Football giants

Chapter 857 We lost!

Many people say that Thomas Tuchel is the German version of Guardiola.

For this kind of speech, there are many supporters, but there are also many critics.

But it is undeniable that Tuchel's coaching style has indeed been influenced by Guardiola, and it is still very deep.

Even Tuchel himself has never denied that his coaching career has been influenced by Barcelona and Guardiola from the very beginning, and he himself has repeatedly pointed out the core elements of Barcelona's success in one sentence.

"Barcelona's excellent performance is based on the team's mistakes, and all players unite and work hard to get the ball back!"

And he himself has resolutely implemented this philosophy from the beginning of coaching, and has achieved great success in Mainz.

But if because of this, you think that Thomas Tuchel is a very stubborn, obsessed with his own tactical philosophy, a stubborn German-style head coach, then you are very wrong.

Tuchel, who was born in southern Germany, has the persistence and persistence of the Germans, as well as the indomitable determination, but he does not have the rigidity and stubbornness of the Germans. On the contrary, he is very smooth and flexible.

For example when he coached Mainz.

After studying the tactics of Barcelona and Guardiola for a full year, Tuchel has a deep understanding of his football tactics, and gradually formed a complex tactical system and game style.

But when he coached Mainz, when he discovered that the players in the team had various problems and weaknesses, he began to selectively give up some more complicated things, first instilled some simple and easy-to-understand things to the players, and then slowly deepened.

At the tactical level, he will take the lead in arranging troops according to the opponent's tactics and formation, and then slowly find out the tactical formation that best suits the team and can best exert the combat effectiveness of the players.

This kind of flexibility will undoubtedly make it easier for Tuchel to integrate into a brand new environment.

In the first season of Tuchel's official coaching, Mainz was newly promoted in the Bundesliga. The Norwegian coach Jorn Anderson, who led the team to upgrade, was upset by the amateur team Lübeck in the first round of the German Cup. The coach lost control of the locker room and had to officially dismiss get out of class two days later, on August [-].

At this time, Tuchel, who coached the youth team, was ordered to take over Mainz.

On August [-], that is, five days later, the Bundesliga officially ignited the flames of war.

But in this rush to play, Tuchel led Mainz after the turmoil. The league started unbeaten in three games. It drew Leverkusen at home in the first round and defeated Bayern Munich led by Van Gaal in the third round.

In the first ten rounds of the league, Mainz had five wins, two draws and three losses, ranking sixth in the league.

For a newly promoted team, a team that has just experienced a coaching change before the start of the league, and a rookie with no experience in professional league coaching on the head coach bench, these are quite amazing statistics.

In the first season, Mainz finally ranked ninth in the league and officially gained a firm foothold in the Bundesliga.

But a year later, in the [-]-[-] season, Tuchel led Mainz to make a comeback. The league started with a seven-game winning streak, including a [-]-[-] away game against Wolfsburg, which has stars such as Dzeko, Mandzukic and Diego.

And this season, Mainz ranked fifth in the league and entered the Europa League.

But with the excellent results, Mainz had to face poaching from other teams time and time again, and the team's performance began to decline, but even so, Tuchel still allowed Mainz to keep the middle of the Bundesliga.

There is no doubt that Tuchel is well-known in German football. His tactical concepts that keep pace with the times make him very pleasing. Moreover, he has done a good job in pre-match preparations, with strong targeted tactical arrangements, rich tactical methods, and various changes.

More importantly, Tuchel does have his uniqueness in training young players with his background as a youth training coach.

Therefore, many people do not understand why Mainz would let go of such a meritorious coach?
After switching from Mainz to Hamburg, Tuchel also performed well in the warm-up match, but after the corruption incident broke out in the team management, the team fell into a deep scandal, which made people pessimistic about the prospect of Tuchel coaching Hamburg.

But no one expected that Hamburg, which is full of scandals outside the stadium, has repeatedly defeated its strong opponents inside the stadium.

In the first round of the league, they defeated the menacing newly promoted Cologne team [-]-[-] away.

In the second round of the league, they beat the newly promoted Pat Born [-]-[-] at home.

After two weeks of national team matches, in the third round of the league, Hamburg challenged Hannover [-] in an away game. Finally, with the goals of Abubakar and Douglas Costa, Hamburg retreated from the away game [-]-[-] and won three consecutive victories.

And if it is said that the competitors in the first three rounds were not strong and not convincing at all, then the next few rounds against strong enemies were impressive.

In the fourth round of the league, Hamburg beat Leverkusen [-]-[-] at home; in the fifth round of the league, they drew with Borussia Mönchengladbach [-]-[-] away; in the sixth round of the league, they beat Frankfurt [-]-[-] at home;

In the eighth round of the league, Hamburg defeated Hoffenheim [-]-[-] at home; in the ninth round of the league, they defeated Hertha Berlin [-]-[-] away.

Nine rounds of the league, seven wins and two draws, remain unbeaten, the performance of the Hamburg team shocked the entire German football.

