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Chapter 580 Huo Village Miracle Streak Record (1)

After the winter break, the top Bundesliga teams almost took a collective break. Dortmund drew with Leverkusen, Schalke 04 was defeated by Hannover 96, Bayern lost to Hamburg away, and Wolfsburg, which had just risen to second place, also lost Drawn by Cologne.Only Stuttgart and Hoffenheim were victorious.

The German media are now criticizing Klinsmann's Bayern. In their view, the rise of Hoffenheim should have been the prosperity of the Bundesliga. In the struggle for hegemony, Bremen, Schalke 04, Hamburg, and Stuttgart formed a powerful second group, which was the great achievement of Serie A back then.And now Hoffenheim's dominance is even crazier than Bayern's, which is also detrimental to the development of the Bundesliga.

This situation is the best for Hoffenheim. The defeat of Cottbus is their 15th consecutive victory. No.2 Wolfsburg is 10 points less than them, not particularly big Unexpectedly, they basically won the championship.After the league is settled, they can fully focus on the Champions League and strive to go further.

Now the most important problem for Hoffenheim is the integration of Van Nistelrooy. Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a goal in the first game, which sounds wonderful, but Rangnick and Hoffenheim players understand what is going on. Li Huan And how many chances Arshavin created for Van Nistelrooy, in Demba Ba's angry words, even if Haas and Ozakan (goalkeeper) are on the front line, it is time to score.

Demba Ba was not happy about the introduction of Van Nistelrooy. During his injury and Obasi went to the Olympics, Ibisevic suddenly rose and became the strongest striker of Hoffenheim in one fell swoop. The absolute main force, he felt a little sour.

However, he and Ibisevic have worked together for two years. Although it is not a good friendship, it can be regarded as a relationship. After Ibisevic was injured, he thought he would become the absolute main force. With the assists of Li Huan and Arshavin With the help of good players, it is not hopeless to be the top scorer in the Bundesliga, but now that Ruud van Nistelrooy has come, his position is not so strong, and the king of the small penalty area is not a vain name.

In public, Demba Ba can't and dare not say anything, but among the players, there is a lot of irony in his tone.Rangnick is well aware of this, but no matter what Demba Ba thinks, the team must buy someone. At the beginning of the season, he set the goal for Hoffenheim to be the quarterfinals of the Champions League. Inter Milan is far ahead in the league, and Rangnick has secretly adjusted his goal to the semi-finals, or even the final.

If you want to go further, you need a striker who can overwhelm the city. You can't rely on defender Li Huan to win every season. What's more, Rangnick has other plans in his heart, which is why Ruud van Nistelrooy came.

Rangnik also didn't intend to let Ruud van Nistelrooy and the whole team cooperate tacitly in this short period of time. And Hoffenheim has Li Huan, the big boss with side assists. Lannick has a quick plan, which is to let Li Huan and Ruud van Nistelrooy work together. characteristics are brought out.

In the training after the Cottbus game, Li Huan and Van Nistelrooy were always paired together. After returning home, Rangnik would also edit the video of the two people's games so that they could watch each other and get familiar with each other's passing. ball way.

Li Huan also took the initiative to contact Van Nistelrooy to help him integrate into the team. After training, when the players went out to club occasionally, Li Huan also called Van Nistelrooy. The two quickly became familiar with each other. It also greatly promotes their cooperation on the field.

After a week of training, in the 19th round away game against Borussia Mönchengladbach, Rangnick unexpectedly put Van Nistelrooy in the starting lineup, forming a double center forward with Demba Ba, changing the usual 433 to 442.It shows that Lannick attaches great importance to Van Nistelrooy, and is also eager to integrate Van Nistelrooy into the team.

Of course, Borussia Mönchengladbach's poor strength is also an important reason why Rangnick dared to do this.

At the beginning of the season, Meyer's Borussia Mönchengladbach was hailed as the strongest newly promoted team comparable to Hoffenheim. As a team that rivaled Bayern in the 70s, Borussia Mönchengladbach's resume is full of honors.The main striker Neuville and midfielder Marin were selected for Loew's German national team squad, and Neuville and Friend scored 33 goals together last season.Such a team cannot but be underestimated.

But after 19 rounds, Borussia Mönchengladbach has firmly occupied the bottom of the standings, more stable than Hoffenheim's performance. Recently, it has lost all league matches and has become the biggest relegation favorite in the Bundesliga.With a lead of No. 210 points, it is not surprising that Rangnick wants to use them to run the lineup.

