Chu Zhongtian led the team to raise the rhythm very quickly. Hoffenheim's pace was faster, and AC Milan also got faster. Although there were many proactive mistakes, AC Milan also made many mistakes. Anyway, both sides fought hard. If they lost the ball, they would immediately counterattack. They would grab it back and then lose it. If they lost it, they would grab it.

In fact, without Chu Zhongtian leading it, AC Milan will speed up the pace. Because there is not much time left, half of the second half has passed, and the score is still 1:1. This score means failure for AC Milan. How can they not be anxious?

Of course, I tried every means to make the football closer to Hoffenheim's goal and closer to the goal.

Compared to them, Hoffenheim players are much easier. They qualify for 1:1 and qualify for 1:2. Unless AC Milan can score two goals in the remaining time and change the score to 3:1, they will all qualify.

Such a good situation made them much more calm in the game. If even they themselves were nervous before the game and were worried that AC Milan would beat them at home, then they were not worried at all. The team is in good momentum, AC Milan performed poorly. The chances of their desire to score two goals in a row are very low, but Hoffenheim still has many scoring opportunities.

As the game progressed, Hoffenheim adjusted his tactics and they no longer blindly attacked. Rangnick began to make the team pay attention to defense and also played against AC Milan's counterattack.

It is said that Hoffenheim can only attack, not that they can't even have basic defense, but that their characteristics focus more on offense. They can still play basic defensive counterattacks, and their characteristics are destined to be very threatening to play defensive counterattacks.

A defensive counterattack was the right decision. Hoffenheim narrowed his defense, letting AC Milan press on based on the goal, and then waited for an opportunity to hit their quick counterattack.

CMS knows that this is difficult to deal with, but do they have other options now? Hoffenheim can accept a draw, but AC Milan cannot. They must attack, and even though they know that Hoffenheim may use the space behind them to make them into sieves, they have no choice.

Allegri waved his arms on the sidelines to let the players press on and keep attacking. When defending, he could only rely on offside tactics.

It seems that AC Milan is pressing Hoffenheim to play, with a strong momentum. But every counterattack from Hoffenheim can make AC Milan fans nervous.

"This is Ibrahimovic! He turned around and shot!! Nyema! Beautiful!"

"Robinho! After that, break through again... Chu Piaoliang's tackle!"

"This is Hoffenheim's counterattack! Their speed is very fast! Sana swung the football with his head to Chu Zhongtian who was rushing forward. Chu Zhongtian licked the football forward with his chest, and he passed it to Quaresma! Quaresma did not continue to dribble the ball, but directly passed the ball with his right foot to transfer! Ibissevic received the ball! He shot directly... he missed!"

Since the team has started to counterattack and speed is required during the offense, Van Nistrui's role is not very good. Rangnick then replaced the already exhausted Dutch veteran and replaced the faster O'Brassi. When counterattacking, the bridgehead has little effect, and the forward who can attack by himself is the ball. O'Brassi beat Van Nistrui.

After Obasi took the field, Hoffenheim advanced faster when counterattacking.

Of course, this also made AC Milan even more uncomfortable.

※※※In the 75th minute of the game, fifteen minutes left before the end of the game, the score was still tied 1:1.

The hope of qualifying is moving away from AC Milan step by step unless they can score two goals in a row within fifteen minutes, and at the same time, they must ensure that their defense does not concede.

Allegri thinks he should replace him and strengthen his attack, but who else?

He turned his head to look at the bench, missing Pato and Inzagi very much. When he needed to score, he only had a tired Ibrahimovic and an unstable Robinho to use... Oh, by the way, there was also a Ronaldinho!

He quickly called the Brazilian from the bench: "Go to warm up!"

Ronaldinho thought he wouldn't play anymore, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly be called up and was a little confused. Seeing that he didn't respond, Allegri pushed him: "Hurry up! We don't have much time!"

Ronaldinho ran up there.

Five minutes later, Ronaldinho came back warming up and was replaced by Allegri.

He replaced Robinho and played as a second striker.

This position is much better than letting him play center, and he can't find any feeling when playing center, especially in a tough battle.

Ronaldinho's appearance made Hoffenheim fans nervous. Although this former best player in the world has lost his dazzling halo, his ability is still there and his inspiration is still there. No one knows when he will have a flash of inspiration and be killed by him.

Hoffenheim's countermeasure is to let Chu Zhongtian keep a close eye on Ronaldinho in defense. This is not easy, because AC Milan has two free kick masters, Ronaldinho and Pirlo, and he cannot foul the opponent in a sensitive area and give the opponent a free kick.

