Chapter 310: Hoffenheim's Abilities
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Chu Zhongtian received the ball...... Turn and shoot—" He Ping yelled, and the Chinese fans in front of the TV also rose from their seats, ready to cheer for the goal. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info As a result, everyone saw the football fly out against the goalpost...... "The ball didn't go in...... What a pity! ”
It was not only the Hoffenheim fans in the stands who sighed, but also the Chinese fans in front of the televisions. If this goal goes in...... If the situation will be in Hoffenheim's favor, then the next game will at least be a little easier, and it is not impossible to take advantage of this opportunity to win the game...... But soon they all applauded, and although they didn't score, it was still a good attack that gave them hope - who said Hoffenheim didn't have a chance to beat Barcelona?
It's not just the fans who see hope, but in the hearts of the Hoffenheim players, it's more solid, stronger and bigger. With this together, it is possible to beat Barcelona and the odds are not as small as they thought...... Chu Zhongtian, who did not score, did not show much regret, he turned around and gave a thumbs up to Sana, who passed the ball to him, and thanked him for his pass.
He didn't take this attacking failure to heart, which shows that he is full of confidence that he can threaten Barcelona's goal again in the next game. Naturally, his performance also filled his teammates with confidence. As a captain, you don't just have to work the pitch.
※※※This is the second time that Chu Zhongtian has provoked Barcelona, and the first time is that he passed Villa easily at the beginning of the game, winning the applause of the audience.
was provoked, so naturally he had to find a way to fight back.
Three minutes have passed since the start of the game, and Barcelona finally have the first chance to attack.
It's what they do best, and it's also the biggest threat to Hoffenheim, and it's finally coming!
Valdés kicked the ball forward, and in the centre circle Butzques controlled the high post, swinging the ball down with his head and heading it back to centre-back Puyol.
Puyol handed the football to Pique, who himself came up with the ball. As Barcelona's centre-back, Pique's insertion at the back is also one of the ways to enrich their attacking arsenal.
Instead of continuing to dribble the ball deeper, Piqui passed the ball to Xavi.
As soon as Xavi got the ball, Barcelona's attacking lineup began to work.
Chu Zhongtian noticed that Messi and Xavi and Iniesta were very close to each other, and they always kept a very suitable distance. He knows that this is one of the reasons why Messi has been able to play well. Why are Messi in Barcelona and Messi in the Argentine national team the same? Because at Barcelona he has Xavi and Andres Iniesta by his side, while in Argentina he has no one around him.
If you want to prevent Messi, you need to cut off the connection between him and Xavi and Iniesta, but Chu Zhongtian can't do this alone, which requires the whole team to help, and his task is to freeze Messi in a one-on-one situation.
Prior to this game, there didn't seem to be anyone on Earth who could defend Messi one-on-one.
The man who was keeping Xavi on was Sana, and when he saw Xavi receiving the ball, he pounced on it and tried to entangle Xavi. The core of the Spanish national team didn't wait for Sana to come up, and passed the football to Messi!
"Messi got the ball!"
The commentators and the Barcelona fans were excited. As Baggio said of Messi: "As soon as he gets the ball, you know something is going to happen." ”
Yes, Barcelona fans are in this mindset, as soon as Messi gets the ball, their originally restless hearts are settled, and they are ready to cheer for a beautiful pass or a goal. As long as Messi has the ball, these things will happen, and that's how they trust Messi.
Now, something is going to happen.
Messi got the ball, and he looked up at the front, where Chu Zhongtian was standing.
"Messi met Chu Zhongtian!" He Ping exclaimed. This is a particularly nervous moment for all Chinese fans, can Messi break through Chu Zhongtian, and can Chu Zhongtian successfully defend against Messi?
When Messi saw Chu Zhongtian, he was not surprised, but a little happy-this is a little trouble-saving now.
He doesn't know much about Chu Zhongtian, limited to the few videos he watched before the game, and most of them are Chu Zhongtian's offensive ability, as for his defensive skills, the head coach doesn't say much. I gave the comment of "excellent consciousness and fierce steal". But a lot of players deserve such an evaluation, and they don't know how good their awareness is and how ferocious their tackles are.
Messi decided to go and test the temptation himself.
He brought the football forward, the speed was not fast, but when he was close to Chu Zhongtian, he suddenly flicked the football to the right side and accelerated to overtake!
At this time, there was only one word in Chu Zhongtian's mind - so fast!
Messi's figure flashed before his eyes, and after he reacted, Messi had almost overtaken him.
Messi is not tall, but he is very flexible on his feet, has a fast cadence, and moves very quickly.
Chu Zhongtian had already lost the upper hand because he was about to turn around, and when he turned around, Messi had already thrown him away.
There is no suspense...... The Barcelona fans and the Catalan commentators cheered: "Clean! It's Messi! ”
And those who support Hoffenheim and Chu Zhongtian sighed helplessly - it seems that Messi is indeed incomprehensible, even Chu Zhongtian can't prevent him, so is there anyone in Hoffenheim who can prevent him?
Chu Zhongtian did not give up, but turned around and chased after him.
