As a goalkeeper, carry the team forward

Chapter 161

After careful consideration, Jose decided that since he still needs to apply for a passport to go to Germany, for the convenience of future travel, he simply changed his nationality to dual citizenship of England and Germany.

Anyway, for the Huaxia national team, he has no hope.

British and German dual nationality, in addition to the convenience of travel, you can also join one of them in the future.

Of course, few people knew that Jose had given up his beloved Chinese nationality.

When Jose arrived in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, it was already August 8.

The physical examination went well. Leverkusen was very thoughtful and directly sent someone to arrange accommodation for Jose. They were even worried that Jose could not understand German, so they even arranged for a temporary translator for Jose.

Is this the rigor of the Germans?
Of course, Jose didn't need a translator.

Settling down, Jose finally met head coach Roger Schmidt.

Like Mourinho, Schmidt's player era is also not outstanding.

Both of them played in low-level teams after graduating from college, and then turned into academic coaches.

Unlike Mourinho, Mourinho's tactics emphasize teamwork and carefulness, while Schmidt pursues crazy oppression and is full of passion.

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

"Mr. Schmidt, hello, I'm glad to be your subordinate." Jose said in fluent German.

"You speak German?" Schmidt was pleasantly surprised.

"Normal communication, it's not a big problem." Jose nodded.

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

Regarding Schmidt's words, Jose just took them as a polite remark and didn't take them to heart.

In fact, however, Schmidt really thought so.

A few years later, he really went to China to coach.

The communication with Schmidt is relaxed and pleasant. This middle-aged coach who is only in his 40s is easy-going and talkative. He will not put on a superior posture like those old coaches.

"Jose, take a good rest today, see you on the training ground tomorrow." Finally, Schmidt said.

After bidding farewell to Schmidt, Jose went to a nearby supermarket, where he needed to buy some daily necessities.

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

"He, I'm back to Japan." Asuka's voice was a little lonely.

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

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

"That's good. You are a girl who has lived in bars for a long time. You should have left long ago." Jose said while taking a piece of toothpaste from the shelf.

"He, do you like me?"

"I like it, you are so cute, who wouldn't like it?"

"No, I. Forget it." Asuka hesitated to speak.

"Hmm." Jose didn't know what to say, so he hummed lightly.

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

"I'm just a scumbag." This was Jose's positioning of himself.

After hanging up the phone and buying daily necessities, Jose returned to the residence prepared by the team.

This is a quiet residential condominium.

The area is about 200 square meters, which is much larger than the player's dormitory at Villa.

What really made Jose happy was that the apartment was equipped with a full set of fitness equipment.

Although you can't practice ball, you can do physical exercise properly.

After tidying up a little, Jose made himself a dinner that night.

During the three years at Villa, he always ate in the canteen of the base, and he was already tired of Western food.

Although Glarish would ask Jose to enjoy it with him every time he ordered Chinese food to take out, Jose couldn't say whether he liked or disliked the overseas Chinese food that had mutated this time.

The strange environment and strange people made Jose feel a little lonely.

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

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

Unlike most countries in the world, Germans prefer bicycles and buses when traveling. 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 took the lead in introducing Jose to the players: "This is Jose, you all know him. From today on, he is one of you."

"Jose, this is Sun Xingmin, from South Korea." Schmidt pointed 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 that Jose's airborne took away his main position, but when he saw Jose's display of saving ability, 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.

Since the first round has already defeated the opponent 3 to 2, in the case of home games, as long as they do not lose, the Leverkusen team will definitely enter the group.

Originally, Schmidt wanted Jose to familiarize himself with the game before playing, but Jose, who had not played for a long time, was unwilling to wait any longer.

Therefore, the Champions League play-off with Copenhagen became Jose's first game on behalf of Leverkusen.

Copenhagen kicks off first.

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

Immediately afterwards, Kisling assisted Sun Xingmin to score.

Leverkusen took the lead in just 2 minutes.

In the 5th minute, Copenhagen finally reached Leverkusen's penalty area.

However, Copenhagen striker Kadri's shot was directly confiscated by Jose.

Take a quick goal kick.

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

Sun Xingmin was very fast and grabbed the ball first.

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

Leverkusen gets a free kick in the frontcourt.

