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Fernandes knows that Hoffenheim's attacking characteristics include making the most of them from the wings, and their wings are very sharp. With Quaresma and Srna on www.biquge.info the right and Salihovic and Kolarov on the left, they are both attacking and defending.

Rangnick took Hoffenheim's attacking advantage from the flanks to the extreme.

And in this game, Chu Zhongtian has to show it in the game.

After a short period of temptation, Hoffenheim no longer retained its strength, but launched a wave of offensive against Auxerre's penalty area under the impetus of Chu Zhongtian.

"Quaresma! Quaresma! He's very sharp with the ball! It's over! Pretty! ”

"Salihovic crosses! Ibisevic's header! ...... off"

"Quaresma got the ball again and Auxerre's players were defending him...... Srna is up! Transmit! That's right, breakthrough! Cross! ”

"Kolarov, Kolarov! Kolarov is up again, a full-back who is very good at assisting! Salihovic passed the ball to him and he tried to cross it...... Corner kick! ”

In addition to these four wing players taking turns attacking Auxerre's defense area in their respective side corridors, Chu Zhongtian sometimes switches to the side to pass the ball, of course, not directly to the goal, but all kinds of direct passes and overhead passes, which always change the way to make Auxerre's defense feel uncomfortable.

Of course, Auxerre is also mentally prepared for the situation they are facing. Therefore, as soon as Hoffenheim began to launch a tidal offensive, he immediately took it back. The whole line retreated to the 30-meter zone to defend, ready to survive Hoffenheim's attack.

At the same time, their defense of Chu Zhongtian is that which part of the area Chu Zhongtian enters, the Auxerre players in that part of the area will force it, and it is not required that it must be snatched, as long as it can harass him. Avoiding too many pressing is because of the fear of being pulled out of the original defensive position by Chu Zhongtian's running and return passes.

Fernandes took inspiration from Jose Mourinho's Inter Milan last season, emphasizing the integrity and compactness of the formation rather than rushing to the top of the line. As long as the formation stands, there are naturally no or very few loopholes, and there are no loopholes, how can the attacking side seize the opportunity to attack?

It's smarter than going straight to the tackle and, most importantly, safer.

So although it has been 20 minutes since the start of the game, Hoffenheim has received a lot of crosses on the wing, but in the middle, Auxerre's defense has been leaky, and has not given Hoffenheim's center forwards Ibisevic and Obasi any decent chances.

As Rangnick repeatedly told his players before the game, this game is not about speed, but about patience.

Under the leadership of Chu Zhongtian, Hoffenheim played very well in the first 20 minutes, although they did not score, but they were not impatient. Chu Zhongtian still controls the rhythm of the game unhurriedly, and when he needs to be fast, he immediately passes through with a straight kick, and when he needs to be slow, he passes the football back or horizontally.

※※※ Judging from the 20 minutes of the game, Fernandes is still very satisfied with his team's performance.

Today's Chu Zhongtian is also in good shape, but Auxerre's defense against him can be regarded as successful, at least Chu Zhongtian, who has such a rapid scoring momentum this season, has never had any good shooting opportunities under the harassment of Ousterre's players, and can only pass the ball more often.

Fernandes is not afraid of passing, as long as the defensive formation is stationed, he will not give Chu Zhongtian too many passing spaces to use.

However, Chu Zhongtian's characteristic is that it can erupt anytime and anywhere. When Fernandez was still coaching in Metz, he benefited from Chu Zhongtian's outburst many times. And now Chu Zhongtian's eruption has become a time bomb buried in his side - no one knows exactly when it will explode.

So don't look at Fernandes sitting in the coach's box watching the game, his expression is also very calm. But his heart is definitely not what it seems. He was actually very nervous.

Perhaps only when Auxerre scored could he release the tension a little. Then it's time to wait until the game is over.

Equally nervous was Rangnick, though Rannick was a little more exposed than Fernandez. He stood on the sidelines, staring at the pitch for a moment.

This match is not a "can't afford to lose" game for Hoffenheim, but a "must win" game. Draws are unacceptable.

Previously, when Hoffenheim had neither the ball nor any good shots, there was a huge cheer from the stands. Rangnick was quick to learn why the fans were cheering – at the Bernabeu, Real Madrid scored twice in two minutes to give them a 2-0 lead over AC Milan.

Real Madrid helped, and Hoffenheim themselves had to take advantage of such an opportunity. Otherwise, Rangnick doesn't know how disappointed he would be.

If AC Milan loses this game and Hoffenheim wins Auxerre, then Hoffenheim will surpass AC Milan with three points to become second in the group, which will be in a strong position in the next group qualification.

The good news was quickly spread on the pitch, and the Hoffenheim players knew that AC Milan were two goals behind. For Chu Zhongtian, who has played against Real Madrid and AC Milan, he knows the strength and characteristics of these two teams very well, if Real Madrid leads AC Milan by two goals at home, Milan's chances of turning defeat into victory are very, very small, and if you want to equalize, you have to count on Real Madrid to make mistakes yourself. But Real Madrid under Jose Mourinho are less likely to make mistakes than AC Milan are to win on the road.

