In the fifth round of the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 hosted Freiburg.

The opponent is still not a very strong opponent, at least this season.

Many fans complained that Schalke 04 had a very good schedule in the early stages of the league, at least there were basically no strong teams in the first five rounds, except for Hoffenheim, which was still a point, but in fact it was not a top team.

In this way, it is not surprising that Schalke 04 was able to rise to the top of the table in the early stages.

Obviously, this is because many fans are not happy that Schalke 04 can be at the top of the standings.

However, Schalke 04 apparently scoffed at this statement.

If you say so, then there must be one or several stages in the future, Schalke 04 will continue to encounter strong opponents, if the results are thin by then, won't it plummet, and from then on, it will be sluggish?

Do you think Schalke 04 wants to do this?

In fact, in the sixth and seventh rounds, Schalke 04 will face consecutive victories against Wolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund, one against the defending champions and one against the Ruhr derby.

If Schalke 04 fails to achieve the desired results in both games, then the top spot will definitely not be maintained.

And this game against Freiburg actually didn't get much attention, and most fans wanted to see if Schalke 04 was in shape and continued to lead the standings.

And it turns out that Schalke 04 is really different from last season.

Kuranyi opened the scoring in the first half with a powerful shot, and second-half goals from Farfan and Rakitic sealed the win and secured a comfortable victory.

So far, Schalke 04 has won five consecutive victories in the opening game.

In this game, Ye Feng's performance was decent, with no goals and no assists, and he completed his defensive task very well and did not let Freiburg score.

In this regard, "Kaedebuki", which has gradually formed a force, said that he has something to say.

"Ye Feng is such a low-key player, when the game is going well, he always keeps his focus on defense, gives the opportunity to show off to his teammates, and when he really needs Ye Feng to score, he is duty-bound!"

"Obviously, Ye Feng didn't need to score in this game, so he gave up the opportunity to his teammates."

"This is the real leadership temperament!"

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Of course, the self-amusement of the maple blowers did not cause much repercussions, and by this time, Schalke 04 had already flown to Portugal to challenge the first opponent in the group stage of the Europa League, Funchal Nacional.

"It's my first time in Portugal!" After getting off the plane, Ye Feng took a few deep breaths and couldn't help but smile: "The climate here is good!" ”

Indeed, in terms of climate, Portugal is a bit more comfortable than Germany.

"This Madeira island is said to be the hometown of little Rowe, and it is here that he grew up!" Ye Feng suddenly remembered that he had read a report by Ronaldo, who had just become the World Footballer last year, and said with a smile: "According to him, if he hadn't become a professional player, I'm afraid he would have been a fisherman on Madeira by now!" ”

"Then he must be the most coquettish fisherman on Madeira!" Kuranyi smiled and said.

Hearing this, several other people couldn't help but laugh.

"Why don't we come here on vacation during the winter break?" Farfan's eyes rolled, although he was talking about vacation, it still made people think that he was playing some bad idea.

"I guess you think Portuguese girls are more charming than German girls, right?" Kuranyi mercilessly pierced Farfan's mind.

Farfan hurriedly retorted: "Don't talk nonsense, the quality of Portuguese girls in Madeira must not be very high!" ”

A few other people were a little curious and couldn't help but ask, "Have you done a survey?" ”

Farfan snorted, "You think, with Xiao Xiaoluo's sassy character, if the girl from Madeira is really attractive, how can he still have the heart to practice?" I've been fooling around with girls every day for a long time! ”

Don't say it, it sounds pretty reasonable!

Ye Feng shook his head helplessly, he really didn't have any say in this point, after all, he was not as well-informed as these bastards.

Jones expressed his disdain on the side, he couldn't keep busy every night, what is the difference between a Portuguese girl and a German girl?

However, Ye Feng found that when they were talking about these ups and downs, several young people who had just joined the team were obviously listening with great interest.

For example, Moritz, such as Matip, such as Hao Junmin......

Okay, Ye Feng decided that next time there is an event, he must bring half of his fellow countryman Hao Junmin, after all, Jia Yi will take care of him by himself.

In addition, you have to bring your loyal little brother Matip, who kicks himself on the field and does dirty work, so he has to be rewarded!

In Portugal, Ye Feng found that the fanaticism of the fans here seems to be no worse than in Germany, even if the economic situation here is not very good, but it still can't stop the passion of the fans.

The only thing that makes Ye Feng feel strange is that this game doesn't seem to have set off too many waves in terms of public opinion, and it is not even as influential as Schalke 04 facing a fish belly team in the Bundesliga.

"It seems that even if the League Cup is changed to the Europa League, it will be more and more difficult!" Neuer also noticed this situation and said with a little emotion.

"What's the use of changing the name, you can't stop the expansion of the Champions League, whether it's the League Cup or the Europa League, the gold content is getting lower and lower, which is normal!" Engal also made a rare serious speech.

Ye Feng participated in the European competition for the first time, but his original interest was almost dispelled by a few words from them.

If you think about it, this is indeed the truth.

Originally, the Champions League could only participate in the league champions, and the runners-up and third runners-up could only participate in the League Cup, so that the gold content of the League Cup was almost no worse than that of the Champions League.

But now, like the English Premier League La Liga, there are 4 teams to participate in the Champions League, the Bundesliga also has 3 teams to play in the Champions League, and the rest are playing in the League Cup.

In the long run, even if the League Cup is renamed the Universe Cup, it will be useless.

Suddenly, there was no interest, and the Europa League suddenly became a chicken rib in Ye Feng's mind, and its importance was almost equal to the German Cup.

Think about it, there are 6 rounds to play in the group stage, followed by the round of 32 and the round of 16......

If you want to win the championship, you have to play a total of 17 games including the previous play-offs!

The point is that the Europa League prize money is pitifully small compared to the Champions League, and even Schalke 04, which is in poor financial condition, is a bit unfavorable.

If Schalke 04 really wants to attack the Bundesliga championship, then Ye Feng estimates that Lüten may give up the Europa League.

Schalke 04's lineup is not strong enough to fight on two fronts, and it is still a long front.

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