Chapter 19 The system came back to life again
. On July 20, two weeks after the team’s training, the club faced its first opponent in the warm-up match - Cottbus.
For Werder Bremen, choosing Cottbus as the first opponent in the warm-up match was obviously a well-considered decision.
This is a club from the German Second Division. They were briefly promoted to the Bundesliga for two seasons, but due to their lack of strength, they were quickly relegated.
This opponent is not very strong, probably half a level weaker than Werder Bremen.
Playing with them will help build confidence for the team's young players. Too many old players have left the team in the new season, so the team has to rely on these young players to build the team.
However, the mentality of young players is not stable enough and they are prone to collapse in the middle and late stages of the season, just like Arsenal, which is obsessed with maintaining a fourth-place finish. Every year, they are as strong as a tiger in the first half of the season but as weak as a dog in the second half. Somehow, they suddenly collapse.
In addition to helping the team's young players build confidence, choosing a weaker opponent means that their own back line will not be too impacted, and they can focus more on offense, better testing the results of the team's offensive tactics.
For this game, Lin Quan and De Bruyne were both selected for the squad.
The difference is that De Bruyne was included in the starting lineup, while Lin Quan was only a substitute.
Lin Quan was very calm about this. He did not think about getting the starting position right away. After all, his current physical fitness was not enough to play the whole game.
Being a substitute, coming on at a crucial moment in the second half and taking advantage of the opponent's reduced stamina to open up the game is much easier than starting the game and engaging in physical combat with an opponent who is full of stamina.
"Ding Ding, come on, I'm rooting for you!"
Lin Quan pumped his fist to cheer De Bruyne on, and De Bruyne nodded shyly.
The game started soon. There were a total of 23,000 spectators at the Weser Stadium for this friendly match, and more than half of the seats were empty.
This is not surprising. After all, many old players have left the team, and now they are playing friendly matches against lower-level leagues, which is not very attractive to fans.
After the start of the game, Werder Bremen quickly took the initiative.
Cottbus chose to retreat to their own half and play a defensive counterattack.
This is a very pragmatic choice. When a weaker team faces a strong team, if it rushes out to fight the opponent without knowing its own limitations, it will easily be beaten into a sieve by the opponent.
Especially when facing a team with strong offensive capabilities like Werder Bremen, if the defense is not strengthened and the team is hit hard by the opponent, it will have a very adverse impact on the mentality of the team's players in the new season.
"They really chose to defend!"
Assistant coach Rolf frowned and spoke nervously.
"Well, not surprising!"
Schaff was very calm, as if he had anticipated his opponent's choice.
"The opponent's backcourt has too many defensive players. We can't penetrate the ground. We can only pass the ball from the sideline, but the effect may not be good!"
Another assistant coach, Hernebach, is also very worried. Breaking through dense defense is a global problem, and he is worried whether these young guys on the field can handle this problem well.
"Now it depends on whether these young guys can withstand the pressure and open up the situation!"
Schaaf sat in the coaching booth, folded his arms across his chest, and calmly watched the performance of the players on the field.
This and the next few warm-up matches will be an important reference to help him determine the starting lineup for the new season.
It is easy to see in actual combat who has stronger abilities and who performs more outstandingly.
The capable ones will be promoted and the mediocre ones will be demoted. Werder Bremen will firmly implement this principle this season.
Moreover, even if the team cannot make a breakthrough for the time being, he is not worried because he still has an ace in his hand that has not been played.
Thinking of this, Shaf turned his head and looked at Lin Quan, who was sitting on the bench and watching the game intently.
He was looking forward to seeing what kind of surprises this little guy, who had surpassed countless others on the training ground, would bring him in actual combat.
On the bench, Lin Quan seemed to be watching the game intently.
But if you look closely, you will find that his focus is not on the court.
Yes, Lin Quan was distracted.
Just as the referee blew the whistle for the game, the dog system, which had been silent for two months, came back to life.
There was no [ding] sound, nor any abrupt task release or anything like that.
But a perceptible module appeared in Lin Quan's consciousness.
After Lin Quan curiously extended his consciousness over, this module unfolded in his mind.
After the module is opened, something similar to an operation interface appears inside.
It looks like a game, and the protagonist of the game seems to be himself.
When I clicked on the player information column, his information popped up.
Name: Lin Quan
Age: 16 years and 153 days
Birthday: February 20, 1996
Nationality: Spanish Position: To be determined
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Club: Barcelona
League: Bundesliga League appearances: 0 National team appearances: 0 Current template: Messi
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There was nothing special about the first half of the information, but the last column surprised Lin Quan a little.
The current template is easy to understand, but does the emergence of this word mean that the template of other football kings can be replaced in the future? Lin Quan asked the system about this issue.
[In theory, it is possible, but in practice it is not possible, because the previous kings have retired, their abilities have declined significantly, and they can no longer reach the level of the kings, so their attributes cannot be copied. ]
Well, this is in line with reality. After all, it is not easy to get a template of the king of football! Lin Quan is already very satisfied with the template of peak Messi.
So he started studying other things on its operating interface.
In addition to the player information column, there are two other modules.
A task module and a system mall.
This system is really lazy. With just these three things, it still has the nerve to call itself the king of football system?
Having said that, he still curiously clicked on the task module and found that there was a task reminder that he had not read yet.
After clicking it, a system task popped up: [Task Introduction: The king of football didn’t appear in one day, just like Rome wasn’t built in one day. They grew up through one game after another, fighting again and again, and you are about to take the first step in your professional career! ]
[Task requirements: Play in the match between Werder Bremen and Cottbus and lead the team to victory. Completing the task will reward 1 point! ]
According to the system introduction, points are the key to opening the system mall.
Accumulate enough points to open the system mall.
Not only that, the currency used to purchase items and equipment in the system mall is points.
Points can only be obtained by completing system tasks and winning games.
At first, Lin Quan didn’t care much about this. He already had the Messi template, so what else did he need?
What could be better than the Messi template?
Therefore, even without those junk in the system mall, he still has the confidence to become the new generation of football king.
However, after browsing the system mall, Lin Quan couldn't help but exclaim: It smells so good!
Apart from anything else, the talents in the system mall, such as immunity to injuries, top prediction, immortality, big heart, and key player, are really great!
(End of this chapter)