On the morning of the third day after Bayern arrived in Donaueschingen, Su Dong was training in the hotel gym when he met Neuer, who had obviously come here specially. The latter seemed very polite when they met.
"Ha, it's nice to see you here, Manuel." Su Dong smiled and shook hands with him.
His optimism for Neuer is sincere, because this goalkeeper is really special.
how to say?
Quick reactions, wide defensive range, quick movements, outstanding physical fitness, big heart... There are many goalkeepers with these characteristics, but Neuer is different from them. His skills at the feet are also very delicate, which is extraordinary.
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Su Dong really admires Neuer, otherwise, he would not have taken the initiative to exchange jerseys with him as soon as they met.
Now, seeing Neuer become a teammate of Bayern, Su Dong is also very happy.
Neuer told Su Dong that he arrived in Donaueschingen last night. The team had already started to rest at that time, so no one knew about it, and he made a special trip to thank Su Dong.
Because Hoeness told him that it was Su Dong's recommendation that made Bayern determined to sign him.
Joining Bayern is definitely a career leap for Neuer.
Su Dong didn't take credit at all, but he still reminded Neuer that he would face great competitive pressure at Bayern, because Kahn's disciple Lensing is now Bayern's first-choice goalkeeper.
Neuer confidently stated that he would not mind competing with Lensing.
"I came to Bayern just to play as the main force, and I look forward to playing alongside you!" Neuer said with confidence.
However, in the first training session, this confident boy suffered a setback.
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As we all know, Bayern's goalkeeper coach Sepp Meyer was once a legendary German goalkeeper. He served as the goalkeeper coach of Bayern and the German national team for more than ten years, and he had a close relationship with Kahn.
Meyer's assistant was Bernd Dreyer.
The 41-year-old goalkeeper has the dual role of goalkeeper and goalkeeper coach. He has played for Bayern since 1996 and has always been Sepp Meyer's right-hand assistant. According to Meyer and Bayern's plan, Zero
After Meyer retires nine years ago, Dreyer will succeed Meyer and become Bayern's goalkeeping coach.
For Bayern, this can be regarded as a kind of inheritance.
More importantly, Dreher's ability to train goalkeepers is recognized by Bayern's management and players. For example, together with Meyer, he designed a series of targeted training for Bayern goalkeepers and achieved quite good results among the goalkeepers.
The most praised among them is medicine ball training.
In recent years, the balls used in football matches have become lighter and lighter, but Bayern goes in the opposite direction when training its goalkeepers, using a two-kilogram solid ball for training. This kind of ball is thrown with great force, forcing the goalkeeper to have to make a save when making a save.
Open your arms. If you curl them up, it will be very bad. In serious cases, you may even break your arms.
But this kind of ball is very beneficial for goalkeepers to train their arm strength, and the effect is very gratifying.
For goalkeepers who are familiar with this training, medicine ball training is actually nothing. It is also taken for granted within Bayern. It is a well-known secret of the team. But for Neuer, who has just arrived, the situation is completely different.
It’s different.
When he was at Schalke 04, where had he ever been exposed to such medicine ball training?
Therefore, the training session the morning after Neuer arrived in Donaueschingen could be said to have been a tough one.
On the contrary, his competitor Lensing seemed to be very comfortable, and he had obviously adapted to medicine ball training for a long time.
In addition to technical and tactical drills and group confrontations, goalkeeper training has its own independent area.
Su Dong watched Neuer being tortured from a distance and could only express sympathy.
"Young people, it's better to suffer a little."
No pain No gain!
But in fact, Su Dong is only one or two years older than Noel.
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After the afternoon training session, Su Dong went to the gym for additional training as usual, accompanied by a personal trainer team.
But when I finished the extra training and was about to leave, I heard noises coming from the training ground.
I walked over and saw that it was Neuer.
This kid stood in front of a goal and asked the staff to throw medicine balls at the goal with all their strength, while he tried to save it.
A medicine ball is much smaller and heavier than a football, making it more difficult to save. Neuer was obviously not used to it, but he kept shouting again and again, as if he was competing with someone.
When Su Dong watched this scene from a distance, his first reaction was to laugh.
This guy's physical fitness is really good.
Heynckes' summer training camp was still very intense, and Sepp Maier's training was also not simple. As a result, he not only withstood Maier's training, participated in joint training with the team, and even stayed to practice additionally on his own.
When it comes to shooting medicine balls, I have to say that my physical fitness is indeed quite outstanding.
But what Su Dong appreciated most was his energy.
Professional players, especially young professional players who are in the rapid promotion period, must have such a strong spirit that they will not be convinced by anyone and compete with everyone.
