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In Borussia Dortmund's away dressing room, Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp is throwing a tantrum, not just because of the scoreline, but also because of the pitch. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Fans may be more concerned about the score, but the manager definitely values the process first, the scene. They could tell a lot from the scene and the process, whether there was any hope of an equaliser when the team was behind and there were some clues from the course of the first half. If the team is not at a disadvantage on the field, but is just a little unlucky to allow the opponent to score two goals, then the score of 0:2 is not a problem at all, and in the second half 45 minutes, a tactical adjustment can save the defeat.

But Jurgen Klopp didn't see any of that from this first half.

Nothing he had hoped to see happen, his team was pressed and beaten by their opponents, unable to fight back, with few shots on goal, almost no threatening attack, and the busiest player was not the striker but goalkeeper Weidenfeller...... Judging from the forty-five minutes of the first half, Klopp could not find a way to overcome his opponent.

So he was angry, from the score to the scene of the full lag, how to fight this game?

“…… What did you think you played in the first half? I've counted, you've only had four shots in 45 minutes, only one of them was on target, so there was no threat and we had to be under a lot of pressure at the back. Hoffenheim are an attacking team, they are good at attacking, and they are only good at attacking. If we can put pressure on their backline, we can break it. But you didn't do it at all! ”

The manager's words made all the attacking players keep their heads down and remain silent. He's scolding them. In the first half, Dortmund's attacking players did not do well enough, there were not many chances, and they were all wasted.

But just because the players are silent doesn't mean they don't have ideas.

They also felt that they could not simply be blamed for it.

Don't look at Hoffenheim's attack-oriented, but their defense is not ambiguous, especially the number eight. This number eight is simply a monster, he can appear in the Dortmund penalty area when attacking, and when defending, he builds a blockade in front of his own back line for the first time, so that Dortmund's attack cannot easily get in.

Klopp glanced around and seemed to know what the silent players were thinking.

In fact, he also noticed Chu Zhongtian's performance. Before the season, Hoffenheim boss Hope and manager Rangnick both compared the Bundesliga's transfer bid champion this season to Matthias. Summer. Klopp didn't feel offended by his team, he wasn't a fan after all, but he was thinking about something else - in fact, Summerer was just a front, and the person they really wanted to compare with was probably not Samemer, but ...... Beckenbauer. But Beckenbauer's influence and status in German football is so great that no one dares to compare with him. So in order to avoid being too ostentatious, they chose the more low-key Summerer as an example.

But don't be fooled by this appearance, Hoffenheim and Rangnick are actually more ambitious.

Because after learning about this, Klopp paid more attention to Chu Zhongtian's performance in this game.

From the first half, it can be seen that Chu Zhongtian is indeed the core of Hoffenheim, whether it is offensive or defensive, he can play a very key role.

Although he didn't know much about Chu Zhongtian, judging from his performance in the past forty-five minutes, this Chinese might really have the potential to become the next Summer...... Of course, to become Beckenbauer...... That's almost impossible. There is only one Beckenbauer, and his significance is not only what contributions he has made on the football field, not only his status at the technical and tactical level, but also many, many factors, which together doom no one to become the second Beckenbauer.

Obviously, if you want to beat Hoffenheim, you have to adjust to this central figure.

If he could, he would have to freeze Chu Zhongtian completely. Even if it can't be completely frozen, we have to find a way to make Chu Zhongtian unable to play the role he should play.

Chu Zhongtian can both organize and defend in Hoffenheim, and is the core of the team, which certainly gives him the capital to become the second Summer. But it has also become his "Achilles' heel".

He knew what Rangnick wanted to do, and he wanted to restore the "free man tactic" that had been all the rage and allowed the whole of German football to sweep the world. But times have changed, more than 10 years have passed since the end of the Cold War, 18 years have passed since the reunification of East and West Germany, and the "free man" has long been a thing of the past. When the soil suitable for the tactics of "free man" is gone, how can it be possible to cultivate "free man"?

Therefore, Chu Zhongtian is destined to become a failure that cannot be completed. In today's football, there can be no more "free man", and Hoffenheim cannot rely on such a failed pseudo-free man to succeed.

As long as Chu Zhongtian is contained, it is equivalent to Hofenheim.

Now the league has just begun...... Five rounds, as a zebra that has been promoted to the top of the zebra, and it is reasonable to stand out when the opponent is not familiar with them. But once their opponents have studied them all thoroughly, the road to good fortune for this promoted horse is over.

Klopp is not convinced that Hoffenheim will be able to continue to soar in the future. This team will be rampant for five rounds at most, and after ten rounds of league games, it will definitely return to the ranks of relegation.

