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The defeat away to CSKA Moscow suddenly cast a shadow over Hoffenheim's prospects. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the final round of the group stage, they will face Manchester United at home, the opponent is too strong, and the winning ** is very strong. So their last draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford was completely out of context. It can't be said that they have won against Manchester United at the toughest home stadium in Europe, so they can win even more on their home turf. Football is not a math problem, and it cannot be so simple to add, subtract, multiply and divide, and compare the relationship between winning and losing.

As for what the opponent's game will look like, Rangnick doesn't care at all, and he can't care about it. Anyway, no matter what kind of opponent the opponent plays, it is the safest thing for your side to win. So after returning to Hoffenheim after the match against CSKA Moscow, Rangnick announced to the team that their goal for their next Champions League group game was to win.

The Hoffenheim players were not surprised when he said the word, as they were well aware of the situation and they couldn't find anything to ensure they qualified from the group other than to win.

Although the third group can still play in the Europa League, after participating in the Champions League once, who wants to play in the Europa League?

Besides, Hoffenheim's first Champions League trip in the club's history no one wants to end in the group stage. UEFA rated them as the biggest dark horse in the Champions League this season, which still satisfied the vanity of many players. Wouldn't it be too useless if the biggest dark horse was eliminated in the group stage?

So it's no disputing that a home win over Manchester United and securing qualification is the team's only goal. No one is going to worry in training and in the dressing room about whether Hoffenheim can beat Manchester United, it's not a question of whether it is or not, it is a question of having to win. If you can't win, you have to look at the faces of others. In the final game, CSKA Moscow took on Besiktas away, and for CSKA Moscow, the "away" was perhaps their only downside. But in terms of winning, CSKA Moscow is stronger than Besiktas, and in terms of team strength, CSKA is also better, so CSKA has a higher chance of beating Besiktas, which can be seen from the odds offered by the bookmaker.

Similarly, Hoffenheim's home game against Manchester United is more optimistic about Manchester United.

Although Manchester United are playing away from home, they are stronger than Hoffenheim in terms of overall strength and must win as well.

In the past, the media was singing praises for the dark horse, but whenever the dark horse and the traditional giants meet, everyone will unanimously turn to the giants.

If a dark horse wants to win everyone's complete recognition and respect, there is only one way - to become a strong man.

Just like the peasant uprisings were not all about being emperors in the end.

Chu Zhongtian observed from this detail that Hoffenheim was indeed more ambitious than Metz. When playing in Metz, whenever you have to win against a strong team, everyone worries that you can't win, and there is a kind of pessimism and early surrender in private. But at Hoffenheim, after a season of training, this team has no such situation, everyone is full of fighting spirit for the final round of the group stage against Manchester United, and even wish the game would come early.

Rangnick also decided to give up the league for the time being in order to prepare for this match. After losing 2-1 to Wolfsburg and drawing 2-2 with Cologne, Hoffenheim have slipped to third place in the league table, although the biggest gap between the top four is only four points, which is not much. Bundesliga title is not on the radar either, and his goal this season is to qualify for next season's Champions League and try to go as far as possible in this season's Champions League.

Therefore, the two league games before the decisive match against Manchester United have become warm-up games in Rangnick's eyes, on the one hand, to adjust the condition of the main players, and on the other hand, to be careful not to let the players get injured in the game.

In such a situation, it is not unusual for Hoffenheim to lose 2:3 to Borussia Dortmund and draw 0:0 with Hamburg.

In fact, the 0-0 draw with Hamburg was not bad, and in that game Rangnick sent a huge part of the substitutes, and the main players either served as substitutes or did not follow the team to Hamburg at all. In the end, he was able to get a point without conceding a goal away from home, and Rangnick was already very satisfied.

In the last game against Dortmund, Hoffenheim lost and lost. Not only did he lose to Borussia Dortmund, who had always been prejudiced against Hoffenheim at home, but striker Wellington was also sent off for slapping the ball in the hands of Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller in a dead-ball state, causing Weidenfeller to fall to the ground in pain with his hands on his face.

The whole game was full of gunpowder, and small movements and black feet on both sides were everywhere. Hoffenheim fans in the stands were attacking Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller with lighters and coins, while Dortmund fans were shouting at Hope and insulting his private life. In addition, the referee of this game is a young referee Kempter, who is only 26 years old, and has no experience in how to effectively control the scene.

In order to avoid injury to his players, Rangnick had to start replacing the main core players when they were behind, and Ibisevic, Salihovic and Chu Zhongtian were replaced within five minutes. It is equivalent to admitting defeat in advance.

In the face of an opponent like Dortmund, Rangnick has no choice but to admit defeat, who makes the two sides fight so fiercely?

If you win a league game and lose all the games in this season's Champions League, Rangnick will certainly not be able to forgive himself for the decision he made in the first place.

