Worrall is also a rookie, and many ideas must not be so thoughtful, such as not realizing the problem in the use of Brazilians, just as Schuster did not pay attention to the problem of foreign players in the use of Chinese. There are already four Brazilians in the squad, and Bayer Leverkusen would have five Brazilians if it weren't for Link, who returned from loan to Alexis Sanchez, to represent Germany.

Of course, there is no problem with four Brazilian players, it is just that they can't play at the same time, which is a waste.

However, Bayer Leverkusen now has a thick squad and too many players.

Before playing the warm-up game against Aston Villa, the coaching staff was considering whether a Brazilian should be loaned out, and the youngest Lucio was naturally the first choice, and it was not possible to loan Ponte in his playing years, Ze Roberto and Emerson were not to be considered, they were quite important players in the team.

Lucio only got 30 minutes in his first two games, which is clearly too little time for a centre-back.

"Give him time for two games, he's still young, it's really not good, it's better to let him go out and practice for a year." Although Worrall is full of confidence in Lucio, he thinks that it is best to let Lucio go to leveling, and he tried his best to buy him because he didn't want to have too many dreams and let other teams take the lead, but after buying him, his thoughts were different. After all, he is a guy who has been in the position of sports director, and he is far more thoughtful than a manager.

At this time, Klopp, who had been sitting silently in the corner, finally couldn't help but speak, he thought to himself that he had finally bought a young central defender and planned to loan it out, what is the difference between Leverkusen's defense and last season? If you rent it out to practice, it is better to stay at Leverkusen to practice. A dispensable midfielder like Ponte should not be considered, it's just a pit and no.

He lifted his head, then bravely opened his mouth.

"It's been a long season, maybe you need this lad? There are enough players in midfield, but there are too few defensive players. Leaving the lad is obviously more realistic than Ponte, and according to my statistics, Ballack and Zheng Zhi are both hard-wearing midfielders, and they are hardly injured. The reserve of players in the midfield ensures that Leverkusen have enough personnel to use, but at the back, we should keep a few more substitutions just in case. ”

"Take 10,000 steps back, there are no four non-European places, and you can choose to be in the squad according to tactical needs, and Eintracht Frankfurt has done a good job of this."

"Bayer Leverkusen are a title contender, the depth of the squad is very important, you have to be competitive enough to be able to take the team to the next level, and don't forget that Bayer Leverkusen still have to play in the Champions Cup. Lend-lease is obviously not a good option. ”

The voice was so small that Worrall could barely hear it.

Yes, Champions Cup. Worrall's throat snapped. It's not that he hasn't thought about it, it's just that the Champions Cup is too far away for Bayer Leverkusen, after playing the group stage, it's just fate, can't you still fantasize about going further?

However, the thickness of the lineup must be considered, and this guy has a point. What's it called? Jurgen? Worrall has not yet remembered his name, firstly, the time is too hasty, but Klopp has no presence here, he does not have any real power and actual position.

Fat Calmond also reacted, wasn't it just a breath of air last season? Daum always wanted 11 people to play all the games, but in the end, he couldn't bear it.

"Jurgen, you're a good idea." The fat man nodded, he remembered Klopp's name.

'We don't have much time, the new signings have to settle into the team as soon as possible and we should give them more time.

"Rudy, why don't you play the next two games with them?"

The fat man rarely interferes in the affairs of the team's games, and when Daum was there, he didn't care at all, but now that Worrall is in charge, he has to meddle a little, after all, Worrall is a rookie, and Leverkusen can't afford to toss.

If it was a tragedy at the beginning of the season, this season would be cool, and there was no hope at all. As for the Champions Cup? Seriously, Carlmond also had ideas. 'We still have to try to qualify for this year's Champions League and we really need everyone to contribute.

Now that the fat man has spoken, Worrall can't say anything, and the pressure on him is also very high, he doesn't want to mess up the first leg of his coaching career, and now is not the time for him to say anything.

