Chapter 21 Fight for Opportunities
For Don Jack, this game against Bayern Munich is a little important.
This is not because the head coach of the first team came to watch the game. In fact, Don Jack doesn't care about this, because he believes that people with strength will always have a chance. If you don't have the strength, even if the occasional performance attracts the attention of the head coach of the first team and is promoted to the first team, so what?
Isn't it only possible to play as a substitute in the first team? Even after that, he was a substitute until the club couldn't stand it.
This is not what Don Jack wants to meet.
When he doesn't have the strength, he would rather quietly improve himself in the youth team than contact the big-name stars in the first team. Maybe 'I'd rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail'.
Maybe Jack Don is not a chicken head in the youth team.
At least ordinary people don't think so, so does head coach Schindler. Since Don Jack joined the under-23 youth team, for more than a month and nearly two months, he has been training his own foundation in the under-19 youth team, which is meaningless for ordinary under-23 youth team players.
From this point of view, how is Don Jack's strength?
Many youth teams under the age of 23 have forgotten that the team still has such a No. 1 player. Before playing against the Bayern Munich youth team, they all regarded the rest of the team as competitors, but Don Jack was relaxed, because no one in the team had any opinion of him.
It seems that he has no threat to the position of others.
Of course, Don Jack also knows this. He doesn't know what the team's head coach, the gentle old man, thinks, so Don Jack is also a little anxious because he wants to participate in the official game.
But in the current situation, I don't seem to have a chance.
So, after this day's training, Don Jack went straight into Schindler's office---
"Coach, can I play tomorrow's game?" He asked.
"Oh?"
Schindler took his attention away from the tactical table on the table and found that there was a young boy standing at his desk. He recognized that it was the young man who joined the team two months ago.
"You are... Jack?"
"Well, of course." Maybe Don Jack should be glad that the old man still remembers himself.
Schindler frowned at Jack Don and thought, "Why do you ask that?"
Jack Don was stunned and said bluntly, "Because I want to see how much I have improved. You know, the game is the best place to test your strength."
Schindler smiled and said, "So, do you think you have almost learned your foundation?"
"Yes, sir."
Jack Don has reason to say so, because in the past two months, he has been doing basic training, and with his body and the auxiliary effect of internal force, he feels that he has reached a bottleneck of improvement in the sense of football, and the bad thing is the real actual combat. So now, what he needs is a real game.
There are still some youth leagues in Germany. As a mid-class team, Schalke 04 has achieved good results in the youth league. They always play on par with their opponents, and rarely have no resistance.
It really doesn't make much sense to participate in this kind of competition. Most people just run the game. Don Jack feels that even if he performs, it doesn't make much sense.
He hopes to participate in a big war to test himself.
In fact, Don Jack has some confidence to come to Schindler's office today, because Don Jack's contract clearly stipulates the minimum number of appearances, but in fact, since joining the team, he has never been on the list of any game, that is to say, his playing time is still zero.
When Don Jack thought about it, the old man in front of him really had no reason to refuse.
Yes, looking at the confident boy in front of him, Schindler really can't say any reason for refusal. It's not just a matter of the contract. In fact, it's meaningless to him at all. More importantly, the boy in front of him came to find himself after the training in order to appear.
In Schindler's view, this is a kind of success.
Yes, it's a success!
Think about it, there are more than 20 players in the youth team. Each of them hopes to play in the next game. Some of them are confident, because their strength is strong and they have always been the main players of the team, while some people are uneasy. Obviously, they are people who wander between the main force and substitutes, and more Some people feel sorry for themselves and completely give up hope. These people are the tail of the team's crane.
But no matter what position and mental state these players these players are in, they don't have the courage to come to the office and fight for the opportunity to play, and the boy in front of them did it.
Isn't this a success?
Thinking of this, Schindler nodded with satisfaction, "I know. You go back."
Schindler did not give Don Jack a clear answer, which made the latter a little worried. After all, he didn't know whether he could play or not, but there was still a glimmer of hope, didn't he?
Don Jack could only return to his residence with doubt.
