Rangnick was unwilling to arrange too many defensive tasks for Chu Zhongtian because Chu Zhongtian made greater contributions to offense than defense.

The task he gave Chu Zhongtian was to attack and then attack. He only assisted Sana when the team was in gestures, and he had to attack at other times.

In fact, most of the time, Hoffenheim plays a single midfielder, because Chu Zhongtian's position is more like a central midfielder than a midfielder. In terms of position, the central midfielder is more forward than the midfielder, and he plays the role of supporting the front and opening the back, rather than just a simple defense of the midfielder.

However, because Sana's defensive ability is excellent, there is no problem with this style of play most of the time.

When dealing with Tottenham, Rangnick still wants to attack with attack. Sana's defense is an auxiliary, and Hoffenheim must rely on offense to win.

The meeting with this year's dark horse last year is a gimmick worth hype for the media. The representatives of the two teams, Chu Zhongtian and Van der Fate, are always compared.

Chu Zhongtian and Van der Fate are both midfielders, but Chu Zhongtian is more comprehensive and Van der Fate becomes famous earlier. In comparison, Van der Fate has experience playing in giant teams, which has allowed him to accumulate rich experience.

At present, everyone is paying attention to Chu Zhongtian, but some people are not optimistic about Chu Zhongtian because there are many players like him who perform well as the core in ordinary small teams, but they cannot truly prove themselves in such small teams. They must go to the wealthy family, and only there can they reflect their true value and true strength.

Chu Zhongtian's experience of not playing in a wealthy club has always been criticized. His several transfer choices make people feel that he deliberately avoided the wealthy clubs and chose small teams that are willing to use him as the core, so he is actually a player who can only perform in a small team. Such a player will never become a real world-class player.

When he rejected many wealthy clubs and chose to join Hoffenheim, many people have called him a coward and afraid of competition. So even if he performed well in Hoffenheim and helped the team win the Bundesliga championship, there are still people who gossip.

Van der Fate has played for Real Madrid. Although he is not very successful, he has performed wonderfully for a while. He has more experience in the Champions League than Chu Zhongtian, which is considered an important difference between the two cores. In important matches such as the Champions League knockout stage, the competition is often not about technical and tactical strength, but about experience.

Chu Zhongtian's Champions League experience has only one season and has stopped in the quarterfinals. He has nothing to refer to how to play further.

In terms of strength, both teams are similar. Rangnick and Redknapp are both skilled head coaches, and they also have some powerful players under their command. In addition, there are many role players who are willing to contribute. The team's structure is very reasonable.

It is not surprising whether or not the two teams win or lose.

Out of appreciation for Tottenham's performance this season, people may be more willing to see Tottenham win - of course, the Chinese will definitely not think so.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian himself is not interested in the media comparing him with Van der Fate. As for some media criticizing him for lacking a competitive mentality, being timid and cowardly and not daring to join a fiercely competitive wealthy family, it is a kind of escape, and he is too lazy to argue.

He has a lot of things now and doesn't care about what others think of him.

First of all, it was a matter of football. The game with Tottenham was imminent. He lost the game against Bayern. Rangnick originally wanted Chu Zhongtian to rest, but Chu Zhongtian was not very grateful. The failure made him full of anger. Because he felt that he could start, even if he couldn't win Bayern Munich, he could still avoid a failure. He is like a lion who was locked in a cage and hungry for a few days, and can't wait to tear his next prey to pieces. So now he is full of fighting spirit and motivation. It's hard to say that Rangnick didn't let Chu Zhongtian start against Bayern Munich. Is it just to make Chu Zhongtian become like this?

Chu Zhongtian prepared for the match against Tottenham with the idea of ​​winning, and he would not accept any results except victory.

In addition to football, there are other things in his life. The movie script created by Lin Haitingtao has been finalized. After reading it personally, Chu Zhongtian was very satisfied with the script. Although he had undergone several revisions, he finally modified what he wanted. Lin Haitingtao also paid the price for it. Because it was too tiring and too nervous to rush the script, he bleeded gastric hemorrhage and was admitted to the hospital. It was found that it was a duodenal ulcer. The doctor said that the pressure was too high.

After you get the script, the movie can be put into filming.

Emily left Sinsheim, packed her luggage and went to Wimbledon to prepare for the film. This time Emily's identity is not just a movie actor, but she will also serve as a producer. For this reason, Chu Zhongtian paid special money to form a production company in Hollywood with Emily, and handed it over to Emily and her mother to make the most of their connections in Hollywood. This movie will be Emily's little test, and as a producer, it will also complete her self-transformation.

All the preparations have been done almost. After a while, the film will officially start filming after spring in London.

