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The hype in the media about Chu Zhongtian and AC Milan has ended, because Chu Zhongtian's attitude makes everyone feel that this kind of hype is too boring and no one pays attention to it, so the media naturally does not hype.

Everyone began to focus on the game itself. The German media are optimistic about Hoffenheim, and their views are the same as Rangnick, because AC Milan is old, and the young and impactful Hoffenheim is just the type of opponent that AC Milan has the most headache for, as long as they play well and show the momentum and form of attacking at the Bernabeu and Real Madrid, it is not impossible to win AC Milan at home.

Actually, this in itself is quite incredible. A season ago, even if Hoffenheim had just won the Bundesliga, no German media would have thought they would have won against the European giants. Therefore, their draw with Manchester United away from home is considered a big upset.

The Bundesliga title is really not enough to see in European football, Werder Bremen, Schalke 04 and other teams have won the Bundesliga title, but they are immediately revealed in the Champions League. In the whole of Germany, only Bayern Munich can be used in European football.

Therefore, winning the league title does not mean that it can have any influence in Europe.

The change for Hoffenheim comes after a season of Champions League play, where they drew one and won one against Manchester United in the group stage and Inter Milan in the knockout round, winning one game despite being eliminated. The most important thing is the first game of the Champions League this season, against Real Madrid, and although they lost the game, their performance gave hope to the media, who would think that their home win over AC Milan was not something unthinkable.

However, the Italian media obviously do not see it that way, especially "Milan Sport", don't think that the psychological war is over here. Two days before the game, they played the headline "Hoffenheim, a one-man team", but the photo below is not the club's owner, Dietmar. Hope is not the team's head coach Rangnick, but Chu Zhongtian's back wearing Hoffenheim's sky blue jersey, and the taste of sowing discord is already obvious.

The text only talks about Chu Zhongtian, and mentioning Rangnick is just a foil to Chu Zhongtian, or simply compared it, saying that Hoffenheim has today all depends on Chu Zhongtian, and Rangnick is decent to be a coach, if there is no Chu Zhongtian, Hoffenheim only relies on Rangnick to maintain the middle level of the Bundesliga and enter the Champions League? Don't even think about it!

In the first season of the Bundesliga, after Ibyšević was injured, it was said that the team wanted to give up the competition for the league title, but Chu stepped up at this time and encouraged everyone with his experience of playing at Wimbledon, and Hoffenheim won the championship. This paragraph was only revealed when Ibisevic was interviewed by reporters. Without Chu's encouragement, no one knows what Hoffenheim would have become in the end. In addition to here, there are many key nodes, and Chu is active everywhere, he is not only a captain, he is even the second head coach. And now he is very special at Hoffenheim, not only as a player, but also as a member of the coaching staff. This is enough to show how important Chu is to Hoffenheim. What about Rangnick? I'm not belittling Rangnick's ability, he's a good coach, but compared to Hoffenheim's current results, his coaching ability is obviously a bit ...... Not worthy, yes, not worthy. ”

This article is all about analyzing how Rangnick doesn't deserve the team's results, and how important Chu Zhongtian is to Hoffenheim.

It seems to be a boast of Chu Zhongtian, but smart people can see that this is also interfering with the relationship between Chu Zhongtian and Rangnick. Everyone knows that Rangnick and Chu Zhongtian have a good personal relationship, and before Chu Zhongtian decided to join Hoffenheim, Rangnick flew to China to meet Chu Zhongtian. They also communicate a lot in the team, and even invite him to join the team's coaching staff, which is very dependent.

In fact, it is not wrong to say that Hoffenheim has today's results, and Chu Zhongtian has a lot of credit, but when the Milan media said this, it seems that Hoffenheim can throw away Rangnick, and you can find any coach to do it, as long as there is Chu Zhongtian in the team.

It is inevitable that people will have such associations when they look at it.

This kind of sowing discord may not necessarily work, but what about it that may affect the relationship between two people at a critical moment? The kind of thing is to do it, plant the seed, and see when it sprouts.

In the face of such psychological warfare, it is really difficult to respond.

No matter what you say, it may be hyped up by the media, and the original meaning will be distorted.

So Rangnick kept silent about this, but he had a communication with Chu Zhongtian in private, and it was not very special, just chatting about this matter, Rangnick laughed at this, saying that he didn't take it to heart at all, and Chu Zhongtian didn't need to have any ideas.

