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A 4-year-old middle-aged man shouted at the top of his lungs with a team scarf. He was out of tune and a little hoarse, but he didn’t care. His eyes were full of longing to look at the players on the sidelines.
A 7-year-old grandfather was trembling, holding a team scarf, singing a team song with tears in his eyes and looking forward to watching the Hofenheim players.
A seven-year-old girl holds a team scarf in her seat, and her eyes are shining all the time staring at Lu Wenbin, full of worship and hope.
These are the villagers’ training bases in Huofenheim village. Most of the players in Huocun village have seen Lu Wenbin, and even signed a photo with the little girl who has been staring at him.
All of them held Hoffenheim scarves in their hands and looked at the players who were leaving Hoffenheim, singing the team song, and their eyes were full of all kinds of longings and expectations.
Go ahead and get ready to enter the players’ tunnel. Eduardo and Ibelberg stop. Gustavo stops. Lu Wenbin stops.
Looking at these people, we can often see that the big singers in the villagers’ stands have a string in their hearts when they are training.
In the past two years, when Hoffenheim had a smooth sailing and the champion was soft, Hoffenheim players rarely felt the motivation of this team song because everyone was not frustrated.
But at present, the top European clubs and many players dream of the Champions League final stage. Looking at the big screen, Hoffenheim 2 Inter Milan’s blood red score and the silence of his fans, these villagers’ songs of Hoffenheim have touched many players’ hearts.
Before stepping on the Bernabeu Stadium, Hoffenheim was full of hope that they would beat Inter Milan to become the sixth team in Europe and the first team in Germany to win the triple crown, which would create the greatest Hockenheim miracle in football history.
However, Inter Milan striker Eto ‘o scored twice in a minute and Hoffenheim was hit hard. Until the half-time, they failed to come up with any methods and counter-measures
Their overall strength, tactical play and team background are indeed much worse than Inter Milan.
As the song goes, Hoffenheim comes from the countryside. Compared with the world-famous Italian giants Inter Milan, they are grassroots, hillbillies and pawns.
But they are also full of pursuits, they also want to win the Champions League, and they also want to become world-famous football superstars and world giants.
Lu Wenbin and others felt a surge of heat flow in their hearts.
The strength of this song makes the players feel more when they are in adversity.
Inter Milan players were surprised when they entered the player channel. Lu Wenbin and others sang the team song for the first time and followed the villagers to sing the second time.
Then everyone applauded the villagers before holding their heads high and entering the players’ aisle and the locker room.
Outside, the villagers in Huocun village kept repeating the team song, the grass-roots star and the fans in Hoffenheim’s bleachers also joined in the singing, and the alto was getting louder and louder, which could be faintly heard in the locker room.
Ralph clapped his hands after everyone in Hoffenheim’s locker room came in, so that everyone could pay attention to him and listen to him
"I want to apologize to everyone. My tactics have been thoroughly studied by Mourinho. I am very responsible for the failure at half-time."
Iankel immediately said, "Coach, I feel that if it weren’t for my low-level mistake, Inter Milan wouldn’t have scored so quickly and the second goal might not have happened."
Gustavo also said, "The second goal was caused by my mistake."
Ralph shook his head and said, "Now is not the time for everyone to review and take responsibility for each other. Now we have to come up with a half-court attack method. Did you listen to the villagers’ songs outside just now and want to win?"
The players said "think"
Ralph "want to win the championship"
Team member avenue "thinking"
Ralph "want to be a triple crown"
The players shouted "think" with all their strength.
Ralph nodded. "Well, since everyone wants to show me half-court tactics, now we are behind. As the team song says, we can only win the game if we attack, attack and attack."
"Inter Milan, which leads by two goals at half-time, will definitely continue to fight back and defend firmly while waiting for an opportunity to attack our defense."
Therefore, our defense must be on high alert and never lose the ball again. At the same time, we must speed up the pace of attack, constantly change the ball and rhythm, disrupt the opponent’s defense and get a chance to shoot.
"Both the midfielder and the full-back should insert assists, but when they lose the ball, they should return to the defense immediately."
"This requires all of you to increase your running range. We can fight like hell in half a game."
"Inter Milan’s defense line is very old, with an average age of over 31. Although they are experienced, their physical fitness is definitely not as good as ours. We are willing to work hard and they will be the first to collapse at half-time."
"If their defence collapses, it will be our chance to score goals and win the game."
Chapter 35 High morale
Ralph kept talking about half-court tactics. The central idea is to attack, and to speed up the pace of attack. On the one hand, they have to attack because they are behind, on the other hand, they consume their opponents’ physical strength.
Sati, Cambiaso and Lucio, the backbone of Inter Milan’s defense, are very old and can’t even find substitutes.
It is not impossible for Hoffenheim players to be willing to drag down their opponents desperately.
In order to increase the offensive strength and defensive coverage, Ralph was better at halftime, and Zuculini changed Gustavo.
Gustavo was replaced not because he made a mistake in the second goal conceded at half-time, but because Zuculini was more physically fit, able to run and covered a wider range than Gustavo.