"Double-middle combination, rampant in the Bundesliga!" --Karlsruhe Sport Newspaper

"Chinese teenager, debuted in the Bundesliga, scored the first goal!" --Sports Weekly

After the game, the local news in Karlsruhe highlighted the first round of the German Cup, and newcomer Zhang Cheng brought a surprise to the local fans.

However, Karlsruhe's first victory did not attract much media attention, after all, it was just a German Cup. Moreover, Karlsruhe's opponent is only an amateur team and there is nothing worth paying attention to, so the appearance of Zhang Cheng did not attract the attention of the Bundesliga team.

The days passed quickly, but except for one more person by Wu Feng's side, he felt no different from usual. The first game of the Bundesliga is also approaching, and Zhang Cheng has been in the past five or six days, although the time is very short, but it has gradually been integrated into Becker's new tactics.

Soon the first round of the league came in anticipation of Zhang Cheng, and Karlsruhe's first game was away to Nuremberg, the final opponent of last season's German Cup final, and Karlsruhe won the championship from Nuremberg.

The first opponent is this "old enemy", and he really has to make Becker and others smile bitterly, this is really a narrow road for enemies. It's no wonder that Nuremberg don't take revenge at home, and Becker is ready for a tough fight.

At 7 o'clock in the morning of August 5th, after having breakfast at the club, Wu Feng and others rushed to Nuremberg City on the club bus.

It was already around 12 o'clock in Nuremberg, just four hours before the game, and after Becker gave his players a half-hour rest, they went to the training ground next to the Gend Stadium to recover.

However, after all the players in Karlsruhe entered Nuremberg, they were "warmly received" by the local fans, who taunted and abused them throughout the whole process until the start of the game. This also made Zhang Cheng, who came with the team, see the frenzy of German fans for the first time, although he didn't understand what these foreigners said, but it was not difficult to guess from the expressions and tone of these fans that it was definitely not a welcome word.

When Wu Feng and the others entered the Gend Stadium, they found that in addition to hundreds of Karlsruhe fans, the rest were Nuremberg fans, clamoring to make Karlsruhe look good.

"Brother Feng, this is the weakness of playing away? This is too exaggerated, there are nearly 50,000 fans on the other side, and we only have a few people, at most a few hundred. It's a great atmosphere, not to mention scoring goals, and being able to play at your own level. Zhang Cheng couldn't help but feel a little stiff all over his body, and asked Wu Feng in a low voice. He also saw that most of the other players were not normal, except for a few individuals.

"No way, it's nice for the other side to give us fans some goal. And the opponents were our last opponents in the German Cup last season, and we snatched the title from them, so it's a bad thing that they can be friendly to us. Learn a little and relax yourself slowly, there will be no less such scenes in the future, just experience more. ”

Now that Wu Feng has a lot of experience, such a scene can't scare him at all, so he said to Zhang Cheng very easily and let him adapt more.

"Now I finally know how the Korean and Japanese players performed when they played against us, so it's really uncomfortable!" Zhang Cheng said with a bitter face.

At the pre-match press conference, Nuremberg coach Hans Meyer said, "Nuremberg will definitely break through Wu Feng's goal in this game and make a good start to the new season, and we will definitely avenge last season's German Cup final!" ”

Not to be outdone, Becker said: "If we can win once, we can win a second time, and now our players are full of energy, and the midfield commander Federico is back, and he is not afraid of Nuremberg at all." We also have new players, football is round, and it doesn't matter who wins or loses! ”

The head coaches of both sides were so confident before the game started, so that the reporters on the scene pressed the shutter one after another, which is a good news topic.

As players from both sides entered the pitch through the tunnel, Wu Feng met his old rival, Nuremberg's star player Mintal.

"Woo, congratulations on winning the Bundesliga Player of the Year 2006/2007. We're meeting again, I'm not soft this time, just wait, I'll break through your goal. Mintar looked confident and after a holiday, he was back to his peak and he believed he could break down Wu Feng's goal.

"Let the horses come, I'll wait for you!" Wu Feng stretched out his right hand and shook it with Mintal, and the friendly scene between the two also eased the atmosphere of the arrows and crossbows a lot.

At least there is a sense of sympathy at the core of both sides, and it also reduces the "hatred" of the fans a lot, after all, football is a competitive sport, and it is normal to win or lose.

Zhang Cheng on the side was a little envious, and after he saw Wu Feng and Mingtal shaking hands, the bursting atmosphere at the scene eased a lot, making them feel a lot more comfortable.

At 3:50 p.m., the players from both sides took their positions and the game was about to begin, with players on both sides almost the same as last season.

Trausch, the commentator at the Gend Stadium, gave the fans a brief overview of the starting line-ups for both sides.

"In this game, we Nuremberg were in a 3-4-3 formation, and Coach Hans paid more attention to the control of the midfield. Goalkeepers: Lapjar Schaefer, defenders: Michael Beecham, Leandro Grauber, Andreas Wolff, midfielders: Ivica Banovic, Marek Mintal, Jane Christiansen, Behrens, forwards: Marcus Schroeter, Robert Vitek, Ivan Sayenko. ”

'Karlsruhe hasn't changed much from their line-up, it's still 4-4-2 and it looks like they're going to be able to play well at our Gend Stadium. Goalkeeper: Wu Feng, defenders: Jonas, Pisot, Stoll, Eichner, midfielders: Federico, Marque, Porcello, Cohen, forwards: Capalani, Freis. This is also their strongest squad at the moment, and if we want to win the game, the most important thing is to control the midfield and shoot more so that we can have a chance to break through the Chinese team. It can also be seen from here that Coach Hans's tactics are very correct, and in the face of Wu, he can't let him take a breather! ”

Worthy of being an opponent, Nuremberg studied Karlsruhe's weaknesses a lot, and this is one of the weaknesses of all goalkeepers, without exception.

Wu Feng moved his hands and feet to quickly get into the state, and he felt that the opponent would definitely launch the most fierce attack at the first time, and wanted to catch his own side by surprise.

Although they were separated by more than 50 meters, he saw a strong desire to fight in the eyes of some players in Mintal and Nuremberg.

"Captain, Pisot, you have to be careful, the other party may launch a fierce attack at the beginning, don't be careless!" Wu Feng reminded Stoll loudly.