Chapter 94 Intermission
"Hoffenheim won a corner kick..." The commentator's voice sounded. But what was louder was the shouts and singing of the Rhine Neka Stadium coming from the TV. Even through the TV screen, people can clearly feel the warm atmosphere of Hoffenheim at home.
All along, everyone knows that English fans are the most fanatical and the atmosphere in the Premier League is the best. But that's because their media is developed, this scene can be conveyed to all parts of the world. In fact, the atmosphere in German football is not inferior at all. You should know that the stadium with the highest decibels in the world is in Germany. The average attendance rate of the Bundesliga is second only to the Premier League in 91.2%, and the average attendance rate of the Bundesliga is 85.2%. The Serie A, which was once the "Small World Cup", has countless Chinese fans' good memories, is the lowest among the five major European leagues, with only 57.6%.
In terms of madness, German fans are not inferior to English fans at all. They are not as low-key as German media have always been low-key and do not promote these things very much. In addition, English is a common language in the world after all. There are many people who know English, so there are naturally many people who promote the Premier League, and German is different.
But don't think that German fans have no passion or enthusiasm, and no one watches the German league.
Listen to the singing of Rhine Neka Stadium. Since its completion, the stadium has been full. Whether it is a strong team Bayern Munich visiting or a weak team like Cottbus, the stands are always full. What does this mean? It shows that Hoffenheim fans are not here to watch the game on the spot for the stars of those strong teams. They are here to support their team, so they have nothing to do with their opponents.
If Chinese fans can understand German, they will know that at this time the Hoffenheim fans are shouting: "Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim! Let them taste our football!!"
Amid such shouts, several big men from Hoffenheim rushed to the goal in the penalty area and were entangled with Bayern Munich's defensive players.
Chu Zhongtian didn't go in, and he stood in the top of the penalty area. He bounced well and headed well, but he didn't like to squeeze in front of the goal to compete for the top. Even if his heading skills were good, it wouldn't be wise to compete for the top in the most difficult places. The clever way is to avoid the tightest part of the enemy's defense and attack from the weakest places.
And you can avoid being noticed by the opponent's defensive players outside. Now Chu Zhongtian's heading skills are already a bit famous in the Bundesliga. Whether it is defense or offense, everyone knows that this person has excellent heading skills. In the FM football manager game produced by Si Company, which has always been biased against the Bundesliga, in Chu Zhongtian of Hoffenheim, the heading value is 18, which is already very high.
Bayern Munich forgot this when defending. Maybe Heinx didn't tell them before the game, maybe they said it, but now they forgot that when Hoffenheim's two central defenders and a full-back, as well as Demba, who is also tall, and Obasi rushed to the front of the goal, Bayern's defensive players suddenly felt that their defensive power was stretched. Even if one person was guarding one, it would be a bit difficult, let alone taking care of those who were not in front of the goal. Even if they knew that Chu Zhongtian's header was very powerful, they would probably not take him seriously at this time. After all, he is far away from the goal. Generally, players will feel that the farther away from the goal, the lower the threat, and the closer the goal, the higher the threat. Of course, defensive players should give priority to players with high threats.
Only Ribery noticed Chu Zhongtian, but just when he wanted to rush over to defend, he was blocked by his teammates and Hoffenheim players in front of him. At this time, Salihovic's corner kick was taken out... Ribery in the crowd could only watch the football draw an outer arc, bypassing the crowded crowd in front of the goal, and flew to the penalty spot. Then he rushed in from outside in Metz's teammate Chu Zhongtian, jumped high in the sprint, and then headed to attack the goal... "Chu! Head! gooooooooooooooal!!"
"This is... the header! Alas? The ball is in! The ball is in!!"
The Rhine-Neka Stadium was suddenly filled with joy.
The shouts of "Chu!Chu!Chu!" resounded throughout the sky.
Chu Zhongtian, who landed in the air, turned his head and looked at Bayern Munich's goal. He saw the football falling from the goal of Bayern Munich.
After confirming the goal, he opened his arms and turned to the south stand where Hoffenheim fans gathered. There was a blue ocean, and Hoffenheim fans were waving the blue scarf in their hands and shouting the name of their captain.
Chu Zhongtian waved his fists at the enthusiastic fans, and as he moved, the fans in the stands shouted louder and louder.
At this critical moment when deciding whether to win the championship, everyone was full of enthusiasm and selflessness.
※※※Emily looked at Chu Zhongtian who opened her mouth and shouted in front of the TV, fascinated by the concentration. She could only cheer for her lover in the United States, but she had booked a plane ticket to Germany the day after tomorrow. In the last game of the league this season, she would be with Chu Zhongtian.
My mother walked over and looked at the TV. She happened to see the live broadcast giving Chu Zhongtian a close-up shot. Chu Zhongtian's expression in the picture looked a little ferocious.
"His goal?" Miranda was a little surprised.
"Yeah!" Emily nodded vigorously without her eyes leaving the TV screen. She was very happy.
