Chang Sheng found the phone number of Elias Dominic in the hotel room. He didn't hesitate at all and dialed it directly.
In fact, he doesn't know if the other party still remembers him, and he doesn't know where the other party is now or what he is doing.
He didn't even know if the phone number was still valid.
But besides fighting him, does he have any other option?
There was no suspense in the result. He called, but the person who answered the phone was not the Elias Dominic he remembered, but a female voice: "Who are you calling?"
Chang Sheng opened his mouth, and a string of fluent German came out, which shocked him - Brother, how many languages do you know!
"Uh, hello, this is Chang Sheng, Chang. I'm looking for Elias Dominic. This is the phone number he left for me six years ago. I don't know if I can still find him..."
"I think so, sir. Because this is his home."
Chang Sheng initially thought he could no longer find Elias Dominic, but now things have turned around.
He was pleasantly surprised.
"Really? That's great...so how can I contact him?"
"I'll give you his mobile phone number and you can call him yourself, sir."
"Okay, no problem, no problem." Chang Sheng crooked his neck and held the phone between his legs while reaching for a pen and paper. "You said it, I'll remember it."
Next, the other party reported the phone number. Chang Sheng thanked him again and again, and then hung up the phone.
Then he took the cell phone number he had written down and looked at it for a while before deciding to make a call.
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Elias Dominic has just finished his training. He is now working in a German low-level league club. This club is unknown in international football and has very limited influence in German football.
Burghausen Football Club.
But as a sports club, this club is quite famous in Germany, because they are one of the largest sports clubs in Germany, with more than 6,000 members participating in 24 different sports. Among them, the football club was founded
Founded in 1930, it had been in the third level of German football for a long time before the mid-1990s. It was not until the mid-1990s that it was promoted to the third level of German football - the German Southern League for the first time. It is currently in the process of moving to the second level.
Working hard to upgrade to the Premier League.
Elias Dominic was the fitness coach of the Hamburg club a few years ago. However, due to changes in Hamburg's top management, the administrator who liked him was kicked out. Dominic, who was originally good-natured, was branded as a hostile faction.
Then he was kicked out.
Then he moved to this city in Burghausen, Bavaria. With his experience in playing for many clubs, he easily obtained the position of fitness coach for this club's football team.
But he was used to working as a fitness coach for a Bundesliga-level team, and suddenly came to a third-level league team, which made him somewhat uncomfortable.
Although he is a relatively stable and cautious person, life in this small town is too dull, right?
It seems impossible for this team to rise to the level of Hamburg for decades.
So as a top student trained by the German Clone Sports Academy, will he spend the rest of his life in a small regional team?
Thirty-four-year-old Elias Dominic was a little reluctant.
After finishing his work, Dominic changed his clothes in the coach's office and prepared to drive his classic car back to his rented apartment.
The days passed like this day by day.
But such ordinary days came to an abrupt end with a phone call today.
The cell phone he put in his pocket rang cheerfully, as if breaking the tranquility of this small town.
Elias Dominic picked it up and found that it was an unknown phone number.
He hesitated for a while and then picked it up.
A familiar voice sounded over there: "Hi, Elias!"
He hesitated and said: "Excuse me, are you..."
The voice over there seemed very sad: "You don't remember me? You really don't remember me? I am Chang, Chang Sheng!"
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In fact, Chang Sheng had no idea whether his relationship with Dominic was really as good as he made it seem.
But at this time, I can only take a gamble. It is better to show intimacy than to speak flatly. I am asking for help now, so I need to keep my posture low.
To his delight, when the other party heard his name, his tone obviously changed for the better and his voice became louder.
It seems that the relationship between the two people is really good...
"Chang? Is it you? Is it really you? I thought you had disappeared..."
"Are you kidding? Ha! I called the number you left for me, but you were not at home. Where are you now?"
There was a little silence over there.
Then he said: "Burghausen."
Chang Sheng was stunned for a moment, then asked: "Uh, where is that?"
"An ordinary city in Bavaria."
"But I remember you weren't in Hamburg?"
There was silence again, and then a voice said: "Well, I left Hamburg."
"What league is Burghausen in?" Chang Sheng asked.
"The third level in Germany."
Chang Sheng is very happy.
This team is not famous and the level is still so low. I should be able to recruit Elias Dominic.
So he decided to get straight to the point. In fact, he had no time to waste now.
"I remember that your ability is absolutely fine. Why did you go to Burghausen? I just have a job opportunity. Are you interested?"
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Only then did Elias Dominic remember that he had not asked Chang Sheng where he was employed now.
To be honest, he felt that even if Chang Sheng had job opportunities, they might not be at the level of Hamburg.
Because he knows Chang Sheng very well.
