Fritz Abel saw Daniel again on Sunday. He went out to buy newspapers and magazines and saw Daniel from afar. He was with a group of younger brothers who usually followed him, saying something. Several band stickers were placed on his face, and his eyes were also black and swollen. It seemed that he was beaten lightly.

Abel didn't gloat when he saw Daniel like this, and he felt that he deserved it. At that time, his first reaction was to turn around and run away. But then he thought that Daniel was fighting with others and turning around and running was too unrighteous. But he was afraid that Daniel would blame him for being grabbed by the police station, so he had to lower his head and rub forward against the wall, as if he couldn't see Daniel anymore, so Daniel wouldn't see him.

It was so strange that he walked to the corner of the end of the street, and he was not stopped by Daniel, nor was he blocked by Daniel on the road. He walked the street smoothly, and now he just turned to the right and Daniel could not see himself.

Abel was a little surprised. He raised his head and looked back. Daniel was still chatting with his companions and had never looked at him at all.

For some reason, Abel felt a little disappointed while at ease. He couldn't figure out what Daniel was thinking. If Daniel was angry with him, he would definitely come to teach him a lesson, but he didn't. If Daniel didn't care about this matter, he should come to laugh at him when he saw that he should also laugh at him, or scold the team he supported for actually tied Bayern Munich. This is a common practice.

Didn't Daniel see himself?

This is simply impossible!

In the past, Abel always felt that he would not be seen by Daniel, but every time he was caught by Daniel, and then he had to endure his ridicule and bullying. Daniel seemed to be searching for himself anytime and anywhere. As long as he appeared within a radius of 100 meters centered on him, he would definitely notice his own. How could he not see it?

Abel stood at the street for a while, but didn't understand the problem.

Then he looked back at Daniel for the last time and went home.

He actually wanted to go up and express his gratitude to Daniel. This may be the first time in his life that he sincerely expressed his gratitude to Daniel, the demon. But in the end he still didn't have the courage. He was afraid that he would come to the door and would be ridiculed or blamed by Daniel and the others... When Abel ran away in a hurry, someone next to Daniel suddenly said: "I seemed to see that coward in Little Abel just now!"

"Huh? Where is that bastard? It's him who caused our boss to be beaten up! I want to exasperate my anger!"

"Yes, yes, where is it?"

"It seems like I've turned over..." The man kept the street corner.

A group of people suddenly became noisy and shouted to avenge the boss, but Daniel yelled and disappeared.

"Okay!" Daniel said with an unhappy look on his face: "Don't worry about that coward!"

"But boss, he has caused you..."

"I said don't worry, just don't worry!"

Looking at the arrogant Daniel, no one else dared to say anything.

Daniel glanced at the corner of the street, as usual, but without Abel.

His nose snorted heavily.

※※The match with Bayern is on Friday night, Saturday, and the team will still be on Sunday. This is a special reward for the team to tie Bayern Munich. Saturday is a regular holiday, and Sunday is an extra.

On this day, Ribery, who had just lost to Chu Zhongtian in the game, was named the French Footballer of 2008. This was his two consecutive years of honor. He will fly to Paris to receive the award in two days.

Ribery was blocked by reporters at his doorstep and asked him to talk about his feelings about winning the award.

"Winning the award is a comfort to me. Of course, it would be even better if we beat Hoffenheim before winning the award. If I could still score goals and assist in the game, it would be perfect!"

He was also worried about the game.

At the same time, Chu Zhongtian received a express parcel.

This is a long wooden box.

From the first glance of seeing this outer packaging, Chu Zhongtian felt a sense of familiarity.

He didn't expect that he would receive such a gift in Germany. His hand holding the box was trembling. He opened the packaging with a little excitement, then opened the lid of the box, and a bottle of champagne was quietly lying in the white foam strips. A red bow was tied at the neck of the bottle.

Chu Zhongtian carefully took out the bottle and placed it in the window to look carefully. The strap of the bow said, "2008.12.05, Hoffenheim vs. Bayern, the best in the game."

Apart from that, there is nothing else in the box, and there is no card full of words.

He knew who sent it.

When he saw the bottle of wine and the words on the bow, he knew that the old fan was still alive and watched his game.

Chu Zhongtian put the box aside, picked up the wine and went to the wine cabinet, opened the goalkeeper and put it in. The best of the Bundesliga in the game was without champagne, so the last bottle of wine here before that was Chu Zhongtian's last game at Metz. After he was elected as the best of the game, Legov sent it.

After he came to Germany, he did not open the cabinet door except to wipe the dust. Now the champagne has welcomed new partners. Although Chu Zhongtian knew that such things would definitely not happen again in the future.

※※※No training on Sunday, Chu Zhongtian stayed at home all day, except for going out for a walk after dinner. However, he was not easy to walk along. He was recognized by countless Sinsheim citizens. The city has a long-term population of 30,000. Now most of these people have become Hoffenheim fans. They naturally watched the game the day before yesterday.

