In the last season of Bundesliga, Kaiserslautern had one of the best defensive lines in the league, with only 35 goals conceded, second to worst in the league, better than Bayer Leverkusen, but they scored only 31 goals, which was the worst in the league. This led to Kaiserslautern having 18 draws, the most in the Bundesliga.

  It can be said that Kaiserslautern's relegation is largely due to their offense, and the biggest weakness lies in midfield. This can be seen from the strength of the midfield players, with Grenier and Wagner having strengths of only 135 and 138 respectively, and both players were mainstays for Kaiserslautern last season.

  It's not hard to see how strong Kaiserslautern is in midfield from this point on!

  So Yang Chen focused on the midfield as soon as he took office, because with the strength of Olaf Mejlstrup and Pavel Kuka, as long as the midfielder can create opportunities, the front line can score goals.

  But to create opportunities, apart from having a core organizer, you also need excellent wingers who can combine with the midfield. However, neither Grenier nor Wagner have the ability to make runs down the flanks, and Fritz is only good at playing on the right wing, but his attacking ability is not impressive in Yang's eyes.

  In Yang Chen's mind, Fritz's most suitable position is on the right back, where he can play his attacking and defensive strengths. However, since Yang Chen wants to play three defenders, he has to move him up to midfield. But this versatile player also performs well in midfield, and with Fritz, Yang Chen can occasionally switch to a 4-defender formation.

  Of course, it's not like Kaiserslautern doesn't have a good place, that is the back of the defense!

  This defensive line, which has performed extremely well in the Bundesliga, has both Bremen's old and still world-class star and Koschy, Lutz, Kaderabek and other defensive generals. The defenders of Kaiserslautern, except for Bremen, are not very famous, but they win with practicality.

  According to Yang Chen's plan, this season in Kaiserslautern will stick to the 3-back system. Kyle, who followed him, is the best candidate for the central defender position. Bremer also occupies one, but he is also old, already 36 years old, and cannot rely on him for the entire season.

  Koschy, Lutz, Kadlec and Louis Holt are all suitable candidates for these three positions, but they all have the problem of being older, so Yang Cheng's idea is to introduce a young potential player and carve it.

  In terms of goalkeepers, the team's current number one goalkeeper Reinke is excellent, with solid goalkeeping skills. Yang Cheng remembers that in the 2003-04 season, Werder Bremen's championship lineup had Reinke as the main goalkeeper, and his contributions were invaluable. Now he is just 27 years old, which is the golden age for a goalkeeper.

  Instead, the substitute goalkeeper has a strength of only 106. Yang Cheng is not very confident in him, after all, this season the team will participate in the European Champions Cup and must have a reliable substitute goalkeeper.

  After filtering his own analysis in his mind, Yang Cheng found that the top priority for himself next was to introduce a core organizer, which was crucial, followed by one or two wing strikers, a substitute center forward, a central defender and a substitute goalkeeper.

  Having thought of this, Yang Cheng couldn't help but feel a severe headache.

  So far this season, he has brought in Barak, Keil, Fritz, Louis Hutt, Nedved and Gattuso, players who have cost him a total of $2.75 million.

  If he brings in one more wing-back, a striker, a central defender and a reserve goalkeeper, Yang will have brought in 10 players, which is almost a complete clear-out of Kaiserslautern.

  Although it was in line with Frederic's expectations, Yang Cheng had to start worrying about the team's grinding.

  "It seems like I can only work harder before the season starts!" Yang Cheng thought to himself.

  However, since he arrived at the team, Yang Cheng immediately met with Bremmer through Frederik and hoped to have a good talk with the team captain and seriously listen to the captain's ideas.

  Nowadays, players are not like ten or twenty years ago, as soon as they have a holiday, they start their vacation. Many of today's players spend their holidays at home, and Bremer is one of them. He lives near the club and continues to train during his holidays.

  That's why he can still be active on the court at the age of 36.

  As soon as he heard that Yang Cheng had summoned him, he immediately agreed to come and meet him.

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  The meeting place was carefully chosen, and after inquiring with Frederik, they agreed to meet at an Italian restaurant called Isolabella on Otterbachstra?e next to the Fritz-Walter-Stadion. Frederik said this is where Kaiserslautern players often gather, and the apartment arranged for Yang by the club was also nearby.

  This is a flat house restaurant, the exterior decoration is very simple, except for the wooden sign hanging under the eaves, only black and white zebra-colored paint, which is absolutely not Kaiser's eye color, it's a bit dazzling.

  As soon as I pushed open the door, a bell rang out inside.

  "Welcome!" A thick male voice sounded beside his ear.

  Yang Cheng almost got a fright, but after going in, he found out that they had set up the counter by the door, so as soon as you came in, you saw it, and behind the counter were rows of bottles of wine, all looking very valuable.

  A middle-aged man with a head full of silver hair, but deliberately combed into the side parting that was popular for many years, stood behind the counter. When Yang Cheng came in, he began to scrutinize him cautiously. Perhaps it was because his black hair and yellow skin were too eye-catching, so the middle-aged man recognized him at once.

  "Are you the new head coach of the team?" The middle-aged man flicked his sidelock with his hand.

  Yang Cheng nodded, "You are..."

  "Tony Vicino, everybody around here calls him Tony or The Italian!"

  Yang Cheng laughed, "Are you Italian?"

  "Yes, no mistake, genuine and true, I'm the only one in all of Kaiserslautern!" He looked rather pleased with himself.

  Yang Cheng thought to himself, no wonder he opened an Italian restaurant.

  "Shall we sit down or just stand around?" Tony Vicino asked with a smile.

  "Is there a difference?" Yang Cheng asked with interest, standing in front of the counter.

  Tony walked out from behind the counter, beckoning Yang Cheng to follow him as he introduced: "The special seats are just that - special seats. Many of Kaiserslautern's players have their own designated seats here, for example this one is Bremer's seat, we usually call it number 2, and this one is Lutz's seat, we call it number 3..."

  As Yang Cheng introduced them one by one, he couldn't help but notice that the arrangement of these numbers seemed to have some meaning, as if it was decided according to the player's status in the club.

  "What about Number One?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

  Toni Vichino smiled and pointed to a round table by the window in the distance, "That's number 1!"