Chapter 255: Seize the Opportunity in Your Hands

On the second day of the game, news reports came out that gathered comments from Yang Muge’s teammates and friends.

In China, fans are also interested in this mysterious and low-key player.

Through reports, everyone learned that Yang Muge is really a low-key person. He only went to the Schalke 04 youth training camp a little later than Zhou Yi, but he remained unknown in the youth training camp for a long time. When Zhou Yi had already won the youth level championship in the Dortmund youth team, no one knew about Yang Muge.

In addition, I also learned that Yang Muge is also a marginalized person in the youth team of domestic clubs.

Talking about why others came to participate in the reality show in the first place, some media interviewed the Northern Hemisphere company that produced the show.

I learned why Yang Muge appeared in the reality show.

Because Yang Muge's club did not take the TV show seriously at the time and did not plan to send the best players from its youth team to participate. The fringe character Yang Muge was sent to the reality show team as a candidate for the club's errands.

Unexpectedly, participating in the filming of a reality show would bring him good luck.

He was a marginal figure in the club's youth team, but he became a main force in the reality show and performed well.

After the filming of the reality show was completed, he was spotted by Schalke 04.

You know, Schalke 04 was not on the list of opponents that the reality show team challenged, so it was not easy for them to discover Yang Muge.

The other four of the Five Little Dragons were chosen by their opponents because of their outstanding performance in the game.

Later, Yang Muge went to Schalke 04 to stay dormant.

Until yesterday.

In fact, judging from yesterday's game, it would be wrong to describe Yang Muge as a blockbuster in the game. Because to be honest, Yang Muge only appeared defensively a few times. The other times he just disappeared and was not conspicuous.

If it weren't for the sincere affirmation and praise of Schalke 04 head coach Stevens at the post-match press conference, Chinese reporters would probably have been worried that Yang Muge would return to the stands after playing this game. .

However, through digging and compiling information about Du Yang Muge, everyone gradually discovered that this person was probably like this. Some people are born to be in the limelight, while others are born to be low-key.

Yang Muge obviously belongs to the latter.

And his low profile is quite suitable for his position on the football field.

Because what a defensive midfielder needs is to be able to endure loneliness.

Why is Makelele successful at Real Madrid and Chelsea? It is because he understands his own strengths and weaknesses that he is willing to defend and be a blue-collar player. He has endured loneliness throughout his career and has been working conscientiously in the defensive midfield position. Although he is popular among fans and some club owners Not an important person, dispensable. But any head coach and knowledgeable expert will understand his importance.

Subsequently, public opinion also rectified Makelele's name.

The Galactic battleship sank without Makelele.

This shows how important a pure defensive midfielder is.

Although modern football increasingly requires players to be multi-functional, players like Makelele who are particularly strong in a certain professional skill and even close to the peak still have a place, and it is still a very important one.

In Yang Muge, everyone seems to be able to see such a future.

He will not be the person like Zhou Yi who steals the show and decides the outcome of the game on his own, but he can become an indispensable and important part of the team. With him, the team may not be able to win, but without him, This machine is definitely not running smoothly.

In fact, in today's football environment where defenders are becoming more and more like forwards and goalkeepers are becoming more and more like midfielders, players like Yang Muge are becoming increasingly rare and even more precious...

Some domestic media commented on the emergence of Yang Muge: "He is not the savior of Chinese football, nor will he be the kind of superstar who enjoys the cheers and admiration of fans. To put it bluntly, he is a role player. But role players are not important? No , simply too important! Because a team cannot be composed of eleven superstars. The basis of the team is those role players who are unknown or seem ordinary. Without these role players, the team will not have the best Basic combat effectiveness..."

Another domestic media said: "If we compare Zhou Yi to the leading star of a movie, then Yang Muge is of course a supporting actor. But even for a supporting actor, there is also the term 'best supporting actor'. Being able to focus on only one If you take this thing to its peak, it can be called 'great'. A movie cannot only have the protagonist, and without the support of the supporting characters, no matter how good the drama is, it will not be possible."

