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Chapter 423 Huo Village Miraculously Growing Stryfe
(Congratulations brothers Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)

"Li Huan! Li Huan!" The fans cheered.

Li Huan swept away the listlessness in the car, and came out in high spirits to sign autographs and take photos with the fans, and joked with his teammates from time to time, showing the demeanor of a star in his gestures, but the reporter of the "Rheinland Card" wanted to criticize him. During the on-site interview, Li Huan flatly refused. Lannick knew that Li Huan was playing hard now, and he had some objections to this student's private life, but Li Huan's performance was almost perfect no matter on the training ground or in the competition. He had nothing to say. Seeing the disappointment and embarrassment of the reporter of the "Rhine Neckar Zeitung", Lannick said calmly: "Li Huan ran nearly [-] meters in this race. He is too tired. What's the matter?" If you want to know, you can ask me."

The reporter of the "Rheine Neckar Zeitung" got excited when he heard it, and quickly handed over the microphone: "Coach Rangnick, after defeating Hamburg, you have won 10 victories and one draw. How do you feel about this?"

Rangnick said: "I am very happy to have won a big victory when we were behind. Hoffenheim now has the ability to fight tough battles. It is a fine tradition of German football not to give up when they are behind. With this With this kind of willpower, we can achieve better results."

The reporter asked: "As the league progresses, Hoffenheim, which occupies the top spot, is bound to become the focus and research object of many teams. Are you worried about this?"

Lannick: In fact, in some games that have ended, we have become the focus of the opponents.Opponents are more familiar with and adapt to our style of play, it does take some thinking.We must find ways to respond.However, Mr. Hope has promised that we will continue to sign in during the winter break to strengthen our bench depth. The addition of more fresh blood will give us another change. "

The reporter said: "Hoffenheim's current performance is very amazing. What expectations do you have for the next game?"

Rangnick: If someone said before the season that Hoffenheim might be relegated before the winter break, everyone would say he is crazy.But now we have done it with our own efforts.In the next few days, all we have to do is to stabilize the team's performance, keep our feet on the ground, and progress step by step. "

The reporter asked: What do you think of Li Huan?He is a defender, but he has become the player with the most goals and assists in the team. Have you ever thought about making him a striker? "

Rangnick said with a smile: "He is also the player with the most goals and assists in the Bundesliga. I also thought about pushing him to the front line, but I feel that he plays very well at the back line. He is also very good at his current position. Satisfied, I think there is no need to change it for the time being."

The reporter said: "Li Huan is the mainstay of Hoffenheim, the core of offense and defense. Why didn't he become the captain of the team?"

Lannick said: "The captain is selected by the players. Before the start of the new season, the players recommended Li Huan as the captain, but he refused."

The reporter was surprised and asked, "Why did Li Huan refuse to be the captain? Isn't it an honor to be the captain?"

Lannick said: "Since the captain is elected, I think Li Huan's choice is up to him. But as you said, Li Huan is already the core of the team. It doesn't really matter whether he has the title of captain or not."

The reporter said: "Thank you for accepting the interview."

Lannick said: "You're welcome, the team's achievements are inseparable from your help."

Because they will play the German Cup three days later, after returning to Mannheim, Hoffenheim did not give the team a holiday, but in the training that afternoon they did not train for four hours as usual, they just did restorative exercises. training, and then the players went about their activities.

Rangnick originally planned to give up the German Cup, but Hoffenheim's luck was good. Their opponent in the second round of the German Cup was Jena of the German second division. Such an opponent is nothing but a piece of cake for Hoffenheim Of course, they won't mobilize the crowd. Lannick is going to use the youth team and substitute players for this game, and let Li Huan, Eduardo and other players who have not played for the national team a while ago serve as substitutes.

The protagonists on the training field in these two days are the youth team, the main players are their opponents in the drill, and the youth team coach Peters and Rangnick are on the field to guide the players in training.In the two days of training, the young midfielder Streve performed very well. He is proficient in passing, dribbling and shooting in the midfield, far surpassing players of the same age.Rangnick remembers that this young man performed very well in the DFB-Pokal last season. It was this young man who scored twice in the match against Hamburg in the Bundesliga to help Hoffenheim advance. There must be a chance to reach the final, but then Hoffenheim introduced large-scale foreign aid. The joining of these high-level foreign aid made Rangnick forget Streve in the youth team. He did not expect that almost a season has passed, this young The person matured beyond his expectations.

