Chapter 179: Fiction and Reality
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Jose Mourinho thought Hoffenheim would have attacked at the start of the game, and he guessed right. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 InfoHoffenheim did take advantage of home advantage and launched a fierce attack into Inter's hinterland at the start of the game.
This was expected by him, so he was even more confident of winning this fight.
For Hoffenheim, they must win this game and must win by more than two goals to have any hope of qualifying, or they will have to watch their opponents reach the quarter-finals on their home turf and be knocked out of the competition.
Such a result was unacceptable to them, so at the beginning of the game they attacked Inter Milan's penalty area, as if they could not defend at all.
However, although Inter Milan played 433, they still fought back. 433 does not represent the ultimate in offensive football for Mourinho, he uses 433 only because the position distribution of each player in the 433 formation is very reasonable, and a solid triangle can be formed between every three players, which is very suitable for Mourinho who pursues three tight lines and stable formation. It's just that the 433 formation also has very high requirements for the players...... ※※※ Chu Zhongtian is still the core of the team, everyone will go to him as soon as they have the ball, pass it to him if they can pass it to him, and think of another way when they can't pass it to him.
Inter Milan also continued to keep a strict eye on Chu Zhongtian as they did in the first leg between the two sides. However, they soon discovered that today's Chu Zhongtian and Hoffenheim were not very different.
First of all, they were faster, and although Hoffenheim were known for being fast, they were even faster than usual today, much faster than they were in the first round.
There were a lot of passes that went straight out without stopping, and it's not unusual for such passes to occur in a game, it's strange that they did it from the start, whether they were pressed or not, they kicked the ball out, as if they had been forced to do so by the manager in a training match.
Sana passed the football to Chu Zhongtian, Cambiaso was trying to go up and force him, so that he couldn't turn around, but Chu Zhongtian directly transferred the football sideways to the right side, Inter Milan's defensive center of gravity just adjusted to the side, and Eduardo on the right side followed closely and transferred the football foot to the left side.
Salihovic on the left flank also didn't make any extra moves after stopping the ball beautifully, and launched a through ball with his left foot, which Kolarov had already slipped from the wing. The Serbian full-backs who caught up with the football also did not stop the ball and did not adjust, and directly crossed!
Direct crosses like this in high-speed runs tend to work much better than adjusting them, such as this one.
Kolarov's cross found Hoffenheim ambushed in the box Reid centre-forward Ruud van Nistelrooy and the Dutchman leaped high to head home!
"Van Nistelrooy—"
Cesar's reaction was also very fast, he jumped up in a hurry, reached out and lifted the football out with one palm!
"Nice offense! Nice defense! Van Nistelrooy and Cesar teamed up to give us such a great attack! ”
Cesar didn't think this was a good defense, he got up from the ground, slapped his teammates and yelled, "Defend! Keep an eye on their people! ”
At this time, the players of Inter Milan had time to think about their own performance in defense just now. It seems that he has been led by the nose of the other party all the time...... The two-goal lead still made them a little relaxed, and the home win was easy, making them light.
"Don't give them that chance again! Come back! Defend corners! Cesar shouted and directed his teammates to participate in the defense.
The front of the goal was suddenly crowded with players from both sides.
Chu Zhongtian didn't go in, he stood outside the corner kick area, next to Salihovic, who took the penalty kick.
Generally speaking, Chu Zhongtian is definitely a very important part of Hoffenheim's corner kick tactics, as his bounce and header ability are excellent, which can give the team some advantage in set-piece attacks.
However, for Inter Milan, Chu Zhongtian and Hoffenheim's coaching staff have devised some fresh routines, including some set-piece tactics.
He raised his right hand and extended his index and middle fingers to make a "v" gesture. Here's the signal.
Of course, the Inter Milan players also know that this is a code, but they don't know what it means. But looking at Chu Zhongtian's position, isn't it obvious what it means? Chu Zhongtian is the core of Hoffenheim, and he ran to the side of the corner kick area, isn't this just a tactical corner? Salihovic will pass the football to him and he will reorganize the attack, so he has to send someone to defend him...... Cambiaso ran out of the penalty area and ran towards Chu Zhongtian. However, he can't get up because according to the rules of football, when one side takes a corner, the other team's top defender must be 9.15 meters away from the ball, and it is a foul to get too close.
Chu Zhongtian and Salihovic stand together, which is equivalent to being with football, so Cambiaso must be 9.15 meters away from him.
Cambiasso came up and the rest of the Inter players, in addition to the centre-backs, also focused on the outside of the box. If it's a tactical corner. As long as Salihovic passes the football to Chu Zhongtian, they can collectively press forward for offside. At that time, the players who stayed in front of the goal were in an offside position and could not participate in the attack at all. The main threats are all from behind, outside the box or on the edge of the box.
Lucio was directing the backline to create an offside position: "Press out on the kickoff!" Kick off and press out! ”
"It was only three minutes into the game that the atmosphere on the pitch suddenly became hot. Hoffenheim dominated the ...... on their home turf," said the commentator.
