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On the afternoon of February 27, Hoffenheim won 3-0 away at Hertha Berlin, and Chu Zhongtian scored a goal in the game, along with an assist, and was the biggest contributor to Hoffenheim's victory in this game. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After suffering defeat in the Champions League but recovering in the league, Hertha Berlin did a good job of restoring the confidence of Hoffenheim's players, and Hoffenheim handed Hertha Berlin 11 consecutive home wins. The win also moved the team up one place in the league, from fifth to fourth.

On Monday, before the team regrouped for training, the coaching staff had a regular meeting to summarize the problems that the team had in training during the previous week and to develop a training plan for the week. The meeting is usually held in the head coach's office, and there are not many people in attendance, except for Rangnick himself, which is two assistant coaches, two goalkeeper coaches, a fitness coach, and a team doctor.

Just before the meeting, Rangnick brought Chu Zhongtian into his office and then introduced him to all the attendees.

"Actually, I don't need to introduce more, everyone must be familiar with Chu. He's on our coaching staff from today. ”

Goalkeeper coach Cesar. Till looked at Chu Zhongtian with some surprise. Of course he knows Chu Zhongtian, and he also knows the good personal relationship between him and Rangnick, and he also sees Chu Zhongtian's performance in training and games, this player is indeed very talented and powerful, but he never thought that this talent and ability would help Chu Zhongtian enter the coaching staff.

"Hey, Ralph, did the club give Chu another part-time contract?" Assistant coach Tomislav. Marić joked.

"No, he's still a player." Rangnick said to everyone.

"Hello gentlemen." Chu Zhongtian greeted everyone very generously. He couldn't be more familiar with these people, usually everyone cooperated in training I don't know how many times, but at that time, he was himself as a player, they were as a coach, and he obeyed the coach's arrangement. Now he has to be on an equal footing with the coaches, participate in the discussion of tactics, and even make them accept his ideas, which is still a little different.

"Hello, Chu." Assistant coach Thaydeler nodded at him.

"Welcome, Chu." Fitness instructor Reiner. Schrei smiled at him.

"It's not like I've never seen a player and coach, but it's the first time I've seen you do this at such a young age, Chu. Don't let me down. Another assistant coach, Marić, winked at Chu Zhongtian. His final years as a player were spent at Hoffenheim, where he was basically working as a player-coach.

After introducing Chu Zhongtian to everyone, Rangnick continued: "From now on, Chu will discuss tactics and training arrangements with us, and I think as the captain, he must know better what the team needs at the moment. Let's start with last week's Champions League......

Then there was a discussion about the game, and the focus of the discussion was mainly on how to attack. Inter's defense has caused Hoffenheim a lot of problems, and if they don't break down the opponent's defense, then Hoffenheim have no hope of winning the second leg.

The score is now 1-3, Hoffenheim are two goals behind, and they will have to win at least 2-0 at home to Inter Milan to advance. It's not easy to score two goals against a team like Inter Milan.

Then Chu Zhongtian told the team what he thought, and he hoped that the coaching staff could give him more freedom. The team has to be completely focused on him and listen to him because he's going to have a lot of improvisation in the game. Like in the last fifteen minutes of Inter Milan, his sudden long-range shots, his no-touch "passes", and his heel bumps, etc.

But his teammates couldn't have imagined it. So he wanted to summarize his improvisation in normal times, and then arrange for the team to train to form a set of formed offensive play, and play it in the game. These are all brand-new tactics, and for the opponents, it is the same as Chu Zhongtian's improvisation in the game, making them unguardable. The reason why Inter Milan can successfully defend against Hoffenheim is because they know Hoffenheim thoroughly, and Hoffenheim can't hide any secrets from the other party. In that case, let's temporarily research something new, so that Inter Milan can't think of it at all.

"I've got some ideas, some new things. But even if I use it in the game, my teammates will not be able to cooperate with me because they are not familiar with it, and it will be too late to do it again in the game. I want to put these ideas into a way of playing in my training. Chu Zhongtian finally said.

His words made everyone fall into deep thought.

Rangnick had already shown them the last fifteen minutes of the video of the game against Inter Milan, and they all realized that Chu Zhongtian's whimsical approach made Inter Milan very difficult.

'You have to get used to my style of play, keep up with my ideas and my rhythm, and only then will we have any hope of beating Inter.'

"I thought I could give it a try." Zeidler nodded. "Let Chu speak his mind, and we'll make it into a tactic that can be executed."

"Plus, we can give them free rein on that." Marić said.

"That's right, there are some areas where you can play freely. We don't ask Chu how to run, what method to use, these are not restrictions. Again, the other attacking players don't ask for anything on this basis, and you Chu will take them ......," Zeidler added on the basis of Marić.

