※※Two days later, the results of the German Annual Sports Awards will be announced.

The award was voted by 1,350 journalists in Germany. Because this year is the Olympic year, the winners are basically the Olympic gold medal winners. The German team of the year was won by the German men's group club team who won the gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.

Hoffenheim won the second place, with a score of 2,467 points. If it weren't for the Olympic year, Hoffenheim would have been the well-deserved first place.

Hoffenheim's head coach and several player representatives came on stage to accept the award. Chu Zhongtian, as the team's first captain, could of course not be absent.

He expressed his gratitude for winning the award in an interview, which is a recognition of the team's achievements over the past year.

The host of the award ceremony happened to be the last time that Monica Lilhouse, who interviewed him on the "Sports Observation" program, came up to ask Chu Zhongtian: "Last time you said on my show that you hope you will sit on the championship throne at the end of the season. Do you still think so until now?"

As soon as he asked, Hoffenheim teammates on the stage, the club's executive chairman Hoffman, general manager Rothouse, football director Shindermaize, and head coach Rangnick all turned his attention to him.

Chu Zhongtian looked back at them, then nodded and said, "Yes."

Hoffenheim won the second place in the German Best Team for his outstanding performance in the new Bundesliga season, which brought a perfect end to Hoffenheim's 2008.

The next day, Chu Zhongtian took his ten teammates on a flight from Berlin to New York, USA. This Christmas holiday, they were going to New York to shop wildly, watch NBAs, and eat Chinese food...
Chapter completed!