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Chu Zhongtian felt that he was in very good shape, the match with Inter Milan was imminent, he didn't have any problems physically, no muscle soreness, no exhaustion, and the same mentally. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoEmily is very affectionate with herself, and her relationship with Mathilde is also normalizing. Emily's mom seems to have disappeared from his life.

In short, he couldn't find any reason to be out of shape in the game.

He was very happy with it.

The game against Milan was just around the corner, and he didn't want to mess with his mood and state with any more moths.

This game is about whether he and his team can go far in this season's Champions League and is no less important to him than the final.

In the same way, the media know how important this game is.

China's Central Television (CCTV) began advertising a week in advance. Since the beginning of this season, they have bought the exclusive broadcast rights of the Champions League in the mainland, which has cost a lot of money, and Chu Zhongtian is obviously one of the factors that prompted them to make the final decision. As the only representative of Chinese football in international football, Chu Zhongtian has attracted much attention, and fans all over China have focused their attention on this young man who is only 26 years old.

What is commendable is that no matter how the domestic media touts and hype, and any attention from domestic fans, under such huge pressure, Chu Zhongtian has never played abnormally because of pressure, and he seems to be very good at dealing with pressure.

Therefore, CCTV does not have to carry the psychological burden of "will Chu Zhongtian be ruined under such huge attention pressure", and push Chu Zhongtian to the forefront in their program previews.

"The most critical battle in Chu Zhongtian's career!"

They even used sentences like this.

Highlights of the first leg of the match between the two teams were shown on the screen, three goals from Inter Milan and a goal from Chu Zhongtian.

The stars are shining on the side of Inter Milan, and on the Hoffenheim side, there is only one Chu Zhongtian who stands out, and the other players, including Ibisevic, Salihovic, Van Nistelrooy and others, have completely become passers-by.

In the end, there must be a picture, Chu Zhongtian alone resisted the Inter Milan heroes.

On the domestic Internet, discussions about this game have also begun a long time ago.

Inter Milan fans in China are estimated to be the most tangled crowd at this time. On the one hand, they don't want their team Inter Milan to be eliminated from the tournament and miss the Champions League quarterfinals for five consecutive years, following Real Madrid; On the other hand, they also want to see Chu Zhongtian play more exciting in the knockout round...... If you want to say that you can only complain - how can you draw these two teams together?

AC Milan fans were the happiest, unanimously supporting Hoffenheim to knock out their cousin next door. Just last week, AC Milan's quarter-final second leg was over, and they lost 4-0 away to Manchester United, knocking them out of the quarter-finals with an aggregate score of 2-7. Now they're happy to see their city rivals get out of luck while still being able to cheer on their own country's players, which is the best of both worlds.

However, more neutral fans still believe that Inter Milan have a better chance of winning, and Hoffenheim's performance in the first leg is seen by everyone, with occasional excellent performances, but they cannot always threaten Inter's goal for 90 minutes, and it will be difficult to win unless their luck is so bad that it will be difficult to win. Everyone is looking forward to the second round of the match between the two sides with the idea of "seeing what else Chu Zhongtian can play in this game".

Chu Zhongtian's goal in the last game is really memorable, and I will still be excited when I think about it now. If this time, as long as he can continue to score, even if Hoffenheim are eliminated, they will be satisfied.

"Actually, I'm not optimistic about Hoffenheim, but I hope Chu Zhongtian can play well!"

"Lin Danda is our only hope now, I really hope Hoffenheim can go further!"

"Don't think about it, it's impossible......"

"Alas, as long as Chu Zhongtian can score, I will be very happy!"

"It's a pity, why ...... in Hoffenheim?"

※※※ The German media also paid a lot of attention to this match. Because after the first leg, Wolfsburg was forced to draw 1:1 by Barcelona at home, and it must be no fun to go away, Bayern Munich only played the second leg before, although they lost to Fiorentina 2:3 away, but the aggregate score was 4:4, they scored two away goals, relying on this factor to eliminate Fiorentina.

The difference between Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg is that they are playing at home this time, and there is still a possibility of a fight. Wolfsburg is completely out of play.

In order to help Hoffenheim, the German media kept giving Hoffenheim ideas, some people said that Hoffenheim should not only think about attack, but should think about defense, after all, in a game like the Champions League, whoever defends well can win, just look at Inter Milan. Some media disagree with this, believing that Barcelona is the goal that Hoffenheim should pursue, and who says that attacking cannot win the championship? Isn't Barcelona an attacking team? Could it be that their six crowns last year were all fake?

Rangnick doesn't pay attention to these media, he has his own ideas.