Of course Rangnick is going to do this, the media is right, Chu Zhongtian is indeed very important to Hoffenheim, and now he has to do everything he can to keep Chu Zhongtian, not drive him away to establish his authority...... Chu Zhongtian responded in an interview with Chinese media: "I talked to Ralph about it before today's training and we both thought it was funny. Want to hear my response? My response was -- hahahaha. ”

After laughing, he said to the media: "I'm sure now that they were afraid of us, otherwise they wouldn't have even used this trick before the game." We were calm on our own, we were waiting for them in the Rhine-Neckar. ”

※※※ In the AC Milan team, it is really not very calm.

Allegri has never had any experience of leading a team in the Champions League, with his last group game against AJJ Auxerre being his Champions League debut, and this is only his second game. Rangnick, who was despised by the Milan media, was a Champions League veteran in front of him. However, the Milanese media have been clever enough to remain silent on this point.

Allegri's first Champions League group game, in which he led his side to a 2-0 win at home to AJJ Auxerre, gave him a boost of confidence, and his mind is now full of the pinnacle showdown with Real Madrid, as for Hoffenheim...... Although they performed well at Real Madrid's home stadium, they ended up losing the game. What does this mean? It shows that this team is young and energetic, but the performance is not stable enough, and it is especially easy to collapse at the last moment, which is a common problem of young people. We don't have this common problem in Milan, we have a very experienced squad in Milan.

Of course, he doesn't have much experience in the Champions League, but AC Milan's players do, and if you want to find a few of them in such a big club, they haven't played in the Champions League. He felt that as long as he followed his usual deployment, the rest relied on the players to adapt and play flexibly on the field, and it would not be a problem to win Hoffenheim. The first group game against AJ Auxerre illustrated this – the AC Milan players have a talent and they themselves know how to play in the Champions League and don't need to say much about it.

A good manager should be good at harnessing the talent of his players and letting them get the most out of them without having to be too constrained. Especially when you're coaching in a team like a big club, every player is good, and it's not good to talk too much.

Therefore, for this game against Hoffenheim, the only instruction he gave to the AC Milan players was to stare at Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian is the core of Hoffenheim, and everyone on earth knows this. Everyone knew that as long as they could freeze Chu Zhongtian, they would be able to stop the high-speed machine of Hoffenheim.

As for how to freeze Chu Zhongtian...... He gave the task to Gattuso and Flamini, and finally he knew that Gattuso was thirty-two years old, not the all-powerful butcher he used to be, and gave him a Flamini partner.

Flamini, who arrived on a free transfer from Arsenal in the summer of 2008, was once expected to be seen as an overtime man for Andrea Pirlo and Gattuso – nothing at all, and at Arsenal he was seen as an attacking and defensive midfielder, who could either play to the meter to assist Thierry Henry in scoring, or protect Cesc Fabregas and provide a shield at the back.

However, his performance at AC Milan was disappointing.

This time Allegri gave him the opportunity to ...... on Hoffenheim No, to be precise, to prove himself in Chu Zhongtian.

An old butcher Gattuso, plus a butcher second-generation Flamini, Allegri felt that he could stare at Chu Zhongtian no matter what.

Real Madrid's failure is that there is only one Khedira against Chu Zhongtian, and it is not a man-to-man.

With that in mind, Allegri decided that dealing with Hoffenheim should not be a big problem, so he began to revisit the footage of the match between Real Madrid and Hoffenheim, but this time his focus was no longer on Hoffenheim, but on Real Madrid. In his mind, only Mourinho's Real Madrid is the biggest opponent in this group of AC Milan, of course, qualifying from the group is not a problem, his goal is to fight for the top spot in the group, then Real Madrid's two games are particularly important.

However, he did beat Jose Mourinho – just last season, while still in charge of Cagliari, he won the 'Golden Bench Award', which symbolised the 2009 Coach of the Year, and it was Jose Mourinho who won the award by twice as many votes. Jose Mourinho won the 2009 Serie A Oscar for Best Manager, but in the "Golden Bench Award", voted for by 44 Italian coaches, Mourinho proved his words: "I have no friends in Italy, only enemies." "The Italian coaches saw Mourinho as an enemy and voted for Allegri. Beating Mourinho to win the best coach in the eyes of his peers in 2009 gave Allegri more confidence and confidence when facing Mourinho.

He clearly didn't have Hoffenheim in his sights. He is confident that with the strength of AC Milan, beating Hoffenheim away should not be too much of a problem.

Besides, he still sent the strongest lineup, and from this point of view, he didn't despise his opponent too much...... With Ibrahimovic, Pato, Ronaldinho, Inzaghi, Seedorf, Pirlo, Nesta, Silva...... After waiting for the superstar, Allegrini stepped on the plane from Milan to Mannheim.