Therefore, he can't use foul, the most commonly used method in defense.

Fortunately, Ronaldinho is no longer the omnipotent Ronaldinho four years ago. The decline in physical fitness has made this former world footballer unable to do many moves. Suddenly starting and accelerating to get rid of the opponent is very difficult. When he meets a player like Chu Zhongtian with extremely excellent physical fitness, he completely stops and can only control the ball on the spot and pass the ball on the spot. That is, his pass can still pose a little threat to Hoffenheim. But breaking the pass is easy to do. Everyone has stood up and keeping the three lines compact and formation, and without giving the opponent any loopholes, the pass lacks some penetration. If it were Ronaldinho in the past, his breakthrough could disrupt the opponent's defense line and then pass the football to the space. Now when Ronaldinho stands and plays the ball, his threat is much smaller.

Chu Zhongtian now just needs to get stuck in the position and not be shaken away by Ronaldinho, and then pass the ball by him. Anyway, his teammates have all stopped the position, so his pass is not too much threat.

Ronaldinho's condition is indeed not as good as before. Too much nightclub life ruined his sense of football. It is not difficult for Chu Zhongtian to defend.

In this way, the two sides remained stalemate until the 80th minute.

As time comes, even AC Milan fans feel hope is slim.

But at this moment they scored a goal!

Pirlo's long shot from outside the penalty area made a refraction of Simonic and flew in the direction that was completely opposite to Nyema's save.

In this way, the football flew into Hoffenheim's goal... "The ball went in! The ball went in!" The Italian commentator was particularly excited and jumped up from his seat with his arms raised.

"The ball... the ball went in! The ball went in! AC Milan's luck is really good, and they need luck at this time!"

Pirlo, who scored the goal, rushed directly into the goal without celebrating it. However, someone was faster than him. The closest to the goal was Ibrahimovic, who had already picked up the football from the goal. Pirlo met him, and the two of them hugged each other and ran in the middle.

Gattuso was very excited. He kept waving his hands at the AC Milan fans in the stands and asked everyone to stand up and cheer for the team.

This goal did exhale the slightly dull atmosphere of San Siro. Because the team never scored before, the hope of escorting the line became increasingly slim, so everyone naturally had no strength to shout anything, and some people had even begun to leave the court early. Unexpectedly, the ball suddenly came and the dawn of escorting the line was qualifying again! All AC Milan fans shouted loudly after the football entered the goal.

The song "Milan! Milan" also sounded over San Siro again.

"Pirlo made a contribution! His goal saved the team. Now, as long as you score another goal, AC Milan will beat Hoffenheim to obtain the right to qualify. If you only score one goal, such a little time is enough! You must know that this is AC Milan. Their team's brilliant history is much more than Hoffenheim! I was wrong, has Hoffenheim ever been brilliant??"

The Italian narrator is still releasing his excitement.

The AC Milan fans in the stands excitedly ignited the red fireworks in their hands. The stands were covered with layers of fog, and they could only see the red firelight clearly. The fog even spread into the stadium.

This is a scene in the Serie A stadium and can be seen often, especially in winter. English fans are used to singing to create a stadium atmosphere. German fans are shouting with super high decibels, while Italian fans like to use props such as fireworks.

The singing and shouting echoed over San Siro, loud enough to make people unable to hear what they were saying.

As the captain, Chu Zhongtian was loudly encouraging his teammates to stabilize his morale that was a little panicked because of the loss of the ball.

"Don't panic! Even so, we will qualify! But they have to score another goal, and in the remaining time, they will definitely attack in large quantities!" Chu Zhongtian shouted at his teammates beside him. "Continue to defend and counterattack! Continue to defend and counterattack!" He raised his arms and signaled everyone to see. He was almost yelling, because if this was not the case, almost no one could hear what he was saying.

Then he ran to find Obasi and Ibisevic in front, as well as Quaresma and Salihovic, slapped their shoulders, and pointed to the goal in AC Milan ahead and said to them: "Next we will have more opportunities! We need to score a goal and put their morale down!"

"No problem!" Ibisevic said looking at AC Milan's goal.

Just after he finished speaking, a huge "Milan!!!" suddenly came from the stands of the San Siro Stadium

The sound was deafening and made everyone frown.

"It's so noisy!" Obasi complained.

"It's okay, I'm responsible for keeping them quiet." Chu Zhongtian said to Obasi: "After the kick-off, pass the ball to me."

