The transfer soap opera between Hamburg and Schalke O4 clubs for Rakitic has not been staged for long.

When all European football media believed that Hamburg would inevitably choose to give up, Schalke O4's deliberate harsh behavior also somewhat damaged the club's image. However, on January 1o, the official websites of the two teams announced the news that Rakitic transferred to Hamburg at the same time!

When Schalke O4 announced the transfer details, European media were stunned!

Hamburg knew that Schalke O4 was making things difficult for raising prices, but it still accepted it all!

The transfer fee is 50,000 euros, and the additional terms include a floating follow-up fee of 80,000 euros.

Hamburg also generously gave Rakitic Club a maximum salary contract, and at the same time gave him a sky-high signing fee of 450,000 euros!

For Rakitic, from Schalke O4 to Hamburg, his annual salary increased a lot, and he also got 450,000 euros at one time. The money is absolutely satisfying. After watching the melon-eating crowd drama, I can only walk around and see if Rakitic will succeed in Hamburg.

Since it was a winter window to sign up, Situ Yunbing did not ask the club to arrange a new player to appear.

After the preparations for the second half of the season began, Situ Yunbing, Rakitic, De Bruyne and Kant communicated the most, and these three will be the main midfield combination of Hamburg in the future.

After the German media officially announced that Rakitic joined the franchise, a negative view emerged, and some media questioned the rationality of Situ Yunbing's signing.

With Hamburg already owning De Bruyne, will Rakitic's arrival squeeze De Bruyne's space?

Situ Yunbing is not worried about this. He does not bravely use Barcelona's Xavi and Iniesta as a reference, nor does he use Dortmund's squad of technical talents in the midfield as a basis for refutation. The person involved, Rakitic, who was his midfield teammate in Croatia?

Modric!

Rakitic and Modric can coexist, why can't he and De Bruyne coexist?

This is obviously in theory unreasonable.

Therefore, in the training preparation for the second half of the season, Situ Yunbing was more serious about the technical and tactical cooperation in training, and at the same time frequently communicated with De Bruyne and Rakitic. Players like Rakitic do not need to instill too much ideas. The organizational players themselves have surpassed other role players in tactical understanding. At the same time, Rakitic's experience can also help him integrate into Hamburg's technical and tactical system well.

Hamburg is full of fighting spirit from top to bottom. After the strong aid joins, it is an incentive for young players, and the same is true for coaches!

In mid-January, the second half of the Bundesliga league officially started, and Hamburg will be a visit to Schalke Stadium to challenge Rakitic's old club Schalke O4.

At the pre-match press conference, Situ Yunbing faced reporters' questions, most of which were about Rakitic.

He ended it.

"I don't know how to play with Rakitic. He is only 22 years old and he still has a lot of room for improvement. I think he is a player that Hamburg can find to bring huge improvements to the team. Maybe he will not be a hero, but he will be a member of the backbone of Hamburg."

Indeed, Situ Yunbing never thought that Rakitic would be the core of the team, but he is the most important player in Hamburg now.

In the midfield, he may not be able to send threatening balls as frequently as De Bruyne, but he can always send the balls to the most suitable teammates with accurate and high success rate. The former is more creative and the latter is more stable, which is a complementary.

He has no gorgeous movements and embellishments, but he can give people an extremely down-to-earth feeling.

At the same time, he also brought defensive hardness on the basis of Hamburg's increasing midfield organizational control!

If the peak benchmarks of midfield organizational ability in European football today are Xavi and Pirlo, then Rakitic is obviously not of the same type as them. Just like his target of assisting in the Croatian national team is Modric. In Hamburg, although he is older and more experienced than De Bruyne, his most intuitive role in role allocation is to further release De Bruyne and enhance the midfield to support the forward!

Just like Alonso played the role in Real Madrid, the Spanish national team.

Magath's life was not easy. Selling Rakitic would only make his life even more difficult, but there was no way. The club wanted to maximize its interests and blackmailed the hamburger. Unexpectedly, it was successful and he could only collect money and let others go if he was unable to do so.

For the upcoming game, for Magath and Schalke O4 fans, the last thing they want to see is Rakitic's debut wearing a hamburger jersey.

But Situ Yunbing had no reason to spend money but did not enjoy it.

On the evening of January 15, Ao went to Schalke Stadium with a lot of people.

It was drizzling in the sky, and Situ Yunbing appeared on the sidelines wearing a navy coat showing the alternative fashion sense of a football coach. He had no intention of hostility towards Magath, and the Schalke O4 now is really not worthy of Hamburg's opponent.

When the players of both teams entered the court, Rakitic was so dazzling in the eyes of Schalke O4 fans!

A month ago he was still fighting for Schalke O4, but a month later he became an enemy!

