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  As the 78th minute, Daisuke's genius move, after the score was again surpassed, Bayern seemed to have completely lost their will and confidence to fight back, they looked at a loss on the field, with a huge difference in performance compared to before.

  Even team captain Matth?us and Klinsmann looked lacking in fighting spirit, which made Trapattoni furious on the sidelines, especially when he saw Marshall almost scoring another goal for Kaiserslautern in the 87th minute.

  The match ended 3-1, Kaiserslautern sank the star-studded Bayern Munich with a brilliant performance by young talent Daxler, who scored one goal and assisted another, sending Kaiserslautern into the quarterfinals of the German Cup, while Daxler was also named Man of the Match by the media.

  As usual, after the game was over, the head coaches of both sides returned to the locker room one after another, saw their players, and then attended a press conference.

  The press conference at Fritz Walter Stadium was simply set up, but the reporters who came to attend this meeting obviously didn't care about these flaws. They only cared about whether they could get the answers they wanted in their minds.

  The first to gain the right to ask questions was Kaiserslautern native and freelance journalist Gran Nak, who is a good friend of Yang Chen and has now become one of the closest contacts with Kaiserslautern. His column and report on Kaiserslautern Free Press are jokingly called the "loudspeaker" of the Kaiserslautern fan club by fans around the world.

  Glen Nakamura was visibly excited after the win in Kaiserslautern, and asked three questions in one breath, all about Yang Chen, the team and the players. Yang Chen's mood was also very good, and since he had a tacit understanding with Glen Nakamura, he naturally answered without hesitation, but not necessarily exhaustively.

  Yang Cheng refused to comment on individual players' performance as always!

  Following Gran Nakamura, the reporters asked a string of questions related to Kaiser Sautruthen, and the young and handsome Yang Cheng seemed to have become the protagonist of this press conference.

  Just then, when one of the reporters threw the question back at Trapatonni, the head coach who was late and still visibly angry slammed his fist on the table, scaring everyone in the room.

  "What is the reason for our team's defeat? It's simple, because our players suddenly don't know how to attack anymore. They lack attacking momentum. I even doubt whether this is still a German team or if this is still Bayern Munich?"

  "My tactics were conservative? In the last 30 minutes of the second half, I even used three forwards, but what did you see? Oh, apart from Jankulovski, who else did you see? Ah, Klinsmann, he made one mistake and created a long run for their little general!"

  "My words have been very clear and easy to understand, I'm just complaining, I think our players simply don't have the will and motivation to keep winning, if we continue playing like this in this match, this season is over, forget about getting the league championship!"

  "But some players have been fighting on multiple fronts continuously, their bodies must be overworked!" A reporter familiar with Bayern also kindly reminded this Italian white-haired man that it's not a good thing to offend the big shots in the team.

  But Trapatonni didn't listen, and instead got even angrier, banging his fist on the table in front of him. "I know some players need rest, I'm their head coach, I should know better than anyone else, but is that an excuse? There are two days between the league and cup matches, so how did they perform in training during those two days?"

  "I'm not an idiot, I'm not blind, I have eyes, I know how to watch and analyze, I know what happened on the training ground and on the football field, I even more clearly know what they are doing, I must emphasize that in this match, we had some players who were as weak as an empty bottle!"

  Yang Cheng was stunned, and suddenly thought of a very interesting thing, that is the famous Trapattoni blow-up incident in his previous life. At that time, he severely criticized his own team's players at a press conference, describing them as empty bottles.

  In Italian it means "without effort", but in German it means "incapable". The phrase was later also used by the media as a classic description and was widely publicized. In 2002, the German Müller dairy company even invited Trapattoni to shoot an advertisement for yogurt, where the last shot is of Trapattoni smiling at the camera saying: "The yogurt is finished, just like the bottle is empty!"

  It can be seen how deeply this sentence has influenced Germany!

  Yang Cheng sat beside Trapattoni, he was somewhat incredulous because he couldn't think of the things that happened in his previous life now actually happening ahead of time, and it was all because of his own appearance, which made this Italian old coach furious, it really made him both proud and curious.

  I don't know if Trapattoni's outburst will bring something for him and Bayern.

