"Just half an hour before the start of the competition, we finally got the starting list of both sides!" In CCTV's studio in Beijing, commentator He Ping and commentator guest Xu Yang were sitting on the preview program of the competition.

3D technology has made the starting list of both sides in the center of the studio.

As expected, Mourinho made all the main players to play and faced the dark horse Hoffenheim with the strongest posture.

The goalkeeper is Julio Cesar. The central defender is Lucio and Samuel, the left back is the old captain Zanetti, and the right back is Brazilian Macon. In the midfield, Stankovic, Mota and Cambiaso form three midfielders, crossing the front line, and Sneider is the front midfielder in front of them. The forwards are Milito and Etoo.

"For such a starter, three midfielders..." He Ping was stunned for a moment.

"It seems that Mourinho is still seeking stability at his home court. Hoffenheim's attack power is very strong, and it is reasonable to arrange three midfielders to protect the defense line..." Xu Yang analyzed from the side.

"Okay, let's take a look at Hoffenheim's starting lineup!"

Hoffenheim's starting lineup was nothing unexpected: goalkeeper Hildebran, central defender Simonic and Pogatts, left back Kolarov, right back Baker, back midfielder Sana, Chu Zhongtian, Salihovic and Azawag were separated from the left and right sides, and the forwards were experienced Van Nystruei and Ibisevic.

"Hoffenheim's starting lineup can guess with his eyes closed, and the rotation adjustment is just a few small places of rotation and adjustment. For example, let Metzeld and Simonic rotate, let Pogattz and Comper rotate, and like this. Chu Zhongtian starts, and his recent state is recovering. I believe he will be the key figure in this game..."

He Ping introduced.

※※※At the same time, in Hoffenheim's locker room, Rangnick also won the starting list of Inter Milan.

He glanced at the formation diagram above. In front of the Inter Milan back line, the names of the three people lined up in a row, which looked quite spectacular - the three midfielders.

Cambiaso, Mota, and Stankovic, all of these three are the kind of midfielders who are both offensive and defensive.

When he saw this starting list, Rangnick suddenly realized that he had made a mistake - he always thought that Mourinho underestimated Chu Zhongtian because of some old grudges. But in fact, this is not the case!

He used three offense and defense midfielders to curb Chu Zhongtian!

If this is true, then Chu Zhongtian will be in danger... No matter who alone, it is difficult to deal with these three people, let alone the three of them come together?

But now there is no time to adjust... This is the most deadly thing!

He had to call Chu Zhongtian and Sana alone and tell them: "In the game, you two should pay attention to each other's position and not be too far away. Lorik, you must protect Chu!"

Sana nodded.

"As for Chu, if the opponent is forced to force him fiercely, then quickly get the ball and don't get entangled with them in the midfield!"

Chu Zhongtian frowned at the Inter Milan starting list in his hand.

Cambiaso is a defensive player with excellent running ability and coverage throughout the game. His interception and stealing ability are outstanding, which is the guarantee of Inter Milan's solid defense line. Without him, even if Lucio and Samuel are powerful, they will not be able to withstand the opponent's attacks one after another.

Mota is 1.88 meters tall, has excellent physical fitness, and his defensive ability cannot be underestimated. In addition, he is also a midfielder who can compete in multiple positions in the midfield. He can not only participate in offense, play a creative final, but also destroy the opponent's offense.

Last season, he was in Geana and was the core player of Geana.

Stankovic's defensive ability may be slightly inferior to his two teammates, but he is more powerful in offense. After all, his best position is an offensive midfielder, and the defensive midfielder is just a cameo. He dribbles fast, good skills, and has great shooting power. He repeatedly performs wonderful long-range shots in Serie A. The reason for playing the back midfielder is because he has excellent physical fitness, excellent running ability, and can defend part-time. This time Mourinho puts him in the back midfielder, on the one hand, assisting two outsiders to defend, and on the other hand, it adds variables to the game - no one knows when Stankovic will suddenly transform into a wing forward and dribble the ball and assist the frontcourt.

These three people were not easy to deal with because Chu Zhongtian knew them... Unexpectedly, the three of them came together to deal with them.

He felt that Mourinho really looked down on him.

But he was not scared, it was enough to be so powerful!

One pick three, thinking about it makes people excited!

"Okay, Ralph." He replied staring at the names of the three people on the starting list.

※※※ "I believe each of you has done a deep dive into the video I gave you before. It's great. Now is the time to test how your homework is doing." In Meacha's home team locker room, the Inter Milan head coach is motivating his players.

Mourinho was very familiar with this kind of thing. In the Porto era, he became familiar with tactics, agitators and public figures. Later, these images were shaped by the developed media in England and went to a higher level. The whole world knew that Mourinho was the most unique football coach.

"The only powerful figure in their place is Chu, but I won't send anyone to freeze him."

