Gu Zhen stared at Bwach with blazing eyes, and his smart eyes seemed to say, "Coach, I'm ready, let me go!" ”

Seeing Gu Zhen's impatient appearance, Bwach smiled slightly.

He can immediately feel Gu Zhen's mood, after all, this may be Gu Zhen's first time playing for the first team of Mainz, and even this is his career debut, Gu Zhen's eagerness is understandable.

But he can't be the master of this matter, it is Klopp who is in charge.

Bwach stretched out his hand to signal Gu Zhen to calm down, and he immediately turned his head to look at Klopp on the sidelines.

Klopp on the sidelines was still crouching on the corner of the command area like a squatting pit, his eyes glued to the pitch, not noticing the situation here.

There's something wrong with that.

It stands to reason that Klopp asked Gu Zhen to warm up, he should be in a hurry. However, now he seemed to have forgotten Gu Zhen.

No way?

Bwach first turned his head to look at Gu Zhen, then looked at Klopp, and shouted: "Jurgen, do we need to change now?" Xiao Gu has warmed up and returned! ”

Only then did Klopp react when he heard the shout.

He did ask Gu Zhen to warm up just now, and he also hoped to change the team's temperament and tactics through substitutions. He thought of Gu Zhen, who had been actively training recently, and this little guy seemed to be in good shape recently.

However, just now, Mainz striker Branislav suddenly broke out.

He had chances to head in the box and almost smashed the ball into the Offenbacha goal. This made Klopp see another possibility, and Ivanovic still had a big advantage in the opposition penalty area. So he wanted Ivanovic to stay on the pitch and try again.

And at this time, he will definitely not be willing to replace Borja.

So, just now he dismissed the intention of substitution, he wanted to wait.

Klopp immediately turned to Bwach and said, "Let Xiao Gu go to the hot shot for another five minutes, and we'll wait!" ”

Seeing the changes on the pitch, Bwach was also able to understand Klopp, and he bowed slightly, indicating that he understood.

When Gu Zhen heard this, he was slightly stunned, and then his eyes darkened, very disappointed and lost.

He was so enthusiastic and expectant that he thought he was really going to play. But in the end, it was found that the bamboo basket was empty.

Gu Zhen was really too disappointed, and his mood was unusually low.

Bwach was also a little distressed when he saw it, and immediately stepped forward and patted Gu Zhen's shoulder, saying, "Go warm up, wait for your opportunity, if you can't get on now, it doesn't mean you won't be able to go for a while!" ”

Hearing Bwach's comfort, Gu Zhen's mood was slightly better.

He bowed slightly to Bwach and said, "Thank you, Zigello, I'll do my best!" ”

After speaking, Gu Zhen immediately turned around and ran to the sidelines to warm up.

At this time, many Mainz players came to warm up, including his good friend Francic Jr. Gu Zhen immediately came to the side of little Francic, the two warmed up together, and they were looking forward to the opportunity to play.

Former French Jr. has long since made his professional league debut, and his professional league debut can be high-end, and he has done all this in the Bundesliga. This is incomparable to Gu Zhen, and now he thinks that he can make his debut in the Bundesliga and is satisfied.

Little French stepped forward and patted Gu Zhen's back and said, "Don't worry, that's how to sit on the bench." Maybe you won't have a chance for a long time, or maybe the opportunity will come to you right away. The only thing we can do now is to stay in good shape at all times, to make sure that we can show the best of ourselves when we come on as a substitute, show our ability, impress the manager and the fans, and win the main position with a strong performance. ”

Yes, that's what it is like to sit on the bench.

You have to live with loneliness, and you have to be in good shape at all times. Because you don't know when you're going to play? If the opportunity comes and you don't have a good shape and you perform very badly. Then you won't even get a chance to come off the bench in the future.

Substitute opportunities are few and far between, and if you don't show something to be eye-catching in those limited opportunities and time, your next chance may be a long, long time after the Year of the Monkey, and you may not even get any more chances......

Gu Zhen also knows this, he was also a substitute in the youth team before, and the coach and teammates have told him about this.

Gu Zhen immediately bowed his head, indicating that he understood.

Gu Zhen said, "Thank you, little old man. I know what I have to do, and you do the good work. I'm sure your chance is coming soon! ”

Little French bowed slightly and said, "Okay, let's do it together!" ”

Gu Zhen and Frankic Jr. warmed up seriously on the sidelines, waiting for the extremely slim opportunity to come off the bench.

Doing your best for the slightest chance and burning yourself is what it takes to be a substitute.

Gu Zhen warmed up and paid attention to the situation in the stadium.

To be honest, the Mainz team has had more and more opportunities during this time, and they are playing better and better. Especially in the attack, Branislav Ivanovic, who was a threat when he got successive headers in the Offenbacha penalty area.

However, Mainz seems to have had some bad luck.

However, the more this is the case, the smaller Gu Zhen's chances will be. Because Ivanovic has changed his normal behavior, and now he is in hot form, and now that he is about to score next time, who will replace him at this time?

