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Against Eintracht Frankfurt, Ibisevic scored a hat-trick for his first of the season and his second in 10 months. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe last time he scored a hat-trick was on 27 September last year, when Hoffenheim hosted Hertha Berlin, and Ibisevic scored a hat-trick in a 5-1 victory.

The hat-trick put Ibisevic second in the scorers' charts, behind Eintracht Frankfurt's Greek striker Jerkas. Jerkas scored eleven goals in thirteen league games. Tied for second place with Ibisevic on the scorer list is Freiburg's Cisse, a black striker who used to play for Metz and is also a teammate of Ibisevic and Chu Zhongtian. However, while Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic were in the first team of Metz, Cisse was still in the youth team and the reserves.

Now Ibisevic has surpassed Chu Zhongtian to become the team's top scorer, and Chu Zhongtian is second with eight goals. However, Chu Zhongtian is now at the top of the Bundesliga's assists list with six assists. If the momentum continues, he is likely to be the Bundesliga's assist leader for three consecutive seasons, which is quite a remarkable achievement.

After the match against Eintracht Frankfurt, the match against Real Madrid is imminent.

As soon as the Hoffenheim team returned to Sinsheim, they entered the final sprint.

It's been almost two months since they played Real Madrid for the first time. In the past two months, a lot has changed at Real Madrid, and it is completely different from what it was at the beginning. Hoffenheim's first meeting with Real Madrid saw the team win one and draw one in the league, scoring just one goal in two games, the strikers were criticised for wasting their chances, and Mourinho's conservatism was criticised by fans and the media.

But now, Mourinho has become the only hero of the Bernabeu, even the team's number one star Cristiano. Ronaldo is not as glamorous as him. When he was criticized and blamed outside, everyone from the club's president Florentino and general manager Baldano to the ordinary fans and players fully supported Mourinho. This kind of treatment has never been enjoyed before. A good manager like Bosque has won the love of his players, but he has not been able to handle the conflict with the club's president, Florentino. But Mourinho has been so brilliant that he has completely conquered the Bernabeu up and down, inside and out. The entire Bernabeu is the only one who is Mourinho.

Mourinho's popularity does make sense, just look at Real Madrid under his leadership...... Real Madrid are unbeaten in the league for two months, and since being held to a 0-0 draw away by Levante in the fifth round of the league, they have completed a seven-game winning streak and scored a staggering 27 goals! From the warm-up matches at the beginning of the season, the domestic league, the domestic cup and the even Champions League, Mourinho's Real Madrid did not know what it would be like to fail. They are also the only team in Europe to remain unbeaten in a competitive home game. Thirty-three goals have been scored in 12 rounds of the league, the number of goals is the highest in La Liga, and the most in Europe, only Barcelona can be compared with it, and Barcelona only relied on the 8:0 in the last round of the league to catch up with the number of goals, and the team with the most goals in Europe has always been exclusive to Real Madrid. A 5-1 home win over Athletic Bilbao in the last round of the league was the fourth time this season that they have scored more than four goals in a single game. It has the most goals scored in Europe and the best defence in Europe - only six goals have been conceded in 12 league games. Attacking sharply and defensively excellent, that's the impression Mourinho's Real Madrid makes.

After 12 rounds, 10 wins and 2 draws, Mourinho's Real Madrid became the third-best team in La Liga history, surpassing the previous Real Madrid coach Juander. Ramos. At the same time, Mourinho also set a new opening scoring record in the first twelve rounds of the season with this result, surpassing Pep Guardiola and becoming the strongest "rookie manager" in La Liga.

Today's Real Madrid is no longer the "pseudo-giant" that was bullied by others. Barcelona have also been in excellent form this season, but they have been firmly suppressed by Real Madrid in the La Liga standings, just one point apart, and they can only finish second.

Real Madrid as a whole were excellent and the players were outstanding. Take the team's number one star, the absolute core Cristiano. Ronaldo. Ronaldo has scored 15 goals in 12 league games, a goal efficiency that dominates all of Europe. He had a great senior a month ago and scored a hat-trick in the last round of the league. He can't score on his own and create chances for his team-mates, and he's the current assist leader in La Liga with five assists. His goal rate at Real Madrid has also surpassed the four legends in the history of Real Madrid, and he is left behind by Stefano and Hugo. Sanchez, Raul and Brazilian Ronaldo.

In addition to Ronaldo's excellent performance, the other players have also performed well, and they are also the reason why Real Madrid can be so strong.

This Real Madrid side is even tougher to play against than the one that Hoffenheim played for the first time in September. Even if this is really home, Hoffenheim's hope of winning the current Real Madrid team is very slim.

Despite this, the entire Hoffenheim team must maintain the belief that they must win. Because the players are chasing victory, even if the strength is not good, maybe they can get a draw. But if they go for a draw as soon as they come up, then they must lose in the end.

