In addition to the war of words between the players and coaches of both sides, the fans of both sides were not idle, on the virtual network, Manchester United fans and Hoffenheim fans, German fans and British fans were also scolding each other and were not convinced.

The media of the two countries are not doing their job at this time, doing what should have been done by coaches and players, seriously analyzing the weaknesses of the opponent, discussing how to arrange the troops, "Kicker" also predicted the starting lineup that Lord Ferguson may use in this game, German reporters expect that Manchester United will send a 4222 or 4231 lineup, with double backs, Gapu Zhixing and Rooney on both wings to rely on strong physical fitness and scramble to contain Hoffenheim's midfield, grab possession, as for the attack, Cristiano Ronaldo will play as a free second striker, while Dimitar Berbatov will beat Carlos Tevez to get the starting position.

The German journalists were professional, and their predictions were very similar to the analysis of Rangnick's coaching staff.

Rangnick and his coaching staff will certainly not be patronizing a war of words with Alex Ferguson, who have been studying the style of play and formation to be used for this game in recent times, including against Hertha Berlin.

Although Hoffenheim beat Manchester United 5-1 in the UEFA Super Cup, Rangnick and the coaching staff believed that the Super Cup and the Champions League would certainly not be compared, and the Reds were missing Cristiano Ronaldo and Ryan Giggs at the time. Hoffenheim couldn't play with the ferocious attacking style of the Super Cup, and Rangnick felt from Ferguson's war of words that the cunning old Scottish man was aggressive, and seemed to expect Hoffenheim to attack.

Manchester United's squad is very large, many substitute players to the Bundesliga are the absolute mainstay, when studying Manchester United's starting lineup, Rangnick and the coaching staff even though they have the most scientific statistical search and simulation methods, it still took a lot of brains, but from the recent period of Ferguson's start and in the opponents with different strengths and weaknesses, Hoffenheim's coaching staff still found some clues.

In terms of midfield, since Fletcher will definitely occupy one position, while the other seat belongs to Carrick, Anderson and the veteran Giggs competition, Anderson has good fitness, Giggs's experience is an advantage, Carrick is more comprehensive, judging from the first leg of Ferguson's game against Inter Milan, Manchester United is likely to attack, so Giggs is more likely to play.

In terms of strikers, Tevez is aggressive, but Berbatov's height, as well as his ability to control and play the ball, will be more useful to United, and he and Ronaldo may partner up front, with Ronaldo's position dropping back slightly and being more free.

Since Li Huan scored a hat-trick against Manchester United last time, Ferguson must use most of his energy to deal with Li Huan. On the side, Park Ji-sung may have a big surname to defend Li Huan, empathy, Park Ji-sung's physical fitness and game style are suitable for defending Li Huan. Even Ronaldo will personally go to Hoffenheim's right side to suppress Li Huan.

Defensively, goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, centre-back Nemanja Vidic, Gallio Ferdinand, right-back Gary Neville and left-back Patrice Evra are a fixture as long as they are injury-free. But Rangnick and the coaching staff have speculated that Ferguson might start the 28-year-old O'Shea because captain Gary Neville has been in poor form lately.

But Rangnick was also on the lookout for Ferguson's tricks. Ferguson is by no means an honest man, he will definitely use smoke bombs in training, so what Hoffenheim saw is absolutely not accurate, and Ferguson can use any means.

According to Rangnick's coaching staff, Manchester United's starting lineup should be a balanced 442, with goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and four defenders O'Shea, Nemanja Vidic, Rio Ferdinand, and Patrice Evra. In midfield are Fletcher, Ryan Giggs, Wayne Rooney and Park Ji-sung, and in the forwards are Dimitar Berbatov and Cristiano Ronaldo.

According to the results of the study, Hoffenheim also adopted a surname-specific arrangement, because there is a psychological advantage in the Super Cup, or playing at home, Rangnick does not want to be as conservative as playing Arsenal, and try to pursue victory while maintaining a solid rear, which is Hoffenheim's guiding ideology.

Although Manchester United did not do their best in the Super Cup, it cannot be said that Manchester United did not want to win, Manchester United still showed most of its strength in that game, but Li Huan's performance was too good, so that Ferguson did not expect. Compared with the Super Cup, Manchester United has one more Ronaldo, but the role of a Ronaldo is very similar to that of Li Huan. It is likely that Manchester United's breakthrough at one point will cause Hoffenheim to collapse across the board. Rangnick's tactical arrangement is mainly how to defend Cristiano Ronaldo.

