Chapter 095: Self-Seeking Trouble

Xiao Qing is very injured now, really abnormally injured, because now they have encountered a damn draw again!

In the 24th round of the league, Hoffenheim challenged Eintracht Frankfurt away, Eintracht Frankfurt was ranked 12th in the standings before this game, and it can be said that it is a team without desire, they are now under no pressure to relegate at all, and of course it is useless to further qualify for Europe. Hoffenheim were in desperate need of a win to avoid being approached by Hertha Berlin.

For Hoffenheim, Hildebrand continued to be absent due to injury, Haas started, Rangnick lined up in a 4-4-2 formation, Sanogo and Demba Ba played double arrows, Weiss, who returned from the ban, replaced Wellington, who started for the first time at Hoffenheim, and Gustavo, the main midfielder, also returned from the ban, which can be said to be the strongest lineup of Hoffenheim now.

Hoffenheim had a strong start and in the fourth minute they had a chance when Sanogo crossed and Eduardo received the ball with a right-footed shot that was saved by Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper Nikolov. Eintracht Frankfurt started with a solid defence, because they could see that Hoffenheim are aggressive now, and now they have a strong desire to score goals in the game; Although Hoffenheim's attacking ability began to weaken in the second half of the game, Eintracht Frankfurt did not dare to be careless. Although Eintracht Frankfurt tried to stabilize their position, in the 10th minute of the game, Hoffenheim took the lead in scoring, the central defender Camper found Eduardo with a long pass from the backfield, and the Brazilian teenager used his speed to get rid of Ruth's defense and send a through ball in front of the penalty area; Xiao Qing dangled a fake shot in the penalty area and knocked the ball back, and Eduardo scored with a long-range shot in the penalty area!

Eduardo's goal made the Hoffenheim players extremely excited, as they had not taken the lead at the start of the game for a long time. And now Eduardo's goal also puts Hoffenheim in the driver's seat. Now they are 1-0 ahead. They will also want to believe that they will get the three points in this game!

Hoffenheim's offensive after taking the lead has not decreased, they once suppressed Frankfurt without parrying, and now Hoffenheim seems to have once again returned to the first half of the man blocking the killing of the Buddha and the killing of the Buddha killing the god; And Frankfurt goalkeeper Nikolov collided with Xiao Qing during the battle, which was a reasonable collision, Xiao Qing was fine, but Nikolov could not continue the game due to injury, and Puller replaced him; And then Ruth and Steinhofer received yellow cards one after another, and now Eintracht Frankfurt is passive to an extreme. But fortunately, although they were unusually passive on the field, they were still not allowed to continue to score goals by Hoffenheim.

In the second half, the two sides did not make personnel adjustments. But just at the start of the second half, in the 47th minute of the game, Eintracht Frankfurt equalized, Steinhofer crossed from the right, Fink scored with a header from 10 meters in front of the goal, and Eintracht Frankfurt made the score 1-1!

Hoffenheim was hit hard after conceding the goal, although they tried hard to take the lead again, but Eintracht Frankfurt was very sophisticated to suppress Hoffenheim again and again; And the young Hoffenheim also began to gradually become more and more impatient in the game. This is definitely not a good thing for them; Then the home team took the initiative and Hoffenheim did not have the upper hand.

Although Hoffenheim got a draw. However, the draw has put Hoffenheim under pressure and they now have a measly small advantage in the table.

After this game, 15 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses, after 24 rounds of matches, Hoffenheim is at the top of the standings with 51 points, with only 10 rounds left in the league, Hoffenheim may still occupy the initiative on the road to the league title.

But in this round of the game, the most uneasy thing for Hoffenheim is that the team behind them once again narrowed the gap in the score, Hertha Berlin defeated Bayer Leverkusen 1-0 at home in this round, and now Hertha Berlin has 15 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses with 49 points, and now they are once again using Hoffenheim's draw in this round to narrow the gap of two points, and now they are only two points behind Hoffenheim!

Hertha Berlin's winning streak made Hoffenheim extremely nervous, and in the second half of the game they achieved an absolute good result of five wins, one draw and one loss, and they slowly narrowed the gap behind Hoffenheim to within one win! Especially in the last three rounds, Hertha Berlin has won three consecutive games, and the current form of Hertha Berlin is outrageous, and now they have a strong momentum to surpass Hoffenheim in the standings!

