Chapter 269: Fink's Helplessness
Although they have not yet secured a third-place place in the league to qualify for the Champions League. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 However, Hamburg coach Fink is also in a good mood due to the fact that he has already secured a top-four finish in the league.
In addition, because of Hamburg's opponent in the 32nd round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim has not yet succeeded in relegation, and is bound to fight to the death with their own team. Leverkusen, on the other hand, faced Hannover 96, which was relegated in advance but did not qualify for the European competition, is likely to choose to train young players in the game.
After a short period of reflection, Fink expected that even if the team went all out to win against Hoffenheim, they might not be able to completely secure the third place in the league.
Therefore, instead of fighting to the death with the Hoffenheim team who are fighting to the death for relegation, it is better to have a "Tianwang Mountain" battle with the Bayer Leverkusen team in the final round of the game.
So, after the match against Wolfsburg, Fink took two days off for the starters in the game. The rest of the squad will be required to be present at the club's training base on Tuesday afternoon in preparation for Saturday's away game against Hoffenheim.
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As a result of the rare two-day vacation, Feng Quan once again underwent two days of sprinting training under the guidance of El Carris.
Although Feng Quan was practicing his cornering technique, the angle of leaning inward was not quite what El-Karis had wanted. But even so, after two weeks of practice (actually only three days), Feng Quan's manual timing time in the 400m event improved to less than 44.15 seconds.
In addition, in addition to Feng Quan's progress in cornering techniques, Sun Mingyue, who has been practicing hard almost every day under the guidance of El Karis for the past two weeks, has also made some progress.
After El-Karis helped Sun Mingyue to initially solve the problem of slow reaction speed at the start and the lack of energy in the sprint due to the uneven distribution of physical strength, her best time in the 100m in training has reached 11.49 seconds (manual timing).
Looking at the results displayed on the timer in his hand, El-Karis smiled and said to Feng Quan beside him: "How is it, Feng?" It's only been two weeks, and Sun's grades have improved significantly, right? ”
Although the old man in the United States did not say it explicitly, Feng Quan naturally understood that El Karis was reminding himself: The "task" you set for me to help Sun Mingyue's performance improve by 0.2 seconds has been completed ahead of schedule. Isn't it time to fulfill the promise of a "raise" for me?
However, since this old guy himself is unwilling to say it explicitly, Feng Quan will not be stupid enough to "take the initiative" to propose a salary increase for his "employees". After all, if the manual timing breaks within 11.50 seconds, it does not prove that Sun Mingyue's real time has indeed improved by 0.2 seconds.
So, Feng Quan smiled and said, "El, your coaching ability is indeed great, and hiring you as the sprint coach of our Wind Team is indeed the right choice." ”
Seeing that Feng Quan "didn't accept the offer", El-Karis, who was a little proud of his personality, was really embarrassed to say something asking for a salary increase.
However, just when he thought that Feng Quan was "deliberately pretending to be stupid" just because he didn't want to give himself a raise, Feng Quan said again: "This morning, I received a call from the Chinese Athletics Association, saying that at the end of this month, the National Track and Field Championships will be held in Gusu City, Suzhou Province, China. So they asked me if I would be interested in coming back to my country. Unfortunately, due to the timing of that match and the final of the German Cup, I am afraid it will be difficult for me to go back to the competition. But ......"
After a pause, Feng Quan continued: "Er, I hope you can take Xiaoyue back to China and go to Gusu City to participate in that competition. Just take this opportunity to examine how much Satsuki has improved. ”
"Of course there's no problem with that." Hearing this, El-Karis hurriedly agreed.
When it comes to the official competition, if Sun Mingyue's score breaks through to less than 11.65 seconds, you will have no reason to "pay off", right?
"But ...... about our accommodation?"
Of course, there is no problem with bringing your own athletes to the competition, but for coaches and athletes who do not have "national resources" to participate in the competition in their own name, the issue of food and accommodation is indeed an important issue that must be considered.
"Hehe, you don't have to worry about this. Before you leave Germany, including visas, air tickets, and accommodation after arriving in China, I will ask Brother Zhao to arrange it for you. Feng Quan said with a smile.
Immediately afterward, El Karis inquired about the National Athletics Championships from Feng Quan's mouth. When he heard that this competition is still highly valued by the Chinese sports circles, and after the qualifiers for the track and field events of the National Games, he asked Feng Quan about the general level of Chinese female sprinters, and said confidently: "Feng, I think that as long as Sun can continue to maintain the current level of progress, then in September, I am even sure that she will win the championship of the National Games......
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If it weren't for Zhao Shijie's "foresight" last year when he signed a contract with Liaoning Hongyuan team, he added the special clause that "if a club from the top five European leagues bids more than 1.5 million euros to buy Fengquan, Hongyuan Club shall not block its transfer", it would be impossible for Hamburg FC to successfully sign Fengquan last winter with only 2 million euros.
Therefore, when Zhao Shijie discussed with the Hamburg club on behalf of Feng Quan on the issue of personal treatment, he also added a special clause to the contract: as long as it is not a German club, the bid is more than 20 million euros, and Feng Quan himself is willing to join the club, then Hamburg must choose to release him.
It is precisely because of such a special clause in the contract that Feng Quan himself has agreed with Atletico Madrid on the issue of personal treatment, and the Hamburg club agreed to "sell" him to Atletico Madrid for 2,300 euros.
In fact, Feng Quan is not the only main player who will leave the Hamburg club next season. As early as a week before the two clubs of Hamburg and Atletico Madrid agreed on the transfer fee of Fengquan, Bayer Leverkusen FC "booked" South Korean player Son Heung-min at a price of 10 million euros.
