The only light source in the dimly lit video projection room came from the large screen directly in front of it, and the heavy curtains closed made the room night. The German that kept ringing in the room was completely incomprehensible, but it didn't matter, he could know what the narrator was talking about by just filling it up in his head, and the point was that he could hear a word over and over again from the German that kept popping up:

"Ibisevic!"

Every time the passionate commentator calls out the man's name, a goal is scored on the screen.

Sometimes the narrator doesn't shout that, they chant: "Super Ibby! ”

But no matter what you call the tall player on the screen, he's always scoring.

He shot hard, he jumped up with his header, he leaned against the opposition defender and turned and volleyed......

"Just looking at the highlights, any player is going to be a great character like Pele and Maradona. But at least we can know what the opponent's strengths are, he is very good at scoring goals. "After watching the video, the screen went dark and the room went dark. Don spoke in the dark. "Also, let me ask, is no one sitting next to the switch?"

"Just the three of us, Tony, Don and I are still with you. Chrisrak's voice rang out in the darkness. "Also, the stats show that his assists are pretty good. ”

"Alright, I'll ......" Donn snorted as he knocked over the chair next to him as he stood up, and then scolded, "Damn the chair!" ”

Don thoughtfully took out his phone to illuminate Don, but the light was too faint.

Don didn't fumble anymore, he just stretched out his foot and kicked everything in front of him, and in a hurry, he walked to the place where the switch was and turned on the light in the room. The snow-white light leaked down, causing the eyes of all three people present to squint.

The house was in shambles. A few chairs lay in the middle of the room.

Don then picked them up and put them away again.

"Back to the topic. What do you think of this person? ”

Don didn't say anything, but Chrislak shook his head and said, "We watched his footage from a season ago, and his performance that season was a miracle. But Tony, the Bundesliga often produces these 'civilian goalscorers' who can only be popular for a season, and looking at his performance last season, he is almost like him in the video. I'm not optimistic about him. ”

Don didn't express an opinion, just looked at Don.

"It's an adventure, Tony. Don's words were simple. But he did not explicitly object. To be honest, he couldn't make up his mind.

Don nodded, "I can understand your concerns. In the 08-09 season, he scored 37 goals by himself and almost broke Gad. Muller's record of 40 goals in a single season is definitely a miraculous performance. Just looking at the performance of that season, we probably won't be able to buy it even if we take 30 million. However, his performance in the 09-10 season was completely incomprehensible, scoring only ten goals in one season...... It's a far cry from last season's performance. ”

"Since you all know, why do we even watch his footage?" Chris Rac asked.

"Because I don't think this man's success is accidental, but his strange performance last season was accidental. Donn laughed. "I love the story behind him, I love his character. I don't think it's a matter of luck that he was able to succeed, and there are many reasons for his poor performance last season - one is that the tactics designed by Rangnick for Hoffenheim have been thoroughly studied by the Bundesliga team, Hoffenheim is not a promoted horse, but a Champions Cup team, so naturally no one will underestimate them; The second is as the top scorer in the Bundesliga and the top scorer in Europe in the 08-09 season. Ibisevic was heavily targeted by his opponents, which somewhat limited his performance; Third, the multi-front operation made the Hoffenheim team tired and in poor condition, which affected Ibisevic's goal tally; Fourth, injuries. He suffered an injury last season. After two months off, I couldn't find my form anymore. It's a little strange to say, but it's understandable. The state of things is not something that we can completely grasp in the first place. So I don't think his goal drop last season had anything to do with his individual ability...... Want to hear why I'm bullish on him? ”

Chrislak nodded.

"Psychological. Don withdrew the three fingers he had just raised, leaving only one. "Why do I say that his success was not accidental? Look at his experience playing in the lower leagues and as a substitute, which is a valuable asset for a striker, he has a good mentality and he never gives up trying to be a good hitman. This is important. Bayern Munich's leading scorer Luca. Toni also mixed well before Florentina became famous, but he eventually broke out. I believe Ibisevic can be a second Luka. Tony. It's just that he needs a wider stage, and Hoffenheim is no longer suitable for him. No matter how rich that boss is, he will not be richer than the UAE royal family. After spending so much money, Manchester City didn't win any titles, and neither did Hoffenheim. I think Nottingham Forest is a new big stage for him to play to his heart's content. ”

"Also, thanks to his poor performance last season, it shouldn't cost us too much if we do it now. And as a Bosnian who has lived in the United States, he is fluent in English. Coming to play in England without any language problems, it helps him integrate into the team better and faster. The striker is the one who needs to adapt to the style of play as quickly as possible, and that's good for us all. ”

Chrislak looked at Donn: "Actually, you have already made up your mind in your heart, right?" ”

Don smiled, "Don't say that. David. I will always listen to you. ”

"You've said everything you need to say. What else can we say? Right, Don? Chris Rac turned to Don, who was sitting next to him, and asked.

"Toney believes that a player's mental quality determines his achievements. Don replied. "I have reservations about it. But as an assistant coach. I support the work of the manager. ”

Don clapped his hands, "Then it's decided!" Tomorrow let our men go to Hoffenheim! ”

Including the floating population, Hoffenheim, a small village of only 3,300 people, belongs to the city of Sinsheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, but in fact Sinsheim is not a big city, although it is a city, it is not much different from a "town". The train passes through Sinsheim station and is monorail. A veritable little station.

But it is such an inconspicuous little place, but it has set off a whirlwind in the Bundesliga and European football in the 08-09 season. They finished second in the league as promoted horses and for the first time in their history in the Bundesliga, with the team's top scorer Vedard. Ibisevic became the top scorer in the Bundesliga that season and won the European Golden Boot.

