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In fact, the game did not look like a Champions League group stage, and the coaches and players of both sides were calm before the game, with neither verbal battles nor off-the-board moves. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The two coaches shook hands when they met at a press conference the day before the game.

And Auxerre's captain and big player Pedretti also praised Chu Zhongtian in front of the German media, believing that he is an excellent player who can be ranked in the top five among the midfielders in world football today.

Hoffenheim's players also followed Rangnick's instructions and did not show any disdain or disdain in front of the media.

Fernandes also recalled his first time at Hoffenheim to lead the team in a press conference, saying that at that time he did not expect to meet this team again in the Champions League. Then he raved about the team, saying that Rangnick did a great job and that Hoffenheim have where they are today is inseparable from the hard work of this great coach.

For the first time in a long time, someone identified with Rangnick's work in such a way. Before, everyone was always saying that this was Dietma. Hope's team was later changed to Chu Zhongtian's one-man team, and Rangnick seemed to be insignificant, and anyone else could achieve such a result as him.

Hoffenheim have been the subject of controversy since their appearance in the top league of German football, from a series of insulting nicknames such as "nouveau riche", "mercenary" and "bitch", to the personal relationship between the team owner and the president of the German Football Association, and now the dispute over who the team is.

The match against Auxerre turned out to be a rare quiet time for them. There was no dispute about who the team was, and there was no war of words with the opponent.

The atmosphere before the game was friendly.

"I'm not even used to it......," a media reporter lamented.

It's a pure football game and nothing else is involved.

By the time the game was about to start, the Rhine-Neckar Stadium was already packed, and there were still people waiting for tickets outside the stadium, but they were doomed to disappointment.

The players from both sides had already warmed up on the pitch and returned to their respective dressing rooms.

The live radio was playing pre-match warm-up music, allowing fans to pass the time before the game.

The Hoffenheim players were in their own lounge listening to Rangnick put the finishing touches.

"Remember, patience!" Rangnick held out his right index finger and said to the players, "This game is about patience. This game will also be a game for you to learn and gain experience. In the next games we will have a lot of chances against teams that are not defending and you have to learn how to deal with teams like that. ”

Rangnick's emphasis on patience certainly does not mean that Hoffenheim will abandon their fast style of football in this game. Fast is a characteristic of Hoffenheim and must be insisted on. However, the definition of fast is different in different situations. Hoffenheim won't have too many opportunities to play a quick counter-attack this game, and there should be little room for them to play their speed. So how do you get up fast? Fast at this time means to be fast enough when there is an opportunity, to be resolute enough, to be able to grasp it quickly, and then form an opportunity to threaten the opponent's goal.

Fast means to be fast in this moment.

Of course, what kind of moment should be fast, and what kind of moment should not be fast. This is Chu Zhongtian's specific job, he is responsible for mastering the rhythm of the team. Rangnick never goes into too much detail about this, he believes in and relies on Chu Zhongtian's inspiration and experience.

On the other side, Fernandez was also giving a pre-match speech to his disciples.

'Our goal is to keep the game drawn, but as you all know, taking just one point is not a future for us. Fernandez has changed his low profile in front of the news media and has set the goal of winning. "So anything other than three points is unacceptable."

After being drawn to the Group of Death, many of Auxerre's players were disappointed, although they were content to be able to play in the Champions League. But will any player really think that? I finally made it to the Champions League, and of course I hope to go as far as possible.

Lost 0:2 away to AC Milan and 0:1 at home to Real Madrid, facing the top two teams in the group, they are powerless, but facing the third-tier team Hoffenheim, who is about the same strength, if they don't have the mentality of fighting hard, they can indeed go home after the group stage.

Even if you don't qualify from the group, you will have to finish third in the group and then compete in the knockout stages of the UEFA Cup.

When Hoffenheim saw Auxerre as a target for points, didn't Auxerre also see Hoffenheim as a target for points - they didn't see each other as points targets, should they still use Real Madrid and AC Milan as points targets?

In order to hold the three points, Auxerre's tactic in this game is to defend and counterattack. Fernandes, who has been keeping a low profile in the past, hopes that this will help to paralyze the Hoffenheim players and make them feel underestimated.

Fernandes is still confident in his team's defence, conceding just 29 goals last season, the fewest in Ligue 1. In order to defend Hoffenheim's attack, Fernandes started training a week and a half in advance, and made a lot of corresponding arrangements for Hoffenheim.

Just as Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic said in an interview with reporters that when facing the teacher's team, he would not show mercy to his subordinates, but would go all out, and Fernandez would not show mercy to Hoffenheim's subordinates with Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic, and also go all out.

Based on his knowledge and analysis of Hoffenheim, the style of Hoffenheim's team is characterized by "fast", and they are very good at fast attack. Therefore, in order to avoid being caught by the opponent at the back to play a quick counterattack, Fernandes requires his team to defend strictly, and the four defenders are not allowed to press over the middle line, so as to avoid too much space behind the back line and give the opponent the opportunity to play a quick counterattack.

