Chapter 253: "Interview" with an old American man
Although he is no longer the "ignorant" teenager in the primary Bundesliga, the "violent" goal of the Mainz team still makes Feng Quan feel like his blood is running. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoEspecially in the context of the Hamburg team's two consecutive rounds without a win, it made Feng Quan's mood a little depressed during this period.
Even if Feng Quan's Bundesliga appearance record so far is only 16 games. However, the record of 17 goals and 12 assists has already made him the de facto "spiritual leader" of the Hamburg team.
In a sense, whether Feng Quan played well in the game or not even directly determined the victory or defeat of the Hamburg team in the game.
Because of this, after scoring the second goal for the team, Feng Quan rushed to the corner chess area, and then kicked the corner flagpole violently, and even roared wildly at the fans who followed the team to the away audience.
Even though it was raining heavily in the sky at the moment, after seeing Fengquan's passionate celebration, nearly 2,000 Hamburg fans who came with the team also responded to their "king" with almost crazy shouts......
However, this is not the Northern Bank Arena, but the Coface Arena, the home of the Mainz team.
So, after seeing the "presumptuous" behavior of Feng Quan and the Hamburg fans, the home team fans immediately erupted in terrifying boos. Even in the stands adjacent to the Hamburg fans, some of the more radical fans are eager to teach them a lesson.
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Even though Fink is very supportive of his disciples' "interaction" with the fans, if it is an away game, there is something similar to "provocation" like Feng Quan, he still does not advocate it.
Although it is rare for a home fan to injure an away player in the Bundesliga, Fink wants to avoid any trouble.
With a two-goal lead and five days from now, Hamburg will travel to Stuttgart's home stadium for the semi-finals of the German Cup.
Therefore, out of the dual consideration of avoiding trouble and preserving the physical strength of the core players. While Feng Quan was celebrating wildly with the Hamburg fans and his teammates, Fink just glanced past him, and assistant coach Lars Bittencourt asked the Hamburg players on the bench to warm up en masse.
In the 32nd minute of the second half, taking advantage of a throw-in opportunity, Fink first replaced Feng Quan with Janssen.
Then, six minutes later, the vulnerable Van der Vaart was replaced by Shelbray.
Although Mainz took advantage of a corner kick to pull a point back as the game was about to enter stoppage time.
However, Hamburg, who had not tasted victory in the previous two league games, finally walked away with a thrilling victory at the Coface Arena.
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The day after the win over Mainz, Fink gave the Hamburg first-team players a day off as usual. And Feng Quan also appeared at the club's gym on time in the morning as usual.
However, because he had appointments in the afternoon and evening, at around 11 a.m., Feng Quan finished his personal training. Then hop aboard Jonas Kessler's BMW X5 and arrive at the Marriott Hotel in the heart of Hamburg.
As the two walked into the lobby of the Marriott Hotel, Jonas Kessler dialed El Karis's cellphone.
After Jonas Kessler had figured out the room where El-Karis was living, he walked into the elevator with Feng Quan.
After a while, the two who stepped out of the elevator walked more than ten meters to the right and came to the outside of El-Karis's room.
Soon after Feng Quan rang the doorbell, an English word came out of the room: "Who? ”
Then, Jonas Kessler replied, "I'mjonaskessler." Later, the sound of the door lock being opened was heard outside the room.
Immediately afterwards, a white old man with gray hair, but still in good spirits, appeared in front of Feng Quan.
Before Feng Quan could speak, he saw Nael-Karis shouting with an exaggerated expression: "Oh! My God! It's really you wind! ”
The next moment, under Feng Quan's surprised gaze, El-Karis was wearing a nightgown provided by the hotel, and swooped down to give Feng Quan a strong bear hug......
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"What!? Old Mark (Mark Ameddick, Kessler's old professor) told me that I came to Germany to coach the wind in sprints? But you didn't say that I was asked to guide any Chinese genius girl? When El-Karis heard that he had traveled all the way to Germany to be a full-time coach for an "underage girl", he suddenly became a little angry.
In fact, El Caris, who has a strong family value, does not like to leave the United States to coach. Otherwise, he would have accepted the invitation of those wealthy European countries to coach, and would not have stayed in the United States to be a "personal coach" for Tyson Gay for more than $10,000 a month.
