On September 13, all international competitions came to an end, and the major leagues resumed war.
Early that morning, the Wolfsburg team set off to Sinsheim, a city more than 300 kilometers away, between Mannheim and Heidelberg, to challenge the most special team in the Bundesliga away from home.
Hoffenheim!
This is the most special team in Europe. The entire village of Hoffenheim, where it is based, has a population of only 3,000.
However, this is how the team started its miraculous journey after receiving the capital injection from Dietmar Hopp, the richest man in Huo Village.
Hoffenheim miraculously jumped three levels in three years and successfully entered the Bundesliga in the 2008-2009 season, showing the world his dark horse status.
The 2008-09 season was also Hoffenheim's first Bundesliga season. They continued their crazy state of jumping to the third level for three years.
With the strong performance of the trident of Ibisevic, Demba Ba, and Obasi at that time, Hoffenheim swept the Bundesliga standings.
With 35 points in 17 games, it became the second team in the history of the Bundesliga to win the Bundesliga half-time championship as a newly promoted team.
It's a pity that in the end, it was defeated by lack of foundation.
In the second half of the season after the winter break, a wave of injuries broke out in the Hoffenheim team.
Even Ibisevic, the top scorer in the first half of the season, was ruled out for the second half of the season due to a torn cruciate ligament.
Hoffenheim's miracle also stopped here, and had no choice but to swallow the bitter pill of 12 consecutive games without a win.
The season ended in seventh place in the Bundesliga, and since then Hoffenham has gradually drifted towards mediocrity.
In recent years, Hoffenheim has been wandering in the middle and lower reaches of the Bundesliga.
But Hoffenheim started very well this season, achieving one win and one draw, and is one of the few Bundesliga teams to remain undefeated in two rounds.
In this game, Chu Zheng is still on the substitute list as Knoch and Nardo's substitute.
But Chu Zheng is in a good mood!
Because Dieter Heijing had a deep conversation with him a few days ago.
Dieter Heijing promised Chu Zheng that he would gradually increase his appearances and have opportunities to start.
Of course, the premise is that he can continue to maintain his current excellent state.
From this conversation, Chu Zheng could tell that he was not far away from being completely recognized by Dieter Heijing.
Keep working hard and your starting position will be just around the corner.
At 14:30 pm Berlin time, the game officially started at the Rhein-Neckar Arena in Sinsheim.
After this game, although Wolfsburg had a Europa League group stage match to play on September 18, and their opponent was Everton, a veteran Premier League team, Dieter Heijing still sent out all the main players in an effort to win.
Chu Zheng feels that Dieter Heijing’s non-rotation may be related to the club’s season goals.
Perhaps Wolfsburg's top management is more concerned about Bundesliga results.
After all, Bayern, which has been winless for two consecutive rounds, is at a trough, and this is the best opportunity to open up the score and establish an advantage.
If they can break Bayern's monopoly and win the Bundesliga title, Wolfsburg will gain great benefits in terms of business and popularity.
But it’s not!
Chu Zheng didn't know that the reason why Wolfsburg's top management raised large sums of money to continuously recruit players this season was because they wanted to make a difference in both the Bundesliga and the European War.
It's best to do a two-pronged approach to win the double crown.
Before the game, the media was unanimously optimistic about Wolfsburg.
However, after the game started, Hoffenheim entered the state obviously faster than Wolfsburg.
Within ten minutes of the start of the game, Hoffenheim continued to threaten Wolfsburg's goal with through balls.
This put a lot of pressure on Wolfsburg's first goalkeeper Benaglio, who had just returned from injury to start the team.
In the 18th minute of the game, under the continuous pressure created by Hoffenheim, Wolfsburg's defense finally made a fatal mistake.
Hoffenheim midfielder Polanski retreated from the center to connect with center back Süle to break Wolfsburg's pressure on the back line.
After getting the ball, he quickly advanced with the ball, and then suddenly sent a diagonal pass, directly skipping the Wolfsburg midfielder and finding right winger Modeste on the right side.
Knoch and Rodriguez took up positions behind Modeste, one on the left and the other on the right.
Originally, the two of them could join forces to block Modeste.
As a result, Knoch didn't know what kind of considerations he had, but he suddenly went straight to grab him without saying hello.
As a result, he fell into a trap and fell into Hoffenheim's offensive trap.
