Chapter 275: Farewell to the Bundesliga

Son Heung-min, who burst into the penalty area, first shook off the center of gravity of central defender Walsheed with a fake shot, and then calmly pushed the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal with the inside of his left foot before goalkeeper Leno who abandoned the goal. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

After seeing the football roll smoothly into the net, Sun Xingmin first waved his fist excitedly, then roared wildly and ran to the corner chess area on the right, and then kicked the corner flagstick fiercely.

Since scoring a goal against Fortuna Dusseldorf a month ago, Son has suffered a goal drought in three consecutive league games. Especially before the away game against Schalke 04, the South Korean made that "provocative" surprise in an interview with reporters, and failed to make any outstanding performance in the game, which undoubtedly put him under more pressure and questioned public opinion.

So, in the face of the direct rival for third place in the league, who is also his new club next season, and the deadlock of the game was broken near the end of the game, the depression that had accumulated in Son Xingmin's heart and the huge pressure he had been under for many weeks were finally completely released.

What could be more convincing than scoring a crucial goal in a game that is at stake in Champions League qualification?

After "venting" the depression in his heart, Sun Xingmin accepted the "blessings" of several teammates who ran around him, and quickly turned his head as if he thought of something, and looked in the direction of his own half.

Then, after finding the target, Sun Xingmin quickly ran over.

A few seconds later, when Sun Xingmin came to his teammates with the same Asian face, he said in very broken Chinese with a sincere face: "Thank you, my buddy......"

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Looking at the football rolling into the goal, Fink, who was sitting in the coach's box on the sidelines, was excited like a child, jumped up from his seat and roared to the sidelines, waving his fists vigorously.

Then, when Fink saw the goal-scorer Son Heung-min running around the corner area to celebrate wildly, he couldn't help but be slightly moved. At this moment, the Hamburg coach, who had previously been dissatisfied with the Korean's refusal to renew his contract with the club and insisted on choosing to transfer, was finally relieved.

Judging from Son Heung-min's excitement after the goal, Fink could feel that he still had some affection for the Hamburg club. Otherwise, the South Korean, who has already confirmed that he will join Bayer Leverkusen at the end of the season, will not need to be so excited and celebrate so wildly after scoring the goal of his "new club".

"Hehe, being able to contribute a golden goal to the club before 'parting' has not wasted the team's cultivation ......"

However, when Fink saw Son Heung-min, who had finished his crazy celebration, and ran in front of Feng Quan again, the Hamburg coach couldn't help but feel a little melancholy about the team's game next season.

Although the departure of the "Asian pair" of Feng Quan and Son Heung-min can allow the Hamburg club to have more than 30 million euros of transfer funds to strengthen the team's squad when the summer transfer window opens.

However, in the case of the serious premium of players in European football today, the transfer funds of more than 30 million euros may not be able to find two replacements with the same strength as the "Asian combination".

Shaking his head helplessly, Fink sat back in the coach's seat.

As soon as Fink was back in the dugout, assistant coach Lars Bittencourt sat next to him. Then he leaned into his ear and said, "Tosten, Lin has already warmed up, have you figured out who to let him replace?" ā€

After hearing Bittencourt's question, Fink did not immediately give his own answer, but suddenly flashed another "question mark" in his mind......

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Due to Fink's attention, all of them were drawn to Son Heung-min's goal. The surprise when I saw Feng Quan appear on the right side of the backfield was almost forgotten by myself.

If it weren't for Bittencourt's "reminder" and Feng Quan's reappearance at right wing-back after the game restarted, Fink would have almost forgotten that Feng Quan, who had just provided an assist to Son Heung-min, had started attacking from his own back.

Thinking back to this, Fink's mind couldn't help but think of the question that arose a few minutes ago: "Could it be that this guy Feng himself has secretly practiced the special skills of fullbacks?" ā€

The answer, of course, is no.

