Chapter Twenty-Six: The Fiasco

With the arrival of Cheng Xiao, the computer that Song Zhong bought seems to be invalid, and the LOL he once loved has not been played a few times, he basically spends his time in the training base during the day, and then at night he learns German with Cheng Xiao, so how can he have any time to play with the computer.

When he used to learn English, Song Zhong was a fast learner, and at that time he thought he was very talented in languages, but this time he seemed to have a bit of a hard time learning German, and many words had to be learned several times before he could barely remember them.

A few days have passed in a flash, and through the interaction with Cheng Xiao in the past few days, Song Zhong no longer has the embarrassment that he had for the first time before, of course, he is still a little nervous sometimes.

Facing such a beautiful girl as Cheng Xiao, Song Zhong already felt that he was very determined, if he was replaced by his roommate in his previous life, he would not know what it would be like, and he could even make up for the face-to-face scene between that roommate and Cheng Xiao.

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On 17 August 2013, Hamburg hosted Hoffenheim.

Lasoga, who returned from injury in this game, stood in the starting position, although Song Zhong came off the bench in the last game and performed very well, but it was largely based on Schalke 04's ignorance of Song Zhong, before the start of this game, Hoffenheim must have studied Song Zhong and arranged targeted defense.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, Fink played the more comprehensive and experienced Lassoga, leaving Song Zhong on the bench, and the players in other positions were exactly the same as in the first game against Schalke 04.

For Hoffenheim, coach Gisdore replaced Tesco at left-back with Fabian Johnson, while Salihovic replaced Rudy with a thigh injury.

Thanks to the victory in the first match, the Hamburg fans were even more enthusiastic about the match, which was attended by more than 50,000 spectators.

But at the beginning of the game, Hoffenheim dominated the game.

Less than 2 minutes into the opening game, Hoffenheim quickly counterattacked, Firmino broke through with the ball, and when he saw that there was still one step to the penalty area, he was kicked down by Arslan, and the referee Pell showed mercy, just blew a free kick at the front of the penalty area, and did not take out the card, otherwise there would be a defender on the Hamburg side who got a yellow card at the beginning.

The free-kick was fired into the stands and there was no threat.

But about three minutes from that goal, Hoffenheim took advantage of the momentum of the opening game and scored a goal.

In the 5th minute, Johnson took the ball into the penalty area and crossed from the left, and Firmino grabbed the header before Westerman from 5 meters away, and the score was 1:0.

How similar is the plot of the previous game, they were all scored at the beginning.

This time Hamburg did not equalise as quickly as they did in the first game, but they were not as disadvantaged as they were after the previous game, with both teams attacking and defending each other.

However, before half-time, Hamburg equalised.

In the 44th minute, Janssen crossed directly from the left, Lasoga struggled to fight for the header, resulting in Yunussi, who was defending on the right side of the penalty area, touching the ball with his left arm and giving away a penalty, Van der Vaart stood calmly in front of the ball, faced Hoffenheim's goalkeeper Castels, pushed into the bottom left corner, 1-1, Hamburg luckily equalized.

At half-time, Fink didn't make any changes to the personnel, and in his opinion, Lassoga did well in the half, and he won the penalty for the team.

In the second half, it was easy to play again.

In the 49th minute, Firmino, who was active today, hit the arm of Zobich on the left side of the penalty area, but referee Pell didn't blow it.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, it was Janssen again, who used his pace to counter-attack, but his shot from 14 yards out on the right side of the box was saved by Castels.

But I didn't expect Hoffenheim's next attack to get the attack, Firmino received Salihovic's cross on the right rib and went straight to the plug, and Ferland was inserted into the right side of the penalty area 12 meters outside the right side of the penalty area and fired a low right-footed shot into the far corner to Adler, 2-1.

It was a few minutes of great excitement and excitement, but the Hamburg backline was the first to collapse.

But that's just the beginning of the nightmare.

In the 67th minute, Hoffenheim counterattacked, Firmino crossed the front of the penalty area with the ball on the right, Zobich cleared the ball and kicked to the side, Firmino regained the ball and crossed the bottom, Modeste grabbed a right-footed volley in front of Zobich 6 meters away to score, 3-1.

Faced with such a situation, Fink replaced Song Zhong and Rudnevs one after another, sending a signal for a strong attack.

Although Song Zhong played the same score as against Schalke 04, his appearance did not change the collapse of the team.

In the 75th minute, Hoffenheim counterattacked again, Friend made a direct pass from the right, Firmino inserted into the right side of the penalty area to attract Adler to attack and knocked horizontally, and Modeste pushed into the empty goal with his right foot 8 meters away in the middle, 4-1.

Only 3 minutes later, Firmino received a cross knock from Ferand on the right side of the penalty area, suddenly turned around and shot low with his right foot, penetrating Adler's goal for the fifth time, 5-1.

The Hamburg fans had already started to leave the stadium early, they wanted to see their team in action, but they didn't expect to be greeted with a real defeat.

Before stoppage time was over, referee Pell blew the whistle for the end of the game.

Today, it can be said that Firmino single-handedly broke the entire Hamburg team, so the ball is directly related to him, scoring 2 goals and 3 assists, leading the team to sweep Hamburg 5-1, becoming the first Hoffenheim player in the history of the Bundesliga to directly participate in 5 goals in a single game. The last Bundesliga player to be directly involved in at least five goals in a single game was Pizarro, who also happened to be Hamburg.

At the press conference after the game, his employment and tactics were strongly questioned, and the most concentrated was why he did not start Song Zhong, who performed well on the court, but let Lasoga, who had just recovered from injury, start, to which Fink replied that Song Zhong is not ready to start now, and Lasoga's performance is obvious to all, very good.

The dressing room was not full of laughter as it was at the end of the last game, but it was quiet and full of gloomy atmosphere.

After receiving Fink's order to disband, everyone cleaned up and left the locker room with their heads down.

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Song Zhong, who returned to his residence, was also full of emotion, he was not like the protagonists in the online novels in his previous life, he won the starting position of the team after a good performance, and led the team to win consecutive victories, even if he encountered difficulties, he could win the game by relying on the hero's brave play.

After playing today, he was more like a headless fly, and for the first time he felt a little powerless in the face of Hoffenheim's defense, even if he was a few goals ahead, Hoffenheim's defense still made him feel suffocated.