names and three wins in a row since the start of the season.

- Borussia Dortmund finished second in the Bundesliga last season, but their quality still cannot be compared to Chelsea. It is worth mentioning that Borussia Dortmund also wanted to buy Ashley Cole in the summer, but was robbed of it by the Blues with a high salary......

Yan Jing's eyelids twitched, and the newspaper mentioned Ashley Cole that really poked him in the sore spot again.

Coentrão on the side saw Yan Jing reading the newspaper and was fascinated, so he leaned over curiously and peeked: "Boss, what's there to see?"

Yan Jing casually flipped through a few pages: "It's nothing." ”

Unexpectedly, this move caused Coentron's surprised gaze, and Yan Jing turned his head to look at the little golden retriever inexplicably: "What's wrong?"

"Boss......" Coentrão pointed to the page that Yan Jing had just turned to, "Isn't this your girlfriend!"

Hearing Coentrão's words, Yan Jing hurriedly moved his gaze back to the newspaper, and it turned out that he really saw Rita's photo printed on the newspaper.

As soon as they heard the topic of "Yan Jing's girlfriend", the players dragging suitcases gathered around.

Ribery poked his head out, "Wow, what, Chief's girlfriend?"

The new recruits didn't know about Rita, and immediately some of the veteran players gave them the "Boss's Rock Girlfriend".

In the newspaper, Rita and her band were playing on the branches of a huge tree in the forest, and the whole band was transformed into a mysterious elf clan.

Yan Jing looked at the accompanying text next to the picture again, and the content made him can't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

-- The all-German rookie band has just released their debut single "Sound of Trees", which was so popular with fans that it dropped to No. 45 on the U.S. Billboard this week......

Did Rita do a great job so quickly?

Seeing the smile on the corner of Yan Jing's mouth, Coentrão was sure that the news on it should be good: "Boss, I haven't seen your girlfriend for a long time." ”

"She went to the United States to develop her career. Yan Jing put away the newspaper and waved his hand to urge them to go back to their rooms, "Go and rest, I'm going to step on the field for training in the evening." ”

The players dispersed in a hurry, and at this time, Yan Jing's phone suddenly rang again, and he looked at it, showing that the caller was Boas.

"Andrey, why are you calling me at this time?"

Boas's voice in the earpiece was quite relaxed: "I haven't been in touch for a long time, I saw Chelsea draw Borussia Dortmund on the live stream last month and I've been thinking about talking to you for a long time. ”

"Oh, don't mention it, this lottery is a nightmare. Yan Jing smiled, "I can't think of a worse shipment than this." ”

"Do you think you can't win us?"

Yan Jing's face did not change, and he straightened up his collar with one hand: "I mean that Barcelona and Chelsea are destined to have a team that will not qualify for the knockout round, which is really regrettable." ”

'Haha, you're confident, but Chelsea are definitely not the ones who got knocked out. ”

"Barcelona won the title last season by stepping on our corpse. Yan Jing joked to Boas, "Why don't we give it a taste of the defending champion's elimination in the group stage this time?"

"Makes sense, I think José would agree. Are you free now, why don't we have afternoon tea and discuss ways to take out Barcelona together?"

"Won't Jose kick you out of the dressing room after a pre-game private meeting with the opposing head coach?"