On February 5th, from the gloomy and muddy city of Borussia Mönchengladbach, we returned to Freiburg, known as the Sunshine City, and even if the temperature was not high, the warm sun always brought a good mood.

After school in the afternoon, Sunset declined the invitation of his classmate Giuliano to hang out with him, and rushed to the Vauban district on the outskirts of the city according to the address given to him by Lucas Moise.

This is a well-known low-carbon, environmentally friendly and sustainable development community, which was formerly a French garrison barracks, and after the evacuation of Freiburg in 92, it was converted into a residential community that experimented with low-carbon and environmentally friendly living.

Cars and motorcycles are restricted in the community, and those in need can buy parking spaces in the high-rise parking lot at the edge of the community, and then the use of private cars in the community will be minimized through carpooling, pooling, etc.

Sunset is here because Lucas and Baker's Digital Soccer Company has rented a former French tank garage and converted it into an indoor training ground, where Sunset needs to test out their training equipment and help them improve it further.

Out of the parking lot and into the Vauban neighborhood, Sunset needs to store his AMG-GT in the parking lot before walking there.

Sunset was stunned for a moment when he parked his car and retrieved the storage voucher from the parking lot staff, as the polite parking lot staff member turned out to be Stefan, an extreme Freiburg fan he knew in Spring City.

Stefan said half-mockingly to the somewhat dazed afterglow:

"Surprised? Football hooligans also need to live, and they need to work. ”

Sunset just nodded, not sure what to say. However, Stefan printed the voucher for him and said calmly:

"I watched the game at Borussia Mönchenchen, you did your best, it's already great, and football hooligans are not unreasonable fools, don't be surprised. I heard that you are very busy training and studying, what are you doing in Vauban here?"

Stefan is as peaceful as a normal Freiburger, which makes Sunset uncomfortable.

"Well, my friend got a training device here, I'm going to try it out."

Hearing this, Stefan's eyes lit up, and he asked:

"Football's? Mind if I visit? You know, I'm not allowed to go near the football field, but it's not always fun to be on a screen, even if it's just to watch the training... I'm not going to cause trouble. ”

Sunset has seen football hooligans before, in Ukraine. They're all drunken drunkards who love to make trouble, like Stefan did in Spring City. But this kind of working and peaceful side like an ordinary person has never been expected, and I am very curious, so I nodded subconsciously.

Stefan hands over the job to another person, quickly changes his clothes, asks for the address, and walks in front to help Sunset lead the way.

At this time, you can see that it is different from ordinary people, with a short hair, fierce and rebellious eyes, wearing a short gray trench coat, and then flicking your hands and feet horizontally when walking, like a crab.

Sunset suddenly regrets being contaminated with this kind of person.

Stefan walked ahead without looking back, but as if sensing his emotions, he said hello to the people he knew on the road:

'You don't have to worry, we're just a matter of the police and the opposing fans, Freiburg is our faith and as a Freiburg player you can trust us.'

"You foreigners don't understand our love for the team, you don't have to, you just need to know that we're willing to give everything for the team. We will definitely not cause trouble for Freiburg, and we will not cause trouble for you, Spring City was just a misunderstanding that we wanted to help you in our own way. ”

Sunset couldn't help but wonder:

"I'm afraid there are a lot of misunderstandings like that, right? The ban on the pitch must have caused the club problems?..."

This question upset Stefan, who glared back at him before he said:

"You don't know anything about European football off the turf. In fact, a few of us fought each other to protect the expedition fans, but I didn't expect those sissies to go to the police if they lost. You can ask anyone why we were banned. You must know that in a fan conflict, we are the only ones who can protect the fans in time, so the club and the fans need us. We are not beasts, we have our own lives and jobs, and we are no different from others except for our love for Freiburg. Lucio is a university assistant teacher, Rena Abendrot is a nurse, Franz is a solar installer, and I am also a football coach at Vauban Primary School... Except when the other party wants to fight and provoke, there is nothing different. Uncle Hoffman and Uncle Fergt were also our men, do you think there's something wrong with them?..."

Sunset couldn't believe this, but the club goalkeeper Fergut Sr. was a kind old man with a smile on his face, and he was very kind to him. The elder Hoffman always sat in a fixed seat in the West Stand bar to watch the game, and was very influential among the fans, and I heard that he was a famous doctor before he retired, Sunset met him when he first arrived in Freiburg, and the old man kindly reminded him.

Can they have anything to do with football hooligans?

Seeing Sunset in a daze, Stefan smiled proudly:

"Look, you're not a mercenary, you have feelings for Freiburg, but you still don't know anything about Freiburg. You can ask Kempf, Follenbach, Philip, and you'll know that we're just impulsive people sometimes, but we're also the ones who love Freiburg the most, and when you figure it out, you're a real Freiburger... Are you talking about this? It's not like a soccer training ground..."

As he spoke, Lucas's digital training ground, which was actually a big, shabby-looking garage, arrived.

Some of the self-acquaintances Stefan began to look around after greeting Lucas and Baker.

Entering the garage, the first thing is a locker room and Lucas's office, there are 5 or 6 young people in the office, in addition to assisting Lucas and them in their work, they are also responsible for technical analysis and help for Nie Lei and Wang Yifan. Every game, like Sunset, you'll get a technical profile of the opposing team and players, including weaknesses to exploit and strengths to avoid. There are also long-term and short-term training plans arranged according to their characteristics and the needs of the war wood, etc., which means that everyone will have a complete technical team behind them to support.

In addition to Sunset, Nie Lei, Gu Shuo, Wang Yifan, and Niu Xinqi, Thomas also wants his other clients Leon Bailey and Liu Ruofan to be among the first customers of Digital Soccer at a rate of 10 percent of the player's annual salary and a floating increase bonus. After inspecting and Sunset's training results, Thomas thinks that the money is worth it, and is waiting for the training ground to be put into use, bringing the two of them over to experience it, and then convincing them to agree.

In addition to this training ground, Lucas also began to work with Mislintat's Rhythm of Match, from which he brought in big data about the players, opposing teams, and players, and then analyzed them himself.

They also work with William Hill, a well-known big bookmaker, to predict opponents with the help of their numbers and match calculation models.

Baker's football psychology laboratory also uses this data and video to analyze the behavior psychology and sports psychology of the opposing players, study their behavior and reaction habits, and then provide assistance to the service staff.

Despite its rudimentary nature, it's clear that the structure of this small digital soccer company is already in place, and Sunset is very happy with it.