69novels Chapter 89 Goal: Win the championship ahead of schedule!
Chapter 89 Goal: Win the championship ahead of schedule!
Chapter 89 Goal: Win the championship ahead of schedule!
You have received a new mission.
[Mission Objective: Achieve a total of 6 assists or 20 successful steals in the upcoming league and cup competitions.]
[Mission Reward: Random Serie A Player Chest (Gold)]
As soon as Hao Ren stepped into the base gate, the system's familiar voice echoed in his mind.
6 assists or 20 steals
The task is quite demanding, but Hao Ren is no longer the bench player he was at the beginning of the season!
As he turned the corner, Kimmich and Klostermann walked straight toward him.
"Oh, Mr. Goodman is clearly in decline!"
Kimmich opened his arms, ready to give Hao Ren a hug.
Unexpectedly, Hao Ren simply took a step back, rejecting Kimmich's offer.
"Damn it, can you please stop watching that idiotic show? Chicken Bro, do you really think Allen is right?"
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Faced with Hao Ren's questioning, Kimmich feigned great remorse: "No, no, Mr. Goodman is right."
"Then why keep watching? Just unsubscribe and stop giving him data."
Kimmich chuckled. "I just think it looks amazing. Right, Lucas?"
When his name was mentioned, Klostermann expressed his support for Kimmich: "It's really good. I basically check every time I open YouTube to see if there are any new episodes."
"So, he's the one you guys raised."
Hao Ren waved his hand, "This is a trash program, it has no substance whatsoever. You guys should hold back now, otherwise the production team won't be able to keep going once the viewership dwindles."
"You know, Chicken Bro, they keep making wrong score predictions. Eventually, the fans stop believing them, and then they go bankrupt."
Hao Ren told Kimmich that he had recently studied the profit models of YouTube and Twitter.
Currently, "Allen Talks Football" only gets an average of 15 views per episode, which isn't enough to make a lot of money.
"Wow, you even researched this? Did you research it specifically for him?"
"Of course not!"
Hao Ren retorted, "He's just a nobody. Is he worth Mr. Goodman putting so much effort into? I just stumbled upon him casually."
"Haha, okay, okay!"
Kimmich punched Hao Ren in the chest: "You're right, Goode is wrong. We'll prove you wrong soon enough, because we're about to win the league title!"
"Yes, people online are saying that Leipzig has a chance to win the championship this month."
Just as the KFC team was beginning to fantasize about winning the championship early, Klostermann suddenly reminded them of something.
"Didn't Ralph say he'd go to the meeting room first this morning? He must have been talking about this."
1. RB Leipzig, 63 points. (Promotion zone)
2. Ingolstadt, 53 points. (Promotion zone)
3. Darmstadt 98, 50 points.
4. Kaiserslautern, 47 points.
5. Karlsruhe, 46 points.
Inside the conference room at the base, Almas opened the PowerPoint presentation, which displayed the current league standings.
Before the players had finished reading, Rangnick began his presentation.
"As you can see, we are currently 10 points behind Ingolstadt. That's a pretty good gap, but I still don't think it's enough."
Rangnick looked at the players below the court: "Do you understand what I mean?"
"Come, my respected Mr. Goodman, tell me your understanding."
"————"
At this moment, Hao Ren was like a student being called on by the teacher to answer a question.
"If we want to win the championship this month, we need to be 13 points ahead of second place —"
"As expected, Asians' calculation abilities are in a class of their own."
Rangnick had just praised Hao Ren when Kimmich immediately chimed in: "He found this online; fans online helped calculate it."
Hao Renguang quickly spread his hands towards Kimmich: "Hey!"
"Ha ha!"
"Alright, alright, anyway, we got the result."
Rangnick continued his narration.
"Currently, we are 10 points behind second place, so if we want to win the title this month, Ingolstadt must lose."
The PowerPoint presentation jumps to the second page, which displays a preview of an event.
【4月24日17：30，因戈尔施塔特VS莱比锡红牛（德乙第30轮）】
"The schedule is very favorable, which means that if we can win all three of our remaining league matches in April, we can clinch the 2. Bundesliga title a whole month in advance!"
Although Rangnick is middle-aged, he speaks with a firm tone, giving people an unquestionable feeling.
The German's gaze swept over the players sitting below.
At this point, Poulsen reminded him, "Sir, what about the German Cup? We have a semi-final in April."
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"I think there's someone who can answer this question for you—"
Rangnick turned to Hao Ren: "Come on, Mr. Goodman, tell Youssef your thoughts."
"Mr. Goodman wants them all."
Hao Ren crossed his arms over his chest, his tone extremely arrogant.
Rangnick clapped his hands, then looked at Poulsen again: "That's my answer."
Rangnick is a man of action; once the plan was finalized, he led the players into new training.
To ensure players perform well in matches, Leipzig has been keeping training intensity low recently, focusing most of their time on player cohesion and teamwork.
