Chapter 151: But it's a big step for Hoffenheim
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"Chu. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Salihovic, Sana ......" commentators report the players in possession one by one. "Sana. Ibisevic...... Clear! Here he raised his voice sharply because Chu Zhongtian had already rushed into the Manchester United penalty area with the ball.
"Chu! He shoots - the ball goes in! ”
The televised camera shook violently at this moment, and even if it stabilized, nothing could be seen, because the camera was full of raised arms, obscuring the camera lens.
The Rhine-Neckar Stadium is in a frenzy.
"Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim! ”
"Chu Chu Chu!"
"Hooray! Hoffenheim! Banzai! Clear! ”
Such shouts rang out one after another, and rang out in one voice.
"Chu has scored! Hahahaha! ”
"Cheers! For Chu! ”
"For Chu who came out of the 'Crazy Gang'!"
In the Wimbles bar, everyone raised their glasses and drank them all.
※※※ In the 77th minute of the game, Hoffenheim relied on Chu Zhongtian's goal to equalize. This draw means that Manchester United may lose the qualification, while Hoffenheim will definitely qualify, but only as group leader or group second, of course the group will be more advantageous, because in the next knockout draw, the group leader will definitely not meet the other group leader. Generally speaking, the second place in the group is weaker than the first group, and if Hoffenheim want to go far in the Champions League, then they will have to fight for the top of the group. But either way, they've already made it out of the group.
Manchester United's situation is dire, and unless Besiktas beat CSKA Moscow on their home turf, they will be knocked out of the competition.
Manchester United, who had been playing defensive counterattacks with Hoffenheim before, couldn't sit still, Ferguson came to the side of the field from the coach's bench, and used gestures and voices to let the players press up and attack!
While the offense may have been caught by Hoffenheim with more holes in the defense, they are dead if they don't attack. When the situation is not in our favour, we must not play defensive counterattacks, that will only make our players more anxious. At this time, you have to go out and attack, fight hard, and maybe there is a glimmer of life.
While the TV stations were still replaying the goal over and over again, the game had already begun.
Chu Zhongtian put the football in the center circle and did not celebrate. Manchester United also hurried to kick off and cooperate with him. Both sides now have to buy time.
It's just that most people don't understand the time that Hoffenheim is fighting for...... As long as the 2-2 score is dragged until the end of the game, Hoffenheim will definitely advance, and Manchester United will likely be eliminated. On the other pitch, CSKA Mokos still leads Besiktas 1-0 away from home...... Of course, there are also people who understand it this way - Chu Zhongtian's move shows that Hoffenheim is not willing to be the second in the group, and they want to fight for the first place in the group to avoid those strong opponents in the other groups. This will allow them to go far in this Champions League.
In fact, they all thought wrongly, not celebrating the goal, and rushing to kick off was not Rangnick's instructions, but Chu Zhongtian's own approach. Even Rangnick was a little surprised after seeing Chu Zhongtian do this. Then he remembered Chu Zhongtian's personality and understood that this kid wanted to win Manchester United at home.
Ferguson didn't know why Hoffenheim was in a hurry to kick off, but it was exactly what he wanted. What Manchester United lack most now is time, and they welcome everything they can do to seize it.
※※※ Manchester United began to attack, Hoffenheim did not shrink the defense, but bravely met and attacked Manchester United.
With thirteen minutes remaining, the game really got into a heated phase. The two sides come and go, and the attack is very lively.
Rooney had just fired a shot that forced Hildebrand to make a flying save, and Obasi had a chance to shoot on goal.
In attack, Manchester United's Brazilian midfielder Anderson is desperately rushing forward and looks more like a striker. When attacking, Chu Zhongtian also seemed to be a shadow striker...... Ferguson stood on the sidelines, staring at the pitch with a grim face that he forgot to chew the gum in his mouth. Rangnick, on the other hand, also left the coach's bench, pacing in the coach's command area, a little nervous.
