Chu Zhongtian showed his skills in the warm-up match with Blackburn, but he only had a certain influence in China. Because first of all, there were not many German media attending this game, and secondly, Hoffenheim is a newly promoted team after all. It is better to pay attention to traditional strong teams such as Bayern Munich, Schalke 04 and Stuttgart than to pay attention to him.

In fact, when Chu Zhongtian joined Hoffenheim, his high value had attracted the attention of the rural team once. After that, no news came out, and the German media's interest in this team gradually faded.

Although Hoffenheim can be regarded as the richest club in Germany, because they have a German richest man, Dietma Hope, who has a net worth of 6.3 billion yuan, the sap software company he founded is one of the three largest software companies in the world, second only to Microsoft and Oracle. The boss is enthusiastic about charity and sports, and just donated charity, he donated a total of 1.25 billion euros. He also actively invested in other sports projects, football, handball, ice hockey and golf. With his capital

It is possible to buy Bayern Munich, but he chose Hoffenheim, a hometown team he played for forty-seven years ago. In 20 years, he invested 120 million euros for this team and improved the infrastructure for the original amateur team, which led to today's Hoffenheim. Currently, this Bundesliga newly promoted team has the best training base and youth training system in Germany. Hoffenheim's under-17 youth team has just won the German Youth Football Championship.

Despite this background, the German media still lacks interest in Hoffenheim. Because money does not equal victory or championship, for the newly promoted team, the key to determining whether they are relegated this season is not how much money the club owner has, but their player performance and head coach command. This is the most critical.

The reason why the media are not optimistic about Hoffenheim comes from this. Judging from the players, although Hoffenheim spent 50 million euros this summer, most of them were spent on a very controversial player Chu Zhongtian, and the other signings did not see anything great. Only the defender Baker made the media's eyes shine, believing that this may be the most worthwhile introduction for Hoffenheim this summer.

Only five people in the entire team have experience in the Bundesliga.

Rangnick likes young players, but he has never proved himself in the Bundesliga. He has coached Stuttgart, Hannover and Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga, but his results are not very satisfactory.

However, in the Bundesliga, Rangnick has proved his ability more than once - he once led Hannover from the Bundesliga to the first league. So some media believe that Rangnick is just a head coach at the Bundesliga level, and perhaps he can play a better role in the youth training camp of Bundesliga teams.

In short, the media's goal for Hoffenheim in the new season is to "relegation".

In this regard, Rangnick and Hope, the club's boss behind the club, disagreed.

"I don't think relegation this season will be a big problem for us. We are not here to relegate, we will try to win every game," said Rangnick.

Hope's tone became even louder: "Five years later, Hoffenheim will become a new giant in the Bundesliga!"

This sentence did not arouse too much reaction from the media, their attitude was "disdainful". The wealthy family is not just about being rich. Chelsea has Abramovich. Do they dare to claim to be a wealthy family now? No, there is not enough championship and historical accumulation, and the wealthy family is not called casually.

It would be fine if it was just disdainful. The Germans' feelings for this newly promoted team are very complicated, and many people are disgusted with Hoffenheim. Why? Because Hoffenheim is rich, the high-sounding person will worry that Hoffenheim's three-level jump has set a dangerous precedent for German football in the past two years. Some people simply jealous of Hoffenheim's wealth, believing that as long as their team has so much money, they will definitely succeed.

But in fact, these people ignored that before two years of triple jump, Hope worked silently for 16 years. Without these sixteen years of silent investment, Hoffenheim would never be able to jump in three years, and other teams would not be able to do it.

So Hope never thought that as long as he spent money hard, Hoffenheim would succeed. However, some people who could not eat grapes would think so.

Hoffenheim's first Bundesliga season is destined to be spent in controversy.

※※ On July 26, Hoffenheim played the last warm-up match at Ogan, with Rostock. In this game, the team defeated the opponent 2-0, ended the training camp in Ogan, Austria, and returned to Germany.

