Chapter 276: Tottenham
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Rangnick was reluctant to arrange too many defensive tasks for Chu Zhongtian, because Chu Zhongtian contributed more to the offense than to defend. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The task he gave Chu Zhongtian was to attack, attack, and attack. He only assists Sana when the team is in a gesture, and the rest of the time he has to attack.
In fact, most of the time, Hoffenheim plays as a single midfielder, because Chu Zhongtian's position is more like a central midfielder than a midfielder. In terms of position, the central midfielder is more forward than the midfielder, and he plays the role of connecting the past and the future, rather than simply defending like the midfielder.
However, because Sana's defensive ability is excellent, most of the time there is no problem with this style of play.
Against Tottenham, Rangnick is still thinking about attacking and attacking. Sana's defense is support, and Hoffenheim must rely on attack to win.
The meeting between last year's dark horse and this year's dark horse is a gimmick worth hyping up for the media. The representatives of the two teams, Chu Zhongtian and Van der Vaart, always have to be compared.
Chu Zhongtian and Van der Vaart are both midfielders, but Chu Zhongtian is more well-rounded, and Van der Vaart became famous earlier. In contrast, Van der Vaart has experience playing for big clubs, which has given him a wealth of experience.
At present, everyone is paying attention to Chu Zhongtian, but some people are not optimistic about Chu Zhongtian, because there are many players like him who perform well as the core of ordinary small teams, but they can't really prove themselves in this kind of small team, they must go to the giants, and only there can they reflect their true value and real strength.
Chu Zhongtian's experience of not playing in a big club has always been criticized, and his several transfer choices make people feel that he deliberately avoided the big clubs, and chose those small teams that are willing to take him as the core, so he is actually a player who can only play in a small team, and such a player can never become a truly world-class player.
When he rejected many giant clubs and chose to join Hoffenheim, many people have already scolded him for being a coward and afraid of competition. So no matter how good he was at Hoffenheim and helped the team win the Bundesliga, there was always gossip.
Van der Vaart played for Real Madrid, and although he was not very successful, he did have a period of good performances. He has more experience in the Champions League than Chu Zhongtian, which is considered an important difference between the two cores. In an important competition such as the knockout round of the Champions League, it is often not technical and tactical strength that is contested, but experience.
Chu Zhongtian's Champions League experience is only one season, and he stopped in the quarterfinals. How to play further, he didn't have anything to refer to.
In terms of strength, both teams are about the same. Rangnick and Redknapp are both quality managers, they have some quality players at their disposal, and there are plenty of role players who are willing to contribute, and the team is very well structured.
It is not a surprise who wins and who loses between these two teams.
Out of appreciation for Tottenham's performance this season, one might prefer to see Tottenham win – of course, the Chinese wouldn't think so.
※※※ Chu Zhongtian himself is not interested in the media comparing him with Van der Vaart, as for some media criticism of his lack of competitive mentality, cowardice and cowardice not to join the fierce competition of giants, it is an evasion, and he is too lazy to refute.
He has so much to do right now that he doesn't care what others think of him.
First of all, the football thing, the game with Tottenham was imminent, and he lost the game with Bayern, Rangnick originally wanted Chu Zhongtian to rest, but Chu Zhongtian didn't appreciate it very much, and that defeat filled him with anger. Because he felt that he could start, even if he couldn't win against Bayern Munich, he could avoid a defeat. He is now like a lion in a cage that has been starving for days, eager to shred his next prey. So now he's scrappy and motivated. It's hard to say that Rangnick didn't let Chu Zhongtian start the game against Bayern Munich, whether it was just to make Chu Zhongtian like this.
Chu Zhongtian prepared for the match with Tottenham with the idea of winning, and he did not accept any result except victory.
There are other things in his life besides football. The movie script created by Lin Hai Tingtao has been finalized, and Chu Zhongtian is very satisfied with this script after reading it himself, although he has undergone several revisions before and after, he has finally changed what he wants. And Lin Hai Tingtao also paid the price, because he was too tired and nervous to rush the manuscript, he had stomach bleeding after handing in the script, and was admitted to the hospital, and it was found to be a duodenal ulcer, and the doctor said that it was caused by too much pressure.
Once the script is available, the film is ready to be filmed.
Emily left Sinsheim and packed her bags for Wimbledon to prepare for filming. This time, Emily's identity is not only a movie actor, but she will also serve as a producer, so Chu Zhongtian specially paid for Emily to set up a production company in Hollywood with Emily, and handed it over to Emily and her mother to work together to make full use of their connections in Hollywood. This film will be Emily's first work as a producer, and it will also complete her self-transformation.
All the preparations are almost underway, and in a while, when the spring flowers bloom in London, the film will officially start shooting.
