When Salihovic was preparing to take a free kick, people had already moved their attention away from Chu Zhongtian. Everyone was staring at Salihovic, the set-piece expert. He had scored direct free kicks in two consecutive rounds, so can he continue to score goals in this round?

Therefore, after a series of passes by Salihovic, Weiss, Demba and Ba, no one saw that Chu Zhongtian had quietly appeared in the penalty area and was paying close attention to the movements of the football.

Of course, Chu Zhongtian could not have known that he could score a goal beforehand. This was a completely normal move - increase the number of us in front of the opponent's goal and put pressure on the opponent during the attack.

He thought Demba Ba would shoot directly, but he didn't expect Demba Ba to be so selfless and unexpectedly pass it.

Ibisevic didn't expect this, so the football was first cleared by BlackRock.

Then the football fell to Chu Zhongtian's feet by a stranger.

Before this, Chu Zhongtian was not mentally prepared to shoot at all. But when the opportunity came, he did not need any preparation. His physical instinct made him shoot.

Until this time, everyone's eyes were all focused on Chu Zhongtian.

"Oh..." Duan Bin took a breath and was about to open his mouth and yell.

"Good ball!" Yang Chen, who was next to him, shouted out first.

Chu Zhongtian bounced his legs against the kicked football and flew towards the empty goal. Blackrock was still lying on the ground, and Nikolov struggled to get up, but before he could stabilize the center of gravity, he saw Chu Zhongtian reaching out and shooting. He quickly rushed over to stop the ball.

He was one step late.

Football got through between him and BlackRock.

Then he heard huge cheers from the stadium stands.

"The ball is in!!"

"Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim!!"

The breath Duan Bin had inhaled before finally could be spit out, and he yelled: "Good ball! The ball is scored! The ball is scored!! Less than two minutes into the second half, Chu Zhongtian scored! Hoffenheim took the lead!! He scored goals in three consecutive rounds! Chu Zhongtian's condition has been surprisingly good recently!"

After scoring the goal, Chu Zhongtian rushed to the side of the field excitedly, and then kept raising his arms to the Hoffenheim fans in the stands, making their cheers louder and louder.

"Chu Zhongtian!" The live broadcast was shouting Chu Zhongtian's name in Chinese. The fans who studied with the radio for half an hour also shouted, and this time it was much more spectacular. In the past, the voice was too short and too rapid to hear clearly. However, the three sounds of "Chu Zhongtian" are different. More than 10,000 people were still shocking when they shouted this together.

"Chu Zhongtian!!"

Then the announcer shouted in German: "In the 47th minute, Hoffenheim scored a goal! The shot was No. 8——"

The Hoffenheim fans in the stands shouted in Chinese with a tacit understanding: "Chu Zhongtian!!"

※※※ Duan Bin and Yang Chen were both excited when they heard such shouts at the broadcasting table. It was the first time that Duan Bin heard so many foreigners shouting a Chinese name on the spot, which was really shocking. Yang Chen was exchanged for the shouts back to the memories ten years ago.

Ten years ago, he was a player who could not play in Beijing Guoan. In order to get the chance to play football, he came to the strange Germany alone and joined Frankfurt. He achieved unexpected success in his first season, with twenty-three appearances, eight goals, and each one was wonderful.

When he scored the goal, the chant of "Yang Chen" would sound in the stands in the stands of Merzbank-arena, which was exactly the same as today.

At that moment, he felt that he was the center of the whole world. His blood was boiling.

That feels so good... He has retired now, but he hasn't relived this feeling for a long time before he retired.

Until now, sitting in the commentary seat and hearing the shouts of "Chu Zhongtian" in the audience as a commentator, he felt his blood was getting hot again.

Looking at Chu Zhongtian who was mobilizing the emotions of the fans, he envied him. He had better opportunities than himself, and of course he was better than himself...※※※Frankfurt head coach Von Kerr was helpless. He had expected Hoffenheim to continue to attack in the beginning of the second half, and he also specifically asked his players to pay attention to defense. Despite this, Hoffenheim scored the goal less than two minutes into the second half... What else should he do?

He doesn't know.

Today, Frankfurt and Hoffenheim are really not on the same level... But should we admit defeat like this?

No, it's still early! We're just one ball behind, there's still a chance and time.

He walked to the sidelines and shouted at the players standing in the rain: "Don't panic! Let's continue to defend and fight back!!"

Defensive counterattack is the only thing Frankfurt can do at the moment. Vonkel has really done research on Hoffenheim. He knows that Hoffenheim is not the kind of team that starts to shrink defense after leading by one goal. They are attacking from the first minute of the game to the last minute, scoring as many goals as they can. This is also the reason why Hoffenheim has not won a 1-0 game for six rounds in the league.

In the eyes of fans, such football is very good-looking, very eye-catching, and full of passion. But in the eyes of professionals like Vonkel, it is a very risky behavior. If Hoffenheim faces a team with sharper defensive counterattacks, then Hoffenheim will lose.

Even if you face Frankfurt, Frankfurt may not be without a chance.

