Chapter 42: Running back and forth, exhausted
Although there are only two games in the Telecom Cup, they are scheduled very close to each other.
According to the schedule, after advancing to the next round, they will go away to challenge another opponent, Dortmund, tomorrow, August 6.
In the match against Hamburg, thanks to Lewandowski's goal, Dortmund won by one goal over Hamburg and advanced to the final, becoming the final opponent of Werder Bremen.
Because of time constraints, after defeating Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen had to fly immediately to Dortmund, where their next opponent was located.
By the time they got off the plane and took a bus to their booked hotel, it was already 2:30 in the morning.
At this time, there were only 17 hours left before the start of the competition.
"Hurry up, hurry up, go back to your rooms and sleep. Gather for training at 10:30 tomorrow morning!"
The coaches sent the players to their rooms to sleep, leaving them with little time to rest.
If they don't sleep well tonight, they might not even have the energy to run when they get to the competition field tomorrow.
"What kind of a schedule is this? It's arranged so close together that there's no time to rest!"
After Coach Rolf settled the players, he couldn't help but complain.
"The Telecom Cup has always been like this, but it's really unfair to us!"
The home team Dortmund is well rested at home, but Werder Bremen has to travel across most of Germany. This will cause great difficulties for Werder Bremen, but their opponents do not have this problem.
However, as a supporting role invited to accompany the prince in his studies, it is good enough to be able to participate in the competition, so don't expect too much.
"Okay, everyone go and rest, stay in good shape, because we have a game tomorrow!"
Schaff clapped his hands and sent everyone away.
He turned on his computer and checked the match between Hamburg and Dortmund that day.
As the head coach of the team, it would be a bit incompetent if you don't do targeted research on the opponent before the next game.
There are some changes in Dortmund's lineup in the new season. They have introduced a group of people and some players have left.
Dortmund's biggest signing this summer was spending 17.1 million euros to bring in potential new star Reus from Borussia Mönchengladbach to replace Japanese midfielder Shinji Kagawa who was bought by Manchester United.
In addition, they also spent 5.5 million euros to take away Stuttgart's striker Schieber.
Schieber was bought by Klopp as a substitute. Their substitute striker Barrios was bought by the Chinese Super League club Guangzhou Evergrande for 8.5 million euros.
Although Barrios once had a good performance in Dortmund, he did not have many opportunities to play after the Pole Lewandowski established himself in the team and occupied the main position.
If Barrios is willing to be a substitute, that would be fine.
But he is unwilling to be a substitute and has a bad temper. Now that his potential has been almost fully tapped, staying with the team will pose a big threat to the locker room.
Therefore, faced with the poaching attempts of the Chinese Super League tycoons, Klopp did not hesitate to sell it for cash.
All in all, Dortmund's lineup strength has not suffered much damage this summer.
Although the team lost its main midfielder Shinji Kagawa, newcomer Reus has greater potential. As long as he can integrate well with the team, his contribution to the team may exceed that of Shinji Kagawa in the future.
Unlike Bayern, Dortmund is a passionate young guard. Their playing style is unrestrained and impactful, which has set off a youth storm in the Bundesliga.
Last season, it was thanks to this youthful storm that they defeated the Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich three times, won the league and cup double, and left Bayern with no temper.
Facing an opponent that relies on pressing and active running to play the game, Werder Bremen can no longer use the tactics they used against Bayern before.
It is very dangerous to let a young team like Dortmund attack their own goal, because once they go crazy, even the top giants can't stop them! So, what tactics should be used to deal with them? Schaff rubbed his temple and thought hard.
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Perhaps because of the victory over the powerful Bayern, many young players in the team seemed very excited.
Although they went to bed early as requested by their coach, they were unable to fall asleep.
By the time they finally fell asleep, they didn't know what time it was.
The next morning at 10:30, it was time for the team to gather for training.
However, less than half of the players were able to come down on time to gather, and most of those who came were old players, while the young players were almost wiped out.
"I'll go call them down!"
Seeing that the head coach's face was not looking good, assistant coach Hernebach took the initiative to speak.
"Why don't we let them sleep a little longer and let us train first!"
The physical coach expressed his objection, believing that waking up the young players at this time would cause them to lack of rest and greatly affect the game in the evening.
However, Coach Schaff nodded to Henebach and asked him to call for help.
"I would rather lose this game than tell these young people one thing: I don't welcome those who don't follow the rules in my team!"
He has delayed the team's gathering time to give them plenty of rest.
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It is because these people fail to adjust their mindset that they oversleep.
Of course, he is also responsible for this. He did not guide the players' mental state in advance, calm the emotions of the young players, impart experience to them, etc.
But now, he can't sit back and watch players violate the rules without dealing with them. This will reduce his authority as a head coach and even give young players a wrong impression:
It seems that not following the team's rules is no big deal, and there will be no punishment anyway.
If they really develop such a feeling, it will not only affect the team's future tactical arrangements, but will even affect the careers of these young players.
No team likes players who are undisciplined and do not abide by team rules.
Lin Quan and De Bruyne looked at each other and had a deeper understanding of their coach.
Coach Schaff won't give you a bad look when he needs to be reasonable, but when he's working, he also has his own iron-fisted and cold side, and he is very principled.
Sure enough, someone who can be the head coach of a team for such a long time is definitely not simple! Because the players are not complete, the morning training is very simple.
Lin Quan has been practicing free kicks with De Bruyne during this period. One of them practices powerful shots, while the other practices the outside of the foot arc.
De Bruyne's free kick level is already very high, but he lacks a little change in front of the goal.
Therefore, when he encounters some experienced goalkeepers, his free throws are easily saved.
So, he plans to add some changes to his free kicks, similar to the elevator ball that Ronaldo often kicks.
When the ball is halfway through its flight, it suddenly drops down to catch the opponent off guard.
It is not easy to master this. In addition to having sufficient strength, you also need to control the angle of force and the part that receives the ball.
After kicking the elevator ball, try to keep the football from spinning as much as possible. In this way, the resistance of the football in the air will be much greater than that of the spinning ball.
When a player kicks the ball hard, it will give the ball a very high initial velocity. When the initial velocity is greater than the final velocity, the effect of the Magnus effect will be very obvious.
When the football reaches the highest point, it will not fall like a normal parabola, but will suddenly drop like taking an elevator.
This is the principle of the elevator ball!
This principle was later concluded by the Gazzetta dello Sport after hiring professional kinematics and mechanics experts to make precise calculations.
According to the experts' calculation formula, in order to achieve the effect of an elevator ball, the initial velocity of the football must exceed 100 kilometers per hour, which requires great strength from the penalty kicker.
(End of this chapter)