The British media also criticized Hoffenheim's behavior the next day, believing that Hoffenheim was deliberately making things difficult for Arsenal, and as the defending champions, it was really cold to play such a small trick.

"The Sun" said, "Hoffenheim is scared, they are not optimistic in Group H now, now not only the first group is very difficult, if they lose to Arsenal in both games, it is a great risk to qualify from the group, so they will unscrupulously create difficulties for Arsenal, but with Arsenal's current state, these small difficulties are afraid that they will not play a role, and they are likely to cause Arsenal to retaliate." ”

Rangnick certainly wouldn't be unaware of Wenger's accusations, and at the next day's press conference, Rangnick defended what happened yesterday, "This incident is indeed a misunderstanding, because the ownership of the stadium does not belong to the team, but to Mr. Hope, so there was a little problem in communication between the club and the management of the stadium, in order not to affect Arsenal's training arrangements, we took remedial measures and let Arsenal go to the Hoffenheim training base, but Professor Wenger refused. ”

Then Rangnick didn't forget to sarcastically mock Arsenal, "I don't think this matter has much to do with the club, it's just that the giants are very temperamental, and they feel that they are the boss wherever they go, and they must enjoy the best treatment. Rangnick's words added fuel to the fire, and yesterday he was a little annoyed that the Arsenal players were even more angry, and they said that they wanted to give Hoffenheim a little color in the game.

The belated war of words has strained the relationship between the two teams, but Hoffenheim did not leave Arsenal without a place to train again, and the stadium was opened to Arsenal in the morning, but this did not change the attitude of the Arsenal people, both the players and the coaches, in interviews directly expressed the intention of beating Hoffenheim. And the Hoffenheim players also said they must beat Arsenal at home. Before the game, the focus of this Champions League battle finally tore off the veil of warmth and revealed its hideous face.

The last press conference on Wednesday afternoon was held two hours before the game, in front of UEFA officials, Wenger and Rangnick, two academy coaches known for their elegance, reluctantly shook hands, but the expressions of the two were very cold, and their eyes were not on each other's bodies when they shook hands, yesterday's training incident made Wenger very angry, and Rangnick was also very angry because of Wenger's words, if this was not a regular meeting hosted by UEFA, the two would not even want to meet together.

Rangnick spoke first, and the defending champion's coach maintained his usual demeanor when he spoke, "The current situation in the group stage is not in our favor, one win and one loss, so that we have no chance to make mistakes in the next games, every game is very important for us now, we must play as a final, otherwise we are likely to be a big upset."

Arsenal's strength is of course very strong, even without Li Huan, Arsenal is still a world powerhouse, and Li Huan's joining has made Arsenal stronger. It's a very difficult game for us for sure, of course we're the defending champions, theoretically we're one of the strongest teams, but in reality football has a lot of chances, we have to be prepared for tough battles, it's important for us to get out of the group and we have to get done.

There are two big advantages for us, we beat Arsenal in two games last season and that gives us confidence, and this is a game at our home stadium and I'm sure the fans are our best 12 and they will get the lads excited. ”

Wenger spoke after Rangnick, when talking about this game, Wenger also showed a rare strength and confidence, "The group stage has just been played two rounds, Hoffenheim is the third team we have encountered, and the strongest one, the situation of qualifying from the group is far from decided, and the second round of the group stage will definitely be more difficult to play, many media in front of us think that we have no doubt about qualifying, but we can't think so, otherwise it will definitely be us who will be eliminated, we must work hard to play every game, Strive to lock in a qualifying place as soon as possible.

We have a lot of injuries in this round of games, Walcott, Denilson, Fabianski, Jorou and other players are not able to come to Germany, which has a great impact on us, you know, in the face of a strong team, the substitute line-up is often the key to the victory, football is not won by 11 people, football depends on the whole, the club as a whole. But I'm happy that we're in great form, the morale and confidence are so good that we're on a 13-game winning streak and we're confident we can set a new club record. ”

Both managers directly declared war on their opponents, but in the subsequent questioning session with reporters, they still showed a certain degree of caution in the obviously provocative questions of reporters, and did not continue to tear their faces to the opponents, which is also the limit of what they can do.

