Chapter 260: The league is halfway through
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In the 87th minute, Ibisevic equalised for Hoffenheim, a goal that was a devastating blow for AC Milan, who now had to score twice in the final minutes to make a difference. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info but this is almost impossible, even if it is AC Milan, not everything can be done.
So Ibisevic's goal basically condemned AC Milan to death.
AC Milan fans are well aware of this, so while Hoffenheim's players were still celebrating their goals, many of them had already started to leave the game, and it was only a sporadic occurrence when they drew 1-1 before.
But now it's different, and the TV broadcast has given a shot of the stands, showing the steady stream of people exiting the exits.
Only the most ardent AC Milan fans still hold on to the stands, hoping to witness the miracle happen.
"They'll regret it!" Seeing those who left early, they were still shouting, "They're going to miss a great game because of this!!" ”
The fans' intentions were good, but the AC Milan fans in the stadium seemed to have lost their fighting spirit. Hoffenheim's goal was fantastic, if the score was still 2-1 and they were ahead, there was hope, they only needed to score one goal, and it wasn't an unthinkable thing to score one goal. But it's not enough to score two goals in those few minutes...... Except for Gattuso, who is still fighting, the other AC Milan players have basically stopped resisting. Ibrahimovic was on the pitch most of the time, he wasn't running anymore, he was too tired. There was still hope in his heart before, which could support him to grit his teeth and run, to pursue the opportunity to shoot. But now that all this has become useless, then why should he waste his physical strength?
The Hoffenheim fans and substitutes couldn't wait to start celebrating. The substitutes all stepped out of their seats and stood on the sidelines, waiting for the final whistle to blow.
The commentators began to announce the winner of the game in advance.
In short, all this makes any AC Milan fan feel heartache and anger.
The live television broadcast gave Allegri a close-up of the head coach standing on the sidelines, his hands on his chest, looking at the pitch with a blank face. He still has a substitution in his hand, but he doesn't plan to use it, there is no need to use it, even if he replaces Maradona at this time, it is useless.
The morale of the AC Milan team has fallen to a low point, and one star cannot change the status quo.
When the referee finally blew the whistle for the end of the match, San Siro booed. I just don't know if they are booing their own team or Hoffenheim cheering to qualify.
"It's over! The final group stage of the Group of Death is over, and it was a really unexpected result. When the draw came out, no one expected this to be the case. AC Milan, the seeded team in this group, was eliminated miserably! Real Madrid topped the group, while the team that qualified second was ...... Hoffenheim!! This is the second time in the history of this young team that they have played in the Champions League, and they have come out of this group of death. Last season, they also qualified from their group! This team has impressed the whole of Europe! If at first no one knew where Hoffenheim was, now everyone is no longer interested in where they came from, because they all know. ”
"AC Milan lost in midfield, they lacked a strong midfield, Gattuso, Seedorf and Pirlo, the three key players who made Milan win the Champions League for the second time in five years, are old, Abate is too big to take on the job, Boateng is still too young. Ibrahimovic and Robinho had nothing up front but couldn't play because the midfield couldn't give them better chances. Hoffenheim, on the other hand, is different because of a midfield commander. Chu is really an excellent player! ”
"I'm thinking, now Galliani must regret that he didn't hold on to Chu Zhongtian at the beginning! Otherwise, why would it be like this now? AC Milan didn't qualify from the group, which is definitely the biggest upset in this Champions League so far! ”
On the pitch, Hoffenheim's players celebrated the victory, having qualified from the group with a draw in exchange for an unbeaten run against AC Milan in the group stage, and Chu Zhongtian was unbeaten against AC Milan in his career. That's a great achievement, because a team like AC Milan is not something anyone can beat.
At the Bernabeu, Real Madrid and AJ Auxerre will end one minute earlier than AC Milan's match against Hoffenheim. When Mourinho was interviewed by reporters, a reporter mentioned the latest news from the San Siro.
"AC Milan didn't make it out of the group, are you surprised, Jose?"
Mourinho shook his head and shrugged: "No, this is the group of death, and it is normal for the four teams to qualify and who does not." ”
He was really not surprised by the result. If Hoffenheim didn't have Chu Zhongtian, maybe he would be surprised. But after playing against this team four times, he already has a deep understanding of the quality of this team.
"Can you comment on Hoffenheim who qualified?"
'They are a very strong team. I think any team that can knock out AC Milan is a strong ......"
The AC Milan players sat down on the pitch in disappointment, and players like Boateng couldn't hold back the sadness in their hearts and became miserable, just like Ghana was eliminated in the World Cup.
And many more players are at a loss – they still can't believe their side will miss out on the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Only Gattuso was very angry, he was always like this, and he would be very unhappy when he lost. Chu Zhongtian is quite similar to him in this regard.
Behind the lost Milanese were Hoffenheim players celebrating their qualification. However, they didn't dare to celebrate too wantonly, and under the leadership of captain Chu Zhongtian, the team had a short celebration, and then collectively came to the bottom of the stands where Hoffenheim fans gathered, thanking the fans who came from afar to support them.
