Rangnick stood in front of the dressing room for a minute, he calmed his emotions and equalised in the last minute to score an extremely valuable away goal, but that didn't prove the success of his tactics, the goal was entirely related to the genius of Li Huan and Ruud van Nistelrooy and the negligence of the opponent, and if it had been replaced by the other two players, the goal would not have happened at all.

After a long more mutter, Rangnick straightened his suit, pushed the door open, and walked into the locker room. The chatter in the locker room immediately stopped abruptly, some people packed up their shoes and socks, some drank water, and some shook their heads and listened to music.

Rangnick, who has coached for many years and knows that his players must have been talking about him, did not get angry, but smiled and said, "Our tactics were wrong in the first half. ”

The players in the locker room all showed a look of surprise, everyone knows that Rangnick is known for his stubbornness, and sometimes he argues with Zeidler in meetings, he will take the initiative to admit his mistakes? The Hoffenheim players almost thought they had missed the word 'no'.

Rangnick continued: "Actually, it can't be said that it is a mistake, it should be that our personnel arrangement is not reasonable enough, so that it does not meet our pre-match tactical requirements. ”

It suddenly became clear to the players that Rangnick did not think that his tactical arrangement was wrong, but that his personnel arrangement was wrong, but for Rangnick, this is already very valuable.

"Luckily we got a good result, we got an away goal, Ruud van Nistelrooy's goal was very beautiful, Li Huan's last assist was also very bold, I have to thank them, without them we would have been very passive in the second half."

Rangnick praised Li Huan and Ruud van Nistelrooy in public, and the other players in the dressing room gave both men a thumbs up.

"Fortunately, we have Li Huan, scoring at the last second, it's not easy." Demba Ba said that he and Fanny are competitors, and at this time, it is natural to want to raise Li Huan high and reduce the role of Fanny to the minimum. However, the role of Li Huan in the last ball is indeed crucial, and everyone does not feel that there is anything wrong.

Rangnick then readjusted the team's tactics and now can play with defenders to keep the draw, and Tymoshchuk and Weiss can come on one after another to strengthen the control of the midfield.

Hoffenheim got a valuable away goal, even if their minimum goal for this game was achieved, Villarreal are not underdogs, the tactics against them are not designed in these few minutes, to keep a draw with away goals is a victory for Hoffenheim, back at home they only need a 0-0 to advance, in such a major competition, the world-class manager will not play with his head covered.

In the dressing room of the home team, Pellegrini was furious, and he was as uncomfortable as swallowing a fly for the last goal conceded, it was not only a goal, it was also an away goal, and the effect of an away goal was fatal in the two-legged knockout round, one can be used as two, and it was actually taken by the opponent at the last second, so how can the Chilean engineer not be angry.

"Godin, you and Cazorla stormed Hoffenheim's left, paralyzed it, and forced them to attack on the right."

"Pire, Capdevilla, you continue to attack quickly in the second half, play behind the Chinese defenders."

"Senna, you and Ibargasa are more closely connected......"

Pellegrini laid out the second-half tactics to Villarreal's players, and he actually hit the world's No. 1 attacking defender Li Huan, trying to use Li Huan's space to score, I don't know what kind of effect the Chilean engineer's tactics will have.

At the start of the second half, fans spotted Hoffenheim making a substitution, with Sarikhovic replaced by Russian midfielder Timoshchuk, who played in a double midfield.

Rangnick's substitution did not surprise the fans and Pellegrini, after scoring an away goal, he defended solidly, scored when he could, and did not let the opponent score if he couldn't, almost any normal coach would do that, but Rangnick did it a little earlier. However, Manuel Pellegrini has already made arrangements for this.

After Hoffenheim went to Timoshchuk, the interception ability of the midfield was greatly enhanced, Timoshchuk is a full-time robber, much stronger than Sarihovic's half-hanging, two backs and one back waist, not a simple 1 + 1, the complement of the two people, the effect is definitely greater than 2, Tymoshchuk's play has reduced Gustavo's pressure a lot.

