Chapter 17 Schalke 04

Confidence is good, but there will always be a gap between reality and expectations.

Now Don Jack and his agent, Mr. Maximilian, have encountered this problem. Jack Don's physical fitness, that's really hard to say. However, even with such physical fitness, football skills can't keep up, it still doesn't have much effect. What's in front of them is that when they went to Dortmund Club for a trial for the second time, the other team's head coach thought that Jack Don was not suitable for playing football, but more suitable to be a Boxer, or other fighting athlete.

This made Don Jack very embarrassed.

Although the other party's words feel a little humiliating to himself, his family knows his own affairs. Don Jack knows his football level, but there is really a big gap compared with regular football players.

But this does not affect his confidence and goals.

Don Jack thinks that he will definitely succeed as a professional football player. And this goal is not only to challenge himself, but also the obsession left by the former body owner. As a son of Buddhism, he respects the beliefs of others, and even it has always affected him, so he must complete his obsession.

Moreover, after such a long time, Jack Tang is no longer the little monk who has been studying martial arts in Shaolin Temple. Now he has fallen in love with football, so he must work hard for this goal.

It's really nothing to fail once, twice, or even more times.

"They will all regret it!" When leaving the Dortmund Club, Don Jack said to Maximilian indifferently, which made the latter more confident in Don Jack.

However, as a scout of Hamburg Club, Maximilian has been playing for Hamburg Club, but he doesn't have much way. In various football clubs in Germany, the relevant personnel of the youth team he knows does not exceed the number of one hand, that is to say, if he tries to train twice, it will not work. By the way, Don Jack can only choose a lower-level youth team.

The two did not give up, but kept working hard.

A week later, Maximilian took Don Jack to North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. In the Gelsenkirxing district of Lun, there is a slightly famous club - Schalke 04.

Founded on May 4, 1904, Schalke 04 is a German First Division club. Because Gelsenkirchenger was once the coal mining center in Europe, Schalke 04 is also known as "coal miners" by many people.

As early as 1933, Schalke 04's football was very popular. Once, in the decade between 1933 and 1942, Schalke 04 reached 14 finals of 20 leagues or cups, that is, at least one final every year, winning six leagues and one cup championship. The best team in Germany at that time.

Unfortunately, after the official establishment of the Bundesliga in 1963, Schalke 04's performance declined.

Now, this club is still a little competitive in the Bundesliga, but there is a big gap from earlier, because the current Bundesliga is the world of Bayern Munich. In addition to the hegemonic Bayern Munich, Stuttgart and Dortmund, two established giants, can also occupy a place in the Bundesliga, and the positioning of Schalke 04 is more about the team competing for a place in the European arena. For the championship, it is definitely a luxury.

Of course, it's too far from Don Jack.

Now he just follows Maximilian to the youth team of Schalke 04 to participate in a trial, hoping to have the opportunity to join their youth team.

There are three teams in Schalke 04. In addition to the first team in the Bundesliga, there are also two teams: the under-23 youth team and the under-19 youth team. As a 19-year-old Don Jack, the first choice is of course the under 23 youth team, which is almost no different from the reserve team.

The head coach of the youth team under the age of 23 is Schindler. After his birthday in December, he is already 69 years old. It is really rare to work at this age, but Schindler likes his job very much and Schalke 04 Club very much. His lifelong dream is to work for the team. Train players one by one to make the team stronger.

As a veteran coach of the club, no one dares to deny Schindler's love for Schalke 04.

Now, Maximilian has contacted Schindler through a staff member of Schalke 04, and he hopes to give Don Jack a chance to try out.

Schindler agreed.

He wants to see how powerful this Maximilian's extremely strong boy is. If he is really a football genius, what if he is given him a chance?

So, on this day, Maximilian and Don Jack have arrived at Schalke 04 Club, and they are standing on the training ground of the under-23 youth team.

"Try it up, young man!" Schindler said to Don Jack with a direct smile.

The old man in front of him made Don Jack in a good mood, because the team coach he went to before had a 'discriminatory' nature when he saw his 'thin' body and skin color, which made him feel very bad, but Don Jack didn't see this in Schindler's eyes. The old coach directly asked him to play football on the court. It's really the first time.

"It's okay!" Don Jack is really tired of boring physical tests.

At this time, an intra-team training match is being held on the court. The under-23 youth team of Schalke 04 has a total of 26 players. When the age of the players increases to their 20s, the competition is even more fierce. Many youth team players choose to go to the lower league after one or two years. Players, and some others will choose to leave the team and participate in other training, that is to say, give up football.

Only a few people will be bought by other players, or loaned to other teams, or even promoted to the first team.

In a word, due to age, although the number of young teams under the age of 23 is relatively large, the competition is more fierce. Every half a year, the team will almost change half of the lineup, which shows the fierceness of the competition.

And the current internal training matches are almost held by Schindler every day. For players around 20 years old, general basic training is meaningless. They need to find the feeling of the game more so that they can better face the future.

After receiving a yellow training suit, Jack Don joined the lineup at the sign of the staff.

"Is this boy here for trial training? It's rare!" On the court, Hu Bu, a defender in a yellow training uniform, smiled at his teammate next to him and said, "I didn't expect that there would be people who came here for trial. What if they came in? I'm not ready to find the way at any time.

This makes some sense.

None of the players of this team does not want to leave safely. If they can participate in the official game, how can these young people waste time in the youth team? Therefore, there are really few people who come to the youth team under the age of 23 for trial training.

"Maybe it's to try your luck? What the hell, kick your own ball, Hubu.

At this time, striker Lindner slowly ran back from the midfield. He pointed to Jack Don and asked several people, "Is that guy an Asian?" It's really rare. Do you know where he plays?

Several people shook their heads.

How could they know? At this time, Schindler listened to Maximilian's words and shouted, "The center!"

Schindler speaks French. Although the pronunciation is not very standard, Don Jack understands it, and the other players look puzzled. These German guys can't understand French. But they saw the black-haired boy who had just entered the field and ran directly to the penalty area.

So, they understood that this guy was a striker.

"No future!" As a striker, Lindner shook his head and sighed.

As a standard body striker, Lindner knows that the competition for the position of striker is very fierce, because there are too many players playing striker, and it is too difficult to think of standing out among many geniuses. There are many well-known stars in Europe, most of whom are strikers, but compared with the number of professional players playing strikers, these people can almost be described as a drop in the sea, which can be seen.

Just as Lindner was thinking so, there was another shout from the side of the scene: "Mar, come down and stay for a while!"

"Bastard!" Subconsciously, Lindnell blurted out a dirty word. Just now, he was wondering why no one came to the end, but he didn't expect that he had become a person who came to the end.

Well, let that boy have a try. Anyway, everyone has no future career...

This is also the same as the end of the world.

Lindner thought so and slowly walked off the court, and the game on the court had started again. The black-haired boy who had just entered the field took his place as the center and stood at the forefront of the yellow team.