It is definitely good for Degan and Zhang Yuan to practice together, and the reason why Digan has improved quickly in Rimini at the beginning is because the four live-in roommates often practice together, and a player with strong breakthrough ability like Zhang Yuan is good for tempering Degan's one-on-one defensive ability and other abilities.

After returning to Milan, Digan couldn't find such a good sparring partner, Kaka couldn't still compete with his younger brother as often as a bachelor, and Digan was a little decadent during the AC Milan period.

But now it's different, out of Kaka's protection, he can only rely on his own efforts to prove himself, to prove to the world that he is Degan, the identity label is not only Kaka's younger brother, and to Schalke 04 to prove that he is capable of deserving a higher salary.

Schalke 04 has worked hard in the pre-season training camp, everyone wants to have a place under Rüten, but the hardest working people must be Zhang Yuan, Digan and Rakitic, not only because they want to have a chance to play, but also because all three of them are still young and want to improve themselves even more.

The first opponent of Schalke 04 pre-season warm-up match is Turkey's Besiktas, this team is the strong in the Turkish Super League, very difficult to deal with, and the results also proved that Besiktas is really difficult to deal with, Schalke 04 lost.

The second warm-up match was against Rangers, who were still tough to play again, with Schalke 04 losing again.

Losing two games in a row, it is not necessarily that Schalke 04 has a big problem, but at least it also shows that the team is not in good shape during this time, the state of the main striker Zhang Yuan is very average, there are neither goals nor assists in these two games, many media are commenting on Zhang Yuan's second year of the Bundesliga is not good at all, after experiencing the familiarity of last season, many teams have figured out Zhang Yuan's routine, the new season will definitely be difficult for Zhang Yuan, and now he is not in good shape, it will be even more difficult.

Luten believes that the team's poor form is due to the lack of overall shape of the players, with veteran players such as Zhang Yuan who have been on summer break and have been slow to get into form, while new signings such as Farfan have not done enough to integrate them.

The loss in the warm-up match was not taken to his heart, what worried him was that the main central defender in his mind, Kristadzic, was injured, and it was a serious injury, and he couldn't play for half a season. In addition, Neuer and Farfan have also been injured in training one after another, and it is basically certain that they will not be able to catch the first game of the new season.

In this way, Lu Teng thought that his 424 formation was obviously unplayable, and adjusted the formation to the previous 433 during training, but fortunately, the players were more familiar with this formation, and there was no problem of adaptation.

After returning to Germany, on August 5, Schalke 04 played the last warm-up match with Aachen, and the result was a 4-0 victory.

After the game, Luten also regained his vitality and admitted to reporters that he was very satisfied with the game, "Everyone worked hard in this game, I can see that their form is improving, I am very happy to see the team's progress!

The new season of the Bundesliga will kick off on August 16, the transfer market of the Bundesliga is not active all summer, Schalke 04 is considered to have invested more, and Wolfsburg and Bayer Leverkusen have invested a lot this season, the Bundesliga squad has been crazy to buy people last season, and there is no movement this season, it is obviously a small repair, whether it is a senior management or the new head coach Klinsmann has strong confidence in the current lineup.

Schalke 04's first opponent of the new season is Hannover 96, last season at home Hannover 96 made Schalke 04 very ugly, and in the end, if it wasn't for Zhang Yuan's pass that led to the opponent's own goal, then Schalke 04 would have lost at home, and would have lost the second place in the league and had to play in the Champions League play-offs.

As the first home game of the new season, Lu Teng is determined to win, but now the team is seriously lacking, mainly in the backline, Kristadzic is reimbursed, Raphinha is going to participate in the Olympics, the original 9 defenders are only 7 people, the key is that there are two more people Tamm and Trovatte are planned to be sold by the club, but they have not yet found a home, and can only continue to follow the first team, to put it bluntly, it is full of numbers, which is actually equivalent to Schalke 04 There are only five defenders.

