Chapter 309 The first attack
Chu Zhongtian regarded passing Villa calmly as a provocation to Barcelona, a letter of war. How could he not feel the proud and sensitive Barcelona?
The same idea flashed through their minds at the same time - Guardiola was right. This person was Hoffenheim's heart, and if he got it, he got it. This may be their easiest Champions League final, because their opponent is not the entire Hoffenheim team, but Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian soon met Buzks.
After falling a circle in the middle of the back line, the football returned to Chu Zhongtian's feet. At this time, Chu Zhongtian was already in the circle, and Buskes posted it up without hesitation.
Chu Zhongtian did not get lost because of Buzks' pressing. He turned his back to protect the football, stretched out his hand to hold Buzks, and then passed the football out.
Everyone originally expected him to live with Buzks again, but Chu Zhongtian did not. At first, he did that because he wanted to create an atmosphere and boost morale. Now there is no need to be a hero, so it is better to be calm and practical.
After passing the ball, Chu Zhongtian ran to other places and widened the distance from Buzquez. Buzquez did not follow. He was the only player in Barcelona's midfield who could defend. If he rushed out without authorization and lost his position, Barcelona's back line would directly face the impact of the opponent's offensive players. Once that situation occurs, it only means that he, the midfielder, has dereliction of duty.
So when he saw Chu Zhongtian running to another position, he also returned to his position.
Anyway, Chu Zhongtian has other Barcelona players to deal with.
Chu Zhongtian had long heard of Buzquez's name, but he really paid attention to him because of the last season's Champions League semi-final, Barcelona's home game against Inter Milan. At that time, he suddenly fell to the ground while fighting with Inter Milan midfielder Mota, which seemed to be injured. However, the slow motion shows that Mota stretched out his hand back while protecting the ball, but it was just touching Buzquez's chest. This was not a wave of hitting, but because of Buzquez's realistic acting, Mota was sent off by a red card, which also made it a match that was evenly matched.
The exciting game turned into a half-court offensive and defensive battle for Barcelona to siege Inter Milan. After the game, everyone said that this game was extremely ugly. Inter Milan's performance was a regression in football. However, no one thought about why Mourinho suddenly changed his tactics and could not defend himself... The most amazing performance of Buzquez in that game was when he was lying on the ground and rolling around, he did not forget to sneak a shot through his fingers to see whether the referee played cards. No one was paying attention at the time, but soon a British broadcaster replayed the shot in the game, and he became truly famous.
Chu Zhongtian watched the game at that time and was deeply impressed by this shot. Because he himself hated using fraud to win the game, he remembered it very well.
On the Chinese Internet, many fans who hate Barcelona jokingly call La Macia, who comes from Buzquez, the "La Macia Film and Television Academy", and Buzquez also won the title of "Premier of the Actor". After that, whenever Buzquez is mentioned, most people say the Actor of the Actors, not his name, just like when everyone talks about Cristiano Ronaldo, they call "Road".
This practice of sneaking at the referee in the gap between his fingers was soon inherited. In the World Cup, Kaka became a victim this time. In the match between Brazil and Ivory Coast, Kaka waved backwards and hit the Ivorian player Keita in the chest while running forward. Keita immediately covered her face and fell down exaggeratedly, while not allowing the referee to see through his fingers whether the referee played cards with Kaka.
In order to prevent Butzx from dealing with him like this in this game, Chu Zhongtian paid great attention to his hand movements and must not give the opponent a little trick that he could use.
Just now, Buzquez hit him violently from behind. He just put his arms up and did not wave it, so the opponent had no choice but to do anything. In such a state, he was trying to challenge the referee's IQ... Although there is a stain on fake play, it cannot be denied that Buzquez is an excellent player. His existence can be said to be the cornerstone of Barcelona's glory in recent years. In a sense, he is somewhat similar to Chu Zhongtian, both of whom are connecting the past and the future in the midfield. He was born in the Lamacia youth training camp and his ball control skills are excellent. When the football falls under his feet, it will not be thrown away easily, which will bring stability to Barcelona's offense. In addition, his long pass and overall view are excellent, and he can launch an attack. His interception ability is also excellent, and he can escort Xavi and Iniesta.
