Chapter 282: Where Miracles Are Born
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At the press conference before the game, Chu Zhongtian attended the team as the captain and head coach Rangnick. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
At the press conference, a Chinese reporter asked him: "How does it feel to be back at Stamford Bridge?" β
Chu Zhongtian replied with a smile: "I deliberately took a few extra breaths of the air here when I was training just now, and it feels very good." β
Everyone laughed.
Before the game against Chelsea, Chu Zhongtian was not nervous, not only him, but also the other Hoffenheim players.
They were full of confidence. Although this self-confidence is interpreted by people with ulterior motives as "arrogant", "conceited" and "too relaxed".
Rangnick has not shown any fear of Chelsea.
That confidence is entirely due to their experience in the group stage.
In what was called the Group of Death, they broke through and eventually qualified for the tournament, beating AC Milan, drawing with Real Madrid and comfortably beating AJ Ousterre. Just as Chu Zhongtian thought at the beginning, the experience of the group stage will become a valuable asset for the whole Hoffenheim team, their Champions League experience is indeed not rich enough, but high-quality games can make up for some of these shortcomings, and playing against high-level teams one after another is like a master's move, and the progress is always faster than the general way.
And in the group stage, they performed well against Real Madrid and AC Milan, which greatly boosted the team's confidence. Crossing the quarter-finals has strengthened their confidence foundation.
Without the intense group stage process, Hoffenheim may still lack a strong mentality, getting carried away against the weak team and holding back when facing the strong team.
After this press conference, the German media said that Hoffenheim was full of confidence in this game, and they did not come here to win and lose.
Chelsea also look confident. Compared to Hoffenheim, their self-confidence is well-founded and convincing. Because this is their home stadium, they are higher than Hoffenheim in terms of the quality of the players, and they are also higher than Hoffenheim in terms of the quality of the coaches. If you can't have self-confidence, then there will be no more self-confidence in the world.
Since both teams have confidence, everyone is waiting for them to put on a good game.
β»β»β»On the day of the game, many people came to the Wimble Bar from after 4 p.m. They were all friends who had agreed to go to Stamford Bridge to watch the game together.
Some people came straight after work, and some people simply soaked here all day, didn't go anywhere, kept drinking and chatting with their friends. Of course, the conversation must be about the game against Chelsea, and before reminiscing about the memories, and then talking about the present, time flies quite quickly.
At five o'clock, two men came here, causing a commotion.
"Aha! Emily! Our princess! The people in the bar got up from their seats and welcomed the woman when they saw the woman coming in.
Emily greeted everyone with a smile: "Hi guys! β
"Hello princess!"
"Emily is good!"
Then Emily introduced Wu Qingyu to everyone: "You've all seen it, Wu." β
"Hi Wu!"
"Good afternoon, Chinese boy."
"Well acted, boy! We'll have to wait and see! β
Wu Qingyu had known these people for a long time, and the same people had known him for a long time. He had just arrived at Wimbledon, and after meeting the crew, he was introduced to the people in this bar by Emily. Because Chu Zhongtian has been related to this bar for a long time in Wimbledon, he works here, meets Emily here, meets friends in the Wimbledon team here, and makes a lot of friends here.
For this reason, Emily had already introduced Wu Qingyu to the people in the bar, so that Wu Qingyu could get closer to the role he wanted to play.
Of course, the game against Chelsea was a surprise. Originally, the scene where Chu Zhongtian became famous in the first battle was to find hundreds of extras to play the audience in the stands, and then synthesize it through computer technology to become a tsunami-like scene at Stamford Bridge.
Now that Hoffenheim has the opportunity to play against Chelsea, there is no need to find extras, although you can find as many as you want, but the passion is not as touching as the real one. It's all about being real.
Emily was right to tell Wu Qingyu to go to the scene to experience that passion, but at the same time, the crew has already started filming, they don't shoot the stadium, they shoot the stands, and they shoot the reaction of Wimbledon fans and Chelsea fans. After the filming is completed, it will be combined with the subsequent shooting of the game scene in post-production, and it will become a fierce competition that everyone sees on the screen.
For this reason, Wimbledon fans will have to wear yellow away shirts to support Hoffenheim.
Emily asked, "Are you all right?" β
Boss John waved the yellow jersey in his hand: "I will definitely wear it when the time comes!" β
Someone else ripped off his jacket, revealing the yellow Wimbledon jersey inside: "Wear it!" β
Emily laughed, "That's good, thank you!" β
"Thanks for what, Emily? We're going to be on the movies! β
Wu Qingyu looked at these people in front of him, some of what they said he could understand, and some he couldn't understand, but he could feel that kind of emotion - Emily and Chu Zhongtian were really very popular in the minds of these people.
Emily looked back at Wu Qingyu, who was standing at the door in a daze, and waved her hand to him: "Come, Wu, have a drink!" She raised the glass in her other hand.