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In the two days of training, Novotny played in the first half, Lucio played in the second half, the Kovacs brothers on the left and right, the brother on the right, the brother on the left, and Zheng Zhi, a younger guy than him in front.

Language is actually Lucio's biggest obstacle, and the two brothers around him always communicate in Slavic, and they don't even speak English. The young Lucio couldn't understand.

"Is this guy really from Brazil?"

The Kovacs brothers always shook their heads, unhappy with Lucio's performance.

"Novotny is not in the middle, it always feels like there is one man less."

"What is this guy running around blindly? He's a midfielder or a defender, he's rushed to the midfield! ”

"This stunned young man, isn't this going to tire us to death? He still hasn't figured out his role. ”

Brazilian defenders love to attack, and Lucio is normal at the back.

However, as soon as he came up, Zheng Zhi's position was awkward, Lucio was equivalent to Zheng Zhi's position, and Barak was not affected, because he was in front of Zheng Zhi's right.

Lucio came up and disrupted the formation, does Zheng Zhi still have to play?

"Lucio,"

At the end of the training, Zheng Zhi talked to Lucio. He tried to communicate with Lucio in the simplest of English.

But Lucio only understood his name, and then he didn't know anything.

"You don't understand?"

Zheng Zhi thinks it's too tragic, Brazilians are lazy, they don't even learn English, they speak Portuguese, but Ronaldo is not like this, he remembers that Ronaldo's English is very good, at least there is no problem with simple communication.

He pondered for a long time before he came up with a solution, found a few small stones from the sidelines, and placed them on the ground according to the formation.

He pointed to one of the stones, then to Lucio and said, "You,"

Then he pointed to another pebble, "me,"

Then he pushed Lucio's stone forward, and made a gesture, "NO, NO, NO!" "It meant that Lucio should not come up and take his place.

Lucio finally nodded in understanding.

Zheng Zhi was very satisfied, and then then hugged the football next to him and put it on his chest, "Give me the ball." ”

And when Zheng Zhi moved his pebble forward, he moved Lucio's pebble forward.

In short, he gave Lucio a tactical lesson with pebbles......

Lucio is a key figure for Bayer Leverkusen's future, the heart of the defence, and he must not let Lucio stay like this in my first year......

"Lucio,"

"You must......" Zheng Zhi pondered how to continue to communicate with Lucio, but in the end he gave up, and wanted to communicate verbally and physically again, and even his head was about to collapse.

"Whew,"

"Damn, I'm so tired!"

Zheng Zhi shook his head and quit.

Later, the translator called Lucio away and went to Worrall's, presumably having to be beeped by Worrall for a while.

After the training, Zheng Zhi did not go home, but drove to the city center and entered a bookstore. He wanted to buy Lucio a dictionary of Portuguese and English translations to make Lucio understand that if he wanted to integrate into the team as soon as possible, he had to write the language well. Of course, this can't be done so simply, just looking at the dictionary is a fart?

No, it's a hassle. Why don't I do it myself? If I learn Portuguese, wouldn't it be easier to communicate with my teammates? As for the lazy urine nature of South Americans, forget it, I don't know when and when I will be able to master a language......

At that moment, Zheng Zhi changed his attention, bought some basic Portuguese introductory books and dictionaries in the bookstore, and then called Wu Di and asked him to find him a Portuguese teacher as soon as possible.

It is said that if you learn mathematics, physics and chemistry well, you are not afraid to go all over the world, but Zheng Zhi now feels that it is not terrible to learn a few more foreign languages......

He's a guy who just walks the talk, and when he gets home, he starts to learn Portuguese, at least a few simple words to communicate with Lucio, who is the only barrier behind him, and if he doesn't work well with him, the whole Leverkusen defense line will have problems.

The next day, he even came to the training ground with a lot of small notes, which he spent more than two hours copying down the phrases of Portuguese football.

