Chapter Seventy-Four: The Derby in Baden-Württemberg
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Emily gave Chu Zhongtian a careful look, she called Chu Zhongtian the first day and said that she definitely couldn't come over, in fact, her vacation has been arranged, she basically doesn't have any work in the next two weeks, only two commercials need to be filmed, and they are both filmed in Europe, one in France and one in Italy, so she can stay in Germany for at least a week and a half. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In order to surprise Chu Zhongtian, she deliberately said that she couldn't come. As a result, Chu Zhongtian was depressed.
It was certainly the best Valentine's Day gift he'd ever received in twenty-five years, a whole big living person...... With Emily by his side, Chu Zhongtian instantly regained his fighting spirit and was particularly active in the team's training. The teammates who were still ridiculing Chu Zhongtian the day before could only spend Valentine's Day alone, and Chu Zhongtian felt strange when he saw such a high-spirited Chu Zhongtian who exuded a happy aura all over his body. It wasn't until they later read a report from a gossip entertainment magazine that Emily appeared shopping in Mannheim that they reacted - it turned out to be the captain's girlfriend coming, no wonder...... in the 21st round of the league, Hoffenheim will welcome the Baden-Württemberg derby, and they will challenge the state's strongest team, the most representative team, Stuttgart. The last time the two sides met, there was a 0-0 draw, and it was the only game Hoffenheim did not score in so far.
The special significance of this game is definitely not as simple as a "Baden-Württemberg derby".
Hoffenheim and Stuttgart have a long history. Hoffenheim's first-team squad now has five players who have played for Stuttgart, and even their head coach Rangnick has played and coached in Stuttgart. In addition, the former head coach of the German national team and the current head coach of Bayern Munich, Jürgen. Jurgen Klinsmann (jurgen_klinsmann) was born in Goppingen near Stuttgart, and his current national team manager Loew is Schwa. The shrewd and hard-working Schwabians are workaholics, and now they are influencing football in this country.
In the first half of the season, some media said that Hoffenheim won the winter championship, and Stuttgart should be most thanked.
But Stuttgart certainly didn't want such thanks, because they themselves "cultivated" a fierce rival in Baden-Württemberg. Previously, Baden-Württemberg was completely theirs, and Karlsruhe and Freiburg could not pose a threat to them at all.
This game was a "revisit to the old place" for many people in the Hoffenheim team, and goalkeeper Hildebrand felt it the most. Since he lifted the trophy for Stuttgart, he has not returned to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Stuttgart's home stadium, for 544 days.
Hildebrand, the player who is most keen to get back to play, seems to want to show the people of Stuttgart that he is doing well and is not the legendary Valencian down-and-out Timmer.
But he was too excited but he was injured in training, his previous pubic contusion was not good, and there were signs of aggravation in training, Rangnick did not dare to slack off, and quickly asked him to stop the team training and go to the team doctor to deal with the injury.
It is not yet known if he will be able to catch up with the Baden-Württemberg derby.
But this blow was not a light blow to Hildebrand himself, who was like a defeated rooster, dejected, and lost all his fighting spirit at once.
His injury was no small blow to Hoffenheim's backline. The fact that the main goalkeeper cannot play has a great impact on any team, not to mention that the goalkeeper is the weakest link in the Hoffenheim team.
So Daniel. Haas is likely to be ordered again. Originally, the team bought Hildebrand, and Haas had to return to the bench. Who would have thought that he had only played three rounds of league games, and he had already played one and a half games...... The match against Stuttgart took place on the afternoon of February 21 local time.
Hildebrand didn't make it to the end of the game.
The derby lived up to expectations, with both sides playing passionately and without being conservative. Despite the problems at the back, Rangnick is still asking the team to attack on the road.
The game was in a fast-paced high-confrontation from the start. Hoffenheim were the first to attack, and they were dominated by the opponents at the beginning of the game, and Chu Zhongtian's long-range shot was blocked by Stuttgart defender Bora Luz (khalid_boulahrouz). Salihovic then took a tactical corner and Baker's cross was directly confiscated by Lehmann (jens_lehmann).
