"This is my dream! I had this dream 40 years ago when I was a centre-forward at Hoffenheim. Hope solemnly repeated.

No one laughs at a person who is still working hard in his sixties to realize his dreams when he was a teenager, let alone Li Huan, because he knows that Hoffenheim did become a member of the Bundesliga later, although they did not become a giant like Bayern, but they have always stayed in the first division, compared to many teams much bigger than Hoffenheim, this is an unbelievable miracle,

"You're happy." Li Huan sighed, he didn't say that you are great, because people with dreams are happy.

Hope smiled and said: "My happiest thing is to invite you and Rangnick, my original goal was to be able to see Hoffenheim enter the Bundesliga at the age of 70, but Flick's team has been up and down in the Bundesliga for five consecutive years, I was very disappointed, I almost lost confidence in my goal, but at this time the turning point appeared, Schalke 04 fired Rangnick, and he is the coach I admire the most, he is the same as me, daring to take risks, obsessed with his ideals, I went to his house four times, Finally, I impressed him with my ideals and sincerity. ”

Rangnick laughed, "Now we have a common ideal. We worked together for our ideals, and then you were injured, and Mr. Hope said, I still need a helper, so I went to you, and sure enough, you agreed to come to our small village. ”

Li Huan smiled slightly: "At that time, I was desperate, no one wanted me, and the club had an economic crisis, but the main thing was that I thought Hoffenheim could achieve my ideals." ”

Hope raised his glass and said, "Come!" The three of us have a toast for the ideal, you two are my most trusted people, Rangnick is my chief of staff, and you are Guderian who is charging into battle. ”

Li Huan almost blurted out that you want to be Hitler, but fortunately he held back, because the Germans are very taboo about talking about this person, he smiled and drank the wine in the cup, and said, "You haven't told me why you want to play offensive football?" ”

Rangnick smiled: "Let's talk about it, in fact, I think Li Huan is more like the cunning and wise Rommel when he takes a free kick." He is also very flexible when executing tactics on the court, never rigid, and is a coach after retiring. Why do we play offensive football is related to Hoffenheim's congenital disadvantage, Hoffenheim village only has 3,200 people, our stadium can only accommodate 5,500 people, even the Bundesliga away fans can't accommodate it, even if we move the home stadium to Sinsheim as Mr. Hope said, the number there is only 35,000, only one-seventh of Karlsruhe, in addition to Mr. Hoppe's money, how can we become a giant team in the Bundesliga, why can we attract stars to join? So we have to play offensive football that fans all over the world love, make good-looking football our calling card, attract more people to watch, attract more stars to join ......"

Li Huan understood Rangnick and Hope's foresight, he couldn't help but sigh ashamedly, this is the thinking and characteristics of the Germans, they are stubborn and almost conservative, but they do have a long-term vision and mind that other nations do not have, just like the song "Night on the outskirts of Moscow" and "Katyusha" from the Soviet Great Patriotic War in this small bar just now, what kind of mind is this, although he has not lived in Yuben, but he thinks that this island country will never put "" in the bar Nanniwan", "Singing Two Little Cowherds".

“…… Style is the team's signature, just like the art of Barcelona, the passion of Manchester United, the gorgeousness of Real Madrid, the iron blood of Bayern, the grace of AC Milan, fans can know when they mention it, even if they do not change their style and style of play for several years, and the style that changes often is not called style, so no matter whether they win or lose, I have not changed the offensive style of play, that is, to let this style penetrate into the hearts of fans, if it is now the Champions League final, or compete for the Bundesliga title, maybe I will think about it, but now there is no need at all. Rangnick spoke his mind unreservedly.

