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"Beautiful counterattack! Lauter turned around and drove the ball into Unterhaching's half!"

"Laut took a feint shot and escaped the opponent's pressure. He sent a direct pass from the middle!"

"Hassler... Tisser... Yekas... Shao Jiayi! These reverse passes are really exquisite, and the offensive coordination of Munich 1860 is getting more and more superb."

"Laut got a one-shot! He shot straight towards the center!"

"The angle of the ball was too straight, and the goalkeeper saved it...Hassler made a supplementary shot! Hassler, who came to the goal at some point, sent a fatal blow to the football that was saved by the goalkeeper Unter Haching!"

"2:0! The firepower of Munich 1860 is getting stronger and stronger. I heard that their head coach is planning to make changes to the midfield. I am looking forward to what kind of team they will become in the end." A The commentator commented: "But as far as this game is concerned, 1860 Munich will definitely win!"

Another commentator immediately interrupted him: "Man, you can't talk so full, there are still 7 minutes before the end of the game! Besides, if the head coach Unterhaching hears what you are talking about, he It is estimated that I will be rushed directly to the commentary room in anger."

Isn't that right, the head coach of Unterhaching's face is dark enough now, and he looks like he could explode at any time.

And his opponent Karl, the Munich 1860 coach who has recently been despised by more and more hostile coaches and is called "little boy", stands not far away, forming a sharp contrast with the face of coach Unterhaching Compared.

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As soon as the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, coach Unterhaching stood up from the coach's bench, turned and walked towards the player tunnel.

The "Bild" reporter quickly stopped him and held up the microphone: "What do you think of the head coach of 1860 Munich? He is only half your age, but he easily defeated the team you coached?"

Head coach Unterhaching immediately pulled his face down: "What kind of character is Oston, and where did he come from?" He finished speaking with resentment, and while the reporter was in a daze, he pushed the other party away and disappeared immediately. among the crowd.

Later, when the same reporter recounted the words of coach Unterhaching with embellishments, and hoped that the coach of Munich 1860 would also make a vicious counterattack with expectant eyes, Karl just smiled and said humorously: " He's right, I'm not really a big shot, I just..." He shrugged easily, "Just defeated them."

The reporter of "Bild" returned with satisfaction.The next day, two contrasting photos of the angry Unterhaching coach and the smiling Karl were placed on the same page, with a comment below the picture: "If the Bundesliga coaches refused to admit it before, this If there is anything to be wary of handsome boys who are much younger than them, please let go of your ridiculous complacency and shout 'Wolf is coming' together!"

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In the 19th round of the league, 1860 Munich challenged Ergbo away and won by a small score of 1:0.

No. 20 league rounds, another away game, in the contest with the German second team Trier, Munich 1860 drew 2:2 with their opponents.

So far, the team has maintained an unbeaten record of 1860 league rounds, which is the first in the Bundesliga this season. If it weren't for Munich 1's four-game losing streak at the beginning of the season, [-] When "Kicker" selected the best team in the second half of the Bundesliga this month, they were the winners.

However, the current results of Munich 1860 are also very brilliant. Thanks to the poor performance of Fürth and Aachen, which were not far behind in the standings, the Lions won the No. 20 round of the Bundesliga. After the end, it jumped to the third position in the standings, only ranked below the strong teams Cologne and Frankfurt, and there is also a three-point gap with No.4.

If this result can be maintained until the end of the league, returning to the Bundesliga will not be a dream.

The fans of Munich 1860 were crazy. In the next round of league ticket sales, a total of 20 home tickets for the Munich Olympic Stadium were pre-sold!In addition to the package tickets purchased by the fans early in the season, the fans of the visiting team... In the No.80 round of the Bundesliga, the attendance rate in the Munich Olympic Stadium will reach 1860%, the highest since this season!The attendance rate of some games in the Bundesliga is higher than that of [-] Munich.

Karl finally felt the super high attendance rate of the German league. He couldn't imagine what it would look like if the team was really promoted to the Bundesliga, and a stadium that could accommodate nearly 7 people would look like a full stadium—and The super enthusiasm of German fans for the game, presumably the Olympic Stadium with 7 people will be crazier than the full-sold Old Trafford.

Just when Karl was looking forward to a bright future, reality suddenly gave him a severe blow——

"Red-White Erfurt's striker Morabi is dribbling the ball... His speed is very fast, breaking through to the half of Munich 1860!"

