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Losing the game, the players know that there will definitely be no good fruit for them. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The holiday for the second day of the competition was cancelled and they had to practice. This is punishment.

Although it is not a good thing to lose, Rangnick is always smiling, which makes many players a little confused - does the manager want us to lose? Or is it that he won five in a row some time ago, so he never found a chance to rectify us, and now the opportunity has come, so he is happy?

Before the second day's training, Rangnick revealed the mystery: "All right, kids. Now you should let go of the pressure, right? Now, I can worry less about rankings. Of course, we will strive for the honor that we can strive for, but just because we talk about it all the time does not mean that we can really succeed. Remember, a championship is made up of one win after another, and if you can't win the next race, then you don't have to talk about the title. ”

Rangnick finally found a chance to tell the players what he had to say. In fact, he can say this at any time, but it will work best at this time. The players had just experienced a defeat and it was as if they had been poured cold water on their heads. Only then can they really calm down and be willing to listen to the outside world.

After saying this, Rangnick looked at the team, and the players' expressions were still nervous. He suddenly realized what the problem was, so he smiled: "Don't worry, there won't be any unexpected training subjects today." Today was just tactical training from set-pieces. ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

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The defeat to Hertha Berlin was not a good thing, but it was a good thing because it made the players wake up to the fact that this is the top league in Germany, not some southern regional league. Don't think you're going to win five games in a row to win the league title. Don't underestimate any of the opponents, they are not qualified to do so, and any team in the Bundesliga at the moment is more experienced and senior.

There is a Chinese saying that "if you lose your horse, you will not be blessed", and it is really suitable for Hoffenheim. After just losing, there was news in Hoffenheim's favor.

The first is the news about Salihovic's contract extension.

Although there have been many transfer rumours and it has been clearly rumored that Bayern are interested in him, Salihovic has signed a contract extension with Hoffenheim, which he will renew until 2012.

Prior to this, the German media generally reported the news of Bayern Munich's interest in Salihovic. In Hoffenheim's 3-1 win over Karlsruhe. Bayern's transfer adviser Breitner (paul_breitner) appeared in the stands and confirmed the news.

Salihovic's contract with Hoffenheim expires at the end of the season, and Bayern Munich had planned to get the Bosnian for free. But their transfer move ultimately fell through.

Bayern have been a strong player in the Bundesliga for years, rarely showing the stars they want but can't get, but Hoffenheim's arrival this season has changed that. Because Hoffenheim chairman Hope is a billionaire himself, he also said a few days ago: "I am not unfamiliar with the high transfer fees offered by other teams, I spent so much money to build the club not to be a reserve for the giants, we will not sell our own stars for transfer fees." Hope really did what he said, and Bayern's request to buy Salihovic was clearly rejected by him, which also made the Bundesliga boss feel dusty.

After rejecting Bayern Munich, Hoffenheim officially announced that they had reached a contract extension with Salihovic.

Salihovic later said on his website that he was happy to keep his future at Hoffenheim: "I love this team and I want to continue playing for this team. ”

Salihovic is not leaving, which is good news for the Hoffenheim players who have just suffered a defeat. The atmosphere inside the squad is very good at the moment, all the players are like a family and no one wants anyone in their family to leave the big family.

There was good news for two of Salihovic's homegrown players after Salihovic's contract extension – on 13 November, German head coach Loew (joachim_low) announced his squad for the friendly against England. For the first time in Hoffenheim's history, a player has been selected for the German national team. They are centre-back Camper and midfielder Weiss.

The teammates congratulated the two men. The two men, both 23 years old, were favored by Loew thanks to their excellent performances in the team, as well as the impressive performances of the whole Hoffenheim team. Next Thursday, they will play in a friendly between Germany and England, which will also be Germany's last game of the year, and Loew wants to use the opportunity to take a look at the young guys who have been doing well in the league recently.

The main players of the squad were extended until 2012, and two young players were promoted to Germany internationals – even temporarily.