So after conceding the ball, Vonkel allowed the team to continue to defend and counterattack. He firmly believed that with Hoffenheim continuing to attack, his team would definitely find an opportunity.

As a veteran team, Frankfurt doesn't want to give in easily.

※※ Duan Bin was still excited because he witnessed a Chinese player's goal on the spot. This was not the first time he commented on the European League on the spot. He had commented on the national derby in Spain. However, no matter how bright the stars in such a game are, it is still the star of others. No matter how many goals those superstars score, Duan Bin always feels that he is not breathing a sigh of relief and his feelings have not been fully released.

This time it was different. He was like a volcano that had been silent for too long, erupting suddenly, exploding huge energy.

"Listen to the cheers at the scene! Nearly 20,000 people shouted one person's name at the same time! How spectacular?!"

"My audience, we witnessed Chu Zhongtian's goal with our own eyes, and we witnessed his goal on the spot! He scored the first record for Hoffenheim, which was his third goal in three consecutive rounds!"

The cheers of "Chu Zhongtian" continued until the kickoff, and the cheers gradually stopped when the referee blew the whistle to start the game again.

The subsequent game was as Von Kerr expected, Hoffenheim did not start to shrink and play defense just because they led one ball. They continued to press and assist. Two full-backs Baker and Ibertsberger took turns to step into the Frankfurt defense line.

During this period, all the players in Frankfurt shrank back and defended the goal. They knew that Hoffenheim had just scored the goal and his morale was strong. At this time, he had to hold it. As long as he could hold it, he could defeat his sharpness.

After a while of fierce attack, Chu Zhongtian found that Frankfurt had made up his mind to defend himself. If the attack was fiercer, the tighter the opponent would shrink, which would be unfavorable for his attack. So Chu Zhongtian decided to change the rhythm.

After playing in Hoffenheim for several months, he always felt that Rangnick's tactics looked scary at first glance, somewhat like "Cheng Yaojin's three axes". If the opponent hangs these three axes, trouble will come. Simply put, it is a lack of change. He always emphasizes offense, requires as much forward pass as possible, and as few long passes and crosses as possible. In this way, what should we do if the forward pass is frustrated?

He decided to give full play to his free power on the court. To be a free man, he must first start by emancipating his mind. If his thoughts are still limited and he must obey the head coach in everything, then he will never be a free man.

The king will not accept the orders of the outside king. Originally, his core midfield final was equivalent to the head coach on the court and had the right to make decisions freely. This point was also mentioned to him by Rangnick.

So when he saw Frankfurt recovering, he no longer blindly passed the ball forward, but suddenly changed to a return pass. He passed the ball to central defender Yaisler. Yaisler was stunned for a moment, and then wanted to pass the ball back to Chu Zhongtian, but Chu Zhongtian waved his hand and refused, and asked him to pass the ball to goalkeeper Ozjan.

Yaisler was a little confused. During normal training, head coach Rangnick did not allow him to do this.

Seeing that he was hesitating, Chu Zhongtian looked back and saw that the Frankfurt player had not yet come forward. So he waved his hand and repeated his request: pass the ball back to goalkeeper Ozjan.

Yaisler thought about it. Anyway, Rangnick had a request, so he listened to him when he went to the court. Since he wanted to pass it back by himself, then he would pass it back by himself. If Rangnick blamed him after the game, he couldn't blame him. So he turned around and passed the football back to Ozjan.

Ozjan was also surprised when facing Jaisler's passing ball. He was almost scared to know how to catch the ball: should he hug it with his hands or to catch it with his hands? Fortunately, the Frankfurt player closest to him was still almost half a stadium. Otherwise, as long as a Frankfurt player moves forward bravely and chases the ball without giving up, he might be able to see the smile of the goddess of luck showing him.

But unfortunately, Frankfurt missed the opportunity to rewrite the score.

Ozjan's brain woke up as the football rolled in front of him. He gave up the idea of ​​catching the ball with his hands and stopped the ball with his feet. Then he habitually wanted to kick forward with his big feet and saw Chu Zhongtian waving to him. He was very familiar with this gesture. Whenever he planned to kick the ball with his big feet, Chu Zhongtian would do this, signaling him to pass the football over. He basically did it every time, because Rangnick told him that Chu Zhongtian on the court was equivalent to a head coach, and he tried to listen to him as much as possible.

This time Ozjan did as well.

After Chu Zhongtian received the ball, he looked back. Frankfurt striker Fening wanted to run up. Since that's the case, he would continue fishing. He passed the football to Yaisler and asked Yaisler not to pass it to him, but to another central defender next to him, Comper.

Then Chu Zhongtian waved to the front and signaled everyone to recycle a little, so that they would not press so much, so that the front and back courts would be completely disconnected. The two full-backs rushed to the front and looked like a full-back. How could they play this ball?

Although Hoffenheim players are not very used to it, they still follow Chu Zhongtian's requirements and recycle it. The most active person is Ibisevic, because he is the only one who knows what Chu Zhongtian is doing.

If there are fans of Metz or Fernandez see this game, they will definitely feel that Chu Zhongtian at this moment is very similar to Chu Zhongtian at Metz, but Chu Zhongtian is a little different from him when he was at Metz. Chu Zhongtian is now more aggressive, which can be seen from the fact that he has scored goals in three consecutive rounds.