Fans from both sides in the stands cheered desperately on their teams. Manchester United had few fans, but they still chanted "Manchester - United!" The Hoffenheim fans chanted: "Attack! Offensive! The blood of the offense flows forever!! ”
The TV broadcast tried to slow down some great shots a few times, but it always just started and switched back to the live broadcast. Then they simply didn't slow down, never wasting time on those shots or tackles unless it was particularly necessary.
The commentators don't even have time to lament this kind of scene, as long as they change the topic a little, there will be a wonderful scene on the field. Forcing them to talk like machine guns with full firepower, their mouths are non-stop.
"This is Kolarov's assault...... He passed Park Ji-sung! But the tenacious Koreans have ruined the sideline again! …… Hoffenheim threw the throw-in quickly and they continued to attack...... Clear! The football was at his feet again. Whenever this happens, we start to ...... Direct pass! Van Nistelrooy didn't pick it up! What a pity! ”
"Manchester United's quick counter-attack, Wayne Rooney broke through with the ball on the wing, his strong body and astonishing speed, easily shook off Baker and crossed! It's the back! Anderson - Missed! ”
"Oh, that's beautiful! Salihovic's free-kick, smashed over the crossbar! Hoffenheim almost beat Manchester United! ”
'It was United's seventh corner of the game and with Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic both in front of Hoffenheim's goal, Hieldebrand looked a little nervous...... Tactical foot ball? Park Ji-sung crosses again! The ball was pushed off the line and it was another corner...... Gateball? The referee gave the goalball! ”
…… Even the Wimbledon fans at the Wimbledon Bar in London had forgotten that they were neutral fans, and many of them nervously put their fingers in their mouths and bit them tightly while looking up at the TV broadcast, and they didn't feel any pain after doing so.
At this time, no one would look away and go to the bartender to ask for wine.
The time and score of the game suddenly appeared on the TV screen, and everyone realized that the game had entered the 80th minute. Judging by the performances of both teams, it is really hard to say what will happen in the last ten minutes.
※※※ Rangnick looked at his watch, and it was eighty minutes. He called the Brazilian youngster Wellington, who had been warming up, and pushed him to the side of the fourth official after a few words in his ear.
Hoffenheim made a substitution, Ruud van Nistelrooy was substituted and Wellington came on. After all, the Dutch veteran is thirty-three years old, and his physical fitness is not as good as before, and after playing such a fierce game for 80 minutes, some of them can't keep up. In order not to lose the quality of the attack, Rangnick replaced him.
In this way, Ibisevic returned to the middle, while Wellington went to the left and Obasi continued on the right.
"It's not a defence-hardening substitution!" The narrator exclaimed. They originally thought that Rangnick had missed a chance to adjust in time before, so he should have strengthened his defense this time, right? Unexpectedly, he replaced Ruud van Nistelrooy, but replaced him with a striker. The team still plays 433.
Chu Zhongtian wants to win, and seeing that the game is all over here, Rangnick also wants to win. So he continued to attack and cooperate with Chu Zhongtian.
Manchester United also want to win because they can't qualify if they don't win.
The two sides opened up the attack, there were more openings on the field, and Chu Zhongtian would no longer have Fletcher and Carrick on his side anytime and anywhere, so everyone had a lot of opportunities, it was up to who could seize it.
In the 84th minute, United forced a corner with two shots in quick succession. Carrick ran for the penalty, while Hildebrand nervously directed everyone back to the defense.
In this last period, not a single fan could still sit in his seat to watch the game, and all 30,000 people in the stadium stood up to cheer for their respective teams.
Seeing Manchester United shoot twice in a row and get a corner, Manchester United fans were excited, and the stadium was full of "Manchester - United!" Shouts.
Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand both rushed to Hoffenheim to fight for the ball, adding to the tension in front of Hoffenheim.