As an athlete who straddles the two worlds of football and athletics, in addition to his daily training at the Hamburg club, as well as his long-range shooting and free-kick skills after training, where does Feng Quan have time to practice as a full-back?

The reason why Feng Quan replaced Dickmeier in the right wing-back position after he was sent off was completely out of an "instinctive" reaction.

Feng Quan first came into contact with football when he was in the second grade of elementary school. That year happened to be the most glorious period for the Chinese national football team in the top 10 of the Asian region of the World Cup qualifiers. In that national team, Sun Jihai, the right wingback who created a chance for his teammates in many key games, can definitely be called one of the heroes of the Chinese team's promotion to the World Cup finals.

Therefore, Feng Quan, who was still very young at the time, not only regarded Sun Jihai, the most successful player in Chinese football in Europe, as his idol, but even made "becoming the best fullback in the world" his goal.

So, when Feng Quan joined the school football team of his elementary school, when other young players "asked" to play as a striker or as an offensive position in the midfield, he took the initiative to ask the coach of the school team: "Coach, I want to play Uncle Sun's position in the national team......

Although Feng Quan was the youngest of the elementary school team at the time, he was different from the team's defense because of his obvious speed advantage and the fact that he always liked to blindly attack forward from other children. Although Feng Quan will often provide assists along the right wing, he can always return to his defensive area when the team is on the defensive. In short, Feng Quan's sense of teamwork is significantly stronger than that of other peers.

Because of this, although he has not played the position of right wingback for a long time, with the "experience" of his youth, after Dick Meyer was sent off the field, and whether Fink was able to complete the substitution in time, Feng Quanquan appeared in Dick Meier's original position like an "instinct".

Although Feng Quan's defensive ability is relatively weak, with his "overwhelming" advantage in speed and reflexes, he can barely do it if he only marks the opponent's wing attacker one-on-one in a short period of time.

Moreover, when Feng Quan's position is retreated, the sudden insertion of assists in the middle of the attack will also make the opponent's defense become confused.

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After a brief moment of reflection on whether or not Feng Quan had practiced his full-back skills on his own, Fink finally made his decision.

When Leverkusen's Castro was forced into the corner chess area by the right wing pair of Feng Quan and Byster, and had to barely get up a left-footed cross, but passed the ball directly out of the bottom line, Hamburg finally replaced the starting right midfielder Bayster with Lin Zhijian.

However, just when everyone thought that Lin Zhijian would replace Feng Quan in the right wing-back position, and Feng Quan would return to the midfield, they were somewhat surprised to find that the Hamburg team only made a substitution of the position, and did not make any adjustments to the positions of other players on the field.

However, when Adler took another goal kick, Fink's intention to make a substitution was gradually revealed.

It turned out that after tasting the sweetness of Feng Quan's sudden insertion from the backfield, Fink was ready to continue such an attempt. However, considering that Feng Quan's team has limited defensive ability on the right flank, he made the decision to replace Bister with Lin Zhijian to increase the defensive depth on the right flank.

Although Lin Zhijian is nominally the right midfielder of the Hamburg team, in reality he is only cruising around the halfway line when the team is attacking, ready to meet his teammates. In addition, when Feng Quan inserts an assist, Lin Zhijian will consciously fill in for him.

In this way, Feng Quan, who inserts assists from the backfield, has no worries at all.

It's kind of ironic when you think about it. If Dick Meyer hadn't been sent off for two yellow cards, Feng Quan would not have "instinctively" appeared at the right wing-back. I am afraid that it will not take advantage of a sudden insertion in the backfield to catch the Leverkusen team off guard, and finally not only let the Hamburg team take the lead in the score, but also help Son Xingmin break the goal drought of nearly a month.

Perhaps, if Bayer Leverkusen's head coach Hyypia could have anticipated such an outcome, would he regret his decision to "attack Hamburg's right flank with all his might"?

Unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to "cross over", so if you make the "wrong" decision, you will have to pay for your mistakes afterwards.

