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By the time the players walked onto the pitch from the corridor, the lights at the top of the Bernabeu stadium were already on. Unlike the Chinese stadium, which is foggy and dim even if it is opened, and the lighting is uneven, the lighting of the top stadium in Europe can illuminate the huge stadium without dead ends, and playing football on different venues will bring different feelings to the players, and the performance of the players will naturally be different.

Despite the poor quality of the turf at the Bernabeu, the Hoffenheim players were thrilled when they followed the Champions League flag onto the pitch.

The theme song of the Champions League was played live, and the rousing music hit everyone's chest. At the Bernabeu, this was something that the Hoffenheim players would never have dared to think about before. Now they are not dreaming.

Everyone is familiar with the pre-game set, Chu Zhongtian won the tee-off, and Real Madrid won the right to pick the edge.

Since you are going to play against Real Madrid, you must try to take the initiative into your own hands at the beginning of the game. If you kick off first, you can use this opportunity to launch an attack, and if you're lucky, you might just score? Even if you don't score, you can pose some threats to Real Madrid and make a name for yourself.

After picking the side, Chu Zhongtian shook hands with Real Madrid captain Casillas again, and then shook hands with the three referees respectively and ran back to his own half. He gathered all his team-mates together, and even goalkeeper Nyema, who was already standing in front of goal, ran up.

"This season, no matter what, we have to go further in the Champions League, and that's the first step, brothers! Let Real Madrid see how good we are! No matter what the situation, we have to keep our football! ”

"After kick-off, the two wings rush forward and don't stop." He told the two wing-backs who started the game that first he spoke to Salihovic in German, then he switched to Portuguese, which he was not very proficient in, to Quaresma.

Quaresma understood, and nodded.

The others were no longer so surprised by Chu Zhongtian's language talent.

"I'm not necessarily going to pass the football to you, but you have to rush forward and draw the attention of the opposition's defence."

After explaining, Chu Zhongtian motioned for everyone to disperse and prepare to kick off.

※※※ Van Nistelrooy and Ibisevic stand next to the center circle of football, ready to kick off.

He looked up at the stands at the Bernabeu Stadium. Everything is very familiar to him here, because he has played here for three seasons. He was the top scorer in La Liga in his first season at Real Madrid and helped the team win the La Liga title for two consecutive seasons. It's a great place to remember.

But if there is one regret, it is that he has never won the highest honour in European football, the UEFA Champions League.

Neither at Real Madrid nor at Manchester United, in his best years, in his golden years, he was never able to help the team win the Champions League, never lifted the Big Ears Cup.

This is one of the great regrets of his career. He has won the Golden Boot in three leagues, won three league titles, but has not won the Champions League.

However, when he transferred to Hoffenheim, he didn't expect to win any Champions League titles, and if he wanted to win the Champions League, he would have more hope of not leaving Real Madrid. He moved to Hoffenheim only to be able to get a regular chance to play before the World Cup in South Africa, so that he could be re-selected for the Dutch national team for the World Cup - if he could go to South Africa, it would only be his second World Cup in his life, because the Netherlands missed the 2002 South Korea-Japan World Cup, so when he was playing Van Nistelrooy missed his first World Cup, his first World Cup trip was not until the Netherlands in 2006, but because of the bad relationship with Basten, That trip to the World Cup was only bitter and sweet for him, and the World Cup passed in such a blur, leaving nothing in his body. Unexpectedly, in the end, he didn't get such a chance, although his home country reached the World Cup final again after 32 years, and almost won the championship, but it had nothing to do with him.

The World Cup in South Africa is over, and his last dream is shattered. At the age of 34 this year, he has absolutely no hope of participating in the next World Cup in Brazil, he will be 38 years old by then, and he will have long since retired, and it is impossible for the Netherlands, a country of talent, to leave a place for a 38-year-old veteran.

So what is left of his career?

His contract with Hoffenheim ends at the end of the season, and he does not plan to renew his contract with the club, nor does he plan to return to play for any small team in the Netherlands, he intends to retire and end his career once and for all.

In this last season, he should have no desires, league titles, golden boots and so on, he just wants to enjoy the simplest happiness that football brings him in this last season.

But when he stood on the pitch at the Bernabeu again and listened to the evocative Champions League theme song in his ears, he found that his heart was still beating a little faster – just like he did when he first appeared on the Champions League stage as a young man. He suddenly realized that Chu Zhongtian's repeated emphasis that "we have to go further in the Champions League" was actually influencing him.

The decision to retire at the end of his contract remains unchanged, but he doesn't want to simply enjoy football, he still has goals, and he wants to continue to score Champions League goals in the final stages of his career, closer to his old team-mate Raul at Real Madrid. That's one point, and the other thing is that he wants to help Hoffenheim's young team go far in the Champions League.