When he saw Lucio, he immediately greeted Lucio in simple Portuguese.

Lucio almost fell down on the spot, and he didn't see him all night, and Zheng Zhi can speak Portuguese?

“Carrinho，”

“Corte，”

“Cabeade，”

“Defender，”

“Desarmes，”

Zheng Zhi spat out several Portuguese words in a row, and Lucio was dumbfounded.

“These are your strengths。” Zheng Zhi raised his elbow, revealing the strong muscles of his right arm.

“Not attack!” Zheng Zhi waved his hand again.

At this time, it is not the time to show his offensive attributes, first play his own position in defense!

“ME，”

“I'm the boss.” Zheng Zhi pointed to his chest again with the thumb of his right hand.

Lucio finally nodded......

Your strengths are defense, tackles, interceptions, headers, not offense, I'm the boss! You don't want to revolve around me......

"Hey, that guy speaks Portuguese?"

Emerson, who had just arrived at the training ground, watched Zheng Zhi not far away and chatted with Ze Roberto.

"I don't know, I haven't seen him say it, these two little guys have been getting close lately."

Zheng has a lot of ideas, he has started to look for his close comrades at the club. But I'm not very optimistic about Lucio, this kid is just a piece of wood, no, a tendon seems to be more suitable. ”

"I don't know how he came here, and the head took a kickback?"

"Ha, don't say that, it's not good for the boss to hear it, Lucio still has advantages, he is very impactful, I even think he is very threatening at the front. As a centre-back, he's good at his feet. ”

"But it's the head that counts." Emerson still shook his head.

Ze Roberto glanced meaningfully at his head, "You mean, like your head, there is a Mediterranean Sea?" ”

“……”

Emerson was momentarily speechless......

Soon, Ballack arrived, following Kirsten, Novotny and Beinrich. is different from Zheng Zhi's starting point, Zheng Zhi began to train Lucio, while Ballack is directly to the team bosses, with a strong purpose, he does not scold the Brazilians, but the Germans.

So, it can be seen from this that Ballack is not a simple young man, he knows how to 'integrate' into the team as soon as possible.

Behind them, he was a complete little brother.

"Michael,"

"Looks like your best friend prefers to play with kids?"

Novotny smiled, "I suspect he's a friend, almost inseparable from this kid, haha." ”

"Michael, does he have a girlfriend?"

Barak secretly rolled his eyes and replied truthfully, "I haven't heard that he has a girlfriend, but he's certainly not GAY, I can guarantee that." ”

"Have you tried?"

“……”

"I can't listen to it anymore, isn't this kid very good? He's helping the Brazilian kid build confidence, he's a good person, maybe we're a little too cold? Isn't this what we should do? I looked at him with a lot of affection. "I didn't expect Beinrich to say good things for Zheng Zhi.

"Intimacy? Whew~ How did you come up with it? Novotny rolled his eyes, "Could it be that you're ......"

"Don't disgust me, in the national team, everyone understands, only those two guys are," Beinrich glared at him.

But at this point, Kirsten spoke, "Stefan, you're right, we did ignore that. ”

"We're a team and we're going to take care of the youngsters. Don't forget what we're aiming for the season, as long as we're willing to fight for the team, we have to stick together. ”

"In the Leverkusen dressing room, there are no gangs to speak of. Everything is simple and straightforward. ”

Barak chuckled in his heart, and always felt that Kirsten had said this to him...... It's true that I'm getting too close to the bigwigs these days, and the purpose is a little too obvious......

It's just, in the national team, which two guys are GAY? He was curious about the national team again, listened to the chat of a few bigwigs, and saw that the national team had a secret (this is a real thing, who knows the inside story?). ）……

Beinrich had already walked up to Zheng Zhi and greeted Zheng Zhi and Lucio.

"Zheng, I want to ask you a question."

"What's the problem?"

"You China, is there a 'bailixi' person?"

“bailixi?” Zheng Zhi didn't understand it at once, and read it several times in his heart.

