On the last day of January, Situ Yunbing led a team to visit Cologne.

In the first round of the league, Hamburg finally suffered a defeat after being unbeaten in nine rounds in the new season.

Cologne, who was wandering outside the relegation zone, was strictly guarding Hamburg at home. They did their defensive work to the extreme, focusing on curbing the swing of Reus and De Bruyne, limiting Hamburg's advantage in space, and curbing the team's creativity in defense.

Hamburg could not be captured for a long time, but instead, it was attacked by Cologne, and Podolsky was killed in blood.

After being defeated by Cologne, Situ Yunbing did not over-interpret this loss. Winning and losing are sometimes normal. Hamburg's 8 wins and 1 draw in the new season of the league is already the expected record. At this time, the season enters the middle of the season, many teams will become pragmatic and prepare for the game more targeted. It must be admitted that Cologne performed well at home, even if they don't have many opportunities in the whole game.

But this also reflects the lack of technical and tactical capabilities of Hamburg in turn needs to fight tough battles.

In the same round of the game, Dortmund easily defeated Mainz 2:0 away. At this time, the real gap between Mainz and the championship team can be seen.

After 1O round, Hamburg and Dortmund competed in the standings.

Hamburger, 25 points.

Dortmund, 25 points.

Mainz, 24 points.

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The loss to Cologne made Situ Yunbing realize that according to Hamburg's current personnel configuration, it is not enough to have only one De Bruyne in the midfield.

Perhaps in 8o% of the games, De Bruyne can bring the offensive creativity needed by the Hamburg front, but to compete for the championship and enter the real top ranks, De Bruyne is still a little insufficient.

Kanter can only make contributions on the defensive end at this stage. This is because he has made great progress. Demer has already established himself, his defense is better and his offense cannot be expected. Although Lincon is malleable, he is not moving towards an offensive midfielder or an organizational midfielder.

According to the current staff reserves in the team, it is impossible to increase creativity in the midfield.

Besides, the most embarrassing thing now is that even if there is a midfielder who can also bring creativity to the team by De Bruyne's side, Situ Yunbing will not be able to use it!

Demer's existence is to give Kanter a better environment for growth. If he only plays Kanter as a defensive midfielder, he may need Kanter to grow a little more to make Situ Yunbing feel at ease. If he only plays Demer, Situ Yunbing feels at ease, but Kanter has no chance to exercise.

Young teams have to face such troubles. They want to cover everything and provide the greatest guarantee to help players grow. This is contradictory in itself, so rich clubs will definitely buy mature stars. The rest only needs to be arranged according to technical and tactical ideas.

Since the current situation cannot be changed for the time being, Situ Yunbing is too lazy to bother himself.

In the 11th round of the league, Hamburg played against Hoffenheim at home, who ranked in the top half of the league standings and performed well in the new season. The most important thing is that Hoffenheim mainly focuses on offensive football. In the forward combination, except for Mlapa, the other two strikers, Dembaba and Obasi, are very strong.

With powerful players such as offensive full-back Baker and defensive midfielder Gustavo, this team that was promoted to the Bundesliga the previous season has become the team that likes to disrupt the championship.

As new teams, they almost replicated the Kaiserslautern's myth. At least when they won the half-time championship, people thought so. Unfortunately, the main center at that time, Ibissevic, who scored goals, seriously injured the team in the second half of the season, and failed to create a miracle. However, for new teams, their growth and progress in the past two years are the most amazing ones among the Bundesliga teams.

Hamburg and Hoffenheim fought a typical offensive battle at the People's Park Stadium!

The rhythm of the game was almost broken, and the offense and defense of the whole game was dazzling, as if the fast attack rhythm that suffocated the audience was comparable to Ying's devastating visual impact.

In this game situation, Hamburg's dominance is still the key to winning, and De Bruyne's move is more useful. In the end, Hamburg won Hoffenheim 4:2 at home!

In Situ Yunbing's eyes, this kind of competition can only be used to train the skills that Hamburg has mastered, and improve on the basis of being good. After a season, it is impossible for every game to have new experience, and it is more important to polish and improve the skills that already mastered.

Dortmund won Hannover 96 in 4:0 away. Klopp's team did a clearer job than Hamburg in terms of control of the game and defensive restrictions!

At the end of the 11th round of the league, Hamburg's position was given to Dortmund, who reversed with his goal difference.

