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The players returned to the dressing room after the warm-up, where their manager was waiting for them and had something to say to them. The pen has nothing to do with tactics www.biquge.info has nothing to do with the game, but it is something that must be said.

Chu Zhongtian changed out of his warm-up clothes and put on Hoffenheim's blue jersey, with a white captain's armband tied to his left arm - he was the captain of this team, a player who had only been in the team for less than two months, and became the captain. The captain's armband is not just about responsibility, but also about the trust that manager Rangnick has in him.

Seeing that everyone was busy with their own business, Rangnick pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose.

"Lads." He spoke.

"You're about to face our team's first ever Bundesliga game. Before the season, there were a lot of media analyses about our future, and they said that as long as we can survive relegation, it will be the greatest luck. But I told them that with our strength, relegation is not too difficult at all, we are not here to stay in the first division, we will try to win every game. What is our goal? I didn't tell the outside world, but now I'm telling you, our goal is definitely not just to stay in the first division! ”

Rangnick said to the players with a wave of his arms.

"We're a zebra team, but we've been looking forward to the Bundesliga for a long time. What do they say when it's time in the second division? They say it's a team that can go to the first division right away. I want you to prove it. ”

"I'm not talking about relegation this season because I don't want to limit people's minds in this way. I don't mention any specific goals, I just want to see where you can get if you try to push forward. Rangnick spread his hands, "Surprise those who underestimate us!" ”

"Oh!" A Hoffenheim player shouted out in the dressing room.

Everyone was already excited, and it was even more exciting to let head coach Rangnick add fuel to the fire all of a sudden. They are very keen on the Bundesliga season and when they joined Hoffenheim last season, Rangnick told them that their goal is not to stay in the second division, but to the first division. They've been looking at what this first division is like. Any player who plays in Germany wants to play in the top league, and they are no exception.

Although it is not the first time that Chu Zhongtian has played in the top league, he is also eager to play and agrees with the words of head coach Rangnick.

Because he also needs to prove himself, to prove his ability in front of the Germans, to prove his choice in front of the Chinese. The German still looks at himself with colored glasses, which may be blamed on Coach Rangnick and Mr. Hope comparing themselves to Beckenbauer and Summer, but he is not to blame, how can he become a great player without a great goal? A player who targets a third-rate player can only become a third-rate player, and a player who targets a legendary superstar will also become a legend.

In addition, in China, everyone pinned all their hopes on him because of the national football team's disastrous defeat in the Olympics, which made them even more unable to understand why Chu Zhongtian chose such a little-known promoted polo team. How nice is AC Milan, so why not go? Even if you don't go to AC Milan, a team like Fiorentina is not bad...... Many Chinese fans have a purple lily complex, and they hope that Chu Zhongtian can go to Fiorentina to continue his glory. What championship can you win with a small team? Once a UEFA Cup winner, but now he goes to a promoted team that can't win the title, why is that? The broker collects black money, right? Or is it Chu Zhongtian, your brain is burned? The hope of all of us is in you, you are not playing football alone for you for a long time, Chu Zhongtian! You need to know how important your mission is! Going to a promoted polo team, isn't this self-defeating?

Hoffenheim? What kind of team is that, if it weren't for your transfer, we haven't heard of it, is she higher in the Bundesliga than Bayern Munich? Is it comparable to Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke 04? Is it better than Werder Bremen, Stuttgart and Borussia Dortmund?

The club owner is rich, but who knows if it's really rich or the media bragging? Besides, even if you have money...... Can you win a championship if you have money? Chelsea are so rich, didn't they "buy" the Champions Cup? Are you moving to Hoffenheim just for the money? Can Hoffenheim offer you a very high weekly contract? But when you play in such a team for four years and you don't win a championship, and you fight for relegation every year, what's the use of that money?

Chu Zhongtian knows all these questions from Chinese fans and the media, and he has heard or seen them when reporters interviewed him, when he dived on the website "We All Love Lin Danda".

Faced with these questions, he could not explain them in words. It's not like he says, "Trust me, that's right." "People really believe in him. If he wants to be convincing, he has to show some results. So he has to be good on the pitch and prove that he made the right choice.

Today was the first league game of his first season at Hoffenheim and it was a very important first step. It's not just that first step, it's been every step he takes at Hoffenheim. He must take every step of the way and not allow any mistakes to be made, because if he makes a mistake once, the criticism, questioning, sarcasm and angry will come at him. He is like walking a tightrope on the abyss, and if he misses the pool, he will fall into the land of no return.

This is what he brought on himself, and it is the path he chooses for himself. He doesn't complain, he just uses one excellent performance after another to make himself more stable.