You know, as the favorite to win the championship before the season, the well-deserved leader of the Bundesliga, Bayern Munich started the league with seven wins and two draws.

As for the other teams in the Bundesliga, they are all behind.

Ranked third is Wolfsburg, who has only scored [-] points so far, a full six points for the two teams.

The almost reborn performance of the Hamburg team has simply amazed the entire European football and even fans all over the world.

In the case of constant management scandals, he was able to lead the team to achieve such results. Coach Tuchel's limelight was not even lost to Guardiola who coached Bayern Munich, and he was respected and affirmed by almost all Hamburg fans.

Not only that, but the fans are quite satisfied with the team's lineup configuration.

Abu Bakar scored a lot of goals in the frontcourt, Douglas Costa and Kingsley Coman formed the devil wings, supplemented by Sussex, Januzaj and Sane, the team's offensive combination was quite sharp and the performance was impressive.

In the midfield, teenager Weigl secured his position as the main defensive midfielder. With his partners Klassey, Baddeley and Thurgen Hazard, Hamburg's midfield has both offense and defense. In several duels against strong teams, it basically did not fall behind.

But the most satisfying thing is the defense.

The performance of the newly joined goalkeeper Oblak is amazing, and on the defense line, Alderweireld and Emre Can form a central defender combination, and Dickmeier and Osterjolek on the left and right.

Hamburg's defense has improved considerably compared to before.

Therefore, the team's performance has improved, the players have performed well, and the fans' satisfaction with the team has naturally increased.

For Dietmar Beiersdorf, who is in charge of the team's athletic affairs, he is extremely satisfied, and his favor with the new management team is also growing day by day.

Coupled with the fuel of the media, the fans are increasingly disgusted with the noise of the old management team headed by Kerkhove.

This also made Kerkhove and others feel pressure.

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"call!"

Standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of his home, Kerkhoff let out a mixed sigh and helplessness, and immediately covered the glass of the window with a thin layer of mist, full of fine drops of water.

It was winter, and Kerkhoff felt a chill.

Not just because of the weather outside, but because of the circumstances he's in right now.

This should be the coldest winter in recent years, right?

"Mary!" cried Kerkhoff.

A fat middle-aged maid came out from the far side of the living room, "Sir, what are your orders?"

"Go and light up the fireplace in the living room, it's a bit cold!"

"Okay, sir!"

The maid went, but the living room was still silent, making one mistakenly think that Kerkhov was the only one.

Actually no, there were a dozen people in the living room, all of them sitting, and only Kerkhoff stood in front of the French windows.

Walking back to the living room, Kekhov rubbed his hands, trying to use friction to generate heat, while the other people in the living room all immediately looked at Kerkhoff, waiting for him to speak.

"I have been in contact with Mr. Kuhn recently, but I have never been able to contact him. This has never happened before."

When everyone heard this, the disappointed look on their faces became even worse.

"I also contacted Alexander Otto before, and I went to their company in person yesterday. I knew he was there, but his secretary told me that he was not there!"

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and one or two people even turned pale.

They all know exactly what this means.

"I received news that Kuhn and Otto took representatives from the fan club to the UK. If I'm not mistaken, they went to see Yang Huan, but we don't know what was discussed or what agreement was reached."

Kerkhoff's words had the feeling of completely extinguishing the slightest hope left by everyone present.

But after seeing no hope, everyone's panic was only for a while.

They have all experienced many storms, and some of them are already 70 or [-] years old, and they quickly recovered their calm.

Even, at this time, they are calmer than ever before.

Because their rich life experience told them that at this time, if they messed up, they would only die faster.

"Now the situation is obvious!"

Kerkhoff glanced at the crowd, "The fan representatives did not fall for Yang Huan. We don't know, but from the current situation, they at least remain neutral. We can't count on them at all."

"The team's performance is so good now. Yang Huan's way of boiling frogs in warm water is really good. The fans have basically accepted the new management team. In addition, the media kept exposing our problems. As a result, the fans are almost overwhelmingly supporting the new team. They treat us like a dog in the water. Regardless of the reason, they will beat us up first."

This is indeed the attitude of Hamburg fans towards this group of old management teams.

There was a hint of strangeness in the eyes of many people present, and even a little despair.

Because to some extent, they are against the majority of Hamburg fans.

"In addition, in the past period of time, Thomas Lake has been contacting major sponsors to clean up the sponsorship system and authorization system, saying that he wants to reorganize the image of Hamburg, but in the final analysis, he still wants to monopolize the power."

Speaking of this, Kekhov looked around the crowd, and after a long sigh, he said helplessly: "Although we don't want to admit it, we must accept it. We have no retreat, no reinforcements, and no hope!"

"we lose!"

This sentence caused a little commotion in the living room that was originally deathly silent.

Many people feel overwhelmed.

Although, they may have been mentally prepared for a long time.

They lost!

Completely lost!
"But..." Kerkhoff changed the subject, "Even if I lost, I would never be willing to lose like this, and let that damn Chinese take advantage of it."

When he said this, Kerkhoff had a fierce and decisive expression on his face.

(End of this chapter)