Chapter 012: Hoffenheim's Surprise!
"Welcome to Hoffenheim, lad." Maybe it's in such a village that there won't be as rigorous as the big clubs, at least for Hoffenheim, who have just been promoted to the Bundesliga, their management has indeed made great progress, but there is still a bit of looseness.
The Germans are indeed known for their rigor and rigidity, but for a small village of only 3,000 people, even if one person comes to the village, then almost all the villagers will know it in an instant; And it was a distant country that was alien to them, and more importantly, this Chinese boy came to participate in the trial of Hoffenheim, the pride of this small village!
For a small village of only 3,000 people, it is their pride to have bred the Bundesliga team, although Hoffenheim has been a team for 100 years, but this season is their most haode result, so for the current village names, this team is their pride. And Xiao Qing came to participate in the trial, although they didn't know Xiao Qing's strength, but they had a good impression of Xiao Qing.
Of course, this is just a white lie, at least Xiao Qing didn't know about a team like Hoffenheim before this; But what comes out of the mouth of his 'translator' civilization is a completely different version: Xiao Qing is a player from China, full of admiration for the energy of the small village team, so he hopes to chase his hopes in this home of hope.
Many people can hear these half-truths, but this does not prevent the people of Huo Village from having a good first impression of Xiao Qing, because this seems to be the first player from their village to take the initiative to come to try out, and it is also from the distant and mysterious China 'admired'!
Germans are proud, and it is true that there is racial discrimination here; But at least the Germans may dislike the Turks and some blacks more, but they are friendly to Asians; In addition, Xiao Qing's first impression on them was good, so they came to Hoffenheim very easily, and with the help of the enthusiastic villagers, Xiao Qing and Wenming even met Bernhard Peters, the head of sports and youth training at Hoffenheim.
It is difficult for a rural team like Hoffenheim to have their own complete youth training system, but Hoffenheim, who have great ambitions, wants to go further, they naturally need to develop their own players, so it is imperative to strengthen youth training, and they can't always rely on digging players. And this Bernhard Peters has a lot of background, at least when they knew the management of the powerful Hoffenheim, Xiao Qing and Wenming were a little dumbfounded, because they didn't expect that a country town like Hoffenheim had a luxurious coach management.
In the 2006-07 season, Hope recruited Ralph Rangnick, a former Schalke 04 head coach, for Hoffenheim FC and hired former hockey national team coach Bernhard Peters as his foundation's sporting director. Hans Dieter Herrmann, a psychiatrist for the German national team, was also invited to work part-time at the club.
Bernhard Peters is Germany's former hockey coach! And now he is the head of sport and head of youth at Hoffenheim; Peters used to be the coach of the German men's hockey team, and it seems that he has nothing to do with football, he once in early 06, the German national team coaching staff led by Klinsmann proposed to let Peters enter the German Football Association as the director of Jishu, although in the end the German Football Association executives finally rejected the proposal, and let the former German international Sammer take this position, but Klinsmann can look at him to prove that he is not simple at all. Now in Hoffenheim, Peters can work with his hands and feet.
Flick, the current assistant coach of the German men's national team, was in charge of Hoffenheim in 2000-06.In 2005-06, Hoffenheim's second division team suffered another setback, and Flick's contract was originally signed until 2010, when Flick stepped down midway through the season. A large part of this was due to Flick's failure to lead the team to the second division, and Hoffenheim's defeat in the previous season was also largely due to the lack of fresh blood due to the lack of fresh blood in the youth system.
Hoffenheim have a strong coaching staff, and in addition to Peters, they hired former Schalke 04 manager Rangnick as the team's manager; It was also under Rangnick's leadership that Hoffenheim reached the second division this season.
Until 1989, Hoffenheim was a small club that entertained itself. In the same year, Hoffenheim, who was involved in the seventh division of Germany, was relegated, and Dietmar Hoppe, one of the founders of SAP, a well-known European software company who trained for the youth team at the Hoffenheim Dietmar Hoppe sports field, began to invest in the club's football business. Since then, Hoffenheim has completed six consecutive jumps in less than two decades. This shows how important a stable investor is for professional football.