"Chicken Bro!"
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Hao Ren supported himself on his foot and then sent a straight pass forward, accurately finding Kimmich in front of him.
Kimmich received the ball and decisively charged towards the right byline.
Hao Ren ran wildly behind him and quickly caught up with Kimmich.
Poulsen, positioned on the byline, quickly cut inside, and Kimmich passed the ball to Hao Ren behind him.
"I'll do it!"
Snapped!
A 45-degree cross found Poulsen, who was cutting inside.
Poulsen has received the ball in the penalty area!
boom!
The shot is awarded.
"Depend on!"
"How could you miss that?!" Poulsen roared angrily.
"You hit it perfectly!"
Bellot pointed out the problem with Paulsen.
In the distance, Hao Ren also raised his hand, signaling to Paulsen not to rush: "Never mind, Yusuf!"
The temperature in Leipzig rose rapidly in April, and the atmosphere at the training ground became increasingly pleasant.
Outside the training field, Rangnick sat on a small stool, staring intently at the notebook in his hands.
"Cross-positioning —"
"I think this is great. Goodman and Joshua play very well together, and we should take advantage of that."
Almas crouched down.
He heard what Rangnick said clearly, but his attention was elsewhere.
Rangnick's notebook had "KC" and "FC" written on it. Simple letter notations, but rather amusing.
"Haha, why are you starting to call them KFC now?"
"Oh?"
Rangnick realized this too late.
"I just thought of this and wrote it this way; it's very convenient. Sometimes I can't distinguish numbers, but I don't have to when I write letters."
"That's true."
Almas sat down on the grass: "Aren't you going to talk to him?"
"Hmm? Who are you looking for?"
Rangnick closed his notebook and turned to look at Almas beside him.
"Goodman."
"If you don't talk to him soon, the Dortmund guys are going to kidnap him."
Rangnick didn't speak immediately, but instead looked at Hao Ren, who was "directing" his teammates on the training field.
On April 12, in the 28th round of the German Second Division, RB Leipzig played against Bochum away.
"Leipzig is playing a 4-2-3-1 formation today, with Forsberg playing as the attacking midfielder and Hao Ren and Kimmich partnering as defensive midfielders."
"Anthony-Jan dribbles up here!"
Anthony Jung dribbled down the wing, and Bochum sent in defenders to try and stop him from advancing further.
But this played right into Leipzig's hands.
What's most impressive about RB Leipzig this season is their decisive and aggressive passing!
Snapped!
Anthony-Jung passed the ball to Hao Ren.
"Oh!!"
"Goodman!!!"
As Leipzig's star player, Grandpa Niu is quite popular even when playing away from home!
He dribbled the ball forward with the outside of his foot, taking long strides.
"Look to the left! Look to the left!"
Pointing to the left flank, Hao Ren delivered a long pass, successfully finding Morris waiting ahead.
After completing the pass, Hao Ren didn't hesitate and continued running forward.
As a defensive midfielder, Hao Ren's position is now almost overlapping with that of attacking midfielder Forsberg.
Just when fans thought Hao Ren was going somewhere else, Forsberg started running to the baseline to receive Morris's pass.
Does the attacking midfielder concede the top of the box to the defensive midfielder?
this----
Well, Leipzig is still Leipzig, and you never know what Grandpa and his teammates are up to.
Snapped!
Morris walked from the baseline into the penalty area and seized the opportunity to execute a triangular cutback.
Hao Ren gets the ball at the top of the arc!
Two Bochum defenders immediately marked Hao Ren.
"Depend on!"
Hao Ren steadied himself, pushed hard against the defender, and successfully created space for himself.
Snapped!
The ball was passed to Kimmich on the right, and Hao Ren rushed to the penalty spot.
"Oh!!!"
Kimmich passed the ball across to Hao Ren, who was now facing the goalkeeper!
boom!
"Goal!"
1:0!
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"Hao Ren scores!"
"Grass!"
"4th minute of the first half! Leipzig takes the lead!"
Boom!
Bang bang bang!
The away team's stand only had about 1000 people, but it was very lively.
At this rate, it's only a matter of time before Leipzig defeats Bochum.
If they defeat Bochum, Leipzig will have completed one-third of their plan to win the title early!
Good man!
'
Boom!
Mr. Goodman!
'
Bang bang bang!
Hao Ren came down to the stands and awkwardly started doing the moonwalk he had just learned.
[Awesome! Awesome!]
[They're not giving us a chance at all! When will Leipzig play Ingolstadt? I want to see Hao Hao lift the trophy!]
[Fun fact: Hao Hao also won the trophy last season, do you even know what a German third division champion is?]
[How can this be compared? Hao Ren has been playing well this season, scoring more goals as a defensive midfielder than any of the strikers!]
