"In the first leg of the Champions League semi-final at Old Trafford last night, Manchester United drew 1-1 with Borussia Dortmund. United scored an early penalty through Cristiano Ronaldo in the first half, and Villa's strike equalised on 89 minutes. Borussia Dortmund picked up a crucial away goal and will have the upper hand in the second leg. After the game, the managers of both teams said in a press conference that the suspense would be left until the second leg, and that both teams would do their best to win. ”

It is reported that Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson also invited Yan Jing to his office for a wine and chat, but unfortunately neither side was willing to disclose the content of the conversation. ”

Last night, Dort rushed back to Germany overnight by special plane, and a 90-minute high-intensity battle will inevitably make the players feel tired, but at this point in time, Yan Jing is only allowed to give them a morning off.

Early in the morning, Otriea and Ulf went out to see August out, selling vegetables by the way, leaving Yan Jing alone at home.

Yan Jing sat on a chair in the dining room, freshly ground coffee exuded a sweet smell, and the good mood brought to him by the lore of Manchester United lasted until the next day.

He gripped the handle of the cup with his fingers and took two sips of the brown and black liquid, still thinking about Dortmund.

Now the season has reached its most critical moment, with four rounds remaining in the Bundesliga, Dortmund facing Eintracht Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen.

This fixture is not an easy one for Borussia Dortmund. Except for Eintracht Frankfurt, who are not worried about relegation and do not have much pursuit, the other three teams are all ranked in the top eight in the Bundesliga.

Stuttgart are their rivals in the title race, while Schalke 04 is their sworn enemy and will definitely go all out to stop Dort. As for Bayer Leverkusen, if they perform well in the final rounds and have the possibility of entering the European zone, they will also be full of energy.

It's obviously unrealistic to want to focus all on the league. Not to mention the players, even Yan Jing himself is full of illusions about the Champions League.

Fortunately, the last few rounds of the Bundesliga are not compact, all of them are one game a week, which also gives Yan Jing and Dortmund players time and energy to distract from the Champions League.

Yan Jing supported his side jaw with one hand, pinched the stainless steel spoon with two fingers and stirred the coffee, and from time to time touched the wall of the cup to make a crisp bell sound.

We must win the next game against Eintracht Frankfurt so that we can have a great psychological advantage against Stuttgart......

Suddenly his phone started singing.

Yan Jing was stunned, put down the spoon and took the phone, and the name of the caller ID was Mario Gotze.

"Mario, good morning, why did you think of calling me today?"

"Hey, you know what, Boss, I'm in the national team, I'm going to Belgium for the European Youth Championships!"

Gertze's voice on the other end of the phone was uplifting, Yan Jing was slightly stunned, and then laughed happily.

"I'll just say you're going to make the cut, congratulations, Mario. I remember that this year's European Youth Championships started in early May, when did you start?"

"I'm going to leave for training the day after tomorrow...... So I won't be able to go to Westphalen to watch the second leg against Manchester United. ”

'It's a bit of a shame, but it's okay, you're still in time for the Champions League final. Yan Jing comforted the other party softly, "I will definitely lead Dortmund to win Manchester United, and I will also reserve tickets for you in the Champions League final." As long as you do well in this competition, I can still surprise you. ”

"What surprise?"

"It's not a surprise when you say it. Yan Jing sold Guan Zi and refused to reveal, "If you make it to the finals, maybe I can still go to the scene." ”

"Oh, but you still have to lead the team to prepare for the game, don't you? Can you find time?"

"As I did the math, the UEFA Youth Championship final is on May 13 and Borussia Dortmund will play Schalke 04 on the 12th. Stuttgart are five points clear of us and we will meet them in the penultimate round, and if we can win them, we will win the title two rounds earlier. Of course, they are hard to bite, and they may not be able to take it. So another possibility is to win Schalke in the penultimate round and win the championship one round earlier. If that's the case, I'll give the players a day off and just in time to go to Belgium to watch you play – if Germany makes it to the final, of course. ”

"That's a quick calculation...... I'm going to do my best to get the boss to come!"

After the call with Gotze ended, Yan Jing no longer gave himself a holiday, and he set off for the office to study the video of last night's game.

In the game against Manchester United, the team still exposed some problems, and I believe that Ferguson will not ignore them, which is in urgent need of improvement.

Training in the afternoon went on as usual, with Dortmund's next game against Eintracht Frankfurt in a game that could not be missed.

Yan Jing asked the players to forget about Manchester United for a moment and focus on the opponent in front of them.

In the evening, Yan Jing watched another matchup in the Champions League semi-finals with Auguste at home.

