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Although Hoffenheim lost the game, and it was a fiasco, Chu Zhongtian's personal performance was not bad. After all www.biquge.info the two goals scored by the team were related to him, the first was a direct assist, and the second was an assist for Ibisevic to make a penalty.

So when most of the Hoffenheim players didn't score well after the game, Chu Zhongtian got the team's highest score - two points. Second to him was fullback Baker with a 2.5 point.

So those tangled Chinese fans found a way to kill two birds with one stone and stop being entangled - Hoffenheim, of course, still has to be relegated, because if they don't relegate, Chu Zhongtian will not be able to jump out of this quagmire. But if the team is relegated, doesn't that mean that the players are not playing well, which leads to frequent losses?

Through this game, they found that even if the team loses, individual performance is not equal to team performance, after all, football is not a one-person sport, even if Chu Zhongtian wins the best in the game, if his teammates are not competitive, he will not be able to help the team win.

So the best thing to do is to lose every game Hoffenheim, but Chu Zhongtian has an excellent performance. It's just that because he has limited strength alone and can't reverse the decline of the whole team, he can only helplessly watch the team slide step by step towards the abyss of relegation. At the end of the season, although Hoffenheim was relegated, Chu Zhongtian was selected by the giants with his continuous outstanding performance, and jumped to a team like Bayern Munich - here, fans who support different giants will choose different transfer partners, such as AC Milan, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Juventus, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Roma, Fiorentina...... Any fan who likes his team can replace the name "Bayern Munich", which is really a fill-in-the-blank question.

Fans who were still very entangled in "If Hoffenheim's results are not good, doesn't it mean that Chu Zhongtian's performance is not good, then even if Hoffenheim is relegated, Chu Zhongtian has no team willing to want it", the fans suddenly became confused.

Bayer Leverkusen set a good example for them.

Domestically, the fiasco has also attracted media attention.

From this incident, we can also see the characteristics of the media, even the most authoritative media, can not escape this characteristic.

※※※ Fritz. Abel watched it in front of the newsstand for a long time, and finally decided not to buy the Monday edition of "Kicker". Firstly, two euros are expensive, and secondly, his favorite team loses, and it loses badly. He was annoyed that the media had fallen to the ground without a good voice because of the fiasco – and that a coward like him would be angry, only at times like these.

Look at what the cover caption of "The Kicker" reads: "The fairy tale is shattering so fast!" ”

Every word smacks of schadenfreude.

The media is like that, always. When you win, they flatter you and blow you to the clouds. And when you lose, they scold you and throw you into hell. It's as if this is the only way to show their neutrality and calm wisdom.

But this upset a fan of a loser.

Of course, he could not have gone to Offenbach's Forest Strasse (where the southwest editorial office of The Kicker was located) to protest against the magazine's wall-to-wall behavior, but he could have expressed his protest with a more practical action - refusing to buy the issue.

At least I made this issue of Kicker Magazine sell less!

Abel thought to himself a little smug as he left the newsstand.

As soon as he turned the corner, he saw the last person he wanted to see now, Daniel, and his men.

"Ahaha! Who's this guy? Little Abel, oh—my dear little Abel! I'm so glad to meet you! He laughed out loud, as did his followers.

Abel craned his neck, clinging to the wall, trying to slip away. But he was dragged back by Daniel, who put his arms around Abel's neck and whispered in his ear, "Don't run, little Abel." Did you watch Saturday's game? ”

Abel was silent, he was expressing his protest in this way.

But Daniel didn't care, and he didn't need Abel to say anything, he said to himself, "I didn't watch either." But I later learned the score, 5:2! Bayer (Bayer Leverkusen) is really good! Ha ha! Remember what I said a week ago? I said it wouldn't be long before the village you like will lose back, and it's a back-to-back loss, ha! It's off to a great start! ”

Normally, Abel didn't want to see Daniel, but today he didn't want to do it for this reason - he knew that Daniel would laugh at the loss of his favorite team. What's more infuriating than taunting and attacking his favorite team in front of a fan?

When Hoffenheim was still in the Bundesliga, he was treated like this. At school, Hoffenheim, whom he liked, would spend the longest time at home on Monday before going to school, wondering whether he should skip class today, because he didn't want to go to school and be ridiculed by a crowd of people. They attacked his favorite team with the most vicious language, but he couldn't fight back, let alone dare to fight back. can only be ridiculed by others, full of clowns.

He didn't like it.