Chu Zhongtian and Emily will not be able to see each other for several months. They can only talk to each other by phone and online.
The film is about to start shooting, and at the same time in China, the results of the actor audition have also been released, and finally an eighteen-year-old boy Wu Qingyu from Dalian, Liaoning Province won the selection from the layers of selection. This teenager used to be a member of the Dalian Shide Youth Team, and later gave up playing football because he was not selected for the Dalian Shide Reserve Team, transferred to school, has a good football foundation, and can also speak some English, although not very fluent, but it is not easy, and after a period of training, it should not be a problem in communication. In addition, his appearance is not handsome, but he looks very sunny, which is what Chu Zhongtian values.
Wu Qingyu is undoubtedly lucky, although he can no longer continue his professional football career, he can relive his football dream on another stage. Playing the most popular athlete in Chinese at present has also attracted the attention of the media. However, for the purpose of protecting him, Yang Yang did not let him appear in front of the media too much. As soon as the audition results came out, he was dragged to London, England, where he went to meet the crew and meet his director and the heroine Emily who was about to partner with him. Stan. He also had to adjust to life at Wimbledon, spend some time with the supporting character John Boss who played in the film, understand the football culture and atmosphere there, and try to blend in as much as possible to give the most realistic performance in the movie.
This period will take about a month, and a month later, in March, the weather in London will warm up, everything will recover, and the film will officially start shooting.
In addition, in China, the novel of the same name of the movie is also making preparations for publication, and will be published and distributed before the release of the film to build momentum for the film in advance.
Although the specific details of these things are all done by Yang Yang and others, he always has to pay attention to them.
So his current life is basically training during the day, and at night he comes home and turns on the computer to deal with work.
He basically didn't care much about the business of the hotel anymore, and left it all to his father and mother. He is now focusing on one thing about movies, and the other is his own sports brand. All the jerseys and socks of Sichuan Quanxing in China are sponsored by his sports brand, in addition, he also actively expands the Chinese market with the help of Nike, and all kinds of advertisements have been bombarded in the central media, he also makes full use of the characteristics of network media, and video websites, portal sites to cooperate with creative advertising activities, and actively sponsor various grassroots football and basketball leagues, first in Chengdu and Chengdu Football Association cooperated to sponsor Chengdu's amateur football league and Chengdu middle school football league, Actively expand your own visibility. Of course, as his own brand, Chu Zhongtian naturally went into battle in person and shot a TV commercial for this brand, and he became the first image spokesperson of his brand.
Now, the brand "Chu Chu" has gradually entered the recognition of Chinese and is planning to enter everyone's heart.
※※※Some people once questioned that Chu Zhongtian had to play football and do business again, how could he have so much energy to take care of both ends. He spends too much energy on business and it will definitely affect his performance on the pitch. In the early years, some media criticized Chu Zhongtian for only knowing how to follow his hungry girlfriend around to make money, but ignoring football.
But these criticisms are untenable. It is not correct for people to judge Chu Zhongtian according to the general law, it is impossible for ordinary people to take care of both ends, but Chu Zhongtian's energy is beyond ordinary people, whether it is playing football or making money, he is full of energy.
And to say that he is only to make money, regardless of football, and even missing training sessions many times is nonsense. Everyone only saw his scenery in front of the media, but they couldn't see him staying alone on the training ground to train himself.
Rangnick and his teammates could see it. Therefore, no one in the team complained that Chu Zhongtian was disrespectful to the team. You must know that Chu Zhongtian has invested more in football in the team than anyone else, which is beyond reproach.
It is precisely because of this that everyone will trust their captain unconditionally, both on and off the field.
Tottenham Hotspur arrived in Sinsheim on 15 February, and after leaving their luggage at their hotel, they headed straight to the pitch for acclimatisation.
In the afternoon, the managers of both sides held a pre-match press conference at the Rhine-Neckar Stadium. Away coach Redknapp first, home coach Rangnick behind.
The two sides seemed to have discussed it, and both praised their opponents fiercely, and at the same time appeared very low-key.
Redknapp called Chu Zhongtian a world-class player, refuting that some European media some time ago thought that Chu Zhongtian was just a pseudo. World-class players. At the same time, he is also very optimistic about Salihovic, Ibisevic and Sana, who are not as dazzling as Chu Zhongtian. He says that being able to score away goals away from home is all he wants, and as for winning? Didn't even think about it.
Rangnick also praised Gareth. Bale, Van der Vaart's performance this season. He highlighted Tottenham's two meetings with Inter Milan in the group stage, saying that this is a very strong team that should not be underestimated. However, when asked about the goal of this game, he still said that it was a victory.
If you don't pursue victory on your home turf, it's too hypocritical and it will hurt the morale of the team.
