Super Coaches

Table 1 in Isola Bella (top)

In the Bundesliga last season, Kaiserslautern had one of the best Bundesliga backs, conceding just 35 goals, second in the Bundesliga, better than Leverkusen, and scoring just 31 This is the worst in the Bundesliga, that brings Kaiserslautern's draw to 18 matches, the most draws in the Bundesliga.

It can be said that most of Kaiserslautern's relegation was due to their offense, and the biggest weakness lies in midfield. Greiner and Wagner are only 135 and 138 respectively, and these two players were the main strengths of Kaiserslautern last season.

From this point on, it's not hard to see how strong Kaiserslautern's midfield is!

Therefore, when Yang Cheng is in charge, the focus is on the central midfielder, because with the strength of Olaf Marshall and Pavel Kuka, as long as the midfielder can create chances, he can score in the front line.

To create opportunities, in addition to the core of the organization, you must also have a great wing attacker.The combination of sides and the middle is king, but today neither Grenaa nor Wagner have the power of wing attacks. Fritz counted one, but he could only play properly, and his attack ability was not as good as Yang Cheng.

In Yang Cheng's mind, Fritz's most suitable position was at right-back, where he could play his offensive and defensive characteristics, but now Yang Cheng wanted to play three defenders, he said, he can only put him in midfield, but this versatile performance in midfield is also good, and with Fritz, Yang Cheng can sometimes turn into 4 guards.

Of course, that doesn't mean that Kaiserslautern doesn't have a good place, it's the back line!

This defensive line, which has performed exceptionally well even in the Bundesliga, includes not only old and powerful former world-class superstars like Bremer, but also defensive tycoons like Kosch, Lutz and Kadletz. Except for Bremer, the other players at the backline were not famous, but the win was practical.

According to Yang Cheng's plan, at Kaiserslautern this season, he will insist on playing the 3rd guard system. Kyle who came with him is the best candidate for centre-back. Bremer also had one, but he was also older. They are all 36 years old and it is impossible to depend on them all season.

Kosch, Lutz, Kadletz and Luis Hut are all suitable candidates in all three of these positions, but these all have issues with age, so Yang Cheng's idea was to introduce a potential young man, Engraved.

In terms of goalkeepers, Reynke's current number one has excellent strength and strong front-end skills. Yang Cheng recalled that in the 0304 season, Werder Bremen won the championship lineup, Reynke was the main goalkeeper, and it was indispensable. He was exactly 27 years old, the golden age of the goalkeeper.

Instead, it was a substitute goalkeeper, with a strength of just 106. Yang Cheng was not too comfortable with him. After all, if a team wants to participate in the European Cup Winners' Cup this season, there must be a reliable replacement goalkeeper.

After sifting through his analysis in his mind, Yang Cheng found that his next priority was to introduce the core of the organization, which was the top priority, followed by one or two wing attackers, a reserve attacker, and an attacker. The centre-back also has a back-up goalkeeper.

Thinking of this, Yang Cheng could not help but feel a headache.

So far this season, he has introduced Barack, Kyle, Fritz, Luis Hut, Nedved and Gattuso, and these players have spent a total of $ 2.75 million.

If another winger, attacker, centre-back and reserve goalkeeper were introduced, Yang Cheng would bring in a full 10 men, which is just a big cleanup of Kaiserslautern.

Although it was in line with Frederick's expectations, Yang Cheng had to start worrying about the running of the team.

"It seems we can only do more work before the season!" Think Yang Cheng.

However, since arriving at the team, Yang Cheng soon met Bremer through Frederick, he hoped to speak well with the team captain and listen closely to the captain's ideas.

The players of today are not like a dozen years later, they start taking vacations immediately after the holidays. Now the players spend a lot of vacation time at home. Bremer is one of them. He lives near the club and still maintains training while on vacation.

This is why he was still active on the pitch when he was 36.

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After inquiring about Frederick, Yang Cheng approved an Italian restaurant called Isola Bella on Otterbach Avenue next to Walter's Fritz Stadium. Frederick said it was Kai The place where the Zeslauten players most often gathered, the club apartment for Yang Cheng was also close by.

This is a bungalow restaurant. The decoration outside is very simple. Except for the wooden sign hanging on the roof, it was only painted with black and white zebra paint. This is definitely not the eyes of Kaiserslautern. Kinda dazzling.

When the door opened, the bell rang immediately.

“Welcome!” A heavy man's voice sounded beside his ears.

Yang Cheng was almost surprised, only to find out after entering, that they set up a counter on the side of the door and saw it as soon as they entered, and behind the counter was a bottle of wine, which looks very expensive.

A middle-aged man with silver hair, but deliberately combed into a side hemisphere that had been popular for many years, stood behind the table and began to pay close attention to Yang Cheng as he entered, probably because of his black hair and yellow hair. His skin was so striking, that a middle-aged person recognized him at once.

“Are you the new team head coach?” The middle-aged man shook his hand and split his hair.

Yang Cheng nodded, "You ..."

"Tony Vicino, everyone here is called Tony, or Italy!"

Yang Cheng laughed, "Are you Italian?"

"Yes, right. If it was a fake replacement, Kaiserslautern would be the only one for me!" He looks a little proud.

Thought Yang Cheng, no wonder he opened an Italian restaurant.

“Do you want a special seat or anything?” Tony Vickino asked with a smile.

“Is there a difference?” Yang Cheng asked interestingly while standing in front of the counter.

Tony walked out of the counter, greeted Yang Cheng and walked over, introducing: "Special seats are special seats. Many Kaiserslautern players have exclusive seats here. Yes, we are usually called No. 2, this position is Lutz chair, we call it No. 3 ... "

After this series of introductions, Yang Cheng was unable to help but find that the arrangement of these numbers seemed a little interesting, as if the seats of the players were determined based on their status at the club.

“How about No. 1?” Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

Tony Vicino smiled and pointed to the round table by the window in the distance, "There's No. 1!"