Tianjiao midfielder

Chapter 182 Mainz

In fact, this is not the case. If they look at the starting roster, they will find that Hoffenheim’s starting roster is almost exactly the same in these rounds. Except that sometimes Rupp may be rotated by Kadzabek, other personnel have hardly changed.It would be better to simply announce it, and still be able to gain such a reputation in front of the media, domineering and arrogant, which sounds very comfortable. Fans also like to have the media say that about their home team. They were too angry last season. This season is finally their turn to show off their power.

No matter how much Mainz coach Martin Schmidt hides the lineup, he has to release it before the game. Everyone in Hoffenheim received Mainz's starting list on the way: Mainz (4231): Goalkeeper: 1-Rossi
Defenders: 18-Blosinski, 16-Bell, 42-Huck, 3-Balogang

Back midfielder: 22-Ramallho, 20-Fabian Frey
Midfielder: 2-Donatti, 10-Marley, 21-Onisiwo
Forward: 15-Cordoba
The lineup is not too unexpected, but there are more rotations in the position of the defensive midfielder. The roster of Mainz in the Bundesliga is bleak, and there are almost no famous stars.

After the Hoffenheim team arrived in Mainz one day earlier, they checked into the hotel they had booked, rested overnight, went to training to get used to the field the next morning, came back for lunch, took a short rest in the afternoon, and set off for the stadium to prepare for the [-]:[-] p.m. game.While getting used to the venue, head coach Nagelsmann took Wagner to the pre-match press conference.At the press conference, he talked about Mainz as an opponent. Naturally, he greatly praised this team that has been stably relegating and surviving in the Bundesliga. He believed that Mainz should not be underestimated by other teams. A Bundesliga team like Mainz will soon return to its best form. .

Although the media present thought that Nagelsmann was releasing smoke bombs, with Hoffenheim’s current strength, it would be difficult to beat Mainz in an away game, and it would be impossible for Mainz to beat Hoffenheim at home, and it would be worth cheering and celebrating if they could score a point.

The reporters from Mainz will naturally not look down on their team like other reporters, and they will not be so self-deprecating, but they also know that Hoffenheim is in a good state now, and their performance is so good that there is a clear gap with Mainz. So they asked if the young players in Mainz had better players in Nagelsman's eyes, and how Nagelsman gave these young players their opinions.

Although Nagersman first heard that someone would actually ask the next league opponent coach how to cultivate young players and advice on young players next to his team, but since it is a media reporter, Nagersman naturally cannot refuse. He answered various media questions in the same style and will not say in front of the Meditz media that this young younger younger man said that this younger young man said that. There are too many bad things about the players. He praised the potential of Mainz's young players and the outstanding hematopoietic ability of Mainz's youth training camp, thinking that their young players would have a bright future.

After this interview, the Mainz media was very happy and complimented Nagelsmann and several young players of Hoffenheim, especially Amiri, who has attracted much attention this season, saying that he is a very promising player.

Amiri dismissed the praise from the local media in Mainz. He said to Chen Feng: "When they praise you, it means that you are not a threat to them at all. Chu, in the future, you must be the kind of player whose opponents belittle you, criticize you, or even scold you no matter where you go. Only in that way can you become a threat to them, because they are afraid of you! Just like Real Madrid and Barcelona in La Liga, every time their leading star Cristiano Ronaldo or Messi plays well, another mouthpiece media They will play their role, constantly belittle the ability and role of the opponent's star, and then show their team's disdain and fearlessness for the opponent's star, as if they will not be afraid at all, naive!"

Chen Feng looked at Amiri in surprise: "You speak in a set of principles now, where did you learn these things?"

"Heh, I realized this by myself. It's amazing! Do you have a feeling of admiration for me?" Amiri looked at Chen Feng proudly and said.

"..." Well, Chen Feng admitted that there was indeed a change in thinking that Amiri had really changed from a funny man to a philosopher just now, and now it seems that Amiri, you are still the same Amiri, so it turned out that he was wrong.