Chu Zhongtian's long shot at the last moment made him a hero in this small city.

Along the way, he signed autographs for countless people and took photos of many people he didn't know at all.

Of course, some people don’t want to sign or take photos, they just patted his shoulder and said to him: “That ball is so beautiful, well done, Chu!”

When they got home, Chu Zhongtian and Emily called until they went to bed.

This is Chu Zhongtian’s holiday life.

The next day I got up to train and heard a news that was actually not the news - goalkeeper Tim Hildebran, who could not play in Valencia, was determined to transfer to Hoffenheim during the winter break. In this way, the team finally had a reasonable goalkeeper.

The press conference for Hildebrand to join was held on the afternoon of December 10th, and after January 1st, he will become a member of the team.

This is not good news for Ozjan and Daniel Haas, so they didn't smile on their faces after hearing that the transfer was confirmed. Ozjan was the team's main goalkeeper in the second half of last season and an important contributor to the team's promotion. Originally, Rangnick planned to continue to trust him and let him play as the main player in the Bundesliga, but Ozjan himself performed poorly, destroying Rangnick's trust in him. Then he was replaced by Daniel Haas, but Haas's performance was not stable enough. Twenty-four years old is still too young and lacks experience for a goalkeeper.

Hoffenheim performed well in the first half of the season, mainly because of their super attack power. He scored forty-six goals in the 16 rounds of the league, with an average of 2.875 goals per game, nearly three goals. This goal number ranks first in the Bundesliga.

But their defense is not good enough. They conceded twenty-three goals in the 16th round of the league, and this number of conceded goals can also rank in the top six of the 18 Bundesliga teams. They only had five rounds of the league in the 16th round of the league, namely, they defeated Cottbus 3:0 in the first round of the league, defeated Bournemouth Bourse 1:0 in the second round of the league, drew 0:0 in the fourth round of the league, defeated Stuttgart 4:0 in the ninth round of the league, and defeated Bielefeld 3:0 in the 15th round of the league.

In two league games, they lost five goals, 2:5 to Leverkusen in the third round of the league and 4:5 to Werder Bremen in the sixth round of the league.

Hoffenheim is strange. Three numbers of lost balls - one, two and five. There are absolutely no four goals, three or more than five goals... After communicating with Chu Zhongtian, Rangnick also felt that it would be a very good thing if he could really win the championship this season. Since he wanted to win the championship, he needed to strengthen his defense. Although Rangnick advocated offense, he was not a lunatic like Bielsa. He still knew that if he wanted to win the championship, he should also pay attention to defense in addition to sharp attacks. In the second half of the season, he could not guarantee whether the team could continue to lose the balls, his offense could still be as sharp as ever. His lineup was complete in the first half of the season, basically without any injuries or illness, especially on the front line, Obasi, Ibissevic and Demba. Ba was not injured, nor was he sick, and even such a cumulative yellow card missed the game.

Such good luck won't last long, and Rangnick must take this into consideration.

Hildebran's joining is just the first step.

In addition, the media reported that Hoffenheim was interested in Juventus' young left-back Paolo_de_ceglie. This player trained by Juventus youth training camp can play both full-back and full-back, and is good at assists. The defense needs to be improved.

Rangnick wants to use the winter break to transform the team's defense line. There is nothing to move on the attack line. This is the best offensive lineup in Germany and there is no need to adjust.

※※※Let’s put Rangnick’s plan aside and turn our attention to the game itself.

The German League has a long winter break, from mid-December to the end of January, and the team is on holidays.

Therefore, the 17th round of the league's league match between Hoffenheim and Schalke 04 became the last game before the winter break.

The match between Hoffenheim and Schalke 04 started at 7:00 pm on December 14th. This is the last game of the entire 17th round of the Bundesliga and the last game of the winter break.

Before this game, the whole Hoffenheim team was filled with a happy atmosphere. The team's performance in 2008 was perfect. If you ended with another winter championship, it would be perfect!

In the first half of this year, the team was still in the second division. At that time, they were still very far behind the upgrade zone. At that time, no one thought they could advance. Perhaps even they themselves couldn't believe that they completed a big reversal after the winter break and finally upgraded directly with the second-ranked league score!

In the second half of 2008, the newly promoted Hoffenheim achieved an unbelievable result - they are currently defeating Bayern Munich with 35 points in the league and ranked first in the league!

This year was the most glorious year in club history.

In the standings, Hoffenheim has three more points than Bayern Munich and four more goals. As long as Hoffenheim does not lose four goals at his home court and Bayern Munich does not win with a big score, Hoffenheim will lock in the winter championship.

