Chapter 208: You Can't Stop Him
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Louis van Gaal angrily scolded his players at half-time. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info he doesn't have to worry about a player rebelling against him because of this. After an unprecedentedly successful season in the past, his popularity in this team has reached its peak, and all the players adore and trust him, no matter what he says, there is no doubt about it. Even if it's to scold them.
Just before the game, the Bayern Munich players also said that they would use the new German Super Cup as a birthday present for Van Gaal. It shows how much he is loved by the players.
Therefore, even if he scolded these players so angrily, no one would be unhappy.
Unlike Louis van Gaal, in the Hoffenheim dressing room, Rangnick was complimenting the team's performance.
"It turns out that our football works!" Rangnick was a little excited, and this first half made him happy not only because of the one-goal lead over Bayern Munich, the lead was a lot of chance, but the scene said it all. On the field, Hoffenheim also had the advantage. That's what Rangnick values most.
"Think about what team we are playing against? It's Bayern Munich, who reached the Champions League final last season! But we performed really well and we completely suppressed them! Just keep fighting! ”
Rangnick said excitedly as he waved his arms.
After three seasons, his Hoffenheim finally has the style of a strong team. This proves that his cooperation with Chu Zhongtian is feasible.
As long as Chu Zhongtian is in good condition, the team's results have the most basic guarantee. And Chu Zhongtian's state is the most stable. Aside from a brief period of inexplicable inconsistency last season, there has been almost no similar situation in two seasons.
Although there is a suspicion of "Chu Zhongtian dependence" in doing so, after the club renewed the contract with Chu Zhongtian, Rangnick felt that even if he relied on Chu Zhongtian, it was not a big deal, and he could still rely on it for several seasons. The glory of any team is always inseparable from the glory of the core players in the team, why not say that those teams have a certain player dependency? Of course, a team must have a core, and since it is called a "core", it is naturally important to the team, and since it is important, it is not a big deal to rely on the core.
So Rangnick is not worried about any "Chu Zhongtian dependence" at all. At the very least, relying on Chu Zhongtian is much more reliable than relying on the vast majority of other players in the world.
At halftime, the strategist that Lannick gave the team continued to do so in the second half.
With such a good performance in the first half, what reason was there to change tactics?
※※※ The second half restarted, and the halftime made people feel long. Everyone can't wait to see the second half of the game. The battle between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich has never been lacking in attention, although they have only played each other four times...... "I think Bayern Munich will definitely come back in the second half, they are a very tenacious team. This was confirmed in last season's Champions League and league games. In the league, they came back from a bad start to win the tournament. There have been a number of last-minute comebacks in the Champions League, both at Fiorentina's Estadio Franky and in the first leg against Manchester United. So if Hoffenheim thought they had a win, Bayern Munich wouldn't mind giving them a heavy blow! ”
This is a commentator who supports Bayern Munich.
However, he seems to have forgotten to help Bayern Munich complete the comeback in the Champions League two games, and Robben, the hero who saved the team, was not in the squad today.
Robben is a real threat to the enemy and a great help to his own team. This can be clearly seen from the World Cup, the Dutch team with him and without him is like two teams of different grades. Once he was on the pitch, the Dutch attack found its way and was full of threats. He's a left-footed player, but his assault on the right and his sudden inward shot have been tried and tested in the World Cup, the Champions League, and the league.
And he was on the right and Ribery on the left, making Bayern Munich's wings world-class, which was a big reason why Bayern Munich was so successful last season.
Without him, Bayern Munich only relied on a wounded Ribery, who really couldn't pose any threat to Hoffenheim.
Louis van Gaal made some tactical adjustments to his team, especially strengthening the defense against Chu Zhongtian. But that didn't help, and after the start of the second half, Bayern Munich went on to play well for the first ten minutes and threaten Hoffenheim's goal, and the pace of the game quickly fell into Hoffenheim's hands.
