After careful consideration, José decided that since he still needed to apply for a passport to go to Germany, he simply changed his nationality to British and German nationality in order to facilitate future exchanges.

Anyway, the Chinese national team, he has no hope.

British and German dual citizenship, in addition to the convenience of exchanges, can also join one of the parties in the future.

Of course, few people knew that José had renounced his beloved Chinese nationality.

By the time José arrived in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, it was already August 26.

The medical examination went smoothly, and Leverkusen thought very thoughtfully, and directly sent someone to arrange accommodation for Jose, and even worried that Jose did not understand German, and arranged a temporary translator for Jose.

Is this the rigor of the Germans?

Of course, Jose doesn't need a translator.

Settling in, Jose finally met head coach Roger Schmidt.

Like Jose Mourinho, Schmidt's playing days were anything but stellar.

Both worked in the lower divisions after graduating from college and then became academy coaches.

Unlike Mourinho, Mourinho's tactics are teamwork and meticulous, while Schmidt is crazy and passionate.

"Jose, my little champion, welcome to Bayer Leverkusen." Schmidt said with a smile.

"Hello Mr. Schmidt, it's a pleasure to be your subordinate." José said in fluent German.

"Do you know German?" Schmidt was pleasantly surprised.

"Ordinary communication, not a big problem." José nodded in response.

"Great." Schmidt was very satisfied, and then said: "You Huaxia is a great country, and there are many talented players there, but for some reason, your results are always not very good, and I must go to China to coach if I have the opportunity." ”

Regarding Schmidt's words, José just took them as polite words and did not take them to heart.

In fact, however, Schmidt really thinks so.

A few years later, he did come to China to coach.

The conversation with Schmidt was lighthearted, and the middle-aged coach, who was only in his forties, was easy-going and talkative, and he would not put on a condescending posture like those old coaches.

"Jose, rest well today, and we'll see you on the training ground tomorrow." Finally, Schmidt said.

Saying goodbye to Schmidt, José went to a nearby supermarket, where he needed to buy some groceries.

On the way to the supermarket, Jose received a call from Asuka Saito.

"He, I'm back in Japan." The bird's voice was a little lonely.

"Oh, go back for a few days?" José replied casually, not aware of the other party's mood swings at all.

"It's been a long time, and I guess it won't come out again." Asuka said quietly.

"This is good, you are a girl, you have been living in a bar for a long time, you should have left a long time ago." Jose said as he took a toothpaste from the shelf.

"Ho, do you like me?"

"Like, you're so cute, who wouldn't love that?"

"No, me. Never mind. The bird couldn't speak.

"Hmm." José didn't know what to say, so he had to hum softly.

Asuka Saito's thoughts, Jose didn't understand, but he really didn't feel that way.

"I'm just a scumbag." This is how José positions himself.

After hanging up the phone and buying groceries, José returned to the accommodation that the team had prepared for him.

This is a quiet residential apartment.

With an area of about 200 square metres, it is much larger than the players' quarters when they were in Villa.

What really delights Jose is that the apartment is fully equipped with gym equipment.

You can't practice football, but you can do some physical exercise.

After cleaning up a little, José personally cooked himself a dinner that night.

During his three years at Vera, he had been eating in the base canteen and was tired of Western food.

Although Grealish would call Jose to enjoy it every time he ordered takeout Chinese food, Jose couldn't say whether he liked or disliked the overseas Chinese food that had already undergone a mutation this time.

The unfamiliar environment and strange people made José feel a little lonely.

Unexpectedly, after three years away from home, homesickness appeared for the first time.

The next day, José took the bus early to the club's training base.

Unlike most countries in the world, Germans prefer bicycles and buses to travel, and most of the cars they produce are exported.

Walking into the Leverkusen training base, Jose saw another Asian with black hair and yellow skin.

Schmidt was the first to introduce Jose to the players: "This is Jose, you all know him, he will be one of you from today onwards." ”

"Jose, this is Sun Xingchou, from South Korea." Schmidt said, pointing to the young man with black hair and yellow skin.

"Hello."

The training in the morning was very harmonious, although Leno was a little unhappy with Jose's airborne landing and snatched his main position, but when he saw Jose's ability to save, he was immediately convinced.

There is no training in the afternoon because, according to the schedule, they will play Copenhagen at home in the evening.

This is the second leg of the Champions League play-offs.

With a 3-2 win over the first leg, Bayer Leverkusen will enter the group as long as they don't lose at home.

Originally, Schmidt wanted to familiarize Jose with him before playing, but Jose, who had not been able to play for a long time, was not willing to wait any longer.

Therefore, the Champions League play-off against Copenhagen became Jose's first game for Bayer Leverkusen.

Copenhagen kicks off first.

It's just that before they started to attack, they were stolen by Sun Xingchou in the backcourt, and then organized an attack on the spot.

Immediately afterwards, Kisling assisted Son Xingchou to score.

Bayer Leverkusen took the lead just two minutes into the game.

In the fifth minute, Copenhagen finally attacked the Leverkusen team's penalty area.

