Chapter 18: Psychological Warfare (2)
"I'm an old friend of Coach Flick, he's a tough and hard-working guy who has been a consistent coach, winning the Baden State Cup three years in a row, and Hoffenheim have been doing well in the great German Cup, where they reached the quarter-finals and eliminated us and Bayer Leverkusen. Although there is a strong assistance from Mr. Hope in the back, the level of Coach Flick also plays a key role, otherwise there would not be news that Coach Klinsmann admires Flick. I'm here with Karlsruhe today, and I'm sure to have a tough fight, but we're ready for it to happen two years ago. ”
Becker paused as he said this, and looked at Frick, who was sitting next to him, intentionally or unintentionally. And Flick's face has changed in anger at this time, because don't look at what Becker said so beautifully, but in fact, Hoffenheim has been wandering here since he entered the Bundesliga in 2000, and he is always one step away from the professional Bundesliga. The Baden state amateur championship trophy is not bullshit in the eyes of fans and professional teams, Becker is simply provoking him, and it is very ungentlemanly to single out Klinsmann for asking him to be an assistant coach in public, although Becker is distracting his military morale, Flick suppresses his anger, and his five fingers are tightly clutched on the table, thinking about how to hit his opponent in the following speech.
In Hoffenheim's office building, Hope leaned on the couch and smoked a cigar as he watched Becker's speech in the press room, and Becker's sarcasm clouded his usually mild face. Hope is 62 years old this year, but it looks like he is only in his forties, in Hope's words, as long as you are ambitious, you can stay young forever, Hope is an ambitious person, and he is also very patient, from IBM to the creation of SAP He spent ten years, from the eighth league to the third division he spent ten years, he is ready to use the remaining ten years to make Hoffenheim complete the final leap, but Flick disappointed him, he has given Flick five years, but under Flick's leadership, Hoffenheim had ups and downs in the German second division and was never able to be promoted to the German second division, Flick was not lacking coaching experience, nor was he lacking tactical thinking, his training even made Klinsmann admire him, and invited him to join the national team, but Hope found that the 40-year-old coach was more conservative than him, an old man in his sixties, and he lacked such a blood surname when the team needed courage and hard work, so every time he hit the German second division, he was only one step away from Rome, only five years away from his plan, Hope didn't want to wait like this anymore, If Flick still can't lead the team to the Bundesliga this season, he will have to look for a manager who can help him achieve his wishes, and this Flick may only be the material for second-in-command.
Seeing that the manager of the country team was almost stimulated, Karlsruhe head coach Becker concluded his speech today, "Last year we only finished 10th in the league, but that was when the club's financial problems were just resolved, the players and fans have not yet recovered from the crisis, after last season's adjustments, we are now back on the right track, we won all three warm-up games before the season, and we even drew with the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich. This makes the players and me and the club full of confidence in the future, before the game many fans want to know what Karlsruhe's goals are for this season, now I want to tell you that we will not give up in the league and cup this season, I am very happy to draw Hoffenheim, I just said that it is a good opponent, but I think we can solve this difficulty, if Hoffenheim has been preparing for this game for two months, then Karlsruhe has been preparing for two years, and we are now here for revenge. Today we have to take a win from here, even if it's until the end of the penalty shoot-out. ”
Becker's final remarks were loud and loud, and he changed to a suave image, which shocked both the reporters and his opponent Frick.
When it was Flick's turn to speak, Flick's mood had not yet calmed down, he was not a man with strong psychological endurance, and he was a little out of shape in the face of his opponent's sarcasm and naked provocation. Taking a deep breath, Flick said: "As we all know, we are on the weak side, our team is in a small village of only more than 3,000 people, we are a semi-professional team, lack of strong foreign aid, the scope of talent selection is scarce, it took the team a hundred years to stand on the field of the German Bundesliga, but I am proud of my team, because we know what we are fighting for, every year we make some progress, Hoffenheim fans like their team's style of play, after five years of accumulation, I believe it's time for the team to make a result, maybe this year, of course it could be next year, we will definitely rush into the Bundesliga, Karlsruhe is our neighbor, but also our old friend, they are a very strong team, they play tough and tenacious, with all the advantages of German football, in the face of such a team, it must be difficult to win, and they have tens of thousands of Karlsruhe fans behind them as a backing, maybe our players will find out when they play, The opposition fans occupy the Dietmar-Hope Stadium, but we are not afraid either, against the same opponents, we beat them two years ago, so why can't we beat them again, and don't forget, this is Hoffenheim and all the people in this village will be with us. ”
After Flick finished speaking, Becker's face also changed slightly, this intrastate derby, Hoffenheim will definitely not surrender easily, maybe it really needs a tough game.
