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  Yang Cheng has always had an indescribable feeling for East German football, especially Chemnitz.

  This was the first stop of his coaching career, and he had left an indelible mark here, especially after leading the team to successfully avoid relegation, when fans tearfully begged him to stay outside the training ground. The scene has been deeply etched in Yang Cheng's memory.

  The team's bus slowly drove into the city of Chemnitz, looking at the familiar scenery on both sides of the street. Yang Cheng was a little unsure how to face it, because he had once been deeply attached to this city!

  Yang Cheng challenges his old club!

  This is the topic that has been repeatedly hyped and sensationalized by German media in recent days. The current Yang Chen has won the respect of the media with his unstoppable performance in the 2nd Bundesliga and European Champions Cup, becoming a young marshal with a great reputation in German football.

  In contrast, another team, Arminia Bielefeld, lost to Yang Chen in the German Cup and has been on a losing streak ever since, now even plummeting into the relegation zone, with a very precarious situation for relegation this season.

  "What's wrong? A little homesick?" Paul Bayer asked with a smile.

  Yang Cheng looked at the former hero of Chemnitz, if he didn't know his feelings for this city and this team, Yang Cheng would think he was a heartless and ungrateful person, but because he understood Paul Baier, so he could understand this man.

  "It's not that I'm afraid of going back home, it's just...I don't know how to face it," Yang Cheng said with a bitter smile.

  He doesn't owe Chemnitz anything because he has fulfilled his duties and didn't renew the contract later, only because he was disappointed with Chemnitz. He always felt like he owed something to the fans here, though, because he never brought any memorable honors to the city's fans.

  This is a responsibility he imposed on himself, and it also deeply affects his future.

  It's just like in Kaiserslautern, although when he first took office, Yang Chen encountered opposition and questioning from the Red Devils fans, but relying on his own and the team's excellent performance, he has already conquered the city's fans, received their love and recognition, so he secretly decided in his heart that he must bring something to this city.

  When the team bus slowly arrived at the stadium, there were Chemnitz fans all around, but none of them came forward. Instead, they stood silently in the distance. It wasn't until Yang Chen led the way off the bus that they suddenly unfurled their banners and cheered loudly.

  "Yang, welcome back!"

  "We'll always be waiting for you to come back, Yang!"

  "You will always be our hero!"

  The fans at the scene were all excited, and Yang Cheng could even see that many female fans had tears streaming down their faces. He suddenly felt a sour nose, and there was a hot, pungent thing about to gush out of his eye sockets, but he held back, raised his hand and waved it at the fans, instantly triggering an even more intense reaction from them.

  When Yang Chen left, he was just a small-name head coach, but now he is already a famous young marshal in German football. The difference between the two is really confusing.

  "Looks like the captain is very popular among fans here!" Bellon followed Bremer and Lutz, etc. down from the big bus when he was startled by the reaction of the on-site fans.

  "That's for sure, Head is the most popular coach in Chemnitz, he led the team to create a miraculous 13-game winning streak to stay up, he is a hero here!" Barak replied proudly.

  There were also many fans on the scene welcoming Barak, this East German player is a pride of Chemnitz's local youth training, he has performed well in Kaiserslautern and even been selected for the German youth team, already a talented newcomer with a great reputation in German football.

  The players were all startled by the atmosphere of the fans when they got off the bus, and then began to explore their past in this city. Barack, Fritz, Kyle, Louis Huth and others who used to play for Chemnitz Yangcheng, naturally boasted about their glorious past.

  The locker room before the game eventually became Yang Cheng's history lecture hall, and after this twist, the players seemed to admire Yang Cheng even more. At least he could get the fans' love, which was really not easy.

  "I don't want to say much about the importance of this match, in short, we want to be promoted to Bundesliga, we want to keep our unbeaten record, so we have to defeat our opponents and continue to lead against teams like Wolfsburg and Hertha Berlin."

  Yang Cheng's words in the locker room are becoming more and more substantial, and the players are paying more and more attention to every word he says.

