To say that Slomka really values Zhang Yuan quite a lot, the entire training camp after the winter break is busy with Zhang Yuan's integration, and his teammates understand that the head coach intends to build Zhang Yuan into a sharp knife on the front line, whether he is willing or not, he can only cooperate well, Slomka's position is still very stable now, and there is no need to say anything about rebellion.

During the training camp, Schalke 04 only scheduled a friendly match on January 26, at home against Swiss club Basel, which had to be played because it was related to Rakitic.

Rakitic's father is Croatian, but he himself was born in Switzerland, grew up in Switzerland, joined the Swiss Super League giants Basel, transferred to Schalke 04, and everyone agreed to play a friendly match.

The game was indeed very friendly, Zhang Yuan started as a left winger, the center forward was Søren Larsson, and on the other side was Harriel Altentop, Altentop also has a twin brother named Hammett Altentop who was also a Schalke 04 player before, but has switched to the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich.

Zhang Yuan performed very well in the winger position, and in the 42nd minute of the first half, he broke through on the side, cut inside the penalty area, and passed the fatal ball, and Altentop Jr. scrambled to break through the Basel goal.

In the second half, Zhang Yuan continued to perform his own performance, and in the positional battle, two people volleyed wide of the post, and in the 65th minute, Zhang Yuan was replaced by Slomka, and he planned to let Zhang Yuan take his time and not rush for a while.

On January 31, the third round of the German Cup, Schalke 04 was a guest at the Volkswagen Athletic Stadium to challenge Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg was in poor condition before the winter break, and only won 1 game since November last year, everyone was very optimistic about Schalke 04 before the game, Zhang Yuan did not start this time, but sat on the bench, until the 70th minute, was replaced by Slomka, the score on the field at this time was 1:1, Slomka hoped that Zhang Yuan could change the situation on the field, this time he chose the right person, in the first half of extra time, both sides have run out of physical energy, Schalke 04 A counterattack opportunity, Zhang Yuan dribbled the ball 50 meters, thousands of miles to ride alone, scored a goal to give Schalke, who were playing away, a one-goal lead, and it was with this goal that Schalke 04 eliminated Wolfsburg with a score of 2:1 and advanced to the next round.

The German Cup is a fart for Bayern, but for Schalke 04, like the Champions Cup, it is best to go as far as you can, and it is better to win the championship, so as to ensure a place in Europe.

As soon as the game ended, the German media finally began to report on Zhang Yuan as if they had just met Zhang Yuan, while the domestic media sang carols all over the world as if they had gotten a bombshell, "The genius boy shines in Germany" and "Zhang Yuan is the final word", as if the genius boy came back again. In fact, after Zhang Yuan scored that goal, he also silently said in his heart: "Lao Tzu Hu Hansan is back again!"

In the past half a year, he has been very aggrieved, and he has come to Germany to live very comfortably, because the competitive pressure of Schalke 04 is obviously not as great as that of Inter Milan, and the head coach Slomka is quite optimistic about him, and he can also perceive it himself, Slomka is iron-hearted to help him to the position, but in the end, he has to rely on his own efforts to prove that he is worthy of Slomka's attention, so he doesn't care about outside reports, he trains very diligently and hard, and he has been able to fully integrate into the team's tactical system in a short time.

On February 3, the long-awaited second half of the Bundesliga officially kicked off, Schalke 04 will be proud to go to Schalke Stadium to welcome the defending champion Stuttgart, before the game, both the media and bookmakers are one-sided optimistic about Schalke 04, Stuttgart, the defending champion in the new season, the pressure of the three-line battle, they want to achieve results in three lines, unlike Schalke 04 with the mentality of doing their best, so Stuttgart is out of the Champions League, the league now has 25 points, ranked 9th, 11 points behind Bayern, this is not like the appearance of the defending champion, the German Cup is to advance to the next roundBut they are also not optimistic that they will win the championship, and what is the ultimate reason?

Because of Zhang Yuan, this ball game is naturally the focus of domestic attention, judging from the situation before the game, no one can know how Slomka will arrange the troops, but since there is Zhang Yuan, this is naturally the focus of everyone's attention.

The sports station has already announced that it will be broadcast live, and Zhang Yuan's sister Zhang Caiying and brother-in-law Li Jun naturally have to pay attention to this game, and Zhang Yuan's friends naturally want to watch this game.

Zhang Yuan regretted that his number one fan, Anna, did not call or send text messages, but these are small things, and they will not affect his focus on preparing for Stuttgart, and he can't mess up this debut.

