AC Milan has a huge influence in China. Even if Chu Zhongtian is not a fan of this team, he still knows the history of this team and the name of the star. The era of the Three Musketeers of the Netherlands has influenced a generation of Chinese fans.

And this week, Hoffenheim will usher in such a team.

The main reason why this group is called "the strongest death group in history" is that AC Milan, the first-class AC Milan and Real Madrid, the second-class AC Madrid are the two teams with the most Champions League wins. Real Madrid has nine times, while AC Milan has seven Champions Leagues. The two teams have 16 times combined, surpassing Europe. From past history, they are extremely brilliant and can be regarded as the giants among the giants.

However, in recent years, both teams have gone downhill, proving that no matter how brilliant the past is, it is not useful. Real Madrid's decline is because of the continuous change of coaches, the players do not have a perfect tactical system, the players are also very mobility, and there is no idea at all. Compared with Barcelona, ​​it seems particularly failure. Especially in 2009, their rival Barcelona won the six championship, which made Real Madrid even more crappy. Unlike Real Madrid, Barcelona has adhered to a football style since the Cruyff era. They have persisted for more than 20 years before they have achieved their current achievements.

The problem with AC Milan is that the players are seriously aging, and their boss Berlusconi is becoming more and more stingy, has no money to invest in the club, and the team has no money to buy people. Even if they buy, they are all cheap elderly players. AC Milan fans themselves joke that we Milan don’t look down on 29-year-old players because we are too young. In addition, Berlusconi has been plagued by scandals recently, and political enemies are taking the time to attack him. He really has no mind to take care of his team.

But the lean camel is bigger than the horse. No matter how poor these two teams are, they are well-deserved giants for Hoffenheim. They have already experienced this at the Bernabeu Stadium. Therefore, Hoffenheim's head coach Rangnick still attaches great importance to AC Milan. As soon as the game with Cologne ended, the team immediately devoted themselves to the preparations for AC Milan.

"You should play against AC Milan as a game against Real Madrid, even though this is our home court, you should also play away!" Rangnick said to the players gathered on Saturday afternoon.

The sixth round of the league was held in Cologne last night, and the team rushed back to Hoffenheim overnight. After giving the players a rest for half a day, Rangnick was anxious that the team gathered on Saturday afternoon and started training. The game against AC Milan at home will be held on Tuesday night. They are the first German team to appear on this match day. The German Football League also considered this issue, so the game between Hoffenheim and Cologne was advanced to Friday.

"Our goal is not to lose less and win or draw. I want you to win this game! If we lose two games in a row, qualifying in the group will be a big problem. Therefore, in order to qualify in the group, we must win this home game!"

Before training, the head coach spoke routinely. Rangnick was cheering the players.

He considered that he would have difficulty in winning the game at San Siro Stadium. After all, it was the home court of others. Even if AC Milan was in a bad situation recently, he would not have fallen to the point where he would be bullied by others at his home court. At this time last season, it was also the bottom of AC Milan. He performed poorly in the league. Many people were not optimistic about them before the Champions League away game against Real Madrid. As a result, they reversed and defeated Real Madrid at the Bernabeu, and then they also tied with Real Madrid when they returned to their home court. Teams like Real Madrid can only be a draw, and Hoffenheim should not count on any good things like winning the away game against AC Milan.

Since it is difficult to win away and get three-pointers, in order to ensure qualifying, you must naturally try to score points at your home court. One point will only satisfy the opponent, but not yourself. The most satisfying thing is three-pointers.

Now Hoffenheim has only zero points after the first round of the group stage, but there are two goals, so he ranks third in the group. The fourth in the group is Ausser, led by Chu Zhongtian's mentor Fernandez. They lost 0:2 to AC Milan in the first round away. Because there was no goal, they rank behind Hoffenheim, who also lost the game.

In Rangnick's plan, Ausser is the target of points. Whether it is home or away, as long as it plays Ausser, it must strive to win. Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to qualify in this group and will eventually become a foil for the two giants, Real Madrid and AC Milan.

Judging from Real Madrid's performance this season, it should be no problem for them to beat Ausserl at home and away. If they play AC Milan well, they will have a high chance of getting three-pointers. If they go to the away game, just get one point. As long as they get enough points against AC Milan, Ausserl has enough points. It doesn't matter what the result of the away game against Hoffenheim is, but with their strength, they are unlikely to lose.

As for AC Milan, even if you lose to Real Madrid away, as long as you can win back at home, it's okay if you can't win, you won't be bad. Playing Ausserl in the fourth grade is also the key, and he won both home and away games, which is six points. In addition, he drew against Real Madrid at home, and seven points will be good. If Hoffenheim was defeated by AC Milan at home, he would also make his score very dangerous while giving his opponent three points, because it is very difficult to score points at San Siro Stadium. If you can't get a point against AC Milan, it is impossible to qualify in the group by relying on six points against Ausserl. They have lost to Real Madrid once and must not lose to AC Milan once again.

So this game is crucial to Hoffenheim.

