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Players from both sides stood in the tunnel, waiting to enter, and the live radio outside was loudly introducing the players. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The Info was the visiting players, the live announcer gave a perfunctory introduction, and the Schalke 04 fans also booed Hoffenheim's player's name.

When it came time to introduce the Schalke 04 players, the broadcasters and fans cheered enthusiastically. That's the difference between home and away...... Such a trick can't shake the fighting spirit of the Hoffenheim players, they are bound to win this last game, they have worked hard for a season, they have experienced so many setbacks, for what? Isn't it for that silver salad plate?

No one will give up the loot in their hands, and although it is uncertain, it will always be hard to get it.

If Hoffenheim, who have just been promoted to the First Division, still don't seem very confident, then after a season of tempering, they have now learned to be calm and have valuable self-confidence at such an important moment.

This season is the top of what has changed at Hoffenheim over the past 100 years.

Chu Zhongtian stood at the front of the team, and next to him stood the captain of Schalke 04, Brazilian central defender Bolden.

Before the game, the two sides could be very friendly, and Bolden took the initiative to extend his hand to Chu Zhongtian. Chinese New Year's Eve The three-year-old Brazilian centre-back, who has long flowing hair, is one meter tall**, has excellent bounce and outstanding headers, and is the team's main centre-back. He has been in the Bundesliga for five seasons before moving to Stuttgart from Sao Paulo in 1998 before moving to Schalke 04. There are not many players in world football who score a hat-trick from a free-kick in a single game, and Mihajlovic did it during his time at Lazio, which made him famous all over the world. The Brazilian centre-back did just that, scoring three powerful long-range free-kicks in a game at Stuttgart, and his run-up defence was somewhat like Roberto's. Carlos, and his celebration of pulling the bolt of the gun with his hand on the outside of his thigh after scoring a goal was also impressive.

At that time, Bolden was still in his playing years, but now he is a 33-year-old veteran and facing the problem of retirement.

But such a veteran remains one of the Bundesliga's best centre-backs, and although his signature free-kick is now a rarity, the defence is still excellent. Whoever underestimates him will suffer.

Chu Zhongtian stretched out his hand and shook hands with him with a smile.

"Good luck to you." Bolden said.

"Thank you." Chu Zhongtian replied.

This was the pre-match communication between the two captains.

At this time, the referee Schmidt walked out of the referee's lounge with his two assistant coaches and a fourth official, he held the football, walked to the front, and said to Chu Zhongtian and Bolden: "It's time to play, gentlemen." ”

The captains of both sides then turned around and slapped their teammates and shouted: "Ready to play!!" ”

When the players of the two teams walked out of the corridor, the huge cheers on the scene made people vaguely feel the majestic wind of 127 decibels, of course, this has not yet arrived. There was just a moment when it was really deafening.

The captains of the two sides soon gathered together again, exchanging flags and picking sides. Chu Zhongtian won the right to pick the edge, and Schalke 04 got the right to kick off.

Players from both sides stood in their respective formations and waited for kick-off.

The referee is in check with the fourth official and must ensure that the final round of the league kicks off at the national time. After receiving an answer from the fourth official, he blew the whistle in his mouth.

"It's on!"

"CCTV! Cctv! Viewers, you are watching the final round of the 08-09 season of the German Football Bundesliga, Schalke 04 at home against Hoffenheim! It's a league title game! ”

At the beginning of the game, Schalke 04 took advantage of the possession of the ball and launched a fierce attack on Hoffenheim.

Farfan kicked the ball to Asamoah and ran forward, and after a series of passes, the ball was at his feet again, by which time he had moved to the edge of the box. Falfan, who received the football, did not give the Hoffenheim defenders time to pounce and directly volleyed!

No one expected Schalke 04 to have their first shot on goal so quickly, so the Hoffenheim defenders didn't defend in time, but fortunately Hildebrand was highly focused and struggled to save Farfan's shot.

