Chapter 5 Warm-up
Chu Zhongtian only got a mere five minutes of the first warm-up match, which made the Chinese media very dissatisfied. They felt that Rangnick gave Chu Zhongtian too little time. Of course, they knew that the German media were questioning Chu Zhongtian because someone compared Chu Zhongtian with Beckenbauer and Summer. In order to maintain the dignity of German football, the German media had already labeled Chu Zhongtian as "parallel goods".
So in this context, Rangnick only gave Chu Zhongtian five minutes of playing time, and he could not show his level at Metz. Wouldn't this "parallel" hat continue to be worn?
Basically, the media who can follow Chu Zhongtian from France to Germany will not doubt Chu Zhongtian's level. They believe that Chu Zhongtian is not a parallel person, but Rangnick did not give Chu Zhongtian the chance to prove himself, which made them very annoyed.
So everyone felt that Chu Zhongtian's transfer to Hoffenheim was a complete failure. It must be that Metz chairman Molinari was jealous of money. Seeing that Hoffenheim offered the highest price, he agreed to Hoffenheim's transfer request. Then Chu Zhongtian's British agent took Rangnick's black money 100%, instigating and even manipulating Chu Zhongtian to finally transfer to Hoffenheim.
The chairman of the Greedy Ghost Club and the unscrupulous agent became the villain in this transfer story, and Chu Zhongtian was controlled by others and did not distinguish between loyalty and treacherous, and his future was bleak, which was inevitable that he would sigh... China finally produced a world-class star, but because he met a bad person, he met an agent who was jealous of money and fell quickly... In the final analysis, it was still the fault of the British agent! It turns out that my race must have a different heart! Do you find any British agent if you have nothing to do? Do they understand the hearts of us Chinese? Do they know how much we care about Chinese football? Are they willing to do things for a Chinese? How can they care more about our own family?
Since the transfer, the website "We All Love Lindanda" has been in a quarrel like this, and the administrators feel that they are gradually unable to do so. Chu Zhongtian is now the most famous football player in China, so the website is very popular. When the forest is big, there are naturally all kinds of birds, and there are more ids that deliberately make trouble. However, the founders of the website are now unable to maintain a high online time and manage it due to their own reasons.
Kang Jianbo is now facing the issue of finding a job after graduation and has no time to manage the website. Li Yu just changed jobs and needed to work hard to show himself. Others also have things to be busy with in this way or that, and they are always not as full of energy as they were a few years ago.
Kang Jianbo was considering whether he should hand over the website to others. He has been observing for a while that anyone could take over this website.
Of course he would not stop it, because this website condensed his and everyone's efforts and ideals. The "We All Love Lindanda" website is like Chu Zhongtian. They have witnessed Chu Zhongtian's growth from an unknown Ligue 1 substitute to a hero who led the team to win the League Cup, and also witnessed the website's development from a small website that is purely self-entertainment to a famous website that ranks among the top ten in football websites.
He can't bear to keep it.
So the best way is to find someone who has time, ability, and more enthusiastic than him to manage. He first looked for the website's management, but there were candidates. The economy became a big problem. At first, the website needed to pay for a server rental fee and a domain name fee. Later, as the website traffic increased, the server was overwhelmed and needed to buy a new server to maintain stable operation. This money was launched on the website at that time. Everyone was very enthusiastic, but they could not make netizens pay for every upgrade... Also, in order to gather popularity and retain users, the website needed to organize some activities. These activities all cost money. For example, buying prizes, a few people in the management team raised money. Later, after the influence became greater, more people participated, and the level of the prizes increased, and the required funds exceeded the standard of "everyone raised money".
But this cannot require registered users to raise funds.
They all spontaneously manage this website, and when money is involved, it is easy to cause many things that are difficult to explain. Kang Jianbo and Li Yu want to try their best to keep the website pure, and hope that everyone will not have conflicts because of money.
However, the difficulty of maintaining it later made him doubt whether he could still hold on to his original ideal.
Until now, he finally felt tired and planned to hand over the website to others. He only became a "free man" who would fill the forum with water and help the management team to move some news.
Just when Kang Jianbo was worried about the future of the website, Yang Yang came to the door.
Yang Yang himself is also a registered user of "We all love Lindanda". He had been diving before and only silently followed Chu Zhongtian. Later, after being hired as Chu Zhongtian's public relations experience, he registered a large number of vests, began to post frequently on the website, repost various news about Chu Zhongtian, and argued with those who black Chu Zhongtian... but no one knew the real identities of those active ids.
Yang Yang naturally understands the dilemma facing this website now: the server needs to be upgraded, and the access has become unstable recently. There are often cases where the server cannot be found. There are a large number of quarrel posts every day in the forum. The gunpowder on both sides is quite strong, but the administrator cannot manage it in time, which makes many users who only pay attention to Chu Zhongtian but are not like those involved in the quarrel. The loss of users brings a decline in popularity and a worse atmosphere.