The Champions League, that's all he wanted to do in the last season of his career, he didn't care how the league was doing, he just wanted to play and score in the Champions League.

He has scored 60 goals in the Champions League so far, eight away from Raul's 68 Champions League goals, but he could secure second place.

I still have something to do, so why don't I go all out in this last year?

The referee's whistle woke Ruud van Nistelrooy from his musings, and Ibisevic, who was next to him, knocked the ball out of the way and ran forward.

He stepped forward, turned and kicked the ball back.

The football crossed half of the middle circle and fell straight to Chu Zhongtian's feet.

※※※The focus returned to Chu Zhongtian with football.

He controlled the ball, turned and passed it back, and after the pass he ran sideways. The defender who received the ball, Comper, already knew Chu Zhongtian's habits very well, and he quickly passed the football to Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian received the ball while running, and every second was just right. In this way, you will not stop and wait for the ball to delay time, and give the opponent a chance to press up, and you will not be able to receive the ball because the pass is too big.

Chu Zhongtian, who received the ball, adjusted his posture and faced the direction of the attack.

He saw the Real Madrid players.

Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Higuain was less than 10 metres away from him, and the guy was coming for his own ball.

Chu Zhongtian waited for him to pounce and then distributed the football to the side, and then suddenly accelerated himself, bypassing Higuain.

Higuain didn't continue to run, but turned around and followed!

Chu Zhongtian glanced back and found that Higuain was still following him. He knew it had to be the Mourinho decision off the pitch. It seems that Real Madrid is really strict with their own eyes.

But Chu Zhongtian is not afraid of such treatment.

Baker, who received Chu Zhongtian's pass on the side, saw Higuain chasing Chu Zhongtian, so he didn't pass the football over, but ran forward with the ball himself.

Chu Zhongtian looked at the situation in front of him, knowing that if Baker took it like this, he would soon encounter a dead end. So he moved from the middle to the wing, slowed down a bit, and came behind Baker. As soon as Baker encounters an interception, he can immediately pass the ball back, without even turning around to observe, just using his heels.

Baker did encounter interceptions very quickly, C. Ronaldo and Marcelo were both across in front of him, Ronaldo was closest to him, Marcelo was hanging far behind, if he was going to rely on his speed to force a breakthrough and pass the ball to Ronaldo, he would not have succeeded, because as long as he kicked the football out, Marcelo would be clever enough to come up and intercept the ball.

Baker knew that he couldn't get by, so he directly passed the football to Chu Zhongtian with his heel.

Chu Zhongtian didn't need to look back to know that Higuain saw the ball as if he was pounced, so he leaned sideways, and did not rush away with the ball, but blocked Higuain behind him and protected the football.

He stopped so violently that Higuain was completely unexpected, and slammed into it. Chu Zhongtian felt the impact force from behind him, and he knew that this was the time to get rid of it, so he knocked the football out, and then stretched out his right foot to buckle the football to the left, just avoiding the foot of C. Ronaldo, who came up to grab the ball.

Chu Zhongtian, who came out of the encirclement, did not continue to carry the ball, but shifted violently.

The ball flew over the pitch and crashed straight to the opposite left wing.

Ramos had intended to get in from behind and get in front of Salihovic, who received the ball, to push the ball away. But as soon as he took a step, he realized that something was wrong - the ball was passed very fast! By the time he ran past, the football had already arrived, and if he was a beat late, he would leave the huge void behind him to his opponent. So a sudden brake stopped, and sure enough, as soon as he braked, the ball was stopped by Salihovic with his chest.

Seeing that Hoffenheim hit the opponent's 30-meter zone in the opening minute, the more than 6,000 Hoffenheim fans who were visiting let out a huge cheer.

They really didn't expect their team to be so active and calm at the Bernabeu, as if this was not a Champions League group stage, but an ordinary Bundesliga, and their opponents were not super giants like Real Madrid, but ordinary German teams in the Bundesliga like Nuremberg and Eintracht Frankfurt.

Amid their loud cheers, Salihovic sent the ball straight into the box.

Hoffenheim's football is so simple and straightforward, as long as there is an opportunity in front, they will never pass the ball back that has been hit in the air, and then after 26 consecutive non-stop passes, so that the opponent does not even touch the ball and then pass into the penalty area to shoot.

Chu Zhongtian and Rangnick set the tone of the style for Hoffenheim football in the new season is "fast and direct", fast is to try to give full play to the characteristics of our young players, good physical fitness, and fast speed, pass fast and run, and use wave after wave of speed to attack the opponent. Direct means to shoot as much as possible when you can shoot, play simple in the midfield, and try to create as many shooting opportunities as possible, rather than showing off how tacit your cooperation is, and frequently falling your feet. In competitive football, if you don't shoot, you don't have everything.