"We can also make some code ......" Seeing that the coaches were discussing so hotly, Chu Zhongtian also interjected and put forward his own suggestions. Like we all do before the corner. For example...... he stretched out his right thumb and little finger and made a gesture Chinese expressing "six," which means that the two wings should be pulled apart and rushed forward as far as possible. ”

"Well said!" Marić patted his thigh, "Each code corresponds to a tactic, so that everyone will not be confused." Have you ever watched American football? In order to ensure that everyone remembers how to implement a certain tactic, the coach of American football has written a tactical manual, and the tactics on it correspond to a code, and when the time comes, the quarterback only needs to tell everyone a code, and everyone knows how to play. This will also prevent the other side from knowing our tactical ......"

"Great idea!"

A group of people began to diverge and discuss from here, becoming more and more enthusiastic, and it was obvious that Chu Zhongtian had also given them a lot of inspiration.

Rangnick smiled as he watched the discussion go about it. Chu has injected vitality into the coaching staff...... He had long felt that Chu had the talent to be a coach, and now he was right.

After the warm-ups, the players gathered for manager Rangnick to announce the contents of today's training: "We have a new attacking tactical drill. ”

Everyone looked at each other and didn't understand what the new offensive tactical training was - Hoffenheim's offensive routine was already familiar to everyone after more than a season of running-in, why did it suddenly add a new offensive routine?

"Now do as I say......" Assistant Coach Zeidler stepped up and began to assign tasks, and a new day of training at Hoffenheim began.

Since then, Chu Zhongtian has started his career as a player and coach. Although he is not named, and he cannot be found in the coaching team section of Hoffenheim's official website, Hoffenheim's coaches know that he is already a member of the coaching staff, and he is paid by one but does a two-person job. But from this point of view, Rangnick's original 30 million euros was really worth it.

※※※ On March 7, the final match of the 25th round of the Bundesliga was played between Hoffenheim and Mainz.

In this game, Hoffenheim was in a period of tactical adaptation, and the usual training was all about new tactics, so the team's performance was not stable enough, but fortunately, it finally relied on Ibisevic's goal and defeated the opponent 1-0 at home. With third-placed Bayer Leverkusen losing 3-2 away to seventeenth-placed Nuremberg, Hoffenheim's win also closes the gap to third-placed FC and is now just two points separating the two teams by one game. As long as you can enter the top three in the league, you can qualify for next season's Champions League, even if it is only from the qualifiers, you can be regarded as having the hope of entering the main competition.

With another league game next, Hoffenheim will host Inter Milan at their home stadium.

For the Champions League, Rangnick decided to temporarily abandon the league, and in the 26th round of the league against Werder Bremen, he decided to use the substitute, and the main players were all rested to avoid physical exhaustion in frequent games.

It is very rare for Bremen to double their team in the league, last season's league, this season's league and the German Cup, Hoffenheim have not won against Bremen. Bremen seem to be a bit like Hoffenheim's nemesis, Hoffenheim just can't do anything against this team.

In this case, it is better to take the initiative to give up, recuperate, and keep it to deal with Inter Milan.

Therefore, even Chu Zhongtian did not appear in the starting lineup, he sat on the bench.

The main players who started the game were players returning from injury, as well as young players from the second team. Weiss started in place of Azawag and after undergoing surgery, he finally recovered. Post-90s youngster Vukocevic started in place of Salihovic, Zucurini and Wossa partnered in the back, and the forward position was placed by two young men, Wellington and Tracino.

It's easy to imagine what such a squad would have been against a nemesis like Bremen, but in fact the performance of this group of players was far beyond Rangnick's expectations. In the end, Hoffenheim only lost 1:0 to Bremen at their home stadium, which is already quite remarkable.

Chu Zhongtian only came off the bench in the last thirteen minutes of the game, looking for the feeling of the game. Rangnick's attitude towards abandoning this game speaks for itself.

There are no complaints from the fans about the loss, as it is well known that the focus of the team has been on the Champions League in recent times.

None of the Hoffenheim players, including Chu Zhongtian, talked about the defeat and set their sights on the second leg of the Champions League quarter-final in midweek.

Before the game even began, a war of words between players, coaches and media on both sides had already begun.

Jose Mourinho was the first to strike, saying in an interview with Sport that he was already preparing for the quarter-finals. The implication is that the second leg against Hoffenheim was a complete cutscene, and the result was doomed.

This arrogance certainly caused displeasure on the Hoffenheim side.