With that in mind, Klopp made his own adjustments to the team's second half.

In order to defend against Chu Zhongtian, it is necessary to strengthen the defensive strength of the midfield.

Originally, there was only one Brazilian Tinga in the defensive midfielder who started this game, but in the first half, he was played by Chu Zhongtian, and he couldn't keep up with Chu Zhongtian's weird running and fluctuating rhythm at all. Chu Zhongtian appeared in Dortmund's penalty area for a while, appeared at the front of the penalty area for a while, was on the right side for a while, and ran to the left side in a blink of an eye.

As a result, Tinga couldn't keep up at all, and ended up in a situation where he was overwhelmed.

Poor Tinga...... He would have been a good defensive midfielder.

Now, Klopp is considering adding one more man to defend Chu Zhongtian.

He set his sights on the squad at hand.

The substitutes were all warming up outside, and there was no one else in the dressing room except for the eleven starters, and he had to find players from here who could be substituted.

Since it is to contain Chu Zhongtian, it is natural to replace it with defensive players.

So Klopp set his sights directly on the midfield.

The Bundesliga allows six substitutes per game, and in this game Klopp only brought one midfielder substitute, the team's first captain Sebastian. Kyle (sebastian_kehl).

Borussia Dortmund played a UEFA Cup match on Thursday, which resulted in a 2-0 defeat at home to Serie A side Udinese. Jurgen Klopp was annoyed by the defeat and as punishment he replaced most of his starters from the previous league game, including captain Kehl. He felt that Kyle was not active enough in the game and did not perform at all the level that a captain should have.

He doesn't know if Kyle is seriously reflecting on himself, but now he has no one to use but Kyle.

In any case, Kyle's strength is still guaranteed, and there should be no problem with him and Tinga guarding that Chinese...... Thinking of this, he said to Bouak zeljko_buvac, the assistant coach next to him, "Call Kyle back." ”

Bouat took the order.

Taking advantage of this time, Klopp told his players what to do in the second half: "We can't just defend, we have to attack!" ”

By the time Kyle came back sweaty, Klopp had already told the rest of the team what to do in the second half.

He glanced at Kyle, who had returned to his side, and called him and Tinga aside.

"The task of the second half of the two of you is important." Klopp said straight to the point. He didn't have Tikell's lack of aggressiveness in the last UEFA Cup game, nor did he criticise Tinga's embarrassment of being played by Chu Zhongtian in the first half.

He knows now is not the time to blame the players.

"Hoffenheim's core is their number eight, and I want you to unite in the second half and freeze him completely!"

Although the head coach did not criticize his performance in the first half by name, Tinga's words and actions still embarrassed Tinga. Originally, his task was to defend Chu Zhongtian, but he did not defend the opponent at all in the first half, but let the opponent continue to organize threatening attacks.

Now the head coach has decided to switch to another midfielder, asking him and Kyle to join forces to defend Chu Zhongtian, which is tantamount to admitting his defeat in the first half.

Tinga has helped the Brazilian international team win the Copa Libertadores, has been voted the best player in Brazil, and has been selected for the Brazilian national team four times, but he has not established himself in the strongman Brazilian national team. In the 06-07 season, he moved to Borussia Dortmund and quickly became an absolute mainstay of the team. His contract expires at the end of the season and Borussia Dortmund may renew him, but if he doesn't perform at the level of the previous two seasons, it could end there. After all, he is already 30 years old, and he has entered the decline stage of professional players, especially midfielders.

"He has a lot of running range, you have to follow him with all your strength, as soon as he catches the ball, go up and defend!" Klopp clasped his hands together and made a "surround" gesture.

The two men nodded, indicating that they understood.

'Hoffenheim's ball is passed to him most of the time and you have to try to get it right from his feet and then we use that opportunity to counter-attack.

The two men nodded again.

'The key to the second half is him, remember.'

※※※When Dortmund's head coach was trying to deal with Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian was being questioned by Salihovic in the dressing room.

"I'm weird, how do you know I'm going to shoot when you're turning your back on me?"

Although the goal was scored, the doubts in Salihovic's heart became stronger and stronger, and this is not the first time it has happened. When he was practicing that day, the football he suddenly shot out was also dodged by Chu Zhongtian. Is it really a coincidence? But how can a coincidence happen twice? And Salihovic always felt that even if he and Chu Zhongtian did it again, Chu Zhongtian would be able to dodge.

In order to figure out this question, as soon as the first half ended, he found Chu Zhongtian to ask.

Chu Zhongtian shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands: "Intuition." ”

Salihovich didn't believe it, he stared straight into Chu Zhongtian's eyes, his eyes full of doubts. "Intuition" is too mysterious for him, like a person who wins the jackpot every time he buys a lottery ticket, and you ask him and he tells you that it is luck - people will suspect that there is something in it.

