Chapter 149 Don't give up, Hoffenheim!(1/2)
The commentator is right, Manchester United does start to attack fiercely in the next game. However, Chu Zhongtian's changes are what everyone pays most attention to.
While strengthening the offense, Manchester United did not relax its defense against Chu Zhongtian. The first goal showed that Chu Zhongtian was the key to all problems. As long as he was controlled, scoring was actually not a difficult task. Because Manchester United was under light defensive pressure, they could naturally invest more troops in the offense.
But just as Chu Zhongtian found that there had been changes around him at the beginning of the second half, Manchester United's midfielders soon discovered that Chu Zhongtian, who had been strictly guarded by them before, had no chance to defend him.
What is the specific change... "Baker passed the football to the middle, and Fletcher quickly pushed it up. The ball must have been passed to Chu..."
When the football is passed like this, generally, most players, including Chu, will stop first and then pass it out, or simply do not rush to pass the ball, but wait, because after all, there are not many opportunities for attack and need to wait. A pass can create murderous intent, which really does not appear at any time.
But that will give Fletcher and Carrick the chance to foul or press close.
So when Chu Zhongtian faced Baker's pass, he did not stop the ball, and directly used his left foot to pass the ball to Sana, who was not far from him.
Then he turned around and ran away.
Simply put, Chu Zhongtian's pass runs faster, and of course his pass distance is shorter, because it is easier to grasp the accuracy and not to make the pass too far. It is too difficult to pass the ball directly without stopping the ball for long distances.
In the past, Chu Zhongtian, who was in the front court, often had large-scale long passes from the right to the left, or from the middle to the side. But now he can't see it, his pass is very short, within ten meters.
Then Manchester United players found that they could not implement effective foul tactics on Chu Zhongtian - he passed the ball and you fouled it, and at least one yellow card was given to a foul on a team without a ball. Such foul tactics are too unworthy. You can't send half of the entire team off to guard against Chu Zhongtian, right?
Fortunately, Chu Zhongtian made quick short passes and could not directly threaten Manchester United's goal. As long as he continues to press him, he will maintain this situation.
※※※ While defending Chu Zhongtian, Manchester United is strengthening their offense.
And it soon made everyone see this determination.
In the 60th minute, Ferguson finally showed the last ace in his hand.
Manchester United substitution, and the fourth official raised the substitution sign: replace No. 18 and number 9.
Wayne Rooney, the tough man stood on the sidelines, waiting to play.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Rooney, whether it was the fans of both the home and the visiting team, or the players and coaches of both sides.
Rooney stood on the sidelines, waiting for Scholes to come to an end.
"Finally, the replacement..." Rangnick turned his head and looked at Rooney and murmured.
He kept wondering why Ferguson put Rooney on the bench. Now he understood a little. In the 60th minute, when most people's physical fitness began to have problems, a Rooney with abundant physical fitness and strong impact came up... Should he let Rooney be the last straw that broke the camel's back?
In fact, as long as the game is tied, Hoffenheim will definitely qualify, but he just qualifies as the first or second in the group.
So, should we keep our feet firm now?
Rangnick thought for a moment, and continued to defend against Irving on the back line, and then asked Sana to curb Rooney. Chu Zhongtian could still help... But this thought only flashed in Rangnick's mind and disappeared.
Hoffenheim's football is not a conservative football, but a football that is actively attacking from the first second to the last second.
Listen to the singing from the stands...Rangnick raised his head.
The singing is clearly transmitted into the ears.
"Occurrence! Attack! The blood of the attack will always flow—"
This is Hoffenheim's football... Rangnick sat on the coach's seat without moving.
※※※Roney ran quickly on the court, then waved to his teammates and shouted: "We want to continue the attack!"
"Oh, I'm finally here." Sana said beside Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian withdrew his gaze and looked at him. "Your target person."
"Can it be yours?"
"You will face greater pressure in defense, and you will..."
"Don't worry, what should be protected is still protected," Sana replied.
"Scholes is off, Rooney is not simply a striker when he comes up." Chu Zhongtian reminded.
"I know, he is very versatile when he retreats to the reception." Sana nodded.
"Just you know." Chu Zhongtian stopped talking, turned around and ran away, preparing to continue the competition.
※※After Rooney came on the court, Manchester United's offense seemed even more threatening, because he ran back and forth in the frontcourt without any effort, kept retreating and responding, and then dribbled the ball to the front, giving the defensive pressure Irving was well placed. In addition, his physical fitness did have the upper hand, and he helped him a lot in the competition with Comper, Sana, and Simonic.
However, Manchester United's offense has always been threatening, and Hoffenheim's offense has truly improved.
The reason is naturally that they also have a player with excellent physical fitness, and this player with excellent physical fitness is getting rid of the predicament that had previously hindered him step by step.
At first, Manchester United players thought that only having quick short passes would make Chu Zhongtian lose time to think, and many passes were useless. But later they found that Chu Zhongtian was constantly making short passes with Sana and others around him, and he could pass to dangerous areas in just a few kicks.
If you carefully analyze Chu Zhongtian's pass and running route after the game, you can see that he is getting closer to those gaps through these passes and running positions. However, the authorities are always fascinated, so Manchester United players didn't expect so many. At first, they just thought Chu Zhongtian was lucky.