No matter how tightly defended Chu Zhongtian is, it is impossible to be exhaustive and inseparable. And Chu Zhongtian is exactly the kind of player who will catch him as long as you give him a chance.
This is very painful for Bayern's players.
If one player can't prevent it, then two, but can't prevent both?
Chu Zhongtian faced the defense of Ribery and Schweinsteiger, and could still look for opportunities to pass good balls.
In the 59th minute, Hoffenheim broke the ball at the back to launch a fast attack, Chu Zhongtian just received the ball, and there were two more Bayern players around him, Ribery interfered on one side, and Schweinsteiger simply pulled it. Before being pulled down again, Chu Zhongtian still fell to the ground and sent a through ball when he lost his center of gravity, and the football passed from the side of Bayern Munich and fell to the feet of Salihovic.
Salihovic then delivered a quality cross that might have been breached inside the goal by Bayern Munich had it not been for Kraft's full attention this time.
Seeing that there was only one Schweinsteiger in the midfield, it was a little difficult to deal with Chu Zhongtian, and Van Gaal had to make substitution adjustments. In the 63rd minute, he replaced Altentop with Ukrainian defender Timoshchuk to strengthen the defense in the middle of the midfield.
Fan. Bommel originally thought that he would be replaced, but he did not expect Van Gaal to choose Timoshchuk. He had some regrets. He felt that Schweinsteiger was too polite to him when he was defending Chu Zhongtian, could it be that the two of them had a good relationship? That's not going to work! Dealing with that kid, if you don't come ruthlessly, you will never be able to stop it.
This is Fan. Baumel's experience. He has played against Chu Zhongtian many times before, and he already has a deep understanding of this alleged number one midfielder in the Bundesliga. There is one game that is very illustrative and very representative: in the penultimate round of the 2008-2009 season, Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg competed for the league title, and the score between the two sides was 2:2 at the end of the game, and Chu Zhongtian rushed from the back with the ball alone. Fan. Bommel went up and planned to use the foul to stop him, but he restrained himself in the foul for fear of eating cards, but he didn't expect to let him break through like this! Next, Demichelis also came up to try to foul, facing the stumbling Chu Zhongtian, his probability of success should be very high, but the end was still given by Chu Zhongtian!
Chu Zhongtian, who had two people in a row, finally completed a world-wave-like long-range shot in front of Lucio and Van Bitten, bringing the score to 3:2. The victory also played a decisive role in Hoffenheim's eventual victory.
From that game onwards, Van . Bommel has a deep understanding of Chu Zhongtian's tenacity, so until you want to foul, you have to be ruthless, don't be afraid to eat cards. If you are worried about eating cards, you won't be able to prevent him.
So before Tymoshchuk came on the field, he specifically gave his own advice to Tymoshchuk: "Be ruthless when defending Chu!" Anatoly. ”
He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying that this would make Tymoshchuk pay attention to it.
Timoshchuk nodded.
The captain's advice, he did listen, because that's what he did when he came on the pitch.
The first time he faced Chu Zhongtian, he knocked Chu Zhongtian to the ground with a brutal charge that looked like a foul.
The Hoffenheim fans in the stands booed loudly, seeing that their heroes were hurt, and they used expletives to intimidate the "murderers" who did so.
"You Ukrainian bitch!"
"He deserves a red card!"
Amid the huge boos, the referee's whistle was almost drowned out. The referee ran over and gave Tymoshchuk a verbal warning. Timoshchuk nodded in acceptance, and then he stared at Chu Zhongtian, who was getting up from the ground, and did not mean to step forward to shake hands in the slightest.
Fan. Bommel saw this scene below and nodded: "Yes, you have to do it!" ”
The teammates and coaches next to him couldn't help but turn their heads to look at him.
After Timoshchuk successfully defended Chu Zhongtian with a foul, he said to Schweinsteiger beside him: "You go and organize the attack, Sebastian." I'll leave the defense to me! ”
At this time, he was full of confidence.
Schweinsteiger hesitated: "I think it's better for the two of us to ......"