In these days, Li Xue has been taking care of Don Jack's daily life in this small house. Due to the education system in Morocco, the little girl rarely has such free time. For two months, she has just been staying at home. In addition to doing some housework, she has taught herself some German and legal professional knowledge.
Yes, Li Xue hopes to have the opportunity to go to a German university and study law.
These thoughts seem to be a little early, because in Germany, unless they are extremely excellent, the cost of studying abroad for foreign students is very high. With the current economy that both of them have a problem, it is completely a dream to go to college.
However, Li Xue believes in her brother, "He will definitely succeed!" She has always thought so.
Li Xue is very satisfied with the life in front of her. After all, the environment in Germany is much better than that in Morocco. They live in a beautiful hamburger. The little girl doesn't have much trouble every day. What's the dissatisfaction with this comfortable life?
"It would be better if there was no economic pressure!"
This is the most important thing. With the poor salary of Don Jack's current youth team contract, it is impossible for two people to live a normal life. In fact, Jack Don's contract has a poor weekly salary of only 130 euros. This kind of income is too low.
But Li Xue has no good way. You know, she only has a visa in Germany for half a year. If Don Jack can't make enough money within half a year, maybe she will be sent back to China.
This is the main trouble.
Of course, Jack Don also knows this, so after returning to his house for dinner, he lay down directly... On the sofa, since the two had some close contact that night, Jack Tang insisted on sleeping on the sofa. He was really afraid that he couldn't control it... Of course, these seem to be irrelevant, mainly because Don Jack wants to refresh and wait for tomorrow's performance.
As for not having a chance to play?
Jack Don didn't think about this when he came back from the club. If he didn't have a chance to play, he would have to train, but the necessary preparations still need to be made.
When the youth team players gathered the next morning, everyone's eyes were full of expectation and excitement. They couldn't wait to know whether they were on the list.
Such as old Schindler certainly saw the mentality of the players, but he did not lose the appetite of the players. When he came to the court, he directly announced the list of players on the field: "Cassnar, Heberco, Pirke, Szolar, Hottle, Drula... The goalkeeper Groshson.
After listening to the list of players, some people took a long breath, while others were obviously disappointed, and some people looked at Schindler with expectant eyes. Among them, there was Don Jack, because he never thought he could enter the team's main list. All he needed was just a substitute.
is only a substitute.
Although the requirements for substitute players seem to be a little low, in fact, the results of the youth team's game are not important. What matters is that they can train the players, which is the main purpose of the German Youth League. In the game, every youth team will send substitute players in turn, regardless of the score.
For Don Jack, it's enough to play.
This requirement is not high. Don Jack thinks so, and so do other players. Of course, some of them will definitely be disappointed. As a result, when Schindler read the substitute player list, Don Jack is satisfied.
"Stitute Iyodu, Hess, Pingto, ... Li. Don Jack.
The last name was Don Jack's, which finally put his hanging heart down, while other players, especially those who were not on the list, raised their hearts.
This is not worry, but annoy.
"Why can this boy be on the big list?"
"Hasn't this guy been training for another team?"
"Will he be better than me? God, is the coach dazzle? He must have mispronounced it."
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During the morning training, this type of argument has been spreading in the team. They are all talking about Don Jack's entry into the list in private.
In this regard, Schindler just opened one eye and closed the other. For him, this is also a test for Don Jack. Since he himself asked to be on the list, if he has not been able to convince his teammates, I'm afraid he will have no chance next time.
And what about Don Jack?
He is a little upset, but as a monk, of course, he can also understand other people's opinions.
In the team, they have never shown any strength. Everyone has always thought that they are at the bottom of the team, and now that they have entered the list, of course they will be unsentful.
This is the thinking that normal people will think.
Understanding does not mean acceptable!
Jack Don was very angry when he heard these "private" remarks that were almost shouted out loud, but he would not refute anything. He knew that it was almost meaningless and would only make his situation more embarrassing.
So what should we do now?
Of course, show your strength in the afternoon game, so that you can convince others! The world of football is so similar to the martial arts in the previous life. This is a place to speak by strength. No matter what you do, others will take it for granted!
This is a rule!
What Jack Don needs to do is to make himself the top of the law!