Guardiola has a high opinion of the midfielder, and even called him the successor of Puyol and Xavi, who is the future leader of Barcelona. At the beginning of this year, Barcelona Club had just completed a contract renewal with him. The contract renewal was 150 million euros in 2016!
He is also an indispensable figure in the Spanish national team, and he is one of the important contributors to the Spanish national team's World Cup championship.
Such an outstanding player is Chu Zhongtian's opponent in today's game.
Although he looked down on Buzquez's deceptive behavior, Chu Zhongtian had to admit that Buzquez was very capable and had the ability to cause some minor trouble for himself in the game. He could not take it lightly and relax his vigilance.
Why is it a small trouble? Because in Chu Zhongtian's opinion, Buzquez is not a big threat. It can be seen from his running position that once he retreats to half, Buzquez will not keep up. This is related to Barcelona's formation and tactical style. Barcelona is 433, and only one of the three midfielders has the ability to defend. Xavi and Iniesta's defense are often just a show of style. So his only midfielder is very important, and all the qualities of the midfielder are top priority. Once you leave your position without authorization, it may bring a catastrophe to the team. Therefore, Buzquez is destined to be able to interfere with himself in a limited area, but he is not a player who will be fixed in a certain place, so he is not very worried about Buzquez.
He was not worried about Barcelona's defense, he was worried about Barcelona's attack.
Compared with defense, Barcelona's offense is stronger, and any of them have the ability to solve a game alone, which adds up to more terrifying. Nearly half of Barcelona's games were handled in the first thirty minutes this season, and the remaining time looks like redundant. Pay special attention to Barcelona's blitzkrieg ability, so Chu Zhongtian is going to kick off, hoping to master the initiative of the game at the beginning of the game.
In addition, Barcelona's attacking lineup is so strong that many of them win big scores. There are 16 games that scored more than five goals this season, fifteen games last season, and seventeen games last season last season. Before the game, some experts believed that Barcelona will beat Hoffenheim with a big score in this game, maybe 3:0, maybe 4:0, maybe 5:0, or even more.
This is not to look down on Hoffenheim, but to have enough confidence in Barcelona.
The first key to defeating Barcelona is that you must not concede the goal in the first thirty minutes of the game.
Hoffenheim is not good at defense. Even if they all retreat to defend, they cannot last for thirty minutes under Barcelona's offensive frenzy. Therefore, Chu Zhongtian believes that the team should attack, use attack instead of defense, and use their equally sharp attack to suppress Barcelona's offense, forcing Barcelona to turn to defense, rather than letting them run free in their half.
This was jointly studied by Chu Zhongtian and Rangnik, and then it was deployed to the team in the pre-match training. Everyone knew that they had to attack at the beginning of the game, constantly attacking, and constantly attacking, attacking and attacking, in addition to attacking and attacking, in order to put pressure on Barcelona.
Barcelona is used to controlling the rhythm of the game, so they won't find the rhythm of the game.
Control the rhythm?
Chu Zhongtian is very good at it.
※※※ Chu Zhongtian received the football again in the backcourt. At this time, one and a half minutes had passed since the start of the game. The football was always under Hoffenheim. However, they did not launch even an offensive. The football often wandered in the second half and had no intention of moving forward. The closest time to move forward was that Chu Zhongtian had just passed Villa and took two steps forward, but under the pressure of Pedro, he immediately passed the football back.
This time, will football just wander around behind?
Chu Zhongtian, who was holding the football, was in the backcourt. Although he was in the backcourt, it was not safe. Pedro immediately came to him.
This is the difference between Barcelona and most other teams - in the opponent's half, Barcelona will press actively, and it is definitely not just one person, but several people siege. The first person comes up to be responsible for entangling the player who takes the ball, and then more people come up to surround the opponent in the middle, take advantage of the local number of people to grab the ball, and launch a counterattack on the spot. The two or three kicks between the three people can open the situation.
