When the German Cup was about to start, Bielefeld's local media broke the news, and the reporter said vividly: Bielefeld's sporting director Saftich and head coach Hesse were at odds. When Hesse led the team to Karlsruhe, the two also had a quarrel, and the reason for the quarrel was, of course, that Hesse wanted the team to buy more quality players in the transfer market, while Saftich wanted to save money and was unwilling to spend more. With the winter break about to begin, Hesse believes that if the team is not effectively replenished, he believes that the team's relegation will be very difficult. Regarding Saftich's stinginess, he even let out cruel words: "If Saftich has other ideas, he can train the team himself." ”

In the critical period when the team is about to play the German Cup, this news is no less than a time bomb that exploded, and the manager of Bielefeld immediately held a press conference to refute the rumors, saying that there was no such thing at all, he and Saftich had a good relationship, and they had drunk red wine together when they came, how could there be a quarrel. Although he brought in players during the winter break, it was after the German Cup, and he could not have done such a thing at a crucial time in the game.

Saftig, who is far away in Bielefeld, also claimed in the local newspaper that there is no such thing, and he and Hesse are working hard to replenish the strength of the team during the winter break, and there will never be a quarrel, at most it is some negotiation between two people on the issue of recruitment, he denounced unscrupulous reporters for disturbing the morale of the army at this time, publishing some irresponsible articles, and he hopes that Bielefeld's team will not be disturbed and win this game before Christmas.

Bielefeld's pre-war behavior naturally made the Karlsruhe generals very happy, in an interview with the "City" newspaper, Becker gloated that he would not care about these things that happened to Bielefeld, in the team, the manager and the sports director have some conflicts is also a normal thing, because the head coach can only consider the team's record, while the sports director needs to consider the whole picture, but Becker said that he and Willian have a good coordination, There has never been a contradiction over question two. However, he believes that even if there is a conflict between the manager and the sporting director, it will not have any impact on the game, and the players will not lose their combat effectiveness because of this.

Karlsruhe's ace Li Huan also said in an interview with reporters that he is not interested in these things, maybe this is the enemy's bitter trick, if Karlsruhe wants to win this game, then they must use their courage and sweat to win the battle, only hard work will have victory. Facing the Bundesliga team, Li Huan said unceremoniously that the competition between them and their opponents was four or six open, and they had a sixty percent chance of winning, because they were fighting at home, and the fans at home were the twelfth person they won.

Li Huan's conversation naturally made Bielefeld's players very unhappy, Ahanforf, who transferred from Duisburg FC this season, has a role in Bielefeld as a number nine and a half, he can organize in the front court, and he can also seal his throat with a sword in the front line, when Bielefeld played the 4411 formation, he was the 1 in the forward position, which shows his importance to the current Bielefeld team. The opponent's heavyweight player spoke, Ahanforf naturally will not be silent, just after arriving in Karlsruhe, Ahanforf said to the reporter who came to interview, "Li Huan thinks that our chance of winning is only forty percent, his words are a bit big, we are a Bundesliga team, although they are now ranked first in the Bundesliga, but in the end they may not be able to enter the Bundesliga, what qualifications does he have to say that they can win two percent more than us, even if it is five or five, I think they are a little arrogant." Don't look at Li Huan's ability to call the wind and rain in the German Second Division, this German Cup match will make him understand the difference between the German Second Division and the German Second Division. When asked by reporters if Khan Fov would score, Khan Fov said that he would definitely break through Karlsruhe's goal, and Hain would definitely keep a clean sheet against Li Huan.

The two stars of the team exchanged fire, and the other players were not idle, anyway, the reporter's favorite thing in this matter is to fan the flames, and the TV station constantly released which player of the two teams said something provocative, in order to stimulate the enthusiasm of fans on both sides.

In fact, even if the media does not drum up the enthusiasm of the fans is very high, Karlsruhe this season is simply a plug-in, playing the German second division of the league, Bochum, Rostock, Munich 1860, Aachen, etc., who are ready to impact the Bundesliga before the season, have been wiped out by Karlsruhe one by one, after the final round before the winter break, Karlsruhe has actually led the second place Bochum by as many as 8 points, which can almost announce that Karlsruhe will be promoted to the Bundesliga next year. The enthusiasm of the Karlsruhe fans has long been ignited, and the team's training matches are now watched by thousands of people every day. This phenomenon frightened Bielefeld who had just arrived, even if they were a Bundesliga team, their fans did not have such a high level of enthusiasm, a Bundesliga team, a city with only more than 200,000 people, there were thousands of people watching during training, which is indeed a bit unbelievable.

But what makes Bielefeld players even more unhappy is that when they adapt to the field training, these fans have been shouting 3-0 to kill them, they are also a Bundesliga team, the opponent's fans actually despise them so much, they really treat them as fish belly, who do they think they are, Bayern, even Bayern does not dare to take them lightly when they are facing them, and in their first round of games, Bayern beat them by one goal. Why did Karlsruhe score three of them.

At the pre-match press conference, the two teams met for the first time, and as the Chinese art of war says, the two managers fought before the game, and under the auspices of the Karlsruhe press officer, the two managers talked about their views on the German Cup match.