Compared with the coaches of the five major European football leagues with great influence in the world, as well as the NBA, NFL and other professional teams in the United States, the income of millions or even tens of millions of dollars is often compared. Even before the wind came out, Glenn Mills, who was the personal coach of a superstar like Usain Bolt, was paid a very low salary if he was not able to get a share of his own disciples' bonuses.
Not only that, but unlike coaches in collective events, who directly decide whether a player can play, the "fate" of a sprint coach like El Karis is even in the hands of the athletes he coaches. If an athlete feels that it is difficult for his coach to improve his performance, or if he does not like him, then I'm sorry, I can only shake hands with you, the guy who is in the name of a coach.
And there is almost no coach like El Karis who takes the initiative to say goodbye to the athletes he coaches.
Although he did not produce a superstar like Usain Bolt like Glenn Mills, El Carris, who once helped Tyson Gay tie the world record, is also a well-known figure in the world athletics coaching circle.
Therefore, if it weren't for Marc Amedik telling him that he had come to Germany to serve as the personal coach of Feng Quan, the new "king of sprinting", he would not have given up his outcasts and come to Germany, where he was unfamiliar.
"Uh...... Mr. Carris, I think my teacher must have misunderstood what I meant. My boss wasn't looking for a coach for himself, but for an athlete signed for our team. Jonas Kessler hastened to explain.
In fact, as Kessler guessed, Mark Ameddick did misunderstand what he meant, thinking that Feng Quan was looking for a sprint coach in order to keep himself in good shape at this year's World Athletics Championships. Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible for Mark Sr. to let his old friend, who once coached a star coach like Tyson Gay, coach a little Chinese girl he didn't know.
"Humph! If that's the case, then please help me book a ticket back to the U.S. right away! I don't have much interest in coaching an underage Chinese girl. Sitting on the sofa, El Karis said coldly.
Even though Feng Quan is already the world record holder in the 100-meter dash, there is no need to prove anything for himself. However, in El-Karis's view, it seems that there is still a lot of potential to be tapped in the current Fengquan.
As a coach at last year's London Olympics as Tyson Gay's coach, El Caris watched almost the entire track and field event.
Although Feng Quan defeated all the top players, he was shocked to win the 100m. But what shocked him even more was that Feng Quan actually won the championship again in the subsequent decathlon competition, and also broke the Olympic record.
Just when the layman was shocked at why He Feng Quan was able to win the championship in two very different events at the same time, El Karis only focused on things related to his "professional". That's how the wind behaves on the runway.
Although Feng Quan almost used his strength to the extreme in the 100m final at the London Olympics, after carefully studying the footage of Feng Quan's competition after the race, El Karis believes that Feng Quan still has room for improvement in terms of technique. And, if he were to be given this task, he would be confident that he could at least help Feng Quan break Usain Bolt's world record (Feng Quan's 100m gold medal in London was 9.60 seconds).
Even though Feng Quan did break the world record held by Usain Bolt soon after, El Karis was still certain that the Chinese coach had not corrected the technical problems he had discovered.
Because of this, when El-Karis heard from Mark Sr. that he might become Fengquan's coach, he readily agreed. And also promised the condition of "even if the salary is lower than what Tyson Gay gives, I am willing".
Although the salary of more than 100,000 US dollars a year is not a high income in the United States. But for El-Karis, who lives in a country with high welfare and doesn't like luxury, decadence, he wants reputation more.
And if he can become Fengquan's coach and let his performance improve significantly, he will undoubtedly let his reputation crush that Jamaican "".
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Although the wind could not fully read El-Karis's thoughts, he could hear some clues from his words.
So, just when the other party was about to coldly refuse his invitation, Feng Quan smiled and said: "Actually, for me, I really need a coach in sprinting." It's just that because I often have to participate in team training, I don't have a lot of time to do systematic track and field training. ”
As soon as Feng Quan's words fell, the coldness on El-Karis's face suddenly decreased a lot.
"So, Mr. Carris, would you be willing if I hired you to be the sprint coach for our team and then take care of the training of all the athletes on our team?"
Glancing at the smiling Feng Quan, El-Karis had a noncommittal expression on his face.
Seeing that the other party did not clearly object, Feng Quan continued: "Of course, the salary I pay will definitely be worthy of the fruits of your labor. You can always ask Jonas directly about this. ”
Although for Europeans and Americans, everyone's income is a relatively private topic. However, Kessler, who has a more cheerful personality, does not seem to shy away from this topic.
