Chapter 44: Declaration of War
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Chu Zhongtian has received a lot of media attention recently, and this time it has nothing to do with whether he is suspected of retaliating against his opponent in the game. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info is related to Bayern Munich, of course, Chu Zhongtian is just a green leaf in this wave of attention, in order to set off the red flower of Ibisevic.
He is not the only one who has been paid attention to by the media, and Ibyshevic will always be mentioned when he is mentioned. Because the two of them, as players who just played against Bayern Munich last season, were in the spotlight ahead of this game. Among them, Ibisevic has attracted more attention because he has scored 18 goals in 15 rounds, leading the Bundesliga scorers' charts, and his bumpy background - he was once a refugee.
Only on the side of the Chinese media, Ibisevic will become the green leaf of the red flower of Chu Zhongtian, and on the side of the German media, they consider Ibisevic to be the key figure in this game Hoffenheim. Because he's in such a good state right now.
Even Bayern Munich, for their part, highly valued Ibisevic.
Ibisevic alone has even scored more goals than the five Bundesliga teams of Cologne, Borussia Mönchenchen, Bielefeld, Cottage and Karlsruhe. It is impossible for such a brave striker not to attract the attention of Bayern. Klinsmann's coaching staff is getting ready to go, with Genk, who specialises in video analysis, appearing at Hoffenheim's home game against Bielefeld last weekend, and his focus of recent time has been on figuring out how to deal with Ibisevic.
When the Bayern Munich players were interviewed and asked which Hoffenheim player they were most impressed with, most of them blurted out: "The striker they have, the one who scored eighteen goals." Only Ribery would say, "Chu, of course." Because we are good friends. ”
Bayern's players all know Ibisevic, but not necessarily all of them have had a positive reaction.
Klose said in an interview: "I've been playing in the league for 10 years and I've seen a lot of wind and waves. There have been strikers like Hashmian who have been able to go on a rampage before, but the important thing is to maintain efficiency for a long time, and only by doing so can you be called a successful true goalscorer. ”
But regardless of whether Ibisevic can continue to perform like this in the future, at least Klose and his team will have to face this crazy Ibisevic in the weekend.
There are also reporters who came to interview Chu Zhongtian and asked him what he thought of this game, and these reporters have done their homework, and they will all mention the scene when Chu Zhongtian led Metz to eliminate Bayern Munich when he was in Metz last season.
The media wanted to find clues from past matches that Hoffenheim might win.
"Chu and Ibisevic will be key figures in Hoffenheim's possible victory!" The French newspaper also took note of the match and highlighted the two stars who came out of Ligue 1.
Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic were also interviewed by a French television station at the same time after training.
After the interview, Chu Zhongtian asked the other party: "Do you also pay attention to this game in France?" ”
The French journalist laughed: "Of course, there are three players in this game who have been branded in Ligue 1. He pointed to Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic and said, "You and Frank. Ribery, this game is still very popular in France. ”
Chu Zhongtian sighed, thinking in his heart that Mace could also see it. I wonder if the fans of Metz, like Belmont, Le Goff, and his teammates in Metz, will be able to see how they perform in the Bundesliga?
※※※Outside the Charles de Gaulle Square at the Metz train station, there is a queue of taxis waiting for customers, and when there is no business, taxi drivers gather to chat. Belmont, the taxi driver, was not among them, sitting in his car, playing loud music and holding a freshly baked copy of the Lorraine Republic. On the page he opened were three large photographs, all of whom were familiar faces, Ibisevic on the left, Chu Zhongtian in the middle, and Ribery on the right.
The caption on the top of the photo reads: "German War of the Century, Made in Metz!" ”
One is the current top scorer in the Bundesliga, one is the core of the captain of the current top team in the Bundesliga, and the other is the double top of the Bundesliga and Bayern Munich, and these three are the focal points of this game, and all three are from Metz.
As a Metz fan, this is something to be proud of. Although many Metz fans and Ribery have fallen out now...... Metz's results this season are not very good, on the verge of relegation, Menez has just recovered from surgery in the summer, and his form is completely gone, Pjanic's performance in place of Chu Zhongtian is quite impressive, but it is limited by the overall strength of the team. The team's poor results made the fans miss Chu Zhongtian and others who left even more. The three men were in their best days together, and now they are going to fight each other on a different pitch.
Someone knocked on the window, Belmont glanced at the man, who was going to get in the car, and he put the newspaper away and set it aside.
After the visitor got into the car, Belmont turned back to him and grinned, "Welcome to Mace, please fasten your seatbelts!" ”
※※※ Fritz. Abel plans to go to the Hoffenheim fan club to which he belongs, "Bavaria-Hoffenheim", which is the only local Hoffenheim fan club in Munich, and the number of people is small. The city's colors are red and blue, red is of course Bayern Munich, but blue does not refer to Hoffenheim, but to Munich 1860.
