When facing Felt in the seventh round, Pan Yi made adjustments to the lineup.
He rested some of the main players who were really tired and replaced them with some substitute players.
Calhanoglu, Berry, Janssen, Lin Zhijian, including Westerman and others all went into battle.
There are only so many people who can use it, but if you keep controlling the main force, something will definitely happen, so this is the only way to do it.
At least we have to catch all the fish in a sustainable manner, otherwise it will be difficult to survive this devilish schedule of consecutive games in a short period of time.
Although this game is an away game, the opponent is Felt.
In the first six rounds, they had 1 win, 1 draw and 4 losses, with 4 points and ranked second from the bottom in the standings.
In other words, this newly promoted team has been in the position predicted by the media since the beginning of this season, and is a suitable target to use a semi-rotation lineup.
So Pan Yi decided to give it a try. If he could win, he would make a lot of money.
But the final result was a bit embarrassing.
In the cheers of the home fans, Fürth was as strong as taking an aphrodisiac and shot hard at Hamburg's goal.
In the end, Felt made a world wave from forward veteran Asamoah at the last moment of the game, breaking through the gate guarded by Navas.
0:1, Hamburg lost in the away game!
This gave Fürth his first victory in four rounds and also gave Hamburg a two-match winless streak.
This loss also caused Hamburg, which has 13 points with 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses, to continue to decline in the standings and has reached fifth place.
Then at this time, the media and fans began to find fault with the burger.
Many people began to criticize Pan Yi for having problems with his formation:
"Why not play De Bruyne? Hamburg's offense is not smooth at all."
"Vardy played well, why did you replace him?"
"You asked Calhanoglu to play the core midfielder, did he play well? Do you know he doesn't have the ability?"
"I advise coach Pan Yi to clarify the basic tactical concepts..."
There's nothing we can do about it.
Whether it is the media or fans, most of them are classic discussions.
They only see whether the team they support wins in front of them. Where do they try to understand what happened behind the loss?
Hamburg's staffing is like this. Pan Yi is now trying his best to find the optimal rotation plan, but as long as he loses, it means nothing.
Not to mention that Hamburg is still ranked in the top six, which is still far beyond the fans' psychological expectations for them before the season.
But now the appetite of Hamburg fans has been fed to Diao, and they have forgotten that they were previously regarded as a team of the same level as Fürth.
Even Chairman Yakhov found Pan Yi to talk.
"Pan Yi, you have to think of a solution quickly. Although our current record is not bad, if this continues, the team may not be able to enter the European competition, right?"
Yahov said "European war" instead of "Champions League", which shows that he is not very confident now.
Although in the chairman's original expectation, avoiding relegation this season would be considered a success.
But burgers started so well, and Yahov's appetite was also whetted.
If we can really enter the European competition, there will be a lot more tickets, broadcasts, and bonuses.
In terms of business cooperation, when it comes to sponsorship, jerseys and stadium advertising, European teams are obviously much more upscale than relegation teams.
So now that the performance is declining, the Chairman is also worried.
"We will definitely enter the Champions League." Pan Yi sighed, but still said in a very firm tone, "Now many of the main players have physical problems, and I need to rotate players to help. And this requires running in and time. Don't worry. Well, it won’t be long.”
Yahov said: "Can we make it to the winter window? We can solve the personnel difficulties through transfer or loan."
Pan Yi smiled and said: "Have you forgotten that I mentioned to you about additional funds during the winter window? I already have candidates in mind, but now is not the time. Don't worry, I am confident even with these people now. Keep the team at a relatively high level.”
Yahov could only choose to believe Pan Yi.
What else could he do?
In an interview with reporters, Pan Yi praised the players and took the responsibility on himself.
"They played very well, but they just lacked luck. I believe our players can adjust their state and mood and then enter the next game. It was me who did not pay attention to this tight schedule and did not do much preparation for the team. Yes, I have to take full responsibility for losing."
The reporter asked: "There are rumors that the Chairman of Hamburg has put a lot of pressure on you?"
"No, he has always supported my work. Please stop making false accusations."
Reporter: "How are you going to adjust next? Hamburg started off very strong, and many teams have also studied your style of play. Is this the reason for your poor performance in the last two games?"
"I have no comment on this. But what I am sure of is that we will not keep losing!"
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After another international match day, Hamburg faced Stuttgart at home on October 21st.
Stuttgart, a team that was optimistic by the media before the season could enter the top six, has not performed satisfactorily since the start of the season.
After seven rounds, they are only ranked 15th in the standings with a record of 1 win, 3 draws and 3 losses, and are only 1 point above the relegation zone.
But even so, the media is still not optimistic about Hamburg, thinking that Hamburg is now in a worse state and cannot win Stuttgart at all.
However, Hamburg defeated its opponent with an economic score of 1:0 and scored all 3 points.
Wu Lei broke into the penalty area in the 18th minute and was brought down by Sakai Goudoku. Vardy took a penalty kick.
However, Hamburg's status has been a bit up and down.
Just six days later, on October 27, in the ninth round of the Bundesliga, Hamburg challenged Augsburg away and was tied 0:0.
A draw with the opponent away from home seems acceptable on the surface.
But the problem is that Augsburg is also a frequent visitor to the relegation zone!
Including this draw, they only have 6 points with 1 win, 3 draws, 5 losses, and a poor record of scoring 5 goals and conceding 13 goals, ranking 17th in the standings, which is the second to last!
——Fürth, who was originally in the penultimate position, has successfully moved on to get out of the relegation zone with the three points gained by defeating Hamburg.
In other words, Hamburg's three consecutive rounds were all against teams at the bottom of the standings, but they only achieved one win, one draw and one loss, and only scored one goal!
And the only goal was a penalty kick.
This caused the media and fans to start a new round of verbal abuse against Pan Yi.
What makes everyone even more pessimistic is that Pan Yi and his Hamburg are about to face a strong enemy in the tenth round.
That is an opponent that is much stronger than Fürth and Augsburg in terms of strength and condition.
That is the Bundesliga hegemon who currently ranks first in the standings and has won all nine of the previous nine rounds——
Bayern Munich!
(End of chapter)
