Chapter 80 Chapter 80 Grandpa Hai
The team has entered the stage of preparing for the new season. Völler has welcomed and sent off many players this summer, but the most unexpected thing is Helmes' injury.
After winning the German Cup, Helmes, the new favorite of Bayer Leverkusen and the national team, entered a happy vacation. He also invited many friends to team up to play football, but unfortunately he injured himself in a stop without any confrontation or difficulty. After the team doctor's diagnosis, Helmes had a torn cruciate ligament and would have to spend at least half a year to repair his damaged body. In order to make up for the strength on the front line, Leverkusen bought Swedish striker Pekovic.
At the same time, there was an inconspicuous guy who transferred from Munich 1860 to the pharmaceutical factory.
After the end of last season, Bayern's management preferred Van Gaal, who had a bold and open style, and did not keep Heynckes, so Völler made his move when it was time to do so. Bayer Leverkusen welcomes you, Grandpa Heynckes!
Heynckes advocates running and prefers a balance between offense and defense tactically, which has produced very rich chemical changes with the current Bayer Leverkusen team, whose average age is only 23.
In pre-season training, Heynckes frequently tried out new lineup combinations. He asked Kiessling and two forwards to retreat to the middle to connect the two teams. The two wingers, Kroos and Banetta, had more opportunities to get the ball, and they were able to better unleash their ball-holding and passing skills.
All in all, Kroos played happily, Heynckes liked him very much, and the tactical fit allowed him to have more ball possession on the field.
Leandri is also very happy. When he returned to the team for training, he was praised by the coaching staff with a proud look on his face, saying that his body fat was maintained at a normal level and that his physical fitness tests were excellent.
Don’t be fooled by him going out to play during this holiday. The young goalkeeper does exercise with a partner when on vacation, and he also maintains solo training when he is alone in Madrid!
After returning to the team, Heynckes also met with Leandri alone. He asked the coaching staff to comprehensively evaluate the Spanish goalkeeper's abilities. Last season's amazing lob and the unexpected Marseille turn gave Heynckes some ideas. Of course, the result of the coaching staff's evaluation was satisfactory in the end.
"Your delivery and passing are very good. It seems that when you were a child you were greatly influenced by Zidane, Redondo and other top-notch players." During the conversation and his previous attention to Bayer Leverkusen goalkeepers, Heynckes also knew that the former Real Madrid prince had always eaten well in his youth. The players who practiced with him were more famous than each other, and the little guy also learned a lot of skills imperceptibly through the influence of his surroundings.
"You can practice your footwork more often, it doesn't matter, but the most important thing for you right now is to focus on improving your goal-line skills." Heynckes chatted with the young players while sitting on the grass. "The team is so young, our defense must be more secure."
Leandri nodded. For a goalkeeper, shooting and dribbling are just icing on the cake. If you can't even make the most basic and important save, others will only call you a person with butter hands and a big slot.
Heynckes was also very satisfied. "If you defend well, you can still go up once in a while if the team wins big."
Two rounds of warm-up matches started one after another. On July 24, Leverkusen traveled to Freiburg and won a narrow victory over their opponent. The opponent in the second game was Ballinger from the German league. A group of young boys scored 5 goals with their heads and feet. Kroos, who was given new requirements by Heynckes, did not play too smoothly and repeatedly made cross passes to tear open the opponent's defense.
The coaching staff replaced many players one after another. In the 70th minute, Heynckes set his sights on the goal.
In the situation of pressing the opponent's attack, Leandri's position was relatively not very forward, at least he was still standing in the penalty area. He frequently moved around and even shouted at Friedrich in the backcourt to be careful with his position. Veteran Hyypia was okay, as he was experienced and did not lose his position often.
In the last 15 minutes, Heynckes replaced Leandri with Benedikt. Since the Spaniard put on the number one goalkeeper jersey, the second goalkeeper produced by the pharmaceutical factory has hardly had any playing time. Today is just a warm-up match, so Heynckes is naturally willing to give him some time at this time.
Facing Leandri, who was barely sweating, Grandpa Hai patted him on the shoulder and said, "Rest well and prepare well for the upcoming German Cup and league."
Ryandley sat on the bench with a water bottle, chatting boredly with his brother Tong. The gap between the two sides was too big and there was not much to watch on the scene.
-Grandpa Hai has a very good temper.
[Why do you call someone who is two years older than your dad grandpa? ]
-This is a friendly way of calling him. Don’t you think he is very elegant and approachable?
[Then you probably don’t know how hot-tempered he is when he plays football. ]Brother Tong complained silently.
[Moreover, any head coach with a bit of common sense will make a statement about the departure of important players in the team. Do you think everyone is Benítez? Why did they foolishly give Ronaldo a USB drive and let him watch a video tape to teach him how to play football and run? ]
Ryan Deli was shocked. Any top player would feel humiliated if this happened to him.
-When did this happen?