No matter how the media evaluates or what the fans think, for Yang Muge, being able to play in the professional league means that the long journey of thousands of miles has finally taken the first step. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Once you take the first step, what could be more difficult than starting?

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The day after the game, Zhou Yi and Yang Muge met in a low-key restaurant and had a meal.

Of course, this meal was invited by Yang Muge, in the name of celebrating his debut in his career and starting the whole game.

During the meal, Zhou Yi stated in the group that he was enjoying the meal on behalf of the other three people. In response, Guo Nu, Sun Pan and He Ying expressed dissatisfaction and protest, and stated that they did not recognize the "legitimacy" of the meal. and "legitimacy." Yang Muge was asked to choose another day to make up for it.

Zhou Yi agreed to their proposal because he could have another meal.

Yang Muge didn't object, he accepted everyone's opinions with a smile.

Although Yang Muge is low-key and humble about his future, he has never lost confidence.

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After the fifteenth round of the league, it is the last game of the Champions League group stage. Dortmund faces Marseille at home, while Arsenal travels to Olympiakos.

In this round of the group stage, because both Dortmund and Arsenal qualified from the group early, the actual outcome is meaningless.

Both sides did not let the main players play in this game, but sent substitutes and let the main players rest.

Wenger on Arsenal's side simply did not let most of the main players go away.

Dortmund also did not let Zhou Yi start, and he sat on the bench.

In the end, Dortmund lost to Marseille 2:3 at home, while Arsenal also lost to Olympiacos 1:3 away from home.

Both the first and second teams in the group ended their Champions League group stages with defeats.

But the result no longer matters.

Although Zhou Yi was on the bench, he never played a game from beginning to end. Compared with the Champions League group stage, there are more important games waiting for him.

That is the winter break championship battle between Dortmund and Bayern Munich.

In the Bundesliga, the winter break championship is a tradition. This honor does not carry any actual award, but it is related to the league championship at the end of the season.

Dortmund currently ranks first in the league standings, just one point ahead of second-placed Bayern Munich.

With two games left before the winter break, Dortmund is likely to be unseated by Bayern Munich.

Because in the last league game, Dortmund tied with Monchengladbach 1:1 on the road.

In order to win the winter break, Klopp directly gave up the Champions League group stage. Anyway, Dortmund had already qualified as the first in the group.

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On December 9, the first game of the sixteenth round of the league started. The two sides of the match are Hertha Berlin and Schalke 04, with the latter challenging Hertha Berlin away.

In this game, Yang Muge once again appeared in the starting lineup.

The number of Chinese media who went to cover this game was obviously more than the previous Schalke 04 game.

Yang Muge still didn't stand out in the game, but his conscientious performance in defense still received praise and appreciation from everyone. Commentator Marcel Leif praised Yang Muge's defense in the midfield during the game.

"Yang Muge does not look like a very strong player, and his expression is not ferocious, which does not fit our fixed impression of a 'midfielder'. But in defense, he is very tough and tenacious, and he does not give in an inch. He also plays very intelligently. He is good at blocking defense and can destroy the opponent's offensive line at key positions...and once he sticks to the offensive player, he will put a lot of pressure on the opponent, because he is not that The kind of person who gives up easily!"

This evaluation is quite high.

In the end, Yang Muge helped Schalke 04 win Hertha Berlin 2:1 in the away game.

After watching these two games, the Chinese reporters in the media box are not too worried about Yang Muge's position in the next game. They feel that as long as Yang Muge is not injured and maintains his condition, he will definitely have a place in Schalke 04's starting lineup.

And any fool can see that Stevens, the current Schalke 04 head coach, loves Yang Muge.

Although he did not transfer Yang Muge to the first team from the youth team, he was the one who gave Yang Muge the opportunity to play in the first team.

As for Yang Muge himself, he firmly grasped the opportunity with his actual actions, and lived up to the efforts he had made during this period, as well as the expectations and trust of those who cared about him.

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The last two games of the sixteenth round of the league happened to be between the two teams Dortmund and Bayern Munich.

On the afternoon of December 11, Dortmund faced Kaiserslautern at home, and on the evening of December 11, Bayern Munich challenged Stuttgart at home. (To be continued.)