Chapter 59: Supporting Schmelzer
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At the end of the game, many Dortmund players sat on the grass tired. It was a tough game, and the tenacious Borussia Dortmund did not disappoint their supporters, winning against a strong Hertha Berlin side.
'It was a really tough game, Hertha Berlin played tenaciously but Dortmund had the last laugh. Dicker made a final summary, "In the absence of many main players in the team, Dortmund's substitutes played a very important role, Merino, Park Joo-ho and other players who do not play often, played very well and completed the task of the game very well." Of course, the most important thing is that Pang is back from injury, his ability is not in doubt, Dortmund can win in the second half, Pang played a vital role......"
'Two goals, a number of key passes, that's the report card from the second-half substitute Poon, and I think it also explains the opposition between the media and the Dortmund fans before the game. The reason why the media is not optimistic about Dortmund's victory is because they underestimate Pont's ability; The reason why Dortmund fans are optimistic about the team to win is because the fans have recognized Pon's ability, but the final result proves that the Dortmund fans are right. Rupert said eloquently, "I also very much agree with Schmelzer's decision to hand over the captain's armband to Pang when he left the field injured, and his decision proved to be the right one. Despite his young age, Pong showed his leadership qualities on the pitch, especially in the last ten minutes, he controlled the emotions of his teammates very well and led the team to the final victory, Pang is now the undisputed heart of Dortmund......"
While the two commentators were not hesitant to praise the fat man, the fat man had already come to the bench to visit his injured teammates, Ginter and Schmelzer. Especially Schmelzer, the fat man is full of gratitude from the bottom of his heart, after all, it is a great honor for a newcomer like the fat man to wear the captain's armband.
The fat man usually did not communicate much with the new captain, because Schmelzer was not a good man of words and was usually very silent in the dressing room. On the contrary, the vice-captain Bender is very active in the dressing room and has a lot of voice. However, Bender has been recovering from an injury, otherwise Bender would definitely have a better chance of becoming the team's captain than Schmelzer.
"Pong, I knew you could lead the team to victory, you are a player with a big heart...... I...... I was not mistaken...... Schmelzer was very excited, and he looked like he was dancing.
The reason why Schmelzer gave the captain's armband to the fat man was because Schmelzer had recognized the fat man's strong strength; Another reason is that he wants to win over fat people. Fat Man is an outstanding representative of the team's newcomers, and his ability is obvious to all, if it weren't for Coach Tuchel's dislike of Fat Man, Fat Man would have been established as the heart of the team's midfield.
Schmelzer is now in the same situation as the fat man, and although Schmelzer is the new captain, Tuchel coach doesn't really agree with him. Coach Tuchel has often played down the captain's influence on some occasions, intentionally or unintentionally, which has led to some speculation in the media, with many media believing that Reuss, who has returned from injury at the beginning of November, is likely to replace Schmelzer as the team's new captain.
This kind of media coverage naturally made Schmelzer sit on pins and needles, so Schmelzer began to look for supporters in the team, and the fat man was Schmelzer's key target, because the fat man had the same experience as him; In addition, the fat man has a close relationship with Ginter and Weidenfeller, although Ginter and Weidenfeller are not absolute main players in the team now, but these two are German players and are very popular in the team.
"Captain, I thought you were injured and would hand over the captain's armband to me, but I didn't expect you to hand it over to you Pang, you are so eccentric!" Ginter quipped.
"Ginter, I was going to give you the captain's armband, but...... But then I felt that Pang could better drive his teammates by playing in the front, so I changed my mind...... I'll give it to you next time if I have the chance......" Schmelzer explained with great difficulty.
The fat man listened to Schmelzer's explanation and somewhat understood why Coach Tuchel didn't want him to captain the team anymore. Schmelzer is indeed not good at words, and he lacks a kind of captain's unique majesty, resulting in him being the captain, but he feels no different from an ordinary player. The fat man felt that he should help Schmelzer, after all, the new captain was not bad to him.
