The match against Higan was Karlsruhe's first appearance since the winter break, and it was also the first time Karlsruhe played in the league since Federico's injury, and although the opponent was not a strong team, they were decent at home, losing three games so far, which is already a very good record according to their current standings. So the fans were still enthusiastic about the game, and many fans followed the team to the Rheinbasil Stadium in Higan to cheer on the team, hoping that the team could get off to a good start after the winter break and be in good shape for the tough battle ahead.

In the pre-match press conference, Hicgen's head coach Mai was as humble as he was last time away from home, and he complimented Karlsruhe as a great team, not only with a glorious history in the Bundesliga, but also with many world-class stars, although the second half of the season has just begun, but in the second half of the season eight points ahead of second place Bochum, 11 points ahead of fourth place Cottages, promotion to the Bundesliga is almost a certainty, in the history of the Bundesliga, the first half of the lead by so many points has only happened twice, Failure to qualify for the Bundesliga has never happened, and Hiegan is now weaker than Karlsruhe was in the first round of fixtures, and despite dominating the home field, Mai believe their priority is still to defend. Mai first gave a precautionary shot to the home fans, saying that the fans could not see a passionate battle against each other, Higan had worked so hard to get into the second division, they had to survive, good football is just a dream for them now, and to get a point at home is a victory for them.

Becker still remembers the first round of the game, and is also impressed by this obscene manager, he believes that as long as the situation requires the referee's permission, this guy can do more dirty things, so Becker was equally cautious in his remarks at the press conference, he said that Higan is a very effective team, the reason for the team's poor record is mainly that the team has not yet adapted to the second division, the league schedule is just over halfway, and he believes that Higan will definitely stay in the second division through his own efforts.

Regarding Karlsruhe's possible tactics in this game, Becker said that they are looking for chances to score, break down the opponent's goal and then patiently deal with the opponent rather than chasing a draw, whether at home or away, against a Bundesliga side or a Bundesliga side. Becker then talked about the team's starting lineup, saying that Martins will definitely start this game, in the last game against Bielefeld, Martins' play played a crucial role, in Federico's absence, he is now Li Huan's best helper, he hopes Martins can play the same level of attack and defense in the last game. In a subsequent question, he also affirmed Mastinis' starting line-up, so that Karlsruhe's starting line-up was clear, and Becker played the attacking card. Attacking to score and then counter-attacking to extend the score and consolidate the win is the most common tactic used in Karlsruhe this season.

Home against the Bundesliga leaders, the opponent's camp has a legendary Chinese defender, in just half a season, this defender has scored 22 goals, free kicks so far there is an example of miss, the legend of this magical Chinese has penetrated into the hearts of fans in South Baden and Hesse, it is said that now Bayern, Stuttgart and other Bundesliga giants have taken a fancy to him, now Karlsruhe to Higan to play, Higan fans must want to be able to witness the miracle player's Xiao Li flying knife performance. Before the game even began, the Rhine Brazil Stadium was packed, with fans eating snacks and talking about an upcoming battle and arguing whether their goalkeeper Mark could block Li Huan's free-kick this time.

After the start of the game, Karlsruhe discharged a very aggressive three-forward tactic, Dundee in the center, Ferres and Capalani on the left and right, the three people in the midfield also have two attacking players, Madinis and Martins, only one back Adubo, but Capalani will often retreat to the midfield position in the game and cooperate with Martins and Li Huan to organize the attack.

As expected, Higan still lined up a stubborn lineup in this game and tried to win a point at home. However, this time Ma Yi learned the lesson of the last failure, the team did not only defend at the front of their own penalty area, but launched a press in the midfield, allowing Li Huan to break through the cross from the side, but did not give Li Huan the opportunity to cut to the middle of the long shot, Ma Yi focused on limiting the response of other offensive players in Karlsruhe to Li Huan, and watched Dundee and Ferres on the Karlsruhe front line to prevent Madinis's breakthrough. In short, don't give Li Huan a chance to shoot with his feet, Li Huan's footwork is too terrifying, and if he shoots with his feet, the goalkeeper can't block it at all.

