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Chapter 30: Young Does Not Fail(2/2)

Weize had long expected Chu Zhongtian to shoot directly. When he asked Diego and Flins to entangle, he faced the goal and received the ball from the penalty area line. Shooting must be his first choice.

So when Chu Zhongtian shot, he made a save, and the football was lifted out of the crossbar with his palm.

"Chu Zhongtian's long shot! Weize's save is very beautiful... Hoffenheim won a corner kick!"

If Hoffenheim's corner kick is not unexpected, it will be played by the team's set-piece master Salihovic. In terms of set-piece tactics, Rangnick did not let Chu Zhongtian guard the backcourt like Fernandez initially. Although he is now the team's only midfielder, there are many defensive candidates. Chu Zhongtian's ability in heading offense is very valuable and must be used well.

So seeing the team get a corner kick, Chu Zhongtian did not guard the backcourt like Metz, but rushed to the penalty area.

"Pay attention to defense!!" He heard Bremen goalkeeper Vizer yelling and let everyone stare at him.

Chu Zhongtian did not squeeze into the goal, although it was closest to the goal, and he was most likely to score the goal. He was on the penalty area line and at the back point. There were no Bremen players around him. His position was very hidden and he was not even in the camera.

Generally speaking, the most threatening points in corner kicks are basically the front points, so everyone deploys heavy troops there.

The front post concentrated the best players on both sides' headers - Hoffenheim is Per Nilsson and Ibissevic, while Bremen is their central defenders Naldo and Pledel.

In addition, there was a group of people in front of the door, entangled each other and muddled the water in front of the door.

Chu Zhongtian took his eyes back and then threw himself at Salihovic. He had to pay close attention to the movements of the football and decide his next move.

After Salihovic put the ball down, he stepped back and prepared to kick off.

He looked at the penalty area, and there were a lot of people in front of the goal, which made him frown. Now every opportunity to attack a set ball is precious, but what's the use of squeezing so many people in front of the goal? It causes chaos, and then expects who will take advantage of the chaos to kick the ball into the goal? This probability is too low, and the greater possibility is that any threatening ball is gone under interference.

He swept around and suddenly noticed the rear of the crowd. Chu Zhongtian stood alone on the periphery, looking very low-key. Looking at his side, there was no one around him. Bremen players all focused on people like Ibissevic and Persson. Even Obasi and Demba Bas would have at least one Bremen player around him. However, Chu Zhongtian... Chu Zhongtian only scored one goal in the Bundesliga, and it was not a header. It was understandable that Bremen players did not understand his heading ability. But he knew that in the team's training, Coach Rangnick always asked Chu Zhongtian to go up to compete for corner kicks. Sometimes he could score several goals in a row. His judgment of the landing point of the football was always very accurate. Coupled with his excellent bounce and heading ability, and his strong body, he always had a landing point in the penalty area.

Why not send him the ball?

Salihovic determined that if he wanted to shoot at Chu Zhongtian's position, he obviously could not directly hang the football on Chu Zhongtian's head. He had to send the football to the back post, so that Chu Zhongtian sprinted and then pushed the ball, and the chance of scoring would be greatly increased.

Salihovic, who made up his mind, raised his hand and then helped to play football!

There was a mess in front of Bremen's door.

Ibisevic jumped up, and Pledel, who was guarding him, also jumped up. But neither of them reached the ball because the football was too high when it passed by the front point. Neilsson and Naldo, who were following them, didn't jump at all. When they looked up and saw the ball so high, they knew that it was not for them, and even if they jumped, they couldn't.

The football flew high past the goal. The goalkeeper Weize looked up at the football and realized that the ball must be heading for the back point, so he quickly slid and ran back point.

Chu Zhongtian looked at the football and jumped high, knowing that the ball was not for the teammates at the front point, nor was it in the middle in front of the goal, because it was too high. If Salihovic had not made a mistake in the kick, then there would be only one conclusion - this ball was for himself!

After seeing the football soaring in the air, Chu Zhongtian rushed forward suddenly. He ran a diagonal line and headed straight for the back of the goal!

When the football crossed the middle of the goal, he jumped high in the sprint, adjusted his posture, and then twisted his waist and shook his head!

The ball has arrived.

Chu Zhongtian could feel his forehead hitting the football.

His neck exerted force, and then his head was empty.

His gaze followed the football closely. He saw the football flew to the goal accurately. He also saw the surprised gaze of Wizer and other Bremen players. They must have not expected that a self would suddenly appear at the back point.

