Chapter 185: Fight to overtime
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"Chu! Clear! Clear!! Clear!! Clear!!! Chu-"
The narrators collectively chant the names of one person. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
And at this moment, the person whose name they shouted was still in the air, he jumped too high, and there was even a period of time in the air. When Samuel had fallen to the ground, he was still on it, looking at the mountains!
When Chu Zhongtian finally landed, he seemed to press the switch, and the Rhine-Neckar erupted.
"Chu-!!"
“goooooooooooooal!!!”
"Ball-in-it!!"
"Header! Pretty!! ”
The commentators made more noises.
Chu Zhongtian glanced at the football in the goal and confirmed that he had indeed scored. This time he didn't run wildly to the bottom of the stands to encourage the fans.
He stood there, next to Samuel, and shook his fist vigorously, once, twice, three times!
He shook his fist and slapped his chest again.
He was quickly overwhelmed by the rush of his teammates.
“3:1――! Just a minute after Inter Milan's goal, Hoffenheim scored again! Now the two sides are back on the same page again! ”
"It was a lightning goal! Who would have thought Hoffenheim could score so quickly? ”
"Chu saved the team with his goal, although the away goal advantage is gone, but who can care so much at this time? Hoffenheim was pulled back by Chu on the edge of a cliff! ”
Chu Zhongtian once again proved with practical actions who is the most indispensable figure in Hoffenheim! From Metz to Hoffenheim, he was used to playing the role of that key man. Whenever the team is in trouble, he always stands up! ”
"Listen to the cheers at the Rhine-Neckar Stadium, where the more than 20,000 fans chanted just one name. That's their savior, their hero! ”
The loud cheers from the Rhine-Neckar even disturbed the clouds over the pitch, and the wind whistled from the forest, bringing the cheers in all directions. This can be heard throughout the city of Sinsheim.
Rangnick was still frustrated by the goal he had conceded, but he saw his own goal again a minute later. The moment the football entered the door, he jumped up from his seat and raised his arms in the air and cheered: "Beautiful! ”
The players on the bench almost rushed onto the pitch to celebrate the goal.
Chu Zhongtian's goal swept away the pessimistic atmosphere on the bench.
Next door, Mourinho turned around and waved his arms at something. No one could hear what he was swearing, because it was so noisy.
The teammates surrounded Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian did not forget to use this opportunity to continue to instill confidence in everyone: "See, brothers? We have that ability if we want to! We're going to go on the offensive! ”
"That's right! Go on the offensive! We're going to the quarterfinals! ”
※※※ "I'll it!" No way? Hoffenheim scored again so soon? It's a blitzkrieg! ”
"Inter Milan were so unlucky, they finally scored a goal and it was pulled back after a minute......
"Chu Zhongtian is too awesome, the one on the top of this ball is called imposing! Samuel was like a schoolboy in front of him! ”
"Isn't this ball a foul?"
"Shut upstairs!"
"Absolutely no fouls! After plugging in and jumping high to the top, of course Samuel can't compete for Lin Dan! ”
"Three goals in two legs against Manchester United and three goals in two rounds against Inter Milan...... Is this kind of performance really something that Chinese players can do? Not to mention the Chinese players, even those top players, how many people can do it in a row? ”
On the Chinese Internet, everyone was still lamenting that Inter Milan had regained the initiative, and it didn't take long for Inter Milan fans to see this jaw-dropping scene, and they really didn't know how to feel for a while.
On various forums, QQ groups, and Weibo, the discussion about Chu Zhongtian's second goal turned into a prairie fire in an instant.
It is impossible for anyone who follows football, European football, not to talk about Chu Zhongtian at this time.
※※※ "Hahaha! "At the Wimbledon Bar, everyone was laughing and toasting.
They were all watching this Champions League match, and Chu Zhongtian's performance made everyone happy.
"That's from our 'mad gang'!" Someone pointed to Chu Zhongtian on the TV and said proudly and loudly.
※※※ Chu Zhongtian's goal greatly boosted the morale of the team, and at the same time hit the fighting spirit of the Inter Milan players. Because looking at the game, apart from Sneijder's free-kick, Inter Milan didn't have any good chances, and Hoffenheim had the advantage overall.
Hoffenheim's performance in this game made a strong team like Inter Milan also have a thought in their hearts - they are too strong, we can't beat them!
After the resumption of the game, this mentality affected the performance of the Inter players on the pitch. Coupled with Hoffenheim's unceremoniousness, taking advantage of your illness to kill you, continued to attack, and for a while Inter Milan's front of the door was noisy.
"Chu! It's Chu again! Shot!! Hit the goalpost, what a pity! ”
"Ruud van Nistelrooy's header! Got thrown out by Cesar......"
Seeing this, Mourinho made a substitution, replacing two players who were clearly not doing well. He will never allow his team to rout in the game. Moreover, the current situation cannot be said to be bad for Inter. It should be said that there is no good and no harm. The two sides were tied on aggregate and the away goals were exactly the same, at most another 30 minutes of extra time.
