On November 3, in the Champions League group stage, Hoffenheim defeated his opponent 3-0 at home at Besiktas, avenging the revenge that he had been tied by the opponent at his home court. The devil's home court of the Turkish team did not work against Hoffenheim, and the crazy shouts of Besiktas fans could not stop Hoffenheim from sending the ball into their goal three times.

In this game, Salihovic, Eduardo and Kalarov each scored one goal, while Chu Zhongtian contributed an assist.

This game also allowed Hoffenheim to surpass Manchester United in the group. The two teams had the same points, both eight points, but Hoffenheim had the advantage of goal difference. After four group games, Hoffenheim defeated CSKA Moscow 3:0, drew Manchester United 2:2, drew Besiktas 0:0, and beat Besiktas 3:0, scoring eight goals and conceding two goals, with a goal difference of six. Manchester United scored seven goals, conceded five goals, and a goal difference of two.

Manchester United was tied 3:3 by CSKA at home in this round of matchday. It was this draw that gave Hoffenheim the opportunity to surpass Manchester United. In this season's Champions League group stage, Manchester United, the runner-up last season, had not won the two home games, but they defeated Besiktas and CSKA Moscow 1:0 respectively away.

Originally everyone thought that Manchester United would definitely qualify for this group, but now they have to re-observe this group. Hoffenheim is in good momentum at present, while Manchester United is full of crises.

After defeating Besiktas with a big score, he returned to the domestic league field, but Hoffenheim lost 1:2 to Wolfsburg, showing their unstable side. The team is young and full of vitality, but it is still a little lacking in maintaining stability.

After this round of league, a bad news broke out in German football. Robert Enke, the No. 1 goalkeeper of the national team, played for Hannover 96, was hit and killed by a train at a railway intersection. At first, everyone thought it was a traffic accident. Later, it was soon reported that Enke committed suicide due to depression. The mental health of football players was refocused. In Germany, Enke is no longer the first player to suffer from depression. Desler, a genius midfielder of German football, was forced to retire early due to depression.

Even Hoffenheim's central defender Simonic suffered from depression in his early years, and he was cured until he turned to Hertha Berlin when he turned to Hertha Berlin. Now Hoffenheim has a permanent psychologist to prevent players from developing depression. Because most players live in a stressful environment for a long time, many people don't know why they are depressed and lack mutual understanding between each other, so they are easy to fall into the abyss of emotions.

The topic of the death of Enke has caused depression among football players has become the core of German football discussion. Everyone is concerned about whether the players are healthy. Hoffenheim is proud of this. They have professional psychologists and they also have a strong captain. No one has ever seen Chu Zhongtian at a low point in his mood. Although he is not the kind of player who is particularly fussy, he is never pessimistic. On the contrary, when his teammates feel pessimistic, he can encourage everyone to get out of this pessimistic mood. Just like Chu Zhongtian did when Ibissevic was injured last season when he was injured.

So when it comes to depression, Ibisevic specifically thanked Chu Zhongtian during an interview with reporters. If it weren't for Chu Zhongtian's timely appearance, he might have had depression... Chu Zhongtian himself did not escape this discussion. Chinese media did not forget to call Chu Zhongtian when reporting on Enke's death. So Chu Zhongtian's phone always rang at any time these days, even when he was sleeping at night, which forced him to turn off his phone at night. In the past, because Emily and himself were not in the same time zone, their phones were not turned off for 24 hours.

Chu Zhongtian had nothing to say about Enke's death except regret. At most, he would face media inquiries and recall what kind of person this person was. But except for fighting on the court several times, he and Enke had no other contact, and he didn't know what kind of person he was. So in the end his answer was a bit the same: "He is a good person..."

Speaking of depression, Chu Zhongtian said that he had no trouble in this regard at all: "I live a fulfilling and satisfied life every day. Why do I get depression? Stress is high? That is not a problem for me, pressure is motivation."

When he was interviewed, Chu Zhongtian was on the side of the training ground of the Chinese team. He had already flew from Germany to Lebanon to represent the Chinese team in the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers. Their opponent was Lebanon.

In the two qualifiers in January before, the Chinese team lost to Syria away and won Vietnam at home. They currently have three points and scored the same points as Vietnam. In this two games, facing Lebanon, the weakest in the group, the Chinese team must win both to ensure the advantage of qualifying.

So in this game, Chu Zhongtian rushed to help thousands of miles and flew over from Germany to participate in the competition.

Due to the schedule, the Chinese team's second game had a conflict with the time of the Bundesliga, so the two sides started a fierce battle over Chu Zhongtian.

Hoffenheim originally planned to let Chu Zhongtian go back to play one game. After the Chinese team played away against Lebanon, Chu Zhongtian was going back. However, the Chinese Football Association hoped that Chu Zhongtian would participate in two games before going back. If this is the case, he would miss Hoffenheim's away league in Cologne. This league will be held on November 20, while the Chinese team's second game will be on November 22. Not only that, if Chu Zhongtian played both games, it will also affect Hoffenheim's.

