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Chu Zhongtian found that although Hoffenheim spent 50.7 million euros on the transfer market this summer, it was the largest investment of any Bundesliga team this season. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info but in fact, there are not many newcomers they buy.

The only ones who really count the newcomers are himself, Ibisevic, and Baker. As for the buyout goalkeeper Ozcan, midfielders Gustavo and Vowsa, all three played for Hoffenheim last season, but they were on loan last season and were bought out this season because of their good performance.

Since you want him to be the core, don't you need to make any adjustments to the team's lineup?

After a few days of tactical training, he found that these people had been prepared for him a long time ago.

Starting in the Southern Regional League, Rangnick has been building a team around him little by little. If it weren't for the fact that the team was too low at that time and it was impossible for him to join, he might have bought himself a long time ago. Before he joined the team, he could only find Salihovic as his replacement from Hertha Berlin's youth team, in terms of passing, Salihovic is not worse than himself, but in terms of control of the pace of the game, and in defense, Salihovic is not as good as himself.

So Hoffenheim were able to score a lot of goals and concede a lot of goals in the past two seasons.

And this lineup can still work as long as you change yourself and Salihovic.

In the tactical lesson, Rangnick has explained to the whole team their new tactics for the new season, which are not much different from the previous ones, but have been tweaked in some places.

The team is now mainly practicing diamond-shaped midfielder 442, and the main lineup has not yet been determined, but Chu Zhongtian's position should be no problem - no matter what kind of formation it is, he is the offensive and defensive hub back. In response to the problem of how to deal with the empty space left behind him when Chu Zhongtian pressed up to attack, Rangnick asked one of the two central defenders to go up to play a cameo role in the back to avoid being used by the opponent if the space was too large, and at the same time, the two fullbacks shrank to the ribs, and the three defenders were ready to create an offside position at any time.

Defensively, offside is Rangnick's killer feature, and although it is a bit risky, under his training, Hoffenheim's defenders have become accustomed to accurate offsides.

In this way, there is a need for a versatile backfielder, and Wosa, who was bought out this summer, is just such a versatile backfielder, the 20-year-old Ghana defender, who is 1.90 meters tall, can play both central defender and defensive midfielder, and can further play midfield. When Chu Zhongtian rushed up to attack, he would fill the void left by Chu Zhongtian in the back.

And most of the Hoffenheim team are multi-talented players, such as Demba. Ba and Obasi are both players who can play as both strikers and attacking wing-backs. Ba hits the left, Obasi plays the right. Eduardo, known as "Little Luo II", can also play in the middle and on the side, as well as Weiss (tobias_weis), and can play in the midfielders of the left, center and right. Gustavo can play as a midfielder or as a central midfielder. Beck, the defender who spent the club 3.2 million, can play both left and right full-backs, and can also play attacking right wing-backs. As for Chu Zhongtian himself, he may be the most versatile player - central defender, midfielder, central midfielder, offensive central midfielder, he can play all-round. Strictly speaking, the left and right wing-backs have also made cameos in practice, think about the UEFA Cup final...... If you count his experience of playing in Chinese football schools, then he has also played as a center forward and goalkeeper. Is there any other position on this pitch that he hasn't played?

Maybe it's because he has played so many positions that he has the ability to be a free man...... the arrival of Ibisevic made Chu Zhongtian very happy.

It's always nice to meet someone you know in a strange place.

Ibisevic is a very good person, he does not have the troubles of Chu Zhongtian, he did not replace any of the main players after he came, so he got along well with his new teammates, and the team was not divided into several factions when treating him.

And Ibisevic also discovered everyone's ambivalence in dealing with Chu Zhongtian. Some people feel that Chu Zhongtian is sincere and worthy of relationship, some people think that he is arrogant, and some people just look at Salihovic unpleasantly because his arrival has deprived him of his core position...... Salihovic and Chu Zhongtian are his friends, which makes it difficult for Ibisevic to be caught in the middle. He finds a way to reconcile the two of them.

