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Although the conversation was not very pleasant at the end, Emily went to buy the Hoffenheim match against Manchester United. The www.biquge.info spent 1,000 euros betting on Hoffenheim to win Manchester United, and she only bet on the winner and nothing else.

And when Chu Zhongtian woke up, he had forgotten all the unpleasant parts he had chatted with Emily last night, and he had returned to the state of a player, and his mind was full of football.

It was a match day, and in the evening there would be a very important match for Hoffenheim. At this time, it was impossible for Chu Zhongtian to think about anything else.

Wake up, wash up, drag Ibyshevic, who is in the same room, and then go to dinner together, and after resting, go to the gym for strength training. Have lunch at noon, rest in the afternoon, and then depart for the Rhine-Neckar Stadium at half-past four.

That's all he had on race day.

Don't use your mobile phone to surf the Internet, don't use your mobile phone to talk to someone on the phone, don't play computers, don't play games. It sounded like an ascetic, but this was Chu Zhongtian's way of adjusting his self-state, which would help him concentrate and not be distracted.

※※※While he is preparing for the competition, other aspects are also preparing for the competition.

Manchester United didn't talk about it, the preparations for the game were done as early as yesterday night, and Ferguson announced the starting line-up and specific tactical arrangements at the tactical meeting. Today's arrangement is much the same as Hoffenheim's, not much different.

When it comes to this, the busiest people are actually the media and fans.

The TV broadcaster's OB truck drove out early in the morning outside the Rhine-Neckar Stadium for commissioning. Journalists from various media outlets also began their work.

The fans are also busy, busy packing up their things so that they can watch the game when the time comes, and busy chatting with their colleagues about the night's game...... Cornelia is in charge of organizing the "villagers" to watch the game. Don't look at her as a woman, but she's the leader of a fan club in the town of Hoffenheim. The name of this fan club is very common, it is called "Hoffenheim 1899 Fan Club", which is the best fan club in the town of Hoffenheim, and it can be said that how long the history of the Hoffenheim team is, how long has the history of this fan club.

The original members of this club are now long gone, and the members have changed one after another, but the club is always there. Forty-five-year-old Cornelia became a member of this community twenty or five years ago at the age of twenty, and she was a witness to Hoffenheim's 20-year 8-level jump, and watched how Hoffenheim transformed and rose step by step.

Now she has become an old qualification in the regiment, the leader. Although she was not the Archon of Hoffenheim, she was also a very prestigious person in this small town. Because she loves Hoffenheim and is the leader of the "Hoffenheim 1899 Fan Club". You can see this from their house.

Their home has become a tourist attraction in Hoffenheim.

Before every Hoffenheim game, she does pretty much the same thing. Contact the club members who are going to see the game to see if they won't change their schedules, and then tell them the time of the meeting so that everyone can go together. Then there is the equipment that prepares everyone to watch the game, not the jersey, the jersey is all personal preparation. Mainly some slogans, banners, flags, portraits, etc.

Today was no different than usual, but Cornelia just looked more excited. Because today's game is a battle of life and death for Hoffenheim, if you lose, you may say goodbye to this season's Champions League, and if you win, you can definitely continue to go.

She called one by one early in the morning and informed everyone. She doesn't need to call everyone, she just needs to call every house, it's all in one town anyway, and even if she knocks on doors from door to door, it won't take more than two hours.

Then she started to pack up the guys she and her husband were going to watch when the time came. She picked up Hoffenheim's scarf, spread her hands out, and held them high.

"Hoffenheim!" She shouted as if she were watching a ball in the middle of the pitch.

"Hey dear, this game hasn't started yet, what are you shouting now?" The husband looked at her swallow and leaned over and asked.

"I'll practice." Cornelia glanced back at her husband.

"What's there to practice here?"

"We want revenge!" Cornelia clenched her circle and said, quite with the momentum of "women don't let their eyebrows go". "The last time I went to Old Trafford, I was completely suppressed by that group of English fans, and this time in our home stadium, we can't say anything to make the British too arrogant!"

Seeing that she was full of fighting spirit, her husband smiled helplessly. He was not as fanatical as his wife, although he was also a hardcore, and he painted the façade and chimney of the house by himself.

Sometimes you feel that Cornelia doesn't look like a woman inside and out, except for her looks and figure. But as her husband, Mr. Cobain was so fond of this fat woman full of energy.

It's 4 p.m., and it's only half an hour before Hoffenheim players take a ride to the Rhein-Neckar Stadium. Sinsheim is a small city and there is no traffic jam that is common in big cities, so they don't leave early.

Everyone sat in the hotel lobby, waiting for the pedaling, and by the way, they gathered in groups to chat.

Reporters gathered outside the hotel to film them and cover the game.

On the other side, Manchester United's players have also gathered and are ready to go to the pitch.

The most important game of the entire Group B is finally about to kick off.

