Fernandez knew that Hoffenheim's offensive characteristics included making full use of the wing attack, and their flew together were very sharp. Quaresma and Serner on the right, and Salihovic and Kolarov on the left, both players who were better off than defense.

Rangnick brought Hoffenheim's wing offensive advantage to the extreme.

In this game, Chu Zhongtian will show it in the game.

After a brief test, Hoffenheim no longer retained his strength, but launched a wave of offensives higher than that of Ausselle's penalty area under the push of Chu Zhongtian.

"Quaresma! Quaresma! His dribbling is very sharp! It's past! Beautiful!"

"Salihovic made a cross! Ibisevic's header! It's biased..."

"Quaresma got the ball again, Aussel's players were defending him...Serna came up! Pass! By the way, break through! Cross!"

"Korarov, Kolarov! Kolarov is coming again, this is a full-back who is very good at assisting! Salikov passed the football to him, and he tried to cross...corner!"

In addition to the four wing players taking turns to attack Auserel's defense zone in their respective wing corridors, Chu Zhongtian sometimes also switched to the wing to pass the ball. Of course, it was not directly crossed to the front of the goal, but various direct passes and over-top passes, which always made Auserel's defense feel uncomfortable in different ways.

Of course, Ausserl was also quite mentally prepared for the current situation they were facing. Therefore, when he saw Hoffenheim began to launch a tide-like offensive, he immediately took it back. He retreated to the 30-meter area to defend and prepare to overcome Hoffenheim's offensive.

At the same time, their defense against Chu Zhongtian is that wherever Chu Zhongtian entered, the Auxerre players in that area will press and do not require robbing it. As long as they can harass him, they can avoid too much pressure because they are afraid of being pulled out of their original defensive position by Chu Zhongtian's running and back pass.

Fernandez got inspiration from Mourinho's Inter Milan last season. He emphasized the integrity and compactness of the formation in defense, rather than pounce on it and grab it wildly. As long as the formation stands, there will naturally be no or very few loopholes. How can the offensive side seize the opportunity to attack?

This is more clever than just stealing the ball, and most importantly, safer.

Therefore, although the game has been 20 minutes since the beginning of the game, Hoffenheim has gained many crossing opportunities on the wing, in the middle, Ausserl's defense has always been clear and has not given Hoffenheim's center Ibissevic and Obasi a decent opportunity.

Just as Rangnick repeatedly told the players before the game, this game is not about speed, but about patience.

Under Chu Zhongtian's leadership, Hoffenheim played well in the first twenty minutes. Although they did not score, they were not impatient. Chu Zhongtian still controlled the rhythm of the game slowly. When he needed to be fast, he immediately passed the ball directly, and when he needed to be slow, he passed the ball back or crossed the ball horizontally.

※※ Judging from these twenty minutes of the game, Fernandez is still very satisfied with his team's performance.

Chu Zhongtian is in good shape today, but Ausser's defense against him is also successful. At least Chu Zhongtian, who has such a rapid scoring momentum this season, has never had a good shooting opportunity under the harassment of Ausser's players, and he can only pass the ball more often.

Fernandez is not afraid of passing the ball. As long as the defensive formation is stopped, Chu Zhongtian will not be given too many available pass spaces.

However, Chu Zhongtian's characteristic is that it may explode anytime and anywhere. When Fernandez was still coaching at Metz, he benefited from Chu Zhongtian's explosion many times. Now Chu Zhongtian's explosion has become an irregular time bomb buried beside him - no one knows when it will explode.

So although Fernandez is sitting in the coach's seat watching the game, his expression is calm. But his heart is definitely not as it seems on the surface. He is actually very nervous.

Perhaps only when Ausserl scores a goal can he release this nervousness a little. Then he will have to wait until the game is over.

Also nervous was Rangnick, but Rangnick was a little bit more exposed than Fernandez. He kept standing on the sidelines, staring at the stadium without leaving his eyes for a moment.

This game is not a game that can't afford to lose, but a game that "must win". The draw is unacceptable.

Before, when Hoffenheim neither took the ball to attack or had any exciting shots, a huge cheer sounded in the stands. Rangnick quickly learned the reason why the fans cheered so much - at the Bernabeu Stadium, Real Madrid, who played at home, scored two goals in two minutes, and is currently leading AC Milan 2:0.

Real Madrid helped, and at this time Hoffenheim himself would have to seize such an opportunity. Otherwise, Rangnick would not know how disappointed he would be.

If AC Milan eventually loses this game and Hoffenheim wins Ausselle, then Hoffenheim will surpass AC Milan with a three-pointer advantage by six points and become the second in the group, which will occupy an advantageous position in the subsequent group qualifying competition.

This good news was quickly passed on to the court. Hoffenheim players all knew that AC Milan was behind two goals. For Chu Zhongtian, who had played against Real Madrid and AC Milan, he knew the strength and characteristics of these two teams very well. If Real Madrid lead AC Milan two goals at home, Milan's chance of turning defeat into victory is very, very small, and if you want to equalize the score, you have to expect Real Madrid to make mistakes. However, Real Madrid under Mourinho's rule is even smaller than AC Milan's chance of winning in a reversal away game.

