By the end of October, Tübingen Juniors, a newcomer to Germany's southern regional league, were at the top of the table with 8 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, accumulating 26 points, while second-placed Burghausen had 6 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses, accumulating 21 points, and third-placed Trier had 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses, accumulating 20 points.The fourth place is Regensburg with 5 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses, with 19 points, and the fifth place is Aaron, with 5 wins, 2 draws, 4 losses, and 17 points.Despite only a third of the way through the league, Tübingen Juniors has already opened a gap between the second and fifth places in the tight queue.Interestingly, the points difference between the teams in the regional leagues is very small, and in addition to the small number of games, many draws have also narrowed the gap between the teams.Overall, from the sixth-placed Red and White Elft to the seventeenth-placed Ansbach, the teams are closely aligned, except for the last-place Fulda who has suffered a financial crisis this year and has not won a game so far, even the seventeenth-placed Ansbach has won two games so far.Xu Genbao carefully observed the gap in comprehensive strength between the team and the opponent, and made a major decision: attack on both fronts!
On August 24 this year, Tübingen Youth met Hannover 96 in the first round of the German Cup, Hannover 96 had to go all out to rush the Bundesliga, and at the same time faced an amateur team Tübingen Youth, a newcomer who had just been promoted to the regional league, and in principle it was two grades worse than this team, so Hannover 96 only sent a substitute lineup to play......
As a result, the Tübingen youth, who were motivated by salary increases, retired clubs, and arranged jobs in addition to the club, played 4:1.While it was somewhat surprising that Hannover 96 were knocked out of the FA Cup in the first round of the Bundesliga, it was clear that Hannover 96 did not want to perform in the German Cup this year.In addition, it is also a tradition that amateur teams are particularly excited when playing the German Cup.So it didn't attract much attention.Of course, Xu Genbao made this decision because the team is in hot form, at least it has not encountered much challenge in the league now, in the middle of a group of desireless regional league teams, the high-spirited Tübingen youth is a bit of a standout, if you don't go far in the German Cup, you will waste such a powerful attacking power; Second, Xu Genbao took into account the team's economic problems.Although Wang Ai's family is not bad for money, there is an upper limit to the total amount of money that can be invested in the construction of the club, and he can get an annual salary of 20 euros plus an unknown bonus if he works part-time.And the farther you go in the German Cup, the more money you get, and when you meet a big club, the away ticket income is hundreds of thousands of euros, even if the fans go to the opponent, the tickets contributed are equally divided.Of course, there is also the bonus given by the German Football Association, and there is a bonus to follow in each round, such as the unexpected defeat of Hannover 96 in August, where Tübingen Youth won 28,000 euros, and each additional round is almost doubled, such as the second round, Tübingen Youth will meet Wolfsburg, with a prize of 50,000 euros......
For Wang Ai, who is still selling blood and playing football, there is not much money, but it is "return money"!
Therefore, Wang Ai is also very supportive.Huang Xin, on the other hand, considers from the perspective of commercial development, the farther he goes, the greater the possibility of encountering strong teams, and the higher the chance of getting live TV broadcast in Germany.And once the Tübingen youth play their own style, which is fast, sharp and aggressive, it may pry into sponsors who have been hesitant.Because of the 64 teams in the German Cup, 36 are in the Bundesliga, plus 4 in the Bundesliga, and the remaining 20 are amateur teams.Among them, the regional league has the problem of relegation and relegation with the German second division now, that is, the first two promoted to the German second division can play the German Cup the year before, and the German second division relegated to the regional league can also play the German Cup, which is equivalent to accounting for four places in the regional league.As a result, the fifth to seventh places in the regional leagues in the north and south can also participate in the German Cup, and the remaining 14 places go to the winners and runners-up of the German state leagues from the previous year.Although Germany has 16 administrative states, there are only seven state leagues due to factors such as population and football level.Therefore, there is a high probability of meeting a strong team in the German Cup.This is also a rare opportunity for many small teams to come into contact with high-level teams.In order to prevent strong teams from taking the German Cup, the German Football Association gives a lot of bonuses every year.Xu Genbao proposed, Wang Ai nodded, and the major development decision of the club that Huang Xin strongly agreed with was at the dinner table, and it was finalized in a few words with braised pork, beef stew, wine or something, which was quite a joke.Mesut Ozil and several other main players who ate at the same table couldn't think of anything else, just play the ball, and be able to compete with high-level opponents earlier, they couldn't be happy.In fact, Xu Genbao and Wang Ai can decide to fight on the two fronts on the surface is quite risky, after dinner, Leoni grabbed Wang Ai and asked: The thickness of our team's bench is too poor, the main force is seven or eight of you, once the double-line attack affects the state of the game, it is dangerous for the team's number one task this year - to impact the German B.Wang Ai knocked on the paws of the lioness on her chest that gradually turned into a stroke: "The thickness of our team's bench is really not enough, but you have to see that we can relax appropriately in the regional league."
Moreover, we are young and in good physical condition, so it is at least theoretically possible to attack on two fronts.In the past half month, we have two races a week, and you can see that our results are not bad.It's time for the German Cup, and we can rest a few key players.To be honest, it's not good that we're attacking too much right now, scoring five or six goals per game, which is a bit of a waste. ”However, as soon as the decision of Tübingen Youth was made, there were twists and turns in the league game: on November 3, in the 12th round of the German Southern Division, Tübingen played away against VFR Mannheim, but the whole team was not in good shape, and it was barely in the 36th minute of the second half that Wang Ai scored a long-range shot to win 1:0.On November 10th, in the 13th round, Tübingen Youth hosted Bayern Munich Second Team, Ozil had a little cold, because they lived together, so the infected Wang Ai was also uncomfortable, Xu Genbao had no choice but to press the two on the bench.In fact, after the sudden cooling in southern Germany, the whole team was not in good health, and the game was played with the opponent for 90 minutes under the lack of major generals, and they exchanged blanks.Immediately after November 17, in the 14th round, Tübingen Youth faced the weak team of Elvisberg away, relying on Bai Guanghai's two points grabbing, and defeated the opponent 2:0.Then, when they hosted Stuttgart Kickers on November 24, the Tübingen youths, who were still in average form, were full but still not at their best, and the final game ended 3-1 in the last ten minutes with a pass and a shot from Wang Ai.Since the establishment of the strategy of attacking on two fronts, the youth of Tübingen have been in a constant situation as if they had fallen into the spell.Although the statistics show that the tournament was unbeaten throughout November, with three wins and one draw, continuing the advantage of the previous stage and even expanding, the Tübingen youth won relatively reluctantly and no longer had the free bearing of the previous stage.After a narrow win over the Stuttgart Kickers, Tübingen Juniors will head north to Lower Saxony in central Germany on Wednesday 28 November for the second round of the German Cup.The opponent in this round is Wolfsburg, a mid-table team in the Bundesliga!
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