Chapter 071: Sforza hangs up his boots and coaches
"Zhuo Yang, it's a bit too much!" Sforza said as he walked side by side with Zhuo Yang on the field. "You're too much of a bully, look at the nerves of people."
Zhuo Yang was inexplicably surprised: "Brother, you make it clear, what's wrong with me?" Who am I bullying? He didn't realize how much damage he had done to Zandi. In Zhuo Yang's opinion, this is an ordinary confrontation in an ordinary game, and he didn't specifically target anyone, and he didn't even have a special impression of Zandi at this point.
"......" Sforza didn't look like he was deliberately pretending to be confused when he saw Zhuo Yang's expression, and he couldn't help but feel worthless for Zandi: I have blown you up into scum, and you have been abused to have a nervous disorder, but people don't take it seriously at all, and they don't deliberately pay attention to you, how unlucky are you?
The professional football world is actually very small, especially in the 'projectile' place of German football. After more than two years of professional league cultivation, Zhuo Yang is no longer the junior brother who only knew the names of a few superstars, and he almost knows a little about the older generation of football veterans like Sforza. And Sforza was even more impressed by Zhuo Yang two years ago, not to mention that he is now a popular student in the Bundesliga.
At all times and in any society, equality of status is a very important prerequisite for equality with each other, and this is not changed by human subjectivity. Just like Klose and Zhuo Yang got acquainted before, they also had a little superstar look at the new promotion, but because of their personal cultivation, they showed very little. But now that they get along with Zhuo Yang again, they are completely respectful of each other and truly equal.
Sforza has left a deep memory on the Chinese teenager since Zhuo Yang led the Six Musketeers to defeat Kaiserslautern in the FA Cup two years ago, and has paid a lot of attention to Zhuo Yang in the past two years. For Zhuo Yang, Sforza and Klose were the first superstar players he came into contact with except for the bantam Hasler, which left a deep impression on Zhuo Yang, who was a fledgling at the beginning of the year.
He and Sforza then chatted casually, agreed to exchange shirts after the game, and each led the team into the second half of the game.
Even if Kaiserslautern's attacking organization returned to normal because of the introduction of the old core Sforza, the decline in the strength of the old Bundesliga Red Devils was really serious, and the rhythm of the game was still firmly controlled by Madiburg throughout the second half.
Sforza is getting old, and Kaiserslautern's de facto attacking heart in the second half was Engelhardt, who was wantonly teased by the Six Musketeers in Karlsruhe last season. After seeing clearly that there were no powerful figures in the opponent's midfield, Zhuo Yang felt that he had nothing to do in defense, so he was thinking about attacking, and he hadn't scored a goal in this game.
In the 66th minute, the front court singled out the back corner of the penalty area after ridder, so that the German national team substitute goalkeeper Wiese continued to cry without tears, and Zhuo Yang also increased his Bundesliga goal tally to 14, and then he was replaced by Khedira by Uncle Scum.
Today, the Madibao backline led by the lion king Lao Song shined, and the whole game almost did not leave any good opportunities for the opponent, and the Cameroonian veteran who was rooted in the backfield was properly world-class, and Peng Peng and other three young players showed their general demeanor under his leadership. Just when everyone was hoping that the team's first clean sheet of the season was on the horizon, Madiburg could not break the defensive cycle of every game, and young striker Patrick Helmers, who replaced Jankel in the second half, scored from distance, but it was a Madiburg player.
The 20-year-old Helmers did well in the third division last year and attracted the attention of many teams because of his malleable age, with Madiburg being the most 'big' of them. In the summer, Helmers joined for 200,000 euros, and the club originally arranged for him to play in the third division of Tuchel's B team, but Helmers, who is quite a big general, took the initiative to find the team's top management, especially Uncle Scum, and had a detailed discussion, expressing his willingness to continue to stay in the third division.
After careful analysis, Uncle Scum also felt that throwing Helmers in Class C was a bit overkill, and he couldn't improve much. However, when he was signed up for the first team, he could only be ranked as the fifth striker behind the blackface Dodd, and his style was somewhat similar to that of Cobra Iliye and Dodd, so he obviously couldn't get many appearances. At that time, Uncle Scum, who had not led the team to play in the top league, did not realize that Iliye would not adapt to the anti-counter-attacking style, nor did he fully anticipate that Dodd was no longer usable.
It was at this time that Kaiserslautern came to inquire about Helmers' loan intentions, and they are missing a shadow striker in their front line this year. The two hit it off and Helmers donned the Kaiser jersey. A one-year loan has been agreed, but Madiburg are currently in talks with Kaiserslautern in an attempt to recall the young striker, who has been shining in the Bundesliga for the winter break.
Helmers is very mature and sensible, he took the initiative to come over to greet Uncle Scum and Zhuo Yang before and after the game, and the young man was polite. Helmers knew that sooner or later he would have to return to the peninsula, and it was essential to maintain a good relationship with the two biggest bigwigs in the team.
And Yankel, who was replaced by Helmers, although he was not as miserable as Zandi and became neurotic, but it was not much better, from the back molars to the prostate, he was all hit by the lion king Lao Song, and his fatty liver was purple and bruised. At the end of the game, Lao Song smiled and said to him in French: "But I'm tired of your father and me." ”
After the game, Sforza found Zhuo Yang, exchanged jerseys and exchanged contact information, but politely declined Zhuo Yang's invitation to do a small gathering. Kaiserslautern had lost five in a row since the defeat to Madiburg, and the atmosphere in the team was quite delicate, and it was a bit out of place to leave the team and stay in Hannover at this time.
Kaiserslautern was once again in a relegation crisis at the end of the season, with coach Kurt Yala sacked and Sforza, who retired from injury at the crucial moment, stepping up as interim manager once again. He also turned the tide once again, winning two and drawing one in the final three rounds, and brought Kaiserslautern off the edge of the cliff safely.
Sforza, who was plagued by injuries at the end of the season, also decided to retire at the age of 35 to become a full-time football coach and continue to display his football talent on another path. Unfortunately, Kaiserslautern, the club to which he made outstanding contributions, did not dare to trust Sforza, and only agreed to let him start as an assistant coach in the echelon. In desperation, Sforza left Germany and returned to Switzerland to become the head coach of Swiss Liga team FC Lucerne, and he miraculously led FC Lucerne back to the Swiss Super League that year. Sforza was admired by Swiss giants Zurich Grasshopper, and he joined the prestigious club.
Two years later, Sforza left Zurich Grasshopper to become head coach of the Swiss Under-21 national team due to a conflict of athletic and managerial philosophies with the club.
After Sforza left, in the 05-06 season, Kaiserslautern fell into the relegation quagmire again, but this time they did not have Sforza's one-shot savior, and Kaiser finally failed to escape the fate of relegation.
Sforza and Zhuo Yang did not have a deep conversation today, and Zhuo Yang has not seen the former famous Swiss star for several years, and the two have no contact. But they would never have thought that when the two contacted again, they would start a cooperation that lasted for more than ten years.