Chapter 168: Wishful Thinking

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Emily sat on the couch and watched the Hoffenheim and Borussia Mönchengladbach game, if it wasn't for her mother's arrival, she was going to watch the game live, at the Rhine-Neckar Stadium in Sinsheim, very close, less than fifteen minutes by car. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Now she can only watch TV at home. She actually prefers to watch the game live.

Mom was on the couch diagonally across from her, turning her head to watch the game.

All day today, neither of them talked about getting married. Maybe it's the calm before the storm, and everyone is brewing a superstorm in their hearts. Maybe it's just a matter of being quiet and thinking about what to do.

In fact, if she doesn't show her desire to control Emily beyond ordinary people, Miranda is still a very good mother, but after being Emily's agent, she controls Emily most of the time, not like a mother.

The noise of the stadium was constantly heard on the TV. This voice is no stranger to Miranda, when Emily was still very young, she also used to go to the scene with her ex-husband to watch the game, and also watched many games in front of the TV. Her ex-husband is a super die-hard fan, and although he supports the giants, it does not affect his loyalty to the team at all.

At that time, she was a well-known beauty, and there were many people who pursued her, and finally she was captured by that man. The man is handsome, very good at pleasing girls, and the little romance that changes every day makes her feel as if she is living in a fairy tale.

I was so happy at that time...... Just being together makes me feel very sweet.

Who would have thought that it would become like this in the future?

Miranda curled up on the couch with her knees crossed, staring at the TV in a daze, completely oblivious to what the game had been on to cross.

Emily wasn't as wandering as her mother, maybe she had been troubled before, but when the game started, her attention was quickly drawn to it.

In this game, Chu Zhongtian finally returned from the ban after a week of ban in the team, which is great news for Hoffenheim. For Uncle John, who is far away in the Wimbledan pub in England, it must be a great piece of good news, right?

Emily couldn't help but smile at the thought of Uncle John.

The narrator is explaining how important Chu Zhongtian's comeback is to Hoffenheim: "...... He is at the heart of the team and he has proven that past season. If it weren't for Chu, Hoffenheim would never have been able to complete that miraculous season...... In the last round of the league, Chu was banned by the team for a round because he was late for training, and Hoffenheim won the game very hard against Bochum in that game, and won the game by luck. In this game, we face Borussia Mönchengladbach at home, and I believe that with Chu, the game should be much better......"

In fact, Hoffenheim with Chu Zhongtian and Hoffenheim without Chu Zhongtian are obviously two teams. If Hoffenheim with Chu Zhongtian is a Bundesliga champion-level team, then Hoffenheim without him is at most a middle and upper team, and the goal every year is to be able to participate in European competitions, as for the Champions League or the League Cup, they do not pick.

Bochum also looked stumbling, Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hoffenheim were full of confidence. This was the case from the very beginning of the game, because they had Chu Zhongtian, and the hearts of their teammates suddenly settled down.

The match ended with Hoffenheim winning 2:0. Despite the looming Inter match, Rangnick still did his best to deal with Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Ahead of the match against Inter Milan, Hoffenheim needed a win to boost their morale. Such a victory cannot be as thrilling and lucky as the victory over Bochum.

That's why Rangnick will let all the main players play.

He needed a morale-boosting win and the team's performance didn't disappoint him either.

In the eighteenth minute of the first half, Sana received an assist from Chu Zhongtian and scored his first goal since joining the team with a long-range shot.

Thirty-two minutes into the second half, Salihovic sealed the win from distance. Except for two goals, Hoffenheim controlled the pace of the game under the leadership of Chu Zhongtian throughout the game.

Chu Zhongtian played at a very high level in this game and got the best rating in the game after the game.

"It's over! Hoffenheim comfortably beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 2-0 at their home stadium, and Chu shined all over the field! His performance was a relief for Rangnick. Facing Inter Milan in midweek, Rangnick will not be left without any resistance! ”

The TV broadcast firmly fixed the camera on Chu Zhongtian, which was the best special treatment in the audience.

Miranda came back from her deep thoughts and saw Chu Zhongtian clapping with his arms raised.

She snorted.

Emily heard her mother's voice coming out of her nose and turned her head to look over.

"He's got the best of the show again, Mom."

Emily laughed.

"I'll go back tomorrow." Miranda said.

Emily was a little surprised, she thought that her mother would force her to change her mind this time, or she would not leave here.

Miranda obviously knew what her daughter was thinking, and she snorted again: "Don't think I'm you, hide here and play as long as you want, I have a lot of things to do." ”

Emily smiled.

"But I didn't promise you to get married this summer." Miranda also wanted to be a little stronger.

"Then if you leave, I'll hold a press conference here to announce my retirement from the entertainment industry." Emily replied with a smile.

Miranda stroked her forehead and said weakly, "You let me go back and think about it alone, okay, Emily?" ”

"Good!" Emily continues to have a smile on her face, but her mother knows that Emily, who has a bright smile, is the scariest of all.

