Karlsruhe got off to a good start in the first game of the second half, neither the winter break nor the opponent's familiarity with their style of play slowed down their progress, clean and beautiful three points made all the opponents of the Bundesliga look sideways, making Karlsruhe fans ecstatic, after 18 rounds, Karlsruhe 13 wins, 1 loss and 4 draws, 43 points, 8 points ahead of second place Bochum, third place Aachen 9 points, fourth place Ketbus 11, that is, even if Karlsruhe lost three times in a row and did not win four games, He can also occupy a place to play in the play-offs, generally speaking, the German B team has more than 60 points, and the promotion has the certainty of ** points, although it cannot be said that a promotion place has been locked, but as long as Karlsruhe himself does not make mistakes, promotion is only a matter of time, and fate is in their own hands.

Karlsruhe is so strong that it does not arouse the envy and vigilance of other teams in the state, and in Baden-Württemberg, there are four teams in the professional league: Stuttgart in the Bundesliga, Karlsruhe in the Bundesliga, Freiburg and Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga.

Stuttgart is the well-deserved boss of Baden-Württemberg, they have the largest territory, the most fans, the richest club, basically in the Bundesliga, and then a little worse is Karlsruhe and Freiburg, the level of their two teams is half a catty, the territory is about the same, the city population is more than 200,000, the economic level is not hungry and not full, occasionally you can go to the Bundesliga to mix a familiar face, but most of the time is in the Bundesliga to work hard, the worst is Hoffenheim, the establishment of a short time, The name of the team is also 1899 Hoffenheim, but they have never even been to the German Second Division, the best result is the German Second Division, Hoffenheim said that it is a small town, in fact, it is a rural village, with a population of more than 3,000, before they were promoted to the German Second Division, neither Stuttgart, Karlsruhe nor Freiburg regarded them as a unit, and now, the newspapers in Baden occasionally mention them because they have a very rich owner.

It stands to reason that the four teams should be the most jealous of each other should be Karlsruhe and Freiburg, because they are not much different in all aspects, but Freiburg, like the city where they are located, is indifferent to fame and fortune, and the most competitive in Baden, the most hateful among fans is Karlsruhe and Stuttgart, Karlsruhe is bent on climbing the Bundesliga and becoming the boss of Baden, but he is constrained by economic problems and always relies on selling players to maintain the team's survival. Although Karlsruhe is still very depressed, the fans of Stuttgart are wary and afraid of this fierce and ambitious neighbor from the heart, because Freiburg's surname is soft, and they can't become a hegemon if they give money, they can only entertain themselves, Hoffenheim is too small, and there is a rich man as the boss but can only mix in Germany, but Karlsruhe is different, their youth training is as good as Stuttgart, give them a rich boss, and they can fly immediately, A direct threat to Stuttgart's position in Baden-Württemberg.

During the winter break, Stuttgart wanted to buy Li Huan, on the one hand, Li Huan's ability did attract scouts from Trapattoni and Stuttgart, and on the other hand, it inevitably meant to weaken Karlsruhe's strength. Now Karlsruhe has not found a rich owner, but a Li Huan and a Federico have made them like a phoenix in Nirvana, and promotion to the Bundesliga seems inevitable, at this time, the two teams are going to play the quarterfinals of the German Cup, Stuttgart and Karlsruhe from club officials to ordinary fans must be full of gunpowder.

In fact, before the winter break, when the FA officials drew them together, the attack on each other had already begun, just because everyone was busy with Christmas, this attack was only sporadic, when the winter break, the first round of the second half of the game ended, the German Cup was officially mentioned on the agenda, and the all-round war of words inevitably took the lead.

Karlsruhe is a team that is full of passion and attack, even in the media of their city, and no exception has been back from Karlsruhe's 4-1 win over Higan, and the reporters of the newspaper "Stuttgart" are eager to point the finger at Stuttgart, the opponent of the German Cup. The newspaper La Stadt published a battle article "It's Derby Again", directly claiming to beat Stuttgart to advance to the last four of the German Cup.