"This is Hoffenheim's corner kick opportunity... Salihovic drove the ball out, and the back point! Chu! It's Chu! He jumped up the header! The ball went in!!!" Leif suddenly increased the volume. "It's incredible! Hoffenheim tied the score!!"

Chu Zhongtian saw the football fly into Bremen's goal. When he was in the air, he didn't hear any sound, but when he landed, all the sounds came back - he heard all the cheers of Hoffenheim teammates beside him, booed the Bremen fans in the stands, and the excitement screams of Hoffenheim fans.

"4:4! This is really an amazing game, an amazing Hoffenheim!" Leif was still commenting excitedly. Chu Zhongtian had already opened his arms and ran towards Salihovic who passed the ball to him.

Although they are no longer hostile to each other, they still lack a ceremony, a ceremony that completely declares that they have turned into jade. Salihovic has little face and did not take the initiative to come up and hug him after scoring the previous goal, so this time he will take the initiative.

※※※"Yeah!!" Abel, who was squatting in front of the TV and looking up at the game because of his nervousness, jumped up and screamed.

"Abel!!" Mom's angry voice came again.

Abel dared not yell, but he gritted his teeth and waved his fists hard, his tender face being red.

※※※Salihovic was still standing there and saw Chu Zhongtian running towards him. He knew what Chu Zhongtian was going to do, but he didn't hide and stood there, waiting for Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian ran up and gave him a powerful hug: "Beautiful job!" He yelled in his ear.

※※※"This is Chu Zhongtian's second goal in the Bundesliga. He scored goals in two consecutive rounds! Chu Zhongtian is in good shape at present!" Duan Bin was also very excited. As a Chinese player who has such a performance in the Bundesliga arena, how could he be unhappy?

※※※A lot of Hoffenheim players rushed up and surrounded Chu Zhongtian and Salihovic. The game could go from 1:4 to 4:4, which was all due to these two people. They could not imagine such a game before.

Rangnick was also very excited. He jumped out of his seat, waved his arms vigorously, and hugged the people around him.

"This is a miracle..." Leif's mood finally calmed down. He had seen many games, but the game between Hoffenheim and Bremen will definitely leave a deep impression on him.

If this pizza happened between Bremen and Bayern Munich, he would not be surprised, because Bayern Munich has this ability. They are rich families with backgrounds. While giving them pride, their glorious past also makes them not easily admit defeat.

But what does Hoffenheim have? A team that played in Germany's top league for the first time has no history and past to be proud of. There are few fans and most of the players are not famous. Even such a team is so tenacious and unyielding when facing Bremen and finally equalized the score. He has seen many newly promoted teams beaten by those strong teams. If they were to fall behind 1:4, they would definitely collapse when they were behind 1:4, and they might have lost four more goals. But what about Hoffenheim? From 1:4 to 4:4, they played an amazing game!

Perhaps this updated team is really different from those previously updated teams?

"I have to pay tribute to this Hoffenheim team, they are good!" Marcel Leif, the well-known football commentator in Germany, also praised Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim fans kept singing in the stands: "Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim! Our Hoffenheim!!"

"Long live our whole village watching the game!"

But Bremen fans who were right next to them could not boo the visiting fans when they saw this scene.

When Chu Zhongtian, who had celebrated his goal, returned to the court, waved his arms to the Hoffenheim fans in the stands and thanked them for their support.

The singing is louder.

※※ Although Hoffenheim did not save this result at the last moment, their goal was pierced by Bremen for the fifth time in the 81st minute. However, in an interview after the game, Rangnick said that he was very satisfied with the performance of the players and was able to catch up to 4:4 when he was behind 1:4. What else can you ask for from such a team?

Moreover, after the game, the German media unexpectedly did not say any sarcastic words. Instead, they gave their praise to Hoffenheim.

"...The big victory with Dortmund still made them criticized, but the failure with Bremen made many people respect this team. I think in that case, if other Bundesliga teams were replaced, they would probably have to surrender 60 minutes in advance, but Hoffenheim did not. They fought to the last moment."

"In the 84th minute, Hoffenheim almost scored a goal on the offense. At that time, Obasi made a strong shot from the right, and the football hit the crossbar and flew out of the baseline. Let's calculate how many times Hoffenheim hit the goal post in this game? Three times! If all these opportunities were in, what would it look like?"

"This is a magical game. Although the strong team Bremen won in the end, I appreciate the spirit Hoffenheim showed in the game."

"...I list a data - 23.29, which is the average age of Hoffenheim's first team, the lowest in the Bundesliga. I will only say one thing: I have no failure in my youth."
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