Frost Shooter of Greenery

Chapter 215 The End of Winter
Before the end of the winter break, most of the Mainz players returned to the team for training a few days in advance. In order to find their status, the team also arranged warm-up matches with some teams in the surrounding areas.

Although Qi Ce has been guiding Irene's modeling matters these days, it doesn't affect his training in general. In addition, the virtual court also has fragmented time for continuous training, and Qi Ce's condition remains good.

This is a good thing for Mainz.

The winter break of the Bundesliga is a double-edged sword. Before the winter break, teams that were in good shape were cut off for more than a month. Players had many holiday parties during the Chinese New Year.

But if the core players can maintain their form, it will undoubtedly be a major benefit.

Zize is already the core of Mainz's attack.

Needless to say, just looking at the statistics shows that Zize occupies a very important position in Mainz's attack.

There are two warm-up matches. Facing the regional teams, the state of the home field is relatively good. Qi Ce showed the best state of the players after returning from the winter break. He scored twice with a hat-trick and assists, helping the team 7:1 victory over the nearby regional team.

Klopp is very satisfied with Zize's state.

The same goes for the summer break, Qi Ce is always the one in the best state after his return.

In the second game, the opponent was slightly stronger, the Bundesliga team Koblenz, Mainz played more difficult, but finally defeated the opponent, the score was 4:2, Zize scored a goal in the game and was eliminated Substituted, then Barjak, Royce and Ivan Schitz scored respectively to defeat the opponent.

After two consecutive victories in the warm-up match, Mainz will go all the way south, and the third round of the German Cup is about to start.

There are 16 teams participating in the third round, which means that as long as they pass this level, they will enter the final eight.

Mainz's opponent is also the Bundesliga team, Freiburg.

Going to Koblenz to warm up before means training. The newly promoted Mainz does not care much about the results of the German Cup, but since it has reached this stage and the opponent is not too strong, why not fight it?

As long as they reach the quarter-finals, every team is likely to win the championship.

Because the German Cup is a one-round system, under such circumstances, the chance of being upset is greatly increased, and maybe you can find a chance to enter the European war through the cup!
The Bundesliga schedule is also relatively easy, which allows each team to have enough energy to face more games, and the cup is not for nothing!

But before that, there were also some news that shook the morale of the army.

Colombian midfielder Soto has made a transfer request.

In the first half of the first half of the season, Soto has always been the main midfielder, and his performance is not bad, but as the season progresses, Soto finds that his position is becoming more and more unstable.

Royce and Ivan Schitz have played his midfielder positions successively, but then they simply sat on the bench and played at some unimportant times.

Even in the unimportant time, Klopp is more willing to give the young Francic a chance to let him feel the atmosphere of the Bundesliga.

This makes Soto very dissatisfied.

He is 27 years old this year, and he will be 28 after his birthday. It is the age of a player. Missing games in a row has a great impact. After careful consideration, he decided to apply for a transfer.

In fact, Klopp still wants to keep the Colombian. After all, this is related to the depth of Mainz's bench. Soto is fully capable of playing the main force, but Klopp considers it from a tactical point of view. He would like to see Mainz's trident Halberd together, Schurrle and Royce cooperated on the offensive line.

In addition, the team still needs to build a stadium, and the financial pressure is relatively high. In the end, Klopp gave the green light to Soto's application.

Soto still has a market in Europe, and many Bundesliga and Bundesliga teams are interested in him. He is not worried about leaving.

Therefore, the game against Freiburg is likely to be Soto's last game on behalf of Mainz.

Facing Freiburg, Soto, who did not get a chance for several consecutive games, finally ushered in the starting lineup. Zize, Reuss and Ivan Schitz were on standby, and Schurrle, Amri, Soto and Barjak started. The partner offensive line, except for Schurrle, is basically the formation of last season.

This configuration is enough in the Bundesliga Bundesliga, and the facts have proved this point. Freiburg sent a lot of main players, but Mainz, with a semi-main lineup, entered the first half with a two-goal lead. Intermission.

Schurrle and Soto, the two semi-main players in the first half, scored a goal. Barjak was in a sluggish state and missed a lot of opportunities. After all, in the first half, Barjak was one of the players who got the fewest opportunities , Freiburg is also considered a strong team in the Bundesliga Bundesliga, and it is normal for his poor performance.

Zize sat on the bench for this game. The opponents in the German Cup were not strong, and Zize was in good condition. With the score leading, there was no need to let Zize play. Later, Royce was allowed to play to find Looking for status, replaced Schurrle.

The final score of the game was 3:1, Mainz defeated Freiburg away, and Reus scored a goal after playing.

Everything is going in a good direction. Mainz has successfully entered the quarter-finals of the German Cup. The opponent in the next round is Leverkusen. Mainz is drawn at home, which is a good thing.

If they can reach the semi-finals, they can really hit the championship.

Mainz has never won any heavyweight trophy in history, only won the regional league championship when it was in the regional league.

Of course, the team did not discuss the German Cup championship.

After all, among the quarter-finals, Mainz's strength on paper is the last. The quarter-finals are Schalke 04, Mainz, Bayern Munich, Leverkusen, Wolfsburg, and Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga. And Hamburg, the only Bundesliga team Wayne, the Hamburg team won this spree.

Three days later, the Bundesliga finally rekindled the war.

In the second half of the preview of many media, they have greatly changed the conventional view of the pre-season, because this season is too chaotic.

The two newly promoted horses are now ranked in the top four, who would have imagined this?

Mainz's estimated ranking has rocketed from the original 17th to 7th, and Hoffenheim is even more outrageous. Many media believe that Huo Cun can replicate the miracle of Kaiserslautern and win the Bundesliga League champions!

After all, their state is really good. They scored 17 goals in 42 games, three more than Bayern.

Mainz is currently ranked fourth, and it is expected that seventh is more reasonable. The current top seven places are only ten points apart. If a newly promoted like Mainz can maintain this position, they are already very optimistic about them.

Zize too.

On the scorer list, the situation this season is also very chaotic. Several forwards who were still playing in the Bundesliga last season occupied four of the top five scorers, so the spotlight did not all focus on Qi Ce alone.

Ibisevic is the top scorer, Helmos is a German, these two players have received more attention, and Zize has always maintained a low-key insignificant development, the media adjusted Zize's scorer list to fourth, Ibi Shevic, Grafite and Helmos are all ahead of Zize.

Because their team configuration is better and they have more opportunities to eat cakes. Mainz's offense relies more on overall cooperation, and Qi Ce is the core of the offense. However, the team as a whole is young and inexperienced, and they are at a disadvantage in the fierce competition in the second half. bigger.

In the team, the goal is to get closer to a higher ranking as much as possible.

The problem of relegation this season is basically not big. If you score about ten points in the second half, you can secure your position in the Bundesliga. What they have to do is to move forward in the ranking as much as possible.

Because this is the last half of Klopp's contract.

Mainz's best record in history is 11th in the Bundesliga, which was also created by Klopp. This season has a good momentum, and the players want to use a better record to give back to the heroes of Mainz.

Such as creating the highest ranking in history.

This difficulty does not seem to be too great. Now the team ranks fourth. As long as the second half of the team plays normally, it is still very easy to keep the top ten position.

(End of this chapter)