In the twenty-fourth minute, Hoffenheim, who had been attacking incessantly, finally paid off. In the attack, Chu Zhongtian suddenly transferred a long pass on the left side, sending the football to the right side, and when Baker, who was inserting at high speed, received the ball, there was not even a Stuttgart player around him - Stuttgart did not expect Chu Zhongtian's transfer to be so sudden and decisive, and so accurate. Baker crosses with his feet, but instead of a high ball, it is a low ball. Senegalese shooter Demba. Ba got rid of Bora Luz's defense after receiving the ball in the penalty area, and then half-turned and fired a powerful right-footed shot! Although Lehmann pounced on the ball, it was too close, and he couldn't do anything to stop the ball from going in, 1:0! Hoffenheim takes the lead!
More than 6,000 Hoffenheim fans in the stands cheered and rejoiced that the team had taken the lead over Baden-Württemberg's big brother.
However, Hoffenheim's celebration didn't last long, as Stuttgart equalised two minutes later. They caught the Hoffenheim backline's own mistakes, Baker hesitated when he dribbled the ball at the back, Chu Zhongtian beckoned him next to him, but he was distracted, and the ball was broken. Chu Zhongtian rushed over to defend. Mario who breaks the ball. Gomez (mario_gomez) was clever enough to poke the ball out before he arrived. Brazilian striker Cacau received a pass from Gomez and drove straight into the ball to score, making it 1:1.
After conceding the ball, Chu Zhongtian ran to ask Baker: "What's wrong with you, Andres?" ”
Baker shook his head speechlessly.
At this time, there was a cheer in the stands of the Stuttgart fans next to him: "Thank you, Andres!" ”
"Because it's a return to the Mercedes-Benz Stadium?" Chu Zhongtian patted him on the shoulder. "Don't think so much and concentrate on the game!" Chu Zhongtian himself will never be in a trance because he returns to the old place to compete, he will only show harder and harder, because this is the side he wants to show to those old friends - I am living well in other places now, you don't have to worry.
The on-field commentator's opinion on Stuttgart's equaliser so quickly was that all the credit went to Baker's side. "Is he homesick?" Andres. Beck was a German, but his birthplace was not in Stuttgart, but in Kemerovo, Russia. However, Beck, who has been training for the youth and youth teams in Stuttgart, is his second home for him. He also refers to himself as a "Schwabian".
"Alright, Schwabian, cheer up! Show the momentum of the Swabians! Chu Zhongtian slapped Baker hard in the back.
After Stuttgart equalised, morale was boosted. Hoffenheim still want to attack, but they are under a lot of pressure. As the commander of the team, Chu Zhongtian had to control the rhythm and let the team's speed slow down and slow down.
However, in the 32nd minute, Stuttgart took the lead. In the athletic battle, they slowed down the pace because Chu Zhongtian led the team to shrink the defense, and there were no too good opportunities. But Chu Zhongtian's set couldn't prevent corner kicks.
Simak (jan_simak) took a free-kick from the left and Hoffenheim made a mistake in the middle of the defence and cleared the ball not far away, allowing the Stuttgart players to get the ball. Tashcher (serdar_tasci) crosses from the right, and Mario, who is one meter tall. Gomez grabbed the penalty and headed home his 12th goal of the season to put Stuttgart in the lead.
Towards the end of the first half, Hoffenheim also capitalised on a mistake in the Stuttgart backline to play a quality counter-attack. Manian (ludovic_magnin) had a careless pass in midfield that was cut off by Chu Zhongtian, who had a premonition, and then he didn't dribble the ball, but passed directly to Demba in the front line. Ba, the Senegalese shooter drove straight into the ball and pushed a left-footed shot at the edge of the penalty area in the face of Lehmann's attack, and the football flew into the far corner of the goal, 2:2!
