Robben recovered quickly and soon returned to the team and rejoined training.

Yang Cheng's handling of the operation obviously achieved good results, at least judging from Robben's mental condition in the future, he did not seem to have any adverse effects because of this operation, but for the sake of safety, Yang Cheng still asked Chris Schmidt and the club's psychologist to give him more conversations and counseling.

Sometimes, advice from a professional is more effective than persuasion.

In short, Yang Cheng has only one purpose, not to let Robben leave a shadow.

After two weeks of training at Melwood, Yang Cheng led the team to the first leg of the Asian tour, to Germany, where he rose to prominence, where he played a warm-up match against Bundesliga promotion Makolne.

The preparation plan for the whole summer was made in advance, and the club made proper arrangements.

Yang Cheng arranged the following lineup for this match against Cologne.

The goalkeeper is Dudek, the back line is from left to right, Reese, Hyypia, Carragher and Finnam, the midfield three are Hamann, Davies and Gerrard, the two sides are Ronaldo and Murphy, and the forward is Drogba.

Although Yang Cheng has some criticism of Dudek's performance, he is the goalkeeper who has played in Liverpool for many years, Reina has just arrived, and Yang Cheng has no reason to pick up the youngster all at once, so he still gave Dudek the opportunity to perform, depending on whether he can grasp it.

If he performs well, the two compete with each other, which is also good, but if he continues to be inconsistent, then Reina can take his place, of course, provided that Reina also performs well enough.

Somewhat unexpectedly, Liverpool came to Germany to play, but the most popular thing was not the game itself, but Yang Cheng as the head coach, who was cheered by Cologne fans.

This surprised even him, but of course he welcomed it.

Liverpool's performance in this warm-up game is very average, really average, after all, it has just gone through two weeks of large-scale training and the players do not cooperate well with each other, which makes Liverpool look chaotic, especially when attacking, it seems to be fighting separately, and it is difficult to form an effective cooperation.

But even so, Drogba's breakthrough in the defensive line, receiving a pass from the left side of the penalty area, scored with a header, and won a 1-0 warm-up game for Liverpool.

But it was clear that everyone was not happy with Liverpool's performance.

Cologne is a promoted horse in the Bundesliga, and its strength itself is not strong, and Liverpool is the second favorite to win the Premier League, but it was only a narrow 1:0 victory, which is really a bit unsatisfactory.

'We've just gone through a period of fitness and we've just restructured our squad, so anyone with a little bit of analytical skills should know that it's not the time to get results, so I'm happy with my team's performance and I don't think it's bad at all. Yang Cheng scolded at the end, obviously not very satisfied with the bombardment from the outside world.

Gran Nack was sitting across from him, and the two were sitting in the lobby of the hotel, when the German looked up and asked, "This F... Is K the same? ”

Yang Cheng stared at the German for a while, and laughed, "Gran, I can't see it, you have recently learned to be humorous." ”

"That's something you didn't find before!" Glen Nack said with a smile.

The two old friends finished their business and chatted about personal matters by the way.

They're basically busy with their own business, and they don't usually have much chance to get together and chat.

"You're in love?" Yang Cheng's mouth grew so big, as if he had heard the most incredible thing in the world.

"Hey, hey, come on, what's that look on your face? Is it so scary for me to be in love? Gran Nack was immediately upset.

Yang Cheng shook his head, "I really mourn for that unlucky girl!" ”

Glen Nack laughed, "I have to mourn for the girls who have taken a fancy to you. ”

After a pause, the German looked around to make sure that there was no one, and then came over, "Hey, the whole world has been hyping lately, Charlize Theron gave birth to a boy, the black-haired one, it's yours, right?" ”

Yang Cheng was stunned, he had already heard the news, but Charlize Theron was not ready to make it public, but she wanted to go back to work, so she naturally had to take Charles, and it was inevitable that her feet would be exposed, so the reporter dug into the ground and found some clues. ,

This incident caused an uproar around the world, and everyone was wondering who Charles's father was.