After a series of changes by Jose Mourinho, Inter Milan finally stabilized, but they still did not have much to do to get out of their current predicament - being pressed and beaten by Hoffenheim.
Even the Italian commentator admitted that Hoffenheim's performance in this match was completely European champion-level.
'Hoffenheim have played a lot of good games for us since they were promoted to the first division. But I would say that today was the best game I've ever watched from them! The German commentator praised Hoffenheim.
After Hoffenheim tied the score at 3-1, the two sides fell into a holding phase, that is, Hoffenheim desperately attacked, and Inter Milan desperately defended.
Time passed quickly, and in the final stages of the game, Inter Milan finally came out of their way and intended to finish the game in 90 minutes. Hoffenheim didn't want to drag it out until extra time, and the two sides started a battle against each other.
But just like the last time they attacked, as long as the two sides decided to attack, there would always be a little bit of luck, and they couldn't grasp the opportunity.
However, the commentators announced that the game had entered a white-hot stage, and the people watching the game were terrified.
At the end of the 90 minutes, both sides had a great chance each.
First of all, Inter Milan found Hoffenheim's hole in the attack, Sneijder shot hard, and the ball hit the body of Hoffenheim defender Simunic, creating a refraction, although it did not fly directly into the goal, but bounced to the other side of the penalty area and fell to the feet of Milito. The Argentine striker was completely unmarked at the time, but he was also ill-prepared for the ball to fall to his feet so easily, and he hurriedly got up to shoot, but the ball went out of the net...... Immediately following Hoffenheim's attack, Chu Zhongtian also got the opportunity to score his first hat-trick in his career. His sudden-fire shot on the edge of the penalty area was pounced on by Cesar, hit the post and bounced back, allowing the returning centre-back Lucio to kick out. Also missed the chance to score.
Seeing that the game was indeed going to overtime, Rangnick began to make substitutions. Obasi replaced the exhausted Ruud van Nistelrooy and Weiss for Eduardo. On the other hand, Mourinho had already used two substitutions, and he was not moving at this time.
After four minutes of stoppage time, the referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the 90 minutes.
"Ninety minutes over! Hoffenheim lead Inter Milan 3-1 at their home stadium! However, since the aggregate score of the two sides is exactly the same as the away goal, extra time is required. If extra time doesn't solve the problem, there will be only a penalty shootout! ”
"Before the game, everyone thought that the second leg of Inter Milan was just a passing formality, and there was nothing to organize them to advance, and the score of 3:1 in the first leg was really good. Who would have thought that this game would go to extra time? Hoffenheim showed us their tenacity and it was a really good game! ”
"At this point, there are no losers. Hoffenheim, in particular, were considered underdogs before the game, and the first leg knocked them back to square one, and they are still far from the demands of the Champions League knockout rounds...... But now everyone is impressed! They have the quality to make it all the way to the Champions League final. ”
"The 30-minute extra time is a test for the players on both sides who have been running for 90 minutes, and it is also a test for us Chinese fans who stayed up late to watch the game. However, I believe that after watching such a wonderful game, many people's drowsiness must have disappeared without a trace. The ninety minutes of this game are really exciting, not to mention those confrontations, those passing and running positions that make us scream, just Chu Zhongtian's two goals, it is enough to make everyone excited and can't sleep, right? Anyway, if I were to go to sleep right away at this time, I would definitely not be able to do it. ”
※※※There is a five-minute break between the 90-minute game and extra time, and there will be no locker room during this time, and it may take five minutes to walk back and forth...... So everyone sat on the sidelines near their respective benches, resting and listening to the manager's extra-time tactics.
Don't think that overtime is all about the process, when you enter overtime, you must go to the penalty shootout. Truth be told, no team in the world is willing to play penalties against their opponents, not even the most psychologically minded German teams.
Penalties are too fortuitous for the manager's arrangement to be used here. So it's still a normal game, and everyone likes it the most.
With only thirty minutes of extra time, it looks short. Consider that before that, both players had been running for 90 minutes and were on the verge of exhaustion, so 30 minutes is a long time.
How to distribute physical energy reasonably in these 30 minutes, and still pose a threat to the opponent's goal, and strive for goals, is really a science.
Generally speaking, everyone will always have this feeling when watching the overtime of the game, the 30-minute overtime is divided into two halves, 15 minutes each, the two teams always take turns to wield, in the first half you slammed I wilted, in the second half we switched to a bit, I jerked you wilted. Basically, it's like this, because everyone's physical fitness can't guarantee a 30-minute high-paced game, so use this way to allocate physical strength.
The same goes for this game.
Rangnick arranged for the team to attack in the first half, take advantage of this momentum, and try to score another goal in the first fifteen minutes, so that he can regain the initiative in his hands.
As for the second half of extra time...... If you can't, just stick to it!