Situ Yunbing could have hidden Rakitic to avoid putting him under too much pressure, but Situ Yunbing knew that from the second half of the season, he had no way out and he would also shrink his tolerance. He now really needs the team to show record guarantees!

Pressure is part of growth, and hiding Rakitic will be more compatible, but it is also an escape.

Holding up pressure is also a hard work for him.

"Good evening for everyone, everyone. After the winter break, the second half of the Bundesliga battle kicked off today!

In the winter transfer market, the most sensational thing is that Schalke O4 midfielder Rakitic transfers to Hamburg. The reason why this transfer attracts attention is mainly because Schalke O4 priced Rakitic for foreign clubs 20,000 euros, but quoted 50,000 euros for Hamburg. After the first negotiation, he regretted and added the floating clause of 80,000 euros. When everyone was not optimistic about this transfer, Hamburg accepted Schalke O4's lack of integrity. In the end, Rakitic transferred to Hamburg and challenged Schalke O4 today!

Although Schalke O4, who is at home today, reached the top 16 in the Champions League, they basically bid farewell to the European game next season in the league. I don’t know if Magath’s team has lost faith in the league. They will keep their energy more on the European arena.

Hamburg led by Situ Yunbing won the second place at the end of the first half of the league, only 4 points behind Dortmund on the list. After they introduced Rakitic, their midfield strength improved. It is obvious that they are very ambitious about the league championship. I don’t know whether they can maintain the high level of the first half of the season in the second half of the season.

Let me introduce the lineup of both sides today.

Schalke o4 today's 442 formation.

Goalkeeper: Neuer.

Defenders: Hervedes, Matip, Metzeld, Schmitz.

Midfielders: Raul, Moritz, Draxler, Falfan.

Forward: Hunterlaer, Edu.

Magath's troops are too aggressive, but it can't help but worry about Schalke O4's defense. It can even be said that Schalke O4 has played a 424 formation!

The hamburger side is 433.

Goalkeeper: Navas.

Defenders: Azpilicueta, Matison, Boateng, Matuidi.

Midfielder: Rakitic, Kante, De Bruyne.

Forwards: Elia, Griezmann, Reus.

Situ Yunbing is also very bold in employed people today, and Kant's task on the back midfielder is not easy!

Okay, the game begins soon, let’s look forward to what kind of sparks the two teams will create tonight!”

After Rakitic left, Magath went around the youth team and then brought Draxler, who was only 17 years old, to the first team!

If Situ Yunbing introduced Navas, Kanter, and Van Dijk before the season were crazy, then Magath is not inferior to Situ Yunbing.

Draxler is not only younger, but also directly beaten, but also faces the second-place Hamburger in the standings!

What can Situ Yunbing say?

I can only envy you!

Schalke's resources are really enviable, but even with such a good hand, Magath played badly.

The game officially began in the cold and cold rain. Schalke O4 tried to suppress Hamburg with strong offense from the beginning. Their staffing configuration was obviously better at offense!

Rakitic gestured Kanter from the beginning to help defend the side, and he stayed in the middle to guard against Draxler's attack.

He knows Schalke O4 better than any Hamburg player. Today, Schalke O4's two midfielders, Moritz is responsible for the defense, and Draxler may also make assists outside the midfield organization, but Rakitic is confident that he will limit the Schalke O4 young player in his own half.

Kante actively assisted in the defense on the side to help Azpilicueta complete the press against Falfan. Falfan did not force a breakthrough, but chose to knock the ball back to Schmitz, who assisted, who directly crossed the ball to the penalty area.

Hunterlaal and Edu are both powerful centers, but because the passing distance is too long, the Hamburg defender has plenty of time to adjust the reaction, so Boateng easily heads the ball to clear the ball.

The middle of the backcourt is Hamburg's world, and Schalke O4 has no personnel coming here to harass Hamburg's offensive and defensive conversion.

Magath didn't know whether he was taking a gamble or not showing a new meal to hide murderous intent. Anyway, his use of people and troops and formations today Situ Yunbing couldn't understand it. It was not that he couldn't see Schalke's determination to attack the O4, but that he didn't understand Magath. This was like another manifestation of Guardiola's pursuit of extreme pass control and almost madness.

Because it is obvious that Schalke O4 is unable to compete with Hamburg in the midfield.

Rakitic and De Bruyne organized the attack smoothly and smoothly to the frontcourt. Draxler stepped forward and pressed with a little lack of experience, but was very strong but inefficient.

When De Bruyne reached the front of the penalty area to receive Rakitic's pass, he strolled and missed Moritz through the fake fax, and then sent the ball behind Metzeld. Griezmann made a cold shot and shot, and the football flew straight to the bottom right corner of the goal!

Griezmann was ready to celebrate, but Neuer made him stunned and blocked the ball from the baseline!
Chapter completed!