Chu Zhongtian and Emily were warmly treated by the Ribery and his wife in Munich, and the four of them went shopping together. Whether in the small town of Hoffenheim or in Sinsheim, there was no big shopping center. If Emily wanted to go shopping, she had to go to Mannheim, forty kilometers away.

This time I arrived in Munich. If I didn’t shop wildly, I would be really sorry for coming to Munich specifically.

The two women went shopping with great enthusiasm, while the two men followed behind, talking about topics they were interested in.

Hoffenheim is naturally the focus of the two people's discussion. Who made this team the most popular in Germany during this period?

Ribery "cursed" Hoffenheim will collapse in full swing in the second half of the season. Chu Zhongtian "mocked" Bayern Munich's current situation. At the same time, both of them are looking forward to the game on December 2.

At that time, Bayern Munich will face Hoffenheim's challenge at home. If Hoffenheim can maintain such momentum by then, it will probably attract more attention.

The two families went shopping and had dinner together. At four o'clock in the afternoon, Chu Zhongtian and Emily drove away from Munich.

"I'll be back, Frank. But I wasn't here to be a guest at that time, haha!"

"I will also 'welcome' you!" Ribery waved his fists to Chu Zhongtian.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian returned to Hoffenheim, ended his short vacation, and then devoted himself to the team's training.

The next round of the league will not start until October 18th, and now it is October 5th. There are two games in between that are the national team's A-level match days.

Hoffenheim is different from the team that is composed of all international players. This team has many players from youth teams of various countries, but there are not many international players. Ibissevic and Salihovic are Bosnia and Herzegovich, Obasi is Nigerian international, Demba and Ba are Senegal's international, and Ibertzberger is Austrian international. Apart from these five people, there are no international players. The remaining few have only been selected for the national team, and now they don't have to fight for the country.

Chu Zhongtian is a Chinese international player and is playing right away. Unfortunately, the Chinese team was eliminated from the South African World Cup qualifiers early, and until the end of December of the year, the national team had no match schedule. The Chinese team is now reorganizing, and everything from the coaching staff to the players has to be reshuffled. Even officials of the Football Association are inevitably subject to personnel turmoil.

Domestic football is now in chaos, and Chinese football has suffered a disgrace at the door of the Olympics, and someone must come out to take responsibility.

However, these have nothing to do with Chu Zhongtian, because he did not participate in the Olympics and he did not say anything that was easily caught by others during an interview with reporters.

Because there are not many people missing, Rangnick requires the team to train normally. Big teams like Bayern Munich can only practice physical fitness or play with the youth team.

On the first morning of training, Chu Zhongtian still arrived more than an hour earlier, and then he met head coach Rangnick outside the training ground.

"It's great. I have something to talk to you, Chu." Rannick saw Chu Zhongtian and walked towards him while greeting him.

Chu Zhongtian changed the coach's requirements without authorization in the game between Hoffenheim and Frankfurt. Not only did he have many back passes and crosses, but he also fell back and forth in the second half. These were all things that Rangnick had not allowed before. He knew that Rangnick would talk to him about this sooner or later, and he also wanted to communicate with Rangnick. Rangnick asked him to be a free agent and promised to give him a lot of freedom. He did give himself some freedom, but he felt that such requirements as "small return passes and crosses as possible" were unnecessary. In the game, he was the core of the real execution of tactics, and he knew what to do. With his football wisdom, he certainly knew that he had to keep passing forward when attacking, creating the impression that "our offensive is continuous", but the rhythm needed to change. If he just emphasized moving forward without knowing to retreat, he would be forced into a desperate situation.

He felt it was necessary to communicate with Rangnick on this topic.

After the two met, Rangnick indeed talked about the scene that happened in the Frankfurt game. He asked Chu Zhongtian what made him make that decision on the court.

Chu Zhongtian told Rangnick all his thoughts.

After hearing his words, Rangnick touched his chin and didn't say anything for a while.

