Things are strange in the world, and hardly any single thing, any decision, is able to satisfy everyone.

It is as if Yang Cheng decided to arrange for the team to visit Auschwitz, which has been strongly supported and affirmed by Nilsbach and Bierhoff from the very beginning, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel also personally called Yang Cheng to express his satisfaction and joy at this decision, and promised to appear on the scene in every game of the European Cup to cheer for the team.

This is definitely a big support for Merkel, who has a lot of opportunities, and the previous coaches, including Loew, have not been able to get such an honor and treatment, which shows that the Leipzig senior chancellor has spared no effort to support Yang Cheng.

In addition to people in Germany, UEFA President Olsen, FIFA President Beckenbauer and others also affirmed Yang Cheng in interviews, believing that this was a visit with positive significance and worthy of praise.

England coach Hodgson, Italian coach Prandelli, and Dutch coach Van Marwijk, the head coaches of the three national teams also said after Yang Cheng's announcement that they would also visit Auschwitz as long as the time is right, which has attracted strong attention in the world.

There are many people who agree with and oppose Yang Cheng's decision, and those who agree with it believe that this move is conducive to eliminating prejudice and misunderstanding within some national teams, and is conducive to educating players, so that they can learn more about some things other than football, and understand some history and culture of the country where the European Cup is held.

But some people say that Yang Cheng's actions are sensationalizing and deliberately creating topics, thinking that he has no need to do such a thing, especially taking the German national team to Auschwitz, which sounds somewhat special in it.

Besides, the European Cup is about to start, and Yang Cheng is too inconsequential to do this kind of thing at this time.

But. Despite the great attention of public opinion, the German team's decision to go to Auschwitz was not affected at all, but it was still consistent with the low-key training camp in the past period, and Yang Cheng's team was entering the Auschwitz concentration camp. When the gate with the slogan "Labor Makes People Free" hung on the door, no one except for two or three reporters accompanying the team knew about it.

Because they are in Yang Cheng to accept Gran? The day after Nack's interview, the morning after the news was published on the UEFA website, he arrived at Auschwitz, which was absolutely unexpected, because it was too fast.

Yang Cheng did this on purpose. He wants to avoid all the journalists, and after visiting Auschwitz, the team will travel to Gdansk for the final training camp and adjustment before the European Championships.

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Auschwitz, also known as the Death Factory, was the largest concentration camp built by Nazi Germany during World War II, where more than a million people were killed and is now a memorial. In order to achieve the purpose of warning the world.

For the arrival of the German national team, the concentration camp gave a high-level reception, because it was the first FA delegation they received. Therefore, the owner of the memorial hall personally led the team to greet them, and arranged for three survivors who escaped death in the concentration camp that year, and kept introducing everything here to the delegation members along the way.

All of them, including Yang Cheng, wore dark coats that symbolized a sense of coldness and solemnity to express their memorable condolences when they visited the camp, and then they toured the camp facilities and environment, including the cells, crematoriums, gas chambers, and gallows, accompanied by three survivors.

The entire concentration camp retains the atmosphere of the Second World War era to the greatest extent, and even gives people a feeling. You can still hear the echoes of the painful wails of the suffering here, and there is a smell of blood in the air here, especially under the rendering of the survivors' personal experience, everything is happening to you. …,

The group came to the monument, and everyone stood in a long line and offered flowers and candles. Everyone looked solemn, although this place was very empty, surrounded by epileptic trees, but it gave people an oppressive feeling, as if even the sky had become gloomy, as if it would collapse at any time, and it felt uncomfortable.

Anyone who approaches this place can imagine that the millions of people who lived in this concentration camp lived in fear every day, living in fear and the threat of death every day, and the feeling that even the strongest person would collapse and could not stand it.

Even, these three survivors, when talking about those things that escaped death, can clearly feel the lingering palpitations in their hearts, even if so many years have passed, even if they have seen through life and death now, but they still feel afraid, which shows how terrible everything happened here back then.

Finally, in the exhibition hall of Auschwitz, every visitor can leave a text in the guest book, and Balak, representing the German national team, left a message in this guest book.

"Football for Auschwitz is both a silent mourning and an obligation to confide, this is a period of endless sorrow, out of painful years, he left the world with eternal vigilance!"

Then each player also left his own message, and Yang Cheng also wrote his own sentence in the guest book.

"We have a duty, an obligation, through Auschwitz, to educate those young children so that anti-racism and bigotism can disappear forever in our society and prevent the same tragedy from happening again!"

