Tottenham Hotspurs were looking forward to reversing when they returned to their home court, so the media in North London put the title of "Reversal in White Hart Lane" to attract attention. Tottenham Hotspur players were also unwilling to give in, saying that the poor venue and weather were the culprits that led to their loss.

Under such conditions, they can't even exert half of their normal strength, so how can they defeat Hoffenheim?

However, when they return to the familiar White Hart Lane, everything will change. As long as they can win a 3:0 at home, they can eliminate Hoffenheim and advance to the quarterfinals. But this is not the most brilliant result of Tottenham. All Tottenham are dreaming that their team can reshape their previous glory for 48 years. In the 1961-62 season, Tottenham participated in the Champions League for the first time. That season, they miraculously entered the Champions League semi-finals and lost to Benfica, the defending champion who had "Black Panthers" Eusebio at the time, with a total score of 3:4 in the semi-finals.

In terms of Champions League history, Tottenham is much more brilliant than Hoffenheim. Even in the domestic league, Tottenham was once a giant team in English football. What is Hoffenheim? If you have no results, you have no foundation. How can such a team be compared with their Tottenham?

"...The whole Tottenham team is full of fighting spirit and is about to take revenge at home!"

※※※In Germany, Hoffenheim is filled with a relaxed and happy atmosphere. Through this game, the self-confidence of Hoffenheim players has been greatly strengthened.

This momentum has also affected the team's performance in the league.

On February 18th, in the 23rd round of the league, Hoffenheim played against Cologne at home, with the home advantage. With the gap in strength between the two teams, Hoffenheim won easily in this game - 3:0, a complete victory. Ibissevic, Van Nistruei and Quaresma each scored a goal, and Chu Zhongtian assisted once.

Next is the match against Mainz. Mainz performed well this season and once ranked first in the standings. By the winter break, they ranked second and had already achieved excellent results. Their performance has not been stable since the beginning of the second half of the season, but despite this, they can rank in the top three. The ranking is even higher than Hoffenheim.

Since he achieved outstanding results in the Champions League and the next round between the two sides will have to wait for a month, Rangnick will re-invest his energy into the league. The game against Mainz is an excellent opportunity to shorten the gap between himself and the top three and must be won!

Hoffenheim also had a home advantage in this game. In the end, after 90 minutes of fierce battle, he cut his opponent 2:1. Chu Zhongtian once again contributed an assist, assisting Obasi to score. Obasi scored twice in this game. Although Mainz scored a goal in the game, he did not change the result of the game.

Continuous victory has brought the team's ranking from fifth to fourth. Mainz has changed from second in the league to third in the league, while Bayern Munich has temporarily fallen to fifth in the league. The first in the league is still dominated by Dortmund, and the second in the league belongs to Leverkusen.

On March 4, in the 25th round of the league, Hoffenheim beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 1-0 away, and Van Nystruei scored the only goal in the game. This victory allowed Hoffenheim to continue to catch up with the top three in the league.

On March 11th, Hoffenheim will welcome the league leader Dortmund at home, a game like Mars hitting the Earth.

Although Dortmund's performance was a bit unstable after the winter break, he still ranked first with the foundation they laid in the first half of the season. You should know that before the winter break, Dortmund was only 100 points ahead of Mainz, the second-placed Mainz. Until now, they are still six points ahead of Leverkusen, the second-placed. If they continue this momentum, the league championship this season is likely to be won by them.

On March 16, Hoffenheim's second leg of the Champions League began, and the match against Dortmund was the last official match before that.

Rangnick was worried that the main player would be injured in the game, so he sent a second-tier team. The first and second-tier team met a team that was determined to win the championship and was in good condition. It is not difficult to imagine what the final result would be.

The two sides fought against each other in the game and contributed a wonderful game to the fans, but the final result made Hoffenheim fans feel sad. They lost at home with a score of 1:3. In this game, Dortmund's Japanese attacker Shinji Kagawa shined and scored two goals alone, which was the biggest contributor to the team's victory.

In fact, before the game, Shinji Kagawa said in an interview with Japanese media that he would regard this game as a revenge battle in the Asian Cup and challenge Chu Zhongtian, so his fighting spirit was very high.

But unfortunately, Chu Zhongtian, or Rangnick, did not cooperate with him at all. In this game, Chu Zhongtian did not get into the game until the last ten minutes of the game. At that time, Shinji Kagawa, who performed well but was violated by his opponents many times, was replaced by Dortmund head coach Klopp. The two had no direct conversation at all, and there was no revenge.

This is also the reason why Dortmund finally won the game, but Shinji Kagawa was not very happy. He failed to defeat his team in front of Chu Zhongtian, which made him feel less accomplished because he defeated a second team of Hoffenheim.

After playing the league, Hoffenheim's entire team flew to London to prepare for the second leg of the Champions League quarterfinals that will be held there.

