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After the defeat to Mainz, the league was temporarily suspended to make way for the national team competition, and the internationals left the team to report to their respective national teams. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Chu Zhongtian still stayed in the team. Because the Chinese team does not have any match schedule for this international break. The next time there is a game, it will have to wait until November, it is not a warm-up game, but the main event, which is the Asian Cup qualifiers for the Chinese team.

The remaining players played a warm-up match against Augsburg, who finished eighth in the Bundesliga, on October 9 and won 4-1.

After the international break, the players returned to the club.

Prepare for the ninth round of the Bundesliga. Hoffenheim travel to Werder Bremen.

As a result, Hoffenheim lost 1:2 away to Bremen in this game. After two consecutive defeats, the league ranking also fell from first to third. Overtaken by Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen, Hamburg is second and Bayer Leverkusen is first. Bayern Munich got off to a bad start and are currently only eighth.

Ruud van Nistelrooy scored his first league goal in the game, but to no avail. In this game, the young teenager Ozil played bravely, instigating attacks on several occasions to threaten Hoffenheim's goal. After the game, local media in Bremen said that Ozil's play in midfield even overshadowed Chu Zhongtian...... The worse news than the loss was that the main right-back Baker suffered a muscle strain and will miss two weeks, while the centre-back Nelsson broke his right hand when he came off the bench because he was fighting for a high ball with his opponent, and Simunic suffered a muscle strain after the last round of games, and the doctor advised him to rest for three weeks, and then the Croatian international flew to Zagreb to join the national team. As a result, the injury was aggravated, and it was estimated that he would have to rest for a month.

There is a dilemma at the back and they will face a Champions League game right away.

Simunic and Nelson have a good point to say, in the central defender position, Simunic has Metzelder to replace, Nelsson was originally a substitute, but Baker's injury is very tricky. In the summer transfer market before this season, Rangnick bought a left-back, a centre-back, but not a right-back. On the one hand, it is difficult to find a good right-back, and on the other hand, it is also the trust in Baker. The young Beck is now an absolute mainstay at Hoffenheim, having just won the European Youth Championship for Germany in the summer, and he was a German international despite not playing on the last international break. Rangnick is very serious for him, and his injury will have a big impact on the quality of Hoffenheim's right wing. Now Rangnick has only one youngster at the age of eighteen, Gould, available...... With such a remnant, Hoffenheim welcomed their third opponent in the Champions League group stage - Turkish Super League powerhouse Besiktas.

As a result, Hoffenheim, who had an incomplete squad, played a 0-0 draw with their opponents at their home stadium. Rangnick put all his energy into how to stabilize the defense before the game, and the team played with such tactical thinking, and in the end it was a successful task without conceding a goal. But their powerful offensive firepower didn't work, and it had something to do with this tactic...... At the end of the game, Hoffenheim slipped from top of the group to second in the group.

During this time, Hoffenheim, who was still in the limelight before, seemed to have suffered a trough, losing two consecutive league games, drawing two consecutive Champions League group stages, and playing a warm-up game, but has not won a game.

They desperately need a win to boost morale and silence the outside world – dark horses are dark horses after all, lacking broad support and cheering them on when they do well. But if you're not careful, the media will come up with all kinds of bizarre accents.

What "finally been beaten back to its original shape", "the Champions Cup is not a paradise for small teams", "can draw both Manchester United and Besiktas, shows that Hoffenheim is still very immature"...... Wait a minute.

Rangnick used the criticism and disapproval of the outside media to guide the players to restore their morale and fighting spirit.

On the weekend of the Champions League, Hoffenheim hosted Nuremberg, who finished 15th in the league. Ahead of this game, the whole Hoffenheim team was holding their breath and must win at home to show those who doubted them.

With such emotions, Hoffenheim launched a fierce attack from the first minute of the game.

In the tenth minute, Ibisevic's long-range shot was slightly on target and was held by the goalkeeper. In the 23rd minute, Hoffenheim made a comeback when Salihovic's free-kick cross was deflected wide by Metzelde's header.

The constant attacking effort finally paid off for Hoffenheim.

In the 34th minute, Salihovic's free kick from the left near the bottom line was crossed, and the Nuremberg defenders cleared the football out of the penalty area, but the result fell exactly at the feet of Chu Zhongtian. He unloaded the football with his right foot, and then shot directly with his left foot at a distance of 31 meters from the goal in the middle, the football hung directly in the upper right corner of the goal like a cannonball, the ball speed was too fast, although the distance was 31 meters, but Nuremberg goalkeeper Schaefer was still out of reach, 1:0!

The Rhine-Neckar Stadium erupted in loud cheers. The narrator also jumped up from his seat excitedly: "World Wave-!! ”

The goal was a huge morale boost to the players and opened the door for Hoffenheim to win.

Four minutes later, Sana stole Mintal's through ball near the halfway line and Chu Zhongtian smashed the ball with his heel into the space in the Nürumba penalty area as he turned his back to the attacking direction. After Ibisevic inserted the ball diagonally into the penalty area to stop the ball and deducted the shovel Wolf, he brought the football to the edge of the small penalty area, facing the attacking goalkeeper Schaefer, he calmly pushed the shot, the ball hit the far post and bounced into the net, 2:0!