Daniel was in a good mood today because it wasn't just Hoffenheim who lost, his favorite Bayern Munich also won and beat Hertha Berlin 4-1 at home. Although he didn't go to see it live, he watched it live on TV. The defending champions have finally enjoyed their first win of the season and believe that Bayern Munich's title defence has officially begun, and Hoffenheim's relegation road is naturally the same.

He and his men taunted Hoffenheim and gave Abel the nickname "Hillbilly" to Hoffenheim before leaving.

Looking at the backs of a group of people leaving, Abel pursed his lips tightly, and there were already tears rolling in his eyes. He tried not to let the tears stay in front of so many people just now, and he knew that it would only make them more energetic and more positive.

When he couldn't see Daniel and them anymore, his tears couldn't hold back and slipped down his cheeks. Abel then wiped away her tears, turned around and ran home.

The Hoffenheim players would not have known that one of their young fans had been laughed at and shed tears by their peers because of a defeat in one of their games. That was two days later.

But now, in the visiting dressing room at Bayer Arena, they all know that Rannick is unhappy.

Earlier, Rangnick, who wore glasses, had the indecent nickname "The Professor", which was ridiculed by the football world as a matter of only talking about it. Putting aside this not-so-good meaning, this nickname is quite in line with his personal image. Because he seems to be well-mannered and eloquent, he looks like a very wise university professor.

But that's the opinion of people who are not familiar with Rangnick. Hoffenheim's players don't really think their manager is a good old man who doesn't lose his temper.

Instead of using a lot of expletives to express his frustration, and he didn't let the players tell the players what they did wrong, he didn't let the players drowsy at length, he just said: "Tomorrow's vacation is cancelled, three practices a day." "It's enough to make everybody understand that the manager is unhappy right now.

Generally speaking, two practices a day can make a professional player frown, while three practices a day is completely punitive training.

Although Chu Zhongtian received the team's highest score in the post-game media rating, he was not happy. For him, individual honours are nothing, what matters is the team's results. What's the point if the team loses every game and he scores the team-high points in every game?

On the other hand, the team has honors, and individuals can talk about honors. Individual accolades are based on the team's overall results, and it is absolutely impossible for a relegation team to have a top scorer or Footballer of the Year or Ballon d'Or winner. If you want to win the above honors, you have to let your team win the championship.

Chu Zhongtian wants to help Hoffenheim reach glory, and he has always seen it his duty to lead this team. But the game poured cold water on him, made him realize his own shortcomings, and the team's problems - too young. He himself was very young, only twenty-four, but he had been through more, so he looked a little more mature than his actual age, but in reality he was still very young. It's rare for a team to use a player as young as it gets. Since Rangnick dares to use it, it shows that he really trusts himself, so he can't live up to the trust of the manager.

There is an old Chinese saying that makes a lot of sense -- a soldier dies for his confidant. For Chu Zhongtian, Rangnick is his confidant, he knows himself, he is familiar with himself, and he knows how to bring out the best in himself, so to play for such a head coach, Chu Zhongtian is willing to work hard.

Just like when he was in Metz and was willing to play in the UEFA Cup final for Fernandes with an injury.

He is now more aware of the importance of stepping up his shooting training. When Rangnick asked him to step up his shooting practice, he also felt that as long as his teammates could keep scoring, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with not shooting.

But in this game, he realized what would happen if he was strong in scoring. He didn't dare to say that he could turn the team into a victory by himself, but at least he wouldn't lose so badly.

If you think differently and have a strong scoring ability, it doesn't mean that you have to overstep your responsibilities as a striker. But in attack, the team has a number of tactical options. When the opponent knows that he can also score, he will inevitably be distracted to defend himself so that other teammates can get more chances. Just like nuclear weapons, they are not used lightly, but they are a very effective deterrent.

If he has a strong scoring ability, even if he usually assists his teammates to score, and he doesn't shoot much to score, he can also deter the opponent...... In this way, it is indeed necessary for me to further strengthen my shooting training, especially to develop my own shooting**.

※※※ The team returned to Hoffenheim from Bayer Leverkusen and started three training sessions a day. Chu Zhongtian took the initiative to stay after the training to practice shooting. and Bayer Leverkusen's defeat was a wake-up call and made him feel that time was running out.

He didn't come to the small village of Hoffenheim for a holiday, he came here to start a business.

If Bayer Leverkusen can't get past this hurdle, what more ambitious goals are there to talk about?

"Let's create a big scene together" is just a joke.

Think about Metz back then, in the League Cup, you could beat Leverkusen all over the ground to find teeth, why Hoffenheim was beaten all over the ground to find teeth?

