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Chapter 492 The Miracle of Huo Village, the Sly German ([-]-word chapter)

Since Monday, Hoffenheim has forgotten about the double crown, the unbeaten record, and the media's touting. They have devoted themselves to the preparation of the UEFA Cup final.

Although for Hoffenheim, even if they lose the UEFA Cup final, it will not detract from their greatness this season. They are unprecedented and they have shocked fans all over the world. House said well, "We will not be satisfied with the double crown. If we can easily be satisfied, there will never be a double crown. We will win all the championships we can get. For Hoffenheim, we Our goal is to become the best club in the world, our stadium must be the most modern, our training equipment must be the best in the world, and our players must have the most potential in the world."

In addition to the championship, Hoffenheim also has a heart knot. In the UEFA Cup group stage, they lost 2:4 to Zenit in St. Petersburg. It was the first time Hoffenheim lost this season. It was also the biggest defeat for Hoffenheim, and Zenit has become the only team that Hoffenheim has not beaten this season. This UEFA Cup final is still a game of revenge for Hoffenheim. war.

But Hoffenheim is very clear from top to bottom that this Zenit is by no means a team to mess with. Not only did they beat Hoffenheim 4:2 at home, they also swept Bayern with a big score of 4:0 at home. Munich, this is by no means an accidental score, it only shows that Zenit's strength has been underestimated by the outside world.

Just like the Bundesliga and Serie A have gradually become non-mainstream leagues among the five major leagues, the picturesque Eastern European football back then is now far away from the eyes of fans around the world. Their player strength and team play are covered with a layer of mystery People's understanding of them is very scarce, and there is not even much information.

However, as a team that has played against Zenit once, Hoffenheim is deeply aware of the strengths of this team. Throwing the ball straight behind him, and his lightning-fast assault, all of these make Hoffenheim feel a little scared now thinking about it.It can be said that although the opponent had a certain home court advantage at the time, even if they played against Hoffenheim at home, Hoffenheim was not at all sure of winning.

Of course, the situation was different in the second encounter. The failure experience made Hoffenheim's understanding of Zenit St. Petersburg second only to the tortured Bayern. Revenge, how to defeat this iron cavalry from Eastern Europe with dignity.And Zenit will definitely not be as serious and careful as Hoffenheim in the study of its defeated opponents.

Hoffenheim and Zenit are the two biggest dark horses in the UEFA Cup this season. In fact, Zenit's fortune history is very similar to that of Hoffenheim.

Before 2005, the Zenit team was once relegated due to lack of funds. Four years later, the Russian Super League was promoted to the Russian Super League. However, this situation was improved in 2005. The owner of the Russian energy giant GAZPROM Dickov bought out the Zenit team, and Zenit staged the miracle of an ugly duckling turning into a phoenix, becoming the most wealthy club in the Russian league. Won the Russian Championship.

In addition to the rich boss and talented coach, Zenit, like Hoffenheim, also has its own talented star. The core of the team is Arshavin, the Russian football player in 06. He is a winger, a midfielder, and a striker. , both left and right feet, with lightning speed and scalpel-like passing, is the absolute hero of Zenit's reaching the final.

But for Hoffenheim, they must not put all their energy on defending Arshavin. Zenit is definitely not Arshavin's team alone, just like Hoffenheim is not Li Huan's team alone. .

On the front line, although Bogrebnyak, who scored 11 goals in Zenit, was suspended for a yellow card, Dani must not be underestimated. Moshchuk, in Rangnick's opinion, Tymoshchuk is more important to Zenit than Arshavin, without Arshavin, Zenit cannot win, but without Tymoshchuk, Zenit There will be confusion and failure.Zenit's head coach Edvocaat shared the same opinion as Rangnick. He once said that "Tymoshchuk was born to be a captain, and he couldn't live without the armband on his arm."

Facing such a mature and powerful team, Hoffenheim must come up with targeted tactics to defeat the opponent.This is also the focus of research by the Hoffenheim coaching staff in recent times.

Through the study of the two semi-final games between Zenit and Bayern, Rangnick and his coaching staff found that Bayern was completely killed by the opponent's counterattack. Bayern's two sides were riddled with holes, even Lahm was no exception.In Zenit, taking advantage of the weakness of German defenders' slow turns, they often hit the back ball. Due to the good timing of passing and running, Lucio and Van Buyten in the middle of Bayern were too tired to defend and couldn't defend, let alone assist. .

