"I've already booked a flight for this afternoon!" Paul Bayer said while having breakfast.

  He is going to Austria, because Dortmund's pre-season training camp is in Austria, and they will also play three warm-up matches in Austria before returning to Mannheim for the Super Cup match.

  Many of Kaiserslautern's scouts exist in a part-time capacity, and Yang Cheng doesn't quite trust them. On the other hand, Paul Bier, this assistant coach is his most reliable assistant, having him be responsible for scouting Dortmund's military situation is ideal.

  "I'm counting on you for this!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

  Paul Baier patted Yang Cheng's shoulder, "Don't be polite, it's actually you, in Kaizerslautern's days were not easy to pass, especially in the warm-up match, the players' bodies had just gone through hellish training, and their physical strength had not fully recovered. And your warm-up matches are mainly for practicing tactics and techniques, I'm afraid they will continue to attack you!"

  Yang Cheng couldn't help but laugh, "No big deal, I've already talked to Werner Mertz and Frederic knows that I've given up on the warm-up match results, just focusing on the process, so they won't be too concerned. Our first major test is the Super Cup!"

  Against Dortmund, the whole world thought that Kaiserslautern had a slim chance of winning and might even suffer a crushing defeat.

  Previously, Frederic conveyed a meaning through Melzer that as long as the Super Cup does not end in a disastrous defeat, Yang Chen can rest easy.

  But Yang Cheng didn't think so!

  The venue of the Super Cup is in Mannheim, about an hour's drive away, so Kaiserslautern can be said to be well-prepared. Yang Chen attaches great importance to Dortmund and has already started collecting data in advance. At the same time, he can also learn about Dortmund from many channels because they are the champion team of last season's Bundesliga and will also be the champion of this season's Champions League.

  Hitzfeld trained a great team, Sommer didn't need to be said, Kohler is currently the strongest central defender in Germany, Heinrich is the new star of the national team, and two years later he joined Fiorentina, setting a transfer record for German players at that time.

  This season, Paulo Sousa, who transferred from Juventus, is also a European star, and Andy Müller is a midfield core that can be on par with Hassler and Effenberg.

  There is another person who must be mentioned, that is Renken, this German golden boy is now hailed as the first man in the future of German football, he and Real Madrid's Raul, Juventus' Del Piero are known as Europe's three golden boys, it can be imagined how this player has developed.

  According to the evaluation of this summer's magazine, among the highest-paid football players today, Dortmund occupies two places, one is Andy Müller and the other is Sahmer, while Paulo Sousa and Kohler in the team are also world-class superstars.

  Apart from being strong and powerful, Dortmund's performance was also very impressive, winning two consecutive Bundesliga titles, and advancing to the quarterfinals in the Champions League. Yang Chen also knew that they would defeat Juventus in the new season of the Champions League to win the championship.

  It can be imagined how powerful and frightening this team is!

  Nowadays, Dortmund is coming with the momentum of two consecutive championships and a world-class lineup aiming for the Champions League. In comparison, Kaiserslautern, which was once hailed as a powerhouse by the media, has fallen behind and is far inferior to Dortmund. Even their head coaches, Marco Antwerpen and Thomas H??ler, are no match for Jürgen Klopp and Michael Zorc.

  It is worth noting that the teams led by Hitzfeld all have a very important feature, which is compact defense. Everything in his team is based on solid defense, which also makes it difficult for Hitzfeld's team to be upset even when they encounter weak opponents.

  This defensive counter-attacking tactical concept has also been successful for Hissfeld this season in the Champions League, and a few years ago at Bayern's peak.

  It's also because of this that outsiders question Kaiserslautern for a reason!

  Some people, when faced with doubts and difficulties, will choose to evade and avoid them. However, there are others who won't; they will rise to the challenge, even taking pleasure in competing against their opponents, no matter how painful the cost of defeat may be.

  Yang Cheng is just such a person!

  When the whole world thought Kaiserslautern was doomed to lose, he made up his mind that this Super Cup match must be won!

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  The day after the first warm-up match, Yang Cheng held an internal meeting of the team. All players and coaches attended except for Paul Bier, who had gone to Austria to gather intelligence.

  Yang Cheng commented on the various problems exposed in the first warm-up match at the meeting and proposed a plan for improvement. Later, he also focused on correcting the team's problems and loopholes in training.

  Even so, the team in the second warm-up match, going to Kaiserslautern to challenge a local amateur team, also exposed many problems, but ultimately it was just one problem, cohesion.

