The Fritz-Walter-Stadion was buzzing, the passion of the Red Devils fans not diminished in the slightest by the 0:0 score on the field, but rather becoming even more frenzied and committed because of it.

  "Down with them! Long live Kaiser Wilhelm!"

  Toni Vignato is now a standard Kaiserslautern ultra, he almost always paints his face with oil paint before each game and comes to the stands to cheer for the team.

  His ferocious face of anger has become a unique landscape on the Kaiserslautern bench, and his status in the hearts of fans is also rising with the tide.

  The fans in the stands are crazy and irrational, they will cheer for their own player's beautiful dribbling breakthrough, and they will boo the opposing team's player for a foul, especially when the referee makes an unfavorable call for their own team, they will not hesitate to scold and even shout angrily.

  Yang Cheng likes to stand in front of the coach's seat, which gives him a feeling that there is an endless driving force behind him, giving him support and encouragement, and bringing him strength at any time.

  When the main referee blew the whistle for the end of the first half, a deafening roar immediately poured down from the stands, with an atmosphere that seemed to want to completely overwhelm and bury all the enemies in the Fritz-Walter-Stadion.

  Yang Chen came to the sidelines and hugged each player who walked off the court one by one, sending them into the player tunnel.

  Throughout the first half of 45 minutes, Kaiserslautern had an obvious advantage. The key was that Schalke 04's defense did a great job, especially Linc, whose performance was simply world-class. No wonder he could become Bayern's anchor in the near future.

  Just looking at this game's performance, honestly, Yang Cheng also had a crush on him!

  After all the players had walked back to the locker room, Yang Cheng said hello to his assistants and followed them in.

  The locker room looked very lively, the players were discussing the gains and losses of the first half, some complained and some resisted, all of which are very normal, Yang Cheng was also very willing to see the players express their opinions instead of holding them back in their hearts.

  In his view, as long as it doesn't destroy the team's internal atmosphere, appropriate complaints and arguments are absolutely beneficial to team unity and players' familiarity with each other. The key is how the head coach grasps that degree.

  As the atmosphere in the locker room had almost dissipated, Yang Cheng walked to the center and clapped his hands loudly, drawing everyone's attention before flashing a relaxed smile.

  "I just want to say that you guys did a great job, we controlled the situation well in the first half, Deko's control and handling of the ball in midfield were very powerful, I'm very satisfied, but our pressing was not good enough, pay attention!"

  Deke frowned after listening, "But boss, this team's defense counterattack is very sharp!"

  Yang Cheng smiled with satisfaction, "Well said, Deke. This proves that you have seriously studied this team in the latest chapter of Wu Dong Qian Kun. I'm glad to see that, but you must remember, the key to defense and counterattack lies in defense, only then comes counterattack."

  Walking slowly back and forth in the locker room, Yang Cheng had a confident smile on his face, which easily infected everyone in the locker room, making them all lean in to listen to what Yang Cheng had to say.

  "What does this sentence mean? It's simple, Schalke 04 will focus on defense first and only consider counterattacking when they feel safe. But if we can put huge pressure on their defense during our attack, forcing them to defend with all their might and not have time to think about counterattacking, what do you think will happen?"

  Yang Cheng spread his hands apart, with an expression that said "you all should understand" as he looked at his players.

  "They will be powerless to counterattack!" Deke looked around and found no teammate responding, so he spoke up.

  "Well said!" Yang Cheng praised again.

  Deke couldn't help but smile after being praised by the head coach for the second time in a row.

  After arriving at Kaiserslautern, he smoothly obtained a professional contract and received Yang Chen's attention. He made great progress, although he was still a substitute under Bellon, but Deko knew in his heart that Bellon's strength was better than him, and he had a lot to learn, so he didn't feel pessimistic about being a substitute at all.

  A clever player should be like Deke, studying others' strengths to make up for his own weaknesses and striving to shine in every performance, attracting attention from others.