If you don't seize this opportunity in the home game, it will be difficult to qualify in the group.

The players also knew this very well, so everyone took AC Milan's game seriously.

No one needs supervision, and everyone's training quality is very high. Today's Hoffenheim players are no longer interested in the Bundesliga. Instead, the Champions League can make them excited and full of fighting spirit.

※※※The match between Real Madrid and Hoffenheim allows the media to hype the grudge between Chu Zhongtian and Mourinho.

There are also things to hype between AC Milan and Hoffenheim. When Chu Zhongtian was still at Metz, he led Metz to the UEFA Cup and qualified to participate in the UEFA Super Cup at the beginning of the new season. In that European Super Cup, their opponent was AC Milan. As a result, Hoffenheim who left Ribery defeated AC Milan at the Louis II Stadium in Monaco and won the UEFA Super Cup. Chu Zhongtian performed very well in that game. He came on as a substitute to help the team reverse the victory and won the UEFA Super Cup. He also had a one-on-one with Kaka in the game. Kaka took a long distance to run, and Chu Zhongtian chased closely behind, catching up with Kaka in front of the goal line, blocking the opponent's shot from the bottom line.

It was after that game that AC Milan realized Chu Zhongtian's excellence. They applied for a transfer to Metz in the subsequent winter break, but failed. Chu Zhongtian rejected the transfer deal. He didn't want to go to San Siro to serve as a substitute for Pirlo. He is not an eighteen or nineteen-year-old, and he can still wait. He can't wait. No matter where he goes, he has to ensure that he plays in the game and becomes the core. These requirements at that time AC Milan could not satisfy him. AC Milan also valued the tradition of veterans. Although Pirlo is already old, in AC Milan, it is estimated that he can play until he is thirty-six years old before he can make the bench hot. Chu Zhongtian doesn't have the patience and demeanor to waste. He knew that he could not steal the glory of Pirlo, Sedov, Ronaldinho and others when he went to AC Milan, so he simply refused.

Later during the summer transfer period, AC Milan once again sent an invitation to Hoffenheim, but Chu Zhongtian continued to refuse.

What the media are hyping up now is these old past events.

Before the game between Hoffenheim and AC Milan, "Milan Sports" took the lead in turning over the old accounts and led everyone to relive the grudges and hatreds between Chu Zhongtian and AC Milan. Another Italian media claimed that AC Milan's observation of Chu Zhongtian has never stopped. They are likely to bring Chu Zhongtian from Hoffenheim to San Siro next summer. In addition, some tabloids are even more unreliable. They even said that AC Milan will complete this transfer during the winter break, and they don't think about the use of buying a ball that cannot participate in the Champions League during the winter break... Obviously, the Italian media did this to interfere with Hoffenheim's core player Chu Zhongtian before the game.

However, such interference did not work at all for Chu Zhongtian.

After training, he was asked by reporters how he reacted to the Italian media reports. Chu Zhongtian shrugged: "Everyone knows what happened in the past. I don't need to explain it anymore. And... I am in Hoffenheim now, not AC Milan, which means that in that battle, AC Milan is the loser, and Hoffenheim is the winner."

He made a pun, suggesting that AC Milan will be the loser of the game, while Hoffenheim is the winner.

It can be seen from the fact that he is still in a mood to play this type of text game that he is in a good mood and has not been disturbed by the Italian media.

Of course he was in a good mood. He made a new Sichuan Football Team and made a smooth progress in filming. Wimbledon has changed his professionalism and has the hope of advancing to the professional league, which is one step away from their original goal.

These good things happened one after another, and Chu Zhongtian was in a good mood of course. He even smiled on his face every day after waking up.

He is not afraid of AC Milan because he once beat AC Milan. At that time, there was no big difference between Milan and Milan today. He had experience in playing against Milan, and this will also help the team. During the training these two days, Rangnick asked Chu Zhongtian to tell everyone about Milan's football style and what needs to be paid attention to.

Of course, Pirlo is still the core of AC Milan, but as he grows older, Pirlo's condition also has fluctuations. After Sidorf got old, his performance in the midfield was not as good as before. He was not active in running and made more mistakes. Ronaldinho occasionally had some performances that made the whole audience cheer, but more often he was just running around mediocrely. He could no longer return to his peak state. His body began to gain weight, his running began to decrease, his explosive power began to decline, and his speed of running on the ball began to slow down. In addition to the past obligation to pass accuracy, his other abilities have been regressed to varying degrees.

Inzaji is very powerful. He just responds to the old saying in China, "Ging is still the old one." His sense of smell in front of the goal is still extremely sensitive. But head coach Allegri always let Inzaji, a typical center forward, to the right. A player like Inzaji, the closer he is to the goal, the greater the threat. He pulls to the right to support Pato to pass the ball. Inzaji is like a toothless tiger. Rangnik is a little afraid of Inzaji because Hoffenheim's defense is used to offside, and Inzaji is a forward born on the offside line. Maybe he has offside ten times in the game, but if he seizes the opportunity to counter offside, it will be fatal.