Ibisevic, Obasi, and Wellington are not short in height, Ibisevic is 1.88 meters, Obasis is 1.88 meters, and Wellington is 1.86 meters, and the three of them can be used as central defenders in the defense of corner kicks.
Everyone's attention was on the penalty area, and no one noticed that Chu Zhongtian was not defending in front of the goal, but outside the penalty area.
For this corner kick, the double anti-player also had some physical altercations in front of the goal, and under the referee's whistle warning, the two sides were honest on the surface, but in fact, there were still a lot of small actions to pull the jersey and block the opponent with their bodies.
The referee also knew that he couldn't go on and on with this kind of thing, otherwise time would be spent on it. So he saw that the situation had improved slightly, so he decisively blew the whistle for kick-off. Carrick kicks the ball out, everyone is in a mess, and in the scuffle, Hildebrand spends his time jumping up and punching the ball out!
The ball fell to Salihovic's feet, and as soon as the ball fell in front of him, Manchester United's Park Ji-sung and Anderson ran towards him.
Looking at it like this, they don't want to give him a chance to stop the ball and adjust, they want to break the ball in front of the court and then launch a second attack.
Salihovic didn't know where to play the football for a while. At this moment, he saw a blue figure swaying in the gap behind Anderson and Park Ji-sung.
Not bothering to think about who it was, he headbutted the soccer ball in the air!
The ball slipped out between the two United players and flew to the front.
When everyone saw clearly who the person who received the ball, they were taken aback - Chu Zhongtian!
Know that the whole process before this is very fast. It only took a few seconds from Hildebrand playing the football out to Salihovic giving the football to Chu Zhongtian, so that Obasi, Ibyshevic and others, who were defending in front of the goal, had not run out of the big penalty area at this time...... Chu Zhongtian had already appeared near the middle circle, and he was the one at the forefront of the whole team, which showed that he didn't defend in the penalty area from the beginning! From the very beginning, he wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to fight back!
"Back to the defense!"
Kutssack, who was watching the play near the center circle, saw that Chu Zhongtian had received the ball, shouted and hurriedly turned around and ran backwards - he was afraid that Chu Zhongtian would hang his door. Judging from Chu Zhongtian's accurate long passing ability, this is not impossible...... Chu Zhongtian didn't have a hanging door, because he wasn't completely undefended.
Fletcher didn't go in to fight for the top, he stayed in the middle circle, and he would be the first enemy Chu Zhongtian encountered. The rest of United's players want him to stall as much as possible so that they can get back in time.
Fletcher lowered his center of gravity and did not rush up, but slowly retreated. He was waiting for Chu Zhongtian to bump into him, while trying to delay a little longer.
Come on, Chu. Look at me stopping you! He said in his heart.
But Chu Zhongtian had no plans to go one-on-one with Fletcher. He was on the run and suddenly passed the ball to the left wing!
Because Manchester United's players were still defending back, there were large slots of space on all the fields, and Chu Zhongtian passed the football to a place where it seemed to be completely empty, and everyone thought it was a mistake. I didn't think that the football drew an arc, slowed down, and then near the sideline, Kolarov, who was plugged in at high speed, was picked up!
Just as Hildebrand was playing the football, Kolarov, with the instinct of an attacking full-back, thought that this might be Hoffenheim's counter-attacking opportunity, and he decided to take a big gamble, so he ran forward regardless of it.
And Chu Zhongtian really passed the football to him, he bet right!
As soon as Fletcher and the Manchester United players saw that the football had moved to Kolarov's feet, they didn't care about chasing Chu Zhongtian anymore, and turned to pounce on Kararov.
Kolarov picked up his speed and dribbled towards United. When both Park Ji-sung and Fletcher pressed on him, he slammed the brakes and pulled the ball back with the outside of his right foot. And then...... Sideways!
It was not Ibisevic who received his ball in the middle, nor Obasi, or Wellington, who had just come on the pitch with the best fitness, but Chu Zhongtian!
