Football: Invincible starting from krypton gold

Chapter 74
The game against Borussia was already in the 72nd minute of the second half. With the whistle of the referee in the stadium, the Opel Stadium was completely quiet at this moment, and only some sporadic cheers could be heard. The score board in the stadium showed 0 to 3, and the home team was ahead of the visiting team.

Mainz fell behind Borussia Borussia 0-3 at home. Such a result made the confident fans before the game unable to believe their eyes. The Mainz players on the field were in a daze and didn’t know what to do on the field. Troshovsky and Bonovic performed very well in the first few rounds. The league is not supported by the ability of one or two people.

As the referee blew the whistle to end the game, Mainz, which performed well in the first four rounds, was a surprise. They lost 0 to 3 at home to Borussia Borussia. In the end, the fans and Klopp felt uncomfortable because Chen Xiao was injured. In the 60th minute of the second half, Chen Xiao strained his thigh while fighting with his opponent in the midfield. After the game, a careful inspection confirmed that Chen Xiao will rest for 15 days. This can be said to be nightmare news for Mainz.

The game against Borussia was like pouring cold water on the heads of the Mainz players, which immediately calmed everyone down. When Klopp hurriedly finished the press conference and returned to the locker room, almost everyone sat there dejected.Looking at the disciples who looked like they had been beaten by frost, Klopp said.

"Guys, look up and look at me. I don't know what everyone is thinking now, but I want to say that I actually think that losing this game is better than winning the game. Of course, the price we paid is a bit high." Hearing Klopp's words, many players looked at Klopp with questioning eyes. Many people did not understand why Klopp said that.

Seeing everyone looking up at him, Klopp continued.

"This year is our first Bundesliga. Many opponents are not familiar with us. Even if we won the game against Bayern, they still regarded us as a newly promoted team. So we won the first few rounds, but many of the games we won were because the opponents underestimated us. They were not familiar with our players and our tactics. Now they started to take us seriously. Maybe we would not lose today, but because our victories in the previous rounds made many of you feel proud and feel very strong. These victories are blinded It opened your eyes and made you unable to see your own shortcomings. Think carefully about your training during this period, including your tactical execution in today's game."

Klopp's words hit the players' hearts like a heavy hammer. Looking at the shame in the eyes of the disciples in front of him, Klopp continued to beat.

"Just like this game, Knight, Troshovsky, Bonovic, you all completely forgot how you played before, and our full-backs have been attacking and attacking non-stop. You forgot what your main task is, including why Chen was injured, because he was doing what you had to do. No one defended. Everyone was attacking. Everyone, we are just newly promoted. We became famous because of our defense. Only when we defend well can we do other things. Everyone wants a championship, but this is a long season, dozens of games. , It needs us to take it seriously one by one, instead of winning the airport game and you will be so arrogant that no one is your opponent. So I hope you can remember this game well, be able to clearly understand your position, and clearly know what you should do. "

After saying this, Klopp turned around and left. Chen Xiao's injury made Klopp feel very troublesome, and it also made Klopp determined to increase the thickness of the team's bench during the winter break.

Everyone in the locker room looked at each other, especially Knight and the others felt very ashamed.

"Everyone, in fact, the boss has discovered that everyone is wrong a long time ago, including me and Chen Xiao. As the boss said, losing this game is not a bad thing. As long as everyone can adjust in time, I believe we are still the team that scares all other teams. No team can win consistently in such a long league. In fact, as the boss said, we still do not have the ability to catch up with other teams." Albertini stood up and said as the captain.

On the second day after the match with Borussia Borussia, the media stopped praising Mainz and began to belittle Mainz. Many media used headlines such as "the strongest dark horse fell into the dust", "promoted or newly promoted", "Mainz revealed its true form", etc. They predicted in various news that Mainz would encounter a losing streak in the future.

He will be absent for 15 days, which means that Chen Xiao will miss at least 4 rounds, which is the biggest headache for Klopp.

The progress of the league is just as the media expected.

On August 8th, in the fifth round of the Bundesliga, Mainz played against Kaiserslautern at home and lost the game 30-1.

On August 8, in the first round of the German Cup, Mainz defeated Magdeburg in the German second division 31-1.

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On September 9th, the seventh round of the Bundesliga kicked off. Mainz continued their away game. This time they came to the Ruhr Stadium and challenged Bochum away. After 4 minutes, the two sides drew 90-1, and Mainz also ended their losing streak.

On September 9th, in the eighth round, Mainz returned to their home stadium, the Opel Arena, to face Leverkusen, with a score of 7 to 1. Mainz lost the game at their home court, and ranked 4th in the Bundesliga standings with 4 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses.

On September 9th, the ninth round of the match began. Mainz continued to sit at the Opel Arena against Hannover 11. Neither side scored a goal in the 96-minute match, but in the 90nd minute of stoppage time, Hannover 2's striker scored a long-range shot. In the end, Mainz lost the game 96-0 at home and ranked 1th in the Bundesliga standings.

However, the only good news after this game is that Chen Xiao is about to return from injury in the next game.This is definitely great news for the current Mainz. When Chen Xiao was here, everyone just thought that he was just assuming the offensive core position in the team, and didn't think much of it. But after Chen Xiao left, they found that Chen Xiao was the team's most indispensable player. During this period of time, Chen Xiao's injury caused the team's offense to be completely out of order.

(End of this chapter)