Robben indeed appeared on the starting lineup. Many media and fans were surprised, but the entire Hoffenheim team was not surprised, because in the pre-game preparation, they trained according to the prerequisites that Robben would play.

Robben's appearance only adds to the commentator's fuss.

"We saw Robben appear on the starting lineup! It seems that the news about his serious injury before the game was smoke bombs!"

"Robben actually started! This was really something that no one expected. There was a lot of news about his serious injury before the game..."

"It seems that Van Gaal has played a trick, which makes Hoffenheim relax his guard on the one hand, but on the other hand, he sent Robben!"

CCTV commentator Duan Bin is also worried about Hoffenheim: "Robben's ability is unquestionable, and his role is irreplaceable. I thought that his injury was absent was good news for Hoffenheim, but he did not know that he started the field... Judging from his running movements, there was nothing unusual. It seems that his injury was really not serious..."

In Hoffenheim's locker room, I seemed very calm.

Rangnick was even a little happy because his pre-match preparations were all done.

"Robben must be injured, and it certainly wasn't he. I think he played with an injury." In the locker room, Rangnick said to his players. "We are not afraid of a healthy Robben, are we still afraid of an injured Robben?"

This statement made everyone laugh. They remembered the situation in the first leg of the two sides. Robben's performance was quite outstanding in that game, with an assist. However, Hoffenheim still scored two goals away, laying the foundation for their second leg of the game.

Hoffenheim players are not afraid of Robben, nor are they afraid of Bayern Munich. Both sides even underestimated the enemy in the first round, but now they do not underestimate the enemy and do not feel inferior.

The familiarity with Bayern Munich makes Hoffenheim players not even feel like the Champions League semi-finals when playing this game - it's just an ordinary domestic league.

※※※At the beginning of the game, Chu Zhongtian saw Robben in the opponent's lineup. He shone in the familiar right winger position. As a left-footed player, this position allows him to fully utilize his expertise in dribbling the ball and cutting inside and then suddenly shooting.

Since he played for Real Madrid, he has scored a lot of goals like this.

Chu Zhongtian looked at Robben's legs with bandages on his knees and knew that Robben had definitely not recovered, and his injuries were even worse than before. He should have played with the ball.

Chu Zhongtian has always admired such an opponent, but this does not hinder his determination to defeat the opponent.

The referee blew the whistle to the beginning of the game, and Chu Zhongtian retracted his gaze and focused his attention on the game itself.

"Okay, spectators! The referee whistle sounded, the game began! You are now watching the second leg of the 2010-2011 European Champions League semi-finals, with Hoffenheim at home against Bayern Munich! The result of the first leg of the two sides was that Bayern Munich won 3:2 at home, and Bayern Munich temporarily led the score. However, Hoffenheim had two away goals. The result of this game is not easy to say..."

In another semi-final that ended yesterday, Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 2-1 at home, and finally eliminated Mourinho's team with a total score of 3-2 in two rounds. Elimination by his arch-rival is definitely a heavy blow for Florentino. There are rumors that Florentino will be going to write a big check this summer and buy powerful players to challenge Barcelona's dominance.

But these have nothing to do with today's game. For both sides of the game today, whoever wins will enter the finals, and they will also face the super powerful Barcelona in the finals. Whether it is Hoffenheim or Bayern Munich, the media generally believe that it is not a match for Barcelona. If nothing unexpected happens, Barcelona will win the Champions League trophy again this season, and they will become the first team to win the cup three times this century. The media in Catalonia have begun to announce that the new century will be the century of Barcelona, ​​and Barcelona will surely become the best team of this century. They are targeting the best team of the last century Real Madrid.

Whether Hoffenheim entered the final or Bayern Munich entered the final, they did not take these two Bundesliga teams seriously.

The media can be arrogant, but the head coach cannot. Barcelona's success must have their merits. For example, Guardiola's contribution as the head coach is an indispensable contribution.

Guardiola came to watch the game between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich in person. However, he was very low-key and not many people knew his whereabouts.

Guardiola is here to observe his final opponent. Is it Bayern Munich or Hoffenheim? He doesn't know that Bayern Munich has the advantage in overall strength and is one goal ahead of the total score, but Hoffenheim has two away goals, and these two away goals are likely to play an extremely critical role in this game.

If Guardiola is allowed to choose, he hopes that Hoffenheim will reach the finals. Because in terms of style, Hoffenheim will take on offensive football, and it is quite stubborn. Their attacking methods are single and lack of change, which means fast. Once fast football is setbacks, it is easy to be overwhelmed. In addition, if Hoffenheim enters the finals, this will be their first European finals. Lack of experience is their fatal weakness. Once they encounter unexpected difficulties in the finals, they will often perform abnormally.

