Chapter 122 How Could He, a Forward, Have so Many Assists?

A week later, Werder Bremen faced Freiburg at home.

This was originally a very ordinary game, but because two people competed for the Bundesliga assists list, this game became a little unusual.

this match. De Bruyne and Lin Quan seemed to be performing, taking turns sending exquisite passes to their teammates.

In the 9th minute of the first half, Lin Quan assisted Peterson to score early, raising his assist count to 16, one assist behind De Bruyne.

Not to be outdone, De Bruyne soon assisted Elia to score a goal, widening the gap between the two sides to 2 goals again.

Freiburg players are angry!

What do you think we are?

Set a record on us!

They began to launch a massive counterattack!

In the 36th minute, Freiburg forward Cruz scored a goal, rewriting the score to 2:1.

Five minutes later, Freiburg winger Machiadi was tripped after breaking into the penalty area, and the referee awarded a penalty kick.

Machiadi personally made the penalty kick and the two sides returned to the same starting line.

Seeing the team go from taking the lead to being equalized by the opponent, the fans at the Weser Stadium were depressed.

"Why do I feel like the team played strangely today!"

"Yeah, Lin Quan didn't score a goal today!"

"De Bruyne seems not to pass the ball to him!"

"Ah? What you said seems to be true. Did the two of them have any conflict?"

In the locker room, Schaff was asking the same question.

After the first half, he called Lin Quan and De Bruyne over and asked them why they didn't cooperate with each other in this game.

If they could cooperate with each other as usual, they would have scored at least 3 goals in the first half and would not have been equalized by the opponent like now.

Faced with Schaff's inquiry, De Bruyne hesitated and said:

"Lin and I are competing for the assists list. I'm afraid that if I pass a good ball to him, he will waste my pass if he doesn't shoot."

Shafu frowned and looked at Lin Quan.

Lin Quan spread his hands: "Kevin, it makes me sad if you think like this. When have I ever wasted your wonderful pass? As long as you pass it to my feet, if you can't hit it, it's my responsibility. If you can't pass it, it's my responsibility." It’s your responsibility.”

If the two weren't good friends, based on what De Bruyne said just now, Lin Quan felt that the other party was suing him in front of the coach.

"Really? Then I apologize to you. If there is a good opportunity in the second half, I will definitely pass the ball to you!"

De Bruyne said with a sincere face, feeling a little guilty in his heart, feeling that he had judged a gentleman with a villain's heart.

Shafu felt relieved when he saw that the misunderstanding between the two was resolved.

He was really worried about the conflict between these two people!

Now it seems that I am worrying too much.

But why does it feel weird that the two are competing for the assists list?

It doesn’t matter if De Bruyne has more assists. He is responsible for organizing the offense in the team. More assists means that he performed very well and fulfilled his responsibilities perfectly.

But Lin Quan has so many assists, what the hell is this?

How could he, a forward who scores goals so often, have so many assists?

Schaff was puzzled, and the guests in the commentary box were also very surprised.

"Haha, there is a very interesting technical statistic, I think everyone will be interested!"

"Lin Quan currently ranks second in the assists list, and De Bruyne ranks first. The two of them happen to be on the same team!"

Another guest sighed: "The performance of Werder Bremen's twin stars this season is really outstanding!"

"So far this season, Lin Quan has scored a total of 28 goals and completed 16 assists. The number of goals made by one person accounts for 68.75% of the total goals scored by the Werder Bremen team!"

"De Bruyne has scored a total of 13 goals and completed 18 assists this season, accounting for 48.5% of the team's total goals."

"Just from the above data, we can see the huge role the two of them play in Werder Bremen's offensive end."

"Thanks to the outstanding performance of the Gemini, Werder Bremen has scored a total of 64 goals in the league so far this season, and its offensive firepower is second only to Bayern's 68 goals.

If you have no idea about this data, then we can compare it with Dortmund, who is third.

