Fritz Abel went to the newsstand on the corner to buy the latest version of "Kicker", a thick magazine that cost him a full two euros. Of course, he could also buy the Thursday version of "Kicker", which is a 15 euro, but he can't wait to see reports about Hoffenheim's winning goal.

For a Hoffenheim fan, since the end of the game, I am looking forward to how the media will evaluate this game and this team.

He still remembers that in the "German Football League Special Issue 2008/2009" published by "Kickers" before the season, the most authoritative media explained Hoffenheim the most is how rich this team is. In addition, it is simply not good at other aspects, and it is completely incomparable to the length of teams such as Bayern Munich, Schalke 04, Wolfsburg.

As a Hoffenheim fan, he was very dissatisfied with the snobbish approach of "Kickers". However, the most authoritative sports media in Germany was "Kickers". If he didn't watch it, he would lose the most important way to understand the information.

Starting from the first round of the league, "Kickers"'s attitude towards Hoffenheim has changed a lot, and they have begun to pay frequent attention to Hoffenheim. Obviously, the professional editors in "Kickers" magazine also realized that they might miss a promising team.

After winning two consecutive rounds, he wanted to see how "Kickers" should evaluate Hoffenheim's performance, and to see how professional editors, journalists and critics praised the team he liked. As a fan, he was able to get a sense of satisfaction from these articles.

But he wouldn't watch it on the road. He would go home, close the bedroom door, not allow two naughty sisters to disturb him, and then quietly open the exquisitely made magazines. He would get the satisfaction that was like taking drugs.

On the way back, he met Daniel and his group. Daniel's full name is Daniel Adler, the leader of the Bayern Munich fans, a fat man. He is one year older than him and has graduated from school. I heard that he found an apprentice in a freight warehouse and studied for a forklift. When he was in school, he liked to bully Abel who was thin and timid. Now that he has graduated, Abel has not escaped this shadow - who made the two families live very close to each other? From childhood to adulthood, Abel has grown up in Daniel's bullying. That has even become a part of his life.

If he had read the comic "Doraemon" by Japanese cartoonist F. Fujiko Fujio, he would definitely resonate with the protagonist Nobi's recovery, and he felt that Fat Tiger was simply Daniel's Japanese version.

"Little Abel, you must be very happy, right?" Daniel pointed at Abel and said. From his expression, you can tell that he is in a bad mood.

How could Abel not know Daniel’s thoughts? With his knowledge of Daniel for more than ten years, Daniel is a person who is not good at hiding his emotions. If he is angry, then he will definitely let you know that he is angry. If he is happy, he will also yell to let the whole street hear it.

What's more, he knew why Daniel was angry - Daniel's favorite Bayern Munich lost. What's worse is that Hoffenheim, whom he liked, achieved two consecutive victories. You know, just over a month ago, Daniel and his men laughed at Hoffenheim in person. As a result, the team he had been ridiculed by him now ranks first. This is really annoying... "Uh, no... I don't... I'm not..." Abel felt a sense of fear from the bottom of his heart when he saw Daniel, and his words were not smooth. The two battles were so fierce that he wanted to turn around and run away immediately, but he couldn't run away. Although Daniel was a fat man, he was indeed a fat man with agility, and what about himself? High myopia and no sports cells at all... He hugged the magazine he just bought tightly in his arms, for fear that the other party would snatch his magazine in anger and tear it off.

"Don't lie to me, little Abel. I know that the small village you like won!" Daniel said waiting for Abel.

"You must be laughing at me, right? Because I laughed at you before! Do you think you are finally taking revenge now, right?"

"No...I didn't, I didn't laugh at you..." Abel shrank his neck and whispered to himself.

Daniel pointed at Abel with his hand and said, "But don't be happy too early. Your team is just a promoted team! What's wrong with having money? You still relegate if you have money! Football cannot be played with money! After a season... No, maybe you can't wait for a season. It won't take long for your team to lose, and you will lose continuously! Let's wait and see, Abel!"

After saying that, Daniel left with his group of subordinates.

It was only after seeing Daniel and his group completely disappearing on the street corner that Abel breathed a sigh of relief.

His magazine was not robbed, he was just scolded, which was nothing to him.

He looked at the magazine cover, wearing Hoffenheim blue jersey and celebrating the goal, and laughed.

Although I was scolded, the team I like won the ball, which is better than anything else.

Next to Ibisevic's photo is the title of this issue's key article: "Hoffenheim, a fairy tale-like beautiful club?"

※※※Winning two consecutive games has made Hoffenheim famous, not only in Germany but also in China.

However, many Chinese fans are very complicated about Hoffenheim's rise.

The reasons are all from Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian's transfer to Hoffenheim caused a split in the fans who originally supported him. This split was not noticeable, but it could be seen everywhere.

Those fans who continue to support Chu Zhongtian support him unconditionally. Whether it is Hoffenheim or a wealthy family, as long as Chu Zhongtian performs well, their support will not change. They also support Hoffenheim, hoping that Chu Zhongtian can have the same excellent performance as Hoffenheim.