Salihovic's football is not high, but flat and fast, which is a standard that Rangnick has made to ask all players to meet when crossing from the wings. Hoffenheim's attack is already fast, if the ball is high and floating when the cross is made, then the previous speed is all in vain, and the opponent has enough time to return to defend and mark, or even stand in position and then jump up to head the ball.

So whoever crosses from the side has to be fast and flat, and it looks like the football has been whipped and spun and flies towards the goal!

Ruud van Nistelrooy struggled forward, and when he saw the ball being shifted to Salihovic's side by Chu Zhongtian's big foot, he knew what to do next. So when Salihovic passed the football, he just stood out from Real Madrid's neat backline, leaning towards the football and rushing towards the goal.

When he jumped high, there was not a single Real Madrid player around him. Both Pepe and Carvalho could only look up at him from below.

He's the Flying Dutchman!

Van Nistelrooy, who was jumping in the air, saw the football flying, but his body was already sinking further. It was only then that he felt the effects of his body's aging - the race had just begun, and his fitness was no longer in question, but he was not jumping as high as he used to be, and he was not staying in the air as long as before...... He couldn't wait for the ball to reach its sweet spot before throwing his head at the goal, as he would be missing the ball, so he shook his head at the goal!

"Van Nistelrooy—!!"

He felt the ball hit him in the corner of the forehead, but it was okay, not too far off...... He struggled to throw the ball towards the goal.

Near the penalty spot, the ball was headed over by Ruud van Nistelrooy and flew towards the goal.

In the face of this close shot, the captain of Real Madrid, goalkeeper Casillas, did not even have time to react, his body only lifted up slightly, and did not make any follow-up movements, because the football had already flown to the ...... He could only choose to look with his eyes and do nothing.

At that moment, the hearts of all Real Madrid fans were raised by Casillas's action, could their team have conceded a goal just one minute into the game?

"van_goo-" Some of the commentators were even ready to chant "Fanny Goal".

But with a "bang", the football smashed mercilessly on the crossbar!

"Horizontal! Crossbeam...... What a pity! ”

The inhalation of 80,000 people at the Bernabeu can be heard clearly through the television.

The ball hit the crossbar and bounced back, and this time Carvalho kicked the ball big off the touchline to put Hoffenheim's first attack to an end.

Van Nistelrooy saw the ball hit the crossbar as soon as he hit the crossbar, grinning regretfully, frowning and holding his head in his hands.

If he could have been four years younger, this goal would have been scored!

"Ruud van Nistelrooy almost scored in the opening minute! The king of the small forbidden area is not old! ”

The commentator praised this, but in fact, how did he know that if Van Nistelrooy really "never got old", the ball would fly straight into the goal...... The Real Madrid players escaped with their lives, and Casillas reacted at this time, slapping his teammates and shouting: "Pay attention to the defense! Defend! ”

He was team-mates with Ruud van Nistelrooy for three years and he certainly knows how good the Dutchman is. Don't think that when he's old, he can't take it seriously. Such a person, the older he gets, the more powerful he becomes.

Ruud van Nistelrooy was disappointed not to open the scoring for his team, but when he looked up, he saw a thumbs up from Ibisevic. Chu Zhongtian simply ran up and patted him on the shoulder. "Well done, Luther!"

"It's a shame I didn't make it to ......," Van Nistelrooy shook his head.

Chu Zhongtian grabbed his shoulder and tightened it: "It's okay, just keep fighting like this, we will definitely score!" ”

Van Nistelrooy turned his head to look at Chu Zhongtian. There are very few people who can say this with such confidence at the Santiago Bernabeu, they are all world-class superstars, backed by top giants. But Chu Zhongtian only has a young Hoffenheim.

He was so confident that he said this sentence without pretentiousness or pretentiousness. Such a simple sentence, many people may not dare to think about it, and many people have to think about it for a long time even if they say it.

But that's how he said it.

He's a good player...... Ruud van Nistelrooy is 34 years old, 17 years have passed since he started playing in the professional league in the 93-94 season, he has worked with a lot of good players, he has played against a lot of good players, he knows what a really good player is.

In his eyes, Chu Zhongtian is such a really good player.

He nodded.

Chu Zhongtian ran away, ready to receive this throw-in, and organized an attack again.

Ruud van Nistelrooy looked at his back and smiled, then turned and re-entered the box.

With only a minute into the game, Hoffenheim had already hit the woodwork with a shot that really threatened La Liga giants Real Madrid.

This makes many people unexpected.

And in the remaining eighty-nine minutes, how many times can this young team make things happen that no one could have imagined?

(To be continued)