This is the first Champions League match in Hoffenheim's history, and the Rhine-Neka Stadium is full. There are not many fans of the CSKA Moscow. Except for hundreds of people following the team, the entire stadium is full of blue oceans. Hoffenheim is too small, and professional clubs may not know where they are, let alone ordinary fans. Everyone is not interested in running so far to watch a game of a small place that they can't find.

The fans of the visiting team were not interested, but the fans of the home team were very interested. When the players of both sides were still warming up on the court, the fans sang songs in the stands, and they were not tired at all. The Hoffenheim Fan Association also specially made a huge Hoffenheim team flag, which was spread on the stands, which was very spectacular.

Such a home atmosphere even surpassed the first game of the new season when the team played against Bayern Munich.

"The Champions League is indeed different..." Ibisevic murmured at the crowded stands. Although he has also won the UEFA Cup and played in the UEFA Super Cup, it is the first time he has participated in the Champions League.

Salihovic slapped him hard on the back: "Is your blood boiling?"

"A little bit, haha!"

Most Hoffenheim players showed excitement when warming up. In comparison, the warm-up of CSKA Moscow was very ordinary. Except for a few people, the players looked calm. Hoffenheim is the opposite. Except for a few people, everyone was very excited and excited, hoping that the game would start now, instead of warming up for twenty minutes, and then going back to the locker room to rest for nearly half an hour.

Assistant coach Marichi kept reminding the players: "Don't be too excited! Pay attention to the movements! Be careful to strain the muscles!"

It’s not good to be unexcited, it’s not good to be too excited. If you don’t get excited, you can’t get into the game state. If you are too excited, you can easily get injured. So the player’s state is really a very profound knowledge.

Originally, the 20-minute warm-up was overly excited by the players, and the coaching staff decided to temporarily increase the ten minutes. After all the CSKA players left the court, Hoffenheim players were still warming up under the leadership of the assistant coach. The 30-minute long warm-up gradually calmed down many players' minds.

After the warm-up, the players returned to the locker room one after another, and head coach Rangnick also came back. There were more than ten minutes left before he played. During this period, he usually did not make tactical arrangements, just a few words to boost morale. But today there is obviously no need to boost morale, so what Rangnick has to do is the opposite - he wants to calm the players down.

"Yesterday Chu and I had a conversation in the stands of this stadium." He said, and everyone turned their attention to Chu Zhongtian. "We both decided to come to the empty Rhine Neka Stadium to see it. So it was a coincidence that we could meet him. I asked him how he was preparing for today's game. He told me how to prepare for the usual game and how to prepare for today's game."

"I think this is a good mental state. This is of course the Champions League, the first time for our team, but before that, it was a football game, no different from any ordinary football game. It was ninety minutes, with four referees, both sides sent eleven people to start, and no hand touching the ball except the goalkeeper... If you are too excited about this game, what if one day we can reach the final?"

Some players laughed: "Coach Rangnick, that's too far away!"

"Yes, it's indeed far away." Rangnick smiled and waved his hand, as if he felt that he was talking a little far away. "But no matter what, this is just an ordinary Champions League group stage. Losing will not cause us to qualify. Winning will not allow us to advance to the finals directly. Can it be more important than a game that determines the ownership of the league championship? Since we performed very calmly last season against Schalke 04, why isn't this game like that?"

"I hope you do well, but I don't want you to be overly excited. You are all professional players and you should know what the consequences are. So this game is like any normal game."

So how does Hoffenheim deal with any ordinary game?

After the head coach Rangnick finished speaking, he took the members of the coaching staff out of the locker room. He knew he needed to leave some time and space for the players himself.

"Okay, brothers, let's stand up." Chu Zhongtian slapped his hands and stood up from his seat, and the other teammates also stood up.

This was a pre-war mobilization, but generally Weiss did this. Although he was not the captain, his personality was very suitable for doing this. At first, he did it spontaneously. Later, it gradually became a tradition. Before important competitions, everyone always had to do this.

Now Weis has to rest for four to six weeks after undergoing surgery, so the only thing that can be done is Chu Zhongtian. Chu Zhongtian is not the kind of person who likes to speak bold words, but he can do it temporarily.

"Attack!" After everyone stood up, he clenched his fists and said to everyone.

"Occurrence!!" everyone shouted together.

"Occurrence! Attack at all costs!!" Chu Zhongtian increased his voice.

Everyone also raised the volume: "Attack regardless of everything!!"

"Okay, brothers! Come on!" Seeing that everyone was in good mood, Chu Zhongtian ended the pre-war mobilization.

This is Hoffenheim's attitude towards every game.