Tymoshchuk shook his head: "If we are in this passive situation all the time, we will never win. You have to be more involved in attack, not defensively. "The foul was successful, and it proves that foul tactics work. He felt that he could rely on this to restrain Chu Zhongtian. The liberation of Schweinsteiger was his task.
Seeing that he was so confident, Schweinsteiger thought about it if Bayern wanted to win, they really needed to attack, not blindly defend. I agreed. Before leaving, he said to Timoshchuk: "Be careful. ”
Timoshchuk nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, he handed it over to me!" ”
※※※ It is not surprising that Chu Zhongtian has seen a lot of fouls, as an offensive core, dealing with the enemy's foul tactics is originally a compulsory course. The kind of player who does well when no one is playing against him is not at all comfortable with professional football, and if a midfielder can't get a foothold in the confrontation of a strong team, then take a nap as soon as possible.
So he was not at all afraid of Timoshchuk's fouls. He has his way of coping.
When Hoffenheim attacked again, the football was at his feet as usual.
This time, Timoshchuk planned to repeat his old tricks, and he crashed into Chu Zhongtian again. Chu Zhongtian was indeed knocked down by him, but before being knocked down, Chu Zhongtian still passed the football out!
The ball rolled straight to the critical area. Although Chu Zhongtian was lying on the ground and couldn't move on, Ibisevic received the ball, he shot with his feet, and the football flew out of the bottom line slightly against the outside of the goalpost!
Chu Zhongtian shrugged his shoulders to Timoshchuk after he got up. This is a provocation, Tymoshchuk is not polite to him, and he does not need to remain a gentleman.
Next, in the process of competing for the ball, the two faced each other again. Chu Zhongtian jumped higher and pressed Timoshchuk under him, his hand did not move, but his right leg curled up and gave Timoshchuk a blow to his waist below!
The football was pushed to Bayern Munich's half, and Timoshchuk fell headlong.
The referee was aware of everything and whistled to signal that Chu Zhongtian had committed a foul, but Chu Zhongtian pouted and ran back, and he did not go to Radimoshchuk to show friendship.
Timoshchuk got up from the ground, still clutching his waist. Schweinsteiger came up and asked him, "Are you alright?" ”
Timoshchuk frowned and snorted: "It's okay...... It's okay! ”
Schweinsteiger saw him like this, and it was not good to say anything more. I just said in my heart: I told you to be careful, you see...... However, everyone is teammates, and it is not easy to say such things in the game, otherwise there will be infighting, which will just let others see the joke and damage their own combat effectiveness.
※※※ Timoshchuk soon found that his foul was completely unstoppable.
When the football was passed to Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian turned his back to the direction of the attack, but he was ready to receive the ball and turn around. Timoshchuk knew that he couldn't make the other party turn around, so he rushed forward, intending to break the ball from behind, and then stab Chu Zhongtian's ankle or something from behind very covertly, in order to avenge his revenge for being hit to the waist by his black move just now.
Unexpectedly, Chu Zhongtian didn't catch the ball at all, he let go of his legs and leaked the football from under his block, Timoshchuk only felt that his crotch was cold, and the football flew over. And he didn't have time to brake...... Directly knocked Chu Zhongtian to the ground!
The referee's whistle sounded again, and Chu Zhongtian and Timoshchuk fouled each other in succession, making him realize that if it was just a verbal warning, it would be useless. So he showed a yellow card to Tymoshchuk, who was fouling in the back!
Seeing Timoshchuk get a yellow card, Van Brown. Bommel slapped his thigh in frustration off the pitch as if he had been booked.
However, Tymoshchuk did not relieve the defensive pressure on Chu Zhongtian because of this yellow card.
He continued to confront Chu Zhongtian.
When Chu Zhongtian rushed over with the ball, he forced up from the side and squeezed Chu Zhongtian with his body. Now that he has learned smartly, he no longer directly commits obvious fouls, but uses all kinds of small actions to interfere with Chu Zhongtian and make him unable to control the ball very comfortably.
