Chapter 14: The Conversation

After the game, the RB Leipzig players were circling the pitch to thank the players, while the Dortmund players slowly walked to the tunnel with their heads down. Coach Tuchel stood quietly on the sidelines like a statue www.biquge.info Fun, not knowing what he was thinking. It wasn't until assistant Michels pulled him that Tuchel came to his senses and began to comfort his players as they came off.

In fact, before the away game, Tuchel coach was well prepared. It's just that the plan can't keep up with the changes, and the front trident Gotze, Schurrle and Aubameyang have not scored goals.

Gotze played hard but didn't get many chances. In the first half, apart from creating a few free-kicks in front of the team, Götze rarely performed well, which was also related to Tuchel's tactical adjustments, which focused on two wide attacks, which made Gotze in the middle have fewer opportunities to get the ball. After 70 minutes of the second half, Gotze's fitness dropped significantly and he was eventually replaced by Thomas Tuchel.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang's play was a bit of a disappointment for Tuchel, who had a couple of chances on goal in the first half before being almost invisible at the start of the second half. In fact, this can't be blamed on Aubameyang, in the games before the World Cup qualifiers, Aubameyang was almost full attendance, plus two World Cup qualifiers in Africa, plus a tired car, Aubameyang can't afford it even if he is physically good.

Schurrle's performance was the most satisfying for Tuchel's coach, not only did Schurrle have a number of shots on goal throughout the game, but he was also very dangerous with his passing, and in the second half he also hit the crossbar, but he was almost lucky, otherwise it would have been RB Leipzig who would have been killed.

Losing this game gave Dortmund the first setback of the new season. Because according to past experience, in order to win the Bundesliga title, you cannot lose more than 4 games in the whole season, and once you exceed this number, it will be more and more difficult to win the title. There are a total of 34 rounds in the league, but Dortmund only played two rounds and lost one game, and if this state continues, Dortmund's team will not mention winning the championship, and it will be difficult to fight for the top four. Coach Tuchel looked depressed and knew that after the game, the media and fans would be indispensable.

Sure enough, many media reported on the game after the game. Most media felt that Dortmund's defeat to RB Leipzig was a big upset. Because the media is comparing Borussia Dortmund to Bayern, after all, the two teams were the top two teams in the league table last season. However, some media pointed out that Dortmund's away defeat was caused by coach Tuchel's stupid move, and some media attributed Dortmund's defeat to boycotting RB Leipzig.

"Dortmund upset away and defeated promoted horses" Bild

"RB Leipzig's upset win over Borussia Dortmund shows the true colors of dark horses" Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung

"Thomas Tuchel draws Borussia Dortmund to first defeat", Sports Bild

"Dortmund's 'boycott' failed and was slapped in the face", Süddeutsche Zeitung

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The reaction of the fans was much more fierce than that of the media, and many Dortmund fans left messages on the official website to express their dissatisfaction with the game.

"We were unbeaten in our warm-up matches, beating the mighty Bayern Munich in the German Super Cup, but we didn't expect to be promoted here. You know it's the second round of the league and we've got a loss, which is disappointing. A fan left a message.

'It's clear that Thomas Tuchel's side are not good at playing away. Last season we lost the title due to a poor away result, and this season is still the same, and history will repeat itself. "Second floor

"Fans all over Germany knew we had launched a boycott of RB Leipzig, so we didn't go away to see the game. Unfortunately, Dortmund's performance was disappointing, they lost the game, and the Dortmund fans' campaign to boycott RB Leipzig made no sense. "Third floor

'I think coach Tuchel is to blame for the defeat, he didn't send the best team. Pang, who has been doing well, didn't get a chance to play, and who can tell me why. "Fourth floor

'I'll tell you why, Tuchel is at odds with Pom right now, so he would rather have Castro at the back start as a right winger than Pong, and would rather have Guerrero at left wing-back as a right winger than let Pom come off the bench, and in the end the team lost away and Tuchel should be primarily responsible for the loss.' Fifth floor

"According to the analysis of the commentator Rupert, in the last game against Mainz, Pang was very unhappy with Tuchel's substitution of himself in the middle of the game, and did not communicate with Tuchel when he left the game, which eventually led to a gap between the two." Sixth floor

'It's just a small episode, the earlier reason was that Tuchel had a conflict with sporting director Zolke, when he wanted to sign Poong, Tuchel refused on the grounds that it didn't fit the tactics, but Zolke, who was in charge of player transfers, still signed Poong, so Tuchel didn't like Poong from the beginning, and that's the root cause. Seventh floor

'Poor Pom, who has always been in a rotating role even when he has performed well, turned out to be a victim of Tuchel's struggle with Zolke. Eighth floor

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Criticism from the media and fans has put Thomas Tuchel under a lot of pressure. Coach Tuchel has refused all media interviews in recent days and is preparing for his next game, which is also a Champions League game, away to Warsaw. It was Dortmund's first Champions League game of the season and another away game, so it was very important for Dortmund.

