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Chapter 323 Encountering the Cold Winter
Obasi rushed into the penalty area with the ball and sent a cross when he was about to lose his balance. Long Bisheng entangled with the opponent's defender Amobieta and jumped up from the back point. Feeling that it was difficult for him to hit the ball directly, Long Bisheng had an idea.
The ball flew past him, which stunned Amobieta and goalkeeper Elisos. At this moment, Salihovic received the falling ball at the back point, and immediately shot from a small angle!
Before Elisos could react, the ball flew over quickly, and then hit hard on the outside of the near post and bounced off the baseline.

Although the goal was not scored, Bilbao's defenders collectively broke out in a cold sweat.

Salihovic shook his head with some regret, and then gave Long Bisheng a thumbs up, indicating that he leaked beautifully.

"Be careful, that big man doesn't just use brute force. He has performed well in the last few games." Elisos reminded the defender in front of him.

"Didn't he just know how to run around in the last game against Bayern, although that goal was beautiful." Amobieta said stubbornly, but he also reminded himself in his heart that even if the missed goal just now was accidental, this guy's impact is quite good. If he scored the goal, his reputation would be wiped out.

Bilbao launched a counterattack, and the ball quickly passed to Echeberia's feet. Although he was old, his speed did not drop much. Facing Simunić, who was only two years younger than himself, Echeberia quickly used his speed to throw off his opponent.

Salihovic, who was returning to the defense, entangled him, but Echeberia used an emergency stop and turned to shake off Salihovic again, and then passed the ball into the penalty area!

The center forward Llorente who inserted in the back row wanted to shake his head directly to attack the goal, but Li Jie jumped up midway and rushed the ball out of the penalty area. Another veteran Bilbao player, Jeste, intercepted the ball in front of Gustavo, and then distributed it to the teammate on the other side.

No one thought that after this attack, Bilbao was completely taken away by Hoffenheim's midfield initiative. Hoffenheim, who was sitting at home, began to put pressure on the opponent through the midfield frequently, allowing Bilbao's goalkeeper Elisos to make saves again and again.

"How is it possible?" Bilbao's coach Caparros looked at the situation on the field in surprise. He is also a coach who pays attention to the midfield, and Bilbao's midfield strength may not be much worse than that of Hoffenheim. How could the midfield suddenly become so passive?

After noticing this, Caparros immediately discovered that the reason for this situation was that Obasi of Hoffenheim appeared more often in the midfield to help organize breakthroughs, leaving only the [-]-meter tall man as the striker.
Doesn't this mean that Bilbao has one less player on the court?Caparros thought very dissatisfied, but when he recalled a cross from Hoffenheim just now, Amobieta almost pulled and dragged to interfere with the position of Long Bisheng's grabbing point, making the opponent go high. Caparros felt that the two central defenders in the team were indeed experienced.

Before Caparros could figure out how to deal with his opponent, Hoffenheim had already scored.

Marin quickly broke through the opponent's defense on the side. Just when the Bilbao defenders thought he was going to pass to Long Bisheng again, Marin cleverly passed the ball to Obasi, who was inserted in the back row. Because the two defenders of Bilbao were paying attention to Long Bisheng's running position, when Obasi got the ball in the penalty area, no one went up to mark him. Elisos could only helplessly watch the ball fly over his head, one to zero.

After taking the lead, Hoffenheim began to play in the midfield to control the ball. If the opponent did not come out, Eduardo leisurely controlled the ball in the midfield.

Bilbao's counterattack also appeared to be less threatening because of the loss of initiative in the midfield. The ground pass would always be intercepted by the Hoffenheim players with a large running range.

Shortly after the start of the second half, Eduardo, who had been passing the ball to two sides, unexpectedly broke through with the ball alone. After attracting the attention of the opposing defender, he passed a beautiful through ball.
The score of [-]-[-] basically established the victory. Before the end of the game, Marin got a chance to go straight. He shook off the opponent's defender and pushed the ball into the dead corner of the goal before Elisos attacked. [-]-[-], Hoffenheim won two consecutive victories in the group stage, laying a solid foundation for qualifying.

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After scoring three goals in four official games, Long Bisheng once became the darling of the Chinese sports media. News about him occupies a very prominent page and position on various sports news websites. However, after being substituted in the game against Bayern, the Chinese media began to lose their voices. Now the level of Chinese fans is also very high. The pure era when Chinese players will be excited when they play in European games has passed.If they still gritted their teeth and emphasized how wonderful Long Bisheng's goal was and how much it silenced the Allianz Stadium, then I'm afraid they will only be collectively despised by all fans.

Don’t look at some sports websites that often have some aunt-level reporters who post some articles that make people scold. It means that these reporters are all masochists. In this age when everything is done with a purpose, it is also beneficial to find scolding. These scolding posts are usually aimed at hitting some fans and making other fans feel good about it, so that they have the value of hype. If all fans feel bad about watching it, it will only reduce the click-through rate of the website.

Since there are a lot of Chinese players playing football in Europe, and generally speaking, they perform well, so the current sports websites have begun to become more objective when reporting the whereabouts of these overseas players. Of course, there are some exaggerations to a certain extent, but it will not make people feel disgusted.

Therefore, after the game against Bayern, there was much less news about Long Bisheng. Many media also criticized Long Bisheng's invisibility after the goal. They believed that Hoffenheim had been under pressure from the opponent when they took the lead at the beginning.

However, after winning Bilbao, Long Bisheng once again became a figure on the cusp. In the previous day's Champions Cup match, several Chinese players who participated in the Champions Cup performed mediocrely. This made Long Bisheng, who scored a goal in the game and had a very good performance, was unanimously praised by the media and fans. They believed that Long Bisheng's outstanding performance in this game was an important factor for Hoffenheim's victory.

But no one thought that after winning the game against Bilbao, in the ninth round of the Bundesliga away game against Schalke 04 three days later, Long Bisheng became invisible again.

After the end of this round of the league, Hoffenheim ushered in the second round of the DFB-Pokal against St. Pauli in the Bundesliga Bundesliga. Long Bisheng started again and formed a strike partner with local teenager Trazino.

It is of course a good thing to be able to start the game, but after seeing Long Bisheng playing in the German Cup, the smarter fans began to vaguely feel that maybe Long Bisheng would give up his main position.

After the game against Schalke 04, Hoffenheim will face a double match for two consecutive weeks. Rangnick will of course adopt a rotation system. In the second round of the German Cup, the opponent is a relatively weak Bundesliga team. Of course Rangnick will send most of the substitutes. Does it mean that the head coach Rangnick has regarded Long Bisheng as a substitute player?

In this game, Hoffenheim finally defeated their opponents [-]-[-] in the away game. Long Bisheng and Trazino each scored a goal. In the league three days later, as expected by most fans, Long Bisheng sat on the bench. Hoffenheim’s starting forwards changed back to Obasi and Ibisevic.

Hoffenheim ended their two rounds of invincibility, but Long Bisheng seemed to be experiencing his first cold winter after joining the Bundesliga.

(End of this chapter)