Speaking before leaving, he said: "Hoffenheim are a good team, but our goal is to get points away from home. He didn't say whether he would get one point or three points, but everyone knows that against Hoffenheim, a third-tier team, AC Milan in the first tier will obviously not be satisfactory if they only score one point.

Now Sinsheim has seen Manchester United and Inter Milan, so the arrival of AC Milan did not cause much of a sensation here, but like the teams that have been here before, the AC Milan players have also had the opportunity to see the scene of the small town of Sinsheim covered in blue and white flags.

The city is once again boiling over the Champions League matchday.

At this point, psychological warfare in the media will no longer work. The outcome of a football match depends on how well the players on both sides play on the field.

So the attention was on the players again.

Rangnick showed his confidence by announcing his starting line-up for the game the day before the game.

Or he has nothing to hide, what are Hoffenheim's starting lineups, everyone has guessed it, isn't it those people?

Goalkeeper Nyema. The central defenders Simunic and Comper, the left wing-back is Kolarov, the right wing-back has been changed from Baker to the more attacking Srna, the right midfielder is Quaresma, the left midfielder is Salihovic, and the midfielders are the thunderous Chu Zhongtian and Sana. Up front, Ibyševich and Obasi.

Allegri then announced his starting line-up: goalkeeper Abbiati. Centre-backs Nesta and Thiago. Silva, left wing-back Antonini, right-back Zambrotta, midfielders Pirlo, Gattuso, Flamini and Seedorf, and Ibrahimovic and Robinho up front.

Unlike Hoffenheim's almost unchanged starting line-up, Allegri's starting XI came as a bit of a surprise, with Pato sitting on the bench and not playing, and Ronaldinho not starting. Maybe Allegri is still holding back, ready to see how it will be in the game and then make adjustments.

In their pre-match press conferences, both managers looked confident. Rangnick says his side will not give up on playing on their home turf, regardless of whether they are against AC Milan or Real Madrid. Allegri repeated what he had said in an interview in Milan: "Hoffenheim is good, but we are here to score points......

Speaking about the most dangerous players in the opposition squad, Rangnick said it was Andrea Pirlo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, who he believes will pose a threat to Hoffenheim's backline.

And Allegri didn't even hesitate to think about it, and blurted out directly: "Chu." ”

A reporter asked him what he planned to do since Chu Zhongtian was a threat?

Allegri said he would let Gattuso and Flamini deal with Chu Zhongtian. It's not a secret and doesn't need to be hidden. 'We're going to focus on defending his shots and I know he's been good on the scorers and he's been lucky enough to score a couple of goals this season.

'Of course, he's also very good with his passing, which is what we focus defensively.

Being praised so much by the opponent's coach should be a good thing for Chu Zhongtian, right?

The Chinese media thinks so, but more people think that this match is a serious test for Chu Zhongtian. Will he be able to perform at his normal level with Gattuso and Flamini combined?

Everybody cares about that. Chu Zhongtian did not attend the press conference, but Chu Zhongtian still accepted an interview.

When asked by reporters about this, he said calmly: "It's exciting to be able to play against a player like Gattuso. I played him once in 2007 and I'm looking forward to a second fight. ”

And what about Flamini?

"Flanimi is also a very good player, but I don't know him well......"

What a gap...... That's the pay gap. Gattuso and Flamini are not players of the same grade at all in Chu Zhongtian's mind...... But that's right, Flamini really can't compare to Gattuso.

What is Chu Zhongtian looking forward to this game?

"Of course it's a victory." When he said this, Chu Zhongtian's expression was very calm, not like he was bragging at all, nor did he look like he was fighting psychological warfare with AC Milan.

"So confident, huh?" A familiar reporter jokingly asked.

Chu Zhongtian shook his head and said, "It's not a question of whether you have self-confidence, it's a question of having to win." Losing the first game against Real Madrid puts us in a bad position and we have no choice but to win and we have to win if we want to qualify from the group. This is the Death Group. If I have confidence, I will win, and if I am not confident, I will win! ”

※※※ The next day, major media published Chu Zhongtian's remarks in an interview.

"Nothing but victory!" Such a title makes Hoffenheim fans feel very excited. But AC Milan fans feel that Chu Zhongtian is very arrogant.

Must win AC Milan?

In this case, I'm afraid even the players of Real Madrid dare not say it, why do you dare to say that if you are a person from a German country team?!

Chinese fans started a civil war because of this sentence, which was initially just a dispute between AC Milan fans and Chu Zhongtian fans, and soon caused a big scuffle due to the cynicism of Inter Milan fans.

However, this is the norm for Chinese fans on the Internet, and everyone is used to it.

In such a noisy atmosphere, Hoffenheim's home match against AC Milan came to matchday.

(To be continued)