In the Champions League group stage, according to the schedule, Hoffenheim's fifth Champions League group stage kicks off on the evening of November 25. After Chu Zhongtian finished the game against Lebanon, even if he rushed back to Germany overnight, he would only have two days of training adjustment on the 23rd and 24th. Considering that he was running back and forth tens of thousands of kilometers and had no time to rest, it is really worrying what physical condition Chu Zhongtian can use to play the game at that time. Even if he was a tough fight, he would not be able to stand it.

So before Chu Zhongtian returned to China, Hoffenheim Club and the Chinese Football Association had a fierce tug-of-war. Moreover, this war had already begun, and it was not a matter of one or two days. Both sides had their own opinions. Hoffenheim had the interests of Hoffenheim, and the Chinese Football Association also had the interests of the Chinese Football Association. On the one hand, it was to qualify in the Champions League group, and on the other hand, it was to qualify in the Asian Cup, and on the other hand, it was to qualify in both sides.

Chu Zhongtian expressed his thoughts to Rangnick, and he still wanted to go back to participate in the national team competition. Now the national team regards him as the core, which makes him feel that there is hope and hope for playing football in the national team, so his motivation is much higher than before. However, Rangnick has his own arrangements and did not let Chu Zhongtian go. Rangnick doesn't care about the needs of the Chinese team. He only knows what he needs here. Chu Zhongtian has no choice. He can't protest by stopping training, right? In order to play football for the national team, it's not worth making such a fuss, otherwise he will return to China this time, and when he comes back from the national team, his life in this team will end... Later, he simply shut up and ignores nothing. Anyway, he will listen to whoever wins.

In the face of unremitting disputes, the Chinese Football Association sued the matter to FIFA. In the end, FIFA issued an arbitration order. The Chinese national team asked the recruitment of player Chu Zhongtian for sufficient reasons, because the Asian Cup qualifiers are an international A-level event recognized by FIFA. The national team has the right to recruit players, and the club cannot stop them. In the end, Hoffenheim had to let Chu Zhongtian return to China to participate in the two Asian Cup qualifiers for the national team.

Although the two sides had a little unhappy about this, it can be seen from this matter how important Hoffenheim is to the Chinese national team and Hoffenheim now.

Chu Zhongtian, who returned to the national team, practiced with the team for a day and started to challenge Lebanon. The final result of this game was that the Chinese team defeated the opponent 3:0 away. Although the venue was very bad, Chu Zhongtian's dispatching and command made the victory of the Chinese team not very difficult, and he scored a penalty himself. This was his first goal in the national team in several years... After the Chinese team ended the game in Lebanon, they returned to China to prepare for the second round of the two sides on the evening of November 22.

Before this game, Hoffenheim played their 13th round of the league. Hoffenheim, who lacked Chu Zhongtian, was finally tied by Cologne 2:2. CCTV set Five broadcast the game live. Although it was midnight, Chu Zhongtian still watched the entire game in the hotel room. Without him, the team was a little confused in the midfield organization, and neither Zukulini nor Sana could replace him.

Deng Zhuoxiang, a national team newcomer who lives in the same room with Chu Zhongtian, watched the game with him. As a junior, Deng Zhuoxiang has always admired Chu Zhongtian very much. This time he was very happy to be able to live in the same room with Chu Zhongtian. Today, through watching this game, he realized how powerful Chu Zhongtian is, and his admiration for Chu Zhongtian is even more serious.

I just seized the time to learn in the room, and kept asking questions to Chu Zhongtian in this competition.

Chu Zhongtian had no airs, so he answered it one by one. When the two of them watched the game, they saw a lot of insights.

What Deng Zhuoxiang learned from Chu Zhongtian by watching the game quickly came in handy. The Chinese team played against Lebanon at home. Deng Zhuoxiang started and assisted Dewey to score in front of the goal, helping the Chinese team take the lead.

This is his first international A-level event. He can perform like this in the first time he plays for the national team. He can be said to have a good start.

Before he assisted, Chu Zhongtian passed the ball to him. This was the harvest of the two watching the ball together in the middle of the night the day before yesterday.

Considering that Chu Zhongtian had to face the Champions League game when he returned, Gao Hongbo only let Chu Zhongtian play for 65 minutes before substituting him. When the game ended, Chu Zhongtian received cheers and applause from all Chinese fans.

In order to hurry, Chu Zhongtian, who was replaced, did not even wait for the game to end. He went back alone to take a shower, changed his clothes, and took Xu Xiaodi's car to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, flew there, then from Shanghai to Frankfurt, Germany, and finally from Frankfurt to Hoffenheim. Just like a star performing, he was so busy that he didn't even have time to sleep.

Chu Zhongtian used his mobile phone to find out the result of the Chinese team's game while waiting for boarding at Xiaoshan International Airport. With the goal of Deng Zhuoxiang assisting Dewey, the Chinese team defeated Lebanon 1-0. The two consecutive victories allowed the Chinese team to score nine points, while Vietnam lost to Syria at home, drew away and scored seven points. In terms of ranking, the Chinese team won the second place in the group. In the last two games, they played against Syria at home and challenged Vietnam away. As long as they tied Syria at home, they would not have a big problem in playing against Vietnam away. Chu Zhongtian is likely to participate in the Asian Cup for the first time as the captain.

