Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 20 The Ambition of Kaffinburg
And so, seemingly by a twist of fate, the agent problem was resolved, and Shan Yongzhuo continued to devote all his energy to training.

In the fifteenth round, Kaffinburg will face another Austrian Bundesliga powerhouse, Rapid Vienna, away from home.

In this match, Shan Yongzhuo continued his outstanding performance, scoring another hat-trick and helping the team to a 2-3 away victory against their opponent.

Kaffinburg miraculously achieved a four-game winning streak, moving up to sixth place in the standings.

A week later, in the sixteenth round, Kaffinburg drew 1-1 with Sturm Graz, ending their winning streak.

In this match, Shan Yongzhuo had terrible luck. His powerful long-range shot was miraculously blocked by the opposing defender. His whirlwind kick was interrupted when he was brought down by the opposing defender, and his free kick was also miraculously saved by the Storm goalkeeper. In the end, it was Scherger who scored in the final moments, managing to force a draw away from home.

This was also the first match in which Shan Yongzhuo failed to score a goal.

After the match, the Austrian media were excited, as Shan Yongzhuo's scoring streak had finally come to an end.

Previously, Shan Yongzhuo scored 15 goals in a row, which not only shocked the Austrian media, but also put immense pressure on Markjanko, who was at the top of the scoring charts.

Now, Janko has scored 20 goals, and the gap between the two is only 5 goals. If Shan Yongzhuo continues, Janko's status as the top scorer may be in jeopardy.

Now, Shan Yongzhuo has finally stopped scoring.

After the match, Austrian media exclaimed, "Strømsgodgraz has found a way to limit Shan Yongzhuo."

Dan Yongzhuo didn't care about this statement at all. He had already accumulated two points, all of which he added to his endurance. Moreover, through training, his speed and dribbling had both increased by one point.

We didn't score in this match, but that's okay. As long as I get stronger, the goals will come eventually.

Four days later, the seventeenth round began again.

In this match, Kaffinburg will host Mattersburg at home.

Mattersburg is an absolute underdog with only 12 points. Kafenberg played very well in this match, with Shan Yongzhuo scoring two goals, midfielder Fiwaning also scoring a goal, and even defender Osurik scoring a header. Kafenberg won 4-0 at home.

In this round of matches, Salzburg Red Bull's center forward, Markjanko, only scored one goal.

With 17 goals, Shan Yongzhuo is now only 4 goals behind Yanko.

In the following eighteenth round, Kafenberg once again achieved a 0-5 away victory against the bottom-ranked Altach, with Shan Yongzhuo scoring a hat-trick.

However, Mark Janko also scored a hat-trick against Carlton, bringing his total to 24 goals, maintaining a four-goal gap between the two sides.

In previous seasons, their goal tallies would have been enough to guarantee them the title of top scorer.

However, this season, the Austrian Bundesliga has witnessed a surge in killers.

Not only Markjanko and the suddenly emerging Shan Yongzhuo, but also Rapid Vienna strikers Owen Hofer and McHoffe scored 14 and 10 goals respectively.

"The Austrian Bundesliga has entered its golden age!"

Austrian media were excited.

The Austrian Bundesliga is ranked around 15th in Europe. It can't compare to the top five leagues or the Portuguese league, let alone the Dutch league, Russian Premier League, Ukrainian Premier League, Greek Premier League, or even the Swiss Super League, Danish Superliga, and Belgian First Division.

Moreover, Austrian teams have failed to even make it into the group stage of the UEFA Cup in recent years, let alone the Champions League. They have always fallen in the qualifying rounds. Their most glorious achievement was Salzburg reaching the UEFA Cup final in the 90s.

This season, in both the Champions League and the UEFA Cup, Austrian Bundesliga giants were once again eliminated early in the qualifying rounds. Rapid Vienna was eliminated by Cypriot team Anorthosis, which made the Austrians feel very ashamed.

Even more tragically, the Austrian Bundesliga has 36 rounds, but in the past, 17-22 goals were basically enough to secure the top scorer title.

This is really quite ugly.

However, this season's Austrian Bundesliga has generated some excitement among the Austrian media. They are all making predictions about who will ultimately win the top scorer title.

In their view, the final top scorer's stats will definitely far surpass those of the past.

……

Shan Yongzhuo naturally ignored the Austrians' excitement, focusing all his energy on training and matches, hoping to score more goals.

These two consecutive wins have allowed Kaffinburg to overtake Rheit in the standings and move into fifth place, just three points behind Austria Vienna and five points behind third-placed Rapid Vienna.

Top four!
This achievement has made everyone in Kafenberg very happy.

The top four have always been dominated by Austrian powerhouses, and have little to do with newly promoted teams like Kaffinburg.

Now, Kaffinburg has a chance to finish in the top four, which is no easy feat.

The top three teams in the Austrian league qualify for European competitions.

The champion will qualify for the second qualifying round of the Champions League, while the UEFA Cup will be reorganized into the Europa League next season.

In the Austrian league, the Austrian Cup winner qualifies directly for the Europa League group stage, while the second and third-placed teams qualify for the second qualifying round of the Europa League.

This is a huge honor for a rural team like Kaffinburg.

Of course, this was just the idea of ​​Chairman Fuchs and Kinnice; they didn't dare tell the players about such a far-fetched idea, for fear of putting too much pressure on them.

“We are fully capable of finishing in the top three, or even winning the Austrian Cup.” Kinnice has high hopes for the Europa League. “We have a strong record; we beat Vienna, Red Bull and Rapids in succession. We are not weak.”

“I think Kinnice is right. We’re safe from relegation now, so maybe we can set our sights on the Austrian Cup.” Fuchs also had some thoughts on the Europa League; after all, hope was within reach.

Pufflug's lips twitched. Looking at the two people in front of him who were dreaming about the future, he really wanted to curse them out.

"Do you think we're some kind of elite team?"

"Do you think winning the Austrian Cup is so easy?"

Of course, Pflug wouldn't dare say that; his livelihood depended on the person in front of him. He could only say insincerely, "Yes, maybe we can have some hope. With a super striker like Dan, who says we have no hope?"

Irving and Kinnice were both satisfied with Pfluger's assurances.

If Kaffinburg can make it to the Europa League group stage, even if they are eliminated in the group stage, that would be enough.

What they didn't know was that Shan Yongzhuo's ideas were even more incredible than they imagined.

"Mr. Pflug, why is it the top four, and not the champion?"

Shan Yongzhuo looked at Pufflug, completely bewildered by his statement.

Pfluger rolled his eyes. Well, this guy is even more arrogant. He's actually thinking about the league title.

"We're in good form, only 9 points behind Red Bull, with 18 rounds left in the league. Who says there's no hope?"

Shan Yongzhuo didn't care that Kafenberg was a newly promoted team or that they were an Austrian powerhouse. In his view, they were only 9 points behind, and he could catch up in just three games.

While scoring goals is the most important thing, winning a championship seems pretty good too.

Pflug felt that there seemed to be very few normal people on this team.
(End of this chapter)