Chapter 31: Eyebrows raised!
Xiao Qing was very depressed, he knew how disappointing it was to miss such a unique opportunity, and he also knew what kind of impression his teammates would leave when he stopped the ball to the extreme; In fact, the impressions of Hoffenheim's players and coaches on Xiao Qing are also quite complicated.
Xiao Qing, who first came to Hoffenheim, was completely a rough brother, his speed and liliang were quite outstanding, even the powerful center Demba Ba may not be able to win Xiao Qing in terms of physical fitness; It's just that Xiao Qing at that time was not only quite positive, but his basic skills were really unsatisfactory, so with the enviable drooling physical fitness, Hoffenheim only gave him a trial contract.
Originally, I just hoped that Xiao Qing could improve, and coupled with his physical fitness, he might be able to become a rotation player; But what happened next was beyond the surprise of Hoffenheim's management, because the team was in a bad situation at the time, so Xiao Qing was transferred to the first team, and Xiao Qing's luck or his strength in the first team was beyond everyone's imagination.
The continuous substitute appearances are all scoring in an unbelievable way, maybe there is Xiao Qing's enthusiasm and initiative, but there is still more luck in scoring goals; At that time, Xiao Qing was more like a lucky general, a rare player who could make people feel happy at Hoffenheim at a low point, although his strength was not the most haode.
But Xiao Qing, who got the opportunity to play because of a series of accidents, seems to have completely released himself on the field, at least the current Hoffenheim players and coaches obviously feel Xiao Qing's progress, it seems that the continuous goals on the field have given Xiao Qing more confidence, and he seems to have shown his true ability and potential when he lets go of his hands and feet.
Originally, he was just a rather rough brother, but now he seems to have a good dribbling jishu, and he can occasionally retreat to take the ball to make some simple breakthroughs, and his ability to grab points has also improved a lot; Xiao Qing's progress made Hoffenheim's coaches and players startled, Xiao Qing's strength was clear to them, so his progress was also seen by everyone. It is obvious that Xiao Qing's growth rate has exceeded everyone's expectations, although Xiao Qing's current strength can only be said to be relatively average, but his strange growth rate makes people uncertain about his final achievements. Xiao Qing's age has reached twenty-two years old, and he will soon be twenty-three years old, but the growth of such a player who has only played less than ten professional games is a change, even far surpassing those eighteen-year-old young players who are in a period of rapid growth!
Xiao Qing shook his head at Ibisevic with some regret, it is really depressing to waste such a unique opportunity, especially if this goal is still Ibisevic's pass; Although Xiao Qing understands that his teammates cannot be completely disappointed in themselves because of such a wasted opportunity, it is undeniable that if Xiao Qing is not able to perform well in the next game, then his teammates may be a little hesitant when faced with choosing to pass.
He shrugged his shoulders indifferently, although he was very annoyed in his heart, but now Xiao Qing needs to show enough confidence, he needs to convince his teammates that he doesn't have any unhappiness now, he must let his teammates understand that it was just a small mistake, and he will still show a stronger fighting spirit in the next game!
Xiao Qing missed the opportunity to score a goal to boost the morale of the Jena team, and they seem to see some hope at the bottom of the standings, and they seem to see an opportunity to counterattack, especially when Hoffenheim's defensive ability is not strong, although Hoffenheim is now changing formations in the backline, but the lack of tacit cooperation and the lack of overall strength have not changed much.
Although Jena do want to get a home win in this game, although the relegation pressure is unusually heavy as the vice-captains, they still want to stay in the second division, they do not want to be relegated to the regional league; So at home, when Hoffenheim's attack was frustrated, Jena's chance to counterattack seemed to come!
But sometimes morale can indeed change the situation on the field, and it can indeed give the weak team more hope to win, but in fact, many times such things are still unsuccessful; Hoffenheim's strength is much stronger than Jena, although it is not an absolute strength crush, but although Hoffenheim has some morale setbacks, they are still quite combative, so the Jena team wants to play counterattack at this time, which is undoubtedly a headfirst hit on a stone, which is not a good result.
Hoffenheim's backline has been criticized a lot, and their strength is indeed so deficient, but Hoffenheim's midfield defense is not so easy to knead, at least the Jena team wants to break through Hoffenheim's defense There is almost no possibility of shooting, especially Hoffenheim has just made a lot of adjustments to the entire backline, and the current Hoffenheim defenders are doing their best to show themselves.
