Chapter 036: The Power of the Whole

Although I have just experienced a frustrating defeat, the days still have to go on, and the game still has to continue to play; After a week's rest, Hoffenheim are starting their 15th league game of the season, which they face against Koblenz.

Koblenz was founded in 1911, but they were officially renamed Koblenz in 1982, and the team is a no-nonsense team in German football, where they finished second in the 06-07 season and won promotion to the Bundesliga. Like Hoffenheim, they are only a newly promoted side from the second division, and like Hoffenheim, they are promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time this season.

Hoffenheim were lucky, having just lost a crucial game, but they now faced a relatively weak promoted team, although Hoffenheim was only promoted, although Koblenz still had a good result. In the first 14 rounds, Koblenz won five wins, four draws, five losses and 19 points, temporarily in eighth place in the standings, and only three points behind Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim is aiming to win this game, although this is an away game, although Hoffenheim has just suffered a frustrating defeat, but it is this defeat that makes Hoffenheim's players more eager to win this game, they need a win to save the morale that has just been setback. So this is a game that Hoffenheim's players will definitely work on, they don't want the team to be in trouble again, and they hate the oppressive atmosphere caused by the successive winless runs in the early part of the season.

Despite suffering a complete defeat in the last round, Hoffenheim's manager Rangnick does not seem to have any idea of wanting to change his team, at least the formation and tactics. The goalkeeper is Daniel Haas, of course, and at the back Perl Nelsson, Luis Gustavo, Matthias Jaisler and Christoph Jankel; midfielder Selim Teber, three attacking midfielders Eduardo, Copado and Seyad Salihovic; Edu and Xiao Qing on the forward line.

Perhaps Koblenz are good, which says something about their ability to occupy a good position in the standings; However, Hoffenheim's players did not have the slightest worry, although they had just suffered a defeat, but they were still full of confidence, although they were also promoted polo teams, but Hoffenheim still had the determination to win, and they would laugh in this battle between two promoted polo teams with good performances.

Perhaps having learned the lesson of the lack of preparation for the last game, the Hoffenheim players at this time were more energetic, they did not have any underdogs, and they were ready to go all out; The Hoffenheim players firmly believe that Hoffenheim still have the advantage in terms of overall strength, but they will not be overly proud, because they know that they have nothing to be proud of, they know that even in the second division there is no real weak team, only the team that is more eager to win can achieve the victory of Zuihou, and only those players who take the game seriously can play better.

After the simple appearance ceremony, Xiao Qing cheered up, he will take every game more seriously on the court, compared to the hee hee haha off the field, Xiao Qing on the court is quite hard-working, because he knows that every opportunity to play football is not easy to come by, and only those who have experienced despair can cherish every opportunity now. And with the football king system, Xiao Qing not only wants to find a chance to play, he also wants to become a more haode player, or even the most haode player, so every game is an opportunity for Xiao Qing to improve, and he must seize every opportunity!

Hoffenheim showed a ferocious offensive at the beginning of the game, and the Hoffenheim players know more about the situation of their own team, of course they know Hoffenheim's shortcomings, of course they know that the team's entire back line still has some problems, so Hoffenheim wants to achieve good results, then they need to attack more ferociously; But fortunately, Hoffenheim has a lot of good attackers, so they obviously have more confidence to win in the game!

Xiao Qing and Edu obviously don't need to take on more defensive tasks, they are constantly harassing and pulling space in the front court, waiting for the opportunity to attack; But in midfield, even attackers such as Eduardo and Copado are fighting hard for the ball, they need to keep the midfield firmly in their hands, they need control in the midfield, and only then can they get more attacking opportunities and suppress the opposition's attacking tempo.

Hoffenheim did a good job, they started the game with a ferocious press that made the Koblenz players a little unprepared, they were frightened by Hoffenheim's ferocious momentum, so they were in danger and they started to fall into passivity.

