Football: The national football team was expelled and rewarded with a long-range goal card Chapter 044

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The origin of this matter goes back to the post-match interview after Manchester United’s game against Norwich.

Ferguson’s exact words were, “I’ve seen that kid’s training videos, and his performance was very average. I didn’t expect him to be so dominant in the Bundesliga. Is it because the opponents in the Bundesliga are too weak? Can any of our unwanted youth players score six goals in two games?” It was precisely because of this statement that Ye Chen instantly became the public enemy of the entire Bundesliga!

The English Premier League has always been the most competitive, and it is currently the undisputed top league.

Bundesliga fans certainly knew that the Bundesliga was not as good as the Premier League, but this didn’t mean that a youth player could do whatever he wanted!

The main reason was the media’s instigation behind the scenes.

Because of that one sentence, the media directly sought out Werder Bremen’s players, asking each of them for their opinions on the matter.

Naldo, the team’s main center-back, stated, “The Bundesliga isn’t a place where just any youth player can do as he pleases. I’ll make him feel what an impregnable defense is like!”

And Papastathopoulos, known as the “Butcher,” spoke even more directly, “Watch his legs!”

During the interview, he even made a bloodthirsty tongue-licking gesture.

Of course, the star player, current German international Marko Marin, also expressed his views, “I will crush Dortmund with goals. As for Ye… honestly, he’s not enough to catch my attention!”

“But you’ve both scored six goals, and you’re tied for fifth in the top scorer list!” the reporter reminded him.

“Is that so? We won’t be tied after the game!” Marko Marin said coldly before leaving.

Of course, as a German international, Marin certainly had reasons to be proud.

Interestingly, he and Ye Chen were actually the same type of player: fast, and with a decent long-range shot!

Klopp scrolled through a few news articles and couldn’t help but sigh, “Indeed, the older, the wiser!”

“Huh? What does that mean?” Buvac asked curiously.

“Ferguson’s words were deliberately meant to draw the fire to Ye Chen, making him the public enemy of all German teams and fans!” Klopp said in a deep voice, “As expected, those who play tactical games have dirty hearts!”

Buvac showed a look of sudden realization, “If Ye Chen wasn’t our Dortmund player, we probably would be marking him tightly too!”

Klopp nodded, “But if not Ye Chen, who can we play?”

“Perisic, his form isn’t as good as Ye’s, but he’s decent!” Buvac reminded him.

“We can only play him. Ye should lie low for a while!” Klopp sighed.

Playing Ye Chen at this time would undoubtedly be sending him to the chopping block.

After all, players can get reckless when they’re impulsive, and if they do anything to injure Ye Chen, it would be a huge loss!

Moreover, Werder Bremen was not a weak team. After eight rounds, they had 5 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses, placing them second in the league, only 3 points behind Bayern, who were in first place!

Without a doubt, this would be a formidable opponent.

“Everyone, come over, the starting lineup is being announced!”

Klopp removed Ye Chen’s name and replaced it with No. 14 Perisic.

The players all walked towards the coach’s area.

Götze hooked his arm around Ye Chen’s neck, “You’re in great form, and several of the guys are low on energy right now. Your chance to start is coming!”

“I’ll take your word for it!” Ye Chen said with a smile.

He felt that he had performed very well in today’s training match, scoring two goals and assisting Götze for another.

The main thing was that he was much faster than others just by running casually… that feeling of flying was truly exhilarating!

“No problem at all, your strength isn’t just ordinary youth academy level!” Götze said with a chuckle.

Clearly, he had also seen the news.

Ye Chen, on the other hand, looked bewildered.

These past few days, he had been in hellish training, and the only time he spent on his phone was chatting with Lina. He hadn’t paid much attention to tabloid news at all.

As for Lina, she knew about the news, but she hadn’t mentioned it…

After all, these news stories were unfriendly towards Ye Chen.

“The goalkeeper is still Weidenfeller!”

Once the players stood in formation, Klopp began to announce the lineup.

“The five defenders are Grosskreutz, Chris Löwe, Subotic, Hummels, and Owomoyela!”

The players whose names were called acknowledged the announcement.

The regular starters remained calm, while substitute players like Owomoyela, who used to be on the bench, looked excited.

After all, more exposure meant more people would notice them, and this directly affected their income and future development!

“The three midfielders are Götze, Gündoğan, and Sven Bender!”

The three raised their hands together.

“Finally, the two strikers are Lewandowski and Perisic!”

This time, Klopp didn’t keep them in suspense and announced it very straightforwardly.

But a look of regret appeared on Ye Chen’s face in the crowd.

After all, he was in really good form today, and he had performed excellently in the training match!

Given these circumstances, why wasn’t he starting?

Ultimately, Ye Chen felt it was a matter of trust.

Who knew that the opponent for the next match would be Werder Bremen?

This was the second-placed team in the league!

If it were some relegation-threatened team, he might actually have been given a start.

But because it was a strong opponent, it made sense to trust the more familiar players.

“Next are the substitute players.”

“Langerak, Kehl, Leitner, Kuba, Kagawa, Santana, Ye!”

The substitutes were not much of a surprise. Although Kagawa hadn’t come to training, he would have a recovery training session tomorrow morning, and then head to the stadium in the afternoon to prepare for the match.

The match would officially begin at 7:30 PM.

After hearing that he was a substitute, Ye Chen quickly adjusted his mindset.

Today’s team training was over, but Ye Chen didn’t plan to leave. Instead, he wanted to do some extra shooting practice.

Next to each skill, there was a progress bar.

This progress bar clearly showed when it would level up, and shooting was just a tiny bit away!

“Ye, we have a game tomorrow, don’t do extra training today!” Götze walked over at this moment and said to Ye Chen.

“It’s fine, I’m not starting anyway. Besides, I’ll be fine after a good night’s sleep!” Ye Chen said with a smile.

Götze gave him a thumbs up, “Then make sure you rest, and don’t get injured!”

Ye Chen picked up a football and went to the shooting area to start practicing.

How to apply force from every angle.

What angle to shoot from every spot.

These all needed practice.

Klopp watched Ye Chen doing extra shooting practice and sighed, “Although I know you really want to start, I’m genuinely afraid you’ll get injured!”

How many geniuses in football had fallen due to injuries?

Klopp would not allow this to happen to Ye Chen, so he had no choice but to do this.

But he also had a fire in his heart, and that fire had to be unleashed on Werder Bremen!

So what if they were second in the league? I’m still the reigning champion!

Marko Marin, huh?

I’m going to kick your ass!

Anyone who watched football knew that Klopp was extremely protective of his players!