The fat man has been very low-key in the past two days, and he has turned down a lot of media interviews. The fat man knows that the purpose of these media is simple, which is to get the fat man to say something that is not happy with Tuchel's coach. Because the media has analysed one of the reasons for Dortmund's away defeat is Tuchel's unreliable substitutions. The fat man's absence from the show was the focus of media criticism of Tuchel's stupid substitution. However, the fat man still accepted a telephone interview with Rita and Anna, expressing his desire to appear.

Rita and Anna have been a lot busy lately, especially since the start of the league, there have been a lot of players who have performed well, and the two need to go to interview. Rita is recently giving an interview to Aubameyang, and Anna is busy interviewing Lewandowski, and the two finally don't have to stay here with the fat man, because the fat man's data of one goal and one assist in two games is not very eye-catching in the Bundesliga.

Although Caroline is not usually around the fat man, Caroline still cares about the fat man, not only in life, but also in work. On the night of the match, Caroline had just flown back to England when she called the fat man.

"Pong, do you need me to come forward and talk to Dortmund?" Caroline asked: 'It's not okay for you to be in such good form and coach Tuchel won't let you play. ”

'My dear, no, I want to talk to Coach Tuchel first, and if I still can't play in the Champions League in midweek, you can come back and talk to the club at the weekend.' The fat man thought for a while and replied.

"Okay, I'll come over to you next weekend." Caroline hung up.

It is impossible for a fat man to let himself sit on the bench all the time, especially since the fat man has been in such a good state recently and has no injuries, it is impossible to wait like this forever.

The fat man thought that he was snubbed by Coach Tuchel because of the last game, but the fat man learned through Zhang Yuwei, Rita and Anna that things are far from being so simple, and Rita clearly told the fat man that the conflict between Tuchel and Zolke is the most fundamental reason why Tuchel does not like fat people.

The fat man is going to talk to Coach Tuchel first, if he can't apply for a loan, play at other clubs, and then apply for a transfer at the end of the year.

Two days before going to Warsaw, Poland, the fat man finally knocked on coach Tuchel's office.

"Pang, do you have something to do with me?" Tuchel asked, smiling.

'Coach Tuchel, I want to talk to you!' The fat man replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Tuchel wanted to refuse, but changed his mind when the words came to his lips. Tuchel has been under a lot of pressure from the media and fans in the past few days, and more than half of this pressure has been given to him by the media and fans who support the fat man. Tuchel also wanted to know what the fat man wanted to say to him.

"Sit down!" Tuchel nodded, "What do you want me to talk to?" ”

"Talk about my appearance." The fat man stated the purpose of the trip.

"Pang, you don't need to talk to me about this issue!" Tuchel refused, saying: 'It's not up to me to decide whether you can play or not, it's up to the whole coaching staff. ”

The fat man knew that Tuchel was shirking his responsibilities and wanted to get away with it, but the fat man also came prepared.

"I'll talk to you first, and then I'll talk to Michels and Coach Webb." The fat man said calmly.

"Pong, actually, in the away game against RB Leipzig, you didn't play, it was all because of the rotation, the team has to treat the other players equally, Ramos hasn't played for a long time." Tuchel explained.

'Coach Tuchel, I'm not against rotation, I'm in favor of rotation. This season we are playing on three fronts and rotation is inevitable. But rotation is also a situation, those who are in good form deserve more opportunities, and those who are not in good form should be rotated. The fat man retorted.

"Pong, I know you have a point, but now the situation is exceptional, there are only three substitutions per game, and I have to balance the playing time of the players." Tuchel argued.

The fat man knew that Tuchel was quibbling, because even if Tuchel balanced his playing time, it would not be the fat man's turn. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Fidel Castro, Rode, etc., these people who are full attendance and often play the whole game, are the ones who should be balanced.

