Chapter 57: The Future
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Although Hoffenheim are at the top of the league, few people are optimistic about them before the game, and many people, even football experts, believe that Bayern Munich will win, and the difference is only whether Bayern will win easily or hard. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
No one could have guessed that Hoffenheim would draw with Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena and perform so well that they even had a chance to win the game.
Rangnick was delighted at the post-match press conference, saying it was a high-blood game, with Hoffenheim attacking round after round. Both teams were in excellent form and there were some minor regrets not to win, but a draw would have been a fair result for both sides. "If I let Weiss start, and Chu Zhongtian goes to play in the back, maybe we will win? Ha ha! ā
Klinsmann looked regretful: "What shall I say? It was a tight race...... Hoffenheim had no intention of being the best opponent we faced at the Allianz Arena and we knew it wasn't going to be easy against them, and it was...... But I still think if Tony hadn't wasted that many chances, we would have won......"
After the game, Chu Zhongtian became the target of the media, he successfully froze Ribery, assisted the team's first goal, and scored the team's second goal himself, and was selected as the best on the spot. After exchanging shirts with Ribery, he was surrounded by the media.
"Say something, Chu? How did you feel about holding Bayern to a draw at the Allianz Arena? ā
Chu Zhongtian smiled and said, "This is what we deserve, I'm very happy." We decided on the idea a long time ago, and then we implemented it step by step in the competition! I am happy! ā
"Isn't it a pity that we didn't win against Bayern Munich?"
'Of course, we want to win at any time and it's a shame not to win.'
Chu Zhongtian became the focus of media pursuit, and the coaches of both sides also mentioned this game in the post-match press conference.
"Chu is doing very well and I want to congratulate him. In fact, when he moved to Hoffenheim, he was under a lot of pressure and I know that there are a lot of people in his home country who are unhappy and puzzled by his transfer choice. The other 30 million worth also made him questionable. But he never complained, nor was he crushed by the pressure. I've known him for two years now, and I believe I made the right choice. This game is a good proof of that! "These are Rangnick's words.
Klinsmann also praised Chu Zhongtian's performance: "He is a very good player. He made it hard for us and I have to admit that Rangnick had him play as a right wing-back was completely unexpected, so much so that our pre-match arrangements didn't work...... I'm sure he'll be successful at Hoffenheim. ā
The comments of these two managers have made the Chinese media feel very happy, and it is rare for a Chinese player to receive such praise. In the past, after the foreign players performed well, the Chinese media said that the foreign media unanimously praised them, and they would be scolded by the domestic dogs, saying that the Chinese media were obsessed with themselves again. But I believe that if they relay the words of Rangnick and Klinsmann to the country, no one will oppose them.
Because Chu Zhongtian's performance is in everyone's eyes, as long as he is not blind, deaf, and has a normal IQ and understands football, he should know that these praises are not cowhides produced and sold by the Chinese media.
After the interview, the audience posed in front of the cameras of all the media and let them take pictures.
Under the pressure of the winter cold, he still ** his upper body, and a white steam emanated from his body. He gave a thumbs up with one hand and grabbed the shirt that Ribery gave him, the red Bayern home shirt, with the other.
As Rangnick said before the game: "We want a bloody scalp for Bayern." ā
Of course, Hoffenheim can't really pick the scalp of the Bayern players, but the jersey in Chu Zhongtian's hand, no matter how you look at it, has a symbolic meaning - red, blood, jersey, scalp...... ā»ā»ā» After returning to the locker room, the whole team of players is still cheering. They haven't recovered from the excitement of the draw away to Bayern.
Chu Zhongtian was the latest to come back because he had been being interviewed by reporters and asked to take pictures, and when he walked into the locker room, he was cheered by his teammates in unison: "Welcome to the best in the field!" Best in the game! Whoop! Best in the game! ā
Chu Zhongtian raised his arms to thank his teammates.
It can be said that although Chu Zhongtian was the core of the team before, it was the coach's arrangement, and everyone had to accept it, but later because he saw that Chu Zhongtian really had a level, he also felt that it was not a bad thing for Chu Zhongtian to be the core. But emotionally seeing him as a member of Hoffenheim is not yet the consensus of the players. A lot of people in this team are people who have been with Hoffenheim for two or even three years, and they have a special affection for this team. Thinking that Hoffenheim is like their home, there will always be a period of rejection of outsiders, and even if they do, they will not be as close as they are to the elderly.