Both Rangnik and Chu Zhongtian believed that Cambiaso, Mota and Stankovic were used to keep a watch, but Mourinho had no intention of this. He was just to build a stronger first defense line in the front row of the defense line, erecting two barriers in front of the goal, and keeping the team compact, just like a filter, filtering Hoffenheim's offense layer by layer, and finally being able to break through and the attack in front of Cesar is already at the end of his strength and is not threatened.

"Your task is to maintain the formation. No matter what the situation is, the formation must not be chaotic. It must be kept compact and complete. Don't blindly attack and grab it. It doesn't matter to give them the ball control rate. If Chu gets the ball and enters the area, he will be responsible for the defense. Don't blindly steal it. Force him to pass the ball horizontally or backward. In short, try not to let him pass it directly." Chu Zhongtian's ability to pass the ball directly in front of the penalty area is very good. Mourinho obviously cannot not know it, so his request for the team to defend Chu Zhongtian is mainly to curb his direct pass. "What is important is that our actions after we get the ball, from defense to offense is very important."

The reason for arranging three back midfielders, especially pulling Stankovic back to play the back midfielder is that they fully consider the various situations that the team will encounter when they turn from defense to offense. Three back midfielders are far easier to break through the opponent's blockade than one back midfielder, so that there will be no situation where a back midfielder makes a mistake under the opponent's tight defense, or they can only pass back and cross the ball to the front.

"After you three get the ball, you only look for Sneider and let him organize the attack. At the same time, Deyan, you have to run up to catch up and protect Sneider."

"OK!"

Mourinho assigned tasks to everyone separately. As a well-known, well-known and eye-catching public figure, everyone always thinks that Mourinho is arrogant, good at psychological warfare, and has better luck. Few people can see the hardships and real abilities he has put in behind this.

If he only knows how to play psychological warfare and is lucky, why do players from every team he coaches worship him wholeheartedly? That's not good luck.

※※※Meazza Stadium is full. Although its opponent is a team that no one has heard of last season, Inter Milan fans are still full of enthusiasm for the team's game. Because Inter Milan has not successfully broken through the eighth final for four consecutive years. Everyone always laughs at Real Madrid for being the top 16 in the Champions League for five years. In fact, Inter Milan has not had a good life in recent years.

Not only did they not reach the Champions League quarterfinals in four years, Inter Milan also has a very shameful record - they did not win a single game in the Champions League knockout for four consecutive years. The Nerazzurri won the Champions League knockout last time in the 2005-2006 season, they defeated Villarreal 2-1 at home. Since then, they failed to win seven consecutive knockout matches and were eliminated by Villarreal, Valencia, Manchester United and Liverpool.

In addition, Inter Milan has not scored in the Champions League knockout rounds in the past three years. Since drawing Valencia 2:2 in the 2006-2007 season, they have not scored in the Champions League knockout rounds for five consecutive games.

With these shameful records, it is not difficult to understand why Inter Milan fans are so enthusiastic about this game.

Even if Hoffenheim is considered by UEFA as the biggest dark horse in the Champions League this season, even if they beat Manchester United at home and qualify as the first in the group, they are still unknown and unclassified in the eyes of Inter Milan fans. If they encounter such a team in the first round of the knockout round, this is an excellent opportunity for Inter Milan to break the shameful record!

Everyone hopes to witness the team's first goal in the Champions League knockout stage in three years, and they all hope to witness the team's first victory in the Champions League knockout stage in four years, and they all look forward to Inter Milan's curse of breaking through the quarterfinals and entering the quarterfinals and even the semi-finals and finals... Inter Milan fans set off red fireworks in the stands, which is the most common thing for Italian fans to do. There was a Milan derby at the Meazza Stadium, and the two sides were fighting fiercely. As a result, the excited fans threw lit fireworks into the stadium, causing the game to be interrupted. At that time, the stadium was filled with smoke, and red firelights could be seen everywhere in the fog. Inter Milan and AC Milan two players, Matrazi and Gattuso, leaning against each other, staring at the fans' "carnival".

The Milan police were also facing a big enemy in this game, because German fans and Italian fans have a bad reputation in European football. German football hooligans showed off their skills as early as the 1998 World Cup in France, making French police a vegetable. The racial discrimination of Italian fans and the violence on the court have caused a headache for the Italian Football Association.

Between Hoffenheim fans and Inter Milan fans, three rows of fully armed police separated them, fearing that the fans of both sides would rush to a melee when they were excited.

Emily didn't have such concerns. She sat in the box, but she wasn't relaxed, because she had to deal with those who came up to talk to her.

She has no friends here, and she is so popular because she is a Hollywood movie star. There are always some men around her who come to join in the fun and talk to her, wanting to get to know her. She has nothing to do with those people.

