Chapter 57: Against Duisburg
Although they won the first game of the German Cup, they will continue to play in the league.
On September 17, Karlsruhe hosts Duisburg.
Duisburg used to be a strong team, especially when the Bundesliga was first established, and Duisburg was one of the 16 founding teams. The first year of the Bundesliga was also Duisburg's best, finishing second behind Cologne.
Duisburg remained in the top flight for two decades until the 1982-83 season, when they were relegated to the Bundesliga, where they rose and fell between the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga, becoming the lifter of German football.
Despite this, Duisburg is still a strong team in the Bundesliga, and it is not much worse than Kaiserslautern, which is also a test for Wu Feng.
Facing such an opponent at home, Karlsruhe is still full of confidence and believes that he can take the three points and continue to move forward in the league.
The media unanimously favored Karlsruhe to win four in a row before the game, and judging by the current form of both teams, there is no reason why Karlsruhe should not win, and their confidence has increased a lot since the last German Cup game.
Karlsruhe Sport said before the game, "Karlsruhe is well prepared for the new season. Coach Becker made a good meal under the condition of insufficient funds, Wu Feng, Federico and Capalani made Karlsruhe extremely solid, and Eichner showed good defensive awareness in the four games in place of Kars in the backline. He is a young player trained by Karlsruhe himself, and he is deeply loved by Karlsruhe fans.
Duisburg, with two wins and one draw in their first three games, have not been in a hurry or slow, and they are no less goal-worthy than Karlsruhe, who currently sit second in the league and could be temporarily top of the table if they win against Karlsruhe.
But when they were about to show their talents, they encountered Karlsruhe, which was gaining momentum, and I don't know if it was their misfortune or luck.
Perhaps all that remains of the game is whether Karlsruhe's fantastic goalkeeper can keep another clean sheet and then overcome a team that is no slouch in attack.
Duisburg's local media "Rheinische Zeitung" also felt very helpless about the team's away challenge to Karlsruhe at this time, because Karlsruhe at this time even the Bundesliga team would not dare to provoke easily. They were so in the limelight that even the goalkeeper dared to score goals in open play.
It would be best if they could wait for the madness in Karlsruhe to pass before heading to their Wilder Park stadium.
After Karlsruhe's victory over Darby Berlin, head coach Gukin told reporters with great concern: "We had a good start, but then the trend was very frustrating for the fans, we met very strong teams after that, if we can't break out of the strong team, we will be difficult to play this season, at least we can't lose this game." ”
At 12:30 p.m., the fourth round of the Bundesliga between Karlsruhe and Duisburg is about to begin, and Duisburg is still in the same formation as last season. They didn't change their style of play for Karlsruhe.
This is how they have always played, most of their midfielders can attack and defend, they focus on defense when they meet strong teams, and they press forward when they meet weak teams, Gukin has not changed the team's tradition since he came to Duisburg, but has only added his tactical thinking to the original style of play.
Before the game started, the commentator of the Wilder Park stadium Jermaises was already shouting the names of the players in Karlsruhe, "The fourth round of the Bundesliga is about to begin, now you call our players, this time Karlsrul's formation is still a 3-4-3 formation, and the goalkeeper is still our patron saint - Wu Feng." He looks very good and it looks like he's going to keep us on the back of the net today, the Duisburg strikers, it's going to be a nightmare for your life. The strikers are Capalani, Freis, Thiem, and hopefully they can keep scoring for us. The midfielders are Federico, Booker, Polcello, Adobé, and the defenders are Stoll, Eichner, and Gravel, who have grown up very fast, and he has secured the right-back in Karlsruhe this season, congratulations, this young lad! ”
The nearly 30,000 Karlsruhe fans in the stadium kept shouting the names of each player frantically, and finally called Wu Feng's surname, "Wu!" Five! Five! ……”
For a while, the scene was very magnificent, so that Li Ziming and others, who continued to come to watch the battle, couldn't help but look at each other, this was the big scene, and their hearts were even more excited.
This time they organized more than 300 people to cheer for Wu Feng together, in the middle of the crowd was a big five-star red flag, and then in front of the crowd was a banner with three big words "Feng Team" written on it. More than 300 people were shouting along with the fans, and it was not lively for a while.
At this time, several female students in the crowd couldn't help but feel a little depressed, now there are too many fans, and their voices can't reach Wu Feng's side at all. More than 300 people, in a crowd of more than 36,000, are not conspicuous at all.
"Can Wu Feng spot us? You see him in front of goal, so focused, so far away from us. But looking at it this way, he's pretty handsome! A beautiful girl with short hair couldn't help but look at Wu Feng with some joy.
"Don't worry, Li Mei. Ah Feng must be able to see us, so you can shout hard. No, I'll take you to Ah Feng's apartment so that you can get to know him too! "The voice is too loud, even if the two are very close to each other, they have to speak loudly to make the other person hear.
"Really? That's it! Sisters, hear me! Li Mei was overjoyed and hurriedly pulled her sisters to testify.
This time, Li Mei came with three girls in the same dormitory, but they also came for Wu Feng, they also wanted to meet this rising star in Karlsruhe, and they also heard that Wu Feng almost became their apprentice, but later entered the Karlsruhe club and became a football player.
But now they are too far apart, and they can't see it very clearly, they can't help but be very surprised when they hear that Li Ziming can take them to see Wu Feng in private, I didn't expect Wu Feng to be so peaceful, there is no arrogance at all, otherwise Li Ziming would not dare to boast about Haikou like this. After all, they had hundreds of cards signed by Wu Feng, which made them also enjoy the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.