21st minute Free kick coordination
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Chu Zhongtian was brought to the ground by Borussia Dortmund's Tinga in the middle of the dribble, and the referee awarded Hoffenheim a free-kick. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The Dortmund fans were booing, sarcastically and insulting him. However, Chu Zhongtian turned a deaf ear to these voices, it was not that he couldn't understand them, on the contrary, he completely understood what those people meant. But he didn't take it to heart, as he said to Ibisevic, if your opponents hate you, then no matter what you do, you can't change their opinion. So instead of taking the other person's insults and attacks as an insult and being indignant, it is better to take these voices as a compliment to yourself, so that the mind is much calmer...... And that's not all, when you take the booing, name-calling, and intimidation of your opponent as a compliment, hearing that on the pitch will only make you feel high, and you will definitely not back down.
So he left the boos and scolding of the Dortmund fans behind him and went to Salihovic. He's about to take a free-kick.
Salihovic's free-kicks are notoriously accurate in the team, so he was the team's first free-kick taker. But Chu felt they could still look for some variation on the free-kick.
So he told Salihovich about his idea, just like they had been training with each other that day, he stood in the wall to create a gap for Salihovic, and when Salihovic kicked the football over, he jerked it out of the way, allowing the ball to pass through the wall from where he was. The advantage of this is that it is very sudden, and the ball does not have to rise above the wall, so Salihovic can focus more on making the ball fly faster than on controlling the ball around the wall, which will inevitably affect the speed of the ball.
Salihovic had other considerations. Because this is not a novel tactic, but the subtlety of such a combination is not only to allow the football to drill through the void created by Chu Zhongtian, but also to make Chu Zhongtian a pawn to attract the attention of the Dortmund human wall. When the other party focused on Chu Zhongtian, Salihovic himself could find another way.
Dortmund's human wall has been lined up, and they haven't been struggling for a long time. Salihovic haven't scored a free-kick in the Bundesliga so far, so opponents don't know much about his ability in that regard. Otherwise, they will definitely regret that they are so obedient and have lined up the human wall.
Although Dortmund lined up the human wall, Chu Zhongtian still walked straight towards their human wall, he did not squeeze into the center of the human wall, although from the moment he walked over, Dortmund's human walls have turned their eyes on him. He walked to the side of the wall, then stood still.
Seeing Chu Zhongtian's back towards the other party, Salihovich suddenly remembered something. Just that day, when he and Chu Zhongtian were practicing, Chu Zhongtian was busy with him practicing free kicks, and he was also standing in the human wall as a cover, he didn't say hello, he shot directly, and wanted to take a small revenge on Chu Zhongtian and let the football hit him. But who thought that Chu Zhongtian avoided it unexpectedly, and it felt like ...... It was as if Chu Zhongtian knew in advance that he would suddenly get up and shoot.
Since that incident, Salihovic has always had this doubt in his mind - was he lucky to dodge, or did he really guess something to dodge this way?
In today's game, he got a free kick opportunity, looking at Chu Zhongtian's back, he suddenly thought: Why don't you try again?
The Dortmund players in the human wall turned their heads to look at Chu Zhongtian standing next to them, this Hoffenheim player did not struggle to squeeze into the human wall, which made them a little disappointed when they were quite nervous and ready to fight against the other party.
Chu Zhongtian ignored the strange gazes of the Dortmund players, he had just stopped, still adjusting his position, and did not turn around, but faced the goal.
At this moment, Salihovic suddenly ran two steps and then shot with his feet!
Before the Dortmund players could withdraw their eyes from Chu Zhongtian, they caught a glimpse of the movement in front of them out of the corner of their eyes.
And almost at the same time, Chu Zhongtian, who was facing away from Salihovic, suddenly shrank his head and bent over at the same time as he got up to shoot!
All this happened in an instant, and the Dortmund players didn't have time to make any moves, still maintaining the posture of turning their heads to look at Chu Zhongtian, which was not Chu Zhongtian in their eyes at this time, but the football that flew over.
The football only stayed in their sight for less than a second, appearing and disappearing.
Immediately afterwards they heard a loud cheer coming from the stands, from all directions.
Some people reacted quickly and looked back to see goalkeeper Weidenfeller still in the air, but the football had already hit the net behind him.
Chu Zhongtian had just rushed out at this time, and his leaning body became an unobstructed passage for the football, and the ball shot by Salihovic was from the top of his head over the human wall of Dortmund.
