On the eve of Valentine's Day, the day when Cottbus and Karlsruhe fought, Karlsruhe fell for the third time after Christmas, and Li Huan did not ride his bicycle to the Wilder Park Stadium for training because the roads were icy and slippery. When he arrived at the pitch, no teammates had arrived, only two maintenance workers on the pitch were cleaning the snow from the field.

After running five or six miles, the stiff muscles and joints seem to be full of vitality again, Li Huan did four or five minutes of relaxation activities on the sidelines, and then began to practice juggling the ball, the team's regular training does not have this item, but the players will at least ten minutes every day to be familiar with the ball, the basic skills of football are four kinds of stopping passing and shooting, although the ball is not directly related to these four basic techniques, but it is essential to do a good job in these four basic movements. When some fans ask Li Huan how to play well, Li Huan often tells him to kick the ball well. Li Huan said so, and actually did so. He spends more time juggling the ball every day than all his teammates, this is his habit in his previous life, when his physical fitness was poor, he had to work his technique, and now although he has a super awesome body, he can easily do the movements that can only be done by hard training with poor physical talent, but this good habit Li Huan has not given up.

After playing the basic actions for more than ten minutes, Li Huan began to practice and review some street football skills, although these actions are not very useful on the field, but they are used in friendly matches and big score leads is a good means of entertainment to attract fans.

Li Huan's wonderful fancy moves attracted the attention of the maintenance workers on the court, and they couldn't help but stop what they were doing to watch this rare performance, and the fans who came sporadically outside the stadium couldn't help but applaud.

The snow scene in Karlsruhe is very beautiful, the church with the steeple of the quaint castle is like a fairy tale in the silver, seeing the fans cheering, Li Huan's interest is also up, he hugs the fans and closes his eyes to turn the ball, in addition to relying on the extremely accurate grasp of the strength of the ball, but also has a strong spatial balance ability, in the previous life, Li Huan would not be able to find where the ball was when he took a few kicks, but after the crossing, his control of the kicking strength almost reached the point of being superb, Without any interference, he can bounce the ball with his feet, legs and head for three consecutive weeks without making a mistake.

The fans outside the stadium were simply stunned, they had seen street football on TV, and they had seen oranges, apples and bananas, but they had never seen the ball with their eyes closed, these lucky fans even forgot to applaud, or they were afraid that the sound of applause and cheering would disturb Li Huan who was performing, so they just watched blankly.

However, Martins, who had just arrived with Capalani, was obviously a little puzzled, and they saw Li Huan closing his eyes and juggling the ball and shouted in shock: "Cake seller!" Li Huan! Am I dreaming? ”

Li Huan was startled when he heard the shout, as soon as the power of the juggling ball changed, he couldn't find the landing point of the ball, he opened his eyes and saw Martins and Capalani, and said with a smile: "Good morning." ”

Martins was still repeating what he had just said, and said, "Li Huan, am I dreaming, are you closing your eyes and juggling the ball?" ”

Li Huan smiled slightly, pretending to be surprised: "You are not dreaming, you are sleepwalking, who closed his eyes and juggled the ball." ”

At this time, Capalani, the fans outside the stadium, and the workers in the stadium applauded together and said, "Amazing, really amazing, let's take it." ”

Martins regretted and said: "I just forgot to take a secret photo, and I will definitely make a lot of money by taking pictures and selling them." ”

Li Huan laughed and said: "You money fan, didn't the club say that it was going to give you a raise?" ”

Hearing Li Huan say a salary increase, Martins' face elongated, and he said, "Salary increase? It's good if you don't take a pay cut, haven't you heard, the energy company doesn't sponsor us anymore, and the club is worried about money. ”

Li Huan also heard about the energy company, and said, "It's not going to take a salary cut, right?" ”

Capalani said: "It's hard to say, listen to the team's veteran players, when the Kirsch consortium was in crisis three years ago, our club took the lead in reducing salaries. ”

Martins sneered: "Salary cuts have become a tradition, and those people shouldn't have agreed to it at the time." ”

Li Huan said: "The club has not officially notified it, maybe it is a rumor." ”

Although Martins is young, he is an old man of the club, saying: "It's hard to say, there is no wind and no waves, last year our results were very poor, the TV broadcast fee was limited, and the ticket revenue was also small, mainly relying on sponsorship, many people said that this is Stuttgart is playing tricks, they don't want to see Karlsruhe rise, the last German Cup beat them badly, their chairman Staut was scared, so he instigated the energy company to withdraw the sponsorship of our club." Next year, if you are promoted to the Bundesliga club, you will have money, but the broadcast fee share of the Bundesliga is 80%, and the Bundesliga is only 20%, if it goes bankrupt because of debt problems at this juncture, the club will lose a lot. ”