Dortmund, which just swept Frankfurt 3-0 at home, has only scored 54 goals in total, and is separated by more than 10 goals from the top two teams. "

Although the outside world has heard more or less about the reputation of Werder Bremen's twin stars, they have never experienced how strong these two are.

But at this time, the fans were shocked when they saw the various data displayed by the commentator:

Are the Werder Bremen twins so outrageous?

One of them is approaching the Bundesliga single-season scoring record, and the other is about to refresh the historical record of assists.

"Damn it, what kind of bad luck did Werder Bremen have? How did they get two monster-level players like this!?"

"That's right, one happens to be a midfielder and one is a forward. It doesn't matter if one is missing!"

"Stop talking, stop talking, the team next door is going to cry!"

"Ten years of Werder Bremen fans came here uninvited. Although these two people are currently playing for Werder Bremen, neither of them are Bremen players. When the loan period expires, they will have to Leaving Bremen!"

"Well, as a ten-year old fan who watched Werder Bremen for half the season, I can't even imagine what the Parrots would look like without Lin Quan and De Bruyne!"

"Yes, without the two of them, Werder Bremen's offensive firepower will definitely be greatly reduced!"

"Not only is it a big loss, but it might fall back into the ranks of relegation teams..."

"Alas, Werder Bremen was brilliant more than ten years ago. It rose unexpectedly this season. Who would have thought that it would be short-lived. When Lin Quan and De Bruyne leave, the team's strength will be greatly reduced. I'm afraid it will really be destroyed. Get back to your original shape.”

"Suddenly I feel some sympathy for Werder Bremen!"

"Sympathy +1!"

…

In fact, there is one statistic that the commentator did not announce. Lin Quan and De Bruyne not only occupy the top two in the assists list.

In the Golden Boot list, the two are also among the best, ranking first and fourth respectively.

Werder Bremen's offense this season is indeed supported by these two people.

After they leave, Werder Bremen may need to adjust their frontcourt offensive system.

After the misunderstanding between the two sides was resolved in the second half, Werder Bremen's twin stars regained their great power.

De Bruyne not only increased the number of times he cooperated with Lin Quan, but also frequently sent him wonderful passes.

Although he knew that he would help De Bruyne to set a new assist after scoring, Lin Quan still chose to score the ball steadily.

After eating two cakes with tears and giving De Bruyne two assists, Werder Bremen defeated Freiburg 4:2 at home.

Lin Quan, who scored two goals and provided an assist, forced a smile and hugged De Bruyne to celebrate the victory, but he was sighing in his heart.

Now, this season's assist list is completely gone.

Not only is the assists king award useless, but also the 10 points are flying away with it!

With three assists in this game, De Bruyne's assist count reached 20.

This data has tied Ribery's Bundesliga assist record set in the 2009-2010 season.

As long as he completes even one more assist in the next game, he will set a new Bundesliga assist record

Such outstanding performance has attracted the attention of more and more teams.

There were many scouts who originally came to Bremen to inspect Lin Quan. At this time, seeing De Bruyne's amazing performance, they also inspected him.

For this reason, Chelsea's senior scout De Visser returned to Germany again and came specifically to inspect De Bruyne's status.

"What are the club's thoughts? Why not recall Kevin? His performance in the Bundesliga was so good that he almost broke the Bundesliga's assist record. Isn't this enough to prove his strength?"

Rookie scout George Evans has become a regular player because he has been following De Bruyne and Lin Quan for a long time.

Club manager Emnaro is very satisfied with his work, but regrets that he did not listen to his advice earlier and introduce Lin Quan.

Maybe he thought George had good vision, or maybe he thought he was lucky.

Chelsea put George in charge of scouting young players under the age of 21 throughout the Bundesliga and reporting to Stamford Bridge if there are any suitable prospects.

Stamford Bridge will send senior scouts like Devisser to confirm the situation. If the other party's conditions meet Chelsea's requirements, they will consider buying the other party.

Although Abramovich spends money like water, he likes to buy big-name players.