Weidenfeller was in the air, looking back at the ball inside the goal in despair. When Chu Zhongtian was standing on the side of the human wall, he noticed this Hoffenheim player, between the yellow and black, there was suddenly a touch of sky blue, and it was difficult not to pay attention. He knew that Chu Zhongtian might let the opponent's free kick player take advantage of it. But he didn't expect the other party to use it so suddenly-he hadn't reacted yet, that Chu Zhongtian had just fallen into position, and Salihovic actually kicked the football out...... "This is Hoffenheim's free kick, Chu and Salihovic said something, and walked towards the wall of people in Dortmund...... Salihovic shoots! "The commentator on German television didn't expect Hoffenheim to take a free-kick so quickly, and he had to chant before he could finish his words." The ball is in! The ball is in! The ball is in!! ”
“goooooooooooal!!! Hoffenheim scored again! Salihovic's direct free-kick! Pretty! It's beautiful! ”
Chu Zhongtian, who leaned down to make way for the football, raised his head and saw the football drilling into the net, he knew that his plan had succeeded, so he clenched his fists, made a sharp stop, and turned to look for Salihovic, who shot the goal.
“2:0! Hoffenheim doubled the lead in the 24th minute, the goal came from a free-kick from Salihovic, and he and Chu Zhongtian had a free-kick combination, and the two looked very well together. This made all the previous rumors about the feud between the two of them disappear! "The Chinese commentators were also very excited. In the past, when Yang Chen was in Frankfurt, Frankfurt was the home team of the commentators, but now that Chu Zhongtian has gone to Hoffenheim, this small team that was previously unknown has naturally become the target of Chinese commentators' support.
Fans in the stands at the Karl Benz Stadium jumped up from their seats and cheered with their arms raised as they saw the ball go around Weidenfeller's ten fingertips and into the goal.
"Well done, Sayyad! Good job! ”
The Dortmund fans on the other side were silent.
The team suffered two blows in 25 minutes, and they didn't know what to say for a while.
On the pitch, after the goal, Salihovic raised his arms excitedly and shouted, this was not his first goal in the Bundesliga, but in his mind, he regarded this free kick as his first goal in the Bundesliga. Because the previous goal was scored from the penalty kick, it was not difficult, and I didn't have much credit. But a direct free-kick is different, and shooting a free-kick like this gives him a sense of accomplishment.
While he was cheering, Chu Zhongtian appeared in front of him.
He was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect that he was the first person to celebrate after his goal.
Chu Zhongtian stretched out his hand to him, grinned and said, "Well done!" ”
When Salikhovich saw Chu Zhongtian, he reflexively stretched out his hand to him, and the hands of the two people collided in the air, making a snapping sound.
Immediately after, teammates swarmed up, surrounded the two people in the middle, and hugged each other tightly.
"We've scored again, hooray!"
"Well done, Sayyad!"
"It's a tacit fit!"
The players were so excited, as was the head coach off the pitch, Lanick, who rushed out of his seat and waved his arms hard.
Of course, he is aware of the recent criticism of him in the media, which believes that Hoffenheim is a team that has always been a nouveau riche, a team that can only rely on the investment of the owner, and such a team has nothing to do with him as a manager.
It's not a bad thing for him that the boss is rich, the media can criticize it if they want to criticize it, anyway, don't think about any great achievements in today's football without money, it's his luck to have a rich boss, why should he refute this point of view?
But those who question his coaching skills, he would love to slap them in the face with real actions. He wants to bring back the disappeared "free man tactics", he wants to train a Chu Zhongtian into the third real free man after Beckenbauer and Summer, and he wants the entire Hoffenheim team to move forward at full speed on this tactic, like a German tank with full horsepower, charging into battle.
At that point, let's look at the faces of the media and see if he, the head coach who single-handedly created this tactic, really doesn't have a lot of coaching skills.
Now that the Bundesliga has only started five rounds, Hoffenheim's performance has already surprised everyone, and he believes that he will surprise more people as the tactics are refined and improved.
But at the moment, what makes him happier than this ambitious goal is that two important players in the team, Chu Zhongtian and Salihovic, have shown signs of reconciliation. First of all, Chu Zhongtian and Salihovic had an exchange before this free kick, and this tactical cooperation must have been discussed by the two people. Secondly, after scoring the goal, Salihovic and Chu Zhongtian high-fived each other, if the relationship between them is still as awkward and tense as before, then they will definitely not make such a celebration after the goal.
The last of the instability within the team has been removed, and Rangnick can allow the team to focus all their energy on their external enemies. Let the Bundesliga, a backwater dominated by Bayern Munich for a long time, set off a monstrous wave.
Hoffenheim, who scored two goals, didn't stop there, this is a team that advocates attack, Rangnick taught them to score goals at all times, one goal lead is not safe, two goals lead is not safe, if you can still score, why not continue to score? Three, four, five, six...... Who would be afraid to score too many goals?
Therefore, Hoffenheim, a new Bundesliga team, faced the old powerhouse Dortmund, and did not stop after leading by two goals, but continued to bombard Dortmund's goal.
And poor Dortmund, once a veteran Bundesliga powerhouse, one of the three teams that Germany has won the European Champions Cup, is now facing the aggressive offensive of the new Bundesliga army Hoffenheim, and can only shrink back and be a turtle with a shrunken head.
