Finally, Mkhitaryan and Douglas Costa officially began to join the team

"Hey, Xu. The new two, do you want to give them some colors? I think they may pose a great threat to our location." William asked Xu Qi with a smile.

In his opinion, the team's signing of these two guys is simply a waste of time. After all, the team has the best attack firepower in Europe, and now signing two attacking midfielders will obviously make the team's existing attacking players on the attack line unsatisfied.

Judson had already left the team, but now he has basically confirmed to stay in the team, but he doesn't feel very happy about this kind of thing.

"Why don't you try them? Leave that Brazilian kid to you, don't lose to him." Xu Qi also said with a smile.

William nodded, "Don't worry."

At the beginning, the team will also measure some speed and physical fitness.

At the beginning, William and Douglas Costa became more serious, and these two guys had to compete for a hundred-meter speed.

Xu Qi knew that William was very fast. Although Xu Qi's speed has increased very quickly during this period, in terms of the speed of 100 meters, Xu Qi is probably still a little slower than William.

So he was very confident in William.

However, after 100 meters this time, Xu Qi was shocked. He found that Douglas Costa's speed was even higher than William!

"What a demon!" Xu Qi couldn't help but sigh.

Next, on the training ground, the two teams trained in groups.

In this group confrontation, there was no distinction between the main lineup and the substitute lineup, but the two teams were separated in a relatively balanced manner. Among them, Xu Qi and William were also in the first team, while Mkhitaryan and Douglas Costa were also separated.

At the beginning, Douglas Costa began to show his impact in speed, which was indeed very strong.

At the same time, Mkhitaryan also began to integrate into the team, and his organizational ability was quite good. However, players of his type need to cooperate with the team more, so his first training was not as amazing as Douglas Costa.

But overall, it looks very good.

But in this training game, the newcomers were always newcomers, and the ones who eventually dominated the stadium were still the heroes who won the UEFA Cup with the team last season.

Xu Qi's goal, pass and breakthrough fully demonstrated his abilities, and taught these two new players how to behave in minutes.

William also showed that although Douglas Costa seemed to be better in terms of speed, overall, William still beat the young Douglas Costa.

In this training match, the score was 4-1, Xu Qi and William each scored two goals, and the only goal scored by the other side was not the two new players, but Adriano's masterpiece.

Lucescu nodded as he watched the training match. He knew that new players still needed time to adapt, just like Xu Qi. When he first came, he was like a big mess, but by the end of the season, Xu Qi was simply a god!

It is already very good that these two new players can control the ball calmly, pass the ball, and dare to dribble the ball and break through. It seems to be much more successful than Xu Qi's first training class.

Therefore, Lucescu also has great expectations for these two people.

The next game is the second round of the third round of the Champions League qualifiers.

The Donetsk Miners challenge Timisoara away.

In this battle, the two new players still did not make it to the roster, but after watching the training class, Lucescu also gained a deep understanding of the abilities of these two people. In his opinion, both of them can bring great supplements to the team.

Perhaps these two players will start playing in the league after this game, after all, the team needs to rotate.

As a strong team in Romania, Timisoara is naturally very eager for the Champions League, but in terms of strength, they are indeed quite different from the Donetsk Miners.

After all, the Donetsk Miners are the champion team of the UEFA Cup, and it is a difficult problem to qualify in the UEFA Cup.

In the second leg, Timisoara actually had a chance. As long as they win a one-to-zero victory at home, they can advance by relying on the advantage of away goals. After all, the Donetsk Miners did not kill the suspense at home in the first leg.

In fact, Timisoara did not have any disadvantages in the first round of the game.

The suspense of this game was indeed maintained until the end. Timisoara and Donetsk Miners finally tied a zero-to-zero draw in the second round.

In the end, the total score of the Donetsk Miners advanced.

Next, if the Donetsk Miners want to enter the Champions League group stage, they need to pass another level and defeat a stronger opponent.

This opponent has now been confirmed, and it is Stuttgart from the Bundesliga!

"It's the Bundesliga team again?" Xu Qi knew the strength of the Bundesliga team. The final opponent of the UEFA Cup was Bremen in the Bundesliga. Last season, Bremen was only ranked tenth in the Bundesliga, while Stuttgart was third.

Their points are only three points less than runner-up Bayern Munich, and it can be said that they have been competing for the championship last season.

However, the final Bundesliga champion belongs to Wolfsburg.

Before ushering in the Champions League play-offs, the Donetsk Miners still have several league games to play, and they will play several rounds of league games ahead of the mainstream European league teams.

On August 10, the Donetsk Miners ushered in the new season's Donetsk city derby at home.

The opponent is of course Donetsk Metallurgical Team.

In this game, most of the players who participated in the Champions League qualifiers entered the rotation, with Mkhitaryan and Douglas Costa on the starting lineup.

Lucescu's courage to send two young new players in such a critical league game is enough to show his recognition of the strength of the two new players.

In Lucescu's view, both of them have the strength to compete for the starting roster. If it weren't for the equally good starter, or if it were the Donetsk Miners a year or two ago, these two would have been able to start long ago.

Xu Qi sat on the bench and wanted to see how these new teammates could perform in the first game.

As soon as the game began, Douglas Costa instantly entered the mad mode and dribbled the ball wildly to break through.

"This guy dares to break through just now, just like me!" Xu Qi smiled slightly. It is true that the stronger his teammates are, the happier he is. In this way, the team can maintain competitiveness in multiple lines and feel more dangerous. Under such competition, his abilities can also be improved faster.

Douglas Costa did not make a random breakthrough. After completing the breakthrough, he assisted Gladki, who scored with a goal with a goalkeeper, and the Donetsk Miners led 1-0.

Then, Mkhitaryan assisted Douglas Costa to score, and Douglas Costa completed a pass in his debut.

However, Mkhitaryan was not satisfied at all. Then, he received a pass from Guy, completed the goal, and completed the pass himself.

In the second half, Donetsk Metallurgical Team won a goal.

Then, Coochel scored a header and the final score was set to four-one!

A Donetsk city derby eventually turned into a one-sided massacre!
Chapter completed!