Fortunately, he is too old now and has not played many times. He may not be able to start in the Champions League game. Now AC Milan's main forward partner is Pato and "Swedish God Tower" Ibrahimovic.

Pato is now all the hopes of AC Milan and the number one star in the team. This is enough to show Milan's dilemma. Pato's problem is that he has become famous at a young age and is still a Brazilian. Another reason is that AC Milan's Brazilian circle, Kaka, a person who makes ordinary Brazilians feel bored, left San Siro and went to Real Madrid, but the Brazilian circle did not sink. Although Kaka left, Ronaldinho was still the first in the world, but in the end, Barcelona gave up.

It was because he liked nightlife too much and could not restrain himself off the court. His competitive state began to decline. Barcelona keenly noticed this and sold him. In addition, in order to make room for Messi, the new core of the team. After all, there is no place for two tigers. This summer, AC Milan bought another Brazilian Robinho from Manchester City who likes to play. Robinho was once photographed playing in London in Brazil and recruiting prostitutes with his national teammate Alves. He bought forty condoms alone!

With these two vigorous senior brothers, Pato's nightlife in Milan must be quite fulfilling and colorful. Perhaps there are traces of the three of them appearing in Milan's nightclubs.

If you cannot restrain yourself off the court, your performance on the court will naturally fluctuate. This season, Pato's performance is sometimes good and sometimes bad. When it is good, the media and fans cheer for him and sing praises. When it is bad, the media is disappointed and criticized, and the fans are silent. At this time, AC Milan fans must miss Kaka, who suffered from injuries in Real Madrid, right?

Ibrahimovic... his personal ability is beyond doubt, but his performance in the Champions League has never been very good. If he fights tough battles, his psychological quality is not strong. As long as he cuts off Milan's midfielder and his practice, he will not be threatened.

Let’s talk about AC Milan’s defense line. Nesta was once the world’s number one central defender and now it is also world-class. But if he is not always injured, he can still be the world’s number one central defender... He is older and has more injuries, but Nesta’s experience and consciousness are all there, and the central defender combination he and Silva can still be reassuring.

Thiago Silva is a rising star among young defenders. Although he is only twenty-six years old, he already has the calmness and calmness of an old central defender. He also has the speed that Nesta does not have. His existence has made AC Milan's defense much more stable and made Nesta feel much more at ease.

This pair of central defenders may be the strongest combination of AC Milan. As for the full-back, Zanbrotta is old and his assists are not as sharp as before. He has less shuttles up and down the wing road. Antonini is average and Odo is injured. Basically, judging from the previous league games, these are the main players in AC Milan's defense line.

The problem with AC Milan is that the speed is too slow after aging. This is really great news for Hoffenheim, because the characteristics of the two teams are so consistent - Hoffenheim's fast is the slowness of AC Milan.

There are many older players, and the overall speed of the team is slow. As long as Hoffenheim can maintain their fast and direct characteristics, it can defeat the slow AC Milan.

However, this is a double-edged sword. Although the slow-moving AC Milan players are old, they are all old fryers, and they have very rich experience in the field. Last season, AC Milan played against Real Madrid away, which can provide reference for Hoffenheim. Before that game, AC Milan was in poor condition recently. Everyone is generally optimistic that Real Madrid can easily defeat AC Milan at their home court. Real Madrid players and coaches also think so. What's the result? Real Madrid scored the goal at the beginning, but AC Milan, who was slow-moving, dragged Real Madrid into the quagmire with their slow rhythm. Slow also has the advantage of slowness. The advantage of slowness is stability and responding to changes in the same way. In the end, AC Milan was not favored by others and won the away game and defeated Real Madrid.

Hoffenheim must also beware of this situation. If his fast football cannot defeat AC Milan's slow but mature defense line, he must be careful of the loopholes in his defense line for the opponent to seize it. Because once the quick attack is ineffective, players can easily fall into an impatient mood, and the experienced AC Milan can seize this opportunity and use their impatient counterattack, one hit and one hit. As long as they lead, the game will enter the track they are familiar with.

After carefully studying the video of AC Milan away game against Real Madrid a year ago, Rangnick asked the team to pay attention to these issues. He also watched the video of the game for the players to remind them to pay attention to specific issues.

"The key is that we must score first and score as soon as possible. Otherwise, once we are still 0:0 in the first half, the game will enter the familiar rhythm. They can play our defensive counterattack calmly. This situation must be avoided, so we must strive for the goal as soon as possible in the first twenty-five minutes of the game. We must use our speed to break their defense line!"

Rangnick said to the players in tactical class.

So how to use speed to break down AC Milan’s defense line?

Of course, it was about to pass and run away, and the forwards started pressing from the frontcourt. "If their defenders pass back, the forwards would press to the goal!" Rangnick paddled on the tactical board. "Use active frontcourt pressing to create opportunities. Once their players make mistakes, that is our opportunity!"
Chapter completed!