Others have a complex relationship and hope that Hoffenheim will be relegated. Because only in this way can Chu Zhongtian, whom they like, be able to escape from the sea of ​​suffering. After the team is relegated, the players can transfer freely. At that time, he can go to the team they hope for, such as AC Milan, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, such as Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Juventus, Liverpool, Arsenal, Roma, Fiorentina... In short, you can't continue to stay in Hoffenheim.

Such disagreements can easily lead to controversy on the Internet.

After Kang Jianbo sold his website again, he did not leave "We all love Lin Danda", but continued to manage his part-time jobs on it, and persisted in publishing various reports, articles and news about Hoffenheim on the forum. The latest post is the news post of Hoffenheim defeating Mönchengladbach 1-0 at home and leading the Bundesliga with two consecutive victories.

There will be comments and comments from enthusiastic netizens under each news post.

This time, one person replied below: "There are so many weak teams that rank first, and a bunch of weak teams tied for the first place... I bet this team can only 'travel here' in the Bundesliga this year, and they will definitely go back and forth wherever next season, and there is no future for development." The finger was pointed directly at Hoffenheim.

Kang Jianbo has seen many such posts during this period, all of which are comments from fans who want Hoffenheim to be relegated. This is the so-called "feeling hate because of love". Because they like Chu Zhongtian so much, when they find that Chu Zhongtian did not move forward according to the route they envisioned and transferred to a team that is not in their plan, they will turn support into opposition. Hoffenheim's failure can obviously prove Chu Zhongtian's failure in choice, and can also prove that only their opinions are correct. Out of this mentality, they all hope that Hoffenheim is unlucky, the sooner the relegation, the better. If possible, it is best to confirm the relegation in half a season.

When I saw such posts in the past, Kang Jianbo directly used the administrator's permissions to delete posts and block ids and ips. But this time, he suddenly had a whim.

He thought that not long after Chu Zhongtian joined Metz, a fan came to the forum to make trouble, claiming that Chu Zhongtian would definitely become a meteor. After his future person blocked the ID, he put the entire forum on the forum and hanged his corpse to the public.

The post is still there... He decided to put the entire forum on this post so that everyone can whip the corpse at any time.

When Chu Zhongtian went to Metz, there was a corpse-whipping sticker who witnessed his growth from an unknown man to the best professional player in China. Now in Hoffenheim, there must be such a corpse-whipping sticker who witnessed Hoffenheim and Chu Zhongtian step towards glory together.

Just like a ceremony, before the army set out, they always slaughter a cow, a pig or a sheep, and they come to swear to sacrifice their swords. Before Chu Zhongtian starts a new journey, there is something to sacrifice their swords. This kind of unlucky person is the most suitable.

※※ Hoffenheim won two games in a row and is now ranked first in the Bundesliga standings, which most Hoffenheim players did not expect before. Although they feel that their strength is not weak, relegation should not be a problem. In another season or two, they will even have the strength to attack the European qualification. But how dare you think of a good thing like being the first in the league?

All this now seems to them as a dream that is so wonderful that it is unreal.

For a whole week, Hoffenheim players seemed to be walking without stepping on the ground, and they were floating.

Only a few people remained awake, Chu Zhongtian, Ibissevic and Baker were among them. They are all players with experience in the top league, especially Chu Zhongtian and Ibissevic. They played four seasons and two and a half seasons respectively at Metz, and they have seen the climaxes and lows. Metz was not without excellent results in the top three in the league at the time, but what does that mean? The results of one or two rounds of leagues cannot be used as a reference at all. The league is a very long marathon. You have performed well during this period and your points have increased. It is normal for you to perform poorly after a while, and it is normal for you to drop in the ranking.

In addition, they won all the League Cup champions, and they didn't take the first place in the first two rounds of the Bundesliga.

It’s just that sober people are a minority after all, and most players lack such experience. They are young and are blinded by victory for a while.

Under such circumstances, Hoffenheim challenged Leverkusen in the third round of the league away. Rangnick continued to defeat Borussia Mönchengladbach's starting eleven players. This is the match between the two youngest teams in the Bundesliga. The average age of Leverkusen's starting lineup is 23.2 years old, while Hoffenheim is only 22.5 years old.

Everyone was young and full of energy. In this game, both sides let go of the attack and gave the fans a very good game. But for Hoffenheim, it was a bitter game. Because they finally lost and lost miserably.

At the beginning of the game, Leverkusen launched a fierce attack.

In the eighth minute, Banetta made a free kick from the left, and the Tunisian central defender Karim_haggui, who was 1.87 meters tall, headed the ball into the far corner, 1-0.

The premature concealment of Hoffenheim himself was a little confused, and the players were a little confused on the court. Although Chu Zhongtian wanted to bring the players back to their senses and focus on the game, he had not become the real leader of the team yet, so what he could do was very limited.

Leverkusen took this opportunity to launch a large-scale attack on Hoffenheim's defense line and continued to put pressure on it.

In the eleventh minute, Renato Augusto (renato_augusto) made a straight pass, and patrick_helmes got the ball and broke through Per Nilsson, and finally faced goalkeeper Ozjan on the right side of the penalty area and shot slightly beyond the left post.

