The foundation of football in East Germany is really weak, whether it's in youth training or training facilities, which are far behind those in West Germany. In addition, the grudges between East and West Germany make it difficult for the German Football Association to get recognition and affirmation for its efforts to provide assistance.

  But this time, Yang Chen's unintentional move brought great promotion to the German Football Association.

  Torsten Gütschow, the former East German international striker, personally went to Frankfurt and negotiated a series of matters with the German Football Association. His career has entered its final stage, he will complete his contract with Dresden after this season and announce his retirement, then enter this training center located in the middle of Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz.

  Located in the forest area south of Nossen, the surrounding environment is very good, which is also an aspect that the German Football Association attaches great importance to when selecting a location. The traffic and convenience here are also very good, with direct access to two highways, 40 and 14, within half an hour you can reach Chemnitz and Dresden, and within an hour you can reach Leipzig.

  Although it was just a groundbreaking ceremony, many big names were present, such as the Governor of Saxony, the German Minister of Sports, the President and Vice-President of the German Football Association, almost the entire leadership of German football and Saxony.

  With so many big shots attending, Yang Cheng's attendance was just icing on the cake. After all, this was a highly politically charged event, and as a foreigner, he couldn't possibly steal the show.

  But during the groundbreaking ceremony, the person who received the most enthusiastic welcome from fans was Yang Chen, especially many Chemnitz fans, who even drove to the scene of the groundbreaking ceremony and shouted out Yang Chen's name, making Yang Chen the most popular person among fans at the entire groundbreaking ceremony.

  After the foundation-laying ceremony, the governor of Saxony also found Yang Cheng directly.

  "Thank you very much for your help!" The white-haired governor said with a sincere face, it was clear that he also knew that Yang Cheng had made today's event possible, and this event had a great impact on the football in East Germany, as well as deeper political significance.

  "Don't be polite, this is what we should do!" Yang Chen humbly replied.

  "It's a pity that I couldn't watch the game in person when you were coaching Chemnitz, but you have to believe me, I'm your fan. We're all very grateful for what you've done for Chemnitzer FC and even for Saxon football. You are always welcome here!"

  "Thank you!" Yang Cheng smiled and shook hands with the governor, hugged him, and then took photos with reporters, as if performing a show, even he himself could hardly tell what was real or fake.

  Dürselen and the club presidents of Leipzig and Dresden also attended the groundbreaking ceremony, with the former taking the opportunity to have a casual conversation with Yang Cheng, discussing the future development of Chemnitz.

  "It's the same old saying, youth training is the foundation for improving football level. The eastern region is economically backward and can only rely on self-sufficient youth training to improve its competitiveness, in order to have a chance to make a name for itself in professional leagues!"

  The future of professional football will definitely be pyramid-shaped, with the economic strength of East Germany not even having the power to rise to the top of the pyramid, and even Kaiserslautern is unlikely, so they can only work hard to improve their youth training and learn from the survival model of clubs like Ajax and Eindhoven.

  "This is an opportunity, Stefan!" Even Paul Bayer agreed with Yang Cheng's words. "A chance for the Reform Club, we are all willing to help Chemnitz, but the key is, you have to be willing to change!"

  "The future of football is a technical one, if we don't change our current situation, it's self-destruction!" Yang Cheng said with great certainty.

  Diermayer this time seems to have listened to the advice of Yang Cheng and others, after all, today's Yang Cheng is a well-known head coach in German football, and also a technical consultant for the German Football Association, speaking naturally is not comparable to that guy who just came out of the thatched cottage.

  "If there's anything you need help with, just let me know and I'll do my best to assist you. However, when it comes to training young players, everything still depends on yourself, so keep working hard, Stefan!" Yang Cheng encouraged.

  Although he initially chose to leave Chemnitz, although he still had some awkwardness in his heart towards Dirksmit, but he had a very deep affection for this club, the fans and the people here.

  On the day he left, he told himself in his heart that he must find an opportunity to help the fans and football here, now he is fulfilling his promise.

  In fact, the German Football Association helped develop football in East Germany, which was just following a trend of helping backward areas in East Germany.

  Currently, efforts are being made to promote the economic development of eastern Germany, for example, by allocating a portion of local fiscal revenue to the central government, with the majority being handled locally, but around 20% is allocated to support the relatively backward states in eastern Germany.

  Imagine how rich western Germany would be if they had 20% of their annual fiscal revenue.

  Yang Chen believes that with the gradual improvement of the economy and the gradual improvement of youth training, East German football will slowly recover. In the future, teams from East Germany can compete with teams from West Germany in the Bundesliga on an equal footing.

  This is one of his beautiful wishes

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  After attending the groundbreaking ceremony of Nordson Base, Yang Cheng followed the technical inspection team of German Football Association to head north.

  Along the way, they will go to inspect the youth training situation of some professional football clubs in East Germany, put forward some effective suggestions and measures, and also provide some guiding assistance.

  Yang Cheng has always been a person who attaches great importance to youth training. He agrees with a saying that youth training is the future of football, and the stimulation of commerce and money can only bring about a short-lived prosperity in football. Only persistent youth training can bring a brighter future to football.

