Head Coach's Office, Training Ground on Bruch Road, Mainz, Germany.

Klopp sat in his place calmly, glanced at Gu Zhen opposite, and said, "How are you doing?" Do you feel a lot of pressure? ”

Recently, there have been too many remarks from the outside world, and all kinds of remarks criticizing Gu Zhen.

Even an adult player will feel great pressure when facing this, let alone seventeen-year-old Gu Zhen.

Gu Zhen bowed his head slightly and said, "Yes, it is indeed a little stressful. But it's okay, I can handle it! ”

Klopp glanced at Gu Zhen fixedly and said, "It's good to be able to carry it." ”

Gu Zhen was also thinking about what Klopp called him for at this time?

Jurgen Klopp said: "How's it been lately? ”

Gu Zhen suddenly understood what Klopp meant by calling him, and he immediately said: "I'm in good shape, very good!" ”

Klopp nodded and said, "It's okay." There's been a lot of rumours about you lately and you've not been doing very well, so there have been a lot of complaints from the players. Now that you're in good shape, you're going to start the next game. ”

Gu Zhen was not happy at all, he heard the meaning of Klopp's words.

Sure enough, Klopp said: "You need to show something in this game, otherwise you have to step down from the starting position and return to the bench!" ”

Gu Zhen said: "Okay, I know! ”

Seeing Gu Zhen's determined expression, Klopp smiled slightly and said, "Don't be pressured!" I am very optimistic about you, and you are still young and have a bright future. Don't rush for a while, keep trying, and you will definitely succeed! ”

Gu Zhen bowed slightly and said, "I know!" ”

Gu Zhen's heart was still full of gratitude, and Klopp told him that these were to let him not lose confidence easily and give Gu Zhen more encouragement.

Klopp said: "Okay, I'm looking for you today to do this, you can go out and get busy now!" ”

Gu Zhen immediately stood up, bowed to Klopp, and then turned to leave.

Looking at the back of Gu Zhen leaving, Klopp sighed, Gu Zhen is very talented. But he didn't expect his career to be so apprehensive.

He felt that it was too early for a seventeen-year-old to face these things now.

He had also been protecting Gu Zhen before, but now it seems that it can't be done, Gu Zhen has been caught in such a whirlpool. Of course, not every player can have such an experience, which can be called an alternative experience for Gu Zhen.

This may be beneficial to Gu Zhen's growth, it depends on whether Gu Zhen can hold it up by himself.

Seeing that Gu Zhen was about to leave, Klopp suddenly said: "Also, you can be interviewed by media reporters now, the ban has been lifted!" ”

Gu Zhen was slightly stunned, he really didn't expect this.

Gu Zhen nodded to Klopp, indicating that he understood, and then turned around and left directly.

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Walking out of Klopp's office, Gu Zhen's face was serious and his brows were tightly knit.

This game should be regarded as his last chance, if there is no performance in this game, he will lose his starting place.

The qualification for this starter is not easy, and Gu Zhen will not give up easily.

Gu Zhen clenched his fists and said in his heart: "It's time to fight for your life, come on Gu Zhen!" You must perform well the day after tomorrow and you must keep this starting position! ”

Gu Zhen cheered himself on.

"Eh, Lao Gu, what's wrong? What is the boss looking for you? Little Francec suddenly ran over, came to Gu Zhen's side, and asked.

He saw that Gu Zhen's face was a little wrong, and he was quite concerned.

Gu Zhen said: "It's not a big deal! ”

Little Francec said with a look of ghost on his face that he believed your expression: "Everything is written on your face, and you still tell me that it is not a big deal?" You didn't treat me as a brother? ”

The corners of Gu Zhen's mouth rose and said, "How is it possible!" Well, there you got it. The boss said that if I don't perform in this game, I will lose my starting status! ”

Little French immediately exclaimed: "Lie down, is this still not a big deal?" ”

Gu Zhen immediately waved his hand and said, "You keep quiet, everyone will hear it later." And it's really a trifle, because I wouldn't let something like that happen! ”

Gu Zhen's face was resolute, his eyes were firm, and he was full of confidence.

Seeing Gu Zhen like this, little Francec was slightly stunned, nodded, and said, "It's good for you to think like this!" I believe in you, you're a genius from our Mainz Under-19s, and you'll be able to keep your starting spot! ”

That being said, Francec Jr. knows it's going to be difficult.

However, at this time, little Francec will definitely not discourage Gu Zhen.

Gu Zhen patted little French on the shoulder, stared at little French in the eyes, everything was silent.

The two returned to the training ground, and everyone's eyes were on them.

To be precise, staring at Gu Zhen!!

Gu Zhen was called away by Mr. Klopp, which is a well-known thing. Everyone wants to know what Mr. Klopp said to Gu Zhen? Is it about the starter?