The aim of this game is clear, with Hoffenheim looking for a home win while away Tottenham Hotspur are looking for away goals.
Is that really the case?
Many people will feel that what lies beneath Redknapp's superficial modesty is his ambition, and that he is definitely aiming to take all three points on the road.
In fact, they all guessed wrong.
Redknapp is really aiming for away goals. For Redknapp, it's not about winning or losing, it's about scoring away goals, and if their team can lose 3-4 at home like they did with Inter Milan, it's better than a 1-0 win.
After all, on a practical level, it will be quite difficult to win at Hoffenheim's home stadium. Since the start of last season's Champions League, Hoffenheim have beaten giants such as Manchester United, Inter Milan and AC Milan on their home turf, and even Real Madrid, who were once in the limelight, only managed to get a draw at this stadium.
Redknapp doesn't think their team will be able to get out of the stadium in one piece, and Hoffenheim always have a lot of energy in their new stadium, which may have something to do with their always full home stadium, and the frenetic atmosphere that makes the blood of the Hoffenheim players fighting here run high.
So it's more practical to be on the safe side, to be realistic, and to pursue away goals. It's much easier to score a goal than to win. Redknapp are confident in their team's attacking prowess, and against Inter's world-class defence, they can penetrate six times in two games, let alone Hoffenheim?
No matter how you look at it, Hoffenheim's defense is far inferior to Inter Milan, and in terms of the individual strength of the players and the overall ability, they are far behind.
In addition, Rangnick's tactics are mainly attacking, and such tactics must focus on offense and light on defense. Once you fight against them, it's hard to say whether you win or lose, and the goal is certain.
Therefore, in this game, it is more practical and more likely to pursue goals than to win.
Redknapp guessed right, Rangnick is indeed going to play against Tottenham. Because he couldn't think of any other way than to attack. Football games will play to their strengths and avoid weaknesses, and what they are best at is to make the most of this point, rather than sharpening their guns to make up for their shortcomings. Rangnick knows that his team is not good defensively and has a strong attack, so he only makes a fuss about the attack.
The game against Tottenham is bound to be a fierce battle.
But that doesn't mean Rangnick will let the opposition get away goals easily, and letting Sana contain Van der Vaart is just one step, and Chu Zhongtian will need to take care of Modric when defending. But the most important thing is the wing, Tottenham's wing attack is very sharp, with Lennon on the left and Bale on the right, both of them are fast, can break through, can pass the ball, can shoot. Hoffenheim are fast, Tottenham are not inferior to them.
Therefore, Rangnick asked his team to make full use of the wings, make a big fuss about the wing attack, and try to suppress the opponent.
So Salihovic and Quaresma will be the most important thing in this game, they will have to charge down the flanks, and the two full-backs of Srna and Kolarov will also have to be active in assisting. When attacking, Sana retreated and formed a three-centre-back partnership with two central defenders, the two full-backs went forward and almost became full-backs, and the original two full-backs were transformed into wingers, so as to press the opponent's defensive line and make them unable to take care of the attack.
Chu Zhongtian's role is to connect the whole team and personally carry out devastating blows when necessary.
Of course, the team is currently accustomed to Chu Zhongtian's play as the core of operation.
Chu Zhongtian has a great responsibility, and he will definitely be closely defended by the other party at that time, but he is used to it.
It doesn't matter who defends him.
※※※ The next day's race day finally arrived. The weather was a little rough on this day, the sky was overcast, and there were even scattered snowflakes in the sky. Mid-February is clearly winter for Germany.
"It's terrible...... a Chinese reporter shivered when a snowflake fell on the back of his neck while making a pre-match report.
"Looks like it's going to be a snow battle today." Said his companion.
"Bloody war? Hoffenheim and Tottenham are about the same strength, but it's really a bloody battle......" The previous reporter would obviously be wrong.
But what he said is not bad, whether it is a bloody battle or a snow battle, this game is not easy to fight.
With the field slippery and the cold weather, there are many unfavorable factors that may limit the excitement of this game.
Originally, both sides of the competition were teams that focused on attack, and there must have been a lot of highlights in this game. I didn't think of the weather but didn't help.
Despite the bad weather, the Hoffenheim fans who came to watch the game were still enthusiastic, and with two hours to go, they had already walked into the stadium with flags on their shoulders. And some of them are still holding their upper bodies, constantly waving their fists at the camera lens, judging from their red skin, it is obvious that they have drunk too much. Both British and Germans can drink well.
"Hoffenheim will win!" The German fans chanted.
And the few Tottenham fans also let out loud cheers.
Their voices stirred the snowflakes in the night sky, and the frenzied snowflakes looked a little louder than they had been in the morning.
(To be continued)