Chapter 039: The Pirate Legion Breaks Into the Black Forest!
At the press conference after the game, in the face of many media questions, Magnum spoke eloquently.
"Seven goals in two games? I think it's just a basic operation for us, the team is just back on track. β
"The opponent is too weak? The quality of the opponent is never in my mind, and I don't use it as an excuse to win or lose. β
"Why didn't you talk to the opposing manager after the game? I have social phobia......"
"Why didn't you come on the pitch? No, next. β
Despite his strange accent, there is no doubt that Magnum has a talent for dealing with the media, and in short, although he didn't play for a minute, he was put on the pen.
Phil Kruger, who was brought to the press conference on the side, looked shocked, this honest boy didn't expect his head coach's eloquence to be so good, and those sharp-toothed media reporters couldn't take advantage of him at all.
After the press conference, Magnum took a rare day off and stayed in Frankfurt for an extra day, not knowing what to do, and returned to Hamburg the next day.
St. Pauli also moved up to ninth place in the rankings, but this was only the beginning of their September madness.
In the next two league games, they faced opponents who were both ranked below them, first beating Duisburg 0-2 away and then returning to their home stadium to beat the visiting Munich 1860 3-1 cleanly.
In these two games, Magnum played 15 minutes as a substitute center forward and a striker respectively, and easily scored a goal and an assist.
Center forward Phil Kruger scored three goals and scored four goals in total, tied for fourth in the scorer list with Magnum, and is in hot form.
Xiao Huoya has also been on the Bundesliga Team of the Week list for the second week in a row.
I don't know how his old club Nuremberg feels, but he may be downloading an anti-fraud app.
Munich 1860, which narrowly escaped relegation through the play-offs last season, also announced after the game that head coach Florin was officially resigned, becoming the second team to change coaches in the new season because of the loss to St. Pauli.
St. Pauli FC won the Bundesliga relegation battle ahead of schedule! γ
This is an article published by the German newspaper Sport Bild.
As an influential media, their attitude is quite fair, on the one hand, they tell about St. Pauli's rebound with a wave of four consecutive wins after falling to the bottom, and on the other hand, they emphasize the weakness of the opponent's strength, which is basically ranked in the bottom of the league, and it remains to be seen whether it is really reborn.
On the other hand, the local media in Hamburg are not so objective, such as the "Hamburg Evening News" with the title of "St. Pauli is about to face a real test, is the Dragon Coach really so magical", secretly said that the previous ones are nothing at all, and the next two games are the highlight!
After all, they are backing another Hamburg team.
Among the many doubts, only "Hamburger Observer" sent an article "Coach Killer!" St. Pauli's new head coach is crazy! After Magnum took office, the team's obvious changes in these games, and released a bold statement that St. Pauli has the strength to impact the Bundesliga!
To tell the truth, whether they were grandstanding and eyeballs, or deliberately trying to hold St. Pauli high and fall badly, Almighty bought this newspaper and put it in his office, and it was good to have nothing to do anyway.
Of course, he doesn't have a lot of time in the office as head coach and, as the Hamburg evening newspaper says, the next two games are really important.
The team will first travel to SC Freiburg, who are currently at the top of the table, followed by Kaiserslautern in fifth.
Freiburg, in particular, have won six and drawn two in the first eight rounds, scoring more than two goals per game, and are the team with the most attacking firepower in the Bundesliga, and they were also relegated from the Bundesliga last season.
Facing a strong top spot, still playing away, although St. Pauli won four in a row, scoring 12 goals and conceding only one, as matchday approached, the media began to favor the home team in one fell swoop.
St. Pauli's side is not without good news, following captain Gunther, Japanese Ryo Miyaichi has also officially returned to the team, but the other main central defender Zobich has muscle fatigue, but it should not be a big problem.
This incident also made Magnum rarely angry at the two physical coaches, it stands to reason that the team was eliminated early in the cup, and now it is a game a week, and there should not be muscle problems so soon.
The newcomer Erica was not convinced, and bluntly said that the training intensity of Magnum was too high, which caused the players to not rest enough, but her words were directly ignored.
Then Magnum got the punishment he deserved.
In the last training session before the game, the main winger Sobota, who has been working diligently, suddenly suffered a muscle strain, and he will definitely not be able to catch up with the next two games.
Despite the fact that Sobota has been inconspicuous, he has been able to cooperate with several teammates in the front court, and his sudden switch of position with Zatkowski is also a very common trick in St. Pauli's tactics.
His injury touched his whole body.
Before the war, he first lost a general.
Not a good sign.
What's more, the starting lineup that was previously lined up is about to be disrupted again, and Magnum can only rub his head while dragging assistant coach Manuel and staying up late with him to adjust the lineup.
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Freiburg is one of Germany's oldest and most tourist-seeking cities.
There is a legend that if a tourist accidentally falls into a stream in the city, a man marries a Freiburg girl, and a woman marries a Freiburg boy.
Magnum is neither a tourist nor wants to get married.
He's here to fight.
His battlefield is the home of Freiburg FC, the 25,000-seat Bednova Stadium, also known as the Black Forest Stadium.
Black Forest, right? Then let us be lumberjacks from afar and chop you all into firewood!
That's what he said in his pre-match press conference.
In the face of his provocation, Freiburg's coach Christian Streich did not get angry, but replied lightly, you will be lost in the Black Forest of Freiburg!
Streich, who is exactly 50 years old this year, has been in charge of the team for four years, and although the team was unfortunately relegated last season and most of the main squad was dismembered, both the club and the fans believe that the team will return to the Bundesliga under the guidance of the iron-blooded coach.
Now Freiburg's ranking proves their verdict.
Although St. Pauli has been in good form recently, to be honest, it is true that they have not been taken seriously.
There has always been only one rival in their eyes, and that is RB Leipzig, who have been ambitious this season.
As for the rhetoric of St. Pauli, the young coach, it did not affect Streich.
A few months ago, he faced world-class coaches like Pep Guardiola, Klopp, and Black Gold, and it was too naΓ―ve for a Dragons who had only brought a few games to dare to play aggressively in front of him.
Yes, in Streich's opinion, this is childish behavior.
But then again, although he didn't like this rookie coach in his heart, he still made full preparations for this game.
It's his style.
Streich's belief in the principle is that, in addition to the hard power of the players, what can determine the outcome of a game to the greatest extent is the pre-match arrangement.
Homework should be done before the game, not near the start and still playing pointless words here.
When the game starts, you'll know what it means to be better than you and more prepared than you.