In the fifth round of the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 played against Freiburg at home.

The opponent is still not a very strong opponent, at least this season.

Many fans complained that Schalke 04 had a good schedule in the early stages of the league, and at least there were basically no strong teams in the first five rounds. Except for Hoffenheim, it was also like a point, but in fact it was not considered a top-level strong team.

In this way, it is not surprising that Schalke 04 can top the list in the early stages.

Obviously, this is because many fans are not happy with Schalke 04 being able to top the scoreboard.

However, Schalke 04 obviously scoffed at this statement.

If that is the case, there will definitely be one or several stages in the future. Schalke 04 will encounter strong enemies in succession. If the grades are diarrhea at that time, wouldn’t it be a huge drop and never recover?

Do you think Schalke 04 wants this?

In fact, in the sixth round and the seventh round, Schalke 04 will face Wolfburg and Dortmund in succession, one to defend the champion and one to play the Ruld Derby.

If Schalke 04 fails to achieve ideal results in both games, then the top spot will definitely not be able to be maintained.

In fact, this game against Freiburg did not receive much attention. At most, fans wanted to see if Schalke 04 is good enough to continue to lead the standings.

And it turns out that Schalke 04 is really different from last season.

In the first half, Kuranyi scored a first shot, and in the second half, Falvan and Rakitic scored the victory and easily won a victory.

So far, Schalke 04 has won five consecutive victories at the beginning.

In this game, Ye Feng's performance was pretty well done, with no goals or assists. He completed his defensive task well and did not allow Freiburg to score.

In this regard, "Fengpu", which has gradually formed a force, has something to say.

"Ye Feng is such a low-key player. When the game goes well, he always keeps his focus on defense and gives the opportunity to show off to his teammates. When Ye Feng really needs to score a goal, he has no choice!"

"Obviously, Ye Feng didn't need to score a goal in this game, so he gave the opportunity to his teammates."

"This is the true leadership temperament!"

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Of course, Fengbiao's self-entertainment did not cause much response. At this time, Schalke 04 had already flew to Portugal and was ready to challenge the first opponent in the UEFA Cup group stage, Funchal Nationals.

"This is the first time I'm here in Portugal!" After getting off the plane, Ye Feng took a few deep breaths and couldn't help but smile and said, "The climate here is good!"

Indeed, in terms of climate, Portugal is more comfortable than Germany.

"This Madeira Island is said to be the hometown of Ronaldo, and he grew up here!" Ye Feng suddenly remembered that he had read a report by Ronaldo, who had just become a world football player in the past year, and said with a smile: "According to him, if he had not become a professional player, he would probably have been a fisherman on Madeira Island now!"

"Then he must be the most coquettish fisherman on Madeira!" Kuranyi smiled.

Hearing this, the other people couldn't help laughing.

"Or how about we come here for vacation during the winter break?" Falfan's eyes rolled. Although it was about vacation, it still made people feel that he was having some bad ideas.

"I guess, do you think Portuguese girls have more charm than German girls?" Kuranyi mercilessly exposed Falfan's thoughts.

Falfan quickly retorted: "Don't talk nonsense, the quality of Portuguese girls on Madeira must not be very high!"

Several other people were a little curious and couldn't help asking, "Have you done the investigation?"

Falfan snorted and laughed, "You guys think, with Ronaldo's slutty personality, if Madeira's girl was really charming, how could he still have the heart to practice football? She would have been fooling with the girl every day!"

Don't say it sounds quite reasonable!

Ye Feng shook his head helplessly. He really had no say in this regard. After all, he was not as knowledgeable as these bastards.

Jones expressed his disdain on the side. He was too busy every night. What is the difference between a Portuguese girl and a German girl?

However, Ye Feng found that when they were talking about these romantic things, several young people who had just joined the team were obviously very interested in listening.

For example, Moritz, Matipu, Hao Junmin...

Well, Ye Feng decided that if there is another event next time, he must bring half of his fellow villager Hao Junmin with him. After all, Brother Jia had to take care of him by himself.

In addition, you have to bring your loyal little brother Matipu with you. He will be rewarded if he is playing dirty and tiring on the court!

In Portugal, Ye Feng found that the fanaticism of the fans here seems to be no worse than in Germany. Even if the economic situation here is not very good, it still cannot stop the passion of the fans.

The only thing that made Ye Feng feel strange was that this game did not seem to have caused too much wave in public opinion, and it was not even more influential than Schalke 04 facing a bottom team in the Bundesliga.

"It seems that even if the League Cup is changed to the Europa League, it will be getting worse and worse!" Neuer also noticed this situation and said with a little emotion.

"What's the use of changing a name? It can't stop the expansion of the Champions League. Whether it is the League Cup or the Europa League, the value of the gold is getting lower and lower. This is normal!" Englar said with a rare serious speech.

Ye Feng participated in the European competition for the first time, but his original interest was almost wiped out by a few words.

If you think about it carefully, this is indeed the truth.

Originally, the Champions League could only be the league champion, and the runner-up third place could only be the League Cup. In this way, the value of the League Cup is almost no worse than that of the Champions League.

But now, there are 4 teams in the Premier League, La Liga, and 3 teams in the Bundesliga. The remaining players play in the League Cup. Although there are still strong teams, there are almost no real giants.

If this continues, even if the League Cup is changed to the Universe Cup, it will be useless.

Suddenly there was no interest, and the Europa League suddenly became useless in Ye Feng's mind, and its importance was almost equal to the German Cup.

Think about it, there will be 6 rounds of group stages, and the next is the top 32 battles and the top 16 battles...

If you want to win the championship, including the previous playoffs, you will have to play a total of 17 games!

The key is that the Europa League prize money is pitifully small compared to the Champions League, and even Schalke 04, which has poor financial conditions, is a bit disliked.

If Schalke 04 really wants to compete for the Bundesliga championship, then Ye Feng estimated that Lütten might give up the Europa League.

Schalke 04's lineup is not strong enough to fight on both sides, and it is a long front.
Chapter completed!