Chapter 49 Fast-paced fifteen minutes(1/2)
Ribery was exterminated by Chu Zhongtian as soon as he came up, but he did not let his agitate down. On the contrary, he had been planning to use his own footwork to trick Chu Zhongtian around.
If he finds a chance, he will definitely find the venue.
Bayern Munich's free kick did not pose any threat to Hoffenheim's goal. Hoffenheim initiated a counterattack.
Because Chu Zhongtian was on the side, the person responsible for passing the ball in the middle became Gustavo. After he got the ball, he decided to pass the ball to and how to pass it. His teammates cooperated with him to run. In order to prepare for this game, after Hertha Berlin, Rangnick asked the team to conduct such training. Chu Zhongtian got off the game with a red card against Hertha Berlin, and the absence of the game with Bielefeld also provided Rangnick with such an opportunity. So in the game with Bielefeld, Gustavo became the team's midfield hub.
Gustavo performed well in that game, and he continued to start in this game, so the team would not feel abrupt because they had already laid the groundwork for a game.
After receiving the ball, Gustavo chose to pass the football to Chu Zhongtian.
It is obvious that Bayern Munich attaches great importance to Eduardo's side and the defense is very tight. However, they do not pay enough attention to Chu Zhongtian's side. On the one hand, it is because Chu Zhongtian suddenly came to the right, which makes them a little uncomfortable, and on the other hand, it is because the right side is not the direction of Hoffenheim's main attack.
Now pass the football to Chu Zhongtian, hoping to take advantage of Bayern Munich's relaxation in defense to create some opportunities.
After Chu Zhongtian got the ball, Ribery forced him up. Chu Zhongtian did not try to break through Ribery, and he passed the ball back to Gustavo, who was supporting in the middle.
After passing the ball, Chu Zhongtian did not continue to step forward. He moved to the middle lane like a wing forward, leaving the space on the side lane to Baker who was stepping forward.
Seeing Chu Zhongtian switch to the middle, Gustavo sent the football over. After receiving the ball, Chu Zhongtian adjusted it a little and then directly took a long shot!
The football went off the goal and did not pose any threat to goalkeeper Michael_rensing.
"Hoffenheim's first shot in this game was completed by Chu! His long-range shot was very powerful, but his accuracy was not good!"
"It seems that Chu's position in this game is very flexible," said Beckenbauer. "In defense, he is a right forward, mainly responsible for curbing Ribery. When attacking, he may not be fixed on the right side. He can move to the middle and then give the right side to Baker. In this game, Chu is not responsible for organizing the offense..."
※※※Because the two sides had a round of attacks just at the beginning of the game, the commentator didn't have time to report the starting list of both sides. Taking advantage of Chu Zhongtian's shot missed, Duan Bin quickly reported the starting list of both sides with a tongue twister speed.
Bayern's starting goalkeeper in this game is Rensing. Since Kahn retired, he has been the main goalkeeper of the team, but his performance is far inferior. He has the defense line with the least goals conceded last season, and he can do much less than other goalkeepers. He only had fifty-four shots straightened the goal he guarded, an average of 3.6 per game, but twenty-one of them completed the goal. Rensing played five games for Bayern this season, with a save rate of 59.6%, which is the second worst among all goalkeepers.
The right-back is the Italian Massimo_oddo (massimo_oddo) who came from AC Milan. He is thirty-two years old and was called Maldini's successor when he was young. As a result, he is not satisfied with AC Milan now and can only seek a loan.
The central defenders are Lucio and Daniel_van_buyten. Van Bitten is Belgium's main central defender and captain. Lucio is the main central defender and captain of Brazil's team. Their two partners' defense line was the one who conceded the least goals last season, and Lucio made an indelible contribution.
Lucio has made fourteen appearances this season and won a one-on-one match of 76.5%, which is unmatched in the Bundesliga. The Brazilian only had fourteen fouls in his game, but he was violated thirty-two times.
In addition to his excellent defense, he is not inferior in offense. He has an average of 72 touches per game, fourteen of his 15 passes, and seventeen shots, but unfortunately he only hits one shot right.
The left-back is Rahm (philipp_lahm), a German international, so there is no need to introduce this. A full-back with strong assist ability.
In the midfield, Van Bomel and Ze Roberto are the "reliable gentleman" of Bayern Munich. His passing success rate is as high as 86%, 31% of crosses and 20% of corner kicks accurately found his teammates. His extraordinary success rate has also reached 70%, and his defensive ability is also very strong, winning 66% of one-on-one confrontation, plus twenty-six interceptions. He is also equally important in Bayern's offensive link. The Brazilian has contributed two goals and four assists.
Ribery and Schweinsteiger one left and one right.
On the forward line are Klose and Tony.
On Hoffenheim, the starting goalkeeper is still Haas, the right back is Beck, the left back is Ibertsberger, and the two central defenders are the young Jaisler and Comper. In the midfield, Gustavo is Gustavo, the right forward is Chu Zhongtian, and the left forward is Eduardo. The three forwards are Ibissevic, Obasi on the right, and Demba and Ba on the left.