From the front of his own penalty area, Chu Zhongtian rushed to the front of the opponent's penalty area in one breath, and it only took eleven seconds. There's also time to catch, dribble and pass.
Hoffenheim's quick counterattack was not unpleasant!
It's just that Chu Zhongtian felt a little lonely and deep, because it was too fast, except for Kolarov, the rest of his teammates at this time were still hanging far behind and didn't follow...... Chu Zhongtian received the ball and rushed towards the penalty area, Kutssac had already retreated to the goal, and at this time he had to run out to block the angle of Chu Zhongtian's shot.
"Single Knife!" He Ping shouted.
The shouts at the Rhine-Neckar were enough to tear down the roof.
When they saw Chu Zhongtian facing the Manchester United goalkeeper alone, everyone roared desperately. Hoffenheim fans are of course cheering for Chu Zhongtian, while Manchester United fans are interfering with Chu Zhongtian.
"Come on, Chu! Get past him! You can do it! ”
"Can't in! Can't in! You bastard, don't even think about cumming in!! ”
This is a rare one-on-one moment in Chu Zhongtian's career with the goalkeeper.
The flashes of the photographers on the sidelines began to flash frequently, and everyone focused their cameras on Chu Zhongtian and Kutzsack.
On the sidelines, Ferguson's eyes widened, an ominous thought crossed his mind, but he didn't have time to think about what it was. Because all this is happening in front of you.
Chu Zhongtian in the penalty area received Kolarov's ball, he stepped into the box, and then Kutssac attacked.
The two men met near the penalty spot.
Kutssack fell to the ground and pounced on the football at Chu Zhongtian's feet, and Chu Zhongtian picked up his left leg.
"Slow!" When Kutssack saw this, he was overjoyed. When facing the attacking goalkeeper, he also picked up his whole leg to shoot, worthy of being a midfielder, and never played as a striker. I don't know the difference between a striker and a midfielder. In the penalty area, space is tight and time is pressing, and strikers often don't give the opportunity to round their legs to volley, while midfielders tend to round their thighs when shooting from distance because they have plenty of space and time.
In front of the attacking goalkeeper, there is only one way to shoot from a midfielder, and that is ...... Hey?
I just saw Chu Zhongtian pick up his left leg, why did his left leg suddenly fall down again? It's too fast...... It's not like a volley.
Catapult!
A word popped out of Kutzsak's head.
The ball flew past Kutssac's hand, and there was absolutely no way for him to stop it.
This shot was so fast that even Kutssack couldn't make his eyes follow the football, he lost his goal in his eyes, and naturally there was no ball in his hand...... "Chu Zhongtian went to the meeting alone!" Nice ejection! The ball is in! The ball is in! When the football had not crossed the goal line, He Ping couldn't wait to announce it loudly. With such a big empty goal and no blockage around, Kutzsac is already the last line of defence for Manchester United. Can this goal not be scored?
This was followed by a loud cheer from the Rhine-Neckar Stadium, which soared into the sky and echoed in the night sky.
“goooooooooooooooooooooal!!”
Chu Zhongtian finally had a chance to have time to celebrate his goal, he jumped over Kutssack, who had fallen to the ground, and then ran to the corner flag area, when he was still three or five meters away from the corner flag area, he jumped high in the sprint, kicked his legs flying, and kicked the corner cue out of its original position.
After landing on the ground, he raised his arms high, like a victorious gladiator, and roared towards the stands, as if "roaring at Tianzun".
When his teammates rushed up and patted him on the shoulder, he turned around and was still growling at them.
The entire Rhein-Neckar stadium shook, this time not the camera footage shaking, but the stadium really shaking, and 25,000 Hoffenheim jumped up, and then fell at the same time, stepping on the stands, causing the stadium to shake as well.
The color of the black horse is fading, and from now on, no one will ever think of them as "dark horses" again.
(To be continued)