"Moraby ... Hubert ... Goebel ... the football is passed back and forth at the feet of the red and white Erfurt players, where are the defenders of 1860 Munich now? Oh, and Jankel ran up, He was about to tackle... Goebel dribbled the ball from his right side... Strange, another defender Kurz is obviously near Jankel, why didn't he meet his team-mate?"

"Goebel crossed to Morabi, who raised his foot and shot! 1:0! Munich 1860 is temporarily behind at home!"

Immediately there was a buzzing sound in the Olympic Stadium in Munich. The cheers of thousands of fans in red and white Erfurt could not suppress the doubts of the fans of Munich 1860. They whispered to each other: The team seems to be a little out of shape today?

Carl ran to his own half, put his hands around his mouth in the shape of a trumpet, and shouted into the field: "Cooperation! Where is the cooperation in defense? Kurtz! Kurtz! You must follow Jankel closely! "

On the field, Yankel heard Carl's words, and he waved to his coach.

But Karl didn't see Kurtz and Kurtz's response, which made him frown slightly.

The defensive chain centered on Jankel, the central defender, is the focus of defensive tactics for Munich 1860 in the second half of the season. The first few games have also played very good results, and now... it seems a bit wrong.

"Another attack from Red-White Erfurt... Goebel dribbled the ball and Borimilov made a flying tackle! Oops, he tackled Goebel's calf! The referee showed him a yellow card and awarded A free kick for Red and White Erfurt!"

"Moraby took this free kick... The goal was scored! Hoffman failed to stop the goal, and Red and White Erfurt led 2:0!"

"Chaos! Chaos! Look at all this... Facing the attack of the red and white Erfurt, the central defenders of Munich 1860 were all expressionless and motionless. Any communication and defense."

"This is not the Munich 1860 we are getting familiar with at all, nor is Karl Oston's Munich 1860. Everything seems to be back to the beginning of the season." The commentator said at a loss: "Now I am eager to know , In just one week from the last round of the league to this round, what happened to this team?"

The camera focused on Carl, but only captured Carl's frown and slightly dazed face.

"Don't even Oston know the reason for the sudden deterioration of the team?" The commentator said strangely and amusedly: "It can't be that the entire team of Munich 1860 was suddenly cursed!"

Maybe no one will believe it, but the reality is that even Karl himself doesn't know what happened to the team.Obviously they defeated Unterhaching with an absolute advantage in the last round, and obviously all the players were training as usual, and even in the tactical meeting yesterday, there was no sign that today's Munich 1860 became A puddle of shit!

He also wants to ask his players: what happened to you? !

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The tactics of the red and white Erfurt did not make Karl feel very difficult to deal with. On the contrary, they played 442, a formation that Munich 1860 is used to playing and playing against. It should not make the team feel so troubled.

So during the intermission, Karl questioned why Kurtz and Cheney didn't cooperate with Yankel to defend, and wondered why the striker failed to organize a threatening offense throughout the first half.

Faced with his doubts, the players could only lower their heads and admit their mistakes, and refused to say a word about anything else.

Facing a group of boring gourds who can't knock out half a word of useful words, it is useless to try the motivation method. If it is not for the image, Karl would want to reach out and grab his hair.

15 minutes passed in a hurry, and he couldn't find the cause of the team. He could only temporarily replace Kurtz, who was sluggish and passive in the first half, and sent Costa to play, and asked the opponent to keep an eye on the red and white in the second half. Erfurt's striker, Morabi, can block his offense best.

After the start of the second half, Costa's performance was indeed good, and the offensive momentum of Red and White Erfurt was indeed temporarily contained.

But Munich 1860 has never had a threatening counterattack. The striker partners, Yekas and Agostino, hardly cooperated in the frontcourt.Both of them are very independent. After getting the ball, they only care about dribbling and breaking through, and they don't pass the ball to the opponent at all. This performance is completely different from the game a week ago.

In the 75th minute of the game, Karl made another substitution. He replaced the twins Lars Bender and Sven Bender on the field.

The Bender brothers didn't play a big role after they came on the field. They seemed to be restrained by something. 2:1 ended the game, and the loss was not too ugly.

