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Contrary to what everyone expected, Chelsea did not launch a heavy attack at the start of the game, as was evident from the movement of their two full-backs. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Ashley. The two full-backs, Cole and Branislav Ivanovic, did not rush to press the attack after the opening, but stayed honestly in their own half. This must have been specifically told by the manager. Carlo Ancelotti looks like he's still playing the safe cards and knows just how powerful Hoffenheim are on their home turf, especially their attack. In order to avoid conceding a goal early in the game, he chose to be safe and conservative.

The opponent's defensive formation is very compact, and Hoffenheim doesn't have any good ways to penetrate easily, so Chu Zhongtian is not in a hurry. Anyway, they are the ones who are leading the way to qualification, not Chelsea, so they can't afford to rush.

Since the opponent did not press on all fronts, Chu Zhongtian took the midfielder to play a positional battle with Chelsea, and slowly entangled with the opponent.

He'll see how soon Chelsea's patience runs out.

Fifteen minutes into the game, there were not many shots on goal from either side, more often it was entangled in midfield. There were moments when Hoffenheim had the upper hand and there were moments when Chelsea's attack looked threatening. But there aren't many times when you can really threaten the goal.

Carlo Ancelotti's calculation is to avoid conceding another goal first, and then concede the goal on the basis of using counter-attacking goals, as long as he can score one, although Hoffenheim have the advantage of away goals, but as long as we have the advantage of leading the aggregate score, then the opponent has no more away goals to fear.

Carlo Ancelotti knows that Hoffenheim is an attacking team at heart, and they will not give up attacking away from home, let alone at their home stadium, he is not in a hurry, Hoffenheim will definitely attack, as long as they attack their backline, there will be a lot of holes. This was evident from the first leg, and if Hoffenheim hadn't been able to defend in the end, Chelsea's attack would have worked. At home, they will definitely not shrink their defence and that's when it will be Chelsea's chance.

Fifteen minutes passed and Chelsea's attack did not pick up much and Carlo Ancelotti was in no hurry.

Twenty minutes on, Hoffenheim still didn't attack with all their might, of course there was, but the two full-backs, like Chelsea's full-backs, didn't press up, they kept five men in defence, so there wasn't much space and opportunities for Chelsea.

Twenty-five minutes on, Chelsea still haven't found any glaring holes. Carlo Ancelotti knew it was Hoffenheim battling patience against him...... Chu Zhongtian was indeed competing with the other party for patience. Anyway, if Chelsea's defenders don't press up, there is a lot less space to share, even if he wants to organize an attack, he has to judge the situation, what if the attack fails and the opponent breaks the ball to play a counterattack directly?

Therefore, he slightly modified the instructions of manager Rangnick and did not rush to attack and score, but to grind with Chelsea in midfield. In terms of the control ability of the midfield, Chu Zhongtian is confident that Hoffenheim will not lose to Chelsea, so it's a big deal that everyone will continue to consume it like this, and see who can consume whom in the end.

In the thirtieth minute, Ancelotti knew that he couldn't wait any longer, the opponent was clearly grinding time, and even if the game was 0:0, they also advanced, and he was eliminated.

He just wondered how Hoffenheim, who had always been keen to attack from the first minute to the last minute of the game, suddenly calmed down...... If you can't figure it out now, don't think about it, let's attack first! It seems that something needs to be done to lure the other side to attack as well, and only when both sides are attacking each other, will there be a space behind them to take advantage of.

Carlo Ancelotti stood up from the dugout and signaled the onslaught to the team.

Chelsea's players waited 30 minutes for the signal, and until then full-back Ashley Ashley, who had not been more than a halfway point in the middle. Kerr and Branislav Ivanovic started to plug in the assists.

As soon as the two full-backs moved, the pressure on Hoffenheim's defence increased dramatically. Previously, Hoffenheim's defense only needed to defend against a wave of attacks, as long as Chelsea's first wide attack was terminated, this attack was over, and because the full-backs did not press, Chelsea's wing attack lacked changes, and the intention was easy to guess, and Hoffenheim's defense was relatively simple.

It's different now, and when the full-backs press up, they have a lot of options to choose from, which makes it more difficult for Hoffenheim to defend on the wing.

There is good and bad in everything.

Although the defensive pressure increased, Hoffenheim also gained space to attack.

Here, Chelsea just threatened Hoffenheim's goal with a wide attack, and then Nyema threw the footballer to Chu Zhongtian, who passed the football directly to his right side, Chelsea's left side, without waiting or hesitation. On this flank, there is Quaresma, who is good at attacking with the ball, while Chelsea full-back Ashley Ashley is a full-back. Kerr had just stepped forward with an assist, but he hadn't had time to withdraw - no matter how fast you are, you can't outrun a soccer ball in flight...... Quaresma's cross was met by Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had flanked in front of goal, and although it went high, it was Hoffenheim's most dangerous shot after more than 30 minutes.

In the process of the two sides competing for patience, Chelsea, who were behind, were the first to lose their breath, while Hoffenheim just planned to play against them.

Don't look at the previous Chelsea was very calm, the full-backs said that if they can't go up, they won't go up. Now once the head coach gives the order to attack, it's just a matter of letting go and ignoring everything.

