The German League Cup, whose full name is the German Football Association League Cup, is a pre-season opening tournament sponsored by the German Football Association. It was founded in 1997 and has only been held for the tenth time.

With such a short history and obviously imitating other league Super Cup events, what influence can you imagine.

The German League Cup has no influence outside of Germany.

Even in Germany, only the relevant teams will care about the game, but the League Cup is commercial in nature, and winning the championship will not only get the trophy, but also get the event bonus, it is still a little attractive.

The participating teams in the German League Cup are the top four in the Bundesliga last season, as well as the Bundesliga champions and the German Cup champion. If the German Cup champion is also the top four in the league, the remaining positions will be filled by the fifth place in the league The teams participating this year are Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen, Hamburg, Schalke 04, Bochum and St. Pauli.

The first round of the competition, which can be called a qualifier, is a second-place Bundesliga vs. a Bundesliga champion, and a third-place Bundesliga vs. a fourth place. At the same time get the advantage of sitting at home.

St. Pauli was the German Cup champion last season and has the qualification to directly participate in the semi-finals. When they are going to play, both qualifiers have ended, and the results are-

Werder Bremen defeated Bochum 3-0.

Hamburg relied on a penalty shootout and defeated Schalke 04 4-2.

St. Pauli's opponent is Hamburg.

This match made the League Cup semi-final attract a lot of attention, because St. Pauli and Hamburg are both Hamburg teams, the two sides are real rivals in the same city, and in history, the Hamburg derby is also one of the most popular derby games in Germany.

Before St. Pauli was in the lower league, Hamburg has been playing in the Bundesliga. The two sides have little chance to meet. Now St. Pauli has upgraded to the Bundesliga. The new season will definitely stage a Hamburg Derby, but no one thought that the Hamburg Derby would come so fast.

Even if it is only the German League Cup, both sides will definitely do their best.

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When the League Cup semi-final is approaching, the city of Hamburg is full of tension. Many fans wear jerseys that support the team. When they see the opponent ’s fans, they are still in a normal state of glaring. possible.

The Hamburg Police had to strengthen security.

From two days before the game, you can see the police cars patrolling 24 hours a day, and the security forces on all streets have been significantly strengthened.

At the same time, the entire St. Pauli team also felt a dignified atmosphere.

One is that because the new season is approaching, many of the players on the team have not participated in the Bundesliga, so they will naturally feel nervous and excited.

The League Cup can be said to be the beginning of a new season.

In addition, the Hamburg Derby is also the key.

Before the team used the League Cup as a warm-up, it won even if they could win their opponents, and it did n’t matter if they lost. Of course, in fact, most players do n’t think the team has a chance to win because the participating teams, except for the German second division Outside the champion Bochum, they are Germany's top clubs, so their main goal is to warm up.

It's different now.

The first game was Hamburg ’s Derby. Even in order to compete with the city, you must fight hard to compete.

Bergman also reminded the players in a timely manner that they must pay attention to the upcoming game, "It's just the League Cup, but our opponent is Hamburg, and there has been no Hamburg derby for four years. Every fan will look forward to it. Some of you may not understand That kind of plot, but for us, defeating Hamburg is more important than defeating Bayern. "

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On the other hand, Hamburg is also actively preparing for war.

The significance of the League Cup to St. Pauli is actually not much different from Hamburg. They are just pre-season warm-up venues, but the semi-final became Hamburg Derby, which immediately gave the game special significance.

Hamburg coach Thomas Dole knows the significance of the Hamburg Derby because he played for Hamburg in the age of players.

Can win the Hamburg Derby, can condense the support of fans, even if the team's performance is worse, it is acceptable, on the contrary, the team's performance is better, losing the Hamburg Derby, will still make fans unsatisfied.

The fans are the support of the club.

It is still very important for the club's results to satisfy the fans. Even if Hamburg and St. Pauli have no conflicts in private, if they really arrive on the field, they must fight like a life and death enemies.

At the same time, Dole also clearly needed to express his disdain for St. Pauli.

This attitude is very important.

As long as he can show his disdain for St. Pauli, and then lead the team to beat St. Pauli, he can get huge support from fans.