But no matter how he squeezed it, this time Chu Zhongtian just didn't fall, unlike before, he almost fell down with a touch.
Chu Zhongtian could feel the oppressive force coming from his side, and he didn't pay much attention to it. Such collisions were simply commonplace for him, and he had long been used to them.
While resisting Timoshchuk's onslaught, he looked for the right moment to pass. Bayern Munich's appearance in front of his eyes has several loopholes, but his teammates have not yet discovered them. He had to wait.
If you go any further, you will squeeze the opponent's defense, and your teammates will be less likely to take advantage of those gaps. So Chu Zhongtian made a sudden stop, turned around at the same time, and turned the football back with the outside of his left foot. This squeezed Timoshchuk behind him and did not give him the slightest chance to break the ball.
Timoshchuk desperately wanted to break the ball behind him, and he kept kicking Chu Zhongtian's ankles and calves, but this time Chu Zhongtian just didn't fall. He reached back with one hand, holding Timoshchuk to keep him from getting too close, and with the other he kept his balance and protected the football at his feet.
Hoffenheim's attack seemed to be deadlocked, Timoshchuk managed to stop him, Hoffenheim's fast attack couldn't be done!
Just when everyone was thinking so, he stepped on the right foot of the football but slammed the football out, and then his body jumped forward, temporarily breaking away from Timoshchuk's defense!
Thinking that he was going to run away with the ball, Timoshchuk hurriedly ran out and shoveled the ball at his feet!
Chu Zhongtian didn't want to run away with the ball, but turned around and passed!
After he rushed out, he caught up with the football, turned and picked up his left foot and kicked the ball, and with the force of the turn, he passed the ball forward!
It was an overhead ball and the ball went over the heads of the Bayern Munich defenders and went straight to the empty space on the wing!
With enough power and speed, but the height is not high, the arc is not too large, such a pass did not give Bayern Munich's defenders much time to adjust, and Kolarov has already slapped the horse!
Bayern defender Demichelis' first reaction when he saw Kolarov receiving the ball was to raise his hand to signal that the ball was offside. In his opinion, this is indeed the case, because Kolarov was already behind the entire Bayern backline when he received the ball, and although the distance from behind them to the bottom line was not long, it was still an offside!
But neither the referee nor the linesman said that the referee's whistle did not sound, and the linesman did not raise the flag.
Demichelis will not see that Kolarov is still in front of the backline at the moment of Chu Zhongtian's pass, he is sprinting at high speed, but he has not crossed any Bayern Munich player. And after Chu Zhongtian kicked the football out, he just broke through the entire Bayern backline and appeared behind them. When he rushed to the football landing point, the football also fell, and the cooperation of one person and one goal was not bad!
The Serbian defender who received the ball did not continue to dribble the ball, nor did he make any more adjustments, and even made an emergency stop to bring the football back, and he directly crossed with his feet! Bayern's backline was divided in this abrupt moment - Demichelis threw his arms up in despair to signal for offside. Rahm made a flying tackle from behind to stop the cross. Contento froze in place, not knowing what was going on. Bad Stuber reached out in a desperate effort to pull Ibisevic's fluttering jersey. Goalkeeper Kraft went down to block the cross that was close to the ground...... The ball first went over Rahm's raised right leg, creating a distinct outward rotation arc on the green turf, and then grazed goalkeeper Kraft's hand.
Eventually, Ibisevic was intercepted by Bad Stuber and put the ball into the net just before he was completely off balance...... "goooooooal!!" 2:0! ”
In the thunderous cheers of the audience, Timoshchuk looked back at the goal that had been breached, and then turned to look at Chu Zhongtian, who was sitting on the ground because he had completed such a difficult action as a 180-degree turn. He was kneeling next to Chu Zhongtian, the tackle failed, and he failed to prevent that unexpected pass, which resulted in the team's second goal conceded.
Damn it!
He grabbed a handful of turf and held them tightly in the palm of his hand.
What an unwillingness!
(To be continued)