Just three minutes after Salihovic's goal, Hoffenheim made a comeback and Chu Zhongtian passed the ball to Ibisevic. The Bosnian striker took the ball with his back on the edge of the penalty area and defended his Borussia Dortmund Felipe. Santana slipped suddenly, and Ibiševich immediately turned quickly and burst into the box, then shook off another Dortmund centre-back, Subotich, who came up to save him, and fired a low right-footed shot from 14 yards out in the middle. The ball was saved by Weidenfeller.
In the 33rd minute, Chu Zhongtian made a long pass to the front, and Salihovic ferried the football to Demba with his head. Ba, Dortmund defenders raised their hands to signal Demba. Ba was offside, but the linesman did not raise the flag, and the referee did not blow the whistle, and it was not offside!
Ba successfully countered offside, dribbled into the penalty area, and then fired from eleven meters from goal, which was saved by goalkeeper Weidenfeller, who came out in time.
Saved Dengba. Weidenfeller, who shot the goal, jumped up from the ground and waved his fists, shouting at his defenders: "Look what you guys are doing!" How can he be allowed to burst into the penalty area so easily!! ”
"He's offside!" Subotic retorted.
"But the linesman didn't raise the flag!" Weidenfeller waved his arm and pointed at the linesman. "You shouldn't give up the game!" He now wears the captain's armband and he has the right to reprimand his team-mates on the pitch for their poor performances.
"Alright...... Alright," another defender, Lukavina, came up to play the round.
On the other side, Demba who wasted this one-on-one opportunity. Ba Ze covered his face with his hands, looking very frustrated.
The Dortmund fans in the stands saw their team being beaten by Hoffenheim and the wind and rain, and their hatred for Hoffenheim was even stronger.
They chanted insulting Hoffenheim songs from the stands and also physically attacked several key Hoffenheim players.
For example, Ibisevic and Salihovic, who scored the goal, called the two Bosnian players "refugees" and asked them to go back to their countries and not run to Germany for refuge.
As Hoffenheim's on-field captain and absolute tactical core, Chu Zhongtian will not be spared. And he received the most boos and scolding.
Some racists called him a "yellow-skinned monkey", others greeted his mother, and made fun of him about his nationality and asked where his braids had gone.
"Where's your pig's tail, yellow-skinned monkey?!"
In response to this behavior, Chu Zhongtian blasted Wei Dengfeller away with a long-range shot. If it weren't for the quick reaction of the central defender Santana next to him and kicking the football out with a big kick, I'm afraid Ibishevic, who was ambushed on the side, would have scored twice.
Until the end of the first half, Dortmund did not organize any decent offensive, they were completely stunned by Hoffenheim's wave after wave of attacks, and some people even had a little confusion in their eyes when they left the field.
Borussia Dortmund's players could never have imagined that they would be two goals behind in the first half, and what hit them even more than the score was that they couldn't find the advantage on the pitch. Judging from the scene, it was good that they only conceded two goals, and if it wasn't for Hoffenheim's strikers wasting chances, they could have fallen behind 4-0 in the first half.
Is this really a promoted polo team?
All the Borussia Dortmund players came off the pitch with a similar doubt in their minds.
The Hoffenheim players were beaming and happy when they came off the pitch. To be able to lead Dortmund by two goals so easily on their home turf was something they didn't even expect.
The background sound for the players of both teams is the noise created by the fans of both sides in the stands.
Hoffenheim fans chanted: "Come on! Come on! Hoffenheim club is the best!! ”
The Dortmund fans shouted: "Die! Legion of Bitches!! ”
It's a pity that Hoffenheim is only a promoted team now, and the number of fans is not large, and they can't suppress the voices of the away team's fans at their home stadium. So at the Karl-Benz Arena, Hoffenheim played as if on a neutral ground.
This is also the embarrassing situation that Hoffenheim are currently facing, they are currently on loan to someone else's stadium, which is a bit of a parasitic feeling. Hoffenheim is not a popular team in Mannheim, and there is even some resentment against Hoffenheim for robbing the rich man Dietmar who "should have belonged to them". Hope – but in fact Mr. Hoppe invested in Hoffenheim because he played where he played as a young man, as a center forward. If the owner of Hope did not play at Hoffenheim when he was younger, but at Mannheim, then perhaps it is not Hoffenheim who is showing off in front of Dortmund now, but Mannheim.
Many Mannheim fans also come to watch Hoffenheim's game, but they have mixed emotions and it is difficult to say what kind of mentality they are in to watch the game.
Amid the noise of the fans, the players from both sides quickly left the pitch and entered their respective locker rooms. They have fifteen minutes and those fifteen minutes are more important for Borussia Dortmund because they have to plan well if they are to salvage the defeat in the second half.
Will they be able to pull off a comeback from two goals down?
(To be continued)