Seeing that Lannick admired Streve very much, Peters could not put his eyes down, and said with a smile: "Ralph, Streve is a good boy, full of aura, not worse than your Edward, or Lend it to you?"

Lannick pondered: "How old is this little guy?"

Peters said: "17 years old, but he plays football very maturely, not like a 17-year-old kid at all."

Lannick said with a smile: "I remembered, he is Wanna's younger brother."

Peters looked at Li Huan who was teasing Streiff, and said mysteriously: "Yes, it seems that Wanna is Li Huan's girlfriend."

Lannick thought that Li Huan would take time out to go on a date with a girl in his busy schedule, so he said angrily: "How come you have learned to gossip from tabloid reporters, and Li Huan has many rumored girlfriends, I suspect he can't even remember Which is which."

Peters said: "Li Huan's shortcomings cannot cover up his advantages. It seems that women have not caused him any trouble."

Lannick shook his head and said, "Not now. I'm worried that in the future, his reputation will become bigger and bigger, and if he is a bit more undisciplined, there will be more women around him than reporters."

Peters smiled and said: "Ralph, don't worry so far, we may not be able to keep him next year, what do you think of this Stryfe, if you want, I will lend it to you. The field is still a little thin.”

Rangnick said: "I will observe and observe in the German Cup. If he is as good as in training, I will transfer him into the first team and serve as Eduardo's substitute."

Peters said: "Your goalkeeper's position is also a bit rotten. You have conceded 11 goals in 20 games. It is also unusual for the league leaders to have such a conceded number of goals. My men now have a good young goalkeeper—— Baum, who is a year older than Streve, has great talent and can be a backup for Haas and Ozakan."

Rangnick smiled and said: "Old friend, you don't want to push all your players to me, I think the goalkeeper is fine. What we lack now is an experienced goalkeeper, not to train new players. I I’m going to buy a goalkeeper during the winter break.”

The two coaches whispered to each other. Streve, who was fighting against Li Huan on the training ground, didn't know that his fate had unknowingly undergone a major change.He only wanted to win Li Huan, so he let out a breath of anger. For more than a year, Li Huan would tease him as long as the youth team and the senior team trained together. But he never missed Li Huan once.The players of the Hoffenheim senior team watching the excitement let out a playful laugh from time to time.

Two days later in Jena, Hoffenheim sent a mixed fleet of substitutes and youth teams, but the team also had such powerful players as Coppado, Tebel, Nelson, and Janker, but in In this game, it was not the substitutes of the senior team who made the most of the limelight. The 17-year-old Streve of the youth team shined brightly. He kicked his head and kicked and passed and shot to help Hoffenheim beat Jena 4:1 away. Reached the last 16 of the German Cup.In the German Cup best team selected by "Kicker" after the game, Streve was also successfully selected.

The head coach Rangnick saw that Streve performed so well, and announced after the game that Streve was transferred from the youth team to the senior team, but because it is the middle of the league, Hoffenheim did not give him Treve has a contract with the adult team, but in terms of identity, Treve is still a player of the youth team.

In the next No.12 round of the league, Hoffenheim easily defeated Bochum, which had performed well this season, 3:1 away, while Bayern Munich was unexpectedly tied by Frankfurt at home. Frankfurt's goalkeeper Nikolov seems to be possessed by a god, defusing Bayern's numerous shots and four or five must-go goals. After 12 rounds, Bayern and Hoffenheim are still unbeaten, but their relationship with Hoffenheim The gap between the scores has widened to 6 points.And the chasers who had been left behind by Bayern and Hoffenheim also began to approach. Schalke 04 is only two points away from Bayern, and Bremen is only 4 points away. Seats have become less secure.

After this round of the league, the second round of the UEFA Cup group stage also kicked off. Hoffenheim's Group A has staged a round of matches. Hoffenheim has a bye. Everton showed strong strength. They beat Greece's Larissa 3:1, and Alkmaar and Zenit St. Petersburg in the Russian Super League drew [-]-[-].In this round, Hoffenheim will face rival Everton at home.

In the last round of the UEFA Cup, the other three teams in Germany have won. Bayern defeated the Belgrade Red Star 3:2, Leverkusen defeated France Toulouse [-]-[-], and Hamburg won [-]-[-]. Brann, Norway.

The results of other German teams have suddenly increased the pressure on Hoffenheim. They are now the leaders of the Bundesliga. The teams ranked lower than them have won. It will be very difficult for Hoffenheim if they lose at home. Explain to the fans.So before the game, the club gave Hoffenheim an order to strive to win.

(End of this chapter)