AC Milan escaped, and Allegri also realized that it was necessary to make changes. It would not work if this continued. AC Milan gave Hoffenheim, especially Hoffenheim's midfielder, too little pressure, so they could organize attacks in the midfield and frontcourt so casually, or shoot in the back.

Allegri thought about it and decided to replace Seedorf, who was sleepwalking in poor performance, and replace the defensive hero, "butcher" Gattuso.

He pulled Gattuso to his side and made his final advice to him. This was not a reminder to Gattuso alone, but an adjustment to the tactics of the whole team. He asked Gattuso to convey this message to the whole team after he came on the court - the whole team strengthened pressing in the midfield and backcourt, put pressure on Hoffenheim's midfielders. It was necessary to force it fiercely and have greater defensive movements.

Gattuso nodded and agreed, which was very in line with his appetite.

Sidorf walked off the court with a little depressed depression. He knew that his performance was not outstanding. But the first substitution still made him feel embarrassed. Allegri actually had a good relationship with Sidorf, but he was the first to replace him in this game. It can be seen that he was really anxious. In order to win the game, he offended Sidorf, who had always had a good relationship with him.

After Gattuso came on the court, he conveyed the coach's latest instructions to the whole team.

AC Milan players will follow the action immediately.

Hoffenheim players soon discovered that their offense encountered a huge resistance. When they cooperated in a small area, AC Milan's pressing became more fierce and aggressive than before. Often several players passed on each other, AC Milan often had several players pounced on each other at the same time to press. This style of play made Hoffenheim players very uncomfortable. They did not expect AC Milan, a century-old giant, would put down their airs and fight for their lives like a weak team.

Yes. Fight. AC Milan is really fighting for the death, because if the draw continues to midfield, they will be eliminated by the group; if their goals are too small, they will be eliminated even if they win.

When will you have to wait until if you don’t fight hard?

Allegri's instructions were to make everyone press intensify their pressing. When Gatuso passed the message, he added, "Guys, it's time for us to fight with them!"

Logically speaking, Hoffenheim's football style is fast and direct, and it should be more suitable for the tactic of pressing, because they can use the opponent to force it to grab the ball. However, Hoffenheim players are not prepared for this, and they did not expect that they would not even have half of the time in the second half, and the opponent fought so hard. For a moment, they were forced by AC Milan a little in a hurry.

Often, several Hoffenheim players pass the ball in a small range, and then the AC Milan players force this small circle to become smaller and smaller, and the small ones are completely unable to cooperate. Either they make a mistake in passing or stopping the ball under the opponent's pressing, and they give in to the ball, or they are directly cut off by the opponent.

AC Milan seized the opportunity of Hoffenheim being snatched during this period and launched a fierce offensive against Hoffenheim's goal. Ibrahimovic and Robinho both got good shooting opportunities, and Pirlo could also come up and show off his long-range shooting skills.

"Hoffenheim's situation is very bad. They have conceded the ball in the midfield many times in five minutes this time. There has not been a single shot yet..." The German commentator was very worried.

The Italian commentator's tone revealed a hint of gloating. "I bet that in just fifteen minutes... no, if you play like this for ten minutes, Hoffenheim will collapse!"

This is not an alarmist statement, it is a fact. The mistakes pushed by the opponent did affect the players' emotions. This mistake was expanded to other places. Even without the opponent's press, Hoffenheim made a pass mistake. After the pass mistake, the teammates began to complain to each other. The receiver complained that the passer player was not well controlled and his passer was not good. The passer player believed that it was because the receiver player was not active in running and his position was not easy to pass.

If this emotion expands, it will indeed make Hoffenheim perform abnormally in the next game.

By then, AC Milan's experience and home advantage can help them easily regain control. With their ability, it is not impossible to score consecutive goals in the last moment. And in such a fanatical home atmosphere, the pressure on young Hoffenheim will become greater and greater. At the same time, the huge psychological gap between the second group and the eliminated group will also make the players perform abnormally. It is not impossible to collapse completely at that time.