Chu Zhongtian and Emily will have several months to meet. They can only express their feelings through phone and the Internet.

The film is about to start, and in China, the results of the male lead audition have been released. In the end, Wu Qingyu, an 18-year-old boy from Dalian, Liaoning, won the selection from layers of selection. This young man used to be a member of Dalian Shide Youth Team. Later, because he was not selected for the Dalian Shide Reserve Team, he gave up continuing to play football and switched to school. He had a good football foundation and could speak some English. Although he was not fluent, it was not easy. After a period of training, it should not be a problem in communication. In addition, he was not handsome, but he looked very sunny, which was what Chu Zhongtian valued.

Wu Qingyu is undoubtedly lucky. Although he can no longer continue his professional football career, he can relive his football dream on another stage. Playing the most popular athlete in China has also attracted much attention from the media. However, for the purpose of protecting him, Yang Yang did not let him appear in front of the media too much. As soon as the audition result came out, he was pulled to London, England to meet with the crew, and meet his director and the heroine Emily Stan, who will be partnered with him. He also needs to adapt to his life at Wimbledon, and spend some time with the supporting role John, who is the supporting role in the movie, to understand the football culture and atmosphere there, and try to integrate into it so as to achieve the most realistic performance in the movie.

This period will take about a month. After a month, in March, the weather in London will warm up and everything will revive, and the film will officially start filming.

In addition, in China, the novel of the same name of the movie is also preparing for publication and will be published before the movie is released to build momentum for the movie in advance.

Although Yang Yang and others helped him with the specific details of these things, he always had to look at them.

So his life now is basically training during the day and when he returns home at night, he turns on the computer to handle work matters.

He basically didn't care much about the hotel business, and he left it all to his father and mother. What he focused on now is the movie business, and the other was his own sports brand. All jerseys, autumn pants, socks and sneakers in Sichuan Quanxing in China were sponsored by his sports brand. In addition, he also actively expanded the market in China with the help of Nike. Various advertisements have been bombarded in central-level media. He also made full use of the characteristics of online media and cooperated with video websites and portals to conduct creative advertising selection activities, actively sponsor various grassroots football and basketball leagues. First, he cooperated with the Chengdu Football Association to sponsor Chengdu Amateur Football League and Chengdu Middle School Football League in Chengdu, actively expanding his popularity. Of course, as his own brand, Chu Zhongtian naturally took part in person and filmed a TV commercial for this brand. He became the first image spokesperson of his brand.

Now, the brand "chuchu" has gradually entered the Chinese people's cognition and is planning to enter everyone's hearts.

※※ Some people once questioned that Chu Zhongtian wanted to play football and do business, so he did not have so much energy to take care of both ends. He spent too much energy on business, which would definitely affect his performance on the court. In the early years, the media criticized Chu Zhongtian for only knowing how to make money with his hungry girlfriend, but ignoring football.

However, these criticisms are untenable. People judge Chu Zhongtian according to general rules incorrectly. It is impossible for ordinary people to take into account both ends, but Chu Zhongtian is more energetic, and he is full of energy whether he plays football or makes money.

It is nonsense to say that he is just for making money, regardless of football, or even misses training classes many times. Everyone only saw his glory in front of the media, but they could not see him staying alone on the training ground to practice for themselves.

Rangnick and his teammates could see it. Therefore, no one in the team complained that Chu Zhongtian was distracted from him, which was disrespectful to the team. You should know that Chu Zhongtian invested more in football in the team than anyone else, and it was blameless.

It is precisely because of this that everyone unconditionally trusts their captain, whether on the court or off the court.

On February 15, Tottenham Hotspur arrived in Sinsheim. After putting their luggage in the hotel, they rushed to the stadium to conduct training to adapt to the venue.

In the afternoon of the same day, the head coaches of both sides held a press conference before the game at the Rhine-Neka Stadium. The visiting coach Redknapp first and the home coach Rangnick later.

Both sides seemed to have agreed, and both praised their opponents, while at the same time they seemed very low-key.

Redknapp called Chu Zhongtian a world-class player and refuted the argument that some European media had thought Chu Zhongtian was just a false and world-class player some time ago. At the same time, he was also very optimistic about Salihovic, Ibisevic and Sana, and other stars were not as dazzling as Chu Zhongtian. He said that being able to score away goals in the away game was all the goals, and as for winning? He had never thought about it.

Rangnick also praised Gareth Bale and Van der Fate's performance this season. He focused on the two matches between Tottenham and Inter Milan in the group stage, believing that this is a very strong team and should not be underestimated. However, when asked about the goal of this game, he still said it was a victory.