Of course, it is impossible to rely on one player to guard against Cristiano Ronaldo, a player like Ronaldo is very free up front, he is not confined to one position, so everyone at the back must be prepared.

Needless to say, Li Huan's defensive ability is needless to say, he is alone on the right side, and the two backs in the middle can also form protection for the back line, mainly because of the left-back position, Ibertsberg is a first-class defender in the Bundesliga, and compared with European footballer Ronaldo, it is not good, and someone must help defend. Otherwise, it will definitely be blown up. But if Weiss is on the side, there are three defenders in midfield, and Hoffenheim's attacking power is not guaranteed. If Eduardo is played and the defense is unstable, this will be a huge headache for Hoffenheim's coaching staff. I always feel that the 11 people on my side are a little insufficient.

In the end, after some discussion and compromise, neither Eduardo, who had an excellent offense, nor Weiss, who had an excellent defense, was pushed to the starting lineup with both offense and defense, but this offensive and defensive combination did not mean that Sarichovich's offense was the same as Eduardo's, and his defense was the same as Weiss, but they were both good and not very good. If you play well, you may play a major role at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and if you don't play well, you may not be able to attack and defend, but this is also Hoffenheim's helpless move, they really don't have a more suitable person.

On the forward line, Rangnick also struggled with his brains, the four forwards, all of them have performed very well recently, each with its own characteristics, although Saviola has been in average form recently, but in the Super Cup, in addition to Li Huan's hat trick, Saviola's performance is also very good, after repeated drills, Rangnick finally chose to let the Argentine and Ruud van Nistelrooy hit Manchester United's defense together, Rangnick believes that under the cover of Vanney, Saviola's flexibility will make Manchester United's defense a headache. Demba Ba was good, but he was useless against United's two high school strikers.

Now scouts, reporters and even fans may have been sent by Manchester United to spy on the military situation, after the tactics and starting arrangements were made, Rangnick did not disclose it to the team, but only revealed to the starters privately that the training is still the same as usual, and the main force and substitutes are changed at any time, so that Manchester United people can not figure out what Hoffenheim's tactical arrangement is.

In the endless war of words, in the noise of the media, in the anxious waiting of fans, the semi-finals of the Champions League finally arrived, and the first match between Barcelona and Chelsea began. There will also be a lot of interest in this match between Manchester United and Hoffenheim, with one of them sure to be their opponents in the final, and this game will also show how the semi-finals will begin.

The two managers, Rangnick and Alex Ferguson, did not have time to travel to Spain in person, but they both took their players to watch the big game at Camp Nou on the TV.

Compared with the quarterfinals of offensive football, scoring 18 goals in four games, the semi-finals that many fans have been saying are extremely extravagant to play lacklusterly, Chelsea, which scored 7 goals in the quarterfinals with Liverpool, will actually put down all the "dignity" and basically place the game in their second half, nearly a third of the time, 9 players are chained in the penalty area, and the world-class killer Drogba has no ball to kick except for a sneak attack.

Before the game, Hius Dink declared on different public occasions no less than four times that "we will play against Barcelona", but in the game, Chelsea deigned to obey the order, put away the domineering spirit that swept Liverpool, and put away the iron bucket formation, which made Rangnick feel greatly shocked, and now he understands the cruelty and reality of the Champions League, and also understands what Wenger said, "It is more painful to fall on the threshold of the final than to fall on the field of the final".

In fact, Rangnick and Ferguson both understand that Hiddink does not have many options at all, after studying the heavy defeat of Bayern and Lyon, especially the situation of Valencia's draw with Barcelona, Hiddink made a decision that made many people, including them, an expected decision, and risked being called a "ring-breaking" and "negative" type of football, which brought a relatively good profit, and the 0:0 result also allowed Hiddink to return to Stamford Bridge with a smile. At this time, a great and glorious death is better than a long life.

I don't know if it was stimulated by this game, the next day's Hoffenheim training was forbidden to reporters and fans, and Manchester United canceled the acclimatization training, and then Ferg suddenly questioned the referee sent by UEFA, because the referee of this game is the referee of this year's Super Cup, Swede Larsson. Ferguson said: "Isn't there any other referee at UEFA? Larsson had a big psychological impact on our game, as everyone knows, he officiated our game against Hoffenheim, we lost 5-1 and were sent off. ”

However, Rangnick shrugged off the matter at his press conference, saying: "Coach Alex Ferguson may be joking with referee Larsson, Manchester United's quality will not be affected by the referee in this game. The referee Larsson is in control of the game very well and he doesn't favour us just because it's on our home turf.

(To be continued)