Chapter 67: Business Competition
After the match against Braunschweig, the club also gave the players a holiday in the afternoon.
At this time, Shen Peng was sitting in a café, and opposite him was a middle-aged man with yellow skin and black hair, who was Zhang Chengdong.
After the game, Zhang Chengdong took the initiative to invite Shen Peng to come out to meet, and Shen Peng naturally would not refuse.
The two exchanged pleasantries for a while, and then the topic slowly turned to football.
"I didn't expect you to be the main player here now!" Zhang Chengdong sighed a little, compared with himself, Shen Peng is indeed much better.
"It was the manager who gave him the opportunity."
"It's not like in China, where opportunities are fought for by yourself." Zhang Chengdong seems to have something to say.
Shen Peng scratched his head, he has been here for so long, and he also deeply understands this, it is impossible to mix abroad without real materials.
"You just came here this year?"
"Well, it only came in January."
'It's been less than two months since you've been in the squad and you've become an indispensable person in the squad, but you still have to pay attention to the fact that for us footballers, the body is the most important thing, and once you get injured and miss a game for a while, it's very difficult to get back into the groove and there's a good chance that someone else will take your place during this time. Zhang Chengdong said in a trance.
Shen Peng nodded, he remembered that the coach of the Blue Star Club also said so.
"By the way, do you have any plans for the future?" Zhang Chengdong suddenly asked, "For example, which team will you join in the future, with your current level, you will definitely be able to play in the five major leagues in a year or two." ”
"I haven't figured it out yet." Shen Peng said that the only thing he wants now is to join a big club if he has the opportunity, and he really hasn't thought about where to go.
"I have a suggestion that you play here for a year or two first, and don't go even if any team asks you this summer."
"Why?" Shen Peng was stunned.
"Because you can't play the main force when you go."
Zhang Chengdong took a sip of coffee and continued: "No matter how good you are in the German Second Division, if you haven't proven yourself in the top league, you will only be a substitute when you go to those giants. There are many such people in history, and once they go to a wealthy family, they become ordinary. ”
'I've seen your performances so far, you've defended very well and you've got a Beckham-style precision pass, but that's in the top flight, they all have that experience, so that's not enough to get a foothold in the top flight.
'It's different if you're at Bochum, you're basically a key player here and you're doing so far, there's a good chance you'll be in the Bundesliga next season, and if you can play in the Bundesliga for a year and get some results to prove yourself, your performance will definitely attract more attention.'
Shen Peng fell into deep thought, generally speaking, Zhang Chengdong's words were not wrong, but because he had systematic reasons, some things could not be looked at according to the general idea.
For example, after completing Matsuyama's task, if you draw a powerful role, it is not impossible to go directly to a wealthy company to play the main force.
But overall, there is some truth in what Zhang Chengdong said.
"Thank you Brother Zhang for the reminder."
"It's nothing, I just don't want to see my compatriots take a detour."
"Brother Zhang, what are your plans for the future?"
"Me...... I'm probably going back to China at the end of the season, it's really not for me. Zhang Chengdong was a little embarrassed in his language.
Shen Peng didn't know how to say it when he heard this.
"Okay, I won't disturb your rest, so be it, we'll see you again in the future."
After sending Zhang Chengdong away, Shen Peng returned to the club and prepared to exercise.
Since he started practising his physical skills, he feels that it is a little easier to carry and dribble the ball on the court sometimes.
As soon as he returned to the training ground, he saw his teammates gathered around to discuss something.
"Aren't you resting, Grezka?" Shen Peng asked, he remembered that before leaving, these teammates were all in the lounge.
"Shen Peng, you're back, come and see, the head coach said that we will participate in a commercial game on the 20th."
"Business competitions?" Shen Peng was stunned, the league is so tense at present, and he still has extra energy to participate in commercial competitions?
"This is a commercial tournament held by Adidas, and the teams are some of our professional teams in North Rhine-West**, including Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04, Fortuna Dusseldorf, Borussia Dortmund, etc., and we have also been invited because of our recent performances."
Shen Peng listened to it and smacked his tongue secretly, there are so many teams in the first division in North Rhine-West**, he didn't pay much attention to it before, and the second, third and fourth places in the Bundesliga are Dortmund, Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04!
Borussia Mönchengladbach is also in the middle of the Bundesliga, only Fortuna Dusseldorf is currently third from the bottom, in the relegation zone, and he is not much different from the second-to-last Hoffenheim.
"Yes, it's a commercial tournament, but it's a big prize money, so these teams are happy to participate." Gryzka explained.
"Even if there is a prize money, they are unlikely to participate, right? After all, the league has reached a critical time, and Dortmund still have the Champions League to play. ”
"You can rest assured, this kind of commercial game is basically not going to be the main team, and even if you want to, you can't be the main team, because some of the main players are going back to play in the World Cup qualifiers. However, we don't have too many worries in the Bundesliga, and we have Glashvili in the team as a member of the Georgian national team. Goryzka said with a smirk.
"I see." Shen Peng understood.
"You see, that's who we're playing in the commercial game." Gryzka brought another piece of paper, which was what they had just been looking at.
Shen Peng looked at the list, it was still a 4-4-2 formation, the two starting forwards were Shaidkhor and Yashvili, the starting goalkeeper was Lu Ze, and the other seven players were substitutes.
"The manager wants you to practice your attacking routines in the commercial game, after all, most of the opponents are Bundesliga teams, although they are also substitutes, but they are no worse than our main team."
Shen Peng suddenly thought of the task about the system, isn't this a good opportunity to complete the task of Songshan!
But there is a question here, since the players are all substitutes, will the system count this game in the end?
Thinking of this, he connected to the system in his heart.
"System, can this business competition be counted in Matsuyama's mission?"
"If most of the players on both sides are substitutes, it can be counted."
"Great!" Shen Peng was happy in his heart, in this way, Songshan's task might be completed soon.
Because in addition to the prize money, this commercial tournament is also a place to train, and those substitute players will definitely play seriously in order to prove themselves, so as long as they win, they can be considered to have completed the task.