With this good news, Hoffenheim's morale quickly recovered.

They are about to face a formidable opponent - Wolfsburg.

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Hoffenheim have been winning and winning all the time, and this has created a panic throughout the Bundesliga.

Bayern Munich had a poor start to the league and were once ninth, but now they have also won five in a row and have moved up to third. Don't think Bayern Munich is back in control. In the round of the league that just ended, although Hoffenheim lost, it was still the biggest winner in the Bundesliga. For the first time in the match between Bayern Munich and Schalke 04, Bayern fans and Schalke fans cheered together - the big screen above the centre of the stadium showed the match in Berlin: Hertha 2:0 Hoffenheim. This celebration of Hertha was heartfelt and relieved. This time, it was no longer Hoffenheim who scored and won, and there was no need for surprise and whispering, it was all over.

Yes, Hoffenheim's defeat was reassuring to many – the Bundesliga was finally back on track, and Hoffenheim was just a dark horse for a while, but not capable of threatening the strong. The Bundesliga, dominated by traditional powerhouses such as Bayern Munich, Schalke 04, Hamburg and Wolfsburg, is the Bundesliga they are familiar with, and only such a Bundesliga can reassure them: the nouveau riche finally do not threaten the long-established giants......

But in fact, Hoffenheim's impact on the Bundesliga is far more than that, some of which others are not aware of, or are aware of but are unwilling to admit:

Everyone saw how Hoffenheim, as a small team, broke the old order of the Bundesliga and rebuilt new rules, and how they had the courage to bring in top players and build their own system and succeed with their own coaching philosophy and football philosophy.

This frightened the Bundesliga powers.

Respect and disgust went hand in hand, and the teams were reinvigorated with one goal: not to lose to Hoffenheim. Hamburg is on the news, Wolfsburg is not far behind, and even Hertha, who has been languishing for years, is starting to impress. Just to be stronger than Hoffenheim.

The Bundesliga, which has always been a backwater, has now been thrown into a huge stone called "Hoffenheim", which has set off a huge wave and ripples everywhere. As long as you are in this pool, no one is immune.

Because of this, this season's Bundesliga suddenly looks good, and everyone is full of expectations and curiosity about the Bundesliga. People are still talking about Bayern Munich, but instead of saying "they must be the champions of this season", they are talking about "can Bayern Munich still win the league title?" ”

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Ahead of the match against Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim accepted Wolfsburg's suggestion that they replace the sponsor logo on the chest of their jersey with the logo of the children's charity "A Heart for Children".

This pre-match news seems to prove that it was a love game.

But when it comes to the game, love is love, and neither team wants to lose because of love......

Before this game, Rangnick asked the team in the dressing room to attack desperately: "We are at home, what can we do but attack? The opponent is not good at playing away games and this is our chance. I remember saying to you: don't think about the championship, but if you really want to win it, try to win every game! How do you win every game? Offensive! ”

Before the player came on the field, he patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder again and said, "You know how to do it, Chu." ”

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Yes, I know." ”

Once the game started, Hoffenheim went on the attack as usual.

In the seventh minute, Baker slipped the ball into the right side of the penalty area after an assist, and Ibisevic shot high. Soon, Wolfsburg returned the favor when Japanese midfielder Makoto Hasebe's low shot from 20 yards out was parried away by Hoffenheim goalkeeper Haas.

There was an Asian player on both sides of the game, but there was no media interest in hyping up any 'Asian derby'. The Chinese media feel that Chu Zhongtian is now far above the level of Makoto Hasebe, and it is self-deprecating to compare him to a player who can only play rotation at Wolfsburg. The Japanese media are not interested in the concept of an "Asian derby".

So before the game, the media of the two countries was surprisingly calm.

However, in the game, the two people were in the right position.

When Hasebe Makoto shot the goal just now, Chu Zhongtian interfered with it. After that, Hasebe Seiko was not so easy.

