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Those who were sure to leave were gradually leaving, with Copado, Loew, Seitz and Kischbaum all moving away from the team. www.biquge.info Except for Loew, who brought Hoffenheim 500,000 euros in income, everyone else was on a free transfer and didn't get a penny. Hope's Hoffenheim really didn't care about the money.

Yankel stayed because if he left, the team would not be able to find a suitable right-back replacement. Time is running out and there are no suitable right-backs to choose from in the winter transfer market.

Hoffenheim's bench strength is not strong enough, and if he leaves, he will not dare to have any injuries in the second half of the season. After communicating with Rangnick, Yankel decided to stay in the team for the time being.

At the same time, the pursuit of Simunic failed, and the team chose to sign Flamengo young defender Fabricio (fabricio_silva_dornellas) on loan, and the 18-year-old Brazilian is a player of Brazil's under-20 national youth team, a very talented player. Hoffenheim took a fancy to his talent and age, and the team first loaned him for half a season and then decided whether to buy him or not, depending on the situation.

※※※ As the transfer of the club progressed, players continued to leave the training camp in Namanga, Spain, and new teammates joined them.

At the same time as the training camp, the team also played several warm-up matches with the team that also trained in Namanga.

On January 13, the first warm-up match was played against Bochum. As a result, the team lost 0:2 to Bochum with almost all the main players playing.

It's just that the important thing in the warm-up game is not the result, but the process. Hildebrand started the game, but only Baker and Nelsson were the main players at the back. Jankel played at centre-back and Loew at left-back. Hildebrand was depressed after the game, it was his first time playing for Hoffenheim, and even though it was only a warm-up game, he wanted to do well. He was probably the most serious of all the starters, but he was in the back of the net and scored twice...... He was a member of the German national team at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, but now he has not been selected for the national team for a long time. With less than two years to go before the World Cup in South Africa, he hopes to be in good shape for the World Cup in South Africa before then. Kahn retired, Lehmann is old, he always thought that the main goalkeeper of the German team should finally be his turn, who thought that in recent years, there have been many outstanding young goalkeepers in Germany, such as Schalke 04's main goalkeeper Neuer, who is only twenty-two years old and has been selected for the national team. There is also Bayer Leverkusen's goalkeeper Adler (rene_adler), who is just a few days away from turning 24. The oldest goalkeeper in the German national team is now Robert Hannover. Enke (robert_enke), thirty years old. And Hildebrand is twenty-nine years old, which is not a big advantage in age compared to Enke...... Germany has a tradition of producing excellent goalkeepers, from Schumacher to Ilgener, from Koepke to Kahn, Lehmann, and now a large number of young goalkeepers are rising, and Hildebrand is feeling the pressure.

Therefore, even if it is just a warm-up match, he wants to be able to perform well.

Three days later, Hoffenheim lost to Hamburg by the same score in the second warm-up match.

Those teams who did not beat Hoffenheim in the league have finally found a chance to take revenge.

It was a bit of a fire in the middle of this game. Hamburg had a hard-hitting finish and didn't look like a friendly match at all, with Brazilian striker Wellington, eager to show himself, failing to avoid a ball scramble and tackling the opposition player Matthijsen to the ground.

Wellington made a permanent move last summer for €4.2 million, but he didn't get too many appearances, his performances were lackluster, and he didn't adapt to German football for a long time. Seeing his team-mates do well and win a winter title for the team, he also wanted to show himself and prove to the manager that he can get his place in the team. This mentality brought him bad luck. He was carried off on the spot and could no longer play.

And as compatriots, the Brazilian players are very grouped outside. Seeing Wellington being tackled, Eduardo naturally wanted to avenge his compatriots. He then tackled Olic in the game, and although Olic was not injured, Eduardo's move was dangerous. Ulrich was furious, and he got up from the ground and pounced on Eduardo.

He jammed Eduardo in the neck, and Eduardo slapped Olich in the face, resulting in both men being sent off.

Rangnick was unhappy with the team's performance in the game, believing that the team had focused too much energy on finding trouble with their opponents, so as a punishment, the whole team ran from the training ground back to the resident hotel - they used to come by bicycle and then take the bus back.

Wellington, who was injured and had flown back to Germany from Spain that day, will go to Heidelberg University Hospital for an MRI scan to determine the final extent of his injuries.

The whole team was saddened by Wellington's injury, while Ibisevic was a little scared.

Originally, the ball was the closest to him, but at that time, he had the mentality of a warm-up game and did not actively scramble, but Wellington behind him rushed up, and the result was ...... Tragedy.