The penalty spot is approximately 25 yards from the goal.

Calhanoglu took a free kick and hit the goal directly.

The ball went in again.

Charhanoglu ran to Sun Xingmin.

He believed that Sun Xingmin caused the opponent's foul.

Therefore, Sun Xingmin should be credited with this goal.

However, Son Heung-min ran to Jose.

Sun Xingmin believes that it was Jose's timely pass that gave him a single-handed chance.

In the end, Leverkusen beat their opponent 4-0 in this game.

Leverkusen officially entered the Champions League group stage.

The subsequent UEFA Champions League group stage draw ended.

Leverkusen were drawn into Group C.

Except for Monaco and Zenit St. Petersburg in the same group.

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

In the Europa League knockout round last season, it was Villa led by Jose who eliminated Benfica.

I don't know how the Benfica players will feel when they meet again?
Will it appear that enemies meet each other and are extremely jealous?
Don't think about the game against Benfica, because this weekend, the second round of the Bundesliga will continue.

Since Jose joined a few days late, the first round of the Bundesliga did not catch up.

August 8, 30:15 local time.

Bayer Arena, the weather is fine, the temperature ranges from 12 to 18 degrees.

The Leverkusen team sits at home and faces Hertha Berlin from afar.

This is Jose's first game in the Bundesliga.

The starting rosters of both sides were announced early.

For the Leverkusen team, Schmidt put on a 4231 formation with a balanced offense and defense. The specific list is as follows:
Goalkeeper: Jose.

Defenders: Bonisch, Spahic, Toprak, Jedvaj.

Double defensive midfielders: Castro, Rolfes.

Avant-garde: Son Heung-min, Charhanoglu, Bellarabi.

Center: Keasling.

In addition, Brandt, Donati, and Lenarts sat on the bench.

As for Hertha Berlin, their head coach Lu Xukai sent a five-back formation, the specific list is as follows.

Goalkeeper: Alstein.

Defenders: Vandenberg, John Brooks, Lustenberg, Heitinga, Eunjin.

Midfielders: Schulz, Xibeimeng, Nimeier, Billens.

Forward: Scibel.

In addition, they are still sitting on the bench, Plattenhart, Hegler, Wagner and others.

The home team gets the kick-off first.

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

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

In the past, people always said that the style of the Premier League is to open and close, and to fight fiercely.

Jose agrees with the fierce competition.

As for opening and closing.

On the contrary, Jose feels that the Bundesliga games are really open and close.

Here, each team advocates offense more, but pays less attention to defense.

Eye defense really exists here.

In this way, the pressure on the goalkeeper is much greater.

In addition, Jose has just arrived, and he can't command Leverkusen's defense, so he should actively cooperate with the defense to block as much as possible.

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

On the right side of the penalty area, Sciber pulls the ball behind him.

Siebel first dunked Bonisch, and then made a ground pass.

His passing line is between Leverkusen's defense and the goal.

This is an extremely dangerous passing route, as long as the offensive player pokes the ball lightly, it will immediately form a close-range shot.

Jose did not attack rashly.

He chose to stick to the center of the goal.

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

However, Leverkusen's two central defenders, as well as the opponent's offensive players, failed to poke the ball.

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

At this moment, a bad premonition emerged in Jose's heart.

He saw his teammate Jedvaj on the left side of the penalty area.

"Could it be closed with him again?"

Jose just had this idea, and then he saw Jedvay stretch out his foot towards the ball.

Suddenly, the ball changed its original trajectory and rolled towards the lower left corner of Leverkusen's goal.

This is an own goal?

"Are you trying to test me?"

Jose immediately moved quickly to the left of the goal.

When he was at Villa, he was always preventing his teammates' own goals. Unexpectedly, when he came to Leverkusen, he would still encounter own goals.

It seems that the own goal is not a problem of a certain player.

No.

While moving to the left of the goal, Jose found that Jedvaj's own goal was extremely fast.

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

　On the issue of nationality, please explain.

　　FIFA stipulates that if you want to represent a country in the World Cup, you must obtain the nationality of a country and live in it for two years.

　　Look at those players who have been naturalized in our country, all of them are now Chinese.

　　Unless you want to see the protagonist join the national team, you can only do so.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)