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After playing the league against Hannover, Hoffenheim will depart for France to take on AJ Auxerre for the fourth game of the Champions League group stage. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Hoffenheim brought the aftermath of a 5-0 win over Hannover 96 at their home stadium to Auxerre.

It wasn't as easy as they thought it would be. AJERRE burst into incredible energy on their home turf and they know that if they continue to lose, this season's Champions League will be over, and not only that, but they will also be denied qualification for the Europa League.

The first goal was scored by home side Auxerre, who took the lead in the ninth minute through Samaritano (frederic_sammaritano).

After taking the lead, AYERRE continued to play their defensive counter-attacks. Despite the counter-attack, their mentality is different now than it was when they played at home at Hoffenheim.

Today's AJERRE players look confident and feel safe because they are ahead.

However, Hoffenheim's players did not expect to fall behind from the start, and played a little impatient in the next game, and the previous smooth attacking coordination was not seen.

Although Chu Zhongtian wanted his teammates to calm down, there was nothing he could do. He could only watch his teammates not continue to cooperate after receiving his pass, but regardless of the three-seven-twenty-one, he shot with his feet. This kind of attack is all up to luck, if you are lucky, if you are unlucky, you will waste opportunities again and again, and at the same time, you are squandering your already pitiful patience and fighting spirit. At the same time, such a blind attack made the team have problems in defense, everyone rushed to attack, who will plug the loopholes in the back line? If you are caught by Auxerre and fight back, it will be over.

Fortunately, Auxerre put all his mind on defense and did not pose any threat to the porous Hoffenheim backline. But Rangnick was still very unhappy off the pitch, and he kept barking at the pitch.

By half-time, the score was still 1-0 and the home team Auxerre was ahead.

In the locker room, Rangnick scolded his players for a bloody blow. He rarely trains people like this, but this time he saw that his players couldn't control themselves at all and lost their cool, so he had to get angry.

"What else is playing in the Champions League with such a performance? Let's go home in the group stage! Even if we qualify from the group, we won't get far! ”

After scolding, Rangnick asked the players to stay calm in the second half and play their own style. Facts have proved that Auxerre's defense is actually unable to prevent Hoffenheim's offensive.

In the second half, Hoffenheim's attack, which had finally calmed down, began to improve, and it was no longer a one-man fight.

Auxerre also felt that Hoffenheim's attack had changed, becoming more organised and threatening, giving them a vague feeling of being at the Rhein-Neckar.

The offense is in order, and then it's up to luck.

In the 64th minute, Hoffenheim used a series of cooperation at the front of the opponent's penalty area, and Chu Zhongtian sent the last pass, Van Nistelrooy, who started the game, understood it, inserted it diagonally into the penalty area, received Chu Zhongtian's ball in the penalty area, and then turned around and swept away, the football flew into the net from the hand of Auxerre goalkeeper Sorin, and Hoffenheim equalized the score!

It was also Ruud van Nistelrooy's 61st Champions League goal.

It was a goal that caused AJERRE's defence, which had been holding out for more than 50 minutes, to begin to crumble.

For AJ Auxerre, if they can't get three points against Hoffenheim, who are closest to them in the group, they will be a failure. Even if you get one point, you don't qualify. So a draw means nothing to them.

So they can't stick to the defensive counterattack and have to come out and attack.

Now the race is back on the track that Hoffenheim is most familiar with, just like the last one.

Auxerre, who came out to attack, did not score the second goal for himself, but Hoffenheim seized the opportunity to score the second goal.

In the eighty-fifth minute, when Ouserre pressed the attack, Chu Zhongtian broke Pedretti's ball in the backfield, and saw Ibisevic in front of him smartly, he made a long pass, and the football fell accurately in front of Ibisevic, he didn't need to slow down and directly sent the football forward with his foot, and then entered the penalty area.

Ibisevic, who entered the penalty area, faced the attacking Auxerre goalkeeper Sorin, pushed the far corner, and the football hit the inside of the post and bounced into the goal, 2:1!

Hoffenheim completed the comeback and won the game.

Auxerre, who have lost all four games, have completely lost their hopes of qualifying from the group, and not only that, but they even have a theoretical chance of fighting for third place in the group.

After seven years, Auxerre entered the Champions League again after a lapse of time, and before Accerre could leave anything, he was already bidding farewell to this stage.

Auxerre's players were frustrated after the defeat and Fernandes comforted his team-mates one by one.

It doesn't matter if they are eliminated, at least they can focus all their attention on the league, so as not to be on a winless streak like they are now, and finish at the bottom of the table. The Champions League is just welfare, the league is fundamental.

Chu Zhongtian was celebrating the victory with his teammates, thanking the fans who had come from afar to follow the team. After thanking the fans, he turned around and prepared to leave, when he saw the back of Fernandez, who was comforting the players one by one.

