On the evening of August 27, 2010, Fritz Walter Stadium in Kaiserslautern. (1_1)

In this key battle in the second round of the Bundesliga, Kaiserslautern defeated the visiting Bundesliga classmate Bayern Munich 2-0 with the goals of Lars Bend and midfielder Sebastian Kyle, and won two consecutive victories in the new season...

Among them, Lars Bend, the main left-hand forward of the team, became the most dazzling star in this game. He made one pass and one shot, helping the Red Devils defeat a powerful opponent in the Bundesliga, which also made Lars Bend the best of the game. In the comprehensive interview area after the game, Lars Bend said that he hoped to use his performance to win a ticket to the national team.

"I am very eager to have the opportunity to play under Mr. Yang Cheng. He is the greatest head coach in our Kaiserslautern history and the pride of Kaiserslautern. I have listened to his stories since I was a child. I hope to be his player and be willing to make all efforts to do this!" Lars Bend said with a firm look on his face.

"I firmly believe that this time I lost the national team is a test for me. I will not be discouraged by it. I will use my best performance to prove my strength. I hope to be included in the next national team roster!"

Like Lars Bend, his younger brother Sven Bend also said that he would do his best to ensure that he gained a foothold in the national team.

"I have already negotiated with my brother. I will be familiar with everything in the national team and wait for him to come!"

As for Lars Bend's outstanding performance in this game, Paul Bayer, the number one assistant coach of the national team, also gave a high evaluation, "This is an excellent player with both offense and defense. He is still young and has very good potential. I firmly believe that he will be selected for the national team one day."

"Why is he not selected this time?" Paul Bayer shook his head, "It is definitely not a matter of strength, because there are only 23 people in the national team training camp, and we must consider the staffing. Considering the choice of players in each position, after careful consideration, we did not call in Lars Bend."

"But both Yang Cheng and I admire Lars Bend very much, so I appeared here in this game. His performance really made me shine. I hope he can maintain this performance!"

In addition to many internationals and players in Kaiserslautern, Paul Bayer also expressed some views on Bayern's players, believing that Bayern's midfield was doing poorly in this game and did not suppress Kaiserslautern's midfield well. Sven Bend's interception ability was excellent. The double midfielder formed by him and Kyle suppressed Schweinsteiger and Van Bomel well. This is the key to Kaiserslautern's victory.

The young player Bad Stuber's performance in the game was also disappointing. Paul Bayer did not express any comments on this. He just said that Bad Stuber is a very promising young player and deserves to be optimistic about it. There is also Tony Close who is not on the bench. The strength and talent of this organization's midfielder are also worthy of recognition.

After playing this round of league, Kesslautern and Bayern Munich were both disbanded on the spot. In the two teams, more than a dozen internationals including Barack, Kyle, Sven Bend, Butt, Ram, Badstuber, Schweinsteiger, Deisler, Thomas Muller, Gomez, Tony Klos, etc., all went to Frankfurt.

However, Yang Cheng had to arrive in Frankfurt on the evening of the 30th because Real Madrid participated in the European Super Cup. Therefore, Real Madrid's first round of the league was delayed to the evening of August 30th, so he had to finish the first round before he could go to Frankfurt to gather with the national team as soon as possible.

However, regarding training, Yang Cheng has communicated and tacitly understood Paul Bayer, and coaches such as Tim Hank and Mullensteen have also prepared in Frankfurt, so there is no big problem with training.

The international players arrived at the Forest Stadium near the Football Association headquarters in the southwest suburbs of Frankfurt. In addition to some famous brand suitcases provided by the sponsors, new national team jerseys and training suits from Adidas, there was also a tactical book Yang Cheng had sold very hotly before, a mobile football field.*1*1*

What’s interesting is that each book is folded on the same page, which is obviously the national team coaching staff hopes that everyone will look at the contents of this page.

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Speaking of Germany, everyone has a rigorous and rigid impression of this country. Many people are laughing at it, believing that the Germans lack imagination and creativity, and I don't think so.

I come from China, a country with thousands of years of civilization. The civilization of my motherland has taught me to look at other countries and other civilizations with a more inclusive attitude. I think that although the Germans are rigorous and many of them are indeed very rigid, they are highly logical and have strong thinking ability. These are not factors that kill creativity and imagination.

Germany has had some civilizations, and I am not familiar with and understand them, but I know German football.

When many people talk about German football, their first impression is the German chariot, which is the football machine. From a personal point of view, I don’t like these two titles. The latter is purely the wording of some fans to belittle German football, and the former may not necessarily be praised. Many German fans even think that the typical football in Germany’s peak period is the German chariot.

I can't accept such remarks because I have enough evidence that German football has never lacked creativity.

