Before the official opening of the Bundesliga, various German media have also announced their assessment of the team's strength and ranking predictions for the new season.
Although the Bundesliga championship has been won by Dortmund in the past two seasons, the vast majority of media still regard Bayern Munich as the favorite for the Bundesliga championship this season.
This is mainly because Bayern's performance as the "King of Sanya" last season was actually not too bad, and this season Xia Chuang has made crazy reinforcements, further improving its strength.
Croatian striker Mandzukic was bought from Wolfsburg for 13 million, Swiss international Shaqiri was brought in from Basel for 11.8 million, Brazilian defender Dante was bought from Monchengladbach for 4.7 million, and Werder Bremen was visa-free. Peruvian striker Pizarro...
Of course, the most important thing is the purchase of midfielder Javi Martinez from Athletic Bilbao for 40 million, which makes Bayern's lineup more complete in the new season.
As for Bayern's main competitor, Dortmund, although they also bought "Little Rocket" Reus from Monchengladbach for 17.1 million euros, they also left a Bundesliga MVP-level main force like Shinji Kagawa, which cannot be said to be comparable in terms of strength. Either increase or decrease.
One side is almost holding its troops on hold, while the other side is aggressively increasing its troops. Naturally, the media will be more optimistic about Bayern.
In addition to the top two, Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke 04, two traditional Bundesliga teams, rank third and fourth respectively.
Monchengladbach, which has lost many generals this season, is considered to be a skinny camel bigger than a horse, and can still be ranked fifth.
In sixth place is Stuttgart.
In terms of relegated teams, among the three teams Fürth, Eintracht Frankfurt, and Dusseldorf that just emerged from the Bundesliga last season, Fürth and Dusseldorf are considered to be unable to adapt to the Bundesliga. The rhythm fell back to Bundesliga B again.
Frankfurt is favored.
They purchased eight players in the summer window, including many outstanding rookies such as Gan Guishi and Trapp. Therefore, many media believe that Frankfurt can not only stay in the Bundesliga, but may even be higher in the rankings.
So, which team will replace Frankfurt and fall to the Bundesliga 2 together with Fürth and Dusseldorf?
The answer is burgers.
Hamburg, which barely avoided relegation last season, made a large-scale signing in the summer window, but it seems that it cannot make up for the strength vacuum left by the departure of the main players in the team.
It can also be seen from the warm-up matches and the first round of the German Cup that Hamburg has not become stronger.
In particular, the German Cup defeat by Karlsruhe, a German third-division team, further reduced Hamburg's status in the eyes of the media.
So, for a team that was originally ranked 15th in the league but whose strength has declined instead of increasing, its position in the new season is obvious.
The media believes that Hamburg will be ranked third from the bottom at most and go to the relegation play-offs, but there is a high probability that it will be directly relegated. The final ranking will be worse than Fürth and Dusseldorf!
Hamburg faced Nuremberg in the first round, which was also considered to be the most severe test for Pan Yi.
If they lose at home, Pan Yi's coaching position is likely to be shaken.
The media's predictions for this game are also one-sided, with everyone optimistic about Nuremberg.
They are considered to be ranked 9th or 10th in the Bundesliga in the new season, and are obviously higher than Hamburg in terms of strength.
In addition, Nuremberg has another good thing: they have just added a new assistant coach named Rahman to their team.
It was the former Hamburg coach who was fired by Pan Yi!
Due to his familiarity with the Hamburg team, this makes preparations for Nuremberg even more secure.
In an interview before the game, Rahman was also a black man for Pan Yi and Hamburg management.
"It is a great honor for me to join Nuremberg."
"Wiesinger was a famous player in Nuremberg when he was a player. Now he is also a very good coach. I can learn a lot from him. More importantly, he is wholeheartedly thinking about Nuremberg. Unlike the head coach of Hamburg, he is simply It’s just nonsense!”
"Yes, I don't regret leaving Hamburg. I just found out that Pan Yi was an incompetent coach who only deceived people, so I took the initiative to resign. My professional attitude made it impossible for me to tolerate working under such a head coach."
"The senior management of Hamburg? They just took a fancy to Pan Yi's identity as a Dragon Country player and wanted to use this to attract the attention of Dragon Country fans and corresponding investment. The Asian players they introduced also had the same purpose."
Rahman said it as if he couldn't stand the current situation in Hamburg and resigned on his own initiative.
Previously, Chairman Yachov tried to save him face by claiming that Rahman resigned on his own initiative instead of being fired. However, he was bitten back and became a "Hamburg senior executive" who was messing around.
A reporter asked: "Pan Yi performed very well in AC Milan last season. Everyone said that Milan was able to win the Triple Crown because of his great contribution. What do you think?"
Rahman smiled disdainfully:
"It's all just hype. I suspect that this guy from the Dragon Kingdom bought a lot of media to build momentum for him. The purpose is to trick some idiot chairman into asking him to be the head coach and then earn more salary."
"Milan's success is of course due to coach Allegri. How can it be the turn of an assistant coach? It's a joke."
"You mean those young players that Pan Yi introduced? That's because Milan's scouting system is powerful. Pan Yi just happened to pick a few good prospects among them."
"If he coaches Hamburg independently this season, he will show his fox's tail. It's a pity that my old club Hamburg will be relegated due to his cruelty."
"Of course, I hope that Hamburg's senior management can get back on track, kick Pan Yi out of the team as a rookie and find another talent. Maybe there is a way out."
"If Hamburg asks me to be the head coach? Haha, of course it is my duty to save Hamburg from fire and water!..."
Pan Yi saw the news of this interview in the chairman's office and couldn't help laughing: "Mr. Chairman, now you know why I have to get out of here, right? It's a disaster for such a villain to stay in the team, and you are too stupid." Give him face."
Yahov sighed: "Then are you sure about this game? If you can win, of course it is the best counterattack, but if you lose..."
Pan Yi waved his hand: "Of course we will win. Have you forgotten what I told you before?"
Pan Yi has naturally talked with the chairman about giving up the German Cup and focusing on the league. This season's basic strategic direction.
Pan Yi and Yahov analyzed the reasons, pros and cons very clearly, and Mr. Chairman also understood it very well.
He also understands that Hamburg's previous performance in the German Cup is not the team's true strength.
This defeat can even be regarded as a smoke bomb, causing opponents to lose their judgment on Hamburg and thereby profit from it.
Look at Rahman’s disdain for burgers during the interview. Isn’t that the best proof?
However, after all, the stadium is like a battlefield, and the situation is always changing rapidly. If Pan Yi really loses, as Chairman Yahov, who has always supported Pan Yi, the pressure will be infinite.
"Don't worry!" Pan Yi patted Yahov on the shoulder, "I really don't take such a small role seriously..."
(End of chapter)