Hoffenheim's three midfielders intercepted everywhere, and the three strikers came back to defend except for Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Villarreal's coordination in the midfield was not so fluid, and they were able to get the opportunity to shoot easily in the first half, and now it is very difficult to penetrate the front court, and they can only find a way to open the gap from the two wings.

Cazorla and Godin launched a fierce attack on Hoffenheim's left flank, with Ibargasa also supporting the left flank, and Ibertsberg barely managed to hold on with the help of Timoshchuk.

Ibargasa is a well-known playmaker in La Liga, and Ibertsberg and Tymoschchuk are already good enough to hold on, but it is unrealistic to expect them to assist, and Hoffenheim's attack is now completely dependent on the middle and right flanks.

After a second-half substitution, Arshavin stepped into the midfield position and attacked behind Ruud van Nistelrooy. Hoffenheim is attack-oriented in the Bundesliga, the midfielders are basically single midfielders, Eduardo and Arshavin play on each side, Arshavin rarely plays the front midfield, but Arshavin is no stranger to this position, he has experience in the front midfield in Russia or Zenit.

In that position, Arshavin met his old rival Senna, who had met twice at the European Championships, with Arshavin losing badly on both occasions. Arshavin has long been in the heart of revenge, and the two had sporadic contact in the first half, and neither of them could help the other, and Rangnick moved him to the position of the front midfield.

Senna defeated Arshavin twice, the psychological advantage is obvious, seeing Arshavin come to the middle, the Brazilian's funny surname was exposed, he actually raised two fingers at Arshavin, I don't know if he wants to say that he wants to win you again, or I have already won you twice, anyway, this is a provocative gesture, Arshavin can hardly suppress the fire in his heart, after getting the pass from the backcourt, he went straight to Senna, wanting to go head-to-head with Senna, Senna did not flinch, and went directly to meet Arshavin's challenge. Arshavin tried to shake Senna with a real shake, but Senna prejudged him and stuck him in position and stabbed the ball at the feet of Cazorla, and Villarreal used the ball to complete an attack.

Five minutes later, Arshavin received a long pass from Li Huan's backfield again, and formed a one-on-one with Senna again in the middle, this time the Russian tsar used his skills to shake Senna and go straight to the penalty area, but Senna was very ghostly, grabbed Arshavin's shirt, and the ball was intercepted by Bruno. Referee Riley didn't notice Senna's small movements, and Arshavin yelled at the referee in dissatisfaction, and was almost shown a second yellow card by Riley.

Two minutes later, Arshavin and Senna formed a one-on-one again, but this time Villarreal was in a hurry to attack, the number of backlines was small, Senna was distracted, and Arshavin shook off his center of gravity, forming a breakthrough, Arshavin faced the submarine's middle cleverly divided, Vanney got a one-on-one chance, but Senna chased back quickly, he quickly caught up with Vanney, a flying tackle affected Vanney's shot, and Lopes blocked Vanney's shot with his fingertips. Lopez got up and gave Senna a thumbs up, very grateful for Senna's flying tackle, otherwise the king of the small penalty area would definitely not have wasted this opportunity.

Three confrontations, Senna and Arshavin can be said to be indistinguishable, neither of them is unwilling to show weakness, when Li Huan calmly defended in the rear, Villarreal's right attack, Arshavin and Senna's confrontation in the middle became the main theme of the game.

Twenty minutes into the second half, Obasi, who was running back and forth like a midfielder in the game, cramped, and Rangnick replaced him with Weiss to further strengthen the defense, and at this point Rangnick had already tacitly acquiesced to a 1-1 result.

Weiss's play not only strengthened Hoffenheim's midfield defense, but also liberated Li Huan, Weiss does not have an offensive task like Obasi, he is a full-time defender, and Li Huan's cooperation is more tacit, and he has the ability to temporarily act as a defender, which Obasi does not have. After Weiss came on the field, Li Huan's left side gradually became active again.

Li Huan's assist doubled the pressure on Villarreal's backline, Pire was tired and cramped after Li Huan's repeated impacts, and Pellegrini had to replace him with a strong defensive Ergulen, for Villarreal, who is now in urgent need of attack, replacing Pire is a major loss.

