"Andreas!" Werner Meltzer had also appeared on the training ground at some point.

  "Verna, you're here too?" Bremer rarely showed a hint of a smile.

  Mei Zhe smiled and nodded towards the direction of the training field, "I'll keep an eye on him!"

  Braemer was taken aback for a moment, but soon realized that this must be Yang Cheng, the team's new head coach.

  "Although the board of directors had long been prepared for a major overhaul, his actions were too drastic and the quality of the reinforcements was also worrying, so the board of directors was afraid of causing trouble, so they let me keep an eye on him."

  Braemer frowned, apparently also dissatisfied with this approach. "They're getting smart again! Right, how many people did he bring in?"

  "A dozen or so, almost the entire team has been replaced, even Reich was swapped out!" Melzer said with a wry smile, he noticed that Yang Cheng seemed to be quite fond of Deisler, and could even say he was doting on him.

  Braemer furrowed his brow at the mention of Reich's name, "I went to watch the European Cup, I heard he brought in Nedved from Czech for $1.5 million, that kid performed exceptionally well in the European Cup, what a bargain!"

  Mei Zhe nodded incessantly, "Yes, if it weren't for a few decent transfers, I reckon the board of directors wouldn't have just arranged for me to come!"

  Braemer let out a cold laugh and then looked at the players playing on the field, pointing to the one who was fighting for the ball in the middle and asked: "Who is he?"

  "Tony Vincenzo's compatriot, named Gattuso, used to not even make the cut in Italy's second division. Yang spent $250,000 to buy him over and look at him now - all he can do is run around like a mad beast!"

  Brehme watched from the sidelines for a long time, and he also saw Gattuso's problem. This guy really only knows how to run and doesn't understand how to make judgments about the ball route in advance. For players like him who are crazy runners, once they get on the field, they can't play much of a role at all.

  "He calls this the 'monkey game', saying it can warm up, while also allowing a player to predict the ball route and position sense. At the same time, it can improve the surrounding players' ball control and passing ability. His requirements are very strict, all players can only touch the ball with one foot at most, more than that will blow the whistle, and the one holding the whistle is Yang Cheng's assistant, Paul Bay!"

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, in no time at all, Paul blew his whistle and pointed to Barack, who raised his own hands with an innocent look on his face.

  "Stop yelling, who told you to kick the ball out of bounds!" Yang Cheng shouted with a smile on the sidelines.

  Barack looked at his teammates, each of whom was eager to go up and be scolded, but could only reluctantly walk up.

  Gatusso came down laughing and when he passed by Barak, this Italian little devil even specially hugged Barak to thank him for selflessly standing up to save himself.

  This scene was quite interesting, even Bremer, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but want to laugh.

  "Remember what I said, use your brain more and observe your surroundings!"

  "There are many types of people who play football, some use their body to kick the ball, some rely on experience to kick the ball, but all these are ordinary. Those who can achieve outstanding achievements are all using their brains to kick the ball, they are the smart ones on the field, and the others are idiots!"

  "My demands on you are very simple, I want you to be clever men and make your opponents become fools!"

  Having said that, Yang Cheng waved his hand and the training continued.

  Warm-up exercises are a must-have dish before training, although they were not common in the 1996 training ground, but by 2011, they were absolutely popular on the streets, and even the national football team was using them.

  "This game is quite interesting, the training intensity is just right, and it's also very helpful for the tacit understanding and cooperation between players!" Bremer said with a smile.

  Meizha has also played football for many years and naturally sees the benefits of warming up with a game, feeling that Yang Cheng's warm-up training in this way is much better than those monotonous warm-up exercises before.

  After playing for about 30 minutes, Yang Cheng seemed to think that the warm-up was enough and arranged the players into a 5v5 small court match. He moved the goal to the center of the court and pulled up a cloth strip to restrict the range of the court.

  The 5-on-5 training match team arrangement is also very particular, Yang Cheng seems to be consciously arranging and grouping players based on their positions on the court, then assigning Gatusso as a free man, helping any side defend at any time according to the situation on the court, so this Italian looks like he's been fighting and running throughout the game.

  "He seems to be deliberately teasing this kid!" Bremer had figured it out.

  "Yes, this Italian kid isn't very skilled, but he's very diligent and hardworking. He came to the team early for training, and later some other players also started training ahead of time. Yang Cheng simply organized them, pulled in a few young players to make up the numbers, and began their pre-season training."