At the same time, the president of the German Football Association, Nilsbach, also published some photos of the national team's visit to Auschwitz on the official website, and defined the national team's move.

"A lot of people say that it's not appropriate for the national team to go to Auschwitz, because this group of young German internationals shouldn't take the blame on behalf of their predecessors, and I think they are right, they really shouldn't be guilty, but they have to take responsibility and take their responsibility as the German national team, as a symbol of Germany."

"Through this visit to Auschwitz, we send our apologies to the world, and through this tribute, all the international players are clearly aware of their responsibility, and use the power of football to inspire and inspire all young people to eliminate the wrong prejudices of racism and bigotry."

Merkel was also at noon that day. Through the spokesperson, he expressed his affirmation of the national team's move, while highly praising the role of the national team in this incident, and also called on fans to carry a sense of nostalgia and mourning during the European Championship. Visit Auschwitz.

At the same time, Yang Cheng also encouraged the players to express their views on Auschwitz on Weibo, and almost all of them said that they were shocked by what they saw and heard in the camp, and they were very impressed and felt extremely shocked, which brought them great feelings.

Yang Cheng himself also elaborated on the intention and feelings of this move on Weibo.

"When I was coaching in England. It gave me a different understanding of the country's football traditions. ”

"In the early days, I felt that English football was lagging behind the rest of Europe in terms of overall tactics, even more so in terms of the development of academy players, but when I was coaching at Liverpool, I met a lot of people and I was exposed to a lot of things, and I learned a lot more about them.

"I think, in a way, the utilitarian nature of success or not. As far as the starting point is concerned, the focus of youth training in other European countries is to develop a professional footballer, and this is the starting point. Everything they do and what they do is to develop a professional player. ”…,

'But in England, you feel that the starting point of their traditional approach to developing players is first to develop a real man, a really strong person, and then to be a professional player, because in their understanding, only strong men have the potential to perform better on the football pitch.

"So, in this kingdom. There are many outstanding men, and this has become the style of English football, even those fans who criticize the British league for their rough style of play, have to admit that the football men in this league are very bloody and passionate. It's because of the philosophy behind their football. ”

"The three-year journey of the Premier League has made me feel very deeply, and it has also made me thoroughly understand that it is not difficult to train a professional player, with the current scientific and technological means, with the current meticulous training method, it is really not difficult to cultivate a professional player, but it is very difficult to cultivate a real man!"

"This kind of difficulty, as the degree of professionalism becomes higher and higher, as the football era tends to be more and more utilitarian, it will become more and more difficult!"

"But I hope that through this move, everyone can understand that a successful footballer has to be a person first and then a player, and to be a good and respected player, he has to be a successful and respected person first, otherwise, he can't do it at all!"

As soon as Yang Cheng's Weibo was posted, two completely different comments were immediately formed on the Internet.

Supporters believe that his statement is very profound, especially a large number of football professionals, who believe that Yang Cheng has gradually changed from the original successful football coach to today's artistic giant, after so much life accumulation, he has gone beyond football in thought, and he has raised the meaning of football to a new level.

"If Yang Cheng is just an ordinary head coach, I will think that his words are exaggerated and out of place, but he is Yang Cheng, the best head coach in football today, known as one of the greatest head coaches in football history, and the greatest head coach in the current service, he should use his own words and deeds, with his own thoughts, to guide the road of football development, and point out some of the shortcomings in the process of football professionalization and development!"

But there are also some opponents who believe that this is pretending to be coercive, purely relying on playing lip service to say a few words of pretending to be coercive, pretending to be profound, thoughtful, and always pointing fingers at football matters, and simply being a guy with big ambitions and talents.

The two gangs of people quarreled on the Internet, both sides held their own opinions and positions, and they couldn't argue, but the supporters were obviously the vast majority, but the opponents were also unwilling to back down, but the interesting thing is that almost all the famous coaches and professionals supported Yang Cheng, thinking that his remarks were good for the development of football, and the opponents were more extreme fans.

Yang Cheng did not give the slightest comment on this incident, he was on the way to Gdansk, through the feeling after visiting Auschwitz. posted on Weibo on a whim, and there was no news after that.

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The journey from Gdansk airport to the hotel where the German team was stationed is 20 minutes, about 18 kilometers. But most of them are through mountains and forests, and the roads are not wide, so you can't go too fast.

For the sake of secrecy, this time the German Football Association arranged the base camp in the deep mountains and old forests.