As for Borja, it is even less necessary to follow.

Borja's performance is still good now, and the cooperation between him and Ivanovic is also very tacit, half of Ivanovic's several header chances just now came from Borja's containment run, and a small half came from his cross.

So, the forward combination of these two is doing very well right now. It has caused a lot of trouble for the people of Offenbacha, how could Klopp replace these two people at this time?

Gu Zhen's eyes darkened, and he couldn't stop shaking his head.

Gu Zhen believes in his own strength, and he firmly believes that his performance after playing will definitely not be worse than these two. But now that he just lacks such an opportunity, Gu Zhen's mood is very low.

Of course, Gu Zhen is also cheering for his team, and he hopes that his team can win.

Five minutes later, Gu Zhen wanted to run over to find Bwach again.

However, seeing this situation on the court, Gu Zhen sighed, this should not have his chance.

After thinking about it carefully, Gu Zhen immediately ran over.

Because even if there is a slight opportunity, Gu Zhen has to fight for it.

Like last time, Gu Zhen was called back to warm up again. Jurgen Klopp put the treasure on the duo of Branislav Ivanovic and Borja, and now they are doing very well and have a good chance of scoring, Klopp still has to hold on a little longer.

Substitutions, Mainz made a substitution.

Big French replaced Gunkel and strengthened his crosses from the wings. Soon Soto replaced the central midfielder Calhan to strengthen the attack, and it was clear that Klopp was out of the way.

At this point, it was assumed that Jurgen Klopp would step up the attack with another striker.

However, in the end, Klopp did not let Gu Zhen come off the bench, and Gu Zhen stayed on the sidelines to warm up until the end of the game.

Jurgen Klopp did almost everything to attack frantically, but in the end he couldn't break through the opponent's goal. Instead, it allowed the opponent to sneak up in the 46th minute of the second half and expand the score.

In the end, Mainz lost 0-2 away to Offenbacha.

Gu Zhen left the Biberet Borg Stadium very disappointed, he thought he would have a chance to come off the bench in this game, and he had extremely hot expectations.

The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.

Gu Zhen's heart was about to break.

What's more important is that he was obviously called out by the head coach to warm up, and the opportunity to come off the bench was about to come, and in the end he disappeared like this, which made Gu Zhen feel very uncomfortable and very depressed.

This game made Gu Zhen see the cruelty of professional football.

Many, many substitutes are living like this, and no one knows when the opportunity will come their way. Some lucky people may get the opportunity to come off the bench in a few games, while others are very unlucky, not only do they not get the opportunity to come off the bench, but slowly disappear from the bench......

Professional football is like that, survival of the fittest.

Now he is still sitting on the bench waiting for a very small opportunity, which shows that he is not strong enough. When one day I become stronger, I will no longer sit on the bench and experience this extremely painful mood again.

Yes, you have to be strong as soon as possible.

Only when you are strong can you stand out from the bench players, so as to compete with the main players for the main position and become the main striker of the team.

Now Gu Zhen has a transcendent goal in front of him, that is, the team's main striker Borja.

One day, I will surpass Borja and become Mainz's number one striker.

Gu Zhenke didn't just say a few words on his lips, he put it into action, and he worked harder than anyone else. Because he knows that only hard work will allow him to catch up with Borja.

After returning from Offenbacha, Gu Zhen was like a different person, training very frantically.

In his usual training, he is meticulous and very serious and high-quality to complete the training tasks assigned by Coach Klopp. After the training, Gu Zhen also pulled his good friend Little Francec to practice together.

Gu Zhen knows where his problems are now, and manager Klopp has spoken to him.

Now Gu Zhen's biggest problem is the rhythm of playing, he still plays according to the rhythm of his original youth team. So, the pace between the players in the first team of the professional team is a little bit slower, the action of the ball and whatever, it's all that.

This requires Gu Zhen to slowly adapt and change now.

Because he's a striker, it's a big deal for him. Because the striker is often competing for time with the opposing defender, that is, he has to be a little faster than the opposing defender to have a chance to shoot.

Especially for the kind of point-grabbing striker.

Generally speaking, Gu Zhen is still a little procrastinating in playing football, and when he gets the opportunity, he always has some thoughts in his mind that he wants to be a blockbuster and shocking, and he always wants to complete some comical operations.

Jurgen Klopp wants Gu Zhen to solve these problems at this stage first, so that he can really integrate into the first team and keep up with the rhythm of the first team. Only when you keep up with the rhythm of your teammates can you talk about other things in the future.

Gu Zhen and little Francecic are now practicing these things desperately. And the effect is also very good, which makes Klopp very satisfied.

Of course, it also worries Klopp very much.

Gu Zhen and little Francec are really working hard, and they practice regularly, he is afraid that Gu Zhen and his body will not be able to bear it. Remind them many times, and let the team's team doctor monitor the physical condition of these two people at any time, so as not to let the two have any accidents.

This is what makes Gu Zhen very moved, Klopp is really good to him.

Gu Zhen really gave birth to a kind of grace of acquaintance.

Klopp is his Bole.