Football: Invincible starting from krypton gold

Chapter 84 UEFA Cup Group Match
As arrogant as he was before the game, he was as embarrassing as he was after the game. Just like the head coach of Bielefeld, he did not attend the press conference after the game.

However, at the press conference, Klopp did not add insult to injury, but said very modestly that the reason why he was able to score so many goals was just his luck. Klopp also said that the opponent still has a certain strength.But no one at the scene believed this. After this round of the league, some mid-lower teams in the current Bundesliga have deeply realized Mainz's offensive ability. It is estimated that there will not be many teams choosing to attack Mainz again.

The next No.15 round of the Bundesliga will have to wait until a week later, and this round of the league is over, Mainz will usher in their first group match in the UEFA Cup, because the second round of the UEFA Cup group match will also kick off on October 10. Before that, Mainz’s Group C had already played the first round of the group match, and Mainz had a bye in the first round. With strong strength, they beat Grasshopper 17-4 and took all three points. Alkmaar from the Eredivisie challenged Braga in the Portuguese Super League away. The two sides drew 0-90 within 2 minutes. So after the first round, Sevilla ranked first in Group C with 2 points, Braga and Alkmaar ranked second and third with 3 point, and Mainz and Grasshoppers ranked fourth and fifth with 1 points.

In this round, the Grasshoppers have a bye in Group C. Sevilla played away against Alkmaar, and Mainz went to Portugal to challenge Braga away.

The German teams participating in the UEFA Cup in the first round, except for Mainz bye, the other two teams have won, occupying a favorable position in their group.

On the afternoon of the second day after the match against Bielefeld, the whole team of Mainz went to Braga. For their first UEFA Cup group match, Mainz was still very cautious.After arriving in Braga, Mainz conducted a closed management of the whole team. Before the team arrived, the club staff of Mainz had booked hotels and training venues in advance.

For his opponent in the League Cup, Mainz is now a step forward, and he encounters very strange opponents, and Mindz is also very strange to the other party. Although Mainz has recently stirred the wind in the Bundesliga, in the eyes of some European media and teams in Europe, this is a promoted horse team from the Bundesliga. In addition, Mindz has used countless results in the Bundesliga game to tell everyone that everyone who despise himself will be punished in the end.

On the second day after Mainz arrived in Braga, a local media interviewed Klopp and asked Klopp what his impression of Braga was.

Klopp said: "Braga is a traditional strong team in the Portuguese Super League. We have a lot of experience in European competitions. Today we are here with a learning attitude. Mainz used to be in the low-level leagues in Germany. They were promoted to the Bundesliga last year. We are completely zero in the European competition. Everything in the UEFA Cup is unfamiliar to us. For the upcoming game, I think this game will be very difficult for us. Fans put on a great game."

When the reporter interviewed Braga's head coach, he got this answer: "I think this is a very ordinary game. For us, no matter what kind of opponent it is, there will be no good results here."

After a few days of targeted closed training in Braga, the match between the two teams is about to begin.

At 10:17 p.m. on October 7th, the UEFA Cup Group C match officially kicked off. Another match in Group C took place two hours earlier than the match between Mainz and Braga.

After a brief admission ceremony, the match between Mainz and Braga officially started at 7:[-].

Mainz continued to use their strongest lineup in the Bundesliga. Mainz, who was very low-key before the game, gave the Braga team and the fans a head-on blow after the game started.

Only 3 minutes into the game, Mainz scored.

After Chen Xiao received a pass from his teammate in the frontcourt, he dribbled the ball along the right. During the advancement, he easily used the pendulum to break through the opponent's full-back, and then made a pass near the baseline.

Dopoulos, who followed up in the middle, overwhelmed the opponent's central defender and easily headed the ball into the goal.

1 to 0, this head-on blow was like a basin of cold water poured on the head of Braga coach Grace. Before the game, he didn't pay attention to this team at all, but this team that didn't pay attention to it took the lead in just 3 minutes.

Grace yelled at the players on the sidelines angrily. He felt that the conceded goal was only caused by his own players' mistakes.

But is this the case?

After 15 minutes, Grace knew he had made a mistake.

In the 19th minute of the game, after Chen Xiao took the ball, he and Troshovsky made a wall-hitting cooperation. Chen Xiao came to the center and continued to run forward without the ball. Troshowski's pass also came in front of him. Between his hands got into the goal.

2-0, just 20 minutes into the game, Mainz took a two-goal lead at the Government Stadium in Braga.

At this time, Grace no longer thinks it is a player problem.

He knew that he had indeed underestimated his opponent. He did not expect Mainz to be so strong. No wonder many German media looked at him with strange eyes after hearing his answer when they interviewed him.

On the sidelines, Klopp stood calmly on the side, with his hands in his trouser pockets, watching the situation on the field expressionlessly, with an unfathomable feeling.

Then Braga completely put his focus on defense. Grace knew that he was not the opponent of this newly promoted team, so he still focused on defense and tried to lose as little as possible.

After Braga strengthened their defense, Mainz did not find a good chance.

In the second half , chen xiao made another successful direct free kick and locked the score at 3-0

In this way, the first group match of the UEFA Cup in Mainz ended with a 3-0 victory over Braga away from Mainz.

The victory of this game also allowed Mainz to rank behind Sevilla with 3 points in one game less.occupies an absolute favorable position.

(End of this chapter)