After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 234 The Imminent Hamburg Derby

This round of the Bundesliga did not have any upsets, and the major teams won one after another.

Dortmund beat Nuremberg, Leverkusen beat Mainz.

The most eye-catching game was Schalke 04's home game against Bayern Munich, but they were kicked 0:4!

In fact, Schalke 04 played well in this game, but suddenly collapsed after withstood Bayern Munich's 75-minute attack.

Ribéry broke the deadlock with a goal in the 76th minute, and then Schweinsteiger, Mandzukic and Pizarro, who came off the bench, each scored a goal, which directly silenced the home fans.

So after the sixth round, there is no change in the upper reaches of the standings. The three teams of Hamburg, Dortmund and Bayern Munich are still in the top three with 16 points, while Leverkusen is ranked fourth with 15 points.

After the start of the game, Schalke 04, who had encountered strong opponents and was rounded by Hamburg and Bayern, fell directly to the 14th place in the standings.

However, Schalke 04's next opponent is not so strong.

In the second round of the German Cup, they will challenge Darmstadt, which is ranked seventh in the third division, away. It should be a good opportunity to adjust their mentality and morale.

Of course, the Bundesliga players will also join the German Cup on September 9th and 25th.

Dortmund also played away against Munich 1860, which is now in the Bundesliga [-], and Leverkusen played against Bielefeld, which is also a Bundesliga team.

There are two Bundesliga "fighting in the same room" games, namely Freiburg vs. Stuttgart, and Bayern Munich vs. Hannover 96.

But these two games are not the most watched games of this round of the German Cup.

The most eye-catching thing is a duel between the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga teams!

That is St. Pauli's game against Hamburg at home.

Because this is one of the most intense and distinctive derbies in Germany!

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As the iconic team of German football, the Hamburg team is also a club with a long history and a household name in Germany.

So in Hamburg, the second largest city in Germany, the Hamburg team has always taken it for granted that they are the masters of the city.

But for more than 100 years, there has been another team that doesn't think so, and that is St. Pauli.

Unlike the fans of Hamburg who are more "orthodox", St. Pauli is much more "rebellious".

The St. Pauli district itself is on the side of the Hamburg port. It is a working-class community. At the same time, it is also the seat of Hamburg's red light district and a distribution center for Hamburg's politically left-leaning citizens.

Yes, the Rope Street where Pan Yi went to sign the FM endorsement contract is here, which also proves the liberal style of St. Pauli fans.

Liberalism sparked a new wave of fan activism in the emerging punk rock scene, and since then St. Pauli has even adopted motifs like the skull and crossbones as symbols of defiance.

Moreover, this pattern has become mainstream among St. Pauli fans and can be seen everywhere in the game stands, including flags, slogans and even tattoos.

The pursuit of freedom, unrestrained, too idealistic, these ideological tendencies have a fundamental conflict with the traditional Hamburg fans.

This kind of conflict continues on the court, which is the tense and hot atmosphere of the Hamburg Derby.

This atmosphere has decreased in the past two years, but it is not because the conflict between them has eased.

But because St. Pauli was relegated from the Bundesliga in the 2010-2011 season!
Hamburg has maintained their glorious record of never being relegated in the Bundesliga, so the two have not met for more than two years.

In the second round of the German Cup this year, fate put them together again.

These two true rivals in the same city are about to confront each other head-on!

Such a derby, of course, will attract a lot of attention, making it the most discussed game in the second round of the German Cup.

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As the German Cup match date approaches, the city of Hamburg is full of tension.

Many fans wandered the streets wearing the jerseys of their respective teams. If they saw fans from the opposing team, it would be fine to glare at them.

The Hamburg Police Department had to step up its security forces.

From two days before the game, you can see police cars patrolling 24 hours a day, and the security forces on all streets have been significantly strengthened.

At the same time, the Hamburg team also felt the dignified atmosphere.

When some fans came to watch Hamburg training, they put up a slogan:

"Help us beat St. Pauli!"

"Death to those whores on the Reeperbahnhof!"

"Pan Yi, please win this derby!"

In fact, for Pan Yi, it is really difficult for him to be substituting into this kind of hatred with conflicting class and consciousness like the locals.

But he understands that no matter where in the world it is, as long as it has the name of "Derby", then this game must be extremely important.

Not to mention the more famous derbys such as the Milan Derby, Madrid Derby, Manchester Derby, and North London Derby, the Belgrade Derby he watched in Serbia was enough to make him shudder.

The same must be true of this Hamburger derby.

And the derby is always difficult, it has nothing to do with the strength of the two teams.

