Chapter 189 Schalke IV in Dilemma

When Zhou Yi and Shinji Kagawa returned to the team and started training, Klopp was slightly relieved that at least Zhou Yi's physical fitness was not as bad as he thought, and his physical condition was still quite good.

Zhou Yi's explanation for this was that he had a good rest at home for a whole day yesterday and did nothing. He didn't even leave the door and just stayed at home.

What Zhou Yi didn't say was that it was thanks to Cortana who helped him clean up, otherwise he would have spent at least half a day doing it.

After investing in Dortmund's preparations for the game against Schalke 04, Zhou Yi found that there were no changes in the Schalke 04 lineup. Yang Muge did not suddenly appear in Dortmund's opponent lineup like Sun Pan.

Unlike Sun Pan, he continues to work hard in Schalke 04's U19.

And not only Yang Muge, but also Guo Nu and He Ying.

It's not easy to get ahead in the youth training camps of wealthy families.

Most wealthy clubs would rather believe in the big stars they spent a lot of money to buy, rather than giving opportunities to young players from youth training. Because youth training young players mean lack of experience and instability, it is indeed difficult for people to trust them to pin the performance of the first team on them. Who is willing to form a group of boy scouts except as a last resort?

Even in Barcelona, ​​a club that attaches great importance to youth training, there is also such a problem. Barcelona's youth academy has trained many outstanding players, but they cannot play in the first team. The composition of the first team is very stable. Even if you can occasionally play some games in the first team, it is difficult to get stable opportunities to play.

So if you want to get a stable chance to play, you may have to choose to be loaned out in the end.

From this point of view, Sun Pan is actually lucky. Although at first it seemed like he wasn't taken seriously.

But now, I believe Chelsea will never ignore him.

Although the Offenbach Kickers he played for were eliminated by Schalke 04 in the quarter-finals of the German Cup, Sun Pan still performed well. If it hadn't been for him in that game, the Offenbach kickers might have gone home at the end of the ninety minutes, but they finally persisted until overtime and were defeated by Schalke 04 in the interpretation game.

At the same time, in the German third league. Offenbach's kicker has also shot up in the rankings. Currently ranked third in the league, there is a chance to reach the Bundesliga 2. This is naturally related to Sun Pan - after the German Cup match against Dortmund, Sun Pan became the team's main goalkeeper, whether in the cup or the league. He has never been rotated out.

Keep up this behavior,

After the loan period ends this season. When he returns to Chelsea again, he will definitely be taken seriously. The trajectory of his life will be completely different from before.

So in fact, Zhou Yi feels that if he can't play in a wealthy club, it would be a good idea to choose to be loaned out. Face and dignity actually don't matter at this time. Being able to continue playing games is the most important thing.

This is also the reason why he chose Dortmund in the first place, although both Barcelona and Arsenal attach great importance to youth training, and the level of youth training is very high. But their first team is also filled with superstars. It doesn't happen overnight for youth team players to make it to the first team like that. They often need to wait patiently for many years.

As for Zhouyi. Time is the most precious.

Maybe those people could afford to wait, but he couldn't.

So he chose to take shortcuts.

Leasing is also one of the shortcuts.

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Schalke 04's performance this season is indeed very poor. After 20 rounds of the league, Schalke 04 ranks eleventh. This is a huge failure for the team that ranked third in the league last season.

The only consolation is that they performed pretty well in the Champions League and qualified first in the group stage.

But that may be why they performed so poorly in the league. Many teams in Germany, with the exception of Bayern Munich, often perform unstable when fighting on two fronts, either giving up the Champions League or the league.

Such teams are not uncommon not only in Germany, but also in Spanish, English, and Italian leagues.

To put it bluntly, it has to do with the fact that these teams do not often participate in the Champions League, lack experience, and have ideas for team building.

Because neither Schalke 04 nor Dortmund can guarantee that they can participate in the Champions League stably every season. If they can participate this season, they may not be able to participate next season - and this probability is very high. Therefore, they have no way or need to maintain a large lineup that can cope with both domestic league and Champions League competitions for a long time.

That would increase the financial burden on the team. With the exception of Bayern Munich, although the financial situation of other Bundesliga teams is healthy, they are not wealthy at all. Compared with burning money, they will definitely not be able to burn Bayern Munich.

In the entire Bundesliga, only Bayern Munich has such strong financial resources to support them in bringing in various stars every season until there is no room for them on the bench... Oh no, there is no room for them on the bench, and there is no room for them in the stands!

And if other teams play like this... Dortmund is the latest example!

