FC Bochum, based in the German city of North Rhine-Westphlium, is a much smaller name than its close neighbours Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04, having remained in the Bundesliga since their relegation in the 09-10 season, with inconsistent results.

However, at the beginning of the season, Bochum showed good form, always competing fiercely with Freiburg and RB Leipzig, and once occupied the top spot in the Bundesliga for a long time, and is currently ranked 6th in the Bundesliga.

Before this game, Freiburg was in second place in the Bundesliga with 38 points from 11 wins and 5 draws, 3 points behind first place RB Leipzig.

Bochum is in 6th place in the Bundesliga with 28 points from 7 wins and 7 draws, 5 points behind third-place Nuremberg, and still has hopes of winning the first division.

Despite the difference of 10 points, Freiburg did not dare to be careless in the away challenge against Bochum, losing 1:3 at home to Bochum in the first leg, not to mention that this time it was an away game.

Streich used two new arrivals in the team, the No.7 Niedlechner, who had just arrived on loan from Mainz, and Norwegian striker Haverd Nelson, who moved from Red Bull Salzburg. Slovakia veterans Karim Gerd and Grifo are in charge of the right and left of midfield respectively, while Abrahi and Hoefler are in the central midfield position. Günther, Kempf, Horn, Torrejon formed the defensive line from left to right, and goalkeeper Schworov.

Two friends, Flumbach and Stencel, sit on the bench with Sunset.

Frombach is still secretly complaining about Sunset, who is in much better shape than Grifo and deserves to start.

"Come on, Jonas, I can't run the whole game, I think it's good to be on the bench."

Sunset surveys Bochum's Ruhr Stadium as she copes with Follenbach's complaints.

The Ruhr Stadium is much larger than the Black Forest Stadium in Freiburg, although perhaps due to the poor results in consecutive years, the atmosphere is not as hot as the Black Forest Stadium.

But the slightly dreary atmosphere was soon detonated with the home team's No. 10 Tracino scoring goal. Freiburg's full-court high press will be dangerous once it encounters this kind of long pass, especially in this case when the two forwards did not have a tacit understanding to press the Bochum defender in time, which caused such an embarrassing situation.

Just 13 minutes into it, Freiburg was behind.

The team that fell behind played very anxiously, and instead of recovering the score, it was particularly messy and made a lot of mistakes.

Forlenbach has long disliked Grifo, believing that Grifo's ability to assist on the left side has suppressed his ability to assist, and he feels that Grifo has been a little irresponsible in throwing all the defensive tasks to himself, which has led to his failure to take advantage of Günther's injury to sit in the main position.

Seeing the situation on the court, he kept secretly telling Sunset and Stencel that the team's backs were because Grifo was too focused on individual offense and had the patience to organize the two new forwards, Niederlecht and Nelson.

Sunset thinks there is a reason for this, but he doesn't want to comment on his teammates and rivals in private, so he only laughs rather than complains, but instead observes the situation on the court, calculating how to play when he gets on the court.

But until the end, Streich didn't let Sunset play, and lost the game 0-2.

Sunset was disappointed, thinking that he would not ask to start based on his performance during the training camp, but there was still a chance for the substitutes when Grifo was not playing well.

But it didn't.

Back at the hotel, captain Schuster finds Sunset training at the gym. Seeing Sunset, who was doing lower limb strength training against a barbell under the guidance of a fitness consultant, Schuster sighed from afar, and then walked over to say hello to Sunset, and then asked the fitness consultant to leave.

"Yu, I understand that you are disappointed, your training and performance can be seen by the whole team, it is great. Of course, there are more than 20 people in a team, and the coach will have a lot to think about who can play, can you understand this?"

Sunset finished a set of squats, put down the barbell, and said as she wiped her sweat:

"Yes, captain, the coach has the right to arrange the game according to his own considerations, and that is acceptable. Don't worry, captain, I'm not going to be a problem in the team. ”

Schuster smiled wryly, Sunset was unlike any other Chinese he knew, completely devoid of the humility and politeness of the Chinese. If you have a good performance, you will never mind being embarrassed, and when others affect him, you will immediately respond resolutely, unless you explain or ask him, you will never back down, not at all like his Chinese neighbors and friends.

The same is true of this answer, which he can accept and will not cause trouble, but his displeasure is also very clear.

To be honest, Schuster didn't understand Streich's decision, and in his opinion, with Sunset's level of commitment and form, he deserved some playing time. However, as the captain of the team, Schuster must help the coach eliminate any hidden dangers within the team, Sunset is not as introverted and humble as he imagined, and he already has a group of good friends in the team, and neutral players such as Peterson and Franz also have a good impression of him, and if there is any conflict, it will definitely have an impact on Freiburg's dressing room.

So Schuster patiently accompanied Sunset to do the workout, and then planned to go for coffee and talk after it was over.

But the more I accompanied Schuster, the more surprised I became, and then I liked this little guy, his training was very standard and strict, and there was an iPad with a very detailed plan, and Schester's experience showed that he was very professional.

When Sunset finishes showering and Schuster is about to make an invitation, he unexpectedly discovers that Dortmund's scouting director, Sven Mislintart, is coming over with a young man, with whom Sunset is very affectionate and familiar. When I think about Hoffenheim's assistant coach Nagelsmann in Turkey, he is also familiar with Sunset, and Schuster, a German player, is a little envious of Sunset's connections.

This little guy is old, talented, and very hard working with this kind of connection, so the future should be very good, right?

Schuster couldn't help but turn Sunset's judgment up two notches.

Sven and Thomas came to Bochum to wait to see Sunset's first appearance, but they didn't wait.

"Judging from the video of the training match that Thomas gave me, you already have the ability to play 20 to 30 minutes, especially since Freiburg lacked a player to tie the pitch together, which is also your strength. I don't believe that Coach Schreich would not have this kind of vision, there must be some non-competitive element. Thomas, at this time, you need to come forward to talk to the coach, and Golori is not suitable to come forward this time. …… Golori, I find you to be one of the most eye-catching players I've ever been in the business, and I'm constantly raising my expectations for you, but I'm going to keep improving again and again...... If you're not happy in Freiburg, is it possible to come to Dortmund? Playing in the Under-19 Youth League next season ?..."

"Thank you, Sven, you're always helping me, it's hard to turn you down, can you wait until after the season to talk?..."

Sunset doesn't want to leave Freiburg as a loser, even if it's Dortmund. He remembered the conversation with the bearded Franz very well.