In this round of the game, Bayern and Wolfsburg also defeated their opponents, although they are still behind Hoffenheim more obvious gap, but now they are also trying to narrow the gap with Hoffenheim, and now they are slowly trying to catch up with Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim is really nervous now, the original eight-point advantage has become two points in a blink of an eye, and the current Hoffenheim in the second half of the game is not down, but it is really not outstanding; For a team that wants to win the league title, the second half of the season is the key, but now it looks like Hoffenheim are really mediocre, and now they are not as strong as the first half.

A draw and an erosion of the advantage in the standings was a huge blow for the young Hoffenheim, who now seem to be a bit of a mess because of the aggressiveness of their opponents.

Rangnick finally couldn't contain his anger, and had only warned his players not to get carried away by the good results in the first half of the game, but after the game he was unabashedly critical of the team: "For the first time this season, I was really disappointed with my players, we didn't know who we were in the second half. After losing the initiative on the spot, there is basically no place to see any haode again"

Bild commented after the game that Hoffenheim was gradually losing its magic. Speaking to Bild, Bruhagen, chairman of the Supervisory Board of Eintracht Frankfurt, said: "We had a clear advantage on the pitch, some players played aggressively, thanks to our solid defence. ”

The Hoffenheim players are very unhappy now because their lead is gradually disappearing, and for these young Hoffenheim players who don't have much career experience, they are really at a loss now. Although head coach Rangnick criticized them after the game, under normal circumstances, even if the players are unhappy, they will accept it, at least not directly; But now, a different kind of voice is starting to erupt in the Hoffenheim team.

'After 60 minutes we lost control of the game, whereas we were usually dominant at this time of the game. Isn't this due to training management? Weiss was unhappy with the manager's criticism, and the successive narrowing of the gap by opponents made him as impetuous as many Hoffenheim players.

'We're always running out of energy with 20 to 30 minutes left and fitness has always been Hoffenheim's strength in the past. Maybe it can only be explained in this way, look at Shaw, he looked like a bull who doesn't get tired in the first half of the game, but now, he will feel tired in the game for some reason, and he can't guarantee a high-intensity game of 90 minutes at all! Weiss's direct bombardment of head coach Rangnick surprised everyone, this is the best embodiment of an inexperienced team, taking the initiative to expose the contradictions within the team at such a time, and even constantly adding fuel to the fire, Hoffenheim is completely his own rhythm of death!

Rangnick responded in a surprising response to Weiss's criticism: "The problem is that the players don't think there's anything going on here. We should do something about arrogance, we don't have any advantage at the moment, we have to keep our feet on the ground and play every game! See clearly, we only have a two-point lead now! If we're just relegated, then you don't have to worry about the next 10 league games! But now, we have every chance to hit for better and more incredible honors, so we can't afford to relax at this time! ”

Xiao Qing was really speechless at this time, the team was in trouble now, and now there are rumors of such a contradiction in the team, which is completely self-inflicted trouble, they are because of impulse to push the team in a more unfavorable direction. Xiao Qing didn't know what to say at this time, and he didn't know what to do.

For Weiss, Xiao Qing naturally knew that Weiss's approach was wrong; You can have a grievance against the manager, but it's better to deal with it privately than to take the initiative to blast the manager in the media at such a sensitive moment.

As for Rangnick, Xiao Qing didn't understand that Weishenme Rangnick, an experienced head coach, would actually get into a verbal fight with his players in the media at such a moment, they were completely pushing the team into more trouble for their own face, which was originally an avoidable trouble, but now it is getting louder and louder in the uncalm of the two.

Rangnick may be wrong, Weiss naturally has something that shouldn't be; But at this time, Xiao Qing really didn't plan to say anything, it was better to keep a low profile, he didn't want to turn this trouble into an uncontrollable huge disaster.

Bombarding the manager, directly questioning the players, and more importantly, not having any advantage in the standings; Hoffenheim was really in an eventful and self-inflicted trouble. (To be continued......)