※※※The players of the CSKA Moscow know very little about their opponents, and they don’t even know the names of the opponent’s players. Fortunately, football has a back number and a name, otherwise it would be a headless fly on the court. Not to mention, football was like this in the earliest days. Everyone had no numbers or names, and they could only rely on their face to identify the opponent and their own players. This brought great difficulties to the players, coaches and referees.

It was not until the 1920s that Arsenal's legendary head coach Herbert Chapman introduced jerseys with numbers to identify players. However, it was not officially recognized for a long time, and it was not officially on the court until the 1933 FA Cup final. At that time, Everton, who participated in the final, used one to eleven numbers to mark the players, while Manchester City, a team participating in the final, used twelve to mark the players from goalkeeper to left winger. In the 1938-1939 season, each team used 1 to eleven numbers to mark the players, which had become the standard in the English Football League at that time.

This simple numbering method was popular until the 1990s. Until now, the national team assigned numbers to players according to their starting positions on the court, from one to eleven, rather than players choosing numbers based on their own preferences, such as Brazil, the five-time champion in the World Cup.

Among players and spectators, this numbering method leads to a universal assumption that numbers refer to the exact position on the field, such as the No. 11 always has the left winger, while the No. 9 is the center. This is also one of the reasons why England defeated Hungary in 1953: England's central defender Harry Johnson focused on Hungary's No. 9 based on the "knowledge" he learned. However, the No. 9 player of the team did not play as the center, but only played in the midfield, which confused Johnson.

The standard number on the jersey did not appear in the World Cup until 1950. The name on the back of the jersey appeared even later, even beyond the impression of most people - it did not appear until the Premier League in 1993.

If this game is backed back by a century, the CSKA Moscow players will definitely feel helpless when facing Hoffenheim players.

Before the game, Juander Ramos's coaching staff focused on the players, only a few Hoffenheim players, including Chu Zhongtian, Ibissevic, Van Nystruei and Simonic, and Salihovic. In addition, others only mentioned it slightly.

Ramos believes that these are all core players in Hoffenheim's team. As long as they defend them, Hoffenheim will not be threatened.

He has also studied Hoffenheim and knew that Hoffenheim's characteristic is attacking and fast speed. He didn't know much about how fast and how to attack.

The players don't know much more.

Anyway, once you play, you will naturally know.

CSKA players stepped onto the turf of Rhine-Neka Stadium with this idea.

The live broadcast was broadcasting the list of players from both sides who started today. At the beginning, they were all visitors. Hoffenheim fans reacted coldly to this, with not much booing and basically no cheers. When it was the home team players' turn to appear, the atmosphere on the scene immediately became warm. Every time a name was called on the radio, the fans cheered. Chu Zhongtian was the most enthusiastic and lasting cheers, which shows how high his status in the fans' minds was.

※※After two teams that are unfamiliar with each other, they usually test each other for a few minutes to ten minutes, and only after they find out the details of the other party will they play according to their own planned plan.

So after the game started, the players of the CSKA Moscow also planned to test it out to see how strong this mysterious and unfamiliar team is and what their football style is.

So they decided to attack.

If they have enough knowledge of Hoffenheim, they will definitely not do this. At least in Germany, no Bundesliga team will attack Hoffenheim during the five to ten minutes of the game. The head coach of the Bundesliga team usually asks his team to hold on for a few minutes first.

Moscow CSKA took advantage of the first kick-off to launch an attack on Hoffenheim's goal.

The football was soon passed to Milos_krasic. The 24-year-old Serbian international is best at the right winger, but today he plays as a forward and is active on the left and right sides. He can play on both sides and is a versatile player. After receiving the ball, he plans to break through Hoffenheim's right back according to his habits.

He did succeed, and Baker was easily swung by his change of direction acceleration. But the ball that followed him was cut off.

The one who cuts off his ball is Sana.

If you only look at the numbers, Krasic thought Hoffenheim's No. 10 was a front midfielder and should not participate in the defense. He didn't expect that he would rush to the edge of the penalty area to cut off his ball. This is the "front midfielder".

CSKA Moscow players have limited knowledge of Hoffenheim, but Hoffenheim knows a lot about CSKA. Everyone knows that Krasic is the most threatening player in the CSKA. He has a fast breakthrough speed, excellent physical condition, and excellent explosive ability. In terms of characteristics, Krasic is a bit like the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo who transferred to Real Madrid, but his style of play is simple and practical, and there are not so many fancy moves. From this point of view, it seems to be more like Ribery. But Krasic's shortcomings are also obvious-

He has too many dribbles and lacks awareness of passing. Many times, facing two or three defensive players on the other side, he is used to burying his head and planning to make a bloody path from the crowd, and is unwilling to pass the football to a teammate with better position. Passing is his last choice, and he only considers passing the football out unless he really can't break through. So the way to deal with him is very simple, just grab his ball. For defensive players, their favorite is a player who relies on good footwork and fast speed and likes to break through and never pass the ball, because defenders are always easier than defending the ball.