"Nice fit! Chu's heel pass is pleasing to the eye! ”

In the first half, Hoffenheim entered the second half with a score of 2:0.

As a result, at the beginning of the second half, Obasi was forced off the field due to a muscle strain, and he was replaced by Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Hoffenheim did not let this deter the attack, and although Nuremberg wanted to resist, Hoffenheim remained firmly in control. In the 64th minute, Eduardo crossed to the middle after making a short pass with Ibisevic on the left rib, and Van Nistelrooy, who received in the middle, took the ball into the penalty area, and then shot low with his right foot, and the football went into the net against the goalpost, 3:0!

Three minutes later, Hoffenheim steals in front, Chu Zhongtian did not pass the ball after breaking the ball, but took it to the top of the arc of the penalty area to shoot long, deceived the opposing defender to fall to the ground to intercept, but shook his ankle and passed the football to the penalty area, where Salihovic was alert and received the ball behind the opponent, and then volleyed directly with his left foot, and the football flew into the goal from the top of the gap between the goalkeeper and the near post.

Within 70 minutes, Hoffenheim had a 4-0 lead over Nuremberg.

The game was played like this, Nuremberg had completely lost their fighting spirit, and the rest of the game went into garbage time. Considering that the frequent multi-front battles in the past period of time, the injuries of the players have increased, and in order to save the strength and avoid more injuries, Rangnick began to replace the main players.

Because Chu Zhongtian is the core of the team, he has been more and more "special care" by the opponent in the game, so the chance of injury is also rising sharply, let's see how the opponents treat him - kicking the ankle, pushing the thigh, sweeping the hall, pushing and pulling, jamming the neck, concealed elbow strikes, flying tackles...... If Chu Zhongtian is a little more cunning, the kind of "actor" who falls down at the first touch, and hits his chest and has to cover his face with his hands on the ground and roll in pain for three and a half weeks, I don't know how many of Hoffenheim's opponents will be sent off in the game.

Rangnick once hoped that Chu Zhongtian would pay attention to protecting himself in the game, but Chu Zhongtian's character seemed to not want to show weakness, and if the other party treated him with such a tough attitude, he would fight back with a tougher attitude. So after every game, the physiotherapist could find a lot of bruises on Chu Zhongtian's body.

Therefore, in the 75th minute, Hoffenheim's core captain was replaced.

He was replaced by Argentine teenager Zucurini.

At the end of the game, all the Hoffenheim fans at the Rhine-Neckar Stadium stood up from their seats, applauded and cheered for Chu Zhongtian. Thank you to him for his excellent performance in the game and for helping the team to such a timely victory.

Chu Zhongtian also raised his hands and applauded to the stands in thanks.

After replacing Chu Zhongtian, Rangnick replaced Kolarov with Pogatts. In the ensuing game, neither side had much of an eye to continue the game, and the score was maintained until the end of the game.

At 4:0, Hoffenheim ushered in a timely victory on their home turf.

Since Hamburg and Bayer Leverkusen, who are ranked second and first, have drawn goals in this round of the league, Hoffenheim's ranking has risen to second and is not far from Leverkusen's first place.

Chu Zhongtian's goal and backheel pass in the match against Nuremberg were repeatedly broadcast by the TV media after the game, and he was also named the best player of the game and selected for the best team of the round.

Hoffenheim club owner Hope even praised Chu Zhongtian's goal as Hoffenheim's goal of the year. After the game, his goal became a topic of discussion for everyone, and his teammates praised Chu Zhongtian's goal in interviews. "As a goalkeeper, what you have to do is simply watch the ball go into the net. ”

Rangnick was convinced that he was right to let Chu Zhongtian increase the number of shots in the game, if it weren't for that, Chu Zhongtian would not have scored such a wonderful goal.

The goal was later voted the best goal of the tournament at the end of the league round. Chu Zhongtian's performance is obvious to all.

Nowadays, no one in the whole of Germany doubts whether Chu Zhongtian is worth 30 million euros, and there are even many fewer people who doubt whether he can become the third free man after Beckenbauer and Summer. After this game, Beckenbauer came out and publicly said that he thought Chu Zhongtian had the potential he had back then.

That's a high rating. In China, Beckenbauer's remarks have been quoted by countless major media and websites, and have been prominently marked. The title is very sensational - "The Football Emperor Handpicks the Successor!" 》

"Chu Zhongtian is favored by the emperor and is expected to inherit a legendary mantle!" 》

"Free man is replaced after ten years of silence!" 》

…… On the German side, this topic is also being paid attention to. Everyone discussed whether Chu Zhongtian could become the third free man from a technical and tactical point of view. The opposition believes that from a tactical point of view, there is no longer any suitable ground for a free life. But proponents feel that Rangnick's free man tactics are not simply a replica of decades ago, and that the free men were developed from scavengers, and in any case, the free men were first and foremost defenders. And Chu Zhongtian is a back waist, originally in the tactical system of modern football, the back waist will play an increasingly important role, and it is not uncommon to enter the all-round back that can attack and retreat, so Chu Zhongtian will play the ability of offense and defense to the extreme on this basis, and become a "free man" in a new sense, why not?

