Even the small town of Karlsruhe at ** o'clock, its early morning is quiet and calm, and it is rare to see the hustle and bustle of the Chinese style, but there is one place that is very lively, that is, the Wilder Park Stadium, the home of the Karlsruhe team. Today is the quarter-final match of the German Cup, and Stuttgart, the capital of Baden-Württemberg, will be here to face Karlsruhe for a place in the last four.

On the one hand, Stuttgart, the largest metropolis in Europe with a population of more than 2 million, and on the other hand, the small city of Karlsruhe, a small city of Hesse with 200,000 people, one is a Bundesliga team, and the other is a Bundesliga team.

Fans came to Wilder Park early to watch the team's training, and for the first three days, Karlsruhe training was closed, and fans and reporters could not see it, which caused dissatisfaction among some die-hard fans and reporters, because these fans have become accustomed to watching their beloved team train every day and then do what they have to do, and they can't see their idols and stars, and their hearts are like something is missing.

The first to come to the stadium is still the fan's favorite player Li Huan, although the Chinese defender often has shocking actions on the field and in interviews, and it is said that his private life is not very in line with the traditional concept of the Germans, but in football, Li Huan is rarely criticized by fans and the media, he never misses training for no reason, he has the same bravery and tenacity as the Germans on the field, and never gives up fighting until the last moment. As a foreign player who was able to conquer fans and media in just over half a year, Li Huan relied on his extraordinary performance on the court.

Li Huan held the handlebars of the bicycle with one hand and waved at the cheering fans with the other hand, he was not the only player in Karlsruhe who came to train by bicycle, but none of them were as famous and earning as him. Although many domestic media take Li Huan's training on a confident car as a joke, Li Huan doesn't care, he has never cared about other people's opinions since he was reborn, and no one in Germany has a lot of comments about the maverick behavior of this big-name player, and his private life here is not as concerned as in China.

Li Huan just plugged in the car, captain Stoll's Mercedes also arrived, and then Martins, Capalani, and Eichner also came to the stadium in advance, and it seems that today's derby battle has made many players lose a moment of normalcy.

"It's rare to come so early." Li Huan greeted his teammates while playing with the ball casually.

"I couldn't sleep for a long time. It's the first time I've started in such an important game. "Martins knew yesterday that he was going to be in the starting line-up and didn't sleep well in the middle of the night.

Capalani looked at the fans and said, "They were ahead of us. ”

Eichner and captain Stoll took the training ball together, and Stoll said: "We must give them a little color this time." ”

Everyone knows who they are referring to, Stuttgart coach Trapattoni and chairman Stott made a show on Stuttgart TV yesterday, although the two are now inseparable, but they both hit Karlsruhe to show that they have a good relationship, Trapattoni promised that he would do his best to bring a title to Stuttgart, with Bayern behind Bayern in the league, everyone knows that Trapattoni is talking about the German Cup, he simply ignores the existence of Karlsruhe. Trapattoni not only ignored Karlsruhe, but also didn't seem to pay too much attention to Li Huan, he said that Stuttgart is unique to the players who restrain Li Huan, and the gap between the level of players in the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga is obvious, and Stuttgart will not overturn in the gutter as long as they are not proud of the game.

Stuttgart's chairman Mr. Stotter is ready to take Trapattoni behind his back, but on the surface he is still complimenting the Italian coach, he said that he believes in Trapattoni's coaching ability, and now Stuttgart is developing on the positive side, although Karlsruhe has performed exceptionally well this season, but there is still no way to compete with Stuttgart, Trapattoni's command and adjustment ability in the cup is outstanding, he expects Stuttgart to beat Karlsruhe 3-0 to reach the semi-finals, Tomasson, Gomez and Sordo scored one goal each.

