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Chapter 347
(Second more)

After playing the German Cup, Hoffenheim put all their energy on the first round of the league. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, and the beginning of Hoffenheim is especially difficult. They will go to Westphalia in the first round Dortmund at the Lun Stadium, Wolfsburg at home in the second round, and defending champion Stuttgart at the Autostadt in the third round.Such a schedule is very annoying.

Dortmund ranked ninth last season, but the Westfalenstadion, which can accommodate 3000 people, is comparable to Anfield in the Premier League. Regardless of Dortmund's record, this stadium makes all teams fearful.Although Wolfsburg is only ranked 15th, they have recruited this season and spent 700 million on summer transfers. They are by no means a team to be messed with. Needless to say, Stuttgart, the defending champion of the State Derbyga, is doomed It was a bloody battle.For a newly promoted team like Hoffenheim, if they are not careful, they may fall into a tragic situation of three consecutive losses.

For Hoffenheim's Bundesliga debut, the Hoffenheim club did not set a specific goal for Rangnick. Now everyone in Hoffenheim except Rangnick knows how strong they are in the 18 Bundesliga teams. What is the position of the team? They have played against and defeated Bundesliga teams in the German Cup, but the Bundesliga games are definitely different from the German Cup games. They must not equate the cup with the league, otherwise they will cry I couldn't find a place to cry.

Rangnick is very clear about this. The team is a newly promoted team, but he is not a rookie coach. He has achieved different records in Stuttgart and Schalke 04. In Rangnick's view, this Hoffenheim team has a main lineup in the Bundesliga. It is about the mid-range level, but the substitute lineup is afraid that even relegation will be difficult. For the long league, the substitute and the main force are equally important. Without a high-level substitute lineup, it is impossible to make a difference in the league.So in Lannick's view, relegation is pretty good. If we perform well, we will continue to play in the UEFA Cup next year. With a year of experience, the task of relegation next year will be lighter, and we will try to get a better ranking in the European battlefield. .If you want to realize Hoffenheim's dream of being a wealthy family, you need to perform well in the European war.

In order to realize these ideas of Rangnick, they must get off to a good start. One of Hoffenheim's great advantages is that the Bundesliga teams are not familiar with Hoffenheim. The frenzy of winning streak, but after all, it was in the Bundesliga Bundesliga. After the Bundesliga coaches heard about it, at most they just looked at it, praised it for a good game, and then it was over. It was impossible for them to study Hoffenheim. Lan Nick believes that they must not admit defeat when they see a strong team, and only fight when they see a weak team. It is very dangerous to have this kind of thinking. Once they lose to a strong team and cannot beat a weak team, what awaits them is the fate of relegation .If you want to relegation, you have to fight every team from the first game, no matter the strong team or the weak team.

Dortmund is definitely not a good team. If it is not because of the economic crisis, their league ranking will definitely not be No.9. Their signings this season are also of different strengths. He was unstoppable in the warm-up matches against low-level miscellaneous teams. He looked down on people on the right like picking up grass, and his passing and shooting were very powerful.Petrich was the top scorer and assists leader in Ruichao last year.Ruichao is not a mainstream league, but Petritsch's free kick is quite awesome, 350 euros are not in vain!There is another person that has to be defended, and that is Li Huan's teammate Federico in Karlsruhe. He ranked second in the Bundesliga Bundesliga scorer list last season and scored 17 goals.

But Rangnick believes that the problem of this team is very similar to that of Hoffenheim, that is, the defense is unstable. The difference is that Hoffenheim's defense is too young, while Dortmund is too old.Metzelder is gone, and Kovacs at the grandpa level is here. He, captain Warnes, and right back Degen are close to a hundred years old together. Such a defensive line may not be able to stop Li Huan, Demba Ba , Obasi, Eduardo, and Ibisevic took turns to attack.Rangnick believes that as long as the players are not stage-frightened at the Westfalenstadion and can perform at their own level, victory is not impossible.

This is the first time that Hoffenheim has played in Germany's top league in more than 100 years. The village of Hoffenheim, and even the entire Sinsheim and Rhein-Neckar regions have caused a sensation. This represents the rise of a strong football team Now, everyone knows the horror of the Westfalenstadion. The fans of Hoffenheim are calling more fans to the Ruhr area to cheer for the Hoffenheim players, so that they will not be surrounded by 8 people. The pitch felt alone and terrified.