Rangnick criticised the team's defence at half-time, but he couldn't do anything better, with limited energy during the winter break. At the same time, this team has long been accustomed to the style of playing offensive football, and has always been not meticulous enough in defense and has no habit of defending. A team that values defense and another team that doesn't focus on defense will not be the same as having a safe performance in defence, even if the latter has more star players at the back than the former. Not to mention that Hoffenheim don't have any star players at the back...... Defensive improvement is not something that happens overnight, and it needs to be gradually developed in the daily training of the players to pay attention to it. Now they have to just kick that way, using their sharpest offense to cover up their defensive problems...... So Rangnick, despite criticising the team's defence, still let the team attack hard and try to score more goals in the second half. Today's Hoffenheim, the football philosophy is to put it bluntly: "It doesn't matter how many goals the opponent scores, as long as we always score more goals than the opponent".
The second half was also developed in this way, from the 63rd minute to the 66th minute, and both sides scored a goal in three minutes. In reality, Stuttgart overtook the score again, Gomez successfully countered offside, and calmly scored in the face of the attacking Haas, scoring his thirteenth goal of the season.
Then three minutes later, Hoffenheim returned to the color, Jaisler played a long pass from the left, Demba . Ba also succeeded in countering offside, leaned on Tashcher, who was close to him, and scored in the face of the attacking Lehmann, 3:3!
"Hoffenheim equalised for the second time! This game is really intense! Stuttgart led twice, Hoffenheim equalized twice! Demba. Ba scored a hat-trick! It was his first hat-trick of the season! What even Ibisevic didn't do, he did! ”
"What a new Baden-Württemberg derby! The game was very exciting, no matter what the final result was, it was a beautiful game for us Chinese fans! ”
Stuttgart's home stadium, the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, was packed to capacity today, with 55,896 spectators crowded, and a lot of attention was paid to the Baden-Württemberg derby, which made the derby look like that. Stuttgart has always lacked opponents in Baden-Württem, and now Hoffenheim's strong rise has made Stuttgart no longer lonely. Of course, it's hard to say whether they like the feeling of no longer being lonely...... ※※※ The game was less than 70 minutes, and the two sides played 3:3, and no one had any intention of stopping - just kidding, the game was played like this, why stop? The team that scores another goal will most likely win, with little time left in the game and with the lead running out, there is not much time left for the side behind to equalise.
There were two occasions in this game where the opponent had just scored and the side behind quickly equalised. The first time was Hoffenheim taking the lead and Stuttgart equalised two minutes later. The second time was when Stuttgart had just taken the lead and Hoffenheim equalised three minutes later.
But as the saying goes, it's all about it. It's impossible to score a goal on this side and equalize again...... With this in mind, the two teams did not have the slightest intention of shrinking their defense to secure a draw, but presented a wonderful offensive battle for everyone at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Both coaches also made very bold substitutions, with Stuttgart's head coach Babel (markus_babbel) using young attacking midfielder Martin Brown. Ranihy (martin_lanig) replaces centre-back Tashcher.
Rangnick, on the other hand, replaced Weiss with Sanogo, once again playing the crazy style of play of the four forwards, naturally with the aim of strengthening the attack.
“…… This is Stuttgart's attack...... Hilbert (roberto_hilbert) crosses, Ranih heads in! There is no top positive part, and it is out of the way...... It's a pity! ”
"Chu's long shot! Hit high! Twenty-five meters from the goal, he suddenly got up and shot from a distance, if it hit the goal frame, it's hard to say if the old goalkeeper Lehmann can react......
"Chu Zhongtian's long biography...... Pretty! It was precise, he found Sanogo in the box accurately! Ah! It's a pity...... Sanogo didn't stop the ball, and the goal made Lehmann ...... easily"
"Ranihy went down in front of the Hoffenheim box! He was asking for a free-kick and the referee's whistle sounded, but instead of giving him a free-kick, he gave him a ...... Yellow! He faked a fall! Stuttgart's coach Babbel was unhappy with the decision......"