Facing the incoming ball, Modeste did not stop.
He raised his right foot and rubbed the bottom of the ball with his toe. The ball immediately changed its line and bounced past Knoch's butt.
At the same time, Firmino in the middle quickly crossed into the gap behind Knoch and received the ball in front of the top of the arc.
Fortunately, Nardo was experienced and came over in time, and Rodriguez, who rushed to cover on the back foot, flanked Firmino in time, forcing the Brazilian to take a shot from the top of the arc.
Even so, Firmino's shot is still extremely threatening.
Faced with Firmino's powerful and heavy half-high ball shot, Benaglio reacted very quickly.
He quickly pressed out, compressed the angle of Firmino's shot, dived sideways in time, and blocked the ball.
Seeing Knoch's aggressive performance this time, Dieter Heijing was very dissatisfied. He waved his hand and returned to the coaching bench to sit down.
However, at this moment, Dieter Heijing heard the referee's whistle to interrupt the game.
He looked back and found Knoch sitting on the lawn and not getting up.
At this moment, Dieter Heijing's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly sent the team doctor up, while waving to Chu Zheng to warm up quickly.
Chu Zheng also looked very surprised and immediately got up and went to the sidelines to warm up.
"Trouble, Kenoch must have strained his groin!"
"Modeste's play was so sudden that he found himself rushing in and turned around in a hurry."
"The groin is very weak and often needs to bear huge pressure, so it is very easy to be strained!"
In the live broadcast room of a domestic sports channel, Xu Yang and Liu Jianhong are today's commentary partners.
At this moment, Chu Zheng, who was warming up, appeared on the live broadcast camera.
"Oh! It looks like Chu Zheng is about to get involved!" Liu Jianhong's face lit up.
"Maybe many viewers in front of the TV don't know much about this player, Chu Zheng..."
"He is the flying monkey that has been making a lot of noise on the domestic Internet recently!" At the end of his words, Xu Yang joked to Chu Zheng.
Chu Zheng's first game against Bayern did not attract much attention in China.
But after the second game against Frankfurt, his continuous outstanding performance attracted the attention of some domestic media and gained some exposure.
Chu Zheng's detailed personal information is now available in the ferry encyclopedia, and some fans have established an exclusive post for Chu Zheng.
It's just that the name is a bit spicy.
‘The Flying Monkey’ and ‘Old Dog’ are all names that are not very serious.
"Chu, you win!"
Chu Zheng was standing next to the fourth official, waiting for Kenoch, but he didn't expect this guy to come over and took the initiative to give him a hug, and then said these words in his ear.
At this moment, Chu Zheng heard the disappointment in Kenoch's words, and it also made him feel the cruelty of professional football for the first time.
Knoch obviously knew what would happen with his injury.
"No, Robin, it wasn't me who won, it was your confusion!" Chu Zheng suddenly said something pointedly.
Kenoch was stunned when he heard this, then patted Chu Zheng on the shoulder and left.
Chu Zheng looked back at Kenoch's back and grinned.
After spending so many years abroad, Chu Zheng knew very well that there were not as many twists and turns among players as the media had publicized.
Many conflicts that appear to the outside world can actually be resolved directly between players, and there is not so much intrigue.
Of course, like his friends De Bruyne and Courtois, they are mortal enemies!
No solution!
There is no room for relaxation!
"Chu Zheng's opportunity has come!"
"As long as he continues to perform well while Kenoch is recovering from injury, he will definitely be able to secure his position as the main force!"
"..."
Fans' barrage in the live broadcast room also became excited with Chu Zheng's appearance.
Soon, the game continued.
After Chu Zheng came on the field, he quickly had a chance to perform.
In the 22nd minute of the game, Hoffenheim received a left corner kick.
Hoffenheim midfielder Rudy sent the ball to the front post.
Firmino stepped in from behind, dive-bombed just outside the near post, and accurately hit the ball, leaving Rodriguez, who followed him all the way, helpless.
In front of the goal, there was something wrong with Benaglio's position selection. He failed to completely block the near corner.
Seeing that the ball was about to go into the goal post, Chu Zheng raised his foot and hit the goal post angrily, and accurately blocked Firmino's shot with the outside of his right foot.
Seeing that such a goal was not scored, the Rhine Neckar Arena echoed with overwhelming exclamations.