Now the team is very competitive, Gu Zhen's performance occupies a starting spot, and many people are naturally unconvinced. Especially the likes of Amri and Boakye, who have been coveting starting places for a long time.

Gu Zhen ignored these glances and devoted himself to training.

Subotic came to Gu Zhen's side and asked, "What is the boss looking for you?" ”

Gu Zhen said lightly: "It's not a big deal, that is, if I don't have any performance in the next game, I will give up the starting position!" ”

Subotic was slightly stunned, and his heart was shocked.

This can be regarded as Klopp's ultimatum to Gu Zhen!

Subotic immediately comforted: "Don't worry, I believe in your strength." You're going to be able to start, I'm sure you're going to be able to start. But you're really going to have to show something! ”

Gu Zhen smiled and said, "You're waiting for me here!" ”

Subotic stared at Gu Zhen and said, "It's all now, you kid can still see and laugh, it seems that there is nothing wrong, you kid is very confident!" ”

Gu Zhen said lightly: "If I don't have confidence myself, then I'm still playing a fart!" ”

Subotic bowed his head slightly and said, "It's too!" ”

The trio returned to training and began training.

Today's Mainz team's training content is 3-on-2, 4-on-3 and 5-on-3 and other fixed area offensive and defensive training, which is very important for counter-attack.

The Mainz team is relying on this kind of tactics now, and this training is very important for the Mainz team.

In training, Amri is still very good and very positive.

Because he knows very well that he didn't do well in the previous games, and if he can't do it in training, they won't have a chance.

Amri was very desperate.

Boakye is not idle, they are all very hard-working, and the atmosphere of competition in the team is very good. But the team's results have been a little poor recently, I don't know what the problem is?

Bouches' brow furrowed in a nutshell.

Next, Mainz will face Hoffenheim, who are third in the league. The strength of the opponent is very strong, their club is very rich, it is considered a promotion horse, but it is really not to be underestimated.

Bwach stared at Gu Zhen and thought to himself: "I don't know, what kind of performance do you have the day after tomorrow?" Hope you don't let us down! ”

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March 21, 2008, Mainz, Germany, Bruch Straße Stadium.

Today Mainz will host Hoffenheim, the third-placed team in the Bundesliga.

It's a small country team!

Hoffenheim is just a small village in Sinsheim with just over 3,000 inhabitants. With a capacity of 6,000 people, they are really a very small club.

But this small team has been two levels in a row, and the strength is very good.

The people at Mainz really don't want to underestimate this team, which is their main rival on the road to promotion.

Now Mainz has 45 points, while Hoffenheim have 43 points, and Mainz is only two points ahead. If Mainz lose this game, then they will be overtaken by Hoffenheim and drop to third place in the league.

So, this game is definitely going to be a tough one.

Right now, the Bruch Road Stadium is full, mostly Mainz fans, because there are very few fans coming to the away stadium today, there are just over 100 people in total.

It's not that the Hoffenheim fans don't support the team, it's that they can only contribute so much.

However, the momentum of these 100 people is not small at all, they are die-hard Hoffenheim fans, and they are willing to do anything for Hoffenheim.

They were neatly singing the Hoffenheim club anthem to cheer for the team.

The voices of the Mainz fans were quickly drowned out because there were so many Mainz fans now, and the home advantage was very obvious.

Mainz fans are confident that their team will be able to overcome their opponents and get the final victory.

"Hello everyone, fans!! This is Deutsche SportTV 2, and today we are bringing you the 25th round of this season's Bundesliga, against the second-ranked Mainz team and the third-ranked Hoffenheim team, which is a very, very intense match! "Lowy started to introduce the game to the fans in front of the TV.

The fans at the scene were also shouting passionately and cheering for their respective teams.

"Now the players from both sides have started to come out of the tunnel and we can see that the Chinese striker Gu Zhen of the Mainz team is still in the team, which means that he will still be in the starting list of the Mainz team today." Roy said.

'You can see that Klopp's confidence in him is very strong. After performing badly in so many games in a row, Gu Zhen actually continued to start, this trust is really not an ordinary trust. I hope Gu Zhen will not live up to Mr. Klopp's trust today. Roy continued.

After seeing Gu Zhen's figure, the fans of the Mainz team at the scene also shouted loudly: "Come on Gu Zhen!" Gu Zhen, don't listen to those people's nonsense, you are the best. We will always support you, come on, come on, come on, come on! ”

Walking in the crowd, Gu Zhen's heart was warm.

He heard the shouts of these lovely fans, he didn't expect his performance to be so bad, they still supported him like this, it was really cute.

I can't let them down!

Don't let yourself down!

Gu Zhen clenched his fists, stared at the striker firmly, and made an oath in his heart.