Of course, it's not entirely without good news.

The good news is that Real Madrid will play Barcelona next Monday in the Derby of the Century. This game is the most important game for Real Madrid in recent times. The game against Hoffenheim is not very important to them anymore, they have already qualified early, and they may not give it their all.

Judging from the news from the Spanish media, Mourinho does not have their main central defender Carvalho, no main goalscorer Higuain, and no main defender Khedira in the Champions Cup squad. All three have been given a break and Mourinho will be hoping they will be able to recharge their batteries against Barcelona.

In addition, the main players who came to Sinsheim with the team are unlikely to play the whole game.

Jose Mourinho is a very smart man, he is a pragmatist. He knows that the recent national derby with Barcelona is the most important thing, and he can't afford to put all the main forces on Hoffenheim. And Real Madrid's players will also be well aware of this, and after already qualifying early, the interest in the Champions League is clearly not as great as the national derby. For Real Madrid players, the most important thing is not the Champions League, but the national derby against Barcelona. They themselves will be full of Barcelona and not theirs in the game, and they will be afraid of injury. If you are injured before the national derby and cannot participate in the national derby, then the loss is great.

Therefore, in response to this, Rangnick's tactical strategy for Hoffenheim is to move more and be more fierce in defense, so that Real Madrid's players think that they may be injured in the game at any time, so that they will have some scruples and cannot let go of their play in the game.

As long as the players don't play properly, no matter how good Mourinho is, it's useless.

That's Rangnick's wishful thinking.

※※※ Actually, it's pretty much the same. In Spain, where the media is hyping up the national derby, Tuesday's game against Hoffenheim was only a tiny fraction of the news. The Spanish media, especially the Madrid media, only reported on Real Madrid's squad for Hoffenheim, and then never mentioned this game again, it was all the national derby between Barcelona and Real Madrid, which came all over the world. What "the Spanish national derby is a battle of records", what "the most expensive derby in history", what "Real Madrid Barcelona creates a Guinness derby", what "who is stronger between Ronaldo and Messi", what "Mourinho is looking forward to conquering Camp Nou again"...... Even in the last round of the league Ramos snatched Cristiano. Ronaldo's penalty penalty has been hyped by the media for three days...... Perhaps this Champions League game is no longer a big deal for the Madridians, and Mourinho's side can easily crush Hoffenheim as they did the "Basque Lions".

For Real Madrid, maybe that's really the case, it's an inconsequential game. But for Hoffenheim, it's really about whether they can qualify for the first game. They don't have the right to set their sights on the weekend's league fixtures.

They have been preparing for this game for more than two weeks, so how can they afford to lose?

On Monday afternoon, Real Madrid arrived in Sinsheim. Their arrival sent off a white whirlwind in the small town of Sinsheim.

While Sinsheim has faced the likes of Manchester United, Inter Milan and AC Milan, it is clear that Real Madrid is the most special. Even with years of poor results, their influence has not diminished. This team is not just about football, they are about a culture.

But it's not Real Madrid's culture that excites Sinsheim, it's Real Madrid's stars, Cristiano. Ronaldo and Jose Mourinho are two of the most talked-about stars.

Even in the small city of Sinsheim, Mourinho has no shortage of supporters.

When the buses of the Real Madrid players arrived in Sinsheim, the roads were lined with pre-existing Real Madrid fans and some local fans of Sinsheim, who were holding Real Madrid flags and chanting Mourinho's name.

This is the first team here to want to be sought after by the locals. Before, whether it was Manchester United, Inter Milan, or AC Milan, they were greeted only by the overwhelming Hoffenheim team flag.

Today, of course, Sinsheim was covered with Hoffenheim's blue-and-white flags...... "This place is so small......" There were Real Madrid players on the bus, looking at the street scene outside and muttering.

They drove in from the west side of Sinsheim, crossed the west side of the Sinsheim and headed straight for the hotel on the east side of the Sinsheim side, which was very close to the Rhine-Neckar Stadium, the stadium of the match. The Rhine-Neckar Stadium is on the east side of Sinsheim, so Real Madrid's players almost all over Sinsheim in a bus.

More Real Madrid players are less interested in this game, especially the main players, who are really thinking about the national derby next Monday night. What they are thinking about now is how to preserve their strength in this game and avoid injury.

The substitutes were looking forward to the game. Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid did not use much rotation, although Mourinho has always claimed that his team does not have a main player and a substitute, and that any main player can be a substitute and any substitute can also be a main player. However, it is an indisputable fact that his starting line-up has been very fixed since the start of the season. The main lineup is those eleven people, and basically there will be no changes. He can use the same starting lineup for several games in a row without giving the bench a chance.

