Fernandez just made a difficult decision. He decided to let the team continue to defend and counterattack, rather than pressing the team to attack Hoffenheim. What is the result of pressing the team to attack? He knew very well that Hoffenheim was waiting for his team to suppress it. So he continued to defend and counterattack, even if he was one goal behind now. But as long as he could stop conceiving the ball, there was still hope. Taking advantage of Hoffenheim's chance to get carried away, he slapped them.

It would be fine if it was only one goal behind. If the opponent scored another goal due to a large pressure and turned into a 2:0 lead, it would be difficult for Ausserl to play in this game, and there would basically be no hope of half a bottle or even overtake.

Therefore, although there were players on the court who couldn't wait to equalize the score with offense, he still grabbed captain Pedreti while the Hoffenheim players were celebrating the goal.

"We continue to defend and fight back!"

Pedreti glanced at his mentor and nodded: "Okay, sir."

"Tell your teammates, don't worry at this time, they just hope we're worried. If there are any adjustments, they will say it during the intermission break!"

Pedreti took the order and left.

In the following game, Fernandez did not return to his seat, but stood on the sidelines and stared at the field. He became more and more nervous, and this tension could no longer be concealed by his appearance.

Next door to him, Rangnick felt much more relaxed. He sat back and even had time to talk to his assistants.

※※Pedreti brought the latest instructions from head coach Fernandez back to the court. The players were a little surprised. They thought the head coach would let them go out desperately and fight the opponent to the death, but they asked them to continue to defend... "Hey! Benot, are you really sure you heard it right, or is the coach saying it right?" Forward Yellen yelled at Pedreti.

Pedreti nodded: "I heard it very clearly. He wants us to continue to defend and fight back."

"Damn!" Yellen cursed lowly. "How can we defend and counterattack like this? We didn't hold it at 0:0. Can we still defend it if we fell behind?" As a forward, Yellen would of course be very dissatisfied with the head coach's arrangement. Because defensive counterattack means that he will get very little support in the frontcourt, and most of the time he has to fight alone. But he is not the kind of powerful center who can hold the ball alone and then charge into the frontcourt. He needs support from the midfield and even the backcourt, and only then can he exert his true strength. He originally thought that this concealment of the ball would allow the team to attack with all his strength, and he would get more opportunities...Pedreti didn't want to get entangled with Yellen on this topic. He shrugged: "Do as you do, man."

After saying that, he ran back.

Yellen looked at Pedreti's back and spread his hands out and waved helplessly.

※※The game started again, and Ausserl was still defending and counterattacking.

The commentators also saw Fernandez's thoughts: "Yes, Ausser continues to defend and counterattack. At present, they have no better way. Fernandez obviously can only hope to concede only one goal before the end of the first half and then make adjustments during the break."

The commentator can see such an obvious situation, why can’t Hoffenheim’s Chu Zhongtian be seen?

Aussel hopes that this score will be the best in the first half, of course it would be better if they can tie the score - but this is impossible.

Leading one ball into the midfield is not something unacceptable for Hoffenheim. I believe Rangnick will think so, just look at his relaxed appearance off the court now.

But Chu Zhongtian doesn't think so. His idea is very simple - if we can score two goals, why do we have to score only one goal? If we can win with a big score, why should we be satisfied with a small victory?

So he was not satisfied with the team entering the first half like this. Now there are nearly twenty minutes left before the end of the first half, and there is enough time for them to score another goal.

He sent the latest instructions to the whole team - continue to attack and strive for goals!

Hoffenheim's offensive is coming again as a tide of Qiantang.

Ausselle contracted his defense and prepared to face another shock.

Chu Zhongtian knew that the goal had just scored was a great opportunity for Hoffenheim to score. Because Ausser's players must have not yet escaped from the image of the conceding goal, and Chu Zhongtian had just observed that Fernandez obviously gave the instructions to continue defending and counterattacking, but not everyone of Ausser's players accepted such an arrangement. Some people must be dissatisfied and hope to equalize the score this morning.

At this time, Ausserl's three-line thoughts will not be too unified. Some people will definitely want to attack and some people will want to defend.

To score a goal, you have to take advantage of the opponent's disagreement. Otherwise, after these few minutes, the opponent slowly calms down and finds that the defensive counterattack is indeed the best choice at present, and you will definitely be at ease until the end of the first half. It will be difficult to score another goal at that time.

Ausserl quickly ended their attack after the kick-off. Because he was worried that Hoffenheim would catch the space behind him to make a quick attack, many people did not go up when Ausserl attacked, and relied on two forwards in the frontcourt. This made Yellen very dissatisfied. He was forced into a dead end under the clamping defense of Simonic and Compare, and he did not even have a shot angle. In a hurry, he planned to make a corner kick, but Simonic did not even give him such a chance. When the experienced Croatian defender saw that Yellen was forced to the bottom line, he knew what he was going to do. As soon as the opponent swung his foot, he flashed to the side. The football flew past him, and then asked Chu Zhongtian, who was retreating to the penalty area, to intercept it in the middle.

