As time approached, everyone felt the atmosphere of the competition.

The hype about Chu Zhongtian and AC Milan in the media has ended, because Chu Zhongtian's attitude makes everyone feel that this hype is too boring. No one pays attention to it, so the media naturally no longer hype.

Everyone began to focus their attention on the game itself. German media are optimistic about Hoffenheim, and their views are the same as Rangnick, because AC Milan is old and the young and impactful Hoffenheim happens to be the type of opponent that AC Milan is the most troublesome. As long as they perform well, they can show their momentum and state against Bernabeu and Real Madrid, and it is not incredible to defeat AC Milan at home.

In fact, this is quite incredible in itself. A season ago, even if Hoffenheim just won the Bundesliga championship, no German media would think that they could win when facing those European giants. Therefore, they tied Manchester United away, which was a big and small unpopular.

The Bundesliga championship is really not enough in European football. Teams such as Werder Bremen and Schalke 04 have won the Bundesliga championship, but they immediately revealed their true colors in the Champions League. In the whole of Germany, Bayern Munich is the only one who can play in European football.

Therefore, winning the league championship does not mean that you can have any influence in Europe.

The change in Hoffenheim was that after they had played in the Champions League for a season, they drew and won one game against Manchester United in the group stage, and in the knockout round against Inter Milan, although they were eventually eliminated, they still won a game. The most important thing is that the first game of the Champions League this season, against Real Madrid, although they lost the game, their performance gave the media hope that they thought it was not incredible that they would defeat AC Milan at home.

However, the Italian media obviously don't think that this is the case, especially the "Milan Sports Daily". Don't think that the psychological battle is over. They played the title "Hoffenheim, a team alone" two days before the game, but the photo below is not the club's boss Dietma Hope, nor the team's head coach Rangnick, but Chu Zhongtian's back wearing the sky blue jersey of Hoffenheim, and the smell of sowing discord is already very obvious.

The main text only talks about Chu Zhongtian. When talking about Rangnick, it is just used as a foil for Chu Zhongtian, or just used it as a comparison. It is said that Hoffenheim has all dependence on Chu Zhongtian today. Rangnick is just a good coach. If there is no Chu Zhongtian and Hoffenheim only rely on Rangnick, it will be able to maintain the mid-level level of the Bundesliga and enter the Champions League? Don’t even think about it!

"In the first season of the Bundesliga, after Ibissevic was injured, it is said that the team once wanted to give up the competition for the league championship, but Chu stood up at this time and encouraged everyone with his experience of playing football at Wimbledon. In the end, Hoffenheim successfully won the championship. This period was revealed when Ibissevic was interviewed by reporters. Without Chu's encouragement, no one knows what Hoffenheim would eventually become. In addition to this, there are many key festivals.

There are active figures everywhere. He is not just a captain, he is even the second head coach. Now his identity is very special in Hoffenheim, not only a player, but also a member of the coaching staff. This is enough to show how important Chu is to Hoffenheim. What about Rangnick? I am not belittle Rangnick's ability. He is an excellent coach, but compared with Hoffenheim's current results, his coaching ability is obviously a bit... not worthy, but not worthy."

This article analyzes how Rangnick is not worthy of the team's performance throughout, and how important Chu Zhongtian is to Hoffenheim.

It seems to be praising Chu Zhongtian, but smart people can see that this is also interfering with the relationship between Chu Zhongtian and Rangnick. Everyone knows that Rangnick and Chu Zhongtian have a good personal relationship. Before Chu Zhongtian decided to join Hoffenheim, Rangnick made a special trip to China to have an interview with Chu Zhongtian. They also communicate frequently in the team and even invited him to join the team's coaching team, which is very relied on.

In fact, Chu Zhongtian is not wrong to say that Hoffenheim has achieved today's results, but after being said by Milan's media, it seems that Hoffenheim can abandon Rangnick and find any coach to do it, as long as Chu Zhongtian is in the team.

It is inevitable that people will have such associations when they see it.

This kind of sow discord may not necessarily have any effect, but it may affect the relationship between two people at critical moments? Such a thing is to do it, plant the seeds and see when it sprouts.

Faced with such psychological warfare, it is really hard to respond.

No matter what you say, you may be hyped up by the media, and your original meaning will be distorted.

So Rangnick remained silent about this, but he had a private communication with Chu Zhongtian, and it was not very intentional. He just talked about this. Rangnick laughed at it and said that he didn't care at all, so Chu Zhongtian didn't need to have any ideas.