Before head coach Rangnick could speak, Hoffenheim's general manager Rotthouse expressed his anger to the media: "We will let Mr. Mourinho and his team know that the home-and-away knockout matches in the Champions League make sense!" ”

Eto'o also jumped out to mock Hoffenheim's obscurity, he never knew it. "Where's Hoffenheim? I had absolutely no idea. ”

In this regard, Chu Zhongtian, as the captain of Hoffenheim, needs to stand up and defend the dignity of the team. He said Eto'o should try to learn geography well, but it doesn't matter if he doesn't: "We'll teach him where Hoffenheim is." ”

Rangnick said Jose Mourinho's side suddenly started attacking Hoffenheim before the game, indicating that they were not as unconcerned about the round as they claimed, but rather nervous. "There's a reason for their nervousness because we have Chu and we can beat them on our home turf!"

I don't know if Mourinho went back and studied the footage of the first meeting between the two sides, especially in the last fifteen minutes, maybe he should have felt a little nervous. That is, he didn't figure out what Chu Zhongtian's performance in the last fifteen minutes was because of it.

Is it a fixed tactical arrangement? Or is it his individual play? There are many factors that constitute an improvisation, in addition to the strength of the player, it also depends on the timing of the game and the specific situation at the time, and the improvisation is not worth worrying about at all, and there is no way to worry about it.

However, the specific tactical arrangements need to be guarded against.

The media in both countries also revisited the old story, recalling the controversial scene in the final moments of the first leg between the two sides, whether Lucio pushed Sana in the box or not.

100% Penalty! The misjudgment led to the reversal of the current situation of the two teams! This was the headline of the German media, and their text was even more vigorous: "Blind people can see that it is an obvious foul!" ”

The Milan media were ridiculous and dismissive of Hoffenheim's suspicion that it was a foul: "...... If a team wants to grow, it shouldn't always focus on those small places, dwelling on whether it should be awarded a penalty, and you can see how strong Hoffenheim are......"

"If you lose, you lose, don't afford to lose."

※※※ In addition to the Hoffenheim players having to jump out to defend their team and fight with each other with the war of words, the more important thing is naturally training.

Chu Zhongtian told the coaching staff some of the offensive ideas he came up with, which was just a spark of inspiration, and could not be called a "tactic".

"Salihovic, Eduardo, you have to keep an eye on Chu's location and his code!" Inside the training ground, Marić was loudly reminding the attacking players on both flanks. Hoffenheim's attack is very focused on the wings, so the wide players are quite important.

"Don't ignore him too far, this kind of attack relies on fast passes and running at close range!"

"After passing the ball, you have to turn around and cut to the left front! Be quick! Otherwise, the opponent's defense line will be closed! The person who spoke now was Chu Zhongtian, who pointed to the empty moment of passing the ball just now and said to Eduardo, with a boss style of "I take it for granted when I say this".

He just knocked the ball behind him with his heel without stopping the ball, but Eduardo, who was answering, did not follow and took a step slower, but the ball was intercepted by Comper, the defender in charge of playing Inter Milan.

"The opponent's pressing in the game will be more powerful than it is now! If you run slower, your chances are gone! Chu Zhongtian said to Eduardo very seriously, in the face of such a stern captain, Eduardo could only bow his head and be trained. Now Chu Zhongtian has absolute authority in the team, and no one can question it, except for the head coach.

"Pass, pass! Pass the ball directly, don't stop the ball, pass to your left, not the right, I'm here! Chu Zhongtian stood on the left side of Obasi and spread his hands and said, just now Obasi passed the football to the right side, completely in the wrong direction.

Voices like this kept ringing out on the training ground.

Rangnick and his assistants stood by and watched, and then Marić suddenly sighed: "He really looks like a coach...... Much better than I did back then. ”

Rangnick laughed and teased, "It's talent, Tommy." You don't have to be too sad. ”

"Then you have to be careful that he robs the manager's mast flower, Ralph." In the face of Rangnick's ridicule, Marić fought back.

Cedler, who was next to him, clasped his hands around his chest, did not enter the bickering of the two people next to him, but looked at Chu Zhongtian, who quickly entered the role on the field, and suddenly said: "I am suddenly full of confidence in defeating Inter Milan at home." ”

Both Marić and Rangnick turned to look at him.

"I was a little pessimistic after the last leg, Inter Milan was too strong, we had no power to fight back at all, and Chu's goal was not a victory of our tactics, but a victory of Chu's personal ability. It's different now and I'm sure we can give Mourinho some 'surprises'...... Ha! ”

"Really? That's great! I can't wait to see what Mourinho will look like when he comes. ”

The three of them turned their attention to the training ground again, and while Chu Zhongtian was training, he kept waving his hand to direct his teammates' running positions, reminding them and correcting their mistakes. And the real coaches are all off the field lamenting the horror of the afterlife.

There are two days left until the match against Inter Milan.

(To be continued)