My good friend Wenger once told me that in the early 1970s, when he was just a little devil, he studied economics at Strasbourg University, but he would go to Germany to watch football every weekend. He was addicted to Borussia Mönchengladbach's football. He said, "At that time, Borussia Mönchengladbach played a refreshing football with all attacks and defenses!"

A very familiar argument, because everyone thinks that all attacks and defenses seem to come from the Netherlands, which is synonymous with Dutch football, and belongs to the Dutch football philosophy passed down from Michels to Cruyff to Van Gaal and others.

In fact, in the late 1960s and 1970s, European football was born with two important birthplaces, one was the Netherlands and the other was West Germany at that time. These two places of origin for all attacks and defenses directly created the glory of European football at that time. Dutch football won four Champions League titles in a row since 1970s. The three consecutive championships of Feyenoord and Ajax were respectively, creating a glorious period of Dutch football.

But since 74 years later, Bayern Munich also won three consecutive championships in one go. At that time, Bayern had a super center like Mueller. What's more important is that on the back line, he interpreted a brand new type of player, Beckenbauer, who created the era of liberos, was my best friend.

Cruyff's Netherlands interprets all attacks and all defenses, but in my opinion, Beckenbauer's Bayern and Germany also interpret all attacks and all defenses. To a certain extent, the latter's full attacks and all defenses are more thorough.

At that time, the Netherlands' full attack and defense were more in the midfield and frontcourt, but Germany's full attack and defense were initiated by the central defender, directly driving the entire team's three lines. To a certain extent, the libero system better interprets the full attack and defense.

I said this, not to say who is better or better. This is an inconclusive thing. What I want to say is that German football has always adhered to its own direction and path over the years. But what remains unchanged is that they always advocate the whole and advocate teamwork. This football gene has penetrated into their bones, and it can even be said to be deeply involved in all aspects of society.

If in the national team field, which team is most likely to play football with all attacks and defenses, I don’t think it is the Netherlands, nor am I optimistic about Brazil and Argentina. The two teams I am most optimistic about, Spain and Germany!

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When the German internationals held this book [Flowing Football Field] in their hands and flipped the folded page, they all couldn't help but read it attentively, especially the beginning of Yang Cheng's chapter, which directly gave German football a high praise.

The German internationals were all confused about the statement that German football also played all-attack and defense, and even said that it was one of the two major birthplaces of all-attack and defense, because they had no big impression of it. They could even be said to know nothing.

There are a lot of people who hear all the attack and defense. Fans around the world regard all the attack and defense as a symbol of Dutch football, but Yang Cheng said that all the attack and defense also have part of the contribution of German football, which made this group of German internationals surprised and surprised, and felt a little proud.

Who is Yang Cheng? He said there must be!

With Yang Cheng's influence and status today, if there were no real evidence, he would not have said anything. Moreover, this book was published and listed. If there were any problems, the Dutch football experts would have had a long time ago, but there was no big noise, which proved that the content here was authentic.

"I didn't expect that we had such a football tradition!" Tony Close said with a smile.

I continued to read, and the more I read, the more I felt it felt, because this chapter of Yang Cheng mainly introduced the concept of full attack and all defense, as well as his understanding of full attack and all defense. These all made Tony Close and others very interested, especially the series of simple-to-understand football philosophy, which made them all very rewarding.

The perspective of the players is different from that of the head coach. Yang Cheng's view of the football game is always standing at a higher place to overlook. He sees the overall situation, but the players play football on the football field. What they feel and see is the details, which is a small part of the game.

Nowadays, using the players' thoughts to feel some of the ideas and ideas that Yang Cheng saw and expressed as the head coach will undoubtedly help them understand Yang Cheng and his football more deeply.

For example, Yang Cheng mentioned that in the current football environment, the most important thing is to improve the unball running, and tore the opponent's defense through active running with fluidity, constantly interspersing and pulling back and forth, tearing open the opponent's defense line.

But Yang Cheng also mentioned that all attacks and all defenses vary from person to person. For example, Spain has better skills. They can formulate their own full attack and all defense system based on their own characteristics. The German team's skills are obviously not as good as Spain. If you copy the Spanish system, it is undoubtedly a walker in Handan. Therefore, the German team should have its own characteristics and style of full attacks and all defenses, play to their own advantages, and block out their shortcomings.

Therefore, in the final summary of the chapter, Yang Cheng proposed his understanding of all attacks and all defenses. He summarized them into several words: running without the ball, oppression, creativity and teamwork. He believes that as long as he does these points, he will be able to play football with all attacks and all defenses.

After reading this chapter, Tony Close couldn't help but put it on his thigh and looked at Thomas Mueller in wonder, who was lying on the bed and staring attentively. "Thomas, do you think what you said here can be realized?"

