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In order not to leak this tactical arrangement, Rangnick only used it on the training ground, and also practiced it when there were no reporters on the field. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info plays the domestic league or something, and it still uses the current set of fixed tactics.

442, two strikers, four midfielders, strikers are still the main scorers.

The Hoffenheim players are familiar with this tactic and they don't need to make much contact, but the players' minds are clearly not on the league opponents yet.

So in the thirteenth round of the next league, Hoffenheim was forced to draw 2:2 by Bayer Leverkusen at their home stadium.

In the first ten minutes, Hoffenheim fell behind 0:2. Hoffenheim then rallied back and finally relied on a controversial penalty in the 90th minute to level the score.

Salihovic and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored two goals for the team.

Chu Zhongtian had no assists and no goals in this game. Compared to the radiant performance in the Champions League, it is a bit bleak. But he remains an indispensable figure in Hoffenheim's midfield.

After the game, the German media gave him a score of two points, which is not a low score.

The national team's training camp started in Hainan, but it has nothing to do with him. He will have to wait until the Bundesliga's winter break begins to play in the Asian Cup. He called the head coach of the national team, Gao Hongbo, and told him his schedule, which Gao Hongbo had no objection to.

During this time, he can devote all his energy to club competitions, especially the final group game of the Champions League. On the evening of 8 December, Hoffenheim will take on AC Milan at the San Siro in a crucial battle that will determine whether they can progress from the group.

During this time, at the Guangzhou Asian Games, the Chinese Olympic team suffered a heavy defeat to Japan and South Korea, two old rivals in Asia, especially Japan. The Japanese team is basically a third-rate national Olympic team composed of amateur teams and college players, and it still played a 3:0 Chinese Olympic team. As a Chinese player in China, you must watch the game of the Chinese team. After watching the game, he felt that if he wanted to talk about the fighting spirit, there was no shortage of players in the national Olympic team, they really wanted to fight, and they would know it by looking at their running on the field. However, this is not a matter of being able to fight if you want to, Chinese football is completely backward to Japanese football. The whole audience saw that the Chinese players were running around hard, but they couldn't even touch the football, and the shadows of the opposing players couldn't catch up, and they were completely played by the other party.

It's the same with the South Korean team, I want to fight but I don't know how to fight.

Chu Zhongtian watched the game video on the Internet, and because of the time difference, he couldn't watch the live broadcast. After watching it, he didn't know what to say, Chinese football is still like this, almost 20 years. The performance of the national team led by Gao Hongbo is indeed a little better than that of the previous national teams, but Chu Zhongtian knows very well that it is only a flash of inspiration, not the norm. Judging from Weidi's words, he still focused on the results of the national team. Chu Zhongtian knew that at least during Wei Di's tenure, there would be no hope for Chinese football. Maybe paying close attention to the national team can make the national team's results look better. But what should Chu Zhongtian do when his group of players retire? Isn't Chinese football still the same?

The hope for the future of Chinese football is not in the national team, but at the grassroots level. But grassroots work is precisely the most difficult thing to do...... The National Olympic team is currently being scolded by Chinese fans on the Internet, and the Chinese media also ridicule and ridicule the National Olympic team. For a while, Chinese football has become a rat crossing the street again, and everyone shouts and beats. The brief momentary victory over France in the East Asian semi-finals at the beginning of the year and the warm-up match before the World Cup was just a passing moment.

After watching the performance of this team, Chu Zhongtian felt more urgently that his "Sichuan Quanxing" must be done well. He can't save Chinese football, but he hopes to make Sichuan football better. At the very least, in the future, the players of Sichuan Quanxing will not be able to perform so badly on the field.

So he called and asked Xu Xiaodi how the preparation for the club and various echelons was going. Xu Xiaodi told him that everything was planned and orderly. Sichuan people's enthusiasm for football is still there, but they have never found a suitable opportunity to vent. Now their presence has inspired everyone's enthusiasm for football.

When Chu Zhongtian heard him say this, he was relieved.

For the UEFA Champions League, Rangnick will give up all the matches against arch-rival Borussia Dortmund, but he can't give up the Baden-Württemberg derby with Stuttgart.

Just like the national derby between Real Madrid and Barcelona, there are always games in a set that cannot be given up no matter what, such as the derby.

The match against Stuttgart was one such game.

Although it is important to qualify from the group, the media cannot keep hyping this topic for more than two weeks, and the match between Hoffenheim and AC Milan is not the pinnacle of Real Madrid and Barcelona's fingertips, there is no need to hype for two weeks, and there is not so much to hype them.

The Baden-Württemberg derby is a good gimmick for their hype.

Previously, the whole world was hyping the pinnacle battle between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the fingertips. Even the German media followed the hype. German fans will not be able to see the game live, but they will be able to watch it online, and the German media will also have a special section to tell German fans about the Spanish national derby, the real battle of the century.