Capalani said: "It's called technical bankruptcy. But it doesn't matter, if it doesn't work, let's transfer, at a young age, are you still afraid of not having a ball to play? ”

Li Huan often encountered the situation of the club's economic crisis in his previous life, and even owed half a year's salary, so he seemed very calm and said: "No matter what happens, it will not hurt us to play the ball well, only if you play well can the club want you to have the ball to play." ”

Martins said: "Li Huan is right, whatever, play a good game without worrying about not having anything to eat." At least better than in my hometown. ”

The players were all on the pitch as the three were talking, and the club's minds were a little sluggish as rumours swirled these days, as they were held to a draw by Hausen after being beaten by Munich 1860. It is very difficult for such morale to win before a tough battle.

Becker's spirit is not good, when the team is in a good situation, when the league is in sight, the club actually has an economic crisis, his anger, sadness and disappointment are simply indescribable, the team loses one or two games and he doesn't care at all, it is normal for the team to be a little up and down in a season, they are still 7 points ahead of the second place Bochum, Federico is recovering well from his injury, and he will return in March, he believes that the team will soon be able to adjust and continue to make great strides, just like the loss to Offenbach in the first half, They then ended the first half with an eight-game winning streak. But the economic crisis is not something he can solve, it is the business of the chairman and the manager, if the debt problem is not solved by June 30, maybe the team has worked so hard to rush to the Bundesliga, but the club declares bankruptcy and is relegated to the regional amateur league, then all Karlsruhe will want to cry without tears. Yesterday Willian told him that he would mobilize fans to donate if he couldn't do it, but the entire population of Karlsruhe was only 230,000, and even if everyone donated, how much money could be donated, they had a debt of 10 million euros, and Becker didn't believe Willian's words at all.

However, these are not the issues for him to consider, and his task is to lead the team to defeat the tough opponents who come to challenge Cottbus. Last year, Ivbus almost dropped to the regional league, like Karlsruhe, but this year they have risen as strongly as Karlsruhe, breaking into third place without being favored, and now eight points behind Karlsruhe, becoming the first East German team in the Bundesliga is becoming a reality. In terms of strength, Karlsruhe beating Cottage Bundesliga is not a big problem, but Cottages' rise this season has been taken care of by the referees, naturally because they want to add a former East German team to the Bundesliga, changing the embarrassing fact that the Bundesliga is a 'West Bundesliga'. Becker must be prepared to play in unfair playing conditions.

The training was conducted under the direction of Hoss, and Becker sat on the sidelines in contemplation, and only after the morning training was over did Becker call the players together for the last lecture before the game.

"In the afternoon, we have to play Cottage Bus, I don't know how important this game is, you know, it's a game that is worth six points, and if we fail, the difference between us and Bochum will be reduced to two games, and for the next team, they will have the confidence to pull us down. There's been a lot going on at the club lately, I don't want to pretend I don't know anything, I don't want to deceive everyone, there are some financial problems at the club, that's true, but the club is trying to find new sponsors, the team has a good record and I'm sure the financial problems will be solved soon. In addition, there have been a lot of rumours out there recently, and there are also people who say that the club is going to give players a pay cut, and I can tell you that this is definitely a rumor, and Manager Willian and Chairman Thaler have never said that they are going to take a pay cut, and the salary cut will not help the club's economy to improve......"

Becker said that the main force and substitutes of Karlsruhe applauded at the same time, the salary level of players in Germany is not high compared with the other four major leagues, and the tax is much higher than that of other countries, if the salary is cut, the players are really difficult to accept, after all, the salary is the first motivation for players to play.

Becker nodded with satisfaction and said: "Actually, I think the problem of sponsorship is the club's business, it's useless for us to be anxious, playing well is what we should do, to be honest, whether the club's economic crisis can be solved or not, playing well is our best choice, in addition, Cartbus also has seven or eight million debts, but are their results poor?" I want everyone to focus on the game and not on things that don't matter and can't be controlled. We've never gone three games without a win and we have to win it today. I'm sure of all of you. ”

Becker's honest speech convinced the players, and everyone gave Becker a round of applause, which is the role of a good coach, who can boost the morale of the team in an adverse environment and make the players unite and fight for the goal.

(To be continued)