Now Chu Zhongtian is like an extra-large magnet, attracting Pedro and Villa.
Pedro was almost close to his body. Just when he thought he could catch the other party, Chu Zhongtian ran forward suddenly and looked at his feet, where was there any football there?!
Before running, Chu Zhongtian knocked the football to Serna not far away with him with a small, less eye-catching move. It happened to be the blind spot where Pedro observed, so he didn't see it at all.
When he found that the football was not at Chu Zhongtian's feet, he hesitated for a moment, and then pounced on Serner.
When did Serna wait until he got entangled? He directly sent the football forward and gave it to Chu Zhongtian again.
Chu Zhongtian broke into the midfield with football. Iniesta and Buzques rushed up.
This time, Chu Zhongtian turned around and passed the ball back without intercepting the two midfielders. He used his right foot to pass the ball to Quaresma who was on the sideline while running. Then he continued to run forward, and raised his hand to signal Quaresma to pass the ball over.
Two to one!
The fool could see such obvious cooperation ideas, let alone Buzquez. He immediately retreated with Chu Zhongtian. Iniesta was also shaken by Chu Zhongtian's hand and did not defend Quaresma as soon as possible.
Quaresma saw that Chu Zhongtian raised his hands were two fingers stretched out. He knew that this was a fake two-for-one. His obvious move was just to help him attract the opponent's defensive attention and create opportunities for his breakthrough.
So I wade the football out and break through!
While there was no one around him, Quaresma rushed forward. His task was very simple, which was to push forward with the football, as far as he could, and use such a simple and crude breakthrough to oppress the opponent, forcing the opponent to return to defense.
If you can't break through...it's very simple, pass the football. You must never break through and force it to break through.
Rangnick repeatedly reminded the players before the game, just don't act recklessly. Because once the ball is lost, Hoffenheim's defense will face a very dangerous situation. Barcelona holds the football at their feet and they can regain the initiative.
This game will actually be very tired for Hoffenheim players led by Chu Zhongtian. In order not to let Barcelona control the situation, they must always keep the game in a high-tempo and high-confrontation state, but it is very, very tired to play like this consistently. This is why many teams can suppress the giant teams at the beginning of the game by relying on active fighting, but they will collapse quickly in the second half because they have no energy and cannot run.
In order to prepare for this game, Hoffenheim's entire team focused on practicing physical fitness. Originally, Hoffenheim was in the Bundesliga civilization with excellent physical fitness. Their training intensity was among the best in Germany, and they really couldn't hold on without some physical fitness. Long-term high-intensity training has allowed Hoffenheim to persist in a quick attack for 90 minutes. However, this game is different from the ordinary Bundesliga. The intensity of this game is much higher than that of ordinary Bundesliga. The experience of the Bundesliga may not be effective here.
This game will require more physical strength.
So even if he focused on practicing physical fitness, Rangnick, who was standing in front of the coach's seat, was unsure of whether he could hold on to the whole game.
※※※ Quaresma's breakthrough did not continue, and he soon encountered Abidal's block. He did not choose to force a breakthrough. Although it was not impossible, it was better to be safe at this time. Someone could make a better choice than him.
That person is Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian received a pass from Quaresma. He did not receive it in the middle of the penalty area, where there was Buzques. After pretending to pass one with Quaresma and attracting the attention of Buzques and Iniesta, he stopped suddenly and turned around, retreated, and ran behind Quaresma.
Quaresma found that he could not make a breakthrough, so he directly passed the football back and landed at his feet.
Chu Zhongtian did not stop, nor did he give any Barcelona players a chance to force him up. He directly made a long pass with a diagonal foot!
The football flew over everyone's heads and fell straight to Barcelona's right and Hoffenheim's left. Because Hoffenheim's offensive center was on their right and Barcelona's left, it was natural that the whole Barcelona team's formation was tilted to this side. Alves, the full-back, also retreated to the penalty area, looking more like a central defender than a full-back, which created favorable conditions for Kolarov to receive the ball without being guarded on the side.
