Chapter 316 No one wants to win (540)
Chapter 316 No one wants to win (540)
After two consecutive draws, Werder Bremen ushered in a two-game winning streak. So far, they are still six points ahead of Bayern Munich.
For Bayern Munich, if they want to decide the championship in a direct dialogue with Werder Bremen, then they should hope that there will be some surprises in Werder Bremen in the next two rounds of the league.
In fact, Werder Bremen also had an accident. In the next No.30 round of the league, they were tied 0:0 by Bochum in the away game.
But Bayern Munich did not live up to it, and then they were also tied by their city rival Munich 1860, with a score of 3:3.
The two sides fought fiercely.
But Bayern Munich just couldn't beat the little brother they always looked down on from the same city.
Originally, after Werder Bremen was tied by Bochum the day before, there was a happy and relaxed atmosphere inside and outside the Bayern Munich team.
It was as if the league championship had already been won.
No one takes Munich 1860 seriously.This team is deep in the relegation zone this season, and will definitely be relegated to the second division in the end.
Before their relegation, the single most useful contribution was helping Bayern Munich to the title.
With such a relaxed mood, the Bayern Munich players started the derby with their city rivals.
But the tenacity of the opponent is far beyond their imagination!
They took the lead three times in the game, but were equalized three times by 1860 Munich.
The last equalizer occurred in the No.808 minute of the game.
At that time, the cheers and singing of Bayern Munich fans had already sounded in the Olympic Stadium-they were celebrating the victory of this city derby in advance.
At this time, the young forward Benjamin Lauter of Munich 1860 seized the opportunity and scored an equalizing goal for the team.
This goal stopped the singing at the Olympic Stadium and stunned the Bayern Munich players!
In the end, 1860 Munich drew a 3:3 draw with their rivals in the same city with Lauter's outstanding performance and scored a point.
This point may not help Munich 1860 relegation, but it helped Werder Bremen.
As a result, Werder Bremen still leads Bayern Munich by six points with only one game remaining.
Before the game against Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen's opponent is Hamburg.
This is Germany's "Northern Derby".
In terms of intensity, it is not at all inferior to Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund's Luderby.
However, in recent seasons, except for the two sides winning at home once last season, the results have always been mostly draws.No matter how the fans wave their flags and shouts in the stands, or how the players compete for each other in the game, the final result of the game is often a group of harmony.
In the first round of this season's "Northern Derby", Hamburg's home court, the two sides drew 2:2.
It was Rongguang's first time participating in this famous German derby, and he scored twice once.
In that game, Rong Guang also experienced the atmosphere and difficulty of the derby.
At home, Hamburg took advantage of the home field advantage and took the lead twice.
It looked like they were close to winning the game.
As a result, Rongguang helped the team equalize the score twice.
His brace prevented the team from losing the derby.
Of course, there are still many things worth talking about in that game. For example, Hamburg coach Top Muller believed that the referee Van der missed a penalty on his side after the game.
This also made the media in Hamburg very unconvinced after the game, thinking that if the referee hadn't been partial, Hamburg would have won Werder Bremen at home, giving Werder Bremen, which was gaining momentum at the time, a blow.
Now, half a season has passed.The two sides met again in the game.
This time, before the game, the players from Hamburg said they would give Werder Bremen some color in the game.
The Iranian foreign aid Madavikia in their team said confidently: "We know that they will compete with Bayern Munich for the league title next. So maybe they will have some scruples in this game, and we will seize this opportunity to beat them away! If they are not afraid of injury, then come on!"
Madavikia fully demonstrated the toughness and aggressiveness of Iranian players to the media.
The media in Hamburg also agreed with Madavikia.
"...The next game is against Bayern Munich. I don't think Schaff will let his players do their best in the northern derby. He should continue to rotate, and the mentality of the players will also have some subtle changes... In short, if Top Muller's team wants to make up for the regret of being tied at home in the first half of the season, this is the best chance!"
In fact, this is Top Muller's tactical arrangement.
Madavikia had just said it in advance.
That is to use fierce defense and pressing in the game to force Werder Bremen's players to give up possession of the ball and make them give up fighting for fear of injury.
