Chapter Forty-Nine: Fifteen Minutes at a Rapid Pace
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As soon as Ribery came up, he was dismounted by Chu Zhongtian, but he was not deterred by this, on the contrary, he had been planning to use his footwork to play Chu Zhongtian around. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Let him find a chance, and he will definitely get the field back.
Bayern Munich's free-kick did not pose much of a threat to Hoffenheim's goal. Hoffenheim instigated a counter-attack.
Because Chu Zhongtian is on the wing, the person in charge of distributing the ball in the middle has become Gustavo. When he gets the ball, he decides who to pass the ball to and how. His teammates matched him in the run. In order to prepare for this game, Rangnick has had his team train like this since the Hertha Berlin game. Chu Zhongtian's red card against Hertha Berlin and his absence from Bielefeld also provided Rangnick with such an opportunity. So in the game against Bielefeld, Gustavo became the team's central midfield hub.
Gustavo played well in that game, he continued to start this game and the team did not feel obtrusive. Because they've already had a game to set the stage for.
After Gustavo received the ball, he chose to pass the football to Chu Zhongtian.
It is clear that Bayern Munich have a lot of importance on Eduardo's side and the defense is very well organized. But on Chu Zhongtian's side, they didn't pay enough attention to it. On the one hand, it was because Chu Zhongtian suddenly came to the right, which made them a little uncomfortable, and on the other hand, because the right side was not the direction of Hoffenheim's main attack.
Now pass the football to Chu Zhongtian, hoping to take advantage of Bayern Munich's laxity in defense to create some opportunities.
After Chu Zhongtian got the ball, Ribery pressed up. Chu Zhongtian did not try to break through Ribery, and he passed the ball back to Gustavo, who was picking up in the middle.
After passing the ball, Chu Zhongtian did not continue to insert forward, like a fullback, he moved to the middle, and left the space on the side to Baker, who was inserted forward.
Seeing Chu Zhongtian switch to the middle, Gustavo sent the football over. After Chu Zhongtian received the ball, he adjusted it a little and shot directly from a distance!
The ball went wide of the goal and did not pose any threat to goalkeeper Rensing (michael_rensing).
"Hoffenheim's first shot of the game was done by Chu! His long-range shots have a lot of power, but they don't have a good head! ”
"It seems that Chu's position in this game is very flexible." Beckenbauer said. 'Defensively he's a right wing-back who is mainly responsible for containing Ribery. When attacking, he doesn't necessarily stay on the right flank, he can move to the middle and give up the right to Baker. In this game, Chu is not responsible for organizing the attack......"
※※※ Since the game just started, both sides came to each round of attacks, and the commentators did not have time to broadcast the starting lists of both sides. Taking advantage of Chu Zhongtian's miss, Duan Bin hurriedly reported the starting lists of both sides in tongue twisters.
Bayern's starting goalkeeper for this game is Rensing. He has been the team's first-choice goalkeeper since Kahn's retirement, but his performances have been far from good. He has the fewest goals conceded in the Bundesliga last season and has much less to do than any other goalkeeper. Only 54 shots were on target, an average of 3.6 shots per game, but 21 of those shots were on target. Rensing has played five full games for Bayern this season and has a save rate of 59.6 per cent, the second-worst of any goalkeeper.
The right-back is Italian Otto (massimo_oddo), who is on loan from AC Milan. At the age of thirty-two, he was known as Maldini's successor when he was younger, but now he is not doing well at AC Milan and can only seek a loan.
The centre-backs were Lucio and Van Bit daniel_van_buyten ten. Van Bitten is Belgium's main centre-back and captain. Lucio is Brazil's main centre-back and captain. The duo conceded the fewest goals in the Bundesliga last season, with Lucio playing a big role.
Lucio has won 76.5 per cent of his 14 appearances this season, a statistic unrivalled in the Bundesliga. The Brazilian has committed just 14 fouls in his appearances, but has been violated 32 times.
In addition to his defensive excellence, he was no slouch in attack, averaging 72 touches per game, 14 of 15 dribbles, plus 17 shots on goal, with only one on target.
The left-back is Lahm (philipp_lahm), the German international, so I don't need to introduce this much. A full-back with a strong ability to assist.
