Chapter 81: A Battle in the Air
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There will always be such and such voices before the key game, and the most striking voice before Hertha Berlin is Kachar's war letter to Chu Zhongtian, it is not clear whether this is Kachar's personal doing, or Hertha Berlin's psychological tactics. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 But Kachar's words did push both himself and Chu Zhongtian into the limelight.
This battle for the second and third places has one more point to watch - in the face of Kachar's provocation, whether Chu Zhongtian will face it, and how to face it.
The match was not scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, but was scheduled for Friday night, the first match of the 29th round.
Hildebrand, who has been plagued by injuries in this game, can finally start, he came to Hoffenheim on a free transfer during the winter break, originally hoping to get a new life, but after he came, he continued to be injured and missed many games.
At the age of twenty-nine, he is no longer young, and although the goalkeeper is a relatively long-lived position, he is always injured frequently, which will still greatly shorten his professional life.
The fact that he was able to come back in this crucial battle is a good thing for his self-confidence.
"Hey, Chu. Be careful of that Kachar during the game. Hildebrand, who was able to start, was in a good mood, and he patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder with his big hand to remind.
Everyone knows about Kachar's challenge to Chu Zhongtian before the game, and there are many people in the team who are indignant about it, and they all think that Kachar is too crazy, and he must give this kid a little bit of power.
The older teammates reminded Chu Zhongtian to pay attention to the other party's small movements.
Although he thanked them for their concern, Chu Zhongtian was not afraid to confront that Kachar, whether it was physical or small.
In terms of small actions, when playing at Wimbledon, there were not a lot of small actions in the English amateur league, and even due to the uneven level of referees, many small actions were very bad. But he survived in that environment and was largely uninjured. So he is not afraid of any opponent's small moves.
In terms of physical confrontation, in Ligue 1, he can compete with Cana, who has the title of "killing machine", and he is not inferior at all, so you can know that he is also dominant in this regard.
No matter how powerful that Kachar is, for him, it is not as good as a killing machine and an amateur league, so there is nothing to worry about.
But he still thanked everyone for their kindness.
"Thanks for the reminder, Timmer."
Ibisevic was full of confidence in Chu Zhongtian, and was not worried that Chu Zhongtian would suffer, he took over the conversation: "Don't worry, Timmer." That kid can't win Chu. The first time they met, they were lucky, but this time it wasn't necessarily the case. ”
Assistant coach Marić walked in, "It's quiet, the manager is here." ”
There was a sudden silence in the dressing room, and soon head coach Rangnick walked into the dressing room, accompanied by another assistant coach, Zeidler.
This is the last chance to speak before the game, and it is not appropriate to make too many tactical explanations at this time, because everyone's mind is not at all in these details, the tactics have already been talked about in the tactical class last night, and now the manager has to mobilize the players' will to fight, mobilize their emotions, and make them full of fighting spirit. That's what a good manager should do. A manager who doesn't know what to say before the game and only knows gibberish can only make the team follow him with his brain and be confused after playing.
In reality, there are no such things. When the game is too important, some managers lose their cool due to too much pressure, either become overly excited, or their brains go blank, so you can imagine what a manager can instill in his players...... Therefore, the performance of many originally strong teams in some games is completely incomprehensible, and there is another explanation in addition to betting on football...... Rangnick isn't a master at mental tuning, but the basics can always be done.
"That's right, lads. I suddenly remembered something and now regretted it - I shouldn't have shown you the video highlights of Hertha Berlin's last league games yesterday, I should have shown you the last time we played them. Because it reminds you of how this team took the win on their home turf. ”
Although he said this, his words instantly reminded everyone of the game in the first half of the season, except for Pogatts and Hildebrand, who were not in the team in the first half of the season.
That game was the first of five wins in a row, with the team hoping to win Hertha Berlin and make it six in a row.
In fact, after losing that game, Rangnick felt very happy, because this defeat before the game against Bayern Munich came in time, poured cold water on the players, and made them all sober up, so that they could play so well against Bayern Munich.
But this kind of thing depends on where it is used. Now the team needs back-to-back wins to boost morale, so Rangnick brought the game back up and gave it another meaning – revenge.
"Think about how they treat us? So it's a battle for revenge! ”
The emotions of the players were instantly mobilized. It's really a revenge fight, plus that bastard Kachar made a lot of nonsense before the game, so this game can't be lost anyway, no, not just can't lose, but also win, win Hertha Berlin without temper!
"Alright, now go out and fight them!"
The players roared and stood up from their seats.
※※※Because of his disrespectful words to Chu Zhongtian before the game, Kachar heard boos from the stands at the Rhine-Neckar Stadium when he came out.
Chu Zhongtian has won the hearts of all Hoffenheim fans through his own performance, and everyone has accepted him as the core of the team's captain and the image of the flag.
Someone attacking Chu Zhongtian is equivalent to attacking Hoffenheim, which Hoffenheim fans will not agree.