Who should we play in the German Cup semi-final? Hopefully, we don't draw Dortmund; the other two seem about the same.
"Terrachino, what do you want?!"
"Hao Ren is compressing the space in Terrachino!"
"It's coming!"
boom!
Wow!
[Mission Progress: Assists (0/6) / Steals (1/20)]
Hao Ren kicked the ball out of bounds, infuriating Terracino: "Fuck you!"
"uh-huh?"
Hao Ren didn't waste any words and walked straight up to Terracino.
Trachino gave Hao Ren a symbolic shove, then pretended to have something to do and walked away.
I remember when we met in the first half of the league season, this Leipzig number 20 should have been shorter than me.
Why is it so much taller now!
"Terrachino is trying to receive a pass from his teammate at the edge of the penalty area!"
"But Hao Ren has blocked Terracino!"
Sticking close to Trachino, Hao Ren stood firmly on his feet, looking for an opportunity to kick the ball away from his opponent's feet.
However, Terracino couldn't withstand the pressure and collapsed to the ground in no time.
"Whoosh!"
Hao Ren committed a defensive foul!
[Mission Progress: Assists (0/6) / Steals (3/20)]
"Me?"
Hao Ren raised an eyebrow.
Does this count as a successful steal?
"Good boy, be careful!"
Kimmich shouted from a short distance away, "Don't get a yellow card, or you'll be suspended!"
Hao Ren has accumulated a number of yellow cards, which could lead to a suspension.
Leipzig is currently in a crucial period of their title race, and they absolutely cannot afford to be without a key player!
"I know!"
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Snapped!
The corner kick was awarded, and Hao Ren grabbed Bastians' shoulder with one hand, and the two jumped up at the same time.
"what!"
boom!
He headed the ball into the open space on the left, and Morris volleyed it in.
Goal!
2: 0!
[Mission Progress: Assists (1/6) / Steals (4/20)]
Judging from the situation on the field, Bochum was indeed no match for Leipzig.
Although they both come from the German second division, the gap in their abilities must be acknowledged.
"Come on, come on, I want to get more assists!"
In order to complete the mission as soon as possible, Hao Ren and his teammates started communicating.
"Hey, stop thinking about inflating your stats!"
Kimmich reacted quickly, seizing every opportunity to push Hao Ren.
"This isn't about inflating data, Chicken Bro, don't talk nonsense!"
Hao Ren pounded his chest: "What I mean is, I need to create more opportunities for the forwards! That's what the midfielders should be doing."
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"Brother Chicken, you're also a midfielder, do you even realize that?"
"Oh!"
Kimmich covered his head with his hands: "Damn it, I was wrong, good!"
"It's good that you know you were wrong!"
Hao Ren tapped Kimmich on the chest, signaling the latter to pass the ball to him more often.
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boom!
Hao Ren's long-range shot was saved by the goalkeeper, and he quickly ran to intercept the loose ball.
"I'll do it!"
Hao Ren signaled for Forsberg to move aside, and with a sliding tackle, he brought down the player with the ball, which was then knocked away and rolled into the penalty area.
Seeing that he was in a good position, Flann decisively took a shot and scored.
"Oh!!!!"
[Mission Progress: Assists (2/6) / Steals (5/20)]
After getting up from the ground, Hao Ren joined the team's celebration.
That last move just gave him an assist and a steal, it was so satisfying!
It's now the 75th minute of the second half.
The huge difference in performance was hard for the home team's fans to accept, and some people in the stands had already started to leave.
This made the Leipzig fans in the away stands even more excited.
"RB Leipzig, wir sind hier für den Sieg! (RB Leipzig, we fight for victory!)"
"Rot—Weiß im Herzen, wir kämpfen für den Verein! (Red and white in our hearts, we fight for the club!)"
"RB!"
"RB! RB! RB————"
"Beep, whoosh—!!!"
[Match results are in progress]
[League Points +17]
"call----"
Hao Ren let out a long breath, and in front of him was Kimmich walking toward him with open arms.
"Brother Chicken, just two more wins and you'll be the champion."
"Ha ha!"
Hao Ren and Kimmich embraced, and the broadcast footage froze at that moment.
Today's Headline - RB Leipzig's 3-2 shutout victory over Bochum extends their winning streak; two more league wins will secure the title for them.
Kicker's 2. Bundesliga Column—The biggest gap between first and second place in the history of the 2. Bundesliga? Leipzig may win the league title a whole month early.
If they win two more games in a row, Leipzig will clinch the league title with four rounds to spare, marking their first ever Bundesliga 2 championship.
With the championship day seemingly just around the corner, Leipzig supporters are so excited they can't sleep, causing many to overlook one thing.
Leipzig's April isn't just about the league!
The draw for the German Cup semi-finals is today!
Reprinted from ESPN: The draw for the German Cup semi-finals is out, with RB Leipzig facing Hoffenheim in the bottom half of the bracket.