The king of green grass lore

Chapter 152 This is the top battle

If Lin Xiu hadn't led Cologne to overwhelm the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim would have been the brightest star this season.

The half-time champion, the whole world thought that the miracle of the newly promoted horse winning the championship would be staged.

But when the bright moon is in the sky, even the brightest stars will be eclipsed.

Now, Hoffenheim has 9 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie with 28 points, firmly holding the second spot, and it is not as popular as before. .

而科隆11胜1平1负积34分，仅仅比霍芬海姆领先6分而已。

If Hoffenheim can beat Cologne, the gap will be reduced to three points, and it is not a dream to finally achieve a lead.

It's time to fight for the top spot.

It stands to reason that this kind of key game must be hyped, and the reporters have done this for a while. However, Hoffenheim kept a low profile and turned a deaf ear to the reporters' instigation.

The last one to do this was Leverkusen, but because of Helmers, the pharmaceutical factory couldn't keep a low profile in the end, and Huo Village didn't have anyone who was angry.

disappointment.

What kind of battle for the top spot is a battle for the top spot without harsh words?

In this regard, the meritorious coach Ralph Rangnick who led Huo Cun's triple jump said at the pre-match press conference: "Our plan has always been to stay in the Bundesliga, and we did not consider the championship.

Currently ranked second, it just means that our relegation will be much easier, that's all.

As for this game, we certainly cannot give up easily, but we are mentally prepared that this will be a difficult and even painful game.

He is the most scoring player in the world, it is difficult to limit, I can only say that he does his best. "

Rangnick's speech disappointed the melon eaters.

Daum said in high spirits: "Hoffenheim's results are indeed unexpected, which fully proves Ralf's ability and also proves Hoffenheim's excellent skills and tactics.

However, we have already grasped the key to victory and will definitely win the championship this season. "

Rangnick smiled and said nothing.

Subsequently, the two sides announced the 18-man roster and starting lineup for the game.

Hoffenheim is goalkeeper Haas, backcourt Loew, Comper, Yaisler, Janker, midfielder Eduardo, Salihovic, Weiss, Gustavo, striker Ibishevi Chi and Demba Ba.

For Cologne, Lin Xiu appeared on the substitute list.

"We have to notice that Lin is not yet 19 years old. I have to control his playing time so as not to get injured due to fatigue." Daum explained, and then said: "There are many young people in the Hoffenheim team. , and their style of play requires a lot of physical fitness, I suggest that Ralph consider more rotations to prevent players from suffering injuries due to excessive fatigue."

Rangnick was very annoyed at Dom's pointing fingers, but he didn't refute.

Because this is a fact, but he didn't think there would be a large-scale injury, or he didn't know much about this possibility.

Not to mention the Bundesliga teams that have been working hard to maintain financial balance, even Real Madrid and Chelsea, which don't care much about financial expenditures, can't make up two equally powerful lineups.

On the afternoon of November 11, during the warm-up before the game, Lin Xiu noticed that Hoffenheim players frequently peeked at them and occasionally pointed them out.

Maniche said eagerly, "Are they trying to challenge you?"

Lin Xiu didn't understand how he got so excited, and she wasn't a big girl, so others couldn't see it?

Maniche didn't wait for Lin Xiu's answer, and hurriedly found Vucicevic and Petit to discuss the escort plan.

"Lin came off the bench, they have no chance." Vucisevic replied.

"It doesn't matter, remember the plan first." Maniche said: "In short, we strictly guard against all thieves who want to harm His Majesty!"

After the warm-up was over, the two sides met in the player tunnel when they returned to the locker room.

Huo Cun's most handsome boy, Vedad Ibisevic, stared at Lin Xiu and said, "I'm very disappointed, you actually chose to come off the bench!"

Lin Xiu shrugged and said, "You won't think so when you lie on the hospital bed."

"Hmph!" Ibisevic said with his head held high, "I hope you will play early and have a good fight."

After all, Ibisevic walked away.

"Crazy, why does he think he can compare with Lin?" Maniche said.

"Fourteen balls in thirteen rounds?" Pettit asked rhetorically.

"28 balls is about the same." Vucisevic was very disdainful.

Soon, the two sides re-entered the stage, and the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

Amid the cheers and shouts of the home audience, Cologne fell into defense from the first minute and couldn't extricate themselves.

Hoffenheim held high the banner of offense, and its fierce high-position pressing made Cologne quite embarrassed, and had to frequently block Hoffenheim's offense through fouls.

In 18 minutes, Yousuf shoveled Demba Ba and got a yellow card. Although Yousuf apologized to Demba Ba and Demba Ba was not injured, the anger accumulated by Hoffenheim's repeated violations finally could not be suppressed.

In 22 minutes, Loew retaliated for a yellow card, and in 30 minutes, Gustavo got a yellow card.

Although in retaliation, Hoffenheim's offense did not stop.

In the 32nd minute, Eduardo passed the ball to Ibisevic, who passed the ball directly to Demba Ba, and the Senegalese striker faced Mondragon and scored the ball in the lower left corner of the goal.

Mondragon believed that Demba Ba was offside, and when he protested to the referee, he failed to control his emotions and sprayed the referee with saliva, and was shown a yellow card.

This yellow card completely angered everyone in Cologne. Two minutes later, Kevin McKenna shoveled Eduardo from behind and mentioned the Ruby God of War card.

And 4 minutes later, Gustavo overturned Vucisevic and got a second yellow card and was sent off.

The two head coaches and all the TV viewers were dumbfounded. How could the game, which was originally quite harmonious, become like this?

The home fans didn't care so much, and yelled at the Hoffenheim players.

Perhaps irritated by the reaction of the home crowd, Hoffenheim pushed harder.

In stoppage time, Salihovic successfully shot offside and was saved by Mondragon. Ibisevic followed up and scored with a supplementary shot from 8 meters in front of the goal.

Cologne took another stab and returned to the locker room with a 0:2 deficit.

"Hahaha, four yellow cards and two yellow cards, this is what the battle for the top spot should look like!" Schumacher commented from the bottom of his heart: "It can be seen that the boys in Hoffenheim are very dissatisfied with Cologne taking the top spot. But they may have forgotten that the Great Demon King of Cologne was watching from the bench.

Anyone want to switch to women's soccer?The Great Demon King must be very happy to fulfill her! "

"This is Cologne's first foul. He has no reason to intentionally hurt someone!" Behrman quickly explained.

"Intentionally hurt people?" Schumacher shook his head like a rattle drum, and said, "The Great Devil never intentionally hurts people, but the people on Earth are too weak to stop the Big Devil's football."

Bellman wanted to refute, but was speechless.

The official did not punish him, but he, the commentator, insisted that Lin Xiu intentionally hurt others and could easily be laid off because of a lawsuit.

On the other hand, Liu Jianhong didn't have this concern, and expressed his opinion on his own.

"Actually, judging from the scene, neither side suffered a loss, and Lin Xiuzhen had no reason to avenge his teammates.

Of course, the best counterattack is to score a goal and tell Hoffenheim why they can only stay second. "

(End of this chapter)