Eventually, when Westerman beat Kiessling again and headed Carvajal's cross out of the box, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.

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Thanks to Son Heung-min's goal in the 83rd minute of the game, Hamburg finally picked up a valuable three points at their home stadium and retained third place in the table ahead of Bayer Leverkusen, thus qualifying directly for next season's Champions League.

At the same time, Feng Quan, who only joined the team before the winter break and only made 21 appearances in the Bundesliga, not only won the Bundesliga assist king with 14 assists, beating Bayern Munich's "Scarman" Ribery. At the same time, with 22 goals, he won the league's bronze boot award.

Although Son Heung-min's game statistics are not as impressive as his "Asian partner", his 15 goals and 6 assists still make him the best "Asian player" in the Bundesliga other than Feng Quan.

For Hamburg, who have scored 70 goals all season, more than two-thirds of the team's goals have been scored directly by the "Asian pair" of Feng Quan and Son Heung-min, or they have completed the final assist.

If it weren't for the heroic performance of the "Asian pair" in the Bundesliga this season, I am afraid that the Hamburg team will not only not be able to qualify for the Champions League next season, but may even fall into the relegation zone.

In the 2013-2014 Bundesliga season, Hamburg, which lost the "Asian pair", did not survive relegation until the last moment of the league, which is the best proof of this......

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As the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the stands of the entire Northern Bank Stadium immediately boiled.

Although the team he supports only finished third in the Bundesliga, it is a club with very limited financial resources. To be able to start the season with three consecutive defeats, until the second half of the league to stay in the top of the table, and finally finish third in the league, thus qualifying for the Champions League, is enough to call it a "miracle".

Therefore, even though it has been a long time since the end of the match between Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen, the avid home fans are still immersed in excitement and joy, and continue to stay in the stands to sing and dance, and are reluctant to leave the Nordbank Stadium for a long time.

Although the enthusiastic support of the die-hard fans touched the president of the Hamburg club, the coaching staff, and all the players who showed up at the Nordbank Stadium.

However, due to the fact that most of the starters were already extremely tired after the game, nearly 40 people from Hamburg FC were the first to enter the home team's dressing room after bowing to the enthusiastic crowd on the pitch.

After entering the dressing room, the team's coach Fink first praised the players for their excellent performance on the field.

Immediately afterwards, Manfred Oto, the president of the Hamburg club, accompanied by two other vice-presidents, also walked into the team's dressing room.

Manfred Otto first praised and affirmed the team's excellent performance again, and then motioned to Vice President Enkater West*** to open the suitcase he was carrying.

At the behest of Manfred Otto, the suitcase full of 500,000 euros was handed over to the team's coach Fink. The award-winning coach who led Hamburg back to the Champions League will then distribute the winnings to each player.

In the end, when all the members of the coaching staff present and the 18 players who entered the squad for this game received their bonuses from Fink in order, everyone walked out of the locker room with red faces and embarked on the journey home......

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PS: Part of the Bundesliga 2012-2013 season

Top seven in the standings:

(1) Bayern Munich: 91 points

(2) Borussia Dortmund: 68 points

(3) Hamburg: 65 points

(4) Bayer Leverkusen: 60 points

(5) Schalke 04:53

(6) Freiburg: 49 points

(7) Eintracht Frankfurt: 48 points

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Top 6 scorers:

(1) Kiessling (Bayer Leverkusen): 25 goals

(2) Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund): 24 goals

(3) Feng Quan (Hamburg): 22 goals

(4) Meyer: 16 balls

(5) Mandzukic (Bayern Munich): 15 goals

Ibisevic (Stuttgart): 15 goals

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Top 3 assists:

(1) Wind full (hamburg): 14 times

(2) Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich): 13

(3) Van der Vaart (Hamburg): 11 times

Lahm (Bayern Munich): 11

Hiroshi Kiyotake (Nuremberg): 11 times