In addition, try to get through the midfield as easily and quickly as possible when attacking, rather than tangling with Hoffenheim's midfielders in the midfield. Pedretti and Chu Zhongtian are not of the same grade, and they will only be surrounded by Chu Zhongtian and Sana in the midfield. This is not a wise thing to do.

As long as you can hold on and don't concede the ball, then the victory of the game will belong to AJERRE. Because the Hoffenheim players who have been going well recently are not mentally prepared when facing difficulties, they will have an impatient heart, and it is impossible for them to play good football under impatience.

Fernandez quite believes in Chu Zhongtian's psychological quality. But as he said before, football is a sport of eleven people, and even if Chu Zhongtian plays well, and his other teammates don't cooperate with him, Hoffenheim may not be able to win. Chu Zhongtian's excellent psychological quality does not mean that other Hoffenheim players have excellent psychological quality. Chu Zhongtian is still indomitable in the face of difficulties and can deal with it calmly, which does not mean that other Hoffenheim players can do the same when facing unfavorable situations.

Therefore, for Fernandez, if he wants to defeat Hoffenheim, the key point is not Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian's teammates. This is different from the coaches of most other teams, and generally Hoffenheim's opponents will feel that since Chu Zhongtian is the core of the team and the most threatening task, then if you want to beat Hoffenheim, you have to start with their core Chu Zhongtian.

Fernandez didn't do it the way he did, but instead opened up a whole new way of thinking. He doesn't need to curb Chu Zhongtian's passing organization, and only guards against Chu Zhongtian when he shoots and scores. This means that the team has a lot less pressure on the defense and less energy to expend.

The main focus of Auxerre's defense was on other players, Salihovic, Ibisevic, Quaresma, Sana, Kolarov, Srna...... Placed on these people. Although these people are also very good, there is still a big gap between them and Chu Zhongtian in terms of personal quality, and it is obviously much easier to defend them than to defend Chu Zhongtian, an all-round warrior.

Therefore, it will work better by doing so.

※※※ Under the leadership of the captain, the players of both sides followed the referee into the stadium, and the theme song of the Champions League sounded on the spot. Rhine-Neckar was jubilant.

After queuing up for reporters to pat, shaking hands with Auxerre's captain Pedretti, exchanging team flags and picking edges, Chu Zhongtian put the team flag on the sidelines. Then he didn't go straight back to the pitch, but ran straight to the Auxerre dugout next door, and then hugged the old coach Fernandez there in front of many media.

In this way, he thanked Fernandez for his kindness and nurturing affection.

"Oh! Look, Chu and Fernandez are hugging each other! It was a scene full of warmth......"

The narrator was also a little surprised.

However, the Hoffenheim fans in the stands were not jealous, they stood up and applauded Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian attaches so much importance to love and righteousness, and they like it very much. Because this shows that Chu Zhongtian will also love Hoffenheim deeply, and it will not be so easy for him to leave.

Fernandez was a little surprised, he didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to be so eager to hug him. He patted Chu Zhongtian on the back hard.

"Try to put your best foot forward, Chu!" He said to Chu Zhongtian. He wants to beat Hoffenheim, but he wants to beat one of the best, Chu Zhongtian.

"I will, Teacher!"

Chu Zhongtian and Fernandes separated, and then ran back to the pitch to gather his teammates, and he had something to add before kick-off.

'The opposition defence is going to be very compact, so we have to run more than we normally would, a little bit more sideways to pull their defence. Chu Zhongtian said to everyone. "You are not allowed to stand up and kick the ball, you have to run at all times, and you can only have time and loopholes to exploit when you run."

After giving this order, he waved everyone to disperse and prepare to kick off.

On the other side of the field, Auxerre's captain Pedreti also gathered his team-mates, who also had something to say.

"Guys, we have to win this game! Our opponents are not weak, so we have to stick together. I want the strikers to be active in defending as well, and defending is the key in this game! Pedreti shouted that the Rhine-Neckar Stadium was really noisy, the Hoffenheim fans were singing without listening for a moment, and if he didn't speak loudly, his teammates might not be able to hear what he was saying.

※※※After everyone stood in their respective positions, the referee and the fourth official on the field checked the time and blew the whistle for the start of the game.

"It's game on! I think in a sense, maybe the battle between these two teams will determine the qualification situation of this group! Hoffenheim's home win over AC Milan in the last round disrupted the qualification situation in this group, and now in addition to Real Madrid with six points, AC Milan and Hoffenheim are both three points, Hoffenheim are temporarily third in the group because of the disadvantage of goal difference, but this round, they host Auxerre, the weakest team in the group, and the odds of winning are very good. AC Milan will travel to Real Madrid, with Jose Mourinho's side in fine form at the moment, with their key player Cristiano Murphy taking on Real Madrid. Ronaldo's form is also red and purple, and AC Milan, who are playing away, is unlucky. If Hoffenheim beat AJ Auxerre and AC Milan lose away to Real Madrid, the group will be even more interesting......