It's just that Charlize Theron didn't say it, and he didn't let Yang Cheng say it, so it became a mystery.

However, there is no doubt that Yang Cheng is the number one favorite.

Maybe it was seeing Yang Cheng's eyes, Gran Nack smiled, "Okay, if you don't answer, forget it, anyway, I don't plan to report on this matter, it belongs to the entertainment section, and I'm good at football!" ”

But after saying that, the German still smiled and nodded, "Congratulations, that little ghost is really beautiful!" ”

Yang Cheng smiled, feeling that this German had jumped too much recently.

"By the way, when are you going to have your plane tomorrow?" Set sail is unavailable

Glen Nack packed his things and prepared to leave.

"Morning, direct flight to Bangkok!" Yang Cheng replied succinctly.

Glenn Nack nodded, looked at the time, it was too early, "I should go!" ”

But as soon as the butt left the seat, he leaned over again, "I just saw Heidi in the stadium stands, I guess ......"

Then he turned his head to the side, didn't say anything, smiled ambiguously at Yang Cheng, and left.

"What a bastard...... It's getting more and more coquettish! Yang Cheng shook his head and smiled.

But soon, he received a call from Heidi Krum.

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In recent years, the Premier League has always had a high level of popularity in the Asian region.

There was no major tournament this summer, and Beckham took his wife to Asia for a leisurely business trip, which was his own decision to develop his career, but also promoted the Premier League in disguise, after all, he was in a critical period of transfer at the time.

With Beckham's warm-up, Liverpool's arrival immediately caused a huge stir in Thailand.

Especially for the Chinese head coach nicknamed Caesar, fans in Asia generally feel close to him, and even some Korean fans broke the news on the Internet, saying that Yang Cheng is actually their Korean, which made everyone cry and laugh.

Arriving in Bangkok, Thailand, the team organized a group tour in Bangkok that day, which caused a lot of commotion in downtown Bangkok, and countless fans followed the Liverpool bus around, asking for autographs or hoping to see their idols in person.

The match with the Thai national team was scheduled for the evening of the 24th at the National Stadium in Bangkok, which was full of 50,000 fans and was very popular that day, but the biggest limelight was not the star of the Liverpool team, but the Caesar who stood on the sidelines and commanded the game.

Thailand's players are not tall, but they are very agile and their foot skills are not bad, coupled with the rain on the day of the game, Liverpool did not adapt very well at first, and Thailand took the initiative of the game after the opening, and these guys always use their speed and flexibility to impact Liverpool's defense.

For this reason, there was a mistake in Liverpool's backline, Henkots, who replaced Carragher and Hyypia in the form of a central defender, made a mistake and accidentally slipped while defending, and the Thai striker won the ball, shook off Dudek and pushed the empty goal, unexpectedly taking the lead in the 12th minute.

In the end, it was a newly formed team, after conceding an unexpected goal, the team looked a little impatient, although Yang Cheng quickly adjusted the situation on the field, stabilized the situation, and gradually regained the initiative back into his hands, but the impatience of the players was exposed in the game, and several good opportunities were missed in vain.

But what is more interesting is that in the words that Yang Cheng conveyed to the referee, he clearly told the other party that no matter what his performance was in the first half, he would make a large-scale substitution in the 55th minute, but the referee misunderstood him and directly added the first half of overtime to 55 minutes.

The 10-minute stoppage time is really rare in a football match, but after all, it was an entertaining warm-up game, so no one cared, and it just became a topic of ridicule in the media after the game.

Yang Cheng made purposeful substitutions from the start of the second half, replacing Murphy with Robben, Finnen with Glenn Johnson, and then Hamann with Smitchell.

Before going on the field, Yang Cheng specially told Smitchell to control the ball more for the team after playing, use his skills more to help the team, and pass the ball more to his teammates in front of him.