Because they know very well that this is away from home, if they can't score a goal in one go and shake the opponent's fighting spirit. Then as time goes by, the situation will become more and more unfavorable for them.

So even if they knew that such an attack would be caught by the opponent behind them, they couldn't care about it. Now there's only one thought on my mind - goal!

If Rangnick were Mourinho, he would be happy to let the opposition press his team and then wait for the opportunity to counterattack, which is a tried-and-true approach.

But he is Rangnick after all, the exact opposite type of coach to Mourinho. Seeing Chelsea attacking, he also made his team attack.

For a time, the two sides fought against each other on the field, which was wonderful.

Of course, all sorts of goalscoring opportunities began to appear and increase.

In the 37th minute, Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard suddenly volleyed hard from the edge of the box, the ball slipped through the defender's seam, Nyema couldn't make a save, and the ball eventually hit the post and bounced, startling the stands at the Rhein-Neckar Stadium.

But soon, the Hoffenheim fans were shouting loudly: "Give them something awesome and see!" Also in color!! ”

In the midst of such shouts, Chu Zhongtian organised an attack, and after a series of one-ones in the middle of midfield to attract the attention of the Chelsea defenders, he slammed the ball to the side, cut in from behind Kolarov past the Chelsea backline, and then crossed with his feet. This time it was Ibisevic who followed up in the middle, and his close-range header sent Cech a one-handed drag!

"There is a chance for both sides! This time of the game is much better than the first thirty minutes! ”

In the first 30 minutes, the commentator complained that Chelsea were conservative and then that Hoffenheim were equally conservative. It didn't look like a do-or-die knockout match at all, but rather like a warm-up game, although the attack was lively, but neither side scored in the first half.

When the referee blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score on the big screen was 0:0.

The technical statistics show that the two sides are almost evenly matched, with Hoffenheim slightly more than two percentage points higher in possession, 51 per cent to 49 per cent. The number of shots on goal was the same for both sides, with seven each, with Chelsea having a slight advantage of four shots on target and Hoffenheim three.

From this data, it can be seen that the two teams are evenly matched, and it is really difficult to say what will happen in the second half.

The first thing Ancelotti did at half-time was to adjust his tactics and tell his players to step up their attack in the second half. How to strengthen it? Starting from the wings, there was a clear change in attack after the flanks came alive in the first half, but the time was too short to score. But Ancelotti knew it was right.

On the other side, Rangnick was also telling the players how to attack.

'Chelsea's wide attacking force is very lively and they have a lot of space behind them to exploit and we are determined to take advantage of that! When the ball is broken, it will be passed to the wing where their full-back is not there, and the middle must follow up in time to seek cooperation with the wide players! ”

Rangnick doesn't need to say any more. With Chu Zhongtian in the team, he can save a lot of effort. Although Chu Zhongtian is only twenty-seven years old and has only been in the professional league for seven seasons, he is already so experienced that he is like a veteran in his thirties, he knows what to do on the field and rarely makes mistakes.

Before playing in the second half, Chu Zhongtian said to his teammates: "Now there are two and a half games left from Wembley, guys, hold on!" ”

※※※ At the beginning of the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again.

This time it was different from the first half, there was no patience in the competition, and the two sides directly played an offensive battle as soon as they came up, and they both wanted to take advantage of the loopholes in the opponent's back line first and score a goal first.

Lampard dipped Chu Zhongtian, who had been following him closely, and did not continue to dribble forward, because he knew that the Chinese was very tenacious and could be cut off if he hesitated a little.

So as soon as he deducted Chu Zhongtian, he immediately passed the football out. Sure enough, as soon as he finished passing the ball, Chu Zhongtian pounced again, and this time he pounced.

Frank Lampard gave the ball to Drogba in front of him, who leaned on defender Simunic to protect the ball. Seeing that he couldn't turn around, he had to pass the football back to Malouda, who came up to pick him up. Malouda had moved to the middle and he was looking for a penetrating through ball when he received the ball. However, Hoffenheim's defense was very well organized, and there was no space to be used, and at the same time, Chelsea's teammates were almost in good shape, basically stopping to continue running after hitting the Hoffenheim back line, standing in place one by one and waiting for their teammates to pass the ball to them. Especially on the side, everyone is afraid of offside and waits on the sideline, such an obvious intention is easy for Hoffenheim players to defend, as long as they are stuck on the inside, even if the football is passed over, the side players have nothing too good to do, forced crosses are ten ** will be Hoffenheim's central defenders to push the football out, and the success rate is not so high if you break through, although Hoffenheim's fullbacks are stronger than defensive, but it is not equal to a wooden stake that can be passed casually.

And that's not all. While the formation was tight, Hoffenheim's midfielders and centre-backs were still actively pressing for the ball-getters.

Malouda was in control of the football and was under a lot of pressure as soon as he watched it. Sana and Compper grabbed Malouda one after the other. In order to protect the football, Malouda had to turn around and protect the football in front of him, he turned around, the football was protected, but he also lost the opportunity to attack forward.

In desperation, he had no choice but to pass the football back.