Hoffenheim threatened Koblenz with high-intensity pressing at the start of the game, and although the process may have looked chaotic, it worked well. Although neither side had a chance to shoot in the first five minutes, although both teams were only locked in a battle near the midfield, the scene gradually became clear, relying on the stronger individual ability of Hoffenheim midfielders such as Eduardo, Hoffenheim began to slowly master the attacking rhythm of the game.

In the sixth minute of the game, Hoffenheim, who was originally in a chaotic battle in the midfield, began to suddenly exert force; Eduardo and Copado collided with the wall and advanced the ball for a few meters, and then suddenly chose to make a long pass; This also caught the Koblenz players off guard, as the previous two teams were almost no threat up front, and now Hoffenheim suddenly passed the ball to the front, which is a card that does not make sense.

Xiao Qing was happy to see the ball coming close to the ground, Eduardo was taking care of him, because Eduardo knew that Xiao Qing's stopping was not good, so he chose a relatively difficult close pass, although there may be some mistakes, but it also reduces the possibility of Xiao Qing making mistakes. In the face of such a pass, Xiao Qing will naturally seize the opportunity.

Xiao Qing, who was in front of the penalty area, gently stepped on the ball to stop the ball, and then Xiao Qing immediately started to push the ball forward and prepare to enter the penalty area; While at this time the Koblenz defender Marko. Lomic also came to Xiao Qing in time to make up for it, but Xiao Qing suddenly changed direction with a slam of the ball to the right. When Lomic hurriedly adjusted his position, Xiao Qing flexibly used the control of his ankle and toe to pull the ball back, which suddenly made Lomic completely out of position!

Lomić's loss of position can only make the entire back line of Koblenz start to operate passively because of his mistakes, and the first choice of the current Koblenz defenders is to block Xiao Qing's breakthrough line and shooting space as much as possible, because now Xiao Qing has entered the penalty area!

Xiao Qing continued to break through quickly, and Koblenz's backline had been compressed to the extreme at this time; And after almost all the attention was drawn, Xiao Qing suddenly knocked the ball to the side, and Edu killed at high speed in the exclamation of the fans in Koblenz! This time, Koblenz's defense was completely disorganized, and now they were at a loss, and now they could only panic and rush towards Edu, who seemed to be more threatening.

Xiao Qing was not greedy, he chose to hand over the ball to the more haode Edu, although it seems that he can also create more opportunities if he continues to break through; Edu was also not greedy, and although his defensive pressure was not as great as Xiao Qing's, the swarm of Koblenz's players still affected his attack to a greater or lesser extent. So at this time, in the panicked expressions of the players in Koblenz, Edu suddenly knocked back on the right side of the small penalty area, Hoffenheim midfielder Salihovic ghostly shot, easy volley in the heart of the penalty area, Hoffenheim led 1-0!

In the seventh minute of the game, Hoffenheim took the lead through clever combination; The selfless cooperation of Hoffenheim's players in this attack is the biggest reason for scoring goals, which seems to prove that Hoffenheim has become more mature after the defeat in the last round, and the players' choices on the pitch have begun to become more and more reasonable, and they are now gradually understanding the meaning of the team as a whole, and they can play the best possible on the pitch, rather than playing alone. Although this is just an offensive round performance, this performance can also explain a lot of problems!

Although he regretted that he couldn't complete an assist, Xiao Qing was still in a good mood and hugged his teammates to cheer and celebrate Salihovic's goal; With such a goal, Hoffenheim got off to a pretty good start, and the 1-0 lead also gave Hoffenheim's players more confidence in this game.

Xiao Qing is still a little regretful, because although the team is ahead, although this goal also has some credit from him, but the goal does not belong to him after all; Regret is regret, but Xiao Qing is still quite mentally minded and continues to participate in the game, because he believes that he will definitely have other opportunities, and he believes that the next goal will definitely belong to him!

The morale of the Hoffenheim players, who took a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute of the game, reached their peak in an instant, and the Hoffenheim players who wanted to completely get out of the impact of the defeat in the previous round will not be satisfied with the current score, they will go all out, and they believe that the final victory of the game will be theirs!