Chapter 55: The Greater China Cannon(1/2)
After the game, Rangnick might think that it was a mistake to not let Weis start, but he would never think so before the game. Ribery was too popular. When he mentioned the question of "who will defend Ribery", Rangnick would only think of the name "Chu Zhongtian" in his mind.
When Weiss came on the court, he took Chu Zhongtian's gun and continued to defend Ribery.
Ribery originally thought that after leaving Chu Zhongtian, his chance came. The game lasted for 70 minutes, but he had no performance. The team scored two goals, which had nothing to do with him. He made zero contributions to both the two goals, whether it was direct or indirect.
Such performance obviously cannot satisfy him.
He didn't take Weis seriously. He had never heard of Weis' name before this game. Hoffenheim was just "Chu Zhongtian and Ibissevic" to him. He was by no means pretentious. Hoffenheim was like this in the eyes of many people. Chu Zhongtian organization, Ibissevic scored a goal.
But after trying several times, Ribery found that Weis was not easy to deal with at all. He had a contemptuous heart before, wanted to break through Weis easily, then pass the ball, or shoot into the penalty area. The opponent broke the ball. The opponent followed him tirelessly, and no matter where he ran, he always followed him firmly. He couldn't easily catch the ball and make moves. Sometimes he even fouled to stop himself... Damn it!
Ribery whispered in her heart.
He looked at Chu Zhongtian who had returned to the defender position. Since the boy took down his mission to guard himself, he immediately organized a threatening attack.
Ribery turned his head and looked at Weiss, who was not far from him.
That kid was relaxed, but he was carrying a big burden!
※※※There was the 75th minute when Salihovic was replaced, and the two sides launched a counterattack. Time walked very quickly in the back and forth.
Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
The game officially entered the last ten minutes.
"There are ten minutes left in the game, and this game is considered to be faster for Bundesliga fans. Many people must have found that the game has reached the 80th minute before they reacted!" Duan Bin said. "Bayern Munich is still leading 2:1 now, and Hoffenheim is still one goal behind. There are ten minutes left in the game, can they tie the score?"
"I think it's a lot of difficulty." Gong Lei, the commentator next to him, continued, "Bayern is a giant team after all, and they have experience and know how to play after leading. I think Klinsmann will make adjustments in no time. Now that Bayern is leading, with ten minutes left in the game, he should start defending."
"But the lead of a ball is not safe, and Hoffenheim is good at attacking..."
"It is precisely because of this that we have to shrink the defense. Although Hoffenheim's offense is very sharp, it is all scored in a fast pass. Fast pass requires space, and once Bayern shrinks defense, Hoffenheim loses that space in front of Bayern's goal. In addition, since Hoffenheim's offense is very sharp, why does Klinsmann still have to fight head-on with the opponent? Now he is leading and there is not much time left in the game, which is a great time for defense."
Duan Bin looked at the game scene on the big screen. The blue Hoffenheim was attacking, and the person in charge of the ball was Chu Zhongtian.
He was calling his teammates to let them press on. Obviously he also knew that there were only ten minutes left in the game, and ten minutes did not guarantee that they would score a goal.
Duan Bin is a Bayern fan. He has been fond of more than ten years, which has been much longer than he likes Hoffenheim. But he does not want Bayern Munich to win in this game. He feels that he should give this brave and young updated team a reward, telling them that it is right to insist on offense. Especially in a conservative and backward environment like the Bundesliga, a team that plays such beautiful football should receive some preferential treatment. Therefore, he does not want Hoffenheim to lose.
As for Bayern... it's nothing if you can't win a game. As a Bayern fan, Duan Bin believes that Bayern can still win the league championship prize set in the end. So the result is actually very good - Hoffenheim won the reward and respect, and Bayern Munich finally won a league championship.
The above is just Duan Bin's wishful thinking.
The actual situation was very consistent with Gong Lei's prediction. When the game time reached the 80th minute, Klinsmann on the sidelines looked at the watch and confirmed the time. Then he stood up from the coach's seat and gestured on the sidelines to indicate that the team began to gradually recover and instead played defensive counterattack. He knew that Hoffenheim would not be willing to fail, even if it was just a small loss for one goal, although this team was a promoted team, he had ambitions and was a very proud team.
Putting aside the fact that the two teams are enemies now, he and Hoffenheim have a good relationship. He and Rangnick have the same philosophy. When Klinsmann coached the German national team, there were many criticisms from the outside world about his fast offensive football style. At that time, Rangnick was one of the few coaches who firmly supported him.