At half past four, the players got up one after another, and at the urging of the assistant coach, they walked out of the hotel gate and boarded the bus parked outside the door.

At the same time, the Manchester United players also got into their cars.

The two teams drove from the two hotels to the Rhine-Neckar stadium on time.

Along the way, everyone can see the fans along the street.

Not only Hoffenheim fans, but also quite a few Manchester United fans. This time, Manchester United fans followed the team with more than 6,000 people, and in the stands of 30,000 people, they accounted for one-fifth, and the momentum created by the time can be imagined.

But this time, Hoffenheim fans are also prepared, they have the advantage in numbers, and they will definitely not admit defeat easily. The last time at Old Trafford, they were suppressed by Manchester United, barely making any sound, and the loudest group of people cheering for Hoffenheim later learned that it was still England, and they were Chu Zhongtian fans...... This is a great shame for the Germans, so this time the many fan clubs in Hoffenheim have long been linked, and they have to give the Manchester United fans a little color in the stands, otherwise the British will really laugh at them that there is no one in Germany.

Britain and Germany have always had grievances, not only in football, but in football this grievance will be magnified.

Football is a war in peacetime, and no one wants to lose.

Knowing the grievances between the fans of the two countries, this game is a serious test for Sinsheim's police force. Except for the traffic police, almost all police officers have been transferred to maintain order on the court. Fortunately, Sinsheim is a city with good security, and there is no need to worry about gangsters taking the opportunity to cause trouble...... Buses from both sides were also escorted all the way to the Rhine-Neckar Stadium.

It's not even five o'clock, and the Rhine-Neckar stadium is already full of people.

From the car, it was clear that the fans on both sides were divided into two camps under the isolation of the police, and the contrast between red and blue was stark.

Because it was winter, although it was only four o'clock in the afternoon, the sky had already begun to show twilight, only the western sky still had a glimmer of light, and the stadium had already turned on various lights.

When the players went out to warm up, there were already people in the stands. The fans who were in the stadium were busy hanging their banners with slogans, or unfurling various portraits and flags, which would be used in the game for a while.

Cornelia was among them. She and several cadres of the "Hoffenheim 1899 Fan Club" entered first and took out all the props they brought, but this was not the main thing. In order to build momentum for this game and make Hoffenheim feel more home, they also specially made a huge Hoffenheim team flag, about 40 meters long and 25 meters wide, rolled into a roll and carried by more than 10 strong young men, piled at the top of the stands, Cornelia and her subordinates were busy fixing the top of the flag above the top row of the stands, and then everyone relayed and gradually unfolded the front flag, and the visual effect was quite amazing.

※※※ "The weather has been very good for the past two days, and the venue conditions are okay. 'In the dressing room, the players have warmed up and manager Rangnick is giving the players the final pre-match mobilization. And thankfully, none of you have fallen in the face of the flu. So I can't see a reason why we should lose to Manchester United at our own home stadium. Since there is no reason, then don't lose. ”

"I'm glad that you've not been scared these days, but have been full of fighting spirit. I don't need to repeat how important this game is. Now is the time to put our preparations for this game to the test......" Rangnick was about to make a generous presentation when his assistant coach Thaydeler suddenly knocked on the door, handed him a piece of paper, and stepped back.

Rangnick looked down at the paper in his hand, and Chu Zhongtian noticed that the expression on his face had changed, and it had become a little difficult to look at. Then he looked up and said, "Our opponent's starting line-up is not quite what we expected...... Wayne Rooney didn't start. ”

Chu Zhong Tianxin said that it was no wonder that the head coach's face suddenly turned ugly.

Previously, the team predicted that the opponent's approach to the line-up was to play all the main players, because this game is also very important for Manchester United, they can't send a bunch of substitutes, and that is to die.

Rangnick envisions United's 442, essentially the same as the one at Old Trafford.

Who would have thought that today's Manchester United starting XI was indeed 451, Rooney did not start, and the starting was Michael. Irving.

The goalkeeper is Kuczsak, and although Van der Sar has been playing well in the first four seasons, he has gradually been reduced to a substitute this season as he is older. Patrice Evra at left-back, Leo at centre-back. Ferdinand and Vidic, the right-back was different from the first meeting between the two sides, and was replaced by Park Ji-sung, who couldn't run. In midfield, Carrick and Fletcher were partnered in the back, with Paul Scholes up front and Nani and Obertan on the flanks. At the top of the front is No. 7 Irving.

In fact, most of them are similar to what Rangnick predicted, but Park Ji-sung, Obertan and the striker are different here. At the same time, Rooney was the target of Rangnick's pre-match arrangement, telling the team how to contain such a strong tank. To this end, he devised a number of schemes, allowing Sana and the defenders to keep a close eye on Rooney, and the last time the two teams met, they did well in the first half, and then collapsed in the second half. This time Rangnick can't let Rooney get back on the edge anyway.