Just 30 seconds into the second half, Liverpool pulled back the scores, it was Smitchell's pass, Drogbal pulled out of the box and knocked back, Davies quickly cut in the back row, and suddenly got up on the edge of the box to cut through the Thai goal to equalise. ,

Liverpool then took advantage of the victory, especially Glenn Johnson on the right, the youngster was already good at attacking, and even played as a wing-back at West Ham, but at Liverpool, Yang Cheng firmly fixed him in the full-back position.

The reason is simple, Liverpool do not have a full-back, although Glen Johnson has good speed and impact, but he does not have the back-to-back ball and pressing dribbling skills that wingers need, he plays full-back, he can play his speed and impact advantage, because the defenders are much less pressed.

In the 58th minute, it was Glen Johnson's quick insertion on the right side, after winning the ball, he quickly dribbled along the right side and crossed, Drogba hit the goal with a header, which was blocked by the opposing defender on the goal line with his foot, Gerrard inserted it in the back row, pushed the goal, and exceeded the score for Liverpool.

After the goal, Yang Cheng made a large number of substitutions to the team, Essien, Aarau Diarra, Ag, Carragher, Leiden Barnes, Baros, Kuyt and other players all got the opportunity to play, the goalkeeper was also changed from Dudek to Reina, and the third goalkeeper Kirkland could only continue to sit on the bench.

After the substitution, Liverpool continued to chase down the Thai defence, Robben was very active on the left side, his individual skills after returning to the left side he was familiar with, completely out of form, that is, he in the 76th minute after a quick dribble pass, picked up the penalty area, Baros low shot in the penalty area, once again broke through the Thai goal, locked the score at 3:1.

Although it was a long journey to play a warm-up game, Liverpool did expose a lot of problems in the game.

Some of them are the players who are not familiar with each other, which will disappear with time and run-in, but some are the players' misadaptation to the tactics, such as Robben on the right and on the left, because his left foot is good, but his right foot is not at all.

According to Yang Cheng's instructions, he had to cut inside on the right flank, to insert into the gap that the striker pulled out after retreating, but it was clear that Robben had not done enough in this regard, and he wanted to continue the style of play he had during his time with PSV Eindhoven, that is, to be a pure winger.

But it's not that there is no gain at all, at least Davis, Hyypia, Reese, Gerrard, Drogba, Hamann and other players have performed very well, which makes Yang Cheng feel a little gratified.

After playing against the Thai national team, Liverpool left for Japan the next day.

This is the second time that Yang Cheng has led the team to Japan as a manager, the last time as the head coach of Inter Milan, this time it was Liverpool, although the latter is now at a low point, but he has received much more courtesy than the last time.

Many reporters have witnessed Yang Cheng's appeal in Thailand, Japan and other regions, and although the plane was delayed, there were still a large number of fans gathered at the airport to wait, just to see the idol in their hearts.

"Caesar's influence alone killed the whole Liverpool team in seconds!" The Times' accompanying reporters issued a briefing.

After leaving Owen, Liverpool does lack influential superstars in the team, Gerrard is still lacking in heat, Ronaldo and Robben are now rookies, Davies is a big name, but his appearance is difficult to communicate with fans, let alone others, which makes this group of fans almost all chase the name of Caesar.

Despite the enthusiasm of the fans, Liverpool were unable to take out the Japanese national team, the two sides played to a 1-1 draw in the space of 90 minutes, and there were mistakes at the back again, and the mismatch between Hyypia and Carragher caused the goal to be conceded, and the attack was still chaotic, although Gerrard scored again, but more often than not, Liverpool's attack looked a little disorganized.

Another thing I have to admit is that the strength of the Japanese national team is really much stronger than Thailand!

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Hong Kong International Airport

As the Liverpool players slowly walked out of the gate, there was no one to provide for them

The fans, who had already blocked the airport gate at the scene, suddenly burst into a thunderous cheer.

