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Chapter 416 Huo Village's Miracle Offensive Battle in Hamburg (1)

Hamburg is the second largest city in Germany, known as "Germany's gateway to the world", with a population of more than 170 million. The Hamburg team, like Bayern, has never been relegated and has won all Bundesliga titles including the Champions League.Hoffenheim Village has only more than 3000 people, and it was promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time this year. The only championship so far is the German Cup just won this year.The game between Hoffenheim and Hamburg was hailed before the game as a contest between David and Goliath.

Although the performance of the Hamburg team at the beginning of the league was mediocre, in the last few rounds the Hamburg team is like a stock that opened low and went high. The most relaxed one, they just beat the defending champion Stuttgart 4:1 in the league.Forward Olic even staged a hat-trick. If Li Huan hadn't also performed a hat-trick as a defender, Olic would have been the best player in the tenth round.

After Stuttgart, Schalke 04, and Werder Bremen were massacred by Hoffenheim one by one, the brave Hamburg is considered to be another natural moat to stop Hoffenheim. The Hamburg team is Dutch except for the coach. The Dutch players in the team There are also many. The Dutch midfielder and the core of the team Van der Vaart has long been favored by Real Madrid. He is likely to transfer to the best club of the last century next season. Forwards Croatian Olic, Egyptian Zidan and Peruvian Guerrero are all He is a great man who can score goals, assists and even defend.

Rangnick's Hoffenheim play style is similar to that of the Netherlands. They use a 433 formation and the players are physically fit. All players except the goalkeeper have offensive and defensive tasks. Stevenson's Hamburg is also the Netherlands' full attack. Defense style, but Stevenson's total defense is more pragmatic. He changed the traditional 433 in the Netherlands to 4213, and added two midfielders at the back. The three forwards in front form a cone, which can be Penetration in the middle can also break through from the side, which is very difficult to deal with.

In the collision between teams of the same style, the outcome depends on the player's personal ability and the coach's arrangement of details. In the media's view, Rangnick, who has moved to many clubs, and Steven, who has played for PSV for 18 years Sen's coaching ability is similar, but there is still a certain gap in personal ability between Hoffenheim and Hamburg.

The owner of Hamburg, van der Vaart, was born in the European star-making dream factory Ajax. He was hailed as the second Overmars when he first debuted. After he moved to the middle, he was called the incarnation of the Ice Prince. The scoring ability is extremely strong, and the free kick is even better. He is the number one candidate for Hamburg's set ball.And Hoffenheim's midfielder Eduardo is much inferior and immature compared to him. The reporter of "Bild" believes that van der Vaart can reach Hoffenheim's Eduardo and Sarihovic alone in midfield.

Hoffenheim's proud forward line is at most comparable to that of Hamburg. Hoffenheim's striker is tall and powerful, but Hamburg's defensive line has outstanding skills, excellent running positions, and is good at going forward. The small-scale cooperation on the left side of the field and the penetration cooperation between them and Van der Vaart is one of the key weapons for Hamburg to defeat the enemy.

The Hamburg team is small and fast in the frontcourt, but the backcourt is a typical combination of muscles. Although the central defender, midfielder Mattison, Kompany, De Jong, and Jarolim are only 1.8 meters long, they are both sturdy , Strong and unusually strong, players who are taller than them dare not say that they can snatch them.But it is far inferior to them in flexibility.

Maybe Hoffenheim is not better than Hamburg in any point, but Hoffenheim absolutely dares to be the number one in the Bundesliga in the position of right back. This advantage in this position makes the media compare the pros and cons of the two sides. After that, I have to say a word, if Li Huan cannot be restrained, all the advantages of the Hamburg team will be wiped out.Li Huan alone has the ability to subvert the result of the game.

Maybe there are players who can block Li Huan's breakthrough. If one person can't do it, two people can defend. But who can block Li Huan's free kick? The Hoffenheim defender just performed a free kick hat-trick, and now he scored a free kick within 30 meters The rate is 30%, never miss.I don't know if Li Huan is pretending to be mysterious. He almost never shoots a free kick from 30 meters away.Even if it is the strongest defensive team in the world, Chelsea under the leadership of Mourinho dare not say that a free kick within [-] meters will not be left to the opponent.

The reporter of "Hamburg Morning Post" said in the pre-match analysis: "This round of Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen is deadlocked. The key to whether the Hamburg team can beat Hoffenheim and take the opportunity to enter the top three is how to control Li Huan. Although Hoffenheim's striker goals are indeed quite a lot, but if you look at Li Huan's goals and assists, you can know the status of the Chinese in Hoffenheim. Half of Hoffenheim's goals come from him. Goals and assists, other goals have a lot to do with him, now Stevenson should not think about the advantages of his team, but should focus on how to restrain the advantages of Hoffenheim."