As the overlord of German football, Bayern Munich is not only experienced, but their overall style is steady and can also cause some trouble for Guardiola's team. If he plays the final with Bayern, he is not as optimistic as the media, thinking that he will win. However, if he plays with Hoffenheim, he feels that the chance of winning is very high.

Barcelona is afraid of the shameless defensive style of Inter Milan in the semi-finals last year, but they are not afraid of any team that attacks them. As long as they dare to attack Barcelona, ​​the final result is only one - they die very badly. Hoffenheim is a team that likes to attack against their opponents. Whether at home or away, they attack and then attack.

Compared to offense? Barcelona is not afraid of any team on this planet.

※※※Van Gaal thought that the news that he had Robben started would definitely make the whole Hoffenheim team at a loss for a while, just like last year Ferguson let Rooney start in the second leg.

But he didn't see this scene. Hoffenheim's performance was very calm, and his offense and defense were well organized, and he didn't look scared by Robben's sudden starter at all.

Some people even went to take care of Robben.

He quickly understood that Hoffenheim had already considered Robben when he was preparing for the game... So what should he do now? Will he replace Robben with an injury?

Obviously, we can't do this. Not to mention how much damage it will be to replace Robben after five minutes of the game, nor how bad the replacement of Robben will have on his team's morale. In terms of football itself, even if he is injured, Robben can threaten Hoffenheim's goal on the court and restrain some of Hoffenheim's defensive forces.

Robben is actually a nuclear weapon, even if it is never useful, but as long as he is there, he can create enough deterrence against his opponent.

Van Gaal made no adjustments.

Seeing the team's performance, Rangnick also sat on the coach's seat without any expression.

The game is going on very normal now, and Hoffenheim, who plays at home, has a slight advantage.

※※※In Bayern Munich's tactics, taking advantage of the opponent's surprise attack against Robben's starting lineup, Bayern Munich's main attack points in the first twenty minutes were Robben alone.

But soon Bayern players discovered that the Hoffenheim player was not scared by Robben's starting lineup. Robben was closely guarded by Hoffenheim. In defense, Chu Zhongtian appeared by Robben many times, using his physical advantage to threaten Robben's possession.

Robben obviously knew Chu Zhongtian's strength, and his injury was caused by this man... In the confrontation with Chu Zhongtian, Robben tried his best to circumvent it, and he passed the football out if he couldn't avoid it.

This way his role is greatly reduced.

Van Gaal can use Robben as a force for "nuclear deterrence", and Rangnick can also use Chu Zhongtian as the same "deterrence" - a force used to deter nuclear deterrence.

Tymoshchuk passed the football to Robben. He also noticed Robben's characteristics and did not directly pass the football to Robben's feet, but to Robben's front.

Generally speaking, this can fully utilize Robben's fast speed.

Unexpectedly, Chu Zhongtian had already acted the moment he passed the ball and rushed towards Robben.

When the football came, Chu Zhongtian directly kicked the football out of the sideline with a flying tackle. Robben saw Chu Zhongtian's raised high shoe nails, so he simply stopped and didn't even chase the ball - he was afraid of being injured.

Chu Zhongtian's defense is very simple, he just tries every means to make Robben think that he will be injured.

※※※Robert could not play, so the focus of the offense had to shift to the other side. Bayern Munich's players are not fools, and they can't work here and they will attack this side.

Ribery became an important force Bayern Munich relied on.

Chu Zhongtian went to watch Robben, while Ribery handed over to Sana and full-back Serna. Quaresma was not good at defense and could not count on him.

Ribery is not unfamiliar with Sana. He has fought against Sana in the Ligue 1 field many times when he was at Metz. He is very familiar with this opponent.

"Frank Ribery! He received a pass from his teammates. Facing Sana and Serner who came to defend him, he pretended to pass the ball...break through!"

It is based on speed and speed that Ribery has to touch the ball first than Sana. It will change a lot if it is only half a second in advance.

Sana's speed is not fast, and his defense relies more on position and momentum.

Ribery's agility gave him a headache.

However, in Hoffenheim's offense, they also caused great trouble to Bayern Munich. After all, Hoffenheim has Chu Zhongtian.

The two sides fought back and forth very lively.

But it just doesn't score.

Hoffenheim was once very close to the goal, and Ibissevic's header allowed Butte to rescue him in front of the goal line. Bayern Munich was not to be outdone. Ribery's cross almost made Thomas Muller score, but he failed to catch up with Ribery's cross and eventually passed by the goal.

The game has been going on for twenty minutes. In these twenty minutes, Hoffenheim's biggest achievement was to successfully freeze Robben. If the Dutch Wing could not fly, there would be no threat.

However, they did not score, and neither did Bayern Munich, and the score was still 0:0. If this score is maintained until the end of the game, Bayern Munich will advance to the final with a total score of 3:2. Therefore, the strategy of Bayern Munich in this game is to focus on stability, never make a rash attack, and be patient when defending. Never leave too many opportunities for Hoffenheim, and this team has a very superb ability to seize opportunities.

