Chapter 237: The True Quality of a Commander

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Fernandes has just made a difficult decision to let his team continue to defend and counter-attack rather than press out and play Hoffenheim. What is the result of the www.biquge.info pressing out, he knows very well that Hoffenheim is waiting for his team to press out. So he continued to defend and counter-attack, even if he was now one goal behind. But as long as they can stop conceding goals, there is still hope, taking advantage of Hoffenheim's attack to get carried away, and give them a slap in the face.

It's okay to only be one goal behind, if the opponent scores another goal because of the big pressure and becomes a 2:0 lead, it will be difficult for Auxerre to play this game, and basically there will be no hope of half a bottle or even overtaking.

So even though some players on the pitch were eager to equalise with an attack, he still took advantage of the Hoffenheim players to celebrate their goal and pulled captain Pedretti.

"Let's continue to defend and counterattack!"

Pedretti glanced at his mentor and nodded, "Yes, sir. ”

"Tell your teammates not to rush at this time, they want us to be anxious. What adjustments will I say at halftime! ”

Pedreti took the order.

Fernandes did not return to his seat for the rest of the game, but remained on the sidelines, staring at the field. He became more and more nervous, and this nervousness could not be concealed by appearance.

Next to him, Rangnick was much more relaxed, he sat back down, and even had time to talk to his assistants.

Pedreti brought back to the pitch the latest instructions from manager Fernandes, and the players were a little surprised, thinking that the manager would let them go out of their way and fight to the death, only to let them continue to defend ...... "Hey! Benott, are you really sure you heard it right, or that the coach didn't say it wrong? Striker Yellen yelled at Pedreti.

Pedreti nodded: "I heard you very clearly, he wants us to continue to defend and counterattack. ”

"Damn it!" Yellen cursed. "How do you defend and counterattack? We didn't hold it at 0:0, can we still hold it when we are down by one goal? "Yellen, as a striker, will of course be very unhappy with the manager's arrangement. Defending on the counter-attack meant he would receive very little support up front, and most of the time he had to go it alone. But he's not the kind of powerful center who can hold the ball alone and then charge into battle. He needs support from midfield or even at the back so that he can play to his true strengths. He thought that the goal would allow the team to attack with all their might, and that he would get more chances...... Pedreti doesn't want to dwell on Yellen on this topic. He shrugged, "Just do it, man." ”

With that, he ran back.

Yellen looked at Pedreti's back, spread her hands and waved helplessly.

※※※ The game is restarted, and Auxerre is indeed still on the defensive counter-attack.

The commentators also saw Fernandez's thoughts: "Yes, Auxerre continues to defend and counterattack. There's nothing better they can do at the moment. Bruno Fernandes can clearly only hope to concede just one goal before half-time and then make adjustments at half-time. ”

The commentator of such an obvious situation can see it, why can't Chu Zhongtian of Hoffenheim see it?

AJERRE wanted the best of the first half, and of course it would have been better if they had managed to equalise – but that was out of the question.

Taking a one-goal lead into the break wasn't unacceptable for Hoffenheim either. I'm sure Rangnick will think the same way, just look at how relaxed he is off the pitch now.

But Chu Zhongtian didn't think so. His idea was simple – if we can score two goals, why should we score only one? If you can win by a big score, why settle for a small win?

So he wasn't content to go into the first half like that, and now there were almost twenty minutes left before the end of the first half, which was enough time for them to score another goal.

He gave the whole team the latest instructions - keep on the onslaught and try to score!

Hoffenheim's Qiantang tide offensive is coming again.

Auxerre tightened their defence and prepared for another onslaught.

Chu Zhongtian knew that he had just scored a goal, and this period of time was a good time for Hoffenheim to score. Because Accerre's players have certainly not gotten rid of the image of conceding the goal, and Chu Zhongtian has just paid attention to observing, Fernandes has obviously given instructions to continue to defend and counterattack, but not everyone in Auxerre's players has accepted such an arrangement, and some people must be unconvinced, hoping to equalize this morning.

At this time, Auxerre's three-line thinking will not be too unified, and there must be people who want to attack and someone who wants to defend.

If you want to score, you have to take advantage of the opponent's disunity, otherwise after a few minutes, the opponent will slowly calm down and find that the defensive counterattack is indeed the best choice at the moment, and he will definitely hold on to the end of the first half. At that time, it was difficult to score again.

Auxerre ended their attack soon after kicking off, because they were worried that Hoffenheim would catch the space behind them to play a quick attack, so many people did not go up when Auxerre attacked, and the front court relied on two forwards. This made Yellen very unhappy. He was forced into a dead end under the defense of Simunic and Comper, and he didn't even have the angle of the shot, and in a hurry he planned to make a corner, but Simunic didn't even give him such a chance, the experienced Croatian defender saw that Yellen was forced to near the bottom line, and he knew what he was going to do, and as soon as the opponent slammed his foot, he flashed to the side, and the football flew past him, and then let Chu Zhongtian, who retreated to the penalty area, intercept it halfway.