The referee blew the whistle, and Salihovic kicked the football out, but he didn't pass it to Chu Zhongtian, who was beside him, but passed it directly to the goal!
Inter's players were ready to play offside, and their bodies leaned forward. Unexpectedly, Salihovic hit the football directly in front of the goal, and one by one he couldn't react, and the only people who really jumped up to defend were Samuel and Zanetti.
The effect of the defense in such a hasty situation can be imagined, no one grabbed the ball, but let the central defender Simunic shake his head to attack the goal!
The ball flew from the front to the back of the goal, and Cesar could not reach it despite his struggle, but could only watch the ball fly to the back end.
Hoffenheim fans in the stands rose from their seats, ready to cheer for the goal.
The soccer ball hit the outside of the post hard and bounced out!
"Doorposts! Ah! It's a shame that the ball didn't go in!! The German commentator held his head in his hands, as sorry as the Hoffenheim fans in the stands.
Looking at the surprised expression on Cambiaso's face when he turned his head back and turned his head back, Chu Zhongtian really had the urge to grimace at him. They were tricked.
That code actually has no meaning, it's just to fool Inter.
But this is actually only the first step, in this game, Chu Zhongtian is bound to give full play to the Chinese ancestor's "virtual and real" art of war, and constantly deceive the opponent throughout the game, so that the opponent can't figure out what he wants to do at all, so that when the real killing move comes, they will relax their vigilance.
After that, there will be many small actions like this that may seem like some conspiracy, but in fact there is nothing. In addition to this, there is also "what seems to be a conspiracy, but in fact there is a conspiracy", and the two are entangled and completely disturb the thinking of Inter Milan players.
Seeing that the attack did not result in a goal, Hoffenheim's entire team ran back, leaving the depressed Inter players behind.
※※※When Hoffenheim attacked again, Chu Zhongtian once again sacrificed the void and the reality**.
He first made a gesture to pass the ball while dribbling, and his body leaned back, and the ball must be passed, otherwise he would not be able to continue to control the ball well, knowing that Cambiaso and Motta were not far from him.
Seeing Chu Zhongtian make this move, the two of them pounced without hesitation.
Chu Zhongtian didn't pass the ball, his foot went up, and he pulled the football back with the sole of his shoe.
However, his center of gravity still did not adjust, and his body leaned back stiffly.
It was clearly a good chance to grab the ball, and Cambiaso leaned in and broke with his outstretched foot. Who would have thought that Chu Zhongtian was leaning back stiffly, his upper body did not move, but he just used his right foot to shake his wrist and pick up the football, and the football just skipped Cambiaso's steal and was picked and passed to Sana who was inserted from behind Cambiaso!
"Oh! Pretty! The commentator was amazed by Chu Zhongtian's pass.
Cambiaso really didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to be able to pass the football out in such a situation, it stands to reason that it is difficult to pass the ball in such a posture. Any kicker who tries this action - leaning back, supporting with his left foot, stepping on the football with his right foot outstretched, forming a straight line diagonally from the tip of his right foot to his head, his body is almost straight, and there are very few joints that can be moved, under the effect of this inertia, it takes more time and strength than usual to do any movement.
In this case, Chu Zhongtian only relied on the small movements of his ankles and knees to complete the passing action!
It's no wonder that Cambiaso is overwhelmed.
And even more surprising is the back plug of Sana. Originally, Sana was still a little far away from Chu Zhongtian's position, but Cambiaso took a special look at the situation around Chu Zhongtian before grabbing it, and made sure that there were no teammates around him who could respond immediately. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, Sana actually accelerated and rushed up, judging from the route of the run, this was obviously trained...... Sana didn't give Cambiaso time to marvel, after he received the ball, he continued to rush forward, and Chu Zhongtian also adjusted his posture at this time and chased after him.
The two midfielders went hand in hand and rushed towards Inter Milan's penalty area at the same time.
"Chu must be a passer, prevent him!" Cesar shouted in front of goal, reminding his teammates who the real threat was.
Cambiasso was left behind, and at this time there was only Motta in the back.
Mota came up to grab Sana's ball, and Sana passed the football to Chu Zhongtian.
Cambiaso catches up from behind to break the ball.
Chu Zhongtian didn't give him such a chance, and directly swept the ball to the left side with his right foot.
Salihovic received the ball, Sana stopped, and Chu Zhongtian continued to rush forward, but he changed direction slightly, did not go directly into the penalty area, but ran to the ribs, intending to pick up Salihovic.
At the same time, Ibisevic also pulled to the edge of the penalty area to respond.
Between the three Hoffenheim players, a triangle was formed.
At the same time, Kolarov is still plugging in from behind at high speed, the triangle is very stable, but it lacks change, and it is easy to be stare to death by the opponent, and at this time a change that breaks this balance and stability is needed. Kolarov was the one to break the balance, and his strong forward insertion caused more problems for Inter's defence, who had to be distracted to defend Kolarov's wing, while also defending Salihovic with the ball, as well as Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic, who received him from different positions.