However, Ferguson, who was off the court, felt something was wrong. From his perspective, he couldn't see the overall situation clearly. However, decades of experience and intuition in coaching career told him that it would be more dangerous if he allowed to develop like this.
The best way is of course to strive for another goal and completely destroy the morale of other Hoffenheim players. At that time, no matter how strong Chu Zhongtian is, he will be alone without the help of his teammates.
So Ferguson left the coaching seat and walked to the sidelines to command the game. The game was less than half an hour left. If Manchester United had to qualify, there was only one way to win. On Turkey, Besiktas was still 0-1 behind CSKA Moscow at home.
Manchester United was forced into a dead end.
Ferguson felt that it was necessary to let the team members know about this, which might inspire them to fight more and burst out more energy.
So he asked assistant coach Huilan to yell the score over there to the players on the field.
Sure enough, when we heard the score, the Manchester United players seemed even more excited.
Now there is no other way to go except to win.
Of course, Hoffenheim also continued to stick to their football - offense.
The two sides started the 63rd minute of the game and started a battle against each other.
“The competition is so intense!”
"The competition has reached a white heat! Both sides seem to have a chance, but they are a little bit worse!"
"Manchester United and Hoffenheim suddenly accelerated!"
"This is Chu's pass... Van Nestrui didn't receive it!"
"Rooney! Rooney! The long shot missed!"
"Beautiful cooperation, break in! Shooting - Hildebran! Wonderful offense and defense!"
The commentators also started to rise.
The legendary head coach of the West German national team, Herberg, was the most glorious period when he led the West German team to create the "Berne Miracle" in Bern, Switzerland, and defeated the arrogant Hungarian team in the 1954 World Cup final. He has created many famous quotes about football, although many people don't know it comes from his mouth. One of the most famous and widely circulated is "football is round".
It means that there are always a lot of uncertainty in football games. You cannot predict what kind of results the game will have, nor how the game will develop. Although there are many signs that the game should develop towards that prospect, the results are often not like that.
In fact, I have said so much in a long and long way to tell everyone that there are often many accidents in football games, and these are indispensable parts of the football games... "Obetan! After being silent for most of the game, he finally performed well again!! Beautiful get rid of it!"
The commentator shouted excitedly, and the atmosphere at the Rhine-Neka Stadium seemed to have reached a peak, and everyone was clamoring and making all kinds of noises.
On the left side of the court, near the bottom line of Hoffenheim's penalty area, Obetan was in control of the ball. Facing Baker's defense, he used an acceleration stop to turn inward and threw away the opponent. The star of hope, known as the "New Henry", finally showed his outstanding side in the game.
"If he is not outstanding, I bet Ferguson will replace him!"
Obetan, who passed Baker, did not pass the ball, but continued to drill into the penalty area. Baker, who was passed by him, went around and chased after him. In front of him was Comper and behind him. What should he do in the face of such a defensive lineup?
In Compare's eyes, Obettan suddenly shook his upper body, and his body seemed to be tilted to the inside line - this was a call to cut into the inside line.
Just as Compare put his center of gravity on the inside, Obetan gently pushed the football to the bottom line and then flashed over!
Oops!
Comper had only this thought in his mind. Then he subconsciously stretched out his right leg and wanted to play football.
He didn't hit the ball, but instead hit Obetan in the leg...Obetan fell heavily to the ground!
"Punishment!"
The referee's whistle sounded.
Manchester United fans cheered, while Manchester United players raised their hands.
"In the 68th minute, Manchester United won a penalty!"
A beautiful personal breakthrough changed the original trajectory of the game, and Obertan became a hero in the minds of Manchester United fans at this moment.
Comper stood up and waved his hand to signal that he didn't get the kick, but this argument was too powerless. The referee did not change his penalty, but signaled that all Hoffenheim players would withdraw from the penalty area so that Manchester United players could give a penalty.
"Aha! A dramatic scene occurred in the game! Hoffenheim was awarded a penalty! Manchester United got a chance to revive!"
Hoffenheim fans were of course not satisfied with such a penalty. Regardless of whether the referee was the correct penalty, they all needed to vent their emotions at this moment. So booed and scolded the sky.
This was useless. Rooney stood in front of the ball with the football in his arms, and he wanted to take the penalty. Hoffenheim players had no choice but to accept the result because the protest was invalid and stood outside the penalty area.
The fans booed even louder.
With huge booing and pressure, Rooney shot the football into the lower left corner of the goal. Although Hildebran judged the right direction, Rooney's shooting power was too strong and too fast, so he could do nothing.
"The ball has entered! Manchester United leads! They lead Hoffenheim 2:1 away!!"
※※※"Hehe!" Koniriya cursed in the stands.
The good situation turned out like this, and many Hoffenheim fans couldn't accept it for a while. They stopped booing Rooney because it was meaningless now. Many people held their heads with their hands and looked down silently. In the opposite stands were crazy Manchester United fans.
"Is Chu's first Champions League trip over here?" Someone was asking in the Wimbledon bar.
No one answered him because everyone was still disappointed.
To be continued...