Episode [089]: This Lineup Is Still a Bit Thin

The day before the game, Hamburg coach Thomas Doll also accepted interviews with media reporters.

Thomas Dole said: "This game is very important to me. This is also the first UEFA Champions League that I participated in as a coach. This is a new beginning for me. This new beginning is off to a good start!"

Yes, this is also the first time Thomas Dole has participated in the UEFA Champions League as a coach.

Thomas Doll used to be a well-known player in Germany and a former German international. After retiring, he chose to become the head coach. Today he is only 41 years old, and he can be called a young and promising young coach.

However, compared with Zhong Cheng, this young handsome is too old.

Zhong Cheng is only in his twenties now, and even many professional players have just emerged in their clubs at his age, and Zhong Cheng is the double champion coach of the Premier League and UEFA Cup after all, this guy is a monster.

Thomas Dole is naturally impossible to compare with Zhong Cheng. However, compared with other football coaches, he is really a young coach, and he led the Hamburg team to the UEFA Champions League as soon as he debuted. This is also a young and promising young coach.

Thomas Dole also said: "Leeds United is a very magical team. To be honest, I still think their results last season are a myth. They are very good, especially their main team. Coach Loya, he is too young, so young that we can't believe it!"

Thomas Dole really couldn't figure it out, how could Zhong Cheng, a young man, be so powerful?

Thomas Dole said: "Although Leeds United is amazing and they are also very good. But our Hamburg team is not bad. This is our Hamburg team's territory. I think we can beat them, for sure!"

Thomas Dole is very confident, as can be seen from his expression.

Thomas Doll also said: "Really? We did not introduce any big-name players this season, but the strength of our Hamburg team has not declined because of this. Yes, Rafael is very strong. He can be regarded as a He is a phenomenal player, and we didn't intend to let him go at the time, but he has decided to go, there is no way!"

Thinking of Van der Vaart leaving, Thomas Doll's heart ached a little.

This is the only talented player that their Hamburg team can produce, and it is the thigh of their Hamburg team. Just go now, this has a great impact on the Hamburg team.

However, Thomas Doll said: "Now that we have adjusted the Hamburg team, we have minimized the impact of Raphael's departure. Now the Hamburg team is a team that pays more attention to the overall team. We are confident. Beat Leeds United, absolutely!"

The fans of the Hamburg team were naturally very excited when they heard Thomas Doll's words, and at the same time they were full of confidence in this game. Hmph, what a fucking lunatic Loya, you are a lunatic, how can you fight our mighty Leeds United?

The fans of the Hamburg team are full of confidence in this game.

The next day came soon, and countless Hamburg fans flocked to their home stadium, the People's Park Stadium. They came to support their home team today and brutally abused Leeds United. They just wanted to see the lunatic Luo Ya in pain, and they came to demonstrate to Zhong Cheng.

The fans of the Hamburg team quickly filled the seats of the Volkspark Stadium, and it looked as if the fans of the Hamburg team completely occupied the stadium.

Yes, there are actually not many Leeds United fans who came to the away game today.

There seemed to be only a few hundred Leeds United fans who came to the away game, but this is still quite a lot for the expeditionary force. Sometimes, when going abroad to play away games, many teams only have dozens of fans to accompany the team.

Although this game has a very special meaning for this Leeds United team, it is true that not many fans came to the away game today.

However, the players of Leeds United are still full of energy at this time.

The players of Leeds United know what this game means to them, so they come with only one goal in mind, and that is to win!

━━━Separation line━━━

September 14, 2006, Hamburg, Germany, Volkspark Stadium.

Zhong Cheng has already walked out of the locker room. He is now standing in front of the coach's bench, staring at the players on the field. Now the players of both sides are performing the ceremony of playing the national anthem before the game. The scene is solemn and sacred.

At this time, Zhong Cheng had already seen the starting list of the Hamburg team, because the players were all on the field.

The starting rosters of both sides today are as follows:

Home team: Hamburg, head coach: Thomas Doll, formation: 4-4-2

Goalkeeper: Kirchstein

Back four [from left to right]: Volker Schmidt, Atuba, Reinhardt and Khalidi Boulahrouz

The midfield four [from left to right]: Madavikia, Rafael Vicki, Markus Karl and Borowski

Double striker: Guerrero and Lauter

This is the Hamburg team's starting lineup today. Their main goalkeeper Wecht did not appear in the squad today due to injury. He was replaced by the team's second goalkeeper Kirschstadt, who is two years younger than him. Because, this guy is very tall, but his reaction is not slow. The only thing he lacks is the speed of movement, so he is a bit slow to attack, and he is a goalkeeper.