Chu Zhongtian saw that he didn't believe it, and it was not easy to explain. In fact, even he didn't know whether his unkeenary was an instinct or a special function...... He can also only refer to this ability as "intuition". This ability has helped him a lot, from exams to playing football, at first like Duan Yu's six-vein divine sword, he was not effective, but now he is becoming more and more proficient, and he feels a little "handy".

And as this 'intuition' has become more and more masterful on the pitch, he has become more and more in control of the pace of the game and the situation on the pitch, knowing when to pass, when to dribble, when to move forward and when to retreat. To outsiders, it is remarkable that he made choices very quickly and accurately, without thinking or hesitating, in a complex situation.

So Rangnick says he has the potential to become a third free man precisely because he has such a talent.

"Alright, Sayyad. How did you do that? Anyway we were ahead and you scored, isn't that great? Ha ha! Seeing the two people looking at each other face to face, but not speaking, Ibisevic hurriedly came up to play a round because the two of them were about to make a conflict, one in one hand, around the necks of the two people, and shouted excitedly.

"Victor is right! We were the first half, and we had the advantage! "Everyone is very happy with the team's results so far. No one wants to lose this momentum because of a lack of internal unity. So although at the beginning of the season, there were still people who were sympathetic to Salihovic's thoughts and couldn't get used to Chu Zhongtian. Now, after seeing Chu Zhongtian's ability to lead the team, they have chosen to calm things down and be peacemakers, for fear that the two powder kegs will explode and turn everyone's hard-won achievements into naught.

Chu Zhongtian saw everyone's worries. He knows that his place in the team is being established step by step, and now that he has communicated with Salihovic, his relationship with him is no longer as strained as it used to be.

"It's nothing, I'm just a normal exchange with Saiyad, you don't have to be so nervous." Chu Zhongtian's right hand went around Ibisevic's back and slapped it on Salihovic's shoulder. "Isn't that right, Sayyad?"

He looked at Salihovic.

Salihovich was stunned for a moment and then nodded: "Yes, nothing." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the two of them say this, and then they dispersed one after another, and resumed the discussion of the first half of the game. Hoffenheim have played four-and-a-half games in the Bundesliga so far and have never won against the traditional powerhouses of the Bundesliga after the reunification of East and West Germany. Winning two opponents, one has always been a fish belly team, and the other was brilliant in the 70s of the last century, but then it declined. After facing Bayer Leverkusen, they were beaten mercilessly 2:5, and against Stuttgart, they were forced to a 0:0 draw by their opponents at their home stadium, which is also an important reason for many people to attack them and question them - Hoffenheim can only win against weak teams, and once they play against strong teams, they will be exposed.

Hoffenheim will have to prove their quality against strong teams if they want to earn more respect and recognition, how to prove it? Defeating your opponent is obviously the most effective and the only way.

In the first half with Dortmund, it was not only a two-goal lead in the score, but also a complete dominance on the field. This made the Hoffenheim players very talkative. Speaking of their respective performances on the field, they can really only be described as dancing with eyebrows and dancing with their hands.

Ibisevic didn't get involved, but patted Chu Zhongtian and Salihovic on the shoulders hard, and said happily: "It's okay now!" Now it's good! ”

He didn't say what it was, but his teammates on both sides who were constantly patting him on the shoulders were clearly clear.

Soon, the team's head coach, Rangnick, walked in, and the voice in the locker room was slightly lowered, but everyone was still chatting until Rangnick clapped his hands.

"You're doing a good job, gentlemen." Rangnick pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and praised the player.

'We're going to do that in the second half. I want you to remember that a two-goal lead is not safe, there is no insurance score in this world. If you can, try to increase the score as much as possible, and don't be soft when you can score. So in the second half we didn't care what Dortmund did, and we continued to attack at the beginning of the second half. Chu, your task is to keep creating chances to score goals. ”

"Yes, sir." Chu Zhongtian replied.

"I know I don't need to say much to you." Rangnick laughed, he liked the Chinese player in front of him even more. In the past, he only knew Chu Zhongtian on the game video, after all, it was still far away, but after working with him in person, he realized how happy he was to be his coach, because he was always thinking and was a smart person, so it was easy to communicate.

Chu Zhongtian smiled confidently.

Then Rangnick turned to the players and said: "It's been five rounds of the league and I know there's been a lot of talk about us. I also know that people don't agree with those arguments. Then today is a good opportunity to beat Borussia Dortmund at our home turf! Prove to them that we're not kidding, we're really not here for relegation! We're here to win every game! ”

(To be continued)