Of course Rangnick has to do this. The media is right. Chu Zhongtian is indeed crucial to Hoffenheim. Now he has to try his best to keep Chu Zhongtian, instead of driving him away to establish his authority... Chu Zhongtian responded in an interview with Chinese media: "I talked about this with Ralph before training today, and we all find it very funny. Want to hear my response? My response is - hahahaha."

After laughing, he said to the media: "I am sure now that they are afraid of us, otherwise they would not have used such tricks before the game. Then we are very calm and we are waiting for them in Rhine-Neka."

※※※In AC Milan team, it is indeed not very peaceful.

Allegri has never had any experience leading the team in the Champions League. His last group match with Ausselle was his UEFA Champions League debut, and this time it was only his second game. Rangnick, who was looked down upon by the Milan media, is considered a veteran of the Champions League in front of him. However, the Milan media kept silent very cleverly at this point.

Allegri led the team to beat Auxerre 2-0 at home, which greatly increased his confidence. He is now full of his mind on the peak matchup with Real Madrid. As for Hoffenheim... Although they performed well at Real Madrid at home, they eventually lost the game. What does this mean? It shows that this team is young and vigorous, but their performance is not stable enough, and it is especially prone to collapse at the last moment. This is a common problem for young people. We in Milan do not have this common problem, and our Milan lineup is very experienced.

Of course he has no experience in coaching the Champions League, but there are AC Milan players. If you want to find a few of them in such a wealthy club, you have never participated in the Champions League. He feels that as long as you follow your usual arrangements, the rest will be relied on the field and play flexibly, and winning Hoffenheim is not a problem. The first group match with Ausselle shows this - AC Milan players have a talent, they all know how to play the Champions League, and they don’t need to say too much.

Excellent head coaches should be good at using the talents of players to make full use of their full play without having to restrain too much. Especially when coaching in teams like giant clubs, every player is excellent, and if you say too much, it is not very good.

So for this game against Hoffenheim, his only instructions to AC Milan players were to keep a blind eye on Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian is the core of Hoffenheim, and everyone on earth knows this. Everyone knows that as long as Chu Zhongtian can be frozen, Hoffenheim's high-speed machine can stop.

As for how to freeze Chu Zhongtian... he handed over this task to Gattuso and Flamini. Finally, he knew that Gattuso was thirty-two years old and was not the omnipotent butcher back then, so he even photographed him a Flamini partner.

Flamini came from Arsenal in the summer of 2008. He was once highly expected and regarded him as an overtimer between Pirlo and Gattuso - this is not a conflict. At Arsenal, Flamini was considered a midfielder with both offense and defense. He could not only pass a ball accurately to assist Henry in scoring, but also protect him next to Fabregas and provide a barrier to the back line.

However, his performance in AC Milan was disappointing.

This time Allegri gave him a chance to prove himself in Hoffenheim... no, to be precise, Chu Zhongtian.

An old butcher Gattuso, a second-generation butcher Flamini, Allegri felt that he could stare at Chu Zhongtian no matter what.

Real Madrid's failure is that there is only one Khdira against Chu Zhongtian, and it is not a human-to-human sign.

After making the above arrangement, Allegri felt that dealing with Hoffenheim should not be a big problem, so he began to revisit the video of Real Madrid and Hoffenheim's game. However, this time his focus is no longer Hoffenheim, but Real Madrid. In his heart, only Real Madrid, led by Mourinho, is the biggest opponent in AC Milan's group, and qualifying in the group is of course not a problem. His goal is to compete for the first place in the group, so Real Madrid's two games are particularly important.

However, he had the experience of defeating Mourinho - just last season, he coached in Cagliari and won the "Golden Bench Award" symbolizing the 2009 Best Coach, and he defeated Mourinho in this selection. He won the honor with twice the number of more than Mourinho's votes. Mourinho won the Best Head Coach at the 2009 Serie A Oscar, but in the "Golden Bench Award" voted by forty-four Italian coaches, Mourinho proved to everyone what he said: "I have no friends in Italy, only enemies." Italian coaches all regard Mourinho as their enemy and voted for Allegri. He beat Mourinho to win the Best Coach in his 2009 peers, which gave Allegri more confidence and confidence when facing Mourinho.

He obviously did not take Hoffenheim seriously. He was confident that with AC Milan's strong strength, beating Hoffenheim away should not be a big problem.

Besides, he sent out the strongest lineup. From this point of view, he did not underestimate his opponents... and took Ibrahimovic, Pato, Ronaldinho, Inzaghi, Sidov, Pirlo, Nesta, Silva... and other superstars, Allegrini boarded a plane from Milan to Mannheim.