'It was Hoffenheim's chance, and in the 90th minute, they won a free-kick from the right side of the box near the bottom line...... Salihovic came up to take the penalty...... Will it be crossed? Oh! No, shoot straight at goal! Lyman! Nice save, he blocked the ball at the near post! Stuttgart were very embarrassed during this time, Hoffenheim's attack was very strong, and in the last moments of the game, they could still run so fast that Stuttgart was a little out of rhythm......
At this point in the game, the score was still 0-0, and with three minutes of stoppage time, it seemed likely that the Baden-Württemberg derby would end at 3-3.
'It's not bad to draw, especially a draw where the two sides scored a total of six goals. It's a tight game, like the one between Hoffenheim and Bayern, and the whole game is a high-tempo confrontation...... I found that Hoffenheim played at a very fast pace, which is what they do as a European team......
'The draw was fair for both sides, Stuttgart played well and Hoffenheim were great. Whoever wins, it seems to be a bit unfair to the other side......"
The commentators have already started to explain the draw of the game.
※※※ Just when they said this, the situation on the field changed abruptly!
In the second minute of injury time, Chu Zhongtian originally got the ball in the midfield, but when he looked around and found that there was no good passing route, and the opponent's pressing on him was not as tight as before, he suddenly changed his mind.
Perhaps Stuttgart's players thought that Hoffenheim would not be able to score another goal anyway with a minute left before the end of the game, so they didn't keep a tight eye on their core as before.
Chu Zhongtian decided to dribble the ball and only kill the opponent's penalty area.
His sudden dribbling surprised the Stuttgart players, and when he reached the 30-metre area, they scrambled to block it.
Although Chu Zhongtian's footwork is not the top in the world, he has been honed in the French league for four seasons, and he is also a first-class master in the Bundesliga...... Blocked by two or three people, he dodged left and right like playing a racing game, and got between the three legs that intercepted him!
First, he buckled with his left foot, dodged the first person, followed by his right foot and then buckled back, dodging the second person, and in the face of the third person's interception, Chu Zhongtian's left foot flicked the ball outward, and at the same time jumped up and dodged the opponent's falling tackle. And just like that, he's in the box!
"It looks like the game is going to end in a draw...... Chu Zhongtian! It's Chu Zhongtian who is dribbling the ball! He forward! Over one! Two! Three!! Duan Bin suddenly became excited, but he didn't expect that when the game was about to end, he didn't expect the game to suddenly make waves.
Hoffenheim looked like they had scored in the last minute of the game!
"Damn, stop him!" Goalkeeper Lehmann yelled.
Everyone was not mentally prepared for Chu Zhongtian's continuous dribbling of more than 30 meters at the last moment. Watch him rush into the restricted area!
Chu Zhongtian entered the penalty area, and now there is only one thought in his mind - shooting! He doesn't want anything but to shoot, he just wants to score goals and win!
Just as he was about to shoot with his legs, the Stuttgart player suddenly rushed from the side and knocked him to the ground!
"It's down...... Penalty kick! Penalty kick!! Duan Bin shouted desperately.
"Oh, God! It's Manian! He knocked down the captain of Hoffenheim! The referee's whistle sounded! He ran towards the penalty area and pointed to ...... Penalty spot! It's a penalty!! Towards the end of the game, Hoffenheim won a penalty! It's such a drama! The Stuttgart players couldn't believe it, they surrounded the referee Kempter, they thought that the penalty was unwarranted, Chu must have faked the fall...... Is it a fake fall? Let's see the slow motion...... Aha, the slow motion showed that there was no problem with this penalty, and Manian stupidly knocked down Chu! ”
Stuttgart's players naturally surrounded the referee to protest, while Hoffenheim's players rushed up to pull Chu Zhongtian up from the ground, and then hugged him to celebrate.
"Well done, Chu!"