The live broadcast on TV continues, with reporters interviewing players from both sides. As the best player in this game, how could Chu Zhongtian run away?

The reporter pulled Chu Zhongtian to the background board of the advertisement and asked him: "First of all, congratulations on winning the best in the audience, Chu." ”

"Thank you." Chu Zhongtian replied.

"You didn't play in the last league game, did you put all your strength into this game?"

"Hmm...... Sort of. In fact, every game I want to give my all. Last round of league ...... Hi, everybody got it......"

Emily focused her attention on the TV again, looking at Chu Zhongtian, who was answering questions in front of the media.

Miranda was also watching.

She thinks that footballers are stinky and sweaty stars, and she can't see any beauty in the sport of football. The man she fell in love with in the first place had nothing to do with football.

"Then the next game is the Champions League, the game against Inter Milan, it's going to be tough, right?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Inter Milan is a strong team. ”

"Playing Inter Milan away, is it better to draw?"

"It's best to win." Chu Zhongtian replied with a smile.

Emily looked at the TV and said to her mother, "Don't you think he's handsome, Mom?" ”

The response was a cold snort from my mother.

※※※When Chu Zhongtian returned home the next day, he didn't see Emily's mother Miranda, he only saw Emily.

"Where's your mother?" He asked.

"I'm back in the U.S., and there's still a lot of work waiting for her there."

"Huh? Have you talked about it? Chu Zhongtian was surprised that Miranda would go back so quickly.

"No, I told her what I thought, and she told me what she thought, it's as simple as that."

Chu Zhongtian was a little unconvinced, could things really be so simple?

"Anyway, I've decided to get married this summer, while you're on vacation. If my mother still opposes it by then, I will announce my retirement from the entertainment industry. ”

Chu Zhongtian knew how stubborn Emily was, and he couldn't persuade him to do these things.

"I'll be in Italy tomorrow." He had no choice but to change the subject. "I'll clean up in a moment."

"Going to play in the Champions League?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Hmm." ”

"Inter Milan is not an easy opponent to deal with."

"When it comes to this, there is no opponent to deal with." Chu Zhongtian looked quite open.

"Inter Milan's manager is Jose Mourinho, right?" Emily asked.

"Hmm."

"Mourinho...... I remember that there were rumors that Inter Milan were interested in you, and he quickly jumped out to deny that it was a false idea? ”

Chu Zhongtian smiled: "That is indeed a rumor, neither Merry nor I received a call from Inter Milan. ”

Emily laughed along: "I just think it's fun when Mourinho jumps out and denies it." When he was at Chelsea, he certainly didn't expect you to be where you are today, right? ”

'When I was at Chelsea, I didn't expect him to be so famous......

Speaking of Mourinho, since the draw results came out, he has been constantly harassed by some "ulterior motives" media.

The most famous star in the Hoffenheim team is Chu Zhongtian, who was sold to Metz by Chelsea when he was in charge of Chelsea. Later, some media said that Mourinho and Chu Zhongtian had a fierce quarrel.

With such a past, the relationship between the two is definitely not much better.

So this gimmick of this game is well worth the hype.

With the announcement of the lottery results, the old accounts of Mourinho and Chu Zhongtian were turned over by the media.

In Italy, Mourinho's popularity in the media is quite bad, and the entire Italian media sees him as an enemy, so they are happy to see Mourinho eat and make a fool of himself. Chu Zhongtian now led Hoffenheim to beat Manchester United in the group stage and qualified as the group leader, meeting Inter Milan led by Jose Mourinho. So Mourinho, who let Chu Zhongtian go, also said that he would never buy him to Inter Milan, how does he feel now?

That's what everybody wants to know.

After winning the league championship at Hoffenheim, some media disgusted Mourinho and wanted to hear his feelings, and sure enough, Mourinho was furious and walked away.

The same is true today. On the night of the draw results, Mourinho was surrounded by reporters to hear his evaluation of Chu Zhongtian.

Later, as long as it was about the Champions League, Chu Zhongtian's name would always be mentioned.

"Do you regret letting Chu go in the first place?"

"I heard that Chu Lin had a big fight with you before leaving, is this really the case?"

"How's your relationship with Chu?"

Later, Mourinho forbade reporters to give Chu Zhongtian's name in front of him, on the grounds that "Hoffenheim is not a team with only Chu alone, and it is too unfair for you to do this to other players!" ”

So the media started to "save the country" and their question became "Who do you think is the most dangerous player in the Hoffenheim team?" ”

This is not nonsense, of course it is Chu Zhongtian.

But Mourinho didn't answer like that, he changed one person at a time. This time it was Salihovic who said he was the most threatening, and next time it was Ibisevic, and the next time it was Eduardo...... When a reporter reminded him that the person he said before was not the same person as he said this time, he said, "Really? I forgot ......"