Now that the dust has finally settled on the match between Real Madrid and Barcelona, the debate over who is stronger between Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid and Pep Guardiola's Barcelona has come to an end for the time being. Barcelona at home with a 5:0 shocking score to the world "slaughtered" Mourinho's Real Madrid, after the game there were many disputes about this score, some media believe that the previous Champions League game, Real Madrid away 2:2 draw, everyone once thought that the last moment to equalize the score for Real Madrid's morale is a great boost, but now it seems that maybe that game did not win but hit the morale of Real Madrid players. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain the poor performance of the Real Madrid players in this game, they have almost no fighting spirit, they are completely unable to keep up with the rhythm of the game, and they are the same team as the familiar Real Madrid team before. That's why there are voices saying that Hoffenheim thwarted Real Madrid's spirit in advance before Barcelona, so that Barcelona can take their rivals so bloodlessly.

Of course, this is just a voice, more people would rather believe that Barcelona is the greatest team in the world, and this game proves it, Barcelona from the coach to the players are the best in the world, and the football they play can only be seen in the past dreams, and now it appears in reality, it is the gift of God/Allah/Buddha, except for appreciation and praise, there can be no disrespect for them...... These controversies belong to the Spanish media, and as soon as the Spanish national derby is over, the German media quickly lose interest in Real Madrid and Barcelona, and they finally turn their attention back to the domestic league.

There are two games in this round of the league that can be regarded as eye-catching, one is Schalke 04's home game against Bayern Munich, and the other is Hoffenheim's away game against Stuttgart.

Bayern Munich's games are always eye-catching, because this Bundesliga giant has many fans in Germany, and best represents the image of German football, there are many big stars in the team, and there are always a lot of stories in the dressing room, so the media used to give Bayern Munich a slightly derogatory nickname "Bundesliga Hollywood". No matter who they play against, they are able to attract a lot of attention.

Hoffenheim are the upstarts who have risen in the last two seasons, and they have been sought after by many people because of their insistence on attacking football, and the contrast between their identity and their results has become the focus of everyone's discussion. Whether you hate them or like them, you can't get around them.

At the same time, the reason why this match has attracted so much attention is also because of the influence of the Stuttgart football team and German football. In recent years, since Klinsmann took over the German national team, German football has become popular with an all-encompassing tactical style of speed, running and a tight tactical system. First of all, Klinsmann started this kind of experiment in the German national team, and the German team played this kind of football in the 2006 World Cup, which was quite passionate and beautiful. But much earlier, Rangnick had been promoting this tactic since the day he arrived at Hoffenheim, and he and Klinsmann were good friends, and the two men often exchanged questions about tactics, and they influenced each other.

In addition to these two people, the current head coach of the German national team, Loew, is also a big fan of this tactic, the German team in the World Cup in South Africa did not have the number one star Ballack, relying on a group of young people to play eye-catching football, when the group stage was filled with a negative and conservative football atmosphere, but the German team's 5:0 cheered everyone up, is the credit of this tactic.

The biggest dark horse in the Bundesliga this season is not Hoffenheim, but a team called Mainz, who have been unknown but have created a brilliant five-game winning streak this season. Their manager is nobody Tuchel, and Mainz's football is the same as that of the German national team and Hoffenheim.

In addition, the current leader of the Bundesliga standings this season is Borussia Dortmund. Although Dortmund and Hoffenheim are bitter enemies because of various grievances outside football. But Borussia Dortmund and Hoffenheim have played the same football, and their excellent performances this season have a lot to do with this tactic. Borussia Dortmund's manager is Jurgen Klopp.

In addition, Freiburg and Kaiserslautern are also pursuing this quick and direct tactic.

These teams have one thing in common, their head coach is Schwaben.

The Swabian region is an important region in southwestern Germany, mainly in Baden-Württemberg, with Stuttgart being the largest city here. The name Swabian region comes from the local Swabian people. It is the most economically developed region in Germany and an important industrial center in Europe. Schwabian's shrewdness and competence are unquestionable.

Jurgen Klinsmann, Loew, Rangnick, Tuchel and Klopp were all born in small towns around Stuttgart. Kaiserslautern's head coach Kurz is a native of Stuttgart, having played and coached for Stuttgart or the Stuttgart Kickers, with the exception of Freiburg's head coach Dut, who was born near Cologne but has spent most of his career with the Stuttgart Kickers and is heavily influenced by Schwa.

The seven-man team now occupies five of the top eight places in the Bundesliga, which shows the weight of Schwabian in German football.

Therefore, this Stuttgart home game against Hoffenheim can attract so many people's attention, laymen look at the excitement, watch the stars, and experts in the field naturally look at the doorway, but the football style of Swabian going out is currently the most popular style in German football, and experts naturally have to study it carefully.

