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Chapter 441 Strong Team Hoffenheim

Chapter 441 Strong Team Hoffenheim

A week before the start of the league, Hoffenheim’s performance made the fans feel relieved. Although they did not buy other players, and there were no rumors about who or whom they were eyeing, the purchases of other main players by other teams were rejected without exception.

Hoffenheim was lucky. The players selected by Rangnick were basically not troublesome players. The team's former top player Ibisevic and the current top player Long Bisheng are both players with a good temper, good popularity, and low income requirements. With such people as role models, the atmosphere in the team's locker room is much better than that of ordinary teams.

The club's refraining from selling people has stabilized the hearts of the fans while also stabilizing the hearts of the players. Hoffenheim's pre-season training has achieved good results in the second half, which also allows them to focus on the upcoming German Super Cup.

The league champion Hoffenheim's opponent in the German Super Cup is last season's cup champion Werder Bremen. Bremen is also recruiting this season and is preparing to attack the league champion in the new season. The Super Cup game is a touchstone for them to test their new lineup.

And in this game, Rangnick also showed the style of play he plans to adopt in the new season!

When Hoffenheim played the Bundesliga for the first time, Rangnick set off a whirlwind in the Bundesliga with his active three-forward style of play, aggressive frontcourt pressing and fast attack, and created the miracle of Ibisevic's [-] league games and [-] goals. The midfield change from three to a more balanced four made Hoffenheim's winning percentage even higher, and this season, Rangnick changed his tactics again.

The tactic of the three strikers lies in whether the forward striker can score enough goals to make up for the lack of defense. This is why Hoffenheim's performance was different before and after Ibisevic's injury.

With a strong body, rarely injured physical fitness, excellent physical fitness and greatly enhanced scoring ability, Rangnick has rediscovered the most important part of his tactical system.

With the talented winger Marin, Ibisevic who is getting older but more mature and seasoned, and Long Bisheng who is hard-working and good at scoring goals, Hoffenheim’s new trident is stronger than the trident composed of Ibisevic, Demba Ba and Obasi in that season.

This game just proved this point.

With Marin's fierce attack on the wing, Long Bisheng's rampage in the penalty area, and Ibisevic's sweep behind him, Werder Bremen's top-ranked defense in the Bundesliga had a hard time coping. Behind them, there were three midfielders with equally good running ability.

No.13 minutes of the first half, Marin played two-for-one with Long Bisheng and Ibisevic to enter the penalty area, lured Naldo to come over and knocked the ball into the penalty area cleverly, Long Bisheng grabbed the ground in front of Mertesacker and shot, the ball flew into the goal from in front of Wiese, Hoffenheim opened the scoring!

Before the end of the first half, Ozil equalized the score with a beautiful long shot, but after the start of the second half, Hoffenheim's offense still did not stop.

With a direct long pass from the backcourt, Long Bisheng and Ibisevic flew consecutive headers in front of the highest European central defender combination. Weiss, who inserted in from the backcourt in time, received the ball and then volleyed vigorously. The ball quickly flew into the dead corner of the goal.

Hoffenheim, who was leading again, did not stop their attack. Only 3 minutes later, Hoffenheim took advantage of the chaos to attack again. When Naldo and Mertesacker focused on marking Long Bisheng and Ibisevic, Li Jie, who came in to assist, smashed Kolarov's free kick into the goal. [-] to [-], Hoffenheim secured the victory!

And this goal was also the last goal of the game. Hoffenheim finally defeated Werder Bremen with a score of [-] to [-], and won the German Super Cup for the first time in the club's history!

After winning the German Super Cup, Hoffenheim fans held a grand celebration and parade. The German Cup champion, the Bundesliga champion, and the German Super Cup champion. Hoffenheim has won all the top honors in Germany in just over two years. The prestige of Chairman Hoffman, coach Rangnick and the main players has reached its peak!

Hoffenheim fans have reason to believe that after winning so many honors in Germany, Hoffenheim's next goal should be to win honors in the European arena.Of course not, Hoffman is a miraculous chairman, and Rangnick is a miraculous head coach, leading a group of miraculous players, it is so difficult to create a few more miracles!

In the confident expectation of Hoffenheim fans, the 12-13 Bundesliga season kicked off in mid-August.

As the defending champion, Hoffenheim's opponent in the first match was the newly promoted Bochum. Hoffenheim, who was at home, showed a strong attacking power.

Both of Long Bisheng's goals were assisted by Marin, and Salihovic helped Ibisevic score the third goal. Hoffenheim's frontcourt attack combination showed great strength. In the third year of cooperation with each other, the tacit understanding between them has reached a very good level. We all know what kind of ball should be passed to Long Bisheng so that he can hold it more comfortably.

When three players with different technical characteristics have a tacit understanding like harmony, the lethality is quite huge. It does not mean that if you stare at one of them or one of them is not in good condition, their offense will be affected.

In the second round of the league, Marin, who assisted twice in the first game, was closely marked by the opponent. Hamburg believed that marking Marin, who was active on the wing in the previous game, would prevent Long Bisheng and Ibisevic from getting enough ammunition. They believed that Marin was the source of Hoffenheim's offense.

But Hoffenheim's twin towers made them severely punished. The first goal to break the deadlock was jointly completed by Long Bisheng and Ibisevic.

Before the end of the first half, Long Bisheng’s forced turn and breakthrough at the front of the penalty area was pulled to the ground by the opponent’s defender. Hoffenheim won a direct free kick in an excellent position. Kolarov’s free kick tricked the goalkeeper and the wall and flew into the dead corner of the goal.

Two to zero, Hoffenheim won two consecutive league victories, and won both games without bloodshed. Although they lacked some passion, people felt the strong team temperament they showed.

What is a strong team temperament?This is an illusory temperament, but it really exists. The teams with this temperament are very stable. Maybe they can rarely play passionate games, but they can always win.

Hoffenheim has been passionate enough in the past few seasons. Now what Rangnick needs is this kind of strong team temperament. In the face of weaker teams than himself, he can score one three-pointer after another in a stable state, and keep his best state in the confrontation with strong teams.

In the first round of the DFB-Pokal, Hoffenheim sent most of their substitutes. New aids Hoibach and Brosinski represented Hoffenheim in an official game for the first time.

Hoffenheim's successive victories have made their fans ecstatic. Although Hoffenheim is now tied for first place in the league with Bayern and Wolfsburg, they have begun to think that the team is difficult to encounter defeat in the Bundesliga.

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