In midfield, Van . Bommel and Ze. Roberto sits in the midfield position. Marsh. Roberto is Bayern Munich's 'Mr. Reliable', with a pass completion rate of 86 per cent, 31 per cent of his crosses and 20 per cent of his corners finding his team-mates accurately. He also had a 70 per cent success rate and was very defensively prolific, winning 66 per cent of one-on-one duels plus 26 interceptions. He is equally important in Bayern's attacking link, with the Brazilian already contributing two goals and four assists.
Ribery and Schweinsteiger are one left and one right.
Up front are Klose and Toney.
For Hoffenheim, the starting goalkeeper is still Haas, the right-back is Baker, the left-back is Ibertsberger, and the two central defenders are young Jaisler and Comper. In midfield is Gustavo at the back, Chu Zhongtian on the right and Eduardo on the left. In the middle of the three strikers is Ibisevic, on the right is Obasi and on the left is Demba. Bar.
Both teams have the strongest starting line-up they can come up with, and they are both serious enough about this game. Of course, this goes without saying.
※※※ In the seventh minute, Bayern Munich attacked again, and Ribery cut into the position this time. Roberto made a long pass from the backfield, and the football went over Chu Zhongtian's head and fell behind him. Now Ribery received the football and faced Hoffenheim's right-back Beck directly, not the difficult Chu Zhongtian.
Chu Zhongtian turned around to pounce, Ribery would not give him such a chance, watch him accelerate and rush towards the bottom line, take advantage of Beck's failure to block in time, and cross with his feet!
The ball flew past Baker's toes, but Tony and Klose, who followed up in the middle, were both half a step too slow to slip the ball through!
After seeing this scene in the stands of the Allianz Arena, a loud sigh rang out.
At that time, Hoffenheim's defense in the box was not very strict, and with the individual ability of Klose and Toney, as long as one of them received the ball, he could almost score.
"It's a shining moment for Ribery, but it's a pity that Tony and Klose have wasted it together!" The narrator Leif is also very regretful. 'Judging by the breakthrough cross, Ribery was in great shape today. Looks like Hoffenheim's defense is in big trouble! ”
Hoffenheim seized the opportunity to counter-attack, left-back Ibertsberger received the ball from Ribery and handed it to Gustavo, who in turn passed to Eduardo, who turned and passed through, Demba . Ba received the ball and hit the right side of the penalty area, three passes and two downs into the Bayern penalty area, Hoffenheim's rhythm was really sharp, they did not go back and forth in the midfield laterally, and then looked for Bayern Munich loopholes.
Demba. Ba bursts into the box and shoots with his feet!
Lensing falls to the ground and saves the ball.
Chu Zhongtian now has time to take a good look at Ribery. The momentary mistake he made just now gave that kid a chance. In this way, he really can't be given any chance in the game, and he has to follow up when defending. It seems difficult to defend Ribery and support the team in attack, but it is really commonplace for Chu Zhongtian. He did the same when he was playing as a midfielder, defending the heart of the opposition midfield and rushing up to organise the attack. And in his opinion, it is easier to do this kind of work on the wing than in the middle, because on the wing he has a limited range of movement, he only needs to move up and down the right wing, and in the midfield he has to take care of the whole backfield.
※※※ Lensing kicked off with a big kick and the football went straight to Ribery.
Chu Zhongtian didn't let Ribery move freely more than ten meters behind him this time, he saw Lunsing kicking off, so he ran to Ribery's side, and then the two of them jumped at the same time to fight for the top.
On the header, Ribery was a few light years behind Chu Zhongtian, and the ball was easily pushed to the middle by Chu Zhongtian, and Gustavo raised his foot to stop the ball.
"Damn, what are you doing so closely with me, Chu?" Ribery grumbled after hitting the ground.
"Because I love you, Frank." Chu Zhongtian made a joke that made Ribery shiver.
"It's so cold......"
Chu Zhongtian ignored him anymore, and after seeing Gustavo get the ball, he rushed up along the sideline.
Ribery didn't follow, he stayed put, waited for Hoffenheim's attack to be cut off, and then hit their counter-attack. Now Chu Zhongtian can't come back in front, and he is like a fish in water.
However, Ribery's wishful thinking failed, and Hoffenheim's attack was not broken. Gustavo saw Chu Zhongtian insert the ball forward and passed the football over, Chu Zhongtian did not go down with the ball, he stabilized the football, and then waited for his teammates to run. After seeing Chu Zhongtian take the ball, Obasis pulled it from the ribs to the side, Chu Zhongtian did not pass the football directly to Obbasi's feet, but saw the direction of his running, and suddenly gave a kick over the top!