"What to achieve?" Thomas Mueller asked casually.

"All attack and all defense!" Tony Close replied.

After hearing this, Thomas Mueller put down the one in front of him and sat up. He put his legs on the floor along the edge of the bed, "I think it should be possible. Mr. Yang Cheng never talks nonsense. He said that it can be done, then it will be done."

"I really hope to be a part of it!" Tony Close said with aspiration.

After looking at Tony Close and Thomas Muller, I thought about it and decided to say. "I think, Tony, you have a big problem, that is, your attitude in the absence of the ball gives people the feeling that it is not positive, and it can even be said to be a little lazy. I rarely see you pressing and oppressing forward, and I rarely see you go back and catch up. This is Mr. Yang Cheng's taboo!"

Thomas Muller is from Kaiserslautern. He grew up under Yang Cheng's youth training system since he was a child. He and Tony Close are good friends. They have played in national teams at all levels since they were young. After entering the national team, they became roommates, so they have close relationships with each other and are similar in age, so Thomas Muller said his opinion bluntly.

Tony Close listened in a daze, he didn't say anything, because he knew in his heart that what Thomas Mueller said represented the team members. They all had this view of Tony Close, and this was also true. At least Yang Cheng mentioned this to him during his private communication.

"Mr. Yang Cheng has talked to me a lot. He told me where my strengths are and where my weaknesses are. So I understand what I want to improve next. I believe in him and am willing to do it according to his suggestions!"

When Thomas Muller mentioned Yang Cheng, he looked admiring, as if he admired Fanny in the youth training camp. Many people say that Thomas Muller's sense of shooting is very similar to Fanny's, and the Germans do not deny that he is indeed a fan of Fanny.

Yang Cheng had told Thomas Mueller before that his biggest advantage lies in his running without the ball, which has a lot to do with his origin from Kaiserslautern, connection, pulling, filling up, reverse, etc. He has a good awareness and execution of these running methods, especially his interaction with Ram and Ozil on the left, which is an indispensable part of the German team's offense.

However, Yang Cheng also pointed out that Thomas Mueller's stop was indeed excellent. He also grasped the stop and turned around, but the success rate was not high enough. One very important reason is that although his skills are solid, they are still not enough, especially the ball handling technology under intensive defense and high-intensity pressure.

He is a left winger, often cutting inward and bottom down, which makes him in an area where the opponent is densely defending. His ability to handle balls in a narrow space needs to be further improved, because strong teams cannot always give him space. Strong teams, especially top teams like Italy and Spain, often do not give him space, which requires him to have enough skills to open up space, which is what Thomas Mueller needs to improve.

Thomas Muller walked out of the hotel room window and looked into the distance, across the street, the towering Frankfurt Forest Stadium, which is one of the German World Cup stadiums, and the German national team's training ground is right behind the stadium, where there is a modern training base.

"We are all very young, Tony, I think Mr. Yang Cheng is right. We should not be satisfied with the status quo. We should continue to improve. We should become stronger and more ambitious. All of this requires us to put in more effort!"

It can be seen that the World Cup journey made Thomas Mueller mature a lot, especially losing to Spain in the critical final, allowing him to fully see the strength of the world's top players and broaden his horizons. Yang Cheng's suggestions and guidance also allowed him to see his shortcomings and what he wanted to improve.

"A top player is often not necessarily the most talented and smartest player, but a player who is good at learning, always keeps progress, and is willing to work hard for it!"

This is a sentence Yang Cheng said to him when communicating with Tony Close. Yang Cheng repeatedly stated at the time that in his plan, Tony Close is not Schweinsteiger's substitute, but a partner, but whether he can play as a main player in the national team depends on Tony Close's own efforts and progress.

"Mr. Yang Cheng is in charge of Germany. I am full of confidence in the future. When he was in South Africa, he said that we will regain everything we lost in four years. This made me feel excited and gave me pressure and motivation. Only by working harder and continuing to make progress can we catch up with the pace of the national team. Otherwise, Marco will be our role model!"

Marco Marin, an equally young and talented German genius star, was favored by countless professionals, but was not selected for the first issue of Caesar, which made many people doubt this. However, since Yang Chengren is not in Frankfurt and he never accepts any questions about the German national team in Madrid, no one knows the reason.

However, everyone had a vague impression in their hearts, that is, Yang Cheng was not very satisfied with Marin's attitude towards the game, so this time he was not summoned to the national team, and Mario Gotze was replaced.

Younger is the future trend of Germany. In recent years, talents have emerged in German football, and there are many outstanding young talents. Therefore, Yang Cheng's entry into Germany is good news for young people, but it is also pressure.

If you cannot adapt to Yang Cheng's national team requirements, no matter how young or powerful he is, you will be rejected! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!