Chu Zhongtian felt that he was in very good condition. The match with Inter Milan was imminent. He had no physical problems, no muscle aches, no exhaustion, and the same was true for his psychology. Emily was very loving to herself, and her relationship with Mathilde was also normalized. Emily's mother seemed to have disappeared from his life.

Anyway, he couldn't find any reason to perform poorly in the game.

He was very satisfied with this.

The game against Inter Milan is right in front of him, and he doesn't want to make any more troubles to come out and disrupt his mood and condition.

This game is related to whether he and his team can go further in the Champions League this season, and it is no less important to him than the finals.

Similarly, the media knows how important this game is.

China's CCTV started advertising a week in advance. Starting this season, they bought the exclusive broadcast rights of the Champions League in the mainland, which cost a lot. Chu Zhongtian was obviously one of the factors that prompted them to make their final decision. As the only representative of Chinese football in the international football world, Chu Zhongtian has attracted much attention, and fans in China have focused their attention on this young man who is only 26 years old.

What is commendable is that no matter how domestic media praise or hype it or pay any attention to domestic fans, under such huge pressure, Chu Zhongtian has never performed abnormally due to pressure. He seems to be very good at dealing with pressure.

Therefore, CCTV doesn't have to bear the psychological burden of "will Chu Zhongtian be ruined under such huge attention pressure?", and push Chu Zhongtian to the forefront in their program trailer.

"The most critical battle in Chu Zhongtian's career!"

They even used such sentences.

The screen is played with a collection of the first round of the two teams, three goals from Inter Milan, and Chu Zhongtian's goals.

The stars on Inter Milan are shining. On Hoffenheim, there is only one Chu Zhongtian the most outstanding. Other players, including Ibisevic, Salihovic, Van Nistroy, etc., have completely become passers-by.

The final picture is certain, Chu Zhongtian alone resists the heroes of Inter Milan.

On the domestic Internet, discussions about this game have already begun.

Inter Milan fans in China are probably the most tangled group at this time. On the one hand, they do not want the team they support to be eliminated and missed the Champions League quarter-finals for five consecutive years, following Real Madrid; on the other hand, they also want to see Chu Zhongtian perform more excitingly in the knockout round... If you want to say that they can only blame their lives - why did they draw these two teams together?

The fans of AC Milan are the happiest, unanimously supporting Hoffenheim to eliminate his cousin next door. Just last week, AC Milan's second leg of the quarterfinals had ended. They lost to Manchester United 0:4 away, and were eliminated 2:7 in the total score and missed the quarterfinals. Now they are happy to watch their mortal enemy in the city be in trouble, and at the same time they can cheer for the players of their country. It's the best of both worlds.

However, more neutral fans still think that Inter Milan has greater hope of winning. Everyone sees Hoffenheim's performance in the first round. He occasionally has excellent performances, but he cannot always threaten Inter Milan's goal within 90 minutes. If you want to win, it will be difficult unless they are lucky enough to beat the tables. Everyone is looking forward to the second round of the two sides with the idea of ​​"watch what else can Chu Zhongtian perform in this game."

Chu Zhongtian's goal in the last game was really memorable, and he would still be excited to think about it. If this time, as long as he can continue to score, even if Hoffenheim is eliminated, they will be satisfied.

"Actually, I'm not optimistic about Hoffenheim, but I hope Chu Zhongtian can perform well!"

"Lin Danda is our only hope now. I really hope Hoffenheim can go further!"

"Don't think about it, it's impossible..."

"Oh, as long as Chu Zhongtian can score, I will be very happy!"

"What a pity, why are you in Hoffenheim..."

※※The German media also paid great attention to this game. Because after the first leg, Wolfsburg was tied 1:1 by Barcelona at home, and there was no chance when he went away. Bayern Munich had only finished the second leg before. Although they lost to Fiorentina 2:3 away, the total score was 4:4. They scored two away goals, relying on this factor to eliminate Fiorentina.

The difference between Hoffenheim and Wolfsburg is that they are fighting at home this time and there is still a chance of fighting. Wolfsburg is completely out of the blue.

In order to help Hoffenheim, the German media kept giving Hoffenheim advice. Some people said that Hoffenheim should not only think about offense, but should consider defense. After all, in a match like the Champions League, whoever has better defense can win the ball, look at Inter Milan will know. Some media also disagree with this, believing that Barcelona is the goal that Hoffenheim should pursue. Who said that offense cannot win the championship? Isn’t Barcelona an offensive team? Are their six-champions last year fake?

Rangnick ignored these media and had his own ideas.