But under Sana's pressing, his pass didn't reach his teammate, but to Quaresma!

Hoffenheim reacted fairly quickly when the ball was suddenly broken, and on the other wing, Salihovic had already run forward, and Quaresma did not carry the ball himself, because he also had a midfielder Mikel in front of him.

He passed the football sideways, and the football fell to Chu Zhongtian's feet. Chu Zhongtian didn't rush forward with the ball, because there was another Chelsea defender in front of him, Essien, he didn't even look up, he directly teleported the football diagonally to the left side of the team, and ran forward alone after passing the ball.

Salihovic was not too closely marked when he received the ball on the flank, because by this time Chelsea's full-backs were rushing up to attack and were desperately trying to get back into defence.

Salihovic's speed wasn't great, but it didn't matter, Hoffenheim's overall speed bought him time. He dribbled the ball down the flanks and drew both Essien and centre-back Alex to the past.

Then he passed sideways to the middle, and the football fell to the feet of Chu Zhongtian, who came up to answer.

Seeing Chu Zhongtian receive the ball in the 30-meter area, the Hoffenheim fans in the stands burst into huge cheers: "Chu! Clear! ”

Chu Zhongtian stopped the football, and then made a gesture to shoot from a distance, but Mikel didn't dare to be unguarded, and turned around to block the opponent's shot with his back. Who thought that Chu Zhongtian was just a feint, after taking advantage of the situation to deduct Mikel, he did not volley vigorously, nor did he directly split the side, but suddenly picked up a pass!

The ball went over the head of the Chelsea backline and into the box behind them.

Ibisevic and Ruud van Nistelrooy were in the centre, keeping the Chelsea defenders at bay, but from a directional point of view, the ball was not passed to them as Chu Zhongtian passed the ball to the ribs.

"Ricardo. Quaresma! ”

The narrator yelled.

The Portuguese winger who had just passed the football to Chu Zhongtian had already entered the penalty area at this time, he burst in from the ribs, and after Salihovic and Chu Zhongtian attracted the attention of other Chelsea players, he appeared in the penalty area unconsciously, Chu Zhongtian picked the football and passed, he stepped forward in time, and then received the football!

"No offside!"

"It's really not offside!"

Quaresma didn't even look at the linesman, knowing full well that he was not offside. He only passed through the Chelsea defence after Chu Zhongtian completed his cross.

All eyes were drawn to Quaresma, who was suddenly inserted into the box, and Cech dropped out of the net to find centre-back Johan. John Terry and returning midfielder Mikel, full-back Ashley. Like a nail drawn to a magnet, Cole rushed towards Quaresma.

But Quaresma didn't shoot, but crossed the ball into the middle of the penalty area!

Van Nistelrooy, who had been waiting there, could not let go of such an easy opportunity? He pushes sideways and the ball rolls into the Chelsea goal!

"The ball went in—"

“gooooooooooooal！！”

"Hoffenheim made a series of beautiful passes and a goal from Ruud van Nistelrooy!"

“1:0！ Hoffenheim lead Chelsea 3-2 on aggregate! ”

After the goal, Van Nistelrooy was very excited, he rushed to Quaresma who passed the ball to him, Quaresma hugged him, and then waved at Chu Zhongtian, which means: Come up and celebrate, buddy!

Of course, Chu Zhongtian would not fail to celebrate, he ran over and hugged the two teammates, and then more teammates surrounded them in the center, and everyone cheered together to celebrate the goal.

They extended their lead in the battle for promotion!

"Van Nistelrooy! Van Nistelrooy! He scored his second goal of the tournament! It was also his 62nd goal in the Champions League! He is the second best goalscorer in the history of the Champions League! ”

"The experienced Dutch veteran is in the right place to be there! Although the 34-year-old is no longer able to run fast, his excellent goalmouth awareness can still make him appear in the most dangerous places on time! ”

The commentators in Europe were singing the praises of the Dutch veteran, while others praised Quaresma's selfless assist.

China's commentator He Ping set his sights on Chu Zhongtian, and he gave full play to the role of "offensive transit hub" during the whole process of the attack, and when he tackled down and counterattacked, it was his accurate long pass that made Hoffenheim's attack suddenly clear, and the opponent's defense line was also torn apart by his pass, and the already limited forces had to be dispersed to the width of the entire stadium, which was naturally overstretched, and there would be vacancies in many places. By the time he touched the ball for the second time, Hoffenheim's attack had hit a very dangerous area, and everyone thought Chu Zhongtian would shoot straight at goal - he didn't have that kind of reason - but he was very clever in creating a chance for Quaresma with a pick-and-roll pass. His pass to Quaresma gave Quaresma a one-on-one chance to draw the attention of Chelsea's defence, making room for the flank-flanking Ruud van Nistelrooy to open the scoring with ease. The whole attacking process is like a link that is closely linked, and any link is carefully planned and indispensable, and in the end, this goal comes naturally under such a chain of links.

In He Ping's view, Chu Zhongtian once again reflected his role as the core of the team's organization in this attack, and it was very vividly embodied.

"This is the heart of the midfield!"

(To be continued)