[Around 2016, I can’t remember exactly. ]
-Brother Tong, can you see the future?
In his previous life, Leandri was a super fake football fan who only watched highlights and rarely watched the entire game. He was completely in the dark about news about football stars. How did his brother Tong get this inside information when even he, who had been reborn, didn't know it?
[…I’ve seen it. ]After saying this, Brother Tong logged off and disappeared.
The last fifteen minutes passed quickly and the referee blew the final whistle.
Heynckes even replaced the goalkeeper today, but did not replace Kroos. He wanted to see how much of an impact this famous German midfield genius could play under his command.
In 90 minutes, Kroos had two assists and one instigation. If his shot before the end of the game had not been blocked by the opponent, he could even have scored a goal! This made Heynckes extremely satisfied with him. Looking at Kroos and Leandri, who were arm in arm with each other, and Kiessling, Rolfes, Castro and others returning to the locker room playing and joking, Heynckes felt that Leverkusen had a bright future this season!
On July 29, the German Cup was ignited first, and Potsdam welcomed the young Leverkusen.
Deldiyok, who just joined the team this season, scored the only goal of the game 3 minutes after coming on as a substitute. The 191cm tall guy made Leandri extremely envious when he ran. Why are the Swedes so tall? He is a goalkeeper, but he lost to his opponent by 1 centimeter in height.
Ryan Deli stayed in the backcourt obediently today. The team did not score until the 67th minute. How could he dare to relax? Especially at the beginning of the season, the players' physical and mental conditions were not at their best. If they were a little careless, the last German Cup champion might have been eliminated in the first round by the team playing in the regional competition.
Not to mention the fans, Heynckes on the sidelines will not agree, and the players on the field will definitely not agree!
Leandri was shouting at the top of his lungs. Sometimes players couldn't feel their position during the game, but Leandri could see the situation relatively clearly by standing at the back. Heynckes saw Leandri yelling from behind, and even if Hyypia lost his position, he would directly point out his name, and he wanted to use a few chains to lock him in the position.
Heynckes turned to look at the team's assistant coach. "He was so fearless last season. Does everyone say that?"
The assistant coach recalled, "That's not the case. This is the first game of the season. I think even if Vieira stood in front of him today, he would dare to shout if he was out of position. Hahahaha."
The assistant coach never tires of introducing to Heynckes the competitive spirit of the young players in the team. After listening to him, Heynckes always feels that he may be able to train a Spanish Kahn, but only in terms of performance on the field.
Leverkusen won the game by one goal and successfully entered the second round of the German Cup.
Kroos felt it was quite strange. He was the one who often practiced with Leandro, but now a new little cutie has appeared.
Leandri's university courses have not started yet, so he doesn't have to go to school and then run back to the training ground for extra training. While Kroos was going to the bathroom, he saw Leandri find a player to pass the ball to him.
If he doesn’t look particularly familiar, we can rule out the old teammates; if he doesn’t have an outrageous height, we can rule out the new Swedish shooter.
Cross walked closer and took a look, and it was not that he didn't recognize him. Lars Bender is a new player who was just bought into the team in the summer and is currently playing for the youth team. He was just called to train with the first team by Heynckes today and has not been introduced to you yet.
When Leandri saw him coming, he immediately waved to Kroos to come over. When he was doing extra training, he saw Bender, who had just been promoted, standing on the sidelines at a loss after training. After thinking about it, he decided to call him to play football together so that he could quickly get familiar with him. Leandri, who knew her boyfriend's character well, estimated that the two were not familiar with each other at all, so in Germany, a Spaniard introduced the two Germans to each other, hoping that they would get along well.
Cross: We know each other.
Leandri came over and whispered in my ear:? You don't look like you are familiar with him at all.
Kroos: We played together in the U19 team, and you are the only one I am most familiar with.
Leandri thought it made a lot of sense, and it was better for one to only have someone who was closest to him.
Leandri looked at the newcomer in the team sincerely, "Thank you for practicing with me, Lars. Go back and take a shower, don't catch a cold. Goodbye."
Larsbender walked back to the locker room in confusion. When water droplets dripped from the shower head, he realized that he was going to have extra practice today! And he was sent away by the Spanish goalkeeper with just two words?
Is it possible that he is the only one that can be used by the entire team? Oh my God, Leverkusen will not fall into darkness from now on and become a one-man show of Leandri, right? Has Spain reopened the Age of Discovery?
Lars Bender, who is very young and has a very creative mind, couldn't help but glance at the pitch after taking a shower. Poor Kroos was still practicing with the goalkeeper. Seeing him carrying bags of balls, brother Bender felt that he was being bullied.
Look, look! The goalkeeper patted him on the shoulder and said something, and Kroos even helped him get the goalkeeper gloves and clothes!
The sky of Germany has collapsed! The sky has collapsed for Leverkusen!
But I, Lars Bender, will do my best to help the world see the light again and save Cross's pitiful life!
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