Tottenham Hotspurs can't wait to teach Hoffenheim a lesson here and enter the Champions League quarter-finals.

In order to ensure victory, Redknapp made adjustments to Tottenham's starting lineup. Robbie Keane, who was in poor form, was replaced by Defoe, and Crouch and he started. In terms of midfield, Tom Hoddlestone, who was criticized as "bad" by the English media, was on the bench. The people who replaced him were Honduran players Palacios Modelic and Van der Fate. Palacios is good at defense. His existence is obviously focused on defense. All the offense is left to two attacking midfielders. In the central defender position, William Galas, who returned from injury, replaced Michael Dawson.

Nothing has changed in other locations, left as it is.

There is no change in tactics. We still use the combination of sides and middle schools to attack Hoffenheim's defense line and strive to score as soon as possible.

These are all things that are just talked about on paper, so football still needs to be played with both feet.

When it comes to real competitions, it's not the case.

Tottenham's offense was very fast, and they did score goals. But what cannot be ignored is Hoffenheim's offense. Tottenham's attack is to attack with all their might and strive to score at least three goals, so they cannot take too much into consideration for defense.

In this way, Hoffenheim's offense has room to play.

So when Tottenham scored in the 18th minute, the entire White Hart Lane stadium was like an earthquake, because the cheers of the home team fans caused the stadium to shake.

This kind of scene looks really spectacular. But the Hoffenheim players are no longer the country bumpkin who has never seen the world. They have seen such scenes countless times.

The team was not affected by the goal concealment. They were still looking for opportunities to score under the leadership of Chu Zhongtian.

Redknapp certainly knew what Hoffenheim wanted to do. All he could do was not curb Hoffenheim's goals, but try to score a few more goals, so he waved his hand to let the team strengthen the offense.

This is a time-critical contest. Tottenham must score the second goal before Hoffenheim scores. A goal lead is not safe, it will only arouse the opponent's fighting spirit and give them hope. After two goals leads, the situation will stabilize, the opponent's morale will be hit, and this side is full of fighting spirit.

But unfortunately, Tottenham lost in this race.

In the 35th minute, Hoffenheim equalized the score. The person who scored the goal was Obasi, and the person who assisted him was Salihovic, but the person who instigated the offensive was Chu Zhongtian.

Obasi's goal made the boiling White Hart Lane Stadium stagnant. Tottenham fans knew that Hoffenheim had now won an away goal. Even if Tottenham beat Hoffenheim at home, it would be useless - they had to win 4:1.

Now Tottenham was immediately closed to a dead end, and they had no other way except for even more crazy goals. Once they attacked a large scale, the void in the defense would inevitably be used. You should know that Chu Zhongtian is very good at using the gap left by his opponent.

Tottenham players were all feeling a little desperate. It was too difficult to score three goals in the remaining games and not allow their opponents to score goals.

But Tottenham fans have shown the tradition of England fans. In such a difficult situation, they still remain unchanged, singing team songs loudly to cheer for their team.

This scene made Chu Zhongtian even think of his time playing football at Wimbledon. It was just an amateur league, but the fans watching the football side of the court performed professionally.

Under the crazy encouragement of Tottenham fans, Tottenham finally scored another goal before the end of the first half and took the lead again, 2:1!

The goal scorer was Van der Fate, who used a precise free kick to tear Hoffenheim's defense.

The English commentator shouted after Van der Fate scored: "Van der Fate! Van der Fate! A goal that saved! Tottenham still has hope!"

This goal made Tottenham players full of confidence in the second half. Now they only need to score two more goals. Since they have scored two more goals, what's the difficulty of scoring two more goals in the second half?

During the intermission, the head coaches of the two teams had different requirements for their teams, "offensive!"

If you want to score goals, you will score more and more goals. No one in the world will think that there are fewer goals.

At the beginning of the second half, both sides continued to attack, with the scenes gorgeous and wonderful. Neutral fans were excited about watching, while fans on both sides were frightened, fearing that their goal would be captured.

In the 66th minute, amid the fanatical shouts of the home team fans, Tottenham scored another goal, 3:1, and tied the total score to 3:3!

But that's not enough, because Hoffenheim has the advantage of a away goal. They have to score another goal. But the situation is no longer as nervous as it was originally. It is completely different from only one goal and only three goals. Now Tottenham has scored goals in a row, and morale is high, and it's easy to score another goal.

Hoffenheim did encounter problems, and his opponent scored consecutive goals, which somewhat hit their morale.

At this time, a hero is particularly needed to stand up.

Is there anyone else who can stand up besides Chu Zhongtian? No.

Chu Zhongtian stood up and calmed his teammates with two consecutive threatening long shots, and also told Tottenham not to be too proud. Hoffenheim has the ability to blow the goal of any team, including your Tottenham.

Of course, Tottenham has no time to take care of the defense now, and they have to score at least one goal.