Before the football match, the training level and technical and tactical level of both sides are the training level of both sides, but in the latter part of the game, the competition is more about the psychological level of the team. Teams with good psychological quality can create miracles even when facing adversity at the last moment, such as the previous Federal German team. Teams with poor psychological quality are often prone to lose the game when they have the advantage, and simply collapse directly when they are behind, such as the Chinese team.

Generally speaking, young teams have poorer psychological quality because they lack experience in dealing with various complex situations. Teams with more veterans have calm psychological quality. They have seen all kinds of storms and waves. There will be no more things in the world that can make them psychological ups and downs.

So it makes sense for everyone to be optimistic about AC Milan at the end of the game.

In this case, Hoffenheim needs a hero to stand up and stabilize the morale of the army and prevent the team from collapsing.

Who will this hero be?

The TV broadcast gave the close-up shot to Rangnick. The German "professor" frowned and looked grim. It seemed that he was also very troubled by the current situation of the team, but he had no solution.

The AC Milan head coach next door, Allegri, was happy that his tactics had played a role. As long as they continued like this, the balance of victory and loss would fall to AC Milan. Although the score was still 1:1, the situation was beneficial to them. Allegri did not doubt the strength of AC Milan players at all. Which of these people is not the top in the world? As long as they take the initiative in their hands, there are not many teams in the world that can defeat them.

※※※Salihovic just received the ball. As soon as he looked up, he saw two AC Milan players rushing forward. Without looking back, he knew that there must be an AC Milan player not far behind him. Although he had two teammates around him, the three of them were surrounded in the middle. No matter how they ran, there were always three AC Milan players outside.

He didn't want to pass the ball back and forth like before, but he was surrounded by AC Milan players and lost his possession. He decided to make some changes. So he pretended to pass the ball to Ibisekic in the front, tricking Abat into leaning over a little. Then he hooked the ball back and planned to break through the wing.

Unfortunately, Ambrosini was ahead of him. The captain of AC Milan saw through Salihovic's plan in advance. As long as he dribbled the football out, Ambrosini could wait for an opportunity to intercept the ball.

Salihovic hesitated for a moment and finally chose not to take this risk. If he lost the ball, it would make another mistake, causing the opponent to fight back. Now Kolarov dared not rush up. If he couldn't fight on the side, Hoffenheim's offensive quality would be greatly affected.

He planned to stabilize first. Ambrosini in front of him didn't wait. As soon as he saw that Salihovic did not make the ball at the first time, he knew that he was hesitating, so he immediately rushed forward and planned to break the ball.

Salihovic kept paying attention to Ambroseni's movements. He watched Ambroseni rush up and quickly stretched out his feet to pull the ball back. At the same time, he half turned around and reached out to put the opponent beside him.

But this turn and pull the ball made his ball possession very unstable. Boateng, who was originally behind him, saw the opportunity and planned to come up to grab the ball.

Even if Salihovic barely holds the ball, he will probably be unable to hold on for a few seconds under the clamping defense of the two people, and he will eventually be cut off. Salihovic also knew the difficulties he was facing now. He was anxious, but he couldn't find a more suitable way to get out of the situation. It was rashly passed? Now it was only Ibisek that was the only point to be cut off, and the chances of being cut off were almost 80 to 90%.

At this critical moment, Salihovic saw a white figure appearing behind him through Boateng. A touch of white suddenly appeared in a red and black figure, which meant that he had an extra ally!

Who will it be?

He couldn't see it. Because Boateng blocked his vision, the range he could see was very limited. All he could see was an arm, a blue arm tied to a white arm.

He felt relieved.

Chu Zhongtian finally arrived.

