Although Hoffenheim lost the ball and was a crushing defeat, Chu Zhongtian's personal performance was pretty good. After all, the two goals scored by the team were related to him. The first goal was a direct assist, and the second was an assist to Ibisek to create a penalty.

So after the game, when most Hoffenheim players didn't score high, Chu Zhongtian got the highest score in the team - two points. The second only to him was full-back Baker, who scored 2:5 points.

So those struggling Chinese fans discovered a way to kill two birds with one stone and stop worrying about it - Hoffenheim of course still needs to be relegated, because if they don’t relegate, Chu Zhongtian will not be able to jump out of the quagmire. But if the team is relegated, it means that the players are not performing well, which leads to frequent losses?

Through this game, they found that even if the team loses the ball, their personal performance does not mean the team's performance. After all, football is not a one-person sport. Even if Chu Zhongtian wins the best in the game, if his teammates are not successful, he will not be able to help the team win.

So the best way is to lose every game Hoffenheim loses, but Chu Zhongtian has performed well. However, because he is limited by his own strength and cannot reverse the decline of the team, he can only watch the team slide step by step into the abyss of relegation. At the end of the season, although Hoffenheim was relegated, Chu Zhongtian was favored by giant teams with his continuous outstanding performance and changed jobs to a team like Bayern Munich. Here, fans who support different giant teams will choose different transfer targets, such as AC Milan, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Juventus, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Roma, Fiorentina... Any fan who likes his team can replace the name "Bayern Munich". This is actually a fill-in-the-blank question.

The fans who were still very worried about "If Hoffenheim's performance is not good, wouldn't it mean that Chu Zhongtian's performance is not good? Then even if Hoffenheim is relegated to Chu Zhongtian, no team is willing to ask for it." The psychological fans suddenly realized.

Leverkusen set a good example for them.

In Germany, the disastrous defeat has also attracted the attention of the media.

From this matter, we can also see the fence-branding characteristics of the media. Even the most authoritative media can't escape this characteristic.

※※※Fritz Abel watched in front of the newsstand for a long time, and finally decided not to buy this episode of "Kickers" on Monday. First of all, two euros are expensive, and secondly, the team he likes lost and lost miserably. Because of this crushing defeat, there was no good voice in the media, which made him feel very angry - he, a coward, would also be angry, only at this time.

Look at what the title on the cover of "Kicker" says: "The fairy tale is so shattered!"

Every word has a scent of gloating.

This is how the media is, always like this. When you win the ball, they flatter you and blow you to the clouds. When you lose, they scold you hard and throw you into hell. It is as if this is how they can reflect their neutrality and calmness.

But this made a loser's fans very upset.

Of course he couldn't go to Forest Street in Offenbach (located to the southwest editorial department of "Kicker") to protest the magazine's fictional behavior, but he could express his protest with more practical actions - refusing to buy this issue.

At least I have reduced the sales of this issue of the Kickers Magazine!

Abel left the newsstand and thought with some smugness.

Just after turning the corner, he saw the person he didn't want to see now - Daniel and his men.

"Ah haha! Look at who this person is? Little Abel, oh--my dear Little Abel! I'm so happy to see you!" He laughed loudly, and the followers behind him laughed.

Abel shrank his neck and tried to slip away from the wall. But Daniel pulled him back. He hugged Abel's neck and said in his ear affectionately: "Don't run, little Abel. Did you watch Saturday's game?"

Abel said nothing, he was expressing his protest in this way.

But Daniel didn't care, and he didn't need Abel to say anything. He said to himself: "I didn't see either. But I later learned the score, 5:2! Bayer (Leverkusen) is really good! Haha! Do you remember what I said a week ago? I said that it won't take long before the village you like will return to lose, and they will lose continuously, ha! There is a wonderful beginning now!"

Although Abel didn't want to see Daniel in the past, this is why he didn't want to see Daniel the most - he knew that Daniel would definitely laugh at the loss of the team he liked. What's more annoying to the fan than mocking and attacking the team he liked in front of a fan?

When Hoffenheim was still in the Bundesliga, he was treated like this. In school, as long as he liked Hoffenheim lost the ball, he would have spent the longest ideological struggle at home before going to school on Monday, thinking about whether to skip classes today, because he didn't want to go to school and be laughed at by a group of people. They attacked the team he liked with the most vicious words, but he couldn't speak and didn't dare to fight back. He could only let others laugh at him, like a clown.

He doesn't like this feeling.