On the other side, Mourinho's instructions to his team were: "If the opponent starts in the first half, then we will continue to defend it." If they decide to defend, we attack. ”
So at the beginning of the second half, Inter Milan consciously took it back as soon as they saw Hoffenheim attacking.
※※※ In the first half, despite Hoffenheim's hard work, they did not break through Inter's goal, because their attacking quality was limited by their physical fitness, and many people could not run. Hoffenheim's attack in the first half was so sharp and unexpected, and it had to do with their tireless running. As a result, they are always able to go where the Inter players are not expected and make links that the Inter players do not expect.
Not anymore. Except for a few who were able to maintain a high speed, many more would bend over at the first opportunity, bracing their knees with their hands and gasping for air.
Rangnick's training intensity is very high, so the team's fitness is good among Bundesliga teams, but this game is so fierce that even they can't stand it.
In this game, Hoffenheim burned 200 percent of himself and exerted 2,000 percent of his energy, otherwise how could he almost dominate the whole game, and how could he beat a super team like Inter Milan in 90 minutes 3:1?
It's not easy to fight until this time.
At the end of the first half, the score was still 3:1, Hoffenheim 3, Inter Milan 1.
Everyone knew that Inter Milan should be the protagonist in the second half, so when the two sides exchanged venues, Chu Zhongtian made a gesture to everyone to defend with all his strength and wait for the opportunity to counterattack.
In the last fifteen minutes, the priority is definitely not to score goals, but not to concede goals. As long as you don't concede a goal, there is still hope, after all, the chances of both sides in penalty shoot-outs are equal.
At the start of the second half of extra-time, Rangnick made a substitution, his last substitution, with centre-back Metzelder replacing striker Ibisevic.
Ibisevic has finished his game and he is still making one final contribution to the team, which is to walk slowly off the pitch to buy the team time to rest and delay the game a bit.
The Hoffenheim fans in the stands applauded Ibisevic. Although he did not score in this game, he assisted Chu Zhongtian's first goal and Hoffenheim's second goal of the game. It was a crucial goal, Ibyševich jumped high in front of goal, making everyone think he would head the goal, he deceived not only the fans in the stands and the audience in front of the TV, but also the TV broadcast and the Inter defenders, who turned their cameras on him at the time, but he made a surprise pass! A striker who passes the ball out just six yards from the goal, he doesn't do what the striker does and doesn't act like a striker, but he's a good Hoffenheim player, he's part of the team, and he's sacrificing his own interests to get the most out of the team.
So the Hoffenheim fans will not be dissatisfied with him because he did not score, but send the most sincere applause.
Ibisevic walked off the pitch slowly, and the game resumed. Metzelder and Simunic and Pogaertz form a three-center back, plus Kolarov and Baker two full-backs, Chu Zhongtian and Sana will be pulled into the penalty area, and can also be used as central defenders. Salihovic and Weiss also retreated to defend, with the exception of one Obasi, almost all of whom retreated to the 30-metre zone.
It's about defending Inter's attack.
Hoffenheim's side is not fit enough, and Inter Milan is about the same.
Only a handful of people can still run non-stop.
And as the time of the game passed, at the last moment, there was almost only one Chu Zhongtian in the audience who could still make a continuous sprint and run so physically exhausted. He had just forced McCone to cross the ball back to centre-back on the right side of the pitch, and then he reappeared on the left flank of the pitch to keep out Samuel Eto'o's cross with a flying tackle. He had cleared the ball in the box a minute earlier, acting as a centre-back, and a minute later he was running 60 metres with the ball himself, completing a counter-attack with a long-range shot of considerable quality.
By the end, the Hoffenheim fans in the stands were cheering for him, not for Hoffenheim.
The shouts of "Chu Chu Chu" resounded in the sky without stopping, and became the main theme, the only sound in the last minutes of the game at the Rhine-Neckar Stadium.
He Ping praised Chu Zhongtian's physical fitness and professionalism more than once. "He's still running, he's the only one in the room! Good physical fitness also requires such mental and willpower support, and Chu Zhongtian combined the two! ”
The other commentators also admired Chu Zhongtian's performance.
'On his first day in the team, he was named captain of the team by Rangnick. This game shows us why Rangnick did what he did. He does deserve the captain's armband on his arm. ”
"There are a lot of players with good fitness, there are a lot of players with strong will, and there is no shortage of players with the ability to make decisions. But there are not many players with good physical fitness, tenacious will, and decision-making ability, and Hoffenheim's No. 8 player Chu is one of them! ”
"I didn't think Hoffenheim would have beaten Inter Milan and progressed to the quarter-finals. But looking at Chu's performance, I retract such a superficial idea. I think even if Hoffenheim finally advances to the quarterfinals, it will be well deserved! ”
In the end, Inter Milan couldn't find the back of the net for 15 minutes, even though they really wanted to.
One hundred and twenty minutes of the game is over!
"Penalty shootout!"
(To be continued)