As soon as the match against Hamburg was over, the media turned their attention to the Champions League.

In this season's Champions League, the German team has a bad game. In the final round of the group stage, none of the three teams representing Germany are guaranteed to qualify.

Bayern Munich in Group A are the representatives, symbols and totems of German football, but they also had a bumpy experience in the group stage. In the second round of the group stage, Juventus drew 0-0 at their home stadium and lost 1-2 away to Ligue 1 side Bordeaux in the third round. In the fourth round, they lost 0:2 to Bordeaux at their home stadium, and in the fifth round, they relied on Bordeaux's victory over Juventus, and they defeated Maccabi Haifa at home to retain their hope of qualifying. The situation in Group A is now like this: Bordeaux are the leaders with 13 points, and after beating Juventus at home in the last round, Juventus are second in the group with eight points and Bayern Munich are third with seven points. In the final round, they must win away at Juventus to qualify for the knockout stages.

Needless to say, the situation in Group B where Hoffenheim is located, which has been analyzed before, has become a pot of porridge.

Last season's runners-up, VfL Wolfsburg, are also in mixed Group G. With one round of the group stage remaining, Sevilla FC are top of the table, followed by Urzicheni from the Romanian league who are second with eight points, Wolfsburg who are third with seven points, and Sugle's Glasgow Rangers are two points from the bottom. With the exception of Rangers, who have already been confirmed out, the remaining three teams are all hopeful of competing for the two spots in the Champions League group. In the final round, Wolfsburg hosts Ulzicheni, and it will be a decisive battle to determine who will qualify. If Worthburg wants to qualify, they will have to win against their opponents.

The situation of the final round of the three German teams is not good, which is why the German media will pay so much attention. They fear that the German team will be wiped out in the Champions League group stage this season, which will be a shame for German football...... But a closer analysis will find that although these three teams are all in a critical situation to qualify, the degree of crisis is different, and there are priorities.

Bayern Munich had a poor start to the season with a new manager, even finishing 11th in the league for a while, but then they returned to normal and gradually caught up and are now just two points behind Hoffenheim in fifth place in the league. Now away to Juventus, Juventus is not doing well in the league, so Bayern Munich is still hopeful.

The same is true for Wolfsburg. In the final round, they faced Urzicheni at home, which is not a traditional powerhouse, and it is not impossible to win at home.

The most dangerous is Hoffenheim in Rangnick. Although they are playing at home, they will face a strong Manchester United who are hungry for victory.

So everyone is not very optimistic about Hoffenheim. The analysis believes that Hoffenheim does have the potential to become the biggest dark horse in the Champions League this season, but they did not seize the opportunity themselves. A draw at home to Besiktas and an away defeat to CSKA has put qualification in jeopardy.

Otherwise, they would have been the first team in this group.

The good news for Hoffenheim is that although the H1N1 flu, commonly known as "swine flu", has been identified as a global outbreak by the WHO, all of the key players are fit to play in the midweek clash against Manchester United. The bad news is that Manchester United are also fully fit and ready to play against them.

※※※ For Chu Zhongtian, Mace is like a dream that has gradually faded away, and the number of times this name appears in his life is becoming less and less. Only the champagne in the wine cabinet at home still occasionally reminded him of those unforgettable years.

Since he left Metz, the dark horse that won the UEFA Cup and beat AC Milan in the UEFA Super Cup has fallen apart. That's the only fate for a team where the owner has no money. Because they don't have the money, they need to sell young and good players to get by, otherwise they will not be able to keep up with the pace and fall behind in the highly competitive football field.

After Chu Zhongtian left, head coach Fernandez lasted a season, but Pjanic was lonely, too young, and his performance was not stable enough to completely replace Chu Zhongtian's role.

So that season Metz did not qualify for the Champions League, did not qualify for the newly restructured Europa League, did not win the league title and, of course, was not relegated. Fernandez announced before the end of the season that he would say goodbye to Metz after the season, and he even signed a contract with Ligue 1 youth guard Auxerre in advance, which will be executed as soon as the season is over, and he will replace Gilly, the godfather of Auxerre. Lu's class, this burden is heavy enough. After he left, Mayz fell apart in the summer before the start of the 09-10 season.

First of all, of course, it was the goalscorer Ibisevic who followed Chu Zhongtian to Hoffenheim, and secondly, another young star in their team, Jeremy. Menez moved to Roma for a fee of 15 million euros. Defender Promans followed his mentor Fernandez to Auxerre for a transfer fee of 8 million euros. Matthew. Valbuena was bought by Marseille for 10 million euros, while Obertan joined Manchester United for a very low price of 3 million. Centre-back Traore also moved to Paris Saint-Germain for 3 million euros, and his partner Rodriguez went to PSV Eindhoven in the Eredivisie for a transfer fee of only 3.5 million euros.

