During the two-week international break, those players who did not participate in the national team can only rest for the first two days, and continue to return to training for the rest of the time.

Coincidentally, both Schweinsteiger and Podolski were drawn to the first team by Muhrensteen.

Today, Schweinsteiger plays as a right midfielder, with speed, excellent impact, and technical training in the youth team for more than a year, he is basically solid and has excellent physical performance.

Yang Cheng originally planned to arrange for him to play a dozen in the middle in training, after all, he reached the peak of this position, but Thomas Riddle and Ojigwei in the team are both competent, plus a Frings and Deco, so he pressed down this tempting thought, and just gave these two youngsters some more guidance in training.

After two training sessions a day, and after 90 minutes of each training session, Schweinsteiger and Podolski were almost out of breath.

"It's too intense!" The little pig panted like a cow and drank water, shaking his head constantly.

He's only 14 years old and he's done well in the youth team, but when he comes to the first team, he's the worst performer, and that's just training, if it's time for the official game, wouldn't it be ......

"No wonder Riddle and Ojigwe look so comfortable every time they play the second team!" Podolsky is about the same, he is younger, but his height is not short, like Schweinsteiger, he is a small adult.

It's not the technical flaws that really work with a team, after all, at their age, the skills are already taking shape, and they can stand out from the prestigious Kaiserslautern academy, their skills are definitely top-notch, and what really makes them play badly is the ability to withstand that pressure.

Every player in the first team was tense even in training, very concentrated, every ball had to be grabbed, every inch of the field had to be scrambled, especially the momentum on their bodies, which made all their momentum converge into a powerful oppressive force, almost suffocating the two youngsters.

"It's all the same technical moves, it's all the same incoming ball, but the way they handle it is simpler and more capable than ours!" Schweinsteiger was smart and immediately understood his technical flaws.

"Really good professional players are often the ones who use the simplest and most direct techniques to kill the opposing team!"

Yang Cheng's voice sounded beside them, and it was obvious that he had heard the conversation between the two.

"Boss!" Both Schweinsteiger and Podolsky quickly stood up.

Yang Cheng motioned for them to sit down and rest, and then half-squatted down in front of them, and casually stuffed a bottle of water.

These two youngsters are both dug by him before, and the improvement has been obvious in the past year or so, although Yang Cheng did not continue to recruit for Kaiserslautern's academy, but he admires these two players very much, as well as Thomas Muller.

"Fancy technical moves are not very practical, and when it comes to the football field, efficiency is the most important, so you must remember that the most practical technology is often the best effect!"

The two youngsters' instructions to the respected leader were immediately taken to heart.

"There were a lot of players like you who thought that training was just about preparing for the game, and there was no need to be as strict as the game, but very quickly they understood the benefits of doing that, and training is also a battlefield because in a long season, there are so few games than training, and training is the key to improving the players."

'I always ask the team to be like a whole, how? Is it only before the competition? Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

The two youngsters suddenly looked a little enlightened, and they were not stupid.

'Yes, ask them in training, motivate them so that they naturally carry that demand, this sense of wholeness on the pitch, that's how the first team trains!'

The training of the youth team is more about cultivating players, but the training of the first team is for results, so Yang Cheng attaches great importance to the training of the first team, and each training session is arranged in strict accordance with the 90-minute game time, and the training intensity is also very high.

The Predator is trained on the training ground, not the arena!

Of course, the grinding of the game is also very important.

"Boss, can we train with the first team more often in the future?" Schweinsteiger asked expectantly.

Yang Cheng frowned, "No! This text was provided by the Sailing Update Team

Both youngsters were a little disappointed, and it was clear that they both realised that training with the first team would help them improve.

"But if you do well in the youth team, I can think about it!" Yang Cheng smiled and scratched the heads of the two young generals, he was really eager to see how far these two young players cultivated by himself could reach in the future.

"Yay!" The two youngsters immediately jumped up excitedly.

Yang Cheng was also very excited in his heart, looking at them, he seemed to see the future of football.

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On Saturday, Yang Cheng specially arranged an internal confrontation game, which was the same as the official game, with 90 minutes in both halves, but Yang Cheng disrupted the players of the first team and mixed in some players from the youth team and the second team.

Among them, Yang Cheng's main concern is undoubtedly the center-back combination of Thomas Duck, Luis Hut and Lucio, their team has won, after all, the strength is strong, but there are still some holes in the defense.

Yang Cheng asked Chris Schmidt to record the match, plus the videos of the previous games, to make a reel, and called Thomas to his office and let him watch a video highlight that belonged to him.

"What's in mind?" It wasn't until Thomas had finished watching the video that Yang Cheng asked.

He talks to the players in a chatty tone, because he doesn't feel that the players have made mistakes, after all, it will definitely take a little time for every player to change the habits they have developed so hard to integrate into a new defensive system.

