Chapter 431: The Second Half That Won't Be Easy
"Let me in!"
There was a loud shout from the empty Carl Benz Stadium as a yellow-skinned player grabbed his slender, muscular thighs and slammed them against the football. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The ball flew past the ears of the opponent in front of it and slammed into the goal.
In front of the goal, Mainz's goalkeeper Wach just raised his hand, and the ball was so fast that he didn't have time to save.
However, even if he reacted in time, Beta's shot was shot from an extremely tricky angle, hitting his unsuspecting side, I am afraid it would be difficult to pounce!
"Bang Bang!" Rangnick clapped his hands in satisfaction on the sidelines, a calm smile on his face.
Although it was only an unofficial warm-up game, after a few games, the players' state is gradually recovering, and the most stable performance is Beta, this kid, not only not affected by the turmoil during the winter break, but seems to have improved his skills a little more!
In the goal just now, Beta went to the edge of the penalty area and stepped on the line of the penalty area before shooting!
With the strength of Beta's heavy artillery, the closer the distance, the greater the threat!
However, in the past, Beta did not have the strength to shoot close to the penalty area, because the closer you get to the penalty area, the more dense the opponent's defense will be.
Now, Beta's ability to control the ball, get rid of it is getting better and better, and she is confident enough to fight her opponent in close quarters.
With such a big change, Rangnick knew that it wasn't Beta's talent. If you want to be really talented, Beta doesn't need to practice for almost three years to be able to keep up with the level of the Bundesliga!
You must know that in some of Germany's top youth academies, those talented young players can play better than Beta in possession of the ball!
It can only be said that behind this, Beta has put in too much effort to train, and even during the turbulent winter break, Beta should not have slackened.
With such an excellent disciple, Rangnick feels that even if he doesn't win the championship this season, it will be worth it!
Soon after, though, he frowned and turned to look at the bench, where there were two new faces, newcomers from Hoffenheim's winter break.
They also played in the first two warm-up games, but it was difficult to satisfy Rangnick, and I don't know if there will be any possibility of improvement in the future.
Although Shendelmaize is gone, several of the transfer (loan) projects he has run before have already signed contracts.
The wood is already in the boat, and Rangnick can only pinch his nose to admit it.
However, fortunately, due to the lack of transfer fees, the newcomers Bubacar Sanogo and Favrizio are both on loan, which is really not good, and they can be returned when the loan expires.
Needless to say, Favrisio, an eighteen-year-old defender from Brazil, the first post-90s player from Hoffenheim, Rangnick doesn't expect him to be strong.
After all, in this world, it is rare to be able to play a top-level defender at a young age!
How rebellious does Hoffenheim have to be to have a second beta?
And the only thing worth looking forward to is Sanogo, the Ivory Coast international, who has played for the Red Devils Kaiserslautern, Hamburg, and Bremen, although he can't play the main team, but his strength is not weak!
Coupled with the departure of Hoffenheim's striker Copado earlier, Hoffenheim really need Sanogo to supplement the depth of the bench!
Copado has played less and less in the past two seasons, especially when Ibyševic was not injured before, he basically did not get a chance to enter the squad!
After all, no matter how experienced a thirty-four-year-old veteran is, he can't adapt to the frontcourt battle at the Bundesliga level!
At the beginning of the season, Rangnick kept the experienced Copado in order to make a smooth transition to the Bundesliga.
But Copado is not willing to stay as a part-time assistant coach to assist Rangnick as Marić did at the beginning, and he feels that he is not old enough to play football!
Copado still wants to continue running on the green field, if not for money, but to continue his career!
Therefore, Copado chose to leave, and his next home has also been found, and he is currently playing in the German C, where Copado will be a well-deserved main scorer!
Everyone has their own ambitions, and Rangnick finally chose to release him. Shortly after the winter break began, Copador left on a free transfer, and Rangnick has done it to such an extent, which can be regarded as quite humane!
And the departure of Copado also led to the addition of Sanogo, although the person was chosen by Shendel Meze, but this still symbolically asked for Rangnick's opinion.
But regardless of whether Sanogo has the quality to match a team that wants to win the championship, his arrival has caused quite a bit of controversy.
This controversy is in skin color!
Looking at Hoffenheim's forward line, the only white man is Ibisevic, who is seriously injured and will not be able to play, and the remaining three, Demba Ba, Obasi, and Sanogo are all black!
So, Hoffenheim's forward line in the second half of the season will be borne by the blacks alone?
If Hoffenheim really won the championship with a group of blacks, wouldn't the Germans, who have always prided themselves as the world's football powers, lose face?
Of course, there is also the cynicism of the German media: "Don't forget, Hoffenheim has the most goals, and the current top scorer is the Chinese Beta!" ”
Yellows, plus blacks...... What is Hoffenheim doing? Is it going to make a mess of a team of people of color?
It has to be said that even in Germany, which has a high degree of civilization, and even in Europe, where the prohibition of racial discrimination has now been written into law, the concept of racial discrimination is still deeply rooted.
Football is the domain of the white race, how can blacks and yellows be allowed to do whatever they want?
Therefore, for a while, the reaction of the German sports media can be described as one-sided, even if it is not so clear, they are clearly against Hoffenheim.
"Bayern, Bayer Leverkusen, Hamburg...... It's time for you traditional powerhouses to stand up and defend the glory of the Bundesliga giants! Some media put it another way, clamoring that no matter what, Hoffenheim must be prevented from winning the championship.
Such a situation was something that Rangnick never expected! Seemingly overnight, Hoffenheim became the target of public criticism!
"If I had known that, I would have brought in a German striker." Rangnick felt a little regretful.
However, he quickly shook his head.
It's not that simple, the skin color problem is just an introduction, and if you can make such a big wave, there must be someone behind it!
And Rangnick doesn't have to think about it to know that there are not just one or two people behind this, but all the old teams in the Bundesliga who are red on Hoffenheim, who are promoted!
"It seems that the road to winning the championship in the second half of the race will be much, much more difficult than the first half!" Rangnick's expression was a little grim, and he wasn't optimistic at all.
But Rangnick regained his confident smile and greeted the players.
Is it difficult?
Then seventeen games, one game at a time!