"Miss Emily, you are so beautiful!"

"So too, sir."

"ah?"

"Miss Emily, I am your fan of the movie. Your latest "Traveler" is so good!"

"Thank you. Also, you are talking about "Ramboyer"?"

"Miss Emily, have you been to Dingsugiya in India? That's a beautiful place..."

...This boring conversation continued until the players on both sides appeared.

The starters of the two teams followed the four referees and walked out of the corridor. The leaders of the two teams were Sanetti and Chu Zhongtian.

There were huge cheers in the stands.

Emily stood up from her seat despite a handsome guy around her and looked down, regardless of the fact that she was still chatting about his love journey to India. She suddenly stood up from her seat and looked down. She soon saw Chu Zhongtian's back, and then she shouted Chu Zhongtian's name like the Hoffenheim fans outside the box: "Chu--"

Her sudden action scared the handsome guy next to her. He didn't expect that Emily Stan, who was so charming on the movie screen, also had such a rough side... Emily finished calling Chu Zhongtian's name and applauded. She didn't sit down until more players came out. She turned her head and looked at the handsome guy who had been scared and smiled sweetly: "Sorry, where did you just say?"

This handsome guy himself forgot where he said...※※※ Chu Zhongtian led the team out of the corridor. Although you could hear the noise from outside in the corridor, you would feel the noise when you really walked out, instead of simply "hearing". Those huge sounds seemed to be physical, used from all directions to hold you tightly in the middle, squeeze you, wanting to make you irritable and lose your calmness.

This set is not useful to Chu Zhongtian. Although he has never played in a home team with a capacity of more than 35,000 people, he is not unfamiliar with this noisy environment.

He walked into the court and walked onto the stadium. In front of him were four referees, the old captain of Inter Milan, Zanetti, and behind him were his comrades.

Live broadcast is passionately introducing Inter Milan's starting list to all fans of the audience, and every player will receive tsunami cheers from the home team fans.

Chu Zhongtian did not look at his opponents. On the way from the corridor to the court, he glanced at the home team coach's seat, and Mourinho stood there, looking back at the players on both sides.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but Chu Zhongtian always feels that he is the target that man is staring at for a while.

But when he cast his sight, Mourinho turned to face the stadium, and he only saw one back.

Mourinho does look at Chu Zhongtian again. This player who once wanted to keep him but insisted on leaving in the end is now the core player of Hoffenheim, and the biggest threat he faces in this game.

He became annoyed when he thought of the sarcasm in the media during this period. But patience was necessary. He carefully prepared a "meeting gift" for Chu Zhongtian and hoped he liked it.

The TV broadcast also knew the grudges between the two people, so after giving Chu Zhongtian a close-up, he gave Mourinho a close-up.

The commentator introduced: "The first professional team Chu played for his career was Chelsea in England, but he did not play any game for the Blues in Chelsea's jersey. He was loaned to Mets. After a season loan, he returned to Chelsea. After Chelsea sold him to Mets, he transferred to Mets forever and became the core of Mets. The person who let Chu go was Mourinho. Mourinho believed that Chu was not the kind of player who could gain a foothold in Chelsea. Now I wonder if he would regret his original decision?"

Mourinho won't regret it. He is not the kind of person who will regret it after making any decisions. A mere Chu Zhongtian cannot make him feel regretful. Chu Zhongtian is not the only star in the world.

Chu Zhongtian did not always stare at Mourinho. He had no special feelings for Mourinho, and staring at him was wrong. After seeing Mourinho's back, he naturally turned his eyes back and stared ahead. The huge Meacha Stadium was displayed in front of him. The towering stands were full, the iconic pillars were showing strength, the green turf extended under his feet, and the middle circle was the caddies holding a huge Champions League logo. He did not continue to move forward, but turned right and walked to the side, where there was the Hoffenheim team flag fluttering in the night wind.

He stood under Hoffenheim's team, and everyone walked over one by one, lined up on his left.

The theme song of the Champions League "Champions League" is resounding over the court. Three different languages ​​are repeating one meaning: French, English and German:

This is the greatest team! This is the biggest event!

They are the best! They are the champion! The champion - the champion -!

Chu Zhongtian was familiar with this song when he was a fan. Now he is standing in the Champions League knockout field, facing his strong rival Inter Milan, the music in his ears is not separated by the TV, making it more realistic and clear.

The referee signaled the captains of both sides to come and exchange team flags and pick the side. Chu Zhongtian stepped out, turned around and walked forward, shook hands with Sanetti and exchanged team flags, and then picked the side. After picking the side, Hoffenheim won the kick-off right. The captains of both sides shook hands with each other again, then shook hands with the three referees, and returned to their respective teams.

The music of the Champions League has disappeared, and the shouts and singing of fans have become the protagonists again, and the game is about to begin!
Chapter completed!