On 24 July, Borussia Dortmund's first warm-up match of the summer camp was played against Parma, who finished seventh in Serie A last season.

The 90s were the heyday of Serie A, and it was also the golden age of Parma.

Serie A has long been dominated by AC Milan, Inter Milan and Juventus, and in European competitions these three clubs represent the top level of Italian clubs.

Parma, on the other hand, is the Italian club with the most titles in Europe outside of the top three, having won the European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Super Cup in 1993 and the UEFA Cup twice in 1995 and 1999.

Countless famous stars have gone from this club to the world, such as Gian Luigi Buffon, Fabio Cannavaro, Dino Baggio, Hernán Crespo, Filippo Inzaghi, ......

This time, Yan Jing discussed with Zorge to choose three Italian teams as opponents for the warm-up match, and they hoped to use the excellent defense of the Italian team to evaluate the team's quality, and at the same time avoid leaking new tactics to domestic opponents.

Since the venue was not a very formal professional football stadium, there was no player locker room in the stadium, so both teams rested directly around the bench at halftime.

The first half was a 1-1 draw, with Borussia Dortmund scoring for new Spanish striker David Villa.

From July 17 to today, Yan Jing took Dortmund for a whole week of high-intensity devil training. In the failed passes again and again, the players gradually found the doorway, and they were basically able to execute Yan Jing's tactical intentions in place.

Despite this, they were not skilled enough to pierce the final layer of window paper, and this gap is mainly reflected in the connection between the front and back courts.

Looking at the attacking side alone, the Spanish duo of David is full of tacit understanding, and Ribery and Sneijder can often make beautiful combinations; and then look at the back line, Yaya Touregasah's young midfield combination is full of energy but not reckless; the back line has the experienced Thuram in charge, and his storage seems to be a banner, and young defenders such as Thiago Silva, Coentrão and Lichtsteiner have been influenced by him, and their performance is more stable.

At first glance, the team seems to have reached impeccable perfection. But when Yan Jing saw the momentary stagnation of his offensive line after Ribery was tackled by the opposing defender, he understood that the current players still had to practice.

That's how Dortmund's goal conceded in the first half happened. Facing the Italian team, which is known for its defense, Ribery, who originally wanted to play a defensive counterattack, was caught off guard by the opponent in the way he wanted, and failed to stop the opponent's counterattack in time after conceding the goal.

But Yan Jing didn't panic - it's only been a week of intensive training, if he can run in a new set of tactics in seven days, he can simply go directly to the coaching school, and there will definitely be countless people who are willing to pay sky-high tuition fees to come in.

The first round of the 2006/07 Bundesliga season is scheduled to resume on 12 August, and before that, Yan Jing will have plenty of time to adjust the details that will determine the outcome of the game.

Although it was only a warm-up match, there were still many Parma fans who came to watch the game. Yan Jing swept away, and there were fans on the sidelines holding signs that said "Lilian, welcome back".

Lilian Thuram, who joined Borussia Dortmund in the summer, was also part of Parma, having joined the club in 1996 until 2001, when Parma suffered financial crises before moving to Juventus.

In Parma, the once French stunned youth is growing by leaps and bounds. He was intoxicated by Italy's unique defensive philosophy, and he was like a giant dry sponge frantically absorbing ideas and experiences that he had never seen before in France.

It was in these few years that Thuram underwent a qualitative change and quickly stepped into the ranks of world-class defenders.

Yan Jing smiled and patted Thuram's shoulder: "Lilian, do you want to go and say hello to them?"

Thuram bowed to Yan Jing, and he walked to the sideline with a smile on his face, and there seemed to be his old acquaintances among the fans, and the two chatted happily.

Because it was a warm-up game, there were no substitution restrictions, and at the beginning of the second half, Yan Jing changed eight people in a row. With the exception of goalkeeper Weidenfeller, midfielder Yaya Toure and striker Villa, there have been changes in all other positions.

The purpose of the pre-season warm-up matches is not to win or lose, but to find the team's shortcomings in the game.

In the end, Dortmund relied on Thiago Silva's header from a corner to win 2-1 over Parma.

At the end of the game, the players looked relaxed, Yan Jing put away the notebook and pen in his hand and beckoned to the players, and they immediately surrounded Yan Jing.

"Congratulations on winning this fight, I know how hard you've been training for the past week, so I discussed with Nafir and decided to cancel tonight's training session. ”

"Yay, you're so nice, boss!"

The players cheered with joy when they heard that they were going to be on holiday, and they had been tortured inhumanly every day for the past few days, and people screamed every time they went to receive a massage to relieve muscle fatigue after training.

Although it is important to run in the team, the combination of work and rest is also essential.

If you don't get the right balance between the two, players can easily get injured in training, which is more than worth the loss, and Yan Jing doesn't want injuries in the team before the season starts.

From the pitch back to the villa, the players returned to their rooms with a smile and a smile.

Yan Jing also paid special attention to the assignment, basically a veteran player and a new recruit in a room. There is a language between the two team members who can speak each other, and the veteran team members are fluent in German.

Doing so would inevitably break up some players who usually have a good relationship and always like to mingle, such as Kyle and Rickon, Coentrão and Suarez.

