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Before the training, Chu Zhongtian, Nelsson and Simunich told their teammates the news of the meeting, asking everyone to return to the locker room after the training, and everyone closed the door to have a good meeting. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

He didn't say what the meeting was for, but everyone knew it had something to do with the recent problems - the team was winless in seven games, and Salihovic broke the news in front of the media that there were problems within the team.

Last season, Chu Zhongtian, as the captain, also held an informal meeting.

It was at the crucial time for the team to challenge for the league title, and Ibiševich was injured and said goodbye to the season early. As the team's top scorer, Ibisevic, who scored 26 goals, has a high status in the hearts of his teammates, and his injury is a serious blow to the team's morale and confidence. Chu Zhongtian realized that if he allowed it to develop, the team would lose the motivation to compete for the championship, so he gathered everyone and told everyone a story, which was such a story, and saved everyone's fighting spirit again.

But this time, it was a very formal meeting.

After the training, the three captains waited in the locker room early, and when everyone was there, Nelsson closed the locker room door and the meeting began.

The so-called meeting does not mean that everyone should sit upright with a serious expression. Meetings between the players are not so cumbersome, and everyone can change clothes while listening to the captain, lying down, standing, sitting, or simply pacing back and forth.

Therefore, after everyone returned to the locker room, they changed their clothes and rested as they usually did after training.

Chu Zhongtian slapped his face and motioned for everyone to look at him before he said, "I know everyone knows why we are holding this meeting. Because we haven't won in seven games, of course there are Champions League reasons in between, and we have to adjust our focus, so we have given up some leagues. But I think so, brothers. We start 11 men every game, but we do have a team of 27 men, whether or not to give up the league, that's the manager's consideration, and we players should only think about how to play well. Even if some of the players were given a break because of the adjustment of their strategy and did not play, wouldn't the other eleven who played on the field be part of our team? What I want to say is that we are a team, no matter who plays the game, the victory or defeat is the business of all 27 of us, and without a win in seven rounds, it is definitely not one person who will not be criticized, but all of us, the whole Hoffenheim team. Whether it's a starter or a substitute, whether it's a main force or a rotation, everyone's goal should be the same. ”

Hearing him say this, everyone was silent. Most of the players are still doing what they are supposed to do, and the atmosphere in the dressing room is as casual as ever.

'Sayyad said something in a recent interview and I understand he wants the team to take these issues seriously, but I still want him to apologise to all of us for this. After Chu Zhongtian finished speaking, everyone's performance changed, changing clothes, wiping sweat, and closing their eyes to recuperate at this time, all of them turned their eyes to Salihovic.

As the oldest player in the current Hoffenheim squad, Salihovic has always been a prestigious member of the team, and although he does not wear the captain's armband, he often helps the captains manage the team. So he's a member of the team committee. Now Chu Zhongtian wants him to apologize to the whole team in person, which undoubtedly hurts his face in public. Can Salihovich accept such a thing? Some people think of the conflict between Salihovic and Chu Zhongtian last season, and they worry about whether this will be the beginning of a reunion between the two men.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the locker room suddenly changed from casual to tense.

In fact, they didn't know the inside story, and after deciding to hold a plenary meeting, Chu Zhongtian found Salihovic alone, and then told him that no matter what his purpose, he must also apologize to the whole team for opening up the team's internal conflicts in the media. Otherwise, if anyone is dissatisfied with someone in the team, it will be a mess in the dressing room, and Hoffenheim will only become the laughing stock of everyone.

Salihovic knows Chu Zhongtian's purpose for doing this, which is for the good of the team. As long as it's good for the team, he's willing to do it because he loves Hoffenheim. So he agreed without hesitation.

Salihovic saw that everyone was paying attention to him and knew it was a good opportunity to re-establish discipline within the team. No matter who you are, no matter what the reason, you have to accept punishment for breaking the rules of discipline, even if you are a big name. Being late is a violation of discipline, and it is also discipline to report the locker room to the media without permission, don't think this is an unspoken rule, this is clearly written in the locker room regulations, and any player must know this. If anyone dares to do this and does not give an explanation and apologize, they will wait to be excluded and marginalized by the team.

He stood up and then said to everyone, "I'm sorry, everyone. I'm sorry for exposing the locker room to the media, and I hope everyone can accept my apology. ”

Seeing him apologize so simply, many people were a little surprised.

Salihovic, who apologized, sat down, and Chu Zhongtian slapped again.

"Okay, now that Saiyad has apologized, let's talk about the team's recent problems. I also agree with what Sayyad said in the interview. We've been really loose in terms of discipline lately and I feel like we've been holding back our momentum before the game against Manchester United, but after the win we got rid of it. The second half of the league has begun, and many people's hearts are still on vacation and haven't come back, right? ”

As the captain, Chu Zhongtian still has a bit of the majesty of a head coach when he talks in the locker room.