Miranda curled her lips. She had heard her daughter say something like Hoffenheim could become the Bundesliga champion. She was not a fool, and she knew that if Hoffenheim became the Bundesliga champion, it would be a good thing for Chu Zhongtian.
However, she was still a little unhappy to see that the boy was so proud. She had performed well for her daughter, studied drama performance, joined the famous Hollywood producers, came to Hollywood to develop, became a star, and then found a rich and famous man who loved her... Unexpectedly, at Wimbledon, a Chinese boy who had never heard of before came out of nowhere and changed her script. Since then, her daughter has embarked on another path and got involved with a football player... In the UK, there are a lot of negative news about football players, and it has never stopped. In Miranda's opinion, Hollywood movie stars are all gentlemen, while football players are all gangsters from the slums. They are not well educated and can easily lose themselves if they have a little money.
Although Chu Zhongtian is not a British man who likes to drink, he is also a football player.
It’s just that her daughter is so obsessed with that man and even runs away from home for him. She has no choice but to be a damn person...※※ Bayern head coach Heinkes was so shocked by Chu Zhongtian’s goal that he stood up from his seat. The balance was broken and it made him feel very difficult.
The team finally recovered morale and was hit back by this ball. What's more serious is that this goal broke the balance on the court and Hoffenheim took the lead. The leading side often plays better because they have psychological advantages, and psychology always plays an important role in the game. No one dares to underestimate the impact of psychology on the players.
The main reason why Hoffenheim players have a huge psychological advantage is that they scored another goal five minutes after they just conceded the ball and took the lead again. This will be a hint for the players: we are better than them, look, we scored again, we are still leading!
Such hints will make the players more confident in their performance on the court, and many difficult movements that they dare not do can be completed well.
On the contrary, Bayern players will be negatively affected.
So Heinx's reaction to this goal was very fierce. He knew what this goal meant to Bayern. He would have to pay a lot of money and effort to save such a situation, and he didn't know whether it was effective... ※※※ After the goal was lost, Bayern Munich did not launch a counterattack immediately. They were obviously confused by Hoffenheim's lead and then played again.
Although Heinx always stood on the sidelines to direct the game in the subsequent games, Bayern Munich's performance never improved.
But Hoffenheim took advantage of the victory and launched many threatening attacks. If their shooters had not fully seized the opportunity or were not very lucky, the score would have long been unknown... Marcel Leif even had the mood to tease Ibisekic who was lying on the bed: "What would Ibisek feel if I saw his teammates performing in front of the TV? If Ibisekic was there, maybe the game would have lost its suspense in the first half!"
Until the referee Weiner blew the whistle at the end of the first half, the score was still 2:1, with the home team Hoffenheim leading.
There were bursts of singing at the Rhine-Neca Stadium, and amid these songs, Bayern coach Heinx's expression was very ugly.
Most of the Bayern players, who have always been proud, bowed their heads when they came out of the game during the halftime break. This first half was not good for them. Except for Ribery who shined once, Bayern's performance was not very good at most of the other days.
In contrast to them, Hoffenheim players looked relaxed when they walked off the court, and most of them had smiles on their faces. Rangnick was on the sidelines and saw a player walking down, he went up and patted their shoulders to show encouragement and approval.
When it was Chu Zhongtian's turn, he did not pat his shoulder, but gave him a hug. This special treatment shows Chu Zhongtian's status in Rangnick's mind.
"Good job, Chu." He said in Chu Zhongtian's ear as he hugged him. "That goal was very timely and beautiful!"
※※※At the break, there was no game to watch, but Albert was very happy. At first, he thought Hoffenheim was in lingering in this game, but he didn't expect that China Chu scored the goal so quickly. This situation was very good for Hoffenheim, but unfortunately Hoffenheim did not score another goal before the end of the first half.
Some people went to buy beer around him, and some people continued to stay in their seats and discussed the first half with great enthusiasm. For Hoffenheim fans, this was a happy and wonderful forty-five minutes. Of course, if Chu Zhongtian did not have the header, these forty-five minutes would be hard to say.
Abel was a little shy at first, and there were people around him whom he didn't know, so he just listened. Later, everyone was very excited about the discussion, and he felt itchy when he had ideas to say it, so he simply inserted it in and expressed his opinions based on other people's opinions, either praising the performance of Hoffenheim players, or predicting the performance of both sides in the second half.
Most of his views were very convincing, and gradually, everyone turned their attention to him. The more he talked, the more he became more interested, and he forgot everything about shyness...※※※Abel talked a lot among the fans, and the players of the two teams performed differently in the locker room.
The Hoffenheim players were very excited. When they returned to the locker room, they were still talking loudly about the first half, and they seemed very happy.
And Bayern Munich's locker room was a little silent.
Heinkes is not the kind of head coach who will beat players in the locker room and scold players. He is an old man with a gentle personality. This may be related to his early years of wandering around the country to coach. After all, when he coaches the team as a foreign coach, communication, respect and sensitivity are crucial to the team's success. It was not popular at that time that coaches like Mourinho. Coaches with too many personality will not be popular, the media will not pursue them, and players will also think that such a head coach is not trustworthy.
