Hoffenheim's eight-game winning streak caught all the media by surprise, and while reporters were still debating whether Hoffenheim had reached the end of the crossbow, Hoffenheim defeated Augsburg and Gretelhof in two consecutive double-matches the following week, extending their winning streak to 10 games, tying the 10-game winning streak held by Karlsruhe in the German Second Division, and they also moved up to second place in the league, just one point less than Karlsruhe. In their final league game before the winter break, they will take on 1860 Munich away and fight for an 11-game winning streak.

In these two games, Hoffenheim's goal count dropped dramatically, they both won by the smallest score, and after scoring six goals, Li Huan's goal also came to an abrupt end, he was involved in the goal against Augsburg, directly assisted Gretelhof's goal, but compared to Karlsruhe, Li Huan's goal count is declining. "Rheinneckar" explained the reason, in the two games just ended, Li Huan inserted a lot less in the back row than in the previous eight games, but the running distance did not decrease, each time it was more than 12,000 kilometers, which means that Li Huan spent most of his energy on the defense of the backfield. The statistics after the game also proved that Li Huan's long pass in the backfield exceeded the bottom cross. However, the main reason for this situation is the decline of Hoffenheim's entire team's physical strength, half a season of crazy running has brought Hoffenheim a crazy ten consecutive wins, but it has also made the players' physical strength almost overdrawn, the last few games, it is obvious that the players have become easily distracted because of the decline in physical fitness and mental fatigue, lack of concentration, lack of concentration of forwards and midfielders, and lack of concentration in the back line is fatal. Therefore, Li Huan, who played six games less than his teammates, spent more time in the backcourt to assist in defense and help the back waist sweep away the opponent's attack, and spent more energy on defense.

But head coach Rangnick talked to Li Huan after the win over Kaiserslautern to let him go and attack without worrying about the team's defense, under his rule, Hoffenheim's style is attacking, he will not change the team's style of play for the sake of winning streaks, one-zero doctrine is the belief of Italians, and he will never change his style. But in these two games, Li Huan still went against his will and focused on defense. However, because Li Huan not only stabilized the defense but also used his spare time to dominate and assist two goals, Rangnick has no excuse to criticize Li Huan, and he prefers to communicate with Li Huan in private.

But in fact, Rangnick is not happy with Li Huan's behavior on the field, because the Hoffenheim in the last two games is not the Hoffenheim he wants, in order to stick to his style and style of play, he endured four consecutive losses at the beginning of the season, and was able to put down his son from the Bundesliga to the regional amateur team, how could Rangnick care about the two games before the winter break, not to mention that the team's recruitment work had begun a month ago, once the winter transfer window opened, A large amount of fresh blood will flow to this small mountain village, and he is not worried that Hoffenheim will lose the chain in the second half. Rangnick also complained to the owner Hope twice, Hope thought Rangnick was joking for the first time, because the team had won nine consecutive games at that time, and when the second Rangnick mentioned this matter again, Hope felt that something was wrong, one of these two is the coach, the other is the soul of the team on the field, he must hurry up and call them together to communicate, so as not to have a misunderstanding between them.

This is the first time Li Huan has sat down with Hope and Rangnick to drink and chat since he came to Hoffenheim, this small bar called Hope is one of the few high-end consumption places in Hoffenheim Village, and the people in the village basically rarely come here to consume, in addition to being expensive, it is too quiet here to be suitable for young people, and the elderly prefer to be in their own homes.

Hope smiled and hugged himself personally, and said: "Let's celebrate today, the team has won ten consecutive victories, and the biggest credit is you, I was thinking a year ago, what kind of situation would it be if the two of you could be together, and now I see it, it is invincible." ”

Rangnick said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "The credit should belong to Li Huan, and now Hoffenheim has almost become his one-man team." ”

Li Huan is such a smart person, he immediately smelled the strange smell in the air, and he said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Hope, for bringing me here in danger, and thank you Coach Rangnick for his reuse, in fact, the strength of this team is at the middle and lower levels of the German Second Division, and it is really amazing that Coach Rangnick can adjust to this point." ”

Hope smiled, "It's all my own family, why do you say such kind words and compliments, come today, let's just sit together and talk, the winter break is about to begin, you also tell me what you think." ”

Li Huan felt that this strange smell was even stronger, because the winter break began, he should go home to rest, and the rest of the things had nothing to do with him, if he wanted to talk about it, he should be sitting in his place is Yang. Shendel Meizer, and not him a player.