By the 25th minute of the second half, Hoffenheim had gradually gained the upper hand, and Villarreal's attack did not pose much threat to Hoffenheim's goal, but Hoffenheim's counterattack made Villarreal's heart tremble, and according to this trend, Hoffenheim's goal was almost inevitable.

However, at this time, an accident changed the way of the whole game, Li Huan launched an attack on the side, his baseline cross was smashed by Vanney's header to the goal beam, bounced back, the ball was passed by central defender Bruno to the feet of Ibagasa, Ibagasa midfielder long pass to find Lorente, Gustavo stepped forward and Lorente to compete for this landing point, under the entanglement of the two people, Gustavo's header clearance turned into a header back, and he shook his head like a lion shook his head, but it was just backwards.

Goalkeeper Hildebrand didn't feel any danger at first, but the ball was rubbed back like a Gustavo lion, and it made a strange arc and went straight to the top right corner of the goal. Hildebrand's heart was terrified, he could have imagined such a situation. He leapt to his feet, raised one arm in the air, and struck at the ball.

Gustavo's header is simply a world wave, and the forward clearance becomes a backward rub, and the backward rub is just a thing, but Gustavo actually rubbed out the spin, and the hit that Hildebrand struggled to jump up did not touch. Such a header even Llorente was dumbfounded and sighed to himself.

The ball grazed the crossbar and flew into the corner, and Villarreal had no trouble taking the lead.

This strange situation shocked the audience. Immediately, the Love Song Stadium was boiling, and all the fans in yellow jerseys jumped up to celebrate, and shouted, "We love you on the 21st!" Number 21 Villarreal: Thank you! ”

Manuel Pellegrini was struck by this sudden happiness, he felt like he had won a million-dollar prize, and he couldn't believe it was true, until his assistant coach hugged him and shook him desperately and cheered, he didn't believe that they were really ahead.

Hildebrand angrily wanted to go over and scold Gustavo angrily, but was caught by Li Huan and captain Comber, this is not the time to accuse, not to mention that this can't be said to be Gustavo's fault, it's just that he is very unlucky.

Everyone in Hoffenheim watched the number on the electronic scoreboard become 2:1, and they all smiled bitterly and shook their heads, who would have thought that such a situation would occur, the good situation would be ruined, the football game is so ruthless, it is so instantaneous.

Gustavo looked at the ball that was still spinning in the net, crying and pulling his hair, he really couldn't figure out how it was an oolong, how could it not be an oolong.

The rest of Hoffenheim watched the numbers on the electronic scoreboard become 2:1, and they all smiled bitterly and shook their heads, who would have thought that such a situation would occur, the good situation would be ruined, the football game was so ruthless, such a rapid change.

Gustavo looked at the ball that was still spinning in the net, crying and pulling his hair, he really couldn't figure out how it was an oolong, how could it not be an oolong.

The on-site narrator stood up and shouted, "Incredible! It's incredible, Villarreal actually took the lead in a disadvantaged situation, this goal is really weird, how can it top such an arc, it is estimated that No. 21 Gustavo himself can't think of it, if he can top such an arc every time, he can go to the striker. ”

He Wei, the commentator of the imperial court station, also sighed, "This is the accidental surname of football, not something that can be completely controlled by manpower, just like this goal, like hitting the goalpost, these are uncontrollable, and now it is by no means a good phenomenon for Hoffenheim, they have replaced three defensive players, there is no attacking power, and it will be difficult to equalize again." ”

Tao Wei said: "If Villarreal doesn't score again, 2:1 is also acceptable. After all, there is an away goal, and returning to home Hoffenheim only needs one 1-0 to advance. ”

He Wei said: "I'm just afraid that Hoffenheim will be affected by this own goal, and his mood will fluctuate too much, and then he will be in a hurry to equalize, and finally Villarreal will score again, it will not be good." ”

Tao Wei said: "I hope Rangnick can stabilize, and I hope Li Huan can exert his power again." ”

(To be continued)