Chapter 1 Fleeting Time

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, another Bundesliga match day arrived.

During this period, after completing his training every day, Li Kang would cradle a soccer ball and practice the Cruyff Turn in the dormitory living room.

Why the living room?

Because Cruyff said in an interview: the most suitable place to practice is the living room; all the furniture will become your opponents.

Coupled with the flexibility brought by the "Sky's Last Echo" module.

His left foot was gradually able to complete this action with ease.

As for transferring to the English Premier League? He wouldn't consider it until Leverkusen stopped progressing in the Champions League.

Leverkusen had been very good to him.

It had nothing to do with loyalty.

If it weren't for Voller and Topmöller's constant support, he might have been abandoned, working in the La Masia cafeteria to earn money while playing in community soccer leagues... farming "Black Iron Treasure Chests."

《I've Played in the Neighborhood League for 50 Years; The Day I Come Out of the Mountains, I'll Fight in the Champions League U70!》

Even if he transferred during the winter transfer window, according to UEFA rules, he wouldn't be able to represent his new club in the Champions League.

........

Dortmund training base.

The players were divided into two groups, active on half a soccer field.

They were conducting a special training method: "salida lavolpiana"!

The soccer ball hugged the turf, constantly passing back and forth laterally!

The attacking players constantly interchanged positions, making diagonal runs, stretching the defense, and playing one-twos.

The defensive players were constantly shortening the distance by running.

"Offensive players, pay attention to lateral movement!"

"The defensive side should increase the intensity of compressing space!"

Tuchel shouted from the sidelines.

Since taking over as coach of Dortmund, he had led the team to a proud record of seven consecutive Bundesliga victories! In the last five games, they had gone all out! Scoring 21 goals!

The defense had only conceded 3 goals!

These two most direct pieces of data showed that Dortmund had the strength to compete for the championship with Bayern Munich this season!

Tuchel was still very dissatisfied, feeling that the players still couldn't meet his requirements!

The assistant coach reminded him, "Boss, let's call it a day? It's almost time!"

The Dortmund coach nodded.

He didn't like traditional physical training.

He preferred to shrink the space! Then conduct high-intensity tactical training.

Cruyff was the first generation of coaches to advocate space theory!

Van Gaal was the second generation.

Guardiola was the third generation.

Tuchel was the fourth generation.

The first three generations had already completed the feat of winning the Champions League.

It was up to Tuchel!

.....

Li Kang and his Leverkusen teammates boarded the club bus.

They arrived in Germany's seventh largest city.

Dortmund!

When the bus stopped at a traffic light on a street near the Westfalenstadion.

Many Borussia Dortmund fans on the side of the road shouted wildly:

"Kramer!!!"

"Kramer!!!"

"Kramer!!!"

Havertz looked puzzled, "Why are Dortmund fans fans of Kramer?"

Captain Bender laughed, "Last season, Kramer launched an amazing long shot from the center circle, breaking his own goal and helping Dortmund escape the relegation zone. If he had scored in the opponent's goal, he would definitely have won the Puskás Award..."

Kramer's expression was awkward, "Don't mention that crap..."

Kießling interjected, "Dortmund has written him into the club's history!"

Everyone laughed.

The atmosphere was cheerful.

The Westfalenstadion was not very scary for Leverkusen.

There were also many good friends from the youth training period in the Dortmund lineup.

Not many.

Almost all of them...

In recent training sessions, old man Topmöller dragged a large speaker every day, playing recordings of tens of thousands of Dortmund fans cheering.

..........

The Leverkusen bus slowly drove into the Westfalenstadion.

Old man Topmöller got off the bus and murmured:

"Look at other people's stadium! The pride of Germany! And our BayArena can only accommodate more than 20,000 fans! If we break into the Champions League semi-finals and the club still doesn't have expansion plans... I'll go coach the national team!"

Dino said firmly, "Boss! Wherever you go, I'll go!"

The mentor and disciple happily arrived at the pre-match press conference.

The flashbulbs kept flashing.

Tuchel stood up and politely greeted them.

The media reporters were eager to try.

"Mr. Topmöller! Leverkusen conquered Old Trafford! Captured the Camp Nou! Can you conquer the Westfalenstadion tonight?"

"Which stadium do you think puts more pressure on the players?"

Old man Topmöller frowned, "The BayArena!"

He straightened his collar, "Tuchel is better than Enrique! Full of passion and talent! Dortmund is more difficult to deal with than Barca. The upcoming game will be difficult. He should go to a higher stage to show his skills and become a new generation of famous coaches!"

Tuchel's smile froze.

The Dortmund club's upper echelons were constantly fighting, and he was also caught up in it.

Plus, his tactical system weakened the core position of some players.

Even with amazing results, his days were often filled with hesitation.

"Mr. Tuchel, you have led Dortmund to a good record of nine consecutive victories in the Europa League and Bundesliga! Are you confident of defeating the powerful Leverkusen tonight?"

Tuchel hesitated for a moment and said, "We still can't figure out Leverkusen's tactical system. Their formations in past games have changed too frequently, but no team can easily escape unscathed from the Westfalenstadion!"

"Tonight will be a feast of German football!"

........

Westfalenstadion.

More than 83,000 fans gathered at the scene.

The Südtribüne, Europe's largest single-tiered standing terrace!

An extremely soul-stirring scene appeared!

It was a terrifying yellow tide!

A skull wearing a crown gradually appeared before the eyes of the world!

The Devil's Home!

"Ctv5! Ctv5! Good evening, friends!"

"Welcome to watch the eighth round of the 2015/16 Bundesliga season!"

"Dortmund host Leverkusen!"

"The most watched Bundesliga contest of this round!"

"A strong confrontation!"

"An all-out attacking battle!"

"I am the commentator for this game, Duan Xuan!"

"I am He Wei!"

......

The player tunnel.

The players from both sides greeted each other warmly.

Li Kang was in a daze, his mind switching to God's perspective, constantly replaying Dortmund's recent match recordings.

He couldn't quite understand Tuchel's tactics.

Even Teacher Berent said, "The sample size is too small. He seems to have temporarily abandoned the study of the three-center-back system at Dortmund, seemingly only leaving a framework. The most terrifying thing is his on-the-spot command ability... super-first-class! He is very likely the best on-the-spot commander on Earth!"

Such an opponent was many, many times more terrifying than Enrique.

His tactics didn't revolve around core players, but rather allowed players to integrate into his tactical system.

The only weakness might be: all of Dortmund's attacking midfielders are right-footed, and their attacking progress is mostly limited to the left half-space.

The line began to move.

The referee team led the players from both sides out of the tunnel.

The magnificent Devil's Home suddenly erupted with an extremely terrifying momentum.

The white hot air balloon printed with the Bundesliga logo, like a fleeing little beast, frantically escaped from the ferocious jaws.

A system prompt quietly sounded.

[Ding, special mission triggered: Battle of Inheritance!]

[Mission Brief: Do you think your opponent is just Dortmund? Defeat the man who glimpsed the laws of space from the Total Football system! He possesses "magic", he is your real opponent!]

[Mission Reward: ???]