On the day before the game, Dole showed a disdainful attitude. When a reporter asked about the Hamburg Derby, Dole pretended to be surprised and said, "Our opponent is St. Pauli? Can they also participate in the League Cup?"

Anyone can see that Dole is intentional.

But there is no doubt that Hamburg ’s supporting media wanted to see this attitude. Questioning reporters immediately followed and explained that St. Pauli was the German Cup champion last season. Dole was "abruptly" and very perfunctory. The attitude said, "St. Pauli is a good team. We are rivals in the same city, but I think that the team should look further. We will care more about the results of Bayern and Bremen."

St. Pauli was naturally ignored.

St. Pauli ’s support for the media was immediately uncomfortable. They continued to ask questions about St. Pauli. They should also talk about the core forward Zhen Shaolong. Dole heard Zhen Shaolong ’s name and made a simple comment. “A while ago, I saw that A video of kicking a beam. He can earn enough money as a street artist. "

Thomas Dole's speech in an interview was that he stepped St. Pauli on the ground and stepped on it.

Supporters of St. Pauli are very angry.

Bergman immediately responded in the media, "If we win the game, see what he can say. Hamburg was ranked third last season, they have a proud reason, but I believe that they will definitely get in the game lesson!"

Bergman's cruel words were a bit suspicious, and St. Pauli lost to Hamburg in the war of words.

Dole was a little proud.

Before the press conference began, Dole had memorized the lines, not even the lines he thought, but provided by the Hamburg Club press officer.

He just said it.

This will undoubtedly increase your support in the hearts of Hamburg fans.

While Dole was getting more fan support for himself, he didn't know that he was annoying his opponent who shouldn't have provoke him.

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Zhen Shaolong had the feeling of lying down and being shot.

The league cup of the new season is about to start. The first game is still a vigorous Hamburg Derby. As a St. Pauli player, the only thing that should be done is to work hard to play in the game.

Zhen Shaolong didn't care too much about what happened.

That was a club-level thing, and the saliva battle was also what the head coach should care about. It was totally unexpected that the saliva battle would affect him. Seeing the news from Cruzer, Dole commented that he ’s a street performer. Can make money ', I felt very annoyed.

"Yes, Lao Tzu made you provoke you?"

"If you have a beautiful relative who fell in love with me, it must not be my fault ..." Zhen Shaolong screamed dejectedly, and heard the long-lost system prompt.

"Tip: There is a new system task trigger ~ lightnovelpub.net ~ Hamburg coach Thomas Dole mocked the host, the host should give a strong counterattack. What better than kicking the football on the opponent's face, Can it reflect the superior footwork of the host?

In the upcoming Hamburg Derby, the host needs to make football and Thomas Dole's cheeks in close contact three times.

(Note: During the mission, the host acquires the special skill "Golden Right Foot".

"Golden Right Foot": As far as power is concerned, it must hit. The host kicks the ball with his right foot and automatically corrects the route to hit the specified position. )

Task reward: a little endurance index. "

Zhen Shaolong carefully read the task description, and then according to the information in his brain, he was completely stunned by the powerful effect of the skill.

Does this work?

"Golden Right Foot" is really the right foot of gold!

You must hit with your strength ... With this super BUG effect, what kind of ball does your opponent play, just raise your hand and admit defeat or surrender!

Zhen Shaolong's mentality suddenly changed from anger to sympathy for the whole team of Hamburg. Hamburg has never imagined that the game has not started. The result is already doomed. They lost to St. Pauli, not because of poor strength, but the coach Dore A sentence.

Of course.

The task is the most important.

"Golden Right Foot" skill is a temporary effect, the purpose is also to allow him to successfully hit Dole's cheek.

Three consecutive times ...

Zhen Shaolong didn't dare to imagine that kind of picture. At that time, he would be regarded as attacking the opponent's coach with football and being sent off by the referee? It ’s good to be sent off by the referee. The game was originally a derby battle, and the fans ’mentality will definitely explode, angry Hamburg fans ...

Correct!

Fortunately!

The venue is at Neal Stadium!