Chu Zhongtian successfully asked his teammates to take back, but he did not rush to pass the game because he found that Frankfurt did not follow him, so he had to wait patiently. Frankfurt was determined to defend and fight back, but how would they score if they didn't want to go forward?

Therefore, Chu Zhongtian was not worried that Frankfurt would not take the bait.

※※※Assistant coach Caidler, who watched the game on the sidelines, turned his head and looked at Ranick next to him. As an assistant coach who has followed Rank for two seasons, he is already familiar with Hoffenheim's tactical style. But now Hoffenheim is playing a football that makes him feel unfamiliar.

"I remember we didn't ask for such a thing in our training..." he said.

Rangnick nodded: "I haven't asked for it. But I also gave Chu the greatest freedom, he can decide how to play on the court."

"The players are not very adaptable. Even if he has such freedom, he still has to consider the level of cooperation and understanding... It was a real risk when he passed back to Ozjan just now. If a Frankfurt player had been pressing him at that time, they were already celebrating the goal at this time." Caidler was a little confused.

Rangnick did not answer him. He knew in his heart. The way of playing blindly was the choice that jumped out of the German Second Division as soon as possible last season. He did not intend to stick to this way of playing. But now the team is very familiar with this way of playing. If it suddenly changes, I am afraid that the team will have a big decline in performance when it is not adapted. So he can only take it slowly, and Chu Zhongtian's existence can play this role. Little by little, let other players change their previous inherent thinking and adapt to more diverse football.

At this point, Rangnick would not criticize Chu Zhongtian, but instead he had to encourage Chu Zhongtian.

※※※If Frankfurt doesn’t come up, Chu Zhongtian will be happy to fall behind.

Hoffenheim fans can't understand it now. They are not the ones who only watched Hoffenheim's game one or two games. Many of them have followed Hoffenheim for at least three seasons. From when Hoffenheim was playing in the regional league, until now, they have witnessed with their own eyes how the team completed the triple jump within two years.

They are already very familiar with the football played by Hoffenheim last season. They suddenly saw an unfamiliar Hoffenheim and were still unaware of it.

Duan Bin did not have such an idea because he was not familiar with Hoffenheim last season at all. The chapter about Hoffenheim in his mind was completely blank. He left a few impressions in his mind when he wrote Hoffenheim this season.

In the first few rounds, Hoffenheim played the kind of football that was fast attacking and moving forward, just like a pawn crossing the Chuhe River and Hanjie in Chinese chess. But this did not make Duan Bin feel the impression that "Hoffenheim's football should be played like this". So when he saw Chu Zhongtian commanding his teammates to fall behind, he felt it was normal: "If Frankfurt doesn't come out, Hoffenheim will naturally pull them out."

Unless Frankfurt makes up their minds and doesn't come out, they have to be caught like fish.

Of course, Frankfurt cannot really show off by hudding behind. They hurried behind to defend and counterattack, but if Hoffenheim doesn't attack, what will they defend and how can they counterattack?

So when the football was turned around at Hoffenheim's four defenders and one Chu Zhongtian's feet, Frankfurt finally saved. From the forward to the midfield, they were all caught by Chu Zhongtian. However, Frankfurt still remembers to guard against Hoffenheim's attack, so none of the four defenders moved, and they all stayed on the defense line honestly.

The opponents come up, which may allow Chu Zhongtian to be defended more strictly when he gets the ball, but this is a good thing for the entire Hoffenheim. Because there is more room for them behind them.

In the 59th minute, Frankfurt launched an attack, and BlackRock made a long pass in the backcourt, but was intercepted by Chu Zhongtian in the midfield.

After stopping Frankfurt's attack, Chu Zhongtian waved his hand and asked everyone to fight back.

Suddenly, Demba, Ibisevic, Obasi and Salihovic immediately turned around and charged towards the goal of Frankfurt.

What about Chu Zhongtian? He took two steps and observed it. He found that most of his teammates had already reached the position, so he passed the ball to Obasi who was retreating to meet him. After receiving the ball, the Nigerian striker drove straight in, and pushed the ball with his left foot on the penalty area line, but was blocked by Nikolov who attacked.

But Hoffenheim's offense is not over yet. They quickly got the chance to attack the second time. This is also a characteristic of Hoffenheim football - their offense is very layered, as if the waves of the sea are one after another, continuous. In the league, several of them were scored through the second time.

Nikolov blocked the football but did not fall to any Frankfurt player, but to Demba Ba's feet. Demba Ba faced BlackRock's defense. He did not shoot, but passed the ball to Ibisekvic. Ibisekvic directly knocked the football to Salihovic who came up with his heel. The Bosnia and Herzegovina midfielder dodged the angle and shot with his left foot 18 meters away from the goal.

Nikolov rushed again, but the football slid through his fingertips!

He turned around and saw the football hit the inside of the post, then bounced in... the second ball was lost!

"2:0! Hoffenheim, who played at home, expanded his lead!!"

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!