Chapter 20: Lead in five minutes
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A long-range shot from Chu Zhongtian gave Hoffenheim a corner, but his teammates didn't take advantage of it. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info After the football was kicked out by Salihovic, no one grabbed the ball, and the football was firmly held by Weidenfeller, who attacked.
Dortmund then tried to launch a counterattack. They all remember what manager Jurgen Klopp had asked them before the game - not to shrink the defence, but to play against the opponent. Only by attacking can you avoid being suppressed.
However, their offensive did not achieve any satisfactory results. The attack was played and soon ended with Valdés (neison_valdez) kicking the football into the stands.
Hoffenheim regrouped the attack.
Chu Zhongtian motioned to goalkeeper Ozcan to pass the football to him, and the Austrian international obediently passed the ball over.
After Chu Zhongtian received the ball, he turned around and brought it forward, and then made a two-by-one collision with Eduardo, the forward who retreated to meet him. He passed the ball to Eduardo and continued to run forward, but Eduardo did not turn around and knocked the ball over with the outside instep.
Chu Zhongtian received the ball and met Dortmund's midfielder Tinga (Tinga). Tinga has been with Borussia Dortmund for several seasons and is Dortmund's main midfielder. Defensively outstanding, tackles and man markers are particularly good. It is a typical sapper-type midfielder.
In the face of this kind of fierce defensive player, Chu Zhongtian used his body to resist the opponent hard. But after four seasons in Ligue 1, under the tutelage of Fernandez, he has learned to solve problems with his feet.
Seeing Tinga rushing up, Chu Zhongtian first made a gesture to pass the football to the right, and when Tinga's center of gravity moved a little in that direction, he suddenly stepped on the football with his left foot and pulled the ball back, Tinga pounced, and Chu Zhongtian calmly pushed the football forward with his left foot, and then started, past the opponent.
Chu Zhongtian, who passed Tinga, did not pass the ball, but strode the ball and killed directly at Dortmund's ribs.
Dortmund's player Klinger (florian_kringe) saw Chu Zhongtian's posture and thought that he was going to break through the ribs, so he hurriedly rushed up to stop it. Chu Zhongtian had been waiting for this opportunity, and since he passed Tinga, he had been calculating the development of the situation on the field after this in his mind. He noted Carlos. After playing one-two with himself, Eduardo ran to the right and Weiss moved closer to the middle. So he looked up to see the opposition as he dribbled the ball, and he found that after Tinga was passed by himself, Dortmund's defence looked very thin, and as long as the pass was right, they could easily find openings.
So he began to deliberately bring the ball to the ribs on the right side.
After Klinger came up, Chu Zhongtian did not continue, but passed the football to Eduardo, who was pulled to the side.
Eduardo did not break down the flank, but suddenly cut inside, and just as Dortmund's full-back Schmelzer (marcel_schmelzer) and centre-back Subotic (neven_subotic) were focusing on him, Eduardo suddenly sent a through ball from the outside, and the ball rolled past the outside of Dortmund left-back Schmelzer into the box. Schmelzer and Subotic turned around at the same time and saw that Weiss, who was in the middle of the penalty area just now, had received the ball!
A beautiful through diagonal insertion!
"This is Hoffenheim's chance!" The narrator shouted.
"Look at this ball...... Nice pass! ”
Weiss received the ball with his back to goal, and Borussia Dortmund's other centre-back, Felipe. Santana hurriedly rushed over, intending to jam the position and not let the other party turn around. In this case, the threat of an attack can be ruled out.
Unexpectedly, he had just started, and saw Weiss directly turn around and sweep with his right foot...... Low flat pass!
Goalkeeper Weidenfeller and centre-back Santana did not react as they watched as the ball slipped in front of them and rolled in front of goal.
And what Ibisevic, who was waiting there, had to do was very simple, with a flick of his ankle, he blocked the football into the goal...... "gooooooooooal!!" Ibisevic! Ibisevic! It was his fifth goal in five league games of the season! The third scorer in Ligue 1 last season was in good form after arriving at Hoffenheim, scoring goals one after another! ”
"Oh...... Pretty! Pretty! Ibisevic scored again! Hoffenheim lead 1-0 at home! ”
And this time it was just five minutes before the start of the game.