The Hoffenheim fans in the stands also applauded and thanked the team for their wonderful performance.
※※※Hoffenheim successfully squeezed out AC Milan and got the right to qualify from the group The news surprised many people, although everyone thought that Hoffenheim was strong, but it was still unexpected for many people to break out of the group of death. Everyone thinks that this group is very bad for Hoffenheim, with Real Madrid and AC Milan being the favourites, and Hoffenheim's final destination is very likely to be the Europa League.
Unexpectedly, AC Milan's slow heat problem hurt them, and they were at a disadvantage from the beginning. Losing to Real Madrid and Hoffenheim successively, especially away to Hoffenheim is the most fatal, it can be said that Hoffenheim is in AC Milan's original plan, but the object of points. AJ Auxerre and Hoffenheim are both opponents that AC Milan must win, and the six points between these two opponents are also planned, and with these 12 points, even if they lose both games to Real Madrid, they will be enough to qualify for second place in the group.
Unexpectedly, the away loss to Hoffenheim suddenly made AC Milan a mess. Then the home team had a chance to win Real Madrid, but in the last minute, Pedro. Leon equalized, and the three points in hand became one point, and after four rounds of group stage matches, only four points were accumulated, and there were too many behind.
AC Milan have always prided themselves on their slow heat and relished their ability to push back into the game. But this time, they lost on their own slow heat.
Speaking at a press conference after the game, Aleriger took the blame for his exit. The media is speculating whether this defeat will see him sacked by Berlusconi. After all, for AC Milan, not being able to participate in the knockout round of the Champions League is a serious defeat, and it can even be regarded as a shame.
However, then Berlusconi's voice came that AC Milan would continue to trust Allegri and support his work.
Later, the media broke the news that after this defeat, Allegri and Berlusconi had another long talk, in which Allegri analyzed the reasons for the team's defeat to Berlusconi in detail. He believes that the team is aging seriously and needs to be replenished with fresh blood. In addition, the delicate midfield style is no longer suitable for today's AC Milan, which needs a muscular midfielder, and players like Boateng are the future strength of AC Milan.
It looks like Berlusconi is going to take Allegri's advice.
Rangnick, on the other hand, was happy with the result, aiming to at least qualify from the group. However, he is not more interested in qualifying from the group, but from this group can greatly enhance the confidence of the players. This will go a long way in their run-up to the knockout stages. They've already had strong opponents, they've come out of it, so even if they meet opponents of the same level, the team has the confidence to win. There is no such thing as being weak in the face of a strong enemy.
The experience of this group stage was invaluable for Hoffenheim.
AC Milan was eliminated in the Champions League group stage, which caused great repercussions in European football, everyone is lamenting that football is round, criticizing AC Milan's team building strategy in recent years, and at the same time, they are also praising Hoffenheim, especially Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian has now become one of the hottest players in Europe. As the winter break approaches, there are more and more rumours about his transfer in the transfer market.
Many people firmly believe that Hoffenheim will not be able to keep him, even though Hoffenheim has just renewed his contract with Chu Zhongtian for four years. Everyone thinks that the contract renewal is just to make it easier for the club to ask for a high price.
With such a good player, can Hoffenheim really keep him? Even if Hoffenheim wanted to keep him, wouldn't he ask to leave himself? Maybe not before, but as his fame grew, so did his temptations, his ambitions grew, and why should he stay at Hoffenheim when what he wanted could not be fulfilled at Hoffenheim?
The media already knew that Chu Zhongtian was an ambitious person, and in the FM game, regarding ambition, Chu Zhongtian was also twenty. How can such a person be willing to stay in a small team for the rest of his life?
So those big clubs have a lot of confidence in poaching the core of Hoffenheim. They believed that they had many conditions that were superior to Hoffenheim that could make Chu Zhongtian tempted. You want money? We have strong financial support. Do you want honor? Only in our big team can we get closer to glory. Do you want fame and fortune? Big-club teams specialize in this, and playing in a big-club team obviously has more media exposure than playing in a country team.
After this game, there were always a lot of unfamiliar faces outside the training base in Hoffenheim, who waited around the training ground every time they opened for training, just like regular fans. However, unlike the fans, the average fan will follow a lot of players, but these people will only focus on one person.
Yes, they are all scouts from various clubs, and they have been ordered to come and follow Chu Zhongtian's performance and send regular reports to the club so that their employers can keep up to date with Chu Zhongtian's situation.
Even if Chu Zhongtian chatted with those teammates more times on the training ground, he could go to the desk of the head coaches and managers of those giant teams the next day.
The presence of these people certainly aroused Rangnick's alarm. He knew that these people were here to follow and observe Chu Zhongtian, and they were ready to dig the foot of the wall at any time.
It stands to reason that after the club renews the contract with Chu Zhongtian, he should breathe a sigh of relief?