3. Chapter III
Lille wanted to sell Lichtsteiner for money, and of course, the higher the price in the end, the better.
The first two offers were met with a cheerful response – the first time they rejected Dortmund's offer, the first time they raised the price to €850,000 after 10 minutes, and the second time it took 15 minutes to raise it to €900,000.
This makes Lille feel that there is still room for price increases, although they are not very clear about where the bottom line lies for Dortmund. After the third refusal, there was suddenly no response from the German side, and the heart of Lille's sports manager became colder and colder.
Will the transaction be ...... Yellow?
Five hours later, Lille finally received a reply from Dortmund. They looked at Zolke's words, frowned, and shook their heads helplessly after discussing together for a long time.
It seems that Dortmund are not willing to come up with more money, and they have also found a lot of spare tires, and they are not afraid that they will not be able to buy the Swiss.
Either nod yes or wait for the next club, but only Borussia Dortmund has officially made an offer so far.
Only to accept this price...... In the past year alone, Lichtsteiner's worth has risen by more than 50 percent, and they still make a lot of money.
In Dortmund, Zolke was packing his briefcase and was about to go home, when the rattle of the fax machine caught his attention.
He walked over and took out the auto-printed text and looked at it—oh, it's done.
Zorke took out his mobile phone and dialed Yan Jing's number with a smile.
The second round of the World Cup group stage is about to begin, and in Group A, the host Germany, they opened the game with a shocking long-range shot from teenager Lahm in the opening five minutes, Klose's brace and Frijns's anti-offside strike in the 87th minute, and the score was 4-2.
Exit 3 of the Dortmund Academy is the back door of the training camp, and Yan Jing used to slip out of this road when hiding from reporters. Not far from this gate, there is also an open-air court, where he and Gotze usually practice after the official training session.
They would agree to meet at the place where the two had planted the broken branches together, and a year later, it was a huge difference from the beginning.
After planting this twig, neither Ge Ce nor Yan Jing took care of it. It shows the tenacious vitality of the plant, desperately absorbing nutrients from the soil to supply the roots, and then taking deep roots here.
As the days passed, the little tree had grown a head taller than Gitze. It has survived the hardest winter, the cold frost and snow that originally revealed the breath of death gradually melted under the smile of the spring sun, and the nutritious snow water is the best gift for the tenacious persevering. Having absorbed enough nutrients, the new green leaves shook their bodies and burst out of their buds, gratitiously covering the delicate branches that had brought them to this beautiful world, so that the trunks of the trees would no longer suffer from the wind and rain.
"Boss!"
Accompanied by a low whistle, a vibrant, familiar sound comes from the distant sky. Yan Jing, who was standing by the small tree, looked over his head and saw an ordinary private car speeding from the road, and a small head poked out of the window to greet him.
As soon as he heard the little guy's voice, Yan Jing couldn't help laughing, and he raised his arm and waved at the car.
Jürgen Gotze quickly reversed the car into the nearby parking lot, and the Götze family began to get out of the car.
Ge Ce, who was sitting in the co-pilot, was the first to get down, and he ran straight towards Yan Jing, and was about to plunge into Yan Jing's arms as before, when he suddenly remembered that his family members were also there today, and suddenly stopped and showed Yan Jing his beautiful emergency stop technique.
Yan Jing, who habitually opened his arms, was about to catch Gitze, but he didn't expect the little guy to be unexpectedly reserved this time.
Yan Jing glanced at the Götze family who were walking towards him, then moved his eyes back to look at Gtze who was smiling embarrassedly at him, and dropped the raised hand on the person's head in understanding.
"Mario, you seem to be growing taller again. Isn't that my delusion?"
Götze nodded when he heard this, "Of course! I'm almost past Fabian!"
He had teased Gotze many times, but Yan Jing was still happy about it, and he shook his head and pointed to the small tree beside him with a regretful expression.
"But this guy seems to grow faster than you. ”
Götze followed Yan Jing's fingers to look over, and the small branches of the trees confidently unfurled against the sun, and the sunlight reflected the shiny leaves like emeralds.
It's only been a year, and it's so high...... Gotze puffed out his cheeks: "No one can grow it! Maybe next year it will be taller than the leader!"
By this time, Jurgen had already led the other two sons over, he patted Götze on the head, and then smiled generously at Yan Jing.
"Mr. Jing, thank you for taking such good care of Mario. ”
"Just call me strict. Yan Jing smiled and shook his head, and praised Gotze in front of Gotze's father, "I liked Mario from the beginning when he became a coach, Mario's talent will make all coaches shine, and his hard work will make all fans like him." ”
Yan Jing rarely praises Ge Ce directly, but this time it was in front of Ge Ce's family, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but rise when he heard it.
His son was praised so much by the head coach of the first team, and Jurgen couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He scratched his hair, and accidentally leaked all the careful thoughts that Götze had tried to hide.
