On July 28, Hoffenheim played his last pre-season warm-up match at his home court. As a result, Hoffenheim lost to La Liga team Getafe 1:2.

After this game, Rangnick made the final adjustment to the team. The whole team was making the final sprint for the upcoming new Bundesliga season.

On August 5, the first round of the German Cup kicked off, and Hoffenheim defeated Bremen to Neulan 2:0 away, which is a team equivalent to the top league.

Ibisevic started in this game, and this was the first time he appeared on the official court after groin surgery.

Although he did not score in the game, he assisted Obasi to score the first goal. In the 76th minute, Wellington, who replaced Ibisekic, volleyed 20 meters away, and the football flew into the net against the left goal post, 2:0.

Because Van Nistrui is still recovering, Rangnick did not take the risk of letting the Dutch veteran appear. If nothing unexpected happens, Rangnick plans to let Van Nistrui play in the first round of the league.

Just as the league was about to start, the cleaning work went smoothly. There were many teams interested in Gustavo, and in the end Gustavo chose to join the Netherlands Twente team, with the transfer fee of 8 million euros. Last season, Hoffenheim bought him out, and a season passed and he made 7 million.

In addition, the players' numbers have also been confirmed.

Teber wore the No. 10 jersey last season. This season he left the team, and the No. 10 jersey has no owner. Logically speaking, the No. 10 jersey symbolizes the core and should be favored by many people. But now people are no longer superstitious about the so-called main numbers. Players only choose the ones they like, and do not care whether it is the main number. No one likes such as ten. At least in Hoffenheim, no one prefers No. 10.

Although Chu Zhongtian did something similar to the No. 10 player, he liked No. 8 because this number was the number he wore when he first played football at Wimbledon Athletics, and he had feelings for this number. Whenever possible, he wore No. 8, even in the Chinese national team, he wore this number jersey.

Sarrihovic is also a midfielder at the main level, but he likes No. 23. Eduardo was No. 33 last season. He chose No. 7 as his number in the new season. This number that means legendary in Real Madrid and Manchester United is not popular in Hoffenheim. No. 7 was used last season. After Demba Ba left, No. 9 was empty and handed over to Van Nistruey, who joined the new team.

Sana originally wanted to wear the No. 19 jersey, which he both was in Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille. However, the No. 19 belongs to Ibicevic in Hoffenheim. He wore No. 19 in Metz and had feelings for No. 19 and could not be given to Sana.

So Rangnick asked Sana if she wanted to wear No. 10. After thinking about it, Sana decided to wear No. 10 jersey. In this way, Hoffenheim's midfielder showed that the numbers of the midfielder organized the offense, but the numbers of the front midfielder played as defense.

Another number that does not match the position is No. 11. This number was worn by Kolarov, the new team's left-back. He wore No. 3 in Lazio, but in fact he always wanted to wear No. 11. Serbian legendary player Mikhailovic (sinisa_mihajlovic) wore No. 11 jerseys, whether in Lazio or Inter Milan. He is a central defender, who is good at free kicks like Kolarov.

Kolarov wore No. 11, obviously paying tribute to his idol.

※※※I have played the German Cup, and the next highlight will naturally be the Bundesliga.

Hoffenheim's league schedule was very exciting at the beginning of the first three rounds - all the strong teams were there, playing at home against Bayern Munich in the first round, challenging Leverkusen in the second round, and hosting Schalke at home 04 in the third round.

Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 are both opponents that Hoffenheim just defeated in the last two rounds of last season. These two teams must avenge their revenge.

So after the schedule was released, the media paid great attention to these two games.

"If Bayern Munich beat Hoffenheim away in the penultimate round last season, will Hoffenheim still win the league title?"

"If Schalke 04 can block Hoffenheim at his doorstep in the last round of last season, can Hoffenheim be so dazzling?"

"It's a pity that football has no if, but they can take revenge now. These two teams sacrificed themselves in the last two rounds of last season, which made Hoffenheim's team able to use the victory of the new season to wash away the shame they suffered last season..."

During the intervals between training, everyone also pays attention to the Bundesliga in the new season. What the media said is naturally the topic they discussed.

"Look at what these media said, it seems like we really have a deep hatred with the other party..." Eduardo was not very satisfied with the media's approach of exaggerating the hatred atmosphere between the two sides. He didn't want to be kicked and broken in a game where red and yellow cards were flying all over the sky.

"There is indeed hatred." Sarihovic shrugged, "We defeated Schalke, but Schalke can't participate in any European competition this season. As for Bayern...ha!"

Everyone laughed. The "hate" between Bayern Munich and Hoffenheim is actually more appropriate to compete. Of course, Bayern Munich will definitely not admit that it will compete with a country bumpkin team. Their competition goals are all in the whole of Europe. The Bundesliga is their back garden, and they do whatever they want.