The Opel Arena in Mainz is the home stadium of the Mainz football team. This stadium, which can accommodate 34 spectators, was officially put into use on July 034, 2011. It is now the home stadium of the Mainz 7 football club. In 3, in order to remain economically competitive, analysts concluded that Mainz 05 urgently needed a new stadium to replace the dilapidated Bruchstrasse stadium.The solution favored by the club was to build a new stadium directly behind the existing stadium in the Hartenberg-Münchfeld district, but this was not feasible either economically or in terms of meeting the noise requirements of nearby residents.The same applies to the expansion of the original stadium into a professional football stadium with 2006 seats. In 05, the club initially planned to build a new multi-purpose stadium in Europakreisel, about 35000 kilometers west of Gessenheim.The stadium is planned to hold around 2007 spectators and will be the home of Mainz in the 2/35000 season.Due to ongoing structural problems at the site, the City of Mainz considered three other development sites during this period: Wiesenau near the site of the former Heidelberg cement factory, the new exhibition grounds between Hersigsheim and Ebersheim, and the Mainz-Kastel area in Wiesbaden.But the latter also hosts the Bundesliga side Wein Wiesbaden FC, so the site selection also led to violent protests. On 2009 February 10, the site for the new stadium was finalized near Europa Kressel.The orientation of the stadium was moved 2008 meters to the south compared to the previous plan to obtain the necessary continuous space.The cost of the stadium is about 2 million euros. In addition, the team must pay up to 19 million euros for additional development and construction costs and construction land purchase fees.

Walking into the stadium, Chen Feng felt the frenzied atmosphere of the Opel Arena. Although the stadium with more than 3 people is relatively small in the Bundesliga home stadium, the only one smaller than the Opel Arena is the Black Forest Arena in Freiburg. Although the 3 people are relatively small, it is just right for Mainz. did not see.

"Our people are hardly seen." Chen Feng said after looking around in the stands.

"It's normal, this is the atmosphere of the away game." Geiger came up and said to him.

There are not many Hoffenheim fans coming to the Opel Arena. In fact, there are always relatively few away fans in the Bundesliga. First, the local fans are members of the team.It is said that this is also the case in Spain. Fans don't like to watch away games, and the opposing team will not leave many tickets for visiting fans at their home court.Therefore, many La Liga teams have very different home and away performances. They can remain unbeaten at home, but they can only be surrounded by people and have no power to fight back when they are away.This may be due to the difference in football culture. England fans follow the team as always regardless of home or away.So what Chen Feng liked most at the beginning was England's football culture, especially the team's loyalty culture. No matter the team is a giant in the Champions League or a team that has been reduced to a semi-professional team, they will come to the stadium and support the team as always, because this team represents their city and their culture.

Before the start of the game preparations, Chen Feng and his teammates warmed up together on the field. When Chen Feng returned to the locker room, his teammates also came back to change their clothes one after another. He took off the training vest, trousers and jacket to reveal the jersey and shorts inside, and then stuffed the shin guards into the socks. After finishing these, Chen Feng sat on the stool and waited for the head coach Nagelsmann to speak.After everyone finished doing this, they all looked up at the pre-match speeches made by head coach Mr. Nagelsmann and assistant coach Schroeder, just like Chen Feng.

"Gentlemen, I know this game is difficult to play." Nagelsmann said: "Maybe you don't believe what I said, but I still don't want you to continue to maintain this mentality. Football is not only about victory and defeat. Mainz may give up their desire for victory at home, but they will never give up their pursuit of points at home, because this is very important to them. Never underestimate a club that is eager to survive and score points. Just like we faced Freiburg and Hamburg before, they may always explode at some critical moments. Amazing energy."

Chen Feng deeply agrees with Nagelsman's words. It's just like he was in the field in China. When faced with the challenge of adults with a very large gap in strength and some team members, no matter how bad the scene is, no matter how obvious the gap in strength is, Chen Feng will not give up the pursuit of victory. I play to win, not to lose. Trying not to lose is more important than winning the game. After all, there are not only two outcomes in football games: losing and winning. Defeating the opponent is of course the best result, but in many cases, "not losing" requires more courage and is more difficult.

"Chen." Schroeder was the first to call out Chen Feng when he announced the task: "In this game, your goal is to mark the opponent's midfielder No. 20 Fabian Frey, just like you marked Kramer in the last game against Borussia. You will deal with Frey. This is a midfielder that Mainz relies on very much. He will be responsible for the organization of Mainz's midfield transition. You have to suppress them."

Geiger looked at the coach and Chen Feng in surprise. He originally thought that he would be responsible for the defense of the midfield, and let Chen Feng continue to focus on organizing the offense. Unexpectedly, coach Nagelsmann still had to rely on Chen Feng's defense.He is really a player that makes the coach a headache. He has both offense and defense, good defense, and potential offense. Should he be the main defender or the main attacker?But it was really a headache for all the coaches to make Chen Feng completely the main attacker or the main defender.