Before the start of the game, Hoffenheim was not favored by the media. Numerous facts have proved that the Bundesliga's top team may not be a top team in the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim's play style is very limited, with strong offense and weak defense , in the Bundesliga no team can threaten their defense, they are invincible, but after coming to the Bundesliga, there are many teams with strong attack power, Hoffenheim's so-called luxurious lineup is only in the Bundesliga, and the transfer cost 1000 million There are at least six or seven Bundesliga teams above, and Bayern even spent more than 7000 million euros. Facing the attack of the Bundesliga teams, it is hard to say whether Hoffenheim can maintain their style of play in the Bundesliga. .

"Rhine Neckar Zeitung" believes that Hoffenheim can score a point at the Westfalenstadion as a success, because in all the previous Bundesliga debuts of 48 newly promoted teams, no team has yet won. , and Hoffenheim is playing away again. "Rheine Neckar Zeitung" believes that Hoffenheim should focus on the second game. The No. 15 Wolfsburg this season, they moved to the Karl Benz Stadium in Mannheim for the first time this season. If they don't play well, it is likely to affect the attendance at home in the future.

However, major newspapers such as "Bild" and "Kicker" have shifted their attention to the first round of the Bundesliga. The newly promoted game only mentioned a few words, but they are also not optimistic about Hoffenheim's victory, and they all think that Hoffenheim will win in a draw.

All the media looked down on Hoffenheim, but the young people in Hoffenheim were full of confidence and wanted to let the Bundesliga team see their football. Eduardo was dissatisfied with the media's low look at Hoffenheim. He said: "Many reporters think that our victory is due to the weakness of the opponent, not because of our strength. The game against Dortmund will let them know our strength. We are not a relegation team."

Li Huan, the leader of the team, is also full of confidence in the upcoming new season. He also said in an interview: "Our success last season was not accidental. The team that underestimated us will regret it, not only us , The strength of the other two newly promoted teams is not weak, especially Karlsruhe. Although Federico is gone, they play overall football. These Bundesliga teams will surprise the Bundesliga teams this season. "

Federico, who moved to Dortmund this season, warned his teammates to be careful of Hoffenheim and Li Huan. He has been with Li Huan for more than a year and knows the strength of this Chinese defender. He is not polite To be honest, Dortmund's defense cannot stop Li Huan from charging. The Chinese with a speed of 10 seconds per 3 meters is not only amazing in speed, but also has superb skills. He can play anywhere in the frontcourt. To score, being careless towards him is equal to losing points.

But neither Li Huan, Eduardo, nor Federico's voice attracted Dortmund's attention. From Dole to the fans, they didn't think this Hoffenheim team could bring much trouble to Dortmund. The law of winning their debut also reassured them a lot. Although it is said that the law is used to break, the existence of such a law shows that the Bundesliga team is very uncomfortable when they play the Bundesliga for the first time.Li Huan is certainly good, but how much of a threat a defender can be, not to mention that they are playing in the 3000-person Westfalenstadion, and the Bundesliga players may be so scared that their legs will go limp.

Federico came to Dortmund because he was dissatisfied with the annual salary offered by Karlsruhe. He originally thought that he was the second scorer of the Bundesliga and could occupy the main position in Dortmund, but he did not expect the team to buy The Swiss Super League top scorer Pedric, he can only participate in the game as a substitute for Pedric, a substitute in the team, no one wants to believe him.There is nothing Federico can do about it, he is already dedicated to the team.

The opening game of the Bundesliga started on the night of August 8. Schalke 11, who lost the championship to Stuttgart last season, drew with Stuttgart 04:2 in the away game. The first round of the game also kicked off in an all-round way. The three newly promoted Hoffenheim, Rostock and Karlsruhe also went away to participate in their Bundesliga debut this season. Of course, for Karlsruhe and Rostock. Revisiting the old dream, the two teams have lingered in the Bundesliga for several years before, but against Hoffenheim, this is an out-and-out debut.Every step they take is making franchise history.

The weakest opponent of the three newly promoted teams is Karlsruhe, their opponent is Nuremberg, and the strongest opponent is Rostock. The media's predictions for these three newly promoted teams are also in line with their opponents. They believe that Rostock can only accept their fate and don't have any more thoughts. Karlsruhe may be upset, and Hoffenheim will win.

(End of this chapter)