Football from defending his Ze. Roberto flew past and fell straight behind the Bayern backline, Obasi was originally running sideways, and suddenly changed to cut forward at the moment of Chu Zhongtian's pass, and Lahm couldn't react to let go of this dangerous person.
"Nice over-the-top pass! Tear open the defense of Bayern Munich! ”
After Obasi received the ball, there were Bayern players who thought he was offside, but he had already passed the ball into the box. At this time, the Bayern players were shocked when they saw that the linesman and the referee did not say anything, and ran back.
The football has flown to the goal!
Demba. Ba Gao jumped high and shook his head to attack the goal with no one to mark him at all!
"Demba. Ba-"
The Hoffenheim fans in their seats had already risen from their seats, ready to cheer for the goal.
But Demba . Ba's header went over the crossbar...... "It's a shame! It would have been a great opportunity for Hoffenheim to attack. ”
Before the game, Rangnick said that he wanted to drag the game into a fast pace, and Chrismann's Bayern Munich have been practicing this season to make the game a little faster.
When two fast-paced teams meet, the collision is bound to be a very exciting, good-looking, offensive and defensive, fast-paced game.
This side of Demba. Ba was still holding his head and didn't feel sorry for his header, where Rensing had already passed the ball. He didn't have a big foot, but passed it to Van . Bommel, Fan. Beaumel then passed to Ze. Roberto.
Chu Zhongtian saw Dengba. Ba didn't score, he turned and ran back, and he had to defend Ribery.
Now when Ze. When Roberto wanted to pass the football to Ribery, he changed his mind when he found that Ribery was followed by a Chu Zhongtian not far away.
The defensive ability of the opponent's number eight, he has seen before, giving the football to Ribery will not help the team's attack.
So he stopped the football and looked left and right.
When Lahm saw this, he knew that the team's attack was in trouble and it was time for him as a full-back to step forward.
In fact, before this game, he was specifically told by Klinsmann not to rush forward to assist at the beginning of the game, because this will allow Hoffenheim to seize the opportunity to play behind him, in order to stabilize the defense, he tried to push forward as little as possible in the first half.
But Klinsmann didn't let him go straight ahead. Rahm has his own judgment on whether to cut forward or not, he thinks it is a good time, Ribery is being targeted by Chu Zhongtian, and his forward insertion can break the balance and create scoring opportunities.
Marsh. Roberto saw Rahm coming up and passed the football to him.
Ram didn't take the football to the middle, but ran straight towards Chu Zhongtian.
Ribery was on the move. Chu Zhongtian did not defend Ram, but continued to follow Ribery.
Rahm was a little surprised, but he quickly understood that no matter what happened in this game, Hoffenheim's number eight would be firmly following Ribery, and it was unlikely that he would use this method to pull him out and create a chance for Ribery.
Since Chu Zhongtian didn't defend himself, Ram was naturally not polite, and rushed over with the ball from the two people.
Baker came up to defend Ram, and Ribery ran to the side and slipped past Ram. Rahm didn't pass the ball because Ribery was still following Chu Zhongtian by his side.
Ram saw Ze. Roberto picked himself up in the middle and quickly passed the ball.
Marsh. Roberto didn't stop the ball, but just turned his ankle across and stuffed the ball from Ram straight into the box!
"Nice straight stopper!"
Because Baker was defending Lahm, Chu Zhongtian was defending Ribery, both of them were on the wing, there were only two central defenders in the penalty area, and it was even more empty on their right ribs, and when Tony ran there laterally, Comper hadn't followed yet. Roberto's football came over.
Tony, who received the ball, got up and shot at goal, but the ball hit the side-netting...... Although the ball did not go in, this series of attacks made the fans in the stands addicted.
And it's not just the fans who are there, but the German fans who are in front of the TV also see a game that is different from the normal Bundesliga. In the past, the pace of Bundesliga games was definitely not so fast, and the two sides always set up their formations and began to test each other, while consolidating their defense, while expecting the other party to make mistakes first.