"Captain, don't pay attention to Ginter, this guy is kidding you!" The fat man interjected, "But captain, although you just handed me the captain's armband, I have an opinion about you!" ”
"What, you have an opinion about me?" Schmelzer was stunned and looked at a loss, "Pong, don't you think I should give you the captain's armband?" ”
"I don't mean this, but another!" The fat man replied, "I mean, you're the captain, shouldn't you invite everyone out to celebrate, after all, your captaincy is a big deal for the team......
When Ginter heard the fat man's words, a gleam flashed in his eyes, and Ginter already understood that the fat man was helping Schmelzer. Gintle is actually not very optimistic about Schmelzer as captain, otherwise he would not have teased the new captain as soon as they met.
"That's right! I'm the captain, I should invite everyone out to celebrate, it's a necessary procedure......" Schmelzer suddenly realized.
When the fat man heard Schmelzer's "words of enlightenment", he was speechless for a while. What is the "necessary procedure", this is to let you win over your teammates and enhance the relationship between you and your teammates, otherwise you are the new captain of Mu Ne, who will obey you!
"Captain, the main thing is to enhance the relationship between you and everyone, and also let the media understand that you have the ability to unite everyone, and you have the ability to be a good captain...... "The fat man explained again.
"Okay, that's a good idea, so do it!" Schmelzer finally came to his senses, "So what time is the best time to choose?" ”
"Let's finish training tomorrow afternoon, everyone is tired today!" The fat man suggested.
"Okay, it's set for tomorrow night, I'll go and inform everyone!" Schmelzer said excitedly, turned around and limped to contact other Dortmund players.
Seeing Schmelzer's excited look, the fat man shook his head silently, this new captain still has a long way to go.
Marcel Schmelzer was born on 22 January 1988 in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. He is a young left-back who has been developed in the Borussia Dortmund Academy. On 9 August 2008, Schmelzer made his professional league debut in the German Cup against the red and white Essen and then made his Bundesliga debut against Bayer Leverkusen.
On April 25, 2016, Borussia Dortmund officially announced that they had renewed the contract of the team's left wing-back Schmelzer until 2021, and if this new contract can be completed, Schmelzer will be 33 years old by then. It can be said that Schmelzer has decided to dedicate his entire career to Dortmund.
Seeing Schmelzer's resume, the fat man knew that Schmelzer was a well-established Dortmund player, which was one of the reasons why the fat man wanted to help Schmelzer. Don't look at Schmelzer in Dortmund is not very conspicuous, but for Dortmund management and Dortmund fans, Schmelzer is a real "child" of Dortmund!
"Pang, why are you helping this new captain, is it because he asked you to make a cameo appearance as the captain for twenty minutes?" Ginter was puzzled.
"It's not!" The fat man replied truthfully, "Coach Tuchel doesn't like me, it's a well-known thing, and Schmelzer is in the same situation as me, and the enemy of his enemy is his friend, so I helped him ......"
'But you could get the fury of Coach Tuchel...... Ginter cautioned.
"He doesn't like me for a long time, so why should I care about his feelings!" The fat man retorted.
"What about Royce and Bender, they might as well be hostile to you, after all, they have a good chance of being ......the captain of the team," Ginter reminded again.
"I can't care about that!" The fat man said helplessly, "Now the team needs to unite to get through the difficulties, and Schmelzer is now the captain, whether he is capable of being the captain or not, we should rally around him, otherwise don't think about any honors this season......"
"Well, Pong, maybe you're right!" Ginter thought for a moment and replied.
Then Weidenfeller came over, and the fat man told Weidenfeller what had just happened, and asked him to help him get an idea.
"Pong, you're right, unity is a must if the team wants to achieve something this season, Dortmund are facing much more difficulties this year than last year......" Weidenfeller affirmed the fat man's idea.
The news that the new captain would invite everyone to dinner tomorrow night quickly spread in the Dortmund club. Many people lamented Schmelzer's hindsight, and the captain had been in office for almost two months before he remembered the celebration of the dinner. Later, everyone learned that it was the fat man who helped Schmelzer come up with the idea, and many people didn't understand why the fat man did it at first, and then figured out why, but everyone was even less optimistic about the relationship between the fat man and coach Tuchel.