  Along the way, Yang Cheng unreservedly shared some football knowledge he brought from his previous life with members of the FA inspection team and officials from various regional clubs.

  With his more advanced football knowledge than them, Yang Cheng got almost everyone's recognition in these few days. Some professional people who originally thought he was just lucky and that's why he achieved great things, completely changed their views on Yang Cheng after a few days of interaction.

  From Berlin, take the A 20 northbound to Greifswald, a famous university town in northeastern Germany, located on the Baltic Sea coast, with beautiful scenery and a great place to visit.

  The German Football Association hopes to inspect the environment here and may arrange another training base in East Germany in this coastal city if it is suitable.

  This old city, full of ancient charm, with red brick walls everywhere, has roads paved with cobblestones and a unique architectural style. However, in recent years, with the support of Germany, it not only retains the original atmosphere of East German towns but also adds a touch of modernization.

  Yang Chen and his entourage inspected one of the candidate sites located in the suburbs, then went to inspect the local football club Greifswalder SV, a semi-professional club that competes in the regional league.

  However, when Yang Cheng and his entourage, accompanied by the club's officials, walked into this dilapidated training ground, a freckled-faced kid suddenly rushed out from nowhere, blocking everyone's path, as if not allowing them to enter the training ground.

  This little kid looks like he's seven or eight years old, looking very young and tender, but his eyes are searching in the crowd.

  "Hey Tony, get out of the way!" a Gravesend officer shouted.

  "I'm leaving right away, Mr. Frank, I just want to sign a name!"

  It was only then that everyone noticed that the little boy was holding a book in his right hand and grasping a pen in his left, scanning the crowd with his eyes. When he spotted Yang Cheng chatting with Paul Bier and others, lagging behind the group, his eyes lit up immediately.

  "Hello! Mr. Yang Cheng!" The child pushed through the crowd and came right up to Yang Cheng.

  Seeing this kid not being afraid of so many strangers at all, but instead looking very confident and self-assured, everyone found it amusing and couldn't help but laugh it off, especially since he was a fan of Yang Cheng.

  "Hello." Yang Cheng was stunned for a moment, but quickly came back to himself and squatted down.

  "Can you sign an autograph for me?" The child looked at Yang Cheng with a innocent and expectant face.

  Yang Cheng smiled and said, "Of course!"

  Paul Beyer and others next to him laughed and left first, leaving Yang Cheng and the little boy named Tony alone.

  "Are you a member of this club?" Yang Cheng took over the child's hand, and to his surprise, it was a book jointly launched by Monitz and Mulensite, which was highly recommended by Yang Cheng and written by him. He opened the cover page, inside was a blank page.

  "Yes, my dad is the youth coach here!" The kid nodded in response, but his attention was focused on Yang Cheng's hand and pen, tiptoeing and pointing to where Yang Cheng should sign.

  It's clear that this little guy is a person with his own ideas.

  "Right, what's your name?" Yang Cheng signed his Chinese name in the place specified by the child.

  "Tony! Tony! Cros!" The kids are all focused on getting autographs.

  Yang Cheng had just signed his name when he suddenly stopped, "Tony Kroos?"

  "Yes, my father is Roland Kross, the youth coach of Greifswald, do you know him?" Kross looked at Yang Cheng with some surprise.

  Yang Chen's brain suddenly sparked, and he looked at the young boy in front of him, who was later to become Germany's most dazzling midfield newcomer, Toni Kroos.

  He seems to have debuted in Rostock, how did he end up here in Greifswald?

  Yang Cheng felt a bit puzzled in his heart, but shook his head, "No, it's just that your surname is very close to one of our team members!"

  Kroos and Klose's pronunciation is different, just sounds a bit similar.

  "I know, it's Miroslav Klose!" Kroos exclaimed with a big laugh, as if he had guessed the Easter egg.

  Yang Cheng smiled and nodded, "That's right, he is an outstanding player, you will be too in the future!"

  At that time, Yang Cheng signed his name above the signature page under Cross's gaze and wrote a few words to Toni Kroos, the future best player in Germany.

  Kross stood by, his eyes wide with astonishment and incredulity.

  Will be Germany's best player in the future?! Is this Mr. Yang Cheng's evaluation of me?

  "Tony! Tony!" A shout came from afar, startling Kroos who was immersed in the height of idolization.

  "Over here, Dad!" Kroos yelled.

  Before long, a German in his thirties rushed out of the house. From afar, he saw Toni Kroos and a stranger, and began to anxiously chase after them, but soon discovered it was Yang Cheng.

  "Hello, Mr. Kroos!" Yang Cheng greeted him politely.

  "Hello! Mr. Yang Cheng, I really didn't expect it to be you!" Roland said with great surprise.

  Kross held up the autographed chemistry training book by Yang Cheng, flipped open the cover page and proudly waved it at his father, "Dad, look! This is Mr. Yang Cheng's signature!"

  Roland looked at him, surprised by Yang Cheng's evaluation of Toni Kroos, but he thought it was more like Yang Cheng encouraging young people, and wouldn't think of anything else.

