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What Chu Zhongtian didn't know was that at the same time that he was stimulated by head coach Rangnick, Fletcher was also stimulated by head coach Alex Ferguson. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Fletcher will start this game, which will be his first Champions League game this season. He was suspended for two matches for knocking down Cesc Fabregas in last season's Champions League semi-finals and missed the final and the first Champions League group game of the new season.

Ferguson thinks the comeback Fletcher needs some stimulus. So he moved Chu Zhongtian out.

In the tactics class, he repeatedly mentioned to Fletcher how powerful and powerful Chu Zhongtian was, and asked him to pay attention to protecting the middle lane in the game, so as not to let Chu Zhongtian easily cross this area.

But Ferguson never said something like "Fletcher, you are not Chu Zhongtian's opponent", but Fletcher himself knew in his heart that the manager was doubting his ability.

He had studied Chu Zhongtian's game video and knew that Chu Zhongtian's range of activities was very large, and the lord did not let him keep an eye on Chu Zhongtian in this game, and the whole team used zone defense tactics. But the area where Chu Zhongtian was active the most was the middle road he guarded, so the collision of the two people was inevitable at that time.

He really wanted Ferguson to know that Chu Zhongtian was just a paper tiger.

He will soon have such an opportunity.

※※※ Boss John beckoned his companions to the stands: "Our work is there!" He gestured to a stand ahead.

One of his companions whistled, "Good position, old John!" ”

The stands are just behind the goal, and it's an area that the most die-hard fans will choose, as it's not really a good place to watch the game, but because it's close to the goal, you can enjoy great shots and goals. If a goal happens, it's the first to react.

Others saw fans in blue jerseys in the stands.

"Hey, it's the Germans! It's still the stand for Hoffenheim fans......"

"Of course, the boss started booking tickets from Germany, and naturally the Hoffenheim fans were in the stands!"

"Now it's okay, when we cheer for Chu in the game, we don't have to watch out for that group of Manchester United fans."

Everyone chatted and walked up to the stands.

After they walked up to the stands, someone greeted the German fan in Hoffenheim jersey next to them in English: "You are still here, man!" We're your fans for the time being! ”

But their attention was quickly diverted from the German fans around them.

"They're out to warm up!" Someone shouted, and then the "battle-tested" group of England fans sang in unison. It's just that they don't sing Hoffenheim's team song, but Wimbledon'...... The German fans next to them looked curiously at the Englishman in the stands of the visiting team, who were also wearing blue shirts, but not Hoffenheim's.

※※※ The time is now 7:30 p.m. on September 30, and there are still 15 hours and 15 minutes before the start of the race. Players from both sides are warming up on the field.

"Look, Chu. That man was Fletcher. Ibisevic stood beside Chu Zhongtian and pointed to the Manchester United players over there and said to Chu Zhongtian.

Of course Fletcher Chu Zhongtian knew him, he had seen his game footage, and he had also seen his photos, how could he not know him? After watching the video, he admits that Fletcher has his own set of defensive midfield and the improvement over the past few seasons has been noticeable. But he still didn't think that this man would be able to make himself cautious.

If United don't intend to play man-to-man defence against themselves, then Fletcher won't be pressing him closely, he will only move from his own defensive area, in the middle of the box. Sooner or later, two people will collide.

Chu Zhongtian glanced at Fletcher and shifted his attention to the warm-up.

On the other side of the court, Fletcher (darren_fletcher) and Michael Carrick (Michael-Carrick) were both looking at Chu Zhongtian. Fletcher's motives for looking at Chu Zhongtian are easy to understand, and he will always take a few more looks at his opponents.

And Carrick did not curb Chu Zhongtian's death in the game, he stared at Chu Zhongtian completely because the media compared him and Chu Zhongtian together before the game, saying that they had similar playing styles and similar roles. In this case, of course, I will pay more attention to this player who is similar to my own style.