After the two head coaches spoke, the press officer announced that it was time for reporters to ask questions, and before waiting for a few sports reporters to ask questions, the entertainment reporters stood up first, and the focus of the question was naturally Li Huan, and the reporter of "Karlsruhe City Daily" asked Becker: "Coach Becker, is Li Huan starting or playing as a substitute today?" What do you think about the love affair between a Chinese player and a German singer? Do you know how the two of them met? ”
Seriously, although Becker has been a coach for many years, he rarely deals with entertainment reporters, and he doesn't have much experience dealing with their problems. I'm sorry for your last two questions, I don't have any opinion and I don't want to interfere in the private life of the players. ”
The reporter did not give up and asked Flick: "Coach Flick, Miss Vanna's hometown is Sinsheim, and her brother plays in Hoffenheim, do you think Miss Vanna will come to watch the game?" ”
Flick smiled bitterly and said, "It's a difficult question to answer, if she likes football, I don't think she will miss this game, I believe it was a beautiful game." ”
may have been inspired by this entertainment reporter, or maybe he felt that such a light German Cup could not attract the attention of fans, and even the words of sports reporters did not leave Li Huan and Wana, who were still in the scandal. Questions such as "Do you like Wana's songs?" "Do you think Li Huan will play better in this game under the stimulation of love?" Will there be a harmonious surname love between an Eastern man and a Western woman? ”…… Wait a minute.
Flick was overwhelmed and retired first, leaving Becker struggling to support himself, these questions really drove him crazy, why did the pre-match press conference of a football match turn out like this, and did these football reporters plan to change careers? And Li Huan, this Chinese, has not been in Germany for a few days, but there are really a lot of things that happened to him, the infighting between the players in the team has him, and the celebrity scandal also has him, and he is still a nobody, what if he becomes a famous star? Becker didn't dare to imagine it, and if he thought about it any more, Becker felt that there would definitely be more troubles in the future than now.
After the press conference, Becker returned to the hotel in embarrassment, rested for lunch, and in the afternoon they were due to play Hoffenheim in the first leg of the German Cup.
At this time, fans from Karlsruhe also came in the direction of Hoffenheim village, some by car, some by bus, and some by country train. The Karlsruhe and Hoffenheim match is a very inconspicuous one in this round of the German Cup, except for the fans in Karlsruhe city and Hoffenheim village, there will hardly be any fans from other places to watch, of course, there are exceptions, around two o'clock in the afternoon, five beautiful girls from Munich got off the country train, one German girl and four Asian girls, they are Li Bing, Shen Yu, Chu Shengnan and Zhao Mei, the German girl is the guide companion they called, the name is Hannah, and she is also a student at the University of Munich.
The five beautiful girls with different appearances immediately attracted the attention of many male fans, especially the international students who came to Hoffenheim to help Li Huan, who had been abroad for a long time, and when they saw domestic beauties, they almost drooled. As the leader of the cheerleading team, Liu Yang wanted to go over and call these four female students to their cheerleading team, and these Chinese students could never be Hoffenheim fans. It can only be that they are here to support Li Huan, with such four beauties cheering, they will definitely be in the limelight on the court, and these captive students who are a little less masculine will definitely show their passion and wild surnames in the stands.
"I called these beauties over to help." Liu Yang said pretendly, but before he could take two steps, he was grabbed by Yu Xiaoli, and said fiercely: "I'll shout, you don't fake the public and help the private interest." ”
Liu Yang shook his head and said, "Don't believe me, I'm not a person like Brother Huan." I've been a virgin for you for twenty-one years. ”
"Pull it down, if there was a woman like me, you would have been dealt with a long time ago." Yu Xiaoli turned and walked towards the four Chinese girls.
(To be continued)