The Hoffenheim fans in the stands burst into cheers, and the team didn't let them wait too long to tear apart the opposition's defense with what they do best.
And the Dortmund fans are still a little unaware - the game is only five minutes on, why are their teams behind? If it was inevitable to be scored in the first five minutes, they felt that the opponent was Bayern, and you might have a little more balance in your mind. But now, it turned out to be Hoffenheim, which they hated the most, and it didn't taste good.
When the cheers were a little quieter, the live broadcast began to continue to stir up the emotions of the fans.
On the radio, he shouted: "In the fifth minute, Hoffenheim scored a goal, and the shot was made by No. 19 Vedard-"
More than 10,000 Hoffenheim fans shouted in unison: "Ibisevic!! ”
The live broadcast continued to shout: "Now the score is on the field, Hoffenheim-"
"One!!" The fans chanted.
"Dortmund-"
"Zero !!"
"Thank you!" Finally, the on-site commentary.
"You're welcome! Hahaha! The fans burst into laughter.
In the midst of their laughter, the Dortmund fans looked bad.
After a moment of silence, they began to fight back.
"Legion of Bitches! Legion of Bitches! You're a bunch of shameless ugly bitches!! ”
"Ibisevic, you refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina, go back to your hometown!"
Such shouts and chants full of insulting interest are no strangers to Hoffenheim players and fans, and they have heard them in previous games. For example, in last month's home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach, visiting fans were constantly insulting Hoffenheim.
And if you pay attention, you will find a phenomenon - every fan who insults Hoffenheim during the game ends up losing the game, and the fans of Stuttgart and Bayer Leverkusen do so less often, one draws and the other wins. What does this mean? This shows that what Chu Zhongtian said to Ibisevic before the game was correct - only those who were afraid of them would attack them so brazenly, because they could not do anything but use their mouths to be strong. And the really strong team is not disdainful of wasting saliva, they can choose to beat Hoffenheim with football, and naturally they will not just bark.
Borussia Dortmund have not played in Europe for several seasons in a row, and last season they fell to 13th in the final of the German Cup, losing to Bayern Munich, who were the champions of last season's Bundesliga and will play in the Champions League, so Dortmund qualified for a return to Europe as runners-up. Once a Bundesliga powerhouse and winner of the European Champions Cup, but now it has fallen to this point, it is no wonder that the psychological gap between Dortmund fans is too big and some of their mentality is unbalanced.
On the one hand, they feel that their team is still a strong team in the Bundesliga, and on the other hand, the cruel reality tells them that glory has long been a thing of the past. Dortmund are no longer a strong team, they still have a long way to go on their way to revival, and they have no reason to be proud of Hoffenheim. But the fans were unwilling to accept this reality, and the team was not capable of beating Hoffenheim, so they could only "beat" the opponent with their mouths.
Another reason that made Dortmund fans particularly angry was the sentence that Hope said before the season, which was also the reason why Chu Zhongtian was collectively questioned by the German media.
At that time, Hope was talking about the introduction of 30 million euros, quoting Rangnick's evaluation of Chu Zhongtian.
"He can be the next Matthias. Summer. ”
Maybe for fans of other clubs, it's nothing, just a very ordinary comparison. But for Borussia Dortmund fans, this is unacceptable. Summerr is a legend in the history of Borussia Dortmund and an eternal hero in the hearts of Dortmund fans. How can Hoffenheim's nouveau riche team and a Chinese match Summer? Comparing Samer with a Chinese is simply an insult to Sammer!
Summer's own lack of comment on this must have been due to the lack of embarrassment. But we are not afraid, we are fans, we can scold whoever we want, you can't stop me, we have the freedom to scold!
In this way, Hoffenheim became one of the most hated teams by Dortmund fans.