What if it wasn't Wellington who went up to grab the ball in the first place, but him? Ibisevic hardly dared to think about it. He had just won last year's Bosnia-Herzegovina Footballer of the Year and didn't want to suffer such a serious injury - although the results of Wellington's examination were not yet available, everyone could see that the injury was not serious, and it was definitely not an injury that could be returned to the pitch after a two-week break.

Mathieson's shot was very ruthless, and his feet were raised very high, which didn't look like he was grabbing the ball.

It's no wonder that Eduardo was furious, he felt that the Dutch centre-back's kick was not aimed at the ball at all, but a player who was ready to play Hoffenheim in the first place.

A day later, Wellington's examination came back – a torn cruciate ligament in his right knee – which would mean Wellington will miss the rest of the season.

Everyone was shocked when they heard the news...... The only good news for Rangnick is that Wellington is not the team's leading scorer and the team doesn't rely on him to play. But as a very talented player, it is not a good thing to suffer such a major injury at such a young age, and it could have immeasurable consequences for his future development. Last summer, Wellington suffered a calf muscle strain just after joining the team and missed three weeks of training and warm-up games. And it was these three weeks that made him unable to integrate well into the team so far. Lost at the starting line, and he couldn't catch up even if he wanted to.

Wellington's injury is sad, but the training camp continues.

Hoffenheim then won the third warm-up match with a 4-1 win over Switzerland's Zurich.

The main reason for the team's poor results in the previous warm-up games was that Rangnick has been grinding at the back, and the new signings also need to adapt to the team's style. For them, Hoffenheim's fast-paced style of play is not so easy to adapt to.

In addition, after a crazy holiday season, the players also need to regain their fitness and lose weight.

The training camp is used to adjust the state, and the state is almost no problem at this time, as long as it can be adjusted after the league starts.

For the attacking line, the training camp is all about adjusting the state. If nothing else, Rangnick will hold on to the more aggressive 433 in the second half of the league. The team's defence is limited by the lack of transfer options in the winter and cannot be overhauled. In that case, simply play to their strengths to the fullest, so that all opponents can't stop them even if they study it thoroughly, just like in the first half of the season. Football is meant to play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses.

In this warm-up game, the attacking lineup performed very well, scoring four goals against the opponent. Chu Zhongtian also scored his first goal in the training camp, which was a beautiful long-range shot - in training, Rangnick asked Chu Zhongtian to increase the practice and attempt of long-range shooting. The goal against Bayern Munich at the last moment let everyone see Chu Zhongtian's long-range shooting ability.

The German media later gave Chu Zhongtian a nickname -- "Great China Cannon." Very vivid, very imposing, Chu Zhongtian himself likes this nickname very much, so later in the competition and training, he also consciously increased the long shot.

Wellington was seriously injured and missed the rest of the season, Hoffenheim originally only had four strikers, Rangnick played in a 433 formation again, starting three strikers, and now after Wellington is injured, the team does not even have a substitute striker.

Chu Zhongtian realized that this was a problem. The club is now of course scrambling to find a suitable replacement, but such a striker is not easy to find - not too expensive, yet practical, and at the same time willing to play as a substitute. He felt that if he could shoot more from distance in the game, or simply go straight into the box to shoot, he might be able to relieve the pressure on his team's forward line.

Rangnick has always felt that Chu Zhongtian is impeccable in terms of passing organization, but his scoring is not strong, which is the bottleneck that prevents him from becoming a world-class star. When the team can't open the game, his shot will be a weapon to break the balance and deadlock.

While the team was still qualifying for a striker replacement, the team also ended their training camp in Namanga, Spain, and returned to cold Germany.

When we returned to snowy Germany from the warm Namangai, we were still a little uncomfortable. Eduardo immediately caught a cold and missed the team's training session the next day.

There's been a lot of bad news in the squad since Wellington was injured. Eduardo missed training with a cold, and two days later, when Eduardo returned to the team, Obsi strained his thigh muscles in practice. In the last game before the winter break, he played Schalke 04, and Obasi strained his thigh in the game. In this way, his strain has a tendency to develop into a long-term chronic injury, and if that happens, it will be downright bad news for the team and for him.

"Wellington is out for the second half of the season, and Obasi is sure to miss the first game of the second half of the Bundesliga, so the winter champions are not happy at all during this winter break. Does that mean Hoffenheim's second half of the Bundesliga won't be as smooth sailing as the first? "The German media are starting to doubt Hoffenheim's performance in the second half of the season.

Even if they win the winter title, not many people really believe they can lift the league trophy.