Hope laughed: "In the mall, it's called not being paranoid and not being rich." ”

Li Huan said angrily: "In football, it is called not a genius without paranoia, Coach Rangnick should be a genius among coaches, I believe it, you are right, I will play whatever you arrange in the future." ”

Hope saw Li Huan say this, his heart relaxed, just now when Li Huan said that he is not paranoid and not a genius, his heart sank suddenly, he was worried that Li Huan was as stubborn as Rangnick, but he didn't expect Li Huan to agree with Rangnick's tactical play very easily, he said happily: "What I'm most worried about is that there is a conflict between the two of you, and now that you have a unified opinion, I will be relieved." ”

Rangnick also breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Actually, our strength is too poor now, and it is naturally a little powerless to play offensive football, after we have a large number of powerful players to join during the winter break, you have more helpers, and you will feel very relaxed when you play offensive football." ”

Li Huan said: "Listening to you and Mr. Hope say this, I'm not in a hurry, my career has at least 7 years left, even if I wait another year, I'm not afraid." ”

Rangnick hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Although we are patient, it is still my greatest wish to be promoted to the Bundesliga as soon as possible, and I can't really enter the Bundesliga again when Mr. Hope is seventy years old." ”

Li Huan laughed and said: "If I really wait until that time, I really can't afford to wait, I think as long as we don't replace all the main forces at once, we have a great hope of rushing to the Bundesliga." ”

Rangnick said: "Of course not, the new signings will gradually integrate into the team and build a good team for next season, whether we are in the Bundesliga or the Bundesliga after this season, we will definitely produce results next season. ”

Li Huan nodded and said: "I will do my best to help the team upgrade, we have a writer in China who said a very good sentence, saying that it is necessary to become famous as soon as possible, and it will be boring when it is late." It's been such a good year that I don't want to repeat what happened in Karlsruhe last season. ”

Rangnick confidently pointed to the piece of paper on the table and said, "As long as the person I wrote on it can handle four people, there will be no problem in making the cut." ”

Hope said: "That little guy from the youth team Stref is very creative in midfield and will come in handy in another year. ”

Rangnick chuckled: "Maybe it will come in handy after the winter break, depending on how he plays in the German Cup against Hamburg in the final game, it was a big scene." ”

Li Huan said in surprise: "Do you still let the youth team play in the German Cup 16 into 8?" ”

Rangnick said without thinking: "Of course, our goal is very simple, that is, to hit the Bundesliga, the German Cup is not in our goal, let the young people train well." If they're lucky enough to make it to the last four, I'll probably send the main team up for two. ”

Li Huan was immediately impressed, Rangnick's coaching level is indeed not comparable to Karlsruhe's Becker, although Becker is also a good coach, but whether it is in the team's building ideas, playing style, and the choice of goals, Rangnick is a cut above Becker's chess, if Becker can be prepared for danger in times of peace last season, decisively give up the German Cup, a chicken rib event, and find a substitute for his own accidents, maybe it will not collapse in the end. Just like Hoffenheim's current situation, Becker will definitely not be willing to give up the German Cup, and will definitely not think about making changes to the current squad to prepare for next season, a coach's strategic vision directly determines his achievements. And Rangnick is definitely a championship-level coach after that.

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An open conversation at the Hope Bar resolved the possible estrangement between Rangnick and Li Huan in time, eliminating the team's hidden dangers, and then Hoffenheim nervously began to prepare for the last league game before the winter break, their opponent was another more terrifying away Dragon Munich 1860, so far Munich 1860 has won all at home, Hoffenheim went to Munich to challenge 1860 must have encountered a vicious fight, and at this moment Hoffenheim is tired again, The outside world is worried about whether Hoffenheim will fall in front of a ten-game winning streak. If Hoffenheim has any advantage now, it is that Hoffenheim's morale is extremely high now, and when Li Huan represented Karlsruhe last season, he also scored a hat trick at the home of Munich 1860, that is, the Allianz Arena, but a year has passed, Li Huan has become a member of Hoffenheim, and the Chinese player Shao Jia of Munich 1860 went to Ketbus, and the head coach was also replaced by Austrian Schachner. It is difficult to say whether Li Huan can regain the courage of last season in this game, after all, Li Huan has not scored in two games. For other defenders, twenty games without scoring will not be mentioned, but Li Huan is a special one, missing ten games last season and becoming the top scorer.

In an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich 1860's head coach Shahner spoke cautiously, "Hoffenheim size shouldn't be talked about, Munich even if it's a hundred times bigger than them, we haven't won as many games as they do, no matter which team has won 10 leagues, it's worth awe, Don't always think that we should break their winning streak, I think we can play at a normal level without any requirements, and maybe a point is perfectly acceptable for us. “

(To be continued)