Chapter 160: New Boss, New Era

Kaiserslautern has finally decided on a manager, and the first impression of the new manager is a high level of enthusiasm for his work.

Marco Kurz has been involved in team affairs since the day he took office, and he is a really hardworking man.

As the saying goes, there are three fires when a new official takes office, and Marco Kurz is now full of burning fighting spirit.

When the club's president, Stefan Kuntz, approached him, he was even a little strange, and it stands to reason that with his qualifications, he was a bit reluctant to be the head coach of an accomplished football team...... That's right, that's what Kurz thinks, and in his mind Kaiserslautern is still the mythical division, or the Bundesliga Red Devils.

Therefore, in his own opinion, being the head coach of the team is the best reward for him, and he is determined to make a difference at Kaiserslautern in order to live up to his mission. Stefan Kuntz has only one requirement for the new manager, and that is to lead the team back to the top flight!

"The team has come to you, there are no other requirements, we will not ask of you anything else, you just have to achieve one goal, which is to get Kaiserslautern back to where he belongs!"

Truth be told, while Kurtz is full of fighting spirit, he faces a mess. There are a lot of problems, some of which he can't solve, and as a manager, the first thing he needs to solve is the problem of the team's players, which is the most direct and critical problem, if not counting the club's financial problems.

Even before Kurtz took over, there was a dark tide within the team. The most immediate instability is that the team has been in the second division for three seasons now, and the next four seasons are to come, and the team's failure at the competitive level has made countless ambitious players start to think actively. Very few people are willing to accompany a team to the end of the world, and to put it bluntly, quality players don't want to waste their youth in a hopeless team anymore.

Husband and wife were originally birds of the same forest, and they flew separately when disaster came.

Therefore, Kurtz, who has taken up the new position, must solve the personnel problems and rebuild the morale of the team into a team with the potential to upgrade. Truth be told, Kaiserslautern is not a favourite to upgrade right now.

Rookie coach Kurtz is facing a huge project, what does he need to do? His approach is to stabilize the key players in the team first, and then make a personnel turnover. Stabilizing important players can ensure that the team can have a stable result in the early stage, and in the long run, since these main players have moved the "mortal heart", they will definitely not be able to stay, so they can only prepare early and pave the way for newcomers in advance.

For a club with an annual operating budget of only 10 million euros, it is very unrealistic to spend a lot of money on players, so it can only dig for potential internally, and the spring of Kaiserslautern's youth has arrived.

?“ Lutz, do you think we should go to the youth team, which is said to have a nice view? Kurtz said to his assistant Roger Lutz that he wanted to go to the echelon to see how to select good seedlings.

Roger Lutz, of course, understands his partner's thoughts: "We can go at any time, Olaf is ready. ”

The two are partnering for the first time, apparently as a "rookie coach" Kurtz does not have his own complete coaching team, Roger has been in the team since 08 and is fortunate to become Marko's assistant, at the beginning of the cooperation, the two are very right.

"Olaf? I'm really looking forward to it, the picture of the duel with him on the court back then is still vivid, as if everything happened yesterday! Kurtz sighed, "I guess he must be eager to see me now." ”

Roger Lutz smiled: "He should be the most entangled, in the new season, the team led by Olaf is going to compete in the third division, in case there are many players who are selected by our first team, he has to talk to you about life and ideals!" ”

"Aha! I know a few things about last season in general and sometimes I have the illusion of who is the team against them, and Olaf seems to have a lot of quality players there. ”

"I hope there will be one or two players who can be used...... Kurtz said silently in his heart.

Kurtz and Lutz soon came to Marshall. As the old man of the team, Lutz played the role of an intermediary, introducing one or two head coaches to each other to show solemnity.

"Hello, Mr. Kurtz!" Marshall officially extended his hand of friendship to Kurz.

Marco Kurtz, on the other hand, seemed much more accommodating, and before shaking hands, he even responded to Marshall with a playful American cowboy: "Hey! Dude, let's meet again, we were still opponents last time we met, and you made us miserable enough on the court! ”

Marshall made a pun: "Last time I represented Kaiserslautern, and now we all represent Kaiserslautern. "Truth be told, he has an opinion of the new first-team manager, and for a man who has had a betrayal in his career, he doubts the character of the man in the future, and a move from Schalke 04 to Borussia Dortmund does not seem to be much easier than a move from Barcelona to Real Madrid.

But Marshall, of course, will not bring this view to work, after all, they are all working for the same goal now, is this the kind of friendship that "eats in the same pot"?

"Yes, for Kaiserslautern!" Kurz didn't care, he thought it was Marshall who was angry that he had robbed him of his job, and understandably, "For Kaiserslautern's sake, I'm coming to you, Olaf." ”

"Of course, as long as it's a player you like, pick it!" Marshall did not go around in circles with his colleague, but made a direct statement, showing his attitude of supporting the construction of the first team, "provided that there is a player you want ......".

Because of Marshall's last words, Kurtz patted him on the shoulder again, as if to say, buddy, I understand your feelings!

The group entered the mode of "watching the play", and they came to inspect the players today.

And the players obviously didn't expect the new head coach of the first team to be so vigorous and resolute, just do what he says, according to the previous experience, the head coach at this time must still be busy with some trivial matters, how can he appear on the sidelines of the second team's training field so vigorously? There are also cases where a manager has never been to the second team once when he is in charge of the team.

There wasn't much preparation, most of them were on the training ground, and their hearts were still on the soft sand or fleshy breasts somewhere.

Rich people can have both, and like Ni Tu...... He has not enjoyed the beaches of Europe, nor has he tasted European women. He doesn't know if the beaches in Europe are softer than those in China, he doesn't know if European women will be like those people in China, and all Ni Tu's energy is on the team and training.

Kurtz stood on the sidelines and looked into the arena, his expression gradually showing deep thought......

Marshall glanced at the new coach and said to himself, "Is he the one who brings a new look to the team?" ”