Of course, he has his own considerations, he just came to Real Madrid, he doesn't know the team thoroughly enough, and the team has undergone a change of coach, adding several new teammates, the team needs to run in, needs a stable lineup, and frequent rotation during the run-in period is obviously not conducive to the formation of the team.

But for the substitutes, it's really tough. Benzema had been playing as a substitute until then, and rumours that he was leaving the player spread throughout Madrid City. The other substitutes inevitably don't have any ideas, but they don't have a good taste and the brand is not big enough, so no one cares about them even if they complain.

Now, as the team's formation matures, Mourinho has also begun to rotate in a limited way - not the kind of rotation where the entire starting line-up is changed, but small rotations that have been fine-tuned in some places.

For example, in this game, he did not let Higuain, Khedira and Carvalho, the three absolute main players, come to Sinsheim, but stayed in Madrid. He will give Benzema, Lassena. Diarra and Olbiol starts.

Among them Benzema and La Sena. Diarra has complained about not being able to play the main team, and Diarra complained even more, threatening that the winter transfer window was open, and he must leave Real Madrid, and even pulled Benzema. As a result, Mourinho was furious and sent him into the cold.

Diarra may not need this opportunity to perform, as his time at Real Madrid is not destined to be long. He's the kind of player who doesn't matter what team he is in, he has to play the main team, and he will transfer when he plays as a substitute. At Real Madrid he has to be a substitute. Mourinho has not relented at the moment and agreed to let him go because there are too many injuries in the team's back position. Diarra has been injured again, and there are no other substitutes other than Alonso and Khedira, so Diarra can't leave for the time being.

But his fellow French countryman Benzema needs it a lot. Transferred to Real Madrid for 35 million euros, but the performance was unsatisfactory, so high value and low-level performance have always been a heavy pressure that Benzema must carry. At the beginning of the season, it was rumored that he was going to move away, and it was said that AC Milan, Inter Milan and Manchester United were all interested in him.

However, his performances have picked up in the last month, and although he has come off the bench every time, he has always played a key role. Criticism of him has gradually decreased, replaced by praise and anticipation.

Benzema is very keen to use this wonderful performance to prove to Mourinho that he can also be the main team, and that he is no worse than Higuain.

He had provided a couple of key assists in previous games, but he preferred to score because he was a striker, not a striker.

Albiol also needs this opportunity. Originally, as a member of the Spanish national team, he won the World Cup in South Africa this summer, which should be very helpful for his career. He was Real Madrid's main centre-back last season. But before the season began, he was injured, Mourinho bought his trusted veteran Carvalho, and Carvalho's performance was quite outstanding, Real Madrid's first league victory, the first league goal was related to him. Carvalho has scored two league goals so far, which is quite a feat for a centre-back. He has made outstanding contributions to the team in attack and is also very solid in defense and basically does not make mistakes. Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid defense is so solid, it can't but be said that it has a lot to do with Carvalho's joining. Carvalho, who was initially bought as a firefighter for eight million euros because of the injuries of Albiol, Garay and Pepe one after another, now looks like a good value for money.

This made Albiol look very embarrassed. He is also good, but he can only play as a substitute. So this game is important for him and he hopes to impress Mourinho with this game.

The main players leaned back on the bus seats to close their eyes or listen to music, while several substitutes who had been given a chance to start the game stared at the Ground Rhein-Neckar. They may be hoping for what they can do in this game to impress an iron-fisted Jose Mourinho...... The bus turned a corner and drove away from the Rhine-Neckar stadium to their hotel. Where, Real Madrid fans who arrived in Sinsheim ahead of schedule were ready to greet them.

When the bus arrived at the hotel, Mourinho became the focus of media attention as soon as he got off the bus.

Reporters flocked to him and extended the microphone to him, but the Spanish reporters asked questions that had little to do with the match.

Their relationship is still a national derby.

This made Mourinho a little unhappy, and he refused to answer such questions with a gloomy face: "I will only answer questions related to tomorrow night's game. ”

The German reporter hurriedly squeezed up: "You are in very good shape now, does this mean that you are full of confidence in the match against Hoffenheim?" ”

Mourinho shook his head: "No, Hoffenheim can win at home to AC Milan, such a team should not be underestimated. We'll take this game seriously. ”

"That being said, you used the rotation ......"

"I don't have a team of main players and substitutes." Mourinho glared at the German journalist.

Mourinho answered a few more questions from a normal Spanish journalist, then squeezed through the door and disappeared into the hotel.

The rest of the players came in one after another, but only Cristiano. The number of media and fans around Ronaldo is roughly comparable to that of Mourinho, and the others are completely like soy sauce.

This Real Madrid team has been famous for its stars for more than a century, and from its earliest glory days, it was the biggest star and the smallest coach. Now, for the first time, Real Madrid's number one star is not a player, but their manager.

Maybe that's why they're so hard to deal with...

(To be continued)