But today, Chu Zhongtian's goal completely shattered that invisible barrier.
Everyone accepted Chu Zhongtian from the bottom of their hearts, even people like Salihovic who once had prejudices against Chu Zhongtian were no exception.
Because he fought for the team until the last minute and he succeeded.
It's a pity that they don't have champagne here, otherwise Chu Zhongtian would definitely be drenched in soup.
They kept arguing for a long time, until Rangnick, the head coach who had gone to the press conference, came back and went to take a shower and gesture things to get ready to leave.
When Chu Zhongtian opened his mobile phone, he received congratulatory text messages from many people, all of which congratulated him on his outstanding performance in the game and his election as the best in the game.
It's not the first time he's been voted Man of the Match, but only this time has caught so much attention.
This is all thanks to the live broadcast in 167 countries.
Merry sent a text message praising Chu Zhongtian This is an excellent self-advertisement, I believe the whole world should understand that Chu Zhongtian, who chose to transfer to a Bundesliga promotion to the Zebras, is not dead, not only alive, but also alive and well.
Xu Xiaodi's point of view is similar to Merry's, he thinks that Chu Zhongtian's outstanding performance in this game has improved Chu Zhongtian's image among those big brands, and he plans to strike while the iron is hot and talk to those big brands about the commercial use of Chu Zhongtian's image.
Mom and Dad's congratulatory text messages were very simple, they praised their son for his good performance, and encouraged him to continue to work hard and not be complacent - in the eyes of his parents, no matter how famous Chu Zhongtian was and how much money he earned, he was still a child.
To Chu Zhongtian's delight, he actually received the . A text message from Fernandez: "Although you managed to freeze Frank on the wing, I still think you should develop in the middle, not the wing, the middle of the midfield is your turf, Chu." ā
The old coach still cares about himself, even though he no longer plays under him. Of course he's not going to go wide, he doesn't want to play all the positions on the pitch. He himself prefers to play in the middle, and this time he went to play as a right wing-back mainly to defend Ribery, and it was only a temporary cameo. And Weiss performed very well in defending Ribery at the end of the game, I believe Coach Rangnick also saw this, and the next time he meets Bayern Munich, he should not be allowed to defend Ribery on the wing, and Weiss will take his gun.
Chu Zhongtian didn't reply to other people's text messages, and he specifically replied to Fernandez's text messages: "Thank you, coach." I don't go to the wings, I like to be in the middle. ā
Yes, after more than seventy minutes of experience in the first seventy minutes of this match, he confirmed the idea. On the wing, he managed to keep out Ribery and had an assist, which was also outstanding. But he always felt that the pattern was too small, and some of them couldn't be used, and he was very depressed. However, in the middle lane, the sea and the sky are wide, there is a sense of freedom and pleasure of "the sea is wide and the fish jumps, and the sky is high and the birds fly", only here he feels that he is in control of the overall situation, there is a feeling of "chess player", and he feels more like a chess piece on the side.
Seeing that there was no text message at all, Chu Zhongtian's teammates had also cleaned up, and everyone got up and left the away team locker room at Allianz Stadium, and some of them were still reluctant. It left them with good memories, and of course they couldn't give up. If you lose, I'm afraid that everyone won't be reluctant to give up, and I just want to leave early...... Back on the bus, Chu Zhongtian's phone rang. It was Emily who called.
"I counted the time and thought it was almost time for you to finish your work, so I gave you a call. You played a great game, my dear! ā
"You're watching the game, Amy?"
"Of course, the United States also has live broadcasts, okay? Did you know that after the game, someone called me and asked if Hoffenheim was my boyfriend's team? You're famous in the U.S. too! ā
"Hah, but I don't think the Americans will be interested for long."
"It doesn't matter, the person I like is a big star and I'm so happy! Also, after the game, my mother's expression was wonderful, and your goal stimulated her, haha! ā
"So did your mom hate me more, or did she change her opinion of me?"