Yang Yang has always regarded this website as Chu Zhongtian's mouthpiece in China, responsible for promoting Chu Zhongtian and gathering popularity for Chu Zhongtian. Of course, he did not want the website to become a vegetable market with bricks flying together, so after reporting to Xu Xiaodi, he obtained permission and decided to acquire the website.
The investment does not require much. They can also use the website to advertise to maintain operations. With money, they can upgrade the server and give the website a more stable environment. At the same time, they frequently carry out various activities to attract users and make the place continue to be prosperous.
He went to Kang Jianbo to talk and told him that he planned to acquire the website, but the website management team was all retained. They were no different from their previous jobs, but with money, the website could be developed better.
After discussing with the management team, Kang Jianbo thought that this was the only way, so he unanimously approved it.
Things were discussed quickly. When Hoffenheim's second warm-up match was over, the website had already changed hands. As veteran administrators who initially planned the website, they transferred to their first pot of gold in their lives by selling the website. If they were willing, they could continue to stay on the website to manage. They would not force them if they were unwilling.
For ordinary users, this acquisition activity is quite low-key, and they don’t feel anything. On the surface, the website is no different from before. Only careful people will find that the access speed of this website has been improved and the server has become more stable. The upper part of the page was just the Chu Zhongtian logo made by the website itself, and now there are also a few small advertisements quietly, but in general, the environment has not changed at all.
Then, the administrators began to clear the quarrel posts in the forum and used their iron fist to clarify a group of ids who were deliberately making trouble, the atmosphere of the forum returned to its former harmony. After everyone discussed it, they rarely spoke ill of each other.
When the news "Hoffenheim tied with his warm-up opponent, Chu Zhongtian got ten minutes of playing time" was posted on the website "We all love Lindanda", there were already many fewer people in the comments who were deliberately making trouble.
※※※Because the Bundesliga started early and the full battle usually started in mid-August, the preparation time for Bundesliga teams is very tight. In order to adjust the player's condition to the point where the game is suitable, warm-up matches need to be arranged. In the case of tight time, warm-up matches are arranged more intensively. Fortunately, most of these warm-up matches are matches with no restricted substitutions, so everyone in the team can be trained and the team's physical fitness allocation is relatively even.
Before July 20, Hoffenheim had played three warm-up matches, with the team winning two wins and one draw, and the performance was pretty good, but their warm-up opponents were very weak, and the media felt that there was no reference value.
For Hoffenheim, another bad news came.
Brazilian shooter Wellington, who spent 4.5 million euros to buy this season, was in training and had to rest for at least three weeks. He had just been about to integrate into the team and experienced such an injury, which was a big blow to his future in the new season. The time before the season was very precious, and new players must use this short time to get familiar with the team and adapt to the team's tactical style. Because the head coach will not easily give those new players who have not adapted to the team's team's chances during the season. If they are injured before the season, they will not be able to keep up with the team's pace and will not be able to integrate into the team for a long time. As the saying goes, one step is slow, one step is slow, and always falls behind others.
Chu Zhongtian also faces such a problem. Although he is not worried that he will be taken to the main position by the head coach in a short period of time, if he can't show his abilities after the start of the season, then the bench will be his final destination. Rangnick can admit that he misreaded the person, but he will not be so relaxed.
So during this period, he worked very hard during training. He didn't bother talking to Emily when he got home. Instead, he carefully studied Hoffenheim's game video in front of the TV, and thought about how he would lead such a team on the court.
In terms of clubs, the Dietma Hope Stadium cannot meet the requirements of the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim has already built a new stadium in nearby Sinsheim. It is expected that the new stadium will be officially opened in January next year. In fact, as early as the Bundesliga, the Dietma Hope Stadium was expanded because it could not meet the standards, increasing its 5,000 seats to 6,350 people. After being promoted to the Bundesliga, the stadium was unable to expand and could only give up. The Dietma Hope Stadium was put into use on the 100th anniversary of the club's birth in 1999. From 2000 to 2008, in nine years, this stadium witnessed how Hoffenheim went from an unknown small team to a newly promoted Bundesliga team.
The stadium will now serve as a reserve and youth team competition site for the Baden-Württemberg State League.
Before the completion of the new stadium Rhineka Arena in Sinsheim, Hoffenheim's first Bundesliga season will be held at the nearby Mannheim's home court Karl Mercedes-Benz Stadium. After half a season, they will move into a new home that can accommodate 30,000 people.
At the same time, because the team was promoted to the Bundesliga, for the development of the club, the small Hoffenheim could no longer accommodate this team that planned to spread its wings and fly high. So the club moved its headquarters to Sinsheim, close to the future Rhine-Neka Arena.
