Not only did Karlsruhe surprise the media in this round of matches, Schalke didn't seem to have recovered from the loss of two weeks ago, and they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Rostock.

Borussia Dortmund, on the other hand, continued their draw journey and drew 2-2 away to Bayer Leverkusen. Last season's Bundesliga champions Stuttgart were beaten 3-1 by Hamburg and continued their journey to relegation.

At present, Bayern Munich has nine wins and one draw, accumulating 28 points, ranking first in the Bundesliga. Karlsruhe are third with six wins, three draws and one loss, accumulating 21 points. The second team is Hamburg, with 22 points, which has already surpassed Karlsruhe by one point.

Hamburg has won almost every game this season with a score of 1:0, and before everyone knows it, they quietly came in second place, which is really unexpected by everyone.

After the 10th round of the league, Karlsruhe entered an intensive schedule of three matches a week. After the 11th round on 27 October, Karlsruhe will welcome the second round of the German Cup on 31 October, and then continue with the 12th round of the league on 4 November.

On average, almost every three days, Becker was a big headache, and after thinking about it, he decided to give up the German Cup. They already won the trophy once last season and this season they are focusing on the Europa League, which is the biggest stage in Europe and is almost the biggest stage for Karlsruhe.

During the internal training, Becker gathered all the players and announced the decisions of the club's top management and himself. For the sake of the league and the Europa League, the second round of the German Cup will be abandoned, and the substitutes will be sent at that time, and the main players can take the opportunity to rest.

Having already won the German Cup last season, the players are not too much of a problem with abandoning the German Cup, and they also know that the team is not capable of playing on three fronts. At this time, they know how to make trade-offs, and naturally the league and the Europa League are more important.

"Coach, I don't think we should give up any of the titles, the German Cup is also an important championship for us!"

Zhang Cheng, who has just joined the team, is not willing to give up the German Cup like this, he has not won a title yet, and he is extremely eager to face the championship he won last season.

"Zhang, you are still young, I understand your thoughts. But you know, we didn't have a lot of games last season, but now we have the Europa League and the Bundesliga. We are not very strong in the Bundesliga, and we have achieved the results we have now, thanks to you and Wu Feng. But not every one of your teammates has such strength, and if you fight on three fronts, it is likely that we will not get any of them. In this way, we might as well choose the highest one. Don't worry, you're still so young, and there are more opportunities for future champions. Besides, there are other league teams in the Europa League, and these are not opponents that we can take lightly. ”

Becker patted Zhang Cheng on the shoulder and comforted the young player, he admired the player's fighting spirit, but he had to know how to make trade-offs, which was also the helplessness of the small team.

"But ......" Zhang Cheng wanted to say something, but Wu Feng stood up, he pressed Zhang Cheng's shoulder, and then shook his head slightly, signaling him not to say anything more.

After the training, back in the apartment, Zhang Cheng said a little depressed: "Brother Feng, why did you stop me just now, I am not willing to give up so easily!" ”

"Xiaocheng, I know you're unwilling! I'm the same, I'm hungry for every title. But we have to take into account the condition of the whole ball, not everyone has the physical strength of yours. And the quality of our substitute players is not very good, and there is a lot of gap between them and the main players, should we send the second team on the field then? That's a worse loss! Wu Feng told Zhang Cheng the truth about the team, looking helpless.

"But...... Brother Feng, I'm not reconciled! ”

"Don't be discouraged yet, I didn't say just give up. Coach Becker is going to give up the game here, but we can work hard with our own actions. I think as long as we get to the semi-finals, Coach Becker will have to fight for it at that time! ”

Wu Feng said in the end, smiling evilly, obviously this is what he thinks in his heart.

"Hey, Brother Feng, I know you're not someone who gives up easily. I think the coach will love this surprise by then! Zhang Cheng was overjoyed, hehe, he laughed evilly.

"Then it's up to you, if you can do well in the German Cup, maybe we can really do a miracle!"

"Me?"

"It's not you, it's me. As long as you can score a goal every time, I'm going to try to keep the goal, at most it's a penalty shootout. I think at this point, it will be much easier to win. ”

Wu Feng seems to be very confident, with superhuman observation, reflexes and speed, and it is almost impossible for a penalty kick to break through his goal.

In this way, when most of the team agreed to give up the German Cup, Wu Feng and Zhang Cheng secretly decided that they must do their best to win the German Cup.

On the 27th, Karlsruhe challenged Rostock away, and in the face of this familiar opponent, Rostock did not relent, and launched the most fierce attack at the beginning.

Although Rostock did not have a good result in the Bundesliga, they showed a high level of competitive form on their home turf. Karlsruhe, for some reason, played relatively weak in the game, and both sides knew the roots, so they didn't have much advantage in terms of tactics, so they could only fight the skills of the players.

In this game, Rostock lined up in a 4-3-3 formation, goalkeeper Blasvich, four defenders were Julian, Fabians, Nado, Bilov, three midfielders were Yevseev, Marcel, and Gajaji, and three forwards were Sege, López, and Bugyani.

It is Marcel who is mainly responsible for marking Federico, but Marcel is depressed that Zhang Cheng's position seems to be a forward midfielder, or Becker let Zhang Cheng play freely.

Since entering the Bundesliga, Rostock has almost lost battles, and they dare not ask for luxury when they encounter old opponents at the moment, and no one knows better than them about Wu Feng's strength, so this time Rostock has little confidence to score three points at their home stadium.

The coach at Rostock, who pressed the three midfielders directly at the beginning of the game, was just a harassing temptation.

Karlsruhe, with Zhang Cheng and Mark in front of the back four, looked at Rostock's three strikers and often cut off their passing paths, and their tight defence did not give Rostock's strikers a chance to score.

The game lasted about 15 minutes, which was a phase that could be called a tentative phase.

If you can score in these 15 minutes, both the side that concedes the goal and the side that scores the goal will adjust the tactical play after that.

But if there is no goal at this stage, the side that wants to win will have to adjust their playing style and strengthen their attack.

Almin Von, who took over Rostock this season, saw that it was impossible for his side to knock on Karlsruhe's door with just a few strikers.