Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 278 People Are Springs
How Schalke 04 will prepare for the game is a topic that reporters are particularly concerned about, because they have devil coach Magath.

The training session on July 7th was a public training session, and many fans and reporters came to watch the scene. The fans came to chase the stars, and the reporters came to watch the excitement. The well-deserved devil coach came to Schalke 5. how to train.

Magath is well known for climbing mountains and medicine ball training during training, so will it be useful to come to Schalke 04?
To everyone's disappointment, they didn't see it that day. Some reporters asked Magath why he didn't see the mountain climbing and medicine ball after the training.

"Don't worry, everyone will see! We didn't climb the mountain, and there are no mountains nearby, but I led everyone to climb the stairs to the Schalke Stadium."

The reporters secretly gave a thumbs up, counting you as ruthless!
Everyone knows that Magath is in charge at Schalke 04, so we also asked about his transfer.

"I think our current personnel are sufficient for next season's games, and we will not make any big moves in terms of transfers!" Magath said clearly.

Schalke 04 has introduced several people so far, one is Aiming Aaron, this is a Turkish player, but he will not play with the first team in the new season, the first player signed by Magath, this year is 20 years old .

One is Jan Moravec. This is a Czech player. He is also 20 years old this year. He is known as the next Rosicky and is very talented. However, he was not finalized by Magath, but in Muller. After get out of class, Schalke 04's top management finalized a transfer. Whether they can stay in the first team in the new season depends on their performance in the training camp.

The third is Lewis Holtby. This player is of English-German mixed race. During his childhood trial training at Borussia Mönchengladbach, he was rejected because he was too thin, so he defected to Aachen Football Club. In the 2008-09 season, he represented Aachen Football Club in the Bundesliga as the main force, played 33 times, contributed 8 goals and 9 assists.He also plays the role of midfield engine in the German U19 national team.With a promising future, Magath took a fancy to him after he came to power and spent 250 million euros to bring him over from Aachen.

This is what Schalke 04 has invested in the transfer market so far, with a total cost of 250 million euros. In terms of player output, Englar went to Eindhoven, Gross Muller returned to the Uruguay League, Chris Tajic returned to the Croatian League, and in terms of income, only Englar recovered 800 million euros.

The reason why Schalke 04 did not make big moves is not only the lack of money, but also has a lot to do with fighting on two fronts next season. As the team's manager, Magath must also consider the team's financial situation.

It's only been two days of training. Of course, the reporters also want to know how the Schalke 04 players feel about Magath.

The boss just came, who dares to dismantle Magath's platform? !The players all said yes, this kind of training method is good, now we don't have back pain anymore, our legs are no longer sore, and we can walk with energy!
Who does he believe this? We all know that Magath was in the previous few, and his performance was decent, but his reputation with the players is not very good.

The players are not like Schalke 04. Wasn't it always like this at the beginning of Bayern Munich and so on? !Just wait, one day you will tell the truth!
After two days of training at the training base, the entire Schalke 7 team arrived in Herzlak on July 6. This is a small town in Lower Saxony with a beautiful environment that fully meets Magath’s requirements. There are mountains and waters .

So the players of Schalke 04 began to have one more project, mountain climbing, and the medicine ball training mentioned before was also added. Here, Magath gave a speech to everyone.

"You all want to know why I didn't add a lot of balls. I want to tell you clearly that I am not here to practice your skills. I only have tactics here that you need to use in football. As for your personal skills, you should be in the game. Practice during the youth training, you can use your spare time to practice, but in the training session, sorry, I will not provide you with time."

To put it bluntly, he just made it clear that his training is based on physical training as the norm. In the future, physical training will be the main focus during the season. Another major item must be his tactical drills. As for everyone's own technical problems, he will not make any adjustments. guide.

This method is obviously not good for young players in the team. Young players hope to be guided by Magath, but Magath said that he will not guide them. If they want to stay in the first team, Then you can only work hard on your own to meet Magath's requirements.

It was painful for Zhang Yuan at the beginning. He felt that Magath’s training volume was indeed too much for its reputation, but he had gradually accepted this training method after the Hezlak training camp ended on the 11th. On the contrary, he felt that The training is not without benefits. After only a week, he feels that his physical functions have recovered very well.

Regarding the problem of recovery with the ball, Zhang Yuan thinks it is not a big problem. Magath will definitely start technical and tactical drills soon. It is impossible for him to continue doing this. In fact, there are still training sessions every afternoon. Ball training is not like what Magath said, there is really no ball training.

Zhang Yuan recalled a passage he had read before. Human beings are like springs. In fact, they have a strong ability to withstand pressure. Although Magath’s physical training is devilish, it squeezed Zhang Yuan’s potential very well and tested his ability to withstand pressure. , Facts have proved that his ability to withstand pressure is really good.

But some people are not so lucky. During this training camp, Jones was diagnosed with a three-month rest because of a fractured tibia in his left leg.And striker Loheider, who had just been promoted to the first team, was injured in training.

Immediately after Jones was injured, Magath set out to bring in Pliatsikas, who had previously played for AEK Athens and was captain of the Greek U21 national team. He only spent 40 euros.

In the summer training, Schalke 04 mainly completed in Gelsenkirchen and Herzlak, and also found a few small clubs to play friendly matches during the period. This kind of friendly match has no reference value. Magath looked at it in the 442 formation. It was still successful.

On August 8, the first round of the Bundesliga will kick off. Schalke 8 will challenge Nuremberg away, but before that, Schalke 04 still has a German Cup game to play.

On August 8, Schalke 2 played against Yun Dike in the first round. In this game, Schalke won the opponent 04:4. Zhang Yuan continued the momentum of last season in the game. He completed a pass and a shot in the game. The object of the assist is his striker partner Kuranyi.

The reason why Magath kept Kuranyi was because he felt that Kuranyi could still be saved. One of the reasons why Kuranyi scored fewer goals last season was the tradition of Schalke 04. Its tradition is to attach great importance to defense, and last season due to chaos, defense can still be guaranteed, but the team's creativity has weakened, Rakitic lost the aura of the first season, Kuranyi in the forward position There's really little support.

He is not Zhang Yuan's type of center forward. He is good at retreating, responding, and breaking through. Kuranyi is a post center. sideways, but the sideways were still unable to play, and Kuranyi was naturally in trouble.

And this season, Magath resorted to a 442 formation, adding a midfielder. There is currently no fixed candidate for the midfielder position. Farfan can play, Rakitic can also play, Altintop Jr. can still play, and even Kobyashvili can also play.

It has really increased the strength of the connection between the midfield and the frontcourt. Schalke 04 also pays attention to the sideways. The main players currently used by Magath on the two sides are Rafinha and Westermann. The strength will be greater than before, and it must be able to go up and down, and be able to deliver shells to the forward position on the wing.

So this season is definitely a test for Rafinha, Westerman, Pender and other full-backs. They must adapt to this tactical play, and Magath has particularly high physical requirements for their full-backs in training.

After playing the first round of the German Cup, Schalke 04 played a friendly match with their youth team in the middle of the week. Zhang Yuan found that Draxler, who had not seen him for a long time, had improved a lot. Breakthrough is very general style.

On the bench, Zhang Yuan could hear Magath talking with the coach of the youth team, Waldoch, on the sidelines. Draxler's mature performance made Magath very happy.

Magath has heard of Draxler before, but he has never seen his actual performance. Today Draxler is not stage-frightened when facing the players of the first team, fully showing his talent, Although still a little immature, Magath has already thought about it in his heart, and when necessary, he will promote this young talent to the first team.

(End of this chapter)