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Chapter 398
Eduardo is in control of the ball in the middle, but Essien's press makes him feel uncomfortable. Although the training in the Bundesliga has made him abandon the flashy style of some Brazilian players, and his movements have become more concise and practical, he is rarely able to meet a bison-like character like Essien...

After holding the ball for a while, Eduardo chose to pass the ball. Kolarov, who inserted from the left, got the ball. Srna immediately pushed forward. Kolarov forced the ball forward to break through, but was quickly forced to the sideline by the opponent, and the room for movement became very small.

In desperation, Kolarov passed the ball back to Salihovic who was responding. Salihovic did not hold the ball for a long time. Ribery's pressing forced him to pass the ball back again...

If it wasn't for Hoffenheim's defensive line being adjusted well, and the consistent pace of making offsides made Walcott and Ribery's speed the main culprit for offsides, being forced by the opponent to pass back like this would only make them closer and closer to conceding the ball...

Gustavo took the ball and saw that the two strikers in front were already in place. Instead of making a short pass to Eduardo in front again, he directly kicked the ball into Newcastle's penalty area.

Steven Taylor looked at the ball flying towards the penalty area, and quickly judged the landing point. The defense of this kind of high-altitude ball is very simple. Judging the landing point, and then pushing it directly is considered to defuse the opponent's attack. Of course, an excellent central defender can create opportunities for teammates to counterattack after pushing the ball...

When he was about to move to the landing point, he found that a tall guy had already occupied the landing point. Taylor remembered that this guy had been in Newcastle's reserve team for a while a few years ago. There were a lot of people at that time.

"Let me see what level your kid is at now." Taylor squeezed up, and the center backs and center forwards fought hand-to-hand for positions. Although this guy was about ten centimeters taller than him, Taylor didn't think he would lose to the opponent in a competition of strength.

The two competed for a while, Taylor failed to squeeze Long Bisheng, and Long Bisheng was unable to stabilize his position, and was pushed away by Taylor. At this time, the ball had arrived, and Long Bisheng jumped up first, using his height advantage to win the first point. Of course, he could not directly swing his head to attack the goal at the front of the penalty area.

Just as he was ferrying the header, the other three in Newcastle's defense rushed forward in unison. Ibisevic received the ball, and then the whistle sounded-offside.

In the previous game, Hoffenheim had just used offside to resolve several threatening attacks by Newcastle, and Newcastle used the same offside to resolve the first threatening attack by Hoffenheim since the opening-the retribution came really fast.

Petr Cech took a free kick in the backcourt. The 33-year-old Drogba ferried the ball down in front of the 22-year-old Li Jie.

The ball was ferried to Franck Ribery's feet, and right back Baker greeted him.

Baker is also the main right back of the German national team now, but compared with a superstar like Ribery, he still looks a little tender. Ribery didn't give him any chance to show his physical fitness.

After Bostock received the ball at the top of the penalty area, he took a long shot. The ball was saved by Hildebrand.
The power of this long-range shot was much greater. Before Hildebrand had time to react, the ball hit the far post hard and bounced off the baseline.

Hoffenheim, who escaped unharmed, began to move forward. This time they received a much greater interception in the midfield than before. Eduardo was cut off by Janus when passing the ball to Marin, and then immediately distributed to Walcott. Walcott was not afraid in front of the tall Kolarov.

As soon as Walcott caught up with the ball, Li Jie had already come out of the oblique stab. A fierce tackle shoveled the ball out of the sideline, and then brought Walcott down. There were harsh boos from the stands at St. James' Park, but Li Jie retreated into the penalty area as if he hadn't heard it.

"Has this guy also trained with us?" Mourinho turned around and asked Pei Wei after seeing Walcott got up without injury.

"That's right, he and Long Bisheng came to the training camp in one group. Among those players are Dai Guangming who is playing in Valencia, Hu Gandang who is playing in Udinese, Hu Gandang who is playing in Serbia, Zhang Yi who is playing in Bordeaux, and Wu Bufan who is playing in Tottenham... They are all the head coaches of the Chinese national team now. I forgot to tell you one thing. The head coach who trained them is the current head coach of the Chinese national team, your former deputy." Pei Wei said with a smile.

Mourinho blinked, with a rare look of surprise on his face.

"What is this, Yunjiatianyu's version of the [-] generation?" Mourinho muttered, "They are all acquaintances..."

"Generation 1999" is a word that makes the legendary Manchester United coach Ferguson most proud. In the training camp of that group of players, Giggs, Beckham, Butt, Scholes, Gary Neville, Phil Neville, Savage... and other players came out. Among the young players, a young player who can meet the requirements of the team's first team is considered to have achieved results, and a star plus two or three professional players can be considered a fruitful achievement, and a superstar can be produced-that is a miracle.

But now, Yunjiatianyu’s 89-year-old echelon has produced seven national team members playing in Europe in one breath—even if there is not a superstar among them, it is an astonishing result. Moreover, Mourinho knows Ding Yu’s character. He cannot call them into the national team just because Long Bisheng and the others are his direct descendants.

The atmosphere on Newcastle's coaching bench was very relaxed, because the outcome of the game had nothing to do with them, while the atmosphere on Hoffenheim's coaching bench seemed very tense, especially after No. 30 minutes-the staff No. 30 minutes in the locker room came to tell Rangnick a bad news, and Alkmaar took the lead in the away game.

This means that if Alkmaar can keep this score until the end, then Hoffenheim will have to win Newcastle away...

Rangnick stood up. He didn't shout anything to the field, he just stood on the sidelines, but the Hoffenheim players knew immediately after seeing him that this was a signal to attack.

Hoffenheim suddenly stepped up their press in the midfield, but Newcastle was not a team that lacked concentration on the field. Seeing Eduardo and Gustavo rushing towards him, Bostock immediately passed the ball back to Essien behind him.

As soon as Essien stopped the ball at his feet, he immediately felt someone behind him sticking to him. Naturally, he was not afraid of this kind of physical confrontation. He felt that the opponent was pressing him from behind to the left, so he immediately turned half to the right to protect the ball, leaving his back to the opponent.

As soon as he turned around, Essien felt a shadow shrouded in front of him, and when he looked up, he saw Long Bisheng's simple face. Before he could react, Long Bisheng had stretched out his foot to hook the ball from under his feet.

"Hoffenheim double-pressed and broke Essien's ball in the frontcourt!"

After stealing the ball, Long Bisheng rushed forward with the ball. After being stunned for a moment, Essien chased after him.
Just when he was about to catch up with Long Bisheng, Long Bisheng had already given the ball to Marin on the right. Marin used his own speed to quickly shake off the slightly old Bernard, then dunked the ball and broke into the penalty area.

"Paul, go defend him, I'll deal with the dragon!" Taylor yelled at Huntington, and then retreated into the penalty area. Marin didn't bother with Huntington, and after dunking the ball a few times, he immediately passed the ball to the middle of the penalty area!

The ball was accurately passed to the feet of Long Bisheng who was inserted into the penalty area. Taylor wanted to go forward to defend but was stopped by Long Bisheng, but he was not worried because Long Bisheng was now facing the goal, and Essien was about to return to defense. When the time came, the two of them would sandwich him, no matter how good his physical fitness was, it would be useless!
At this moment, Long Bisheng passed the ball obliquely, and the ball flew to the back point, where a figure was quickly inserting it.

"Long Bisheng passed the ball...beautiful! Caught the gap after Srna's assist, Salihovic stepped in, caught the ball, broke through...a small angle shot! Cech failed to make a save...Goal! Goal! Goal! One to zero! A counterattack after a beautiful frontcourt steal!"

(End of this chapter)