The controversy has attracted a number of celebrities in German football, including a number of current managers of Bundesliga teams. Everyone wrote articles or gave interviews to reporters to explain their views, some supported Rangnick and Chu Zhongtian, and others thought it was impossible.

Perhaps neither Chu Zhongtian nor Rangnick themselves thought that their experiment would cause an academic discussion in German football...... In this controversy, Chu Zhongtian and Rangnick naturally had to receive attention from all sides, but both of them remained silent in front of the media and did not express any opinion on it.

In China, Chu Zhongtian's fame and popularity have risen rapidly, which has also brought him some small troubles.

In China, there are some second-tier female stars who actually want to use Chu Zhongtian to hype themselves. Even women who can't even be called artists come to join in the fun. For example, recently, the female celebrities "Crazy Sister" who are very popular on the Chinese Internet have worn Hoffenheim jerseys and taken photos to express their admiration for Chu Zhongtian - "Although he (Chu Zhongtian) did not graduate from Tsinghua University and Peking University, he is the most suitable person in my mind......"

Being loved by a woman like a crazy sister is definitely not something to be happy about for Chu Zhongtian. However, he did not express any opinion on this matter, because he knew that this was someone else's hype about him, and if he answered, the other party would have succeeded in hyping it.

But now I come to Chu Zhongtian to shoot commercials, and more and more people attend the show, only Xu Xiaodi and Mei Li are already a little busy, especially Mei Li, who is responsible for the commercial development of other regions outside the Asia Pacific region, his players are not Chu Zhongtian, and now he has more and more players, and he is getting busier and busier, and it is common for him not to go home for a few months.

Therefore, Merry decided to hire an assistant for Chu Zhongtian to be responsible for handling these matters - receiving notices of rejection, arranging business activities for him, and some trivial matters for dealing with the media. If these things are left to Merry, he will not be able to serve Chu Zhongtian alone, let alone take care of other players.

Merry has high requirements for this assistant, gender is not limited, but there are requirements in terms of image, and hard indicators such as education, qualifications and work experience are indispensable. In addition, it would be better if this person was a fan of Chu Zhongtian, because as Chu Zhongtian's personal assistant, he would often contact Chu Zhongtian in his daily life, and if he usually liked Chu Zhongtian, it would be easier for the two of them to communicate and cooperate.

After Merry told Chu Zhongtian about this idea, Chu Zhongtian also felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he handed it over to Merry to do, and he just had to play a good game.

After this round of league games, Hoffenheim ushered in the German Cup, and in this game, Rangnick continued to use the first-team substitutes and the second-tier youngsters to sit at home to meet the opponents, while most of the main players, including Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic, sat in the stands and they were given a break.

As a result, the young team defeated German second division team Koblenz 4-0 to advance to the quarterfinals with the cheers of their hometown parents.

Three days later, the well-rested main players came on to the occasion and knocked Freiburg 2-0 away from home. Two consecutive wins in the league. With this two-game winning streak, they are also back at the top of the league, as top-placed Bayer Leverkusen drew again...... Ibisevic scored twice in the game as he netted his ninth league goal of the season. He has only scored nine goals in eleven rounds. It's a little worse than the first half of last season when he scored more goals than he played in the league, but it's remarkable considering he's just had surgery to be able to do that.

Of course, Ibisevic did not forget his good friend, and in the post-match interview, he gave all the credit to Chu Zhongtian: "Chu's passing is so comfortable, and everything that needs to be done is simple. I believe that all the strikers who come and cooperate with Chu will be able to score as many goals as me, which is nothing. ”

Nor will the media think that Ibisevic is deliberately modest, because it is. His two goals in this game all came from Chu Zhongtian's assists, a direct pass, and a header ferry.

In the same league, eleven rounds have been played, and Chu Zhongtian has already scored three goals and seven assists. He leads a number of strong opponents in the assists chart, including his good friend Franck Franck Ribery. One of the main reasons for Bayern Munich's poor results so far this season is Ribery's inconsistent performances and injuries, sometimes good and sometimes bad. However, Robben, who Bayern Munich bought from Real Madrid before the transfer deadline, played well and quickly adapted to the new environment.

Chu Zhongtian won the German Footballer after last season, he is also the first Chinese player to win the German Footballer of the Year, and the first Chinese to win the Footballer of the Year award in a foreign league, but he is not the first foreign player to win the German Footballer of the Year, the first is the Brazilian striker Elton in 2004. His good friend Franck Franck Ribery was the second, and he won the German Footballer of the Year in 2007-2008. Chu Zhongtian is the third.

Now some media are predicting that according to the current momentum, it should be Chu Zhongtian and Robben who will finally compete for the new German Footballer of the Year. However, judging from the latest odds offered by the bookmaker, the captain of Hoffenheim, who is the first in the league, is more optimistic.

(To be continued)