Li Huan smiled and said, "Let's beat them 3-0 today, and let the chairman swallow what he said again." ”

Stoll's idol Summerer was dismissed by the chairman, which made Stoll very unkind to him, he snorted and said, "He should be swallowing because his head is full of." ”

Li Huan smiled: "If everyone uses this mentality to play, I'm afraid it will be difficult to kill Stuttgart." are all excited and nervous, it's normal to lose, and if we win, we earn it. It's them, not us, who should be nervous. ”

Martins said: "It's our first time playing a derby, can we not be excited? Just like when you first had a surname, weren't you excited? ”

Li Huan asked rhetorically: "Isn't it the first time for me, Lao Tzu is only one year older than you." ”

Martins said: "It's different, you're a star, I'm a newcomer. ”

Li Huan raised his foot and kicked the ball right on Martins's buttocks, and laughed: "You kid actually teased me, you are the star, I didn't hear Stuttgart say that one player will buy our whole team, return the star, your head." ”

Stoll said: "What Li Huan said is that compared to Stuttgart, none of us are considered stars. Only by working hard together. ”

Li Huan said: "We are barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, don't always think about upsets, try our best to play, what is it if we lose, they are only afraid that Trapattoni will have to go back to Italy if they lose." ”

Although Li Huan has been playing in the midfield for the first three days, Li Huan still appears in the right-back position in today's open training, which is a smoke bomb released by Becker, in the face of a strong opponent, Becker has to be cautious, no matter what tactics Trapattoni adopts against Karlsruhe, he must use all means to increase Karlsruhe's chances of winning.

After the training, Becker gave the players the final game mobilization, Becker said: "Although our most important task this season is to enter the Bundesliga, but the German Cup has reached the quarterfinals, there are still two games left to reach the final, we have never been so close to the championship as today, it is our mission to win the first title for the team and the fans in 50 years, today we have to work hard for the fans and the honor, the opponent is much stronger than us, but it is not terrible. We have faced two Bundesliga teams this season, Bayern Munich are not strong or not, we have drawn against them, Bielefeld is also a Bundesliga team, who would have thought that we scored five goals against them. Stuttgart are famous, but they are not without weaknesses, and we have seen through the video that they have a lot of problems at the back in the past three days, just to see if we can catch them, if we can play our own characteristics, seize Stuttgart's flaws, and it is not impossible to win. Even if we don't win in the end, it's nothing to lose for us, we still have the league to fight for, I'm sure everyone will win the game and the 30,000 fans in the stadium will give us a lot of motivation. ”

On Wednesday afternoon, Stuttgart's buses pulled into the Wilder Park Stadium with more than a thousand fans with them, and for Stuttgart, the game was no less important, as they had not won the tournament for almost a decade, and they had not won the league for 14 years, and they were no worse hungry for titles than Karlsruhe. The Karlsruhe fans gave Stuttgart a warm welcome, but without flowers and applause, the Stuttgart stars were booed and ridiculed. In addition to laughing at the Stuttgart chairman's short-sightedness and greed for money, they also ridiculed Trapattoni's decrepit and incompetence, because the Italians did not bring Stuttgart better results after Stauter fired Sameer.

It was the most common scene in the derby, with the Stuttgart buses not stopping, and the Stuttgart stars sitting in the buses watching the Karlsruhe fans who gave them the middle finger at them, ready to retaliate with goals on the pitch.

After Stuttgart got used to the pitch, the managers of both sides attended the pre-match press conference, Trapattoni looked relaxed, he first praised the stadium in Karlsruhe, he said that the Wilder Park stadium is great, the turf is good and big, it is suitable for a fierce and wonderful derby, he is very hypocritical to say that Karlsruhe is a strong team, the best opponent of Stuttgart, this derby will become a classic battle that is often missed by fans, However, he said that he was sorry that Stuttgart would get the final victory, and that the players and fans of Stuttgart were hungry for the title and the victory, and they were well prepared for the game, which they had to win. When talking about the difference between German football and Italian football, and why he was able to succeed in both countries, Trapattoni said that he likes to challenge and try new things, and he often watched German football when he coached in China, because at that time European football was Germany and Italy competing for hegemony, although the football of the two countries is very different, but one thing is the same, that is, they both use all means to pursue victory, and they all play winning football. He is now trying to integrate his coaching philosophy with the German players in this regard. He was successful at Bayern Munich and at Stuttgart he will surely bring this vibrant team to the top.

Becker's pre-match speech was succinct, saying that he had a lot of respect for Trapattoni and Stuttgart, a perfect combination of a gold-medal coach and a champion team, and that he believed that after the fusion period, Stuttgart would be on the charge for the Bundesliga title, and Becker joked that Trapattoni would better cede a place in the FA Cup semi-finals to Karlsruhe, who had not tasted the title for 50 years. Stuttgart will surely encounter difficulties that he could not have imagined in the Bundesliga in this game, and Karlsruhe's desire for the title is even stronger than that of Stuttgart.

(To be continued)