Then he said, "You are right, Chu. But we can only take our time. This team is already very familiar with the current tactics. The team's performance is so good now, it's not a time to make large-scale adjustments. But I will pay attention to slowly adding content in training."

Chu Zhongtian was not dissatisfied with the head coach's statement. He knew that the current situation was like this. The team performed very well when applying the old tactics. If that's the case, what reason would there be to change everyone's habits at this time?

"I liberate you. You can make your own judgment and choices in the game based on the situation. No matter how you do it, I will not say to you. But you also have to take responsibility. If you make a wrong judgment and cause the team to lose the game, then you will have to bear pressure from all aspects." Rangnick pointed at Chu Zhongtian and said.

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Of course, Ralph. Since I did, I will take responsibility."

"I know you're smart, Chu. There are some things I don't need to say. You have a strong ability to read the game, and I believe you know when to make a change." Rangnick held his glasses. "Tell me about your holiday, how are you doing?"

"It's pretty good. I spent a day with two women."

"What did you talk to Frank?"

"Damn each other and attack each other, haha!" Chu Zhongtian laughed when he thought of Ribery, a funny friend. "In addition, we both look forward to that game."

“Which game?”

"The first match with Bayern Munich in the league."

Rangnick also laughed. He was looking forward to that game too.

After laughing, Rangnick deliberately looked stern: "But there are still many games before that, don't put your energy on that game. If my goal falls into the relegation zone before the winter break, then the game against Bayern Munich will be meaningless."

Then he patted Chu Zhongtian on the shoulder: "Do it well, Chu."

※※※Emily left mid-week, and her holiday ended here. She had to rush back to film. Since her transformation, she has won more film contracts. In the past, she could only play beautiful roles like vases, but now she has begun to boldly try more types of roles.

She has filmed a total of six films, two of which are starring. Both of them have received praise from critics, but the box office results are quite average. If she wants to take the lead in Hollywood, she has to continue working hard. Like Chu Zhongtian, she still has to work hard.

In fact, if Emily really wanted to stay, she could stay for a few days. She hadn't done such a thing before - when it was time to go back, she was greedy for the years with Chu Zhongtian, so she decided to delay a few days before going back. In the past, her mother and agent Ms. Miranda turned a blind eye. But this time, her mother had to let Emily return to Los Angeles at the specified time.

It seems that she is still angry with Chu Zhongtian. Because Chu Zhongtian's transfer choice made her feel that Chu Zhongtian's commercial value has greatly reduced.

After the international match day, the Bundesliga started again.

After not playing for two weeks, Chu Zhongtian was eager to try it out.

In the past two weeks, Rangnick focused on practicing the team's new formation 433, and he hopes that the team will be more familiar with this formation, just like familiar with the 442.

On October 18, Hoffenheim challenged Hannover 96 away.

Since upgrading from the Bundesliga in the 2001-2002 season, Hannover 96 has been in the first league, ranking in the middle of the league every season. It is a typical Bundesliga team - relegation is free and hopeless to win the championship, and it is difficult to participate in European competitions.

Before this season, Hannover was considered the dark horse team in the new season because they recruited troops and expanded the team's strength. However, after Hoffenheim emerged, everyone gave the title of "dark horse" to Hoffenheim, and Hannover was neglected.

Rangnick made adjustments to the team's starting lineup. Carlos Eduardo replaced Salihovic, who had just finished playing the national team. In this game, Hoffenheim continued to use the 433 tactic. It is obvious that in Rangnick's eyes, Hannover 96 is not able to threaten Hoffenheim's team.

In the goalkeeper position, the 25-year-old goalkeeper Daniel Haas replaced Ozjan. Ozjan was injured three days ago.

In this game, Rangnick's instructions to the team were very simple - offense.

At the beginning of the game, Hoffenheim launched a fierce attack on Hannover 96's goal, and it was impossible to tell that they were the away team.

