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Yang Cheng has always had an inseparable affection for East German football, especially towards Chemnitz.

This is the first stop of his coaching career, and he has brought indelible traces here, especially after he led the team to successful relegation, the scene when the fans kept him in tears outside the training ground has always been deeply recorded in the deepest memory of Yang Cheng.

The team's bus slowly drove into the downtown area of Chemnitz, looking at the familiar scenery on both sides of the street along the way, Yang Cheng didn't know how to face it, because he had used his heart and emotion for the city!

Yang Cheng challenges his old club!

This is a topic that has been hyped and hyped by the German media in recent days, and now Yang Cheng has won the respect of the media with his impressive performance in the Bundesliga and the European Cup Winners' Cup, and has become a well-known young coach in German football.

On the other hand, Ernst Middendorp, after losing to Yang Cheng in the German Cup, Bielefeld suffered consecutive defeats, and now he has fallen into the relegation zone in one fell swoop, and the relegation situation this season is very precarious.

"What? Somewhat homesick? Paul Beyer asked with a smile.

Yang Cheng looked at this former hero of Chemnitz, if he didn't know his feelings for the city and this team, Yang Cheng would have thought that he was a heartless and ungrateful person, but because he knew Paul Beyer, he could understand this person.

"It's not homesickness, it's just ...... I don't know how to deal with it! Yang Cheng said with a wry smile.

He doesn't owe anything to Chemnitz because he has done his job and he doesn't renew his contract because he is disappointed in Chemnitz, but he always feels as if he owes a little bit to the fans here because he hasn't given the fans of the city any honours to remember.

This is a responsibility that he has imposed on himself, and I believe that it will also have a profound impact on his future.

Just like in Kaiserslautern, although Yang Cheng encountered opposition and doubts from the Red Devils fans when he first took office, but with his excellent performance and the team's outstanding performance, he has conquered the fans of the city and has been loved and recognized by them, so he secretly decided in his heart that he must bring something to the city.

When the team bus slowly came to the stadium, there were Chemnitz fans all around, but they didn't step forward one by one, but stood silently in the distance, and when they saw Yang Cheng taking the lead and getting off the bus, they suddenly opened the banner and shouted loudly.

"Yang, welcome back!"

"We'll always be waiting for you to come back, Yang!"

"You will always be our hero!"

The fans at the scene exploded, Yang Cheng could even see that many female fans were full of tears, and suddenly felt a sour nose, and there was a spicy thing about to gush out of his eyes, but he endured it, raised his hand and waved at the fans, which immediately caused them a more enthusiastic reaction.

In the past, when he left, Yang Cheng was just a well-known head coach, but now, he is already a famous young coach in German football, and the difference is really tangled.

"The boss looks like he's very popular with the fans here!" Perón followed behind Bremer and Lutz, and as he stepped off the bus, he was taken aback by the reaction of the fans at the scene.

"Of course, the head is the most popular manager in Chemnitz, he has led the team to a miraculous 13-game winning streak to relegation, he is the hero here!" Barak replied proudly.

There were also many fans in front of the crowd who welcomed Ballack, the pride of the Chemnitz academy, who has now excelled at Kaiserslautern and even selected for the German youth team, and has already become a well-known talent in German football.

The players were taken aback by the atmosphere of the fans when they got off the bus, and then began to discuss their boss's past in the city, and Ballack, Fritz, Kyle, Louis Hutter and other Yang Cheng who previously played for Chemnitz were naturally happy to show off their boss's glorious past.

So the locker room before the game finally evolved into Yang Cheng's historical forum, and after this twist and turn, the players admired Yang Cheng even more, at least he was able to get the love of the fans, it was really not easy.

'I don't want to say too much about the importance of this game, but if we want to be promoted to the Bundesliga and if we want to keep our unbeaten record, then we need to win and keep the lead against the likes of Wolfsburg and Hertha Berlin.'

Yang Cheng's words in the locker room are becoming more and more weighty, and the players are paying more and more attention to every word he says.

"Chemnitz has been terrible in the Bundesliga this season, but I've coached this team, so I know very well that this is not an easy team to beat, and if we want to beat them, we have to show our best form and the best quality, otherwise we will just leave here in disgrace and be laughed at by countless people!"