When Chu Zhongtian returned to Hoffenheim's home from China, it was already ten o'clock local time on the evening of the 22nd. The journey made him fall asleep directly in the car from Frankfurt to Hoffenheim. The one who drove him was his agent in Europe, Mr. Merry.

Meili originally wanted to talk to him about finding a personal assistant, but when he saw Chu Zhongtian just got in the car and snored, he had to put this matter aside for the time being.

Chu Zhongtian is indeed physically good, but this does not mean that he can still be as if nothing is done when he is not sleeping. He is a player, not a cultivator.

So Chu Zhongtian, who appeared on the training ground the next day, seemed a little listless. Rangnick only looked at it for a while and asked Chu Zhongtian not to train today and to go home to rest.

As a result, Chu Zhongtian had never practiced with the team systematically until the start of the CSKA match with Moscow. Because this game was away and he had to go to the icy and snowy Moscow to challenge the CSKA, Chu Zhongtian had just returned to Germany from China and one day later, he had to fly to Moscow. This week, he had been on the plane for more than 20,000 kilometers alone, and spent about twenty-four hours on the plane, which was not a big enjoyment.

It is natural to imagine what his state is.

The core state is not good, and it is the end of November, and Moscow has already entered winter. On the day of the game, the CSKA home court, Luzhniki Stadium, opened artificial turf, and Hoffenheim players are very uncomfortable with playing artificial turf in heavy snow. As a result, they lost 1:2 away to CSKA Moscow.

Chu Zhongtian performed mediocrely, and the feeling of being calm on the court in the past was completely unavailable. After playing for 67 minutes, Rangnick replaced him with Zukulini. He himself felt very depressed and dissatisfied with his performance. But what is the solution? The situation of the Chinese team qualifying in the Asian Cup has improved, and he has to pay the price that Hoffenheim's prospects for qualifying in the Champions League group have become confusing.

Hoffenheim lost the ball, which was a good opportunity for their opponent Manchester United to take the lead, because Manchester United's game was later. As a result, Manchester United actually lost 0-1 to the weakest Besiktas in the group at their own home court! It made a surprise.

The situation of this group has become even more chaotic.

The five-round group stage was finished, and the last round left, the ranking of Group B was as follows: Hoffenheim ranked first with goal difference distance and scored eight points. Manchester United also scored eight points. If they could defeat Besiktas at home, they would have been able to top the group with 11 points, but unfortunately they did not seize such a good opportunity.

After defeating Hoffenheim at home, the CSKA scored from four points to seven points, which was only one point away from the qualifying spots in the group first and second. Besiktas also had four points after playing away games with Manchester United. With one round left in the group stage, all four teams in this group, except Besiktas was destined to miss the Champions League knockout stage, everyone has hope of advancing and everyone has hope of being eliminated. Even Besiktas has hope to compete for the third in the group and thus qualify for the fifth round of the League Cup.

Moreover, the final round of the group's matchup situation is also very interesting. Hoffenheim and Manchester United have two teams in the same position to meet at the Rhine-Neka Stadium, while CSKA Moscow challenge Besiktas away. The different results of these two games will lead to multiple dramatic scenes.

If Hoffenheim defeats Manchester United at his home court - this is not impossible, look at their performance at Manchester United - and CSKA Moscow defeats Besiktas at the opening, then Manchester United will be eliminated. Hoffenheim and CSKA Moscow join hands to enter the Champions League quarterfinals, which may be the biggest upset in the Champions League group stage.

If Manchester United beat Hoffenheim away and CSKA Moscow still defeated Besiktas, then Manchester United and CSKA Moscow jointly advanced. Hoffenheim finally suffered a grudge and could only play in the League Cup.

If Manchester United tied with Hoffenheim and CSKA Moscow won, then Manchester United would be eliminated. In addition, there are many cases where CSKA Moscow tied and lost, the fate of the four teams.

When the draw was just over, everyone thought that Manchester United had a good draw. There were almost no teams in this group that could threaten their prospects for qualifying. Whether it was last season's Bundesliga champion Hoffenheim, or Russian Premier League runner-up CSKA Moscow, and Turkish powerhouse Besiktas, they only had to compete for the second place in the group. Unexpectedly, before the last round of the group stage, the situation in this group would become like this... The key is that Manchester United did not play well in the group stage. Originally, Old Trafford Stadium was considered the most difficult home court in Europe. Manchester United has a huge advantage in this type of game, and players often perform exceptionally well. Roma was once slaughtered by them 7:1 here. Unexpectedly, this season, all three home courts in the group stage were drawn and one lost, and there was no win. This greatly dragged down their results. Otherwise, Manchester United should have qualified in advance.

The situation in Hoffenheim was unexpectedly good at the beginning, but was tied by Besiktas at home and lost to CSKA Moscow away, which also made their advantage disappear.

Moscow CSKA resurrected with a win over Besiktas, Hoffenheim, and Manchester United's draw. At the last moment of the group stage, he saw hope again.

Group B of the Champions League group stage is really messy.
Chapter completed!