After watching the game video, Zeidler wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said to Rangnick, "If we attack like we do in the league, the result will be a miserable death. Zenit's style of play Almost restrained the Bundesliga teams. Hoffenheim, Bayer Leverkusen and Bayern were all scored four goals by this team. Although Hoffenheim is different from most Bundesliga teams, Bundesliga teams have shortcomings. Hoffenheim also exists, such as the defenders turning slowly and the defense on the wing. If we want to win Zenit, we must give up their offensive play and play their counterattack."

Even Marco, the sycophant, believes that if Hoffenheim's offensive results are unpredictable, and the opponent's counter-pass is too fast and precise, there will be no chance for you to deploy defense, let alone return to defense.Moreover, Arshavin's personal ability is very outstanding, and he often singles out the opponent's entire defense line to score goals.

What the two assistant coaches can see, of course, Rangnick will not fail to see. Although he is very stubborn, he is by no means a fool. He will not try knowing that he will die. He plays offensive football in the Bundesliga. Because the possibility of victory is very high, and occasional failure is not a concern, but the result of playing offensive football with Zenit is likely to be slaughtered. Even if he does not watch the end of Bayern and Leverkusen, from his own experience can also know.

So it is rare that there was no disagreement among Hoffenheim's coaching staff this time. Rangnick and the two assistant coaches, including the fitness coach, the youth team coach and the goalkeeper coach, all agreed that playing defensive counterattacks is the best tactic.Because they have three favorable conditions for implementing this tactic.

One is that Hoffenheim played offensive football before, with the same 433. It is hard for Zenit to think that they will suddenly change to counter-attack.

The second is Zenit's top scorer, the 1.8-meter-eight high center forward Boglebnyak, who is suspended. Bouniac, Zenit's offensive ability will drop a lot.

The second is that Hoffenheim once lost 2:4 to Zenit in the group stage. This result will make Zenit feel contemptuous of Hoffenheim. This mentality will make them take the offensive in the game , This is a chance for Hoffenheim to play counter-defense, and there will be no situation where both teams play counter-defense and the final game scene becomes very ugly.

But now for Hoffenheim, the problem is how to ensure that they will not be broken by Zenit. Hoffenheim's defense has not been very stable. Zenit scored first in the opening game, just like the game against Bayern, the defensive counterattack became a joke.

In order to study the defensive formation and to guard against the peeping of Russian football reporters, Hoffenheim’s training these days has been conducted in a closed environment, and no reporters are allowed to interview, including their local "Rhine Neckar". Fans from all over the world visiting Hoffenheim were outraged. The "Rheine Neckar Zeitung" published an article criticizing that after winning the championship, Hoffenheim broke away from their original civilian route and put on the airs of a strong team. This is not conducive to the development of Hoffenheim. Fans all over the world The reason why I like Hoffenheim so much, and tens of thousands of people come here to watch their training every day, is because they represent the grassroots. Hoffenheim must seriously consider the opinions of the fans.Their roots are among the fans.

Fans who come from all over the world every day are also disappointed and angry that they cannot see their favorite stars. Some fans even threatened that if the Hoffenheim club does not open for training regularly, they will not buy Hoffenheim membership. .

Although Rangnick still ignored him, the two managers of the club couldn't bear the pressure anymore, and discussed with Rangnick whether to open training twice before the game to meet the requirements of fans and reporters.

Rangnick had no choice but to open a two-hour training time on Wednesday afternoon, but during this time, Hoffenheim mainly conducted group confrontation training. It also changed a lot. Li Huan ran to play as a striker, Eduardo played as a midfielder, Simunić went up to the front line, and Gustavo played as a midfielder.

Hoffenheim's training made Russian reporters and fans puzzled. They didn't know if this was Hoffenheim's new tactic or if it was a deliberate mess. Finnheim fans would not recognize this as Hoffenheim.

After Hoffenheim's training video was sent to St. Petersburg, Zenit's head coach Advocaat dismissed Rangnick's deception. Advocaat believed that Rangnick was deliberately trying to disturb his thinking. The vast majority of Hoffenheim will also adopt an offensive style of play.And his Zenit is not afraid of Hoffenheim's full-court press, full attack and full defense, and has full confidence in the Bundesliga team Advocaat.

Li Huan greatly appreciated Rangnick's tactical changes before the final. In Li Huan's memoir "Guard with a Knife", Li Huan described the coach in this way: "This is a stubborn coach. He doesn't know how to adapt and is full of idealism. , but if you think that Lannick will always be the character of the public and will never change, you are wrong. Germany is one of the most strategic countries in the world, and the other is China, so the world's greatest military book "Sun Tzu" The Art of War and Theory of War come from these two countries. In competitions and wars, the Germans' approach is in line with Sun Tzu's philosophy of winning with admiration. Lannick successfully confuses Advocaat before the game. The Russians misjudged our tactical play in the final and gave us an advantage in the opening..."

