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Rangnick's demand for his team is to play the same way as they did in the second half of the first half and use their speed to break down the Inter defence. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But after the start of the second half, all the Hoffenheim players, including Chu Zhongtian, found this unlikely. Inter Milan are very fast in their backs, and even players like McCone are basically only attacking in the half, just to ensure that there are no holes in their backline and that the defense remains compact.

Don't think that this is how Inter Milan can't do anything in terms of attack, and Inter Milan's attack is not supported by McCone alone. The configuration of the three back waists can be attacked and defended, which is quite practical. This, combined with Eto'o's ability to attack, can still make Hoffenheim's not-so-strong defence very tense.

And Chu Zhongtian's continuous rapid transfer did not bring any decent opportunities to the team, no matter where he transferred the football, he would encounter the opponent's airtight defense.

Inter's defense was much more organised and orderly than in the first half. I can't see the slightest sign of panic.

Sure enough, their head coach made a targeted deployment at half-time...... Chu Zhongtian knew that this would happen, but what could he do. He's not a manager, he's just a player, and even if he's called the "manager on the pitch", he can't do anything.

He had to experiment with various passing patterns, occasionally shooting from distance on his own, and there was nothing better for him to do.

In the 51st minute, after Inter Milan cut off Chu Zhongtian's pass at the back, they launched a quick counterattack, Sneijder passed to Eto'o, and the African cheetah sprinted with the ball alone, taking his speed advantage to the extreme, and Hoffenheim's defenders couldn't stop him at all. After dribbling to the edge of the box, he had already caught the attention of all the Hoffenheim players, but instead of shooting, he crossed it!

The ball slipped between Simunic and Kolarov and fell to Diego in front of goal. Milito at his feet. At this time, the Argentine scorer did not have a single Hoffenheim player next to him, and even goalkeeper Hildebrand rushed to the front post to block Eto'o's shot.

Faced with a huge empty goal, Milito unceremoniously swept the football into the goal!

The Meazza Stadium erupted into huge cheers again, and Inter Milan led 2:1!

"Inter Milan have scored again! It looks like they're going to win this game today! ”

Milito scored twice! Pretty! But 80 per cent of the credit for the goal goes to Samuel Eto'o! It was his quick break that tore through Hoffenheim's defence! ”

In the first half, the commentators were full of praise for Chu Zhongtian and Hoffenheim, and they kept looking down on Inter Milan. Now their attitude has taken a 180-degree turn. But this is normal for the commentators, who of course have to tout the strong.

The Inter players hugged and celebrated their goals, while the Hoffenheim players looked annoyed.

Patronizing the attack, but forgetting that their opponent is not a toothless tiger.

'Just six minutes into the second half, Hoffenheim were down again and that was definitely not good news for them. It seemed that after a half-time break, Hoffenheim lost the rhythm of the second half of the first half. Now their attack is not a threat to Inter, and the holes in the back line have been shown by Inter's quick counter-attacks......"

"Ginger is still old and spicy...... Mourinho is indeed a cut above Rangnick. Chu Zhongtian's performance was not as dazzling as in the second half of the first half, and he was powerless in the face of Inter Milan's tight defense. However, in this world, there are not many players who can break this kind of defense......" He Ping felt sorry for Hoffenheim while defending Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian should not be mainly responsible for the current situation.

"Chu Zhongtian was able to score a goal in the game against Inter Milan, which is already very good......"

Passing the ball quickly and mobilizing the opposition's defence doesn't work, so what else can be done?

The players of Inter Milan were cheering, their teammates were frustrated, and Chu Zhongtian was frowning and thinking. If you can't find a way to break this defence, then the Champions League journey is over. After Inter Milan won the first leg, the second leg will surely be the same.

※※※ In the next game, Chu Zhongtian kept trying various methods to break this defense of Inter Milan. But with little success, relying on him alone, or relying on the attacking players in the front, it is difficult to break through Inter Milan's defense.

Because the team lacks some changes that are enough to change the balance.