If it weren't for the fact that Son Heung-min's contract expires in the summer of 2014 and he himself is unwilling to renew his contract with Hamburg, Bayer Leverkusen would not have been able to "take" the South Korean who has scored 12 goals and provided seven assists this season at such a "cheap" price.
However, although these two "big orders" brought more than 30 million euros of transfer funds to the Hamburg club. But if there is a choice, neither the club's chairman Manfred Otto nor the team's head coach Fink wants to sell the absolute main force of the team in such a way that is almost "killing the chicken and taking the eggs".
Unfortunately, for a club like Hamburg, which does not have much say in European football and has very limited financial capacity, it is impossible to force those players who are "not here".
In fact, in European leagues, clubs like Hamburg, which once had a glorious history but have now been "eliminated" from the ranks of the giants, have become their survival strategy of bringing in talented young players at relatively low prices, and then selling them at a high price when they play at a high price.
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Since the Bundesliga season has not yet been fully completed, in order to avoid affecting the morale of the first-team players, in addition to several senior executives of the Hamburg club, as well as the team's head coach Fink, and how many people know that the team's two main wide attackers will leave the Nordbank Arena next season.
However, although the players were not announced to Feng Quan and Son Xingmin will leave the team at the end of the season, when Fink announced the starting list before the away game against Hoffenheim, Westermann, the core of the Hamburg team, and Van der Vaart, the brain of the midfield, and other veterans who have played in European football for many years, still vaguely saw some clues.
Not only did Son Xingmin, who was suspended in the last round, continue to sit on the bench, but even Feng Quan, who didn't know what it was like to be a substitute for a long time, was also "excluded" from the starting list by Fink.
Replacing the two of them on the left and right sides are also two "post-90s" young players of the same generation, Baist and Lin Zhijian.
Although Fink did not give any explanation for this line-up, some of the older Hamburg players still interpreted the manager's intention to "inspect and train the young players" in this game.
The reason for the choice of "scouting and training young players" is to "preserve strength" to ensure that the team can play with the strongest squad in the battle against Bayer Leverkusen's "Tianwang Mountain", and to start thinking about the league next season.
Therefore, when Best and Lin Zhijian were replaced, and Feng Quan and Son Xingmin appeared in the starting lineup, experienced veterans such as Westerman and Van der Vaart had vaguely guessed that the team's two major wide attackers would probably say goodbye to the team next season......
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Although the Hoffenheim team, which has not yet completed the relegation task, is slightly inferior to the Hamburg team in terms of overall strength. However, only a win will make it possible to overtake Augsburg, who are in 15th place in the standings, in points.
Therefore, in the deafening cheers of nearly 30,000 home fans at the Rhine-Neckar Arena, they still had the courage to launch a fierce attack on the heart of the Hamburg team after the start of the game.
At the same time, because Fink hid Feng Quan, Son Xingmin, and Van der Vaart, the three absolute main players, on the bench, the Hamburg team, which had the advantage in overall strength, was actually caught off guard by the menacing Hoffenheim team.
It was not until the 21st minute of the first half that the Hamburg team completed the first shot of the game by Badelli, who appeared in the forward midfield position in this game, with a long-range shot 25 meters away from the goal.
Not only that, because the dribbling breakthrough ability of Bester and Lin Zhijian is not enough to really tear apart the relationship between the Hoffenheim team's wing defense, so the home team of "worry-free on the side" has put the main attention of the defense on the defense of the middle.
As a result, even though Hamburg's three midfielders, Badelli, Arslan and Shelbray, were able to keep possession well, it was difficult for them to organise an effective attack after the opposition strengthened their pressing defense in the middle of the midfield.
However, if it were simply a failure to organise an effective attack, Hamburg would have been able to take at least one point away from the Rhein-Neckar Arena. It's a pity that Shelbray, who has been absent for a long time, gave a "big gift" to the Hoffenheim team in the 31st minute of the first half.
At that time, after receiving Adler's pass near the top of the Hamburg team's penalty area, Schelbrai did not follow Fink's pre-match deployment, "After receiving the pass from the back line, hand it to Torgaj (Arslan) next to you as soon as possible, or Milan (Badelli), who is responsible for organizing the attack". Instead, after taking two steps forward, he was ready to pass the ball to the other two midfield teammates.
However, because Shelbray failed to play the ball at the first time, Roberto Firmino, who was very active in the front court, and Eren Derdiyok, who was responsible for harassing the Hamburg team's backline, quickly posted on it.
In fact, Shelbray's ball control ability is still good, if it is not for the fact that he has not been given the opportunity to start for a long time, which has led to a certain decline in his competitive state, otherwise with his ball control ability, it is not impossible to get rid of the pounces of Firmino and Del Diyork with the ball.
Unfortunately, Shelbray, who was not in the best condition, made a mistake under the opponent's double pressing, and actually passed the ball directly to the feet of the heart of the Hoffenheim midfield, Sejad Salihovic.
The experienced Salihovic certainly did not "live up" to Shelbre's kindness, and after a long-range shot from more than 30 yards from the Hamburg goal, attracting the attention of Arslan and Dickmeier, he quickly passed the ball to the feet of Firmino, who had the ability to break through.
Then, after two successive changes of direction to get rid of Dickmeier's defence, Firmino, who burst into the box, aimed at the top right corner of the goal and curled a shot with the inside of his right foot.
Although Adler accurately judged the direction of Firmino's shot and pounced on the right side of the goal in the first place.
Unfortunately, due to Firmino's awkward angle, Adler, who was in the air, stretched his body to the extreme, and his left hand could not touch the strongly spinning football......