After December 19, with the end of the third round of the German Cup, the first half of the Bundesliga competition has officially come to an end. Wolfsburg relied on Gao Shunyao's header to knock Leverkusen out of the German Cup, which was regarded as revenge for losing to them in the league and losing points.

It's just that although victory is relieving, it doesn't mean that it has much significance. Wolfsburg's 1-0 defeat of Bayer Leverkusen seemed to add another glorious stroke to his victory, but in fact, when the game was over, Gao Shunyao, who was out of breath, thought about the second half of the season, Wolfsburg still needed to fight on three fronts, and he couldn't help but be a little worried.

Fighting on multiple fronts is a bit of a difficult task for Wolfsburg, and it's hard to say if they can play well in the second half of the season.

Now that it's the winter break, Wolfsburg will naturally sum up its situation in the first half of the season. In the first half of the season, they have played extremely hard, but there are still a lot of shortcomings. Although they have won 21 of their 26 games in half a season and lost only three, they have not won any other honours except for a Champions League group winner. The top team in the league is still someone else's, and the top five teams in the league have only won one game, which makes people feel a little sad to think about.

"I just hope that in the second half of the season, it won't be so unlucky again, if it goes on like this, it will really become a joke."

When the winter break arrives and the team-mates look back on last season's games together, there is no shortage of thoughts in the team. The team, which has only lost three games in half a season, cannot guarantee itself to be at the top of the league table and compete in the Bundesliga this year. It's a lot of pressure for the players to look back.

The same is true for Gao Shunyao, the holiday is coming. He also has some cases to worry about. He remembers having had the most unlucky team, losing four games in a single season. As a result, the four major players in the season were empty, and they didn't win any championships. Gao Shunyao, such an unlucky ghost, didn't want to do it, if he couldn't win so many games and couldn't win the championship, he would be depressed to death.

Wolfsburg's goal is to win the championship, and if you can't win the championship, you can only be considered a loser no matter how close you are to the championship. Looking at the embarrassing situation of their own team, the Wolfsburg players also have all kinds of discussions in private.

"Now I can only hope that this winter. Either our strength has improved by leaps and bounds, or our team has strong reinforcements...... Otherwise, I still find it a little difficult in the second half of the season. ”

During the chat, Mandzukic and Gao Shunyao said such words, and Gao Shunyao also understood the meaning of his words very clearly: in a winter, it is naturally impossible to expect the players to suddenly become more technical, and Mandzukic's actual meaning actually refers to the hope that his team can be recruited.

His request was not excessive. Because now it seems that Wolfsburg's bench is indeed the weakest one of the teams competing for the title. Bayern's kind of super tyrant is not mentioned for the time being, even compared to Dortmund, Wolfsburg has no advantage at all. If Wolfsburg can make some appropriate reinforcements. Strengthening your bench is a thing you should do.

Actually, it's not just Mandzukic who thinks so. That's what the media thinks when winter arrives.

Half a season has passed, and there is only one defeat and one draw for Bayern. It is considered to be the most qualified team in the league to compete for the title. Under Bayern, Wolfsburg relied on two defeats and one draw. Dortmund's title last season made the media afraid to say that they must not have any chances. There is no doubt that these three teams are by far the most likely contenders in the Bundesliga for the title this season.

In addition to these three teams, Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke 04 are also noteworthy strong teams this season. Although Bayer Leverkusen were sadly knocked out of the German Cup by Wolfsburg in the final game at the end of the first half of the season, their quality is still unquestionable. So far in the league, they are still in front of Borussia Dortmund, and it can be said that this season, they are also a strong team in the race for Champions League qualification.

There are as many as 18 teams in the Bundesliga, but the most interesting ones are the ones in the front row, apart from the relegation teams. Especially during the transfer period, it will be interesting to see if these teams will do anything to strengthen their squad. During the winter break, the media analyzed the needs of various teams on the one hand, and on the other hand, they also paid attention to their recruitment.

The transfer in winter is not only a reinforcement activity to enhance one's strength, but also a battle of public opinion. If you can overpower your opponent in the winter transfer, it will also be good for the morale of the team.

It's just that since the arrival of the winter break, what makes Gao Shunyao quite depressed is that in this encounter, Wolfsburg seems to be the one who falls behind.