The article said: "This season is a strange season, Karlsruhe not only had a derby with Freiburg, also in the Bundesliga, but also coincidentally met Hoffenheim and Stuttgart in the German Cup, and played three derbies in a row in one season, which is the first time in Karlsruhe's history." The first two derby games were extremely hot, Karlsruhe swept Hoffenheim 6:0, which directly led to Hoffenheim's head coach Flick's retirement during the winter break, and narrowly defeated Freiburg 3:2, and Federico, the core of Karlsruhe's midfield, was shoveled and scrapped for three months. Now that the third derby is underway and Karlsruhe is back on their home turf, will they be able to get a win in this one?

Although Karlsruhe also eliminated the Bundesliga team Bielefeld by a large score, but Stuttgart is not comparable to the relegation teams such as Bielefeld, Stuttgart has always been a team competing for the championship, and now Italian gold medal coach Trapattoni led the team to rank fifth in the Bundesliga, which is already good, but his position is not very secure, rumors that the club is not very satisfied with this result, they hope that the team can participate in the Champions League, This is a prerequisite for the big names in the team to stay, and if it weren't for Trapattoni's fame, Stuttgart's anxious chairman, Mr. Stoutt, would have fired him as he did with Sameer. Playing against such a strong team is a big challenge for Karlsruhe. “

However, the reporter of the newspaper "Staple" believes that Karlsruhe will win the derby, because Karlsruhe manager Becker has been in charge of Karlsruhe for many years, and now the style of play has been honed and the team's morale is high, while Stuttgart's "winning, experienced and beloved" manager Trapattoni is still in a tangle of struggle, and half a season later, Stuttgar's run-in is still as half-baked as his German.

The old players didn't understand Trapattoni's ideas, and the new players didn't fit in. Tomasson and Glen Schal, who were bought in the summer, are both very strong players, but Trapattoni used them wrongly, Tomasson, who replaced Kuranyi, has been a substitute at AC Milan for many years, and it is difficult for him to suddenly ask him to be a strong man, and Tomasson, who has a somewhat wooden surname, cannot play the role of a leader in the front court. The Stuttgarts who lost Hleb needed a brain up front, but Trapattoni sent in a classic wide attacker who replaced the role of Birrovka rather than Hleb's. Throughout the first half of the game, it was Glen Charles who tirelessly broke through on the left side again and again, and then looked up when he crossed, damn! None of the teammates were able to pick up. However, Glen Char's speed is too fast, comparable to Li Huan, it is more than ten seconds, and it is normal for teammates to not be able to keep up.

And Karlsruhe's three reinforcements are completely integrated with the team, Li Huan, Federico and Capalani form the most lethal trio in the German Second Division, although Federico is injured now, but Martins has gradually come on the bench, such a grinding Karlsruhe defeated Stuttgart who did not cooperate tacitly and did not run smoothly It is not impossible, although the current Stuttgart stars are like clouds, and a player can buy the whole Karlsruhe team, but the battle between the two teams does not rely on more than just fame.

In addition, "City Daily" also mentioned that Trapattoni's use of German international Hitzelsperge is also unreasonable, and Hitzelsperger was completely misplaced by Trapattoni, Hitzelsperger is usually used as a defender or midfielder on the left side, but because of the lack of physical fitness of the 38-year-old captain Sordo, Hitzelsperger often forms a double back with Meissner, and his position is close to the right side, which makes Hitzelsperg completely unable to exert his strength in the game.

The above players are Stuttgart's most capable individual combat ability and the most famous players, but Trapattoni did not arrange a good position for them and give full play to their role, so that Stuttgart, who has the strength to win the championship, can now only fight for a place in the League Cup. If any day it were reported that the German international had been sent up front to fight for a header, the fans would have thought it was not entirely impossible. ”

The media in Karlsruhe took the lead and the media in Stuttgart certainly did not hold back, although they hated Stuttgart coach Trapattoni much more than the Karlsruhe journalists, and they attacked Trapattoni much more sharply than Karlsruhe, but today they were on the same side and they had to fight back more fiercely against their opponents in the derby.

(To be continued)