Rangnick, of course, understood what Hope meant, and he slowly drank the wine in his glass, letting the spicy whiskey flow down his throat and into his stomach, and then took out a piece of paper full of names and data and spread it on the table, saying: "This is the person I have circled, I hope it is best to attract it during the winter break, now it seems that we have a good chance of promotion to the Bundesliga, I hope to be able to let the new signings and the team run in the second half of the Bundesliga." ”

Hope picked it up and looked at it, and said: "Eduardo is good, the technique is very good, Demba Ba not only has an advantage in height and head speed compared to Olhoff, but also has stronger skills than him, Jaisler is too young, I am afraid that he will have to practice for a while after the transfer." Ni Lia's Obasi is good, similar to Li Huan, and his physical strength is super good. But this Ibisevic doesn't look like anything special......"

Li Huan heard Ibisevic's heart move, and couldn't help but say: "This person is not bad, there is inspiration in front of the door." ”

Rangnick was stunned for a moment, and said strangely: "You also know him, he has a kind of intuition as a shooter, but Aachen's style of play is not suitable for him, Olhoff is almost the same type as him, but Olhoff's skills are too rough, the important thing is that he is not expensive, it is estimated that he can be won for twenty euros." ”

Hope carefully browsed the list and the reason for the transfer of medicine, and said, "This you and Yang. Shendel Meizer do a good study, I am not familiar with most of the people above, but I believe in your vision, rest assured, you didn't spend the money this summer, I will give it to you now, rest assured that the acquisition, as long as they are willing to come. ”

Rangnick smiled: "We have a chance of qualifying now, most of these people are not in this team, and it is not a big problem to come to Hoffenheim. But we have to not put it too high, otherwise the clubs will slaughter us like Chelsea. ”

"That's right, we have money, but we can't spend it indiscriminately. However, I am worried about whether the team's big change during the winter break will cause the team's results to decline. After all, now that they have played a brilliant record of ten consecutive wins, they can have no resentment in their hearts when they suddenly replace the players who played well. ”

Rangnick smiled slightly, said: "Of course they will have grievances, but we can gradually let these players into it, relying on the current batch of players, we must not be able to support the second half, maybe we can get lucky to be able to enter the Bundesliga, but if we don't want to come back to the Bundesliga, we must prepare early, the competition in the Bundesliga is much more cruel than the Bundesliga, it will not give us time to adapt, if we start preparing from the summer transfer, it will definitely be late, I have observed the Bundesliga data in the last ten years, Promoted horses must have one or two relegations. Speaking of this, Rangnick glanced at Li Huan and said, "Actually, I was able to accept defeat in the last two games, but we still won in the end." ”

Li Huan couldn't help but say: "Why accept defeat if you can win, defensive counterattack is actually a good choice for weak teams." ”

Rangnick smiled slightly and said: "Defensive counterattack is a good tactical choice for Hoffenheim now, especially with you and Saarihovic, in fact, many times, our goals are scored in counterattacks, I think most coaches will choose defensive counterattacks after taking over Hoffenheim, and they can definitely produce results, but why should I choose a very difficult offensive football?" Actually, you can ask Mr. Hope, which is the result of our discussions when Mr. Hope invited me. ”

Hope laughed and said: "Li Huan, in fact, I asked the two of you to talk here today, just to let you communicate, let you understand our plan, and understand why a rural team like ours chooses offensive football instead of playing defensive counterattacks, as Rangnick said, with your speed and Sarihovic's passing, defensive counterattack is definitely a very simple thing, and it is really difficult for these people from Germany to play offensive football, we are in the difficulty." ”

Li Huan didn't understand it and asked, "Is this choice still inevitable?" ”

Rangnick and Hope nodded and said, "Of course." Because Hoffenheim's goal is to become a big team like Bayern. ”

(To be continued)