While the press conference was underway, the Rheinneckar Arena was already crowded, fans from all over the world began to enter the stadium one after another, and the die-hard Hoffenheim fans began to put up banners and slogans in the stands, as well as various means of congratulatory means. From time to time, there are loud songs composed by fans in the stands.

The on-site commentators and local TV commentators began to warm up for the game, explaining where the two teams were in the group ahead of the game, their performance in the league, and the team's injuries.

The game officially kicked off at 7:45 p.m. prime time, and with the enthusiastic cheers of the fans on the field, the two teams held the hands of the young fans and walked from the mixed aisle to the stadium, at this time the commentator also began to introduce the starting lineups of both sides to the fans, and talked about his views on the starting lineups of both sides.

'Arsenal's starting line-up went like this:

Goalkeeper Manone, this is Arsenal's third goalkeeper, due to the injury of the second goalkeeper Fabianski, the first goalkeeper Almunia is not in good shape, and now the starting is the young Mannone, but Mannone's skills are not bad, and the strength of Arsenal's three goalkeepers is not bad, and the level is comparable.

The defenders are Li Huan, Gallas, Wilmaelen, and Clichy, these four are basically the starting lineup that Arsenal can't beat, and they not only defend the goal for Arsenal, but also cover the team's three-thirds of the goals. It can be said that it is the best guarantee of Arsenal's recent winning streak.

The attacking line is: Alexander Song, Eboue, Cesc Fabregas, Diaby, still taking the wing route, the middle is responsible for the organization and scheduling, and these midfielders are also fully able to insert and score in important games and periods.

The forwards are: Robin van Persie and Eduardo. In terms of ability, Van Persie and Eduardo are fully qualified center forwards, although Van Persie originally played on the wing.

Arsenal played a 442 lineup, Professor Wenger still emphasized the balance between attack and defense, now Arsenal occupies the lead in the group, and Hoffenheim must win if he wants to win the first place in the group, so Professor Wenger's lineup is more free, flexible and higher, we can't see Professor Wenger as an old stubborn, in fact, Wenger has compromised a lot in the Premier League. ”

After introducing Arsenal, the on-site commentator began to introduce Hoffenheim's starting lineup like this, the goalkeeper is Hildebrand, Hildebrand's recent form has declined, and the number of goals conceded in the Bundesliga has begun to increase, but now Hoffenheim has not been able to shake his position, so Hildebrand still sits firmly in the No. 1 position.

The back four are Beck, Simunich, Jaisler and Ibertsberg, and this is a backline that Hoffenheim is proud of, without which Hoffenheim may not have had a chance to win the treble last year.

The four midfielders are: Arshavin, Eduardo, Gustavo and Tymoshchuk. Two offenses and two defenses, Coach Rangnick is not very blind to winning, they need a balanced offensive and defensive transition system.

The two strikers are: Ruud van Nistelrooy and Demba Ba's double centre-forward. This came as a surprise to the fans, many people thought that it should be one high and one fast, and that Ruud van Nistelrooy and Demba Ba should not play at the same time, they could pair up with players like the fast Saviola, or even play only a single center forward, increase the number of midfielders, and encircle Cesc Fabregas.

Hoffenheim still looked relatively rational in the starting line-up, and they were not as eager as they showed before the game, and perhaps, the training gate incident itself was a smoke bomb and a move thrown by Rangnick to fight Arsenal's counter-attack again. However, this speculation is not very reliable, because Hoffenheim now has no Li Huan with a speed of 10 seconds.

The on-site commentator is very skillful when explaining the starting list of players, he only says one player at a time, and interspersed with his own comments, so that the fans can have time to applaud, Arsenal except for Li Huan, everyone else gets Arsenal fans in Germany, and every player in Hoffenheim will cause a burst of warm applause after being said, which shows how enthusiastic the fans are today.

When the commentator introduced the lineup, a slender girl wearing sunglasses also walked into the stands of the stadium, although her entire face could not be seen, but just from the white skin exposed and the perfect nose and mouth, you could see that this was a real beauty. She was Ellijie who came from France to watch Li Huan's game.

(To be continued)