Before leaving, he said in an interview: "Hoffenheim is a very outstanding team, but our goal is to score points away." He did not say whether to score one or three points, but everyone knows that facing Hoffenheim's third-level team, if AC Milan, the first-level level, only scores one point, it is obviously not satisfactory.

※※※Sinsheim has now seen two giant teams, Manchester United and Inter Milan, so AC Milan’s arrival did not cause much sensation here. However, just like the teams that have been here before, AC Milan’s players have also been fortunate to see the scene of Sinsheim’s small town covered by blue and white flags.

The city was once again boiling with the arrival of Champions League match day.

At this time, the psychological warfare in the media will no longer work. The outcome of a football match depends on how the players on both sides are playing real guns on the court.

So everyone focused on the players again.

Rangnick announced the starting list of this game the day before the game, showing his confidence.

Or he has nothing to hide. Everyone has guessed what Hoffenheim's starting lineup is, aren't it those people?

Goalkeeper Nyema, central defender Simonic and Comper, left back is Kolarov, right back is replaced from Baker to Serner, right forward is Quaresma, left forward is Salihovic, midfielder two are Chu Zhongtian and Sana, who are undefeated. Forwards are Ibissevic and Obasi.

Allegri also announced his starting lineup: goalkeeper Abiati, central defender Nesta and Thiago Silva, left back Antonini, right back Zambrota, midfielder Pirlo, Gattuso, Vramini and Sidov, and forwards Ibrahimovic and Robinho.

Unlike Hoffenheim's starting list that has remained unchanged for ten thousand years, Allegri's starting list is a bit surprising. Pato sat on the bench and did not play, and Ronaldinho did not start either. Perhaps Allegri still had a backhand and was preparing to see the specific situation in the game and then make adjustments.

At the pre-match press conference, both coaches seemed confident. Rangnick said his team would not give up the game at home, regardless of whether the opponent was AC Milan or Real Madrid. Allegri repeated the sentence he got in Milan: "Hoffenheim is excellent, but we are here to get points..."

When talking about the most threatening players in the opponent's lineup, Rangnick said it was Pirlo and Ibrahimovic, who believed that these two talented players would pose a threat to Hoffenheim's defense.

Allegri didn't even hesitate and thought, and blurted out: "Chu."

A reporter asked him what he planned to do since Chu Zhongtian was a threat?

Allegri said he would let Gattuso and Flamini fight Chu Zhongtian. This is no secret and there is no need to hide it. "We will focus on defending his shots. I know that he has good scoring desire and luck this season, and he has scored several goals."

"Of course, his passing organization is also very good, which is also the focus of our defense."

It should be a good thing for Chu Zhongtian to be praised so much by his opponent's coach?

Chinese media think so, but more people think that this game is a severe test for Chu Zhongtian. Can he perform at a normal level under the joint efforts of Gattuso and Flamini?

Everyone was very concerned about this. Chu Zhongtian did not attend the press conference, but Chu Zhongtian still accepted the interview.

When asked by reporters, he expressed his calmness: "It is very exciting to be able to compete with a player like Gattuso. I once fought with him in 2007, and I look forward to the second fight."

So what about Flamini?

"Franimi is also a very good player, but I'm not familiar with him..."

The gap... This is the treatment gap. In Chu Zhongtian's mind, Gattuso and Flamini are not players of the same level at all... But this is true. Flamini is indeed unable to compare with Gattuso.

What are Chu Zhongtian’s expectations for this game?

"Of course it was a victory." When he said this, Chu Zhongtian's expression was very calm, not as if he was bragging at all, nor was he fighting psychological warfare with AC Milan.

"So confident?" asked a familiar reporter jokingly.

Chu Zhongtian shook his head and said, "It's not a question of whether there is confidence or not, but a question of whether to win. Losing the first game against Real Madrid made us unfavorable now. We have no other choice except victory. If we want to qualify in the group, we must win. This is a group of death. If you have confidence, I want to win, and if you don't have confidence, I want to win!"

※※The next day, major media published Chu Zhongtian’s words in an interview.

"No one accepts anything except victory!" This title made Hoffenheim fans feel very excited. However, AC Milan fans think Chu Zhongtian is arrogant.

Must win AC Milan?

In this case, even Real Madrid players dare not say that, why do you, a person from a German country team, dare to say that?

Chinese fans started a civil war because of this sentence. At first, it was just a dispute between AC Milan fans and Chu Zhongtian's fans. Soon, due to the sarcasm of Inter Milan fans, a big melee was triggered.

However, this is the norm for Chinese fans on the Internet, and everyone is used to it.

In such a noisy atmosphere, Hoffenheim's home match against AC Milan was on the match day.
Chapter completed!