Chapter 109 Unfavorable Start
"A game with Schalke 04 coach Heinkes as the protagonist." --- "German Sports: Football
This title seems to reflect the attitude and situation of the media on both sides before the game. Before the start of the game, the media on both sides had been reporting on the relationship between Mönchengladbach and Heinx, the peak of Heinx' career, and everything. As for the players of the two teams, most of them were ignored.
Maybe not, for example:
"Pearson, can you tell me what your coach thinks? What do you think of Mr. Heinx?
"Very good..." Pearson didn't know why.
"No, I mean he plays football, you know, once Mr. Heinx was one of the most famous football players in Germany."
Pearson thinks that his coach is playing football on the court. His staggered body probably kicked the ball, and he can cramp directly... He replied in a cold sweat, "... The coach is very good, at least better than me..." I felt very guilty when I said it.
And Jack Don replied, "It's very good. I've seen it once. He shot the ball directly into the goal frame."
Many Menxing Goldbach reporters smiled when they heard this sentence. They seemed to be still immersed in the glorious period of Menxing in the 1970s. But Don Jack was thinking about the scene when Heinx taught him to shoot in person - Heinx guided him to complete a push shot and scored. The important thing is that the ball is only about five meters away from the fans, and the goal is also seven meters, and the ball slowly rolls in...
However, Don Jack would rather go against his will than speak ill of Heinx, especially in front of so many reporters, otherwise he would be put on small shoes...
"The monks don't talk nonsense, and the poor monks break the precepts again..." This seems to have become his mantra.
As for Asamoa, this guy is unlucky again. When talking about this question, his answer is: "What? Can the coach play football?
When he reacted, the reporters had gone to interview Don Jack, so the next day of the game, there was news about Asamoa being interviewed in the reports of the reporters of Borussia Mönchengladbach. The Borus reporter commented: "This ugly black man may be a qualified midfielder, but he will not shoot at all. The reason is that Mr. Heinkes did not guide him..."
This report made all the players on the bus laugh, and only Asamoa was silent with a black face.
Fortunately, no matter how dark his face is, it will not change color.
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Before the game, Menxing reporters were still very active.
The players of Schalke 04 are also very interested in the coach's thoughts. With the spirit of gossip, they also want to know Heinx's idea of facing his old club, but what they see is only that kind of leisurely.
In fact, how can Heinx have any idea...
Perhaps, after his retirement, when he led the team to play against Borussia Mönchengladbach for the first time, he would sigh a little, but now?
It has been decades. He has been leading the team to play the Bundesliga in Germany. Almost every season, he will play one or two games with Menxing. Even if he had an idea before, he is numb now, isn't he?
He has long been used to the enthusiasm of Menxing reporters.
But it turned out that although Heinx didn't care, the game belonged to Heinx. When the two teams came out of the player channel, many Menxing fans in the audience shouted the name of 'Hainx'. This scene was surprising, at least surprised Don Jack and other newcomers.
At least, the Menxing fans are very concerned about it.
Because the team's performance has been poor, they are still recalling the glory of Borussia Mönchengladbach in the 1970s. At that time, the team almost monopolized the German championship trophy. At that time, Heinx could be said to be the team's first contributor. So far, his photos are still hanging in the Mönchengladbach Club. The trophy showroom, how can they forget such a player?
"Thank you... Thank you..."
Facing the enthusiasm of the fans, Heinx waved to the stands with a smile on his face. No matter how numb he was, he enjoyed the feeling of tens of thousands of people shouting, which is a sense of achievement.
However, when the players of the two teams stood on the court, Heinx sat directly on the coach's seat like the other coach, looking at the court with an eye-catching look and waiting for the game to start.
As for the scene just now, he didn't care at all.
As a member of Schalke 04, he came here to lead the team to win, not to receive cheers from Menxing fans.
For this game, Heinx is determined to win. The current situation of Schalke 04 can't tolerate a little carelessness. If you want to advance to the top three in the league, you must win every game.
In such a situation, if you want to enter the top three, it depends on the face of the competitors. If you lose one game, I'm afraid that the team will not have to play the next game at all, because it is difficult to affect the league ranking.
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Don Jack ran into the court with his teammates.
When warming up, he sighed at the stadium once. This time it was an official game, and he sighed: "This stadium is really... It's simple enough..."
It's not a good evaluation.