After a month of training, the team's tactics have basically been fully developed. In these warm-up matches, Rangnick allowed the players to gradually see Chu Zhongtian's level. Few people in the team oppose Chu Zhongtian as the core of the team.

Chu Zhongtian started the game in the warm-up match against Rostock. Although there was no assist, he sorted out the team's midfield in an orderly manner, and both offense and defense were well organized.

Chu Zhongtian played for 70 minutes in this game and was replaced. Although there were only a few hundred fans, he still heard the applause from the stands.

He knew that his efforts had paid off and he was gradually gaining the trust of his fans and teammates.

After returning to Germany, Hoffenheim played another warm-up match on August 1. This is the first time Hoffenheim played at the Carl-benz-stadion in Mannheim. In the upcoming new season, they will play on this stadium for half a season.

This time his opponent is stronger than Blackburn and is the champion of the Turkish Premier League last season.

Turkish football and German football have always had a connection. Because there are many Turkish immigrants in Germany, many Turkish players play in Germany, and some German players go to the Turkish League to make gold. The core player of the Turkish national team, y?ld?ray_ba?türk), is a Turkish born in Germany. When he joined the Turkish national team, he couldn't even speak Turkish.

In this game, Rangnick met an acquaintance and Chu Zhongtian also met. Rangnick once coached Stuttgart, and Galatasaray had just joined a new player in this game, the former Stuttgart captain fernando_meira. The two chatted on the side of the court before the game. Mera congratulated Rangnick on leading the team for promotion, and Rangnick congratulated Mera on his outstanding performance in Turkey... As for the acquaintance Chu Zhongtian met, it is actually not familiar with it. It is considered familiar, but the two will never stand on the sidelines and talk in kind like Rangnick and Mera. The "acquaintance" he met was former Leverkusen's head coach Skibe, now Galatasaray's head coach.

The two met only once. In the 2006-07 League Cup, Chu Zhongtian played two games with Metz and Leverkusen. He wore a captain's armband in the first round of the two sides. This was the first time he wore a captain's armband. Leverkusen was the first strong opponent Metz encountered in that season in the League Cup. From that game, Metz began their journey to conquer Europe. Later, Metz won the League Cup, and Skibe was also dismissed after the season. Of course, his get out of class should have nothing to do with Metz. Chu Zhongtian should have nothing to do with him.

This game can accommodate 27,000 people in Karl Mercedes-Benz Stadium, 13,200 people, all of which are Hoffenheim fans. This number is the same as the number of season tickets they sold. Basically, this number is the entire audience of Hoffenheim in the new season. Of course, if they have excellent results and beautiful playing style, they can continue to attract fans from surrounding areas to watch the game. Because only Hoffenheim is the Bundesliga team in Mannheim, Sinsheim and other places.

Baden Württemberg has several teams with a reputation outside: Stuttgart, located in the state capital, Karlsruhe, who once trained Kahn, and Freiburg. Hoffenheim is the upstart of the season, but their fame is far less than the first three. There are three teams participating in the Bundesliga this season: Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and Hoffenheim, and Freiburg is still in the Bundesliga, which is also a regular visitor to the Bundesliga.

Just ten minutes into the game, Hoffenheim conceded a goal and was beaten by the Turkish Super League champion last season. Emre_asik, an old central defender who participated in this summer's European Cup, received a pass from Hasan_sas, and scored a header.

Galatasaray leads!

Soon Hoffenheim launched a counterattack. Not long after, they got a good opportunity for a free kick, but Nilsson's shot was slightly higher. In this game, Salihovic sat on the bench and saw Nilsson hit the free kick high below. He slapped his thigh regretfully, as if he could get the ball into the same place.

Although there was no goal, Hoffenheim gained confidence from these attacks, and the bigger it became, the more vigorous it became. Demba Ba received Chu Zhongtian's straight pass and broke into the penalty area and almost equalized the score.