Watching Neuer's training on the court, Su Dong couldn't help but think of the time when he and Ronnie were at Sporting Lisbon.
Ronnie dared to threaten to be the best man in sports even when he was skinny. In this regard, Neuer is somewhat similar to Ronnie.
"This guy is really good." Heynckes' voice sounded next to Su Dong.
Su Dong turned his head and saw Old Man Hai standing next to him with a smile, looking at Neuer in training from a distance, but for some reason, when Su Dong looked at his smile, he always felt that he was full of evil?
"You put a lot of pressure on him, and he made a show of force in the first class." Su Dong said with a smile.
Logically speaking, Neuer has just arrived and is still familiar with the team. There is no need to use a killer ball like a medicine ball as soon as he arrives. At least he must give him a little adaptation period, right?
"I didn't propose this, it was Sepp who took the initiative." Heynckes felt aggrieved.
"You are at least an accomplice." Su Dong scolded with a smile.
Among Bayern players, Su Dong is probably the only one who dares to talk to Heynckes like this.
Of course, Su Dong is measured and only does this when communicating in private. In front of his teammates, he is also respectful to Heynckes and maintains Heynckes' authority.
Heynckes did not refute, "Sepp feels that Neuer has made very little progress this past season, mainly because the pressure is not high enough. This kid is arrogant, but his potential is amazing, and he is resilient, so he should endure it."
, try to squeeze out his potential and force him to grow faster."
Su Dong had no objection, because when it comes to training young players, especially goalkeepers, Sepp Maier is really the authority. He knows better than anyone else what a goalkeeper should do, what qualities he should have, and what kind of training he should receive.
"So, from what you're saying, you don't plan to let him play the main role?" Su Dong vaguely guessed the intention of the coaching staff.
Heynckes smiled and nodded, "How can it be so easy to become Bayern's main goalkeeper? How many years has Lensing been Kahn's substitute? A young guy like Neuer wants to be the main goalkeeper when he first arrives?"
Bayern's management and coaching staff have the same idea. Lensing and Neuer are both goalkeepers with great potential. Bayern wants to create platforms and opportunities for the two to compete and see who can stand out.
It's a bit like a wrestling match.
It's cruel, but also very realistic.
Professional football is full of such wrestling and competition.
As a player, Su Dong has already adapted.
"After one meal, I bet on Neuer that he will be the main player in the first five rounds of the Bundesliga." Su Dong said with a smile.
Heynckes was stunned. He was also very optimistic about Neuer, but he was not as optimistic as Su Dong. He felt that if he could maintain rapid progress in the first half, there would be a chance to play as the main force. After all, Lensing had done so well at Bayern.
for many years.
The management means that this season is for Neuer to adapt, and the adaptation period can even be extended to two years.
"You think so highly of him?" Heynckes was a little surprised.
Su Dong did not answer, but asked with a smile: "Be more relaxed, do you want to gamble or not?"
Heynckes curled his lips and said, "I won't bet."
"It's boring." Su Dong was discouraged. This old man was actually quite conservative and not OPEN at all.
"Why do you think so highly of him?" Heynckes felt strange.
Su Dong smiled and said, "I have a friend. He was originally very thin, but in a short period of time, through high-intensity training, he could even train in the gym all night, and he quickly became the number one player on the team.
Macho man."
After a pause, Su Dong looked at Neuer in the distance again, "You should never underestimate a person's perseverance and determination."
Heynckes was a little confused, "Does this have anything to do with you being optimistic about him?"
"It doesn't matter." Su Dong shook his head in a funny way, "If I lose, I only lose a meal to you. But if I win, I will make more, right?" After saying that, Su Dong couldn't help himself.
He laughed cheerfully.
Heynckes was speechless.
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Later, during the training camp in Donaueschingen, Neuer really insisted on practicing extra every day, which impressed the coaching staff and Su Dong was also quite surprised by him.
As support, Su Dong specifically asked Grant Downing to tailor a recovery training program for him, which made Neuer very grateful to him because he had heard of the reputation of Su Dong's personal coaching team.
After the team trained in Donaueschingen for a period of time, they played another warm-up match against a regional team.
Bayern had no surprises and beat their opponents 7-0.
Sudong didn't even appear in this game. Thomas Muller performed very well and completed a hat-trick. Toni Kroos also scored a goal and Hummels also scored a goal.
Bayern defeated its opponent in the first warm-up match of the new season, allowing everyone to see Bayern's strong strength, especially the thickness of its bench.
Neuer, Tymoshchuk, Olic and other new players also played in this game one after another.
After the warm-up match, all the international players participating in the European Cup returned to the team on time to report.
The team trained in Donaueschingen for another three days and then chartered a flight to Singapore for the first leg of their Asian tour.