It's as if Serie A defenders such as Cannavaro and Samuel went to Real Madrid, and it was a reason that it was difficult to integrate into it.

Thomas Nick couldn't speak, just nodded incessantly, this text was provided by no one from the Sailing Update Team but there was something specific to see, and there were no words to describe it.

If he had been watching his teammates on the pitch before, this time he was looking at the game from a broader perspective and looking at the cooperation between himself and his teammates.

"Your problem is not just that you don't work well with your teammates, it's that you don't know enough about the team's defensive system, so you disagree with your teammates on some things, right?"

Thomas Duck nodded, and Yang Cheng was all right.

"Our team's tactics are mainly based on a general premise, that is, concentration, attention to maintain absolute concentration, whether it is offensive or defensive, I will ask every player to devote 100% concentration to the game, and every player, even if it is a defensive player, the first thing to consider is how to respond and respond to teammates."

In this regard, Thomas Duck did a decent job, but he was still not bold enough, because he regarded himself as a traditional German centre-back, and he usually did not even dare to press casually.

"As for defense, we are mainly reflected in three aspects, first, delay!" Yang Cheng took out a blank piece of paper, drew a pitch shape on it, and then drew an area in it, which happened to be in the opponent's half, the midfield area of his own side, and then wrote down the delay heavily.

"Our team's midfield pressing and pressing, and counter-attacking on the spot after losing the ball, it seems that it is to consider getting the ball back as soon as possible, or to steal the ball and then play directly into a counterattack, but if you think about it, what is the precedent for the midfield to press and then break the ball and counterattack to score goals? Very little, very little! ”

"The purpose of our on-the-spot counter-attack and midfield pressing is to delay, delay the opponent's counterattack!" This is also the reason why Yang Cheng will rely so heavily on Gattuso, he is definitely the stirring stick who can delay the opponent's attack!

Then Yang Cheng drew an area behind him, "The front effectively delays the opponent's counterattack, and the teammates behind him have plenty of time to organize the defensive system, and the players who originally lost their positions during the attack can return to their positions and form regional protection for each other, which we call this position!" ”

"After settling down, control the area, connect with each other in series, form a strong protective belt, ensure the safety of the goal, and avoid the opponent directly facing the goal as much as possible, this is control!"

Thomas Duck listened to Yang Cheng's words, and then looked at his painting that was really bad, but he could see it clearly, combined with the video highlights of the game just now, he finally began to understand where his mistake was.

First of all, his philosophy is different from that of his team-mates, and when the team is attacking, he doesn't support enough to press as boldly as Lucio and Kyle, because he used to be just a proper centre-back.

Secondly, at the moment of switching from offense to defense, his first consideration is to retreat to defense, rather than to gain a firm foothold and lay down a defensive system, which makes the area he is guarding easy to be formed by the opponent to form a breakthrough point, after all, when the team's formation still maintains forward pressure, his retreat will lead to the collapse of the defensive system.

In the end, he does not trust his teammates enough, but Kaiserslautern requires players to trust and echo each other, whether in attack or defense.

"I know, it's hard for you to accept these for a while, take your time, I believe in your ability, you can definitely do it!" Yang Cheng patted Link on the shoulder encouragingly.

The German centre-back isn't top of his game, but his awareness, positional sense and anticipation are absolutely top-notch, and combined with his age, experience and consistency, once he settles into the team, he will certainly take Kaiserslautern to the next level.

Mavericks are indeed good, but the reality is not to play F, and the players are not that a lot of data, they are not calculated, so they still need a mature and stable person to lead!

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Since September 2, after Romania played the qualifiers, Kifu was the first to return to the team, and then players have returned to the team one after another, but South American players such as Veron and Denilson, as well as those who played in the national team on May 5 and 6, will not be able to return to the team until the game is close.

For this reason, in the away challenge to Stuttgart on the 8th, Yang Cheng had to line up a relatively incomplete lineup, especially in the midfield, he had to line up the three midfielders of Deco, Frings and Riddle, with Ogigwe on the left, Deisler on the right, Schneider in the front, and Klose in the striker.

Stuttgart, although also affected by the national team, was playing at home, and after 90 minutes of intense play, the two sides ended in a 1-1 draw, Schneider scored for Kaiserslautern first, but Stuttgart played better in the second half and equalized. This text was provided by the Sailing Update Team

Originally, the away draw against Stuttgart was not bad, but unfortunately, Bayern Munich beat Rostock 6-1 at home, and Heathfield's team firmly occupied the top spot in the league with three consecutive wins in the league.

"Heathfield!" After learning the result, Yang Cheng just smiled and praised.

There is no doubt about Heathfield's strength, and there is no need to doubt the strength of Bayern, Kaiserslautern's championship situation this season is not optimistic, but the more Yang Cheng faces this strong opponent, the more motivated he feels.

Three days later, Kaiserslautern returned to the Fritzwalter Stadium to welcome Hertha Berlin.

