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79 This is just the beginning

The train slowly drove into the train station east of Fritz Walter Stadium.

The waiting platform was already full of Kaiserslautern fans who were welcoming the team. When they saw the carriage with Kaiserslautern winning the championship and celebrating the big red banners driving into the platform, they all cheered in an uproar, frightening the security guards who maintained order at the railway station almost didn't dare to be brave and guarded one by one as if they were facing a great enemy.

This is the first European Cup championship in Kaiserslautern's history, and it will undoubtedly be the first European Cup championship to be recorded in history. Although it is only the Cup of Winners, the value of this trophy is even higher than that of the League Cup championship in the next few years.

Now the three major European Cups are in their peak hot period. If UEFA had not had to reform the European Champions League due to the advice of the giant clubs, and thus affect the League Cup and the Winners Cup, the glory of the three major European Cups will undoubtedly have a deeper impact on European football.

When Yang Cheng walked in the front and was the first to walk out of the car, the fans in the stands immediately cheered and shouted Yang Cheng's name.

He waved to the fans on the scene with a smile, kept greeting and shaking hands, but he didn't stay for a moment.

Following Yang Cheng, the club's legendary star came out. The current captain Bremer, who cherished the trophy of the European Winners Cup, was immediately cheered by all the fans on the scene, and the scene was even a little chaotic, because this was the first time that the European trophy fell in this Kaiserslautern on the edge of the forest.

The players walked out one after another, and the fans at the scene became very fanatical. I believe that if there were not the security guards from the train station and the police specially selected by the police station to maintain order, they might have rushed up, and the scene would have been in chaos.

The team's bus had already been waiting outside the train station. Yang Cheng led the team on the bus and slowly drove towards the Fritz Walter Stadium on the small hill to the west.

Due to the close distance, the fans all ran and followed the bus.

Sitting in the carriage and looking at the group of fanatical fans following behind, the players all showed excitement.

"I still remember that when we came to this city a year ago, they were still protesting. Who would have thought that today a year later, they all became your loyal fans." Paul Bayer felt very emotional about the impermanence of the world.

Yang Cheng smiled slightly, and there was a world of difference when he recalled himself a year ago and himself a year later.

He believed that he probably wasn't Frederick's first choice a year ago, but for some reason, he coached Kaiserslautern by chance and took a year to bring huge changes and surprises to the team and the city.

But he was also very clear. Hua Wu Ri Hong, nothing in this world is eternal. As long as he performs a little worse, as long as the team he coaches becomes worse, they will gradually leave him, and even turn the guns and become defenders who criticize themselves.

Things in this world are often so realistic!

Bremer sat in the back row of Yang Cheng, rubbing the trophy in his arms. Rutz beside him both looked serious. Obviously, they didn't know if they could continue to stay in the team at their next stop.

In the second half of the season, Bremer's situation was a little better. Rutz has gradually begun to lose his main position in the league, and instead replaced Sebastian Kyle, Luis Hutter and Lucio, who are strongly supported by Yang Cheng. The performance of these three young players is very good, which makes people see the potential.

I believe that if Rutz had not had rich experience and his cooperation with Kosch and Bremer, Yang Cheng would not have allowed him to play in key games and the Winners Cup.

However, I know a lot about many things. Yang Cheng has completed the team's midfield running-in. After Pavel Kuka left on the front line, Marshall, Fanny and Klose will take the lead. At that time, his target of renewal will be transferred to the defense line. Even if Bremer and others barely stay, they will definitely not be able to play the main team.

"What's wrong, Andres?" Yang Cheng turned around and asked with a smile.

Bremer gently stroked the trophy, as if he was worried that he would leave fingerprints on the smooth trophy. He shook his head and said with a smile: "I have no regrets if I can win this trophy!"

When Yang Cheng heard something was wrong, he immediately shook his head and said, "Don't think so, Andres, we can still hope for the next trophy, and there will be the European Super Cup next year. If our opponent is Dortmund, then we will win them one more game. If it is Juventus, it will just allow our team to go through the test of the top Serie A giants. Don't you look forward to it?"

The European Super Cup is now a contest between the Champions League champion and the Winners Cup champion. The Champions League has completed the semi-finals, and Dortmund and Juventus both entered the finals, which is very consistent with Yang Cheng's previous life. The difference is that he doesn't know who can win the championship.

"Remember what I said to you!" Yang Cheng nodded in support of Bremer with great affirmation.

Rutz, Kadletz and others are not indispensable to him. As long as new players can be introduced appropriately, he doesn't care about the team's metabolism. After all, the defense line of this Kaiserslautern is too old. Except for Kosch, everyone else is already in his thirty years.