His own hard work and performance eliminated his teacher. Although I have always said that going all out to compete is the reward for my teacher. But now, looking at the back of the old handsome, he still has some guilt in his heart.

On the way back, Chu Zhongtian sent a text message to his mentor Fernandez, expressing his apologies and regrets for Auxerre's fate.

Fernandez's reply was simple: "It's okay, it's something they have to go through. Good luck going further in the Champions League, Chu. ”

At the same time as Hoffenheim's away win against Auxerre, AC Milan's home match against Real Madrid also came to an end. Although it was AC Milan's home stadium before the game, everyone was optimistic about Real Madrid. For AC Milan, this is an insult.

But who's going to keep them doing badly at the moment? After losing the first leg against Real Madrid and the crucial match against Juventus, Allegri seemed to be in a precarious position for a while.

This game can't be lost anyway.

Although AC Milan worked hard, Real Madrid easily had the upper hand and they scored first. Gonzalo Higuain's opening for Real Madrid near the end of the first half also allowed Real Madrid to return to the lounge with a calm mood.

In the second half, Allegri finally figured it out and brought on striker Inzaghi, who Mourinho has always feared. The game also has a very special meaning for Inzaghi, who currently has a total of 68 goals in European competition, second only to Raul, who has scored 69 goals. If he can make a difference in this game, he will match Raul and even surpass him for the top spot.

The substitution paid off quickly. Because of Pepe's mistake in defense, Ibrahimovic broke through successfully, and then shot, Casillas misjudged and saved the ball, and Inzaghi, who followed up, was very keen to grasp this opportunity and put the ball into the goal with his head. 1:1！ Not only did he help AC Milan equalise, he also scored his 69th European goal, equalling the legendary Raul!

After the goal, Inzaghi was excited and showed the fans the AC Milan shirt with his name and the word "69" on it.

In the 78th minute, Inzaghi scored a brace and scored a typical goal - receiving the ball in an offside position and then scoring to score his 70th European goal. He also surpassed Raul with this goal and became the first man to score goals in European competition.

Although the goal was offside, neither the referee nor the linesman said anything, and the Real Madrid players' protests were null and void.

And it was originally dominant, but now it is suddenly behind, and Real Madrid is in a hurry.

Jose Mourinho made a key substitution, bringing on Pedro. Leon.

As a result, in the ninetieth minute, Pedro. León received Benzema's clever pass and scored the equaliser. This goal not only kept Real Madrid unbeaten, but also put AC Milan in a very disadvantageous situation. Look at Pedro. Leon scored, and Gattuso, who was still directing his teammates on the sidelines just now, and looked more like a head coach, was also a little distracted, and he was silent.

In the end, Real Madrid drew with AC Milan at the San Siro Stadium, with three wins and one draw after four games, accumulating ten points, and has basically qualified ahead of schedule.

Hoffenheim, on the other hand, have won three in a row after losing to Real Madrid in the first game, and are currently behind Real Madrid with nine points.

AC Milan have one win, one draw and two defeats, with only four points, and the prospects of qualifying from the group are worrying.

Auxerre lost all four games, accumulated zero points, and has completely lost hope of qualifying.

The situation is now in the favour for Real Madrid, who have already qualified early with two rounds of the group stage remaining. Even if they lose the last two rounds, their 10 points will guarantee qualification. Their opponents in the final two rounds are AJ Auxerre and Hoffenheim, and even if these two teams take three points each, it will not affect their overall momentum of qualifying. Auxerre won't be able to qualify even if they win, and Hoffenheim's win changes just the difference between who is first in the group and who is second in the group. Even if AC Milan win the last two rounds and accumulate the same ten points as Real Madrid, they will lose in the win-loss relationship. The relationship with Real Madrid is one loss and one draw, and it is at a disadvantage, and it cannot overpower Real Madrid in the rankings, so it can only play the knockout stage of the Europa League as the third in the group.

Although it is only one point away from Real Madrid, Hoffenheim cannot be said to have advanced in advance. Their remaining two group games are the toughest – at home to Real Madrid on November 23 and away to AC Milan on December 8. A team like Real Madrid can only draw away from home, and Hoffenheim is even more dangerous. If they lose their last two group games and AC Milan win two in a row, then AC Milan will surpass Hoffenheim on points, with AC Milan having 10 points and Hoffenheim still on nine. AC Milan finished second in their group and qualified for the knockout rounds, while Hoffenheim had to play in the Europa League. Therefore, in the remaining two group games, Hoffenheim has to fight as if it were the final in each game to have a chance. Just because the situation is good at the moment doesn't mean they should let their guard down.

AC Milan's situation is simple: try to win the last two group games, get six points, and then look at the performance of other rivals, mainly Hoffenheim. They don't need to move anything other than win, and if they do, they don't need to move.

