It should be said that the German Football Association spent a lot of time, energy and financial resources to prepare for this European Cup, and also invested a lot of manpower and material resources. This not only built a training ground for Gdansk, but also the team's residence.

As early as after the South African World Cup, the German Football Association had already begun to select European Cup locations, but they did not want to find a temporary residence like other teams, but to find a base camp.

The so-called base camp means that no matter where the German team goes to play the game, they will immediately return to the base camp to rest as soon as the game ends, because they not only bring a large amount of training equipment here, but also a large number of ingredients shipped from Germany, as well as German chefs who can make authentic dishes that German internationals like.

From the very beginning, the German Football Association's plan was to build Olivisky's estate into a German base camp, so they would spend 300,000 euros to build that temporary training ground.

Surrounded by green mountains, green lakes and dense forests, the three 17th-century-style buildings in Orivisky Manor are particularly eye-catching. Although there are few people here and there are police stations around, the red roof is particularly eye-catching, especially in the dazzling sunlight.

After the first game of the European Cup group stage, the team flew back to Gdansk, Poland from Ukraine overnight and then went to the manor to rest. But this time, two planes came back together, one for picking up and dropping off the players' families, and arrived at Gdansk Airport almost at the same time.

According to Yang Cheng's previous rules, the family members were allowed to visit the hotel after the game and could stay overnight. The training class the next morning was also cancelled. The players could rest until the evening before starting training, and then the family members had to leave the base.

The rules set by Yang Cheng are tough, but they are not completely unhumane. At least after the game, letting the player's wife, girlfriend or children stay in the hotel is also a humane arrangement.

Oriviski Manor has a total of 70 rooms, but there are only 2 luxury apartments, each with two rooms and a gateway. All facilities are also very convenient and convenient. As the team's head coach, Yang Cheng occupied one of them and the other gave the German Football Association chairman Nielsbach, who was stationed in the team.

Although he returned to the hotel in the middle of the night last night, Yang Cheng got up from bed early, sat in the living room, and watched the TV boredly. No surprise, the content of the TV was all about last night's game, and there were some comments and reports.

Almost all the guests and hosts felt that last night's game was the most beautiful game in this European Cup so far. Both teams showed extremely high standards. It was a pity that the German team lost, but in Yang Cheng's opinion, these words were meaningless. Because if you lose, you lose, what's the point of regret?

If you always regret not winning the opponent in this game and then affect the next game against Portugal, wouldn’t it be a bit of a loss?

"You, you always get up so early, aren't you tired?" Charlize Theron, wearing a loose nightgown, walked out of Charles' bedroom. She probably woke up early, but she did not disturb Yang Cheng and went straight to see her son.

Yang Cheng patted the sofa beside him, asked her to come and sit, and shook his head. He didn't feel tired at all. Instead, he was very excited. Even now he had obviously felt that he was being forced into a dead end, but the more he did this, the more he felt more energetic and excited, just like taking drugs.

Charlize Theron sat down next to him and looked at his face up close. She felt a little distressed when she was tanned, but her eyes were so charming, especially the spirit revealed in her eyes, which made people feel a sense of confidence and optimism.

"Originally, I planned to comfort you, but now it seems that it's not necessary!" Charlize Theron lay on his shoulder with a smile.

"Consolation? How to comfort yourself with a big belly?" Yang Cheng asked teasingly.

The latter threw a super hygienic eye on him, but his hands were wrapped around his neck. You could feel that Yang Cheng leaned closer to her head and greedily sniffing her hair fragrance. The intimate actions of the two made each other a little fascinated.

"Let me go out for a walk!" Charlize Theron let go and suggested with a smile, "I heard that this place is beautiful, and I feel uncomfortable after sitting for a long time. Let's go out for a walk and come back later."

Of course, Yang Cheng had no problem. He immediately helped her stand up, opened the glass door directly, and left the room.

The three houses in the hotel are in shape, with a fountain and a parking lot in the middle, and they are covered with flat bricks. They feel very good when you step on them, and the whole environment is very clean and tidy. In addition, it is close to the mountainous area, and the morning air is very fresh.

"There is a lake outside, and then there is the woods, which is so beautiful!" Yang Cheng smiled. He had gone out for a walk before.

After hearing this, Charlize Theron was excited to go, and the two walked out of the hotel side by side.

Along the lakeside, under the shade of trees on both sides, it seems like walking in a paradise. Especially after going deeper, even the roads are gravel roads that are flatly sorted out. There are no houses, no cars, only trees, and only birds.

This gravel road is long and surrounded by trees. It has a very winding and secluded artistic conception, which makes people want to explore what the end of the road is? Is there anyone living there?

