Blackburn today is a four-four-two formation, with goalkeeper England goalkeeper Paul Robinson and four defenders being Simpson, Samba, Nelson and Martin Olson. The four midfielders are Emerton, Tugay, Andrews and Vogel, and the two forwards are McCarthy and Santa Cruz.

Judging from this lineup, Blackburn did not send their strongest lineup. They really didn't take Hoffenheim seriously.[]

There are really not so many Hoffenheim fans cheering for Hoffenheim on such a large stadium. Hoffenheim fans are very excited. Moreover, Hoffenheim team is about to participate in the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim fans are even more excited, and they roar wildly on the stadium to cheer for Hoffenheim.

The fans who came from Mannheim, Heidelberg and Sinsheim were also a little excited. They could finally watch the Bundesliga so close, and now they also have their own home team. Of course, most of the guys are just here to watch the fun. If these guys want to regard Hoffenheim as the home team, we have to see if Hoffenheim has the ability to impress these fans.

Today, this is the first time that Gong Zheng has played as the captain of Hoffenheim. He stands at the front of the team and feels the responsibility on his shoulders. He clenches his fists. He will definitely not have the high expectations of Ralph Rangnick for him.

Amid the cheers of the fans of the audience, the players from both sides followed the referee of the game and walked into the Carl Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

"Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim!" In an instant, cheers like a tide came from the stands, and Gong Zheng seemed to have been swallowed by the shocking waves, his whole body was hot and he was very excited.

"God! That's Gong! He's at the front? He's the captain!" The stands exploded all of a sudden. No one expected that Gong Zheng would be the captain of the team in this game. This was so shocking.

At the same time, Paul Ince on Blackburn's coaching bench was also shocked. He did not expect that this guy would become the captain of Hoffenheim at such a young age. But then he thought that it was not surprising that a player like Gong Zheng was a captain in a small team like Hoffenheim. He smiled faintly and did not comment.

However, Paul Ince also felt sorry for Gong Zheng. It was too incompetent to make the Golden Boot of the European Cup be in such a small team. Let's come to Blackburn. If we come to Blackburn, we may be able to qualify for the Champions League this season.

To be honest, the current Hoffenheim is indeed too unfamiliar to Blackburn's head coach Paul Ince, of course he would not think that this Hoffenheim will be very strong. In this Hoffenheim team, he believes that Gong Zheng is the only player who threatens them. So, before the game, Paul Ince reminded the team's central defender Samba, asking him to keep a close eye on Gong Zheng and not give Gong Zheng a chance in the penalty area. As for outside the penalty area, don't be too fierce when defending Gong Zheng, the opponent's explosive power and speed are very strong.

It can be seen that Paul Ince still has a certain understanding of Gong Zheng, otherwise he would not have made such careful attention to the details.

However, although they gave it very carefully, the Blackburn players did not seem to take this seriously. In their hearts, they all thought that a large part of this guy won the European Cup top scorer should be a part of luck. They thought this guy was not worth worrying about, and Samba also thought so, although he respectfully agreed to the team's head coach on the surface.

The fans at the scene were just a little surprised by Gong Zheng's role as the team captain and didn't say much. They all focused on this game. After all, the Bundesliga is about to begin, and they want to see the recent status of the Hoffenheim players.

This guy Gong Zheng has appeared in the eyes of fans for the first time in so many warm-up games, so Hoffenheim's team is paying more attention to Gong Zheng.

Soon, the game started immediately under the referee's whistle. The first one to kick off was the home team Hoffenheim. Hoffenheim used their killer weapon, which was extremely oppressive attack as soon as it came up, oppressing Blackburn frantically.

Blackburn did not expect that a newly promoted player like Hoffenheim would attack frantically without temptation. In their hearts, a newly promoted player like Hoffenheim should not be strong and should have no effect in the offense, just a full defense and counterattack.

Although Blackburn's head coach Paul Ince also conducted some investigations on Hoffenheim before the game and knew that the opponent was good at playing offensive football, he did not expect that Ralph Rangnick would choose to attack fiercely when facing such a strong opponent, which was beyond his expectations. According to his idea, Hoffenheim should hold his tail to defend.

But this is not the case. This makes Paul Ince very embarrassed. He believes that the reason why Hoffenheim dares to attack so crazily is that he does not take their Blackburn seriously, which makes Paul Ince very angry. A small team that has been promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time did not take the quasi-European team to heart. This is simply too arrogant and too arrogant.

Paul Ince's face looked very bad. Okay, aren't you going to attack? Didn't you take us seriously? Don't you look down on our Blackburn's strength? Well, let's take it back and I'll pretend to be grandson for you. When you are careless and pressed on the whole line, I'll look good.