However, Hoffenheim's rise will inevitably break this situation.

"Brothers, what do you think about the first round of our league playing against Bayern Munich?" Chu Zhongtian asked everyone.

Everyone looked at each other, and then Ibisevic understood Chu Zhongtian's intention. He said: "If possible, of course we will win them at our home court."

"Is it okay..." Someone asked weakly and was drowned out by more voices.

"Of course it's no problem!"

"We won them on this court last season, and now we are stronger, why can't we win?"

"In fact, it's not a question of whether we can win." Chu Zhongtian said, and everyone calmed down and listened to the captain. "I think we should develop a belief now--no matter how strong the opponent is, whether we can win or not, we must have the confidence to win. We are going to play in the Champions League team, and the opponents there are much better than what we encountered in the Bundesliga. Teams like Bayern Munich have a game in Europe, and it's more than just that."

"Chu is right!" Weiss shouted first.

"That's right!"

"That's it! We haven't won Bayern!"

"Let's beat them at home! A good start to defend the title!"

"Oh oh oh! Defending champion!" Everyone was very excited.

Van Nistrui watched his new teammates beside him so excited. He did not clench his fists and shouted with them. He played in Eindhoven, Manchester United and Real Madrid one after another. These three teams are all giants in their respective leagues. He never seemed to consider this situation - when we meet too strong opponents, we will be timid. After coming to Hoffenheim, we have seen a new world.

The players here are all very young and have never seen any big world. Before he came, Chu Zhongtian was the most experienced player in Hoffenheim, and he was only twenty-five years old.

It's really a young team... But there is one advantage of such a young team, that is, it's full of vitality and fighting spirit, which makes him, a player who is close to the end of his career, feels more fighting spirit after staying here for a long time.

The players who responded enthusiastically to Chu Zhongtian were basically the old players from Hoffenheim. The newly joined players were just watching. Seeing these young people who were excited before the game started, each had their own ideas.

Sana was also among the crowd watching. He felt that Chu Zhongtian's approach was only suitable for small teams like Hoffenheim. The people here were quite simple... When he returned to Hoffenheim for training, he found that there was a bullpen next to the training ground, and he was surprised - this environment was like the training ground of the German top league team? But soon he discovered that although Hoffenheim's training ground was a neighbor with the bullpen, all kinds of hardware facilities were first-class, and there was no need to be a Marseille bad at all.

Kolarov also had a deep understanding of this. When he first arrived in Hoffenheim and was interviewed by the media, he excitedly claimed that the training facilities here were much better than those of Lazio... As a result, Lazio fans were very angry and called Kolarov an ungrateful villain. But they actually didn't have a position to scold him like this, because Lazio also had some regrets - an annual salary of 200,000 euros per season, and it was still pre-tax, and it was indeed too few... All the players who joined Hoffenheim this season were quickly shocked by Hoffenheim's major, and everything here was different from what they thought. Many people thought that this small team's facilities must be very good. Only after they came did they know that the facilities here were all the top Bundesliga, and even compared with those giant clubs, it was not inferior.

※※※As the opening match of the German Football League 2009-2010 season, the defending champion Hoffenheim will be broadcast live to more than 140 countries at home. In the official Bundesliga promotional video of the new season, Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich are also the two teams with the highest appearance rate. In addition, the Bundesliga committee also made a trailer video for this game. The video compiled the two teams' two matches last season to let everyone understand the grievances of these two teams.

Chu Zhongtian is the best player in these two games, and he naturally became the protagonist in the video.

First, he tied Bayern Munich's long shot at Allianz Stadium, followed by his double score against Bayern Munich at home, and coupled with the passion of live commentary, it looks really touching. This video is also widely circulated on the Internet in China. Before the Bundesliga began, everyone can only watch this trailer video to satisfy their cravings.

"...Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh-Chu's long shot shot through Bayern Munich's defense like a cannon! Under Van Bomel's close interference, he still shot a world-class long shot! Hoffenheim equalized the score! In the 84th minute, they equalized the score!"

"goooooooal! 2:1! Five minutes after being equalized, Hoffenheim took the lead again! The person who scored the goal was... Chu! It was Chu! Beautiful header!"

"Van Bomel's foul did not stop Chu, he staggered, but did not fall... Demikelis also failed! He faced Lucio and... shot? He shot! The ball... the ball went in!! 3:2! In the 88th minute of the game, Hoffenheim led for the third time!!"

At the end of the video, the focus of Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich were the two encounters. Hoffenheim was of course their captain Chu Zhongtian, while Bayern Munich was Ribery.

But Ribery is destined to be unable to participate in the first game of the new season. The latest news says that he is injured and missed Bayern Munich's training class, so the game will definitely not be able to go. Bayern Munich's new head coach Van Gaal also confirmed this in an interview with reporters. He said: "Yes, Frank is going to rest, he can't go to the first round of the league."