Liverpool and AC Milan, the game called revenge before the game was hyped up, and the situation did not live up to the media publicity.

AC Milan won 3-2 at Anfield to win Liverpool.

Among them, Liverpool, their captain Steven Gerrard scored a goal and an assist, twice trailed and twice equalised.

On the AC Milan side, Brazilian star Kaka scored twice, and his performance amazed the whole world.

"Damn, that's pretty cool!"

August couldn't help but exclaim when he saw Kaka single-handedly take on the entire Liverpool backline.

It was obviously not only August who was surprised, and the media from all sides wrote about Kaka's goal, which swept all over the major online platforms for a while.

Even the next day's training session, there was talk of Kaka's goal in the Borussia Dortmund team.

In the locker room, Yan Jing looked at the schedule posted on the door, tomorrow they will play the last game of April.

At the start of the season, he told his players that if they won too few games that month, they would be penalized for a review.

Happily, so far, Yan Jing has never received a review.

During the lunch break, Yan Jing stayed in the Dortmund restaurant to enjoy a healthy lunch, and his phone rang again.

Yan Jing held a steel fork in one hand, slid the green answer button with the other, and put the phone to his ear: "Hello?"

"Hey, Yan, it's me. Are you having lunch?"

It was Nick's voice.

Yan Jing bit off the small tomato on the fork: "Nick, you guessed accurately." What's the matter?"

"What do you say? The date for our press conference was already set, on the evening of April 29th, which was two days later — I confirmed several times that we would not have a game that day. So, you'll be on time, right?"

Yan Jing swallowed the vegetables in his mouth: "Okay, I can't find a reason to refuse, did you call me specifically to remind me?"

"That's the case, I sent you an invitation a few days ago, and it should arrive today, you pay attention to it. ”

Nick paused on the other end of the line and continued.

"Rita will come too. ”

Yan Jing's hand holding the phone tightened: "What is the situation on Rita's side? Every time I contact her, she says that she is fine, but obviously this is not the case, she has almost no promotional itinerary, and there is no news of the new order that she said she would launch." ”

"That's true, the only thing she'll be involved in now is our promotional trip, after all, there was a contract signed before. I went to contact her agent, and if it wasn't for the contract, he wouldn't even be willing to let Rita attend the press conference the day after tomorrow. ”

Yan Jing didn't have to think about it, this must be a "good thing" done by that agent Jimmy. ”

"Will Rita's agent be coming too?"

"I don't know, but as is the case, he's always by Rita's side. ”

Not only fans, but even many media outlets can't understand why Rita, who became an instant hit, has not been able to make a move. It stands to reason that a new single should be released and promoted in various places, but now it is silent as if it has retired.

Seeing that the heat also dropped, it seemed that it was about to become a meteor in the sky that could only shine for a while.

Yan Jing bit his lip.

This cannot be delayed any longer.

During the afternoon training, the courier also sent the invitation letter sent by Nick to Yan Jing.

Yan Jing informed the players that he would fly to the United States immediately after tomorrow's game, and that he would not be able to answer the phone for a period of time on the plane, so that they could call later.

There are always curious babies who can't help but want to find out: "Boss, what are you doing in the United States?"

Yan Jing glanced at Coentron: "Go see Rita and attend a press conference by the way." ”

Coentrão's focus is obviously all on the front: "Wow, it's a long way to see my girlfriend......"

Yan Jing smiled and hammered people's heads: "Now that you know, give me a good performance tomorrow, don't spoil my mood when I see Rita, understand?"

The next day, Borussia Dortmund host Eintracht Frankfurt.

In this game, Yan Jing made a large rotation of the starters. Luis Suarez replaced Villa, Coentrão replaced Dede, and Kele, who was squeezed to the bench due to injury, also returned to the starting line-up.

Despite not sending out all their main players, Dortmund still won the game without a hitch.

Sneijder and David Silva scored as Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 at home.

After the game, Yan Jing immediately rushed to the airport, first flying from Dortmund to Munich, and then from Munich to New York JFK Airport.

The flight lasted nearly fourteen hours, but fortunately, Yan Jing had ordered a business class ticket, and he had enough time to rest.

Yan Jing slept for a long, long time, dreaming of all kinds of old things from his past in football school.

Then he woke up in a trance and opened his eyes to see that he was still the manager of Borussia Dortmund.

"The plane has landed at John F. Kennedy Airport and the plane is taxiing, for your safety and the safety of others, please do not stand up or open the luggage compartment just yet. When the plane is fully stopped, unbuckle your seat belts and pack your belongings before getting off the plane......"

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