Just like when the thriving Liverpool met Everton, who was fighting for relegation, this Merseyside derby will be inextricably fought.

In the year when St. Pauli was relegated to the last place in the Bundesliga, they met Hamburg, who was finally ranked 8th in the league, and they also had a record of one win and one draw, which made the St. Pauli proud.

Therefore, at the mobilization meeting before the game, Pan Yi asked Hamburg locals Lin Zhijian and Jonathan Ta to tell the derby stories they knew, including those old players who had played for Hamburg for many years and participated in the Hamburg derby. Terman and others came to do everyone's mobilization work.

He wants everyone to know that although this is just a German Cup match, even for the fans and to defeat the deadly rivals in the same city, he has to fight for breath and must fight with all his might!
Captain Westermann also reminded the players in a timely manner that they must pay attention to the upcoming game: "We have not had a Hamburg Derby for two years, and every fan will look forward to it. Some of you may not understand that kind of plot, but for us Say, beating St. Pauli may be more important than beating Bayern!"

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On the other hand, St. Pauli is also actively preparing for the battle.

The significance of the German Cup to St. Fort is actually not too great.

As a Bundesliga team, their bigger goal is to perform well in the league and strive to return to the Bundesliga as soon as possible.

In the German Cup, basically you can kick as far as you can, and it doesn't matter if you get eliminated.

But now the opponent in the DFB-Pokal is Hamburg, and this game is immediately given special significance.

St. Pauli coach Roland Vallabek is very aware of the significance of the Hamburg Derby because he played for St. Pauli in his player days.

Winning the Hamburg Derby can gather the support of the fans, even if the team's performance is worse, it is acceptable.

On the contrary, the team's performance is better, but losing the Hamburg Derby will still make the fans dissatisfied.

The fans are the support of the club.

Satisfying the fans is very important to the club.

Therefore, even if there is no conflict between St. Pauli and Hamburg in private, when it comes to the actual game field, they must fight like life and death enemies.

What's more, now that the Bundesliga has played eight rounds, St. Pauli is only in the middle of the standings. For a team that aims to return to the Bundesliga, the results are really not good.

St. Pauli fans have already had some complaints and distrust of the head coach, and some people even started to call out the voice of letting Vallabek get out of get out of class.

So Varabek also wants to use the victory of this game to win back the support of some fans for himself.

No, if he can win this game, the handsome position will definitely be as stable as Mount Tai!

After all, the current burger is not the original burger.Now Hamburg is a strong team!

This is a Hamburg team led by Pan Yi, unbeaten and ranked first in the Bundesliga!
Being able to win the Derby and win the first place in the Bundesliga, this is definitely a major victory that can be recorded in history for St. Pauli, who is ranked ninth in the Bundesliga!

Of course, it is not necessary to win. If you can draw with such a powerful opponent, and then eliminate the opponent through a penalty shootout, it will be enough to satisfy the St. Pauli fans.

So although it seemed difficult, Vallabek still made thorough preparations for this game.

In addition to on the field, there is also off the field.

He understands that as the head coach of St. Pauli, he must show his contempt and disdain for his rivals in the same city to the outside world.

This attitude is very important.

As long as he can show his distaste for Hamburg and lead the team to beat Hamburg, he will be able to gain huge support from the St. Pauli fans.

This is how it should be between enemies!
So, the day before the game, Vallabek was unrestrained in an interview with reporters:
"Hamburg team? What team is this? We have a second professional team in Hamburg besides St. Pauli? Oh, actually there are. There are two professional teams in Hamburg, one is St. Pauli and the other It's the St. Pauli youth team!"

Of course, the reporters interviewed knew that this was a routine battle of words before the Hamburg Derby, and they were also happy to see such attitudes from the coaches of both sides.

So the reporter "kindly" reminded Varabek that Hamburg is currently the number one team in the Bundesliga this season.

It was only then that Varabek "suddenly realized", and said in a very perfunctory manner, "Really? I really didn't expect the level of the Bundesliga to be so bad now. To be honest, I didn't pay attention to Hamburg at all. My attention was only on Upcoming Bundesliga rivals Ingolstadt."

Then the reporter mentioned Pan Yi, the head coach of Hamburg, saying that he is the most popular coach recently.

Varabek also made a simple comment: "I don't know him. I only know that he is from the Dragon Kingdom, and as we all know, the Dragon Kingdom people don't know how to play football, so naturally they can't teach any decent football. But One can imagine how bad the Hamburg team will become under his leadership..."

All in all, Vallabek's speech in the interview was to press the burger on the ground and step on it.

