Chapter 052 Hoffenheim's Redemption Battle (2)
Eduardo's direct free kick scored a surprising surprise to Hoffenheim fans. Although the team's tactics may have changed a bit, Hoffenheim is essentially the team that takes offense as everything, and they can still score crazy goals in the game!
The Hoffenheim players are now more confident. They are now confident in winning their opponents at home, and they believe that this game must belong to Hoffenheim! Now, the Hoffenheim players seem to feel that the team has come out of the trough. They have found the feeling of scoring goals, and they seem to have regained the feeling of victory.
But Hoffenheim's happiness seemed impossible to last. This time, Wolfsburg took another four minutes to tie the score. Wolfsburg full-back Costa received a long pass from his teammate and inserted an assist. His cross assisted Dzeko to score. The two teams returned to the same starting line again, and the score on the field also became a two-to-two draw!
It can be said that Dzeko's goal did hit Hoffenheim's morale quite a lot. It was better to be tied by his opponent once, but it was really frustrating by his opponent twice in a row. Perhaps Hoffenheim's defense is really at the middle and lower level in the entire Bundesliga, but he just took the lead twice in a row, and even the joy of leading was not long, and even the emotions were not completely released. They could only smile bitterly as the Wolfsburg players celebrated the goal at the Carl Benz Stadium.
At the end of the first half, Hoffenheim accepted the fact that he was tied twice in the first half. Now they can only return to the locker room with a wry smile to adjust their state well. Of course, what is more important is to adjust their emotions, because it is obvious that the second goal was a hit to Hoffenheim's enthusiasm, because they were in a relatively sensitive period and were hit one after another, which caused Hoffenheim's morale that had just recovered to be quite a blow.
The atmosphere in the home team's locker room was extremely depressing. Even Xiao Qing, who was optimistic by nature, just leaned back on the chair and covered his face with a towel. Xiao Qing's feeling is really bad now. He himself knew that the team must be very depressed now, and he naturally knew that the team must have some concerns because they really can't afford to lose!
Hoffenheim is obviously in an extremely difficult time now. If you break through this difficulty, you may have a broad sky. Once you fall here, you may not be able to get up. Hoffenheim now has many concerns. They lack their foundation and their foundation. Therefore, in an extremely fast sprint, they may fall even harder because they rush too hard. A disaster that may make them unable to get up!
Hoffenheim was really thinking too much. They were really worried that this game might lead to a defeat that would break them down because Wolfsburg showed its attack power, because Wolfsburg seemed to be unable to defeat them at all.
"We are Hoffenheim, a team that hopes to grow up in our homeland. We used to be the lowest-level league team. We were in the Bundesliga last season. I think many people didn't even think that we would appear in the Bundesliga now. Including you, including me." Rangnick simply made some adjustments to the tactics. Of course, he also knew that what is more important now is to make some adjustments to the players' psychology. The current Hoffenheim players are under too much pressure. Now they have put a heavy burden on themselves and make them breathless. "We are Hoffenheim, we are the best team in the Bundesliga offense. We once played a crazy goal show. We are now the first in the standings, and we are now a strong team that targets the league championship!"
"Guys, wake up!" Rangnick suddenly shouted. This was one of the few angry things that Xiao Qing had ever met this elegant head coach since he met Rangnick. "You are just a team of promoted teams, you are just players with little experience! It is true that we are the leaders now, and we are really looking forward to winning the league championship! But that is just a beautiful goal. It is the driving force for us to move forward, not just our pressure!"
"Don't be influenced by the voices outside, don't think we should be the best team! We have experienced difficulties that all the Bundesliga teams have never experienced. We are the most ordinary and bottom-level teams. So now, good results are naturally what we expect; but even if we lose, we can accept it!" Rangnick said earnestly to Hoffenheim players, who also chose to brief the players when the team was in the most difficult time.
"It's enough for us to stay in the top league this season. Of course, our results are good enough now, so we may be able to strive for better results. We are now despised by many people, but you must know that they were quite popular with us some time ago; so forget the voices of those guys who have no position, we just need to do our own things." Rangnick said helplessly, "Maybe it's a bit of a blow to your morale, but we must recognize some reality. I
Our current strength may not be enough to win the league championship, so we don’t need to put pressure on ourselves. The team is actually very satisfied with the current results. Of course, if we can play better, then I think you may get more attention and have a better career prospect. Of course, I think your prize money will be richer. But we can dream and pursue the league championship, but it is not the goal we must get, because we were not strong competitors from the beginning."
Rangnick's words did make Hoffenheim's players obviously stunned. They never expected that head coach Rangnick would say such a possible blow to morale at this time; but for some reason, although he was hit by the head coach, Hoffenheim's players all felt obviously relieved.
At the beginning of the second half, Hoffenheim's players clearly showed an absolutely different state, or their mental outlook changed drastically; although Hoffenheim's performance in the first half was quite satisfactory, the cramped and nervous state they showed in the game were still quite obvious, but in the second half, Hoffenheim's players obviously relaxed a little.
This is not to say that the quality of the game of Hoffenheim players has declined. They still worked very hard in the second half. However, at this time, they no longer had the previous uneasiness and no such concern for the first and last. This is a kind of mental relaxation and a more calm attitude towards the game. Perhaps the current Hoffenheim players have let go of something, so they can show better psychological tolerance in the game.
Hoffenheim players put down the pressure in their hearts that originally made them breathless. Indeed, Rangnick's words may be a bit disheartening, but it is this way that Hoffenheim players suddenly realized how ridiculous they were before. No one asked them to win the league championship, that was just a topic that the media hyped; although Hoffenheim players can regard the league championship as their direction, this should definitely not be the reason that makes them forget themselves.
The mentality of Hoffenheim players has changed significantly, but this has not caused their performance in the game to decline at all, and they even have better performances. After taking away those unnecessary pressure, Hoffenheim players can find their rhythm in the game. Yes, they are Hoffenheim, a grassroots team, a team that needs attack; they can afford to lose, they are not afraid of losing the ball, and they are more eager to score goals!
In the 73rd minute of the game, Hoffenheim, who suddenly accelerated the offensive rhythm in the second half, finally showed off their sharp fangs. Hoffenheim, who had already formed a suppression of Wolfsburg in the frontcourt, finally scored a goal.
Eduardo dribbled the ball in the middle. When he was surrounded by the opponent, Eduardo saw Xiao Qing in front of the penalty area asking for the ball. Eduardo also directly picked the pass, although Xiao Qing's chance was not particularly good.
Perhaps because Eduardo's pass was a bit big in a hurry, Xiao Qing didn't care about these things at this time; although Wolfsburg defender Barzali jumped against the ball and wanted to head the ball to clear the ball, he saw Xiao Qing sprinting running and jumping in the exclamation of the whole audience.
Xiao Qing is very strong, Xiao Qing is very fast, and Xiao Qing's jumping power is also excellent, especially when running up. So Barzali was a little afraid. He knew that Xiao Qing would definitely hit him, so he needed to protect himself.
The Wolfsburg players desperately signaled Xiao Qing to foul, but the referee was unmoved at all; Xiao Qing jumped very high, almost half a head taller than Barzali, so after Xiao Qing gently pushed the ball, he did make the man and Barzali fall over.
The expected whistle did not sound, and Barzali only saw that Xiao Qing seemed to have not been hit by the powerful collision just now; Xiao Qing, who quickly got up, rushed into the penalty area and shot in Barzali's incredible gaze!
Chapter completed!