Mez's club president, Molinari, was like a clearance sale, selling out all the players from Metz's glory days at the price of cabbage. It's easy to imagine what the team's results will look like, although they are less than halfway through the season, but Metz is already deep in the relegation zone, and if nothing else, the team will be back in the second division at the end of the season.

It is now popular among Metz fans to scold the president of the club while nostalgic for the glory days when Fernandes and Chu Zhongtian were there.

Although the "best Mays in history" is gone, many of the players she has cultivated are still developing in professional football.

Last season, in the Bundesliga league title race, it can be said that the former Metz players clashed.

This time, three players who had played for one team will meet again as enemies.

When Obertan moved to Manchester United for €3 million, it surprised many in the football world. Because Obertan has just made a splash at the Toulon Cup, he has been selected as the Most Valuable Player of the Toulon Cup. Mace sold him for such a bargain...... No one knows exactly what the deal is going on, but Obertan is a good candidate for United.

Unexpectedly, just after joining Manchester United, he was unable to play for a long time due to a spinal injury, and he had been resting for three months before returning.

He was selected in the squad for this Champions League match against Hoffenheim and will travel to Hoffenheim with the team. There, he will meet his teammates who used to be on the same team, Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic.

"I know Manchester United have a lot of fans in China, but I'm going to try to win this game. Chu Zhongtian was interviewed by Chinese reporters. As the day of the match approaches, the interest in the match is gradually increasing. These days, there are more and more journalists around the Hoffenheim training base, and everyone is surrounded by several reporters after training to ask all sorts of questions about Manchester United.

Chu Zhongtian had just finished answering a reporter's idiotic question, and another reporter rushed up and asked: "If the team can't qualify, what do you think......

"Then let's talk about it when we don't qualify."

With that, he lined up the reporters and walked towards the lounge.

As soon as he returned to the dressing room, he heard team-mate Ibisevic complaining: "Manchester United! Manchester United! Manchester United! My ears are full of Manchester United...... Why are they so concerned about Manchester United when they are clearly here to interview us? ”

"Hah!" Chu Zhongtian laughed.

"Yo, Chu, are you here? I'm sure you've been asked a lot of questions about Manchester United, right? ”

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "It's normal, the media always pay more attention to the strong team." If we play against Real Madrid, the media will only focus on Real Madrid. ”

"I'm just upset anyway......" Ibisevic muttered. I'm going to make them regret why they didn't care about us before the game......"

"Then defeat them!" Chu Zhongtian slapped Ibisevic the back, and then walked into the bathroom.

Ibisevic turned his head to look at his back and waved his fist: "Of course!" ”

In the bathroom, Chu Zhongtian let the hot water pour over his head, washing away the sweat and mud on his body. It was raining in Hoffenheim during training today, and the field was a little muddy.

He once said in an interview with reporters after the draw away at Manchester United that this was not Hoffenheim's ultimate goal. In his mind, of course, the ultimate goal is to win the Champions League, but he is not so arrogant as to think that they can win this season, this season he just wants the team to try to move forward, go further than they can, even if it is only one step further.

Now he is faced with such a situation.

Judging from the current situation, Hoffenheim is likely to stop at the group stage and then be forced to play in the Europa League, which is the UEFA Cup.

This is the so-called distance of "how far can you go".

Chu Zhongtian wanted the team to go further. Participating in the Champions League for the first time and only playing in the group stage made him feel very unwilling. It is said that the real Champions League starts in the knockout stage, and he wants to see how the best teams perform in the knockout rounds.

He hasn't played in a Champions League final either, but it was a Champions League final for him. Whether it's Hoffenheim or Manchester United, you have to win this game, isn't it a final? Whether it's the group stage or the knockout stage, there is more than one game, so if you lose in this game, you can win it back in the next game. And in this game, that kind of situation does not exist, if you lose, you may say goodbye to this season's Champions League, and if you win, you can go further and move forward. In addition, as final opponents, Manchester United will obviously have more weight than Besiktas and CSKA, and will be more like a team in the Champions League final...... It's just that the teams participating in the real finals are competing for the Big Ears Cup, and they are competing for a place in the qualifiers.

As the match day was getting closer and closer, Chu Zhongtian didn't have any other thoughts in his mind, and he had one thought now - to win this game at any cost, regardless of everything, even if he was out for two or three months because of an injury.

Most of the time, he's calm and big-picture on the pitch. But at this time, he just wanted to let the blood rush to his head and let him go wild in such an important game. The last time he was held to a last-minute draw away from Manchester United, he was haunted by the huge disappointment and pain that took him a full day to recover. He didn't want to taste it again anytime soon.

The hot water continued to pour over his head, as if the blood was gathering there, and as the blood gathered upward, his palms clenched into fists.

I want to win Manchester United, more than anyone else!

(To be continued)