The starting lineups of both teams are the strongest they can produce, and they attach enough importance to this game. Of course, there is no need to say more about this.
※※※In the seventh minute, Bayern Munich launched another attack. Ribery cut the empty position this time. Ze Roberto made a long pass in the backcourt, and the football passed over Chu Zhongtian's head and fell behind. After Ribery received the football, he directly faced Hoffenheim's right-back Baker, not the difficult Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian turned around and pounced, so Ribery would not give him such an opportunity. Seeing him speeding up and rushing towards the bottom line, he took advantage of the opportunity that Baker did not block it in time and made a cross!
The football flew past Baker's toes, but Tony and Klose, who followed in the middle, both of them were half a step slower and missed the ball!
After seeing this scene in the stands at Allianz Stadium, a huge sigh rang out.
At that time, Hoffenheim's defense in the penalty area was not strict. With the personal abilities of Klose and Tony, as long as one of them received the ball, he could almost score.
"This is Ribery's flash moment, but unfortunately Tony and Klose have wasted it together!" commentator Lef was also very regretful. "From this breakthrough cross, Ribery is in good condition today. It seems that Hoffenheim's defense is in big trouble!"
Hoffenheim seized this opportunity to counterattack. Left-back Ibertsberger received the ball from Ribery and handed it to Gustavo. Gustavo passed it to Eduardo. Eduardo turned around and passed it straight, Demba Ba received the ball and entered Bayern's penalty area, and made two passes and two passes into Bayern's penalty area. Hoffenheim's rhythm was indeed sharp. They did not fall back and forth in the midfield, and then looked for Bayern Munich's loopholes.
Demba Ba broke into the penalty area and shot!
Rensing fell to the ground and saved the ball.
Chu Zhongtian now has time to take a good look at Ribery. His temporary mistake just now gave the kid a chance. From this point of view, he really can't give him any chance in the game, and he must follow closely when defending. It seems difficult to defend Ribery and support the team in the offense, but it is indeed common for Chu Zhongtian. He is also the case when he is a midfielder, who has to defend the opponent's midfield core and rush up to organize the offense. Moreover, in his opinion, it is easier to do such a job on the side than doing such a job in the middle, because on the side, his range of activities is limited, and he only needs to move on the right side. In the midfield position, he has to take care of the entire backcourt.
※※※Rensin kicked off with big feet and the football came straight to Ribery.
This time, Chu Zhongtian did not let Ribery move freely more than ten meters behind him. When he saw Rensin kicking off, he ran to Ribery, and then the two of them jumped at the same time to compete for the top.
Ribery was a few light years behind Chu Zhongtian on the header. The ball was easily pushed to the middle by Chu Zhongtian. Gustavo raised his foot and stopped the ball.
"Damn it, why are you doing so tightly with me, Chu?" Ribery complained after landing.
"Because I love you, Frank." Chu Zhongtian made a joke, causing Ribery to chill.
“So cold…”
Chu Zhongtian ignored him anymore. After seeing Gustavo take the ball, he rushed up along the sideline.
Ribery did not follow him, he stayed there, waiting for Hoffenheim's attack to be cut off, and then attacked their counterattack. Now Chu Zhongtian couldn't come back in front, and he was like a fish in water.
However, Ribery's wishful thinking was lost, and Hoffenheim's attack was not cut off. Gustavo passed the ball over when he saw Chu Zhongtian's forward insertion. Chu Zhongtian did not dribble the ball down the bottom. He stabilized the ball and waited for his teammates to run. After seeing Chu Zhongtian get the ball, he pulled it from the ribs to the side. Chu Zhongtian did not pass the ball directly to Obasi's feet, but saw the direction of his running and suddenly gave a kick over the ball!
The football flew past Ze Roberto, who was defending him, and landed straight behind Bayern's defense line. Obasi was originally running horizontally, but at the moment when Chu Zhongtian passed the ball, he suddenly changed forward and Ram couldn't react and let the dangerous person go.
"Beautiful over-top pass! Tear open Bayern Munich's defense!"
After Obasi received the ball, Bayern players thought he was offside, but he had already passed the ball into the penalty area. At this time, Bayern players were shocked when they saw that the lineman and the referee had no expression, so they were shocked and ran back.
The football has already flown to the front of the door!
Demba Ba jumped high and headed to attack without any guard!
"Denba.ba—"
Hoffenheim fans who were sitting in their seats had already stood up from their seats and were ready to cheer for the goal.
But Demba Ba's header was above the crossbar... "What a pity! This was originally a great offensive opportunity for Hoffenheim."
※※※ Before the game, Rangnick said he would drag the game into a fast pace, and Chrismann's Bayern Munich has been practicing to make the game faster this season.
When two teams that both pay attention to fast pace meet, the collision will inevitably lead to a very exciting and beautiful game with a fast-paced offensive and defensive transfer.
Demba Ba was still holding his head and regretting that his head was not going forward. Rensin had already passed the ball there. He did not have big feet, but passed it to Van Bomel, Van Bomel and then to Ze Roberto.
Chu Zhongtian saw that Denba and Ba did not shoot in, so he turned around and ran back. He still had to defend Ribery.