But in reality, the two of them are not the same.

Carrick is the type of player who is good at controlling the tempo of the game and making accurate long passes. He doesn't plug in as often as Chu Zhongtian, he still belongs to the category of left-behind midfielders. Although Ferguson had encouraged him to press forward. But with so many midfielders in front of United that they can score more goals for themselves, it doesn't make a difference.

His main task is to stay in the midfield and command the midfield.

Ferguson did not send Anderson (Anderson) and did not send Scholes (paul_scholes) in this game, Giggs (ryan_giggs) and Valencia (Valencia) were both deployed on the wing, and Fletcher was definitely in charge of defending in midfield, which was tantamount to handing over the task of distributing the ball in the middle to Carrick.

Carrick suddenly felt a great responsibility. Everyone was talking before the game about how good Hoffenheim was, but in Carrick's opinion, they just won CSKA Moscow. An opponent like CSKA is not taken seriously by Manchester United at all, so what if it wins? Manchester United has also won countless giants, have you bragged about it?

At this point, he looked down on Hoffenheim. Thinking that Hoffenheim is just a small country team like an upstart, relying on the owner's money and luck to win the Champions League once, they think this is their turf. He was interested in teaching a lesson to a team that didn't know what the sky was like and what the Champions League was like.

Perhaps the easiest person in the warm-up was Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had just stepped out of the tunnel when he ran into Mulensten, a coach he knew well at Manchester United, and the two of them hugged warmly and exchanged pleasantries. When Ruud van Nistelrooy was still at Manchester United, Mulensten was just an ordinary coach and he had to sit in the stands and take notes on the game every game, and now seeing him in the stadium means that he has been promoted, and as a first-team coach, he can sit in the dugout with manager Alex Ferguson and assistant coach Whelan to analyse the game. Ruud van Nistelrooy congratulated the Dutch compatriot, while Mulensten congratulated Ruud van Nistelrooy on scoring two goals in his last Champions League game.

After saying goodbye to Murensten, Van Nistelrooy also chatted with old Manchester United players such as Ryan Giggs and Scholes. There were fans in the stands who shouted: "Welcome back to Old Trafford, Luther!" A banner to welcome him home. Although Ruud van Nistelrooy didn't have a good time with Alex Ferguson when he left United, the fans had a pretty good impression of him. Ruud van Nistelrooy has been at Manchester United for five seasons without any off-field scandals, has always maintained an efficient goal scoring rate, and has left fans with many wonderful moments that can be remembered for a long time, and such a player will certainly be loved by the fans.

Later, when Ferguson appeared on the sidelines, Van Nistelrooy ran up to hug the old man. Although it was unpleasant at the beginning, now that four years have passed, what else can't be solved? Both sides showed great generosity, quite a smile and hatred.

The television camera has also been following Ruud van Nistelrooy as a Manchester United veteran returning to Old Trafford and one of the focal points of the game.

Another focal point is Ibisevic, who has been in surprisingly good form lately as a goalscorer for Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is naturally the target of Manchester United's fear.

Chu Zhongtian was only on the camera once in the pre-game warm-up. When he's not playing, he looks like a bland player, without the heartthrob looks of Beckham and without Cristiano. Ronaldo's unruly rebellious temperament. Someone once said that if he hadn't had a Hollywood movie star girlfriend, his exposure rate would have been much lower than it is now.

He's a pure player and you have to wait until the kick-off whistle blows to see the light that shines on him.

After the warm-up, the players from both sides returned to their lounges to prepare for the game in 45 minutes.

'Gentlemen, this is the toughest opponent we have faced in the Champions League, so far. Rangnick and the other players said to everyone after they had changed their clothes.