"Respect belongs to Hoffenheim, but the championship belongs to Bayern" is the consensus of many people. They think Hoffenheim have earned everyone's respect and glory with a beautiful first half of the season and winter championships, but their strength is limited after all, and when they are thoroughly studied by their opponents, they will naturally suffer Waterloo. In fact, Schalke 04 has provided a model for many opponents to follow - disrupting Hoffenheim's rapid attack with a brutal defence. The football of this team is always at a pace, lacking variety, and once it disrupts their rhythm, they face great difficulties. If it weren't for Tebel's explosive free-kicks, the final result would have been hard to say.

Bayern, who are steady, will eventually win the league championship with their rich heritage and experience, as well as their strong strength. Although many people are unhappy with Bayern, it cannot be denied that Bayern Munich is a well-deserved hegemon in the Bundesliga.

"Bayern are too strong, Hoffenheim have shown their courage and that's enough...... Now they're suffering from injuries again...... This reminds us. Hoffenheim's results in the first half of the season were so good because their players rarely got injured. However, this is not often the case in the world of football, and Hoffenheim's bench is far from their main team. As soon as someone in the main squad is injured and the substitutes can't be on top, defeat will come. The league is long, and there is no guarantee that no one will be injured or that they will always be in good shape...... In fact, I'm now wondering how much of Ibisevic's form is after a winter break. The winter break must not have been a good thing for him, as it interrupted his goalscoring rhythm. It's a fantastic thing about rhythm, and for top goalscorers, they can have a sense of when they're going to score, and that's the sense of rhythm. And once the rhythm is disrupted, it will be difficult to find such crazy goalscoring form...... I'm not saying Ibisevic won't score in the second half of the season, but he certainly won't be able to do the crazy seventeen rounds and twenty goals like the first half of the season! ”

The second half of the Bundesliga is getting closer and closer, and the media is starting to come alive. Before the winter break, Chu Zhongtian said "to win the championship" on TV shows and at the awards ceremony of the German Sports Awards of the Year. Naturally, everyone was staring at Hoffenheim, wanting to see if Chu Zhongtian was talking nonsense, or if he really had that ability.

On January 31, in the 18th round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim will welcome Ketbus at their new home, the Rhein-Neckar Stadium.

The second half of the Bundesliga Lindsai schedule is exactly the same as the first half, after playing with Cottages, it is against Borussia Mönchengladbach, both of which are relegation teams, and in order to be relegated they must start working from this time. So these two games are not necessarily easy to play. Then there is the "devil's schedule", on February 13 at home against Bayer Leverkusen, who swept them 5-2 in the first half of the season, on February 21, away to Stuttgart, and on February 28, away to Dortmund, Dortmund is aiming for revenge, this game is needless to say. On March 7, they host Werder Bremen.

Critics generally believe that after these two games, you can roughly see Hoffenheim's final result this season, is it the championship? Or European qualification? Or is the bamboo basket empty, and nothing is fished?

The match against Cottage Coach was not the first match at the Stade Rhine-Neckar. On 24 January, the first match of the official use of Rhein-Neckar will be played here, the opening match and the team's last warm-up match before the start of the second half of the Bundesliga, as well as the farewell match of the veteran Copado in Hoffenheim.

They played against Rhine-Neckar United Region.

Before the game, the club owner Dietma. Hope, the mayor of Sinsheim and the governor of Baden-Württemberg delivered speeches. In his speech, Hope said: "It was a great day in the history of the team and we now have the best stadium! We've seen so many miracles in the first half of the season, but we want to see more! Let's hope that our team will always be on the map of German football! ”

This is the declaration of this ambitious owner, just like the solemn announcement on the ** city tower that the Chinese people have stood up since then, Hopper's words also represent that Hoffenheim football has since appeared on the map of German football, and will exist for a long time, even permanently.

In this match, Hoffenheim beat their opponents 6-2 in the new stadium with a little snow still covered. Copado scored a goal in the 90th minute after receiving a pass from Chu Zhongtian, drawing a perfect end to his farewell. At that time, Chu Zhongtian had already lost the goalkeeper who attacked, and faced the empty goal, but he did not choose to shoot, but pushed the football to Copado, who was inserted next to him, and the latter scored easily.

After the goal, Copado raised his hands to thank the more than 30,000 fans in attendance, and thunderous applause rang out from the stands.

Chu Zhongtian and his teammates also stood next to him and applauded together.

After thanking the fans, Copado turned around and hugged Chu Zhongtian, thanking him for his assistance and making this farewell match extraordinarily perfect. Everyone also rushed up to him and hugged him.

"Goodbye, Francisco. Remember to think of us. ”

"I will, brothers! I will always remember you, Hoffenheim! ”

Copado said goodbye to Hoffenheim and joined Unterhachen for free. His story at Hoffenheim is over, and Chu Zhongtian is in Hoffenheim with a new stadium, a new year. His story here has only just begun.

(To be continued)