The commentator also said that Hoffenheim's football is like this, attacking from the beginning of the game, and attacking until the end of the game. Then we will count how many goals they scored in total.

However, this time they did not score a goal soon. Hannover 96 is not a soft persimmon that can be pinched casually. They defeated Bayern Munich 1-0 at home in the sixth round, and then tied Dortmund 1-1 away. They are in good shape in the last two rounds of the league, and of course they hope to defeat Hoffenheim with the advantage of home.

They also had some offenses in the first half that could threaten Hoffenheim's penalty area.

However, Hoffenheim will not retreat because of the opponent's counterattack. They are the kind of team that keeps rushing against the opponent from the first minute of the game, and then collapses when the opponent finally can't bear it and collapses.

Although Hannover 96 performed very tenaciously, Hoffenheim was still attacking, waiting for the opponent to collapse from one shot after another.

In the 36th minute, Ibissevic received a pass from Chu Zhongtian at the front of the penalty area and then divided the football on the right side, and then he tried to kill himself. The right back Baker who was inserted in the back made a cross as soon as he received the ball. Ibissevic received a pass from Baker on the edge of the small penalty area. He directly pushed the ball into the lower right corner of the goal, 1:0!

Hoffenheim temporarily led the way with a 1-0 score in the first half. This score has not yet caused the Hannover 96 to collapse because they can make adjustments through the break, and falling behind only one ball is not a problem for Hannover 96, who plays at home.

In the second half, Hannover 96 head coach Dieter Hecking replaced the 25-year-old German midfielder Jan_schlaudraff with 32-year-old Czech midfielder Jiri_stajner. In the first half, Schlaudraff performed averagely, and Hecken obviously wanted to continue to strengthen his offense. Only one goal behind allowed him to see hope of equalization or even reverse.

In fact, the same was true. In the 48th minute, Hannover 96 won a corner kick. Their 25-year-old Hungarian midfielder Szabolcs_huszti took the corner kick, and Christian Schulz shot from five meters behind, and the football bounced into the goal. They tied the score 1:1!

Hannover 96, who equalized the score, had a strong morale, and they continued to put pressure on Hoffenheim's penalty area. On the other hand, Hoffenheim, who was tied by the score, also wanted to score a goal and lead again. So both sides fought against each other. During this period, both sides got some opportunities, including the chance to score a goal. But no one was sure. Until the 63rd minute, Hannover 96 counterattacked quickly, and after Husti broke through, he made a cross from the left, and Steiner, who was unguarded, faced Hoffenheim goalkeeper Haas, who was attacking with his right foot, and shot into the net. 2:1!

Hannover's goal made Hannover's AWD Arena boil. Hannover fans seemed to see hope of defeating Hoffenheim and achieving three rounds of unbeaten.

The commentator also shouted excitedly: "Hannover scored again! They scored again! The score is 2:1! Hannover 96 was reversed at home! Hoffenheim must have not expected this? But I expected it! When they kept attacking but did not pay attention to defense, I expected this. The brave Hannover people and Hoffenheim attacked, and they laughed to the end!"

※※※ Seeing the team attacking the opponent wildly but letting the opponent lead. Rangnick couldn't sit still. He got up from his seat and asked Salihovic to warm up while making gestures to Chu Zhongtian, signaling him to continue pressing forward, push up and then push up.

Chu Zhongtian ran over quickly and said to Rangnick: "If you push it up, I will become a front midfielder!"

Rangnick patted him: "It's just to let you be the front midfielder. Let the football be closer to Hannover's goal, so that our offense will be more threatening!"

Chu Zhongtian understood the head coach's intentions and nodded.

"Continue the attack!" After Chu Zhongtian returned to the court, he raised his right hand and shouted at his teammates. "Let's continue the attack!"

In the 70th minute, Hoffenheim won a free kick. Salihovic was not there, and Eduardo took the free kick. Before the free throw, Chu Zhongtian went up and said to the Brazilian: "Play the football across to me later. I want to shoot from a long time."