The Premier League has always had a very good appeal in Hong Kong, especially Liverpool, Manchester United and other giants, and there are countless fans in Hong Kong, especially senior government officials, and the chief executive is a loyal Liverpool fan.

The team kept waving to the fans along the way, and Yang Cheng had to find time to sign autographs for the fans at the scene.

As a Chinese, he has always been the pride of domestic football. , because he is the first Chinese to stand on the top of Europe, not to mention that he is also the most premier top coach in football today, and he coaches a giant team like Liverpool, which makes him popular in China. The hype of the summer was tantamount to promoting him for free, which made his popularity around the world a huge boost.

If today's fans don't know Yang Cheng, they really don't dare to say that they are fans.

The Hong Kong FA personally came to the airport to greet them, and they presented a wreath of flowers to Liverpool to welcome them.

This time in Hong Kong, in addition to playing a warm-up match, Liverpool will also cooperate with the Hong Kong FA to conduct a charity gala for the night of the Red Army, at which they will carry out some activities and call on more fans and well-wishers from all walks of life to donate money to support Hong Kong and the mainland in resisting SARS.

This is what Yang Cheng proposed after hearing about the trip to Asia, after all, he couldn't go to Shanghai, which made him feel a little regretful, so he hoped to do more in this area and help his motherland as much as possible.

The evening will take place the day before the game at the hotel where Liverpool is located.

"The Chief Executive will also be coming!" Back at the hotel, Paul Byer said with a smile.

Real Madrid and Liverpool are also in Asia, along with other Premier League teams such as Chelsea and Birmingham, and now Real Madrid have set up their training camp in Kunming, but they will come to Hong Kong on August 9 to play a game against Hong Kong United.

Many media outlets have said that Liverpool are warming up for Real Madrid, but there is no doubt that this claim is not valid at all, at least the chief executive will attend Liverpool's Reds night, and he will not attend Real Madrid's activities.

"I heard that out of 40,000 tickets, 12,000 were sold out in one day, and then 5,000 were added, which was still not enough to buy, and many fans lined up 48 hours in advance."

"Oh my God, two days and two nights, the temperature in Hong Kong is 33 degrees now, how can they stand it?" Tim Hank.

Paul Baier laughed and pouted at Yang Cheng, "Thanks to our Caesar!" ”

"What's my business?" Yang Cheng glared at the two guys.

"I heard that Hong Kong newspapers did a survey, and among the top 500 fans queuing up to buy tickets, Caesar's fans accounted for 392, and the first 30 fans are all your fans!" Paul Byer said.

"I'm so envious!" Chris shook his head, "It's good to be a manager, we guys weren't so lucky. ”

"And even luckier, Chris, among the 392 fans, I heard that female fans account for more than half, you have to think, our Caesar is so popular, there are beautiful women everywhere you go, right?"

All the coaches nodded in unison.

"Who made buddies the main characters? You gangs of fools! Yang Cheng shook his head and scolded with a smile.

These guys are also very muddy when they prank.

"So, Caesar, in order to avoid disappointing these beautiful female fans of your homeland, you must win this game!" Paul Beyer has the potential to incite others to sin.

"Yes, not only to win, but also to win beautifully, to win wonderful, the best is to win Hong Kong United by a big score!" Tim Hank heckled along.

"It's better for Caesar to take off his clothes and run naked again to celebrate, run around the stadium, and accept the cheers and cheers of the fans!" When Chris Schmidt finished speaking, he immediately burst into laughter, and he seemed to have that kind of scene in his head.

Everyone laughed in unison.

"Let's go, Rafa, here is your most righteous spirit, let's go have a cup of coffee, I'll have a treat!" Yang Cheng simply ignored these bastards.

Benitez nodded, but didn't raise his feet, but forced out a sentence, "I think his proposal is good, he should run naked to celebrate!" ”。 ）