Abel rarely goes to the fans' club because it's a bit far from his home.
Today he went to the Hoffenheim Supporters' Club to try his luck.
He went to the Allianz Arena in the morning to buy a ticket for the weekend's game. But when he arrived at the Allianz Arena, he found a sign hanging in all the ticket windows with the same sentence: "Tickets are sold out".
There were a lot of people standing outside each ticket gate, and when they saw Abel walking towards the ticket window, they rushed forward one after another, and Abel was so frightened that he didn't dare to go any further.
"Is there a ticket? Buddy! ”
"Are you here to get a refund? Don't give it back, I'll give you the money, sell it to me! ”
"Is it a standing ticket or a sitting ticket?"
Such a voice suddenly rang out.
Abel hurriedly waved his hand: "I'm here to buy a ticket......"
When everyone saw him say this, their faces showed disappointment, and they waved their hands and shook their heads and paced back. Someone kindly reminded him: "Don't waste your efforts, young man. Tickets have long been sold out! ”
"Huh?!" Abel was shocked to hear the news. Although he is not a fan of Bayern Munich, as a fan living in the city of Munich, he knows some things. When tickets for the first half of the season began to go on sale in early August, even non-Bayern members could buy tickets for a better seat at the Allianz Arena from the ticket window on Sebennerstrasse and regular sales channels, as well as tickets for regular matches up to four days before the game. Why are all the tickets sold out now?
Seeing his disbelief, the man shrugged his shoulders: "Even Real Madrid have never been so crazy when they came here to play......" he muttered and walked away.
Abel stood alone in a daze, looking around at the ticket windows with free cards, not knowing what to do.
What Abel saw was just a microcosm.
Tickets have not been available since the week before the tournament, and those who are still waiting here are just hoping for a refund – 69,000 tickets have already been sold out.
Bayern Munich's ticketing office has long been flooded, just as people were scrambling for the last ticket to board the Titanic, and thousands of fans were eager to enter to watch the Bayern-Hoffenheim match. During the lunch break on Tuesday, 650 phone calls and emails were received asking for tickets, but only one response was received: "Sorry, tickets are sold out!" ”
While Abel was standing outside the stadium in a daze, Bayern head of ticketing, Oliver Brown. Mestallal (oliver_methaler) is being interviewed by journalists. He expressed his surprise to reporters: "If there are enough seats, we can sell 150,000 tickets for this match!" I've never seen anything like it...... With Hoffenheim's outstanding performance, the demand for tickets increased week after week...... It's like everyone is crazy, and it's just a Bundesliga...... You have given so much other meaning to this game. He pointed to reporters.
The reporter said, "But wouldn't that be nice, Mr. Mestale?" ”
"It's not good for our security staff."
Abel decided to go to the local Hoffenheim supporters' club in Munich for help. Hoffenheim didn't have many fans in Munich, and he thought that if he went there himself, he should be able to get a ticket, and he didn't care if the location was good or not, as long as he could get in and watch the game.
However, when Abel arrived at the "Bavaria-Hoffenheim" fan club, he heard bad news.
"I've sold out, and I've sold all my tickets here." The head of the fan club said to him helplessly. "FC Bayern has 6,500 tickets for all our Hoffenheim fans, but only 60 have been allocated to me. I didn't expect so many people to ask me for tickets...... I'm sorry you're late. ”
Abel stood in the doorway stunned, he really didn't know what his expression should be. It's a good thing that his favourite team and Bayern Munich's game is so popular and popular, but it's undoubtedly a bad thing that he's himself locked out of the Allianz Arena and can only watch live TV at home.
As a Hoffenheim supporter, he can't go to Hoffenheim to cheer for his favorite team. What a tragedy it is that he is still only watching TV on his doorstep...... Now that I think about it, just three days ago, he was still happy about Hoffenheim's 3-0 win over Bielefeld. But maybe it was that game that made his ticket someone else's bag.
The better Hoffenheim performed, the more painful he felt because he couldn't go live to watch the high-profile match. It made him feel as if he had been abandoned by the whole world.
He didn't know how he got back, he just felt like everyone he met on the way seemed to him to have a ticket to show off. This made him feel even more abandoned.
As he hurried home, he heard the last thing he wanted to hear at this moment.
"Ahh Little Abel, have you been bullied again? But it's definitely not me this time, aha! ”
The big fat man Daniel was blocked in front of him alone.
Abel didn't want to talk to him, he could guess what he was going to get—it must have been Daniel's taunt. At this time, if Daniel does not mock himself, he is not Daniel, but an angel.
He took a step to the side, intending to bypass the other. Daniel moved a step and continued to stand in front of Abel.
"I'm not here to trouble you, little Abel." Daniel's voice rang out again. "I know you're in trouble, I'm here to help you."
Abel didn't believe that Daniel would never be so kind.
