Duisburg is an important industrial city in the Ruhr region of western Germany, where the Ruhr River empties into the Rhine River.
The only commercial city in the Middle Ages, it is now Europe's largest river port and an important railway hub.
If it were just this attribute, then this German city would still be quite unfamiliar to ordinary Chinese people.
The reason why this city truly has an indissoluble bond with China is their friendly city, Wuhan.
Duisburg and Wuhan established sister cities in 1982, when China's reform and opening up had just begun.
In the following years, the two cities continued to have close exchanges, and Wuhan even gave Duisburg a Chinese garden - Yingqu Garden.
In 2014, Chinese leaders visited Duisburg, which ultimately helped it become an important node of the "One Dai One Lu".
When the sister city of Wuhan encountered the virus a few years later, Duisburg immediately donated many anti-epidemic items, including 160,000 medical gloves and 51,800 medical masks. They were the first in Germany. Cities that donated anti-epidemic items to Wuhan.
The whole Cottbus team came to Duisburg one day in advance. When they arrived at the hotel where they were staying, they immediately received flowers from the hotel.
The next morning, Duisburg city officials led the Duisburg Club management to the hotel in person to welcome Cottbus.
The official was not tall, but he looked very energetic. He held Yun Sheng's hand and said enthusiastically.
"What we are here to welcome today is not the top team in the Bundesliga, nor is it a famous young star coach. The reason why we face Cottbus with the highest courtesy is entirely because coach Yun Sheng is a Chinese! We Dui Fort Worth and China are very close friends and brothers! So the club sent me here today just to show respect for coach Yun Sheng and the three Chinese players. May our friendship last forever!"
Hearing the official's words, Yun Sheng felt warm in his heart.
It is rare for someone to be respected by Germans because of their Chinese identity.
In Germany, a country with a lot of Germanic national sentiments, he was very moved that Yun Sheng could receive such treatment.
Before the game started, when Yunsheng led the team to appear at the MSV Arena in Duisburg, nearly 30,000 away fans gave Yunsheng warm applause.
Yun Sheng applauded the fans around him and returned the favor, his heart boiling with excitement.
Sumad next to him was extremely impressed and was speechless: "This is the prestige of a world-class head coach. Even the away fans welcomed him so warmly."
Although Sandel remained silent, he nodded secretly.
Duisburg coach Jurgen Kohler quickly stepped forward and shook hands with Yunsheng cordially: "Coach Yunsheng, you are able to lead the team to eight consecutive Bundesliga wins this season. It is really admirable."
Yun Sheng also replied politely: "Recently, Duisburg has achieved three unbeaten games and its state has improved. I believe that it will be able to successfully avoid relegation at the end of the season and continue to stay in the Bundesliga. Maybe next season Duisburg will also Able to win eight consecutive Bundesliga games."
Koler smiled bitterly: "Thank you for the blessing..."
Yun Sheng's words were purely polite, and Koler also knew that this was absolutely impossible.
Duisburg entered the Bundesliga last season as second place in the Bundesliga 2.
However, as of now, they are still ranked last in the league, and the relegation situation is not optimistic.
In the memory of the previous life, Duisburg still failed to avoid relegation in the end this season and regrettably fell into the Bundesliga 2.
Yun Sheng looked back at Shao Jiayi, smiled and asked, "How do you feel about this team?"
"The atmosphere of the stadium looks pretty good, and there is nothing else." Shaojia replied, "Coach, I went to warm up."
Seeing Shao Jiayi running towards the court, Yun Sheng recalled the memories of his previous life.
In his previous experience, Shao Jiayi left Cottbus after the end of his contract in 2011 and eventually joined Duisburg, which was also his last stop in the Bundesliga.
In this life, Shao Jiayi's strength has greatly increased, and he may not repeat his previous experience again.
In today's game, Yunsheng still sent out all the main players.
4-4-2 formation, goalkeeper Hildebrand, defenders from left to right are Waksmut, Kukielka, Da Silva and Ipsa, and the four midfielders from left to right are less Jiayi, Li Tie, Sauer and Yu Hai, with Adriano and Cassano as forwards. The seven substitutes are: Tremel, Fick, Cvetanovic, Lyle Hill, Rost, Shaheen and Tretko.
This is already the strongest lineup Yunsheng can field.
Facing the last place in the Bundesliga, although it is an away game, Cottbus is confident and must win!
From the first minute of this game, Cottbus launched a fierce attack.
There are no physical problems or injury problems caused by double matches in a week. Cottbus will go all out to fight for victory!
Adriano and Cassano were in good form today. The two of them performed wonderful performances one after another, passing several people and shooting headers from long range, forcing Duisburg to retreat step by step.
Sauer and Shao Jiayi also performed very steadily today. Their passing created many good opportunities. Adriano and Cassano ate their cakes and vomited.
Yu Hai is also very active on the right, continuously using his speed and technology to gain breakthrough opportunities. Schroeder in the live broadcast room repeatedly exclaimed, "Robben from China is back!"
Li Tie still performed steadily today. His large area sweep in the midfield made it almost impossible for Duisburg players to get past halftime.
Hildebrand and several defenders felt so deserted...
But unfortunately, until the end of the first half, Cottbus failed to score.
Back in the locker room, Yun Sheng hurriedly made emergency arrangements.
Judging from the situation in the first half of the game, there was no problem with Cottbus' defense. Duisburg was unable to attack at all. He replaced Li Tie with the young Shaheen and let Shaheen and Sauer stand parallel. Let Sauer be mainly responsible for organizing the offense and assuming appropriate defensive tasks. In this way, Cottbus has already formed the strongest offensive lineup at present.
Yun Sheng also asked the two full-backs Waksmut and Ipsa to press boldly in the second half and provide more support for the midfield and frontcourt.
After the start of the second half, Cottbus still suppressed Duisburg very fiercely.
After the two full-backs gradually pressed forward, Duisburg's defensive pressure increased. Their defense was once completely overwhelmed near the penalty area, and the goal was tightly blocked by a bus.
And because of the support from the wing, Adriano and Cassano on the front line got more opportunities. More than 20 minutes passed in the second half, and neither Adriano nor Cassano got less than five shots. Chance!