With one day left before the Champions League, Rangnick asked the team to enter the closed training period. This day was more time-consuming than allowing media to shoot, and even fans went to the training ground to watch the training ground. In this day, only one thing was to practice the offensive routines summarized by Chu Zhongtian and the coaching team, so as to try to make everyone more proficient.

As for the news about when Inter Milan will arrive, they don’t care at all.

After finishing his last day of training, Chu Zhongtian was lying alone in the hotel room to rest in the evening. The other teammates were visiting each other, but he didn't have the strength. These two and a half weeks were his most tired half week. Every day, he had to discuss today's training arrangement plan with the coaching team. He played two positions on the training ground, both a player and a coach, and he had to worry and work hard.

However, the busyness of the past two and a half weeks has finally achieved some results, which also makes him feel very pleased.

He doesn't know whether doing this will ensure that the team beat Inter Milan, but if he does nothing, he will definitely not be able to beat Inter Milan. Waiting for the referee to favor the home team in this game? Waiting for luck to favor them and give them a few own goals? Waiting for the players in Inter Milan to suddenly become abnormal and perform poorly? Or is Mourinho suddenly thrust his brain and make many own decisions?

Stop funny, Chu Zhongtian is not such a person.

He is very serious about football.

No matter what, he can now lie in bed and take a good rest. I will consider tomorrow's affairs...※※ Mourinho believes that Hoffenheim may make some changes when he fought last time, but these changes cannot escape his predictions. It is nothing more than just a blind attack to a steady and stable counterattack. Because the first round of the game must have made them realize the huge gap between the two teams. If they take the liberty to attack, they will only die miserably.

If Rangnick is smart, this game should be steadily and not rushing like the previous round.

Of course, if Hoffenheim has no change, he just wants to fight against himself, and Mourinho will be very happy because he will win firmly.

In fact, even if the opponent plays steadily, Inter Milan is not afraid. Anyway, holding the lead with two goals, mainly defending and counterattacking, all problems will be solved.

Now that Inter Milan has the lead, what else to worry about?

Anyway, Mourinho didn't expect it.

※※※The small city of Sinsheim once again welcomed a wealthy European family, and the same small city has once again become a blue ocean. In two days, blue and white flags filled the entire corners of Sinsheim. Every household has one or two Hoffenheim team flags flying on the windows facing the street.

"We have rich experience in dealing with such large-scale events." The police officer in Sinsheim said in an interview with the TV media that there is no need to worry about safety issues at all. When the bearded policeman spoke, his beard was raised on his lips, and a Hoffenheim fan scarf was tied around his neck, indicating his identity.

At the end of the interview, he waved his fist at the camera: "Come on Hoffenheim!"

"...The last round of the group stage is our life-and-death battle against Manchester United. We won that game. This time it is still a life-and-death battle! We must mobilize all the players! Come cheer for our own team! Since we can defeat Manchester United at home, we can also defeat Inter Milan at home! Our swimming needs your support!"

This is a passage from the open letter sent by the "Hoffenheim 1899 Fan Club" to the entire German Hoffenheim Fan Club, calling on everyone to come to the Rhine-Neka Stadium to cheer for Hoffenheim no matter how far away it is.

So in this game, many fans will drive from other places to cheer for the home team, from Stuttgart, from Mannheim, from Heidelberg, and from Frankfurt, Munich, Berlin, and Hamburg.

On the afternoon of March 16, all of these people gathered on various roads to the Rhine-Neka Stadium. This spectacular scene can be seen by players. When they took a bus from their hotel to the stadium to prepare for the game, they could see Hoffenheim fans wearing blue jerseys along the way.

When they saw the Hoffenheim team bus, they screamed and cheered excitedly, stretched out their arms from the window of their own car. At this time, no one cared about the rule of "Don't put your head out of the window while driving"... Seeing so many enthusiastic fans, Hoffenheim players also became energetic, and they frequently waved to the fans outside the window.

When they arrived at the stadium, the entire outer perimeter of Rhine Neka was flooded by a blue and white ocean. This was reversed from the scene they saw outside the Meacha Stadium two weeks ago. Inter Milan fans turned into an isolated island here, surrounded by police, and walked honestly towards the dedicated entrance.

In order to prevent conflict between fans of the two teams, the police deliberately separated the entrances of the away team fans and the home team fans. The away team fans are absolutely not allowed to enter the stadium from the home team fans' entrance, and the home team fans should not imagine entering the stadium through the away team fans' entrance.

"It's really... spectacular!" Looking at the scene in front of him, the Hoffenheim player couldn't help but sigh.

Since its completion, Rhine Neka Stadium has been full of crowds. But today at the moment of such a critical game, everyone is still excited and excited from the bottom of their hearts when they see such a spectacular scene.

