Chapter 43: Pre-Match Encounters

Could this really be a self-taught genius?

"Yes, the goalkeeper in Karlsruhe told me that he recommended Wu Feng to Coach Becker that day. In a few days we will go to Darby Berlin to watch him fight. I'd love to see him play with my own eyes. ”

"It's really strange, when did China have such a great player, Xiaolang, you should bring a camera to record their game. It's hard to get a record of their games, only a few good saves, and I want to see why Wu Feng has become a regular player in Karlsruhe all of a sudden. Shao Jiayi pondered for a while and said, no matter what kind of perception this young man has, Wu Feng has made Shao Jiayi very interested, because he knows how difficult it is to gain a foothold in the German Second League, and the level of the German Second League is definitely one level higher than that of the Chinese Super League.

Without a certain physical and technical, tactical literacy can not be based at all, his height of 1.86 meters, his skills are outstanding in the Chinese Super League, but when he came to the German Second Division, he couldn't play the main force, an amateur player, a game, how could he adapt to the German league so quickly.

This made Shao Jia puzzled.

"Okay, maybe I'll see him in full swing then, and I've heard that his nickname is 'Patron Saint'. No team has yet been able to break through his goal, and he has kept a clean sheet all the time. Wang Lang said with some excitement that it was the first time he felt so good about the goalkeeper.

"Joke! There can be no real clean sheet, and even if it is embarrassing, goalkeepers like Kahn and Gianluigi Buffon will be breached several times in a season, the difference is just a few times. Shao Jiayi has directly faced off against a top goalkeeper like Kahn, so he naturally doesn't believe that there is a goalkeeper in the world who has kept a clean sheet, and Karlsruhe is only in the Bundesliga, and now they have only played three rounds of games, which remains to be proven.

"yes, I think so too, but I'll have to see it with my own eyes and find out then." Wang Lang replied half-convinced.

"Well, rest, I still have a game tomorrow."

"Goodbye, I wish Brother Shao a successful start tomorrow."

Karlsruhe trained for five days and then began to prepare for Darby Berlin, where they had to rest for a few days, otherwise they would have to travel and be in great shape, and on the day of departure, thousands of fans followed the Karlsruhe bus all the way to Berlin.

When Wu Feng and his team arrived in Berlin, there were still two days to go before the September 9 game, and the Karlsruhe "legion" arrived in Berlin with nearly 2,000 die-hard Karlsruhe fans.

It's just that this time, when Wu Feng got off the bus, he was still 'warmly welcomed' by Darby's Berlin fans, but instead of applause and flowers, they gave the away team boos and mockery, and even one extreme fan scolded Becker for being rubbish.

At that time, Becker did not burst into a rage, but showed a good demeanor and did not care about the extreme remarks of the fans. However, at the pre-match press conference, when the reporter mentioned the incident, Becker made a big mockery of Darby's Berlin players and fans, saying that there are fans for what kind of team.

Before the game started, Becker offended Darby's Berlin fans, but he didn't care, this amateur team dared to do this to them, why should he put a hot face on his ass, and they only had one German Cup game, and they couldn't meet again.

So much so that when the Karlsruhe players were training, there were more Karlsruhe fans watching than the home team, but most of them went to boo the head coach Becker.

The Karlsruhe players also suffered from it, spending their acclimatization training in boos, and even the hotel where they stayed was disturbed by the radical fans, who did not have a good rest for two whole days, and the state was worse than before, so that Becker could not help but regret that it came too soon, who would have thought that the fans of this amateur team could be so extreme.

Wu Feng also experienced the other side of football for the first time, not all fans are so friendly, especially football hooligans.

The game is coming soon, the reporters have arrived early, this is only the first round of the German Cup, there are not many reporters coming, only Karlsruhe Zeitung, Stuttgart, Rostock Sport, Berlin Sport, and even Duisburg reporters have arrived, they are coming to find out Karlsruhe for the opponents in the fourth round of the league.

In addition, there are a small number of Chinese reporters, with Wu Feng's fame in the Bundesliga, he gradually has a trace of fame in China, igniting a different fire in the lonely and cold winter of Chinese football.

"Sports Weekly" sent two reporters to visit the first round of the German Cup, and they wanted to take a closer look at Wu Feng, the legendary goalkeeper, to see if he was really so good.

Due to the large number of fans from Darby Berlin, and because the players in Karlsruhe were treated unfairly by Darby Berlin before the game, the fans who came later complained about their teams.

Fearing that there would be any excesses during the game, the tournament authorities requested 200 police officers to help maintain law and order on the stadium.

In order to play this game well, Becker took great pains, he believes that Darby Berlin must play attacking football in front of the home fans, they are an amateur team, they can only go far in the German Cup, they need to win.

But the 5-3-2 formation can not be continued, Darby Berlin's attack and Kaiserslautern's attack are completely different, their offensive ability is not so strong, they are an amateur team after all, the attack is wide open, easy to be exploited, relying on their physical strength and not afraid of injury, technical and tactical nothing particularly strong.

In the end, Becker decided to revert to the 3-4-3 formation of the first game, with a quick counter-attacking expert like Capalani, Thiem and Freis, and four midfielders to combine to give these rampaging amateur teams a drink.

As for defense, with a super goalkeeper like Wu Feng, how can these "rough-handed" amateur strikers break through his goal, it can be said that Wu Feng is the biggest source of confidence for Coach Becker, and it is also the biggest reliance on his courage to use the 3-4-3 formation.

But it was a bad day, and a few hours before the game, it was raining heavily in Berlin, and in this case, maybe the game would be postponed.