"By the way, let's have a drink!" The others shouted. "If you want to be good at Chu, you have to be able to drink, and you must know that Chu's amount of alcohol is very good! Ha ha! β
Wu Qingyu took the wine glass and drank it in one go. The crowd whistled, applauded and laughed.
"Well done!"
βgood_jobοΌ Ha! β
"That's right, that's it! That's how it feels, haha! β
A group of people laughed back and forth. Emily smiled beside her and looked at Wu Qingyu, who was blushing because she drank too hard.
Wu Qingyu shouted at Boss John with an empty wine glass: "One more glass, boss!" β
"Uhhh
"John, I want a drink too!"
"Oh ha!"
A crowd of people followed.
While the Wimbledon fans were gathering in the bar and drinking with Emily and Wu Qingyu, the Hoffenheim players were sitting in the hotel with their final preparations, and they were about to leave.
The game was played at 8:45 p.m., and they were to arrive at the pitch at least 6:30 p.m. After a brief dinner, we boarded the bus and headed for Stamford Bridge.
While waiting to get on the bus, Ibisevic came to Chu Zhongtian's side.
"I remember when I was in Mace, and I listened to you tell you about the miracles of the mad gang." Ibisevic said. "How does it feel to go back to the place where miracles were born?"
Chu Zhongtian smiled: "This question has always been asked to me in the past few days. β
"Doesn't it feel good?"
"Pretty good."
"How's the Crazy Gang doing now?"
"It's a professional team."
"Oh!" Ibisevic whistled. "That's good! Then there must be a lot of people you know today, right? β
Chu Zhongtian looked out the window of the hotel: "Of course." It's a gathering of old friends. β
β»β»β» "Haha! It's a gathering of old friends! β
At the Wimbledon Bar, Boss John laughed happily as he watched the old faces come one after another.
There are a lot of old Wimbledon players who haven't been seen for years, some of them are still playing, but most of them are no longer playing, they are sitting in all kinds of jobs, some are still related to football, some are completely insulated from football, and they haven't even been in touch for years.
But today they regrouped because of this game.
Although it is not January 25, they all regard it as the anniversary of the game six years ago, with the keywords Stamford Bridge, Chelsea and Chu Zhongtian.
They all came to relive the unforgettable scene six years ago.
The Wimbles bar was bustling with people drinking, people chatting with old friends they hadn't seen in years, and people gathering to sing "its_my_chu" as they warmed up for the game.
Emily and Wu Qingyu were surrounded by more people, and everyone greeted them one after another, and some people suggested to Wu Qingyu, who was about to play Chu Zhongtian, telling Chu Zhongtian what kind of person he was, and everyone hoped that Wu Qingyu could play the Chu Zhongtian that everyone was familiar with.
Emily took the time to say to Wu Qingyu, "Do you feel the pressure?" β
Wu Qingyu shook his head: "It's okay......"
Emily nodded appreciatively, "That's it, Chu Ke never knew what nervousness was." Even before the FA Cup game against Chelsea. β
After that, she went to chat with the others again.
Wu Qingyu stood there, confidently savoring Emily's words.
Looking at the laughing partners, Boss John tidied up the yellow Wimbledon jersey on his body and waved his arm violently: "Let's go, guys!" β
"Let's go! Go to Stamford Bridge! β
Roaring out, everyone seemed to really go back to the day four years ago, everyone set off from here to Stamford Bridge to watch the game in the cold wind, and at that time everyone could not imagine that they would experience such a game in the next 90 minutes, which made them excited, and they couldn't sleep all night, and a miracle appeared in front of their eyes...... "Gentlemen, it's time for us to go!" Assistant coach MariΔ stood at the door of the hall and shouted to the players resting inside.
Everyone got up from their seats and walked to the door.
Chu Zhongtian was still with Ibisevic, and Ibisevic said to Chu Zhongtian: "Can a miracle be staged again?" β
Chu Zhongtian turned his head to look at him: "This time is not a miracle. β
Yes, it was a miracle for an amateur team in the ninth tier to beat the top Premier League team, but Hoffenheim's win over Chelsea had absolutely nothing to do with miracles. Even the word "unpopular", Chu Zhongtian did not accept it. Our goal is Wembley, and if a win against Chelsea is a miracle, then it will take several miracles to achieve it, which is too unreliable, right?
After everyone was on the bus, Rangnick came up one after the other, and he said to the driver, "Go, go to Stamford Bridge." β
Someone in the car shouted: "Go!" Go to Stamford Bridge! β
Rangnick was taken aback and looked back to see that it was Ibisevic who was so excited.
Everyone was amused by Ibisevic.
In the midst of such laughter, the bus started and drove towards Stamford Bridge, the birthplace of miracles.
β»β»β» This game is definitely not as popular as Real Madrid's home game against Manchester United, but the English media still gave you some background information before the game. Mortensen was not the commentator of the game, but before the game he spoke enthusiastically about the FA Cup game four years ago, which is still considered to be one of the most classic upsets in FA Cup history.