The "Munich Evening News" paid more attention to this game than Bayern Munich went to Dortmund's hell home. The Munich media believed that Hamburg was the only team that Hoffenheim could beat them before they met Bayern.If Hamburg cannot beat Hoffenheim, Hoffenheim is likely to continue its unbeaten record to the battle with Bayern. At that time, Bayern may fall into a situation where they must win to win the winter championship. Mu, Bayern can become the leader, so the tactical choice will be even greater.

The host of the Munich TV station also strongly encouraged the Hamburg team to win in the sports program before the No.11 round, and gave advice to the Hamburg team, "The focus of this round is Schalke 04 against Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim An away game against Hamburg, Hamburg is now ranked 4th, but their points are only two points less than No.3 Schalke 04, once the two teams draw, or Schalke 04 loses, they have a chance In the top three, Hamburg's defense is very good. If they can adopt defensive and counterattack tactics, using Van der Vaart's organization and the speed of the three forwards, Hoffenheim will play very hard. Even if the two teams attack, if Hamburg Do a good job of restricting Li Huan and give the opponent less free kicks in dangerous areas. They may also win the game.

"Bild" believes that the strength of the two teams is similar, and the Hamburg team has a slight advantage at home. However, the two teams had a little infighting before the game. Although the players in the infighting expressed reconciliation afterwards, no one knew it What impact did the incident have on the team? "Bild" believes that whoever can coordinate the internal conflicts will be able to gain the upper hand in the game.If the conflict cannot be resolved, it is better to let the conflicting players be placed on the bench, which is better than the players not cooperating with each other on the court.

The local media in Baden-Württemberg also paid close attention to the game. After Stuttgart's unexpected fall, the leader Hoffenheim and the dark horse Karlsruhe became the focus of media reports. Baden-Wurttemberg Some reporters believe that this is the year when football in Baden State takes off. If Stuttgart does not fall into the relegation zone, Baden-Wurttemberg will definitely become the state with the strongest football strength among the 13 states in Germany.

"Rhine Neckar Zeitung" regards this game as the most important battle before the winter break. If you win Hamburg, you will have a bright road to the winter championship. At worst, you can get second. If you lose , It’s hard to say later, the team dominated by young people has always been good at playing with the wind.So now Hoffenheim must not relax and clench their teeth to carry the victory to the end.Rangnick should not stick to offensive football, he must be flexible in tactics. For coaches, victory and championships are the most important. Although offensive football can attract more fans, if they can’t win and win championships, they can’t play. No matter how good it is, there will be no fans watching.

As the game approached, the head coach of the Hamburg team, Stevenson, who was busy with training, had an unexpected trouble. His wife Toss suffered from periodic chronic diseases and was now in the hospital in Eindhoven. Treatment, the 53-year-old Stevenson is a model husband, and he usually goes home to have a look after training. Now his wife’s illness has had a certain impact on his preparations for Hoffenheim, but he also knows that this The importance of the game to Hamburg, Hoffenheim, and even Bayern Munich. Hamburg is on the rise. Although his wife's illness is important, it is a chronic disease. How to take care of his wife can be considered after the game. Hoffenheim's game comes first.

Stevenson has worked in Eindhoven for 18 years, and has been immersed in Michels' total defense for more than 30 years. Rangnick's Hoffenheim play style does not exceed the total defense Stereotypes, Stevenson is well aware of the advantages and disadvantages of Hoffenheim's style of play, and also knows how to restrain it. What makes him a headache now is how to deal with Hoffenheim's defender Li Huan. This is a defender like Beckenbauer. , The Netherlands, which had Cruyff back then, did not beat Beckenbauer's German team. Although his Hamburg has Van der Vaart, there is obviously a gap between Van der Vaart and Cruyff, but Hoffenheim Li Huanbi Compared with Franz Beckenbauer, he is not much inferior, and he is far superior in free kicks. How to deal with such a genius made the Dutch coach rack his brains a week ago.

It's not that Stevenson didn't think about man-to-man defense. This is a relatively effective tactic against Li Huan at present, but his Hamburg team is based on overall combat. Sending a man-to-man defense will affect the team's style of play. , in the end it is very likely that the gain will outweigh the loss.

After thinking about it, Stevenson was always worried about his left, and finally decided to put Van der Vaart on the left when he first debuted, and use offense to suppress Li Huan's offense.

(End of this chapter)