He was closely guarded by Chu Zhongtian. If you have the ball with your back, don't even think about turning around. If he broke through head-on, he was also cut off by Chu Zhongtian many times. In the one-on-one with Chu Zhongtian, he was completely at a disadvantage.

Makoto Hasebe was in the midfielder for this game, but after he was frozen by Chu Zhongtian, Wolfsburg's attack also fell into a brief silence. After cleaning up Hasebe Makoto, Chu Zhongtian began to free his hands to organize the attack. In the fifteenth minute, Chu Zhongtian hoisted the football into the left side of the penalty area, Eduardo crossed the bottom, and Ibisevic grabbed the point in front of the goal and shot wide of the left post.

In the 23rd minute, Chu Zhongtian dribbled forward, past Makoto Hasebe and Josue (Josue), he distributed the ball to the right in the middle, Ibisevic received the ball into the box and shot, the ball hit Wolfsburg's central defender Ricardo. Costa's (ricardo_costa) feet bounced high and Swiss goalkeeper Diego Diego. Benaglio (diego_benaglio) couldn't make a save and could only watch the ball fly into the far corner!

It was Ibisevic's fourteenth goal of the season!

1:0！

The Karl Benz Stadium erupted in loud cheers.

Since Hoffenheim's results have gone from strength to strength, there have been more and more fans watching their games, but these people are not natives of Hoffenheim or the local inhabitants of Mannheim, where the stadium is located, but from Sinsheim, Hoffenheim, Mannheim, Stuttgart, Heidelberg, Tauberbischofsheim...... and other places, driving dozens of kilometers just to watch a Hoffenheim game. Hoffenheim is located in the Rhine-Neckar region, which is located on the border with three states – Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is one of the most economically developed regions in Germany, with a large population of around 2.4 million people. But fans in this region will not be able to enjoy the Bundesliga matches of the local teams. Because before that, there was not a single Bundesliga team in the Rhine-Neckar region. Now Hoffenheim have come along and they have fulfilled the desire of all the fans here to watch the Bundesliga, so they have also been supported by many Rhine-Neckar fans, and the Karl Benz Stadium, which can accommodate 26,300 people at every home game, is full.

There are more and more fans watching Hoffenheim games, but the Natives of Hoffenheim still have a way to tell the difference - they have a blue T-shirt with the phrase "The whole village is here!" "Wearing this T-shirt shows that this is a long-time supporter of Hoffenheim since a long time ago.

Seeing that Hoffenheim's continuous attack finally paid off, Hoffenheim fans, old and new, jumped up from their seats, waved their arms vigorously and shouted the name of the goalscorer Ibisevic.

Hoffenheim spent 40 million euros on Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic this season, and there were initial suspicions that these two were parallel goods, and they were not worth 40 million. But now no one thinks that way anymore. They still feel that 40 million is a huge amount of money, but they all think that this money is spent on Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic, and they are not wronged at all.

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Hoffenheim scored as always, but Wolfsburg is not a soft persimmon that can be pinched casually. They also have a number of strong players in their squad, such as Bosnian goalscorer Dzeko (edin_dzeko), Bosnian midfielder Misimovic (zvjezdan_misimovic), Brazilian striker Grafite, and young left-back Schaefer (marcel_schafer), who was previously selected for the national team squad at the same time as Comper and Weiss.

After conceding the goal, they did not surrender and actively counterattacked.

In the 27th minute, Wolfsburg finally equalized. Dzeko assists and Grafitte scores with a shot.

Ten minutes later, Hoffenheim took the lead again, this time with a direct left-footed free-kick from the top of the box. Because Salihovic did not start this game, Eduardo took the baton from the free-kick.

And just before half-time, a tenacious Wolfsburg equalised again. Misimovic's free-kick from midfield went straight into the box. In the small penalty area, central defender Costa blocked the ball with his body, and Dzeko next to him sent the ball into the empty goal with his left foot for the first time, 2:2.

