Chapter 79 Super Ibi's Troubles

The only light source in the dim video screening room comes from the large screen directly in front of it, and the thick curtains are closed to make the room make the night. The German Tang En, who keeps ringing in the room, is completely unaware of it, but it is not important. He can only know what the commentator is talking about by completing it in his mind. The key is that he can repeatedly hear a word from these Germans that keep popping up:

"Ibisevic!"

Every time the passionate commentator calls out the person's name, a goal will be born on the screen.

Sometimes the commentators don’t shout that, they will shout: “Super Ibi!”

But no matter what he calls the tall player on the screen, he always scores goals.

He shot vigorously, he jumped up to head the ball, he leaned against the opponent's defender and turned around and shot...

"Although only watching the highlights, any player will become a powerful character like Pele and Maradona. But at least we can know what the opponent's strengths are. He is very good at scoring goals." After watching the video, the screen darkened and the room fell into darkness. Don En said in the dark. "Also, let me ask, isn't anyone sitting next to the switch?"

"It's just three of us, Tony, Don and I are still by your side." Chris Lark's voice sounded in the dark. "In addition, the data shows that his assists are also very good."

"Okay, I'll go..." Don Eun just stood up and knocked down the chair next to him. He uttered, and then cursed, "Damn the chair!"

Tang took out his cell phone to illuminate Tang En very considerately, but the light was too faint.

Tang En didn't grop, and directly stretched out his feet to kick over everything that was blocking him. He walked to the switch and turned on the light in the room. The snow-white light leaked down, causing the three people present to squint their eyes.

The house was in a mess. Several chairs were lying in the house in a row.

Then Tang En helped them up and put them back down.

"Back to the topic just now. What do you think of this person?"

Don didn't say anything, Chris Lack shook his head and said, "We watch the video of him a season ago. His performance that season was a miracle. But Tony, the Bundesliga often produces these 'civilian shooters' who can only be famous for one season. Look at his performance last season, it's completely different from him in the video. I don't like him."

Tang En did not express his opinion, but just turned his attention to Tang.

"This is an adventure, Tony." Tang's words were very simple. But he did not explicitly object. To be honest, he couldn't make up his mind either.

Tang En nodded: "I can understand your concerns.    He scored 37 goals by himself in the 2008-09 season, almost breaking Gad. Muller's record for 40 goals in a single season is definitely a miracle.    Only looking at the performance of that season, we may not be able to buy it even if we get 30 million.                                                                                                                                                                                                           

"Since you know, why do we still have to watch his video?" Chris Lark asked.

"Because I think this person's success is not accidental, on the contrary, his strange performance last season was accidental." Tang En smiled. "I like the story behind him, and I like his personality. I think he is definitely not lucky, and there are many reasons for his poor performance last season - first, the tactics designed by Rangnick for Hoffenheim have been thoroughly studied by the Bundesliga team. Hoffenheim is not a promoted team, but a team participating in the Champions League. Naturally no one underestimates them; second, as the Bundesliga top scorer and Europe's top scorer in the 2008-09 season.

Ibisevic was under the focus of his opponent's defense, which somewhat restricted his performance; thirdly, the multi-line battle made the whole Hoffenheim team exhausted and was in poor form, which affected Ibisevic's goal number; fourthly, the injury. He suffered an injury last season. After two months of rest, he could no longer find his state. This sounds strange, but it is understandable. The state is not something we can completely grasp. So I think his sharp drop in the number of goals last season has nothing to do with his personal ability... Do you want to hear the reason why I am optimistic about him?"

Chris Lack nodded.

"Psychology.  " Don En took back the three fingers he had just raised, leaving only one.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

"In addition, thanks to his poor performance last season, we shouldn't spend too much money if we take action. And as a Bosnian who has lived in the United States, he can speak English fluently. There are no language problems when playing football in the UK, which will help him integrate into the team better and faster. The striker is the most important thing to adapt to the team style as soon as possible, which is good for him."

Chris Lack looked at Donn: "Actually, you have made up your mind, right?"

Tang En smiled and said, "Don't say that. David. I always have to listen to your opinions."

"You said everything you should say. What else can we have? Right, Don?" Chris Lack turned to ask Don sitting next to him.

"Tony believes that a player's psychological qualities determine his achievements." Tang replied. "I have reservations about this. But as an assistant coach, I support the work of the head coach."

Tang En clapped his hands, "Then we'll make up that way! Let our people explore Hoffenheim's tone tomorrow!"

Including the small village with only 3,300 migrant population, Hoffenheim belongs to the city of Sinsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In fact, Sinsheim is not a big city. Although it is a city, it is not much different from a "town". After the train passes Sinsheim Station, it is a monorail. A veritable small station.

But such an inconspicuous little place caused a whirlwind in the Bundesliga and European football in the 2008-09 season. They won the league runner-up as a newly promoted team and the first time in history to participate in the Bundesliga. The team's top scorer Vedad Ibisek became the Bundesliga best scorer that season and won the European Golden Boot Award.

It was a crazy season. After the season, all Hoffenheim players attracted snatches from Germany and Europe.

But Dietmar Hopp, the owner of the European software giant "SAP", has ambitions and is not short of money. So he won't say that he hasn't sold alone. He has also introduced several players to supplement his strength and is ready to show his skills in the European arena in the new season.