At the same time, Hoffenheim's defenders are also moving closer to Messi, intending to seal him out. As soon as Messi saw that he was about to be encircled, he divided the football.
Villa, who was on the wing, received the ball and burst into the penalty area, then got up and hit the goal, which was easily blocked by Nyema due to the tight angle.
Neither the shooting nor the defense was too exciting, there was not much to say. After this attack, the focus of everyone's discussion was on Messi, and the moment when he changed direction and accelerated past Chu Zhongtian just now was clean and neat, without any delay, in one go. It can be said that it is a good response to Chu Zhongtian's previous defeat of Villa.
Villa gave Messi a thumbs up and thanked him for his wonderful pass, and Messi turned and ran back.
Chu Zhongtian looked at his back from behind, and suddenly grinned silently - yes, yes, this is right, this is enough, this is a top master, such an opponent is interesting!
“…… Of course, Chu Zhongtian's ball has to turn around defensively, which can't catch up with Messi in terms of speed. After all, Messi moves very fast, and his combination of man and ball is also very good...... A player of his level is really difficult to deal with, and it's not a big deal if he doesn't pass it......"
When He Ping was still looking for reasons and excuses for him, Chu Zhongtian was already full of fighting spirit.
※※※ Messi ran away and turned around to face the direction of attack, and he saw Chu Zhongtian. Recalling the breakthrough just now, he felt that the opponent in front of him was no different from the opponents he had met before, he was more than one meter tall and looked strong, but he was slower in terms of turning speed.
To be honest, Messi was a little disappointed with the result...... He had hoped that the only opponent in the Hoffenheim squad who could make him a little more interested would be stronger so that the game would be fun, but he would have been so vulnerable...... If he is no different from the ordinary opponents he has faced before, this game will only have one goal left for Messi - to win the championship. He's only 23 years old when he's going to lift the European Champions League for the third time, and he still has a long career ahead of him, and he's got plenty of chances to win it in that long career, but no one is short of titles.
※※※Seeing that Chu Zhongtian was shaken away by Messi so easily, Rangnick, who was on the sidelines, frowned slightly. Before the game, Chu Zhongtian took the initiative to ask Ying to defend Messi, and he still expressed hope for Chu Zhongtian, but he didn't expect that the best player in the team would not play a role in front of Messi...... Could it be that Messi is really invincible?
If Messi can't be stopped, the victory in this game is just a luxury. Because Messi alone can beat the entire Hoffenheim team...... ※※※ After this attack in Barcelona, Hoffenheim organized an attack.
Chu Zhongtian made a long pass to Ibisevic in front, and the Bosnian striker was defeated in a battle with Pique, and the football soon reached Xavi's feet again.
Barcelona went on the offensive again.
Every time Barcelona attack, everyone turns their attention to Messi and wants to see him put on a good performance. The scene of Chu Zhongtian just now was applauded, and they wanted to see more.
Xavi was a bit further down the pitch and Sana didn't rush into action, holding on to the middle. Chu Zhongtian next to him was in a more flexible position, but he didn't go up, he was paying attention to Messi not far away.
Barcelona can solve the problem of many players, but Messi is different, if he can successfully defend Messi, it will definitely boost morale and make Barcelona hesitate.
So although he was very faceless by Messi for the first time, Chu Zhongtian still had to defend himself.
Xavi looked left and right, Messi came out of the void, and he passed the football.
Chu Zhongtian almost went to Messi with football.
Messi was a little surprised that the Chinese was so fast, he gently leaned the football to the left with his left toe, the football stopped on the left side of his body, and then he turned sideways to the ball, ready to go away from Chu Zhongtian.
This time it was not so easy, when his right foot almost touched the football, Chu Zhongtian slammed into it from the side, he stumbled, and almost failed to control the football, fortunately, his reaction was fast, and his right foot took the football back, turning around and separating Chu Zhongtian.
But this time he couldn't go forward, Chu Zhongtian had already forced him to turn around.
Messi didn't plan to pass the football out, he wanted to force a breakthrough through Chu Zhongtian. In terms of turning speed, the other party can't compare to himself.
He first made a feint to the left, then twisted his body to the right, and at the same time, his left foot hooked the football that was staying in place behind him, and the football passed right between Chu Zhongtian's legs.
Chu Zhongtian turned around suddenly, he knew what Messi was going to do.
Turning around, he leaned towards Messi and didn't let Messi pick up the speed.
"Nice defense! Messi did not get rid of Chu Zhongtian! He Ping shouted.
Messi didn't expect Chu Zhongtian to turn around so fast, he was a little slower, and it was difficult to accelerate. If you continue to bring the ball like this, even if you don't get the ball cut off by the opponent, you will waste the opportunity to attack and put yourself in a trap.
So he made a quick decision, changed his intention to break through, turned his left foot sideways, and stopped the football with the outside instep at the same time, and at the same time made an emergency stop.
Chu Zhongtian stopped with him, turned around and pasted up.
Messi didn't expect this man to become so tenacious this time, but he still has a way. As soon as he made a quick stop, he buckled the ball to the right with his left foot, and this time he was going to break through from the right.
