The same summer has different meanings for different people. For Gao Shunyao, most of this summer's games are the run-in work with his teammates, but for other players, this summer means more or less that the team's players need to compete for positions.

This summer, Wolfsburg actually has quite a lot of tasks. In addition to the task of training players to become stronger, there is also a very important task, which is to further run in the lineup, and the rotation experiment of players in individual positions has been carried out. So that the whole team has a further strength.

Such a thing can be said to have to be done. Wolves played well last season, but at the end of the day, they were playing a single-threaded league. And this season, they have more games and have to rotate a little bit anyway. Relying on a set of lineups to play at an excellent level, that kind of difficulty is not at all challenged by Wolfsburg.

So, in addition to training, their games also need to be taken seriously.

In this series of warm-up matches, Gao Shunyao had many opportunities to play, and it can even be said that he had the most opportunities. In a few warm-up games, he played almost all of them.

"You didn't play in the European Cup, you have the best physical strength in the team. If you don't play the main team, who else can play the main team? ”

For his own arrangement, Magath explained the reason in this way, and Gao Shunyao could only reluctantly accept this.

Although it is good to play the main force, Gao Shunyao also questioned how much the main force of such a warm-up game has. In the first game and the second game, Gao Shunyao didn't feel much difference between these warm-up games and previous games. After a summer of rest at Wolfsburg, the players haven't lost much of their form. Especially against the lower German teams, they have no problems with performance. The players were very fluid on the pitch from taking the ball to attacking. The cooperation they should have had last season is still not forgotten this season.

Two games. Wolfsburg won the victory easily, and it didn't test them much. The only role seems to be to test the quality of their young players. Wolfsburg has recently introduced a lot of young people, and in addition to the fact that they also had some players who needed to rotate in the game, these two games, in fact, are the strength of the substitute players.

The strength of these players cannot be considered bad, but compared to the main players, they are indeed inferior. In the game, Gao Shunyao was also quickly determined. It's okay for these people to be substitutes, but it's hard to be the main force.

However, after the second friendly match, Wolfsburg welcomed a player who could play the main team: on July 17, Naldo's transfer was finally completed, and one of Wolfsburg's biggest reinforcements of the new season has also arrived in the team.

Wolfsburg have only made three really noteworthy signings this season, Olich. Naldo, and Shaheen who doesn't know when he will be able to come. Olic arrived early in the team and has already strengthened the team very well. And now, the arrival of Naldo. It's also something the players are looking forward to.

And this player has also proved with his own strength that he is indeed a good player.

Wolfsburg's third friendly was at home. A friendly match with a visiting Turkish team. In this game, they also made some rotations. Let some of the players get a rest.

This game. Olic replaced Mandzukic to start, and in midfield, South Korean players also replaced Makoto Hasebe for some rotation. Of course, the most important thing is that Wolfsburg has replaced Kjaer with Naldo at the back and started his first attempt to become stronger.

And this attempt, it seems to be working well. This game is a warm-up game, and Wolfsburg does not put too much effort into defending - in such a warm-up game, the confrontation is undoubtedly much less than other games, and it is obviously impossible to see the ability of the players in this regard.

However, in such a game, it can still be seen how many defenders are on target. Even if the defense is loose and not confrontational, it can still be seen whether the players are running in place when defending. In the last game, Knoch had a lot of problems in this regard, the future star of Wolfsburg, when defending, he was often unable to be in place in time, and as a young man, he was still quite immature.

In contrast, Naldo's performance in this game was simply shocking. As a 30-year-old veteran, it's no surprise that he has plenty of defensive experience, but when he defends, it seems that he has fully integrated into Wolfsburg in the first game, which still surprises many people. It was his first Wolfsburg game, but his back-to-back links with Ruth, Nemanja Matic and others were always excellent. Throughout the game, he maintained the stability of the overall defensive line and did not show the slightest problem.

Each league has its own fixed rhythm and characteristics of the game, and as a team that has played in the Bundesliga before, Naldo is very familiar with the rhythm of the Bundesliga game. Unlike Serie A players who can't adapt to the Bundesliga, even if he changes teams, he can still quickly integrate into the team.