Unexpectedly, Rooney did not start in this game, but was on the bench list...... His first reaction was that Rooney was injured? However, there was no news about Rooney's injury before the game, and in the last round of the Premier League, Rooney also started and played 70 minutes, and was not injured at all in the game. Could it be that he was injured yesterday when he arrived in Hoffenheim? The odds are too small...... No way.

So why is Rooney such an important firepower point, and Ferguson actually put him on the bench instead of playing? Does he think he could have beaten Hoffenheim away from home without Rooney?

It can't be either. Ferguson couldn't have been such an arrogant man, and judging from the starting options in other positions, Ferguson obviously thought that he had to do everything he could to beat Hoffenheim, and there was no room for help, so why did he stay in the important position of striker?

It doesn't make sense.

Rooney's non-starter also surprised Hoffenheim's players, who looked at each other and didn't know what to do. The plan that was made before was all for Rooney, and now all of a sudden Rooney is gone, and the opponent's formation is different, what do we do?

Rangnick shook his head, pushing aside all the speculation in his mind about why Rooney didn't start. Now is not the time to figure out this problem, but to find a way to end the current problem, and there is not much time left for him.

He told the team: "It looks like we're going to have to revise the plan a little bit...... Sana, you mainly keep an eye on Scholes, the centre-backs pay attention to Owen, and the rest remains the same. ”

His original arrangement was for Sana to assist the back line in keeping an eye on Wayne Rooney, who was used to dropping back and then attacking in the right direction. Since Rooney is not on the pitch, then make adjustments to liberate Sana to defend Manchester United's forward Scholes, Scholes is also a very threatening figure, the first time the two sides met, Scholes did not start, and after coming off the bench, Manchester United's offensive began to become threatening. So Scholes must not be left alone.

Sana nodded in agreement. Anyway, whether it's Wayne Rooney or Paul Scholes, his mission is the same – to contain the opposition's play, to protect space when defending, and to protect the ball when attacking.

In addition, the requirements for Chu Zhongtian are also higher. Because the opponent put five people in the midfield, they were superior to us in numbers, and this numerical advantage was quickly reflected in the game. However, Rangnick didn't say anything more to Chu Zhongtian.

Rangnick once said in an interview after a game: "With Chu, we always have one more person." "Saying this doesn't just mean that Chu Zhongtian has excellent physical fitness and is good at running. In fact, there is a more important meaning - Chu Zhongtian can mobilize the ability and enthusiasm of his teammates, which will make the team look as if there is one more person on the field. So although Manchester United have one more person in midfield than Hoffenheim, as long as Chu Zhongtian is there, in fact, the number is equal.

After hurriedly revising the tactics, time was running out. Rangnick's previous stomach full of speeches that he thought would be very inspiring was useless, so he had to wave his hand: "Let's play, everyone, remember that this is a final!" ”

※※※When Chu Zhongtian was standing in the middle of the players' corridor, he was looking behind him and looking at the players of Manchester United. Rooney walked up from behind, then high-fived and chatted with his teammates, and did not stop, but continued to walk out. Judging from the way he walks, it is completely impossible to see that he is unable to play due to injury, and his expression does not look like the frustration and anger of not being able to play due to injury, and he looks relaxed with a smile.

Chu Zhongtian thought about it in his mind for a while, and felt that this might be specially arranged by Ferguson.

To disrupt our arrangements? It does look like it did...... Although Coach Rangnick urgently revised the tactical arrangement, it is doubtful how much everyone can accomplish if they suddenly change to a completely new set of tactics that they have been practicing for more than a week...... Ferguson is indeed an old fox, he has been in this industry for too long and has a lot of experience.

I don't know what kind of arrangements he has for himself at that time?

Chu Zhongtian thought of Crick and Fletcher partnering in the back, but arranged a Scholes, it is estimated that Carrick will not have too many opportunities to go forward in this game, and he will contain himself with Fletcher. Two to one? It's not like I haven't encountered ...... Chu Zhongtian didn't think about that anymore, anyway, he would naturally know when it was time for the game.

It's useless to think too much now.

He tugged the captain's armband up, then turned back and shouted at everyone, "It's out, brothers!" ”

The three referees in front of them have already stepped up the stage.

The loud noise was getting closer and closer to the players. In fact, there is no need for head coach Rangnick to spit in the lounge, dance with his hands, and make an impassioned motivational speech, as soon as the Hoffenheim players hear this tsunami-like voice shouting your name, their blood will instantly surge.

This kind of competition is simply an excellent stage to show yourself.

If you don't give your all in a game like this, what are you playing for?

"Appearance!!" The enthusiastic Hoffenheim players shouted along with the shouts coming from outside. No one mobilized, no one took the lead, and everyone's emotions exploded at this moment.

The Manchester United players next to them had always been very calm, and they were startled by the sudden voice of the Hoffenheim players, and turned their heads to look at them as if they were watching a group of neurotics.

(To be continued)