Thinking of this, he clenched his fists.

Shao Jiayi was not selected for the squad, but he and other teammates who were not selected for the squad sat in the stands, ready to watch the game. His teammates were cheering for his team, and he wanted to see Chu Zhongtian's true strength up close.

In the Chinese national team, because of one factor or another, no one has ever seen Chu Zhongtian's true strength. But as a foreign player, Shao Jiayi would not think that Chu Zhongtian was innocent. It is impossible for someone who is incompetent to be the core of a Ligue 1 team, and it is impossible for someone who is incapable to direct a comeback in the UEFA Cup final. He knows what the environment is like in domestic football, which is why he would rather play in the Bundesliga than go back to the domestic league, even if he can't play in the main team at Cottages, he won't go back.

Chu Zhongtian has not played too well in the national team, and he now has the opportunity to see Chu Zhongtian's real strength.

In the training of the national team, he can see that Chu Zhongtian's skills are a cut above the other teammates of the national team, and his awareness is also very good. These are things that only players who have stayed abroad can feel. But the gap between his teammates and him is too big, and he can't form a tacit understanding in consciousness.

There are players who, no matter what team they put him in, he can play at his level. For some players, there has to be a suitable environment for him to be able to play his true strength.

The former is like a fierce general charging into battle, and the latter is like a marshal who controls the overall situation.

As he was in his trance, he heard a burst of cheers from the stands.

Players from both sides entered!

※※※Chu Zhongtian walked in front with his head held high, with the captain's armband tied on his arm. Next to him were the Cottage players, who wore half red and half white home kits, while Hoffenheim wore their blue home kits.

After the team's successful promotion from the 05-06 season, the team has been relegated every year in recent seasons. Ranked 14th in the league last season, they are a team that wants money, no people, and no ambitions.

For historical reasons, the East German team has not been in a very good financial position. Historically, Germany was divided into two countries, the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR, the former being West Germany and the latter being East Germany. Because of the collapse of the Soviet Union, East Germany was merged into West Germany, and Germany was reunited. However, the economic development of the understanding has not been very good, so the understanding is generally poorer than that of West Germany. The same goes for the team from East Germany, not just a Cottbus. This is also the reason why the West German teams in the Bundesliga account for a huge majority - professional football is a game of money, and you can't afford to play without money.

For this reason, Cottage fans at Cottage have not been enthusiastic about Hoffenheim at all.

The stadium is called the "Friendship Stadium", but the home fans have no intention of "talking about friendship" with Hoffenheim.

They hung signs in the stands insulting Hoffenheim.

"You're a prostitution group!"

"Legion of Bitches!"

Such slogans can be seen everywhere in the stands.

They were jealous of Hoffenheim because their club was bigger but not so much money, so they saw Hoffenheim as a prime example of unfair competition with money by the West German capital.

However, Chu Zhongtian has his other explanation for this.

After the end of the picking, Chu Zhongtian beckoned everyone to gather in the middle, he was going to perform the duties of a captain. They formed a circle.

"See those slogans?" He asked everyone.

The teammates nodded their heads. The slogans are eye-catching, and some of them are so big that you can't even pay attention to them. No one wants to be insulted by the team they play for, especially by equating them with "bitch". This is a personal attack on them.

Hoffenheim is a very young team, and the twenty-four-year-old Chu Zhongtian is already a veteran in it. Nelson is the oldest player...... Since you are a young person, you will naturally have some anger and impulsiveness. Chu Zhongtian is the captain, he must take this into account, although he is only twenty-four years old, he has experienced a lot of things, which makes him more precocious than the average peer. In addition, as the captain, he has to calm his teammates down.

"I'm not angry at all, though." Chu Zhongtian's words surprised his teammates a little. "Because it means they're afraid of us. In China, there is a saying that says: 'A dog that barks does not bite'. When you see dogs yelling at you, it's out of fear, not out of anger. ”

Some people laughed, they didn't know if this sentence really came from China, but Chu Zhongtian's analogy was interesting and vivid. Cottages, in their eyes, is a dog that can only bark wildly, but does not dare to come up and bite at all.

"So there's nothing to worry about, let's go at our own pace. We are very strong, because the opponent has not yet played against us, so they are afraid of us! ”

The players were soon back in their respective positions, with Salihovic standing at left midfield, turning his head to look at Chu Zhongtian in the midfield position. He had to admit that he couldn't say those words just now...... But that was originally the captain's task, and he wasn't the captain, so it's normal to not be able to say it. If you want to lead the team, you can't just say it with your mouth, whether it's your mouth or Ibi's mouth, Chinese. Show me some of your strength and convince me. You want to lead us and prove it to us with your feet!