In fact, everyone will not be satisfied with the stadium. The main reason is that the construction area of the Baoka Beizhi Stadium is very small, the west stands are almost empty, and the part with seats above the east stands even protruding from the top of the court, which looks very dangerous. And the surroundings of the stadium look very simple. Don Jack even thinks that the home of the Schalke 04 youth team is better than this stadium, at least those facilities are good.
"It is said that they will change the court this summer." Pearson said.
Borussia Mönchengladbach has always wanted to change the stadium, because the current Paulka Beji stadium is not only a simple problem, but also a small capacity, which can only accommodate 30,000 fans, and many facilities of the stadium do not meet the requirements of the Bundesliga.
The German Football Association has been urging Borussia Mönchengladbach to change the stadium, and even use the 'killer' to prevent them from participating in the Bundesliga. Unfortunately, Borussia Mönchengladbach is not a rich family and does not have much financial reserves. After a few years, it has saved a little money, all of which is used to build new ones. The stadium.
The new stadium is called the Polussia Park Stadium. Due to limited capital investment, it is definitely not as good as the Feltings Stadium in Schalke 04, but it must be much better than this stadium.
Although the stadium is not very good, the enthusiasm of the fans at the scene has covered up a lot. Listening to the fans shouting the name of Heinx, Don Jack did not feel admiring the coach. Anyway, this guy can win the welcome of so many fans here, which is also A great success.
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Europe's gambling industry is very developed, especially football betting, and there are many fans actively participating, including pure gamblers.
Before the game, various German gambling companies have set out odds for all aspects of gambling, such as the victory or defeat of the game, the starter, the final score, the attack of a certain player, how many minutes each star player can score, whether a substitute can play, etc. There are also a lot about Don Jack, compared with For example, whether Jack Don will start, because Jack Don has always been the main force, the odds of substitutes are scary, and whether Jack Don will score goals, how many can he score, and so on, these will be used as gambling projects by the betting company.
For both teams, due to the strength of Schalke 04 and the winning streak of the league, it seems to have a very strong momentum, and the odds of losing Schalke 04 are quite low. In this game, the odds of Schalke 04 losing are one to six, and the odds of a draw are one to five. It can be seen that the betting company's confidence in Schalke 04 is even worse than the odds of losing.
The odds of betting companies cannot always be correct, otherwise there will be no "unpopularity" in football, but in general, this kind of odds can still reflect some strength gaps between the two sides.
Since most gambling companies are not optimistic about Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Mönchengladbach's strength must be worse than Schalke 04. In fact, Borussia Mönchengladbach has been in a passive situation since the beginning of the game. Although it was on the road, Schalke 04 still suppressed the opponent's attack from the beginning, and had the momentum to score a goal directly.
This kind of attack is what Don Jack likes, because he is a pure offensive player.
Unfortunately, the game lasted for more than 30 minutes, and the score on the court was like a basin of cold water, which was directly poured on the Schalke 04 players, making them cold all over, cold to the depths of their hearts---
One to zero!
The home team was in front and the visiting team was behind. After 30 minutes of the game, Schalke 04, which had a strong offensive momentum, fell behind.
In the twenty-ninth minute, Borussia Mönchengladbach's striker, Eric van Lent, made a strong shot in a counterattack and scored the team first, while Schalke 04, who continued to attack, did not get a good chance, but fell behind in the away game.
"Rent! It's Lent again! This season, he scored the thirteenth goal for Menxing!!" Seeing his own goal, the commentator at the scene was obviously very excited.
It sounds like the number of thirteen is not much, but in fact, in Borussia Mönchengladbach, Eli Van Lent is the top scorer of the team. He has scored the most goals. More importantly, Lent was born in 1970 and is 34 years old this year. He is better than Ebert. Sander is older.
The efficiency of such an old player who can score 13 goals in a single season in the Bundesliga is really amazing!
Anyway, Schalke 04 fell behind, and everyone was a little disappointed. The players on the court looked at each other, and the stalls were a little unclear, so they were a little depressed.
"... They actually went first... God, it seems that we have no luck today..."
"Who is that guy? That's awesome!"
"Alcides is still too young. He shouldn't have stretched his feet in advance..."
Bitch. It's really unlucky!"
Everything is said. Anyway, everyone is not in a good mood. On the other hand, the Monchengladbach fans are cheering, and the players on the coach's bench and on the court are celebrating the goal.
This atmosphere did not return until the game started again.