He's been studied thoroughly by Inter, his movement, his passing habits, his shots, Inter defenders know it. As soon as he got the ball, Sneijder was around him and constantly harassed him. The Dutchman looked less like a striker helping the team to storm the city, but more like a sapper who did the dirty work.

If someone were to be the striker, they might not have carried out the manager's tactical instructions at all, and they would think that the manager must have had his head caught in the door, and would let a striker who was responsible for creating do the damage. But Sneijder doesn't think so, and whatever the manager says, he follows. That's what Mourinho values most about him, he can be resolute in his tactics and he doesn't complain about making a mess of things after the game.

Chu Zhongtian not only had to be careful that the football under his feet was cut off by Sneijder, but also had to find a route from the complicated situation that could lead directly to the danger zone, and at the same time had to face several other Inter defenders at any time.

If he doesn't pass the ball and opts for a solo breakaway, he'll soon face a trio of Cambiaso, Motta and Stankovic.

But Chu Zhongtian still did it. Because he hopes to attract more Inter defenders with his breakthrough and create voids for his teammates.

Chu Zhongtian dribbled the ball forward again...... During this time, he has significantly more individual dribbling......"

Sneijder kept in mind what Mourinho said at halftime, once Chu Zhongtian broke through, he should not follow, and handed Chu Zhongtian to Cambiaso and them, and his role is to move forward, once his teammates break the ball, they can go directly to him, and then he will organize a quick counterattack. If he goes back to defending, it will slow down Inter's counter-attack, break the ball and come back to him, and he is still behind...... He symbolically interfered and let Chu Zhongtian go.

Cambiaso greeted him, while Mota stood by to protect him.

Chu Zhongtian did not pass the ball, although he saw Azawag asking for the ball on the wing, but not far from him there was a Zanetti who was eyeing him, although it seems that he is not by Azawag's side now, but as long as he passes the ball over, he will definitely rush forward.

Chu Zhongtian leaned towards Azawag, and after making a feint to pass the ball to him, he slammed the football back with his right foot, and at the same time turned and rushed to the other side. Cambiaso was deceived by his feints and did not stop him in the first place. But there's Mota in the back.

Seeing that Cambiaso lost his position, Mota made up for it, and if Chu Zhongtian continued to dribble the ball, there would be only one end in the field, which was to collide head-on with the opponent. So he didn't intend to continue with the ball, attracting two defenders from the opposition, and it was already okay, he took the lead and poked the ball out with his left foot on the tip of his toe in a very unfavorable situation. He aimed at Van Nistelrooy, who was just ahead.

After passing the ball, he didn't stop, but staggered forward and pulled Motta to take the pressure off his teammates. Some people pass the ball and stand in place, only to watch their teammates get besieged and lose the ball. Chu Zhongtian is not so stupid.

He rushed forward, and although his feet were unsteady, he was able to interfere with the opposing defense.

However, Inter were not vegetarians either, with Motta following and Cambiaso turning to pounce on Ruud van Nistelrooy. Chu Zhongtian's run did not shake Inter's defense from further afar.

Van Nistelrooy saw Chu Zhongtian's in-cut run, so he passed the football over, but their intention was seen through by Lucio in advance, he was originally behind Van Nistelrooy, saw Chu Zhongtian's cut, so he went around the front defense in advance, just intercepted Van Nistelrooy's pass!

"Lost the ball!"

Chu Zhongtian looked back and saw that the football was snatched by Lucio, he hurried to brake urgently and turned around to chase it.

Lucio strode out of the football, and he was about to stage a dragon show of dribbling the ball from his own penalty area to the opponent's penalty area!

Sana rushed forward and held back Lucio. The captain of the Brazilian national team passed the ball to Sneijder and then continued to step forward.

Sneijder quickly passed the football to Lucio.

"Two over one! Pretty! ”

Sana didn't stop Lucio, and at the same time as he turned around, Chu Zhongtian had already passed by him at high speed.

"Go to Sneijder!" As he ran past Sana, he shouted at his partner.

Lucio is dribbling the ball and can't be left unguarded, while Sneijder is the core of Inter Milan's attack, and he can't let it go either.

