In the Chinese restaurant in Cottbus, Li Tie hung up the phone and said to everyone with a smile: "He said he would fly to Cottbus early tomorrow morning for a trial training."
Sandel nodded: "If he is really as strong as you as you said, then I can guarantee that he will stay in Cottbus."
The next morning, everyone arrived at the Cottbus youth team training ground on time.
When Yun Sheng stood behind Sandel wearing sunglasses, he didn't want to be too conspicuous.
After all, this is no longer our territory, and it is really inappropriate to be too pretentious.
At today's youth team training ground, many youth team coaches are reviewing young players.
All young players are divided into groups of five to play in a match. During the game, the performance of the young players is observed and the final decision is made whether to stay.
The youngest of these players is 7 or 8 years old, and the oldest is only 14 or 15 years old. Everyone has a look of eagerness on their faces.
Seeing the excited faces of the young players, Yun Sheng couldn't help but feel moved.
This is what a teenager who loves football should look like!
In fact, there are many such children in China. However, due to educational concepts, policy bias and other reasons, many children have lost the opportunity to play on the green field; even some students in football schools have lost their ability to play football because of the darkness in the shadow of the sun. Unable to get what he wanted, he ended up doing nothing.
There is a long way to go to save Chinese football.
Yun Sheng was thinking, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps behind him, and he saw Li Tie walking quickly around the iron gate, followed by a young man behind him.
Li Tie first explained to Sandel and Sumad: "This is the Chinese midfielder I introduce to you."
I saw that this young man was about 1.85 meters tall and had a strong build. He looked burlier than Li Tie next to him. He has sharp features and looks like a tough guy.
Seeing this person, Yun Sheng also smiled and nodded: "Nice to meet you, Hai Bing!"
This person is none other than Zhou Haibing, the representative of the younger generation of Chinese football!
Zhou Haibing was very excited when he saw Yun Sheng. He wanted to go up and say hello to Yun Sheng. Yun Sheng coughed slightly and pointed in the direction of Sandel. Only then did Zhou Haibing react and greeted Sandel and Sumade first. .
Yun Sheng was amused. You came to Cottbus for trial training and didn’t you say hello to the head coach first?
But just from this attitude, you can see Zhou Haibing's respect and gratitude for Yun Sheng.
Li Tiegang wanted to translate for Zhou Haibing, but he didn't expect Zhou Haibing to blurt out in fluent German: "Coach Sandel, coach Sumade, coach Yunsheng, I am Zhou Haibing, a Chinese player. I am very happy to meet you. I can come to Cottbus for a trial training. ,it's my honour."
"Oh? You know German?" Sandel was stunned.
For many foreign players, the language barrier is very difficult. If they cannot understand the head coach and teammates, they will not be able to better understand the tactics. This is inevitable.
But I didn't expect that Zhou Haibing could speak German so fluently, even better than Li Tie who had been in Cottbus for two years.
"Coach Sandel, before I went abroad, I specialized in learning foreign languages. During my time in the Netherlands, I dabbled in English and German."
Sandel nodded: "Yes, now that you have passed the language barrier, it will be easier for you to join the team. You just flew over, do you want to rest?"
Zhou Haibing shook his head: "It doesn't matter, I can accept trial training now."
"Okay!" Sandel called the youth team coach on the sidelines, "arrange for a few 14- and 15-year-old young players to play with Zhou Haibing for a while. Zhou Haibing, go change clothes next to him."
Zhou Haibing put down the bag in his hand, changed his jersey neatly on the sidelines, and rushed onto the court.
Li Tie frowned and asked, "Coach, he just traveled a long distance and is not in the best physical condition. Will there be some deviations in the trial training now?"
Sandel looked serious: "He is 24 years old this year, ten years older than the young players on the field, and he is also a professional player. Even if his physical condition is not in the best condition, there is no problem. Besides, I just want to see his passing on the field. It’s just catching the ball, there is no problem with this detection method.”
Sumad, who was on the side, put in good words for Zhou Haibing: "I think this young man is good. He speaks crisply and is practical in his work. Especially his language talent is very good, I like it very much. People with good language talent can never go wrong!"
Sandor glanced at him but said nothing.
At this time, Zhou Haibing had already played on the court under the arrangement of the youth team coach.
On the court, he quickly became the kid king of this group of teenagers. Whether passing the ball or tackling, he was able to do it with ease.
At this time, Zhou Haibing suddenly had a special feeling. He seemed to have returned to his youth, playing football with a group of buddies on the training field. At that time, they were as young as these teenagers and were as enthusiastic on the field.
At this time, Yun Sheng, who was watching the game on the sidelines, seemed to see not these German teenagers, but the former group of Chinese teenagers.
05 National Youth Golden Generation!
Dominant in the World Youth Championship and shocking the world in the Toulon Cup, the 2005 generation of players is called the "golden generation".
Chen Tao, Dong Fangzhuo, Zhou Haibing, Zhao Xuri, Feng Xiaoting, Gao Lin...
These famous names for later generations all come from that group of national youth teams.
They are all the future backbone of the Chinese national team.
Regarding the future performance of these players, Yun Sheng admitted that they are somewhat unsatisfactory, but it is undeniable that they are already the best players in China.
If they could study abroad earlier, if they could get more opportunities, if they could have fewer injuries, maybe Chinese football wouldn't be that bad in the future...
The "super platinum" generation once represented by Qu Bo, Du Wei and others has been submerged in the sea of people. If the "golden generation" of 2005 is abolished, the future development of the national football team will really be the same as that of later generations.
Chen Tao and Dong Fangzhuo have been brought out.
Zhou Haibing also got the opportunity to try out in Cottbus.
If possible, Yunsheng really hopes to bring out a few more Chinese players to help them create a better football environment.
Maybe in a few years, the future of Chinese football will change greatly!
As Zhou Haibing shot a long shot through the opponent's goal, Sandel's whistle sounded on the sidelines.
"Okay, that's it, Zhou Haibing, come here."
Zhou Haibing ran off the field, came to Sandel, and looked at Sandel expectantly.
Sandel looked at Zhou Haibing, paused for a moment, and then spoke slowly.
"Judging from your performance in these ten minutes, I can't actually tell anything. I can only see that you have the qualities of a professional player, and that's it. To determine whether you can gain a foothold in Cottbus, more time is needed." . I will give you an option - sign a contract with Cottbus for three months. After three months, if it is determined that you have the ability to play in the Bundesliga, then you will consider signing a formal contract. What do you think?"