In the 17th minute, Banetta took a corner kick from the right, and Friedrich headed the ball from ten meters away, 2-0.

Conceded two goals in a row, making Hoffenheim wake up as if he was dreaming. Chu Zhongtian finally regained control. Just four minutes after the opponent scored, Chu Zhongtian did not go in the middle, but suddenly pulled to the left side and changed positions with Salihovic. He made a move to break through, but he stopped suddenly and dunked the ball back with his left foot, then made a cross with his right foot. His teammate Ibissevic in Metz jumped high and headed to attack the goal, 1:2!

Hoffenheim scored a goal, and Ibissevic scored his fourth goal in his first Bundesliga season, and Chu Zhongtian also completed his second assist after joining Hoffenheim.

Although Hoffenheim scored a goal, they did not regain their disadvantages in the field. Faced with Leverkusen's fierce attacks one after another, they could only defend themselves and had no power to fight back.

In the 27th minute, Renato sent the ball to the goal from the right of the penalty area. The forward stefan_kieβling, who was responding, was half a step slowing down and did not hit the ball into the empty goal.

In the 32nd minute, Renato made another long shot from twenty meters away, which was blocked by Ozjan.

In the 36th minute, Banetta took a corner kick, and the Hoffenheim player cleared not far away. Jakpa (constant_djakpa) shot at the front of the penalty area, and Kislin intercepted the ball in the small penalty area. Then, under the release of two Hoffenheim players, he suddenly turned around and shot in the back. Goalkeeper Ozjan couldn't react and could only watch the football enter the goal, 3:1!

In less than 40 minutes, the score was already 3:1. Both sides scored four goals in total. For the audience, such a game is of course a good game. But for Hoffenheim players and fans, they were still a little confused - why did they, who had won two consecutive victories in the early stage of the season, have no power to fight back against Leverkusen's attack and were completely led by their opponents?

When Kisling scored the football with a very beautiful barb action, Chu Zhongtian shook his head helplessly. The whole team was not in shape, even if he and Ibisevic worked hard, they wouldn't be able to... Football is an overall sport after all.

Everyone was blinded by victory, and it was completely gone. Leverkusen took it seriously. As a result, they all forgot that Leverkusen and the Cottbus he met before were not the same team as the same level. If they underestimated such an opponent, they would have to pay the price.

During the break, Rangnick criticized the team's performance very harshly, believing that everyone was sleepwalking. He asked the team to strengthen the offense in the second half.

So after the second half began, Hoffenheim strengthened his offensive. In the 50th minute, Salihovic shot strongly at the front of the penalty area. Leverkusen's goalkeeper Fernandez (benedikt_fernandez) did not dare to hug the ball directly, and punched the ball out with both punches. Chu Zhongtian, who followed closely, also made a volley, but his shot flew directly into the stands.

Two minutes later, Hoffenheim made a comeback, this time Demba Ba received a cross from Salihovic in the penalty area and headed the ball, which was tightly held by Fernandez.

Hoffenheim's continuous offense finally received a reward. In the 58th minute, Chu Zhongtian initiated an offensive. After getting the ball in the midfield, he did not make Eduardo transition or Salihovic, but chose a sudden straight pass. The football penetrated Leverkusen's midfield and back line, and finally fell at Ibiseyvic's feet. Just when Ibiseyvic turned around and was about to shoot, he was knocked into the penalty area by Leverkusen's defender Jakpa. The referee awarded a penalty kick and gave Jakpa a yellow card.

The penalty kick was taken by Salihovic, who kicked the football into Leverkusen's goal, and the score was tied to 2:3.

Next, Leverkusen's head coach Bruno_labbadia replaced arturo_vidal with defensive midfielder Pirmin_schwegler to strengthen defense. Rangnick replaced Weis, who was in poor form with Teber and continued to strengthen the offense.

There is only one goal difference between the two sides now. Hoffenheim saw hope of equalizing the score or even winning the ball. They pushed the attack with a big push, while Leverkusen took advantage of this to start a defensive counterattack.

In the last ten minutes of the game, Leverkusen seized the big push from Hoffenheim, eager to score a goal and equalize the score. He scored two games in four minutes, and finally frozen the score at 5:2.

When the whistle at the end of the game was blown, Bayer Arena, which could accommodate 22,500 people, heard warm cheers and applause, and Leverkusen fans were happy to see the team that was talking about the latest.

No matter how powerful the promoted team is, they have to bow down to our Leverkusen!

Leverkusen, a veteran team who played at home, gave the popular Bundesliga new team a blow.

Leverkusen, who was once eliminated in the League Cup by Metz, where Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic are located, also completed the revenge after two years in this special way.

Looking at the players' expressions of pain because of losing the ball, Rangnick sighed in his heart.

The team is still too young... lacking experience, such failure is inevitable. However, losing at the beginning of the season is better than losing at the end of the season.

I hope the defeat in this game will help them learn something.

He turned around and walked towards the passage where the media were waiting for interviews with him in the mixed area. He knew what questions these media would ask, and many people were waiting to see his team's jokes. Now that they saw it, how could they let him go?
Chapter completed!