  Yang Cheng's tactics require high mobility, whether it is offense or defense, requiring players to have tacit running. However, after more than a dozen days of familiarization, the running is still not tacit enough, and there are many loopholes in defense, which were seized by an opponent's young striker.

  The team's organization appears very chaotic, directly leading to a situation where the team is unable to launch effective attacks.

  In the second half, Yang Cheng replaced Grenier, Wagner and other old generals, and changed the team's tactics to 442. Kuka and Marshall served as the team's double forwards.

  This change immediately brought about a welcome change, and the players quickly scored consecutive goals, eventually reversing their opponents 3-1.

  After the game ended, Yang Cheng stood at the side of the court with a gloomy face. He clearly realized that this warm-up match forced him to make a choice.

  There is no doubt that the players are more suited to 4-4-2 as they have been playing like this before, so without the restrictions of new tactics and rules, they can play very actively and freely.

  But in Yang Cheng's view, they were able to win because the team's overall strength overwhelmed their opponents, which is a success of strength, and cannot be considered as a tactical victory.

  After more than a year of verification, Yang Cheng has deep faith in the super coaching system, so he is very clear that 343 must be the most suitable tactic for this Kaiserslautern team at present, and the key is to let the players adapt as soon as possible.

  "Shouldn't we change our training plan?" Tim Hanks also walked over after the game and reminded him carefully.

  The second half of the game just ended was absolutely the most enjoyable 45 minutes since Yang Cheng took over Kaiserslautern, not to mention scoring three goals in a row, the players performed very actively and the scene was very smooth.

  According to Tim Hanks, at this time the head coach should review his tactical problems and make corrections, it's better to take advantage of the situation and try 442 to see if he can get a more ideal effect.

  Yang Cheng also wanted to, but when he closed his eyes and reviewed the tactical scores of 442 in the super coach system in his mind, there were only 59 points. However, the current score of 343 was as high as 77 points, which means that even if it was just grinding 343 to a certain extent, as long as the team was integrated, the combat effectiveness that could be played out would exceed this set of 442 tactics.

  Having understood this point, Yang Cheng was no longer worried.

  "Stick to the formation, Tim! Next we need to focus on perfecting our 3-4-3 tactics. The 4-4-2 can only be a backup plan. Besides, coming back against this team doesn't mean anything, they're just an amateur league team. If we hadn't played so badly in the first half, the score could have been even higher!"

  However, Yang Chen also realized a very serious problem, that is, when attacking, this left winger Dernilson is too sticky to the ball and always wants to break through, as if he can't wait to break through the opponent's entire back line by himself, and his sense of cooperation is very poor.

  It can be said that as long as the ball is at Drenthe's feet, Kaiserslautern's offense slows down, but with all the players around him being fast, this slowness is equivalent to completely disintegrating Kaiserslautern's offense.

  On the contrary, Bellone returned to the middle road and performed well, with a decent combination of Barak and Nedved, gradually establishing a tacit understanding, while Gattuso was still running wildly as usual.

  The next training focus will be on how to point out Gatuso's running in the game, and Yang Cheng has already formulated a targeted training plan with Moniz and others based on these two warm-up matches.

  As for Dennyson, he is a headache-inducing character!

  As Yang Cheng was thinking and about to leave the field with Tim Hanks, he saw a player wearing the home team's jersey talking to fans under and above the stands.

  "He's the one who scored that goal just now, and what a beautiful header it was! Nice bounce!" Tim Hanks said with a smile as he saw Yang Cheng staring at this forward.

  Yang Cheng heard Tim's words and became even more certain of his previous impression of this player, feeling more and more familiar with him, but somewhat uncertain.

  But even so, Yang Cheng still let Tim Hanks go back first, and then he walked towards the forward alone.

  "Hello, that header was really beautiful!" Yang Cheng said with a smile, actually he didn't see it very clearly just now, but Tim said so, and he followed suit.

  "Thank you!" The other party saw Yang Cheng walking over and somewhat nervously stretched out his hand to shake hands with Yang Cheng.

  The closer he looked, the more Yang Cheng felt that this player resembled someone, only younger and looking a bit more immature. After all, when Yang Cheng knew this player, his age was not small either.

  "What's your name? Are you a full-time player in this club?" Yang Cheng asked.

  The young forward shook his head, wryly smiling: "Oh no, we don't have any full-time players here. We're all amateur players who just happen to be interested in kicking the ball around, so we got together. By the way, my name is Milos Flora Klose, and friends call me Milo."