So after the start of the game, as soon as Kachar got the ball, there would be a burst of boos in the stands.
When Duan Bin was commenting on the game, he was actually quite proud to hear this kind of voice - to be able to make foreign fans boo another person for him, Chinese football players have such influence abroad, I am afraid that only Chu Zhongtian is the only one.
At the beginning of the game, Hoffenheim launched a fierce attack as usual, and in the fourth minute, Chu Zhongtian passed back to Salihovic, who shot directly from a distance and missed the post. In the seventh minute, it was Salihovic who received a pass from Chu Zhongtian, dribbled horizontally to the edge of the penalty area and shot wide.
Two consecutive shots on goal showed that Hoffenheim were on top of it on their home turf.
Hertha Berlin saw that Hoffenheim was very strong in this game, so they sacrificed their killer move - foul tactics.
When Chu Zhongtian took the ball again, No. 44 Kachar rushed up from the side, and then pushed his upper hand directly on Chu Zhongtian's shoulder, his hand pushed forward, but his foot was hooking back, which was clearly a foul.
But Chu Zhongtian insisted on not falling to the ground, and the football was still controlled by him.
He knows what the opponent is going to do - use frequent fouls to force him to concede the ball, although they can't get possession, but they can disrupt Hoffenheim's offensive rhythm, Hoffenheim's pace is very fast, like a high-speed train on the track, once it starts at a high speed, it is very fast, but if you suddenly give it a sudden brake, you can imagine what kind of result will be. And if a train accelerates, brakes suddenly, starts to accelerate again, and brakes suddenly, it is not a good thing for the passengers on the train and the train itself.
Hertha Berlin did this kind of thing, so that Hoffenheim, the train told the train to keep starting to accelerate and then braking hard, and after a few more times, the team could not find the original rhythm.
The last time they did this on their home turf, it proved to work, winning 2-1 and leading by two goals at one point, only to be saved by Hoffenheim in the end.
With such a case, it is not surprising that Hertha Berlin is convinced that foul play is the best weapon to use against Hoffenheim.
But if you don't concede the ball, the opponent's wishful thinking will be at least half disappointed.
But the referee blew the whistle anyway and awarded Hertha Berlin a foul.
There were boos for Kachar in the stands, but Chu Zhongtian was not very satisfied with the referee's decision, which undoubtedly made the opponent's wishful thinking come true - no matter if you fall to the ground or not, as long as the referee blows the whistle, the game will be interrupted, and the sudden braking will be completed.
Chu Zhongtian complained to the referee: "I haven't conceded the ball yet......"
However, it also made him realize that even if he didn't concede the goal, he couldn't spend too long with the opponent here.
The best way for the opponent to foul himself and fight back is definitely not to kick it back, or simply fall to the ground and make a painful gesture for the referee to give the opponent a card, but to still pass a wonderful pass under his interference, complete an attack, threaten the opponent's goal, or even simply score a goal. Because only in this way can the opponent be horrified to find out that their foul tactics are not effective at all! If you foul and go back, you can only get your own cards, and although the opponent is punished when you fall to the ground, your own attack is not completed. Chu Zhongtian doesn't like the kind of kick that the opponent falls to the ground as soon as he touches it, although this can avoid injury, but it is too weak in the game, and it will only make the opponent feel that you are a bully. Always complaining to the referee after falling to the ground, it is not his Chu Zhongtian style, it is like a wronged child who only knows to sue his parents and teachers, hoping to hide under the protection of the referee to play football. But on the football field, everything can go well, you may encounter a referee who strictly enforces the law, or you may encounter a referee who blows a soft whistle, and pinning your hopes on the referee is putting the cart before the horse.
When the game restarted, Kachar was a little proud, he threw his head up and looked at Chu Zhongtian in the distance with condescending eyes. This time it was his victory.
"It seems that Hertha Berlin coach Favre's weapon against Chu before the game is a foul tactic...... It's not really creative, but it's useful so far. A player like Chu Zhongtian, who wants to control the football at his feet and launch an attack, really hates being fouled constantly. The referee in this game also looked quite strict, and just now Chu was still in control of the ball, and he had already blown the whistle to signal the opponent to foul. It's a good thing for Chu to avoid the possibility of injury......"
How did the commentator know that Chu Zhongtian didn't appreciate it...... Chu Zhongtian is not afraid of getting hurt, and it can even be said that his physical fitness makes him rarely injured. In the past few years of his career, the most serious injuries have been caused by himself, one is a thigh muscle strain and the other is an arm fracture, which is not caused by anyone violating him.
※※※ In the fifteenth minute, Chu Zhongtian once again posted the ball at the front of the penalty area, and Kachar posted it, this time he wanted to force Chu Zhongtian to pass the football back, and it seemed that he had the upper hand, because Chu Zhongtian turned around in order to protect the ball, and now he was facing away from the offensive direction, so he could only pass the ball back.