The first to speak is the head coach of the visiting team, Hesse, the young coach is just 43 years old this year, he is young, and he speaks simply, for this game, he thinks it will be tough, because the opponent is very strong, he said: "Karlsruhe is now eight points ahead of second place, unless there is a natural disaster, their promotion to the Bundesliga is almost a certainty, we should treat the opponent as if it were an opponent like the Bundesliga, otherwise it will be us who will suffer." But I believe that today we can advance to the next round, no matter what way it takes, because we are a team that has a solid defense, a sharp counterattack, and can catch any mistake of the opponent, and in the knockout round, the team with good defense can go further, and our players are also in good shape, they are very winning, which is what I am most pleased with, I was worried that the players would lose the German Cup, after all, we don't have the strength to fight on two fronts, our squad is very thin. Substitutes have little experience. ”

Then Hesse talked about the threat players in the Karlsruhe team, he said: "The most dangerous player in the Karlsruhe team is undoubtedly Li Huan, even if it is far away, I have heard the myth of this Chinese defender, as a defender can score a total of 20 goals in the league and cup, this is still scored in half a season, this can only be said to be a myth and fairy tale, but since he exists, we can only find a way to deal with him, I admit that we have done training for China Li before the game." One is to prevent his free-kicks, and the other is how to break through his defence, and I'm sure Schuller and Baumer will do the job. ”

Then the home coach Becker also gave his opinion, Becker mainly looked at the game from his own point of view, he said: "Bielefeld is a Bundesliga team, they have a lot of defensive ability, and the purchases of Kurt Zouma and Ahanfov this season have also played an important role in the team's forward line, improving the attacking power on the basis of good defense, which is like an old cow growing fangs, and the power must have increased." Coach Hesse has not yet obtained a coaching certificate from the Cologne Sports Academy, but he has been in Bielefeld for so many years and has certainly no less experience, and I don't think we can get much advantage in this area. ”

When Becker said this, there was a spark in the eyes of Hesse, who was a little grumpy, which hit him in the sore spot, because his contract expired at the end of the season, but the club's chairman Schwicker asked him to get a coaching certificate before talking to him about a contract extension, which made him very unhappy, which was one of the reasons why he quarreled with the club's sporting director, Saftig, because Saftich thought that he did not even have a coaching certificate and had little experience in buying players, and should listen to him. Becker was very unkind to use this to mock him, and Hesse could not be angry.

After Becker provoked Hesse, he didn't dwell on this issue too much, and immediately talked about his team, he said: "I think whether it is a Bundesliga team or a Bundesliga team, whether it is Bielefeld or Bayern Munich, we should play our own things to qualify, no matter how strong or weak the opponent is, we can't rely on the opponent's own goal or penalty kick to advance, so we think the most important thing in this game is to play our own tactical characteristics, The players were able to reach their full potential and the final result would not be too bad.

Federico's injury has had a big impact on us, he won't be able to help us for a long time, but we can't always focus on remembering Giovanni, we have to find players who can help Li Huan, fortunately we did, I think Martins can help Li Huan in the game, let Li Huan play his strength. Martins will start this game. Li Huan will also start, the others are not much different from the game against Freiburg, I think there is nothing to hide, the important thing is not how the opponent will deal with us, but how we play. ”

In the next reporter's question, Hesse finally got a chance to counterattack Becker, and the reporter asked Hesse, "In the last game Freiburg adopted the tactics of marking and defending against Karlsruhe's No. 13 Li Huan, will you use it in this game?" ”

Hesse smiled: "It's impossible, we are a Bundesliga team, even against a team like Bayern, we have never used a man-to-man defense, although I have not graduated from Cologne Academy, but I will not destroy the squad for the sake of a certain star, zone defense and help defense are enough to solve the problem, Bielefeld has a defensive line that I am proud of, I believe that I can subdue that Chinese beast." ”

The reporter asked him again: "Coach Becker has announced the starting line-up for Karlsruhe, can Bielefeld reveal the line-up?" ”

Hesse said: "Coach Becker is an experienced coach, he has been in Karlsruhe for six years, and he has also spent time in other Bundesliga and Bundesliga C teams, he has a strong ability to command on the spot, so he can naturally reveal the squad in advance, but I am very young and have not yet obtained a coaching certificate, so I naturally want to be a little mysterious, but I believe I don't say that Coach Becker is also in control." ”

Hesse's sarcasm made Becker's face look unpleasant, and the young coach had struck out at his press conference.

Then when the reporter asked Becker a question, Becker was not polite. The reporter asked him: "Martins for Federico has never appeared in official matches, have you considered what to do if Martins plays out of shape, after all, Martins is still a young player?" ”

Becker said: "Players have normal and abnormal times, this has nothing to do with age, Li Huan is only 22 years old this year, but he has matured like a veteran." This game is Martins' chance, and if Martins can stand the test of the Bundesliga team, then his future is certainly limitless, and if he can't stand the test, Karlsruhe has other replacements. In fact, if the player's ability is enough, it doesn't matter if the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga are blessed, Fedrico and Li Huan were amateur players when they joined Karlsruhe, and in the eyes of others, they should go to the Bundesliga and Decin to play, but now they have become the first and second scorers in the Bundesliga. ”

When asked by reporters whether Karlsruhe will focus on attack or defense in this game, Becker said, "Although the opponent is a Bundesliga team, but this is a game played at Wilder Park, here, even against Bayern Munich, Karlsruhe has scored three goals, Bielefeld is only a middle and lower Bundesliga team, Karlsruhe will definitely use attack to win the final victory, Li Huan will help us solve the battle." ”

(To be continued)