"Haha, Mario needs more workout. Normally, he's always whispering in my ear that he wants to grow taller and taller and get back to playing under you. ”
At this point, Jurgen's whole body froze completely, and the heat on the top of his head rose and drifted away. At this time, Fabian Götze, who was beside Jurgen, interjected colorlessly and added.
"Also, when I get up at night to go to the bathroom, I often see Mario holding his mobile phone through the crack in the door, talking to himself like a girl to be married, saying something like 'the boss may be asleep, should I call it'......"
These words reached Yan Jing's ears, and because of Ge Ting's funny and cute behavior, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Fa-Bi-An!"
Yan Jing's laughter made Gotze's whole face red like a steamed tomato, and he reacted viciously at his own brother, knocking him to the ground.
"You're peeping at me through the crack in the door!"
Fabian, who was knocked to the ground without the slightest defense, felt that his strength was innocent: "You don't close the door tightly, and you still say it so loudly, can you blame me?!"
Yan Jing took out his phone and clicked on the camera app, he resisted the urge to laugh out loud and shouted, "Mario, look here." ”
Ge Ce turned his head to look at the sound when he heard the sound, and at this moment, Yan Jing pressed the camera button to freeze the picture.
The camera on the back of the phone made Gotze realize that his stupid appearance just now was captured by Yan Jing, and he quickly stood up and trotted over to try to snatch the phone from Yan Jing's hand.
"Boss, I know you took a picture. Delete it, delete it!"
Of course, Yan Jing would not be obedient, he held his phone high above his head, and let Gotze jump up and down around him without giving him a chance. Jurgen and Fabian, as well as young Felix, laughed mercilessly at their families when they saw this.
Ahhhh
Pulling Yan Jing but not being able to reach it, coupled with the laughter of everyone, Ge Ze's heart almost collapsed.
Wait, bastard Fabian will go back and feed the little yellow book you stole under the bed to the dogs!
After some excitement, they entered the Westphalian Stadium. Because it was the World Cup, the South Stand was transformed into an ordinary stand, and although it was not as imposing as usual, it was still enough to make opponents scare.
Klinsmann still reuses newcomers, and young players such as Podolski and Schweinsteiger all make their debuts. Shortly after the start of the first half, Poland's Křinovík received a yellow card for tackling Schneider.
In the opening nine minutes, Klose, the winner of the Bundesliga Golden Boot this season, burst into the penalty area after receiving a pass from Ballack, but his left-footed shot from a tight angle was saved by Polish goalkeeper Boruk.
Poland's defence was solid, and after that, the two teams were locked in a stalemate, and the referee was unable to break the deadlock at half-time.
Germany comfortably beat Costa Rica in their opening game, while Poland lost to Ecuador. If Poland want to qualify from the group, this game cannot afford to lose. Huang Jianxiang, who commented on the game on CCTV, said, "After Poland's first defeat in the group, there was some commotion in the team, and the morale of the players seemed to have been affected somewhat. ”
Zhang Lu on the side nodded: "And there is good news for the German team, their core player Ballack is back from injury." Although he was not at his best in the first half, he still made the Polish defence suffer. ”
The fifteen-minute break ended with the second half rekindled.
As Yan Jing said, the German team strengthened the high ball on both wings in the second half, which made the Polish defense not very comfortable. The red card for Polish midfielder Soberowski was the turning point of the game, and then the Germans, who had one more man, went on the offensive and hit the crossbar with Klose and Ballack hitting the crossbar in quick succession.
Many foreign media at the scene shook their heads, the German team's luck today is really not good.
"Boss, I read yesterday's Dortmund Evening News. In the stands, Gotze watched Klose and Odonkor's follow-up shots were saved, and he put his hands on his thighs and swallowed nervously, "You said that this game will definitely not be easy for the German team, and now it seems that this is indeed the case." ”
Yan Jing saw that Gotze was so nervous, so he simply covered the hand on Gotze's leg and comforted: "Yes, but I also said that the German team will win in the end." Don't worry, Mario. ”
Gotze felt the warmth of Yan Jing's hands, which was even hotter in the summer. The little guy raised his head to meet Yan Jing's gaze, he took a deep breath, and suddenly felt that there was nothing to be nervous about.
The leader said that if the German team can win, then it will definitely win.
The game was stalemate until the end, and the tenacious Cheng dù of the Polish team, which had one less man, surprised everyone.
Just when everyone thought the game would end in a draw, in the last minute of stoppage time, Germany's Neuville finally struck a fatal blow to Poland's throat.
It was Odon Kohl, who had played for Borussia Dortmund, who provided the assist for Neuville, and Jurgen Klinsmann replaced Friedrich in the 63rd minute, and the substitution worked wonders.
Because of this goal, all the German fans in the Westphalia Stadium jumped up, and the camera was full of screaming people hugging and kissing.
Strictly speaking, Yan Jing is not a German fan. In terms of the national team, he has no particular preference other than his home team.
He wasn't as excited as the other fans, but Yan Jing hugged Gotze, who lunged at him, and laughed with the rest of the group in celebrating the victory.
"Boss, I knew Germany was going to win!"