Chapter 211 Attack, Hoffenheim!
The game between Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen, which was hyped by countless media for nearly two weeks before the game, finally came.
Players on both sides stood in the players' corridor, waiting to appear. The stadium outside was filled with all kinds of noise.
Before the game, there was no communication between Hoffenheim players and Bremen players. They leaned against each other on the wall, chatted with their teammates, and waited for the appearance.
When the referees walked out of the lounge, everyone returned to their respective positions and prepared to appear.
This is at Hoffenheim's home court, so when Hoffenheim's players walked out of the stadium, they were greeted with huge cheers, and when the live broadcaster mentioned the name of Bremen players, the cheers turned into booing. Bremen fans who do not have the advantage in numbers will not make any sound at this time. This is Hoffenheim's home court!
Before the competition began, Chu Zhongtian summoned everyone to him. He had something to say.
"Actually, I know that it's not just me, but you have answered that question many times. But why do they mention the things we have denied? It's because it's useless to just say this. We tell others that we are not afraid of them at all, but we can't provide convincing evidence, so no matter how many times we say it, people don't believe it. This game is to prove that we have no chance to lie." Chu Zhongtian said to his teammates around him, "I'm tired of answering the same question over and over again. I'm tired of the statement of 'Hocun Nemesis'. In order to shut up everyone and give us a clean ear, we must beat Bremen in this game! Maybe we will lose in future games, but we can't lose in this game no matter what!"
Chu Zhongtian clearly conveyed his thoughts and will to his teammates, and he wanted these players to understand the meaning of this game. This is not an ordinary league, it is a final that concerns Hoffenheim's reputation. This is a key game for Hoffenheim to defeat the past and move towards a bright future!
In this game, Rangnick still did not send the players who joined the team this season, but chose the old players to start. His idea was the same as Chu Zhongtian, and he was also tired of the "Hugun Nemesis". Before the game, he was harassed by reporters many times. He answered the same question countless times. He also wanted to end this boring situation. As for him, the old players could better understand what this game meant to them and what Werder Bremen means, and the new players did not feel deeply in this regard. So in order to defeat Bremen and ensure that the participating players have such motivation and fighting spirit, he chose the old players instead of the new players.
Except for Nyema, other new players sat on the bench, and Gago could even watch from the stands because he was injured.
※※Although Hoffenheim works hard to beat Werder Bremen, their opponent Bremen is the first to score in this game!
"Oh oh oh oh oh!! Penalty! Penalty!" The commentator shouted, as if he was injected with chicken blood.
Just three minutes into the game, Bremen player Almeda made a cross from the wing, causing Hoffenheim defender Comper to make a handball foul... Bremen's player signaled to Comper to handball, and the referee decisively blew his whistle and pointed his hand at the penalty spot!
"Hoffenheim was sentenced to death after only three minutes of the game! Bremen got a great opportunity to lead!"
"Hoffenheim is so unlucky..."
Bremen's penalty kick was personally taken by Bremen's captain Flins. Although Nyema judged the right direction, the football rolled into the goal from the lower left corner.
The Werder Bremen fans in the stands cheered, and after the goal, Flins hugged his teammates to celebrate the goal.
On the TV broadcast, Xuan Su gave Chu Zhongtian a close-up shot because they would beat Bremen in the game he said before the game. Now they are behind three minutes after the game, so naturally they have to pay attention to his reaction.
Chu Zhongtian was shaking his head.
"Chu declared on the pre-match TV show that his team will beat Werder Bremen, but at present, it is difficult to achieve this goal. The game has only started three minutes and his goal is facing a huge challenge."
"Before the game, all Hoffenheim players said that they had no psychological shadow when facing Bremen, so this scene in front of them is really hard to explain - they fell behind in the first three minutes, which is not easy for them to play in the next game."
"Although Chu is unwilling to admit that Bremen is their nemesis, the actual situation is indeed the case. Bremen is really Hoffenheim's nemesis. The nemesis took the lead in three minutes of the game. The penalty kick was a bit inexplicable. Compare's hand happened to appear in a position that shouldn't have appeared. It's really hard to tell what's going on between these two teams... Bremen's players are very confident, and this is what they have to do with their hearts!"
"1:0! Bremen is leading! Hoffenheim is behind. Are they going to repeat the same mistake?"
Seeing Flins shoot the football into the goal guarded by Nyema, I believe that even many Hoffenheim fans will have such an idea in their minds - is Bremen really our nemesis? Why are they always so lucky when playing against us?
Rangnick shook his head off the court, very helpless. Conceding the ball so early is definitely a heavy blow to the team's morale. Generally speaking, the earlier the goal is, the more beneficial the game is, because the rhythm of the game can be dragged into the track they are used to, and the side behind will be in a passive position. They never thought that they would fall behind so early, and all the previous tactical arrangements were useless, so the players on the court didn't know what to do, and they could only be led by the opponent. The final outcome is likely to be a big defeat.