The game started with Auxerre kicking off. Because he knows that the opponent is going to play defensive counterattacks, he will definitely defend strictly at the beginning of the game, and he will not give himself too many opportunities to attack. Therefore, Chu Zhongtian was not interested in taking the right to kick off at the beginning of the game, he won the right to pick the edge and gave the right to kick off to Auxerre.

Auxerre's first attack ended quickly and hastily, as the pre-match analysis said, Auxerre's mind was not on the attack at all, they were worried about conceding the ball too early, so even if they let them kick off the attack, they did not invest much, and the two full-backs were not involved in the attack at all. Midfielder Pedretti sent a long ball to the wing, and then crossed from the side, and the striker Yellen in the middle barely fought for the top, but before he could reach it, the ball was confiscated by goalkeeper Nyema.

After completing this attack, Auxerre quickly recovered like a low tide. When Enyema hadn't kicked off yet, there was no Ousterre player left in the Hoffenheim half.

Such a scene made Chu Zhongtian, who was very familiar with Fernandez, feel quite unfamiliar. When he was in Metz, Fernandes would never let the team play this kind of football.

Because of the lack of pressure in the backfield, Chu Zhongtian didn't let Enyema kick the football to the front, anyway, it was useless to drive over, there were people everywhere. He ran to the outside of the box and waved for Nyema to pass the ball to him.

He decided to test Ousterre with the ball.

After receiving the football, he turned around, faced the attack, and then raised his hand to make a gesture to the whole team to play the ball control.

After making a control gesture, he was not in a hurry to pass the ball forward, but to pass back and forth with the central defenders, moving the team's line forward little by little. He passes the ball to either the centre-back Comper or Simunic, runs forward about five to ten metres and then receives the ball from the centre-back. After the defenders passed the football to Chu Zhongtian, they acted in unison, ran forward for a distance, and waited for Chu Zhongtian to pass the football over.

In this way, the team's defense line is not mentioned too much at once.

This is more stable and does not give the opponent too many opportunities to take advantage of.

Chu Zhongtian was still observing the opponent's movements in such a backward foot, and he found that when he pressed the halfway line, Auxerre's players still had no intention of coming up to break the ball. It seems that the teacher gave them instructions when I didn't play half-time, and they were only half-time...... Chu Zhongtian thought so in his heart.

Case...... Chu Zhongtian slammed the football forward, instead of just frequenting his feet with the defenders in the back.

He opted to pass the football directly to striker Ibisevic. From being on the back and back to passing directly to the striker's feet, the span is a bit large. Chu Zhongtian wanted to see how tight Auxerre's defense could be at the front of their own penalty area.

Sure enough, it was very tight, and Ibisevic retreated to receive the ball, but the opponent's central defender also followed suit, always sticking to Ibisevic, so that he could not turn around. If you turn around rashly, you risk losing the ball.

So Ibisevic passed the football back to Chu Zhongtian.

At this time, Chu Zhongtian had already crossed the halfway line, and when he received the ball, Auxerre's striker Yellen immediately pounced on him, which was completely different from his previous attitude of ignoring him.

When Chu Zhongtian saw him coming up, he passed the football directly back to the central defender Simunich, who was still behind the halfway.

Yellen saw that the football was back over there, and she also gave up continuing the pursuit, but he still stayed not far from Chu Zhongtian, ready to grab the ball and launch a counterattack at any time.

This time the attack did not work, but Chu Zhongtian already basically knew Auxerre's defensive strategy - to give up the space of the entire half in the midfield and defend his own half, especially the 30-meter area.

Their main defensive focus is on the middle, and although they know that Hoffenheim are characterized by a wide flank, they also do not put their defensive heavy on the wing, because that would dilute their defence. It's like dozens of pieces of paper stacked on top of each other and a single piece of paper, of course, a single piece of paper is more likely to be pierced and pierced. Anyway, no matter how sharp the attack on the side is, you still have to go back to the middle in the end, because if you want to complete the step of shooting and scoring in the middle, you can't just rely on the wing.

In that case, how do you make their defenses looser?

Chu Zhongtian thinks that it will not work when attacking in the middle, and he still needs to rely on the side.

Give full play to Hoffenheim's characteristics of attacking from the wing, and break down the opponent from the wing.

This is the specific offensive strategy formulated by Chu Zhongtian for the team.

Once he had the plan in place, he turned and ran to the back, waving his hand to his teammates for the ball.

A new wave of Hoffenheim's offensive is coming.

(To be continued)