The players nodded their heads one by one.

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Before the start of the game, there was also a very heartwarming scene at the scene, that is, many of the starting players in Chemnitz ran to the visiting team's coach's box and hugged Yang Cheng to express their love for the former head coach.

The current head coach of Chemnitz is the head coach of the second team when Yang Cheng was coaching, he replaced Yang Cheng in the second team at that time, and later took over the first team, the board of directors obviously hopes that he can reproduce Yang Cheng's glory, but unfortunately, he is not Yang Cheng at all, and he can't even do half of Yang Cheng.

In this game, Yang Cheng arranged all the four former Chemnitz players such as Ballack, Fritz, Kyle and Louis Hut, and at the same time arranged Ruud van Nistelrooy to replace Marshall in the forward line, and the midfield side of Veron was rested and Deco started.

Kaiserslautern's starting line-up was filled with a number of substitutes, which was also ridiculed by the on-field commentators as Yang Cheng intended to let Mnitz go, but as the game progressed, everyone began to overturn this view.

In the 18th minute of the first half, Kaiserslautern relied on a cross after Fritz's breakthrough on the right side, and Ballack, who was inserted in the back row, scored with a close-range header and penetrated the goal of his old club, 0:1!

The former Chemnitz player was very lively in the game, making a lot of killings after the start, and when he scored, the Chemnitz fans in the stands did not boo, but tried to applaud him, because so far they have not forgotten Ballack's contribution here.

Although Kaiserslautern is a substitute lineup, the overall strength still has to overpower Chemnitz by a cut, coupled with the tactics of Kaiserslautern firmly occupy the initiative, Chemnitz is fully passive, and can toss in the opening stage, and in the end simply shrink the defense.

However, in the end, it is the team coached by Yang Cheng, once he makes up his mind to defend, it immediately reveals the legacy left by Yang Cheng, especially in defense, Kaiserslautern will not be able to make progress for a while.

It wasn't until the 52nd minute of the second half that Fritz stepped forward on the right side of the penalty area, received a cross from Vanney and volleyed, and once again expanded the score for Kaiserslautern, 0:2!

With these two goals, Kaiserslautern beat Chemnitz 2-0 away!

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the game, more than 3,000 Chemnitz fans stood up in unison, all of them shouted Yang Cheng's name one by one, and some sparsely shouted the names of Balak, Kyle and others, obviously still thinking about these people, especially Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng, who was still a little worried and didn't know how he would be treated by Chemnitz fans, suddenly wanted to cry at this moment.

"Don't do that!" Tim Hank hugged Yang Cheng's shoulders tightly to show his support for his friend.

"You once brought them dignity and glory, so they remember you, and you deserve it!" Paul also encouraged Yang Cheng.

Yang Cheng nodded secretly, walked out of the coach's range, stepped on the court, and then turned to face the stands where the fans gathered, far away, so that everyone could see him clearly, and then bowed deeply and didn't get up for a long time.

This move immediately made the fans in the stands almost crazy, and there were even many people with tears on their faces hoping to keep the head coach who once brought them pride and dignity.

Thomas and other Chemnitz players rushed to Yang Cheng's side, hugging the former head coach tightly, because Chemnitz was almost bankrupt, so there were not many players left under Yang Cheng last season, but they all came to meet Yang Cheng with nostalgia, and finally said goodbye.

The whole process was carried out under the witness of the fans in the stands, and in the end, they could only helplessly accept the fact that they couldn't keep Yang Cheng, because they knew that today's Yang Cheng was not something that Chemnitz could keep at all.

He's going to fly high, he's going to take a higher level of glory, he's going to pursue a higher way of coaching football, so there's absolutely no way he's going to stay in Chemnitz!

However, even many, many years later, Chemnitz fans will still remember that in the final moments of the 95/96 season, there was a Chinese boy with black hair and yellow skin, who led them to a 13-game winning streak and miraculously succeeded in relegation when everyone thought it was impossible.

No one could have imagined at the time that this was just the beginning of a legend!

And Chemnitz became the starting point of a miracle!