And Ruten is using a back four, and the opportunity for Degan to come, Westerman, who could have played at central defense, will go to fill the absence of Raphinha, and Degan will compete with Hevedes for a central defender position, and the other position undoubtedly belongs to captain Bolton.

Degan also played in the warm-up game, and he still started against Aachen and performed well, but in Ruten's mind, Hwedes was ahead of Degan.

Degan and Zhang Yuan looked very excited on the way home, he felt that his opportunity had come, and said to Zhang Yuan: "Zhang Yuan, do you think it is possible for me to play the starter?"

Zhang Yuan also felt that it was very possible, the strength of Degan and Hevedes, Zhang Yuan was more optimistic about Degan, but he also advised Degan to work hard in training and not let the opportunity slip away in vain.

The two chatted about the Olympics, and the cause was Raphinha, because of Raphinha's affair, the Schalke 04 club had a war with the Brazilian Football Federation, saying that he did not agree to Raphinha to participate in the Olympics, and said that he agreed, but in the end Raphinha still participated.

Whether it's the Olympics, the World Cup, or the Copa America, Brazil and Argentina have always been favourites, and this year is no exception, not to mention the fact that the two teams are full of good players, with Ronaldinho and Messi both representing the national Olympic team.

The main reason why Zhang Yuan wanted to enter the National Olympic team was to play against his idols Ronaldinho and Messi on the field, and he always thought that Ronaldinho played beautiful football, and he liked it very much. Messi is a genius who has been hyped in recent years, Maradona's successor, last season Schalke 04 against Barcelona, Messi was injured, and Zhang Yuan failed to face Messi on the field, which is a regrettable thing for Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan of the Chinese Olympic team is also very concerned, watched every game, after all, he is Chinese, even if he is not selected, but he also hopes that the national Olympic team can play well, but the performance of the Chinese Olympic team is really angry, the group stage did not win a direct exit, Zhang Yuan will wonder if his participation will be another result.

The domestic media lashed out at the National Olympic team, and many netizens crusaded against the Football Association on the Internet, thinking that it was their fault not to recruit Zhang Yuan, of course, there will be people who oppose it, Zhang Yuan of course agrees with the opinions of many netizens, and he thinks that if he is recruited into the National Olympic team, he will definitely be able to contribute.

But it's too late to say anything, the Football Association is still the Football Association, netizens are still netizens, and netizens can't change anything.

At the end of the training on the morning of August 14, Zhang Yuan was resting in his room when he suddenly received a text message from the courier company, saying that a package had been placed in a certain hotel and asked him to go over and pick it up.

He really wondered, who would send him a package, family, impossible, there was really something that would be given to him when he returned to Germany in the summer.

Anna texted Anna last night, and Anna didn't mention anything about the package at all!

However, at the end of the afternoon training, he called Hoffman's car to the hotel to take a look, and he also wanted to know who sent it, what it was, and why it was sent to the hotel and not his home.

When I arrived at the hotel, when I asked at the front desk, the beauty at the front desk obviously knew Zhang Yuan, and joked that Zhang Yuan's reputation in Gelsenkirchen was not covered, and she kept flattering Zhang Yuan.

"Mr. Zhang Yuan, is there anything I can help you?" asked the beautiful woman delicately.

"Hmm, I want to ask, do you collect mail packages from guests here?" Zhang Yuan asked.

"Of course, we have this service here. "The beauty has spring in her eyebrows.

"Then you can see if there is any package for me?" Zhang Yuan ignored the seduction of the beauty.

"Okay!" the beauty looked down and flipped through the records, went to the storage room and quickly took out Zhang Yuan's package.

Said that the package was actually a small bag, Zhang Yuan opened the bag on the spot after signing, and inside was an envelope, inside the envelope was a room card, room number 1606, and the hotel was this hotel.

Zhang Yuan is really dizzy, what's going on? )