Amid Booing and boos from Borussia Dortmund, the Hoffenheim players ended their goal celebrations. After the goal, Ibisevic made a "shut up" gesture with his index finger in front of his mouth, and he rushed into the stands where the Dortmund fans were standing, only to find more violent scolding and boos.
On the way back, Chu Zhongtian said to Ibisevic: "Look, it's useless to score goals, right?" ”
"Then we'll win this game, and it's a big win!" Ibisevic said unconvinced.
"Of course we're going to win." Chu Zhongtian said with a smile, "But even if you win Dortmund 10:0, the next time they meet us, they will still keep scolding, and even because you win too hard, they will scold even harder." So don't pay attention to them, don't care if they scold or not, and don't think about how to shut them up. If people just hate us, they will find a reason for us to do anything. As I say, take these scolds and boos as a compliment to you! ”
"Psychological effects?"
"No, not psychologically. It's a real compliment. When you hear an opponent insulting you like this later, you should laugh instead of get angry because they are scared and you can easily win. Chu Zhongtian patted Ibisevic's back and accelerated to his position.
Ibisevic looked at Chu Zhongtian's back, and then turned his head to look at the Dortmund fans in the stands who were frantically waving their middle fingers, thoughtfully.
Hoffenheim took the lead five minutes into the game. This made Dortmund's manager Jurgen Klopp miserable. He envisioned before the game that Hoffenheim's defense would not work, and as long as Dortmund could continue to put pressure on Hoffenheim and continue to attack, his team would be the first to score. Once ahead, the game will be put into the orbit of Dortmund, and the next game Hoffenheim, an inexperienced team, will not be obediently led by Dortmund?
Who would have thought that it was not his Dortmund who scored first, but Hoffenheim, and the goal came so quickly and so suddenly.
He was unprepared and somewhat caught off guard for Hoffenheim's performance.
In fact, it is not that Klopp is not a good coach, on the contrary, his coaching achievements have always been recognized. He once coached Mainz when they were on the verge of falling into the regional league, leading Mainz to third place in the Bundesliga and promoted to the Bundesliga.
Among the younger generation of coaches, he is considered to have a very promising future. He is somewhat similar to Rangnick, both of whom never played in the German top flight as players, Rangnick has wandered in many teams and traveled a lot, which adds to his knowledge, while Klopp has dedicated his entire career to Mainz.
Klopp was forty-one and Rangnick was forty. Both of them are among the best of young German coaches.
In today's matchup between the best, Rangnick is temporarily ahead.
What should I do if I fall behind? Jurgen Klopp doesn't plan to change his tactics because he wants his team to play against each other, which is in line with the current situation. Dortmund, who are behind, will have to attack if they want to equalise.
So he sat in the dugout and didn't say anything, didn't make any gestures.
It's only been five minutes, and he's in no hurry to make adjustments.
※※※ Dortmund, who were lagging behind, planned to organize a counteroffensive, but it was aborted here in Chu Zhongtian. When Chu Zhongtian is attacking, he can hit the front of the opponent's penalty area and make key passes. When defending, you can return to the front of the centre-backs and build a trustworthy barrier in front of the back line.
His fitness and speed guarantee him to be there in time when he is needed. His bounce and header gave him the upper hand in the header scramble. German players are generally tall, and Ibisevic's height of 1.88 meters is considered a "normal height", but in the competition for headers with these masters, Chu Zhongtian is rarely at a disadvantage, on the one hand, his excellent physical fitness, and on the other hand, his judgment of the football landing point is very accurate. Another benefit of excellent awareness is that in one-on-one defense, Chu Zhongtian has a high success rate.
All these make it not easy for Dortmund's players to easily cross Chu Zhongtian and directly threaten Hoffenheim's back line and goal.
Since Dortmund couldn't attack for a while, Hoffenheim led by Chu Zhongtian would not politely wait for Dortmund to come to "exchange gifts".
In the seventeenth minute, full-back Baker cut in and crossed. Ba's left-footed volley from the left side of the box was blocked by defender Lukavina (antonio_rukavina). Ba's reaction was quick, followed by another shot from a tight angle, which was directly confiscated by goalkeeper Weidenfeller.
