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Abel ran away from home, and for the first time in his fifteen-year life, he left a letter to his mother, saying that he went to Hoffenheim to watch the game, and that he would come back after the game, and that he was with the people of the Bavaria-Hoffenheim fan club and asked his mother not to worry. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But in reality, he was sitting alone on the train, with no one he knew - he wasn't with any members of the Bavarian-Hoffenheim fan club. The fan club had habitually forgotten about him again, clutching a ticket in his hand, which he had bought online.

The fifteen-year-old had never been outside of Munich before, so he was full of anticipation and trepidation about the unknown. Luckily, he's not stupid enough to look up Google Maps before heading out to see where Sinsheim is, where Hoffenheim is, where the Rhine-Neckar Stadium is, and how to get there.

He is now worried that there are too many fanatical Munich fans on the train from Munich to Sinsheim. The scene at the Allianz Arena can impress him deeply. Being bullied at school and bullied by Daniel in the community always felt like he could bear it, but the big-shouldered fanatical fans always made him feel like he was going to be killed by them.

He didn't dare to talk to anyone or look up at them, so he stared at the flashing scenery outside the car window and slowly dreamed of what he had to experience at the Rhine-Neckar Stadium. This time he didn't buy the tickets of the Bayern fans, he will be with the real Hoffenheim fans, cheering for every wonderful performance of the team, and at the same time, even if they scold Bayern together, they will not worry that someone around him will come up and beat him...... ※※※ Chu Zhongtian was kept by Rangnick after the end of training, and the head coach had something to say to him.

"Remember the reason I gave you when I invited you to Hoffenheim before the season?" Rangnick said apologetically, "I said I wanted to make you a truly free man, but I'm sorry I didn't do it this season. ”

"I understand, Ralph. This season's situation is not suitable. Chu Zhongtian felt that there was nothing to be sorry for.

"But I've always remembered it. I'm looking forward to that day. So we've got to warm up now – the next game against Bayern, I'm going to give you a try. ”

Chu Zhongtian was a little surprised: "Free man? ”

"Yes." Rangnick nodded vigorously, a smile on his face. He has been thinking about it for a long time and feels that the game against Bayern is a good opportunity.

"Actually, I've always had a doubt, Ralph. Now that everyone is saying that the free man tactic is outdated, what is the point of me being a free man? ”

Rangnick shook his head and said: "There is nothing outdated in this world, and blindly copying the past may not be suitable for the present, but we are all flexible human beings, and we always have to make adjustments to the current situation." At first, everyone said that the scavenger setup was outdated, but Rehhagel's Greek team made Djöras a scavenger at the European Championships and won the European championship. What does this mean? There is no such thing as outdated tactics, the key depends on how people use them. Copying the previous free man tactics may not be appropriate for now, but we can make some adjustments. If we have a free agent who can make it easy for the team to win and become strong, then it makes sense for you to be a free agent. I think Xavi and Andrea Pirlo would have developed into a new libero if they were physically fit and good at defending, and if Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard had been more delicate in terms of playmaking, they could have become the core libero of the team...... You have what it takes to play in England and you develop your ability to play in France and show your talent in attack. It's time to unify them. The most crucial quality is in your head, and you are clearer than anyone else when it comes to the game. In the last round we played Bielefeld and after the team was sent off, you took the initiative to make adjustments and led the team on the counter-attack and we scored a goal, which is a good proof of that. ”

'I remember saying that once you're on the pitch, the players know more about the pitch than the manager. Therefore, if you just wait for the manager to make adjustments and instructions, you will often miss the fighter. But most players don't have the ability and guts to do so, and they either don't realize it, or they don't hesitate to take responsibility. But you can, that's what I value most about you. You know, Chu, that's why I made you, the guy who just came to the team, the captain. ”

Chu Zhongtian really didn't know what this had to do with him being the captain, he thought that he was only the captain because Rangnick liked him more, or that in order to make his transfer to this small team feel worthwhile, he stayed at ease, so he gave him the captain's armband.

"You are one of the few people who is capable and willing to take responsibility. The quality of a leader is not to shout on the court, nor to dare to wave fists at opponents, nor to provoke the referee with a vicious look. For me, there is only one quality of leadership – the courage to take responsibility. Only responsible people can be leaders, and you have. So I asked you to be the captain, and it turned out that you did a good job, and the atmosphere in the dressing room was good, and it was all thanks to you captains. Next season...... Tebel has spoken to me and he's going to leave because he doesn't get too many opportunities here and Nelson will be more of a substitute, so you'll have a bigger task at that point. But I know you're not going to shirk your responsibilities, are you? Rangnick smiled at Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian touched his nose: "You said me so well......"