Of course, Galatasaray was also the Turkish champion last season. The teams that were going to participate in the European Champions League this season were unwilling to be passive on the court and were tied by a newly promoted Bundesliga team.

Aydin_yilmaz's powerful shot made Daniel_haas, the substitute goalkeeper who appeared in the injured Ozjan, bravely snatch out.

After that, Eduardo and Weiss both waste good opportunities. By the end of the first half, Hoffenheim, who played at home, fell behind with one goal.

At the beginning of the second half, the double-reversal did not make any major adjustments to the lineup. Rangnik only replaced Weiss with Salihovic. The second half only started for five minutes. Chu Zhongtian launched an attack in the backcourt. After continuous passes, the football reached Eduardo's feet. Eduardo passed Demba and Ba again, but Demba and Ba did not play the main part, so he missed the shot that was bound to score. Soon, Salihovic's free kick from 18 meters away failed again.

Although he did not score, Hoffenheim had completely gained the advantage on the field. It seemed that the goal was just a matter of time. Rangnick was very satisfied with the team's performance. Even if he lost this game, he would not regret it. Because the team showed a very high level, the Turkish champion Galatasaray was exhausted from dealing with it.

In the 60th minute of the game, the head coaches of both sides began to make frequent substitutions. However, Chu Zhongtian was still left on the court. It seemed that Rangnick was going to let Chu Zhongtian play the whole game in this game.

The game reached its climax in the last ten minutes. In the 78th minute, Ibisevic received a pass from Salihovic, turned around and broke through the defender and scored, equalizing the score for the team.

When he scored, a huge cheer sounded from Carl Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and more than 13,000 Hoffenheim fans shouted the name of the new player: "Ibi! Ibi!"

Ibisevic hugged Salihovic happily.

Chu Zhongtian and other players also ran over to join in the fun.

Logically speaking, this is a warm-up match, so you shouldn't be so excited after scoring the goal. However, the team was 70 minutes behind and finally equalized the score, which still made them excited.

It is worth noting that before Salihovic passed the ball, he received the over-top pass from Chu Zhongtian to him. At that time, two Galatasaray players were separated by Chu Zhongtian, and he did not run in the air. He had already looked at the route for Ibisevic. As long as the football could be passed to his feet, the planned route could be implemented immediately. But if he was running, the route would not exist. So he was waiting in place, wanting to see if Chu Zhongtian was able to pass the football over with only fifteen meters but two opponents.

Chu Zhongtian did it. And the pass was very comfortable. Although it was a short-range over-top pass, it did not rotate very strongly, so he didn't need to make any adjustments after receiving the ball, just swing his feet to pass the ball.

He had to look at this new teammate who had snatched his core position... Just two minutes later, Ibissevic almost scored twice. This time he passed the ball to him. Chu Zhongtian passed it in the backcourt. Ibissevic stopped the football with his chest, turned around and volleyed directly. The football was saved by Galatasaray's Italian goalkeeper Morgan_de_sanctis.

In the 87th minute, after receiving the pass from Ibsekic, German U17 international Strevler headed the ball, and another slight difference.

It was not until the injury time that it seemed that the game would end in a draw. The young rookie Marco Tracino, who came on as a substitute in the second half, staged a final kill. After Chelsea caught Teber's pass in the penalty area, the player was beautifully shot and went to a dead corner. Desanctis was really powerless in the face of such a world wave.

Hoffenheim completed the reversal at the last moment! 2:1!

Tracino seemed very excited after scoring the goal. This was his first goal for Hoffenheim's first team. Although it was a warm-up match, the final reversal goal still made him feel very accomplished. This young player with Italian descent is the best star in Hoffenheim's youth team and has a unlimited future.

Relying on the first goal of the new star, Hoffenheim ended all the warm-up matches before the new season with an unbeaten record. The team performed well in the warm-up match, which made the fans full of confidence. Also full of confidence were the players.