Paul Ince walked to the sidelines with a sneer, signaled to recover to the players on the court, and made a defensive posture. This surprised the Blackburn players on the court. They did not expect the head coach to have such an idea. They are the seventh team in the Premier League, and they are the quasi-European team. How could they show weakness in front of a small rural team like Hoffenheim who has never seen the world?

Although they felt aggrieved, Blackburn's players were still executing Paul Ince's tactics. However, he still looked down on Hoffenheim's team in his heart. They didn't believe that Hoffenheim would cause any storm. Although they had a defensive posture, their defense was quite loose and they didn't take Hoffenheim seriously at all.

Hoffenheim coach Ralph Rangnick also saw the thoughts of Blackburn players through these few minutes of the game. He smiled slightly and the opponent didn't take them seriously. It seems that the opponent will suffer a big loss in this game.

On the court, Hoffenheim players who often compete with Blackburn players knew better what Blackburn players were thinking. The other party looked down on him, and Hoffenheim players sneered, and they decided to teach Blackburn players a lesson.

In the middle and backcourt, Salihovic directly passed the ball with a long pass. The football immediately flew out of Salihovic's feet. After flying for fifty meters in the air, it accurately landed one meter in front of Gong Zheng. The ball did not rotate and it was not difficult to stop the ball. He could easily remove the football with just stretching his foot.

Salihovic's pass was very good, and it was such a long pass at a long distance and so accurate at the same time, which shows how profound the Serbian's passing skills are.

When Blackburn's head coach Paul Ince saw this long pass again, his eyes lit up, and he was also shocked. He did not expect that there would be such a player in a small team like Hoffenheim who had such a powerful pass. It seems that this small team is really a crouching tiger, hidden dragon.

Blackburn's players did not take Hoffenheim's players to heart at all, and their defense was quite loose. Even Samba, who Paul Ince had advised before the game, did not lift up his spirits and did not make a rigorous defense against Gong Zheng.

So, at this time, Gong Zheng was empty and had a lot of time to consider what method and foot method to stop the ball. Although there was no high pressure defense, Gong Zheng still strictly demanded himself and used the fastest, most suitable and most reasonable foot method to stop the ball.

After all, this is a warm-up match, not a real league. If you encounter such a defense in the league, Gong Zhengjue's team will take the safest way to stop the ball, even if you waste time and time. However, this is a warm-up match, he must strictly demand himself. Only by strictly demanding himself in this way can he not make frequent mistakes in the game in the future.

Gong Zheng quickly followed, stretched out his feet and used his instep to slant the football. The football slid to the ground against the instep, and there was no change of line bounce. Moreover, the ball happened to be in front of Gong Zheng, and the ball stopped very well.

Blackburn's head coach Paul Ince, who saw Gong Zheng's stopping the ball, his heart suddenly tightened. There was no defensive player in front of Gong Zheng. If this guy shot at this time, it would be dangerous. Although I heard that Gong Zheng's feet are not good, this is also extremely dangerous.

"How could I not stick to Samba?" Paul Ince complained in his heart.

At this moment, Gong Zheng, who stopped the football, quickly took a big step forward, waved his right leg quickly, and sucked the football he stopped.

Samba, at the front of the penalty area, saw Gong Zheng wanting to shoot from a long distance, his heart suddenly tightened, rushed out frantically, rushed out like a mad dog, and rushed towards Gong Zheng.

Although he looked down on Gong Zheng in his heart, he thought that Gong Zheng was lucky to win the Golden Boots of the European Cup. However, the guy in front of him was the winner of the Golden Boots after all, and this guy is definitely still some strength, so he can't be careless.

Although they look down on Hoffenheim players and Hoffenheim team, if they let this Hoffenheim player score a goal, wouldn't it be a fierce sarcasm for them to be Blackburn's face? Such things must not happen, absolutely not.

Samba rushed out like a mad dog, wailing loudly. Several other defenders in Blackburn in the penalty area covered their vital parts with their hands, preparing to jump up and block Gong Zheng's shot with their bodies.

Hoffenheim fans in the stands saw Salihovic's accurate long pass, Gong Zheng's wonderful stop and the crazy shot in the end, Hoffenheim fans raised their hands...

Bang!

Gong Zheng's right leg, like a swing hammer, slashed the football hard. The football was torn apart by the interstellar missiles and shot rapidly towards Blackburn's goal like an arrow.

The white-light ball flashed before Samba's eyes and passed by him like a gust of wind, and shot rapidly towards the far corner of Blackburn's goal.

Blackburn's defender and goalkeeper Paul Robinson took off at the same time in the penalty area, and Paul Robinson even flew out and stretched out his hands straight.

However, they still couldn't stop Halley's Comet from hitting the goal net.

"Swish!" The football hit the inside of Blackburn's goal, making a pleasant sound.
Chapter completed!