Needless to say, Euroserre is a tragedy, they are completely here to play soy sauce in this season's Champions League. Losing all four games, even if you win the next two games, you won't be able to qualify from the group.

Therefore, the competition for the right to qualify in this group is mainly concentrated between Hoffenheim and AC Milan, Real Madrid and Auxerre are restless, Real Madrid is out of the game.

After the match against Auxerre, Hoffenheim returned home, and after a two-day break in Sinsheim, they rushed to the northern German city of Hamburg to challenge the Hamburg team there. This is the eleventh round of the Bundesliga.

Hoffenheim won 3-1 away at Hamburg, with Ibisevic, Simunic and Sana scoring a goal each and Chu Zhongtian providing an assist.

However, they also paid a heavy price - Gago, who replaced Sana in the rotation in this game, was injured in the game and was substituted early. After the game, he was found to have suffered a muscle strain in his left thigh and was out for two to three weeks.

In this way, Chu Zhongtian and Sana's substitutes are only the immature Zucurini.

In addition to Gago's injury, Salihovic will also be automatically suspended for one match in the next league game due to the accumulation of yellow cards.

However, the good news is that Hlosek, who was sent off for a red card against Borussia Dortmund, has completed his suspension and is ready for the next round of league games.

Rangnick has decided to shift his full focus to the Champions League group stage. Although they are currently second with nine points, they have already analysed that their situation is not necessarily good, and the last two group games will be the decisive battle to determine their fate!

Rangnick was willing to give up the league in order to secure a place from the group, and the training sessions were all for Real Madrid – the first and probably the toughest opponent they will face.

The two teams have similar stylistic characteristics, but Real Madrid are above Hoffenheim in terms of individual ability and overall team strength.

Hoffenheim's defeat away to Real Madrid does that mean they deserve more at home?

That's what Rangnick thought.

He hopes to win at home to Real Madrid.

It's not that he's arrogant, it's that he doesn't have a choice. This is the last home game and the only advantage they have left. If you don't have the determination and courage to win at your home stadium, you won't be able to go far even if you qualify from the group.

Before training began, Rangnick said to his players: "Before this game, think about the game we played against Inter Milan last season. We could have won 3-1 on our home turf! ”

Rangnick cheered the players on hard and told them not to be timid.

Chu Zhongtian also kept instilling the idea of "we must do it" to his teammates in the locker room.

Regardless of the final result of this game, at least the team must have the idea of "winning", if you don't even have this idea, you don't have to play the game, Hoffenheim will definitely have no play.

Because he cared too much about the Champions League, he gave up the league, and as a result, in the 12th round of the league, Hoffenheim lost 0:1 at home to Freiburg. It was their first defeat of the new season and the end of their 11-game unbeaten run in the league this season. From the 27th round of the league last season to the current 19 rounds of unbeaten league unbeaten has also come to an end.

The defeat dropped Hoffenheim to second place, while Borussia Dortmund moved up to first place thanks to a 2-0 home win over Hamburg.

However, the two teams are only one point apart, and Hoffenheim can only be said to be temporarily behind.

On November 20, in the thirteenth round of the league, Hoffenheim challenged Eintracht Frankfurt away.

The game was used by Rangnick as a warm-up match for the home game against Real Madrid, and to warm up the players' form.

So he sent the full main force.

Chu Zhongtian led Ibisevic, Sana, Salihovic and other players, and beat Eintracht Frankfurt away from home.

4:0！

Chu Zhongtian opened the scoring for the team, and in the 31st minute, he took advantage of a corner kick opportunity and scored with a header in front of the goal. It was also his eighth league goal of the season and with three in the Champions League, he now has eleven goals.

However, he was not the focus of the game, the focus of the game was Ibisevic, who scored a hat-trick in the following match!

In the 69th, 70th, 80th, and 11th minutes, Ibisevic scored three goals in a row to complete a hat-trick and help Hoffenheim seal the victory completely.

It was far from the fastest hat-trick in Bundesliga history, but it was still remarkable. Ibisevic scored his 10th league goal of the season with a hat-trick.

Ten goals were scored in thirteen league rounds, and people seemed to vaguely see the crazy "Super Ibi" in the 2008-2009 season.

Ibisevic, who scored a hat-trick after the game, was sought after by the media.

The call for "Super Ibi" is back in the air.

Rangnick was happy too, but it wasn't just Ibisevic's hat-trick that pleased him, but what the team as a whole showed in the game against Eintracht Frankfurt. He saw that the players were in perfect shape and had no injuries or anything, which was very helpful for them to win at home to Real Madrid - of course it is not known if they will be able to beat Real Madrid, but it is clear that this form has given them confidence and fighting spirit.

At home to Real Madrid on November 23, Hoffenheim is ready.

(To be continued)