"I think you should have a good talk about it alone, Chu." After the training, Ibisevic found Chu Zhongtian and said what he had been thinking about for a long time.

Chu Zhongtian shrugged: "I don't think it's useful to talk about it for a long time, Ibi." It's a simple question, Salihovic thinks I don't have the ability and qualifications to be the core, because I haven't proven my ability yet, and he doesn't want to put the team in my hands as a newcomer. ”

"But I know you're okay and you can lead the team forward." Ibisevic said.

"You think that because you've been with me for two and a half seasons, and you know me, Ibi. But they don't think so. "They're talking about the Hoffenheim players." It's just training, there are no games yet, and I'm not familiar with the team yet, so I think it's going to take some time to really show what I'm capable of......"

"Is it going to be so draining?"

"At present, it can only be like this......" Chu Zhongtian did not express friendship to Salihovic in training, but the other party has been lukewarm. Chu Zhongtian also knew that unless he showed his strength to convince them, no matter how good his attitude was, he would not be accepted.

"Actually, you think about it from a different angle, Ibi. If it's really Mays, a new person comes and will take my place as soon as he comes up, what do you think everyone will think? Chu Zhongtian himself is quite open-minded, he understands Salihovic's thoughts, so he never stimulates the other party in training and peacetime. He also pretended not to see the hostile gaze. Anyway, Rangnick's management of the team is still very good, and these contradictions have not yet erupted in person.

On the surface, everyone can get along without incident.

It's after the game that really decides his relationship with his teammates, and if he doesn't play well in the game, then he's having a hard time.

After carefully considering Chu Zhongtian's words, Ibisevic also felt that what Chu Zhongtian said made sense. Anyone who knows them more trusts them, and for Hoffenheim's players, Salihovic is indeed more trustworthy than Chu Zhongtian. Because he has proven his ability with two seasons of outstanding performances, and what about Chu Zhongtian? He doesn't have anything.

A League Cup winner doesn't say anything. The players who can win the championship are not necessarily coming, and the new team will definitely be able to adapt.

He felt a little frustrated, he knew that when he was in the Bosnia-Herzegovina national team, he would have talked more about his story in Metz with Salihovic, at least the relationship between Salihovic and Chu Zhongtian would not be as tense as it is now.

But what's the use of thinking about it now?

Chu Zhongtian saw the contradiction of Ibisevic, after all, the two of them were his good friends, and the relationship between the two friends was tense, and it was not easy for him to be caught in the middle. He patted Ibisevic on the shoulder: "You don't care about this, Ibi." No big deal. ”

If you want to talk about this thing, it can be big or small. Chu Zhongtian has always maintained restraint, and in the face of the other party's cynicism, he only turned a deaf ear. Salihovic, as the core figure over there, was also quite restrained, just watching from the sidelines. So it's easy to solve. He still remembers when he was with Alai. Russell, Gavin. Contradictions between Borger. He didn't want things to be like that again, he wasn't yet twenty years old, he was young and vigorous, and now he was much more mature. You can't trip over the same stone twice, can you?

So he waited patiently, and when the game started, he naturally had the opportunity to show his ability, and he believed that saying a thousand words would not match his actual performance on the court.

The world of football is like this, beautiful words may be useful for a while, but in the end they always have to speak with their feet.

※※※ It was nothing that the two parties did not get up, but Ibisevic felt very uncomfortable. But what's the use of him feeling uncomfortable? He didn't work either.

We can only wait.

The tactical training was carried out for a week, all around Chu Zhongtian. It can be clearly seen that Rangnick's new tactics are tailor-made for Chu Zhongtian. In the team's training match, Rangnick asked everyone to hand over the ball to Chu Zhongtian after taking it, and they were not allowed to handle it without permission. Of course, this is an extreme demand, but the standard of training is to be so extreme.