Most of the time, Chu Zhongtian is smiling, but when it comes to serious topics, he will have such an aura.

Some people were uncomfortable at what Chu Zhongtian said, and their expressions were slightly embarrassed.

'We won the league last season and this season our motivation in the league seems to be gone. Winning the championship seems to be a step backwards, and if everyone can't win the championship unanimous, will there be more hunger? But that's not right! If we can win more titles, why don't we work for it? If we can win more games, why don't we do it? ”

Chu Zhongtian's rhetorical question made everyone fall into deep thought.

There is indeed the kind of situation that Chu Zhongtian said in the team, and many people have a sense of relief after winning the league championship, and then they can't lift their energy anymore. For them, the biggest expectation of this season is the Champions League, which is a new and exciting journey.

Most men love the new and hate the old, and the same is true for football.

It's just that after the league started, everyone still had a kind of inertia, so the team's performance was not bad. Now that this inertia has been interrupted by the winter break, it is difficult to bring it up again.

"I think the problem we have now is that we don't pay attention to discipline, have a loose attitude, and don't have enough respect for our opponents...... Chu Zhongtian said.

"Hey, Chu. I agree with the first two, what's going on with the latter point? Ibisevic asked, standing up.

"Because we didn't go all out to win, it's disrespectful to our opponents." Chu Zhongtian spread his hands.

Everyone laughed when they heard him explain this. The atmosphere in the locker room, which had been a little serious and tense just now, eased a little.

After everyone finished laughing, Chu Zhongtian continued: "Don't laugh. I'm telling the truth, respecting your opponent and giving it your best so that even if you beat them, they shouldn't have anything else to say. ”

Ibisevic shouted: "If I were your opponent, I really hope you don't respect me, Chu!" Ha! ”

Everyone laughed again.

Thanks to Ibisevic's gag, the atmosphere in the dressing room was relaxed, and everyone expressed their views and opinions on the current state of the team. In the end, everyone said that the current situation should indeed be corrected and the requirements for discipline should be strengthened, after all, no one wants to see the team's results slip again and again.

While Chu Zhongtian was busy calling the players for a meeting, Rangnick was also discussing with the club's manager Shendermeizer about the team's current problems.

"Ralph, how is your father?" Shendelmaize asked with concern.

"It's out of danger, thank you for your concern, Jan." Rangnick knew that Shendel Meyzer was actually concerned about how much he still had to think about his work, so he took the initiative to shift the conversation to the current state of the team. "I've noticed the team's problems right now. I was going to have a meeting with the coaching staff. ”

"Hmm." Shendelmeize nodded. 'Actually, the lack of discipline in the team is not recent, it has been evident since the flu vaccination, and our players don't take their own health seriously. As a team experience, Shendelmaize was also annoyed by that incident. As a result, the team suffered a massive attrition to the point of losing to Stuttgart in the important Baden-Württemberg derby.

A team can lose the league title every season, but there are always two games that they can't lose, and that is the regional derby. Madrid derby between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, Barcelona derby with Espanyol, Manchester derby between Manchester United and Manchester City, Liverpool derby between Everton and Liverpool, north London derby between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, Milan derby by AC Milan and Inter Milan, Turin derby between Juventus and Torino, Roman derby between Lazio and Roma, Glasgow Rangers and Celtic Glasgow long-established derby, Ruhr derby between Dortmund and Schalke 04...... These derbies are even more important, hotter and more impossible to lose than those so-called "national derbys".

So the loss to Stuttgart made Schendermeze very dissatisfied. In particular, the reason for the loss came from the casual attitude of the players and the lack of attention to health, resulting in the loss of four absolute main players before the game. If there is no shortage of big players, Hoffenheim may be able to get away from the road.

Rangnick knew the club's hierarchy were unhappy with the defeat in the Baden-Württemberg derby, but they hadn't shown it before, and now they finally found a chance to vent.

As a head coach, he must be responsible for the results, and he can only bear the anger of the higher-ups. Most of the time, the Hoffenheim hierarchy is quite cooperative, so they should also allow others to get angry.

Therefore, Rangnick did not refute and did not justify.

'I want the team to strengthen the discipline of the players, because the opponents we will face are not weak, and the Champions League knockout stage is about to start, and our opponents are not weak either...... No, it should be said strong. ”

The results of the Champions League knockout draw have come out, and everyone thought that Hoffenheim, who won the first place in the group, could meet the second place in the group is a good result, because the second team is generally weaker, but Hoffenheim drew a strong second place in the group - Inter Milan.