The full-back McConn, who was defending Salihovic, took a step back to the side and resisted Kolarov's possible route, while Samuel ran out after Ibisevic, and Cambiaso ran past Chu Zhongtian to defend Salihovic, and at the same time the people who defended Salihovic were Pandev. Mota moved over to defend Chu Zhongtian. Lucio leaned into the middle and kept his eye on Ruud van Nistelrooy, while Sane returned to the box and made a cameo appearance at centre-back to complement Lucio, Sneijder returned to the middle to defend and Samuel Eto'o returned to the wing as a full-back.
It takes a long time and a lot of time to express it in words, but all of this happens in a very short time. Inter Milan's defence was very fast and breathtaking. At the same time, their defensive focus shifted to this side, and Salihovic was facing an impregnable wall. Looks like there's no chance.
Chu Zhongtian retreated slightly, raised his arm, stretched out the index finger and thumb of his right hand, and made the "eight" gesture that the Chinese are most accustomed to, which is naturally another signal. Seeing him move, the Hoffenheim players understood and knew what to do. His gesture also made the Inter players know that he was asking for the ball, and Salihovic will definitely pass the football to him next, so they turned their attention to him, and Sneijder and Kambia are ready to follow the ball as soon as Salihovic passes it. Don't give him any chance.
Salihovic did pass the football to him, and this time it was not "empty".
Seeing Chu Zhongtian receiving the ball, Sneijder and Cambiaso pressed up at the same time. Against other Hoffenheim players, they can be one-on-one, but against Chu Zhongtian, they must always maintain two-on-one, which Mourinho has repeatedly stressed to them.
Chu Zhongtian knew what they were going to do to him, he didn't give the two Inter Milan players a chance to wrap him up, and as soon as he received the ball, he took the ball forward and drilled it between Sneijder and Cambiaso.
Cambiaso wanted to foul and stretched out his foot to trip Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian seemed to have eyes underneath, jumped up and dodged the opponent's "tripping horse" very accurately.
"He broke through!"
This time it was Mota who came up to make up the defense, and Cambiaso completed the series of actions of turning and chasing back very quickly. It's still two-on-one.
Chu Zhongtian did not continue to break through, but used the outside instep of his left foot to pass the football to Salihovic, who had been beside him, and after passing the ball, he cut straight into the penalty area.
Lucio saw that he was going to play a one-two with Salihovic, so he gave up Van Nistelrooy next to him to pounce on the sky.
Salihovic really passed the football directly to the penalty area, as long as he passed it to Chu Zhongtian, then the ball would be cut off by Lucio in advance, and Lucio had already copied it in front of Chu Zhongtian, blocking between him and Salihovic.
How could I have thought that Salikhovic didn't want to fight Chu Zhongtian two times or one, Chu Zhongtian's forward insertion was a feint from the beginning!
The football was rubbed up by him and passed high above Lucio's head, this height, even if Chu Zhongtian was incarnated as Jordan, he couldn't catch it without his hands. So the ball wasn't passed to him, and the ball fell straight to the ...... behind Chu Zhongtian, "Van Nistelrooy!!" ”
The Dutchman stopped the football with his chest, and Zanetti hurriedly pressed up, but the best position had already been occupied by the Dutchman, and he was carried behind by Van Nistelrooy, who was thirty-four years old and Zanetti was thirty-six years old, both of them were veterans, and their physical fitness was not as good as before, so as long as they stood in a favorable position, they would hardly be snatched away again.
The Dutch shooter leaned back, leaned on Zanetti, and then picked up his left foot and turned and volleyed!
The ball flew like a cannonball into the top left corner of the goal!
With such a swift and tricky goal less than 10 metres from the goal, Cesar could no longer make a world-class save, he didn't even make a save, he just let his eyes follow the football.
Van Nistelrooy hit the underside of the crossbar, then bounced off and into the net...... "It's in!" The ball is in!! ”
"Eight minutes into the game, Hoffenheim took the lead! Terrific! They tied the aggregate score at 2:3! Only one goal behind Inter! ”
"Ruud van Nistelrooy proved that Hoffenheim made the right choice to bring him in this summer, and the Dutchman got into form quickly from the start of the game! He had a shot on goal before that that forced Cesar to make a world-class save, and this time, he finally scored!! ”
“goooooooooooooal! Van Nistelrooy! Van Nistelrooy!! ”
"It must be noted that although Ruud van Nistelrooy scored the goal, the initiator and leader of this goal were Chu Zhongtian! It was his string of threads in front of the penalty area that created such good opportunities for his team-mates! If Lucio hadn't come up to defend Chu Zhongtian, how could Ruud van Nistelrooy get such a good chance? He didn't have anyone around him when he received the ball in the box! He Ping did not forget to emphasize the importance of Chu Zhongtian.
A tsunami of cheers rang out at the Rhein-Neckar stadium as the Hoffenheim fans finally waited for the moment to score.
"Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim!! The shouts continued and resounded throughout the city!
(To be continued)