Chu Zhongtian knocked the football behind him, turned around and took the football out of the penalty area.

As soon as he saw him dribbling the ball, Aussel's players did not come up to press, but retreated quickly, fearing that there would be any room behind him to let Chu Zhongtian pass it for a long pass.

Chu Zhongtian did not pass the ball either. Seeing the opponent retreat, he chased after him. Pedreti and the others retreated all the way, and Chu Zhongtian followed him all the way.

This scene is really weird - the defense is afraid of attack, and the defense is afraid of dribbling... Chu Zhongtian chased Aussel's players and killed all the way across the center line.

From here on, he encountered defense.

Another striker, Dennis Olek, rushed up to defend him. Chu Zhongtian didn't even slow down, so he turned the ball to the right and then dodged Olek. The striker's defense was really "harassment" and did not do anything.

It can be seen that the forwards are unwilling to spend too much effort on defense, and they are still thinking about leaving their energy to attack. So after Olek finished "defense", he did not continue to defend, but stayed near the center circle. He also looked forward to his teammates breaking the ball and passing it straight to his feet, and then dribbling the ball to counterattack.

Seeing that Chu Zhongtian rushed up, Pedreti did not continue to retreat, but stood in the position and waited. Anyway, he kept the middle lane and ignored the rest. Ausserl's defensive strategy was to defend the middle lane and give up the wing lane to Hoffenheim.

Chu Zhongtian did not go to the side or pass the ball. He brought the football to Pedreti and rushed over.

The distance between the two people is rapidly shortening, and it looks like they are about to run into each other.

At this moment, Chu Zhongtian picked up the football while running with his right foot!

The football flew past Pedreti and flew past the head of another Ausselle midfielder, Walter Bielsa.

"Beautiful over-top pass!"

Chu Zhongtian, who had completed the pick-up pass, did not stop his running pace, but bypassed Pedreti and continued to run forward!

The one who received the ball was the retreating Obasi. Obasi stopped the football with his chest. Auserel's defender followed him tightly, pressing him tightly behind him, making him unable to turn around. However, he did not intend to turn around. He saw Chu Zhongtian around from Auserel's player and passed the football horizontally.

Pedreti and other Ausselle players thought Chu Zhongtian would catch the ball, so they rushed up. The people behind reached out to pull the jersey, while the people in front chose to put the shovel.

But Chu Zhongtian jumped high and jumped over the Auxerre player who was making the shovel. He didn't catch the ball!

Pedreti did not hold the jersey, nor did the shoveler hit Chu Zhongtian, and they didn't even get the skin.

Football made Chu Zhongtian miss it!

Selihovic, who came to the ribs from the wing, received the ball.

Is he going to shoot?

No! He lifted his foot and passed the ball!

He was like a wall, and the football that Obasi kicked hit him and then bounced forward.

When the football passed through Ausselle's defense line, Chu Zhongtian also happened to appear behind Ausselle's defense line!

Aussel's players raised their hands to signal offside, but Chu Zhongtian ignored these things. He didn't even go to see the lineman. He stretched out his left foot and walked into the penalty area.

"Breakthrough! Single shot! No offside! Not offside at all! Beautiful middle lane cooperation!"

Before conceding a goal, Aussel is unlikely to give Hoffenheim the opportunity to cooperate in the middle. Hoffenheim's first ball was to the side, and then passed to the middle after breaking through the side.

This time, Chu Zhongtian's offensive route did not exceed the ribs, and he always looked for opportunities in the middle lane area.

Because Aussel's players' thoughts are not unified, Chu Zhongtian has given such an opportunity.

"Good ball! Beautiful! Chu Zhongtian entered the penalty area!"

Only Aussel's goalkeeper Thorin, who was in a hurry to attack, was now in front of him.

Although Chu Zhongtian is not a striker, it is not the first time he has seen such a scene. He swung his right leg... The Ausserre's defenders behind him urgently returned to defense, and some people risked the penalty kick in the penalty area and still shoveled towards Chu Zhongtian without hesitation. They all knew that if Hoffenheim led 2:0, the game would end early!

"Chu!Chu!Chu!Chu——"

Chu Zhongtian's right foot hit the ball hard. Not far from entering the penalty area, he thrust a ball hard like a cannonball, roaring towards the goal.

Thorin made a save move. His direction was correct and his skills were agile enough, but these did not help him to save to the football.

He felt his fingertips hit the football, and he planned to see the football go out with force, but the feeling was fleeting.

The football was indeed touched by Thorin's hand, but this gentle rub was only useful for those shots that were slowly and rapidly spinning. The football shot by Chu Zhongtian almost did not rotate, but it was full of strength and was very fast. With such a light touch, it could hardly have any effect on the football full of strength.

The football pulled out a white light from the air and hit the ball net straight!

"Chu—gooooooooooooooooooooooooooool!!! 2:0!"