"I'm just telling the truth, haha! Let's talk about Bayern Munich, this opponent is familiar to you. On Sunday night, I want you to make the most of your observation and judgment on the field, I give you the greatest freedom, Weiss will be there for you, you don't have to stay at the back to stop the opponent's counter-attack, your role in defense is to be in key positions at key moments, hold your ground and leave it to Weiss - I've talked to him and he told me it's fine. You're going to put more energy into attacking. ”

The original prototype of the liberty was to "maintain order at the back with no goals conceded as the supreme principle", but this idea was later broken by the Germans, who went against the traditional home field of the liberty and pursued the idea of "just one more goal than the opponent", thinking "why not lose no time in adding one more person to the attack when possible"?

The Germans were a wonderful people, disciplined on the one hand, and capable of producing mad philosophers like Nietzsche on the other, who could say that "God is dead." Rigor and madness are perfectly unified in them. So it's no surprise that one of the greatest tactics on the football pitch, the libero, was born in Germany.

In general, the free man is an offensive tactic, but the previous free man was born as a central defender, and Chu Zhongtian, the future "free man", started from the position of the back waist, so his task in defense is not so heavy, and he is actually very close to the free man in Metz, but his scoring ability is too weak.

Rangnick intends to improve Mace's tactics so that Chu Zhongtian is completely liberated, and in the future, his position will not be fixed except for the appearance list, he will not have any fixed position in the game, and Rangnick will not give him specific tasks, will not specify a running route for him in the tactical class, will not tell him what to do, these things are all handed over to him, so that not only the freedom to run, but also the freedom to think will be given to him.

Rangnick firmly believes that a completely free Chu Zhongtian will exert his greatest power and be able to lead Hoffenheim forward.

And the match against Bayern is a new starting point.

"Against Bayern I won't tell you what to do in the first fifteen minutes, what to do in the first five minutes of the break, what to do in the fifteen minutes before the end of the break, you judge for yourself."

In the last game, since Gustavo was sent off, Weiss moved to the middle to help Chu Zhongtian, but the two cooperated in the middle for the first time, and the tacit understanding was not enough, and the performance was not ideal. So in the two days after the game, the main purpose of Hoffenheim's training is to help Chu Zhongtian and Weiss cooperate tacitly in the middle, after two days of training, the two have gradually found the feeling of cooperation, and Chu Zhongtian also pays attention to communicating with Weiss on the field, in training he is like a coach, pulling Weiss to communicate with him during the break, and the two of them analyze the shortcomings and problems in the training just now, and find solutions from them - here Chu Zhongtian still has to thank him for playing in Metz for four seasons, Because that's exactly what he does with Metz and Tadio coaches a lot. Rangnick said he appreciates his ability to observe and analyze the game, which, in addition to his talent, has been honed during his long period of analysing game footage with Coach Tadio in Metz.

Studying the footage of the game for a long time has given him a thorough understanding of all stages of the game. In fact, these tasks are often done by coaches, and because they often do this kind of work, coaches have a big picture and are used to observing the game from a holistic perspective. Chu Zhongtian followed this and learned this ability, which is why Rangnick would think that Chu Zhongtian was the coach on the field - he did have a certain ability to be a coach.

It is said that midfielders are suitable for coaches after retirement, that is because most of them have a strong ability to see the overall situation when they play, and coaches need this ability, so as long as they retire with a little training, they can become a qualified coach even without a teacher. Comparatively speaking, there are only a handful of good coaches born among the forwards...... Of the coaches who achieved great success as strikers as players, there are probably only two who have led the team to a championship, one is Cruyff and the other is Heynckes. The former needs no introduction, and the latter is the head coach of Bayern Munich, Hoffenheim's next opponent.

It is not unreasonable for Rangnick to want Chu Zhongtian to become a coach after retiring.

Chu Zhongtian nodded, judging what to do at all stages of the game, it was not difficult for him.

Rangnick patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder and ended the conversation: "The last time on their home turf, we forced them to draw. This time on our home turf, to win! ”

※※※The last meeting between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich attracted broadcasts from 167 countries around the world, which was an unprecedented event.

This time the competition was no exception, and although it was not as many as the previous one, it still attracted more than 150 countries to broadcast it.

After all, this is a major event related to the ownership of the league title, and the most important game in the 33rd round of the Bundesliga is this one.