If you don’t pursue victory at your home court, it will be too hypocritical and will damage the morale of the team.

The purpose of both sides in this game is very clear. The home team Hoffenheim pursues home victory, while the away team Tottenham pursues away goals.

Is this really the case?

Many people always feel that under Redknapp's superficial modesty, he must be planning to score three-pointers away.

In fact, they all guessed wrongly.

Redknapp really came for away goals. For Redknapp, winning or losing is not important in this game, but the important thing is the away goal. If their team can lose 3:4 at the opponent's home court like the game with Inter Milan, it will be better than winning 1:0.

After all, from a practical perspective, it is quite difficult to win at Hoffenheim. Since the start of the Champions League last season, Hoffenheim has defeated giant teams such as Manchester United, Inter Milan and AC Milan at home. Even Real Madrid, which was once in the limelight, has only won a draw at this stadium.

Redknapp doesn't think his team can escape from this stadium. Hoffenheim can always burst out with huge energy in this new stadium. This may be related to their always-filled home court. The fanatical atmosphere makes the Hoffenheim players fighting here excited.

So it's safer and more realistic, pursuing away goals is more realistic. It's much easier to score than winning. Redknapp is very confident in his team's attack power. Facing Inter Milan's world-class defense line, they can penetrate six times in two games, let alone Hoffenheim's?

No matter from any point of view, Hoffenheim's defense is far inferior to Inter Milan, and it is far behind the players' personal strength and overall ability.

In addition, Rangnick's tactics are mainly offensive, and such tactics must pay attention to offense and light on defense. Once you fight against them, it is hard to say that you win or lose, and the goal is certain.

Therefore, in this game, pursuing goals is more practical and more likely to be achieved than pursuing victory.

Redknapp guessed correctly. Rangnick really wants to fight against Tottenham. Because he can't think of any other way besides attacking. He will play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses. He will do whatever he is best at, and instead of making up for his weaknesses in the face of battle. Rangnick knows that his team's defense is not strong and his offense is very strong, so he only makes a fuss about offense.

The game against Tottenham will surely be a fierce offensive battle.

But this does not mean that Rangnick will let the opponent easily score away goals, allowing Sana to curb Van der Fate is just one step. Chu Zhongtian needs to take into account Modelic when defending. But the most important thing is the wing. Tottenham's attack on the wing is very sharp, with Lennon on the left and Bale on the right. Both of them are fast, able to break through, pass the ball, and shoot. Hoffenheim's speed is fast, and Tottenham's speed is not weaker than them at all.

Therefore, Rangnick asked his team to make full use of the wing, make a big fuss in the wing offense, and strive to suppress the opponent.

So in this game, Salihovic and Quaresma are the top priority. They must keep charging on the wing, and the two full-backs Serna and Kolarov also need to actively assist. During the offense, Sana retreated and formed a partner of three central defenders with two central defenders. The two full-backs pushed forward and almost became full-backs. The original two full-backs transformed into wingers, which suppressed the opponent's defense line and made them not care about the attack.

Chu Zhongtian’s role is to connect the entire team and carry out devastating strikes personally when necessary.

Of course, the team is now used to Chu Zhongtian's performance as the core of operation.

Chu Zhongtian has a great responsibility, and he will definitely be closely guarded by the opponent by then, but he is already used to it.

No matter who comes to defend him, it will be the same.

※※The next day, the game day finally came. The weather was a bit bad on this day, with gloomy sky and even scattered snowflakes floating in the sky. Mid-February is obviously still winter for Germany.

"The weather is so bad..." A Chinese reporter was reported before the game and was hit by snowflakes on the back of his neck, which made him chill.

"It seems that today will be a snow battle," said his companion.

"Bloody battle? Hoffenheim and Tottenham are almost the same strength, but it's really a bloody battle..." The previous reporter obviously had a wrong idea.

But what he said was not bad. Whether it was a bloody battle or a snowy battle, this game was not easy to play.

The venue is slippery and the weather is cold. Many unfavorable factors may restrict the excitement of the game.

Originally, both sides of the competition were teams that focused on offense, so there must be many highlights in this game. I didn’t expect that the weather would not help.

Although the weather was not good, Hoffenheim fans who came to watch the game were still enthusiastic. They were still carrying flags and walked into the stadium with their flags. Some of them were still naked and kept waving their fists at the camera. Judging from their red skin, it was obvious that they were drinking too much. Whether they were British or German, they could drink well.

"Hoffenheim will win!" German fans shouted.

And one of the few Tottenham fans also made huge cheers.

Their sounds stirred the snowflakes in the night sky, and the wild snowflakes looked a little bigger than in the morning.
Chapter completed!