Chu Zhongtian didn't see Salihovich looking at him, and he didn't know what Salihovich was thinking.

He stood in the midfield, bounced, and then stood up and waited for the game to start. Just now he won the right to pick the side in the coin guess, and in the first half they fought with their backs, which was more advantageous. Now he's waiting for Cottages to kick off.

The referee and the fourth official on the field checked the time through the headset and blew the whistle for the start of the game.

At half past three in the afternoon of August 16 German time and half past nine in the evening of August 16 Beijing time, Chu Zhongtian's first Bundesliga match began.

At the beginning of the game, Cottages took advantage of their home advantage and the opportunity to kick off first to launch a fierce attack into the Hoffenheim penalty area. For Hoffenheim, although they are relegated every year, they are also a Bundesliga team with a lot of experience.

In the fourth minute, Baker faced Ivon Ketbus' Bulgarian striker Dimittal on the wing. Langlof (dimitar_rangelov) was cautioned by the referee for a foul and gave Kortebus a free-kick on the wing, Albanian midfielder Skylar (ervin_skela) headed towards the goal, and the team's right wing-back Montenegrin Pawičević (savo_pavicevic) jumped to head the ball. Nelsson's interference lifted the ball high.

Three minutes later, Cottbus was back when Angelov fired a low shot wide of the left-hand post from the edge of the box.

And using these nearly ten minutes, Chu Zhongtian carefully observed their opponent, and he thought that this team was not enough to threaten Hoffenheim's goal, so he decided to boldly press the attack.

The horn of the attack has been sounded, and the moment belonging to Hoffenheim has begun.

In the fifteenth minute, after Chu Zhongtian got the ball, he did not transfer laterally, or pass back like in Metz, but suddenly made a long pass, and the football flew straight to Salihovic on the left side.

Salihovic didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to be so direct...... In a hurry, he raised his foot to stop the ball, but stopped the football directly off the sideline.

The stands rang out with the laughter of Cartbus fans.

In fact, from the beginning of the game to the present, their boos and scolding have not stopped. In the Friendship Stadium, which can only accommodate more than 22,000 people, their "bitch bitch" scolding is very clear.

In fact, fans in Germany are just as fanatical and as good at creating atmosphere as their English counterparts. England can sing, and the shouts of German fans are also a sight to behold. On March 17, 07, Schalke 04 played Stuttgart at home, and more than 60,000 Schalke 04 fans made the highest decibel shouts in world football. It was after the home team scored the winning goal that the on-site sound measurement equipment measured the instant decibel level at 129 decibels – no stadium in history could produce such a loud "noise". You must know that the noise emitted by the rocket launch is measured at a distance of 130 decibels.

It's a terrifying sight, imagine it...... So many people, making such loud noises at the same time, is enough for a person to be temporarily deaf. It's really exciting...... Football matches are made passionate because of these fans.

It's just that this passion is not a good thing for Hoffenheim right now.

Especially for Salihovic, who is being ridiculed.

Salihovic, annoyed that he hadn't stopped Chu Zhongtian's ball, waved his hand angrily. He patronized and went to be annoyed, and forgot to give Chu Zhongtian a thumbs up to indicate that he was beautiful.

Chu Zhongtian didn't care about these small details, he was waving his hand to let his teammates press up, instead of returning to defense. Although possession fell to the opposition, it was a throw-in, not a goal kick. Therefore, Chu Zhongtian chose to let the team form pressure in the front court, force the opponent, and force the opponent to concede the ball.

A tactical core has to be like a manager in the game because he is an extension of the manager on the pitch. He has to make his own choices against the ever-changing situation on the pitch.

And it just so happens that Chu Zhongtian is very good at doing multiple-choice questions.

He has seen from the ten minutes of the game that Ketbus relies on home advantage, does not take the promoted horse in his eyes, and has a chance to take advantage of the defense.

Hoffenheim then used the front court to cut the ball off and then exploited the holes in their defence.

At his command, his team-mates pressed forward, and even the full-backs pressed over the halfway line.

He himself ran to the front.

Ketbus throws a throw-in, and Salihovic was a little angry just now when he was ridiculed by the Cottage fans, and as soon as the opponent threw the throw-in, he rushed forward.

Ketbus' right midfielder Angelov (stanislav_angelov) was going to unload the ball with his chest, but he didn't know enough about the situation behind him and was overtaken by Salihovic from behind!

Seeing Salihovic break the ball in front, the Hoffenheim fans chanted: "Start now!" Start now! ”

This is what German fans like to shout at the start of the game and the launch of a new attack.

