In last season's Bundesliga, Kaiserslautern had one of the best backlines in the Bundesliga, conceding only 35 goals, second from bottom in the Bundesliga, better than Bayer Leverkusen, and scoring only 31 goals, the worst in the Bundesliga, which brought Kaiserslautern's draw to 18, the most draws in the Bundesliga.

It can be said that a large part of Kaiserslautern's relegation is due to their attack, and the biggest weakness is in the midfield, which can be seen from the strength of the players in the midfield, Greiner and Wagner are only 135 and 138 respectively, and both players were the main players of Kaiserslautern last season.

From this point, it is not difficult to see how strong Kaiserslautern is in midfield!

Therefore, as soon as Yang Cheng took office, the focus was on the midfield, because with the strength of Olaf Marshall and Pavel Kuka, as long as the midfielder can create opportunities, the forward line can score goals.

And if you want to create opportunities, in addition to being an organizational core, you must also have an excellent side attacker, and the combination of the side and the middle is the king, but now whether it is Greiner or Wagner, there is no strength in the side attack, Fritz is one, but he can only play on the right side, and his attack ability is not outstanding in Yang Cheng's opinion.

In Yang Cheng's mind, Fritz's most suitable position is at right fullback, where he can play his offensive and defensive characteristics, but now Yang Cheng wants to play three backs, he can only be put forward to the midfield, but this versatile performance in the midfield is also good, and with Fritz, Yang Cheng can occasionally change the back 4.

Of course, it's not that Kaiserslautern doesn't have a good place, it's the backline!

This backline, which has performed very well even in the Bundesliga, has both a former world-class superstar like Bremer who is old and strong, and a defensive titan like Kosch, Lutz, and Kadlec.

According to Yang Cheng's plan, Kaiserslautern should stick to the three-back system this season, and Kyle, who came with him, is the best candidate for central defender, and Bremer also has one, but he is also old, 36 years old, and it is impossible to rely on him for the whole season.

Kosch, Rutz, Kadlec and Louis Hutter are all suitable candidates for all three positions, but all of these have the problem of being older, so Yang Cheng's idea is to bring in another young potential player and carve it out.

In terms of goalkeepers, the current team's number one goalkeeper Reynke has excellent strength and solid goal-front skills, Yang Cheng remembers that in the 0304 season, in the championship-winning lineup of Werder Bremen, Reynke is the main goalkeeper, and now he is exactly 27 years old, which happens to be the golden age of goalkeepers.

On the contrary, it is a substitute goalkeeper, with a strength of only 106, Yang Cheng is not very confident about him, after all, the team is going to participate in the European Cup Winners' Cup this season, and there must be a trustworthy substitute goalkeeper.

After filtering his analysis in his head, Yang Cheng found that his next priority was to bring in a playmaker, which was the top priority, followed by one or two wide attackers, a substitute striker, a central defender, and a substitute goalkeeper.

Thinking of this, Yang Cheng couldn't help but feel a big headache.

So far this season, he has brought in Ballack, Kyle, Fritz, Louis Hut, Nedved and Gattuso, who have collectively cost him $2.75 million.

If you bring in a wide attacker, a striker, a centre-back and a substitute goalkeeper, Yang Cheng will bring in a full 10 players, which is nothing short of a purge of Kaiserslautern.

Although it was very much in line with Frederick's expectations, Yang Cheng had to start worrying about the team's run-in.

"It seems that we can only do more work before the season!" Yang Cheng thought to himself.

However, now that he arrived at the team, Yang Cheng immediately made an appointment with Bremer through Frederick, and he hoped to have a good talk with the captain of the team and listen carefully to the captain's thoughts.

None of today's players are like a decade later, when the holidays come, and a lot of the current players spend a lot of their time at home, and Bremer is one of them, who lives near the club and continues to train while on vacation.

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

As soon as he heard that Yang Cheng had made an appointment to meet him, he immediately agreed to come over to meet.

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After asking Frederick, Yang Cheng agreed on an Italian restaurant called Isola Vela on Ottebachstrasse next to the Fritz Walter Stadium, and Frederick said that this was the place where Kaiserslautern players frequented, and the apartment arranged by the club for Yang Cheng was also nearby.

It's a bungalow restaurant, and the décor on the outside is simple, except for the wooden sign that hangs from the eaves, only whitewashed zebra-colored paint, which is definitely not Kaiserslautern's eye, a bit harsh.

Pushing open the door, a bell immediately rang inside.

"Welcome!" A deep male voice sounded in his ears.

Yang Cheng was almost taken aback, only to find out after entering that they had arranged the counter on the side of the door, and as soon as they came in, they saw that behind the counter were bottles of wine, which looked very precious.

A middle-aged man with silver hair, but deliberately combed into a sideways hair that had been popular for many years, stood behind the counter, and began to look at him cautiously when Yang Cheng came in, perhaps because his black hair and yellow skin were too conspicuous, so the middle-aged man recognized him at once.

"You're the team's new head coach?" The middle-aged man shook his hair on his side with his hand.

Yang Cheng nodded, "You are ......"

"Tony Vecchino, everyone here is called Tony, or Italian!"

Yang Cheng laughed, "You're Italian?" ”

"Yes, that's right, if it's fake, I'm the only one in the whole Kaiserslautern!" He looked a little smug.

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

"Do you want a seat or a casual seat?" Tony Vecchino asked with a smile.

"Is there a difference?" Yang Cheng stood in front of the counter and asked interestingly.

Tony walked out of the counter, beckoned Yang Cheng to come over, and introduced as he walked: "The special seat is a special seat, many Kaiserslautern players have exclusive seats here in us, for example, this position is Bremer sitting, we usually call it No. 2, this position is Lutz's seat, we call it No. 3 ......"

After this series of introductions, Yang Cheng couldn't help but find that the arrangement of these numbers seemed to be a bit interesting, as if the players' seats were determined according to their status in the club.

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

Tony Vecchino smiled and pointed to a round table by the window in the distance, "That's Number One!" ”