Rijkaard, who attended the press conference ahead of Slomka, believes that Barcelona performed well in today's game and deserved to advance, rather than Slomka's argument of luck.

In fact, Rijkaard also thinks that Barcelona is not playing well, but he will not blame his players now, he is no longer in control of the dressing room, if he accuses the players of bad performance in front of the media, it will not further deteriorate the relationship between him and the players, and he is not stupid so he will not say that the team is lucky.

After the night of defeat, the players of Schalke 04 were very silent on the car back to the hotel, and Zhang Yuan was also silent, in fact, the elimination of the game was a bit of a big blow to everyone.

Stayed in Barcelona for one night, the next morning Schalke 04 the whole team flew back to Germany, today is the usual holiday for everyone, although the weekend is another heavyweight match, but the players fought for a night in Spain, the mood is low, Slomka wants everyone to have a good rest.

I slept for a whole afternoon, and last night Zhang Yuan had been thinking about this game in the bed, fantasizing that he was in invincible mode and killing all sides, and of course his sleep was not good, so when he returned to Schalke, he really couldn't stay up, and he fell asleep while lying on the bed! When he woke up in the evening, Mai Xuewen took Zhang Yuan to the city for a walk, and being bored at home was not conducive to emotional recovery.

As usual, Hoffman came to pick up Zhang Yuan and the two of them, Zhang Yuan got into the car, and Hoffman said: "You did a great job last night, don't be sad!"

"It's a pity that we were eliminated in the end!" Hoffman didn't mention it, but Zhang Yuan was haunted by it.

"I said man, you have to deal with failure, sometimes life is like that, everybody fails sometimes! Except this time, have you ever failed?" Hoffman said.

"Once!" Zhang Yuan replied, he was in Rimini last season, and he was only one step away from promotion at that time, but in the end he failed, Zhang Yuan didn't cry at the time, but when he returned home, he remembered the fans, and finally cried, and then transferred, and failed to help Rimini upgrade successfully This is his pain all the time, because Rimini occupies a very important position in his heart, where he has received the care and support of the club, it can be said that without Rimini there would be no current him.

"Oh, can you tell me about it?" asked Hoffman curiously.

Zhang Yuan told Hoffman about Rimini's promotion failure, and Hoffman listened to it and said: "Look at the failure of the promotion, you have endured it, what is the Champions League out, and you will fight again next year!"

"Aren't you sad at all?!" Zhang Yuan asked, he knew that Hoffman was a diehard of Schalke 04, so he was really not sad, looking at him still smiling.

"Sad, I was sad last night! You guys are really doing well, don't be so depressed, just do your best! What's the use of being sad, let's look forward, I think we'll be able to lift that trophy one day!" said Hoffman, still smiling.

When they arrived at the downtown area, Zhang Yuan and Mai Xuewen got out of the car, and Hoffman rolled down the window and stuck his head out of the car window and said to Zhang Yuan again: "Go forward, keep going like this, don't remember the past!

It may be because of the confession, Zhang Yuan's mood is much better, and finally he is no longer depressed, Mai Xuewen took him from store to store and bought a lot of things, Zhang Yuan's mood is a little higher, although he feels sorry for money, but the pleasure of spending money is the same for men and women, and it can make people feel happy.

After dinner, when I returned home, Anna's phone called, Anna sent a text message to Zhang Yuan to comfort Zhang Yuan as soon as she watched the game, and the call today was obviously to comfort Zhang Yuan not to be too disappointed.

"How's it going? man!"

"It's not bad, I went shopping with Brother Mai just now!"

"Two men go out shopping, aren't you going out on a date?" Anna interjected, still wanting Zhang Yuan not to put his mood on yesterday's failure.

"How is that possible, I'm very single-minded! But I bought a lot of things!"

Anna laughed out loud on the other end of the phone, in fact, men all over the world are similar, and they are not born shopaholic like women, so Anna wants to laugh when she imagines the crazy street where two men carry big bags and small bags.

"What are you laughing at? I look at these things now, and I regret it! Damn, I spent 3,000 euros today!" Okay, this is the first time Zhang Yuan has gone so crazy shopping, and poor Mai Xuewen has also spent a lot of money, but fortunately, they can afford it now, but Zhang Yuan is in pain now, after all, he is from the countryside, and 3,000 euros is more than 30,000 yuan when converted, and he secretly swore that he would never listen to Brother Mai next time.