Dortmund, 28 points.

Hamburger, 28 points.

Mainz, 24 points.

Leverkusen, 21 points.

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German media have focused on Dortmund and Hamburg this season's championship. At least the two teams are leading the defending champion Bayern Munich at the same time. The advantage of 13 points is considered to be difficult for both teams to fall behind at the same time and be countered by Bayern Munich in the second half of the season.

Maybe one team from Hamburg and Dortmund will lose the chain, but the probability of both teams falling does not seem to be high.

During the preparation training after the 11th round of the league, the Hamburg generals became more serious, as if they were focused and had no leisure to chat and laugh. Situ Yunbing himself did not have much urgency, but he knew that the change in attitudes of these players originated from the German media constantly building momentum for the weekend league since Monday!

The Bundesliga peak showdown!

Dortmund vs. Hamburger!

Because it was a confrontation in the first half of the league, Situ Yunbing still maintained a normal mind in this game. Before the season to pick fruits, he still patiently irrigated and cultivated it.

At the press conference before the weekend war, Situ Yunbing expressed respect for Klopp.

"Jurgen led Dortmund to set off a yellow storm in the Bundesliga.

Many people know that when I became the head coach of Hamburg, I tried my best to bring the championship to Hamburg. If I say that Hamburg does not have any fantasy about the championship this season, then many people will say that I am hypocritical.

So I will be honest, we will fight for the championship.

Among the opponents who compete for the championship, Bayern Munich has fallen behind. Mainz has performed well this season, but they cannot be the final winner.

In my opinion, Hamburg's championship rival this season, and even at least two seasons in the next year, Dortmund will be the strongest competitor!

Dortmund has a head coach with a distinct personality and strong personality, and also has an extraordinary lineup. I'm not saying that Hamburg is worse than them, but tomorrow's game will be a young match and it is also a peak match in the Bundesliga. Maybe many people don't agree with this because both teams are young, but I can only say that if we meet again in the second half of the league, Hamburg and Dortmund will definitely get a step further in strength!

But then again, I don’t want to put pressure on the team. Hamburg should keep a normal mind and face the game excitedly, but always be calm. The performance and harvest of the game at this stage will make the results of the game more important!”

Klopp also expressed his respect to Situ Yunbing before the game.

"Hamburg has a coach with outstanding image and temperament. I am happy for Hamburg. They found the coach they want."

When Klopp finished speaking, the German journalists at the scene smiled knowingly.

Two and a half years ago, when Klopp led Mainz to fail to score the fourth tier by 2 points in the Bundesliga, he chose to resign.

Then Bayern Munich and Hamburg invited him to coach, but Bayern Munich finally chose Klinsmann. When Klopp went to meet with the senior management of Hamburg, he was released. Later, Hamburg naturally stopped negotiations with him. The reason for giving up Klopp was that his sloppy image could not be worthy of the club.

The team that Hamburg was still able to enter the Champions League two years ago, of course, the requirements were relatively high, and it was not difficult to understand if he disliked Klopp.

But now, at least the decision to hamburger will definitely regret it later.

Klopp did not go to Bayern Munich, nor to Hamburg, and eventually went to Dortmund.

Although his words today were a compliment to Situ Yunbing, he would definitely have a certain sense of ridicule to the senior management of Hamburg.

"I'm sometimes curious about the Hamburg coach. He has an enviable success experience. In my opinion, he is like Guardiola. Even the achievements he has achieved are more difficult than Guardiola, but why did he go to Hamburg? No one knows the real reason. The reality is that he rebuilt Hamburg into a very powerful team. Some players we have never heard of before have become star players in Hamburg. This is simply incredible.

Ferguson trained Ronaldo for at least three years. Although it is not possible to say that Hamburg's stars have reached another level of first-class players, looking at the changes Situ Yunbing brought to the team during his two years in Monaco, you will be surprised that his players can always make progress. Ancelotti once said that he was very interested in Monaco's training camp, and now I am also very interested, because I also hope to make young players grow up like Situ Yunbing.

Fighting with a coach who won the Champions League not long ago will definitely bring pressure, but I will regard it as a challenge. At the same time, the confrontation between Dortmund and Hamburg will definitely be an exciting game. This is a collision between two young teams in the Bundesliga that are currently relatively successful. The sparks generated by the collision are the most shining light in the Bundesliga."
Chapter completed!