Yang Cheng also learned when he arrived that their residence was called Olivisky Manor, and there was no hotel in the name, it was a manor-style hotel. It's not big, it's all covered by the German team, it's a certain distance from the city, hidden in the mountains, surrounded by dense woods, and it's not easy to find it at all. …,

This low hill and woods between the airport and Gdansk is known locally as Olivisky Mountain, combined with the name of the estate hotel. Whether there is a connection or not, Yang Cheng is not clear.

As soon as I walked out of the woods, I came to a narrow fork in the road. After turning two intersections, you came to a meadow field.

The grass area is not large, the north side is close to the road, but it is short, from the road you can directly overlook everything in the entire grassland, it is really a good place to spy on the military, but there are policemen wearing fluorescent vests patrolling near the fork in the road, as soon as they see the German team's bus, they take the initiative to get out of the way, it seems to be serious, and they should be preventing some idlers from approaching the training ground.

"Would you like to go to the training ground first?" Bierhoff was sitting on the bus. Yang Cheng, who approached the front row, asked.

"Have you arrived?" Yang Cheng hasn't been here either, which is a bit strange.

"It's here!" Bierhoff smiled and nodded.

The bus quickly turned into a dirt road between the meadows and the road, passed a small sentry post, and stopped directly in front of some bungalows. This is the dressing room of the German national team.

When they got off the bus, everyone was amazed at the humble dressing room they saw, indeed, 300,000 euros can build a good training base, everyone has been mentally prepared, and in fact, this training ground in Poland is already beyond everyone's expectations.

"From tomorrow, there will be police officers 24 hours a day on the sentry post, and at the same time, from here to the hotel, and from the outside to the intersection just now, there will be police guards at every intersection, and they will protect the team 24 hours a day, and the police station will arrange a police car to accompany the team in and out."

Bierhof explains everything in detail, the venue is a little rudimentary, but the security is certainly not a problem.

"When the time comes, don't let the idlers wait to come in!" Yang Cheng proposed.

Bierhoff nodded, "I've already told them, the police will take care of it." ”

The quality of the turf is good, but the field is relatively simple, which makes Yang Cheng can't help but think that if it rains here, I am afraid that the drainage system of this grass may not be able to meet the team, and then I am afraid that the training will have to be transferred to the hotel gym, after all, this place will definitely not be comparable to those five-star training grounds.

It's not difficult to understand when you think about it, you have to give it away when you run out, is it really a living Lei Feng when the German Football Association is alive?

"How far is it from here to the hotel?" Yang Cheng asked again.

Bierhoff thought for a moment, "About 1.5 kilometers, it shouldn't be more than this distance." ”

Yang Cheng smiled, the distance is close, maybe there is no need to use the bus in the future, and then run directly to the training ground, it will be regarded as a warm-up, and the big deal is that in order to deal with the sponsor of Mercedes-Benz, the bus will be placed directly at the door of the training ground.

"Okay, guys, you all go to the locker room and the training ground, gather in 5 minutes, let's go to the hotel, clean up, start the first training session in the evening, is there a problem?" Yang Cheng clapped his hands vigorously and shouted.

When the players heard this, they immediately replied nervously, "No problem!" Then they began to scramble to adapt to the venue and the locker room, and also to allocate the wardrobe in the locker room, but it was all random and not deliberately arranged.

The Manor Hotel, as the name suggests, is a manor, and it is a noble manor house with luxury and style.

But perhaps because this is the relationship between the deep mountains and old forests, there is no one in and out, so the safety facilities of the hotel are also simple, the walls are all the kind of iron fences, and they are simply fenced, and everything inside can be seen at a glance.

Interestingly, the arrival of the German national team did not attract onlookers from the locals, as if they had already known all this, that is, a few children on bicycles chasing after them, and their mouths were still on their mouths

was shouting Caesar, thinking that it should be Yang Cheng's fans, which made Yang Cheng get out of the car and directly sign autographs and group photos for the five fans who were chasing and panting, which greatly satisfied their requirements, and these little ghosts were so happy that they couldn't do it.

The hotel is guarded by security and there are police guards, so there is no problem with security.

After Yang Cheng and others entered the hotel, they cleaned up and rested, and then in the evening, they all went to the training ground and conducted their first training session after arriving in Gdansk, this time it attracted the attention of many locals, but they all seemed quiet, just watching on the road, which did not affect the team's training camp, obviously they had been notified before, and they all obeyed the rules, so Yang Cheng also asked the players to sign autographs and take photos of this group of local fans after training.

On the third day of the team's arrival in Gdansk, the residency welcomed a special guest from UEFA. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. )