Rangnick can't help but successfully confuse the Russians, even the German fans and reporters. Joseph, a senior reporter and veteran commentator of "Bild", said worriedly, "Hoffenheim shouldn't do this before the final. New tricks, a team's tactics and style are not formed in a day, so it is impossible to change in a day, they should develop their own strengths, and play out what makes them successful. Players don't know what to do on the pitch."

The reporter of "Kicker" said: "Coach Rangnick has never won the Bundesliga championship. Now it seems that he is dazzled by the victory. Rangnick explained after the game that he made players in different positions It is very helpful for players to put themselves in the shoes of players in other positions. But we don't see how it can help. If a player can play in any position, there is no division of labor on the pitch. gone."

As the game draws near, the two teams not only have to train hard to deal with their opponents, but also have to deal with verbal attacks from their opponents and their media. Before the game, verbal battles will never be avoided, especially like Russia and China. Germany is such a tangled country.

"Bild" concocted a few small jokes to mock Russian football, such as: "The Russian teacher asked: Son, what does your father do?

The child replied: My father works as a gatekeeper in a Petersburg brothel.

The Russian teacher said: It's so pitiful.He really does this job?

The child said: No, he played football, but they played too badly.So I am embarrassed to say.

Another joke is, why do Russians have big ears and red skin?Because they have been pulled by their ears since they were young and said: Look at Germany, they have won three World Cup championships and four Champions Cups. "

Of course, the Russian media would not be polite, and "Pravda" immediately responded, "After the 02 World Cup, the Germans have to follow the technical trend. They eat Brazilian barbecue and listen to Brazilian dance music every day, hoping to become the European Brazilian team, but in the end they Only then did I realize that not only did they not learn to run, but they couldn’t even walk.”

Hoffenheim players and Zenit players did not give up provocations to their opponents before the game. Zenit's left back is Kim Dong-jin from South Korea, and his main opponents are Obasi and Li Huan. Before the game, this was hailed as the Asian Derby by Korean and Chinese media. Although Li Huan was much more famous than Kim Dong-jin, the Korean defender said: "Don't use Li Huan to scare me. I'm not afraid to fight Li Huan. I know him A great player, but that doesn't mean anything, I believe in myself!"

Li Huanbin never responded to Jin Dongjin's words, but Obasi couldn't listen anymore. He sarcastically said: "Left backs all over the world say they are not afraid of Li Huan, but I think they should show some facts to prove their words." , although we lost 2:4 to Zenit in the last game, Li Huan still scored two goals. If the Korean defender can keep Li Huan from scoring, I will really admire him. But I think this is Impossible, both Li Huan and I will score in this game."

Li Huan didn't say a word, and the Chinese media stopped doing it. "Weekly" reporter Jia Lei said in the commentary, "In fact, the Korean player who can be compared with Li Huan is not Kim Dong-jin, he has no qualifications. So Li Huan is not willing. Ignore him, South Korea is able to compare with Li Huan is Park Ji-sung who has scored in the Champions League, if both Hoffenheim and Manchester United can win the championship as they wish, Li Huan will compete with Park Ji-sung to see which one is No.1 in Asia.”

Hoffenheim's left-back Ibezberg also talked about Arshavin, the opponent's most threatening player before the game. Ibezberg said: "Arshavin is very strong, and he is the most difficult player I have encountered. player, but I don't think I'll let him score again in this game, I found a way to deal with him."

When Arshavin spoke before the game, he did not specifically refute Ibezberg. He just said that Zenit is very eager to become the European champion. He hopes to bring the Bertoni Cup back to Russia for the fans. Of course, if he can win in the final A goal in the middle is the best thing, if you can't score it, it's nothing, as long as Zenit can win.

Head coach Advocaat talked about the UEFA Cup final in an interview with the Dutch media. He said: "This season's UEFA Cup is a dark horse cup. Both Hoffenheim and Zenit are dark horses, because the white horses They were all killed by us. In fact, we and Hoffenheim are two very similar teams. They are not short of financial support, have talented players, and even play very similarly. Rangnick's team is very similar to the Netherlands. The same team, Total Defense, Zenit is the same. We also play 433, the two teams play against each other is the collision of the same style of teams, the outcome is unpredictable, but before that we must forget the previous game Victory, the opponent's strength is very different from the group stage."

Rangnick continued to confuse his opponents before the game, showing weakness before the game: "Zenit is very strong, otherwise it would be impossible to win Bayern by four goals, but it cannot be said that we have no chance at all. Football games are round. Anything can happen, we will learn from the loss to Zenit and try to win our third title of the season. This trophy belongs to the Bundesliga."

(End of this chapter)