In this way, Hamburg has a greater chance of winning away games-when the opposing players dare not make physical contact with the Hamburg players, they will naturally lose control of the game.Football is a contact sport.
Media in Bremen also expressed concerns in this regard.They were worried that Hamburg's players would make mistakes in the game.
The "Northern Derby" is already very intense, and injuries during the game are also common.
Even if it is not a serious injury, it only needs a one-week truce, which will cause the injured player to miss the next game against Bayern Munich...
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What Madavikia had to say was what Bayern Munich fans wanted to hear most.
Before the match between themselves and Werder Bremen, it is their wish to see a fierce "Northern Derby".
Now is the time for Bayern Munich to sit back and watch.
Considering that Werder Bremen will play two consecutive games against Bayern Munich, one is the German Cup final and the other is the league.
What kind of starting lineup will Schaff make in this "Northern Derby"?
Heathfeld was also watching.
He thinks that, unsurprisingly, Schaff will send a large number of substitute players in this game.
Because this is three games a week!
The physical demands on Werder Bremen players are high.
And Werder Bremen's physical fitness is now their biggest problem.
In order to ensure that they have enough physical fitness for the next two games, Schaff will definitely give up this game.
At this time, it reflected the significance of Hoeness's decision to let the German Football Association advance the German Cup final-of course, at that time, even Hoeness was probably not aware that the effect would be so good.
After all, multiple conditions must be met at the same time to achieve the current effect.
At that time, everyone didn't know that Werder Bremen would really be chased by Bayern Munich to only six points...
The Munich media that support Bayern Munich have begun to build momentum for Bayern Munich.
The Munich reporters showed more concern than ever for the game.
They hyped the game endlessly.
Even more enthusiastic than the media in Hamburg and Bremen.
Schaff is widely expected to use the rotation in this game.
There is absolutely no way he would risk injury to his players in this game.
The players in Hamburg have already said that they will not cause trouble for Yunda...
The rotation of the lineup, coupled with the opponent's foul tactics and other factors... Munich's media analysis believes that Werder Bremen will lose to Hamburg at home.
This point has also been confirmed by the odds of the gaming company - judging from the odds, several major gaming companies in Europe are more optimistic about Hamburg beating Werder Bremen away.
They think that Hamburg will win a small away win over Werder Bremen.
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The day before the race is the last training session.
After this training session, coach Schaff will announce the 18-man squad for the "Northern Derby". There is nothing to see in the 18-man list.
At the pre-match press conference in the afternoon, Schaff only announced the list of 18 players, and did not announce the starting list.
It was not until the night before the game that Schaaf held a tactical meeting in the hotel before announcing the starting lineup to the players.
But before announcing the starting lineup, he still has some words to say to his players.
He looks at the players.
Schaaf is very clear about how the players will react after he announces the roster, and everyone is not a fool, so they can guess.
But he couldn't.
If it weren't for three games a week, it would be absolutely impossible for him to give up this northern derby so blatantly.
If he does his best in this game, the impact will extend to the next two games.
Especially the nearest German Cup final.
If you don't give up this northern derby, you have to give up the German Cup final.Otherwise, it is very likely that the bamboo basket will be in vain.
Now physical fitness and injuries are what he values most, and the game against Hamburg is no longer important.
After looking around at the players, Schaf said: "Tomorrow's game, I would like to remind you...don't get injured in the game. Pay attention to protecting yourself. What the Iranian said was definitely not a joke. In order to win the derby, the players in Hamburg will definitely do whatever they can. If we get injured in this game, then we have nothing. Only with the guarantor can we have a chance to compete for the championship. If there is no one, what championship will we win?"
His face was solemn and his tone was low.Everyone can feel the helplessness and pressure of their head coach.
Subsequently, Schaff began to announce the starting lineup.
As the media guessed, more than half of the players who were originally substitutes got the starting lineup in this game...
Basically few of the main players are in the starting lineup.
An absolute main player like Rong Guang is not even in the starting lineup.
Rongguang is now the team's key protection object.
From this point of view, Schaff is really determined to give up this game.
But as soon as he finished reading the starting list, Rong Guang raised his hand high.
"I have a question, Coach."
He said.