  "Chemnitzer FC has had a terrible season in the 2nd Bundesliga, but I've coached this team before, so I know very well that they're not an easy opponent to beat. If we want to win against them, we must bring our A-game and show our strongest power, otherwise we'll leave here with our tails between our legs and be ridiculed by countless people!"

  The players nodded one by one in agreement.

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  Before the start of the game, a heartwarming scene occurred on site. Many of Chemnitz's starting players ran to the visiting team's coaching bench and hugged Yang Cheng, expressing their admiration for their former head coach.

  Chemnitzer FC's current head coach is the former reserve team coach who took over from Yang Chen, and later succeeded him as first-team coach. The board obviously hoped he could repeat Yang Chen's success, but unfortunately, he isn't Yang Chen, not even half of him.

  Yang arranged for Barak, Fritz, Keil and Louis Huth to start in this game, while Van Aken replaced Marshall on the front line. Beron was rested in midfield, with Deko starting instead.

  Kaiserslautern's starting lineup was filled with substitutes, which the live commentator joked that Yang Chen wanted to let Münich go one horse, but as the game went on, everyone began to overthrow this view.

  In the 18th minute of the first half, Kaiserslautern took the lead through a Fritz breakthrough on the right flank and a cross into the box, where Barak scored with a close-range header that pierced the opposing team's goal, 0:1!

  This former Chemnitz player was very active in this game, creating scoring opportunities from the start, and when he scored a goal, the Chemnitz fans in the stands did not boo him, but instead applauded and celebrated for him, because so far, they have not forgotten the contributions Barak made here.

  Although Kaiserslautern started with a substitute lineup, their overall strength was still stronger than Chemnitz. In addition, Kaiserslautern took the initiative tactically, while Chemnitz was completely passive. At the beginning of the game, they could still struggle, but in the end, they simply retreated to defense.

  However, once the team coached by Yang Cheng made up their mind to defend, they immediately showed off the foundation left behind by Yang Cheng, especially in terms of defense. Kaiserslautern was unable to make any progress for a while.

  It wasn't until the 52nd minute of the second half that Fritz scored again, receiving a pass from Vanni on the right side of the penalty area and shooting to expand Kaiserslautern's lead, 0:2!

  Thanks to these two goals, Kaiserslautern defeated Chemnitz 2-0 away!

  When the main referee blew the whistle to end the game, more than 3,000 Chemnitz fans at the scene stood up one after another. They all shouted Yang Chen's name loudly, and some sporadically shouted Barrack, Kyle and others' names. It is clear that they still remember these people, especially Yang Chen.

  Yang Cheng was still worried about how Chemnitz fans would treat him, but at this moment he suddenly felt like crying.

  "Don't be like that!" Tim Hanks tightly hugged Yang Cheng's shoulder, expressing his support for his good friend.

  "You once brought them dignity and glory, so they still remember you, this is what you deserve!" Paul also encouraged Yang Cheng.

  Yang Cheng nodded silently, walked out of the coaching area, stepped onto the field, then turned to face the stands where the fans were gathered, far away, so that everyone could see him clearly, and then bowed deeply, not getting up for a long time.

  This move instantly made the fans in the stands almost crazy, and many people had tears in their eyes hoping to keep this head coach who once brought them pride and dignity.

  Thomas and other Chemnitz players rushed to Yang's side, tightly hugging their former coach. Due to Chemnitz's near bankruptcy, there were not many players left from last season under Yang's leadership, but they all came over to see him off with nostalgia.

  The whole process was witnessed by a group of fans in the stands, and finally they could only helplessly accept the fact that Yang Chen could not stay, because they knew that the current Yang Chen was not something that Chemnitz could keep.

  He wants to fly high, he wants to take the higher glory, he wants to pursue a higher football coaching way, so he absolutely can't stay in Chemnitz!

  However, I believe that even many years later, Chemnitz fans will still remember that in the 95/96 season, at the last moment, a black-haired and yellow-skinned Chinese kid led them to achieve 13 consecutive victories, and miraculously succeeded in relegation under circumstances where everyone thought it was impossible.

  At that time, no one thought that this was just the beginning of a legend!

  Chemnitz became the starting point of a miracle!