With one day left before the Champions League game, Rangnick asked the squad to go into a closed training period. It was a day longer than the media was allowed to film, and even the fans were not allowed to go to the training ground to watch the training. On this day, there is only one thing to do, which is to rehearse the offensive routines summarized by Chu Zhongtian and the coaching staff, and strive to make everyone more proficient.

As for the news of when Inter Milan arrived, they didn't care at all.

After the last day of training, Chu Zhongtian lay alone in the hotel room to rest in the evening. The rest of his teammates were all in their own hands, but he didn't have the strength to do so. These two and a half weeks are the most tiring for him, and he has to discuss today's training schedule with the coaching staff every day, and he has to work hard to be a player and a coach on the training ground.

However, the busyness of the past two and a half weeks has finally yielded some results, and he is very gratified.

He doesn't know if that will guarantee the team to beat Inter, but if they don't do anything, they certainly won't be able to beat Inter. Waiting for the referee to favour the home team in this game? Waiting for luck to favor them and send them a few own goals? Waiting for Inter Milan's players to suddenly lose their form and perform badly? Or is it waiting for Mourinho to suddenly have a brain pump and make a lot of oolong decisions?

Don't be funny, Chu Zhongtian is not such a person.

He takes football very seriously.

Anyway, now he can lie down in bed and take a good breath. Tomorrow's things will be considered tomorrow...... Mourinho thinks that Hoffenheim may make some changes when they last played, but these changes cannot escape his expectations. It's nothing more than a shift from blindly attacking to defending and counterattacking. Because the first leg must have made them realize the huge gap between the two teams, and if they dared to attack each other, they would only die miserably.

If Rangnick is smart, this fight should be a solid fight, not a rush like the last round.

Of course, if Hoffenheim doesn't change anything, it's just going to play against him, and Mourinho will be more than happy because then he will win.

In fact, even if the opponent is playing steadily, Inter Milan is not afraid, anyway, with a two-goal lead in hand, the main counterattack is stable, and everything is solved.

Now that Inter Milan have the upper hand, what is there to worry about?

Anyway, Mourinho didn't expect it.

In two days, the blue and white flags were planted in all corners of Sinsheim, and one or two Hoffenheim flags fluttered in the windows facing the street.

"We already have a lot of experience to deal with a big event like this." In an interview with the television media, the head of the police in Sinsheim said that there was no need to worry about security. The bearded policeman curled up on his lips as he spoke, and he wore a Hoffenheim fan scarf around his neck, indicating his identity.

At the end of the interview, he waved his fist at the camera lens: "Hoffenheim, come on!" ”

“…… The final round of the group stage was a do-or-die battle against Manchester United and we won that game. This time it's still a battle of life and death! We must mobilize all of us! Cheer on our own team! Since we can beat Manchester United at home, we can also win at home to Inter Milan! We need your support for our swimming! ”

This is part of an open letter sent by the Hoffenheim 1899 Fan Club to the entire Hoffenheim fan club in Germany, calling on everyone to come to the Rhein-Neckar Stadium to cheer for Hoffenheim, no matter how far away.

So this game, there will be a lot of fans from out of town to cheer for the home team, from Stuttgart, from Mannheim, from Heidelberg, as well as Hoffenheim fans from Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg.

On the afternoon of 16 March, the crowd converged on the roads leading to the Rhine-Neckar Stadium, a spectacle that even the players could see – as they took the bus from their hotel to the stadium to prepare for the match, they could see Hoffenheim fans in blue jerseys along the way.

When they saw Hoffenheim's team bus, they screamed and cheered with excitement, stretching out their arms from their windows and waving them vigorously. At this time, no one cares about the rule of "don't stick your head and hands out of the window while driving...... Seeing so many enthusiastic fans, the Hoffenheim players also came to their senses, and they frequently waved to the fans outside the car window.

And when they arrived at the stadium, the entire Rhine-Neckar stadium was overwhelmed by a sea of blue and white. It was a reversal of what they had seen outside the Meazza stadium two weeks ago, where Inter fans were isolated and surrounded by police officers as they walked honestly towards the dedicated entrance.

In order to prevent clashes between fans of the two teams, the police deliberately separated the entrances of the away team fans and the home team fans. Away fans are never allowed to enter the stadium through the home team fan entrance, and vice versa home team fans are not allowed to enter the stadium through the away team fan entrance.

"Really...... Spectacular! Looking at this scene in front of them, the Hoffenheim players couldn't help but sigh.

Since the day it was built, the Rhine-Neckar Stadium has been full and overcrowded. But today, in the pre-match moment of such a crucial game, everyone is still excited and excited from the bottom of their hearts to see such a spectacular scene.