In this game, Yang Cheng played his main team and beat Hertha Berlin 4:1 at home cleanly, but Bayern Munich also defeated Freiburg 2:0 away with Elber's brace and continued to retain the top position in the league.

In the two rounds of league games after the national team break, Bayer Leverkusen and Dortmund have a record of 1 draw and 1 loss, and began to open up a gap with Kaiserslautern and Bayern Munich, Stuttgart is a little better, 2 consecutive draws, but also began to pull the distance from the champions, which makes everyone speculate that this season's Bundesliga title is still a competition between Bayern and Kaiserslautern.

On 15 September, Kaiserslautern sat at home to Danish side Brondby.

Yang Cheng still fielded the strongest lineup, with goalkeeper Reynke, Thomas Duck, Louis Huter and Lucio at the back, Veron and Frings at the back, Denilson and Deisler on the left and right, Ballack in the middle, and Ruud van Nistelrooy and Larsson in the front.

Although this was Yang Cheng's first Champions League game, he still did not choose to be safe and conservative, after all, it was a game played at the Fritzwalt Stadium, and he decided to storm to the end from the beginning.

Just two minutes into the game, Ruud van Nistelrooy opened the scoring for Kaiserslautern with a breakthrough cross from Deisler on the right to scramble in front of goal to score the Brondby goal.

Kaiserslautern then kept the game firmly in control and in the 23rd minute, Ballack scored again to make it 2-0.

For a time, Kaiserslautern was on the offensive, and this text was provided by the Sailing Update Group No one provided a storm in front of the Brondby goal.

In the 35th and 38th minutes respectively, goals from Larsson and Ruud van Nistelrooy set the score at 4:0!

The entire Fritzwalt Stadium was boiling over, and Kaiserslautern, who returned to the Champions League, showed an unrivalled attacking force, especially in the ability to create chances and score from them, and the team did an almost flawless job.

In the second half, the game began to relax as Brondby contracted their defence and Kaiserslautern adjusted, but Klose scored with a header in the 78th minute to make it 5-0.

This big win also became the biggest victory in the first round of the Champions League official competition in the new season, especially the incomparably powerful attack shown by Kaiserslautern, and the decline of Brondby has boosted Kaiserslautern's momentum.

After returning to the league with the aftermath of a Champions League victory, Kaiserslautern beat Nuremberg 2-0 away in the fifth round and then beat Bochum 1-0 in the German Cup and the sixth round of the league.

In the second round of the Champions League group stage, Kaiserslautern hosted a strong opponent Barcelona.

Yang Cheng still adopts a strong attack tactics at home, after all, with his previous experience against Brondby, he is very confident that he wants to win Barcelona at home, but Van Gaal is also not to be outdone.

Although Ruud van Nistelrooy's first-half goal gave Kaiserslautern the lead, Figo set up Kluivert's equaliser in the second half after a sharp break down the right flank, turning Kaiserslautern's three points into a point.

Back in the Bundesliga, Kaiserslautern visited the Harbland Arena again to face fierce rivals Bayer Leverkusen, and the Bundesliga Red Devils, who had just experienced consecutive battles, met Leverkusen's copper wall.

Daum stepped up his efforts in defense this time, and once prevented Kaiserslautern from having no temper, and finally won an extremely embarrassing 0:0, with both sides scoring 1 point each.

However, as a rival, Bayern Munich beat Schalke 04 3-1 away and extended their lead over Kaiserslautern to four points.

From October 2nd to 16th, it was another two-week national team break, and many players in the Kaiserslautern team participated in the national team competition, among which Veron was injured in the game of the Argentine team and returned to the team with an injury, coupled with the fatigue of many players, Kaiserslautern was forced to play Wolfsburg with a crippled lineup, and was forced to 1:1 by Wolfsburg at home, but Gattuso also went down due to injury in this game, although it is not serious, but it is bound to miss the third round of the Champions League group stage with Manchester United.

Fortunately, Bayern drew 2:2 with Dortmund at home, and the gap between the two sides remained at 4 points.

However, in this lack of young players, Kaiserslautern had to face a strong Manchester United away and Bayern Munich away in the ninth round of the league.

Ushering in two crucial games in a row, Yang Cheng had to accept the reality of losing the two midfielders of Veron and Gattuso, but he was still ambitious, although the draw at home to Barcelona, Kaiserslautern had a clear advantage.

Kaiserslautern and Manchester United are both on four points in Group D, so this match at Old Trafford will be a crucial battle to top the group.

For this reason, Yang Cheng decided to continue to attack instead of defend away from home, anyway, Veron and Gattuso were absent, so he simply attacked to the end, mainly against the guest, and beat Manchester United by surprise!

"This time, we don't just have to bring back three points from Manchester, we also have to top the group, and then beat Bayern Munich at the Olympic Stadium to turn the tide of things!" Yang Cheng shouted confidently at the mobilization meeting before the team left for Manchester.