If you ask again, you can simply say: "Hoffenheim are very strong in the whole team, everyone is very threatening. ”

He just didn't say Chu Zhongtian's name.

In fact, Chu Zhongtian is not Mourinho's drive away, it is Chu Zhongtian who must go, Mourinho was very retained at the beginning, but in the end, two people with strong personalities got together, and the end was to part ways. However, Mourinho has a tough personality and is unwilling to tell the media such a thing, so it is the same as Mourinho who has eyes and ignores Mount Tai and lets Chu Zhongtian go.

Jose Mourinho is not the kind of person who misunderstands him and he will say "you are all wrong, things are not what you think", he is the kind of person who says "yes, that's how I am, what's the matter".

Although Chu Zhongtian is a forbidden language between Mourinho and the media, this does not mean that Mourinho completely ignores Chu Zhongtian. You may not believe it when you say it, it is such a relationship, but Mourinho has studied Chu Zhongtian deeply. These days, the players of Inter Milan have received video highlights of the performance of the Hoffenheim players, and Chu Zhongtian is the most photographed player, whether it is Inter's defensive players or offensive players, they have been ordered by Mourinho to study the Hoffenheim captain.

At the same time, he did not allow any Inter Milan player to say Chu Zhongtian's name to the public.

Jose Mourinho's players won't be surprised. After a multi-season partnership, they all know what kind of person Mourinho is.

Although it is not a pleasant thing to be scarred by the media, Mourinho has successfully used the media to send out the signal that he looks down on Chu Zhongtian. At this moment, the opponent must think that Inter Milan's Mourinho underestimates Chu Zhongtian, and everyone knows that Chu Zhongtian is equal to Hoffenheim, and underestimating Chu Zhongtian means underestiming Hoffenheim.

The so-called arrogant soldiers will lose, can a team that looks down on its opponent and does not respect its opponent win?

Inter Milan underestimated, so if Hoffenheim go all out, there must be hope to cause an upset and create a bloody case at the Meazza Stadium.

One side thought that the other side had underestimated the enemy, so the hope of victory was greatly increased, but in fact, the other side did not underestimate the enemy, but set up an ambush and waited for it. This is called mental arithmetic and unintentional.

In the pre-match psychological warfare and various preparations, Mourinho is indeed a good player.

※※※The message that Rangnick understood was the same as the message that Mourinho wanted to convey. Judging from the pre-match performance, Mourinho was underestimated. Because as soon as the draw results came out, Mourinho arrogantly claimed that he had drawn a good draw, and the match with Hoffenheim would be very easy.

Mourinho, who said this, was beaten very embarrassed by Barcelona in the group stage, and in a blink of an eye, he said cruel words, indicating that he really looked down on Hoffenheim.

What came from Italy next was almost all the message that Mourinho didn't take Hoffenheim seriously.

"Hoffenheim? Bundesliga champions? I'm sorry, I've only heard of Bayern Munich ......"

'They were really Bundesliga champions last season, so what? Werder Bremen also won the Bundesliga, where are they now? Kaiserslautern are also promoted to the Bundesliga champions, so where are they now? ”

"Chu? I don't have any contradictions with him, but Hoffenheim is not alone, so let's talk about the others. I think Ibisevic is a good striker......"

…… And so on.

Rangnick is happy every time he sees news like this, which means Inter don't take themselves seriously. He was not at all angry that he had been slighted. He admits Inter Milan are stronger than Hoffenheim, having won two consecutive Serie A titles, with a number of world-class players in their squad, and a huge reinforcement in midfield and defence following the addition of Sneijder and Lucio last summer. After a season of Mourinho's polishing, this team has been fully formed, with a reasonable structure of three lines and a very strong fighting force.

However, this team is not completely without its weaknesses.

Rangnick decided to emulate Barcelona, who met Inter Milan twice in the group stage, drawing one and winning one without defeat, and beating Inter Milan 2-0 at home was exemplary. This game is Rangnick's best reference. After learning that the team's opponent in the first round of the knockout round was Inter Milan, he turned over the video of this game and studied it repeatedly.

He hopes to find the key to conquering Inter.

The key is still on Chu Zhongtian.

Barcelona has a very low-key core Xavi, although Chu Zhongtian is not low-key, but it is definitely a core like Xavi. In terms of passing ability and ability to control the tempo, Rangnick does not think Chu Zhongtian is weaker than Xavi.

The key to beating Inter Milan is to make good use of Chu Zhongtian's ability, so that he can lead the whole team to play at a high level.

Judging by that game, Jose Mourinho's always proud defence was like a sieve in front of Barcelona's formidable attack.

Hoffenheim, on the other hand, is also known for attacking, just like Barcelona.

Maybe Inter Milan are afraid of the kind of team that keeps the pace of the game firmly in their own hands?

If that's the case, then Hoffenheim may have a better chance of winning against a proud Inter Milan? It's not necessarily a dream to make it to the second round in the knockout rounds......

(To be continued)