Schaaf knew that his arrangement would make the players think, and he also guessed that Rong Guang would not accept the arrangement honestly. He was ready to speak - he used the previous reason to convince Rong Guang, and told him that he was rested in this game so that he could better deal with Bayern Munich in the next two games.He is an important weapon for the team to deal with Bayern Munich, and of course it must be used at the most critical time.
This reason has been tried and tested before.
He believed that he should be able to convince Rong Guang this time.
"What's your problem, Ron?" Schaff asked knowingly.
"I'm applying to be on the starting list, coach." Rong Guang said stickily.
"This won't work, Sakae. You need to make sure you rest..."
"My physical fitness is fine, coach." Rong Guang was still standing.
"I'm worried about your injury against Hamburg."
This reason is impeccable, and Schaaf thinks that Rongguang should be speechless.
In fact, Rong Guang was indeed silent.
But he did not sit down, but still stood, and after a while of silence he said: "I will try not to hurt myself, coach."
"..." Shafu really wanted to cover his face with his hands... He never thought that Rong Guang would say that.
"It's not up to you, Ron," Shaf said.
"I'm fast, I can avoid them. And why did Hamburg use foul tactics? Isn't it because they want to win? Then let's not give them hope!"
Rong Guang said.
"No." Shaf shook his head firmly, not listening to Rong Guang's reasons. "I can't take this risk with you. If we lose the game against Hamburg, we have a chance to complete the reversal in the next two games. But if you are injured... What if we win the game against Hamburg? I can tell which is important and which is not so important."
"But coach..."
Rong Guang also wanted to fight for a chance to play for himself.
At this moment, Elton snorted coldly and interrupted Rong Guang's words: "Don't feel too good about yourself, kid!"
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became tense.
Everyone turned their heads to look at Elton who was sitting behind.
The Brazilian crossed his arms and leaned on the chair with his legs crossed, his mouth pursed.
With that expression, it was obvious that Rong Guang couldn't bear it anymore.
Rong Guang turned to look at Elton.
The teammate Borowski next to him stood up first to smooth things over: "Rong is also for the good of the team..."
Others were worried that they all looked at the two of them, for fear that they would fight.Before the most important game, if there is infighting, it will be over...
Assistant coach Kemp also stood up from his seat and opened his mouth to scold Elton.
Elton snorted as if no one was there: "What? You think Werder Bremen can't win the game without you? You think we're useless without you? What do you think we are? Do you think you're the only one who wants to win?"
Elton asked a series of "do you think?" Rong Guang was speechless, and also stunned the others.
The assistant coach Kemp, who was going to scold him, also opened his mouth, but didn't make any sound.
Elton, who became more and more excited, stood up from his seat and pointed at his teammates: "Anyone here, everyone! Whether he is the main force or the substitute, he wants to win! But we can't win the game without you! Just sit on the bench and watch for me honestly! Let's see how we win this game!"
After speaking, Elton sat down again and did not say a word again.
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Rong Guang, who was standing there blankly, suddenly felt someone press on his shoulder.
He turned around and found that it was the team's head coach Schaff.
At some point, he had already walked to Rong Guang's side, with a hand on Rong Guang's shoulder.
"Sorry, everyone," he said. "I have to apologize to you. I was only thinking about the two games against Bayern Munich, but I ignored your feelings... I have to apologize to you, I didn't want to win, and I never doubted your desire to win... So this game against Hamburg, please!"
He said solemnly to his players.
Next, he turned around and said to Rong Guang: "Elton is right, Rong. This game is their battle, you just sit on the bench and watch it."
After he finished speaking, the players became emotional, especially the substitute players. They all stood up from their seats and said loudly: "Tony is right! We all want to win! We can win too!"
"We know the reason for your arrangement, coach. We also want to win the championship. I am very happy that we can contribute our strength! Even if it is not in the game against Bayern Munich!"
The excited shouts of these players filled the conference room.
Schaff glanced back at assistant coach Kemp, and the two of them smiled at each other.
Unexpectedly, the game that was supposed to be given up suddenly became promising because of Rong Guang and Elton.
I'm afraid Top Muller would never have thought of this, right?
A new day, continue to ask for a monthly pass!
(End of this chapter)