Chen Feng couldn't be more satisfied with the coaching staff's arrangement. If he was really allowed to only attack and not participate in the team's defense like in the previous games, that would be an arrangement that would make him feel uncomfortable. He would always be unaccustomed to it: "Okay, sir! "

"It is worth noting that Marley's free kick ability is very good. If you and Geiger face an unavoidable foul in the midfield, you must not have any hesitation. Go straight to the goal and try to keep the place of the foul away from our goal. In addition, although his free kicks are very good, I hope you know that he can become the core of Mainz's midfield. It is definitely not because of his free kicks. The place to use. In short, this game will be a test for you." Schroeder took advantage of the situation and Geiger also arranged for him to be the main defensive target in this game.

"Please rest assured, sir." Chen Feng and Geiger clenched their fists at the same time and said with great fighting spirit.He is not afraid that the opponent is not strong enough, he is not afraid that the game is not important enough, and he is not afraid of the boos of the home team fans in the stands.

Although Martin Schmidt, who was born in 1967, cannot be called a young coach now, he is definitely a young coach among the coaches. Of course, this youth and the youth of the players are not the same concept.For a player, 20 years old can be said to be a young player, but for a coach, 40 years old is considered young.This year, Le Guin will be 41 years old in one month, and he is a serious "young coach".

Although the current Schmidt does not have any outstanding achievements, as a young coach, Schmidt's transformation and training ability for Mainz are obvious to all. As the head coach of the Mainz second team for three years before being transferred to the first team, Schmidt's style can be said to be perfect for Mainz, but it is really difficult for Schmidt to achieve some achievements in Mainz. glory.

Schmidt still has enough confidence in this game. This game against Hoffenheim is the first game of the devil's schedule, and it is the most critical first game to get good results. The team also defeated Hamburg 3:0 at home in the last round, which greatly stimulated the morale of the players.The morale of the team is good, the form is good, and it is still at home. Although the strength does not seem to be as good as that of Hoffenheim, so what?The strength of the Hamburg team is obviously not as good as that of Hoffenheim, but didn't the Hamburg team also win the game against Hoffenheim?They just beat the Hamburg team 3:0, so they are better than their Mainz, okay?Princes and generals are kind, so why is Mainz not as good as Hoffenheim?Everything was fake before the fight, so what if the results are better now?In the previous season, Hoffenheim didn't have a good time. When they met Mainz, they still lost the game obediently and contributed three points. He Schmidt will also score this three points at the Opel Arena today to prove to everyone that his Mainz is no worse than Nagelsmann's Hoffenheim!

Just now, he also asked his team to look for scoring opportunities as much as possible. All areas are blocked, so you can't pass the ball to a threatening offensive area, so why can you score goals?At this time, by suppressing the winger Brosinski and Balogan to play a quick counterattack from the wing and steal a goal, then all the advantages will go to Mainz at home. The right time, place and people are on their side. How can Hoffenheim win?
"Our opponents are indeed stronger, but you can't belittle yourself, because in my eyes you are no worse than them. They are talented players, aren't you? All of us who can embark on the road of professional football are talented players who have come all the way. If you underestimate yourself and put yourself in a low position, Hoffenheim's offense will not let you go. Remember to be careful of their midfielder, Amiri. This is their most threatening offensive player this season. His personal ability is very strong, but his passing ability seems to be poor. , There are almost not many opportunities to pass a threatening ball from the frontcourt, so when we defend Amiri, we must force Amiri, there is no need to press, prevent Amiri from dribbling the ball, let him pass the ball to his teammates, then our defense in the backcourt is already half successful, do you understand, boys?"

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Mainz captain Frey was tossing coins with Hoffenheim captain Vogt, and in the end he lost the toss and won the kick-off.But this may be better for Mainz.They can take advantage of possession of the ball from the beginning and launch a tidal offensive towards Hoffenheim's goal. As long as they do it well, they can even prevent Hoffenheim from attacking the 15-meter area within 30 minutes, and they may even take advantage of Hoffenheim's defense.

The referee blew the whistle, and Mainz's ball was quickly handed over to Frey after the kick-off. He is the team's midfield organizer and is responsible for organizing the offense.At this time, Frey was still in the middle circle, and Chen Feng had already pushed forward recklessly. As soon as Frey caught the ball and turned around, he directly bumped into Chen Feng who was rushing up. He jumped up to avoid it out of conditioned reflex, and was hit by Chen Feng on his back. Chen Feng's knee just hit the outside of his thigh.

Chen Feng didn't know what happened, the referee already wanted to blow the whistle. In less than 30 seconds, Chen Feng contributed his first foul in the game. Chen Feng looked at the referee helplessly. He just wanted to fight Frey with his body, so that Frey couldn't easily organize the attack. Physical fitness can make the opponent's defensive player complain endlessly, without knowing whether he is defending you or you are defending him.