Then the Iranian player Madavikia, who has been playing left back for the team, appeared in the left halfback position today. Although he has been playing left back in the team before, he played left avant-garde in the Iranian national team, and Madavikia's passing is very good, especially the cross.

Because this guy's passing is good and his face is more handsome, he is called "Asian Beckham" by Asian fans and Bundesliga fans. This guy is also a main player in the Hamburg team, and his assists are also the Hamburg team. One of the means.

Today, Madavikia is now playing as a left midfielder. I don't know how he is doing?

Visiting team: Leeds United, head coach: Zhong Cheng, formation: 4-1-3-2

Goalkeeper: Zhong Zheng

Back four [left to right]: Gareth Bale, Vermaelen, Kompany and Sagna

Single midfielder: Mascherano

Three forwards [left to right]: Franck Ribery, Luka Modric and Joaquin

Forwards: Luca Toni and Darren Bent

This is Leeds United's starting list today. The goalkeeper Zhong Zheng appeared in the starting list. His injury is finally healed. Simon Mignolet is sitting on the bench, waiting for the opportunity.

In the position of guard, the teenager Gareth Bale appeared in the starting list today. Evra was slightly injured when he went to the national team, and he hasn't fully recovered yet. Zhong Cheng didn't put Evra in the squad at all today.

There is no change in the position of the midfielder, this is the full main lineup.

On the forward line, England's native Darren Bent was the starter, while Zhong Cheng's loaned Carlos Tevez was sitting on the bench, accompanied by his brother Edinson Cava Ni.

The pressure on these two people is very high now, and each of them is being questioned crazily. Especially Tevez, this guy was almost overwhelmed by doubts.

However, Zhong Cheng has always supported him, which moved him very much.

Now Tevez is trying to integrate into the team and into the local England. Fortunately, he has a friend like Mascherano by his side. Otherwise, Tevez must have clamored to leave Leeds United early and return Argentina went.

Looking at the starting lists of both sides, Zhong Cheng felt that Leeds United had a great chance.

The Hamburg team's defense in the middle is a bit weak. Although Rafael Vicky plays as a midfielder, he is not strong and his speed is relatively fast. He is a Swiss international, and in the national team, he also serves as the midfielder on the left of the three midfielders. His talent in offense is obviously better than in defense.

And Marcus Karl is strong and strong, with a height of 187cm, he is a typical defensive midfielder. But this guy is young at 20 years old and not very experienced. Not all young players are as talented as these young players from Leeds United. This little guy will definitely become a breakthrough for Leeds United to pierce Hamburg today.

Moreover, the two central defenders of the Hamburg team are very tall, one is 191cm tall, the other is 194cm tall, one is 24 years old, and the other is 30 years old. Capabilities are limited.

Therefore, this Hamburg team seems to be a tight fit, but in fact there are still some problems.

Perhaps today Thomas Dole was too afraid of the center of the Italian national team, Luca Toni, so he sent two very tall central defenders to defend Luca Toni.

Seeing this, Zhong Cheng was slightly amused, Darren Bent had a chance in this match.

Darren Bent is very fast and very flexible, which is definitely a nightmare for these two tall central defenders. However, perhaps Thomas Dole will explain that the full-backs should lean in the middle to limit Darren Bent in the middle.

In this way, they may have to give up the defense on the side and let you take the ball from the side of Leeds United, because they have a high point of defense in the middle, and their air defense ability is very strong. On the contrary, they are afraid that you will walk on the ground, so they will definitely set up a trick for Leeds United, give up the wing and let you pass.

However, Zhong Cheng doesn't have to worry about these things, Joaquin is behind the pass. On the other side, Franck Ribery and Gareth Bale's breakthrough ability are very powerful, and their game style is more of an inside cut, rather than a cross. If the Hamburg team gives up this side, then The Hamburg team is undoubtedly courting death!

Therefore, when he saw the starting roster of the Hamburg team, Zhong Cheng felt that the game should be stable.

At this time, the fans on both sides of the scene were shouting loudly, waiting for the start of the game. However, the shouts of the Leeds United fans were all suppressed by the voices of the Hamburg fans. Today, the Hamburg fans almost filled the stadium that can accommodate more than 50,000 people.

Sure enough, the attendance rate of the Bundesliga fans is guaranteed, and today is still a working day, so many people came to the scene, the German football market is really ideal.

And at this moment, the referee from Italy blew the whistle to start the game: beep!

The home team Hamburg kicked off first. They were not in a hurry to attack. Instead, they were trying to pass and control. They were going to touch the bottom of Leeds United first, and then attacked frantically.