"Wow, you spent so much?!" Anna was also dumbfounded, this money was also a lot of money for her.

"yes, it won't be like this next time! I swear!" Zhang Yuan said with an oath.

The two of them chatted for a while and hung up the phone, Zhang Yuan's heart completely recovered, turned on the computer, there were messages from domestic friends on QQ, Qian Huan and Gu Lin all left messages, persuading him to open a little, Zhang Yuan smiled slightly, replied to them, and finally put a laughing expression, indicating that he was fine.

The team resumed training the next day, and the time was of the essence for Schalke 04, because after today's training, tomorrow they will travel to Bremen to take on Werder Bremen, a very important game and the highlight of this Bundesliga matchday.

It means that in fact, Schalke 04 only has one day of preparation time today, to challenge a strong opponent, the situation before the war is quite unfavorable for Schalke 04, after the midfield Champions League, the team's physical fitness is very problematic, and the preparation for another day is too hasty, before Slomka consumes a lot of brain cells on Barcelona, and does not take care of the game of Werder Bremen, so the preparation effect can be imagined.

The bigger bad news is that in the training that day, Rakitic sprained his foot, although it is not very serious, but the opinion of the team doctor Larek is that he will not be able to play in the next game, although Rakitic only came to Schalke 04 this season, but Slomka has shaped Rakitic into the core of Schalke 04's midfield, and now he is absent and who to replace is really a big problem.

In Slomka's heart, Zhang Yuan will not start this game, Zhang Yuan fought very hard in the last game, he has just resumed training, and his physical condition is the worst in the whole team now, and Slomka has already told Zhang Yuan in training that he doesn't have to play this game.

Zhang Yuan also agreed, he himself knew that his physical condition was actually very poor, and he was very tired after fighting in the last game, and it was not good for him to force him to play.

Now Schalke 04 is equivalent to tomorrow's game against Werder Bremen directly missing two main players, not considering Werder Bremen's strong attacking power and home advantage, the balance of victory is already tilting in their favor.

At the end of the afternoon training, Slomka announced the 18-man squad and starting list for tomorrow's away game, Zhang Yuan was selected as a substitute, Slomka really has no one left, otherwise he doesn't want Zhang Yuanjin in the 18-man squad.

The exit of the Champions League, the German media generally praised Schalke 04, believing that Schalke 04 still played in the Champions League to show the level, style and momentum of our Bundesliga team, and the poor is the final luck.

For the club, no matter what the outside world says, Schalke 04 is praised to the sky, but out of the game is out, why did you tolerate Slomka to continue to bring it down because the top management dreamed of destroying Barcelona into the semi-finals, and now the dream is shattered, it is natural to find the person responsible, and the responsible person in the eyes of the club is Slomka.

The club's top management held a meeting yesterday to discuss, whether Slomma should get out of the way immediately, this matter has actually been brewing for a while, but the club manager Muller proposed, the next round is against Werder Bremen, now Werder Bremen points 47 points ranked fourth, Schalke 04 48 points ranked second, the current Champions League seats of several teams and the first place Bayern gap reached as much as 9 points, the suspense of the Bundesliga championship is almost gone, but the suspense of the Champions League seat is still very big, the seventh-ranked Wolfsburg is only 5 points away from Schalke 04。

Therefore, Schalke 04 is not an exaggeration to say that the game against Werder Bremen is worth 6 points, and Muller asked whether it is too risky to change the coach now?

Muller's opinion was unanimously agreed upon, and he was thinking practically, no matter how he wanted to get rid of Slomka, but a Champions League place was much more important than sacking Slomka, and if he could win or draw against Brighten, the hierarchy would be acceptable.

Slomka didn't know that the top management had already met to discuss his future, and he continued to lead the team in training as always.

Slomka is more easy-going in personality and is not a very serious coach, but it is precisely because of this easy-going that many so-called big names in the team do not have a good relationship with him, such as captain Bolton who does not talk to him much.

On the morning of April 12, Zhang Yuan followed the large army to Werder Bremen, Werder Bremen is located in Bremen City in northeast Germany, Bremen City is a port city with a long history, Werder Bremen also has a long history, it was established in 1899, has won four Bundesliga championships in a long history, and has become the main opponent to challenge Bayern Munich after Dortmund and Leverkusen in recent years. (To be continued.) )