In anyone's opinion, there is no suspense in this end-to-end battle, even if it is an away game.Before the game, the media and fans focused on whether Ruud van Nistelrooy could score again, and whether Hoffenheim could break Bayern's 15-match winning streak in the Bundesliga.

But in the Prussian Park Stadium, which can accommodate 5 people, Hoffenheim has encountered a lot of trouble.

As Borussia Mönchengladbach's coach Meyer said before the game, we have lost five games in a row, and now it is time to bottom out.

At that time, no one took Meyer's words to heart, but after halftime of the game, almost everyone thought of the words of Borussia Mönchengladbach's third coach this season.

In 45 minutes, the score was 0:0.In the eyes of the fans, this should never be the score between Hoffenheim and Borussia Mönchengladbach. In 45 minutes, Hoffenheim scored four or five goals. However, there were two circles clearly drawn on the bright red electronic scoreboard.

The on-site commentator was excitedly reviewing the situation in the first half of the game, "... Borussia Mönchengladbach is not at all like the bottom-ranked team that only won three games. Their defense is very good. As a result, Hoffenheim's two center forwards were cut off and there was no connection between them.

Our little pony Marin performed very well. He completely overwhelmed Eduardo. In front of Marin, who is 1.6 meters tall, Hoffenheim's tall midfielder looked very clumsy.

Neuville, the old demon knife, is in a good mood today. He and the 1.9-meter-five Flender suppressed the assists of the Hoffenheim defenders, which greatly reduced the pressure on his defense. Football is a game of offense and defense. Once the attack is done well, the opponent has no time to attack you with a backhand.Of course, the defense performed the best. They withstood the impact of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Demba Ba, leaving Li Huan and Arshavin to fight on their own. . . . . . . . . "

In the locker room, Rangnick was intensely discussing with the players about the accident that occurred in the first half. It was the first time since the 19th round that no goal was scored in the half. There were times when there were no goals in halftime. This situation can only show that there is something wrong with Hoffenheim's offense.

"Double center forwards, 442, this style of play is not good. Everyone is not familiar with it. It is normal not to score goals." It was in German, which Fonny did not understand.

Rangnick originally turned his back to Demba Ba, but at this moment he turned around abruptly and said in a low voice to Demba Ba: "Is this your understanding of the game?"

Demba Ba was taken aback, and reluctantly said: "Yes, our frontcourt runs too little, and we didn't cooperate at all."

"Today's weather is also a problem. There is too much snow and it is frozen. It is more difficult to cooperate than in Cottbus." Li Huan's shorts and socks were soaked and covered with mud, but Li Huan's expression was not as impatient as his teammates.

Arshavin usually seldom speaks in the locker room, but today he played very unhappy, being watched by his opponent, he couldn't help complaining, saying: "It's not all about the weather and venue, the opponent cut us apart. There is a lack of connection between them, and it is difficult to break through individually in such a venue."

Rangnick has a reason to be dissatisfied with Demba Ba. According to the situation of the field, the opponent adopted the tactics of cutting and encircling, which made Hoffenheim's frontcourt players lose contact. This is the reason for Hoffenheim's abnormal performance, but Demba Ba deliberately ignored the existence of Van Nistelrooy, and not taking the initiative to cooperate with Van Nistelrooy is also a big problem.Rangnick has been coaching for so many years, and he can't see it.

But now Lannick can't say it directly. After everyone finished talking about his views, he said slowly: "Overcome difficulties, strengthen running, Gustavo, you should be more aggressive with Marin, don't let him be so active, Li Huan, you don’t have to pass the ball only if you are a threat, you can pass it when you have a chance, we have two centers, the advantage in the penalty area is greater than before.”

Rangnick's request was very targeted, and everyone had no different opinions on it, but they didn't score at halftime, so they were not very interested. Seeing this, Rangnick said: "No matter how difficult the game is, we have to overcome it. What is breaking Bayern? The record, these are all false, even if we can’t win this game, it’s not a big deal, the important thing is that we have to play to our true level. Well, I won’t say much, everyone, listen to the music and relax.”

In the locker room of the home team, Meyer is also encouraging his players. He is very satisfied with the performance of the players in the first half, but he also knows that the most difficult part is the second half. Hoffenheim will never be willing to be placed at the bottom of the list The team drew.

"Don't be afraid, play like the first half, cut them all apart, let them fight on their own, and be decisive in clearing in the backcourt. The field is not good, and it is easy to make uncontrollable mistakes. Even if you can play in Hofen A point in the hands of Heim is also a big win for us, remember, there are 15 teams that have not scored a point in their hands, and we have not scored a point in five games. To think If you don’t want to be relegated, you have to start from this game.”

(End of this chapter)