'If we don't solve the problems within the team before then, I'm afraid we won't get anything this season. Shendelmeze said that the situation is very serious, hoping to attract everyone's attention.

Rangnick then stated: "Yes, the disciplinary problem must be resolved. In fact, our coaching staff is already working on this. ”

"What are you going to do, Ralph?"

"It's simple, punishment." Rangnick replied.

※※※ The next day, all the players who participated in the training were gathered by Rangnick for a lecture before the training session.

"I think the problem in the team is clear now, and now I want to announce a new rule on behalf of the coaching staff - any player who eats in training or has a bad attitude will not be allowed to play in addition to a fine!"

This can be regarded as a very heavy punishment, and as soon as this statement came out, it caused a commotion among the players.

In the past, Hoffenheim's penalty for tardiness was a fine, and there was no other means to punish him than a fine. This is also a common rule for Bundesliga teams, each team has a small coffers, which are used to store the players' fines, and if the team needs money for any activities, it will be spent from the small coffers. It can also be regarded as "taking from the people and using it for the people".

It stands to reason that for every minute you are late, you will be fined 100 euros, which is also considered a "heavy fine", 100 euros is not a small amount, and it is 100 euros a minute, and you will be 1,000 euros if you are ten minutes late. Again Carlos. Eduardo was half an hour late for training and was fined three thousand euros.

But for players with an annual salary of millions of euros, they don't look at such a fine in their eyes. Many people even have the idea that "since I've already paid the fine, you shouldn't keep an eye on me being late", which is unacceptable.

For this reason, Rangnick decided to increase the punishment and offered a killer feature - an intra-team ban.

Whoever doesn't have a good attitude, who sees team discipline as child's play, should go to the podium and sit and watch the game.

Not only that, but Rannichol also increased the amount of the fine, doubling from 100 euros per minute of tardiness to 200 euros.

Rangnick doesn't believe in a two-pronged approach, and there are incurable diseases.

On the matter of fines, the team committee and the coaching staff have maintained a high degree of unanimity, and have not expressed any objections, and then argue on the basis of reason - if they want to fight, they will not be reasonable...... For those who take discipline seriously and have a loose attitude, high fines and bans are probably the best way to go.

But it wasn't over yet, Rangnick asked everyone to be quiet a bit, and then continued: "The rules are in effect from now on and will be based on your previous performances, so I want to make some changes to our starting line-up for next week's game against Bayer Leverkusen......

Bayern Munich Lannick sent out all of the main players who could not play, and now it is said that the starting line-up will be changed, which means that some of the main players will not be able to play due to disciplinary reasons.

Bayer Leverkusen is currently ranked first in the league and is not weak. It seems that Rangnick would rather lose this game than re-establish the majesty of discipline within the team and make everyone realize the importance of discipline.

At the same time, club manager Shendel Meyze also announced in an interview with reporters that the club will manage the team more strictly: "We are not focusing on football right now. We have a lot of players who are not very fit and some of them are not self-disciplined. We have to manage that now. The club is a staunch supporter of Rangnick's work. And I'm optimistic that the team is back on the right track and that this team should enjoy football, and I have full confidence in that. ”

Chu Zhongtian also said when asked by reporters what he thought of the current situation of the team: "We have lost the team spirit, and if we can't find this spirit, we will not be able to participate in international competitions." From now on we have to play as a team, not eleven, or twenty-seven. ”

The bigwigs expressed their opinions one after another, and the players finally realized that the rectification movement in the team was not just for fun, and anyone who was not careful would really be driven to the stands.

Now, the atmosphere inside the team is starting to improve. Even Carlos. Brazilian players like Eduardo, who have never cared much about discipline, had to hold their tails and be honest, and they resolutely did not dare to mention the words "I would rather stay on the beaches of Brazil and play with my friends". But before the game against Schalke 04, he was injured very "timely", so that even if he was not punished, he could not play for the team, but he avoided some embarrassment...... It's just that his approach falls in Rangnick's eyes, and it's hard to say what he has to say.

In the weekend's game against Bayer Leverkusen, Rangnick did what he said he would, and sure enough, he replaced several starters who had previously been poor in terms of discipline, and because there were also such people on the bench, he even brought in a few youth team players.

With such a set of lineups to challenge the first place in the league, the result can be imagined.

In the snowflakes, Hoffenheim lost 1-3 to Bayer Leverkusen at their home stadium and went eight games without a win.

But this time, Rangnick is not angry and dissatisfied with the team's failure, he takes a long-term view, and the team's atmosphere is gradually improving, which is what he values most.

(To be continued)