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After the match against Stuttgart, Hoffenheim's focus shifted to the Champions League. On December 8, the final match day www.biquge.info of the UEFA Champions League group stage, Hoffenheim will take on hosts AC Milan at the San Siro.

The media focus has also shifted from the domestic league to the European arena.

Before this game, Hoffenheim's captain appeared on a radio program at Sinsheim, and when talking about the match against AC Milan, Chu Zhongtian confidently said that Hoffenheim would finally qualify.

It's just a radio show that has a bit of influence in the Sinsheim area, and somehow, it was known to the media in Milan.

Chu Zhongtian's remarks were obviously regarded as provocative.

Milan's media unceremoniously fought back.

The German media also happily joined in the hype, and a new round of war of words began.

It's just that the person concerned, Chu Zhongtian, did not express any views and responses to the various remarks of the Italian media, and he remained silent.

Hoffenheim arrived in Milan the day before the game. When they came out of Malpensa airport, they saw quite a few AC Milan fans.

"Are they also here to welcome us?" Weiss was a little surprised.

"Apparently not." Salihovic gestured to the Milan fans standing under the signs. "I couldn't read Italian, but I knew their gestures." Most of these fans gave them a vicious middle finger.

Yes, these AC Milan fans are definitely not here to welcome their opponents, but to demonstrate and intimidate Hoffenheim.

Chu Zhongtian's words in an interview with the radio have been "adapted" and "rendered" by the Milan media, and have become disdain and contempt for Milan, and Chu Zhongtian has also become an arrogant person with no one in his eyes and a proud and conceited person in the description of the Milan media.

“…… He referred to Hoffenheim's 2-1 win at home to AC Milan and said he was surprised to be able to beat AC Milan so easily, 'they were just vulnerable'......'"

This is the result of the Milanese media. Chu Zhongtian was indeed asked about the first meeting between the two teams, and he did express his surprise at how smoothly the game went so well. But not surprised to be able to beat AC Milan easily. The last sentence "vulnerable" was simply made up by the Milan media.

There are many other interview clips that have been "adapted" according to the media's own meaning.

In short, in order to build momentum for this match, the Italian media did everything they could.

Chu Zhongtian didn't respond, because he didn't want to focus on fighting a war of words, he was a player, not a coach like Mourinho, and he didn't have any obligation to reduce the pressure on his teammates. What he has to do is much simpler than a manager, which is to train well when training and perform well in the games.

But when it comes to Milan's turf, he can't escape.

As soon as he got off the plane, the Italian media rushed to ask him to talk about his rivals with AC Milan, and the media asked him about what he said in previous interviews.

'I've never taken AC Milan lightly, it's a great team. In fact, to despise an opponent is to insult one's own intelligence. I'm not going to look down on my own IQ, and I'm not going to look down on AC Milan. But we didn't come to San Siro to visit and take pictures. Chu Zhongtian's answer was neither humble nor arrogant, polite and courteous, so that those Milan media who were interested in finding fault didn't know what to say.

Chu Zhongtian stopped answering any of their questions and squeezed into the bus.

In the car, looking at the AC Milan fans below who kept giving them the middle finger, Chu Zhongtian sighed: "We have enjoyed the treatment of Inter Milan......"

※※※After leaving the airport, the team's bus drove directly to the hotel.

After dropping off their luggage at the hotel and taking a short break, the whole team went to the San Siro Stadium for a training session on adaptation.

After training, they have to attend a pre-match press conference.

Chu Zhongtian, Ibisevic and Rangnick will be in attendance.

Hoffenheim's players were playing at the San Siro for the first time, but they were no longer looking around and marveling at the grandeur of the stadium as they did at the Allianz Arena, and they were quickly in training form. For the grandeur of San Siro, there was not a single look of amazement.

This Hoffenheim is no longer the grandmother Liu who entered the Grand View Garden for the first time.

The training team media adapted to the venue was open for 15 minutes. Then all the media were cleared. However, Rangnick did not let the team do some tactical training on set-pieces, just simple shooting training, and finally came to a small confrontation within the team, and this is the end of the training.

He didn't dare to guarantee that the huge San Siro was really no longer peeping on them in the dark, and the set-piece tactics were a secret of the team, so it was better to be careful.

After training, the three went to the pre-match press conference. Their press conference was held before the hosts, AC Milan, an hour apart.

The press conference hall at the San Siro was already packed with journalists, and it was the most important match of the group of death, and this match embodied the meaning of "death" vividly. Everyone has the hope of qualifying, and everyone can be eliminated.

Seeing three people appear at the scene, the hall that had heard the noise before suddenly fell silent.

Rangnick sat in the middle, Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic sat down left and right, and then the host announced the start of the press conference.

First of all, Rangnick has announced his starting line-up for tomorrow's game: goalkeeper Nyema. Central defenders Simunic and Pogatts, left-back Kolarov, right-back Srna. Defenders Sana and Chu Zhongtian, left midfielder Salihovic, right midfielder Quaresma, forwards Ibisevic and Ruud van Nistelrooy.