  "Thank you, Mr. Yang Cheng!" Roland politely thanked him.

  "Don't be polite, Mr. Kroos, the technical training is a very good way of training, suitable for young players to train their skills, although it's different from the series of training methods in East Germany, but it should be promoted." Yang Cheng smiled and said.

  "Yes, I also think this training method is good, so I bought a book back to study and plan to try it out in the club!" Roland said somewhat embarrassedly.

  Yang Cheng nodded and looked at Kroos, "Do well, young man, your future prospects will be boundless!"

  "Will you kick the ball for me when the time comes, Mr. Yang Cheng?" Tony Kroos asked with a innocent face.

  Yang Cheng suddenly burst out laughing and nodded, "Alright, once you've honed your skills and physique, I'll let you make your debut!"

  "Do we still need to train?" Kroos said with a look of difficulty.

  Roland shook his head with a wry smile, "Not for now, that's something that starts after the age of 15!"

  "You're right, what you need to do now is to improve your skills. In the future, football will definitely be high-intensity and fast-paced, so technical skills must be extremely solid!"

  "Is it like Baylon?" Kroos asked seriously.

  Yang Cheng looked at Roland's helpless expression and suddenly asked with a smile: "Is Bebelon a little better, how is it?"

  "That's great!" Kroos burst out laughing.

  "You'd better work hard, I'll be waiting for you!" Yang Cheng waved goodbye.

  Wait until he walked far away, then turned back, but found that the Cros father and son were still there, with another child beside them, like in a tantrum, the two brothers seemed to be fighting for the training book signed by Yang Cheng.

  That must be his younger brother, Yang Cheng thought

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  He met Toni Kroos, but this time Yang Chen didn't have the idea of poaching him to Kaiserslautern. The reason was simple: his family lived comfortably here and it would be too difficult for him to leave Northeast China at a young age and travel across Germany to Kaiserslautern.

  Moreover, poaching 18-year-old Toni Kroos from Kaiserslautern may not necessarily be a good thing.

  When Yang Chen just arrived at Kaiserslautern, he was in the year of improving the youth training camp's strength, so he poached Podolski and Schweinsteiger's idea, and also poached Thomas Müller. However, now he has gradually found that for a head coach, such poaching is not very useful.

  After inspecting Greifswald, the FA delegation went to Rostock and inspected the youth training situation in Rostock.

  This East German team, which is currently doing the best in the German league, has spared no effort in youth training and has achieved very good results. At least this East German team has performed well this season, and local young players have played an indispensable role.

  Sometimes Yang Cheng even feels that Rostock can replace Dresden, the flagship team of East Germany in the past, and become a comfortable team in the Bundesliga. The reason is that he has found a good way for the East German team to survive.

  But this road is not easy to walk, and it's very bumpy, so this team has always been ups and downs.

  Returning directly from Rostock to Frankfurt, Yang Chen and the FA officials summarized their inspection over the past week and put forward a series of ideas and suggestions for the upcoming youth training reform.

  But all of this has nothing to do with Yang Chen anymore, after all, the Football Association has experts in this area. He took Paul Bier and Tim Hank to watch two national team matches, one was a German national team match, and the other was a Czech national team match, both were warm-up matches.

  Watching the Czech game is not only because of the proximity of the two regions, nor is it just to examine Inter's internal Nedved. It is also because Kaiserslautern's opponent in the next round of the European Champions Cup is Slavia Prague from the Czech Republic. This team is a well-known powerhouse in the Czech Republic and is precisely the arch enemy of Sparta Prague.

  There are many players from this club in the Czech national team. Yang Cheng watches a national team match and takes the opportunity to inspect the strength of these players, killing two birds with one stone.

  However, what made Yang Cheng somewhat annoyed was that Niederwieden played the whole game again, and the opponent obviously didn't intend to listen to Yang Cheng's proposal. Yang Cheng was so angry that he almost burst into a loud scolding on the sidelines, because this was not only messing with the players, but also messing with Kaiserslautern.

  The Czech Republic has lost its qualification for the World Cup in France, now they are just accompanying the prince, why be so serious?

  But there's no way around it, Nedved is currently the core of this Czech team's midfield after all. He has ten thousand reasons to reuse him.

  After two weeks of national team training, the team reassembled and Belon and Denilson, who had gone to South America for national team matches, arrived a day later than their European teammates. Due to the long journey, Yang Chen did not put them in the starting lineup for the away match against Slavia Prague 2 days later, but instead let them rest.

  Away from home, Yang Cheng lined up with Thomas Riedel and Flins as a double defensive midfielder combination, Ogigwe on the left, Deko in front of him, Daisler on the right, Klose upfront, and Dedek, Lewis Holt, Lucio and Fritz on the backline.

  In this game where almost all substitutes were used, Yang Cheng's idea was very clear: to give the main players a rest and decide the outcome at home.

  The final substitutes did not disappoint Yang Cheng, relying on Flins' long shot to bring back a 1-1 draw and an away goal from Prague, laying a solid foundation for Kaiserslautern's advancement to the next round.