At the same time, he didn't ask Chu Zhongtian too much tactically, just let him familiarize himself with some of Hoffenheim's previous characteristics, such as passing back as little as possible, passing forward as much as possible, and playing two more wings.

These are all characteristics of Hoffenheim.

However, Rangnick also said to Chu Zhongtian, this is not a death request, it is not necessary to do this, the specific situation Chu Zhongtian has the right to choose freely in the game.

For example, the actual situation of the game is really not suitable for blindly passing the ball forward, and if you need to slow down the rhythm again with return passes and horizontal passes, Rangnick will not force Chu Zhongtian to force the ball forward, if you lose the ball in the end, it will be worth the loss.

In short, Rangnick set a general direction, and then gave Chu Zhongtian room to play freely.

In addition, in order to familiarize Chu Zhongtian with the team he is about to lead as soon as possible, Rangnick also gave Chu Zhongtian a lot of CDs, which are the video footage of Hoffenheim's game in the second division last season. This is the "homework" he assigned to Chu Zhongtian, and he must watch these game videos as soon as possible to understand what kind of team Hoffenheim is.

Time flies, and on July 15, the team ushered in their first warm-up game of the new season.

Hoffenheim and Mannheim in Dietmar. A warm-up game was played at Hope Field.

Chu Zhongtian of Mannheim's team has heard of it, or because it turns out that Beijing player Zhou Ning once played here and played in the Bundesliga, when Yang Chen was still in Frankfurt.

Mannheim were relegated from the Bundesliga and have been up and down in the southern German regional league for several seasons. Hoffenheim used to be worse than Mannheim, and now Mannheim fans can only envy Hoffenheim fans.

The race of more than 6,000 people was Dietma. About 3,000 people came to the Hope Stadium, including 2,000 fans from Hoffenheim and 1,000 from Mannheim. Mannheim is not far from Hoffenheim, so so many people come.

The more than 2,000 Hoffenheim fans who came wanted to see what the players who spent the club 30 million euros on this summer were capable of, the fans who welcomed Chu Zhongtian were eager to see Chu Zhongtian's performance, and those who were skeptical about the transfer Chu Zhongtian also wanted to see if he was a parallel import.

It's a pity that they didn't even get to see it.

In this first warm-up game, Chu Zhongtian did not appear in the team's starting list.

The captain's armband for this game is back to the team's captain Selim last season. Tebel (selim_teber) on his arm. But in fact, if it weren't for the warm-up game, Tebel probably wouldn't have had a chance to play. In fact, when the team was promoted to the second division, he was able to play a lot fewer games in the team, playing only 17 games in total last season, and the captain's armband was worn by Swedish centre-back Pell. Nelson on his arm. Now that the team has been promoted to the Bundesliga, it is not surprising that he will sit on the bench with his quality.

Therefore, when Rangnick decided to give his captain to Chu Zhongtian after talking to him, he had no opinion and silently accepted the team's decision. He knows he'll be spending most of the season on the bench, so what's the use of the captain's armband? It's better to give it to someone who can play.

In this way, Tebel went from being the first captain to the third captain. But he didn't complain about anything, on the contrary, he was very enthusiastic to help Chu Zhongtian integrate into the team, and introduced his teammates to him every day during training, telling Chu Zhongtian's teammates what hobbies and habits on the court.

Chu Zhongtian has benefited a lot, so in the team, he has great respect for the former captain who is two years older than himself.

Salihovic also started the game and played as a left wing-back. When he came out, he was greeted by a number of Hoffenheim fans in the stands.

Salihovic loves the feeling and he is grateful to the fans for their support. For him, the support of the fans may be the only consolation.

The person who heard the cheers of the fans was Chu Zhongtian, who knew how important Salihovic was in the hearts of the fans, just like he had in Metz. Looks like he's replaced by an amazing guy...... For him and the fans to recognize him, he needs to work hard and work hard.