"Believe it or not." Seeing that Abel didn't react to his words, Daniel snorted, then pulled out an object and put it in front of Abel's eyes.
Abel's eyes, who had his head down, suddenly widened. What did he see? A ticket to Bayern Munich and Hoffenheim!
He jerked his head up and glared at Daniel through the thick lenses of his glasses, he rarely dared to look at Daniel like that, which would normally mean that he would be punched or scolded, but today he didn't care about that.
He was so surprised, he was not surprised that Daniel had a ticket, this man was an avid Bayern Munich fan. What surprised him was that Daniel was going to give him a ticket!
Daniel smiled with satisfaction at Abel's expression, but he pulled the ticket back, and then he spread out his other hand and put it in front of Abel's eyes.
"Twenty-five euros, thank you."
Abel thought he had misheard at first, but he quickly realized that he was cowardly but not stupid - how could Daniel be kind enough to help him, it turned out that he was trying to make money.
"Standing tickets are only worth 15 ......"
He wished to express his verbal protest.
Daniel interrupted him: "Thirty euros, thank you." ”
Abel quickly shut up, he knew that as long as he continued to question, the price would go up. Can he do without this ticket? He couldn't, so to avoid the price being too high, he better pay for it now.
Daniel took the money from Abel and smiled, "Clever choice." Well, now it's yours! ”
He slapped the ticket in the palm of Abel's palm: "Don't lose it, if you lose it, cry yourself!" ”
With that, Daniel left with a wicked smile on his face.
Daniel thought to himself, how could I have lost something so important? I lost myself, and I won't lose my tickets!
Clutching the ticket in his hand tightly, he felt that at this moment, the world was back again, and he was not abandoned by the world. The dark clouds that had been hanging over Munich before were broken, and the bright sun poured down, as if he heard the song of heaven...... ※※※After the training, Chu Zhongtian was stopped by Rangnick: "After taking a shower, I will go to the press conference." ”
This was Hoffenheim's last regular press conference before leaving for Munich.
When the two of them arrived at the club's press conference, they found that it was already crowded. Normally, there are nearly 20 reporters in this room at most, but now more than 50 reporters have squeezed in at once, and the room is full of water.
After seeing the two protagonists appear, the reporters stopped talking to each other and prepared to start the interview.
Although the game is getting closer and closer, the war of words between each other still has no intention of stopping. The two clubs used the media to spit on each other, making onlookers very happy to watch, ** wave after wave. So at every press conference, you can get some big news.
At the last press conference, Rangnick gave a tough response to Bayern Munich's provocation for the first time, and the response was very good - the onlookers didn't want to see a one-sided fight, and what was the point of the provoked not fighting back?
A reporter raised his hand to ask a question, hoping that Rangnick would reveal a little bit about his game tactics.
Rangnick shrugged his shoulders and said uncooperatively: "Maybe I'll send four strikers, maybe I'll have twelve or thirteen players play at the same time, and hope no one finds out, who knows?" ”
Hearing the head coach's words, Chu Zhongtian, who was sitting next to him, couldn't help laughing. It immediately attracted the attention of all the reporters. He didn't hold back his laughter, but calmly finished laughing under everyone's gaze before he said to everyone: "I'm sorry, you continue." ”
was interrupted by him like this, how could he continue? A German reporter stood up and threw the question to Chu Zhongtian: "The media used 'David to challenge Goliath' to describe this game, what do you think?" ”
"Nice analogy. Goliath is invincible, just like Bayern, we don't have any pressure at the moment, we can play at our best, and we won't be criticized if we lose anyway. Bayern are different, and if they lose they will be laughed at by all of Germany. So our mentality has the advantage. ”
Chu Zhongtian's words were not polite at all, but he said the heart disease of Bayern Munich players. They are under a lot of pressure right now because they can't afford to lose to Hoffenheim no matter what. The crazy hype of the media and the continuous attention of the fans have made them have no way out. It was almost like a Champions Cup final, and Bayern's players couldn't imagine what they would be scolded for losing to Hoffenheim...... Rangnick also looked full of fighting spirit, and he took Chu Zhongtian's words and said: "If you want to hear flowery words, please go to Munich, they have given us many classic quotations in the past two weeks. If you want to see gorgeous football, come to Hoffenheim. We didn't go to Munich to exchange jerseys or see the stadium. What we want is ......" He paused here, then glanced at Chu Zhongtian, and then said, "I'm sorry I used words like this—their bloody scalps. ”
As soon as these words came out, they immediately caused an uproar in the audience. This is the first time that a team has dared to make such a declaration of war against Bundesliga hegemons Bayern Munich, let alone a promoted polo team with only 15 Bundesliga games of experience. Some people will ask them why they say that, because they are currently at the top of the league, beating Bayern. With Ibisevic's eighteen goals in fifteen league games.
Yes, this is a declaration of war, and war is already on the verge of breaking out.
There were still two days left before the start of the war.
(To be continued)