No matter what, losing the ball too early is not a good thing.
※※If it were Mourinho's Inter Milan, they might choose to defend and counterattack after taking one goal, because Hoffenheim must push out the attack, otherwise they will lose. In this way, there will be many loopholes in their defense line. Defensive counterattacks can allow Bremen to stabilize the defense and face Hoffenheim's fierce offensive calmly. At the same time, they seized them and put down the opportunity to press the pressure to counterattack. At that time, they will score a few more goals, and Hoffenheim will completely collapse.
But Werder Bremen is not Inter Milan, and Schaff is not Mourinho.
The title of "Hoffenheim Nemesis" makes all Bremen players take it for granted when facing this lead, and they don't think there is anything wrong with this.
In addition, if you lead too early, how can you fight a defensive counterattack? Bremen continues to stick to offensive tactics in the game, and they want to play against Hoffenheim!
In the six matches in the past two seasons, Bremen played like this, and they all won. So there is no problem with the offensive tactics. Since they can win the game in the first six times, they can do the same this time.
They obviously underestimated the power of this Hoffenheim.
As the saying goes, "I'm not sure if I look at you with admiration, the Hoffenheim team today is no longer the Hoffenheim team they know.
This concealment did not defeat Hoffenheim. After concealing the ball, Chu Zhongtian shouted loudly to his teammates and asked them to cheer up. The game only started for three minutes, and they still had at least 87 minutes to pursue victory!
The next tactic is also very simple - because the goal is too early to concede, so you will never worry about being scored by the opponent at this time, so you have to defend. In addition to offense, it is also attack, which is Hoffenheim's response strategy. Because only offense can allow them to equalize the score and complete the reversal.
So Hoffenheim did not panic, but continued to stick to their usual tactics - offense.
Bremen soon discovered that this Hoffenheim was much harder than they thought.
In the battle against them, Bremen did not have the upper hand. Instead, Hoffenheim's offense was even more threatening.
In the tenth minute, Hoffenheim made a series of beautiful cooperation at the front of Bremen's penalty area. Chu Zhongtian made a two-pass and one-on-one cooperation in the ribs and Kolarov who was inserted in the back, and sent a straight pass into Bremen's penalty area. Kolarov inserted it in time and received the ball. He was in a situation where no one was guarding him. Then he dribbled the ball and made a cross when he was close to the bottom line, but was blocked by goalkeeper Weize from the blocking angle.
Not long after, Hoffenheim made a comeback. This time, Chu Zhongtian was knocked down by Flins while dribbling the ball on the right, and Hoffenheim won a free kick. Salihovic stood in front of the football, and everyone thought he was going to punish him, but he didn't expect him to give the football to Baker next to him. Baker made a cross without anyone being guarded, and Obasi headed the ball at the front! The football was held in his arms by Weize, who was waiting in front.
Three minutes later, Hoffenheim got an out-of-bounds ball on the right side. Baker threw the free kick out. After Chu Zhongtian received the ball, he pretended to pass it to Baker, but in fact he used his heel to knock the ball towards the penalty area. After receiving the ball, Obasi successfully entered the penalty area and made a cross again!
This time, the football didn't meet anyone and directly swept through the front of the door.
But don't think Hoffenheim's offensive has come to an end.
The football passed through the penalty area and did not fly out of bounds directly, but fell to the feet of Hoffenheim's left-back Kolarov. Kolarov did not directly make a cross. At this time, Bremen's goal was a little messy, and he could not find the target even after passing in.
So he passed the football to the middle, passed Salihovic's ferry, and then arrived at Chu Zhongtian's feet.
Hoffenheim's offensive core has been with Chu Zhongtian from beginning to end, and he has to pass by him no matter how football is.
After Chu Zhongtian received the ball, he did not pass it to anyone, and directly shot a long shot!
The football passes out.
※※※Hoffenheim continues to put pressure on Bremen, and bystanders can also see this.
"Hoffenheim's offense comes one after another. Judging from the scene, they have regained the upper hand. Hoffenheim also led Bremen by 63% in ball control. One goal behind did not panic, but instead made them more excited! "
"Bremen played a bit embarrassed after leading. They did not seize the opportunity to lead too early and expand the score. Instead, they were suppressed by Hoffenheim in their half..."
Schaff also realized this problem. It would definitely not work if he was suppressed like this. Bremen still had to attack. He believed that the reason why Bremen was embarrassed was that the team was not performing well in offense, so the attack was correct. The only mistake was that it was not firm enough.
Therefore, he asked his players to continue to strengthen their offense and fight Hoffenheim in a complete offensive battle.
Bremen players welcomed this.
Hoffenheim players all denied that they had psychological shadows when facing Bremen. However, Bremen players did have psychological advantages when facing Hoffenheim, which is absolutely true. Even if they were a little embarrassed by Hoffenheim's counterattack during this period, they still remained undiminished if they had something to do.