But after walking for a long time, I could only see trees, and the road turned into dirt roads, which was a bit uneven.

"I guess there is no road left, let's go back!" Charlize Theron saw that the road was difficult to walk, so he stood up with a big belly and had to support Yang Cheng, so he wanted to walk back, and they had not walked very far.

"Look further forward, what else should be!" Yang Cheng was full of curiosity about the front.

The goddess glared at him helplessly and could only follow him.

The two walked about 500 meters further and suddenly realized that they saw a lake that was not smaller than the size of the manor hotel. However, it was not as artificially repaired as the lake at the entrance of the hotel. It was pure natural and flat, and the lakeside was covered with water plants, which made the clear lake water look green.

"What a beautiful place!" Charlize Theron couldn't help but praise him when he saw it.

The two walked along the lakeside and saw the horse shed. Several horses were fed inside, and they neighed when they saw strangers, which made the owner of the horse shed come out to see. When they saw two strangers, they immediately looked over there as if they were facing a great enemy, as if they were guarding against them stealing horses.

"Can you ride a horse?" Yang Cheng asked with a smile.

Charlize Theron gently stroked his bulging belly, his playful expression as if saying, Do you think I am like a person who can still ride a horse?

Yang Cheng immediately laughed, "I have never ridden a horse, and..." He looked embarrassed and obviously had some resistance to riding a horse.

"Ha. And you don't know!" Charlize Theron did not forget to sarcastically say.

"Smile, laugh, anyway, you are so miserable by me, you should be proud!" Yang Cheng was calm.

Who has nothing to do with? Is there anyone who is good at it?

They walked along the lakeside and saw three craftsmen building walls. They used not bricks, but the kind of concrete clumps and heavy ones. They directly bonded cement, so the process was quick.

When the craftsmen saw Yang Cheng and the others passing by, they immediately stopped their work. They pointed at them and said something. Among them, a younger man whistled at Charlize Theron, but they were immediately slapped in the head by the elderly, and their smiling expressions made people feel friendly.

A simple and natural life!

Yang Cheng believes that their lives may not be very good, but they should all live a fulfilling life.

"You really know how to choose a place. It is really beautiful, and it is natural and simple!" Charlize Theron kept praising him on the way back. For those who live in the city all year round, this kind of life in the mountain village is a different feeling, just like if they arrive at Yang Cheng's island, it will feel different.

"I didn't choose it, but this place is indeed good. I hope I can live here for a longer time!" Yang Cheng said with a smile.

If you want to live here for a long time, it is best to qualify in the group and go further in the European Cup schedule.

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Because there was no training class in the morning and because the team allowed the family to stay overnight last night, the players generally woke up late today. It seems that because they stayed up late and worked overtime last night, they all slept until after noon, and even saved the afternoon nap.

However, after getting up, the players consciously arranged for their wives or girlfriends to take a bus to leave the manor hotel. The Football Association arranged another hotel for them to stay outside, while Charlize Theron and Charles went directly to Kharkov, Ukraine, where they had to wait for the German team's second game, and their opponent was Portugal.

When the German team plays Portugal, the question that everyone is most concerned about is actually who is responsible for the defense of Cristiano Ronaldo. The Portuguese left winger is the number one core of the national team and the number one scorer. If the player is blocked, it is equivalent to removing the sharpest fangs of Portugal.

Yang Cheng has a deeper understanding of Xiao Xiao Luo than anyone else, because he is not only Xiao Xiao Luo's mentor, but also promotes him with one hand, but also an elder who Xiao Luo regards as his father. Therefore, many people are looking forward to how Yang Cheng will restrain Xiao Xiao Luo.

Now the group where the German team is located is in danger. Even Spain, who wins the first round, dare not be careless, because it may be eliminated anytime and anywhere, not to mention the other three teams, each of them will definitely do their best to strive for the right to qualify in the group.

The right-back who faces the left winger is naturally the right-back. The German right-back is a hidden danger. Although Jerome Boateng has won the trust of Yang Cheng, he made a mistake in his first game against Spain, which also made many people feel scared of whether he can defend Ronaldo.

Multimedia and reporters have made suggestions, hoping that Yang Cheng can make adjustments, let Ram play on the right and use the German captain to block Ronaldo. Bad Stuber, who performed well after coming on the bench in the first game, can start as the left back, or Dortmund's left back Schmelze can also do it.

However, Yang Cheng did not make any statement to the outside world, and he had said before that Gomez and Boateng would definitely start again, but the question is, how to exert the strength of these two players is the most important thing.

Jerome Boateng is not a big problem for Yang Cheng, the key is Gomez.

Gomez has shortcomings, that's right. But they also have their own advantages. The key is how the head coach's tactics cover up his shortcomings and play out his advantages. This is the most important thing.

