Chapter 159: The North Wind Blows
"The King is back! The Flash Kid has decided to have a strong conversation!" Bild used a photo of Zhang Yuan celebrating the competition on its ninth page, and praised Zhang Yuan in its report. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the background of this photo is Ozil, and he who also played well innocently became the background board.
The local media in Gelsenkirchen and the domestic media even praised Zhang Yuan to the sky, and the Schalke 04 fans who followed the troops were complacent, they witnessed the miracle, and the fans who did not follow were regretful.
Hoffman texted Zhang Yuan after the game saying that he regretted dying and that it would have been nice to take Joseph to see this wonderful game.
Winning a crucial victory in the strong dialogue, Schalke 04 and the fans' confidence was boosted, and the whole team was full of energy.
However, on the way back to Gelsenkirchen the next day, Magath announced something while the iron was hot, and everyone was no longer happy.
"Lads, to win such a victory! I'm so proud of you, I'm so proud of you! Now I'm happy to announce that we're one step closer to being number one, which is a welcome thing, but we're not number one after all. I've never told you about the team's goal before, so now I want to tell you that our goal is to win the championship!
"Yes!"
"We're going to win for sure, Coach!"
"I'm glad to hear your positive response! But faith alone is not enough! We have to put it into action! There is another game against Mainz before the winter break, and every game in the second half of the season is very important, if we want to get a good ending, then we have to train hard, so I officially announce to everyone that we will not rest tomorrow, we will not rest this week, we will continue to prepare, win Mainz, and end the first half of the season with a perfect ending! In addition, after my consideration, we should make good use of the winter break, so I decided that I will give you 8 days of vacation during the winter break, everyone relax, and we will gather at the training base on December 27th to start winter training!"
"Good!" An untimely voice sounded, and Farfan spoke, everyone was listening attentively to Magath's speech, but he was obviously distracted, and as soon as Magath's words fell, he applauded like a conditional launch.
Sambrano, who was sitting next to him, wanted to kick Farfan to death.
With this "good" support, everyone had to applaud one after another!
"Looks like everyone isn't very happy with my decision!" Magath blackened his face, his face was already a little dark, and now it looked even more ugly.
"Do you have any opinions?" said Magath with a cold face.
"No, Mr. Magath, you misunderstood! That's good, that's good!" Neuer took the lead as captain,
The other players also nodded their heads against their will, indicating that they accepted the coach's arrangement.
"That's good! Boys work hard and get what they get! Hard work leads to good results, and I hope you can clearly understand our situation! For good results, we must fight like a warrior!" Magath said, waving his fists.
Zhang Yuan hated it to death, originally he planned to go to the United States to visit his girlfriend, and he also planned to return to China to see his family, but now that it is all in vain, he doesn't want to waste time on the journey again.
This is really bad news, Zhang Yuan thought so, but he was helpless about Magat's decision.
Back to Gelsenkirchen, there was no rest in the afternoon, Schalke 04 did what the whole team said, conducted afternoon training, of course, today Magath is very humane to arrange a more relaxed training program, everyone depressed all morning, finally in this relaxed atmosphere has been alleviated.
The next morning, Zhang Yuan got up and planned to go out for a morning run as usual, but when he opened the curtains, he found that it had snowed last night, and there was snow everywhere outside, and he couldn't help but be secretly happy, haha, I'm afraid there will be no outdoor activities today.
After running and having breakfast with Degan, the two of them set off for the training base, and met Farfan who was driving at the door, Farfan rolled down the window and greeted the two people, "Haha, it's really a good weather today!"
"You're right!" Zhang Yuan and Degan gave Farfan a thumbs up, and everyone laughed tacitly.
But on the way to the dressing room, they weren't happy, because the club staff were trying to clear the snow from the field, what the hell did they mean, they still had to be outside today.
Winter in Germany is very cold, snow is a very common time, training is really a chore, presumably in the cold, people naturally prefer to train indoors.
But now it seems that Magath has instructed the staff to use the training ground, otherwise the staff will not start the snow removal work so early, and the club's training ground usually has to be removed after the snow falls, but never so early.
The two of them came to the locker room sullenly, and then one after another, all the teammates arrived, they were not stupid, seeing the workers clear the snow so early must still be outdoor training.
Everyone has inertia, especially in winter, professional players are also people, and they don't want to work in such cold weather, self-discipline such as Zhang Yuan, and they can insist on getting up early to run every day, participate in training on time, and practice after training, which is already quite good.
It's just that this time is different from usual, not taking a holiday makes Zhang Yuan very depressed, and the depressed performance is that he gloated when it snowed, hoping to be able to relax today, but obviously his wishes and everyone's wishes are very likely to be disappointed.
The north wind was blowing, and the time for the assembly had come, and the players of Schalke 04 had to come to the training ground, Zhang Yuan was fully armed, wearing a scarf and a hat.
When he arrived at the training ground, Magath was already standing there with a smile, looking like he was going to train normally.
Magath was too optimistic, in fact, after clearing the snow, even though the training ground had a drainage system, the field was still very slippery, and during the warm-up, they had a field survey in Eichkorn.
"It's still not going to be good!" said Eichkorn, shaking his head.
"Cheap them!" Magath sneered, "Let's change it to an indoor project!"
Eichcohen nodded, adjusted today's training program, after the season officially began, Magath's training with the ball accounted for most of it, and the adjustment to the indoor will also be based on training with the ball, Eichcoen arranged an unmanned football match.
When everyone returned from the warm-up, Eichkorn announced the change to indoor training, and the players cheered, after all, it was a while to be able to spend less time outside, and the whole team was rejuvenated.
This morning's training subjects were changed to basketball and futsal, the facilities of the Schalke 04 training base are not built, these are naturally available, restaurants, bars, and guest rooms are all available, usually two practices a day, and Zhang Yuan and they rest here at noon.
The morning training was spent in laughter, and everyone's enthusiasm was much stronger and more relaxed than outside.
In the afternoon, the weather conditions were even worse, with wind and snow, Magat could only let everyone watch the video, and it took about an hour to end the afternoon training and take everyone's vacation.
Magath had nothing to do about the situation at the training base, and it was rain and snow for several days, which seriously affected the preparation of Schalke 04.
He didn't insist that the players train in those conditions, because that's a very dangerous thing, and if you don't train well, you can fold in a few players, which is very bad.
He cleaned up the club's staff for this reason, and the lawn also has a drainage system, and shoveling snow in time should not be in such a situation.
However, after three consecutive days, the sky finally cleared, Magath resumed training outdoors, and the intensity of training did not increase due to the delay of the previous days, and he is still more confident in the strength of the team.
There was no snow in Gelsenkirchen on 18 December, and the Schalke 04 match against Mainz took place as scheduled in the evening.
Mainz is the place where Dortmund's manager Jurgen Klopp became famous, when he led Mainz to the first division in history, after him Jon Anderson led the team, and this season led Mainz back to the first division, but he had a huge disagreement and conflict with the club before the season, Mainz directly fired Jon Anderson after losing 1-2 to the fourth division team Lübeck in the first round of the German Cup. (To be continued.) )