AC Milan is sure to lose, and the goddess of luck favors Hoffenheim. But if you can't catch it, what's the use? So the key now is whether you can make full use of the gifts given by Real Madrid!

When he thought of this, Chu Zhongtian became full of energy.

He knows what Ausselle's current defensive strategy is. He has seen such a defense before. It was a real Champions League last season. He has seen it when facing Inter Milan.

The Inter Milan team was unable to stop their attacks at the beginning, not to mention that they were not as good as Inter Milan in all aspects?

The conventional passing methods and ideas are easily guessed by the opponent, so what about unconventional?

Chu Zhongtian got the ball in the middle of the stadium, and ahead of him was Ausselle's forward Yellen. In this game, Yellen was often a midfielder, who was responsible for defense rather than a forward. He did not come up to press Chu Zhongtian immediately because it is quite far from the goal now and the threat is not great. Yellen was worried that he would pass the exam too much and would be caught by Chu Zhongtian. After all, the team's defense is one. If he goes up and pushes, there will be a gap behind him. The gap behind him needs to be filled by other teammates. If other teammates make up, they will definitely not be able to take care of their original defensive area. This is like a snowball, forming a chain reaction.

Chu Zhongtian didn't care whether Yellen could come up. He set the football on the ground, took a step back, swung his right leg, looked up at the left road, and made a long pass to the left road.

Aussel's defense line reacted very quickly. Before Chu Zhongtian could play football, their defense center of gravity had already tilted toward that side.

Unexpectedly, when Chu Zhongtian hit the football, the football did not fly to the left side, but was rubbed to the right side by Chu Zhongtian with his outer instep! He made a fake move! Instead of touching the ball with the inside of his right foot, he slightly tilted his ankle when touching the ball, and rubbed the football with the outside of his foot. The football flew in the direction completely opposite to his foot and flew to the right side. This was a change between a slight slight, and the opponent could not notice it at all. Yellen, who was in front of him, also jumped to the left, made a defensive posture, and then completely empty his right side, and the football flew over from here.

No matter how it was an opponent, even the audience did not expect that as soon as Chu Zhongtian passed the ball, there was a burst of surprise in the stands, and then there was a thunderous applause.

The commentators were also praising Chu Zhongtian for his imaginative pass, but they didn't have time to praise him because Hoffenheim's offense continued.

Quaresma received the ball with his chest near the sideline, and Ausser's full-back rushed up to defend. But their defense was already passive. Almost at the same time Chu Zhongtian passed the ball, right back Serner suddenly crossed the center line and inserted forward at high speed.

Aussel's full-back here comes to defend Quaresma, and then Quaresma makes a fake move to cut inside, and knocks the ball to Serner who is inserted from behind him!

"Beautiful! Serna!"

The full-back was broken through, and the central defender rushed over to fill the position, while Ausselle's midfielder Pedreti also retreated to the penalty area to fill the position. Such sudden situations are not common in this game, but in so many games they have played, they have not seen one thousand times and at least one hundred times, so everyone knows what to do - make up for the position and defense, the central defender makes up for the full back, the back midfield makes up for the center back, and the other side's full-back moves to the middle, and the overall team and the center of defense are moving to the side where they are out of place.

In a blink of an eye, Ausselle's defense line in front of the goal was rebuilt, without any major loopholes.

But this time Serner did not pass the football directly to the goal. He changed. He dunked the full-back who was returning to defense. When Ausserre's central defender who was rushing over and thought he was going to break into the penalty area, he suddenly passed the football back!

The football fell outside the penalty area and was caught by Quaresma. Another midfielder of Ausselle, delvin_ndinga, came up to make up for defense and blocked Quaresma's shooting route. At Fernandez's request, Endinga, who had watched the Hoffenheim game video, knew that Quaresma's characteristic was that he was in this position, rubbing the far corner of the goal with his right foot and shooting. If he was in good condition, the goal rate in this place would be quite considerable.

So he dared not neglect.

However, Quaresma did not shoot the far corner of the goal, but directly pushed the football horizontally to the middle!

Endinga made a short save. At the front of Ausselle's penalty area, there are no Ausselle players who can defend.

Under such circumstances, Chu Zhongtian received a football from Quaresma.

Generally, in this case, those who know Chu Zhongtian and have watched the videos of his recent games will know that at this time, he will definitely swing his right or left leg, and then kick the "Greater China Cannon".

So the Auxerre players who go to defend him will definitely only sprint the first time, that is, they will fly to block the gun hole.

Chu Zhongtian did make a shot with his right foot, but he did not really shoot. He lifted his right leg and did not fall down, so he let the ball over. Then he landed his right foot on his back to support his body, and changed his left foot to knock the football forward!

He took advantage of the situation to break through!