"I don't need to introduce this team. They reached the final of the Champions League last season, finishing runners-up. They won the title last season. We are just a little bit smaller than them, and we are real rookies. Whether it's in the Champions League or in the club's history, we need to look up to them. They also have a lot of reasons to belittle us, but I don't think they will. Because they are Manchester United and their manager is Alex Ferguson. We also have a lot of reasons to be cowardly and negative and we deserved to lose away from them. But I don't want you to think that way either. The reason why we were able to win the league championship is because we want to win anything, if you don't think about it, you can't do it. If you don't even have the courage to think, then you won't have the motivation to do it. It's the same with football. First of all, you have to dare to imagine victory, and with that motivation, you will be strong in the game. So in this game, I want you to play in the league at home, as always, to attack and win! ”

On the other hand, Ferguson's speech was much briefer.

"Our opponent is Hoffenheim, who didn't hear of that name a season ago, right? But anyway, remember that we are Manchester United and this is our home stadium! ”

※※※ When the players of both sides played, the stadium at Old Trafford seemed to be boiling in advance, and the Manchester United fans, who had an absolute advantage in numbers, kept shouting and shouting for the Manchester United players.

Hoffenheim's fans, on the other hand, were immature and inexperienced before Manchester United was full. They completely lost to the Manchester United fans in building momentum, and in the face of more than a dozen times the number of Manchester United fans, they didn't even have the courage to open their mouths - as soon as they opened their mouths, the first sound was quickly drowned out by the shouts of the United fans, and in the end they simply shut up and saved effort.

The outliers in blue were Boss John's team of more than 100 people, wearing the blue Wimbledon jerseys, singing in unison, and although their singing could not overshadow the shouts of the United fans, they were still singing seriously and energetically, laughing when they were finished, and then clapping their hands and taking a breath to continue.

After the warm-ups, a light rain began to fall in the sky, but it was clear that the rain would not have much impact on the fans who watched the game. Most fans didn't even wear a poncho, just waving their arms in the cold and rainy night to cheer on their team.

※※※ Picking is done between the two captains. This is the first time Chu Zhongtian has met Giggs face to face. Chu Zhongtian got the right to pick the edge in the pick, and he chose the side of the half where the Hoffenheim players were in the warm-up.

At this time, in front of China's televisions and computers, countless fans are also watching this focus battle. The biggest dark horse handpicked by UEFA this season will face Manchester United, a giant club that has reached the final of the Champions League for two consecutive seasons. Manchester United is very popular in Chinese and has many loyal fans, while Hoffenheim has no shortage of supporters because of the presence of Chu Zhongtian.

'The game is about to start and there is a light rain in the night sky in Manchester, so hopefully the slippery pitch won't affect the players' performance. Commentator He Ping is usually responsible for commenting La Liga, and at the beginning of his debut, he was commenting on Ligue 1 and Argentine Football League, so although he was the first commentator to explain Chu Zhongtian's game, now the person who explains Chu Zhongtian's game every weekend has been replaced by Duan Bin. He Ping only had the opportunity to talk about his fate with Chu Zhongtian in the Champions League in midweek.

Chu Zhongtian started without suspense and wore the captain's armband. Ferguson rotated a lot of people in a three-game week, but Fletcher started two games in a row and played the full game against Stoke City in the last Premier League game. Ferguson's intentions are obvious, and he decided to strengthen the defense in the midfield to contain Chu Zhongtian! ”

He Ping is very proud of what he said - being able to let a team of Manchester United's level focus on taking care of it shows that Chu Zhongtian has done a good job!

"Before the game starts, we will take the time to read to you the starting lists of both sides for this game......"

He Ping hurriedly lowered his head and began to read the list. Although he doesn't play in the Bundesliga, he knows the characteristics of Hoffenheim. When everyone was not familiar with it before, Duan Bin always read the starting list after the start of the game according to his habit, and as a result, he missed a lot of Hoffenheim's goals, and was criticized by the audience for being too slow to react...... Later, Duan Bin learned well, and he quickly read the starting list before kick-off, and his speech was as fast as if he was practicing tongue twisters.