On February 3, the Schalke Stadium was crowded, this adjective is incorrect, and the line of a certain Chinese star should be used: "That guy is crowded, gongs and drums are noisy, and firecrackers are ringing in unison!" Zhang Yuan visually measured that the stadium of more than 60,000 people was full, the fans of the Bundesliga were too enthusiastic, this is that he was not familiar with the Bundesliga, the attendance rate of the Bundesliga has always been quite high, it is the first in Europe, and the first game of the second half of the season just started, the fans of Schalke 04 were finally able to watch the game again for more than a month, plus the defending champion of the Bundesliga, it is normal for the stadium to burst.

After the warm-up on the field, the players of Schalke 04 returned to the locker room, Slomka began to talk about today's tactics, there is nothing to say in his own home field, it must be attacked, Slomka still uses the 433 formation, goalkeeper Neuer, right-back Raphinha, central defender Bolton, Westerman, left wing-back is Krstadzic, the three midfielders are Rakitic, Ernst, Jones, Rakitic is in the center, and the forward line is served as the arrow by Kuranyi, who has returned from injury, Zhang Yuan is on the left, and Asamoah is on the right. On the bench are Roberto Jr., Schuber, Larsson, Altentop Jr., Pandel, Sanchez, Kobiashvili

Don't look at Slomka is the main attack, but in fact, he is not relaxed in defense, Jones and Ernst have a more balanced offensive and defensive ability, and generally speaking, the defensive ability is a little stronger, the two of them are equivalent to escorting Rakitic, while Rakitic is responsible for the combing of the midfield, and Zhang Yuan and Asamoah in the front court have to come back at any time to respond. In addition, Slomka chose the veteran Krstatić instead of Pandel and Damio Rodriguez in the choice of left-back this time, Krstatić was originally playing as a central defender, but this game was used by Slomka to play left-back, the main reason is that Rodriguez is injured, and Pandelslomka is not very trusted, although Krstatić is 34, but the veteran speed, The defense did not decline at all, although the ability to assist forward was off, but the defense was relatively stable, and Slomka's tactical idea was to completely give Zhang Yuan the left side to play.

After arranging the tactics, Zhang Yuan and other starting players waited in the player tunnel, and the other substitutes went to the bench to sit down, with the deafening Schalke 04 team song in the stadium in their ears, and the fans were singing "Blue and White I Love You", this song Zhang Yuan didn't know how to sing at all, and he felt very excited when he listened to this song, and the originally nervous mood suddenly seemed to become high-spirited.

Zhang Yuan's brother-in-law Li Jun looked at the sports table intently, as for Zhang Yuan's sister Zhang Caiying, she was embarrassed to fall asleep next to her again, she really looked bored in this ball game, and she still needed Li Jun to train her. Duan, the host of the sports station, came out of the TV.

"Hello to the audience in front of the TV, welcome to the 07-08 season of the Bundesliga, after a winter break of more than a month, the Bundesliga is back in the fire, yesterday there were two games, Bayern Munich in the away 2: 1 victory over Rostock, all three points, currently 39 points, first in the standings, today we bring you a focus of this round of battles, Schalke 04 at home against Stuttgart, Stuttgart as last season's defending champions currently only 25 points ranked 9th, and the last runner-up Schalke 04 in the first half of the season is not very ideal, currently 29 points ranked fifth, but has previously maintained 10 rounds of unbeaten, Stuttgart has won two consecutive victories, it should be said that both sides are in good shape. Having just gotten his starting line-up for this game, Chinese player Zhang Yuan joined Schalke 04 on loan during the winter break and got a start in the first game of the second half of the season!"

This is indeed a news that makes many Chinese fans happy, and the most unhappy thing for everyone is that Zhang Yuan, who has just lost from the fierce competition in Inter Milan, still has no chance to come to Schalke 04, but this news proves that Zhang Yuan is still the head coach in Schalke 04 for the time being, as long as this game is good, Zhang Yuan will definitely be able to continue to win the main position.

Duan and the commentator Tao were busy analyzing the game with everyone, Tao has a deep study of the Bundesliga, he is very optimistic about Zhang Yuan's future in Schalke 04, there are several reasons, the first is that Zhang Yuan is still very young, and the Bundesliga team is willing to give young people a chance; Thirdly, he thinks that from Zhang Yuan's starter, it can be seen that Schalke 04's head coach Slomka admires Zhang Yuan very much, it is said that he is a newcomer and so young, the head coach should at least be promoted step by step, but the head coach chose Zhang Yuan in the first game, which shows that Slomka really values Zhang Yuan, Tao Wei paraphrased the words of a historian, you can't do it, someone has to value you, say that you are willing to give you a chance, and Slomka is obviously the person who said Zhang Yuanxing。