Of course, they are not saying that they have broken off their relationship with Hoffenheim. The team's training base and the old club headquarters continue to be used. After all, Hoffenheim village is the foundation of the team. This village has a population of 3,000, and more than half of the club's registered members. Now the club's registered members are 1,800, almost all of them come from the small area of Hoffenheim.
But at this time, the team was not in Hoffenheim's training base, where there were only youth and youth teams. The adult team was taken to Ogan, Austria by Rangnick, where the training camp was held.
The injured Wellington was sent back to Hoffenheim from Ogan and will be treated in one of the only three high-tech clinics in German football.
※※On July 21, Hoffenheim welcomed their fourth warm-up match in Nobadna, which is also the strongest opponent so far - Blackburn, ranked seventh in the Premier League last season, almost qualified for the European Cup in the new season.
The team has England's national goalkeeper Paul Robinson, Turkey international Tugay, Swiss international johann vogel, Senegalese striker El-hadji_diouf, young Chilean international Carlos Villanueva, South African national team's main scorer McCarthy, and Paraguay striker Santa Cruz, who once played for Bayern Munich.
But the most famous star in their team is the team's head coach, former England and Manchester United passing star Paul Ince (paul_ince) who has just taken office.
Chu Zhongtian also knows this person, but what he knows is not the situation when he plays football, but the situation when he is the head coach. Who made Wimbledon have a mortal enemy?
Last season, Paul Ince coached Milton Keynes and led the team to the English League Two Championship.
Paul Ince came to Blackburn this season. Blackburn's senior management obviously hopes that Ince can make the team's performance even further. The goal of the new season is to be able to qualify for the European Cup next season.
Blackburn also held pre-season training camps in Austria, so the teams of both sides discussed such a warm-up match.
Austria is close to Germany, and in this game Hoffenheim has the support of 500 fans coming from Germany. Blackburn has nothing.
Chu Zhongtian still did not start in this game, although he has become more and more familiar with the team through training and game videos.
In the first half, Salihovic still controlled the team's offense and was also very active in defense. He knew that his weakness was that he did not contribute enough in defense.
Unfortunately, Salihovic wanted to take into account both offense and defense, but he didn't care about both.
Throughout the first half, Salihovic did not create any decent opportunities for the team. Fortunately, Blackburn did not score either. The two sides exchanged a blank score and ended the first half with a score of 0:0.
During the halftime break, Rangnick finally made the decision to let Chu Zhongtian play, which was the longest playing time Chu Zhongtian had ever received since joining the team.
This time those who are waiting to see what Chu Zhongtian has the ability to feast their eyes, because Chu Zhongtian will have forty-five minutes to show his abilities.
Unfortunately, only 500 Hoffenheim fans came this time, which was far worse than the first warm-up match. Because Hoffenheim trained in Austria, there were not many media here - three German media and five Chinese media.
In this warm-up match, Rangnick did not replace all eleven players in the second half like in the first three warm-up matches. Salihovic, Ibisevic and other starting players were on the court.
Ibisevic has scored two goals in the warm-up match, all from Salihovic's assists. Judging from his performance in the warm-up match, he showed his abilities earlier than Chu Zhongtian.
During the halftime break, the Chinese reporters were still bored and guessing how much time was Rangnick going to give Chu Zhongtian this game. Unexpectedly, they found that Chu Zhongtian appeared on the court in the No. 8 jersey just beginning!
This made Chinese journalists excited for a while, and they turned on their laptops, ran their fingers and typed a sentence on the keyboard: "Chu Zhongtian came on as a substitute in the second half and got 45 minutes. This is his longest appearance since joining Hoffenheim!"
Chu Zhongtian's position is the same as in training: the back midfielder.
During the halftime break, Rangnick announced the tactical changes - everything is centered on Chu Zhongtian, giving him full tactical freedom, while the rest of the team must do their best to cooperate with Chu Zhongtian.
Although he was skeptical about Chu Zhongtian's ability, Salihovic and several other teammates also had curiosity, and they also wanted to see what kind of ability this guy had in the game.
These days, Ibisevic, who lives in the same room with him, always tells him about Chu Zhongtian's strength, and his appearance, "As long as you hand over the football to Chu, you don't have to worry about anything, just cooperate with him in running the position", made Salihovic's curiosity stronger than anyone else.
He decided to follow the head coach's arrangements and see if Chu Zhongtian was really as good as Ibisevic said in the game.
Chu Zhongtian also knew how important this warm-up match with Blackburn was to him. This was the real first step. If you take the first step well, the road ahead will become smoother and smoother. If you don’t walk well... it will be troublesome.
In addition, he also wanted to give Paul Ince a meeting gift to whom Milton Keynes upgraded... What is the best meeting gift? Give him a failure!
Chapter completed!