Chu Zhongtian knocked the football behind him, turned around and took the football out of the penalty area.

As soon as they saw him dribbling the ball, Auxerre's players did not come up to force it, but quickly retreated, for fear that there would be some space behind them for Chu Zhongtian to find a long pass.

Chu Zhongtian didn't pass the ball either, and when he saw the other party retreating, he chased after him. Pedreti and the others retreated all the way, and Chu Zhongtian followed all the way.

Such a scene is really weird - the defender is afraid of attacking, and the player who has no ball is afraid of dribbling...... Chu Zhongtian chased Auxerre's players all the way through the middle line.

From here, he met the defense.

Another striker, Dennis. Olek rushed up to defend him, Chu Zhongtian didn't even slow down, he flicked the football to the right, and then dodged Olek. The striker's defense was really "harassing", and it didn't work at all.

It can be seen that the strikers are not willing to spend too much effort on defense, and they still want to leave their energy to attack, so after Olek's "defense" is finished, he does not continue to defend, but stays near the center circle, and he is also looking forward to his teammates cutting off the ball and plugging it straight, passing it to his feet, and then playing counterattack with the ball.

Seeing Chu Zhongtian rushing up, Pedreti did not continue to retreat, but stood in his position and waited. Anyway, he held the middle lane, and the rest of the place didn't care. Auxerre's defensive strategy is also to stick to the middle, giving up the wing to Hoffenheim.

Chu Zhongtian didn't go to the side, nor did he divide the ball, he found Pedretti with the football and rushed over.

The distance between the two men was rapidly narrowing, and it looked like they were about to collide.

At this time, Chu Zhongtian picked up the football with the outside instep of his right foot while running!

The ball flew past Pedreti's side and over another Ousterre midfielder, Walter. The top of Birsa's head.

"Nice over-the-top pass!"

Chu Zhongtian, who had completed the pick-up pass, did not stop his running, but bypassed Pedreti and continued to run forward!

It was the retreating Obasi who caught the ball, and Obasi stopped the ball with his chest, and the Auxerre defender followed him tightly, pressing it tightly behind him, making it impossible for him to turn. However, he didn't intend to turn around, he saw Chu Zhongtian coming around Auxerre's player, so he passed the football sideways.

Pedretti and the other Accerre players thought Chu Zhongtian would catch the ball, so they rushed up, with those in the back reaching out to pull their jerseys and those in front opting for tackles.

But Chu Zhongtian jumped high and jumped over the Ousterre player who put the tackle, and he didn't catch the ball!

Pedretti didn't pull the jersey, the shovelers didn't shovel Chu Zhongtian, and they didn't even rub the skin on the football.

Football made Chu Zhongtian leak out!

Selihovic, who came to the ribs from the side, received the ball.

Is he going to shoot with his feet?

No! He lifts his foot to pass!

He was like a wall, and the soccer ball kicked by Obsi hit his wall and bounced forward.

When the football passed through Auxerre's defense, Chu Zhongtian also happened to appear behind Auxerre's defense!

Auxerre's players raised their hands to signal offside, but Chu Zhongtian ignored these, he didn't even look at the linesman, he stretched out his left foot and followed the football into the penalty area.

"Breakthrough! Single Knife! No offside! Not offside at all! Nice mid lane fit! ”

Auxerre before conceding a goal is unlikely to give Hoffenheim the chance to play so well in the middle, and Hoffenheim's first ball is also played to the wing, breaking through the wing and then passing to the middle.

And this time, Chu Zhongtian's offensive line did not go beyond the ribs, and he was always looking for opportunities in the middle area.

Because the thinking of the Auxerre players is not unified, Chu Zhongtian was given such an opportunity.

"Good shot! Pretty! Chu Zhongtian entered the forbidden area! ”

In front of him is now only the hasty Auxerre goalkeeper Sorin.

Although Chu Zhongtian is not a striker, it is not the first time he has seen such a scene. He picked up his right leg...... The Accerre defenders behind them rushed back to the defense, and some people risked the penalty kick in the penalty area and still shoveled Chu Zhongtian without hesitation, they all knew that if Hoffenheim led 2:0, the game would end early!

"Chu! Clear! Clear! Chu-"

Chu Zhongtian's right foot hit the football fiercely, and not far from entering the penalty area, he vigorously volleyed 1 football like a cannonball, whistling towards the goal.

Sorin made a save, he was right in the right direction and he was athletic, but those didn't help him get to the ball.

He felt the tips of his fingers hit the soccer ball, and he tried to push it out, but the sensation was fleeting.

The ball did get touched by Thorin's hand, but it was only useful for slow, spinning shots. The football itself shot by Chu Zhongtian barely rotated, but it was full of power and fast speed. Such a light touch can hardly do anything to a soccer ball full of power.

The ball pulled a white light in the air and hit the net straight up!