But Bremer is different. He is the captain of the team and the spiritual symbol of the team. He has a respectable influence in the locker room. He is the only player in the team who can get Yang Cheng’s trust and help him manage the team’s locker room well.

Yang Cheng had told him before that he would stay with the team after a salary cut next season, and as a player and coach, he would learn while playing football.

But all this will be confirmed until Yang Cheng negotiates with Frederick!

When the team's bus arrived at the square in front of Fritz Walter Stadium, thousands of Kaiserslautern fans had already gathered here, all of whom came to participate in the celebration after hearing the news.

The club specially set up a simple rostrum in front of the square, and the mayor of Kaiserslautern came to the scene in person to wait and welcome the team's triumphant return.

As the head coach, Yang Cheng led the team off the bus one after another. Then, under the arrangement of the club, Bremer held the trophy and, under the leadership of Yang Cheng, slowly passed by the fans, accepted the cheers and praises from the fans, stepped onto the rostrum, and personally put the trophy of the European Winners Cup in the middle of the rostrum.

In the distance of the stadium, a bus without a penthouse had already been dyed in the red of Kaiserslautern. A large Kaiserslautern logo was printed on the left and right. This car was the car that waited for the team to march through the Winners Cup.

The welcoming ceremony began with club chairman Frederick taking the lead on stage to speak. In this official speech, he emphasized that he thanked head coach Yang Cheng for his outstanding contribution to the club. He believed that it was the excellent coaching ability of the Chinese coach to lead the team to the European Cup.

"This is the first time our club has a European championship halo, this is a championship that will be recorded in history, and it is a festival for all our Kaiserslautern fans. It is a day worth remembering forever. What brings us all this is our head coach, Mr. Yang Cheng!"

There was a burst of overwhelming applause at the scene. Yang Cheng stood behind Frederick, smiled, and nodded politely to the fans at the scene, looking very calm and chic.

Next is the mayor of Kaiserslautern, who also highly praised Kaiserslautern for his outstanding performance in European competitions and believed that the team deserved the Winners Cup. As a great contributor to the team's winning the Winners Cup, Yang Cheng deserves the love and respect of all Kaiserslauterns.

"To be honest, a year ago, when I heard that our old friend Frederick decided to hire Mr. Yang Cheng, I was full of doubts like all the Kaiserslauterns, but a year later, I have to say that this is definitely one of the greatest and most successful signings in the history of the club, because it was this signing that brought our club the first European championship trophy in history, making us the first European king!"

"I cannot express my gratitude to Mr. Yang Cheng and the players of the club. I can only express my gratitude to all our citizens of Kaiserslautern, thank our heroes and our Caesar!"

After saying that, Mayor Kaiserslautern turned around and took the initiative to hug Yang Cheng tightly, and then hugged the players one after another, which immediately received a burst of joyful applause from the audience.

For the city of Kaiserslautern, the team can win the Cup of Winners, which undoubtedly greatly increases the city's popularity in Germany and Europe, and will inevitably attract more tourists and fans to the city, which is equivalent to making contributions to the team.

After the chairman and mayor talked, Yang Cheng came to the front of the microphone.

The pair of respectful eyes of the Kaiserslautern fans in the audience gathered on the 25-year-old Chinese youth. He became the hero of the city, their Caesar, and their leader.

"A year ago, when I decided to coach Kaiserslautern, I never thought that there would be today. I asked myself, can I lead this team back to the Bundesliga?"

Yang Cheng's ups and downs, his ups and downs suddenly made everyone in the audience quiet and listened to him silently.

"When I first came to the city of Kaiserslautern, when I saw countless fans stretching out banners that opposed me and questioned me, I felt relieved, because it just proved the feelings and love of the fans for this team!"

"At that time, I told myself in my heart that I can succeed because this team has a long history and tradition, a group of fanatical fans who love the team, and a group of outstanding players, so we can succeed and we have the conditions to succeed!"

"I have always told my players this way, and at the same time, I also told them that as long as we are united and as long as we have common beliefs and goals, there is nothing in this world that can prevent us from succeeding! The opponents on the football field are no longer terrible! Then we have the basis and premise to win all honors!"

Yang Cheng's words immediately made everyone present applaud, and they were all excited by Yang Cheng.

"I thank the mayor for his praise just now, but what I want to say is that the team has today is not only my credit, but also my assistants, our players, our fans, the board of directors, and even all walks of life, but this is just the beginning!"

"We should not be satisfied with a Cup of Winners. Compared with other honors, it is not enough to make people complacent. We should look at it longer-term. Next season we can participate in the European Super Cup, next season we will participate in the Bundesliga, next season we will still have the opportunity to continue participating in the Cup of Winners next season. If we are satisfied, then there will always be one Cup of Winners in the honor spectrum of our club!"