"Then I can't tell...... But my mother's criteria were very simple - good to me, rich and famous. In my opinion, you fit, hehe. ā
"Okay, I hope this is a good start......" At the mention of Emily's mother, Miranda, Chu Zhongtian had a headache. He had never been afraid of anyone in his life, but he was afraid of two women, the first was his mother, and the second was Emily's mother.
Chu Zhongtian has always been careful not to offend Ms. Miranda, just for fear of making her angry and making him dissatisfied with him. He knew that Emily sometimes fought against her mother, but she actually loved her mother very much. That's also natural, the father ran away with other women, leaving them mother and daughter to depend on each other, and it would be wrong not to love them. So if you want to marry Emily, I'm afraid you have to pass the Miranda level first. Emily must not want to abandon her mother in order to be with her.
Eduardo, who has a lively personality, and the others are still singing songs and cheering after getting into the car. It was a dream for the Hoffenheim players. They never imagined they would draw against the mighty Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena and come close to winning. When they were still in the second division, they had a dream that if they were promoted, they would definitely play Bayern, and at that time they were also obsessed with who they would exchange shirts with after the game.
After this game, most of the players got their favorite stars - yes, although Hoffenheim's players are professional players, they also have their favorite teams and stars, except for Hoffenheim, some of them like Bayern, some like Bayer, some like Bayer, some like Barcelona, some like Manchester United, and five of the other players in the team are former Stuttgart youth players, they all like Stuttgart - but it's not like they're chasing after other people's butts. It was the Bayern players who took the initiative to come up and exchange with them. At the Allianz Arena, on Bayern Munich's turf, they earned the respect of their opponents with their actual performances. This is more important than a draw.
Emily also heard Eduardo, Gustavo, Obasi and others singing on the other end of the phone, and she smiled and asked, "What, isn't your celebration over there yet?" ā
It happened that Eduardo, Gustavo, and Obasi jumped up and down in front of Chu Zhongtian's seat, and when they saw Chu Zhongtian holding the phone, they deliberately came up and sang louder. After singing a few words, they walked away and returned to their respective seats, but the singing continued. Not everyone in the carriage sang along, after all, such an extroverted personality is not shared by everyone, but everyone was happy and did not feel disturbed. Germans like Beck and Weiss are also talking and laughing. The atmosphere was quite congenial.
Chu Zhongtian waited for them to leave and said to Emily, "How is it?" Feeling the enthusiasm of my teammates? ā
Emily smiled over there, "I feel it." Honestly, your teammates are really good at singing! Looks like you're happy there, and I'm relieved. I can feel some of the changes...... What door opened? ā
Chu Zhongtian felt that Emily and himself had a heart. "Yes, the door is open, and not only the door, but the window is also open." After this battle, he and his teammates have a completely harmonious relationship. Now they are a whole whole, and they will fight together for a more long-term goal.
As he said to his team-mates when he first arrived: "Let's make a big show together." ā
He's not joking, he's not pretentious.
"Go back to the hotel, have a good rest, and have a day off tomorrow!" Rangnick was the last to get on the bus, and he made the announcement, and the entire car cheered with their arms raised.
Abel wandered outside the police station, reluctant to leave and afraid to enter.
Daniel was caught, along with a dozen other people, all of whom had been caught fighting on the court.
He didn't know what was going to happen to Daniel. But he found out that he had known Daniel for ten years, and for the first time he was worried about this big fat man who was always bullying him. But he didn't know what he was worried about, he was worried anyway.
Maybe he was afraid that Daniel would scold himself after he was released, because he was caught in the game because of himself who fought with others?
As the night deepened, the temperature dropped. Although Abel was dressed very thickly, his feet were also frozen at this time, and he had to stomp his feet often and pace back and forth to keep his feet from becoming stiff.
Hoffenheim's joy at holding Bayern to a halt was not transmitted to him at all. In the final stages of the game, his brain was basically in a "freeze" state. In the end, he had no idea what was going on.
He didn't even know how he got to the police station.
Now he has time to think back to the game, Chu Zhongtian scored a goal, he was really excited, from the heart, which also made him get into trouble. The song cheering for Hoffenheim blurted out, but unexpectedly, it caused a riot in the stands. As a person who is often verbally and physically attacked, he felt that it was nothing to be scolded at first, and it was nothing to be pushed a few times, anyway, he lowered his head and shrunk his neck and let them vent, and it would be fine when he was done.