A reporter asked him whether the lack of Ribery would affect the team's performance in the away challenge to Hoffenheim.

Van Gaal showed his unique arrogance: "No. No, we are a whole, Bayern Munich is strong. Hoffenheim was the champion of last season, and we respect them. But without one Ribery, it won't make us unable to defeat Hoffenheim."

He also talked about why Bayern Munich did not win the league championship last season: "Bayern Munich performed a bit abnormal last season. But I am still satisfied with the team being able to finally qualify for the Champions League..."

The implication is that as long as Bayern Munich performs normally, the league champion will not run away. Although he did not directly point his finger at Hoffenheim, as long as he is not a fool or a deaf person, he should know what that means. Van Gaal, the head coach who has always been arrogant and stubborn, looks down on Hoffenheim.

Perhaps it is because the media has been using Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich to compare it all over the world recently, which makes him feel bored. I hope this way can make everyone calm down.

Rangnick also responded to Van Gaal's remarks: "We also hope that Bayern Munich's performance this season will be more normal, and Hoffenheim is never afraid of competition."

Hoffenheim's captain Chu Zhongtian said: "Football is not something you can win by your mouth. Let's watch it when the game is played."

※※ On the evening of August 7, the 2009-2010 German Football League officially kicked off. There was a simple unveiling ceremony at the Rhine-Neka Stadium.

This game made the Rhine-Neka Stadium, which can accommodate 30,000 people, full again.

In fact, since the stadium was built, it has never been full. Hoffenheim has won the favor of many fans with their aggressive football and beautiful offensive style, so there are always so many people at home, and everyone is like watching Hoffenheim play beautiful football.

In the stands of the Rhine-Neca Stadium, there is a huge Hoffenheim team logo moving, and on the other side there are flags waving, all of which are blue and white. The entire stadium has almost become a sea of ​​blue and white, and Bayern Munich fans can only crouch in a corner.

Hoffenheim fans who won the Bundesliga championship are more confident than last season. Facing Bayern fans, they can also show the momentum of "defending champion fans".

Fritz Abel was watching live TV at home, and a knock sounded outside the door. He ran over and opened the door, and was surprised to find it was Daniel.

Daniel saw Abel's experience expression and felt a little embarrassed: "Uh... are you watching the football?" He heard the sound of the TV from the living room.

"Ah, yes..."

The two have met several times since the end of last season. Daniel kept his promise and did not continue to enjoy bullying him - he basically ignored Abel. He didn't care about others bullying Abel. However, Abel didn't care about him. Hoffenheim won the championship and they won the first Bundesliga championship in club history, while Abel reaped confidence and courage.

"Yeah, yes, that's it..."

Daniel stuttered a little, while Abel looked at the fat man who showed a confident expression in front of him for the first time.

"My TV is broken...I know you will definitely watch the first game of the league. What I want to say is...yes, uh, can I let me in and watch it too? I promise I won't make anyone disturb."

After Daniel said that, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Abel. For him, he had never been to beg for Abel so humble. But the situation was so urgent that he had to do this in order to see Bayern's first game in the new season. Besides, who made him not very popular on this street? His former partners, since he showed weakness to Abel, have ignored him and regarded him as the boss. Now that he has thought about it, perhaps the only one who can help him is left, Abel, the person he has bullied countless times.

It is impossible to say that he likes Daniel. It would be nice if he doesn't bully himself, but he still wants to like him? Abel would never be very happy that someone will watch the game with him, especially people like Daniel. But when he thinks about who made Daniel unable to watch the football live, he can only watch Bayern games in front of the TV? Isn't it me?

So he took a step aside: "Please come in."

"Ah...thank you." Daniel breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you little...uh, thank you Abel."

He hurriedly got in, looked towards the TV, and happened to see the players on both sides appear.

You can also vaguely hear the singing of Hoffenheim fans. He is very familiar with the singing. He has heard it at the Allianz Stadium. It is also because of this song that he fought with someone, and he became a football hooligan recorded by the police and was banned from watching the game at any stadium.

Sometimes he felt that he was very unfair. It was not himself who caused the trouble, but the extreme fans of Bayern Munich, and the fuse was Abel, a short man sitting next to him focused on watching the TV screen. But who is the culprit? It is Hoffenheim!

If it weren't for Hoffenheim, his life would have to be another situation. He was still the one Daniel Adler who was in the neighborhood in front of the boss. No matter whether he was in a good mood or bad mood, he would use Abel to make fun of him. On every home game day, he could still follow his buddies to watch the game at the Allianz Stadium and vent for ninety minutes unscrupulously.

Now, he can only watch the game with him at the family he once looked down upon the most.

Life, you are so fucked...

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!