16. Zhengtai Legion

"Cologne! Win! "Back in the top flight! Come on, Cologne! "We're going to win!"

Away, at Wilder Park, home in Karlsruhe, around 1,000 Cologne fans sat in the stands at Wilder Park today!

They put up all sorts of slogans and shouted all sorts of slogans to cheer the team on! This is a die-hard Cologne fan!

Karlsruhe FC is known as the cradle of talent, and Oliver Kahn, who performed bravely in the just-concluded World Cup, came from Karlsruhe, in addition to German technical midfielder Sauer and defender Novotny.

It's an Arsenal type team with a lot of talented players in the squad, with an average age of just 24.

Of course, today's Cologne team is also young.

By the time the Karlsruhe commentator got Cologne's starting 11-man squad, his jaw was almost on the ground.

Cologne's starting line-up was like this, with 26-year-old captain Thomas Sicchiang in the back line, and he was joined by fellow 26-year-old Karsten Kulman, left-back Andrios, 33 years old, from Brazil, right-back Andreas Christensen from the fairytale kingdom of Denmark, 30 years old, and goalkeeper Halchin, a Turkish descendant who grew up in Germany, who is also 30 years old this year. From the back, it's an experienced backline, a back line that can be played even in the Bundesliga.

Let's take a look at the midfielder, midfielder Meyer, 28 years old, from Cameroon. Left wing-back Yakuman, 24 years old, and right midfielder Sidis, 28 years old, both full-backs are speed-oriented. Well, so far Cologne's lineup has been normal......

However, when it came to seeing the offensive line, the Karlsruhe commentator was a little excited.

"Oh my God, Lucas Podolski, 17, Patrick Helmers, 18, and Du, 20! This, this is probably the youngest striker in the German Second Division! Look at their immature faces, this, there are still many good strikers on the bench of the Cologne team, why do they need to discharge such a young attacking line? We can understand that, after all, he was the best in the Bundesliga last season, but Podolski and Helmers are too young! ”

There is no doubt about the Zhengtai Legion! Not to mention the German Second Division, looking through the German leagues at all levels, it is estimated that it is difficult to find a second team that can put out such a young starting attacking line!

Germany, which has always been accustomed to the old man being the master of the house, will slowly enter the world of Zhengtai, which is the trend of modern football development.

"Perhaps, only through the progress of the game, we can see why the Cologne coach has such a young attacking line!" The narrator of Karlsruhe explains.

On the field, the genius Bo and Zhengtaihei, who played for the Cologne team for the first time, were a little nervous.

Looking at them, Du Yang is very arrogant, hehe, we can also call ourselves from here now! Whoa!

At this time, in the hotel where Du Yang of Cologne was staying.

Dorothy had just washed her hair, and now Dorothy was going to make a nutritious package for Du Yang, and while cutting tomatoes, Dorothy also turned on the TV at the same time, and today Cologne TV will broadcast the game live.

"Come on! Prevent! ”

Du Yang couldn't hear Dorothy's blessing, because Du Yang had devoted himself to the game since the game began.

The biggest difference between this year and last year is that this year's Du Yang's task is to help the Cologne team return to the Bundesliga!

As soon as the game began, the Cologne team took the initiative on the field! The team's Cameroon foreign player Meyer is very tall, he is very active in the midfield, and this black barrier continuous steals have won Cologne offensive opportunities.

However, the performance of the Zhengtai Legion at the beginning was more than impactful, but the effect was not good. Genius Bo and Zhengtai Hei are still inexperienced......

"Well, Podolski and Helmers are both talented young forwards, but their weaknesses are also obvious, and it is difficult for them to ......take advantage of the experienced defenders in Karlsruhe," the Karlsruhe commentator explained.

As the game progressed, Zhengtai Hei and Genius Bo were a little anxious.

Du Yang shook his head, no, now he can't organize the team at all! Because Helmers and Podolski were in a hurry to attack, the two broke forward as soon as they got the ball, completely losing contact with the midfield!

Slowing down the pace of the game, Du Yang signaled to Meyer, the back, and told him to slow down the team's advance and increase the backcourt's inverted feet.

Meyer understood, so after 15 minutes of attacking in the opening game, Cologne took the initiative to slow down the tempo.

On the sidelines, John nodded his head, "Du is Du, Patrick and Lucas are not mature enough, Du, you should be able to help them......"

"Du! Pass it on! At this moment, in the frontcourt, Xiao Hei ran out of a good opportunity.

Du Yang glanced up at Helmers, only to see that the opponent's central defender had noticed that he was going to pass the ball to Helmers, so there was an obvious fill-in action, Du Yang smiled, did not pass, but gently buckled and continued to fall to the foot.

"Hey, the Cologne team doesn't seem to be in a hurry to attack! Their core Du slowed down the pace of the game, which last year's Cologne team would not have played in such a rhythmic way! The Karlsruhe narrator said in surprise.

However, it is obvious that Zheng Taihei is a little dissatisfied with Du Yang's lack of passing just now.

"Du! That opportunity was good just now, why didn't you pass it on? During a return to defense, Xiao Hei asked.

"Patrick, you and Lucas were playing so fast, didn't you notice that the ball was lost as soon as it reached you?" Du Yang asked rhetorically.

"But, the chances are good......" Black retorted.

"Patrick, if you don't want to be substituted in the second half, just listen to me, be steady, don't rush too much." After speaking, Du Yang didn't look back and ran back to his position.

Be steady, but how? This is a big problem, for Xiao Hei and Xiao Bo, they paid their tuition well in the first 30 minutes of this game!

"Lucas! You are the center of the team, the beacon of attack, but why is it that the game is so dark in the front court? Light up the team's frontcourt! ”

"Patrick, that's where the full-backs have to run! You're a striker, let me live on the danger line! ”

Sad, sad life is to tell teammates one by one how to play......

On the sidelines, John smiled and sat back on the court.

"I didn't expect Du's overall view to be so good, and to see the situation so thoroughly, it seems that I, as a coach, can save a lot of things."