  "So, what you need to do in the second half is to make up for what you didn't do well in the first half!" Yang Cheng paused for a moment, then enunciated each word clearly and forcefully, "I want you to pin Shakhtar 04 down in their own half and thoroughly defeat them!"

  "Can you do it?"

  "Nice!" The players all stood up and shouted in unison.

  Yang Cheng smiled with appreciation.

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  In the second half of the game, Kaiserslautern's morale was more vigorous than in the first half.

  The entire Kaiserslautern midfield performed well, with Deko receiving instructions from Yang Chen at halftime. After the start of the second half, he moved his activity range forward, prompting Barak and Vanni to also press forward. Vanni frequently entered Schalke 04's penalty area.

  Behind De Kock, Faf du Plessis took over the responsibility of defending in midfield but his position was slightly different from that of Gattuso, he was more protective around De Kock.

  This German midfielder was transformed into a defender by Yang Chen this season, but he is still a winger at heart, with good technical skills and decent speed, however his physical strength is not enough, although his running ability is excellent, and he has worked hard, but in many aspects he is still not as good as Gao Tianyi.

  Fortunately, his hard work can make up for the gap in strength, and his attacking consciousness can help him better assist Deko. So Yang Cheng let his position be closer to Deko, hoping that the two can work together to control the midfield.

  As for the position of the back waist, there is a Lucio with strong mobility. The Brazilians' ability to divide the ball and bring the ball forward is excellent, and they can always bring changes to the game at any time. His interception and defense are also very good, although he occasionally makes some mistakes, but behind him is a relatively stable Luis? Holt, plus Schalke 04's counterattack intensity is not big, Yang Cheng doesn't worry at all.

  Two full-backs took turns to make frequent insertions, and with Salihovi? and Dejagah on the flanks, Kaiserslautern's wings were very active. Once they pressed up, the coordination between the wings and midfield was in place, frequently creating threats.

  As expected by Yang Cheng, when the Kaiserslautern offense became fierce, Schalke 04 immediately tightened their camp defense, and counterattacks also became dispensable, with a low level of effort invested, naturally resulting in mediocre effects.

  It was Kaiserslautern who took control of the game with an active offense and quickly changed the momentum on the field.

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  "Lucio intercepts the ball... The Brazilians suddenly bring the ball forward, passing through midfield... They split to the right, where Daisler takes the ball. With a beautiful move, he gets past his opponent. Daisler's technique is truly exceptional. After getting past him, he quickly moves down the right flank..."

  "Kaiserslautern countered quickly and beautifully, Dresler started the move on the right side of the penalty area... It was a beautiful low pass, very fast, the ball quickly arrived in front of the goal, Schalke 04's defense line was a bit messy, Link wanted to clear with his big foot, but Van Nistelrooy... Van Nistelrooy robbed Link in front of the goal and shot, the ball went in!"

  "In the 63rd minute, after a long siege by Kaiserslautern, the deadlock was finally broken and Dutchman Van Nistelrooy scored the opening goal with a calm finish in front of goal!"

  "Lynx's frustrated hammering on the goalpost, he indeed overlooked Van Nistelrooy who was one position behind him earlier. Unexpectedly, the Dutchman's sense of smell for shooting goals is so keen that he broke through before Lynx, what a beautiful steal in the penalty area!"

  The entire Fritz-Walter-Stadion turned into a joyful ocean, especially when Van Nistelrooy came to the stands below to celebrate his goal. The fans in the stands gave him thunderous applause without hesitation, because the Dutchman's explosive goalscoring this season has almost made people forget last season's top scorer Olaf Marschall.

  Van Nistelrooy's consistent goalscoring and scorching form made him a strong candidate for the Dutch national team, with everyone hoping that Hiddink would bring this Dutch striker to the World Cup in France in 1998.

  "Keep pressing on, don't slack off, guys!" Yang Cheng continued to make gestures of maintaining pressure, indicating that the players should take advantage of the momentum, especially when Schalke 04 was disorganized after conceding a goal, and try to score more goals.

