Chapter 14 Homestay

Klaus Fischer is an experienced veteran. He can see that Guardiola attaches great importance to Lin Quan and recognizes Lin Quan's strength.

He believes that with Guardiola's character, he should not lie.

Therefore, Lin Quan's strength should be good, but good strength may not necessarily mean he is suitable.

The main reason why Werder Bremen's results are not good is because they advocate offense.

Head coach Thomas Schaff's 442 formation will assist both full-backs when attacking, and even the center back will participate in the attack.

This resulted in them being stacked with too many players up front and empty at the back.

Once the enemy counterattacks, it is easy to penetrate their defenses and cause a one-on-one strike.

In the Bundesliga last season, Werder Bremen ranked first in the league in the number of single shots.

This is not something to be praised for!

In order to solve this problem, Werder Bremen needs a strong midfielder, especially a defensive midfielder who is good at interception.

It would be best to be like Makelele or Vieira. Of course, this is impossible. It is simply impossible for a player of this level to join Werder Bremen.

So they had no choice but to search for suitable candidates from young players from wealthy clubs and loan them out.

As a result, Barcelona gave them an organizational midfielder, which made Bremen a little confused about what to do.

Since they have loaned De Bruyne from Chelsea, the team's organizer is the attacking midfielder, and the defensive midfielder can concentrate on defense and does not need to participate too much in the offense.

Therefore, Klaus and others feel that it may be difficult for Lin Quan to integrate into Werder Bremen's tactical system.

Therefore, he did not mention Lin Quan's tactical status in the team after joining Werder Bremen, playing time and other matters related to the team's tactical level.

He just assured Guardiola that the club would take good care of Lin Quan, which reassured them.

Small and medium-sized clubs like Werder Bremen, who are short of money, often need to rely on loaned players to take the lead. If the reputation of the team is ruined, no one will cooperate with them in the future.

Therefore, Guardiola still has no doubts about Klaus's guarantee.

So, he discussed with the club the issue of Lin Quan's accommodation arrangements.

The club gave two options. The first one was to let Lin Quan live with the club's young players.

The second was to board him with a die-hard fan of the club.

Guardiola respected Lin Quan's choice and agreed to the second option.

So Klaus asked sports director Essien to drive them to a boarding house near the stadium.

This family is a family of four, a couple in their late thirties.

The male owner's name was William Victor, a distributor for a local brewer.

The heroine's name is Anna Victor, a civil servant who works in the city hall.

This is a typical upper-middle-class family in Germany. The couple's combined annual income is about 100,000 euros, which is a good income and a certain social status.

The couple has a pair of lovely blond children. Their daughter Angel is 12 years old, about the same age as Guardiola’s eldest daughter. Their son Greni is 10 years old and is still in elementary school.

This family of four are all die-hard Werder Bremen fans. As long as there is a Werder Bremen home game, they will almost never miss it, and the whole family will go out to watch it together.

The couple is about the same age as Guardiola, and Lin Quan is currently a Werder Bremen player.

The two parties had a lively conversation as soon as they met. Guardiola and Serra were very satisfied with this host family.

Before leaving, Guardiola enthusiastically gave Greni a football signed by himself.

The William family gave Guardiola a barrel of his treasured pure grain beer.

In order to adapt to the team as soon as possible, Lin Quan did not choose to go skiing in Switzerland with Guardiola and others. Instead, he chose to stay in Bremen and train on his own before the team started training.

There is a big gap between the intensity of the youth team games and the Bundesliga games. If he plays in the Bundesliga with the mentality of playing in the youth team, he will definitely be tortured and confused.

So, he still has a lot of work to do before the league starts.

For example, improve your physical reserves so that you have enough physical strength to adapt to the intensity of the Bundesliga competition.

In addition, you need to strengthen your body's ability to deal with traps so that you won't fall down when someone touches you.

In addition, you should also watch the team's game videos from the past few seasons and study the team's technical and tactical play in order to better integrate into the team's tactical system.

Lin Quan is not very worried about the issues that Klaus is worried about.

Although he previously played as a defensive midfielder in the Barcelona youth team, after copying the attributes of peak Messi, he can play in many positions.

Including wingers, shadow forwards, attacking midfielders, and even a center forward.

Of course, there is no problem in returning to his old job and playing as a defensive midfielder.

After joining Paris Saint-Germain, the elderly Messi played the most as a playmaker.

Therefore, his responsibilities do not conflict with De Bruyne's, and the task of organizing the series can be left to De Bruyne.

The role of the terminator in the final blow is played by him.

If De Bruyne is targeted by his opponent, he can completely drop back and take over the task of organizing the offense, playing as a double attacking midfielder.

Of course, none of this can be decided by him. What he has to do is prove to the head coach that he is capable of playing these positions.

The homestay family lives very close to the team's training base, less than 2 kilometers away.

He's too old to get a driver's license yet, and he doesn't need to drive for such a short distance.

So Lin Quan spent 200 euros to buy a bicycle as a means of transportation to and from get off work.

That night, Anna cooked a sumptuous meal at home and welcomed Lin Quan to join her.

"Lin, don't be restrained here, just treat this place as your own home!"

Anna smiled and poured Lin Quan a glass of juice. Because he was underage, he could not drink.

And for professional players, drinking is also an inappropriate behavior and will affect their competitive state.

"Thank you, Mrs. Anna!"

Lin Quan politely thanked him and took the juice.

William poured himself a glass of beer and took over the conversation:

"We at Werder Bremen have always been very tolerant of young players. The team captain Fritz is a very decent guy. With him, you will not be bullied in the team."

After saying this, William's eyes dimmed a little and he sighed:

"It's a pity that Wiese guy is gone."

The Wiese in William's mouth, whose full name is Tim Wiese, was Werder Bremen's main goalkeeper last season.

Known as the heir to the Lion King Kahn, he is an unruly but passionate goalkeeper.

Such a person can easily become the spiritual leader of a team, and Wiese plays such a role in Bremen.

Wiese has outstanding strength and has played for Werder Bremen for a long time. He has made great contributions to Werder Bremen, so he is deeply loved by the fans.

His departure deeply regretted many fans.

William realized that his emotions had affected everyone, so he stopped continuing the topic, but raised his glass and sent his blessing to Lin Quan:

"Lin, I wish you can establish yourself in the team as soon as possible and become our pride!"