i want to be king

Chapter 515

Chapter 515

Schweinsteiger is full of sense of crisis!

Once upon a time, he was the star of hope that Bayern and even Germany put high hopes on. He was the proud son of heaven that everyone expected.

But gradually, at some point, his development encountered a bottleneck.

He was born as a wide player, but he lacks speed. The mainstream trend in European football in recent years is to speed up the transition between offense and defense.

A wide player without speed is not qualified!

Sauer was old, Ballack left the team, and there was a vacuum in Bayern's midfield.

Schweinsteiger felt that this was a godsend opportunity for him. He felt that he was no longer suitable for the wing and needed to transition to the center, so he told the media that he could play like Zidane.

Yes, he's got great physicality, he's hardworking, he's a great passer, he's got a great breakaway ability.

Magath gave him a chance and arranged him in the position of the midfielder, but unfortunately, in the position of the midfielder, Schweinsteiger performed very unsatisfactorily, far from meeting himself and the expectations of the outside world for him.

Bayern's performance has plummeted, and they can only rank fourth in the Bundesliga. This is unacceptable for the overlord Bayern.

Therefore, during the winter break, the management made a drastic reorganization, completely overturning all the previous systems, heavily invested in Su Dong, replaced Magath with Heynckes, and began to build a tactical system around Su Dong that conforms to Bayern's characteristics and can adapt to the current development trend of European football.

Marcelo, Modric, Mascherano and other players have joined the team one after another. Stars such as Ribery, Robben and Pepe are on Bayern's transfer list. These all make people see the ambitions of Bayern's management.

But for Schweinsteiger, he was more hesitant.

He was completely disoriented.

Heynckes put him back on the wing again, but his performance was not ideal, not even as good as the newly joined Marcelo.

But in the league, Heynckes switched him back to the middle to partner with Modric.

Schweinsteiger was completely at a loss, especially during his cooperation with Modric, the Croatian centre-back completely subverted his traditional impression of a midfielder.

The straight-line German couldn't understand why the pass line appeared after a pause after stopping the ball?

Why does Modric seem to be controlling something every time he takes the ball?

He had a feeling that if Bayern were a strong horse, the reins would be firmly in Modric's hands.

Schweinsteiger fell into deep confusion again, because he didn't know what he could do by Modric's side.

He can't seem to do anything.

However, since Heynckes coached Bayern, the performance of every player in the team has improved.

Even Salihamidzic, who signed with Juventus early, has regained his feeling on the right side. He performed very well in the last game, but Schweinsteiger has never found that feeling.

Playing football for a long time, Schweinsteiger has heard too many precedents where the star of hope is completely lost in the transition.

He was terrified, terrified that he would be the next lost case in someone else's mouth.

This kind of negative emotion kept accumulating in his heart, making him more and more depressed.

The team's performance is getting better and better, and it has returned to the top of the Bundesliga standings. The Champions League knockout also killed Real Madrid and advanced to the quarter-finals, but he seems to be sinking in the bottomless abyss.

He talked with Heynckes, but Heynckes is also crossing the river by feeling the stones. He has never had a mature tactical framework that is completely his own. What he is best at is watching people order dishes.

Schweinsteiger also asked Sauer and Loew of the national team, but they failed to give him an answer. At best, they gave him encouragement and patience as much as possible.

Heynckes told him not to worry, and believed that he would find his way quickly.

Maybe not in a hurry?

……

Two days after the Real Madrid game, Schweinsteiger deliberately stayed until the end of the evening training session.

He is waiting for Su Dong.

After finally waiting for Su Dong to complete the extra practice, take a shower, pack up his things, and when he walked out the gate, a red Audi R8 was already parked across the road from Sebena Avenue.

Just as Su Dong was about to run over, Schweinsteiger honked the horn and rolled down the window.

"Su, is it convenient?" Schweinsteiger asked.

Su Dong was a little surprised. He came over and leaned over the car window, "What's the matter?"

Schweinsteiger nodded, "I'll invite you to dinner and chat while eating."

Su Dong looked hesitantly at Wang Chuqing who had also rolled down the window on the opposite side, wondering why he didn't leave quickly. She came to pick him up every day recently, and both of them enjoyed the time when they were on the road and locked in the car.

But Schweinsteiger is the number one local player in Bayern's locker room. Many people even think that after Kahn retires, Ram and Schweinsteiger will be the backbone of the local faction in Bayern's locker room.

It's really hard to push such a person to take the initiative to invite.

"Wait for me a moment."