It's just that Copenhagen striker Kadri's shot was directly confiscated by Jose.

Take a quick goal kick.

With the blessing of the violent heavy artillery, the ball was sent directly to the opponent's ribs.

Son Xingchou was fast and grabbed the ball first.

Seeing that it was about to form a one-handed momentum, the opposing player used a tactical foul.

Bayer Leverkusen won a free-kick in front.

The penalty spot is approximately 25 yards from the goal.

Calhanoglu takes a free-kick and shoots straight at goal.

The ball went in again.

Calhanoglu ran towards Sun Xingchou.

He believes that it was Sun Xingchou who caused the other party's foul.

Therefore, Sun Xingchou should be credited with this goal.

However, Sun Xingchou ran to Jose.

Son Xingchou believes that it was Jose's timely pass that gave him a chance to go alone.

In the end, Bayer Leverkusen won 4-0 in this game.

Bayer Leverkusen officially entered the group stage of the Champions League.

The draw for the Champions League group stage was concluded.

Bayer Leverkusen were drawn from Group C.

In the same group, except for Monaco and Zenit St. Petersburg.

There is also a team that Jose is very familiar with, and that is Benfica.

In the knockout round of the Europa League last season, it was Jose's Villa who eliminated Benfica.

I wonder what kind of mood Benfica's players will feel when they meet again?

Will it appear that enemies will see each other and be very red-eyed?

Don't think about the match against Benfica, because this weekend, the second round of the Bundesliga continues.

Due to Jose's late arrival, the first round of the Bundesliga did not catch up.

August 30, 15:30 local time.

Bayer Arena, the weather is sunny, the temperature is between 12~18 degrees.

Bayer Leverkusen sit at home against Hertha Berlin from afar.

It was Jose's first game in the Bundesliga.

The starting lists of both sides were announced early.

For Bayer Leverkusen, Schmidt put on a balanced 4231 formation, the specific list is as follows:

Goalkeeper: Jose.

Defenders: Bonisch, Spašić, Toprak, Jedwai.

Two midfielders: Castro, Rolfes.

Avant-garde: Son Heung-chou, Calhanoglu, Bellabi.

Centre: Kiessling.

In addition, Brandt, Donati, Lenertz are on the bench.

As for Hertha Berlin, their head coach Luxukai fielded a back five formation, and the specific list is as follows.

Goalkeeper: Yarstein.

Defenders: Van den Berg, John Brooks, Rustenberg, Heitinga, Enzhen.

Midfielders: Schultz, Niemeier, Billens.

Striker: Schiebel.

In addition, they sat on the bench, Plattenhardt, Hegler, Wagner and others.

The home team gets the first kick-off.

It's just that the first wave of offense didn't work well.

Jose found that the style of the Bundesliga is very different from that of the Premier League.

In the past, people always said that the style of the Premier League was to open and close, and the competition was fierce.

José agrees with the fierce scramble.

As for the big opening and closing.

Jose, on the contrary, feels that the Bundesliga game is really wide open.

Here, the teams are more offensive and less focused on defense.

Eye defensiveness is real here.

As a result, the pressure on the goalkeeper is much greater.

In addition, Jose is new to the game, and he is in command of the Leverkusen backline, so he has to be as proactive as possible to cooperate with the defense to block.

In the 24th minute, Hertha Berlin launched an attack on the wing.

On the right side of the penalty area, Schielel pulls the side and gets the ball.

Schiebert first got past Bonisch and then crossed with a ground ball.

His passing line was between Bayer Leverkusen's backline and the goal.

It's an extremely dangerous passing route, and as soon as an attacking player stabs the ball lightly, it will immediately form a close-range shot.

José didn't rush into action.

He chose to stay in the centre of the goal.

As a result, the ball flew between the goal and the backline.

Leverkusen's two centre-backs, as well as the opposing attacking players, failed to get their hands on the ball.

The ball was about to roll out from the left side of the penalty area.

It was at this moment that a bad premonition came to José's mind.

He spotted his team-mate Jedwai on the left side of the six-yard box.

"Could it be that he is locked up again?"

José had just had the idea when he saw Jedwai kick the ball.

Suddenly, the ball changed its original trajectory and rolled towards the bottom left corner of the Bayer Leverkusen goal.

Is this an own goal?

"Are you trying to test me?"

Jose immediately moved quickly towards the left side of the goal.

When he was at Villa, he was always guarding against his teammates' own goals, and he didn't expect that when he came to Bayer Leverkusen, he would still encounter own goals.

It seems that the own goal is not a problem for one player.

No way.

Moving towards the left side of the goal, José noticed that Yedwai's own goal was extremely fast.

There's a good chance he'll be out of reach.

On the question of nationality, let's explain.

FIFA stipulates that in order to represent a country in the World Cup, one must acquire the nationality of a certain country and live there for two years.

Look at the players naturalized in our country, all of them are Chinese now.

Unless you want to see the protagonist enter the national team, you can only deal with it like this.

(End of chapter)