"Now they are all dumbfounded! Ha ha! ”
"The penalty at the last minute, the comeback at the last moment, it was so cool!!"
Some people also took the opportunity to put forward their own ideas: "I think this penalty should be taken by Chu, this is what he won for us!" ”
Some people looked at Salihovic - he was the first penalty taker in the team.
Salihovich shrugged: "I don't care. ”
Since the first penalty taker has no opinion, then Chu Zhongtian himself is not hypocritical, he turned out the football, and then walked to the penalty spot.
On the other side, the Stuttgart negotiations did not work, at the end of the game, when the score was tied 3-3, at such a critical and sensitive time, the referee dared to award a penalty, which shows that he is completely sure that he will not change the penalty because of your few words of protest.
He waved away the Stuttgart players and even showed a yellow card to Lehmann, who was overly excited.
When the Stuttgart players withdrew from the penalty area and Lehmann muttered back to the goal line, Chu Zhongtian had already set up the football, and he was standing next to the football, waiting for the penalty kick.
Lehmann was still making a last-ditch effort, knowing that the penalty was significant, as if it got to Stuttgart it would fail, but if it did, the game would end in a draw. The players who come to take the penalty must be under a lot of pressure at this time.
He pointed to the upper right corner of the goal, and then repeated to Chu Zhongtian: "See, the football you shot will fly out from here!" ”
Chu Zhongtian glanced at him, then lowered his eyelids and stared at the football under his feet again.
Lyman was still chattering, hoping to put psychological pressure on Chu Zhongtian.
Emily. Stan stands at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, surrounded by Hoffenheim fans. Together, they shouted at the audience: "Kick in, Chu!" You can do it! ”
Everyone exited the penalty area, the referee also stepped aside, the stage was set up, and the protagonists were Chu Zhongtian and Lehmann.
"Whether the goal goes in or not, the game will end soon......," Duan Bin muttered.
It's not a game about who wins and who gets relegated. Aside from the label "Baden-Württemberg derby", this is actually a very ordinary Bundesliga. But now he's nervous, like he's commenting on a World Cup final.
After Chu Zhongtian set up the football, he didn't retreat from the distance of the run, he stood next to the football.
Lehmann was a little puzzled, did he have to wait for the referee to blow the whistle before pulling away?
The referee's whistle pulled him back from his doubts, and then he saw Chu Zhongtian suddenly shoot on the spot!
The ball was shot so suddenly! Before he could react, the football was already flying!
Lyman stood still and didn't make any movements, when the ball flew past him and flew straight to the top right corner of the goal, where he had just pointed!
Although his body couldn't keep up with the football, his eyes could still keep up, and Lehmann stood still, turning his head to watch the football fly towards the top right corner of the goal.
He wants to see if the football really flies off the line as he says it does.
But he was disappointed and the football went straight into the goal!
"The ball is in! The ball is in!! Chu Zhongtian scored this penalty under pressure!! Duan Bin shouted.
“goooooooooooal!!! Hoffenheim won this fierce derby in the last minute of the game!! ”
Chu Zhongtian, who scored the goal, ran to Lehmann, spread his hands and shrugged his shoulders at him, and he responded to Lehmann's previous provocation with this celebratory gesture. In the face of Chu Zhongtian's celebratory action, Lehmann could only stand still and keep shaking his head, he underestimated this kid's penalty ability and psychological quality...... Maybe all the focus is on how to save the penalty, so that he won't be beaten so helplessly.
Then he turned and accelerated out of the penalty area, ran to the stands where the visiting fans were, and slapped the badge on his chest hard!
In front of him were thousands of ecstatic fans, behind him were a swarm of teammates, and even someone on the bench rushed across the pitch because just after Chu Zhongtian sent the football into the goal guarded by Lehmann, the referee had already finished the whistle of the game.
Hoffenheim won 4-3 away at Baden-Württemberg Big Brother Stuttgart! Baden-Württemberg is no longer the domain of a Stuttgart team.
(To be continued)