But Schalke 04's attack was not finished, and after Hildebrand saved the ball, the ball did not fly to the bottom line, but bounced back.

Schalke 04 player Khalil who rushed into the penalty area. Altentop volleys in the face of the incoming ball!

"Altentop—"

Leif shouted that Schalke 04 had such a good chance to score just after the opening, and he was also excited.

There was a huge cheer at the Schalke Stadium, and the fans of Schalke 04 stood up and cheered for the goal.

Everyone thought it was a goal, but Hildebrand disagreed, and after saving Farfan's first shot, he struggled to get up from the ground for a second save, which made him wait.

When Altentop's shot flew towards him, he rose to his feet and blocked the ball with one palm!

"Hildebrand! Pretty! ”

Duan Bin shouted.

This time Hoffenheim's defenders were not careless, and Comper quickly drove the football out without giving Schalke 04's players a chance to make up for it.

After the big kick off, Comper was a little scared - what if the team fell behind with less than a minute into the game?

"Just a minute into the game, Schalke 04's players threatened Hoffenheim's goal twice! It seemed that Hoffenheim would not be easy to win this game, Schalke 04 used these two shots to tell the visiting guests that they were not willing to give up the victory! ”

※※※ "We have been expecting this for a long time. Rangnick said to his assistant Zeidler. Schalke 04 are not the kind of team willing to lose on their home turf, not to mention that they will have to compete for next season's UEFA Cup qualification. But I didn't expect them to get into the game so quickly......"

Schalke 04's head coach Biskens was proud of his team's ability to get into the game so quickly.

"Hoffenheim have always boasted that they are in game form, and I want them to see who is faster!" He said to the people around him.

※※※ On the field, Chu Zhongtian was shouting to his teammates: "See, brothers? This is the final of the battle for the championship! Cheer up and focus! ”

Hildebrand felt he was in great shape today after saving those two shots and he was full of confidence: "I was in good shape today, give me the goal, guys!" Go Attack! ”

Schalke 04's players will regret later that they didn't score now, as their two onslaughts woke up the Hoffenheim players.

After the restart, the football was passed to Chu Zhongtian's feet. This is the attacking method that Hoffenheim players have become accustomed to after a season.

Chu Zhongtian is Hoffenheim's brain.

After Chu Zhongtian got the ball, he was immediately closely guarded by Schalke 04 players. The man who defended him close was Dutch midfielder Ngral.

Defending Chu Zhongtian was Engelar's initiative to ask for help, and he still remembers the first time the two sides met, he was tricked by Chu Zhongtian. He couldn't swallow this breath anyway, and he had to get the field back.

At that time, the Hoffenheim player was injured and fell to the ground, he kindly reminded Chu Zhongtian that a teammate was injured and hoped that he would kick the football out, but Chu Zhongtian deceived him and used his kindness to assist Hoffenheim to score a goal.

He Englaar is not a good-natured player, and this revenge must be avenged!

If it weren't for the fact that Biskens didn't want the match between the two teams to repeat the situation of the last meeting, he would have shoveled Chu Zhongtian from behind a long time ago. Before the game, head coach Biskens analyzed the situation of many opponents, and especially reminded everyone to pay attention when mentioning Chu Zhongtian, and thought of many ways to deal with Chu Zhongtian. If you want Engelar to say, you don't need to do anything, you will have an accident when you go up, let Chu Zhongtian leave the field directly injured, and the other party's most threatening task will be solved.

Unfortunately, Biskens didn't appreciate Rutten's approach, and he didn't want his team to be sent off two more times in the game, and one coach to be sent off to the stands.

So Engal just pressed closely, and didn't move too hard.

In the face of Engelal's close pressing, Chu Zhongtian did not win, he chose to transfer the football out, and then cut the position himself, and at the same time he was constantly observing the surrounding situation when he was running, when his teammates passed the football over again, he cleverly missed the football and passed the football between his legs, and deceived Engelral.