"It's such a powerful and heavy shot! It's so amazing! The goalkeeper reacted, but he still couldn't stop the football from flying into the goal! This is Chu's signature shot! His power is so strong that he can break the net!"

"Ah haha! Hoffenheim scored another goal three minutes after the last goal!"

When Aussel's players saw the football fly into their own goal, their hearts sink to the bottom. They knew that this game was over... In order to equalize the score, they had to push out and fight against Hoffenheim, but with their offensive strength, they would probably not be able to score even if the opponent expanded their lead... "What a beautiful goal! From the attack in the backcourt to the goal, Chu Zhongtian ran through the whole time. He was the core of Hoffenheim. It was undoubtedly reflected in this goal. Whether it was Obasi or Salihovic, they were serving him and revolving around him!"

Faced with such a goal, even Aussel's head coach Jean Fernandez had nothing to say. When he saw Salihovic pass the football, he actually knew the result.

If it were Chu Zhongtian three years ago, he might not be able to seize such an opportunity, but now Chu Zhongtian's ability in all aspects has improved greatly compared to when he was at Metz. The biggest improvement is shooting.

Seeing his former disciples perform so well and scored a goal that almost killed him, Fernandez was not unhappy. Instead, he stood up and applauded for the goal.

This goal is indeed beautiful, but what is beautiful is not the shooting action, but Chu Zhongtian keenly seized the moment when the Ausselle players were inconsistent with their psychological fluctuations and thoughts after they just lost the ball. Fernandez believes that this is the most amazing thing, not the shot, nor is it a passing and cutting cooperation like missing the ball.

A great midfield commander must be able to remain calm anytime and anywhere, find the opponent's defensive loopholes as soon as possible, and know how to exploit this loophole. At Metz, Chu Zhongtian's ability in this area was still a bit immature, but after two seasons of training by Hoffenheim, Chu Zhongtian is now mature.

As a teacher, Fernandez had nothing to say when he lost to such an excellent student. But in his heart, he was still happy that he could see the students perform so well.

So he applauded Chu Zhongtian.

※※※ After the goal, Chu Zhongtian did not celebrate. He just stood there with his arms open, and then was overwhelmed by his teammates who rushed forward.

He knew that this goal had completely buried his mentor's dream of Champions League. Aussel, who lost three consecutive games, basically lost hope of qualifying in this group of death with fierce competition.

And he stepped on his mentor's body and took a step towards his goal. This season, he and his team will go further in the Champions League. Yes, go further. No matter who the opponent is in front of him, he will not show mercy, even Real Madrid, even AC Milan, even... his mentor.

Hoffenheim, who has led two goals, has basically established his advantage in this game. Ausselle can only choose to push forward and fight Hoffenheim.

Fernandez knew that defensive counterattack would not work at this time. Even if he insisted on playing like this, the players would not agree. He could only follow the players' will and at the same time follow the current trend.

What is the general trend?

The trend is over.

※※In the end, this game ended with Hoffenheim defeating Auxerre 3-0 at his home court.

Hoffenheim led 2:0 in the first half, establishing a clear advantage. Ibissevic scored a goal in the second half to help the team secure the victory. If anyone watched the game, he would think that Ausserl only lost 0:3, which was so lucky. After falling behind two goals, Ausserl had no choice but to push out and fight against Hoffenheim. In this match, Hoffenheim had an absolute advantage. They created opportunities to score shots many times. If everyone hadn't relaxed and squandered a lot of opportunities, the score of this game might have set a record.

So at the post-match press conference, Fernandez was already very satisfied with losing only three goals. He praised Hoffenheim's players, especially Chu Zhongtian, and praised him. He thought he was more mature, more versatile, and more powerful than when he was at Metz before.

"I believe that with such an excellent Chu, Hoffenheim can go further in the Champions League this season. If they eventually reach the final, I will not be surprised."

Such an evaluation is quite high.

Hoffenheim's head coach Rangnick was quite satisfied with the result. By this time, he could finally relax completely. He also praised Chu Zhongtian's performance, believing that the key to the team's victory was Chu Zhongtian.

After the game, the French media wrote with some dissatisfaction: "...The difference between Hoffenheim and Ausselle is that Hoffenheim has Chu, but Ausselle does not!"

Another game was also skilled at the end of the match between Hoffenheim and Ausselle. Real Madrid led by Mourinho easily defeated AC Milan 2-0 at his home court. The way they defeated AC Milan also fully utilized their own fast football characteristics, making the old AC Milan unable to cope with it, and conceded two goals in two minutes, thus setting the tone of the game.

In this way, AC Milan, who lost two games, fell one place in the group ranking, while Hoffenheim, who won two games in a row, rose to second place, second only to Real Madrid, who won all three games. In the qualifying battle in this group, they temporarily beat AC Milan and gained the upper hand. Aussel, who lost all three games, has basically lost hope of qualifying in the group and is at the bottom.
Chapter completed!