Chu Zhongtian just flashed to the left, and saw Messi buckle the football to the right, and he pounced!
He didn't tackle the tackle directly, but immediately turned around, and he knew that Messi would break through from the right with the football.
This time he miscalculated.
The moment Messi saw him turn around and turn his back to him, he turned the ball to the left with his right foot. When Chu Zhongtian turned around, he found that Messi had already run away from the other side of himself!
After a few rounds of fighting, he was still ...... Chu Zhongtian didn't regret or complain, he turned around and rushed to Messi again.
Although he knew that the chances of catching up with Messi were slim, and he had a good chance of passing the football before he could catch up with him, he still didn't give up. He wants Messi to know, don't think it's over yourself, don't try to get rid of me unless you pass the ball or finish the shot!
Messi really passed the football before Chu Zhongtian caught up.
In the two battles, Chu Zhongtian did not defeat Messi, and was left behind by Messi every time.
The Catalan commentator said happily: "There is no one in Hoffenheim who can stop our Messi!" ”
Barcelona fans have also expressed that Chu Zhongtian is nothing more than that.
It was Hoffenheim fans who were anxious, and they were worried that if the captain couldn't do anything with Messi, would Hoffenheim still be able to stop Barcelona's attack?
Chu Zhongtian didn't feel depressed and disappointed, what he saw was that he could already be entangled with Messi for several rounds, and he was shaken by the other party just after the first time, which was really a lot of progress.
If it goes on like this, I will definitely catch him!
※※※Messi broke through Chu Zhongtian twice in a row and successfully made Barcelona's players think that Hoffenheim had nothing to fear, and they began to attack aggressively.
The tentative period was over, and the game had only been played for eight minutes.
Barcelona then organised a flurry of attacks, and Hoffenheim was in danger in front of goal. Despite some preparation in advance, Barcelona's strength is still stronger than many Hoffenheim players imagined. Each of them is very well-coordinated and reasonable, a simple stop can do a good job, no matter what the situation of passing, they have a way to stop the ball quickly, and then pass it out without delay. They have a very good pass, and they are a team that has played football together for several years. When the situation opens, you can guard against this side, but you can't guard against that. The more you prevent, the more mistakes and omissions.
Chu Zhongtian knew very well that he couldn't keep it like this, and if he continued like this, he would definitely lose.
When he finds an opportunity, he must organize an attack and regain the initiative.
Barcelona attacked from the left, where they met a stubborn block from Hoffenheim, and then they moved down the middle, where Pedro crossed the ball sideways and Andres Iniesta picked it up before handing it to Xavi.
In the process, Hoffenheim's defensive focus was drawn to the middle, and the two wings were shrinking towards the middle, and there was naturally a gap on the wings.
Xavi crossed diagonally, the ball crossed in front of the Hoffenheim defenders, none of them had a chance to break the pass, and then Messi on the right received the ball!
"Messi has a chance!!" The narrator shouted.
Barcelona fans rose from their seats, ready to cheer.
Kolarov pounced on the defense and was easily shaken off by Messi. After shaking Kolarov, he immediately got up and swept in front of the goal!
This time, the defender is not good, because whoever accidentally touches it may own the goal, while the striker's task is very simple, just touch the football to change the direction of the football and let it fly into the goal.
Just when the hearts of Hoffenheim fans were hanging in their throats.
A man came out of the crowd, he didn't clear the ball with his big foot, he didn't stab the goal, he was wearing a Hoffenheim jersey, and he actually stopped the football with his foot!
"Chu Zhongtian!"
It was Chu Zhongtian who appeared at the door, he didn't break the siege with a big foot, but stopped the football. This greatly surprised everyone, not even Villa behind him.
Immediately following Chu Zhongtian, without waiting for the others to react, he immediately turned around and passed the football to his teammates on the periphery, and the crisis was resolved!
Not only that, but Hoffenheim also took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
In terms of attacking speed, they are very confident.
Chu Zhongtian finished clearing the siege and rushed out after the football. Before many people came to their senses, he had already rushed to the outside of the penalty area and raised his hand to ask for the ball!
"Hoffenheim's counterattack!"
The German commentator became excited. If Messi's possession of the ball can excite Barcelona fans, then watching Hoffenheim's rapid attack appear can also make Hoffenheim's supporters excited for a while.
Hoffenheim's attack was fast enough.
Chu Zhongtian rushed out of the penalty area, and received the football from his teammates, he took two steps forward, and at this time his teammates quickly pressed out.
Hoffenheim's character is on the map.
After Chu Zhongtian saw his teammates rushing up, he passed the football to the side, and this time the football hit the half of Barcelona.
Barcelona rushed back to defend, but they couldn't stop Hoffenheim's quick attack.
After three passes and two downs, the football fell to the feet of striker Ibisevic, who shot directly from the penalty area, and the ball was saved by Valdés and flew off the bottom line.
"Corner!"
At this time, many of Barcelona's players were back in place...... You can see how fast Hoffenheim's attack is.
That's what Hoffenheim is capable of!
(To be continued)