In such a game, everyone will strive to fight.

"Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim!!"

After seeing Hoffenheim's bus coming, tens of thousands of Hoffenheim fans shouted loudly together. They waved their arms and shouted Hoffenheim's name in unison.

Such shouts even attracted the attention of Inter Milan players.

Following the Hoffenheim bus, the bus from Inter Milan was coming. As soon as the team arrived, they heard huge shouts coming from outside the car. The buses are now well sealed and sound insulation is good enough, but the shouts of tens of thousands of people still penetrated the sealed windows and doors and entered the ears of Inter Milan players. It was as if those people were roaring in their ears, and it felt very real and clear.

Hoffenheim fans at Meacha Stadium do not have such energy, and many people are surprised.

Maybe this game will be a little different from the first round?

※※After the warm-up, the players from both sides left the stadium one after another and returned to their respective locker rooms. It was already dark outside, and the lighting on the roof of the stadium started working early.

"This game is very important to us. Just look at the fans outside, you should understand it. Since we lost to them on the road, we have spent more than two weeks training, why?" Rangnick paced back and forth in the locker room, surrounded by Hoffenheim players.

"I lost a 1:3 away game. Does anyone think we are finished? This score has almost declared that we have been kicked out of the Champions League this season. But I don't want to give up, and I know you don't want to give up either! Our team participated in the Champions League for the first time in history. It is logical that the results of the top 16 are already very good, and we should be satisfied with this. But why can't we work hard to move forward and take another step?"

He looked around everyone and saw a firm look in everyone's eyes.

Rangnick was very satisfied. What is more important than unity before such an important game?

"We have to try hard. Now I don't know if we will definitely have a satisfactory result if we try hard, but at least we have to work in this direction! Otherwise, what is our hard training for the past two and a half weeks? Of course, we can give up the Champions League after the last game and focus on the domestic league. We must know that we were only one step away from the third in the league. We just want to prove to everyone!"

Rangnick waved his arms and shouted with passion: "We Hoffenheim! We have the ability! Win our own position in the best European competitions!!"

"Win the game!!" The players shouted out one after another.

※※※ "What changes will happen to Hoffenheim? I don't think this is the key to the problem. The key is how we play ourselves." Mourinho seized the time in the locker room to give the players a final explanation.

"We now have the advantage of two balls. As long as we don't make mistakes, our opponents will have no chance at all. Patience, patience is more important than anything else."

"The pressure is all on the opponent's side, and we should be without any burden. So I don't want to see you panic in this game. The opponent should be panic, not us."

Mourinho did not inspire players before this game. He believed that the game had almost lost suspense. He did not think that a team like Hoffenheim had the ability to change the final result of the game. In fact, he always thought it was a draw for Hoffenheim.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian stood in the players' corridor, and the starting players of both sides were waiting to appear.

Beside him was Inter Milan's captain Zanetti.

He doesn't know whether Inter Milan's head coach Mourinho will look down on Hoffenheim because of his advantage in the first round. At least there is no trace of this from the starting lineup. Zanetti, Lucio, Samuel, Macon, Cesar, Cambiaso, Mota, Sneider, Diego Milito, Etoo and Pandev.

All the main forces are out.

However, judging from their personnel combination, it seems that it is no longer the previous 4312, but 433... Could Inter Milan have to attack with all his strength and fight against Hoffenheim away?

Chu Zhongtian felt that it was not like Inter Milan had no reason to do this. They only needed to defend a 0:0 to advance, and defense was exactly what Mourinho was best at.

Formation does not represent everything, and 433 does not necessarily have to be aggressive, so Chu Zhongtian did not think too much about this issue. Anyway, no matter what tactics the opponent uses, they are "focused on me", and Hoffenheim will stick to his own tactics.

When Sana stands in the team, she will glar at Lucio in front from time to time. Sana still has difficulty letting go. If the penalty kick is gone, the team will now have great hope of advancing to the quarterfinals. As a team participating in the Champions League for the first time, wouldn’t it be better to be able to enter the quarterfinals?

Hoffenheim and Inter Milan have no friends, and this game is so critical, both sides have a tense atmosphere. When everyone is waiting to enter the court, they chat with each other and will not chat with each other.

Until several referees walked out of their lounge, the referee shook hands with the two captains, and routinely reminded the two captains to be physically active during the game. The two captains obviously would not refuse. They both smiled and patted each other on the shoulders to show their friendship.

The referee was very satisfied with the cooperation between the two captains. He nodded and signaled that the two teams would follow and be on the field!
Chapter completed!