Bayern's transfer activity this winter can be said to be the most eye-catching: the entire Bundesliga originally thought that Bayern's first transfer this winter would definitely be to bring in a center forward in order to play better in the second half of the season. However, Bayern's approach has clearly exceeded expectations. They announced directly this winter that Pep Guardiola will become Bayern's head coach next season.

Compared with the joining of the coach, the joining of the star should be a trivial matter, not to mention the coach who will come next year, which is a matter of the future. But Pep Guardiola is not an ordinary coach, as the world's premier champion coach, Guardiola's fame is much more than that of ordinary players, and he is sure to come to Bayern, which is enough to make a sensation in world football.

The experience at Barcelona is enough to make him a coach who is sought after by the world's giants, and since Pep Guardiola's resignation from Barcelona, Chelsea, Manchester City, Bayern Munich and many other giants have been eager for him. The achievements of Barcelona in the past few years are well known, there is no team that does not want their team to have the same honor as Barcelona, and it is also what many teams are looking forward to to inviting Pep Guardiola, the helmsman of Barcelona's Dream Three, to come to his own team and build a Dream Three team for his team.

Guardiola's choice has been noisy for a long time, and public opinion even has some signs of Guardiola becoming a dynasty team, and in this winter, Bayern announced that they had signed Guardiola as the head coach of Bayern next season, which immediately caused a great response in the entire league.

Although this possibility has been discussed for a long time, when it actually happened, it still shocked the Bundesliga and the world.

This move has ensured that Bayern are the brightest stars in the transfer market this winter. The thought of Pep Guardiola's possible move to Bayern Munich next season to turn the team that missed out on three titles last year into a dynasty has the media can't help but get excited.

And Gao Shunyao also admitted that this also had some impact on the players at Wolfsburg: at least when he heard the news, he was also worried. Guardiola used to coach Barcelona, if Guardiola comes, will Bayern become more stable and more terrifying? If that were the case, would it be more difficult to beat Bayern?

Although this is something that needs to be considered next season, thinking of this, Gao Shunyao is still a little depressed.

It's just that he won't be depressed for too long, because if he really wants to be depressed this winter, it's more than that. Of course, there is big news about Pep Guardiola's arrival on Bayern's side, but this winter, the real biggest transfer is Dortmund.

After the arrival of this winter's transfer window, the only transfer of tens of millions of dollars was made by Borussia Dortmund - it was this winter that they had already made a deal with Shakhtar Donetsk and brought in Mkhitaryan.

Shakhtar Donetsk had bad luck in the Champions League, as they were knocked out by Wolfsburg and Arsenal and had to go to the Europa League. The defeat in the Champions League has caused Shakhtar Donetsk to suffer heavy losses, they are originally a small league team, it is difficult to retain good players, the Champions League has not been played, and naturally many players have been poached. Borussia Dortmund were one of the teams that took advantage of the opportunity, and they paid a lot of money for Mkhitaryan at this time.

Dortmund's shot is actually a little unwise, Mkhitaryan has already played in the Champions League this season, he can no longer play for Dortmund in the Champions League, this money is a little bit unspent.

However, this season, Dortmund's league results are really bad, and their winter reinforcements are also to solve the league's problems, and because Lewandowski does not renew his contract, they also need a large amount of reinforcements to increase their morale for the team.

Wolfsburg played hard in the Champions League, but it turned out to be cheaper than Dortmund, and this reinforcement also made Gao Shunyao depressed.

"Looking at other people's transfers, and then looking at our transfers, I always feel that our biggest gap may not be in the players, but in the management."

Looking at the two competitors, one has a world-class coach in charge, and the other has tens of millions of reinforcements, in private, Gao Shunyao is only left to complain about Wolfsburg's transfer market moves.

Because this winter, Wolfsburg is really not doing very well.

Compared with Bayern's big money and Dortmund's smart supplements, Wolfsburg's reinforcements have not made much movement for a long time. Although before the arrival of winter, people have been analysing, Wolfsburg estimated that in winter, it may need to bring in wingers, may need to bring in defenders, and it may be winter, Wolfsburg need to further strengthen their squad in order to maintain their championship hopes in the second half of the season......

The media predicted a lot, but no one expected that Wolfsburg would buy a back in the first place this winter. (To be continued.) )