"Oh? Just 26 seconds into the game, Hoffenheim's No. 20 Chen fouled... I don't know that this is not the fastest foul in the history of the Bundesliga, but I think it will be the fastest foul in the league this season. In fact, this foul was completely unnecessary! Maybe it should be said that it didn't need to happen so early. It was only 26 seconds. Mainz's offensive personnel were not even fully in place. We can think about the attack first.” The commentator of this game said that after the two commentators, Kleinton and Lineker teamed up, they were loved by many audiences because of their very personal commentary style and professional comments. This one wish too.

The assistant coach Schroeder on the sidelines also thought that Chen Feng's foul at the beginning was completely unnecessary: ​​"There was a foul so soon after the start of the game. Doesn't this remind the referee to pay attention to him? You must know that there is Marley in the Mainz he defended. Didn't I just tell this guy that he is a master of set-pieces! Did he give the opponent a free kick and then he was sent off? What if the referee this time gave him a yellow card with the same scale as the coach in the previous game? What if he was in the midfielder? It feels quite stable, and the scale of some fouls is well grasped, why does it feel completely wrong after the position premise, and it seems that the defense is a bit incapable of defending?"

Schroeder was chattering at Nagelsmann in front of the coaching bench, while coach Nagelsmann watched everything on the field with a smile and said nothing, while listening to Schroeder's chatter happily. As far as the scale of the penalty is concerned, you can see that the referee did not immediately show Chen a yellow card, so you can roughly guess what kind of standard the referee's law enforcement scale is in this game, and it can be prepared for his subsequent defense."

Chen Feng, who knocked Frey over, did not walk away, but leaned down, stretched out his hand to Frey, who was grinning in pain, and tried to pull him up friendly. After all, it was a minor injury, and Frey would heal after a while. Frey just felt strange, didn’t he just kick off?The ball is still in their half. What is the opponent's player doing to foul?Despite the pain, he still took Chen Feng's hand.

"Hello, my name is Chen Feng. I'm the player who was assigned to defend you in this game. In the next game, please give me more advice. I'll apologize to you in advance. I won't have time to apologize to you later." After pulling Frey up, Chen Feng whispered into Frey's ear, patted Frey's back affectionately, and smiled at him. Chen Feng's words made Frey confused. Actions and introductions should be regarded as a challenge to him, right?Interesting, he accepted this challenge. In this game, Frey wanted to let Chen Feng understand that some young players should need some humility.

At this time, under the pressure of the other Mainz players, the referee ran up belatedly to warn Chen Feng that his action just now was relatively dangerous, and then he should pay attention to his actions during the game: "I don't mind giving you a card, you can choose the color you want, boy, if you don't want to qualify tomorrow or even tonight and be on the headlines of the game, you'd better behave yourself."

Chen Feng made an apologetic gesture to the referee, and then ran back backwards. He kept looking at Frey when he was backwards. The Mainz midfielder was moving the leg hit by him just now, and he was still limping a little.

In the following time, Frey finally understood what Chen Feng meant by introducing himself and apologizing in advance. Five minutes after the start of the game, Chen Feng really defended Frey "inseparable".At first, Frey thought that he was only attacking the opponent's home court, and that the No. 5 Eastern face would come forward, so he considered retreating to his own half to avoid the entanglement of the No. 20.But he didn't expect that he retreated to the second half and still couldn't get rid of Chen Feng's press.

After he went back to catch the ball, he found that he couldn't even turn his body. It was obvious that someone was holding him.As a defensive midfielder, I am all too familiar with this feeling, which means that a defensive player is pressing close to him. Frey knew that this was a dangerous area, so he didn’t get entangled with the people behind him, so he passed the football back, and then signaled his teammate Donati to pass the ball to Marley in front of him instead of handing it to himself.He turned around and made an air cut.Only then did he see clearly who the person who ran to the 30-meter area of ​​Lyon to snatch him was indeed the young man from the east, Chen Feng.

After running nearly 50 meters to run from the front to the back, and then back to the front to press himself, Frey felt a little unbelievable. Who is the midfielder and who is the core of the playmaker?Did he see that the pre-match analysis was all fake?Chen Feng is actually still kicking the lower back?Didn't change his position?Otherwise, why would this person keep defending himself so much?

Chen Feng didn't care what others thought. Anyway, the task given to him by head coach Nagelsmann and assistant coach Schroeder was to keep an eye on Frey, and he didn't need to worry about other things.Then I will go to the ends of the earth with Frey, and I will not let him receive the ball comfortably, pass the ball comfortably, and control the ball comfortably.Seeing Frey running forward, Chen Feng also ran back. Although he was not close to him, his eyes were always scanning Frey from the corner of his eye, paying attention to his every move.