Eduardo did not raise any objection. Anyway, he felt that the angle of the ball was not very good now, and he might not have the confidence to shoot the football within the goal frame if he took the penalty.

When the referee blew the whistle, Eduardo made a move to hit the ball, but drove the football horizontally.

Chu Zhongtian in the middle of the penalty area took a long shot! The football flew towards the goal of Hannover 96 like a cannonball!

Hannover 96 goalkeeper Florian_fromlowitz misjudged the power of Chu Zhongtian's shooting. Although the ball was about twenty-seven or eight meters away from the goal, Chu Zhongtian's shooting was very powerful. The football almost came to him in the blink of an eye. His center of gravity could not keep up with the speed of the football running forward, so he lost his hand... Although the football lost his hand, he still had to be grateful that he had solid basic skills. His legs were very standard when he knelt down, otherwise the football was likely to penetrate his crotch and roll into the goal behind him.

Now the football just hit his knee and then bounced out.

Obasi, who kept up, scored his first goal of the season by scoring his first goal. Hoffenheim tied the score 2:2!

Then Rangnick replaced Salihovic and replaced Weiss, who was not performing well.

Two minutes later, Carlos Eduardo dribbled the ball quickly in the middle and distributed it to Salihovic, who had just played. The latter shot with his left foot from sixteen meters away from the left, and the football went straight to the far corner! 3:2!

Within two minutes, Hannover 96 changed from leading to laggards, and they had not reacted for a while. The commentator was also unresponsive. Facing Hoffenheim's offensive, he was a little lost for a moment.

Although they could not accept this reality, Hoffenheim still had no intention of letting go of his opponent. They continued to attack under the leadership of Chu Zhongtian.

In the 80th minute, Salihovic made a straight pass from the left, Demba Ba inserted diagonally and received the ball and shot. The football passed between Fromlovets' legs and drilled into the goal - he still couldn't escape the fate of being shot through by a small goal in the goal... Hoffenheim, who was already 4:2, had no intention of stopping. After three minutes, Obasi divided the ball into the left side in the penalty area. Ibisek directly pushed the ball into the far corner with his right foot thirteen meters away. He scored his ninth league goal of the season and continued to dominate the top spot in the scorer list.

With his goal, Hoffenheim led Hannover 96 5:2 away!

If Hanover thought they could win the game during the halftime break, then now they just hope that the game will end quickly because they don't know how many goals Hoffenheim will score in the next game before he will stop.

Some Hanover players were angry because of this shameful score. In the 85th minute, Hanover's No. 10 player Arnold_bruggink tackled Salihovic from behind and was sent off by a red card - they lost the game and lost the game, and they lost it thoroughly.

It's not over yet, and in the injury stoppage time, Hoffenheim is still organizing an attack. Chu Zhongtian returned the football to Eduardo. Eduardo shot seemingly carelessly outside the penalty area, but crossed the Hannover goalkeeper's fingers and fell into the empty goal... 6:2!

This was a crazy game, from the score to the process was crazy. The Hannover 96 fans who were still shouting loudly before were all silent at this moment.

In this confrontation between the old and new dark horses, the new dark horse Hoffenheim has the last laugh.

After the game, Rangnick stood up and shook hands with Hannover 96 head coach Hei Jin. He waved to the Hannover fans present. He received cheers from the fans. Although the team he supported lost to Rangnick's team with a big score, the fans still gave him applause.

In the 2004 season, Rangnick once coached at Hannover 96. In the 2001-02 season, he led Hannover 96 to the Bundesliga championship and promoted to Class A. It was from that time that Hannover has never been relegated. So until now, Hannover fans still like Rangnick very much and did not speak harshly to him just because he led Hoffenheim to defeat his team.

Hoffenheim left another surprising big victory for the Bundesliga...
Chapter completed!