Leading the club is different from leading the national team. There are only a few people in the national team. The head coach's tactics must always cater to the players, rather than letting the players cater to the head coach's tactics. Therefore, Yang Cheng directly announced after the first game that Gomez would continue to start in the second game.

Klose was injured and absent, and he couldn't play in the second game, as it was safe, so it was natural for Gomez to continue to start. Moreover, Yang Cheng could also use such trust to inspire the players' fighting spirit and morale, killing two birds with one stone.

Gomez has many advantages, such as his impact. He is one of the few forwards in football today with strong impact. He runs very well without the ball. He can keenly find space and use his explosive power the moment the player passes the ball. He seizes the most favorable space to catch the ball in the shortest time.

Another very good feature is that his sense of shooting and smell. Perhaps many fans will think that the empty goal in the first game is bad. But Gomez's sense of shooting and smell is definitely first-class, but he has a bit of a quirk to control the ball firmly before shooting, but the consequence of doing so is that the shooting rate is high.

Therefore, if you want to exert Gomez's strength, the best way is to give him one-on-one opportunities and space in front so that he can get a relatively relaxed environment. If you want to get such an environment, players on both sides must help him share the defensive pressure.

Because of this, in the following training, Yang Cheng began to consciously practice tactical cooperation in the frontcourt based on Gomez's characteristics, but at the same time, he was also preparing to make some adjustments to the team.

Although the team lost in the first game, Yang Cheng was indeed dissatisfied with the team's performance in certain aspects, but he didn't say it, so during training, Yang Cheng just said that in order to better help the team play their strength in the European Cup, he would rotate one or two positions, and the players could not have any opinions on this.

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While the German team was hiding in the mountains and forests to practice, the European Cup was still in full swing.

Yang Cheng is not very concerned about other games. What he cares more about is the match between Group A and Group B, because if the German team qualifies from the group, the opponent they encounter will be the opponent in Group A, so he also needs to care about the showdown in this group.

The think tanks specially formed by Yang Cheng before the game have all rushed to the European Cup this time to spy on all potential opponents to spy on military information. Almost every day, information will be delivered to Yang Cheng, which is very complete.

During his training in the German team, Group A played two games, Russia won one win and one draw and won the first place in the group, Czech Republic won one lose and second in the group, Poland drew two consecutive draws in the group, Greece ranked last in the group, and the last round was the Czech Republic against Poland, Russia fought Greece, which was a big melee, and anyone could qualify.

That is, the day before the German team's game, Spain defeated France 1-0 with the goal of Villa, who returned from injury, which allowed Spain to get the right to qualify in the group in advance with two wins. Moreover, they can almost be said to have secured the first place in the group, and France lost and draws, and the possibility of qualifying in the group still exists. The key is the result of the game between the German team and Portugal.

Whether it is Germany or Portugal, this game can be said to be a battle of redemption. Whoever wins the game will be able to occupy a favorable position in the group qualifying, because the two teams are currently 1 point apart, and winning one game can reverse the situation.

For Portugal, the German team must win this game, because next encounter with Spain, the team has maintained a complete victory in the past dozen national team matches, and Bosque's team has not firmly won the first place in the group. It will definitely not relax in the last game, and Portugal has little chance of winning.

Furthermore, Portugal's style is relatively Latin, similar to the style of Brazil. Once he encounters a tough or strong team or a strong oppressive ability, he is prone to encounter difficulties. For example, when he encounters France in the first game of the group, Portugal will obviously be defeated, and it is because of Ronaldo's personal performance to save the game.

Now that we are facing Spain with strong oppression and control, Portugal knows its weight.

So they can only win the German team and strive to be second in the group. Otherwise, if they hope to play Spain in the last round, they will undoubtedly be unable to seize food from the tiger's mouth!

Similarly, for the German team, the second game of the group match between Portugal and the first game was lost. The German team must win the next two games to ensure the right to qualify in the group. Otherwise, it is likely to stop in the group stage, which will really make Saki Hana Masaya's prediction come true.

So before the team rushed to Kharkov, Yang Cheng held a mobilization meeting.

At this mobilization meeting, Yang Cheng issued a kill order to all the players, requiring everyone to wake up 120,000 points of energy. They must not lose all the next two games, and they must win them all and strive to qualify in the group.

"In the past few decades, Germany has never had the shame of being eliminated in a group. If you don't want to be a historical shame for German football and don't want to watch yourself leave the European Cup in a mess as a loser, then we have to fight to the death, and we can only fight to the death!"

Yang Cheng's mobilization also received positive responses from the players. At least judging from the players' expressions, they all hope to vent their depression against Spain on Portugal. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!