When they first met in Hamburg, he was already the fitness coach of the first team, while Chang Cai was an ordinary coach of the Hamburg youth team.
Later, Chang left Hamburg after one year, and the two never had any contact again.
But he feels that Chang Sheng should now be a coach in a certain echelon of a club. His job opportunity will definitely not be a coach of an echelon, right?
"What job opportunities are there? I can only be a physical trainer, Chang."
The implication is that if you ask me to be the coach of the youth team, I can't do this job.
Chang Sheng laughed on the phone: "I just want you to be the physical trainer. Elias!"
"Huh?"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, I am now the head coach of Valencia."
Dominic didn't react: "Which Valencia?"
"What other Valencia Elias could there be?"
"Uh... you are the head coach of the Spanish football team Valencia?"
"Yes!"
“Valencia, who reached the Champions League final for two consecutive seasons?”
"That's right!"
"Valencia, who were defeated by Bayern Munich in the Champions League final last season?"
"Ahem, don't mention it, Elias... Anyway. I lack a physical coach here, and I hope you can help me. You also know that the pre-season training in Spain is about to start, but
But I don’t have a physical coach yet…”
"But I don't know Spanish, Chang."
Elias Dominic hesitated.
To be honest, there is definitely no future in staying in the Burghausen team.
But for him to leave his hometown and go to Spain, he really doubts whether he can adapt to life there. Because he doesn't understand the language, and the habits of Spanish people are completely different from those of Germans.
He has only been to work abroad once before, and that was to Heerenveen in the Netherlands. But the Netherlands is close to Germany, and the customs and customs are very similar to Germany. The most important thing is that German is the lingua franca in the Netherlands, so language is not a problem at all.
If language is not a problem, life will not be a problem.
But Spain...
Elias Dominic is a cautious person, and he instinctively has a resistance to this kind of risky behavior.
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"Language is not a problem. Elias, find you a language teacher, you can learn slowly. And football is the lingua franca, there is nothing to worry about..."
Chang Sheng advised.
But Elias Dominic's brows frowned more and more.
"I might...I'm afraid...can't go..." he said with difficulty.
"Hey, why?" Chang Sheng felt strange.
At first, he thought he could easily recruit Elias Dominic. After all, Dominic's team was a very unknown low-level league team. Faced with the temptation of Valencia, he had
How many people can withstand it?
But Elias Dominic resisted.
So Chang Sheng was particularly surprised.
"I'm sorry. I know your good intentions, Chang. But I think... I prefer this stable and ordinary life..."
When he said this, even Dominic himself didn't believe it.
Although Chang Sheng didn't understand Dominic's character, he intuitively felt that things were not as simple as Dominic said.
Because when he talked about leaving Hamburg and Burghausen, his tone was low, which showed that his mood was not high.
"Do you really like the life you are living now?" So he asked directly.
"Uh, I think so, Chang..."
Chang Sheng felt more and more strange about Elias Dominic. But he didn't dare to ask more questions. After all, he didn't know Dominic very well. What if he was wrong to say more?
It will take time for Dominic to accept his new personality.
Now the two of them haven't even met each other, so if the other party has any suspicions, they are right.
Therefore, Chang Sheng had no choice but to stop persuading him and instead asked Elias Dominic for help.
"Okay, Elias. You think about it first. But I have something urgent here. Can I ask you for help?"
Speaking of helping Dominic, he was very enthusiastic, clearing away his previous low tone. This made Chang Sheng more convinced of his judgment on Dominic.
Chang Sheng told Dominic about his situation. To his surprise, Dominic agreed without any hesitation this time.
Ask Chang Sheng to fax him the team's physical test report for the next day, and then he can formulate a physical training plan based on the results.
However, he also made it clear to Chang Sheng that after all, he was not at the scene and could not know more about the situation. Therefore, this physical training plan was only based on the physical examination report. There was no guarantee of how effective it would be. It was just for Chang Sheng to cope with it.
After this stage, when he finds a real physical trainer, this problem should be solved.
Chang Sheng is already very satisfied with this. Indeed, as long as the physical training part of the pre-season training can be carried out normally, he will still have time to find a physical coach.
So I thanked him again and again, agreed on a time to send him the physical fitness test report by email tomorrow, and hung up the phone.
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Elias Dominic also hung up the phone.
Then he stood in front of his classic car and turned to look at the low and dilapidated training base behind him.
Burghausen Sports Club is a large comprehensive sports club, in which football is definitely not the most important.
I'm afraid I will never get any attention in this club.
Chang Sheng's words echoed in his ears.
“Do you really like the life you’re living right now?”
“Do I really like the life I’m living?”
Dominic murmured to himself.
He raised his head, his eyes a little confused and without an answer.