Unfortunately, football is round...

The team's two-line battles in the new season have failed.

Ibissevic, the Golden Boot, who performed well last season, seemed to have lost his shooting boots overnight, scoring only ten goals in the league, and only scored only three goals in the European Champions League, which is far from everyone's expectations for him.

Even the team's head coach Rangnick couldn't figure out why he was able to score 37 goals in one season and only ten goals in another season.  This is the same as when he was in the Bundesliga before, he scored five goals in a single season.   I can't figure it out."

Not to mention him, Ibissevic himself doesn't understand. He believes that he has made great progress compared to before. At least after a successful Bundesliga debut season, his confidence has been greatly strengthened and consolidated. There is absolutely no regression in terms of technology. So what made him suddenly lose his state?

Perhaps this will become a famous unsolved mystery in German football...

Driving from Sinsheim to Hoffenheim. It only takes more than ten minutes, and the distance between the two is really short enough.

After Vedad Ibisekic drove his car into Hoffenheim, he would often meet the oncoming Hoffenheim villagers who greeted him. This is a quiet small village... Even though the locals here experienced the first European Champions League trip last season.

However, Ibisevic was not in the mood to say hello to the fans who like him one by one. He had his own worries.

Just before driving to Dietma Hope Sports Field for training, he received a call from his agency Stars & Friends’.

A person from the agency asked him on the phone if he was interested in playing football in another club.

He received a lot of such calls last summer. Manchester United, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich, Barcelona...European giants almost came to almost everybody. They all had one purpose - to take him away from the small village of Hoffenheim.

At that time, he had a one-year contract with the club, but he refused all of them and chose to renew the contract with the club in 2013. He had succeeded in Hoffenheim and was very happy to live there. He could not think of a reason to leave here. Just because Hoffenheim is a little smaller? But I like the quiet country life. Sinsheim can sell all the daily necessities I need, and I don’t think there is any advantage in big cities over Sinsheim.

But a year later, I don't know if he would regret his choice at that time.

In the new season, he did not see what he wanted to see. His condition and the team's condition are declining. Hoffenheim's great plan has not developed smoothly. Hope's ambition has encountered setbacks. He was also labeled as "the most dazzling meteor in Bundesliga history."

All the giant teams who were once interested in him were withdrawn without exception. The scouts appeared in the stands of the Rhine-Neka Stadium were declining. Everyone shook their heads and sighed that he was another Mintar - "A lifetime goal scored in one season."

The biggest problem is that there are fewer goals, but that he has no idea why this is happening.

Before the injury, he couldn't find any physical problems. Before the season started, the team's routine physical examination made the team doctors smacked his tongue and praised him as strong as a cow.

In the middle of the season, German media reported that Ibisevic's mentality was unbalanced - he hoped to get the first place in the team and related treatment. At the same time, some rumors outside the court also interfered with his normal training. He scoffed at this. He only knows how his mentality is. He has never relaxed his demands on himself because of the success of last season. Because of the previous years of wandering in low-level European leagues, he had long understood one thing: there will be no good things in this world that there will be pie falling from the sky. A euro's success requires ten thousand euros.

Perhaps injuries can explain some reasons? But that is not an injury that threatens his career. No professional player does not suffer one injury during football. If he suffers one injury and he will completely sink, then he is not suitable to be a professional player. Ibisekic does not think he is such a person.

After returning from injury, he still practiced for half an hour of shooting after training every day, without complaining about the arrangements of head coach Rangnick. But he and Rangnick were in an inexplicable crisis together - after the end of that season. He was no longer the "super Ibi" that scared the Bundesliga powers. More often than not, he just hovered between wasting opportunities and looking for opportunities, and the team lost the qualification for the League Cup. Rangnick also had rumors that he would be fired early by Hope in the middle of the season.

Another summer is coming, and the transfer market is in full swing. Last summer, Ibisevic, who made the whole of Europe crazy, suddenly "shortly in front of the goal". Some teams are still interested in him, but they are all second-rate teams. It is better to stay in Hoffenheim to find opportunities to prove himself again.

But today the call from the brokerage company mentioned a completely different name - Nottingham Forest.

He knew that the history of that team was too far away for him in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but in the summer of 2007 and 2008, the red team won the European Champions League for two consecutive years, becoming the first team to defend successfully after the reform of the Champions League. It was famous all over the world and was in the limelight for a while. During that time, Hoffenheim was still working hard in the German C and German Second Division to play in the first division. The club's general manager Mr. Rothouse always used Tony Don't to inspire this young blue and white team-"One day, we will become a team like Nottingham Forest! This is definitely not an unfulfilling dream!"

They almost succeeded...

Later, with head coach Tony Donn's sudden heart attack, the team, which is famous for its ability to create miracles, suddenly lost the halo of miracles and once lost the opportunity to participate in European competitions. It was not until the end of last season that Chelsea was thrillingly squeezed out and qualified for the European Champions League next season.

He just thought that this team had a very similar experience to his, but he never thought that he would receive an invitation from Nottingham Forest.

He told the agency that he had to think carefully.    Now he would not say with confidence: "I just want to fulfill the contract with the current club."

Maybe there will be new changes in another place, right? There is such a voice in the deepest part of his heart.
Chapter completed!