Yang Cheng spread his hands and looked at the fans underground inquiring. They all raised their hands and shouted excitedly, venting their dissatisfaction, hoping that the team could achieve higher and more brilliant results.

"This is just the beginning! We must always be rational and tell ourselves clearly that this is just the beginning! Only in this way can we get more and go further!"

After saying that, Yang Cheng waved at the fans in the audience with a smile, ending his speech this time, but it received the warmest applause and cheers from the fans in the audience since the welcoming ceremony.

Frederick saw with his own eyes the status and influence of Yang Cheng in the current Kaiserslautern fans. He had never thought that so many could be changed in a year, but the facts were right in front of him!

Now there are not many opportunities left for the board of directors of Kaiserslautern, but it definitely does not include parting ways with Yang Cheng, because that will allow the club's fans to completely stand against the club.

It is absolutely irrational to fire the heroic leader after winning the championship!

But from what Yang Cheng said just now, Frederick also heard more connotations, that is, he has greater goals and ambitions, and he hopes to bring Kaiserslautern to a higher and more brilliant level.

It is hard to say whether Yang Cheng is for himself or for the club. Perhaps the two are originally a complementary relationship, but Frederick is secretly worried because he is worried that if some of his decisions are announced to the public, it will inevitably affect Yang Cheng's contract renewal with the club.

The second day's championship parade was specially arranged at noon. It happened that the weather in Kaiserslautern these days was good and cool, so the entire parade received support from the people of the city and eventually evolved into a festival for all the citizens of Kaiserslautern.

But after the parade, the club had to enter the final sprint of the league.

Now KaiserSlautern leads Hertha Berlin, the second-placed in the Bundesliga, 12 points. If he wins Mannheim at home in the 30th round of the league, then KaiserSlautern will win the Bundesliga championship four rounds ahead of schedule.

So while celebrating the Winners Cup, Yang Cheng began to arrange league preparations.

Two days after the parade, the team welcomed Mannheim at home.

This team, which is deeply trapped in the relegation zone this season, is trying their best to fight for relegation. Even if they challenge Kaiserslautern away, they still fearlessly put forward tenacious defensive counterattack tactics.

Yang Cheng had an appropriate rotation in this game, but even so, Fanny's hat trick and Klose and Deco's goals gave Mannheim a clean 5:0 at home.

The whole game was completely played at the rhythm of Kaiserslautern. Although Mannheim was very tenacious, it still could not stop Kaiserslautern's offensive. Especially the outstanding performance of Dutch young player Van Nie made Yang Cheng see the team's future offensive guarantee.

At the same time, Hertha Berlin was at home but unexpectedly lost to Stuttgart Kickers 0:1, while Wolfsburg was tied 0:0 at home by Winterharchen.

Although these two games will not affect Kaiserslautern's championship and will not have much impact on the league's promotion, the move to lose the chain still shows the gap between Kaiserslautern and these two German League teams who are also determined to compete for the first place. At least in terms of spiritual will, Kaiserslautern will be better than his opponent.

Moreover, in the game against Mannheim, almost more than half of Kaiserslautern's main players rested.

As one goes up and down, Kaiserslautern's top-up win seems more convincing.

After this game, the entire Fritz Walter Stadium completely became a sea of ​​celebration. Although the German Football Association did not send the league championship draw to the Fritz Walter Stadium before the game, the fans still celebrated the team's championship at their home court.

This is the third championship that Kaiserslautern has won this season.

The rest is the German Cup final at the Berlin Olympic Stadium on June 14.

This season, Cottbus has already booked a quota for the German League next season in advance, so they are all devoted to preparing for the German Cup final. They all hope to play their dark horse image to the end.

In addition, the outside world is hyping up the historical results of Kaiserslautern's German Cup finals.

In history, Kaiserslautern has reached the German Cup finals six times and won 2 championships and 4 failures. However, coincidentally, all the first four failed. From the 1989/90 season to the 3:2 victory over Werder Bremen and won the championship, and then to the 1:0 victory over Karlsruhe last season, Kaiserslautern ushered in two consecutive victories.

In addition, Germany defeated Dortmund in the Super Cup, Bayern Munich and Leverkusen in the German Cup, and European Winners' Cup even beat Liverpool, Paris Saint-Germain and Barcelona in one go. This season, Kaiserslautern is the most shocking dark horse in European football.

Compared with this incredibly dark horse, Cotbus seems to be a little black. Although the final has not started, the outside world has already supported Kaiserslautern, just as they all supported Barcelona before the final of the Cup Winners.
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