Entering October, the 9th round of the German Second Division League, Kaiserslautern hosts Wintertaching at home.

  Yang Cheng still retained the main force against Red Star Belgrade in the starting lineup, only replacing Van Nistelrooy with Marshall in the starting lineup. The Dutchman sat on the substitute bench because Marshall's state was obviously better than the Dutchman.

  As a result, Marshall did not disappoint Yang Cheng's high expectations. In this strong dialogue, Mei Kai scored twice and helped Kaiserslautern defeat Winterton 3-0 at home, continuing to secure the top spot in the league standings.

  Wolfsburg, who had the same ambition to rise to A, was tied 0-0 away by Zwickau, while Berliner FC Viktoria was defeated 4-1 away by Chemnitzer FC, reversing Wolfsburg's momentum and rising to second place in the league.

  However, the most eye-catching match in the 9th round of the German Second Division was not these matches, but the home game between Oldenburg and Leipzig Red Bull. The result was 4:1, with Oldenburg winning at home.

  The score is normal, but what's abnormal is the process of the game.

  The whole game Leipzig players were injured one after another, and Leipzig's head coach had used up all three substitutions. From the 78th minute onwards, he had to accept that his team was a man down on the field due to injuries after using up all substitutions.

  Also from the 80th minute, Oldenburg scored two goals in a row, changing the score from the original 2:1 to 4:1!

  This team, which was touted as a sure relegation this season, has temporarily escaped the relegation quagmire with this victory. After the game, in the face of Leipzig's head coach's scathing criticism, Oldenburg officials refused to acknowledge that their players had engaged in foul play during the match.

  After the 9th round, the draw for the top 16 knockout rounds of the European Champions Cup was also announced.

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  "What's Buran?" Yang Cheng had never heard of this unfamiliar team before.

  Paul Bier saw Yang Cheng's expression and couldn't help but laugh, nodding: "Yes, a team from the Norwegian Super League, founded in 1908, based in Bergen, Norway's second largest city."

  Yang Cheng gave Paul Bier a somewhat reproachful glance, looked at the stack of materials about the Bran team in his hand, and secretly admired that having an assistant had its advantages. As soon as the draw came out, he had already prepared all the materials and clues, so he didn't need to waste time collecting them himself.

  "It seems that this team from Brann is quite capable, swimming in the Norwegian league rankings!" Yang Cheng muttered to himself.

  But little did they know, Paul Bier heard it and burst out laughing, making Tim, Moniz and others in the office think he was sick today.

  "Brother, don't look at Brann's ranking hovering between 8-12, do you know? The Norwegian league only has 14 teams, and the last two teams are relegated to the Norwegian First Division. So Brann's strength in Norway is actually quite poor. Their best finish in history was just last season, when they finished fourth in the league."

  Yang Cheng's face turned red with embarrassment, and he looked around to see his assistants trying to stifle their giggles. He suddenly burst out laughing and scolded them, "You bunch of idiots, if you didn't look at this stack of documents, who would have known all this?"

  Everyone suddenly couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  But what Yang Cheng said is also true, the team of Brann is indeed too obscure, if it wasn't for Paul Baier specially collecting information about this team, hardly anyone would pay attention to them.

  "The second round of the Champions League will be on October 17 and 31, but there are only three rounds left in the Norwegian Super League so far. I hope to go to the scene to see Brann's game situation, which can get more information about the opponent!" Paul Beyer said with a smile.

  Yang Cheng also agrees with this.

  The schedule of the Norwegian top division is different from other countries, it's not a cross-year competition but starts in April and ends in October, avoiding the entire cold winter, so while October is the climax for other leagues, it's the final stage for the Norwegian league.

  This season, Brann has performed well and is currently competing with Str?msgodset and Molde for a European spot. In other words, these three teams are competing to qualify for the Europa League, while the league title has already been secured by Rosenborg, which also marks this Norwegian powerhouse's sixth consecutive championship.

  The different schedule has one advantage for Kaiserslautern, that is the players of Brann are not in as good a state as those of Kaiserslautern, but also one disadvantage, Norway's climate starts to enter cold snap period from late October and Bergen is rainy all year round.

  Yang Cheng had heard a joke before. A tourist asked a local boy when it would stop raining, and the boy replied: "I don't know, I'm only 12 years old!"

  It's no wonder that the fall of this city is a great headache!

  But Yang Cheng still thinks his luck is good, at least in the round of 16 knockout match he drew a relatively weak opponent.

  Barcelona, PSV Eindhoven, Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool, Benfica, Fiorentina, Galatasaray, Sparta Prague... All of these teams are top-notch in Europe. Kaiserslautern was able to avoid them, which is pretty lucky.

  Of course, if they can smoothly eliminate Borussia and enter the top 8 knockout rounds, then Kaiserslautern will not have such good luck, and they will inevitably face a tough battle.

  The day after the Champions League draw, the DFB-Pokal draw was also fully revealed.

  But this time Kaiserslautern's luck was a bit bad, they actually drew the Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich.

  When Yang Cheng heard this news, he was completely stunned.

  But anyway, the game must go on.

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  In the 10th round of the league, Kaiserslautern away challenged Essen and relied on Barak and Marshall's two goals to defeat Essen 4-1.

  In the 11th round of the league, visiting Cologne, they encountered a strong counterattack from SC Cologne, especially their almost desperate defense. Kaiserslautern struggled to open up the game until the 73rd minute of the second half when Yang Chen was replaced by Pavel Kuka, and the Croatian striker scored the winning goal.

  After defeating SC K?ln, Kaiserslautern traveled to Norway to face Brann away from home.

  Due to Yang Cheng's thorough preparation before the match, especially allowing the team to adapt to the rain in advance, in the away game, despite encountering the host's resistance, they still managed to retreat from the away 0:0 with their whole body intact, thanks to Gattuso's outstanding performance.

  In 3 days, Kaiserslautern will again travel to away challenge Mannheim.

  The frustration that was built up in the Braunschweig game was this time fully released on Mannheim, Marshall scored a hat-trick, Dernersen scored twice, Kaiserslautern won 5-0 away from home, but Fritz also got injured during the match and will be out for at least one month.

  Back in Kaiserslautern, the team welcomed Zwickau.

  Wagner, who replaced Fritz in the starting lineup, got his first start and performed steadily. Niederlechner scored two goals with one assist, helping Kaiserslautern defeat visiting Zwickau 3-0 at home.

  Two days later, the team welcomed the second round of the Champions League, relying on Barak and Denilson's outstanding performance, defeating Brann 2-0 at home and advancing to the top 8 with a total score of 2-0.

  Kaiserslautern's opponent in the quarterfinals will be Liverpool, and the match is scheduled for next March, so Yang Chen still has plenty of time to prepare.

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