But the team still needs a large number of young players with strength and potential to add fresh blood.

These players can serve as substitutes, can be loaned out, and can be poached and slowly waited for them to grow up.

If a few first-class stars can be born among them, then Chelsea will make a profit.

Even if there is no top star, if it is sold through Chelsea, as long as it is not misjudged, basically there will be no loss.

Devise shook his head and sighed:

"The club's situation is relatively complicated. The head coach has not yet been chosen. The current tactics have changed too quickly, causing a serious decline in the team's record. Fans and players are rebelling..."

He has been coming to Chelsea for so many years, and he has only seen Chelsea as chaotic as it is now, and that was when the previous boss Bates' poor management caused Chelsea to be unable to make ends meet and almost be unable to operate.

But at that time, Abramovich took over and immediately injected huge sums of money to help Chelsea get out of trouble and usher in its peak period.

But now, this situation has nothing to do with money, it is completely Abu's arbitrary behavior.

He likes to fire coaches too much. In just a few years, the coaches he fired can form a team.

The compensation Chelsea has paid to these fired coaches in recent years is enough to buy a Torres.

Di Matteo's coaching ability is indeed not strong, but under his leadership, Chelsea's record in the first half of the season was still very good.

However, due to a misjudgment, Chelsea lost to Manchester United in the league, and then their mentality exploded and they lost consecutive games.

Abu, who originally disliked him, fired him in anger.

After Di Matteo was fired, his successor Benitez's performance was not as good as him.

Under his leadership, Chelsea was eliminated from the Club World Cup in disgrace, the Champions League was also eliminated, and the FA Cup was eliminated. It looked like all four were about to be lost!

This made Blues fans very unhappy.

It has only been more than two months since Benitez came to the team, and the fans at Stamford Bridge have already begun to curse him.

Not only that, at the 16th minute of every game, Blues fans will stand up and applaud to commemorate Di Matteo who was fired.

This made Abramovich very embarrassed, and he completely gave up the idea of ​​renewing the contract with Benitez. He just wanted to change the coach after the end of this season.

With such turmoil within the Blues, Benitez basically worked as a monk for a day and failed, and had no intention of promoting Chelsea's youth talents.

As for De Bruyne, who is on loan, just wait for the next head coach. Anyway, he has no intention of doing so.

Benitez is also miserable. Since leaving Liverpool, his coaching career has not been very smooth.

In 2010, he coached Inter Milan for only half a season before he was fired by Moratti due to the team's poor record.

After being unemployed for two years, I finally found a job.

As a result, after arriving at Chelsea, he was completely unable to adapt to Chelsea's tactics and could not control the dressing room.

If Abramovich hadn't fired the coach so hard that other coaches were reluctant to come to Stamford Bridge, Benitez would have been fired long ago given Abramovich's character.

Chelsea were in such disarray that De Bruyne himself was a little hesitant.

He is now doing well in Werder Bremen. If he leaves the Bundesliga and returns to the Premier League, he is worried that he will not be able to get stable playing time.

If he has not proven his quality in the Bundesliga, then he can accept being a substitute at Chelsea.

But now, after experiencing a very successful season with the team, De Bruyne's mentality has changed.

He believes that he is strong enough to compete for the starting position. If Chelsea does not give him the starting position, he really needs to think about it.

Seeing that he was about to go to the Allianz Arena to challenge Bayern Munich, De Bruyne looked distracted on the training ground, which made Lin Quan a little worried.

So he took the initiative to step forward and ask him about the situation.

De Bruyne introduced Chelsea's chaotic situation and his concerns, and then asked:

"Lin, do you think I should return to Chelsea after my loan period expires?"

His worries are very realistic. The 2014 World Cup is coming soon. If he returns to Chelsea and cannot play in the game at this time, the Belgian national team will probably give up on him.

Although he is very loyal to Chelsea Club, he is also very grateful to the other party for discovering him from the lower leagues and bringing him to the big stage of the five major leagues.