Less than a minute later, Chu Zhongtian made a long pass in the midfield, Demba. Ba stopped the ball with his chest at the top of the box and fired a low left-footed shot that was saved by Weidenfeller.
After being besieged by Hoffenheim in succession, Dortmund finally planned a relatively successful attack. Tinga's long pass from the backfield, Hoffenheim's four defenders failed to create an offside position, Valdés successfully inserted into the right side of the penalty area against offside, and shot directly from 11 meters out of the goal, but the ball was high over the crossbar.
Originally, Hoffenheim's continuous attacks had made Klopp a little unable to sit still, but Valdés's attack made his ass settle down in the chair.
He knew that Hoffenheim's defenders were used to making offsides, but making offsides was a double-edged sword, as long as Dortmund insisted on passing the ball through, even if it was offside 19 times in the whole game, as long as one was successful, it would be fatal. He believes the time is not too far away to break the Hoffenheim goal.
Jurgen Klopp will regret his decision after the game.
※※※ In the twenty-second minute, Chu Zhongtian played a one-two match with Eduardo again, and then dribbled the ball and killed.
This time, when he faced Tinga, Tinga didn't give him another chance to fake himself and shake himself, but directly put Chu Zhongtian in the line change to the ground.
The referee's whistle sounded, and the Dortmund fans in the stands cheered loudly for Tinga. Chu Zhongtian is perhaps their most hated Hoffenheim player, because "a Chinese dares to compare with our legendary hero Summer".
Seeing Chu Zhongtian being knocked to the ground, Dortmund fans applauded loudly, cheered for Tinga, and kept taunting Chu Zhongtian.
"Go home and eat, Chinese boy!"
"This is not the place for you, idiot!"
"A Summerer who only lies on the ground and smashes?"
"Don't insult our idols, compare them to Summer? You're not worthy of it yet!! ”
Chu Zhongtian turned a deaf ear to the away fans' horses in the stands, and he got up from the ground.
The referee on duty of the match, Rafati, gave Tinga a verbal warning and did not take out a card, and then he awarded Hoffenheim a free kick 23 metres from the goal, slightly to the right.
The team's number one free-kick taker was definitely Salihovic.
When Salihovic was about to come up to take the penalty with the football in his arms, Chu Zhongtian ran over.
"How are you going to take this ball?"
He asked.
Salihovic felt that Chu Zhongtian's question was really strange, how could he punish him? How else can I be punished? Kick the ball in with your foot.
Seeing that Salihovic was a little puzzled and did not answer his question, Chu Zhongtian further explained: "Let's make a change, just like ...... Well, we practiced the same day. ”
Salihovich then remembered what Chu Zhongtian was going to say. On that day, Chu Zhongtian helped him practice free kicks, and he helped Chu Zhongtian practice shooting. In the process of practicing free kicks, Chu Zhongtian stood in the middle of the two movable people to grab it, and asked him to hit the football through this position, which could directly penetrate the opponent's human wall.
This is not a new free-kick tactic. However, the subtlety of this cooperation is not that the football must be played through that gap, but that it can allow the defender to focus on Chu Zhongtian, but he can find another way.
He nodded and accepted Chu Zhongtian's idea: "Okay. ”
Chu Zhongtian saw that Salihovic agreed, so he walked to Dortmund's human wall, ready to cut the queue inside.
Salihovic suddenly remembered that when he practiced free kicks with Chu Zhongtian for the first time, he had wanted to play tricks on the other party, and kicked the ball directly to Chu Zhongtian while he was not paying attention, but Chu Zhongtian avoided this matter very in time.
He still finds it a little incredible. He didn't have such an idea in advance, and he didn't show any signs of doing so, it was a temporary idea, Chu Zhongtian would definitely not know what he was going to do. But he dodged it...... How can it be explained unless it is a coincidence?
Looking at Chu Zhongtian's back, he suddenly thought: Why don't you try it again?
(To be continued)