Chapter 101: How is he a striker?
The match between Bochum and Hoffenheim attracted a lot of attention.
Most of this attention comes from domestic journalists, and Shen Peng now has the opportunity to lead the team to promotion to the Bundesliga, becoming another domestic player to play in the top five leagues.
At this time, many domestic reporters were watching the game, ready to send the news back as soon as possible.
"You say, Shen Peng is so good, will he already be favored by other Bundesliga powerhouses?"
"It's hard to say, I guess, there should have been a team that contacted him, but I don't know which team it is."
"No matter what the team, it's better than a promoted team like Bochum!"
"It would be nice if Bayern fancied him, Bayern is now simply a cosmic team, just concluded in the Champions League semi-finals, they actually defeated Barcelona with an aggregate score of 7-0 in two legs, if Shen Peng can go to Bayern, he is expected to become the first player in China to win the five major league championships."
The reporter said that although in the 07-08 season, the Premier League Manchester United also won the league championship, and Dong Fangzhuo was also in the team at that time, but he did not get the opportunity to play, so he did not get the championship medal.
"It's unlikely, Bayern is not short of people now, and Shen Peng hasn't proven himself in the Bundesliga. I think it's most likely to be other teams in the upper middle range, such as Schalke 04, Borussia Mönchenchen, Bayer Leverkusen and others. ”
"Speaking of which, Bochum's official website is really strict, and there is no transfer news about Shen Peng yet, if you want to say that the league is over now, what are you still hiding!"
"You say, if we don't make it up ourselves, anyway, we can always get one of those teams."
"Yes, yes, good idea, I'll go back and make it up when the game is over!"
In this game, Yan Liangkuan also came, although he did not continue to interview Shen Peng, but he still kept paying attention to Shen Peng.
Hearing the conversation of his peers next to him, he couldn't help but scoff - they spoke in Chinese, and they were not afraid of other foreigners around him hearing it, but Yan Liangkuan could hear it clearly.
He is actually also concerned about Shen Peng's whereabouts, in his opinion, Bochum, a second-division team, can't keep Shen Peng, as for the current transfer news about Shen Peng, most likely because Bochum has a few games to play in the club, so it has not been announced, everything will be clear after the German Cup on June 2.
In addition to these reporters, there are many Bundesliga teams who are following this game, but most of them are middle and lower teams, and they are really interested in Shen Peng, and many of them have even sent emails to Bochum FC; The second is to prepare to see Bochum's game, after all, Bochum is currently also their direct rival next season, maybe who will meet Bochum in the first round.
As for the upstream team, Dortmund eliminated Real Madrid with a score of 4-3 over two legs in the Champions League semifinals, so he will compete with Bayern Munich for the Champions League title, so naturally he will not have other thoughts at this time; Naturally, other teams don't care too much about a promoted team.
Soon it was the day of the game, and Hoffenheim's home stadium, the Rheinneckar Stadium, was already full of fans, and they were already cheering for the team before the game.
Gisdor was given the starting line-up for Bochum, and as he expected, Bochum was ready to play a counter-attack in a 4-5-1 formation, but he almost bit his tongue when he saw the striker's name.
"Why is Shen Peng a striker?"
He rubbed his eyes, making sure he was right.
"Isn't this guy a midfielder?"
If Shen Peng played as a striker, then the tactics and arrangements they had practiced for a few days before would be completely useless, and at this time, Bochum dared to let Shen Peng as a single striker, at least it showed that Shen Peng's forward level was good, so he suddenly panicked in his heart.
Hoffenheim's players and other members of the coaching staff were also a little confused when they saw this list, they never expected that Shen Peng would be a striker in this game.
With a sharp turn in his mind, Gistor didn't have time to think about it, and it was too late to arrange any tactics now, so he had to tell the players: "When you wait for the game, don't attack easily, pay more attention to this Shen Peng, so as not to be attacked by him!" ”
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The audience also got Bochum's list at this time, and they were all surprised when they saw Shen Peng's position as a striker.
"Why did Shen Peng play as a striker, isn't he a midfielder?"
"Who knows, maybe the head coach of Bochum thinks that this game can't play Hoffenheim, so he simply let Shen Peng try to play as a striker."
"Hehe, it's possible what you said, but they did it in such an important game, it can't be that they have already given up themselves, right?"
"I'll guess, of course, it's possible, it's actually their secret tactic?"
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On the other hand, Njlurell also got Hoffenheim's starting line-up, and as they prepared before the game, Hoffenheim's formation was still 4-2-3-1, and most of the positions were as expected, with only a few positions made personnel changes, such as Salihovic playing as a left-sided midfielder instead of a striker.
"Haha...... Like what we've been training before, let's do it and try to score a few goals away from home, so it's much easier for us to go back home! ”
In this kind of home-and-away two-legged match, away goals will generally be prioritized in the event of a draw on aggregate.
There was no such rule in the Bundesliga's relegation play-offs, and Dortmund benefited from a replay in the event of a draw: they drew with Cologne in the 85-86 season, but they were at a disadvantage on away goals, and they should be relegated if they considered away goals; In the final replay, they beat Cologne 8-0 and managed to avoid relegation.
It wasn't until the 08-09 season that the Bundesliga relegation play-offs considered away goals as a priority for an aggregate draw.
So they will have to fight for more away goals in this game, and it will be easier when they return to home in the next leg.
"Shen Peng, you have memorized the training before the game, this game, let them see your strength!"
Neururell smiled proudly, before the game, he asked several strikers to train with Shen Peng, and taught Shen Peng some simple skills, and Shen Peng's forward talent also surprised him: Shen Peng didn't take long to fully adapt to the position of the striker, and his performance was not even worse than some of the main strikers in the German Second Division!
He even doubted whether Shen Peng had played as a striker before. And he was still wondering if it was a waste to let Shen Peng play in the back, but Shen Peng's defensive ability was also excellent, which made him fall into a contradiction for a while, of course, it was a happy trouble.
Once all the players were on the pitch, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.