At the same time, Klinsmann had a good personal relationship with Hoffenheim club owner Dietma Hope. In addition, the competitive director of Hoffenheim club Bernhard Peters is also good friends with Klinsmann. At first, when Klinsmann coached the German national team, he wanted Peters to be the director of the athletics, but the German Football Association did not approve it, so Klinsmann recommended him to Hope. Hope was very proud. Now that Hoffenheim has such a performance, it is inseparable from Peters' work.
It is precisely because of his familiarity with Hoffenheim that Klinsmann dared not continue to attack against Hoffenheim in the last ten minutes of the game. He knew that if he continued to attack, his team might have conceded the ball, not Hoffenheim.
※※※Rangnick noticed this and rushed to the sidelines and loudly reminded the players on the court: "Occurrence! Offense!"
Now, there is nothing else to do except attack.
Hoffenheim's football is very simple, it is attack.
Just like the songs their fans sang—the blood of the offensive flows forever.
Chu Zhongtian also felt that Bayern Munich was returning to defense. Because there was less and less space in front of him, he would encounter huge resistance when he moved forward.
Van Bommel's defense is very good, and Ze Roberto is not weak either.
They deal with Eduardo alone and with themselves alone.
In fact, a small loss to the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich is also a decent result. When they walked out of the Allianz Stadium, they might also receive applause from the home team fans. The next day, everyone praised Hoffenheim for playing a brave game at the Allianz Stadium - "They only lost one goal to Bayern. Considering the huge gap between the two teams, this result is acceptable..."
What is acceptable?
Chu Zhongtian didn't think so.
Losing means losing. He will not give himself some boring excuses to hide the shame brought by failure. Those who should laugh at them will still laugh at them and curse them, the upstart team, relegated as soon as possible.
This is the most unacceptable.
Chu Zhongtian didn't want to wake up the next day of the game and find that it was covered with hypocritical praise and real insults. They worked hard for ninety minutes, not just to come here to lose a small goal!
Chu Zhongtian was in control of the ball, but he did not pass the ball quickly. Yes, he encountered some trouble. Hoffenheim's football is fast football, but that doesn't mean that when the opponent starts to shrink to defend within the 30-meter area, Hoffenheim's football can still get up quickly. It is impossible to tear open such a dense defense line by just passing three feet.
Hoffenheim is facing a new issue - what to do when they have to fight against their opponents. As their performance becomes more and more outstanding, as more and more opponents regarding them as strong opponents, Chu Zhongtian and his teammates inevitably have to face such difficulties more.
Chu Zhongtian originally planned to pass the ball to Eduardo, but Eduardo was tightly entangled by Ze Roberto, so Chu Zhongtian drove the ball back, turned around, and planned to pass it to Salihovic. However, Salihovic landed far away on the side, and he was almost standing on the bottom line, with at least three Bayern Munich players separated from him. The distance was too far, and he had to use over-top. Such a ball was obvious and would be intercepted by the opponent halfway.
He gave up the idea and pushed the ball back again, preparing to pass the ball across the cross. At this moment, he was stabbed by Van Bomel from behind, and was knocked down by Van Bomel from behind.
Rangnick saw Chu Zhongtian being knocked to the ground on the sidelines and waved his hands angrily.
Van Bommel has a yellow card on him, and he is so arrogant that he should be sent off by a red card. This is what Rangnick thinks.
Bayern fans in the stands were booing Chu Zhongtian, believing that he was pretending to fall and wanted their captain to be sent off.
Hoffenheim players were reminding the referee that they were doing the trick of exploring cards and wanted the referee to send Van Bomel off.
The referee didn't listen to them, he just verbally warned Captain Bayern.
Van Bommel did not appreciate it, or his attention was not on the referee's punishment. He ran backwards, staring at Chu Zhongtian who had climbed up from the ground, and his expression was absolutely not "kind".
He wanted to put pressure on Chu Zhongtian in this way.
Unfortunately, Chu Zhongtian didn't take this trick.
In terms of the fierceness of the defense, Chu Zhongtian felt that this Dutchman was far inferior to his first opponent Rorik Kana in Ligue 1. Although in terms of fame, Kana was far inferior to Van Bomel. But every time that guy defended, he seemed to be aiming at your ankle. He would not give up if he didn't kick your leg off. He had fought with Kana more than once and was not at a disadvantage.
So it is simply a delusion to let Van Bommel retreat if he wants to use this level of defense.