Ten minutes later, Karlsruhe were their strongest attacking line-up, but they didn't play the blitzkrieg that Becker had imagined, and Dundee had two chances to shoot on goal, but they were deflected, and Ferres had a long-range shot from the edge of the area, which was not very reliable. Although the opponent Higan did not have a shot on goal, he was very well prepared defensively, dense at the back, but did not give Karlsruhe a chance to shoot and break through in the dangerous area. And there is also a very important point that the players of Becker and Karlsruhe did not prepare for in advance, that is, the Rheinbral Stadium in Higan is very small, almost two-thirds the size of the Wilder Park stadium in Karlsruhe, which is a bit awkward for the Karlsruhe players who are used to playing in a large stadium like Wilder Park, feeling that the stadium is full of people, extremely crowded, and there is no width to take advantage of, which is why Mai dares to intercept in the midfield. If it had been a midfield interception at Wilde Park, they would not have been able to sustain a ninety-minute game at all.

In addition to these objective reasons, there are also Karlsruhe own reasons, after nearly a month of winter break, the players did not carry out systematic training, physical function, physical fitness, reaction and game state are not in the best condition, the speed of passing and dribbling the ball is not too fast, which also gives Karlsruhe time to make defensive moves.

However, the players and coaches in Karlsruhe were not in a hurry, the opponent also supported for a long time in the last game, until they broke through the opponent's defense before collapsing, now they have patience and the opponent slowly maneuvering, Higan did not give them much threat in attack, there are more than 70 minutes left in the game, they do not believe that Higan's defense is not wrong at all. As long as the opponent makes a mistake, they can use the opponent's mistake to punish them.

Higan fans in the stands saw their team fighting fiercely with a strong opponent for more than ten minutes, and did not give the opponent a chance to shoot, they excitedly cheered for their players in the stands, chanting to kill Karlsruhe, win the first game of 06, and make a good start to relegation.

The visiting fans are also not in a hurry, their confidence comes from their strong confidence in Li Huan, Xiao Li Feidao is no mistake, they don't believe that Higan can not give Karlsruhe a chance to take a free kick in front of the penalty area in a game, not to mention Higan, that is, Bayern is afraid that it will not be able to give Karlsruhe a chance to take a threatening free kick in the face for 90 minutes. Some Karlsruhe fans with musical cells also happily adapted the Karlsruhe team song to praise Li Huan. "We have a Chinese who is unbeatable in his free-kicks and who can beat the best goalkeeper in the world with his throwing knives...... With him, we will be invincible......"

The coaches of both sides of the court are sitting calmly in the coach's seat, and they seem to have a confident look at the form on the court, and the players on the field are also attacking and defending in strict accordance with the coach's arrangement, Li Huan is still in the position of defender in this game, but Becker designed three people in the midfield to prepare for Li Huan's attack, and Becker also gave Li Huan the right to decide whether to return to defense or not according to the situation, Martins gave him the defense in the back when Li Huan was inserted, Everything has to assist Li Huan in his offensive and defensive steps. In the first three minutes, Li Huan saw that Higan was going to defend as intensively as he did last time in Wilde Park, so he gave up the idea of going back and assisted in the attack in Higan's half.

After Federico's injury, Li Huan partially took on Federico's midfield organization tasks, this game he often used his delicate dribbling comparable to Brazilian players to look for opportunities, but the court is too small, the opponent is fierce and fast enough, he has no way to kill a bloody road, create space, he is not good at running in the middle to respond, this is his shortcoming, the side is his world, Li Huan does not believe that he can't create a killing opportunity in the cross of the side.

There must be omissions under the long-term attack, Karlsruhe's first threatening attack is still from Li Huan's side cross, Li Huan's cross continues to find Dundee has no effect at all, he hit the side this time, unexpectedly hit Masdinis in front of him, Masdinis is not a player who can compete for turf in the penalty area, he has been wandering in front of the penalty area, Li Huan hit the ball in front of him, Masdinis is used to breaking through with the ball, causing chaos at the front of the Higan penalty area, Although the ball was kicked out by the defender, the defense was negligent, and Adub who followed up with him volleyed and almost hit the goal, but unfortunately it was blocked by the defender's leg, the ball flew out of the bottom line, and Karlsruhe won the third corner.

(To be continued)