Golden Greenery

May 24, 2004, Victor Stadium in Madiburg, Hannover.

This is the last round of the second division league. There is no battle for ranking, just a routine closing game. But Madibao has put together an extremely weird starting lineup.

Single forward, No. 27, 36-year-old veteran center, Sparky Summerfield.

Five midfielders: No. 9 Ricardo Montolivo, No. 7 Franck Ribery, No. 8 Bastian Schweinsteiger, No. 6 Nigel De Jong, No. 31 35 Roger Samuel aged.

Four defenders: No. 4 Per Mertesacker, No. 5 38-year-old Ignaz Stubernaar, No. 26 37-year-old Sean Hodgson, No. 27 37-year-old Chuck Meyer .

Goalkeeper: No. 24, 37-year-old Nelson Belloc.

The fans looked strange, but everyone in the club knew that none of these eleven starting players would appear in Madibo's lineup again next season. This was their collective farewell game.

The Five Musketeers will definitely leave the team. It is impossible not to leave. Madibao's lineup cannot accommodate the huge stars that each of them shines at the same time. Their versatile and outstanding personal abilities cannot coexist in the same formation in the existing football world. There is no such team in world football. The formation can accommodate the six of them, but it cannot accommodate the talents of the six. Moreover, Madibao's small-capacity operation cannot meet their growing reasonable salary requirements. Even if Madibao's commercial development is prosperous due to Chinese funds, it cannot satisfy the appetite of the Six Musketeers at the same time. They work for money, and their salary reflects their worth. No one can kidnap them morally here.

They have seen Zhuoyang's low profile and sacrifice throughout the year, and they know how powerful their brother is. The Five Musketeers have been crazy all season, but they know they can be crazier. Everyone made sacrifices for their brothers, although not as big as Zhuoyang's sacrifice. It's not that they won't rob, nor are they unwilling to rob, it's just because they are brothers.

They are all leaving. After leaving, they will have big contracts with big clubs and double their income. And because of their departure, Zhuo Yang will definitely get the maximum salary in the total player salary of Fort Madi. If they don't leave, they will inevitably lower the salaries of the six people together.

For the dream of football, for the realistic win-win situation, and for the brotherhood, they must leave this year. Just like last year, they chose to stay for the sake of brotherhood.

I stayed last summer because I couldn't let go of my brothers. I chose to leave this summer because I wanted to keep this friendship alive.

The fans of Fort Madi did not know that the five swordsmen would leave collectively this summer, and the club did not dare to tell them immediately for fear of causing trouble. Only the fan leader Big SB has learned everything from Zhuo Yang, and Zhuo Yang really can't bear to hide it from him.

That day, Big Sb drank a lot and kept silent for a long time. Finally, he raised his head and said to Zhuo Yang.

"King, I am a die-hard Madibao fan, you know this. There are not many fans like me, I can count them on my fingers. Do you know why?"

"It's not that the fans in Hannover are bad, nor that they follow the crowd, it's because Madiburg really has no attraction, no history, and no honor."

"I can become a die-hard Madiburg fan only because my father was the first-generation player when the Madiburg team was founded. At that time, my mother often took me to watch my father's games."

"So, there are very few die-hard fans, and you can't blame us, because the former Madiburg was not qualified to have his die-hard fans. If Madiburg can continue to be like the past two years, or if it can remain standing in the Bundesliga, In that case, after more than ten or twenty years, the entire Hanover will become die-hard fans of Madiburg and pass it on from generation to generation."

"King, the fans are very realistic. We need joy and satisfaction from the court and the stands. If the team cannot unite the fans with temperament and victory, we will leave and we will speak with our own feet. .”

"king,

Madibo has begun to have temperament and victory, the fans are gathering around, this will be a God-given opportunity, this is the best time to cultivate die-hard fans. "

"king..."

Zhuo Yang was speechless. Even though he and Big SB were very good friends, after all, they were in different places, so they naturally considered the problem from different angles. Therefore, he did not go to enlighten and comfort Big Sb, because he might not understand. Zhuo Yang just had a boring drink with him in silence.

Later, Big SB walked unsteadily but his eyes were aggressive and shining, and he asked Zhuoyang.

"King, our Madiburg will not come back after just one round in the Bundesliga, right? Our Madiburg will not return to the valley of the past, right?"

"Yeah, absolutely not. Trust me."

"Do you promise? King?"

"Yes, I promise!"

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Except for the Five Musketeers, the other six veterans in the starting lineup will retire after this game. They are not young anymore, even the youngest Samuel is 35 years old. Among the six players, Samuel is also the one who has played the most games this year except for the cool guy from East Germany, but he has only played nine games. Others are basically just making up the numbers this season. Their ability and age are quite reluctant to cope with the second league. Originally, Samuel had no intention of retiring so early, and the club also wanted him to play for another year. But to be honest, Samuel basically had no chance in the Bundesliga. Both parties knew this. In the end, Samuel gritted his teeth and decided to retire and work as a trainee in the club's business department.

Including Dwarf Hassler, there are twelve players. Madibao will lose almost half of the team next season. It is rare to see such a one-time large-scale change of lineup in world football. But there is nothing that can be done about it. Madibao has made leaps and bounds in the past two years, and there is no time for the team to update the lineup step by step. Apart from these 12 people, there are still 13 people in the first team of Fort Madi. The oldest is 30-year-old Dennis Lauren, but there are still six players in the main lineup, which is not too outrageous.

Moreover, the recruitment for the new season is also quite exciting.

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In this game, Mertesacker, the captain of the Maddyburg field, held the UEFA Cup trophy and the German Bundesliga Championship trophy in his hands, and led the team into the venue amidst the welcome applause of Unterhaching players. The original team captain Zhuo Yang and the old captain Hasler will not play in today's game. They are standing on the sidelines sweating profusely because they had a great time just now.

Before the game, Kexi and his greenwind band, who came at the invitation of Zhuoyang, performed for an hour at Victor Stadium. Zhuoyang and Hassler had been playing with the band in the center of the venue. Big Brother Dwarf Tiger sang loudly, and Hassler, who has always been so passionate, sang like a girl, and he was on par with lead singer Jenna Pence. He could tell whether I was male or female.