Journalists from all walks of life gathered in the small city of Sinsheim, and Hoffenheim, with a permanent population of 3,300, was even more crowded. The rise of the Hoffenheim Club brought a large number of visitors to the small city, from tourists to journalists from all over the world, and the hotel industry in Sinsheim first flourished.

When many people come to visit the town of Hoffenheim, they will be attracted by a small two-storey building diagonally opposite the club office building, the style of the small building is not unusual, but its color is very conspicuous - the wall on the street side is painted blue and white, the wall is white in most places, but the window frames, eaves and some dividing lines are painted sky blue, which is the logo color of the Hoffenheim Club, and the open windows are also planted with the Hoffenheim Club flag, which is not new, in this small place of HoffenheimThe sky-blue flag of Hoffenheim is flying outside the windows of almost every house, a town of only 3,000 people, but almost all of them are Hoffenheim fans.

Today was the last day of training before the match against Bayern, and the training ground was crowded with journalists and fans from all over the world - among the fans, you can see people with yellow skin, black hair, and an oriental face wearing blue Hoffenheim jerseys, and most of them are Chinese students in Heidelberg, because Chu Zhongtian, a Chinese player, plays in Hoffenheim, and these students have naturally become Hoffenheim fans. In addition, Hoffenheim's football is very passionate, even neutral fans will enjoy it, so they will come to Sinsheim to watch Hoffenheim play whenever they have time.

After Chu Zhongtian finished training, he walked with his teammates to the fans outside the training ground, but the club specifically required that everyone should sign autographs for the fans after the training, as a Hoffenheim club rooted in this small place, every fan deserves their attention.

Seeing Chu Zhongtian walk to the sidelines, a large group of Chinese fans and reporters poured up, as Chinese, Chu Zhongtian is their pride, the team is currently ranked first in the Bundesliga, and Chu Zhongtian is the key figure for the team to have this ranking. In the history of professional football, there are many Chinese foreign players, but no one has ever been able to reach the height of Chu Zhongtian, whether it is real Metz or Hoffenheim, whether it is the League Cup champion, or the future Bundesliga champion, he is the core figure, is the leader.

He is the only one of a kind in this achievement.

But it's not just Chinese who like him, he has a lot of fans in Germany.

A middle-aged woman with a slightly fat figure squeezed in, holding a postcard with a photo of Chu Zhongtian in her hand for him to sign: "I plan to send it to my aunt in Munich." I think it must be a good gift after the game against Bayern, can you sign it for me? Clear? ”

"No problem, Aunt Corneria." Chu Zhongtian replied while bowing his head and signing the postcard. "But if we win, that's the best gift......"

"Can't we win?" Cornelia asked with her hands on her hips and her eyes glaring, as if an aunt was asking about her nephew. Maybe fans in other places will think of Chu Zhongtian, Ibisevic, Salihovic and others as big stars, but people who live in Hoffenheim and see them every day will not do that. To them, it was as if the Hoffenheim boys had lived in the town for many years and had grown up watching.

"Of course it will win." Chu Zhongtian handed the signed postcard to Cornelia, "By the way, is your aunt a Bayern fan?" ”

"Of course!" Cornelia blinked, looking smug.

Chu Zhongtian laughed: "That is indeed the best gift, haha!" ”

After Cornelia got the signed postcard and left satisfied, the Chinese media next to her came up: "Are you familiar with her, Chu Zhongtian?" ”

They were all obviously new to Hoffenheim, or even just to cover the match between Hoffenheim and Bayern. The Chinese reporters who hang out here often don't ask Chu Zhongtian that question.

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "When you first came to Hoffenheim, did you see the house diagonally opposite the club?" ”

The reporters nodded, the blue and white house was very conspicuous, and when you looked at the house, you knew that the owner of the house was a die-hard Hoffenheim fan.

"Cornelia is the owner of that house, she and her husband are big fans of our team, and they were fans when we were playing in the regional amateur league. They fell in love with Hoffenheim earlier than most people now. ”

"Wow!" Everyone was surprised. No matter how you look at it, the middle-aged woman with a fat figure is just an ordinary housewife, cooking at home every day, taking care of the children, and waiting for her husband to come home. I didn't expect it to be so wild...... "The exterior of the house was painted by Hoffenheim after she was promoted to the first division last season, and her husband painted it together. And she told me that if Hoffenheim won the championship this season, she and her husband would have to paint the chimney in blue and white. ”

"It's crazy...... someone lamented.

Chu Zhongtian laughed: "Hoffenheim has the best fans, so we also have to give them the best gift." ”

What the best gift is, everyone knows, and no one is stupid to ask.

(To be continued)