This made Hamburg supporters very angry.

Pan Yi, on the other hand, only responded with a very simple sentence: "A sage surnamed Lu in our Long Kingdom said that a gentleman does not speak with his hands. It means that it is useless to talk about it. Let the horse come!"

Comparing the two sides, it seems that Hamburg lost a bit to St. Pauli in this war of words.

This also makes the St. Pauli fans very happy, and Vallabek is also very happy.

However, what he didn't know was that he had already annoyed an opponent who shouldn't have been provoked...

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Miller Gate Stadium.

Every corner of the stands around St. Pauli's home stadium has been filled with fans.

Among the more than 2 fans in the audience, most of them are fans of the home team St. Pauli. However, because it is a derby match in the same city, there are also many fans of the visiting team Hamburg. At a glance, there should be 5000 people.

From the beginning of the warm-up of the players on both sides, St. Pauli fans have never stopped shouting and singing.

On the one hand, this is to cheer for our own players, and on the other hand, it is to deter the players and fans of the visiting team.

This is a kind of announcement, telling the sworn enemy that this is St. Pauli!
No matter how strong Hamburg becomes today, St. Pauli will never be afraid of you!

St. Pauli fans look forward to the team's ability to beat Hamburg, but in all fairness, most fans are not optimistic about St. Pauli's victory.

After all, the current Hamburg can already beat Bayern, can beat AC Milan, and can rank first in the Bundesliga.

And St. Pauli is just a Bundesliga team.

The St. Pauli fans were very happy to hear what the head coach Vallabek said before the game, but their reason also told them that winning is difficult.

They just want the team to play momentum.

Even if you can't win, let the damn Burger know how awesome it is!

This is the mentality of St Pauli fans right now.

Hamburg fans, on the other hand, think a little differently.

They feel that St. Pauli is not at the same level as Hamburg right now, and the other party dares to provoke them, so they must give them some color today!

This is the greatest expectation for Pan Yi and his team. There is nothing more satisfying than beating an opponent at the home court of a rival in the same city.

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The Hamburg players were warming up, but their eyes flicked to the stands from time to time.

In the stands close to the player tunnel, there are a group of very eye-catching fans.

Most of them wore St. Pauli's brown and white home jerseys, but basically no shorts or trousers.

Some are jeans, some are short skirts, and the length is only about ten centimeters at most.

Some simply wear a small underwear directly, and the surface is only covered by a large jersey.

And even with the jerseys, it is difficult to cover their majestic peaks, and there is a tendency of mountain torrents under their passionate jumping.

Obviously, these are women working on the ropeway and at the same time supporters of St. Pauli.

Therefore, whether it is the fans in the nearby stands or the players who are warming up under the stage, including the staff, the security guards maintaining law and order, and the police, it is difficult to move their eyes away from the long-legged scenery.

"I said, are these St. Pauli fans?" Van Dijk, who was doing leg presses, asked.

Beside him is Hamburg captain Westermann.The two of them are today's starting double central defenders.

"That's right. To be honest, they are the only ones St. Pauli can take out." Westerman shook his head, "I heard that if St. Pauli wins and their players go to the rope road, they can still win the game." Enjoy the free service..."

"Hey, there are such good benefits?" Van Dijk swallowed, "No wonder St. Pauli has fallen to the Bundesliga Bundesliga. After winning the game, his legs immediately weakened. How can he continue to win?"

He is from the Netherlands. To be honest, he has seen those female workers in Amsterdam, but he has never heard of such a good thing.

"Haha," Westerman said with a smile, "We Hamburg players should not go there. Even if we go, we must not be recognized by others, otherwise it will be miserable."

"how?"

"It's the base camp of St. Pauli fans! It can be said that more than 90% of them are St. Pauli fans. Of course, they don't like our Hamburg team."

"Oh……"

"However, it is said...it is said." Westerman moved his mouth to Van Dijk's ear, "Our Boss Pan Yi has been to the Rope Road, and was warmly welcomed by the workers there."

"Really? I didn't expect him to go to that kind of place." Van Dijk's eyes widened, and then he couldn't help but glance at Pan Yi who was standing on the sidelines. "However, the boss's charm is really amazing. I think he It's also free..."

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After the warm-up is over, the coaching staff takes the players to the player channel and returns to the locker room for final preparations.

When everyone in Hamburg walked to the sidelines, the hot female fans in the stands waved wildly at them.

Some fans even took off their jerseys and shook them in their hands, obviously to attract the attention of the Hamburg players.

Van Dijk's eyes lit up, and he rushed up directly.