Sure enough, Coach Tuchel was very dissatisfied when he heard the news that Schmelzer had called everyone for dinner. Because according to the schedule, Dortmund will go to Portugal on the 19th to challenge Sporting Lisbon away, which is Dortmund's last opponent in Group F of the Champions League. From the 15th to the 19th, there was only four days off in between, and the training break was very tight to take into account the flight, and Tuchel felt that there was no time for dinner.
However, the Tuchel coach agreed to Schmelzer's request for a dinner because he did not want to deepen the conflict with Schmelzer. Although Coach Tuchel agreed to Schmelzer as captain, it was not Coach Tuchel's intention at all, because after coaching last season, Coach Tuchel was quite clear about Schmelzer's ability, and signed Grape man Guereiro before this season to replace Schmelzer, who was in average form. Now that Schmelzer is captain, Tuchel's plan has come to naught.
Coach Tuchel finally made Schmelzer captain because of the pressure put on him by the Dortmund club hierarchy, otherwise with Coach Tuchel's pursuit of perfection, even if the captaincy position is vacant, Coach Tuchel will not let Schmelzer captain, after all, at the beginning of this season, Coach Tuchel was ready to let Schmelzer play Guerrero as a substitute.
This is very similar to the fat man, and on the issue of using the fat man, the Dortmund hierarchy also put pressure on Coach Tuchel, otherwise Coach Tuchel would not have disliked the fat man so much. It can be said that Coach Tuchel and Borussia Dortmund have been at odds with Borussia Dortmund over the use of fat men and Schmelzer's lack of captainship.
However, the personality of Coach Tuchel does not care, he is still insisting on his ideas, so the fat man has not yet sat in the main position, and although Schmelzer has become the captain, in the eyes of the media, Schmelzer is only temporarily replacing Reuss as captain, once Reuss recovers from injury, Reuss will definitely regain the captaincy.
And this dinner party has made Schmelzer and the fat man even worse in the minds of Tuchel coaches, who feel that his authority has been challenged.
The German media also came out at this time to join in the fun, praising Schmelzer's dinner party, believing that Schmelzer has the ability to unite the Dortmund team.
'Schmelzer came through Borussia Dortmund's academy and has been in the first team for eight seasons with Borussia Dortmund, and with a new five-year contract extension in April, he is a player who is ready to give his entire career to Borussia Dortmund, and he is more than capable of captaining Borussia Dortmund. This was stated by the reporter of Sports Bild in an interview.
"Schmelzer's ability is still good, in the Klopp period, Schmelzer was the absolute main force of the team, although last season's performance was average, but Schmelzer, who has just been promoted to captain, will definitely perform well this season." A reporter from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said in an interview.
"I think Schmelzer will be a great captain because he loves the Borussia Dortmund team, he is the player who has been with Dortmund for the longest time except for Weidenfeller, and he will continue to be at Dortmund for the next five years, his loyalty should be commended, he deserves to be the captain!" The Bild reporter said in an interview.
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Schmelzer talked about his experience in Dortmund, and said that he would try to be the captain of the team, and said that he would dedicate his entire career to Dortmund. Of course, Schmelzer did not skimp on the praise of the fat man, after all, it was the fat man who gave him the idea of this dinner.
"I consider myself very lucky to have been in the Dortmund Academy at a young age and I have the honour to play in the professional league at Dortmund, I have a lot of love for Dortmund and I want to dedicate my whole career to Dortmund...... I feel very honoured to be the captain of the team and I will try to unite every Borussia Dortmund player and try to lead the team to more victories...... I'm especially grateful for the support that Pang has given me, Pang is a talented player with great leadership qualities and I have received a lot of encouragement from him...... I think Pang is more than capable of being the heart of the midfield and he proved it with his outstanding performances, and despite his young age, the numbers speak for themselves......," Schmelzer said in an interview.
When Coach Tuchel heard Schmelzer's comments in the interview, he hated Schmelzer even more, as Schmelzer all but blocked his commitment to Reuss. Because of Reuss's brilliant performance last season, after Hummels left Borussia Dortmund in this season's transfer period, coach Tuchel had privately promised to make Reuss captain, and now Schmelzer's words to the media have almost dashed this promise.
Coach Tuchel now hates not only Schmelzer, but also the fat man who gave Schmelzer ideas.