Chapter 42 Running back and forth, full of fatigue

Although there are only two games in the Telecom Cup, the schedule of the two games is very close.

According to the schedule, after advancing to the next round, they will go to the away game tomorrow, that is, on August 8, to challenge another opponent-Dortmund.

In the game against Hamburg, with Lewandowski's goal, Dortmund defeated Hamburg with one goal and successfully advanced to the final, becoming Werder Bremen's opponent in the final.

Because of time constraints, after defeating Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen could only take a non-stop flight to Dortmund, where the next opponent is located.

By the time they got off the plane and arrived at the reserved hotel by bus, it was already 2:[-] in the morning.

At this point, there are only 17 hours left before the start of the game.

"Hurry up, go back to your room to sleep, and gather for training at 10:30 tomorrow morning!"

The coaches drove the players to their rooms to sleep, leaving them little time to rest.

If they don't sleep well tonight, they may not even have the strength to run when they are on the field tomorrow.

"What the hell is this schedule? It's so close, there's no time to rest!"

After Coach Rolf settled the players, he couldn't help complaining.

"The Telecom Cup has always been like this, but it is really unfair to us!"

The home team Dortmund sits at home and waits for work, but Werder Bremen has to travel all over half of Germany. This will cause great difficulties for Werder Bremen, but the opponent does not have this problem.

However, as a supporting role invited to accompany the prince to study, it is considered good to be able to participate in the competition, so don't expect so much.

"Okay, let's all go to rest and stay in good shape, we have to play tomorrow!"

Scharf clapped his hands and sent everyone away.

And he himself turned on the computer and checked the match between Hamburg and Dortmund during the day.

As the head coach of the team, facing the opponent in the next game, it would be a bit incompetent to conduct a non-targeted study before the game.

Dortmund's lineup for the new season has some changes. They have introduced a group of people and left some players.

Dortmund's biggest signing in the summer was to spend 1710 million euros to introduce the opponent's potential star Royce from Borussia Mönchengladbach to replace the Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa who was bought by Manchester United.

In addition, they also spent 550 million euros to take away the opponent's forward Schieber from Stuttgart.

Scibel was bought by Klopp as a substitute, and their substitute striker Barrios was bought by the Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande for 850 million euros.

Although Barrios had a good performance in Dortmund, when the Polish Lewandowski gained a firm foothold in the team and occupied the main position, he didn't have many chances to play.

If Barrios is willing to be a substitute, that's okay.

But he is unwilling to be a substitute, and his temper is not very good. When the potential is almost tapped, staying in the team is a big hidden danger for the locker room.

Therefore, facing the poaching of local tyrants in the Super League, Klopp did not hesitate to sell it for cash.

In general, Dortmund's lineup strength has not suffered much loss this summer.

Although the main midfielder Shinji Kagawa is lost, the rookie Royce has greater potential. As long as he gets in touch with the team, he may surpass Shinji Kagawa's contribution to the team in the future.

Unlike Bayern, Dortmund is a passionate youth guard. Their style of play is unrestrained and full of impact, setting off a youthful storm in the Bundesliga.

Last season, officially relying on this youthful storm, they defeated the Bundesliga overlord Bayern Munich three times, took away the league and cup double, and beat Bayern without temper.

Facing this kind of opponent who relies on pressing and actively running to play the game, Werder Bremen can no longer use the previous tactics against Bayern.

It is very dangerous to let young players like Dortmund besiege their own goals, because once they go crazy, even the top giants can't stop them!
So, what tactics should be used against them?
Schaff rubbed his temples, thinking hard.

……

Perhaps it was because of winning the powerful Bayern that many young players in the team were very excited.

Although they went to bed early according to the coach's request, they couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

When they finally fell asleep, they didn't know what time it was.

At 10:30 the next morning, it was time for the team to gather for training.

But less than half of the players who were able to come down on time to participate in the assembly, and most of the people who came were old players, and the young players were almost wiped out.

"I'm going to call them down!"

Seeing that the head coach's face was not very good-looking, the assistant coach Hernerbach took the initiative to speak.

"Why don't you let them sleep for a while, let's train first!"

The fitness coach objected, thinking that waking up the young players at this time would cause them to have insufficient rest and greatly affect the evening game.

However, coach Schaaf nodded to Heinerbach and asked him to call someone.

"I would rather lose this game than tell these young people one thing. In my team, I don't welcome those who don't follow the rules!"

He has postponed the team's assembly time to give them ample rest time.

It is these people who can't adjust their mentality, which leads to oversleeping.

Of course, he is also responsible for this. He did not guide the players' mental state in advance, appease the emotions of young players, impart experience to them, and so on.

But now, he can't just sit back and watch the players violate the regulations without dealing with it. This will reduce his authority as a head coach and even give young players a wrong impression:

It seems that not following the team's rules is not a big deal, and it will not be punished anyway.

If they really feel this way, it will not only affect the team's future tactical arrangements, but even affect the careers of these young players.

No team will like players who are undisciplined and don't follow the team's rules.

Lin Quan and De Bruyne looked at each other and had a deeper understanding of their coach.

Coach Scharf won't give you a bad face when he should be reasonable, but when he is working, he also has his own iron-handed and ruthless side, which is extremely principled.

Sure enough, it is definitely not easy for a person to be able to work as the head coach of a team for so long!
Because of the lack of team members, the training in the morning was very simple.

Lin Quan has been practicing free kicks with De Bruyne during this time. One of the two practiced vigorous volleys, and the other practiced the arc of the outer instep.

De Bruyne's free kick level is already very high, but it lacks a little change in front of the goal.

As a result, his free throws were easily saved against some experienced goalkeepers.

Therefore, he intends to add a little variation to his free kick, similar to the elevator ball that Ronaldo often kicks.

When the ball flew halfway, it suddenly dropped and caught the opponent by surprise.

It is not easy to practice this well. In addition to having sufficient strength, you also need to control the angle of force and the part where you eat the ball.

After the elevator ball is kicked, try to keep the football from spinning as much as possible. In this case, the resistance of the football in the air will be much greater than that of a spinning ball.

When a player kicks the ball vigorously, it will give the football a very high initial velocity, and when the initial velocity is greater than the final velocity, the effect of the Magnus effect will be obvious.

When the football reaches the highest point, it will not fall like a normal parabola, but will suddenly fall like an elevator.

This is the principle of the elevator ball!

This principle is the conclusion that Gazzetta dello Sport hired professional kinematics experts and mechanics experts to make precise calculations.

According to the calculation formula of experts, in order to kick the elevator ball, the initial speed of the football must exceed 100 kilometers per hour, which requires great strength for the free throw player.

(End of this chapter)

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