The ball fell to Eduardo's feet and the Brazilian dribbled forward.

※※※ Schalke 04 and Hoffenheim match attracted a lot of attention, especially Wolfsburg supporters. VfL Wolfsburg were at home to Werder Bremen, but the Wolfsburg were a little distracted, keeping an eye on the news on the other pitch, even with the coach and substitutes.

Schalke 04 had two dangerous strikes in less than a minute into the game, and when the news of the almost goal reached the Volkswagen Arena, there was a lot of jubilation here, and they desperately cheered for Schalke 04.

It seems that encouraged by the news, the Wolfsburg players on the field also played extra hard.

In the sixth minute, they took the lead. Misimovic opened the scoring for the home side with a beautiful volley from inside the box.

For the Wolfsburg fans, it was a double blessing – their own team was ahead and Schalke 04 looked in good form and were looking good to score. As long as Wolfsburg beat Werder Bremen and Schalke 04 beat Hoffenheim, then Wolfsburg will be able to win the league title.

A draw is not a no. Because Wolfsburg is now two points behind Hoffenheim, even if Hoffenheim and Schalke 04 are tied, unless Wolfsburg beat Werder Bremen by a big score, the title will still belong to Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim now have a goal difference of 83 compared to Wolfsburg's 75, which is the second-highest goal tally in the league but still a bit far from Hoffenheim. If Hoffenheim draw, they would have to win by at least nine goals against Werder Bremen to secure the league title - the Bundesliga's points ranking rules are to compare points first, compare goal difference with the same number of points, and then compare goals with goal difference, and Hoffenheim has an advantage over Wolfsburg in terms of points and goal difference.

Despite Bremen's poor season, they are unlikely to lose nine goals away to Wolfsburg...... If the score does occur, the German Football Association will have to investigate whether there is anything wrong with this game.

So a draw is meaningless for Wolfsburg, but a draw is also meaningless for Schalke 04, who will have to win Hoffenheim at home if they are to qualify for the UEFA Cup this season.

The people of Wolfsburg knew this and felt a little relieved. Schalke 04 will definitely fight for the win, a draw means nothing to them.

Only Hoffenheim are in the best position and only need a draw to win the league. However, none of the Hoffenheim soldiers had such thoughts, all they thought about was victory, and if they didn't win, the championship was not perfect. What's more, the opponent is bent on winning, can we get our wish if we want to draw ourselves? So the safest thing to do is to win.

※※※ "Wolfsburg scored. Zeidler told Rangnick about the other pitch.

Rangnick nodded: "It doesn't matter how many goals they score, as long as our side wins." Let them in. "He's not in a hurry, anyway, so far, the fate is still in his own hands, and they don't need to look at the faces of Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen.

On the field, Hoffenheim's attack picked up, and their powerful attack slowly began to take off.

In the ninth minute, Hoffenheim got a corner kick opportunity, and Chu Zhongtian's header flew out against the post, shocking the Schalke 04 fans into a cold sweat.

In the twelfth minute, Hoffenheim had another chance. Chu Zhongtian passed directly to Demba. Ba, Demba. Ba received the ball and forced a breakthrough, and then shot vigorously from the edge of the side, and the football hit the side netting, which made the people who didn't see it excited and thought the ball had gone in. Duan Bin is one of them.

See Dengba. When the ball kicked out of the net, he couldn't wait to shout: "The ball is in!" ”

Only then did I discover Dengba. Ba did not celebrate, and Schalke's goalkeeper Neuer did not feel frustrated or angry, he realized that he had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Ah...... The ball hit the side-netting, and from my point of view, it was like a goal......"

He really wanted Hoffenheim to score early, preferably twice in a row to seal the win, so he didn't have to worry.

However, this match is not destined to be won easily by Hoffenheim.