Originally, I was inevitably a little nervous when I played in the Bundesliga for the first time. However, the continuous victory in the warm-up match made everyone's nervousness disappear a lot. Now they are a little impatient for the new season of the Bundesliga.

Before the league, they still have one more game to play.

On August 8, they will usher in the first official match of the new season - the first round of the German Cup against Chemnitz.

This day is far away from China and the Olympic Games will also kick off.

However, this has nothing to do with Chu Zhongtian anymore. At most, he will pay attention to how many gold medals China won in the Olympics.

Oh, by the way, if he had time, he might look at the Chinese Olympic team's game...※※※The Olympics officially opened on August 8th, but due to the jet lag, when Zhang Yimou carefully planned the opening ceremony of the director's opening ceremony with a series of footprints and fireworks, the whole Hoffenheim team was preparing to go to Chemnitz's home court to play.

Germany is the East District 1, and Beijing, China is the East District 8, and the time difference between the two sides is seven hours. However, it is now in summer, and Germany implements the daylight saving time, and the time difference becomes six hours. When Beijing is 8 o'clock, Germany is 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

This German Cup match was held in the afternoon, and Chu Zhongtian had no honour to see the beautiful opening ceremony. However, the day before, he watched the first game of the National Olympic Team at the Beijing Olympics. The Chinese team tied 1:1 with the New Zealand National Olympic Team, which is said to be the weakest in the group. The goal for the Chinese team was Dong Fangzhuo, who was once compared with Chu Zhongtian. His header broke the embarrassing record of the Chinese team not scoring in the Olympics and also created a new history. However, the Chinese team failed to get three points from this opponent, who is known as the weakest in the group, and the prospect of qualifying in the group has dimmed.

If Chu Zhongtian was selected for the National Olympic Team, he would not be able to train with Hoffenheim throughout July, which would greatly affect his tacit understanding with the team and his time to adapt to the team. Then, his signings that cost Hoffenheim 30 million euros might really become a big deal.

Fortunately, the Chinese Football Association is very wise and open to consider issues from Chu Zhongtian's perspective. He did not let him compete for the Olympics for the country, but gave the green light to integrate with his new team. If Chu Zhongtian really succeeds in Hoffenheim in the future, don't forget to thank the wise Chinese Football Association... Like another Hoffenheim shooter, Obasi, now he is playing Nigeria in Beijing, preparing to participate in the Olympic football match. He has been unable to train with the club team all summer. Fortunately, he is not a newcomer to Hoffenheim. In a team that has not changed much, it should not be difficult to adapt again.

Hoffenheim is away in this game. According to the regulations of the German Football Association, when arranging home and away games, he will take care of teams with weak strength, so teams with weak strength will be arranged at home.

In this game, Rangnick sent all the main players. He hoped to seize every opportunity to run-in before the league began, but Hoffenheim didn't take his opponent seriously. Even Chu Zhongtian knew nothing about this team.

The opponent used the defensive tactic.

Until the 77th minute, Hoffenheim organized a successful offensive. Chu Zhongtian scored the side, Demba Ba hit the ball in the left side after receiving the ball, Carlos Eduardo stopped the ball in the middle and then reached the right side. Ibisek, who was unguarded, scored with his right foot push shot from the goalkeeper who was shooting from seven meters away, scoring the only goal in the game. At the same time, this was his first goal scored on behalf of Hoffenheim in the official game.

This summer, Hoffenheim has two most eye-catching signings of Chu Zhongtian, who is 30 million and Ibisevic, who is 10 million. Among them, Ibisevic is the fastest player to show his value. As a striker, he only needs to score goals. He kept scoring goals in the warm-up match, and now he scored another goal in the German Cup. No one suspects that he will be a parallel person.

As for Chu Zhongtian, his strength was gradually shown in the final stage of the warm-up match, but if he wants to truly make the whole of Germany look at him, he may have to wait until the league officially begins...
Chapter completed!