Chapter 017: Stress and Motivation
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Kaiserslautern goalkeeper Fromlwitz's unexpected serious injury is indeed something that no one wants to see, but this is football, this is sports, and many times injuries are unavoidable.
None of this seems to have anything to do with Xiao Qing, although Frommlowitz's serious injury made him a little sad, but Xiao Qing scored a goal in this game, and it was the only goal of the game, with this goal, Hoffenheim beat Kaiserslautern 1-0 at home. The current Hoffenheim's record this season has also improved to four wins, three draws and three losses, with 15 points, seven points away from Mainz, the leader of the top table with 7 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, with 22 points; It is only five points away from Borussia Mönchengladbach, who are in second place in the standings, with six wins, two draws and one loss, with a total of 20 points; And Freiburg, who are in third place in the standings, with six wins, two draws and two losses, and a 20-point gap, are also only five points away!
Hoffenheim have been unbeaten in the past six league rounds, and in this wave of unbeaten games, they have maintained a super high winning rate of four wins and two draws, which is why they rushed to the middle and upper reaches of the standings in one fell swoop! Now it seems that Hoffenheim are doing quite well, although there are still 24 rounds of the league, but Hoffenheim can guarantee that they are not under much relegation pressure now, as long as they can ensure this form in the next games, then although they are only promoted, they can still achieve good results in the first season of the Bundesliga.
As for Xiao Qing, he is naturally quite happy now; Once again, the starter scored the only goal of the game, and now Xiao Qing has scored four goals in the game, and four goals in five games, Xiao Qing is in quite good shape. What's more important is for Xiao Qing, now he has just competed with several other strikers in the team for the qualification of starters, and now it seems that he is quite good, at least his efficiency and condition can ensure that he can maintain a certain advantage in the competition with other strikers.
With the victory and goal in this game, Xiao Qing got ten experience points, and now he temporarily has twenty-two experience points, and there is only a seventy-eight experience point gap from getting another upgrade; Although Xiao Qing knows that with his current good state and continuous goals, he will definitely attract the attention of other opponents, although Xiao Qing knows that soon his opponents will definitely upgrade his defense again, but Xiao Qing is still very confident, because he can't be careless on the football field at all times, because even if his opponents strengthen their defense, he will become stronger and stronger in the game.
Despite their recent success, Hoffenheim can't afford to let up and they don't have time to relax. After a short break to recuperate after the 10th round, Hoffenheim will start the 11th round, where they will face the Aachen team, which is relatively familiar to Chinese fans, and the team that Chinese player Xie Hui once played.
Aachen played in the German Second Division for a long time, only three years in the late 60s, when they were promoted to the German First Division. In 2006, Aachen became the first team to be confirmed for promotion to the Bundesliga next season, ending Aachen's 36-year absence from the top flight. After a resurgence to the Bundesliga in 2006/07, they won just one point from eight games at the end of the season and were relegated to the Bundesliga after just one season.
So far this season, the Aachen team, like Hoffenheim, has maintained four wins, three draws and three losses, with 15 points, and is in the middle and upper reaches of the standings; On 26 October 2007, Hoffenheim will travel to the Tivoli Stadium to take on Aachen and both teams will have to give their all in their strength to move further in the table.
Xiao Qing continued to occupy the starting line in this game, because he scored in the previous round, so Xiao Qing temporarily seems to be relatively safe to occupy the position of the main force, at least now he still has more time to show his ability.
This game is as expected, perhaps Xiao Qing's consecutive goals made the Aachen team begin to notice Hoffenheim's unfamiliar player, although the German second division is only the second level of the league, but the scouting system here is still relatively perfect, so for Xiao Qing's jishu characteristics and ability, generally speaking, a little attention can basically understand a thing or two.
The Aachen team's defensive strategy for Xiao Qing is quite targeted, and they also know that Xiao Qing has excellent physical fitness and a certain amount of dribbling ability, but Xiao Qing does not look particularly good at grasping the opportunity to shoot; So in this game, Xiao Qing's side has been closely following the defenders of the Aachen team, and they will not give Xiao Qing room to start, even if Xiao Qing retreats his position, the Aachen team will try to limit Xiao Qing's dribbling space.
In the entire first half of the game, it was difficult for Xiao Qing to find more opportunities, because there was always a piece of kraft candy by his side, so it was difficult for Xiao Qing to get more opportunities to perform. However, although it has been limited a lot, head coach Rangnick does not seem to have any intention of replacing Xiao Qing, because Xiao Qing is also relatively contained, so this is a good opportunity for other players; Among them Francisco. Copado scored in the first half of the game, and his goal was to take advantage of Xiao Qing's opening up to attract the opposition's defense and score a long-range shot in front of the penalty area.