So the two people divided the labor.

Sana changed the direction of his run and pounced on Sneijder with a slight change of direction.

Chu Zhongtian caught up with Lucio.

He grabbed Lucio's shoulder with one hand, forcing him to slow down. Lucio just took advantage of the situation to stop and shake off Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian overtook him, but he was not completely thrown away.

Lucio buckled the football to the middle and intended to dribble horizontally, but Chu Zhongtian leaned his body up.

Last summer, they had hoped to be teammates, but now they are enemies against each other.

In terms of body, Lucio was not afraid of anyone, and Chu Zhongtian also felt a huge pressure. But under such pressure, he still saw the opportunity and made a decisive tackle to shovel the ball out of Lucio's feet.

"Nice defense!"

Chu Zhongtian was lying on the ground and was trying to see who received the ball he shoveled, when he saw Sneijder's figure, and the Dutchman stretched out his foot to grab the ball he shoveled.

He immediately tried to get up from the ground with his hands on his hands, but Sneijder didn't give him such a chance, and Sneijder just received the ball and passed the ball again.

This time he played the ball on the wing. McConn, who had been in the backfield and didn't come up to assist, suddenly rushed up, and when he appeared in everyone's field of vision, he had already come to the edge of the big penalty area!

McCone didn't give any Hoffenheim player a chance to come up and force him, and went straight to the cross!

"McConn crosses!"

The ball made a very clear arc in the air, high over the heads of the Hoffenheim defenders and flew directly to the back.

Neither Simunic nor Pogaertz could get the ball on the top because it was too high.

The football went straight to the back post, where Inter Milan's Argentine striker Diego Diego was presented. Milito.

"Milito is here again!"

Kolarov rushed over to stop Milito's shot, but Milito didn't mean to shoot, he shook his head on the spot and swung the ball into the middle.

Inter Milan once again found a hole in the Hoffenheim backline, and in front of the old Mourinho, Rangnick's defence has no secrets.

"Header ferry! It's in the middle! E-To'o!! ”

The African cheetah leaps high in the middle, almost unmarked, and heads to the top!

The ball flew into the goal from Hildebrand's hand!

3:1！

Chu Zhongtian, who had just returned to the penalty area, was a step late and did not keep up with Eto'o, watching the opponent score in front of his goal so easily, he fell angrily. "Damn it!"

“3:1！ 3:1！！ Inter Milan's lightning-fast two goals to crush Hoffenheim! ”

"It seems that Inter's many shameful records are destined to be broken on this night!"

The cheers at the Meazza Stadium reached their peak at this moment.

Hildebrand, clearly unhappy with his team-mates' defense, yelled at the defenders: "Mark! Staring! Where the have all our guards gone?! ”

No one answered him. Everyone lowered their heads, looking very annoyed and frustrated.

With such a score and game situation, it is simply a fool's dream to equalize or even overtake.

This Inter Milan is completely different from the one they saw in the group stage, it is simply two teams. They're just too strong...... Chu Zhongtian also felt very disappointed, but he was only disappointed for a few seconds, and then he reacted - he was the captain, and now was not the time to be disappointed. It's only the 58th minute, and there are 32 minutes left to end the game, so even if we can't win, we can't draw, at least we have to try to score another goal, and if we have two away goals in hand, we will have to play in the next leg.

So he ran to the goal, picked up the ball, then ran back to the center circle, put the ball on the midpoint, and waited for the kickoff.

Inter's players were still celebrating, and he used the time to think about what it would take to break down the opposition's defence.

How far to shoot? Edge-to-edge combination? A personal breakthrough? A set-piece?

The aim of the attack is to get the ball into as many of the opposition penalty area as possible, and only then can it create a threat. But Inter Milan's defence made it very difficult for them to put the ball in. Ibisevic and Ruud van Nistelrooy were stuck in the mud and the game was largely ineffective.

