(a)

Mainz played Hamburg, Eintracht Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Schalke 04 in four rounds in Zuihou.

In the standings, these four teams are very close to each other, ranking fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth respectively, Stuttgart is fourth with 54 points, Borussia Dortmund is fifth with 53 points, Bremen and Hamburg are both on 52 points, Hamburg is seventh on goal difference of 2 points, and Eintracht Frankfurt is a little worse with 42 points, 10 points worse than Hamburg.

In eighth place is last year's champion Wolfsburg with 46 points, six points behind Bremen and Hamburg.

For the five teams of Stuttgart, Borussia Dortmund, Bremen, Hamburg and Wolfsburg, they have basically withdrawn from the top three and become contenders for three Europa League places.

Let's take a look at the three matchups of these five teams, and it can be clearer:

Stuttgart's opponents in the fourth round are: Bayer Leverkusen, Bochum, Mainz, Hoffenheim;

Dortmund's opponents in the fourth round are: Hoffenheim, Nuremberg, Wolfsburg, Freiburg;

Bremen's opponents in the four rounds are: Wolfsburg, Cologne, Schalke 04, Hamburg;

Hamburg's opponents in the fourth round are: Mainz, Hoffenheim, Nuremberg, Bremen;

Wolfsburg's opponents in the fourth round are: Bremen, Freiburg, Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt.

From the entire schedule, the most unfavorable should be Bremen, two of the four games are against the same competitive group opponents "life and death battle", and one is against Bayern for the championship to the critical moment to urgently need to grab points from various places Schalke 04, if you are not careful, you will be squeezed out.

The second disadvantage should be Wolfsburg, two of the four games are "life and death" against opponents in the same competitive group, and the other two games against Freiburg are still away, and it is possible that Zuihou has no meaning in the first round.

In this state, Mainz, Hoffenheim and Nuremberg three teams are particularly important, Nuremberg is good to say, they are in the critical period of relegation, it is impossible to relax the slightest, but for the "no desire" Mainz and Hoffenheim, they can choose to send the whole main force, try their best to block, or they can be sent on the bench to train newcomers, this is not match-fixing, it is their arrangement within the scope of the rules.

Bremen FC must have been in contact with these teams in private, and it is right to ask a team to try their best to defeat their opponents, it is not within the scope of match-fixing, and it is a violation to ask a team to deliberately lose!

The same is true for teams like Mainz and Hoffenheim, who play as "mercenaries" for other clubs, which is "respecting the spirit of competitive sports", but if they deliberately lose the game, it is match-fixing and must be cleaned up.

By the same token, Stuttgart can motivate Cologne to hold off Bremen, Nuremberg to block Borussia Dortmund and Hamburg, but they can't afford to let Bochum, Mainz and Hoffenheim deliberately lose to themselves.

It is not clear whether Mainz is a mercenary of Dortmund, Stuttgart or Bremen in this game, but it can be known from Mainz's all-out play that the incentive fee should be a lot, and according to the "unspoken rules", the incentive for this attitude is 30%, paid before the game, the result is 70%, paid after the game, and of course there is a higher proportion of pre-game payment.

In danger, or at least in a predicament, against a scrappy "mercenary", that's what Hamburg is facing.

(b)

Mainz finished second in the German second division last season, and after entering the Bundesliga, the team also brought in a number of key players on three fronts.

There are two players in the forward line, one is Mainz's top scorer in the team this season, he is also the second highest scorer in the Bundesliga last season, and one of the contributors to Mainz's promotion to the first division, the African striker is 1.90m tall and is a Burkina Faso compatriot of Hamburg's pigtailed striker Pietroipa.

There is also a striker who is a Hungarian striker Adam Sholoy on loan from Real Madrid's second team, the Hungarian striker is 1.93 meters tall and forms a "double-height" configuration on the front line with Bonsai.

Mainz's more style of play this season is 4-3-1-2, and the shadow striker behind the "double high" is the German local teenager Andre Schurrle, nicknamed "German Flying Wing", this "two highs and one fast" is also an important prerequisite for Mainz to achieve good results this year. This is the player who has been selected from the second team of Mainz to the first team this season.

