big mouth ball king

Chapter 4

The game against Hannover 96 was the last warm-up match before the start of the league. The opponent was a Bundesliga team, while Cologne II was a fourth-tier league team. It is no exaggeration to say that the difference between the two sides is Tsinghua University and Pheasant University.

Coach Christopher John naturally does not expect to win the opponent at home in the Cologne Suedstadion.

The most important thing in this warm-up match is to inspect the players. After the game, John will officially finalize the roster for the new season, and many people will leave.

On the training field, John left the players behind after training with the ball. Everyone's eyes were filled with anticipation, and they all knew that the head coach was going to announce the starting list and squad for tomorrow's game.

The opponent Hannover 96 ranked 10th in the Bundesliga last season. It is a dream to play against a team of this level.

Even if it's just a warm-up match, many people are eager to try. After all, what if they are spotted by the opposing coach?Then next season will directly play in the Bundesliga.

Although this kind of YY is extremely unreliable, but there is always a dream, what if it comes true!

"Tomorrow's game against Hannover, I would like to remind you a few points. The first move should be clean. The top management of both teams don't want to see non-professional moves."

"It's also for your own career considerations."

Everyone nodded. They all ate in the same pot. If you are rude to others, you are actually indirectly ruining your own job.

"Second, don't try to persuade me. Although there is a big gap between us and our opponents, we are all two-legged, two-egg men. Fight me when you are on the court."

"remember?"

"remember!"

"Okay, I'll announce tomorrow's starting lineup."

Center No. 9 Thomas Booker, a German-style center with a height of 187, is also the team's main scoring point.

If you look at the games in Germany's low-level leagues, you will understand how Klose's header ability is refined.

Because the low-level leagues are relatively rough, the dependence on the center will be more obvious.

On the wing, No. 11 Giovanni Federico, everyone usually likes to call him Giovanni, a humble Italian.

No. 10 Mike Nieder, this is the defensive midfielder and the core of the team's midfield.

After reading the starting list, the head coach began to read the substitute list. Unlike the previous game, this warm-up match is based on the standard of the official game, that is, there are only seven substitute places.

John read out the names of the players one by one. Those who were selected were secretly happy, while those who were not selected were dejected.

Until the last person, more than a dozen people are waiting eagerly, who will be the last lucky one?

"Tang Zhenglong!"

When John pronounced Tang Zhenglong's name, everyone was stunned. The excellent water dispenser administrator of the Cologne team was selected for the big list?
"Head, did you mispronounce?" someone asked.

Usually, Tang Zhenglong can only manage the drinking fountains when playing against amateur teams. This is a match against a Bundesliga team. I really don't know what the head coach thinks?

John turned the list upside down and faced everyone, "I wrote it myself, can I make a mistake?"

After reading out the roster, the players dispersed. John looked at Tang Zhenglong's back. This was the last chance he gave. He wanted to confirm whether Tang Zhenglong's movement in the penalty area in the last game was luck, or did he really have the sense of grabbing points in the penalty area?

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The current head coach of Hannover is the German Ewald Lineng. In the past two months, Lineng has gone from heaven to hell. It was a good result to get the 10th place in the Bundesliga last season, but the team lost several main players in the summer.

He has played 7 warm-up matches since the reunion in July, and Hannover lost all of them, so Li Neng was eager to find a soft persimmon for the team to restore the team's self-confidence, so he agreed to the warm-up match with the second team of Cologne.

He doesn't need to say that, the players also know that this game is for everyone to find the feeling of shooting, and they have encountered such a situation before, so when the Hannover team came to Cologne, they felt relatively relaxed.

The players walked into Cologne's Sudstadion with such a mood. This is an amateur stadium with a capacity of only 1 people. In addition to the Cologne II team, several other amateur teams in the Cologne area will also use this stadium for home games.

After the start of the game, as expected, Hannover formed a comprehensive suppression of the second team of Cologne, and it was difficult for Cologne to even play the ball in the midfield.

Hannover used the midfield advantage to hammer Cologne's center, but when Cologne hoarded players in the center for defense, Hannover suddenly distributed the ball to the wing.

The large-scale transfer disrupted Cologne's defense. Just when Cologne's defense loosened, Hannover sent a cross with a curve ball. German international Hanke jumped high and smashed the ball into the near corner of the goal.

1:0.

John looked at the time, 8 minutes, that is to say, Cologne's defense lasted only 8 minutes, which was much worse than he imagined. He originally thought that his iron barrel formation could last at least 20 minutes.

To make matters worse, after losing the ball, Cologne was in chaos. These players with a monthly salary of several thousand yuan and their opponents with an annual salary of millions of dollars are indeed not at the same level.

At the end of the first half, the score was 4-0.

The head coach of Hannover smiled. This soft persimmon is really good, and the water is coming out of it.

During the intermission, players from both sides walked to the locker room. John patted Tang Zhenglong, "You stay to warm up and play in the second half."

Tang Zhenglong grinned, "No problem."

"Don't laugh so early, this is your last chance, if you really have any strength, just show it."

Tang Zhenglong was a little sweaty, so he must be able to get a chance to shoot, but it is always good to be able to play.

In the second half, Hannover slowed down their offensive tempo, pinched too many soft persimmons, and were tired of aesthetics. Besides, they had already scored 6 goals.

Tang Zhenglong has touched the ball twice since he came on the field. Football is a team sport and the whole team is suppressed. Tang Zhenglong has nothing to do.

In the 80th minute, Cologne got a corner kick. Jova ran over to kick off the kick. John was happy. He was about to take the opportunity to see Tang Zhenglong's exquisite movement, but when he looked closely, he almost scolded his mother.

I saw Tang Zhenglong standing outside the penalty area, like a piece of wood. Tang Zhenglong's doing so made sense. As an Asian and a German who was tall and thick, he was really not good at grabbing headers.

"Don, you're fucking dead, I swear I won't give you even a second of playing time."

John gestured for the substitute to stand up, and he would immediately replace Tang Zhenglong the next time the ball was dead.

(End of this chapter)