178 before the match with Borussia Dortmund
The fifth round of the Bundesliga was scheduled for a week of double matches, and the game entered a difficult period of testing the depth of the school team's bench and the fitness of the players.
As soon as the match with Hamburg ended, Streich took a morning off the next day, rushed to Dortmund in the afternoon, and then only had a team-wide training session on the 22nd to ensure the rest and recovery of the players to the greatest extent.
After training, Sunset takes a leave of absence from workout, and he and Sven Mislintat make an appointment to meet up for a cup of coffee.
Streich did not rush to say yes or no, but asked him to take a walk on the training ground with him.
"Yu, I never thought I'd talk to my 17-year-old about his career prospects, it's crazy, at least it's a matter of being around 25 or 23. But I've got to talk to you and hear what you think. Yu, what do you think about Freiburg or your future?"
Sunset was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained:
"Coach, everyone knows my relationship with Sven, he is my friend and has helped me a lot. But we only had one discussion about a transfer, I declined, and then we never mentioned it, and we just met with friends. You know, he's not in a good place right now, and I should talk to him and see if there's anything I can do for him, but it's not about my career. ”
Streich smiled and said:
"I know that your relationship is public, and we all know it. Without him, we wouldn't have had a chance to have him, and Freiburg and I are grateful for that. It's just a discussion between the coach and his players, not about your meeting. Do you know? Even if it is not in the transfer period, the club's fax will squeak every day, and every offer will make Turner struggle for a long time, that is, he wants to agree immediately, and he feels that the next offer will have more zeros... Yu, it's professional football, we all know you can't stay in Freiburg forever, I just want to hear what you're going to do and get ready. You're not going to suddenly tell me one day, 'Coach, I'm going to play for a big team,' are you?"
"How could it be. …… Coach, I feel like I should stay in Freiburg for at least three to five years instead of sitting on the bench in the big team and watching people play, that's what I really think. The club may have a different opinion, but I think as long as I keep convincing them that the next offer will be higher, they will continue to look forward to it. ”
Streich got the answer he wanted and laughed happily:
"You don't expect them to be patient all the time, when the offer is high, they lose their minds and worry about missing out. However, as long as we insisted, Yu stayed in Freiburg for two years. Let's bring the European competition back to Freiburg and make the fans happy, they deserve it......"
After reaching an agreement, Sunset leaves the team's home and is driven by his agent, Thomas, to a café. On the way, Thomas chatted about his recent business development achievements. With his impressive performance in the Bundesliga, Puma's contract was considered to be a good value for money, and many major companies were approaching Thomas to sign a sponsorship deal with Sunset. also casually reminded that if Sven mentioned a transfer to Dortmund again, Sunset would have to think about how to refuse. Sven and Borussia Dortmund manager Thomas Tuchel have been in a lot of clashes recently, not to mention that Sunset is not thinking about a transfer, even if he goes, he can't get involved in the conflict at this time.
"I thought at least I wouldn't have to worry about these things during the season......"
"How is it possible, for your age, your stats and performances are enough to attract the attention of many teams. Don't think that transfers only happen in the transfer period, that's just the final formality of reporting, many things have already been negotiated. That, you're sure you don't want to hear about the offer and income?..."
Sunset shook her head firmly, insisting on the personal treatment of Thomas's decision, and there was no need to worry about it if she didn't listen.
Sven, who was not in a good situation, did not mention the transfer, just chatted and chatted for a while, and went back to rest early.
On September 23rd, at the Signal Park Stadium in Iduna, when the Freiburg bus arrived and Sunset followed the team towards the stadium, Sky Sports beautiful anchor and reporter Laura suddenly stopped Sunset and asked:
"Yu, yesterday you and your agent met privately with Mislinta to discuss joining Dortmund?"
After getting the news from the tabloid reporters, Laura rushed to Dortmund and chose to release the big news when she entered.
Sunset didn't expect the meeting between friends to be noticed by reporters, and when she saw her teammates in shock, she knew that it was no longer appropriate to avoid interviews as before, so she had to say:
"I'm friends with Sven and Thomas, everyone knows, if it's not for the sake of catching up, what can't be solved with a phone call, do you have to cooperate with you to make news?"
Seeing that Laura still doesn't believe it, but as long as her teammates believe it, Sunset directly squeezes away the swarming reporters and walks to the court.
Laura chased after her two steps and continued to ask Sunset:
'How do you feel when Tuchel says it was a mistake for Mislintat to let go of the more practical you and bring in Dembele, who has a lot of potential but is missing an immediate help?
'Mr Tuchel likes to talk about what his freedom is, but I only have one friend in Dortmund and I only care about one person's opinion: Sven Mislintart.
After saying that, he squeezed into the passage of the court, ignoring Laura's questioning.
Schweinsteiger patted him on the shoulder and said:
"You shouldn't offend a star coach like that, because you don't know when he's going to be your manager, and that's miserable."
Sunset smiled lightly and said:
"I don't think it's offending him, even if it is, I can't tell a lie, Sven is my friend, and I will stand with my friend whenever I want."
Abrahi smiled and asked:
"When a friend is wrong?"
"I didn't expect my friend to be a saint and never make mistakes, but if I don't stand with my friend, then what kind of friend is it?"
It's a stupid notion, it's not quite right to say it normally, and sometimes it suffers, but that's what some people think, and that's what some people do.
The team members laughed and stopped talking about the topic. If someone says that, they might still be skeptical, and Sunset hasn't said it before, but she's always done it, so there's nothing to question about it.
The pre-match tidbits did not affect the team's mood and started the game normally.
In this game, Sunset sat on the bench, Hubler replaced him, playing on the left wing, forwards Wagner, Habeller, Petersen, midfielders Abrahi, Schweinsteiger, Franz, defenders Günther, Seyunju, Gould, Ian Wiwski, goalkeeper Schwolov.
Philip, Stenzel, Hoefler, Kempf, Niederlechner, and Sunset are on the bench.