He recalls that game as he witnessed a superstar take his first steps. He was very happy. At the end of the article, he had this to say: "Welcome back to Stamford Bridge, Chu. β
Other English media outlets have also rehashed the old story. The only gimmick of this game is this, why don't you hype this?
Of course, the hype is bound to upset the Chelsea people. It would have been humiliating to be eliminated from an amateur team in the FA Cup, and then the player who eliminated them became one of them, which is a good ending, who did not play a game for Chelsea and then transferred, and now he has become a world-class midfielder. Looking at his achievements at Hoffenheim, how can he not be indignant β if he had stayed with us at Chelsea, wouldn't we have a world-class midfielder?
It's too late to say anything, and people are coming to the door with the team as our opponents!
There was already a crowd outside Stamford Bridge today, and they will quickly fill every seat in the stands. These Chelsea fans aren't here to cheer on their former man, they're here to boo. New hatred and old hatred are avenged together, just today!
β»β»β»When Boss John and the others arrived outside the stadium, they were greeted by all blue, overwhelming blue. Not only was it visually striking, but the gathered Chelsea fans were still singing, singing the Chelsea anthem and the songs written for the players.
"Wowhaha! That's how it feels! That's how it feels! Jackson shouted through the crowd. He was surrounded by his companions in yellow Wimbledon jerseys, and outside of them was a sea of blue.
Everybody has the same feeling as him, that's the feeling, it's the feeling it was six years ago, they are the underdogs and the Chelsea fans want to overwhelm them with their numerical superiority.
But in the end, the weaker side had the last laugh.
At the beginning, the fans of Wimbledon Athletic were still a little nervous when they entered the stadium, just like Grandma Liu who entered the Grand View Garden, looking around.
Now, they are no longer distracted by outside influences, and they don't look at Stamford Bridge with awe. After all, this is where they once conquered.
β»β»β» Chu Zhongtian's bus arrived at the stadium, and what he saw on this way was almost the same as what he saw four years ago, the crowd was all blue, and occasionally a little yellow was like a small cluster of waves in it, and it was impossible to see it if you turned it over.
Today was unforgettable, everything was so familiar, it was as if he had traveled through time and space. If it weren't for the fact that he could turn his head and see Ibisevic sitting next to him, he would have thought he was back six years ago.
Six years ago, he was surrounded by a bunch of amateur players, but they did wonders. Today his teammates are better, he is better than he was at the beginning, can't he leave today with a hopeful result?
The bus finally stopped at the entrance of the players' passage, and everyone got out of the bus and then went into the locker room to warm up.
As soon as you enter, you will see the familiar Stamford Bridge dressing room, which is no different from six years ago, still as simple and short.
He burst out laughing. Because I remembered the expressions of my crazy teammates when they saw this humble locker room.
Today's teammates are well-informed and will not be surprised and disappointed by such a thing.
He walked into the locker room, sat under the hook on which his jersey was hung, and began to change his clothes, ready to go out to warm up.
β»β»β» John and the others have walked up to the stands and come to their own deed. Emily. Stan and Wu Qingyu are with them.
"Hang up the slogan!" As soon as he arrived, Boss John took command and the others began to do it. They are located on the second floor of the grandstand, with a railing in front of them, which is just right for hanging various slogans.
The first slogan that was hung up was "Welcome back to the place where miracles are born, Chu!" This slogan is quite long, with a yellow background and large blue letters, about 15 meters long, and it is very eye-catching after hanging it.
Stamford Bridge is truly the place where miracles are born for Wimbledon fans.
Here, there are their most glorious memories, and now they come to collective nostalgia.
Emily went up to help, and there was no star shelf at all.
Everyone was not polite, so they asked her to help everywhere.
She also beckoned to Wu Qingyu, who was stunned there: "You come too!" β
While helping to tie the slogan, she said to Wu Qingyu: "This is what it felt like at that time, feel it well." β
Wu Qingyu hesitated for a moment and suddenly asked a question: "Miss Stan, I ...... Uh, I've always had a question...... Did you fall in love with Chu Zhongtian from this game? β
Emily was a little surprised, and then she smiled and shook her head, "No." I fell in love with him earlier, but this game made me love him even more, haha! β
"Is it because he's a hero? In China, everyone regarded him as a hero of Chinese football after that game. β
"Yes, he's my hero." Emily laughed.
With the slogan hung up, Emily returned to her seat, and she took out a folded piece of paper from her satchel.
Spread out, it was a very ordinary white paper, and the things written on it were also very ordinary: "Come on, Chu!" β
She shook it and said to the puzzled Wu Qingyu: "This is what I cheered for him at the beginning, it's ordinary, right?" β
Wu Qingyu nodded.
"Hey, hey. I can't find the original, this is what I rewrote yesterday. β
Then she shouted violently: "Chu! Come on! Come on!! β
Before Wu Qingyu could figure out what was going on, he heard more shouts, not only from their side, but also from the Chelsea fans opposite and in the stands next to him.
It turned out that the players ran out of the tunnel to warm up.
(To be continued)