"Ancient, far, far away era, it seems to be called the Spring and Autumn Period?"

Heh, Zheng Zhi was slightly surprised, Beinrich even knew about the Spring and Autumn Period in China? It's hard for this guy to be a China general.

"Yes, there was a Spring and Autumn Period, and you were so good that you knew so much about Chinese history. Hey," Zheng Zhi patted his forehead, "I remember, there is a historical figure named Baili Xi,"

"What do you want to know? I'm not very familiar with Chinese history. ”

Zheng Zhi's historical knowledge is only at the middle school level, and he really doesn't even know much about it.

"Ah,"

"It turns out that there really is this character." Beinrich's thick eyebrows lit up visibly, and he looked very excited.

Then he said triumphantly, "In my family, there is a legend. ”

"Legend, wouldn't you mind telling me about it?" Zheng Zhi was also interested.

"There is a story that has been passed down from generation to generation in our family that our ancestors are descendants of a great Chinese figure who was a meritorious figure in this empire of China. Later, due to the war, our family moved westward to Germany. It was only later that the pedigree was localized, and now our family is all standard German. ”

"In our family's legend, there is a story of five sheepskins, and it is said that our ancestors, despite their great intelligence and great strategy, were only worth five sheepskins. I've always felt like it was a fairy tale. However, one of our family members, while studying Chinese history, said that he had suddenly solved this thousand-year-old mystery, and he believed that Baili Xi, the doctor of the Qin State, was our ancestor. ”

"This ......" Zheng Zhi was dumbfounded.

It seems that the story of Qin Mugong's five sheepskins for virtuous appearance has an incredible coincidence with their family's "fairy tale".

Naturalization, the Football Association should have naturalized Beinrich earlier...... Well, he has already played for Germany, but he can later naturalize other members of the Beinrich family, or descendants of Beinrich, what a bloodline, what a descendant......

"Stefan, I don't think this is a legend, it should be a true story. I think that when you retire in the future, you can go to China and see it, maybe you will fall in love with it and find your ancestors there. ”

"Haha, I felt so too, so I started learning Chinese. If you don't mind, teach me more later? ”

"It's an honor." Zheng Zhi smiled, and suddenly felt that the 27-year-old Beinrich was too cute, although he didn't believe that his family really had anything to do with China, but who would refuse a guy who had a good impression of China?

Because of this relationship, the relationship between Zheng Zhi and the club bosses has been brought closer......

At least in training, the atmosphere seems to have changed a little bit more than before.

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On Wednesday afternoon, Bayer Leverkusen welcomed Aston Villa in the Premier League. Worrall almost fielded the strongest lineup, and the game to test the team's fighting power came.

The main goalkeeper is Marty Seck.

The defenders were the Kovac brothers and Lucio.

The midfielders are Beinrich, Ballack, Zheng Zhi, Emerson, Ze Roberto

The forwards are Kirsten and Neuville

Aston Villa, who came from afar, is not a rookie, and there are also stars in the team, such as England's central defender Gareth Southgate, and the fledgling Gareth Barry.

In addition, they were also excited to come to Bayer Stadium.

Southgate, who had sharp cheeks, said to his younger brother Barry in a sharp voice: "German football has declined, they no longer have an empire, football will also decline, look at Manchester United and Bayern, Bayern is a classic car." ”

"One day we can beat Germany."

"His foreign aid policy is even more exaggerated than ours, 43% of the foreign aid volume."

"You know what that means? It meant that the Germans were going to be unemployed and occupied. ”

'Why don't England players want to play here? It's just too bad here. ”

Barry was silent, but he thought of a friend of the national youth team - Owen Hargreaves, who only got into the second line of Bayern Munich this year, and it seems that life is quite miserable, and if he doesn't do it, he will have to fail and return home. Unlike himself, he will definitely be able to play the main team of the Premier League this season!

Both are 18 years old, and the gap is a bit big......