Chapter 33: Winning streak

In the fourth round of the league, Hamburg returned to their home stadium to face promoted Mabrunswick.

Obviously, Hamburg went very far and after the heavy defeat, they played against promoted horses in a row.

Speaking of Braunschweig, it was Zhang Chengdong, the only Chinese shooter in Europe who joined last season (Zhang Chengdong played as a shadow striker at that time), and Zhang Chengdong never got too good a chance in Braunschweig.

In this game, Song Zhong undoubtedly replaced Lasoga to get the starting position.

Although the team won Hertha Berlin in the last round, Fink still made changes to some positions in this game, in addition to Song Jong replacing Rasoga, two changes were made: new signing Djolu replaced Zobich after injury, partnered with Westerman in two central defences, and Ilachek replaced Rudnevs.

Braunschweig made more changes, with Abdul Ravi, Boland, Clatz and captain Krupke on the bench, Correa out injured, and Dogan, Kessel, Francic, Bellaby and Kumbella in the starting line-up.

The large-scale change of starters may have had a bit of an impact on Braunschweig.

In the 7th minute, Best broke through to the penalty area and hit Kessel's hand with his left foot to the center of the penalty area, and Song Zhong quickly stepped forward and shot into the net with a left-footed shovel before Reichel and Davari, 1-0, helping the team take the lead.

“1:0! Hamburg took the lead from the start, and the scorer Song Jong was Hamburg's X-factor, and his presence greatly strengthened Hamburg's ability in front of goal on the field! Smith said.

10 minutes later, Adler kicked a free kick from the backfield, the ball bounced into the right side of the penalty area, Best squeezed away Doan and crossed the goal, Song Zhong easily pushed into the empty goal with his right foot, 2-0.

"In less than 20 minutes, Hamburg took a 2-0 lead, and this is still the Hamburg we know! And today Maximibest seems to be still haunted by the empty goal in the last game, so his performance today is particularly positive! Burgers don't seem to be bumping around anymore, they're firing on all cylinders now! ”

Even against Braunschweig, the match was attended by more than 54,000 Hamburg fans, who were cheering for the team's first win of the season at home.

Hamburg turned the game into a half-court drill, much to the chagrin of Braunschweig.

Faced with such a situation, Braunschweig's head coach Berkenecht hesitated for a while, and made the team's first substitution in the 30th minute, replacing the central defender Doan, who had been played by Song Jong today, and replacing Ravi.

Obviously, in Berknesst's view, today's Doan has been made unconfident by Song Zhong, especially after the second goal conceded, Berknecht originally wanted to see it again, but Doan's performance completely disappointed him, and now leaving him on the field will only make listening to him become a breakthrough for Hamburg, so it is better to replace him.

But Ravi's presence didn't make much of a difference.

Only 1 minute after Ravi changed to the field, it was Van der Vaart who broke into the left side of the penalty area with the ball, and when the powerful low shot with his right foot was blocked by Davari and bounced to the back point, Song Zhong pushed the empty goal again to score, 3-0.

"3:0, today's Song is really superb! He's gone crazy! Smith shouted.

Duan Xuan was also very excited, and said in the studio in Beijing: "This is the first time that a Chinese player has scored a hat-trick in Europe's top league!" It's been a long time since anyone has seen such a great performance from a Chinese player! ”

The last Chinese player to score a hat-trick in Europe was Xie Hui, who also did it in Germany, but he was in the Bundesliga, and Song Zhong was in the Bundesliga! A hat-trick in one of the most competitive leagues in Europe!

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In the first half, Hamburg led Braunschweig 3-0.

At half-time, Fink just encouraged the players and it was over, what else does this score need to say?

On Braunschweig's side, Berkenecht could only hope for substitutions to help the team stop the decline, and as for the equalizer, three goals in one half? He's still counting points for his team.

At the beginning of the second half, Berkenecht directly used the remaining two substitutions, replacing players with strong defensive ability and replacing some offensive players who did not perform well in the first half.

The two substitutions sent a strong defensive signal, which also marked that Braunschweig had indirectly declared that they would not resist.

Of course, Fink's side also made adjustments, and in the 60th minute of the game, he replaced Song Jong, who scored a hat-trick today, and replaced Lasoga, Calhanoglu and Van der Vaart.

This substitution is actually a bit risky, after all, Song Zhong and Van der Vaart are among the most threatening people in the front court of this game.

In the following time, Braunschweig suddenly made a force, and when there were few people in the front, he still played well, but he never broke through the goal of the Hamburg team.

The Hamburg backline, which has been criticized in the previous games, has withstood the test this time.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Calhanoglu took a direct free kick with his right foot from the top of the penalty area into the top left corner, 4-0.

In the end, Hamburg won 4-0 at home against Braunschweig and achieved a hearty victory!

Song Jong, who scored a hat-trick after the game, was named Man of the Match, and this is not the first time that Song Jong has won the Man of the Match.

With this victory, Hamburg climbed to third place in the standings and entered the European zone.

After the game, the German press commented that Fink's Hamburg were on the right path.

The most important transfer for Hamburg this summer was from Calhanoglu before the start of the season to Song Jong.

Song Jong scored a total of seven goals in the first four rounds of the Bundesliga, including a hat-trick, and now occupies the top scorer list, two goals ahead of second-placed Robert Lewandowski.

In China, Song Zhong was blown into the sky.

"The hope of the rise of Chinese football!"

"The cornerstone of Chinese football!"

"China's No. 1 Football Genius!"

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Anyway, as long as all the words that sound more powerful are used on Song Zhong's body, Chinese football finally has a "genius" that can make them brag!

Don't blow now?

So when will it blow?

Not only the German media and Chinese media began to pay attention to Song Zhong's performance, but other European media also began to pay attention to Song Zhong, and even some Chinese-funded clubs have begun to move, but the most proud of Song Zhong's good performance in Europe is, of course, Inter Milan, they have Song Zhong's repurchase right in their hands, and only 5 million euros!