In the fifteenth minute, Schalke 04 also took color. Farfan was brought down by Baker when he broke down the left and the referee awarded Schalke 04 a free-kick which was taken by Farfan. He spun the ball straight in front of goal, and Hildebrand struck the ball out of his fist before Kuranyi. The ball fell to Altentop and his shot from the back of the box went wide.

Although Schalke 04's defense is the strongest in the Bundesliga this season, but in this game, in order to win, plus it is his home stadium, Biskens did not let the team play defensive football, but came out and Hoffenheim to actively attack, from the opening ten minutes, it can be seen that he is obviously very confident in his team, hoping to use the attack to defeat Hoffenheim, who is famous for attacking.

But soon, Hoffenheim taught him a lesson.

In this game, Eduardo and Saarihovic continued to start, while Weiss continued to partner with Chu Zhongtian in the back. This midfield combination performed well against Bayern Munich and was a major contributor to the team's victory over Bayern Munich. So in this most important match, Rangnick continued to use this combination.

Weiss and Chu Zhongtian can defend and attack at the iron gate in the middle, which is very useful.

In the 23rd minute, 21-year-old young Croatian striker Rakitic (ivan_rakitic) dribbled the ball in the middle, faced with Chu Zhongtian's entanglement, hurriedly passed the ball, but was intercepted by Weiss, who was waiting for the passing route.

Seeing that the defense was successful, Chu Zhongtian left and turned away from Rakitic, and at the same time, Weiss also passed the football over with tacit understanding. Chu Zhongtian turned around and led the football over at the same time, and then rushed forward with the ball.

Chu Zhongtian broke through the middle, after this season, especially in the second half of the season, the opponents knew better, and when they saw him rushing with the ball in the middle, they knew that Hoffenheim was going to make a big move.

Many opponents have also made corresponding defensive arrangements for this point - when Chu Zhongtian moves forward with the ball, he will defend it strictly and try to grab his ball. Because Chu Zhongtian's forward insertion is a very risky move, if his ball is broken, there will be a large space behind him that can be used by the opponent. Therefore, this forward insertion is a decision that Chu Zhongtian can only make after carefully analyzing the situation on the field, he can't step forward at every turn, it is a brainless performance. Therefore, whenever he moves forward, it often means that the opponent's defense has an open space to exploit.

The same is true now, as Rakitic's pass is broken and Schalke 04 is at the height of the danger at a time when the attack is turning to defence. Because not everyone is as unified and focused as one person, it only takes one person to wander for a short time and it can create a hole in the line of defense that is well maintained.

Now, for example, Schalke 04's defense on the right side is in trouble. Just when Rakitic was dribbling forward, Schalke 04's right wing-back, the Brazilian Raphinha, who has a strong ability to assist, couldn't wait to rush forward and raise his hand to ask for the ball at the same time. The pass that Rakitic was cut off just now was originally intended to be passed to Raphinha - the receiver was raising his hand to ask for the ball, and he really passed it in that direction, such an obvious passing intention, the defender would be blind if he couldn't see it...... Chu Zhongtian seized the opportunity of Raphinha's assist, and before he had time to return to the defense, he hit the right side of the Schalke 04 backline.

He took two steps and drew both Ngral and Jones to his side before suddenly splitting the ball and passing the ball to Sarihovic, a left wing-back.

Sarihovic was already very deep after receiving the ball, and instead of continuing to dribble, he directly crossed the ball low into the box.

Chu Zhongtian's forward insertion is the signal of the attack, which has long been a well-known code for Hoffenheim's players - seeing him forward, the forwards immediately concentrated, ready to run away to catch the ball and shoot.

So when Sarihovic crossed low, Dengba. Ba's reaction will be quicker than Schalke 04's centre-back Kolstadzic (mladen_krstajic)!

He swooped forward, leaving Kolstadzic behind, and then faced the incoming ball and stabbed lightly...... "The ball is in!!" ”

(To be continued)