As for offense?Of course, Chen Feng still needs to attack, but he doesn't need to attack first now. It's time for him to attack when he grabs the ball and controls it under Hoffenheim's feet. Now he needs to face the midfield defense that prioritizes Frey.

Mainz’s Marley in the frontcourt was not having a good time under Geiger’s pressure. Marley, who had the most tacit understanding and familiarity with him, could not pass the ball to him smoothly and comfortably. Other players passed the ball to him.Now Mainz's midfielder Marley can't organize the attack, the midfielder Frey can't organize the midfielder's dispatch attack, and the other players of Mainz are completely lost. The forward Cordoba can only look at the ball in the frontcourt. After more than 20 minutes, he has never even touched a football, let alone a shot. Mainz is now caught in an embarrassing cycle.

The frontcourt could not attack smoothly, and they could only control the ball in Mainz and pass the ball infinitely in the midfield. Chen Feng and Geiger cooperated tacitly to intercept Marley's return pass. Chen Feng who intercepted the ball did not blindly play the ball.Although the task given to him by the head coach Nagelsmann and Schroeder before the game was to defend, but as a player who will grow into a midfield commander in the future, he must always think about launching an offensive and waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.If he just passes the ball out immediately after stealing the ball, he is unqualified. It was the way he used to be a defensive midfielder. Now after changing his position, some of his passing ideas need to be changed smoothly, otherwise he will not be able to become an mc with both offensive and defensive capabilities (abbreviation for midfielder).

At first, the Hoffenheim players saw that the opponent was attacking, and they were desperately returning to the defense. Later, when Chen Feng and Geiger broke the ball again, some of them chose to continue to defend, such as the three central defenders in the team.

Amiri is one of them. After he saw Chen Feng steal the ball, he started to move to the side after he was originally active in the middle.But he didn't make any sound during the movement, and he didn't make any obvious gestures, telling Chen Feng to pass the ball to him quickly, otherwise wouldn't it be exposed?He didn't do anything, but moved closer to the sidewalk covertly.The wing is a good place. For a player with outstanding skills like Amiri, this small-scale side that requires strong one-on-one ability is very suitable for Amiri. This season, Amiri and Chen Feng have used it to find cooperation on the wing many times in offense, and it has been tried and tested, especially when facing such a team with a particularly large range of full-backs. It is really a test.

Chen Feng naturally noticed Amiri's running position, but this time he didn't intend to pass the ball to Amiri. Although Amiri didn't make any movements or sounds to expose himself when running, Mainz has a double midfielder system. If it is passed to Amiri, it is very likely that Ramalho will be restricted and even unable to win football.

Chen Feng quickly raised his head to observe the situation again, but he couldn't do this for too long, because Marley had already rushed back to help the team defend.At this moment, his brain issued an order to let him look at the right side of Mainz. The right side where Huck and Balogan are located is the defense line of the new combination this season.Without any hesitation, he didn't care if his teammates could see and take advantage of it, and the opponent wouldn't give him time to think carefully. Chen Feng swung his ankle and pushed the football under his feet.

Chen Feng's pass is not sure whether someone can run to that threatening position. After all, Amiri, who has the most tacit understanding with him, is on the left. It is impossible to fly to the right to receive his pass at the same speed, and he can't always cooperate with Amiri. Received his pass.

Chen Feng's direct pass was very penetrating and fast enough. The football passed behind Balogan quickly, and there was a blue and white sound as the football flew by. Balogan wanted to raise his hand in an instant to report to the referee that the Hoffenheim player in front of him was offside, but the referee didn't even remember the whistle.It was because he and his teammates had a problem with coordination!
Kramaric started to run between Barlogan and Huck the moment Chen Feng passed the ball. He had been staring at this position for a long time, but he couldn't directly prompt his teammates to let them pass the ball here, and he himself couldn't run directly into this space. After all, if he just ran over so directly, wouldn't it be equivalent to directly telling Huck and Barlogan that there is a problem with the cooperation between the two of you, so you see the big space?If you didn't see it, I just stood in front of you so directly, did you see it this time?If you see it, don't you rush to defend it?If you don't defend yourself, then both of you must be fools.Obviously Huck and Balogan are not fools, and neither is Kramaric, so Kramaric must have been looking at the open area, but he has never tried to scare the snake, but was looking for the best opportunity to attack. When Chen Feng passed the ball, Kramaric knew that Chen Feng had found the open area between Huck and Balogan. Offside, but this is not something he wants to care about. After receiving the ball, he didn't have time to see if the linesman was up. He flicked the football sideways, facing the goal!

(End of this chapter)