Chapter Ninety-Six: Semi-Finals!
Just when the whole world thought that Mainz was finally free, that Mainz could give up the league, that Mainz could go and qualify for the UEFA Cup final. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Bayern jumped up and slapped everyone: "Who said I was going to win, Lao Tzu was going to lose!" ”
Mainz is only two points behind Bayern in the league points, and the thirty-first round of the league is a direct confrontation between the two teams in the second half!
On the other hand, compared to the German Cup semi-finals, the first leg of the UEFA Cup semi-finals is obviously much more important!
The opponent is Schalke 04 and the first game is away!
Schalke 04 played Mainz once this season, in the sixteenth round of the league, before the Christmas holidays, Mainz successfully won Schalke 04, but however, Schalke did not send a full main force.
After facing Schalke on 20 April, Mainz will host Schalke 04 on 27 April for the final leg of the UEFA Cup semi-final.
Then, on May 6, Mainz will play Schalke 04 for the third time in twenty days, which is the twenty-third round of the league!
However, given that the UEFA Cup final is on May 10, it has been agreed that the match will be moved to April 30, regardless of who makes it.
In other words, the time of these three wars has directly changed from seventeen days to ten days.
It's something that can't be helped.
However, the DFB disagreed!
Because it was the penultimate round, both teams were in contention for European qualification.
It can be assumed that if Schalke 04 retains the qualification for the UEFA Cup in advance and has no hope of qualifying for the Champions League, will they release the water in advance, let Mainz pass the test, and let Mainz and Bayern go to the fire?
It's not impossible to happen.
On May 13, the final round of the league will be played.
By the rule, the final round must all be played at the same time, and it is impossible for any match to be further down than this one.
Before that, there will be the 32nd round of the league on May 4 and the 33rd round of the league on May 6.
If these two matches are played, and there is still a competition for the League Cup title on May 10, it is better to surrender.
Therefore, this game must be played before the arrival of May, which is also within the limits of the league's regulations, although it is rare.
The only thing that can be adjusted is the 32nd round of the league, and the adjustment time is April 30.
If it was any other team, the game would have been moved to this day, and it would be nothing.
However, it was Mainz who changed the time of the game.
On April 29th, it's the final of the German Cup!
Wolfsburg was overjoyed by this!
Mainz 1st and 2nd teams play on the first day, and the next day they want to beat themselves in the league? Isn't this a giveaway?
So, starting on April 20th, Mainz will experience a very terrifying three-game weekly game until the UEFA Cup final!
All of this is self-inflicted.
During this period of time, it is not only Klopp who has a headache, but every player who has a headache.
Even the fans of Mainz have a headache.
Many factories and wineries in the Mainz region are considering a 13-day Mainz race holiday......
After watching this bunch of games, if you don't say anything else, even if you don't go to the scene to watch, you don't want to go to work.
But it's too important for Mainz fans, comparable to the day they get married or their children are born.
What's more, this season is the hundredth season of Mainz, ********.
Isn't it a good thing that there are so many finals to play and so many championships to fight for?
The municipality of Mainz and several major Mainz trade unions, including business representatives, are negotiating a Mainz race week.
Prepare to find opportunities to take a break during these 10 days so that fans can watch the game.
This, of course, was proposed by the trade unions.
The municipality also agreed.
However, the commercial representative disagreed.
It's really heart-wrenching.
Eventually, however, municipal and trade unions and business representatives agreed that there would be half-day paid leave every week between April 20 and until the end of the season.
Klopp doesn't have time to take care of this, Klopp doesn't even have time to train in the league.
The reason is that the schedule is so perverted that Klopp will never allow his team to face such a difficult schedule during the UEFA Cup race.
Jurgen Klopp and Heider have repeatedly appealed to the DFB.
Haider lives almost outside the FA headquarters.
Finally, on April 19, the German Football Association finally relented.
The German Cup final will be postponed until after the end of the league.
However, considering that this year is a World Cup year, the German Football Association must leave more than 20 days of training time for the national teams, so the German Cup final will be held immediately in the middle of the week after the league ends.
In this way, the schedule has changed completely.
On April 20, in the first half leg of the League Cup semifinals, Schalke 04 vs Mainz.
On April 23, in the 31st round of the league, Mainz played against Bayern Munich.
On April 27, in the second half leg of the League Cup semifinals, Mainz vs Schalke 04.
On April 30, the 32nd round of the league, Wolfsburg vs Mainz.
On May 6, in the 33rd round of the league, Mainz played Schalke 04.
On May 10, at the Philips Stadium Eindhoven, the winner of the UEFA Cup final, Mainz and Schalke 04, against the winner of Steaua Bucharest and Middlesbrough.
May 13, round 34 of the league, Duisburg vs Mainz.
May 16, Berlin, German Cup final, Mainz 1 vs. Mainz 2.
April 20 came in a hurry.
Bol flipped through the information and talked eloquently: "No. 1 goalkeeper Frank Rost, No. 11 center forward Bebe Sander, No. 22 goalscorer Kevin Kuranyi, No. 10 midfielder Gustavo Barrera, No. 8 Fabian Ernst, No. 14 right midfielder Gerard Asamoah, No. 20 defensive center Christian Poulsen, No. 5 central defender Marcelo Jose Boden, No. 20 left-back Mnaden Kostakic, No. 15 central back Tomaz Wadoch. ”
"Midway through the season, Ralph Rangnick was determined to send off Goncalves da Silva, and then switched to a 433 formation and played 442. As it turned out, Silva was no longer fit for high-intensity competition, and after a season, he went to Hamburg. ”
This Goncalves da Silva is strange to mention, but in fact, it was Pol who made a mistake, because he had changed his name to Elton.
This Elton, Wang Zhen all knows, this person went to Chongqing Lifan in 08 and led the team all the way to the bottom.
Ralph Rangnick is a person that Wang Zhen admires very much.
Not because he brought the Royal Blues out, but because he led Huo Cun to rise.
But these are all things that have not been skimmed in eight words, and if you start again, you don't know what the world will become.
Bol then gave the starting line-up for Mainz: "No. 1 goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, center forward No. 9 Wang Zhen, No. 27 left winger Benjamin Orr, No. 14 right winger Mike Hank, No. 6 midfielder Rorick Canna, No. 18 midfielder Ben Arfa, No. 7 midfielder Frank Ribery, No. 8 midfielder Zvezdan Misimovic, No. 3 defender Warnes, No. 5 central defender Spasoye Brajc, No. 82 left-back Michael Schutte. ”
"It's been a long time since we've seen Mainz come up with this line-up, it's Mainz's most firepower, is it that Jurgen Klopp is ready to win the game in one round? It's too much! ”
(To be continued.) )