Munich 1860's [-]-round unbeaten league was terminated, and the terminator was actually the red-white Erfurt, who was also the last in the Bundesliga Bundesliga, which made many people feel unbelievable.

The commentator yelled loudly at the end of the game: "Munich 1860's unbeaten luck has been exhausted. Will they become normal with other Bundesliga teams in the second half of the game?"

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After the inexplicable game against the Red-White Erfurt team, Karl locked himself in his office and played the video of the game on repeat, back and forth three times.

He couldn't figure out why 1860 Munich, which was so heroic in the previous round, played so badly in this round-there was no problem with tactics, that's for sure.The video shows that more than half of the players are out of shape. It's not that their physical strength is not good, but that the tacit understanding between the players seems to have disappeared all of a sudden. The passing is not in place, and the defense can't advance and retreat together. The young players are better than their cooperation.

Cooperating... Wait, Karl suddenly realized that it might not be the players' state, but their psychology.

What causes a group of originally tacit and friendly groups to suddenly become alienated and estranged?

Quarrels, infighting, fights.

It couldn't have been any other.

Carl pressed the call button on the office phone: "See if Hassler is on the training ground. If he is, ask him to come to my office."

A few minutes later, 1860 Munich captain Thomas Hassler appeared at the door of the office.

"Come in, and close the door." Karl greeted him, and after the other party took a seat, he cut to the point and said, "Thomas, please tell me the truth, is there anything that I should know about in the locker room this week but I don't know about it?" .”

On the face of Hasler, a strong man who was almost ten years older than Karl, there was a rare look of uneasiness.

Seeing the other party's expression, Carl confirmed his conjecture even more: "As the head coach of the team, I must know how serious this matter is." After a pause, he looked at Hassler and said, "If I don't Guess wrong, we've already paid the price of one game for it."

After dozens of seconds of silence, Hassler said dryly, "Yes, boss, you guessed it right, there was a quarrel in the locker room the day before the game... I, I wanted to I told you, but I felt that everyone might not bring their emotions to the game, so I was going to tell you after the game. Looking at it now, I made a huge mistake."

"Speak slowly and tell me everything."

"It happened the day before yesterday, after you and assistant coach Mr. Garrard announced the starting lineup for the game and left..."

Hassler talked slowly. According to his words, Carl restored the whole process: the starting list he decided caused dissatisfaction among some players, especially the team's former main players, Agostino and Cheney. , Bolimilov and other midfielders, because since Karl promoted several players from the youth team, and after the winter transfer, they gradually couldn't even play the main substitute.

The quarrel started with a complaint—for unknown reasons, Cheney suddenly accused Yekas of being too lonely during training, only dribbling the ball by himself and not passing the ball to his teammates, Agostino and Borimi Love said that the Bender twins are still too immature, Portillo doesn't speak German well and hasn't proven himself, and Jankel's skills are not good enough to take charge of the entire defense... The old players of the team were originally Pointing out shortcomings to young people, but gradually escalated to unilaterally venting their dissatisfaction.

The young player was so angry that he was okay after hearing a few words, but when he was criticized a lot, he rebelled angrily: "Even the boss has never accused us so much, why do you say that? But if you are not satisfied with the starting list, you can go to the boss yourself. Protest!"

This sentence first aroused the anger of Cheney, who has a fiery personality. He immediately counterattacked. Between you and me, you come and go.Although in the end the players did not dare to fight because they knew that the top executives of the club were not off work and were worried that the coaches or managers would know the situation, but several small groups broke up and turned against each other.

This is also the reason why 1860 Munich performed extremely poorly in yesterday's game-the players just had a quarrel the day before, how could they be like brothers on the field the next day?

"Why didn't you resolve this matter before the conflict became serious? Of course, Thomas, don't think too much about it. I didn't mean to blame you." Seeing Hasler's eagerness to explain himself, Carl comforted him. : "It's just that we all know that you have a lot of prestige in the team, and the players are willing to listen to you. If you try to persuade the fight, it should be effective."

"I messed up this myself." Hassler said angrily: "I shared with Agostino that you invited me to be the coach of the team after retirement, but when I wanted to persuade the fight yesterday, The whole world knows what he yelled. Now all my teammates feel that I only think about my future coaching career, and I will not stand in their position to see the problem, so they are no longer willing to tell me the truth , God, if you give me another chance, I will definitely keep my mouth shut!"