This happened to all Aussel's players, and they could only watch Chu Zhongtian dribble into the penalty area!

Pedreti was the first to react. He left Ibissevic, Obasi and others, turned around and rushed towards Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian shot with his foot!

Pedreti's kick off!

Chu Zhongtian failed to shoot the football out because he was thrown to the ground by Pedreti!

"Punishment!!"

Behind the Auxerre goal were fans from Hoffenheim village. When they saw Chu Zhongtian fall to the ground, they seemed to have been trained. They stretched out their hands, pointed at the penalty spot, and shouted.

The German commentator was also shouting: "Punishment--"

"Punishment!" Hoffenheim's substitutes and coaches rushed out and roared into the field.

"Punishment!" Hoffenheim's player raised his arms to signal to the referee.

The referee's whistle sounded at this time. He decisively pointed his arm at the penalty spot... It was indeed a penalty!

Chu Zhongtian, who was shoveled to the ground, was still lying on the ground, and he raised his arms and clenched his fists.

Pedreti's kick was not heavy and he was not injured.

Aussel's goalkeeper Olivier Sorin rushed to the referee and protested and complained to him. He felt that Chu Zhongtian was a fake fall and he should never be awarded a penalty!

The other Ausselle players also surrounded the referee. But it was useless, and the referee insisted on the penalty.

He signaled Hoffenheim players to come and give a penalty.

"Ahh! This is Chu's ability! No matter how you defend him, he always has a way to achieve his goal! The defensive tactics arranged by Chu's head coach Fernandes, who knows Chu's best, did curb Chu's performance, but he used this unexpected breakthrough to create an opportunity to break the deadlock!"

"Chu's breakthrough forced Pedreti to foul in the penalty area, penalty kick! There is no doubt that this is indeed a penalty kick! The slow-motion replay shows that Pedreti touched Chu's feet!"

"In the 25th minute, the balance is about to be broken! Hoffenheim won a penalty, and this penalty came from Chu's excellent breakthrough!"

When Zhongtian was tackled in the penalty area by Pedreti, Fernandez, who had been sitting on the coach's seat, suddenly stood up, and then he never sat down again. He walked to the sidelines and stared at the field nervously. Then, the thing he was most worried about finally happened - Ausser was sentenced to death, and Pedreti received a yellow card.

He waved his hand in annoyance, and there was no other expression.

Chu is a key figure in this incident. Although his team has formulated a special defensive strategy for him, believing that as long as Chu Zhongtian is unable to speak, his threat can be eliminated. But Chu Zhongtian is no longer the Chu Zhongtian who was in Metz at the time. His personal abilities are better. When there are problems with his team and he cannot rely on him, he can rely on his personal abilities to break the balance and create murderous intent. In this regard, Chu Zhongtian is now more powerful than when he was in Metz.

His former disciples are now a top star. If their opponents were not them, he would definitely stand up and applaud this time. But now... he can only shake his head helplessly.

Hoffenheim's teammates ran to Chu Zhongtian, pulled him up, and then gave him a powerful hug.

"Good job, Chu!"

Everyone congratulated Chu Zhongtian one after another.

At the same time, they all knew that if this penalty was scored, the game would be smoother and smoother. If there was no such penalty, who would know what would happen next over time?

This penalty kick is equivalent to giving everyone a reassurance.

The team's top penalty kicker Salihovic came up and he would take the penalty. His teammates all quit the penalty area. Aussel's players also had no choice but to retreat when the protests were invalid.

Salihovic placed the football on the penalty spot and took a deep breath.

The Rhine-Neca Stadium became quiet at this moment. Even Aussel's fans did not dare to speak out, for fear of disturbing his goalkeeper and affecting him to make the correct judgment.

But these carefulness of Aussel fans did not help their goalkeeper Thorin Salihovic shot with an angry shot, and the football flew into the net, and Thorin completely saved the wrong direction.

"The ball has entered! Hoffenheim leads Aussel 1:0!"

"In the 26th minute, Hoffenheim finally broke the deadlock! Ausserl's defensive counterattack tactics lasted for only twenty-six minutes before failing! Next, for Hoffenheim, the game will enter their track, and Fernandez will have a headache..."

"Salihovic! Salihovic! He scored his first Champions League goal this season!"

Sallyhovic, who scored the goal, hugged his teammates to celebrate the near future.

On the other hand, Aussel's players seemed very frustrated. Pedreti lowered his head and said nothing. He was still blaming himself for his foul... The TV camera kept following Salihovic. After celebrating the goal, he hugged Chu Zhongtian alone.

He can score his first goal in the Champions League this season, and he should indeed thank Chu Zhongtian.

If it weren't for Chu Zhongtian's sudden intrusion, Hoffenheim would probably have to continue working hard for the first goal.

Now, Ausser, who is one goal behind, must push out and fight Hoffenheim. They cannot hold on to their defensive counterattack. I believe they all know what it means to Ausser, who is weaker than defense.
Chapter completed!