"Yu, you are very hard-working, I understand, but the training must be strictly in accordance with the plan, you practice by yourself like this, it is difficult for me to grasp the amount of exercise you have, artificially causing injuries and illness......"

Because of the training camp, Sunset's variable speed running training in the morning and evening is discovered by Reiburg's strength and conditioning coach, Simon Ikkert, who directly comments Sunset.

It sounds reasonable, so Sunset accepts the suggestion and stops running.

But in the personal strength and conditioning coach James Scott, there is another saying:

"No, Yu! Don't stop running training! Asians have different lower body strength from Europeans, Americans, and Africans, and Freiburg's coaches don't realize this. If you follow the team's training methods for Europeans and Americans, your chances of injury will be very high! This is the ...... that has learned the hard way."

Sunset struggled with the two coaches' very different statements, and she didn't know what to do, so she had to look up the information according to James, intending to understand it first before making a decision.

But a little search scared Sunset, it turns out that Asians have a lot of differences in calf length and muscle type, and Asians are naturally worse than Europeans and Americans.

From this point of view, James's statement seems to make more sense, as Coach Ikter's fitness and strength training is biased towards upper body strength, which is very different from that of Asian players.

Muscles and strength not only make people run faster, but also protect the body of the players during collisions and strenuous exercises. Ignoring lower body strength training is a disaster for an Asian player.

James' experience as an example of the crown prince of China touched Sunset the most.

The crown prince is a 91-year-old Chengdu player who has been a shining star since he started playing. In 04, when he was just 13 years old, he joined the echelon of Metz in the French league, and he joined the team and shared the same dormitory as the current Roma team Bosnian midfielder Pjanic, who was known as Metz Shuangshao.

In the Metz echelon, the crown prince has been the core of the team's midfield, the number 10 and captain. And in 05, he led the team to win the U14 French Club Cup, and also won the runner-up of the European Club U15 Youth Championship that year. He was also named the best player by the UEFA Technical Committee, and won against the current Belgian and Chelsea star Eden Hazard.

It was such a rising star, which is dazzling even in Europe, ruined by a series of leg injuries, including adductor inflammation and a torn lateral collateral ligament in the right knee. In the aftermath, it was found that the training of Metz was more suitable for the characteristics of European and African players, and the leg strength training of Asian players was neglected, leaving a costly experience.

James Scott knows this very well because he has been involved in the Chinese sports world for a long time. Therefore, he has always paid great attention to lower limb strength training in Sunset's training arrangement, which is a targeted arrangement for the characteristics of Chinese players.

Frightened, Sunset immediately approached Ikt and talked about it.

Ickert was a little skeptical at first, but he was more cautious, not only to find the team doctor to discuss, but also to call Dortmont, Leverkusen and other teams of physical coaches and team doctors to understand the situation.

In the end, it can be basically confirmed that there is such a thing.

"I'm sorry, Yu, I don't know the characteristics of Asian players, it's my fault..."

Sunset understands Ikter, and even he just learned that there is such a statement, not to mention Ikt, who has not been in contact with Asian players for many years.

Of course, understanding is understanding, but I still don't feel at ease about putting my athletic life in the hands of Ikt, and after comforting Ikt, I still openly raised this issue.

In the end, it was Streich who solved the problem by hiring James as a part-time fitness training consultant in Freiburg. Sunset's workout plan will be developed by James and Ikt in the future, and Sunset can practice on her own based on this special workout plan.

In addition, the Streich Institute also drew inferences from the team's doctor, Dr. Dirk-Biltman, to contact a sports medicine doctor who is familiar with the characteristics of Asian players as a consultant, so as to fundamentally ensure Sunset's health.

This responsible attitude makes Sunset happy and reassuring to train with peace of mind.

……

After 15 days of intensive training in Turkey, the Freiburg team returned to the Black Forest training ground to continue training.

On 2/3/16, the first fan open day after Freiburg's winter break, Sunset jogged to the training ground as usual.

There were a lot of fans gathered in front of the training ground, but it didn't have much to do with Sunset. He was nervous before his first open day in Freiburg, and even practiced signing in advance, considering whether to sign in Chinese or German, but the fact is that he was ignored by all the fans.

So even on Open Day, Sunset can still walk into the training ground and calmly say hello to guard Fergt.

"Yu, enjoy the peace one last time, I bet you'll be chased by the fans as soon as you appear."

Fergut Sr. seems to be worried that Sunset will be disappointed by the cold reception, and goes out of his way to comfort him.

Sunset smiled brightly and said:

"Yes, Uncle Fergt, I'll make them crazy for me, as long as I can play, so I enjoy the tranquility."

Sunset followed the advice of his agent, Thomas, and insisted on presenting himself with a confident and sunny image in front of the team and fans, and this cool taste made him feel good, and after three months of adaptation, the mentality and tone did not have to be deliberately done, and it was naturally reflected.

It proved to be a good trick, and the coaches and staff treated him like a big boy who was no different from the young German players. Even if he would stick to Chinese characteristics such as the spelling of the jersey name, he was not seen as an alternative and dealt with casually.

"Then you've got to get a chance to play..."

Old Fergert pretended to be disgusted with his stinky farts and scolded him, but the smile on his face proved that he liked the sunshine and confidence that Sunset radiated.

On 5 February, the team arrived in Bochum a day early to prepare for the 20th round of the match against Bochum. Before that, Sunset knew she was in the squad and could come off the bench in the second half.

The German team has a different habit than in China, where they decide on the squad and the general lineup two or three days in advance, and openly tell the players to give them plenty of time to adapt and prepare.

And the domestic team will be nervous until the last minute to announce the lineup. It is said to be confidential, which can bring a lot of unnecessary pressure to the psychology of the players, and also make the players who are unexpectedly unprepared for the selection.

Of course, this may have something to do with their different situations, and a certain dark period player and coach and club in the Chinese League are all on guard against each other as enemies, and naturally like to announce all the hole cards at the last moment, which may also be helpless.

However, as far as the team members are concerned, Sunset prefers the way it is now.