Although when Chu Zhongtian first joined the team, the person he distrustds the most was Salihovic, now two seasons have passed and Salihovic already trusts Chu Zhongtian very much. During the game, when he faces a similar dilemma, if he has Chu Zhongtian around him, he will feel very at ease. Whether it is passing or breaking through, he will be very confident. Because he knows that no matter what mistake he made, there will always be someone who wipes his butt. And not only one person has this idea, but many people in Hoffenheim think so.

Chu Zhongtian proved his strength with his practical actions and won the trust of his teammates.

Now is the time for him to show this trust again.

Salihovic twisted his body and poked the ball out, and the ball rolled between Boateng's legs towards Chu Zhongtian!

In fact, Chu Zhongtian was not at ease. Chu Zhongtian rushed over to help Salihovic end, but in fact he had a "tail", that is Gattuso.

Gattuso, who was replaced, not only accepted the commands from head coach Allegri to the entire team off the court, but also to him personally. Allegri asked Gattuso to press down on defending Chu Zhongtian no matter what the situation, and didn't care even if he fouled. Gattuso, who came up in the second half, did not have physical strength problems. Even though he was old, he could still tie with Chu Zhongtian.

His defense against Chu Zhongtian is really fierce. Chu Zhongtian has already tasted the power of "butcher" just now. He just received the ball and before he could adjust, he was hit hard by Gatuso from behind. Although the referee awarded Gatuso a foul, Hoffenheim's offensive opportunity was also lost.

This time he went to pick up Salihovic, and Gattuso never left his hand. He clearly would not give him any chance to adjust, and even did not give him the chance to connect the ball.

So can he still help Salihovic get out of the predicament? Or become a new goal loss point... He has no time to worry about these things now. The football has already come under Boateng's crotch, and it is already very close to him... Chu Zhongtian ran towards the football, further shortening the distance between the two, giving him almost no time to think about countermeasures.

Maybe he doesn't have to think about countermeasures at all.

He ran towards the football, and Gatuso accelerated and rushed out in a diagonal direction, intending to use his body to hit Chu Zhongtian. As long as Chu Zhongtian lost his balance when receiving the ball, even if he didn't fall and only lost his balance for a moment, it would be enough to affect the quality of this attack.

Chu Zhongtian didn't give him any time to do this. Gattuso didn't want him to catch the ball, so he didn't catch the ball. Chu Zhongtian, who ran up against the football, did not catch the ball, nor did he break through with the trend. Instead, he suddenly turned around in front of the football and passed the football in another direction that was completely opposite!

He twisted his body and made a long pass to transfer the football!

The football was passed by him from the left side of the court to the right side, Quaresma pulled up the football, and at the same time, Serner had just rushed past.

"Chu! A wonderful long pass transfer!" the commentator shouted.

"Beautiful! This vision! This footing method!" He Ping also applauded.

In fact, it was an ordinary long pass transfer, but because it was a 180-degree long pass, it was difficult. In addition, this pass reflects how broad Chu Zhongtian's vision is. The most important reason is that this long pass transfer appears very timely. When Hoffenheim most needed a hero to stand up and stabilize the morale of the army and fight back against AC Milan with a beautiful performance, Chu Zhongtian stood up. His long pass transfer hit AC Milan's arrogant arrogance, and also allowed other Hoffenheim players to see confidence. This was not a blind kick, but a planned and cooperative long pass transfer. Let's look at Hoffenheim's series of movements after the football was passed.

After Quaresma stopped the football, Serner inserted at high speed from behind him, attracting Zambrota's attention. Quaresma rushed over with the football and finally formed a shooting opportunity. This was Hoffenheim's first shot in these few minutes. It can be seen how important Chu Zhongtian's transfer is to the team.

The anxious atmosphere that was still in Hoffenheim just now disappeared. The tight pressing plan carefully arranged by Allegri also declared bankruptcy, and all this came only from Chu Zhongtian's transfer.

It may be a bit exaggerated, but in football games, what leads to a turning point in the game and changes in the mentality of the players is often the successful pass, a wonderful shot, and an excellent save... Details determine success or failure. The football game is accumulated by countless such details.