  Many times, the chaos after losing the ball often directly leads to another loss of the ball!

  Schalke 04 undoubtedly made a good interpretation of this point.

  The lost ball just now came from the right route of Daisler's pass, but this German young player who was pressed by Schneider on the substitute bench and couldn't stand firm as a main force in this season obviously had a lot of anger, after getting the first chance to start in this game, his performance was very active, and in the second half when the team was pressing forward, his performance was even more like a fish in water.

  Just 3 minutes after the last goal, Daxler made a beautiful fake move on the right flank, shaking off his marker and sending a sharp pass behind the two center-backs of Schalke 04.

  Van Nistelrooy was confident in the technical characteristics of this teammate. When he saw Deisler's pass, he immediately made a forward insertion. Although the Schalke 04 central defender reacted and turned back to intercept, he was ultimately one step too slow.

  The next thing that happened was a thorough performance by Van Nistelrooy, who saw him take the ball and make a long drive, at this time Van Nistelrooy's speed was not slow, although Linke rushed back to the spot, but Van Nistelrooy directly accelerated past Linke, who fell to the ground with a sliding tackle, and after entering the penalty area, he made a fake move, deceiving the attacking Lehmann.

  The latter bent down to hug the ball, but he stared blankly as Van Nistelrooy used the back of his foot to lift the ball out of his palm's control range. The Dutchman's technique was simple, but very practical, leaving Lehmann with no choice but to turn around and watch as Van Nistelrooy calmly pushed the ball into the goal.

  2：0！

  After scoring two goals in a row, Van Nistelrooy excitedly jumped high at the corner flag to celebrate with the fans in the stands.

  The Dutchman's condition is almost unbelievable, especially this season. After Marshall left, he went through the tempering of last season and grew rapidly with the help of Yang Cheng's guidance and the super coach auxiliary system. He finally opened up comprehensively.

  "You're right, Yang Cheng, he's really a goal-scoring machine!"

  Seeing Vanni wildly celebrating at the corner flag, Paul Bier couldn't help but admire Yang's sincerity.

  At this moment, countless media watching the game must also be praising Yang Cheng's vision at that time, because no one would have believed that a player who had never played as a forward before would be evaluated by Yang Cheng as having the potential of a world-class forward.

  But now, with Van Nistelrooy's consecutive goals this season, he is at the top of the scorer list, which proves that Yang Chen's vision was accurate and unimaginable.

  "This kid has been in good form lately, but still needs to be tempered!" Yang Cheng smiled slightly.

  Paul Bayer was somewhat taken aback, "You want to substitute him?"

  Yang Cheng nodded immediately, although Van Nistelrooy's performance was good and his goals in the game were also very strong, but Klaas-Jan Huntelaar had already won the game, relying on his two goals, Schalke 04's morale had been irreparably damaged, at this time replacing him would naturally be risk-free.

  Moreover, taking him off the field would make him feel regretful, but it's a good thing. His next goal will be even stronger and his goal-scoring state can only be prolonged as much as possible.

  On the other hand, if Van Nistelrooy had been allowed to score more goals, he might have scored three or even four in this match. However, once he was satisfied and got used to it, his state would definitely become slack and lazy afterwards.

  Yang Chen then substituted Van Nistelrooy with Klose in the 72nd minute after two goals were scored by the team.

  The Dutchman apparently didn't think it was enough, his recent form has been excellent and he's almost got whatever he wants, so he wanted to stay on the field as long as possible to take advantage of this period and score more goals.

  Yang Cheng also sensed this and called him over to his side.

  "Don't you feel wronged if I replace you?" Yang Cheng asked with a cold face.

  Fanni saw the leader's stern expression and suddenly didn't dare say anything, only nodding his head. "No, leader, I won't go against your requests and orders, you know that. It's just that I feel my recent state has been good, and I want to score more goals."