Dortmund won the Bundesliga championship for two consecutive years in 1995 and 1996, and won the Champions League and Toyota Cup in 1997. Becoming a member of the European giants G14 in 1998, Dortmund has become Germany's second giant team, which makes Dortmund's management think they can compete with Bayern Munich.

In 2000, the club was listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, making Dortmund the first German club to be listed.

Continuous success has allowed Dortmund to continue to expand. The specific manifestation is to spend huge sums of money to buy various big-name stars and promise high salaries. For example, the transfer fee for Brazilian striker Amoruso they bought was 25 million euros, setting a record for a transfer fee for a German club at the time.

With such a huge investment, the team's results were not satisfactory.

Except I got it in the second year

Apart from the league championship, there is nothing to gain.

For German clubs like Dortmund, it is impossible for them to rely on capital injections from tycoons in the Middle East and Russia to obtain large sums of money. Their balance of payments must be balanced. Poor performance will directly affect their economic income.

The large number of high-paid stars that Dortmund purchased previously not only failed to help the team achieve outstanding results, but their salaries became a burden that crushed Dortmund.

In 2005, the club was on the verge of bankruptcy, with debts as high as £125 million. It took Dortmund less than ten years to go from continuous glory in the mid-1990s to being on the verge of bankruptcy today.

In the end, the club had to sell off those high-paid stars, and formulated a very strict financial policy, placing almost harsh restrictions on player salaries.

Due to reduced investment, it is difficult for the club to attract quality stars, so the team's performance is getting worse and worse.

The period from 2005 to 2008 was the most difficult time for Dortmund.

It wasn't until 2008 that Klopp came to coach this team.

Until now, Dortmund's financial situation has not fundamentally improved.

From Dortmund, we can see the dilemma of the German team.

The persistent pursuit of financial health has led to their lack of competition in Europe. If they want to go all out to achieve results in the Champions League, they must give up the league.

It is not unheard of for a team to play in the Champions League last season and be relegated next season.

Although Schalke 04 was not relegated, their results in the league were really unjustifiable.

Now he is under tremendous pressure and may be dismissed from get out of class at any time.

In the group, Zhou Yi and his friends often discuss European football and give advice to various teams.

As the Ruhr Derby approaches, Schalke 04 is certainly the focus of discussion.

Sun Pan opened a bet in the group to bet on when Magath, the current head coach of Schalke 04, would be dismissed.

"A week later!" Zhou Yi said firmly.

"Why are you so sure?" Sun Pan asked.

"Because he will be dismissed because he was double beaten by Dortmund in one season." Zhou Yi replied.

"You want to say that you will definitely win, right?"

"I am also helping Lao Yang." Zhou Yi said.

"What does it have to do with me?" Yang Muge was surprised.

"Of course it has something to do with you, Lao Yang." Zhou Yi said. "After Magath is dismissed, Schalke 04 will definitely go through a process of change, and this process of change contains many opportunities. This may be your opportunity. What if the new head coach who comes in is a serious one? What about youth training? For example, our Klopp. Or what if he wants to transfer some players from the youth team to the first team to create some pressure on the stars? Anyway, it is always a good thing."

"What Zhou Yi said makes sense..." He Ying agreed. "If Magath doesn't get out of class, the chances of Schalke 04 changing will be much smaller."

"So, if Schalke 04's performance is not good, it will be a good thing for Yang? Because the team's performance is unstable, young players can succeed?" Sun Pan asked.

Guo Nu's eyes lit up as he watched from the side: "Doesn't that mean I also have a chance!?"

It is really difficult to say that Inter Milan's results this season are good, especially the first half of the season coached by Benitez was simply miserable and outrageous.

"Lao Guo, are you still in the youth team now?" Zhou Yi asked.

"certainly."

"Then you have no chance, because you have missed the best opportunity." Zhou Yi made a hand-spreading expression. "Benitez dismissed get out of class before the winter break, but you are still in the youth team, alas..."

"Fuck!" Only then did Guo Nu realize that Zhou Yi was hacking him again.

Zhou Yi added: "So Lao Yang, for your own future, you have to cheer for me in this game. I hope I can help Dortmund defeat Schalke 04!"

"..." Yang Muge was speechless.

Sun Pan rolled his eyes: "Damn, you've been preparing for this for so long just because of this sentence! You're so dirty when you play midfield!"

Zhou Yi: "Lao Yang, Panpan calls you a scheming bitch."

Sun Pan: "The heart of playing in the midfield is really dirty!" (To be continued.) New website activated