Daniel was in a good mood today because not only Hoffenheim lost the ball, but his favorite Bayern Munich also won the ball, defeating Hertha Berlin 4:1 at home. Although he did not go to the scene, he watched the live TV broadcast. The defending champion finally ushered in his first victory this season. He believes that Bayern Munich's road to defend has officially begun, and another official start is naturally Hoffenheim's road to relegation.

He and his men mocked Hoffenheim, and then gave Abel who liked Hoffenheim a nickname "Rich Boy" and left.

Looking at the backs of a group of people leaving, Abel pursed his lips tightly, and tears were already spinning in his eyes. He tried hard to keep tears in public just now in front of so many people, and he knew that it would only make them more excited and mock them more positively.

When he could no longer see Daniel and the others, his tears could not hold on and slipped down his cheeks. Then Abel wiped his tears, turned around and ran back home.

※※※ Hoffenheim players would not know that because of their failure in one of their games, one of their little fans was ridiculed by their companions and shed tears. That happened two days later.

But now, in the visiting team locker room at Bayer Arena, they all know that coach Rangnick is unhappy.

Rangnick, wearing glasses, had an inelegant nickname "Professor", which was a soccer industry who satirized him for only talking on paper. To put aside this bad meaning, this nickname is quite in line with his personal image. Because he looks gentle and speaks clearly, he looks like a very wise university professor.

But that's what people who are not familiar with Rangnick think that Hoffenheim's players don't really think that their head coach is a good old man who won't lose his temper.

Rangnick did not use many swear words to express his dissatisfaction, nor did he let the long speech that can make people drowsy to tell the players what they did wrong. He only said one sentence: "Tomorrow's vacation will be cancelled, three practices a day." It is enough for everyone to understand that the head coach is very upset now.

Generally speaking, practicing two a day can make professional players frown, while practicing three a day is a total punishment training.

Although Chu Zhongtian won the highest score in the team scored by the media after the game, he was not happy. For him, personal honor is nothing, what is important is the team's performance. If the team loses every game and he gets the highest score in every game, what's the point?

On the other hand, if the team has honors, individual talents can be discussed. Personal honors are based on the overall performance of the team. It is absolutely impossible for a relegation team to have a scorer king or footballer or a Golden Ball winner. If you want to win the above honors, you have to let your team win the championship.

Chu Zhongtian hopes to help Hoffenheim achieve glory, and he has always regarded leading the team as his duty. However, this game poured cold water on him, which made him realize his shortcomings and the team's problems - he is too young. He himself is also very young, only twenty-four years old, but he has experienced more things, so he seems to be more mature than his actual age, but in fact he is still very young. The core of a team rarely uses such a young player. Since Rangnick dares to use it, it means that he really trusts himself, and he cannot let down the trust of the head coach.

There is an old Chinese saying that makes sense - a scholar dies for his confidant. For Chu Zhongtian, Rangnick is his confidant. He knows himself, he is familiar with himself, and he knows how to exert his greatest power. Therefore, Chu Zhongtian is willing to work hard for such a head coach.

Just like when he was willing to play the League Cup final with injuries to coach Fernandez at Metz.

He is now more aware of the importance of strengthening shooting training. When Rangnick asked him to strengthen shooting training before, he felt that as long as his teammates could keep scoring, it seemed that there would be no problem for him not to shoot.

But in this game, he realized what the result would be if he had strong scoring ability. He dared not say that by relying on his own strength, the team could turn the defeat into victory, but at least he would not lose so badly.

If you have a strong scoring ability, it does not mean that you have to overtake the responsibility and exercise your forward responsibilities. However, in the offense, the team has multiple tactical choices. When the opponent knows that he can score, he will inevitably be distracted to defend himself, so that other teammates can get more opportunities. Just like nuclear weapons, it is not easy to use, but it is a very effective deterrent.

If he has strong scoring ability, even if he still focuses on assisting his teammates to score and does not score much, he can still intimidate the opponent... In this way, it is necessary for him to further strengthen his shooting training, especially to cultivate his desire to shoot.

※※※The team from Leverkusen to Hoffenheim started three practices a day the next day. Chu Zhongtian took the initiative to stay and shoot for more training after training. The failure of Leverkusen sounded the alarm for him, making him feel that time was tight.

He did not come to the small village of Hoffenheim for vacation, he came here to start a business.

If Leverkusen can't even pass this level, what else can we talk about with a bigger goal?

"Let's create a big scene together" is just a joke.

Think about Metz back then, he could beat Leverkusen to look for teeth in the League Cup, but why did Hoffenheim get beaten to look for teeth?

