Chapter 255: Holding the opportunity in my hand
On the second day of the competition, news reports gathered Yang Muge's teammates and friends to comment on it were released.
In China, fans are also very interested in this mysterious and low-key player.
Through the report, everyone learned that Yang Muge is really a low-key person. He only went to Schalke 04 youth training camp a little later than Zhou Yi, but he was unknown for a long time in the youth training camp. When Zhou Yi had already won the youth competition championship in the Dortmund youth team, no one knew about Yang Muge.
In addition, I also learned that Yang Muge is also a marginal person in the youth team of domestic clubs.
Tell me why I came to participate in that reality show, and some media interviewed the Northern Hemisphere company that produced the program.
I learned why Yang Muge appeared in the reality show.
Because the club where Yang Muge was at that time did not take this TV show seriously and did not intend to send the best players in his youth team to participate. The marginal character Yang Muge was sent to the reality show team as the candidate for the club's errands.
Unexpectedly, this time participating in the filming of the reality show brought him good luck.
He is a marginal figure in the club youth team, but he played the main role in the reality show and performed well.
After the filming of the reality show was completed, he was attracted by Schalke 04.
You know, Schalke 04 Club is not on the list of opponents challenged by the reality show team at the beginning, so it is not easy for them to find Yang Muge.
The other four of the Five Little Dragons were at least attracted by their opponents because of their outstanding performance in the game.
Afterwards, Yang Muge went to Schalke 04 to lie dormant.
Until yesterday.
In fact, from yesterday's game, it is not right to describe Yang Muge's success in the game. Because to be honest, Yang Muge only appeared on defense a few times, and other times he disappeared, not conspicuous.
If Schalke 04 head coach Stevens had sincerely affirmed and praised it at the post-match press conference, it would probably be that Chinese journalists would have to worry that Yang Muge would return to the stands after playing this game.
However, through the excavation and sorting of Yang Muge's information, everyone gradually discovered that this person is probably like this. Some people are born to show off, while others are born to be low-key.
Yang Muge obviously belongs to the latter.
And his low-keyness is quite suitable for his position on the football field.
Because what the defensive midfielder needs is to endure loneliness.
Why did Marklele succeed in Real Madrid? It is because he understands his strengths and weaknesses, so he is willing to defend and be a blue-collar worker. He has been able to endure loneliness throughout his career and has been working diligently in the defensive midfielder position. Although he is not an important person among fans and some club owners, he is optional. But any head coach or expert who knows how to do it will understand his importance.
Then public opinion also made Marklele famous.
The Galaxy Battleship that lost Marklele sank.
This shows how important a pure defensive midfielder is.
Although modern football is increasingly requiring players to be versatile in their specialty, players like Marklele who are particularly strong in a certain professional skill and are even close to the peak still have a place, and it is still a very important place.
In Yang Muge, everyone seems to be able to see such a future.
He will not be the one who can make a name for himself and decide the outcome of the game by himself, but he can become an indispensable part of the team. With him, the team may not be able to win, but without him, the machine will definitely not run smoothly.
In fact, in the football environment where the defender is becoming more and more like a forward and the goalkeeper is becoming more and more like a midfielder, players like Yang Muge are becoming more and more rare, but they seem more precious...
Some domestic media commented on Yang Muge's appearance: "He is not the savior of Chinese football, and he will not be the kind of superstar who enjoys the cheers and worship of fans. To put it bluntly, he is a role player. But isn't a role player important? No, it's simply too important! Because a team cannot be composed of eleven superstars, the basis for forming the team is those unknown or ordinary character players. Without these role players, the team will not have the most basic combat power..."
Another domestic media said: "If we compare Zhou Yi to the leading actor of a movie, then Yang Muge is of course a supporting role. But even a supporting role has the saying "best supporting role". Being able to focus only on one thing and make this thing peak can also be called "great". A movie cannot have only the protagonist, without the support of supporting roles, and even the best play can't be produced."
No matter how the media evaluates it or how fans view it, for Yang Muge, being able to play in the professional league means that the Long March has finally taken the first step. Everything is difficult at the beginning. If you take this beginning, what else can be more difficult than starting?
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The day after the game, Zhou Yi and Yang Muge met in a restaurant in a low-key manner and then had a meal.
Of course, this meal was invited by Yang Muge, in the name of celebrating his first career debut and the starter played the whole audience.
During the meal, Zhou Yi said in the group that he enjoyed the meal on behalf of the other three people. Guo Nu, Sun Pan and He Ying expressed dissatisfaction and protest, and expressed his disagreement and protests on the meal, and said that he did not recognize the "legality" and "legality" of the meal. He asked Yang Muge to choose a date to make up for it.
Zhou Yi agreed with their proposal because he could have another meal.
Yang Muge did not object, and he accepted everyone's opinions with a smile.
Although Yang Muge is low-key and humble in his future, he has never lost confidence.
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After the 15th round of the league, it is the last game of the Champions League group stage. Dortmund faces Marseille at home, while Arsenal challenges Olympiacos away.
In this round of group stage, because Dortmund and Arsenal both qualify from the group in advance, the actual victory or defeat is meaningless.
Neither side allowed the main players to play in this game, but instead sent a substitute to let the main players rest.
Arsenal Wenger did not allow most of the main players to go away at all.
Dortmund 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.
Group One and Group Two both ended their Champions League group stage with a failure.
But the result is no longer important.
Although Zhou Yi sat on the bench, he never played the 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 competition between Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
In the Bundesliga, Winter break championship is a tradition. This does not have any actual awards, but it is related to the league championship at the end of the season.
Currently, Dortmund is currently ranked first in the league standings, and it is only one point ahead of second place Bayern Munich.
There are two games left before the winter break, and Dortmund is likely to be knocked off by Bayern Munich.
Because of the last league game, Dortmund tied with Borussia Mönchengladbach 1:1 away.
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 16th round of the league started. Both sides of the game were Hertha Berlin and Schalke 04, who challenged Hertha Berlin away.
In this game, Yang Muge appeared on the starting list again.
The number of Chinese media who went to report on this game on the spot was obviously more than in the last Schalke 04 game.
Yang Muge still did not show off in the game, but his conscientious performance in defense was praised and praised by everyone. Commentator Marcel Leif praised Yang Muge's defense in the midfield during the game.
"Yang Muge doesn't look like a very strong player, and his expression is not ferocious and fierce, which is not in line with our fixed impression of the "middleback". However, in defense, he is very tough and tenacious, and he doesn't give in. At the same time, he plays very smart. He is good at blocking defense and can destroy the opponent's offensive line in key positions... And once he sticks to the offensive player, it will put a lot of pressure on the opponent, because he is not the kind of person who gives up easily!"
Such an evaluation is quite high.
In the end, Yang Muge helped Schalke win Hertha Berlin 2:1 away game.
After watching these two games, the Chinese journalists in the media table were not worried about Yang Muge's position in the next game. They felt that as long as Yang Muge was not injured and kept his form, there would definitely be a place in Schalke 04's starting lineup.
And even fools can see that the current Schalke 04 head coach Stevens loves Yang Muge.
Although Yang Muge was not transferred from the youth team to the first team, he gave Yang Muge the opportunity to play in the first team.
Yang Muge himself used his practical actions to hold the opportunity firmly in his hands, and did not disappoint the efforts he had put into this period of time, as well as the expectations and trust of those who cared about him.
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The last two games of the 16th round of the league happened to be the match between Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
Chapter completed!