The starting line-up was basically the same as the media had previously speculated, with the media expecting Obasi to play except for the man who partnered Ibisevic, but Rangnick sent on Ruud van Nistelrooy. Obviously in such a crucial game, he hopes that the experience of the veteran van Nistelrooy will help the team.

After announcing the starting list, reporters began to ask questions.

"May I ask Mr. Rangnick, what tactics will you use in tomorrow's game?"

"Hoffenheim will only have one tactic." Rangnick replied. "We're just going to use tactics that we're familiar with."

In their last group game, Hoffenheim came up short in the late minute to allow Real Madrid to equalise. After the game, the media criticized Rangnick's conservative strategy in the final ten minutes of the game, which led to this result. Because Hoffenheim would not hold on at all, and asked them to retreat in full, they seemed a little uncomfortable. And this conservative strategy also allowed Real Madrid's players to launch a siege at the last minute, because they didn't worry about their own defense at all. If Hoffenheim insists on playing against Real Madrid, perhaps Real Madrid's full-backs will be under pressure to reduce the number of assists forward, which can greatly reduce the pressure on Hoffenheim's backline.

It seems that in this game, Rangnick learned this lesson - Hoffenheim did not think about other tactics at all except attacking.

Playing against AC Milan at the San Siro? The reporters bowed their heads and wrote them down in their notebooks.

Then the questions revolve around tactics, personnel, and so on.

Rangnick is the protagonist of this time.

Then a Chinese reporter stood up and asked Chu Zhongtian a question, and Rangnick could finally rest.

"May I ask Chu Zhongtian, recently there have been media reports in Milan that you look down on AC Milan. Aren't you going to defend this? "Chinese journalists are always looking for their own people.

Chu Zhongtian put his mouth in front of the microphone and said in Chinese: "I definitely don't look down on AC Milan, in fact, I never despise any team. Those reports are false, or taken out of context and deliberately distorted the facts. But everyone knows what the media is worth, and they do it professionally. I don't think there's any need to defend anything, the more you say, the more wrong you are, and the other party will always catch on to your words and make a big fuss. I think it's better to calm down and talk with your feet on the field. If you win, you win, if you lose, you lose, and it's useless to talk about it. ”

"Is it a pity that we drew with Real Madrid in the last round and failed to qualify from the group in advance?" Another German journalist stood up and asked.

Chu Zhongtian smiled and replied in German: "Of course, if we qualify early, we can enjoy the game with a very relaxed mentality in this game." But that's not bad. AC Milan are a strong team and they are in good form at the moment and I enjoy playing against a team that is in good form. ”

As the captain of the team, he is very confident, but not arrogant, and he is just right. This scene made the Chinese reporters in the audience sigh with emotion. Although the Chinese football players are crazy in their mouths, they don't accept this or that, and they lost to South Korea and Japan by three goals, and said that in fact, our gap is not so big. In fact, as soon as he arrived on the court, he was obviously not confident, and even his legs were weak. A truly confident person should be like Chu Zhongtian, who is arrogant and arrogant in a few steps, and he is not arrogant. It's a pity that there is only one such person in the entire Chinese football world.

"Excuse me, you said before the season that the team's goal this season is to go further in the Champions League. But now they are facing a situation where qualifying from the group is in question. What if I don't make it to the group? ”

'In the group stage of last season's Champions League, we didn't qualify before the final group game and we played against a team like Manchester United. We beat them and qualified for the group. So I don't think this year is the same as last year, and I don't think this year is worse than last year. As for your second question, I'm sorry I never thought about something that hadn't happened yet. Chu Zhongtian didn't know Italian, and he didn't answer the question in German or English, he chose his native language.

"I mean if, if you ......," the Italian journalist asked.

Chu Zhongtian shook his head and said in Chinese: "I'm sorry, there is no if on the football field." If I asked you how your media would report if AC Milan lost the game, how would you answer that? So you wait until we actually lose the game and then ask me this question, and I'll tell you the answer. ”

The smell of gunpowder was already faintly smelled at the press conference.

The Italian media has been smearing Chu Zhongtian, and Chu Zhongtian's failure to fight back does not mean that he has no anger at all. How can I say that he is also a twenty-six-year-old young man, it is when he is young and vigorous, and Chu Zhongtian can be regarded as old enough to endure it like this.

Later, a German reporter came out to ask Ibisevic a question, and the-for-tat atmosphere was finally eased slightly.

At the end of the press conference, the three people left the scene and returned to the bus.

"The media in Italy is really unfriendly." After listening to Ibisevic's description of the press conference, some teammates muttered.

"Of course, we're the away team." Ibshevich replied. On the issue of treatment, he is very open-minded.

"So you know, how much our opponents want us to lose." Rangnick took the opportunity to say to everyone, to boost morale. 'They're already thinking we're going to lose. If we lose, not only will we be eliminated, but we will also have to endure their ridicule and ridicule. Think about the reaction of the Barcelona media after Real Madrid's loss in the national derby, gentlemen. None of you want to be treated like that, do you? ”

"Yes!"