Conservative ideas have ruled Germany for a long time. Apart from a wave of free man, German football has not contributed anything revolutionary to world football. While a back four is popular all over Europe, German football is still clinging to the style of play of the three central defenders. Now that modern football with high speed and high intensity has swept the world, German football seems to be isolated from the rest of the world and ignores it. If it weren't for Klinsmann's introduction of modern football to the national team, the Germans would never have reached the last four of the World Cup on their home soil.
Former Hamburg coach Stevens is convinced: "The first thing to do in the game is not to concede a goal. Wolfsburg coach Magath said when he was in charge of Bayern: "The attack wins the crowd, but the defense wins the championship. "These ideas are not a problem in the league because the league is long and stability is overwhelming. But in the Champions League, they are behind. It is no coincidence that several Premier League clubs have reached the last four of the Champions League for several years in a row, and although the English national team is second-rate in Europe, the Premier League is indeed world-class, and the football they play is modern and advanced. However, the German team has been defeated in the Champions League one after another.
The broadcast of Bundesliga matches is among the best in Europe, and the organization of the tournament is also the best. However, they have fallen to fourth place in Europe, which is almost a notch away from Ligue 1. Why? In addition to the lack of world-class stars, it also has something to do with their conservative and dull style of play.
But the match between Hoffenheim and Bayern Munich changed the perception of the audience. From the very beginning, the game entered a high-paced and high-confrontation, the two sides went back and forth, and the offensive and defensive transfers were very fast, which made the audience dizzy.
The match was broadcast live from 167 countries, with more than 300 journalists and photographers on the scene, and the Allianz Arena was like a small United Nations in the broadcast booth, with commentators from all over the world vying to introduce Hoffenheim's players in their own language, and many people had heard of the team's name for the first time, let alone the players.
Just two minutes after Toney's shot went wide, Bayern Munich made a comeback, this time with the ball at the feet of Schweinsteiger. Hoffenheim's backline did not shrink into the box and tried to create an offside position.
Chu Zhongtian was originally on the side, but when he saw his teammates pressing and trying to create offside, a picture suddenly flashed in his mind - Tony received a pass and burst into the penalty area, but he was not offside!
He didn't think about how the thought came to him, he was used to it.
But he immediately started chasing Toney, and the Italian shooter was already in action.
That's when Schweinsteiger made a pass!
"No offside! Pretty! ”
Chu Zhongtian was still a step late, and Toni received the ball before him and smashed into the penalty area. Goalkeeper Haas attacked, and the two men collided and fell to the ground.
The football was blocked by Haas and fell to the feet of Chu Zhongtian, who was chasing back.
A loud shout erupted from the Allianz Stadium: "Penalty!!" ”
Chu Zhongtian didn't look up at the referee, but directly made a long pass! He could clearly see that Haas made no foul in this save, and the referee was in a good position, and it was impossible not to see it.
Sure enough, referee Meyer waved his hand to signal that it was not a foul, and the game continued!
"The referee didn't give a penalty...... It was a Hoffenheim counterattack! ”
Chu Zhongtian's long pass was full of power and played all the way to the front, Ibisevic withdrew to head the ball, and Eduardo received the ball. There was no superfluous movement, he directly crossed from a 45-degree angle and hung diagonally in the penalty area.
Because Bayern Munich had just launched an attack, the back defense was weak, and now there are basically no people in the penalty area, so in the face of Eduardo's cross, goalkeeper Rensing could only attack and block it himself.
But his attack didn't touch the football this time!
At that moment, the hearts of Bayern Munich fans stopped beating.
The football fell straight to the back point!
Obasi may not have expected Lensing's attack to not touch the ball, his preparation was a little insufficient, in the face of the incoming ball directly pushed, but did not kick the power, next to him Otto hurriedly cleared the siege, resolving the team's crisis.
"Fifteen minutes into the game, Hoffenheim had two great chances, but unfortunately their strikers didn't take them! However, we can see that Bayern Munich is a little uncomfortable in the face of Hoffenheim who is so fast......" Duan Bin expressed his opinion on the first fifteen minutes of the game in the studio.
"The pace of the game was so fast that we didn't have time to play a slow-motion replay of Tony falling in the box...... Leif lamented.
On the pitch, Bayern Munich's Toni was still complaining to the referee that his fall in the box should have been a penalty.
After Beckenbauer saw this scene, he said lightly: "Instead of putting all their energy into entanglement with the referee, Bayern's players should think about how to deal with Hoffenheim......"
As the former president of Bayern, he began to worry about his team.
(To be continued)