AC Milan lost and Lady Luck favored Hoffenheim. But what's the use of catching it yourself? So now the key is to see if you can make the most of the gifts from Real Madrid!

As soon as he thought of this, Chu Zhongtian was full of energy.

He knows what Auxerre's defensive strategy is right now. It's not like he's never seen this kind of defense, and he saw it in the Champions League last season, and when he faced Inter Milan.

The Inter team was unable to stop their attack, let alone Auxerre, who were inferior to Inter Milan in all aspects.

Conventional passing methods and ideas are easy to be guessed by opponents, but what about unconventional ones?

Chu Zhongtian picked up the ball in the middle of the court, and in front of him was Oterre's striker Yellen. In this game, Yellen was more of a midfielder, specializing in defense rather than forward. He didn't come up immediately to force Chu Zhongtian, because it was still quite far from the goal, and the threat was not big, Yellen was worried that he was too forced to pass the test, and Chu Zhongtian would catch the space behind him, after all, the team's defense is one, he went up to force, and there will be a gap behind him, and the space behind him needs to be filled by other teammates, and other teammates will make up for it, and they will inevitably not be able to take care of their original defensive area, so it will be like a snowball, forming a chain reaction.

Chu Zhongtian didn't care whether Yellen could get up or not, he fixed the football on the ground, took a step back, picked up his right leg, looked up at the left side, and made a long diagonal pass to the left side.

Auxerre's defense reacted very quickly, and before Chu Zhongtian could play football, the center of gravity of their back line had already tilted to that side.

Who would have thought that when Chu Zhongtian kicked the football, the football did not fly to the left side, but was rubbed to the right side by Chu Zhongtian with the outside instep! He made a feint! Instead of touching the ball with the inside of his right foot, he touched the ball slightly off the ankle and rubbed the ball with the outside of his foot, and the ball flew in the opposite direction to his foot and flew to the right side. It was a slight change, the opponent didn't notice it at all, and Yellen, who was in front of him, also jumped to the left, made a defensive stance, and then completely vacated his right side, and the football flew right from this side.

Whether it's an opponent, even the audience didn't expect it. As soon as Chu Zhongtian's ball came out, there was a burst of exclamation in the stands, followed by thunderous applause.

The commentators were also praising Chu Zhongtian's imaginative pass, but they didn't have time to praise it too much because Hoffenheim's attack continued.

Quaresma received the ball with his chest near the touchline, and the Auxerre full-backs rushed to defend. But their defense has been on the back foot. Almost at the same time as Chu Zhongtian's pass, right wing-back Srna suddenly crossed the halfway line and cut forward at high speed.

Auxerre's full-back came to defend Quaresma, and after making a feint to cut inside, Quaresma knocked the ball with his heel to Srna who was plugged in from behind him!

"Beautiful! Srna! ”

The full-back was breached, and the centre-back rushed to fill in the position, while Eduletti, the defender of Auxerre, also withdrew into the box to fill in. It's not often in this game, but in so many games they've played, they've seen it a thousand times and at least a hundred, so everyone knows what to do – fill in the gaps, the centre-backs for the full-backs, the centre-backs for the centre-backs, the full-backs on the other side leaning towards the middle, and the overall formation and the centre of gravity of the defence shifted to the side where they were out of position.

In an instant, Auxerre's goalmouth defence was rebuilt again, and there were no major holes.

But this time Srna didn't pass the football directly to the goal, he changed, slammed the buckle, deducted the full-back who was back to the defense, and when the Auxerre central defender who rushed over thought he was going to break through in the box, he slammed the ball back!

The ball fell outside the box and was caught by Quaresma. Erndinga (delvin_ndinga), another Auxerre midfielder, stepped up to block Quaresma's shot. At Fernandez's request, Ndinga, who had watched the video of the Hoffenheim game, knew that Quaresma's characteristic was that he was in this position, using the outside of his right foot to rub the far corner of the goal, and if he was in good form, the goal rate in this place was quite impressive.

So he didn't dare to slack off.

However, Quaresma did not shoot into the far corner of the goal, but directly dialed the ball sideways to the middle!

Ndinga pounced. And at the edge of the Auxerre penalty area, there are no more Auxerre players who can defend.

Chu Zhongtian received the football from Quaresma under such circumstances.

Generally speaking, in this case, anyone who knows Chu Zhongtian and has watched the videos of his last few games will know that at this time, he will definitely pick up his right leg or left leg, and then come to the "Great China Cannon".

Therefore, the Auxerre players who went to defend him would definitely only make the first save, that is, fly to block the gun's eye.

Chu Zhongtian did make a right-footed shot, but he didn't really shoot, his right leg was raised, did not fall, and let the football pass, and then his right foot fell down to support his body, and he changed his left foot to knock the incoming football forward!

He broke through!

This made all the Auxerre players unexpected, they could only watch Chu Zhongtian dribble into the penalty area like this!