In the first half, the two sides scored four goals, and everyone played offensive football, which made the fans very enjoyable to watch. But it's not enough to meet the needs of such fans, and neither side wants to be the loser.

In the second half, the two teams changed places and fought again. As a result, the away team Wolfsburg had the upper hand, and a series of offensives killed Hoffenheim a little embarrassed, and Chu Zhongtian could only be tired of defending during this time, and could not effectively organize the attack.

Seeing such a situation, Rangnick decided to share the pressure for Chu Zhongtian. He brought Salihovic on as a substitute for Weiss.

Weiss was a little reluctant to leave the game, knowing that the head coach of the German national team, Loew, was sitting in the box at the Karl Benz Stadium to watch the game, and he would have liked to play the whole game......

When Chu Zhongtian saw Salihovic playing, he knew what the head coach thought. So he adjusted his style of play, sat in the midfield, and then fed Salihovic with shells, and he and Eduardo were the two men who led the attack, and he was only responsible for controlling the tempo.

This change made Wolfsburg a little unresponsive - they had previously treated Chu Zhongtian as the core of Hoffenheim's organization and kept a strict eye on him. But now Chu Zhongtian didn't care about organizing the attack, and became a hands-off shopkeeper. The real threat came from behind Hoffenheim, with Chu Zhongtian frequently mobilizing the Wolfsburg defence with his mid-length passes, and then Salihovic and Eduardo to make the final lethal pass, or fatal blow.

While Wolfsburg was not adapting to this change, Hoffenheim made a sudden effort. In the 69th minute, Chu Zhongtian made a long pass from the backfield, Eduardo crossed after stopping the ball on the right side, Salihovic stopped the ball in the middle and sent a straight stopper, Obasi successfully entered the penalty area in an offside position, and then he scored in the far corner of the goalkeeper Benaglio who blocked the angle eight meters away on the left side.

3:2！

"Hoffenheim have scored again!!" The narrator shouted excitedly. "They're attacking like they're on the move, and the Wolfsburg backline looks like they're going to concede a goal at any moment!"

That's Hoffenheim's style – constantly attacking, constantly pounding your defences until you break down. Against such an opponent, you have only one choice - to fight them. Either lose in the head-to-head or beat them in the head-to-head and win the game with a hockey-like scoreline.

VfL Wolfsburg continued to attack after being taken the lead, and they also knew this, "either lose in the attack or beat Hoffenheim in the attack", and there was no other way but to attack. They came close to rewriting the scoreline, but Dzeko's header hit the crossbar.

The football popped up and fell to the feet of Chu Zhongtian, who did not make a long pass in the backfield this time, but directly took the ball to the front line. Turning the Wolfsburg backline upside down, and finally distributing the ball to Ibisevic at the edge of the box, Ibisevic did not stop the ball and pushed it directly into the far corner, the ball flew into the net, Benaglio couldn't save.

4:2！ Hoffenheim sealed the win completely!

VfL Wolfsburg lost in the confrontation!

In the end, Hoffenheim avoided a two-game losing streak with a 4-2 win at home to a strong Wolfsburg side.

In this round of the league, Bayern Munich drew away, Hamburg lost to Hertha Berlin away, and only Hoffenheim and Hertha Berlin won among the top four teams in the league, as a result, Hertha Berlin occupied the top of the standings by one point, while Hoffenheim remained in second place. Hamburg dropped to fourth, while Bayern Munich remained third in the league.

Looking at these four teams, it is not surprising that the other three teams are ranked in this position, except for Hoffenheim, and only Hoffenheim's name stands out in it.

This is the big rock that has stirred up the stagnant water of the Bundesliga this season, many people like it, and there are many people who hate it, even hate it and curse it.

But no matter what, it stands like a boulder in front of everyone's eyes, so you can't take your eyes off it and ignore it.

It's just that in the eyes of those who don't like it, this stone is not only big and ugly, but also smelly and crazy......

(To be continued)