It was a crazy season. At the end of the season, all of Hoffenheim's players were greeted by German and European teams.

But the owner of the club, the owner of the European software giant "SAP", Dietma. Hope (dietmar_hopp) is ambitious and not short of money. So a person didn't sell it. A number of players have also been brought in to supplement their strength, and they are ready to show their talents in Europe in the new season.

It's a pity that the soccer ball is round......

In the new season, the team's two-front battle results have been lost.

Ibisevic, the golden boot who performed well last season, also seemed to lose his shooting boots overnight, scoring just 10 league goals and scoring only three goals in the Champions League, a far cry from what everyone expected of him.

Even the team's head coach Rangnick couldn't figure out why he could score 37 goals in one season and 10 goals in another season. It's the same thing he did when he scored five goals in a single season in the Bundesliga. I don't understand. ”

Don't talk about him, Ibisevic himself doesn't understand. He believes that he has improved a lot from before, at least after a successful debut season in the Bundesliga, his confidence has been greatly strengthened and strengthened. There is absolutely no such thing as a regression in technology, so what is it that makes you lose your form all of a sudden?

Perhaps this will become a well-known mystery in German football......

Drive from Sinsheim to Hoffenheim. It only takes ten minutes, and the distance between the two is really short enough.

Vedard. When Ibisevic drove his car into Hoffenheim, he was greeted by oncoming Hoffenheim villagers. It's a peaceful little village...... Even the locals made their first trip to the European Cup last season.

However, Ibishevic was not in the mood to greet the fans who liked him one by one. He has his own troubles.

Just drive to Dietma. Before training at Hope Field, he received a call from his agency, Stars&Friends.

Someone from the agency's agency asked him on the phone if he would be interested in playing at another club.

He received quite a few such calls last summer. Manchester United, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Barcelona...... European giants are almost all over the place. It was all for one purpose - to take him away from the small village of Hoffenheim.

At that time, he had a year left on his contract with the club, but he turned it all down and chose to renew his contract with the club until 2013. He had been successful at Hoffenheim and had a great time, and he couldn't think of a reason to leave. Is it just because Hoffenheim is a little smaller? But I love the quiet country life. Sinsheim was able to sell all the groceries I needed, and I don't think the big cities had any advantage over Sinsheim.

But a year later, I don't know if he will regret his choice at that time.

He didn't see what he wanted to see in the new season. His form and the team's form were slipping, Hoffenheim's great plans weren't going straight ahead, and Hope's ambitions were frustrated. He was also labelled as "the brightest meteor in the history of the Bundesliga".

The giants who were once interested in him all quit without exception. The number of scouts in the stands of the Rhine-Neckar Stadium is decreasing. Everyone shook their heads and sighed that he was another Mintar - "a season that has scored a lifetime of goals." ”

The big problem wasn't that there were fewer goals, it was that he simply didn't know why it was happening.

Before the injury, he couldn't find any physical problems, and the routine medical check-ups in the team before the start of the season made the team doctors smack their tongues and praise him for being as strong as a cow.

In the middle of the season, German media reported that Ibišević was mentally unbalanced - he wanted to be the first in the team and related treatment, while some scandals off the field also interfered with his normal training. He scoffed at it. He is the only one in the world who knows what his state of mind is. He has never let up on his demands because of last season's success. Because the previous years of wandering in the lower leagues of Europe have made him understand one thing for a long time: there will be no pie-in-the-sky good things in this world, and one euro of success requires 110 million euros of effort.

Maybe injuries can explain some of the reasons? But it wasn't an injury serious enough to threaten his career. No professional player has been injured during a single game. If he gets injured once and then he sinks completely, then he is not suitable to be a professional footballer. Ibisevic doesn't see himself as that kind of person.

After returning from injury, he still practiced shooting for half an hour after training every day, and had no complaints about head coach Rangnick's arrangement. But he and Rangnick were caught in an inexplicable crisis – after that season. He is no longer the "Super Ibby" that terrifies the Bundesliga powers. More often than not, he was torn between wasting chances and looking for them, with the team dropping out of the UEFA Cup. Rangnick was also rumored to be fired early by Hope in the middle of the season.

It's summer again, and the transfer market is in full swing. Ibisevic, who made all Europe crazy last summer, suddenly "snubbed Pommel in front of the goal", and there are still teams interested in him, but they are all second-rate teams. It's better to stay at Hoffenheim and find a chance to prove yourself again.

But today there was a call from the brokerage company that mentioned a completely different name - Nottingham Forest.

He knew that the history of the late 70s and early 80s was too far away for him, but in the summer of 2007 and 2008 the red team won the European Champions Cup two years in a row, becoming the first team to successfully defend the title after the restructuring of the Champions League. At that time, it was famous all over the world, and it was in the limelight for a while. During that time, Hoffenheim was still working hard to get to the first division in the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga. Donn's side to inspire the young blue and white team – "One day, we're going to be like Nottingham Forest!" This is no unattainable dream! ”

They almost succeeded......

Later, with the head coach Tony. Donn suffered a heart attack, and the team, which was known for its miracle work, lost its miracle aura and lost the opportunity to participate in European competitions. It wasn't until the end of last season that Chelsea narrowly squeezed out Chelsea to qualify for next season's European Cup.

He just thought the team was very similar to his own experience, but he didn't expect to receive an offer from Nottingham Forest.

He told the brokerage company that he had to think about it seriously. Now he is not confident to say: "I just want to fulfill the contract with the current club. ”

Maybe a different place can make a difference, right? There was such a voice in the deepest part of his heart.