It seems that Hoffenheim's strength is not as strong as expected, and it needs to continue to strengthen. And so he is. It's not his turn to do anything about the team, but he can do it.

One day, when the team is no longer functioning normally, and a hero is needed to save the team from danger single-handedly, he can't always put the hope of "becoming a hero" on others, right?

As captain and the heart of the team, that's the idea of passing the buck.

He must have this awareness - when the team is in trouble, the first to stand up should be the first player...... Uh, no, it's himself.

He wants to lead the team, on what basis? Why should these people be convinced that they are qualified and capable? Isn't it at this time? Just like he did in Metz, when the team faced Paris Saint-Germain and needed a win to avoid relegation, he stepped up and scored the winning goal; When the team also faced Paris Saint-Germain and needed a French Cup title to qualify for next season's League Cup, he stepped up to complete the stunner; When the team faced an unfavorable situation in the heavy rain at White Hart Lane and had to use a win to secure promotion, it was he who stepped up and scored the goal that completely sealed the victory; Also, in the UEFA Cup final, when the team was one goal behind until the final minute of injury time, it was he who stepped up and scored the equaliser for Menez with an assist...... There are many, many more of these key moments, and the French press has given him many nicknames, one of which is called "Mr. Key".

That's why he was able to gain absolute trust in Metz and lead the team. Of course, there is an element of Fernandes' strong support, but every time he stepped up to save the team at a critical moment, his teammates were willing to pin all their hopes on him, leave all their dreams to him to complete, and be willing to believe in him unconditionally.

Otherwise, if he can't come up with a convincing performance on his own, no matter how much Fernandez supports him, he will just be a "can't help Adou".

To be the heart of a team, you just need to have a consistent and good performance. But if you want to be the leader of this team, you must have the courage and ability to stand up in difficult situations.

Chu Zhongtian thought so while practicing shooting on the training ground at sunset.

I am afraid that there is still a long way to go before I can truly become the leader of Hoffenheim...... But that's fine, he's never afraid of a challenge. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to take on the challenge of becoming a legend with a promoted horse from Metz. With his strength and fame, he can go to a mid-to-upper team in the four major European leagues (English Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga) to play a very easy main position, with a not low salary, and if you are lucky, you can also follow the team to mix a league championship, or even a European championship or something...... But is this the kind of life he wants?

Turning the tide and icing on the cake, he prefers the former.

※※※After two consecutive days and three practice sessions a day, the team finally returned to normal training intensity. In the past two days, everyone has been tossed to death or alive, and only a few people such as Chu Zhongtian are still behaving normally. Chu Zhongtian is a monster among monsters, after practicing three times a day, he has to practice shooting for fifteen minutes for himself, so that many teammates can't help but sigh at his physical strength, which is really beyond the comprehension of ordinary people.

At the end of a brutal day of three practice, head coach Rangnick arranged a very special training session.

At the beginning of a new day's training, every player who comes to the training base will see the blue and white bus parked at the entrance of the base, which is the special team bus of the Hoffenheim team. They only see the car here on home match day, or the day before the away game, and at other times they don't see it at all.

But today is not a home game day, and the next day is not a long trip away, so why is this car parked here?

They met Rangnick on the training pitch and the manager solved the mystery for them: "Today's training session is not here, it's ......" he pointed to the bus, "We're going to Sinsheim. ”

The crowd still didn't know why the training session had to go to Sinsheim.

Until they arrived at a fencing gym in the city by bus...... In the hall, standing in front of them was not the usual assistant coach Tomislav. Marić and Peter. Zeidler, but two former fencers.

Rangnick was introducing them, pointing to the tall and thin man on the right and telling the players, "This is Daniel. Mr. Streegel (daniel_strigel) was a bronze medalist in the men's epee team at Athens 2004. ”

"Hello everyone, nice to meet you." Streegel greeted everyone with a smile.

Someone whistled and everyone applauded as a sign of respect for the former famous German fencer.

Then Rangnick pointed to a man to his left who was already older than Streel and said, "This is Matthias. Mr. Bell (matthias_behr) is a three-time fencing World Cup men's foil champion and a Montreal Olympic men's foil champion. ”

This time the applause was even louder. The Germans themselves are well aware of the status of this old man in his fifties in German sports.

Even Striegel, who was next to him, applauded everyone and welcomed Bell.

Bell grimaced and waved his hand to everyone, even if he had said hello.

After introducing the two special guests, Rangnick lifted the Western sword in his hand and made a stabbing motion at everyone.

"Your training session today is just this - fencing!"

(To be continued)