In such a game, everyone will fight hard.

"Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim!! ”

Outside the stadium, tens of thousands of Hoffenheim fans shouted loudly when they saw the Hoffenheim bus coming, waving their arms and chanting Hoffenheim's name in unison.

Such shouts even caught the eyes of the Inter Milan players.

The Hoffenheim bus was followed by the Inter Milan bus, and as soon as the team arrived, they heard a loud shout outside the bus. Today's buses are well sealed and soundproofed, but the shouts of tens of thousands of people in unison penetrate the airtight windows and doors and reach the ears of the Inter players. It was as if those people were roaring in their ears, and it felt very real and clear.

The Hoffenheim fans at the Meazza Stadium did not have such energy, and many were surprised.

Maybe this fight will be a little different from the first round?

After the warm-up, the players from both sides left the pitch one after another and returned to their respective locker rooms. It was already dark outside, and the lights on the roof of the stadium were already working.

'It's a big game for us, look at the fans out there and you should know about it. We've spent more than two weeks training since losing away to them, so what's it for? 'Rangnick was pacing back and forth in the dressing room, surrounded by Hoffenheim players.

"After losing 1:3 away from home, does anyone think we're finished? That's almost the time we've been kicked out of this season's Champions League. But I don't want to give up, and I know you don't want to give up either! For the first time in our history, we are playing in the Champions League, so it stands to reason that the results in the round of 16 are already very good, and we should be happy with that. But why can't we try to go one step further? ”

He looked around at everyone and saw a determined look in everyone's eyes.

Rangnick is satisfied, what could be more important than being united in front of such an important game?

"We're going to try it. Now I don't know if we're going to get a good result if we try hard, but at least we're going to work in that direction! Otherwise, what is the purpose of our two and a half weeks of hard training? Of course we could have given up on the Champions League after the last game and focused on the domestic league, knowing that we were one step away from third in the league. We just want to prove it to everyone! ”

Rangnick waved his arms and exclaimed, passionately, "We're Hoffenheim!" Capable! Among the best events in Europe! Earn your own status!! ”

"Win the game!!" The players shouted out.

※※※ "What will change in Hoffenheim?" I don't think that's the crux of the matter, it's how we play. 'Mourinho was in the dressing room and took the time to give the players the final word.

'We have a two-goal advantage now and as long as we don't make mistakes ourselves, the opponent doesn't have a chance at all. Patience, patience is more important than everything. ”

"The pressure is on the opponent's side and we should have no baggage. So I don't want to see you panic in this game. It should be the opponents, not us, who panic. ”

Jose Mourinho did not agitate his players before this game. He believes the game is almost out of suspense and he doesn't think a team like Hoffenheim has the ability to change the final outcome of the game. In fact, Hoffenheim was drawn, and he always thought it was a lottery.

※※※Chu Zhongtian stood in the middle of the players' corridor, and the starters of both sides were waiting to play.

Next to him stood Inter Milan's captain Zanetti.

He doesn't know if Inter manager Jose Mourinho will underestimate Hoffenheim because of the advantage in the first leg. At least there is no trace of this in the starting lineup. Zanetti, Lucio, Samuel, McConn, Cesar, Cambiasso, Mota, Sneijder, Diego. Milito, Eto'o and Pandev.

All the main forces are exhausted.

However, judging from their personnel matching, it seems that it is no longer the previous 4312, but 433...... Is Inter going all out to attack and play Hoffenheim away from home?

Chu Zhongtian didn't think it was like it, and Inter Milan had no reason to do it. They only need to defend a 0-0 to advance, and defending is exactly what Mourinho does best.

The formation does not mean everything, and it does not necessarily mean that 433 must be aggressive, so Chu Zhongtian did not think too much about this issue. Anyway, no matter what tactics the opponent uses, they are "self-oriented", and Hoffenheim will stick to their own tactics.

Sana stood in the middle of the team and glared at Lucio in front of him from time to time. Sana still can't let go, if that penalty is counted, the team now has a great hope of progressing to the quarter-finals, as a team participating in the Champions League for the first time, wouldn't it be better to break into the quarter-finals?

Hoffenheim and Inter Milan didn't have many friends to talk to, and the game was so crucial that there was tension on both sides, with everyone chatting and not talking to each other while they waited to get in.

It wasn't until several referees came out of their lounge that the referee shook hands with the two captains, and routinely reminded the two captains to be sportsmanlike when playing, and the two captains obviously would not refuse, both smiled, and patted each other's shoulders as a gesture of friendship.

The referee was very satisfied with the cooperation of the two captains, he nodded, and then motioned for the two teams to follow and play!

(To be continued)