This is an opportunity to get in touch with them openly.

He can shake hands with countless girls, they may even send hugs, or he may also get some special services after the game...

Ha ha, it seems that Westerman is really alarmist, obviously they don't hate Hamburg players!
However, Van Dijk's excitement did not last long.

When he came to the stands, a large group of girls shouted: "Go away, big man! You are blocking us from watching Pan Yi!"

So Van Dijk could only walk away resentfully.

Only then did he realize that it was because Pan Yi was walking behind him.

These girls are all here for Pan Yi!

Wearing the St. Pauli jersey, my heart is still Pan Yixin...

Pan Yi also walked towards them with a smile.

He found that there were indeed a few faces that looked quite familiar, and they were the ones who came to ask for autographs and group photos when he went to the Rope Avenue last year.

But to be honest, Pan Yi doesn't recognize it clearly. After all, these female workers are all wearing jerseys now, and they look about the same.

But it doesn't matter, being able to "instigate" some rival fans on the spot, and they are also female fans, is also good for hitting the opponent's morale.

Therefore, Pan Yi came to the stands under the hostile eyes of countless male St. Pauli fans.

Soon, he was buried by the enthusiasm of the girls.

Some really came to shake hands, some opened their arms to hug, and even some unruly ones just took advantage of the chaos and waved their hands wantonly to caress around.

Pan Yi didn't make any resistance at all, he just wanted to give it a try, then he waved to everyone and got into the player tunnel.

Behind him, there are only bursts of laughter (sounds of laughter): "Pan Yi, remember to come and play more, I am willing to serve you for free. I am at No. 221 Rope Avenue, don't go wrong... ..."

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Home team locker room.

Varabek stood in front of the tactical board, giving his disciples a final reminder:

"Hamburg are used to playing very pressing football, which was the case against Karlsruhe in the first round of the DFB-Pokal. Although many teams now play high pressing and pressing, they have to be stronger and faster, not only by the defender. Faster transition from offense to defense."

"Each of them has a wide range of running and coverage, but the formation is very compact. Sometimes even when they press into the opponent's penalty area, the defense line has completely passed the center line. The normal should be 30 meters, or even more. small."

"So we must be careful not to be led away by their rhythm, and we must hold our line firmly, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack."

"Next, the Hamburg players we need to focus on..."

Varabek spoke seriously, the St. Pauli players listened carefully, and there were hardly any extra voices in the dressing room.

"The center forward they started today is Mitrovic, that is, the tall Serbian. Although he is not fast, he is physically strong, has strong aerial ability, and has good running awareness and shooting ability. In short, he is a very difficult player. entangled opponent."

"The other two are wingers, one is Wu Lei and the other is Sun Xingmin. Both of them are typical Asian forwards. They are fast, have strong impact, work well with their feet, and are sharp with the ball. Watch for their breakthroughs on the wing."

"The midfielder named Kanter, although he looks very thin, he can run and tackle very well. Yes, don't be fooled by his small size. His defensive coverage is very large, and he has Very good passing and running ability. Be sure to pay attention!"

"There is another one, this is a Turk named Charhanoglu. He also has a wide range of activities in the midfield. Although he is not as good as Kante, he has a good long-range shooting ability. Also, His free kick skill is very good, be careful not to foul easily at the front of the penalty area. Be careful and pay attention!"

"The full-backs on both sides should also pay attention. Whether they are on the left or the right, they have a very strong ability to push in and assist. When defending, they will often receive their own backcourt ribs to expand the area. Individuals are not easy, so we must pay attention.”

"And their centre-backs..."

Having said that, defender Gunter couldn't sit still, he raised his hand and interrupted the head coach's speech:

"Coach, you should pay attention to the opposing players you mentioned, and pay attention to that one. Are there any players that need special attention?"

"Uh, well..." Varabek glanced back at the tactical board.

Indeed, he has already "focused" on almost all the starters in Hamburg just now, except for the goalkeeper and the central defender who has not yet finished.

It's like the teacher draws the key points during the exam and marks the whole book. Of course, the students don't know how to review the key points.

Varabek didn't know how to end it for a moment, so he suddenly raised his hand:

"That's it! Let's go out and deal with these bastards!"

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But in the locker room of the visiting team, Pan Yi didn't talk about tactics with the players at all.

He just said a word: "Kick me to death! If you can score four, don't just score three! Let them know who is the real master of Hamburg!"

Van Dijk, who was sitting on the bench, muttered:

"Tsk tsk, the St. Pauli girls are so kind to you, but they still want to punish you to death. The boss is so impersonal..."

(End of this chapter)