However, between the national team and the club, De Bruyne will definitely choose the national team without hesitation.

Lin Quan knows that Chelsea's head coach candidate is likely to be Mourinho, but he is not sure yet.

Historically, Mourinho was abandoned by Real Madrid after losing the Champions League and the league championship.

He didn't know how big of a butterfly effect his appearance would bring. If Real Madrid hadn't been eliminated by Dortmund and instead entered the Champions League final, everything would be hard to say.

Even if they don't win the championship in the end, reaching the final can prove Mourinho's strength. At least under his leadership, Real Madrid is really moving forward step by step.

So he had no choice but to comfort De Bruyne and said:

"Don't be in a hurry to make a decision. Chelsea's head coach has not been decided yet. Once the head coach is chosen and the team's tactics are decided, you can then see if you are suitable for the head coach's tactics.

If you think you can adapt, then I support you to return to Stamford Bridge. If not, I think it is better to stay at Werder Bremen! "

Mourinho actually coached De Bruyne for a period of time, and De Bruyne's performance under his hands was not good.

Although De Bruyne's current defensive ability has improved, it is still not up to the level of a standard defensive player.

In the hands of Mourinho, except for superstars like Ronaldo who have special privileges, all other players need to participate in defense.

De Bruyne will not have as high a tactical status as Werder Bremen in the hands of Mourinho, and his position is likely to be arranged as a full midfielder.

The winger has to shoulder heavy defensive responsibilities, and at least he must be able to limit the opponent's winger's attack.

De Bruyne is weak in physical confrontation and has poor defensive ability. The Premier League emphasizes physical confrontation.

If Mourinho puts him in this position, his performance will inevitably decline sharply, and it is absolutely impossible to perform as well as he did at Werder Bremen.

As a result, in Mourinho's mind, he is likely to be labeled as a parallel import, and De Bruyne's chances of playing will be even smaller.

From this perspective, Lin Quan feels that De Bruyne might as well just stay at Werder Bremen.

De Bruyne nodded. Bremen was the team they had played for for one season, so they had some feelings for it.

He also didn't want Bremen's results to plummet as soon as he and Lin Quan left.

However, with Bremen's financial resources, I am afraid that they may not be able to afford him.

"By the way, how many years does your contract with Chelsea last?"

Lin Quan saw that De Bruyne had the idea of ​​staying in the team, so he asked curiously.

He remembered that when De Bruyne transferred to Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg spent 25 million euros.

This price is a bit stressful for Werder Bremen, but it is not impossible to get it together if you work hard.

During last year's transfer period, Werder Bremen made a small profit by selling people. Counting the financial balances from previous seasons, there is about a budget of 20-30 million euros on the account that can be used to buy people.

But if the price is higher, I'm afraid there is really no hope.

A player's transfer price is related to his worth and the remaining time on his contract.

With a high worth, the transfer fee will naturally be expensive.

But if a player's contract time is running out, the transfer fee is likely to be lower than his worth at this time.

"I signed it for five years, and the contract doesn't expire until 2017!"

De Bruyne guessed Lin Quan's thoughts, and his thoughts were shattered as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Uh, well, it seems that the initiative in the transfer is in Chelsea's hands."

Lin Quan sighed. Only one year of the five-year contract has passed, and there are still four years left.

For such a long time, there is no need for Chelsea to be anxious. On the contrary, it is the buyer who is anxious.

When the Bundesliga first started last year, the German transfer market estimated his worth at 18 million euros.

Now I'm afraid it has exceeded 20 million euros. If Werder Bremen wants to buy him, it is impossible not to spend more than 25 million.

Chelsea are not stupid. It is impossible for them not to see the value of De Bruyne and not sell him at a low price.

"Actually, I'm a little worried!"

De Bruyne suddenly said.

"What?"

"If another team submits an offer to Chelsea and the price is higher than Werder Bremen's, then it will be more difficult for me to stay in Bremen!"