However, in order to help his "generous" boss save money, Kessler did not say his actual salary.
"The boss is right. When I started working for a few months, and after he had made significant improvements in physical strength, stamina, and reflexes, Boss immediately increased my weekly salary by 500 euros. ”
Perhaps for those stars of professional football, 500 euros is not even enough to sell their drinks when they go out and splurge at night. But for Germans, whose average monthly salary is about 2,000 euros, an extra 500 euros a week is equivalent to an extra "average salary".
Hearing Kessler say this, El-Karis can't help but feel a "heartbeat". Even if he doesn't have a strong desire to get money, who is immune to white money?
Inadvertently, El-Karis's face couldn't help but soften a little.
So, Feng Quan hurriedly hit the railroad while it was hot: "Although I don't know how much Tyson Gay paid you before." But I can assure you that because you are in charge of the training of at least two athletes, I will pay you at least 5,000 euros more than you. ”
"Are you saying you can give me a monthly salary of 17,000, and it's still euros?" El-Karis said with some surprise.
After seeing the look of surprise on El-Karis' face, Feng Quan almost couldn't help but laugh. "I really didn't expect that this American old man in his 50s would be even more breathless than himself."
But think about it, if this old man could really calm down, he would not have "resigned" in anger just because he "suspected" that his "disciple" might have eaten something "unclean".
"No problem. If you can improve my little sister's 100m by more than 0.2 seconds in half a year, your monthly salary will increase by 1,000 euros. Feng Quan said quite boldly.
Although El Karis and Kessler have a combined monthly salary of close to 40,000 euros, they account for half of Fengquan's salary, which has a monthly after-tax income of only about 70,000 euros. But for the "king of sprints" who earns tens of millions of dollars in advertising every year, that amount of money is nothing at all.
Moreover, if Sun Mingyue can really be cultivated into a talent, then if you tap potential newcomers in China, and then sign a contract with them to draw the opponent's competition bonus, your own benefits will undoubtedly be the greatest.
As for El-Karis, who is still "unemployed", there is no reason to refuse a one, which is more than $5,000 a month higher than before. What's more, becoming a coach of the "King of Sprints" is likely to further enhance his reputation.
"Feng, can I find out about the Chinese girl signed by your team?"
El Karis, who has no problem with his salary, began to care about the people he trained. Because if you don't know the other person's situation, you can't be sure if you can completely improve the "task" of 0.2 seconds in the world for half a year.
"That's fine. I have the details of the little girl in my hand, and if you are in a hurry, I will email you when I get back. Jonas Kessler spoke.
"Oh, okay then." Hearing that he couldn't get the information now, El-Karis's expression couldn't help but be a little lost.
Although the change in the expression on El-Karis's face was only a fleeting moment, he was still captured by Feng Quan, whose "vision" had been greatly improved.
"So be it, Mr. Carris. Although we don't have her details with us, I can give a brief introduction to the basic information of my little sister now. Feng Quan said slowly. She will turn 17 in June this year. In November last year, her 100m electronic timing time was 11.86 seconds. ”
"And, it should be noted that before our team signed her, this little girl had only received less than 1 year of systematic track and field training in a professional team in a very small city. The rest of the time, she was just training in varsity teams at all levels. ”
When Feng Quan talked about the "11.86 seconds" time, El Karis didn't pay much attention to it. After all, this achievement is not too outstanding among girls of the same age in the United States.
However, when he heard that he had only received less than 1 year of professional training, he suddenly thought to him, "Could it be that this girl is really a genius?" thoughts.
Although he has never coached in China, he still knows a little about the level of his Chinese counterparts. In his opinion, even the so-called coaches of the Chinese national track and field team are only at the level of American middle school coaches, not to mention the "coaches" (who are actually physical education teachers) who are messing around on Chinese campuses.
However, even under the guidance of such a low-level "coach", if she can break through to less than 12 seconds before the age of 16, maybe this Chinese girl is really a plastic talent.
So, after thinking of this, El-Karis kindly extended his right hand to the wind. Then, with a smile, he said, "I wish us a happy cooperation......"
Xiao Xiaoxiao said
This chapter is to pave the way for the World Championships in Athletics later, and I also ask all book friends to "don't spray if you don't like it".