Who would have thought that Daniel would react violently, not only scolding each other, but also getting involved with them...... For a while, Abel himself didn't know why. He had always thought that Daniel would bully him with the others...... He felt that as long as Daniel didn't hit him, it would be fine, because it really hurt when he hit people, and he didn't care if he scolded a few words.
Anyway, he's used to being bullied, so it doesn't matter for a long time.
Abel waited until 10:40 p.m., and before Daniel came out, he guessed that Daniel must be spending the night in the police station.
He couldn't stay any longer, because it was too late to come home, and his mother would definitely blame him.
He could only hope that nothing would happen to Daniel, and left the police station with his head down.
ā»ā»ā» On the night after the big game, the players may still be partying, or they may have rested. Fans also dispersed from the stadium, and the 69,000-seat Allianz Arena had long since turned off its lights and fell silent.
But in the offices of various news agencies and media outlets, the lights are still bright.
The contest brought together more than 300 journalists from all over the world, and after the tournament, the news war had just begun.
It was one of the best games of the season in the Bundesliga, and after all the time it took to play up the game, the process of this game lived up to the media's hype, and now it's time to make it even more exciting - and it naturally has to be done by the pen and mouth of the journalists.
There's so much to talk about, so much to hype.
Fans must not be willing to just watch a game, they want to know more.
The media also have to bring out the full residual value of this game.
The famous football commentator in charge of commentating the game, Marcel. When Leif returned to his home after the game, he turned on his computer and prepared to write a review of the game for The Kicker magazine, an invitation to the Kickers, but he had a lot to say himself.
Opening the document, he paused for a moment, thinking back to the game that had just ended, the exciting scene seemed to be still in front of him, and he could still hear the huge noise coming from the Allianz Arena when he closed his eyes.
He put his hand on the keyboard and began typing:
"David didn't defeat Goliath, but David finally showed up ......"
ā»ā»ā» The chairman of the German professional league committee, the chairman of the Borussia Dortmund club, Laubal, watched the game on the spot, and when he left the stadium, he muttered to the people around him: "Why didn't you come earlier for this game?" ā
The people around him laughed, "You put pen to paper too early, Dr. Laubar." ā
Laubar shrugged at the ridicule.
For more than a year, the league committee under Laubal has been negotiating new broadcast contracts with TV broadcasters to start next season, and it was only in November that they reached an agreement. Sold a four-year broadcast contract for the First and Second Divisions to four media outlets, led by Premiere, with a total value of 1.65 billion euros.
Although Laubal was pleased with the figure at the time, the gap was still stark when compared to the Premier League's Ā£900 million per season in television revenue. At the time, Le Monde commented: "Despite our efforts to package the Bundesliga as the best football event to be sold to television broadcasters and promoted to the whole world, we can only watch with envy the passion and speed of the English." ā
So now Laubar is complaining that the game came too late and he signed it too early...... If you watch this game, the broadcast fees of the Bundesliga and the Bundesliga for four years should be negotiable...... "It looks like we're going to remake the Bundesliga promotional video......" he said to those around him.
"I think so, this game is the best publicity for the Bundesliga."
ā»ā»ā» Now go back and look back at the beginning. When Hoffenheim rose to prominence because of their rich owners, there was a lot of criticism in Germany, with many people saying that Hoffenheim's football model was disgusting, and they all wanted the team to be relegated sooner.
The German media generally regarded Hoffenheim's money-invested football as a provocation and insult to the tradition of German football, and there were fears that Hoffenheim would set a bad example - in the future, many tycoons would invest in small teams that were unheard of, and then squeeze the old teams with historical backgrounds out of everyone's sight. In a word, everyone is worried that money will corrupt football.
It was against this background that the Guardian columnist Hognesstein made a remark, but at that time it did not attract attention, and it was quickly drowned in the German criticism of Hoffenheim's emerging power.
I don't know how many people will think of this sentence now?
German football will soon find that Hoffenheim is not a threat, but their future.
(To be continued)