  But Yang Cheng shook his head after hearing this, "If you really think so, then I can only say that I'm very disappointed in you, Rudolph. What I want is not just a burst-type forward who can score three or four goals in one game, but a consistent goal-scorer!"

  Yang Cheng's words made Fan Ni stunned, he really didn't understand the difference between the two.

  "For example, in the same three games, player A scored 3 goals in the first and third games, achieving a hat-trick, but did not score in the second game, missing many opportunities, and the team ultimately lost. However, player B scored one goal in each of the three rounds, leading the team to win all three games. Which one do you think contributed more to the team?"

  Fanny immediately fell into thought, at first glance it seemed that more goals were scored, 6 goals in 3 rounds, the goal rate was good, but the team he served only got 6 points. However, player B, who scored only 3 goals, distributed them evenly, one per round, and helped his team win all the way, scoring 9 points.

  Suddenly, Fan Ni understood Yang Cheng's meaning and also understood the head coach's intention of replacing himself.

  Seeing Vanni's suddenly enlightened expression, Yang Cheng secretly approved in his heart, "Lude, you must understand that the forward is also a member of the team. The responsibility of the forward is not just to score goals. In my tactics, the responsibility of the forward is even more arduous."

  "There are countless forwards who can score goals, but cannot conquer fans or lead the team to victory. However, there are very few forwards like you, Rudi. You must understand that forwards are human too, and their form will fluctuate, and they will also have times when they don't score. So, the key to evaluating a top-notch forward is not how he performs when scoring goals, but how he performs when he's not scoring!"

  Yang Cheng's words of heartfelt sincerity suddenly made Fan Ni realize the truth, and his previous resentment and grievances when he was replaced by Yang Cheng were all cleared away, because he understood that Yang Cheng had done it out of love and care for him.

  "I understand, boss!" Vanni nodded heavily.

  Yang Cheng smiled and patted the young Dutch striker, he knew that Van Nistelrooy, who had understood this truth, would slowly enter the ranks of top strikers.

  Klostermann worked hard after coming on, but was still young and although he had great potential, there was a certain gap with Van Nistelrooy in all aspects. However, his heading ability was as excellent as ever, plus he grew up under the football atmosphere in Germany since childhood, having a team spirit like a screw.

  In the 81st minute, it was Deco's long pass, Klose headed the ball, Salihovi? tore open Schalke 04's defense line with lightning speed, directly entering the penalty area and scoring again before Lehmann, breaking through Schalke 04's goal for the third time.

  This defensive powerhouse, which had only conceded 1 goal in the previous 3 rounds, saw its defense breached by Kaiserslautern's three goals, especially with many substitute players on the field. This has led to outsiders seriously re-examining this Red Devil of the Bundesliga, who prides itself on its attacking football.

  However, this round of Bundesliga was somewhat unexpected. It was originally thought that after the international matchday, strong teams with many national players would be affected, but unexpectedly, the strong teams all won.

  Dortmund defeated Bochum 5-2 at home, Stuttgart won 3-0 away to Duisburg, M?nchengladbach beat Cologne 4-1 at home, Leverkusen thrashed Karlsruhe 6-1 at home and Bayern Munich won 2-0 away to Hamburg.

  As a result, the strong teams almost all won, while the weak teams were all Waterloo, which also made many professional media who thought that the strong teams affected by the national team match would be challenged by other teams, one by one fell shattered glasses.

  But only Yang Cheng is clear in his heart, the national team's match against strong teams has a great impact, just like Kaizer Chiefs, the main lineup can't be assembled, but fortunately Kaizer Chiefs' lineup is thick enough, and players like Deko and Salihamidzic also performed well.

  Strong teams can dissolve the personnel crisis brought by the national team matchday with their lineup thickness, but for teams like Hamburg and Cologne, the absence of one or two internationals is enough to be fatal, and the combat effectiveness is greatly discounted.

  "So that's why I said, the thickness of the lineup determines everything!" Yang Cheng sighed in his heart, but he was secretly proud of his wise decision during the summer transfer.