※※After the few people finished speaking, they separated. The AC Milan players over there had already stood up and were waiting for Hoffenheim to kick off.

The AC Milan fans in the stands were loudly clamoring, hoping that the team would create miracles at the last moment so that they could still see the top European events in this stadium next February.

The game started over in such a crazy atmosphere.

Ibisekic gently knocked the ball out. Obasi did not dribble forward or hesitate. Instead, he turned around and passed the ball to Chu Zhongtian outside the middle circle.

Generally speaking, Chu Zhongtian would pass the football back to lure the opponent to save it, and more space appeared behind him, and then suddenly passed the ball forward. So Ibrahimovic let go of Obasi and Ibisevic, but was preparing to run directly behind Chu Zhongtian and defend it around - he thought Chu Zhongtian turned around and passed the ball.

But this time it was not like this. Chu Zhongtian took the football from Obasi forward and passed it to his striker Ibrahimovic.

Chu Zhongtian, who had been through Ibrahimovic, brought the football forward.

Just when everyone thought he would continue to dribble the ball or pass the ball to the side, he directly shot a long shot!

"Chu...shooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!"

Direct long shot from the middle circle!

The football has almost no rotation, but it has a high force and fast speed. At the same time, it is still swaying slightly in the air, which looks very unstable.

Abiatti, who was originally in a very high position, saw this posture and quickly retreated. He didn't want to be the goalkeeper who scored after being kicked off by his opponent in the middle circle.

He estimated the distance and jumped high, and the football passed by his finger! Finally, he rubbed the post and hit the ball online... "The ball didn't go in! What a pity!"

"It's incredible! At such a long distance, I shot directly and almost entered..."

"Ahh! Chu's kick looks really powerful!"

Abiati was lying in the goal, looking at the football that was blocked by the net, and was still a little scared - it was just a little short... The San Siro Stadium, which was very noisy just now, was very quiet at this time. The singing and dancing AC Milan fans were obviously frightened by Chu Zhongtian's kick, and they subconsciously stopped cheering and any acts of creating noise.

Even Chu Zhongtian's teammates didn't expect him to do this.

Obasi, who was rushing in front, turned around and looked at Chu Zhongtian in surprise. It turned out that what he called "I will let them be quiet" was like this... Chu Zhongtian spread his hands to him: "Look, it's much quieter."

His voice was not loud, but Obasi heard it clearly.

※※ Of course, this silence is only temporary. Then AC Milan fans sent more wild booing and shouting. The pressure faced by Hoffenheim has not only not decreased, but has become even greater.

It was in such a crazy atmosphere that AC Milan launched a wave of attacks on Hoffenheim that was higher than the wave.

Some people may criticize Chu Zhongtian for wasting a hard-won offensive opportunity. But Chu Zhongtian would not agree. In his opinion, what Hoffenheim needs today is not ball control, but space. I have never heard of a team that plays defensive counterattacks with higher ball control than their opponents. Controlling the ball is useless to them, because when they get the ball, the opponent shrinks the defense and they cannot find a way to score. However, space is more important. As long as there is space, the team that defends and counterattacks can make full use of that space and threaten the opponent's goal.

So he gave up the ball possession, and the position was to exchange for space. AC Milan, who got the ball possession, would definitely make a big attack - that's for sure, they need to score goals, and for this they must attack. In order to achieve better offense, their back line will be pressed up, and then there will be a large piece of unmanned space behind them, which is exactly what Chu Zhongtian wants.

It seems that Hoffenheim is in a very embarrassing defense. Every attack from AC Milan may penetrate Hoffenheim's goal, but in Chu Zhongtian's view, there are countless opportunities.

Just grab one...one!

In the 87th minute, AC Milan pushed the entire line, and there was little time left. They had to score the goal as soon as possible. This time, even the central defender beat the center line.

This is the opportunity!

Ronaldinho took the ball, and he looked at the left, but actually wanted to pass the ball to the right. This was his usual trick. But for Chu Zhongtian, it didn't work.

He took a step forward suddenly, rushed forward and made a close-fitting steal, snatching the ball under Ronaldinho's feet. Ronaldinho caught him off guard and lost his possession!

Chu Zhongtian, who grabbed the ball, did not dribble the ball away from the dangerous area, but directly passed the football out on the spot.

It was not passed to Salihovic, nor to Quaresma, but to Ibissevic who was at the forefront, but Obasi who was a little behind Ibissevic.

The football flew past AC Milan's defense line, and Obasi rushed over!
To be continued...