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  Yang Chen was overthinking, Trapattoni's outburst of rage although caused a sensation in the German media, to some extent, it also covered up Kaiserslautern's great victory over Bayern with weakness, but did not cause any negative impact, on the contrary, it even promoted Bayern's internal unity atmosphere.

  According to the reporter's small message, on the second day after being eliminated from the German Cup after losing away to Kaiserslautern, Bayern's top management immediately convened a high-level meeting, with Trapatonni, Matthaus, Klinsmann and Hoeness participating.

  At this high-level meeting, including Beckenbauer and other senior officials, they clearly expressed their trust in Trapatonni and hoped that the dispute between Matthaus and Klinsmann could be temporarily set aside, with the team's ultimate interests as a priority, to ensure that the team can make some achievements in the German league this season.

  In a rare departure from the norm, following the debacle at Kaiserslautern, Matth?us and Klinsmann surprisingly did not rebuff the proposal of the club's hierarchy but instead agreed to put aside their differences temporarily for the good of the team.

  As for Trapattoni, he bravely took the responsibility of losing the ball. He said it was his own tactical mistake that led to the team's defeat in Kaiserslautern. He is willing to take the blame, but he also guarantees that Bayern's goal this season is the Bundesliga title, and he is very confident about it.

  Bayern's top management once again expressed their trust in Trapatonni and decided to fully support Trapatonni's coaching of the team.

  It was like this, because of a loss in the cup final, Bayern turned danger into opportunity and achieved temporary unity in adversity, laying a solid foundation for winning the Bundesliga title at the end of the season.

  Looking back at Kaiserslautern, after defeating Bayern, what was widely spread outside was not the Red Devils' upset, but Trapattoni's remarks after the game, especially the Italian old coach's loss of control, which was exaggerated and hyped by the media, and instead put the winner Kaiserslautern aside, ignoring them.

  But Yang Cheng was delighted with this, he lavished praise on the players' performance after the game and encouraged them to keep up the good work.

  Riding the momentum of their home win over Bayern, Kaiserslautern hosted Frankfurt, a Bundesliga relegated team that has been struggling in the 2nd division this season. However, they were thrashed 5-0 at Kaiserslautern's home stadium, with Marshall scoring twice and Nedvěd, D?hli, and Deisler each adding one goal.

  A week later, the team went to Meppen for an away game, which was also the last round of the 2. Bundesliga before the winter break. Kaiserslautern had to play with a half-strength lineup in preparation for their DFB-Pokal quarter-final match against Bayer Leverkusen mid-week, while Meppen put out a full defensive counter-attacking formation and took advantage of Kaiserslautern's defensive mistake to score the first goal.

  Fortunately, in the second half, substitute Denilson created a penalty for Kaiserslautern and Ballack scored to equalize.

  After 17 rounds, Kaiserslautern continued to be unbeaten with 14 wins and 3 draws, leading the 2. Bundesliga with a 45-point advantage and a 10-point lead over second-placed Hertha Berlin, becoming the biggest favorite for this season's 2. Bundesliga championship.

  Two days after defeating M?nchengladbach, the team will play away against Leverkusen.

  The latter had just gone through a tough away game against Borussia M?nchengladbach, and after returning to their home stadium, they faced Kaiserslautern, who were determined to avenge their last defeat of the previous season. Although Dortmund came up with an aggressive strategy, they did not expect Yang Chen to be even bolder, launching a massive attack on Leverkusen's away game, utilizing the speed of Denilson and Da Silva on the wings to pin down Leverkusen from the start.

  After 45 minutes, Bayer Leverkusen took a 2-0 lead away from home thanks to a direct free kick by Berbatov and a long shot by Nedved.

  In the second half, both sides changed sides and fought again. Dortmund made a desperate counterattack. Although Kirsten scored a goal, the referee ruled that he was offside first, and the goal was invalid. The game ended 0-2, and Kaiserslautern advanced to the semifinals.

  Yang Chen also proved in this game that Chairman Cai Delong and Weller were wrong to choose Doum at the beginning, while he was gradually getting better in Kaiserslautern.

  After the match, Yang Chen returned to Kaiserslautern and was shown a letter from the Football Association, requiring him to go to Frankfurt immediately to attend a hearing for his actions in the previous match against Oldenburg, where he rushed onto the field and pushed down an opposing player.

  Yang Cheng knew in his heart that what was meant to come would still come eventually!