Everyone replied. The match between Real Madrid and Barcelona was the only important event in international football some time ago, and Hoffenheim's players will naturally pay attention. They are also very clear about the treatment of Real Madrid after the game. The media is like that, if you win you are God, if you lose you are a piece of shit.

They can either knock you into the clouds, or they can throw you down, step on the mud, and step on 10,000 feet.

Hoffenheim's buses left the San Siro Stadium and returned to their hotel.

An hour later, AC Milan coach Allegri was interviewed by a number of reporters at the San Siro Stadium. Speaking about tomorrow night's game, he said: "Our goal is to qualify, and we can only qualify with a win, so we can only win this game, and a draw is a failure!" ”

The manager, who is getting into the role more and more, looks like he is determined to win.

Of course he deserves to behave like that. Because after a three-month adaptation period, the team's performance is getting better and better, and his prestige here is getting higher and higher. Compared to Inter Milan coach Rafael Benitez, who is in the same city as him, Allegri is really happy.

This time again, at home, at the San Siro, AC Milan are often able to burst out very strong and help them win games.

Ibrahimovic is in perfect form. And everyone also saw the best Robinho in the league last week.

Although Inzaghi retired from the season with a serious injury, Robinho's resurgence will undoubtedly make up for it.

Thiago. Silva will also have no physical problems, and he and Nesta will form the strongest defence.

At present, AC Milan is in first place in the Serie A standings, leaving behind strong teams such as Inter Milan, Lazio, and Juventus. Such a result can also give the players a big boost in self-confidence and help them to host Hoffenheim.

Rationally analyzing, AC Milan will win this game is basically a sure thing, the key is just to win more and win less.

Therefore, before the game, the odds announced by major bookmakers are generally optimistic about AC Milan.

Hoffenheim?

While they had been impressive and impressive, the fixtures were not in their favour and the last away game against AC Milan was too weak. If they had played AC Milan at home, it would have been difficult to say whether the game would have been won or lost.

At the end of the day, the home stadium is a decisive factor, and the atmosphere at the San Siro is not a cover.

Allegri then talked about Chu Zhongtian's threatening figure, of course, Chu Zhongtian. Allegri praised Chu Zhongtian's performance at Hoffenheim, which was very useful to Chinese journalists.

Then the Milan media turned to a question about Ibrahimovic's fitness.

As we all know, although Ibrahimovic can't compete for Messi's core position at Barcelona, he is the absolute core at AC Milan. The team's tactics are all built around him, and he is also very good, repaying the manager's trust in him with his excellent performances and scoring one goal after another. Ibrahimovic, who was disappointed in Barcelona and had a very unhappy life, finally found the feeling of king at the San Siro Stadium.

But the price of his performance was that he played every game, and almost all of them. As the heart of the team, Allegri simply did not dare to give him time to rest.

Since the start of the league, Ibrahimovic has hardly rested. He had even thanked the Swedish manager for not calling him up for friendly matches with the national team, as it gave him some time off.

Ibrahimovic has played so consistently in high-intensity competitions, playing well in every game, and while everyone is cheering for him, there are also concerns. It wasn't the first time he said he was tired, but he still started the next game and played the whole game.

Everyone is worried that Ibrahimovic will be overdrawn, so Ibrahimovic's fitness is particularly concerned before this match.

Allegri's answer relieved everyone: "He's fine, I've talked to him, he's really tired after the game." But now that he's rested, he's no problem with his fitness. ”

It's not that Allegri is lying, Ibrahimovic did say that to him, and it looks like that in training.

For such an important match, Ibrahimovic is very demanding, and he certainly can't miss out due to fatigue.

So will Robinho start at the same time as Ibrahimovic?

"Yes, they'll start." Allegri has not announced his starting line-up, but the starting partnership up front is clear. A group of reporters hurriedly buried their heads in the record, for fear of missing it.

A Chinese reporter asked Allegri: "Since Chu Zhongtian is the most dangerous player in the Hoffenheim team, do you already have any countermeasures?" ”

Allegri looked at the person asking the question, confirmed that it was a Chinese journalist, and then spread his hands and said: "I'm sorry, I didn't intend to talk too much about the tactical aspects here. ”

Apparently self-assured, Allegri remains cautious. He's already suffered a loss once. The last time he played Hoffenheim, he thought he would be able to win easily, but he ended up losing the game. That game almost knocked him out. Thankfully, he survived. Allegri didn't want to repeat the mistakes he had made before. Regarding the topic of Chu Zhongtian, he seemed very cautious.

There is only one way for AC Milan to win this game, and he can't be cautious. Hoffenheim had won with a draw, and they had one more way out. Allegri is now hoping that this situation will make Hoffenheim show some carelessness, win or keep the draw? It would be better if they had internal disagreements......

(To be continued)