Although it seems that it is relatively safe for the time being, Xiao Qing does not have any carelessness, because he knows that there are still chasers behind him, so Xiao Qing must play well on the court to gradually get rid of those chasers who want to compete with him for the starting position.
In the 53rd minute of the game, Aachen striker Marius Ebbers used his individual ability to help the team equalize, Marius Ebes, who was crowded in front of the goal, received a cross from a teammate and jumped high to help the team equalize with a violent header, Hoffenheim and Aachen returned to the same running line.
Xiao Qing felt quite uncomfortable for most of the game because the defenders of the Aachen team were harassing him all the time, and he was likely to fall into the trap set by the opponent and lose the opportunity, which made Xiao Qing very depressed, and he had the illusion that he could not get out. Xiao Qing wants to get out of such a predicament, he wants to find a more haode rhythm of the game.
In the 56th minute of the game, Hoffenheim counterattacked after conceding the goal, and they began to press hard; Because of the strong attacking power of the three midfielders, the Aachen team is under a lot of pressure, although they are already very committed, Hoffenheim still steadily pushed forward to look for opportunities.
Eduardo once again used his feet to get into the penalty area at this time, and his sudden pass put the Aachen team under a lot of pressure; But Xiao Qing was very aggrieved, Eduardo's pass was very good both liliang and angle, and he did control the ball, but at this time, the Aachen defender Steller was like a maggot on the tarsal bone, he was very hidden and pushed Xiao Qing a little, and then stretched out his foot to poke the ball away.
Xiao Qing was depressed and wanted to scold, but he still held back; Looking at Demba Ba, who was starting to warm up on the sidelines, Xiao Qing was under a lot of pressure, because he had to make a wonderful performance, because he had to prove that his appearance on the court was valuable! Xiao Qing, who has a sense of urgency, is undoubtedly more motivated, and his performance on the court is naturally more active; Although Stler was still closely following Xiao Qing's side at this time, he didn't care at all now.
In the sixty-ninth minute of the game, Eduardo broke through the middle and was blocked, and Eduardo, who hesitated slightly, could only hand the ball to the feet of Xiao Qing, who retreated, although Xiao Qing did not have a brilliant performance in this game, but Xiao Qing is now the only correct person who can pass the ball to Eduardo.
Xiao Qing, who was leaning on Steler, was squeezed hard after continuous use, and after slightly judging Steler's reaction, after seeing Eduardo start to accelerate forward, Xiao Qing suddenly gently flicked the ball. Stler immediately stretched out his foot to break the ball, because in his opinion, Xiao Qing would definitely choose to pass the ball.
But Steler was fooled, when he just stretched his foot, Xiao Qing suddenly used his toes to flick the ball to the right back, and Xiao Qing, who was leaning on Steler to complete the turn, burst out with all his speed to catch up with the ball.
Xiao Qing's speed is very fast, and Liliang is also very good, so at this time, Xiao Qing, who is striding with the ball, seems to be a tank; Although the left back of the Aachen team, Rewakabesi, wanted to make up for the defense at the first time, it was really simple for Xiao Qing to bully Rewakabesi, who was only one meter tall and in his early sevens.
Ignoring Rewakabesi, Xiao Qing used his liliang and speed to crash into Rewakabesi's tough entry into the penalty area; Although the Aachen fans shouted fouls, the referee did not say anything. Xiao Qing's brutal breakthrough gave the Aachen team a lot of pressure, especially when Xiao Qing smashed Huanglong into the hinterland of the penalty area, the Aachen team could only defend passively at this time.
After further attracting the attention of the Aachen team's defense, although the breakthrough and shooting space in front of him have been basically blocked, Xiao Qing did not flinch at all, he still rushed forward aggressively, and it seemed that he wanted to break through the defense line of the Aachen team with his old tricks.
When the Aachen fans were looking forward to Xiao Qing crashing into the defensive wall with some schadenfreude, Xiao Qing, who was quickly sprinting with the ball, suddenly made a diagonal pass at a small angle; Hoffenheim's other striker, Edu, was quick to shoot, and although Xiao Qing's pass was a little big, Edu still got the ball on the right side of the small penalty area and shot at the goal.
Xiao Qing smiled lightly and completed the substitution with Demba Ba, who was not very good-looking, although it was only an assist, but it helped the team lead 2-1, which was already a good performance!