Yan Jing hopes to help the new signings improve their German skills and better integrate them into the team.

After a relaxing dinner, someone suggested that everyone should play poker together, and this suggestion was unanimously responded to by everyone.

As for the way to play, the players opted for Texas Hold'em, which is a multi-player game, with a bet of €100 per person to the winner with the most chips at the end.

Yan Jing originally planned to watch, but he also chose to join in under the enthusiastic encouragement of the players.

The maid Maria stacked the playing cards and chips on the table, shuffling and dealing the cards with great skill, as if she had done it before.

Two hole cards down, Yan Jing quietly glanced, it was a plum 3 and a square 9, not a good card. After the big blind, he threw two 10 chips to the middle of the table and chose to call.

No one in the hole round folded, so Maria began dealing three community cards.

"Queens of hearts, 6 of hearts and 10 of spades......" Coentrão of the small blind was happy when he saw the cards behind him, he looked at the two cards in his hand, and threw a 500 chip out with great satisfaction, "Raise." ”

The big blind was Lichtsteiner, and he looked at Coentrand's confident expression and thought hesitantly: everyone only had 5,000 chips, and Fabio was so happy that the hand must be good.

He looked at his hole cards again, in fact, they were not bad, and he still had to fight, so he threw out the chips: "I'll follow." ”

Then it was Yan Jing's turn, and in the eyes of all the players, Yan Jing calmly threw the poker on the table: "I fold." ”

Now that the five cards combined, his biggest is a single queen, and the likelihood of a flush and straight is slim, so he simply chooses to give up.

Probably because Coentrão was too confident, and after the second round, most of the people chose to fold like Yan Jing.

At the beginning of the third round, Coentrand raised 2000 directly, scaring away more than half of it, and in the end only Lichtsteiner trembled and called.

When the hole cards were finally revealed, Coentrand had a flush and Lichtsteiner had a three-of-a-kind, and Coentrand had the last laugh.

Suarez looked at Coentrão and smiled and took the chips: "You kid shit luck." ”

Coentrão stretched out his hands at Suarez: "Hehe, Luis, this is something you can't envy." ”

Although he was the winner, Coentrão apparently didn't notice that he didn't win much, because he was too confident and scared away too many players, and finally only won Lichtsteiner's share.

Lichtsteiner ran out of chips and was eliminated, and then the rest of the players started the next round.

As the rounds went by, more and more players were eliminated, and the stacks in front of Coentrão and Yan Jing were getting higher and higher.

Today seems to be a lucky day for Coentrão, whose luck is too good, with all sorts of straight flushes and gourds that have brought down countless players. Yan Jing was unlucky, and he won these chips purely by psychological tactics.

Two hours later, the final lap was about to begin, and there were only four people left at the table. They are Coentrão who currently has the most chips, Yan Jing, who has the most chips, Thuram who is third, and Sneijder, who is on the verge of elimination.

Maria dealt her hole cards to the four, and Coentrão couldn't wait to wipe them up and take a look, and the 4 of clubs and the 4 of hearts were good hole cards.

Yan Jing observed the expressions of the other three and did not look at the hole cards in front of him. Coentrão was as happy as ever, and the expressions on the faces of the other two men did not change.

Maria unfolded three community cards, namely the 4 of diamonds, the 10 of hearts and the king of hearts.

There were already three fours, and there was still the possibility of a flush, so Coentrão coughed twice and faked, "Oh, I'm really not good at this card." ”

Suarez, who was watching from the side, had just spied on Coentrão's hole cards: "Pull down Fabio-"

Coentrão glared at Suarez, who was standing next to him: "Luis, shut up. ”

Since it was already the final round, Sneijder, who had the least number of chips in his hand, had no hope of coming back to the top spot, so he was also relaxed and went straight to the rest of his chips.

Originally, it was just to let the players relax mentally, and the stakes were not big, Yan Jing smiled and said with a smile without thinking about it: "I'll follow." ”

After that, it was Thuram's turn, and the French defender decided to give it a go after thinking about it for a while: "I will follow too. ”

"Wesley, yes. Fabio glanced at Sneijder, and pushed some of his chips into the middle of the table, "Follow me." ”

Seeing that no one folded, Maria opened the fourth hole card.

"J of hearts. Sneijder, who had nothing to follow, whistled, "It's not bad for me." ”

At this time, David Silva noticed that the poker that Maria sent to Yan Jing had not been moved: "Boss, don't you look at the hole cards?"

Yan Jing shook his head, and pushed a bunch of chips to the middle: "That's exciting, I'll follow." ”

Coentrão glanced at Yan Jing, and the chips on his table were not much different from his own.

Three 4s are not safe, and you are not guaranteed a flush until the last card is out...... Let's be on the safe side and see what the last card is.

Both Thuram and Coentrão called, and the last hole card was revealed.

"Oh my God, the 4 of spades!" Suarez exclaimed before Coentrão, "Hahaha, I advise you all to fold, Fabio had so much luck today." ”

Four of a Four! Only four of the same number can be higher than this hand, and there are only four cards of the same number and a straight flush!

Just as Coentrão was about to burst out laughing, he suddenly heard Yan Jing's calm voice across from him.

"I'm all in the press. ”