In 1972, Hope founded SAPAG, which went on to become Europe's largest software producer. According to information published by Forbes magazine, it now has personal assets of more than 2 billion euros and total assets of more than 10 billion euros, ranking 698th on the Shijie rich list. He chose to invest in this team because in the fifties he used to be the center forward of Hoffenheim.
In 1991, the team returned to the regional league in Sinsheim. In 1992, Hoffenheim were promoted to the Rhine-Neckar regional league. Over the next eight years, Hoffenheim FC progressively increased its level of participation. In the 2000-2001 season, Hoffenheim was promoted to the southern German regional league, just one step away from the professional Bundesliga.
In the just-concluded 2006-07 season, Hoffenheim were promoted to the German second division in the 2006-2007 season under the leadership of Rangnick. But Hoffenheim wasn't satisfied, they wanted to go further!
"Boy, you know we've made it to the second division, it's a professional league; So, we're going to be more and more demanding of our players now, and I admit we were in the third division last season, but now we have to keep improving. So it's presumptuous, but I have to be responsible for the team, so I want to know how your players can help Hoffenheim? In Peters' office, Hoffenheim's youth team director, Peters, asked very seriously.
Xiao Qing, who doesn't know anything about German, can naturally only sit on the sidelines, and the things he negotiates can be done in a civilized manner.
"Mr. Director, my player is 1.85 meters tall, and you can see that he is stronger than an ox, so you can trust him to knock out any opponent! Of course, these are not the most important things, because my players are not just like that, he is a striker, height and liliang are not necessarily the most important; And my player, I can say without exaggeration that his speed is top notch, if we do a test now, I think he can easily run 10.5 seconds in the 100 meters, although we haven't been in Germany for long, although he hasn't had a good rest! "Although Civilization is not exaggerating, but in the past few days, he has also learned how to introduce the characteristics of his players, and now he is doing well." And my player is not only very physical, but he also has a good jishu and awareness; Of course, my player is still very young, so he needs to play, he needs more experience, so I think if you can give him more opportunities, he will surprise you a lot! ”
'I think if you didn't lie to me, then maybe I'll give you a trial contract, and of course if your players are good enough, we can sign a contract directly.' Peters, who took a deep look at civilization, opened his mouth and said, for a youth director like Peters, if Xiao Qing is really as good as Wenming said, it is definitely very potential; But he also knows that in general, agents will only praise their players as flowers, so Peters will also put some discounts on civilized words in his heart.
"Now that I have time, I don't know if your players need to prepare, maybe we can start some simple tests." Peters finally got to the point.
"Mr. Director, my player doesn't need to rest because he can keep himself in shape all the time. I think we can go to the side right now, I'm sure he'll shock you! Wenming was quite confident in Xiao Qing's physical fitness, so he said without hesitation.
For the physical test, Xiao Qing is also full of confidence; In China, many players are not good at playing football and practicing long-distance running with track and field coaches, which are all strange things made under the leadership of the wonderful pig association. The standard of 12-minute running and switchback running is relatively simple, and YOYO Xiao Qing, who is known as being used by European teams, is also handy. For the situation that once YOYO falls into a piece in China, Xiao Qing can still easily succeed.
In general, YOYO runs 20 meters in switchback, and has set up 20 speed indicators to test endurance. In other words, from slow to fast, there are 20 different speed indicators. During the test, the speed of the test subject is controlled by sound signals. The sound signal is a beep of different rhythms, and the faster the signal tempo, the faster the person should run.
Of course, Xiao Qing never thought that football players Weishenme should be more paranoid than track and field athletes, and maybe only those players from the Pig Association could think of it, because many outstanding players don't need to practice this at all. However, this also has certain benefits for Xiao Qing, that is, when the body is measured, Xiao Qing really frightened all the Hoffenheim people!
Endurance, explosiveness, speed... Xiao Qing gave the Hoffenheim people the feeling of being an alien, because they didn't believe that a yellow man could have such speed and explosiveness when he was so good; As for Peters, seeing the triumphant civilization, he has to admit that what this little guy said is really good, the Chinese player named 'Xiao' really has extraordinary physical fitness, a powerful addition to the team that is worth signing!