※※※ Although the match with Stuttgart is not as star-studded as the Spanish national derby, the so-called "rich people have their ways, and poor people have their ways", even if there are not so many big stars, the atmosphere of this derby is still not lacking.

Local German media gathered in Stuttgart, and Chinese media also came. Because Hoffenheim has Chu Zhongtian, there are even more Chinese media who come here than there are Chinese media who go to Barcelona.

When a reporter interviewed Chu Zhongtian, he talked about the just-concluded Spanish national derby. Both the reporter and Chu Zhongtian paid close attention to this game. Because the local German TV station did not buy the broadcast rights of La Liga, Chu Zhongtian watched this game online. Journalists wanted to hear Chu's thoughts on the game – which was certainly a way for the Chinese media to hype up the national derby.

Chu Zhongtian expressed surprise at this score, he said that when he watched it in front of the computer, he didn't expect Real Madrid to lose five goals, this is the biggest difference between Real Madrid and Barcelona in his memory, and he didn't know it for a long time.

Then the reporters asked him what he thought was wrong with Real Madrid. Chu Zhongtian replied: "Defense." They were too polite to Barcelona's players, especially in the opening 25 minutes, which led directly to two goals from Xavi and Pedro, setting the tone of the game. ”

"And what would you do?"

'I'm probably going to give Xavi and Andres Iniesta a kick-off at the start of the game – knock them over and tell them it's not what they thought it would be. Chu Zhongtian said with a smile. This is the trick of the mad gang, and when dealing with enemies who are stronger than themselves, they use this method to shake their psychology and fighting spirit. But this is just on paper, and football is not that simple.

The reporter asked: "Now Barcelona is undoubtedly the best team in the world, but Real Madrid is also the dream stage of many players, if you were given a choice, which team would you prefer to join?" ”

Chu Zhongtian smiled at the reporter who asked the question: "Don't try to set me up." I know what you're going to write when you go back after I answer-'Chu Zhongtian wants to join the xxxx team', right? ”

The reporter who asked the question had an embarrassment on his face that he had been seen through, and he really wanted to do it. If Chu Zhongtian answered Barcelona, they would write "Chu Zhongtian favors Barcelona and takes the initiative to show favor to Gua Shuai". If Chu Zhongtian chooses Real Madrid, they will say that "Chu Zhongtian likes Real Madrid and is eager to join Galaxy Battleship II next season"...... In short, there is a saying.

Either way, it will cause a lot of discussion. Before the match with AC Milan, Chu Zhongtian didn't want to make a fuss.

So Chu Zhongtian didn't answer this question, which was obviously a trap.

"Come back to the Baden-Württemberg derby, Chu Zhongtian. What are your goals? Another reporter came out to play the round.

Chu Zhongtian replied without hesitation: "Of course it's victory." ”

Hoffenheim are looking for a win, and Stuttgart can't tolerate losing to Badenwürttem's younger brother on their home turf.

This game is also bound for them.

Last season the two sides met in Stuttgart's Mercedes. After a fierce battle at the Mercedes Stadium, Stuttgart defeated Hoffenheim 2-1 to avenge last season's 4-3 defeat at home.

Of course, they want to continue that momentum this season.

Rangnick fielded a full squad against Stuttgart, both in the hope of winning the derby and in the search for a feel for the game. You can't just let the players rest because the next game is the Champions League group stage, and they can't play for a long time, because they can't play for a long time, they won't be able to find the rhythm of the game.

Stuttgart also fielded the strongest squad they could.

Some Chinese media called it "the 'national derby' of Baden-Württemberg", which was scolded by Chinese fans.

However, it can also be seen how seriously the Chinese media attach to this game.

The game kicked off at half past three in the afternoon on December 4th, which happened to be half past ten in the evening of Beijing time, which was a good time to watch the game, staggering the prime time of the news broadcast, and there would be no conflict because of grabbing the TV remote control with the family, and after watching the game, you could go to sleep directly, and you would not delay your rest. This season, in order to compete for more Asian fans, especially Chinese fans, the Serie A league has advanced two games to 12 o'clock local time in each round, and the result is exactly 7 o'clock in the evening Beijing time, which is the time for news broadcasts, and sports channels also have various news programs to broadcast.

Or the Bundesliga has always been arranged like this, everyone is used to it. For Chinese fans, the prime time to watch the game is not between seven and nine o'clock in the evening, but after half past nine.

On the afternoon of December 4th, the sun was shining, and Germany had entered early winter, but the weather was good today, with blue skies and white clouds, sunny days, no bleak wind and cold rain, and no heavy snow.

Chu Zhongtian wrapped his left arm around the captain's armband and walked into Mercedes for the third time with his brothers. They were greeted by boos from the Stuttgart fans on the turf of the Mercedes Stadium.

Although this game can't be compared to the Spanish national derby, it is their own derby after all, and everyone is fully committed and hopefully they can leave here satisfied.

(To be continued)