Players who can make key details at these key nodes are top players and leaders in the team.

Chu Zhongtian is such a leader.

※※※Then in the game, Chu Zhongtian accelerated his passing rhythm. It was very difficult for those superstars to pass the ball directly, so they often don’t do too much such passes in the game. After that, Chu Zhongtian frequently tried such a pass. No matter where he was or where he wanted to pass the football, he would always try to pass directly. Not every kick could pass accurately, but the success rate was not low to a terrible level. However, his move could cause great trouble to AC Milan, because you never know whether his kick was accurate before it was passed out... It is impossible not to defend because you think you would definitely not pass accurately. What if the pass was correct? Wouldn’t you go straight to Huanglong?

Moreover, Chu Zhongtian's approach of constantly passing the ball directly has another effect - it just happens to be very restraining AC Milan's close-fitting tactics. People can never run football. It takes time for you to run up to press. There is a process. Before you run, Chu Zhongtian has already passed the football. Not only did you not grab the ball, but you also left a huge space behind you for Chu Zhongtian to use. Such a deal is unpaid.

Allegri shook his head off the court. The team finally managed to get back through active fighting and snatching back, and the initiative was gradually lost. Chu Zhongtian's sharp and fast pass had already made some AC Milan players afraid and dared not step forward to press.

He suddenly remembered that it was said that AC Milan was very optimistic about Chu Zhongtian before. When he was still playing football at Metz, he wanted to buy him. He quoted prices twice, but they were all rejected by Chu Zhongtian. AC Milan Club thought that this kid refused them to go to a team like Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​but he didn't expect that he would go to a team of Bundesliga promoted in the end... Looking at his performance on the court, it was really regrettable. If he had chosen Milan instead of Hoffenheim... Allegri couldn't help but start yy.

But without the possibility, Chu Zhongtian is now his enemy, he must find a way to stop him.

This is quite difficult.

Hoffenheim, who was just pressed by AC Milan, was running back at high speed, and under the leadership of Chu Zhongtian, was now running back at high speed.

Not only did he keep passing the ball directly, but other players also began to try this. What if the pass is lost? No problem, I will immediately invest in counter-robbery. The pressing in the frontcourt is not the patent of AC Milan. Hoffenheim will do it, and he is quite skillful!

The two sides fought on the court, and it seemed that they made continuous mistakes, but with these continuous mistakes, some space and opportunities also appeared... They were like fireworks in the night sky, flashing in a flash, and suddenly disappeared. Even if you see it, you may not be able to catch it, let alone not to mention that some of them can't be seen at all.

The scene seemed a little chaotic for a while, and the technical content seemed not high, and there were chaos.

But this is also a good opportunity to win in chaos.

This is also a self-correction of Chu Zhongtian's previous plan. He had previously set his sights on Sidorf, believing that Sidorf was the key figure in the team's goal to break through AC Milan. The relationship between Sidorf and Allegri would continue to stay on the court for a long time even if they performed poorly. The previous AC Milan games also proved this. Unexpectedly, Allegri suddenly replaced Sidorf, who had a strong relationship with him, and replaced Gattuso. Now the defensive loophole in the midfield disappeared and was strengthened.

For a moment, Hoffenheim lost the direction of the offense. This is also the reason why Hoffenheim's offense performed poorly in those minutes. It was not until Chu Zhongtian transferred the football out.

Now that Seidorf's point is not used, we naturally have to change the plan. Chu Zhongtian urged the team to play "turtle punches". After a series of random fights, he wanted to keep the game in a high rhythm of high confrontation and speed, and the experienced AC Milan cannot grasp the rhythm and make them constantly consume their physical strength. In this way, AC Milan, with a relatively large age structure, will inevitably be dragged down at the last moment. At that time, if the score is still 1:1, it will be Hoffenheim's chance to win. Even if Hoffenheim is behind 1:2, they will qualify in the group, and Hoffenheim still has a chance to score a goal and equalize the score.
Chapter completed!