Amid their excited shouts, the whole Hoffenheim team also moved. The first person to make the move was Chu Zhongtian, who suddenly stepped forward and raised the position from the back to the front position, while the original front Eduardo inserted into the penalty area, and a striker got a frame. At the same time, full-back Baker also told the forward rush that he meant to set the edge. Ivbus defender Pavčevic, who was going to grab it, saw Baker rushing towards him menacingly, and quickly changed his attention and followed Baker backwards.

Salihovic didn't pass the football to Baker because Baker was already watched, which was clearly not a good attacking option.

Just when he was thinking about how to pass the football out so that the team's offense could achieve maximum results, he saw Chu Zhongtian beckoning to him.

He hesitated, but passed the ball anyway. He didn't find out what opportunities he could take advantage of, so let him take a look at Chu Zhongtian's ability...... Chu Zhongtian faced Salihovic's pass and Cottbus central defender Mitreski (igor_mitreski), who came up to defend him, did not receive the ball, but turned and gave way to the football, and also shook Mitreski behind him.

He turned and stretched out his feet, and at the same time he turned and then suddenly passed the ball forward.

It looks like he's making a 360-degree spin around the ball, and in the process he's done all the tricks of conceding the ball, catching it, getting rid of the defense, and passing the ball again.

Cottages' backline obviously didn't expect Chu Zhongtian's pass to be so resolute and weird. They thought that Chu Zhongtian would control the ball after letting the football go, and then turn around to find an opportunity to pass the ball, but they didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to pass the football out at the same time as he turned around.

And it was right from the vacancy left by Mitresky, who pounced, that the football was sent to the penalty area!

Salihovich clearly saw the whole process from the side. Miterski was honest at the back when he had the ball, so there wasn't such a glaring void there. If Mitreski rushes up when he gets the ball, then he can send the football there without passing it to Chu Zhongtian. It's just that...... How did Chu Zhongtian know that after he passed the ball to him, that Mitresky would definitely come up? In addition, you can pass the ball directly while turning and shaking off the opponent, and you can still send the football so accurately...... This level of passing is not something that the average player can do!

"Nice pass! Ah, pretty! The CCTV commentator couldn't help but shout. It's a pass full of imagination and skill, and it's really worth shouting about.

Immediately after, Salihovic saw Demba again. Ba appeared in the open field and he received the ball!

But Demba. Ahead of Ba soon appeared another Ivbus centre-back, Tsvetanovic (morio_cvitanovic), who was ready to stop Demba from the middle. Ba's shot. Meanwhile, Cottage goalkeeper Tremer (gerhard_tremmel) also moved to the near corner to block Demba. Ba's shot.

What to think of Demba. Ba didn't shoot at all, he slammed his foot and passed the football sideways to the goal!

Ibisevic, who had been in the middle, cut in from behind and fired a tackle into the empty net!

Seeing his team score, Salihovic's first reaction was not joy, but some surprise...... He watched with wide eyes as his roommate, Ibisevic, leaped from the ground, then pulled his jersey and ran and roared.

And the other teammates rushed to him. Zhiyo ran towards him alone, and that person was Chu Zhongtian.

"Well passed, Sayyad." He held out his hand to himself.

Salihovich didn't have time to think about it so much, he reflexively stretched out his hand and let Chu Zhongtian slap it in the palm of his hand.

※※※ "Chu's pass...... It's so beautiful, how did he come up with it? Demba. Ba catches the ball! Cross...... He didn't shoot...... Ibi ...... Ibisevic! Ibisevic! gooooooooooooooal――！！ ”

"Hoffenheim have scored, it's the first Bundesliga goal in their team's history! Scored by the new season's reinforcement Ibisevic! ”

When Ibisevic scored, the Hoffenheim fans, who were already in the minority, erupted in a huge cheer that instantly overwhelmed the Cottage fans at home. In the face of the first ball, no one can still keep their senses, they can only vent their emotions with shouting as much as they want.

Twenty years, a full twenty years, with Hope's investment, Hoffenheim has gradually changed from an amateur team in the regional A-League to a professional team that can participate in the Bundesliga. In the past 20 years, the young man has now become a middle-aged father. They used to go to the stadium alone to watch Hoffenheim play, but now they have driven their son for nearly ten hours to the Friendship Stadium in Ivbus to witness this historic moment for Hoffenheim.

From this day on, they want to go to the highest level of the German league live, and they no longer need to go to the home stadium of Stuttgart, Dortmund and other teams to cheer for other teams.

Because the fans of this small village also have their own Bundesliga home team.

"Ulla! Our whole village came to see the ball!! The Hoffenheim fans in the stands shouted.

(To be continued)