"Chu - gooooooooooal!! 2:0! ”

"What a powerful shot! It's amazing! The goalkeeper reacted, but still couldn't stop the ball from flying into the goal! This is Chu's signature shot! His strength seems to be able to blast through the net! ”

"Ahaha! Hoffenheim scored again three minutes after the previous goal! ”

Auxerre's players had their hearts sink to the bottom when they saw the football fly into their own goal. They know it's over...... Next, in order to equalize, they had to press out and attack Hoffenheim, but with their attacking strength, I am afraid that they will not be able to score even a single goal after the opponent has extended their lead...... "What a beautiful goal!" From the backfield to the goal, Chu Zhongtian is alone throughout, he is the core of Hoffenheim, which is undoubtedly reflected in this goal, whether it is Obasi or Salihovic, they are all serving him and revolving around him! ”

In the face of such a goal, even Auxerre's head coach Jean. Fernandez also had nothing to say. When he saw Salihovic pass the ball, he actually knew the result.

If it was Chu Zhongtian three years ago, he might not be able to grasp such an opportunity, but now Chu Zhongtian's ability in all aspects has been greatly improved compared to when he was in Metz, and the biggest improvement is shooting.

Fernandes didn't feel uncomfortable when he saw his former disciple put in such a brilliant performance and scored a goal that almost killed him, instead he stood up and applauded the goal.

This goal is indeed beautiful, but what is beautiful is not the action of shooting, but Chu Zhongtian keenly grasped the moment when the Euroser players had psychological fluctuations and inconsistent thoughts after conceding the goal just now. Fernandes thinks that's the best part, not the shot or the one-two crossing.

A great midfield commander must be able to stay calm at all times, be able to find the opponent's defensive holes in the first place, and know how to exploit them. When he was in Metz, Chu Zhongtian's ability in this area was still a little young, but after two seasons of tempering by Hoffenheim, Chu Zhongtian is now mature.

Losing to such an excellent student, Fernandez, as a teacher, has nothing to say. But in his heart, he is still happy to see the students perform so well.

So he applauded Chu Zhongtian.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian didn't celebrate after the goal, he just stood in place with open arms, and then was overwhelmed by the swarming teammates.

He knew that his goal had completely buried his mentor's dream of the Champions League, and Auxerre, who had lost three games in a row, had basically lost hope of qualifying from the group in this very competitive group of death.

And he, stepping on the corpse of his mentor, took a step towards his goal. This season, he and his team are going to go one step further in the Champions League, yes, one step further, no matter who is in front of him, he will not show mercy, even if it is Real Madrid, even if it is AC Milan, even if it is ...... His mentor.

Hoffenheim, who led by two goals, has basically established the advantage of this game, and the next Auxerre can only choose to press out and attack Hoffenheim.

Fernandes knew that counter-attacking was not going to work at this time, and even if he insisted on playing like this, the players would not agree. You can only follow the will of the players, and at the same time, follow the current trend.

What's the general trend?

The tide is over.

In the end, Hoffenheim beat Al Serre 3-0 at their home stadium.

Hoffenheim took a 2-0 lead in the first half and established a clear advantage. Ibisevic scored a goal in the second half to seal the win. And if you watch the game, you will think that Auxerre only lost 0:3, which is really lucky. After falling behind by two goals, Auxerre had no choice but to press out and play against Hoffenheim, in which Hoffenheim dominated the attack, creating many chances to score, and if it wasn't for the fact that everyone was too relaxed and squandered many chances, the score of this game might have been record-breaking.

So in the post-match press conference, Fernandes was already satisfied with the loss of only three goals, and he praised Hoffenheim's players, especially Chu Zhongtian, who was full of praise. I think he's more mature, more versatile, and more powerful than he was when he was in Metz.

'I believe that with such a good Chu, Hoffenheim can go far in the Champions League this season and I wouldn't be surprised if they make it to the final.'

Such an evaluation is quite high.

Hoffenheim manager Rangnick was pleased with the result, and by this time he was finally able to relax completely. He was also full of praise for Chu Zhongtian's performance, believing that the key to the team's victory was Chu Zhongtian.

After the game, the French press wrote somewhat unconvinced: "...... The difference between Hoffenheim and Auxerre is that Hoffenheim has Chu, while Auxerre does not! ”

The other match came at the end of the match between Hoffenheim and AJ Auxerre, with Jose Mourinho's Real Madrid comfortably beating AC Milan 2-0 at their home stadium. The way they beat AC Milan was also to make the most of their fast football, which the aging AC Milan could not cope with, conceding two goals in two minutes, and thus setting the tone of the game.

In this way, AC Milan, who have lost two games, drop one place in the group standings, while Hoffenheim, who have won two games in a row, have risen to second place, behind Real Madrid, who have won all three games, and they have temporarily overtaken AC Milan in the battle to qualify for this group. And Auxerre, who have lost all three games, has basically lost hope of qualifying from the group and is at the bottom of the table.

(To be continued)