Both of their teams faced both opponents in the last round before the winter break. Hoffenheim faced Schalke 04 at home, while Bayern Munich was going to challenge Stuttgart away. They have never won Stuttgart away since the 2004-05 season. One of Bayern's only two losses in the season was at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Stuttgart, where Bayern lost and lost 1:3 to his opponent.

Hoffenheim played at home, which was their last time to play the Bundesliga at the Karl-Benz Stadium in Mannheim. After the winter break, the team will move to the newly built home stadium Rhineka Stadium to compete in the Bundesliga. The new stadium can accommodate 30,000 people, which is larger than the Karl-Benz Stadium, which can only accommodate 26,000 people, and also leave room for future expansion.

"Say goodbye to Carl-Benz Stadium with victory, and say goodbye to Mannheim with victory!" This is a slogan hanging on the wire wall of the team's training ground, which was hung by Hoffenheim fans from Mannheim.

Many fans gathered outside the barbed wire wall of the training ground. There have been more fans who have watched the team train in the past few days. On the one hand, they tied Bayern Munich at Allianz Stadium, and on the other hand, because the team is likely to win the winter championship. The team's current situation is very good, so fans naturally have to support it.

When the players talk after training, the topic is inseparable from the Winter Championship.

Although there is no reward for the winter championship, the media is hyping, fans are looking forward to it, and players themselves are talking about it. There must be a reason.

The reason is simple. Anyone who knows the history of the Bundesliga knows that among the teams that won the winter championship, 70% of the teams eventually won the season championship. In the 45-year history of the Bundesliga, thirty-one winter championships have finally won the championship.

This is also why Bayern Munich attaches so much importance to winter championships. Bayern won fourteen league titles for 16 winter championships, with a success rate of 87.5%. Moreover, since the three-point system was implemented, Bayern Munich has never been reversed in winning the winter championship!

Originally, Bayern had the chance to beat Hoffenheim at home and tied the points of both sides to a tying point, thereby increasing the hope of winning the winter championship, but they failed in the last four minutes, allowing Hoffenheim to escape from the Allianz Stadium. Now they can only attack wildly at Stuttgart's home court, hoping to win a big score - this is too difficult... "Bayern's opponent in this round is Stuttgart and Andres. Have you called those friends in Stuttgart?" Obasi asked the full-back Beck next to him.

Andres Baker comes from Stuttgart youth training camp. Last season, he won 18 league appearances for Stuttgart's first team and scored a goal. However, he chose to join Hoffenheim this season because this team can give him more opportunities to play.

Although he left Stuttgart, Baker was still a loyal supporter of the team. He also has many good friends in Stuttgart, and they are still in touch.

Baker shook his head. "No, but I don't think I have to call them. Everyone wants to beat Bayern."

The teammates burst into laughter. In Germany, Bayern Munich is both the overlord of the Bundesliga and the public enemy of the Bundesliga. Any team wants to defeat them when they fight against Bayern Munich.

Four players in Hoffenheim's first team are from Stuttgart, Jaisler, Weiss, Comper and Baker all started their football journey in Stuttgart. If we include the goalkeeper Hildebran who wants to transfer to the team after the winter break, there will be five people. Even Hoffenheim's head coach Rangnick once played for Stuttgart youth team and coached.

Now an important factor in determining whether Hoffenheim can successfully win the winter break championship is Stuttgart. Hoffenheim and Stuttgart are really destined to be... "I say to everyone, Schalke 04 is also a strong team. First of all, we must play our own game well, right?" Bench captain Teber kindly reminds everyone.

"That's of course!" He got a response full of fighting spirit and motivation.

"Look at that banner-" Someone pointed at the banner "Say goodbye to Karl-Benz Stadium with victory and bid farewell to Mannheim with victory" hanging on the sidelines. "I don't want our last game in Mannheim to end in failure!"

"That's right! We achieved an unbeaten record of seven wins and one draw in the Bundesliga at Carl Mercedes Stadium. I also want to bring the unbeaten at home to the new stadium!"

"Okay, boys, it's time for us to train!" Assistant coach Caidler came over and clapped his hands, "If you want to have a happy Christmas, then train me well. None of you want to lose the game against Schalke 04, right?"

"No one thinks, Peter." The players replied.

Caidler grinned: "Very good, guys! Go and train now! Don't let your head coach wait too long."

Chu Zhongtian patted the grass clippings on his butt and waved to everyone: "Let's go, guys."

The team trains on a well-maintained training ground, while the fans cheer for the team on the sidelines. Every outstanding performance of the players in training will win applause and whistle from the fans on the sidelines.

In addition, a large number of media gathered outside to shoot the team's training. They were waiting to interview Hoffenheim's players after the training. After tied Bayern Munich, Hoffenheim became the center of sports news reports across Germany.

And for this winter championship, the whole Hoffenheim team is determined to win!
Chapter completed!