Chu Zhongtian leaned back and leaned on Kachar, stepping on the football under his feet, forming a right-angled triangle, Kachar couldn't reach his football, and directly kicked the supporting foot, and would give Hoffenheim a direct free kick at the edge of the penalty area. Before the game, head coach Favre reminded all the players that although they were going to use foul tactics, they were not indiscriminate. In danger zones, try to avoid free-kicks at Hoffenheim, who have a set-piece specialist, Salihovic, who is a dangerous direct free-kick and has scored five direct free-kicks so far.
So here, Kachar didn't dare to foul Chu Zhongtian, but he couldn't turn around easily because he was stuck in position, as long as the football was passed to the midfield, then Hertha Berlin could use foul tactics to his heart's content.
But Chu Zhongtian didn't perform according to the script designed by Kachar.
Kachar felt that the target he was marking became dishonest, and he seemed to want to force a turn from the left, so he hurriedly pushed his body up and landed on Chu Zhongtian's forward route, and at the same time, in order to prevent him from escaping from the other side, his hand was still pulling Chu Zhongtian's jersey.
Chu Zhongtian's intention to turn to the left was indeed a feint, but he didn't want to escape from the other side, he just made room for himself to move, and when he felt that Kachar behind him also moved, he turned around sharply and used a very difficult move to pass the football to the direction he had turned away from before!
"Pass! Nice back-to-back pass! How did she see that location? ”
Salihovic didn't have much hope of receiving a pass on the wing at first, but when the ball did come over, he still made a beautiful stoppage, which was completely reflexive and the result of years of training.
Kachar was still surprised by Chu Zhongtian's pass, when he saw Chu Zhongtian turn around and run behind him, he reacted and hurriedly followed.
Meanwhile, Salihovic's cross arrived, and Hertha Berlin's centre-backs were eyeing Ibisevic, Obsisi and Demba. Ba is the three most terrifying tridents, and the only one who defends Chu Zhongtian is Kachar, who is following behind his ass.
Chu Zhongtian suddenly jumped up when he ran to the position close to the penalty spot, Kachar didn't catch Chu Zhongtian's rhythm, and watched Hoffenheim's No. 8 jump in the air, and it was too late for him to jump up and defend. Now he could only stand on the ground, raise his head, and watch Chu Zhongtian glide in the air with his arms outstretched, as if he was flying...... Ibisevic jumped up in front of him, but he couldn't hit the ball, and Hertha Berlin centre-back von Bergen (steve_von_bergen) jumped up and couldn't get his hands on the ball.
The football flew to the center of the penalty area, facing the position of the goal, and Chu Zhongtian was there. At this time, there was only one defender in front of Chu Zhongtian, Hertha Berlin's central defender Simunich!
Salihovic's cross...... Clear! ”
Chu Zhongtian, who was jumping in the air, saw Simunich across in front of him, and the other party had already jumped up, but he was obviously half a beat slower...... At this time, Chu Zhongtian didn't care if there was one person in front of him to defend or ten people to defend, he had already jumped in the air, even if he had to collide with the person in front, he couldn't care so much.
Of course, Simunich also saw Chu Zhongtian, and he wouldn't think that Chu Zhongtian would get out of politeness, and no one could let this ball go!
Soon the two met in the air, Chu Zhongtian shook his head towards the goal, and Simunic shook his head outside the penalty area.
"Header!"
It was so fast that no one could see who touched the ball first. Hertha Berlin goalkeeper Drobny (jaroslav_drobny) only saw the football suddenly flying towards him, he reflexively rose into the air, waved to play, but was a step too late...... "Chu Zhongtian's header on the goal...... The ball is in!! ”
“gooooooooooooal!!!”
"Fifteenth minute! Hoffenheim take a one-goal lead! What a great start! ”
"Chu Zhongtian scored his seventh goal of the season! Nice header! It's beautiful! Duan Bin happily danced in the studio.
The battle in the air had just ended, Chu Zhongtian still maintained the action of shaking his head to attack the goal, while Simunic was knocked over by him and lost his center of gravity.
Simunich, who fell down on his back, only saw that Chu Zhongtian was getting bigger and bigger in his eyes, almost covering the entire sky in front of him, and in the end, his face was completely unclear, leaving only a large black shadow.
A loud roar rang in his ears, the cacophony of Hoffenheim fans in the stands, but to him it sounded like a Boeing airliner taking off overhead...... That's right, in his eyes, the black shadow that covered the sky had turned into a huge plane.
One person, lost to one plane...... There doesn't seem to be anything to be ashamed of...... After landing, Chu Zhongtian ran straight to the stands where Hoffenheim fans gathered, waving his arms at them, and the fans in the stands responded to him with huge cheers.
"Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim! We are Hoffenheim!! ”
Behind him are Kachar and the other Hertha Berlin players who made the background for him.
(To be continued)