They think this is just a temporary phenomenon. When Hoffenheim's energy passes, the game will naturally fall back into their control.
Unfortunately, they didn't wait until that moment.
In the 20th minute, Hoffenheim seized the opportunity of Bremen's impoverishment and launched a fast attack. Chu Zhongtian passed the ball to Ibisekvic in front. Ibisekvic dribbled the ball on the wing. Facing the slightly careless defense of Bremen players, he easily broke into the penalty area and then crossed!
Goalkeeper Weize went to intercept the cross, but he didn't expect his defender teammate to fall to the ground and tackle the ball in front of him, blocking the football back. However, because he was too hasty, the clearance did not kick far. Obasi, who had not caught up with the shooting point just now, was right behind! He rushed up and was about to shoot!
But the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind. Flins snatches Obasi and pokes it. He kicks the ball in vain and is kicked to the other side.
"There is chaos in front of Bremen's door!"
Before Bremen fans could breathe a sigh of relief, the real oriole came.
The football was stabbed away and rolled towards the direction where Chu Zhongtian was. The captain of Hoffenheim swung his thigh and shot hard against the football!
This time no Bremen player can poke the football off the side or interfere with his shot.
The football was slapped firmly by his instep and roared into the net at an extremely fast speed!
The shooting location was less than ten meters away from the goal, and the speed of the ball was so fast that no one could react. The nearest player Bremen only felt that the football in the sun was a white light, and goalkeeper Weize was about to get up from the ground when he felt a chill on his head - a gust of wind blew over his head, and a huge cheer sounded from the stands behind him!
“gooooooal!gooooooooooal!!!”
"Chu once again scored Hoffenheim's first league goal in the new season! Last season's opening game against Bayern Munich was also his first goal!"
"In the 20th minute, Chu Zhongtian equalized the score for Hoffenheim!"
"Great! Chu! Hoffenheim 1:1!"
"Even if Weize stands in front of the goal, he may not be able to stop this shot, right? It's too fast... OK, the computer has given the actual speed measured - 110 kilometers per hour! Oh! The Greater Chinese cannon sounded at such a distance, and no one could stop it..." The commentator exclaimed.
Facing this concealment of the ball, Weize seemed helpless. There were many problems on the defense line, which made him not know where to start. This defense started with the opponent's first pass. First, there was no one around him when Chu Zhongtian passed the ball, followed by Ibiseyvic's breakthrough. Bremen's full-back Fritz's defense was too careless, allowing forwards like Ibiseyvic who are not good at breaking through easily. Then there was a series of chaos in front of the goal... Finally, the fatal point was that Chu Zhongtian, a dangerous person, entered the penalty area, but everyone only cared about watching the ball and forgot to stare at people... Therefore, what else could he say about this concealment of the ball?
After scoring the goal, Chu Zhongtian opened his arms and ran to the bottom of the stands of the Hoffenheim fans, who were the most hard-core on the sidelines, and he was greeted by huge cheers.
The shouts of "Hero - Chu!" resounded over and over again over the field.
"The first league goal in the new season! It's so beautiful! It's perfect to start the new season with such a goal! Hoffenheim in the new season is like this goal, full of courage and strength to move forward. They just defeated Bayern Munich in the Super Cup and defeated Rostock in the first round of the German Cup. Hoffenheim is in good condition!"
※※※Chu Zhongtian and his teammates returned to the stadium one after another, and when Chu Zhongtian ran back, he kept waving his arms to the fans in the stands, calling on everyone to continue cheering for the team.
Before the match against Bremen, Chu Zhongtian made a bold statement to defeat them. The team started the bad start and now he equalized the score. It can be said that although the competition has only started twenty minutes, it has actually been a very critical stage. At this time, the team needs support from the stands, so fans, please sing it out loud!!
His waves excited the Hoffenheim fans in the stands. They started singing, singing the song that once made the entire Bundesliga tremble.
"We come from the countryside, we have nothing!"
"We are extremely strong, we advocate freedom!"
"We are rural, but we are full of pursuits!"
"We will win in the end, the cup is full of beer!"
"Occurrence! Attack! The blood of the attack will always flow!"
"We - is - Hoffenheim! Let you taste - our football!!"
After singing, they shouted in unison: "Occurrence! Attack! Hoffenheim! Attack-!!!!"
Offensive football is Hoffenheim's business card. It is precisely because of their persistence in beautiful and active offensive football that they have won the support of so many fans. Now there are 30,000 seats at Rhine Neka Stadium, at least 20,000 are filled by fans from outside Sinsheim. They all become Hoffenheim fans because of their passionate playing style.
If Bremen wants to play against Hoffenheim, they must have the awareness of being beaten into a sieve. Because after two seasons of running-in, the Hoffenheim team in front of them is no longer the same.
Today, they not only want to break the awkward record of the past, but also take the Bremen flag to start their new season!
Chapter completed!