The three midfielders, in addition to the attacking midfielder Simak Simak who has been on a free transfer from Stuttgart this season, the other two midfielders are all on loan this season, one is Ivan Schitz on loan from Panathinaikos of Austria, and the other is German midfielder Polanski on loan from Getafe.

Among the four players in the back line, the left-back is the German player Fati who is on loan from Sparta Moscow, and the right-back is the German player Gotze who is on loan from Borussia Dortmund II.

This season, Mainz have a total of 14 players transferred from outside the club and promoted from the second team, and 11 players have been transferred or loaned, which is actually two teams from Mainz in the second division last season.

Among the current starting 11, in addition to the striker Bonsai, there are goalkeeper Heinz Müller, and two central defenders, Macedonia's Nikksnowski and German player Bosvensson, both of whom are big men with a height of 1.90 meters.

A cursory glance at Mainz's lineup shows that the average height of Mainz is much taller than that of the Hamburg team.

Their tactics are also related to the characteristics of the players, in the game, they are more in the two penalty areas to control the air, in the midfield actively fight and run, to make up for the player's individual jishu is a little too rough defects and short passes.

"The opponents are a strong team, they are in the last four of this season's Europa League, they have won the Dutch league and the Belgian league champions, and they have drawn Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich in the league! We were fortunate to play against the strong...... "Tuchel was very emotional in his players, and he gave Hamburg a high opinion before the game.

In addition to the fact that there must be brave men under heavy rewards, Tuchel is also using this method to inspire his players to "win" because the opponent is a strong team!

(c)

"Their characteristics are exactly the opposite of Standard Liege, which is weak in the front and back ends, relying on the speed and coordination of the whole team to make up for it, while Mainz is the strong air dominance in the two penalty areas of the enemy and us, especially when the front set piece, four high points of more than 1.90 meters pose a threat in the opponent's penalty area at the same time...... "Moniz and Chen Zhuo discussed tactical formulation.

Moniz's idea is that Demer and Rozenar will play at centre-back, with Spanel on the left in front of Scholz and Rincón on the right, so that Boateng can be used as a substitute and rested.

But what about rotation? With this start, Rozenar will be fit enough for the next home game against Fulham!

"Moniz, I think so, the purpose of your arrangement of Demer and Rozenar is to prevent their headers in our penalty area, but I want to take the risk......" Chen Zhuo told his reasons: "Moniz, you look at this data, in the first 30 rounds, they played 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses away games, but in the first half of the away game, it was 1 win, 5 draws and 9 losses...... Moniz, they are the quintessential 'away bugs', scoring just 11 goals and conceding 26 in 15 away games, and 5 goals scored in 15 away games in the first half and conceded 15 goals......"

"Oh, you mean ......," Moniz asked.

Chen Zhuo said: "As soon as they started to encircle and attack in their half, it is best to score goals quickly, and if they can't score quickly, then force them to give up the midfield confrontation and play a long pass counterattack that gives up the midfield." ”

Moniz thought for a moment and said: "If they fight and consume in the midfield, it will be too much physical challenge for our team, so after they adjust, our game can be carried out in a more energy-saving way and rhythm, so what are you going to do with the adventure?" ”

"I continue to guard the goal, Fanny is a free man who has dragged behind, a real free man......" Chen Zhuo looked at Moniz and said: "I won't tell you, Moniz, I discussed it with Fanny when we practiced together, maybe I changed to play the goalkeeper and he changed to play the free man's cooperation can have unexpected results!" ”

Moniz Haha said with a smile: "Then when the set-piece is taken in front, the goalkeeper takes the penalty, the scavenger scores, hahaha!" ”

It is estimated that only Chen Zhuo can let Fanny, the king of the small forbidden area, return to his side as a scavenger, for Chen Zhuo's decision, Moniz thinks this is very good, the so-called adventure is more at the level of luck than at the level of jishu, if he accidentally fails, there will definitely be many people who accuse Chen Zhuo of being foolish.

(iv)

Rost and Hesl continue to recuperate, Tom Mikel is on the bench, and the goalkeeper will continue to be a cameo by Chen Zhuo.

The "best goalkeeper" after the last round of the Bundesliga is Chen Zhuo, who performed well, and from this situation, it seems that Chen Zhuo has a tendency to officially change to be a goalkeeper, hehe.