Such competition...... I hope it can be a healthy competition to move the team forward.

This game also attracted a lot of media, among which the German media because Hoffenheim was too glamorous in the transfer market this year, and they were not interested in this team, but now they want to see what Hoffenheim can gain after spending so much money.

The Chinese reporter apparently came to Chu Zhongtian.

However, they were disappointed, and Chu Zhongtian did not start.

Rangnick wanted Chu Zhongtian to watch Hoffenheim's game up close and see how Hoffenheim played, and there were some details that could not be seen in the game footage and had to be seen live. In addition, let Chu Zhongtian get acquainted with his teammates, now Chu Zhongtian and his teammates are not tacit enough, and the outside world has a lot of controversy about Chu Zhongtian, he doesn't want Chu Zhongtian to bear too much pressure.

For this reason, he put Chu Zhongtian on the bench and planned to replace him in the second half depending on the situation.

Ibisevic, who spent 10 million to buy from Metz, started the game and formed the starting line with Brazilian teenager Wellington.

Mannheim were completely unable to stop Hoffenheim's incisive attack and soon conceded their first goal of the game.

In Chu's absence, Salihovic became the heart of Hoffenheim's playmaking - although he was only a left wing-back in terms of position, it was clear that the team's threatening attacks were launched from his side. He and his teammates cooperate tacitly and frequently send good balls. Ibisevic, who has just arrived in the team, is not uncomfortable at all, because he and Salihovic are teammates in the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team.

Hoffenheim played their signature game – a very pressing attack, with little or no return or cross, just constantly passing forwards and pressing the opposition's defence. How can Mannheim, who play in the regional leagues, withstand such oppression?

They quickly got scrambling and didn't know what to do.

They conceded a goal just five minutes into the game. The goal was scored by the young striker Wellington, who had high hopes this season.

In the twenty-ninth minute, they conceded another goal. It was Eduardo who scored this time. With "Little Luo II", his short hair looks really like the Ronaldinho in Paris Saint-Germain in his early years, and he also has Ronaldinho's style in terms of technical characteristics, but his body is much thinner than Ronaldinho, Ronaldinho's skills are good, and his body is not weak. Fortunately, Eduardo is only twenty years old, and there is still room for improvement.

He used a brilliant individual technique to shake off the opposition defender and then scored.

Hoffenheim scored another goal just before half-time. This time it was Salihovic who provided the assist, passing the ball to Gustavo, a defender who came in from behind, who fired home from distance.

In the first half, they led by three goals. Everyone is speculating that Rangnick should have let Chu Zhongtian play in the second half...... No.

At the beginning of the second half, Chu Zhongtian continued to sit on the bench, but Salihovic was substituted. Because it was a friendly match, there was no limit to the number of substitutions, and Rangnick also changed eleven people in one go, changing all the starting lineups. Chu Zhongtian was still sitting on the bench, without the slightest sign of playing.

Hoffenheim continued to attack frantically in the second half, as all the players on the pitch understood that if they wanted to secure a regular place in the Bundesliga this season, now was the perfect opportunity to show their manager.

Poor Mannheim, the original Bundesliga team, is now completely reduced to a fish belly team, slaughtered by Hoffenheim.

When Chu Zhongtian finally came on the court, it was only five minutes before the end of the game, and he appeared on the sidelines wearing the No. 8 jersey, which made the Chinese reporters who had been waiting for almost the whole game a little unmotivated.

At this time, the score on the field was 6:1, and Hoffenheim took the lead.

Chu Zhongtian didn't show much after he came on the court, because the game ended quickly. In those five minutes he made three passes, two catches, one tackle, one successful tackle and nothing else.

From this performance, I can't see his ability at all, and I can't see whether the strengthening of his team is really helpful.

Whether it's expecting him, watching him coldly, or waiting to see his jokes, everyone needs to be patient.

(To be continued)