  Braemer listened and looked at Yang Cheng, who was dedicated to training on the field. He couldn't help but feel a few more points of recognition in his heart, at least he worked hard to prove himself for this team.

  In the small venue, 11 players were packed in. It can be imagined that the game was very intense, with fast offense and defense conversion, which also had high physical demands on the players. Before long, the players were seen panting one by one, but their training enthusiasm was very high.

  In the 5V5 confrontation, Bremer found a person, a thin and weak young man. Almost every time the football came to his feet, it seemed to stick to him, even in narrow spaces, even facing two players' pincer attack, but he could still calmly bring the ball out.

  If it were only once or twice, that would be fine, but Bremmer saw that the players in his group seemed to pass the ball to him and let him break through by himself. The kid's technique was extremely delicate, and he rarely disappointed anyone.

  "Who is he?" Bremer asked with great interest, as it was rare to see a player with such fine technique in Germany.

  "Denilson, a Brazilian, was introduced for $100, with excellent skills, but his style is a bit unique. He is also one of the most outstanding players in training."

  "Good!" Bremer said with a nod of approval.

  Mellor also nodded with a smile, Dennison's technique was so good that $1 million was absolutely worth it.

  After completing a 30-minute small pitch training, Yang Cheng formed the players into a large circle, with each player holding hands. Then, Yang Cheng threw out a football and they started passing the ball, using any part of their body except their hands to pass the ball. As long as the ball didn't touch the ground while moving, it wasn't considered a foul.

  Watching the players form a big circle moving back and forth on both ends of the court, although not fast, but the ball often falls to the ground. Every time it falls to the ground, the "culprit" player will actively leave the team and take the ball to a pre-arranged dribbling training area for punishment.

  "Every training he arranged seems to be related to the ball!" Bremer muttered to himself, seeming to have caught on to something.

  Meizha smiled and said, "He's already said it before, he's a coach who only knows how to train with the ball!"

  After that, Melzer patted Bremer's shoulder with force, "Let's go, the training is about to end. Don't look anymore, Mr. Chairman wants to see you!"

  Braemer was taken aback for a moment, but then thought of something and left the training ground with Melzer.

  Not long after they left, Yang Cheng timely stopped training within 90 minutes.

  Nowadays, the training sessions are more like games, after all, the players are seriously not enough, most of them are still on vacation, only a few new recruits stayed in the team to prepare for the season ahead of time. Yang Cheng is also happy to let these guys get familiar with his tactical system first, so there have been these days of training.

  According to Yang Cheng's plan, the real pre-season training should be after the European Cup, and by then all players will return to the team for centralized training. At that time, Yang Cheng specially prepared a 10-day pre-season training plan for them.

  When the time comes, these guys will be skinned alive even if they don't die!

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  While Yang Cheng arranged training content for several new players who joined the team, the European Cup was also being held exceptionally hot.

  The Czech Republic was undoubtedly the dark horse of this European Cup, but like Yang Chen's previous life, the Czech Republic ultimately failed to laugh last, losing 1-2 to Germany in the final.

  Winning the European Cup in England, Germany is jubilant, and fans are rushing to tell each other.

  But Yang Chen was clearly not as excited and agitated as the Germans around him, at least in his view, this European Cup also became the last afterglow of this batch of German players, what awaits Germany next will be a sour and bleak future, although there was a killing in the 2002 final, but more is bitter memories.

  The European Cup means nothing to Yang Chen, the only benefit is Nedved.

  This Czech midfielder performed well in the European Cup, and after this European Cup ended, many teams hoped to get him, but all were told that he had already joined Kaiserslautern.

  It is said that when Einhoven's general manager Anson received the news, he was furious and jumped up and down because before the European Cup, Bratislava Sparta had actively recommended this player to him, but the price was beyond Anson's acceptable range. In the end, they didn't get their way, now it seems that he really let a treasure slip away!

  With Neuer's outstanding performance in the European Cup, $30-40 million is unavoidable. However, before Sparta Prague, the offer was only $15 million, which is less than half.

  Just thinking about it made Anson clench his chest in agony.

  Yang Cheng temporarily gained a reputation as a talent scout and stabilized the club's board of directors thanks to De Vrij's outstanding performance.

  And after the European Cup ended, the team also started to expand its training and fully entered the preparation plan for the new season!

  But on the eve of the team's training, all players returned to Kaiserslautern, even Nedvěd, who was participating in the European Cup final, gave up his vacation and returned to the team ahead of schedule. At that time, each of them received a notice from Yang Chen.