"Coach Tuchel, I know you don't like me very much because of Mr Zolke, because when Mr Zolke signed me, he didn't ask for your consent, so you always had a problem with me!" The fat man talked about what he had learned.

"No...... Not so. Tuchel looked embarrassed.

"You don't have to rush to deny it, these things have now spread on the Internet, and they are no longer a secret." The fat man continued.

"Main...... The main thing is that your characteristics are in conflict with my tactics and they don't fit very well, so I ...... at the beginning,' Tuchel explained.

"I know you prefer players who are fast and technical, especially when it comes to passing and receiving, you are very demanding. But as you can see, I've come a long way in my passing and receiving skills compared to when I first joined, I'm no worse than my teammates in terms of speed and accuracy, and my long-range shooting skills are pretty good, and I'm getting more and more in tune with your tactical requirements. The fat man continued to explain the situation.

In fact, the progress of the fat man Tuchel is completely in his eyes, compared to the early days of the franchise, the rough foot of the fat man's skills. Now the fat man has improved by leaps and bounds under the training of Footbonaut, and the running position is also very flexible, which is also the reason why the fat man can continue to maintain a high goal rate after being known by the opponent, and the fat man has been improving. Tuchel's dissatisfaction with the fat man is now entirely technical, but mainly from the pressure put on him by the media and fans, as well as the pressure put on him by sporting director Zolke, which has made Tuchel very unhappy with the fat man.

"Pong, you know I've been under constant pressure from the media, fans and clubs lately, and this pressure has had a big impact on my work, and it's all about you!" Tuchel said earnestly.

The fat man knew that Tuchel had finally said that these were the source of Tuchel's dissatisfaction with the fat man.

'Coach Tuchel, what do you want me to do?' The fat man asked.

"Since these things are related to you, then you can eliminate these bad influences." Tuchel replied.

When the fat man heard Tuchel's words, he fell into deep thought. Although these things happened because of the fat man, it was not caused by the fat man's subjectivity, but the fat man still decided to help Tuchel and showed his sincerity.

'Coach Tuchel, on the pressure on the club side, I will bring it up to my agent. I won't let her see Mr. Zolke again unless there is anything important. As for the question between you and Mr. Zolke, there is nothing I can do. The fat man promised, "Regarding the pressure from the media and fans, I will pay special attention to it when I am interviewed by the media in the future, and try not to cause you trouble." ”

Regarding the contradiction between Tuchel and Zolke, the fat man can only help here. Unlike the Premier League's managerial responsibility system, managers in the Bundesliga, La Liga, Ligue 1 and Serie A have little say in player transfers.

In fact, in recent years, Premier League managers have also shrunk their voice in player transfers. Because of modern football, players are frequently transferred, and managers are actually "transferring" frequently, which has led to the uniform groups of various clubs having to tighten the rights of managers in terms of player transfers. Because changing a head coach means changing a group of players at the same time, in order to avoid major losses for the club, the uniform team had to tighten the rights of the head coach in terms of player transfers. Now only those managers who have been in charge of a team for a long time will have more power in terms of player transfers.

Borussia Dortmund do the same when it comes to player transfers, and while they will look to Tuchel's advice, they will not follow it exactly. For example, the transfer of the fat man was the decision of sporting director Zolke and CEO Watzke, without the advice of Tuchel.

Regarding the conflict between the media and fans who support Fat Man and Tuchel, Fat Man is ready to speak to Rita and Anna, and try to say less bad things about Tuchel's coach when reporting in the future. Because the media and fans frequently put pressure on Tuchel, it can also cause Tuchel to be disgusted and even angry with himself.

Coach Tuchel wasn't happy with the fat man's promise, but he knew it was almost all the fat man could do

"Well, I hope you can do what you say." Tuchel accepted.

"And what about my appearance?" The fat man asked.

'I'll think about it with the coaching staff, and we'll give you a chance to play as long as you do well, but you also know that there are eight players in the squad fighting for three places, so rotation is inevitable. Tuchel replied.

After the conversation, it was clear to the fat man that Tuchel's frustration with him had eased a lot. In fact, there should not have been a conflict between the fat man and Tuchel, because both actually worked for Borussia Dortmund. However, the fat man knew that he had made the right choice to talk to Tuchel this time, because he was not only working for the club, but also "working" under Tuchel.