This level of tacit understanding is really amazing. Although Wolfsburg had the idea of looking for players in this league to integrate before, the speed of Naldo's integration still makes people feel a little scary.

However, this terror is external, at least within the team, and no one will object to him being able to integrate quickly.

However, this also became the pressure of Kjaer.

As Wolfsburg's main centre-back last season, Kjaer didn't play much last season. The player was known as a genius when he debuted, but after leaving Serie A and moving to the Bundesliga, his performance was not satisfactory. It took him more than a year to fully integrate into Wolfsburg, and now his efforts were caught up by Naldo, which also made him feel extremely pressured.

Since his debut, Kjaer has always been considered a genius. He has the tall stature of a Nordic player, and his technique is extremely delicate, and his debut in Serie A, which is known for his defense, is a genius, and half of Europe is chasing him when his reputation is at its highest.

However, time has changed, and since coming to the Bundesliga, many of his problems have been exposed. Now he has long lost the reputation and status he had back then. The up-and-comers have attracted media attention and hype, and he is now even being squeezed out of place by an old player, which is extremely difficult for him to accept.

This state, in the fourth game, also prompted him to play harder. In the fourth warm-up game, back against the German domestic side, Kjaer was once again given the chance to start, and he played more seriously than usual. Although it was a warm-up game, he ran back and forth, tandem, played the ball, and confronted, compared to the attitude of the official game, and on the court, he showed that his strength was not worse than Nardor.

Such an attitude ushered in the opportunity for him to play in the fifth game. In this friendly match, Kjaer and Naldo each played half the game. And in this game, the performance of the two of them is still comparable, Kjaer is more active, has a high degree of integration with the team, and relies on his own skills and body, he has contributed a lot to the team. Konaldo is smarter, plays more with the slickness of an older player, has more experience and adaptability, and the two are still indistinguishable.

However, for Kjaer, who has been in the team for a long time, it is actually tantamount to a disguised defeat. As a player who has been with the team for two seasons, it is very problematic to perform on par with a defender who has just joined the team. Kjaer didn't think it was a good thing to go on like this, and it was precisely because of this that Kjaer immediately expressed great interest in finding his request to start training.

He still wants to improve himself and become a qualified member of the team, and he believes he has the potential to do so – Kjaer is only 23 years old this year, a full seven years younger than Naldo, and he believes he can catch up with Naldo's level with his own efforts.

Knowing this, Gao Shunyao was also a little excited in his heart: It seems that the players introduced by the team this season did not cause conflicts in the locker room, but caused healthy competition, which is definitely a good thing.

The rivalry between Kjaer and Nardor can make the team stronger: it's definitely a good thing to have three good centre-backs compared to just two good defenders, plus a couple of second-rate substitutes. Their competition can make Wolfsburg stronger.

The backline was a weakness for Wolves last season, but it shouldn't be a weakness when it starts next season. With the new additions, Wolfsburg's defense line has also been further improved. Now, they have improved a lot in attack and defence, and all that remains is to wait for Shaheen to arrive and improve the playmaking ability of the midfield.

It's a pity that until August 17, when the German Cup arrived, Shahin's deal was still not finalized. Tottenham was embarrassment for Real Madrid, and Real Madrid passed on the pressure to Wolfsburg, and the deal on Modric's side could not be finalized, and Shahin's loan was far away.

Unfortunately, time waits for no one, the German Cup has already arrived, and Wolfsburg has to start the season early without waiting for Shahin.

However, Magath's demands for this match will not be any lessened.

"Don't think that we have to complete all the transfers before we can play to our full strength – with our quality, waiting for all the players to be in place is a boring thing to do! It's just a German Cup game, we can win the game, do we need all the players to play Senborg? No, you don't! Even if we don't have the right personnel, we can still win. Shaheen is a former Bundesliga winner and you are going to play together in the future. He wants to come to this team, don't let him look down on you, show your strength in front of him, let him know what team he is from! (To be continued.) )