If Chu Zhongtian stopped the football, observed it everywhere, and hesitated, then a fool would find the loophole there. Alves would immediately pounce over to make up the position, and Messi, Xavi and others would also rush back to defend.
Now, because Chu Zhongtian passed the whole time, he caught Barcelona off guard.
When Kolarov received the ball, there was no Barcelona player around him!
While Chu Zhongtian passed the football there, Hoffenheim quickly completed the transfer in the offensive direction, and the players who pressed Barcelona also ran to the other side.
After Kolarov got the ball, he led the ball in a diagonal line. Alves rushed up. Kolarov did not fight Alves one-on-one, but distributed the football to Salihovic in the ribs, and then cut in straight lines. It was another trend of two-pass one!
Before the game, all Hoffenheim players must understand one fact, that is, their personal abilities are not high enough compared to Barcelona players. There is no embarrassment. Only by recognizing this reality can they defeat Barcelona. Because after recognizing them, they will realize that if they want to defeat Barcelona, they will definitely not rely on themselves, but rely on the strength of the team. The gap in personal strength is compensated by the team. I am worse than you, but I am not necessarily worse than you. I am three of them must be better than you!
With such an idea, tactics and other levels are much easier to execute.
But Salihovic did not pass directly to Kolarov of Neche, because Barcelona guessed that he would do this, so Alves immediately retreated and targeted Kolarov.
Salihovic passed the football to Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian has always been a person who Bootsques pays great attention. Summarizing the experience of his predecessors shows that as long as you lose attention to this person for one minute within the thirty meters in front of your goal, it is very likely to cause the ball to be lost. As long as he receives the ball, he can shoot by himself, pass the ball to the side, or pass it directly into the penalty area. There are many choices and the possibility of preventing him will naturally be reduced.
So he would not give Chu Zhongtian the chance to receive football here.
What he didn't expect was that Chu Zhongtian had no intention of receiving the ball at all. He leaked the ball directly and ran forward into the penalty area.
The one who received the football next to him was Lorik Sana who was inserted in the back!
"Lorik Sana!"
Buzks was stunned by Chu Zhongtian's fictitious shot. He didn't even react when Chu Zhongtian slipped in from him.
Then he saw Sana receive the ball, and before he could understand what was going on, Sana sent the ball out again as soon as she received the ball - a straight pass!
Chu Zhongtian, who was inserted into the penalty area, ran eastward and found a gap, and Sana happened to pass the football over.
Two to one!
Chu Zhongtian turned around and took the ball, and Barcelona's central defender and captain Puyol rushed up like a mad dog.
Chu Zhongtian did not give him a chance to post himself, and just received the ball and turned around and shot!
The action was completed in one go, and it was very sudden. Valdes saw the football coming and fell to the ground and saved the game, but he still didn't touch the football!
"Chu Zhongtian shot!!!" He Ping shouted, afraid that the Chinese fans in front of the TV would not hear the same thing.
In fact, Wembley Stadium also exclaimed at the moment of his shooting.
Everyone watched the football flew over Valdes' hand and headed for the far corner of the goal. The hearts of Barcelona fans were hung up, while Hoffenheim fans stood up collectively and prepared to cheer for the goal.
Valdes turned his head and looked at the football, with a look of despair and surprise.
But the football did not fly into the goal, but cut out from the outside of the goal post.
"The ball... the ball didn't go in! What a pity! Oh! Oh—" He Ping hugged his head with both hands, leaned on the commentary seat and sighed loudly.
Those who do this action like him also include fans of Hoffenheim and Wimbledon.
Hoffenheim's previous attack was very successful, and the only regret was that there was no goal... However, through this attack, they proved to Barcelona and those who doubted them all over the world that Hoffenheim also has the ability to play an attack that can threaten Barcelona's goal!
Chapter completed!