After finishing speaking, Su Dong ran over, leaned over and said a few words to Wang Chuqing, telling her to go back to the hotel by herself and drive carefully on the road.

After watching Wang Chuqing reluctantly drive away, Su Dong walked back to the passenger seat of Schweinsteiger's Audi and sat in directly.

……

"Your girlfriend is really beautiful!" Schweinsteiger praised sincerely.

This is recognized in the Bayern dressing room.

Although they all come from different countries and different cultural backgrounds, their recognition of true beauty is very consistent.

Su Dong never admitted it, but it didn't prevent the Bayern dressing room from listing Wang Chuqing as the most beautiful girl in the Bayern wives.

The two didn't go very far, and arrived at a restaurant within a few minutes.

Schweinsteiger led Su Dong in through the side door familiarly, and went directly to a box that would not be noticed or disturbed.

Obviously they often come here to eat on weekdays.

After ordering the food and sending the waiter away, Su Dong looked at the little pig with a smile.

"Tell me, what's the matter?"

Schweinsteiger laughed awkwardly. In terms of age, he was actually older than Su Dong.

"Didn't you mention it to me last time, saying that I should play in the middle?" Schweinsteiger immediately expressed his confusion.

Su Dong patiently listened to Schweinsteiger's confession, and after listening, he laughed.

"What's the matter?" Schweinsteiger was a little strange, what's so funny about it?

Su Dong shook his head and said, "You know what? I think you may be too serious and persistent."

Little pig is confused, serious and persistent, isn't it good?

"I have a good friend named Deco, you should know him."

"Of course, one of the best midfielders in world football right now."

"But you might not know it, but he once told me that he was very good at slacking off in games."

"Lazy?" Schweinsteiger was a little surprised, this was not allowed in his impression.

"Deco once said that he will choose the appropriate style of play according to the characteristics of different teammates. For example, if the teammates in the frontcourt are more active in defense, he will let himself play more freely, and at the same time, he will often be lazy. If the teammates in front of him are not defensive, then he will work harder and invest more in defense."

"But he also said that it doesn't matter what the tactics are, it's all the same to him, because he's just playing with his own characteristics."

Schweinsteiger frowned, chewing on Su Dong's words.

That's exactly what Deco said.

At this moment, Deco's status in world football can be said to be in full swing.

"The characteristics of Modric are just as you said. He has an unusually keen sense of the situation. His control of the rhythm and reading of the game are indeed amazing, but your advantages are also obvious. For example, your diligence and running, your defense and physical confrontation, your passing is also very accurate, and your ability to get rid of is also very strong. Are these not your advantages?"

Su Dong's rhetorical question made Schweinsteiger nod his head. After playing football all these years, he still has a little confidence in himself.

"Your problem now is to let go of the entanglement in your heart. Don't think about how to play like Zidane, Modric, or someone else. You just need to be yourself, because you can't be Zidane, Modric, you can only be Schweinsteiger!"

From the time Schweinsteiger shouted to the media that he was going to play like Zidane, he had already lost.

Because there has never been another Zidane in this world, not before, not now, and never in the future.

All those who aspire to become the second Zidane are all finished.

"If I were you, I would go home, take a cold shower, wake myself up, then go to the study, take two blank sheets of paper, and write a two-point list with a pen. One is what I can contribute to the team, and the other is what the team currently needs from the players."

"Then just look at the commonalities between the two lists, and that's what you should try to do."

Schweinsteiger suddenly realized it, and immediately heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "I understand."

"You really understand?" Su Dong was a little surprised.

Although he said it very bluntly, did he understand it so quickly?

"I really understand!" Schweinsteiger said with great certainty.

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The next night, Bayern hosted Werder Bremen in the focus of the pre-war.

As soon as Su Dong put down his luggage in the locker room, he saw Schweinsteiger next to him approaching him, shaking two pages of white paper at him, on which were written a lot of twisted German, which Su Dong couldn't understand.

"I listened to what you said and did as I did, and now I feel much more sober."

Su Dong has some doubts, is he really sober?

Maybe, but he was confused anyway, because he couldn't make out what the hell was written on those two pages.

"Don't worry, Su, I know what I should do." Schweinsteiger's eyes were firm.

Su Dong also laughed, regardless of whether he understood it or not, Schweinsteiger seemed to really understand it anyway.

At this moment, Schweinsteiger is like a pig on the wind, ready to take off at any time.

As for whether it can fly, let's verify it in the competition!

(End of this chapter)