Now when Ze Roberto wanted to pass the football to Ribery, he found that Ribery was following Chu Zhongtian not far away, and he changed his mind.
He had seen the opponent's No. 8's defensive ability before, giving football to Ribery would not help the team's offense.
So he stopped the football and observed it left and right.
When Ram saw this, he knew that the team had problems with the offense. It was time for him, a full-back, to step forward.
In fact, he was specifically told by Klinsman before this game that he should not rashly assist in the game at the beginning of the game, because this would allow Hoffenheim to seize the opportunity to hit him behind him. In order to stabilize the defense, he tried to make as few forwards as possible in the first half.
But Klinsmann did not let him stop moving forward at all. Ram had his own judgment on whether to move forward or not. He felt that this was a good time. Ribery was stared at by Chu Zhongtian. His forward insertion could break the balance and create a goal opportunity.
Ze Roberto saw Ram coming up and passed the football to him.
Ram did not lead the football to the middle, but ran straight towards Chu Zhongtian.
Ribery was about to move beside him. Chu Zhongtian did not defend Ram, but continued to follow Ribery.
Ram was a little surprised, but he soon understood - no matter what happened in this game, Hoffenheim's No. 8 will follow Ribery tightly, and it is unlikely to use this method to pull him out and create a chance for Ribery.
Since Chu Zhongtian was not guarding himself, Ram naturally didn't hesitate and rushed over from the two of them with the ball.
Baker came up to defend Ram, Ribery ran to the side and pulled over from Ram. Ram did not pass the ball because Ribery was still following Chu Zhongtian.
Ram saw Ze Roberto picking him up in the middle and quickly passed the ball.
Ze Roberto did not stop the ball, but directly crossed his ankle and stuffed the ball from Ram into the penalty area!
“Beautiful straight pass!”
Because Baker is defending Ram and Chu Zhongtian is defending Ribery, both of them are on the wing, and there are only two central defenders in the penalty area, which is even more empty on their right rib. When Tony ran there horizontally, Comper had not yet followed, Ze Roberto's football passed.
Tony, who received the ball, shot the ball, but the football shot on the sideline... Although the ball did not enter, the series of attacks made the fans in the stands excited.
And not only the fans on the scene, but also those German fans in front of the TV also saw a game different from the ordinary Bundesliga. The pace of the Bundesliga matches in the past was definitely not so fast. Both sides always set up their formation and began to test each other. While stabilizing their defense, they also expect the other party to make mistakes first.
For a long time, conservative ideas have ruled Germany. Apart from the volatility of free men, German football has not contributed anything revolutionary to the world football. When four defenders are popular all over Europe, German football is still holding the three central defender scavenger's style of playing. Now modern football with high speed and high intensity confrontation has swept the world, but German football seems to be isolated from the world and ignores it. If Klinsmann had not promoted modern football to the national team, I am afraid that the German team would never be able to reach the semi-finals in the World Cup held in their local area.
Former Hamburg head coach Stevens firmly believes: "The first thing to do in the game is not to concede goals." Wolfsburg head coach Magath said when coaching Bayern: "Observation wins the audience, but defense wins the championship." These ideas are not a problem in the league, because the league is long and stability overwhelms everything. But it is behind in the Champions League. It is not accidental that Premier League clubs have several teams reaching the Champions League semi-finals for several consecutive years. Although the English national team is second-rate in Europe, the Premier League is indeed world-class, and the football they play is modern and advanced. However, German teams have successively failed in the Champions League.
The broadcasting effect of Bundesliga matches is the best in Europe and the best in the event organization ability. However, they have fallen to the fourth place in Europe and are almost on the same level as Ligue 1. Why? In addition to the lack of world-class stars, it is also related to their conservative and dull playing style.
However, the game between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich changed the audience's inherent impression. The game entered a high-tempo and high-confrontation from the beginning. Both sides went back and forth, and the offense and defense transfers were very fast, making the audience dazzled.
The game attracted live broadcasts from 167 countries, with more than 300 reporters and photographers on site. In the broadcast seat of the Allianz Stadium, it was like a small United Nations. Commentators from all over the world rushed to introduce Hoffenheim players to everyone in their language. Even many people heard about the name of this team for the first time, let alone the players.
※※※Just two minutes after Tony's shot missed the goal, Bayern Munich made a comeback, and this time the football was passed to Schweinsteiger's feet. Hoffenheim's defense did not shrink into the penalty area, but attempted to offside.
Chu Zhongtian was originally on the wing, but when he saw his teammates pressing down and trying to make an offside, a picture suddenly flashed in his mind - Tony received the pass and broke into the penalty area, but he was not offside!
He didn't think about how this thought came about, he was already used to it.
But he immediately started chasing Tony, and the Italian shooter had already started.
At this moment Schweinsteiger passed the ball!
"No offside! Beautiful!"
Chu Zhongtian was still one step late. Tony received the ball before him and then entered the penalty area. Goalkeeper Haas attacked and the two collided and fell to the ground.
The football was blocked by Haas and fell to the feet of Chu Zhongtian who was chasing him back.
To be continued...