It seems that Hoffenheim's strength is not as strong as expected, and it needs to be strengthened. And he himself is the same. It is not his turn to strengthen the team's strength, but he can enhance his strength.

When one day, when encountering such a game again, when the team can no longer function normally, and a hero needs to save the team alone, he cannot always put the hope of "being a hero" on others, right?

As the captain and the core of the team, that is the idea of ​​shirking responsibility.

He must have this awareness - when the team encounters difficulties, the first one to stand out should be the Communist Party member...well, no, it is himself.

He wants to lead the team, why should he lead? Why should these people believe that they are qualified and capable? Isn't it at this time? Just like he did at Metz, when the team faces Paris Saint-Germain and needs a victory to relegate, he stood up and scored the winning goal; when the team also faces Paris Saint-Germain and needs a French Cup championship to qualify for the League Cup next season, he stood up and completed the final victory; when the team is in White Deer Lane

He was facing an unfavorable situation in the heavy rain. When he had to use victory to ensure the promotion, he stood up and scored a goal that completely locked the victory; and, in the League Cup final, when the team was one less person and fell behind one goal until the last minute of injury time, he stood up and helped Menez score a goal that equalized the score... There were many such critical moments, and the French media gave him many nicknames, one of which was related to it was called "Mr. Key".

This is why he was able to gain absolute trust and lead the team at Metz. Although there are factors that Fernandez strongly supports, he stood up to save the team at critical moments every time, so that his teammates are willing to place all their hopes on him and give all their dreams to him to fulfill them, so that they are willing to believe him unconditionally.

Otherwise, if he himself cannot show convincing performance, no matter how much Fernandez supports him, he will be just a "dog that cannot be helped".

To be the core of a team, you only need to have stable and outstanding performance. If you want to become the leader of this team, you must have the courage and ability to stand up in difficulties.

Chu Zhongtian thought so while shooting and practicing on the training ground where the sun sets.

If he really becomes the leader of Hoffenheim, he probably has a long way to go... But this is good, he is never afraid of challenges. Otherwise, he would not have come from Metz to accept the challenge of "becoming a legend". With his strength and fame, he can go to a mid-to-high-level team in the four major European leagues (Premier League, Serie A, La Liga and Bundesliga) to get a very relaxed main position, with a good salary, good luck, and can still play a league championship or even a European championship with the team... But is this kind of life what he wants?

He prefers the former by turning the tide and adding icing on the cake.

※※※After the team practiced for two consecutive days and three days, the team finally returned to normal training intensity. In the past two days, only Chu Zhongtian and a few others performed normally. Chu Zhongtian is a monster among the monsters. After practicing for three days, he had to practice for fifteen minutes to shoot, which made many teammates couldn't help but exclaim his strength in physical strength, which really exceeded the scope of ordinary people's understanding.

Just after the cruel day, head coach Rangnick arranged a very special training class.

At the beginning of the new day, every player will see the blue and white bus parked at the entrance of the base, which is the special team car of Hoffenheim. They will only see this car here on home game day or the day before the away game day, and they will basically not see it at other times.

But today is neither the home game day nor the next day, so why does this car park here?

They met Rangnick on the training ground, and the head coach solved the answer for them: "Today's training class is not here, but..." He pointed to the bus, "Let's go to Sinsheim."

Everyone still didn't know why the training class was in Sinsheim.

Until they took the bus to a fencing hall in the city... Inside the hall, they were not the usual assistant coaches Tomislav Marich and Peter Zeidler, but two former fencing athletes.

Rangnick was introducing them, pointing to the tall and thin man on the right and saying to the players: "This is Mr. Daniel_strigel, the bronze medalist of the men's heavy sword team at the 2004 Athens Olympics."

"Hello everyone, it's great to see you." Striegel greeted everyone with a smile.

Someone whistled and everyone applauded to show respect for the former famous German fencing athlete.

Then Rangnick pointed to a man who was older than Streiger on his left and said: "This is Mr. Matthias Behr, the winner of the men's foil in the World Cup three-time fencing World Cup, and the men's foil in the Montreal Olympics."

This time the applause was even more enthusiastic. The Germans themselves knew very well the status of this 50-year-old man in the German sports world.

Even Striegel next to him applauded everyone and welcomed Bell.

Bell waved to everyone with a stern face, even if he had said hello.

After introducing these two special guests, Rangnick lifted up the Western sword in his hand and made a stabbing move at everyone.

"This is your training class today - fencing!"
Chapter completed!