Hoffenheim's last Champions League game was also narrated by He Ping, who scored just one minute and 23 seconds into the opening game, so if he waited until the game started to read the starting line-up, he would not be able to adjust his emotions to explain that goal.

As soon as He Ping finished reading the last name of Manchester United's starting list, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the game began!

"CCTV! Cctv! Good morning, and welcome to the 2009-2010 UEFA Champions League group stage, the second round of Group B, where Manchester United host Hoffenheim! Even this standard opening sentence was read by He Ping very quickly. Hoffenheim scored in the opening 50 seconds of the last round of the Bundesliga, and who can guarantee that something similar will not happen in this game?

It was almost like that again...... Just four minutes into the game, United's defence went awry.

Hoffenheim were looking to attack from the very beginning of the game, and although the United players had seen the footage and heard the coach talk about it repeatedly, it was not as intuitive to watch it through the TV screen as it was to experience it himself. So they're not really familiar with what Hoffenheim's attacking and fast football looks like.

In the fourth minute of the opening game, Chu Zhongtian took the ball in the front court and made a simple cooperation with Salihovic, and then took the ball again without giving Fletcher a chance to come up and force him, and directly slammed his foot into a long shot!

"Do you want to pass it on...... Shoot - goal!! According to his inertial thinking, the commentator thought that Chu Zhongtian would choose to pass the ball in this position, but he didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to suddenly shoot the goal, so he had to change his tone cleanly.

People who have the same inertial thinking as him are Manchester United's midfielder Fletcher, who thought that Chu Zhongtian would pass the ball directly, so he stuck the passing route, but he didn't pounce on it at the first time, but hesitated. Unexpectedly, it was this hesitation that gave Chu Zhongtian the opportunity to get up directly.

The ball flew towards Manchester United's goal on the turf, and on the slippery turf, the ball rolled very fast!

Because of the suddenness of the shot, Manchester United's starting goalkeeper of the game, Poland Kucssack (tomasz_kuszczak), could not hold on, and he chose to fall to the ground and save sideways, hoping to hit the football out.

He did hit the football, but instead of making a save, he blocked it...... Because the soccer ball is so slippery and a little difficult to control.

The surprise left Manchester United's backline in disarray.

In the midst of the chaos, the Manchester United defenders failed to clear the ball and the football was again handed down by the Hoffenheim players.

Ibisevic got the ball from a very small angle, near the baseline, and he was out of angle. However, he didn't shoot either, but passed the ball straight back.

Football is back at the feet of Chu Zhongtian again.

It was still a very fast action, he didn't swing his thighs, he only relied on swinging his calves to exert his strength, and Chu Zhongtian shot directly again twelve yards from the goal!

"Chu ...... Not again! ”

This time, Kutzsack just got up from the ground and had to fall to the ground again to save, but fortunately, Chu Zhongtian's shot was slightly right, and he was directly hugged by him, and there was no chance for Hoffenheim to make up for it.

"Just four minutes into the game, Hoffenheim had two shots in a row! It's all Chu, it looks like he's in good shape today! The narrator excitedly announced.

Missing two opportunities to score with a goal, Chu Zhongtian did not accept the result calmly as before, and then turned around and ran back to wait for the opportunity to organize the attack again, this time he held his head in his hands, grabbed his hair, and then waved his arm hard, looking very annoyed. It looked like he was concerned that those two shots didn't result in a goal.

In the Hoffenheim dugout, assistant referee Zeidler turned his head to look at Rangnick, who had just rushed out of the dugout, ready to celebrate the goal...... "It seems that your aggressiveness seems to have worked well. ”

Rangnick laughed: "I don't want that stable Chu in this game, I want a Chu who is aggressive and can explode at any time." The stable Chu Ferguson must have studied it thoroughly, but what about a Chu that could explode at any time? We want to surprise our opponents a little bit. ”

(To be continued)