But at this critical moment, Hoffenheim made full use of their quick counterattack and seized the opportunity that Tottenham did not score in an offense. Quaresma drove the ball to a long distance, passed Gomez, and scored the ball into Tottenham's empty goal!

"3:2! Hoffenheim won a game back! The total score is 4:3, Hoffenheim leads! Tottenham is forced into a desperate situation!"

What does this goal mean? It means that Tottenham has to score two more goals, otherwise they will be eliminated.

Now is the 79th minute of the game. Two goals are scored in ten minutes? It’s not impossible... It’s because while scoring two goals, it’s very difficult to keep the opponent from scoring a single goal.

But the game mentioned what else should I do if I have this in the game? They have no other way except to attack!

In the next ten minutes, Tottenham's attack was very heroic. The Tottenham fans kept singing, completely suppressing the voices of Hoffenheim fans.

However, they could not suppress Hoffenheim's counterattack.

In the 87th minute, Chu Zhongtian directly assisted Salihovic to shoot at the front of the penalty area, helping Hoffenheim completely lock in the promotion place.

"3:3! The total score is 5:3, Tottenham has no chance!" said Duan Bin, a commentator of CCTV.

Tottenham really had no chance. They fought against their opponents with the belief that they had to score goals at home, but they lost in the competition of offensive strength.

In terms of attack power, Hoffenheim is better.

When the referee blew the whistle to the end of the game, Hoffenheim's substitutes and coaches rushed to the court to celebrate their victory. They initially achieved the team's goal at the beginning of the season, going further than last season in the Champions League.

"Promoted to the quarterfinals! The young Hoffenheim eliminated Tottenham and advanced to the quarterfinals! They did! They did it! They did go further than last season!"

The background for the ecstatic Hoffenheims was the Tottenham players who were extremely disappointed and frustrated. As soon as the final whistle sounded, they all collapsed on the court, and huge disappointment was swallowing everyone.

Their Champions League journey has come to an end today, reaching the Champions League for the first time in 48 years, and their results are in the semi-finals.

The biggest dark horse was ended by the dark horse of last season. Is this metaphor for something?

※※※In the post-match mixed zone, Chu Zhongtian was blocked by the reporters, so he must ask him to say a few words.

"You said before the season that you hope the team can go further in the Champions League this season. So, you have entered the quarterfinals and surpassed the quarterfinals of last season. Is this considered going further?"

Facing the countless microphones that stretched over, Chu Zhongtian shook his head and said, "No, it's not counting. We have to go further, further."

"Far further? Where did you have to go?" a reporter asked.

"Wembley." Chu Zhongtian spitted out such an English word.

The reporters exploded.

Chu Zhongtian ignored the reporters who were talking, waved his hand and said goodbye.

※※※"Wow! I'll just say it!!" Boss John pointed to the TV and laughed.

This is the second day after the game. The highlights of the Champions League match that ended the first day are being played on TV. Chu Zhongtian is interviewing a reporter. It is the sentence "Wembley" that makes Boss John laugh.

Boss John is not mocking Chu Zhongtian's ambitions, but is laughing at his old friend Bente.

As expected, Lao Bente, who was next to him, looked a little embarrassed.

"It's worthy of being the one we have come up with, haha!" Boss John was very happy.

Chu Zhongtian's words have long attracted the media's discussion. Many people are saying that he is arrogant and has won a person who is not strong enough, and he is about to enter the finals. He really thinks that European giants are all soft persimmons, can they be pinched at will? Chu Zhongtian also made similar news last season. After drawing Manchester United away, Chu Zhongtian actually said in an interview with reporters that he wanted to win the championship, but was ridiculed by the media at that time for a while.

But this kind of crazy is exactly what Boss John likes.

In response to the media's comments, Chu Zhongtian responded to this when he followed the reporter's interview: "Is it normal? I haven't said I want to win the championship yet..."

To the surprise of the media, not only Chu Zhongtian said this, but the team's head coach Rangnick and other teammates also generally recognized the captain's statement.

They said they would be very happy if they could score in Wembley. Since they have reached the finals, why not look forward to the championship?

※※But whether it is to reach the final or win the championship, Hoffenheim eliminated Tottenham and advanced to the quarterfinals, this is already an amazing result.

From then on, they have made history every step forward, creating the history of the club, and possibly actually creating the history of the Champions League.

A team that has reached the Champions League only twice is launching a rush to the semi-finals, Wembley and the champion.

Their ambitions are ridiculous.

No normal person will set goals like this. There is a Chinese saying that goes, "You can't become fat if you eat a bite." This is what Hoffenheim wants to win the championship? Let's go in another hundred years!

"I thought they were no longer rural guys, but I was wrong, they were still..." A British media mocked Hoffenheim, who wanted to eat swan meat.

He was right, Hoffenheim was still a country bumpkin, and he was still muddy legs with his trouser legs rolled up.

But who stipulates that the only one who creates miracles is the descendants of famous families?
Chapter completed!