※※※Chu Zhongtian decided to slow down the team's offensive speed and no longer pursued three or four passes to form a shot. Hoffenheim did not lack the speed of offensive, but he was the clutch foot.
To break through Bayern Munich's goal, there must be some change in rhythm.
He hooked his hand and signaled the people in front to recycle it, especially Salihovic, who pushed too far and could not pass the ball to him.
Taking advantage of the opportunity to die, he reminded Salihovic: "You are a full-back, not a forward. You are too far away from me, and I can only pass the football to Eduardo. In this way, we have too few choices and the opponent's defense will be easier. As long as they defend Eduardo, our offense will lose the threat!"
Salihovic must admit that what Chu Zhongtian said was right. When he was in front, he basically never received Chu Zhongtian's pass.
"You guys go to recycling, we scored through the pass!" Chu Zhongtian said to other teammates around him. "Don't be too far away from me, don't let Bayern cut off our pass contact."
"Including injury stoppage time, there are ten minutes left, guys. We must score another goal!"
No one expressed objection, and Hoffenheim players did not want them to end the game at Allianz Stadium like this. Before the game, who was looked down upon by so many people, and who didn't feel angry in his heart? Who didn't want to prove himself? In other words, even if there were no verbal battles before the game, no grudges, this game was broadcast live to 167 countries, who wouldn't want to have an outstanding performance in such a game, be able to score a goal or something?
※※※Ribery and Kloze both came back to defend, leaving only one Luca Tony in front.
Bayern contracted fiercely, but it was unambiguous when fighting back. In the 82nd minute, Hoffenheim failed to attack. After intercepting the ball, Ram directly passed the ball forward with a long foot. Tony leaned against Comper and headed the ball. Ribery had already inserted it at high speed and received the ball.
Weiss still followed him closely, and when he saw Ribery catch the ball, he stretched out his foot to interfere.
But this kick made a short break, and Ribery seized the opportunity and forced a breakthrough.
Weiss was not as fast as Ribery and was thrown away by the other party.
Ribery, who had shaken Weiss away, suddenly felt like she was running away from her bags, without any restraint, making him feel like a gust of wind.
"Hoffenheim's defense made a mistake... Ribery is here! Is he going to score Bayern's third goal?"
Chu Zhongtian was returning to the defense zone as a midfielder. He did not chase Ribery, even after seeing Ribery pass Weiss, he just waved to Comper and signaled him to defend Ribery.
Comper ran to Ribery.
Instead of breaking the ball, he stuck until he forced Ribery to turn outward.
Compare came up very promptly, and Ribery had no chance to continue cutting inside, so he had to push the football slightly to the outside and speed up!
Comper hurriedly chased after him.
Ribery did not continue to dribble the ball, but suddenly made a cross!
Tony is already in the penalty area, and Klose is about to run in. This is a good opportunity!
Tony kept running in, followed by a Yaisler, another central defender of Hoffenheim. But he could only interfere with himself because he had lost his best defensive position. As long as the ball came over, he jumped and flicked his head, and hit the goal within the frame, he could score. Tony had such confidence.
He leaned against Yasler, counting his steps, and preparing to jump and head.
But at this moment, the football in front of him disappeared, replaced by a black shadow that obscured his entire vision.
"Oh-Chu! He jumped up and headed the ball to clear the ball!"
Chu Zhongtian did not blindly clear the situation. He clearly saw the surrounding situation in the air - except behind him, he could not turn his head. Compare is very close to Ribery and the football cannot be pushed to him, so it would be cut off directly, and another counterattack on the spot. He was unwilling to push the football directly out of the baseline and then give Bayern Munich a corner kick. When the ball control fell to the opponent's feet, things would definitely not happen to him.
The best result is that it can not only help but also organize counterattacks if there are suspicious situations.
Chu Zhongtian saw Weiss who was returning to defense. He had not yet entered the penalty area and there was no player in Bayern's secretive position within fifteen meters. This was the best choice.
Chu Zhongtian slightly closed his abdomen, controlled the power of the header, and gave the football back to Weiss in the air.
Tony jumped up in vain, but he was in vain.
After Chu Zhongtian finished the ball, he opened his arms to maintain balance and prepared to land. He did not plan to end here, and his mission had not been completed yet.
After landing, he directly pushed the ground with his right foot, twisted his body back, and shot it out like an arrow.
He hadn't forgotten to attack and fight back.
Chu Zhongtian rushed out, and Weiss had just adjusted the football.
To be continued...