Hoffenheim's tactics continue to stick to the fast offensive style, even faster. After all, this is their home court, and it is a timely advantage in their home court, and it is also a burden. Home fans do not agree to the negative tactics of being timid. They require the team to attack, no matter what kind of opponent they face. Because they want to see a wonderful game and want to see a pleasing football.

For Van Gaal, this is something he can use - as time goes by, if the score is still 0:0, Hoffenheim will definitely be impatient. At that time, they will put in a big push and there will be a lot of room to use behind them. Bayern Munich can solve the problem with just one counterattack. So the strategy he formulated for the team is defensive counterattack.

If it is more patient than Van Gaal believes that the calm and sophisticated Bayern Munich is much better than the young and energetic Hoffenheim.

※※※ Chu Zhongtian analyzed before the game that he put himself in Van Gaal's position and felt that he should also choose a safe defensive counterattack tactic. After all, this is the safest way. He chose risky offensive tactics away, and it is easy to be scored by the opponent in the game against Hoffenheim, who is good at attacking. Once Hoffenheim scores a goal, this game will be extremely unfavorable to Bayern Munich. As long as anyone with a brain knows that such things cannot happen.

After watching the first twenty minutes of today's game, Chu Zhongtian strengthened his deduction.

Van Gaal hopes that the score will continue and then make another effort in the last twenty minutes of the game. Chu Zhongtian cannot let him do what he wants.

A goal must be scored.

No matter how tightly Bayern Munich defends, it is not a monolithic piece of paper, and there is always a way.

When Chu Zhongtian was thinking this way, Tymoshchuk was interfering with his ball grabbing behind him. Chu Zhongtian used reasonable ball protection techniques to protect the football in front of him, and then thought about countermeasures.

Bayern Munich retreated very quickly and retreated thoroughly. They did not create offside, leaving Hoffenheim with very small space behind him. If you want to pass directly and tear open the opponent's defense line, it is not realistic... you still have to look for opportunities from the wing to open up the situation.

After Chu Zhongtian thought it through, he seized the opportunity to intercept the ball again after Dimoshchuk pounced on the ball and passed the ball to Kolarov on the wing.

Full-back Kolarov rushed up to assist, but was blocked by Robben and Schweinsteiger. Salihovic was supporting him next to him, but there were people around him, and there were no good opportunities to pass him.

He still passed the football over, and at this time he could only pass it to him.

Salihovic did not make a breakthrough, but directly passed the football sideways.

The one who came to meet was Chu Zhongtian. After receiving the football, he immediately passed the football forward. The football passed through the short-single between Bayern Munich's full-back and central defender.

Kolarov inserted and received the ball!

“Beautiful cooperation!”

After Kolarov passed the ball, he rushed forward, but at that time, all the Bayern Munich players were attracted by Chu Zhongtian's attention. No one saw Kolarov's forward insertion. Besides, a full-back like a forward insertion was countless in the game, no less than twenty times. Who knows whether this time it was true or a feint?

It's just that it's true!

The original situation was torn apart because of this run and pass!

After passing the ball, Chu Zhongtian quickly returned to the middle, while Salihovic was waiting on the wing. If Kolarov did not make a breakthrough or had no chance to cross, he could pass it back to him.

When Kolarov received Chu Zhongtian's ball, he did not consider other possibilities. He firmly broke through after receiving the ball!

Facing the Bayern Munich player who came to intercept, he chose to pass the ball. The football crawled through Badstube's crotch. Ibisek suddenly stepped forward and shot with his right foot before the blocking of other defenders and goalkeepers!

"Ibisevic...oh!!"

The football hit the net, and the net trembled, making people think that the football had entered, and some home fans were already starting to cheer impatiently. However, they did not see the Hoffenheim player with open arms. Bayern Munich players did not hold their heads in a frustration.

"I hit the Internet!" the commentator exclaimed.

"It's so dangerous! Ibissevic almost opened the door to victory for the team!"

"Hoffenheim's offense threatens Bayern Munich's goal, it seems they are going to exert force!"

Ibisevic, who had no goal, gave him a thumbs up to Kolarov who passed the ball and signaled that he would pass it well.

Bayern goalkeeper Butt roared at his teammates: "I missed someone! You missed someone! How can they make their people pass it so easily and grab points?"

A group of defenders were so scolded that they couldn't raise their heads.

After Butt scolded him, he felt a little scared. Although he closed the angle, Ibisevic directly shot the football on the sideline.

But this may not happen next time. Hoffenheim's offensive ability is very strong, and he is very clear about this.

The key is not to curb the cross or prevent the forward from grabbing the points. The key is... he shouted at his own people again: "You must keep an eye on Chu!!"
Chapter completed!