Pedretti was the first to react, he threw down Ibisevic and Obasi and the others, and turned to pounce on Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian shoots with his feet!

Pedretti makes a tackle!

Chu Zhongtian couldn't shoot the football out because he was tackled to the ground by Pedreti!

"Penalty!!"

Behind the Auxerre goal were the fans from the village of Hoffenheim, who saw Chu Zhongtian fall to the ground, as if he had been trained, and they all stretched out their hands, pointed to the penalty spot, and shouted.

The German commentator was also chanting: "Penalty-"

"Penalty!" Hoffenheim's substitutes and coaches rushed out en masse and roared into the pitch.

"Penalty!" Hoffenheim's players raised their arms to signal to the referee.

The referee's whistle sounded at this time. He decisively pointed his arm at the penalty spot...... Penalty indeed!

Chu Zhongtian, who was shoveled to the ground, was still lying on the ground, and he had already raised his arms and clenched his fists.

Pedretti didn't tackle it hard and he wasn't injured.

Auxerre's goalkeeper Olivery. Thorin (olivier_sorin) rushed to the referee, protested and appealed to him, he felt that Chu Zhongtian was a fake fall, and this definitely should not be awarded a penalty!

The other Auxerre players also surrounded the referee. But to no avail, the referee insisted on the decision.

He motioned for the Hoffenheim players to take the penalty.

"Aha! This is Chu's ability! No matter how you defend him, there's always a way for him to get there! The defensive tactics arranged by the head coach Fernandes, who knows Chu best, did curb Chu's play in this game, but he used this unexpected breakthrough to create an opportunity to break the deadlock! ”

Chu's breakthrough forced Pedreti to foul in the box, penalty! There is no doubt that it was indeed a penalty! Slow-motion replays show that Pedretti touches Chu's foot! ”

"In the twenty-fifth minute, the balance is about to be broken! Hoffenheim won a penalty and it came from a brilliant breakthrough from Chu! ”

When Fernandes was tackled in the box by Pedreti in midnight, Fernandes, who had been sitting in the dugout, stood up suddenly, and then he never sat down again, he walked to the sidelines and watched nervously inside the field. Then, his worst fears finally happened - Auxerre was sentenced to death and Pedreti received a yellow card.

He waved his hand in annoyance, and said nothing else.

Chu was a key figure in this incident. Although his own team has formulated a special defensive strategy for him, he thinks that as long as Chu Zhongtian is alone, he can eliminate his threat. But today's Chu Zhongtian is no longer the Chu Zhongtian who was in Metz at the beginning, his personal ability is better, when there is a problem from his team and he can't rely on it, he can rely on his personal ability to break the balance and create a killing machine. In this regard, Chu Zhongtian is more powerful now than he was when he was in Mace.

His former disciple is now a top star, and if it weren't for them, he would have given him a standing ovation. But now...... He could only shake his head helplessly.

Hoffenheim's teammates ran to Chu Zhongtian's side, pulled him up, and then gave him a powerful hug.

"Well done, Chu!"

Everyone congratulated Chu Zhongtian one after another.

At the same time, they also know that if this penalty is scored, then the game will go more and more smoothly. And without that penalty, over time, who knows what would have happened after that?

This penalty is equivalent to giving everyone a reassurance.

The team's top penalty taker, Salihovic, walked up and he was going to take the penalty. His teammates all exited the box. Auxerre's players also had no choice but to withdraw despite the ineffective protests.

Salihovic put the ball on the penalty spot and took a deep breath.

The Rhine-Neckar Stadium fell silent at this moment, and even Auxerre's fans did not dare to speak out, for fear of disturbing their goalkeeper and affecting him to make correct judgments.

But these cautions of Auxerre fans did not help their goalkeeper Sorin. Salihovic fired a shot into the back of the net, but Sorin made a complete save.

"The ball is in! Hoffenheim leads Auxerre 1:0! ”

In the twenty-sixth minute, Hoffenheim finally broke the deadlock! Auxerre's counter-attacking tactics lasted only twenty-six minutes in front of Hoffenheim before failing! Next for Hoffenheim, the race will be in their orbit and Fernandes will have a headache......"

"Salihovich! Salihovic! He scored his first Champions League goal of the season! ”

Salihovic, who scored the goal, hugged his teammates and celebrated the recent past.

On the other hand, Auxerre's players looked frustrated. Pedretti kept his head down and didn't say a word, he was still blaming himself for that foul...... The TV camera followed Salihovic all the time, and after celebrating his goal, he hugged Chu Zhongtian alone.

He was able to score his first goal in the Champions League this season, and he really should thank Chu Zhongtian.

If it weren't for Chu Zhongtian's sudden interpolation, Hoffenheim would probably have to continue to work hard for the first goal.

Well, now Auxerre, who are one goal behind, must press out and attack Hoffenheim, they can't insist on their defensive counterattack, what it means for Auxerre, who is weaker than defending, I believe they all know very well.

(To be continued)