Sana, who cut off the ball, did not continue to control the ball, but turned around and passed the football to Chu Zhongtian in front.

Chu Zhongtian turned around while receiving the ball. When the football rolled over, he also adjusted his direction toward the offensive direction.

Because he knew the importance of Chu Zhongtian, the CSKA players in Moscow did not dare to neglect their defense. Seeing Chu Zhongtian catch the ball, the 33-year-old experienced midfielder Rashimic (elver_rahimic) forced him up.

At the same time, another midfielder, Aldonin (evgeni_aldonin), was in a protective position behind him and was ready to pounce on him at any time.

Chu Zhongtian did not want to entangle with the opponent's two midfielders in the midfield. Hoffenheim's style is offensive and fast, and it is unwise to waste time in the midfield at this time. So he just turned around and passed the football again. Rashimic made a pass, and Aldoin also protected him in vain. He followed the football to the side, and Chu Zhongtian passed the football to Eduardo on the right.

Eduardo did not dribble along the sidelines. He sent the football horizontally to the center of the penalty area. Van Nystruei had just retreated and responded. Van Nystruei was also a key figure in Moscow's CSKA, so when he saw him retreat, a CSKA central defender followed him. Van Nystruei did not let the central defender use close-up to him, but directly passed the football back to Chu Zhongtian.

When Chu Zhongtian received the ball, he did not make much adjustments. After stopping the ball with his left foot, he immediately passed a very penetrating straight pass with his right foot. The two movements were very fast. Because they were using the outer instep, they did not even have the action of turning the hips. Naturally, the opponent could not judge how Chu Zhongtian was going to do this action. Chu Zhongtian's pass did not give Moscow CSKA defenders and the midfielders the time to react. Rashimic was planning to turn around and pounce, but now he could only watch the football leave Chu Zhongtian's feet and run towards their penalty area.

The football flew through the ribs of the CSKA central defender and right back. Behind them, Kolarov who had just told him from the fullback that he had hit the ball and he received the ball!

Salihovic pulled on the side, helping Kolarov attract the attention of Moscow CSKA. Kolarov now has no defensive pressure!

"Beautiful direct pass!" the commentator shouted.

"Good ball!" CCTV's commentator He Ping was excited. "This is the best opportunity since Hoffenheim's opening!"

The cheers at Rhine-Neka Stadium suddenly increased in this moment.

CSKA right-back Deividas_semberas turned around and chased from the outside, and it was too late. Goalkeeper and captain Akinfeyev quickly attacked and blocked Kolarov's shooting angle.

When Kolarov faced this great opportunity, he was not greedy for me. After seeing the opponent's goalkeeper attack, he raised his legs and shook his feet, rubbed the ball, and just passed the head of the central defender Ignashev (sergei_ignashev) who was returning to defense, and naturally also passed the attacking goalkeeper Akinfeyev.

After seeing Chu Zhongtian’s direct message to Kolarov, Van Nystrue, who turned around and followed up, waited for his chance!

For the "King of Small Forbidden Zones", such an opportunity is as easy as free to pick it up.

He jumped high in the run, and under the interference of another strong central defender Vasily_berezutskiy, smashed the ball in the air into the CSKA goal with his head!

"The ball is scored!! The ball is scored!! Hoffenheim scored! This is the first Champions League goal in their club's more than 100 years of history!! From Van Nistruei!" The commentator shouted loudly. If he didn't yell, he would not be able to hear his voice, because the Rhine-Neca Stadium was not much different from the erupting crater.

"Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim--" All Hoffenheim fans jumped out of their seats, raised their arms and shouted in unison.

"Hoffenheim led CSKA Moscow 1:0! It only took one minute and twenty-three seconds before the start of the game!!" He Ping continued his excitement. "Too fast! Hoffenheim's attack was too fast!"

Van Nystruey rushed up and hugged Kolarov who assisted him. Two new players joined forces to create a moment worth remembering in the history of Hoffenheim Club. Rangnick's summer signings were well received.

Chu Zhongtian also rushed up with other teammates and celebrated the goal with Van Nystruei and Kolarov.

The Hoffenheim fans in the stands started singing after shouting, and the song was still the same song that declared who they were. The song was deafening, and under the singing, it was the panicked faces of the CSKA players in Moscow.

"Occurrence! Attack! The blood of the attack will always flow!!"

"We - is - Hoffenheim! Let you taste - our football!!"

This is Hoffenheim!
Chapter completed!