Jena midfielder Nils. Hansen had just gotten rid of Gutavos, and Hoffenheim captain Nelsson was in time to fill in; Hoffenheim didn't give Jena any good chance in front of the penalty area, and while Hansen was still in a struggle with Nelsson, the chasing Gutavos broke the ball successfully, and Hoffenheim took advantage of the situation to find an opportunity to counterattack.
This is not a scene that appears once in this game, but a microcosm of this game many times, it is really difficult for the Jena team to threaten Hoffenheim's goal, so even if the state is not good enough, and the attack in the front court is so weak, Hoffenheim can still grasp the initiative and quickly suppress the attack of the Jena team.
At the end of the first half, the two sides maintained zero goals on the field, Xiao Qing, who wasted the most Haode goal opportunity since the game, was naturally a little depressed, and Xiao Qing, who returned to the locker room, wiped a few handfuls of sweat and then stuffed his head and did not speak; Although head coach Rangnick did not obviously criticize by name, but repeatedly mentioned the team's poor attack, which is enough to make Xiao Qing feel threatened, because he knows that once he does not perform in the second half of the game, then it is very likely to be replaced, although this is impossible to make him lose the main position, but it will more or less reduce his impression in the heart of head coach Rangnick, so in the second half of the game Xiao Qing will fight and will do his best!
Hoffenheim caught Jena off guard at the beginning of the second half, and Hoffenheim, who wanted to take all three points, launched a ferocious attack at this time.
In the 49th minute of the game, Hoffenheim broke the ball in the midfield; Eduardo, Kopado and Salihovic all three lines, the back of Jotel. Loew didn't hesitate to pass the ball to Eduardo in the middle. Although the Jena defenders tried their best to retreat from the defense, Eduardo, Copado and Salihovic's excellent short pass combination were able to steadily dribble the ball forward to the front.
After further compressing the defense of the Jena team, Eduardo, who was carrying the ball, suddenly slammed a direct pass into the penalty area, because the strong threat in the midfield made the Jena team seem to ignore Hoffenheim's strikers at this time, so at this time Hoffenheim's opportunity came!
In the face of Eduardo's cross, Ibisevic in the heart of the penalty area easily stopped the ball with his chest, but Ibisevic's shooting opportunities at this time did not seem to be very good. Mueller pounced ferociously. Ibisevic was patient, and although Muller saved, Ibisevic easily flicked the ball to the left, and a small cross ball seemed to be able to find a good opportunity.
Just as the defenders of the Jena team hurriedly filled in again, Ibisevic looked up at Jena's goal; In the exclamation of the Jena fans, Ibisevic raised his right foot high, but when the Jena defenders desperately wanted to block the eye, Ibisevic's toe just gently shoveled the bottom of the ball, which was a pass!
Because of the active cooperation of his teammates, Xiao Qing has more opportunities, he seized the opportunity and slammed towards the small penalty area, it is naturally better to be able to get more haode shooting opportunities, and it is also good to be able to help his teammates open up the space for shooting, not to mention that this is still possible to get a supplementary shot.
But when Xiao Qing who was running saw Ibisevic's pass, Xiao Qing at this time was even more excited; Using all his liliang, Xiao Qing, who was speeding up again, crossed the Jena defender Maur who was clinging to him in an instant. Although Xiao Qing still doesn't have more space to shoot now, although Xiao Qing wasted a very haode shooting opportunity before, Xiao Qing didn't have any discouragement at all, he was still quite confident! This time I'm going to have to stop the ball, this time I'm going to get the goal!
Facing the slowly falling ball, Xiao Qing firmly clinged to Maur; Firmly step on the turf with your left foot, lift the instep of your right foot slightly, and gently place the ball upwards. In the incredible gaze of all the people, Xiao Qing's body leaned to the left suddenly, and his right foot, which had just landed on the grass, was violently picked up, and in the face of the falling ball, it was a bursting volley!
In the face of such a burst shot at close range, the goalkeeper of the Jena team, Daniel . There was nothing Klaus could do, he could only watch in frustration as the yellow-skinned man in the heart of the small forbidden area hissed and roared. In the fiftieth minute of the game, Xiao Qing helped Hoffenheim take a 1-0 lead!
And for Xiao Qing, this time he fell down and got up again, this time he stopped the ball and maybe there was no improvement, but his choice was definitely the best, so he succeeded, he raised his eyebrows!