He is still like this until now. So although his face was not very good at the end of the first half, he still did not scold the whole team when he returned to the locker room. But he didn't say anything, he didn't know what to say, and at this time his own mood had not calmed down.
Bayern players were also uncomfortable with the bad first half or at a loss, and they kept their heads silent at this time. For a moment, there was no other sound in the locker room except for breathing and footsteps.
After a while, Heinx decided to say something.
"You played badly in the first half, and there was nothing else except one goal. That goal was caused by the opponent's defensive mistake. If you don't find a way to reverse this situation in the second half, then we will definitely lose."
He said, looking at the players.
"Our rankings are dangerous now. Think about it, if we lose to Hoffenheim here, what changes will happen to our league rankings? We may lose the qualification for the Champions League next season. We have lost the league championship, are we going to lose the qualification for the Champions League? Who of you wants to compete in the League next season?"
Heinx asked, no one said they were willing.
What kind of team is Bayern Munich? They are the overlord of the Bundesliga and have dominated the country's top league for decades. Except for occasionally napping, they will give other teams a chance to make trouble. Such a team is Real Madrid in Germany. The second league is failure. Not to mention that they can't even get such a Champions League qualification, it can be described as a "scandal", especially last season they just participated in a League Cup. If they are participating next season... Should they let the media call Bayern Munich a "League Cup-level team" in the future? How can this be felt for Bayern players who have always been proud?
Being able to play for Bayern is a top honor for German players. Playing at Bayern, the players themselves will have a natural sense of pride. Perhaps this is the aristocratic temperament, unlike grassroots like Hoffenheim. They cannot tolerate failure and being insulted, especially being insulted by the people.
If he lost to Hoffenheim away, he would undoubtedly be insulted by Caomin.
"In the second half, we must strengthen our defense against their No. 8 and keep pace with each other..."
Heinx saw the changes in the players and knew that his words had worked. For Bayern players, pride is their trait. They may underestimate the enemy, and they can also burst out huge energy in unfavorable situations, causing all opponents to be wiped out. This is the foundation of a wealthy family.
And these are what Hoffenheim does not have.
※※※Then Bayern Munich is studying how to deal with Chu Zhongtian, and Hoffenheim is not dazzled by his outstanding performance in the first half. This team has suffered many failures this season, especially in the second half of the season. These failures are precious wealth for Hoffenheim today.
Rangnick once proudly said in the face of the media that Hoffenheim is a team that can grow from every failure and continue to move forward. What he said is not without reason. Hoffenheim has indeed learned from those failures, and now they are not too rampant in the face of leading Bayern.
They still listened carefully to Rangnick telling them about the arrangements for the second half.
"Ribary is a dangerous person. In the first half, he changed his style of playing. He no longer acted on the wing and actively sought the ball, but went to the penalty area and was ambushed like a striker. Bayern's goal scored this way. This should attract your attention. Someone must deal with Ribery in the second half."
"But coach, our people have fixed targets...Comper should pay attention to Tony, I have to defend Podolsky..." Per Nilsson asked with his hand raised.
"I'll go to defend Ribery." Before Rangnick's answer, Chu Zhongtian volunteered. Just as Ribery regarded this game as a contest between him and Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian also had similar ideas. Of course, this game is related to whether Hoffenheim can finally win the league championship, but Chu Zhongtian didn't mind competing with Ribery in the game. For a long time, from the surface, Ribery is superior to him in all aspects - the team he joined is a wealthy club, with a higher salary than him, participated in the World Cup, and won the runner-up of the World Cup, and is a world superstar. His resume is similar to his and his honors are always underestimated. He is not a clay Buddha, and he also wants to prove that he is not worse than Ribery.
Rangnick smiled. He thought about the fact that he had put Chu Zhongtian on the right to guard Ribery, but he didn't expect that Chu Zhongtian would still have to guard Ribery in this game.
Of course, Chu Zhongtian only went to defend Ribery when Bayern attacked. What should he do at other times? This requires Chu Zhongtian to keep shuttled back and forth on both ends of the offense and defense, and sometimes even had to sprint repeatedly. This is a big test for his physical fitness. The weather is hot today and the physical energy consumes more.
But Rangnick was not worried that Chu Zhongtian would lose his energy. In his opinion, Chu Zhongtian was the best physical player he had ever seen. Other players might not be able to complete such a task, but Chu Zhongtian should be able to do it.
So he didn't say anything and nodded: "Then you pay attention to defending Ribery's shot."
"Let's take a look at other people..." Originally, Ribery was Bayern's biggest threat, but when Chu Zhongtian volunteered, in Rangnick's opinion, even if there was a solution, he naturally focused on other Bayern players.
Chu Zhongtian smiled slightly, hoping that Ribery would not be too surprised when she saw him in the second half...
Chapter completed!