In retrospect, Hoffenheim scored a goal with one of his flashes and didn't create any chances to threaten the opposition goal on the other occasions...... He is the core of the team, the command tower that organizes the attack. But you can only score points by yourself, what kind of organizational core is this? If you can't lead the whole team to perform well with you, you're just a lone hero.

"The difference in strength is too big......" Looking at Chu Zhongtian, who was silent with his head bowed, He Ping shook his head and said. Inter Milan have been through a season of Mourinho's run-in and have matured. Hoffenheim, on the other hand, is still in the build-up phase. In many positions, especially at the back, Inter Milan's players are not a notch higher than Hoffenheim's. ”

※※※ The celebration of the Inter players is finally over, they are back on the pitch and the game is resumed.

But Hoffenheim still hasn't found a solution.

However, Inter Milan's attack became more and more sharp, and after taking a two-goal lead, they had no baggage, and the score was safe. Their people can play to their heart's content, and there is a feeling of "how to fight, how to have".

During this time, Hoffenheim could only switch to a full-fledged defense to prevent their goal from being beaten into a sieve.

Chu Zhongtian put all his energy into defensive work, and together with Sana, he built a great wall in front of his own back line.

Although you can't find the right way to do it offensively, it's much easier to do it on defense.

Inter Milan is a back three, Hoffenheim only has two backs, and the task to be completed is similar to the back three, Chu Zhongtian ran tirelessly at full speed in front of the backline, from one side of the pitch to the other. Intercept the opponent's pass constantly, or physically confront the opponent's dribbling player.

He can only vent his frustration in the offense to the defense.

Time passes by minute by minute in such a game. Hoffenheim kept Inter Milan's attack on the back burner, but they still failed to score. The score was favourable for Inter, who had one away goal but the two-goal advantage was more than enough to offset that one. In the second leg, as long as Inter Milan defends with all their strength and plays 0:0 with Hoffenheim, they will advance to the next round with an aggregate score of 3:1.

Seeing that there were fifteen minutes left in the game, Chu Zhongtian was unwilling to end the game like this, he had to re-enter the attack and find a way to crack it.

During this period of forced defense, his brain did not stop thinking for a moment, he was always thinking about how to crack it.

But alas, so far, he has not found ...... He began to try to shoot frequently from distance during the game, hoping to use long-range shots to blast the opposition goal.

Unfortunately, his shot was either high or wide of the goal, or was saved by the opposing goalkeeper Cesar, and some were directly blocked by the Inter Milan players with their bodies.

When he drove the ball up front again, the Inter players knew that he would defend him.

This time, when Chu Zhongtian picked up his right leg high during the run, Cambiaso turned his body and used his back to block his shot.

But Chu Zhongtian didn't hit the football, the football suddenly jumped up on the turf, and his right leg was empty!

It was a comical mistake, but there was no laugh in the stands. Because his right leg led his body to jump up, but his left foot, which was used as a supporting foot, stabbed the falling football instead, and the football was unexpectedly passed to the side!

Cambiaso and the rest of the Inter Milan players didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to pass the football over like this...... Not to mention them, even Chu Zhongtian and his teammates didn't expect it.

It was a good shot, but Azawag, who was on the side, didn't receive it, because he thought that Chu Zhongtian must have shot this time, and he obviously watched him pick up his leg and pump it towards the football, so he didn't run at all. By the time I noticed that the soccer ball was bouncing towards me, it was too late to start and get the ball...... You must know that Inter Milan's defense at that time was concentrated in the middle, and if Azavag could receive the ball, he could form a breakthrough. This is the opportunity that Hoffenheim has been waiting for for a long time!

Azavag naturally knew what it meant to miss this opportunity, and he hurriedly stretched out his hand to apologize to Chu Zhongtian, signaling that he passed it beautifully, so that he didn't catch it well.

But Chu Zhongtian didn't care about Azawag, he suddenly realized from this "mistake" that maybe some "accidents" could break this deadlock? With their attacking patterns well understood by the opponent and their style of play a bit in order, it's no wonder they can defend themselves so easily.

And if you want to break their defenses, maybe you have to be more free and presumptuous......

(To be continued)