While Hoffenheim players were watching the video, Bayern Munich was doing the same.

On Thursday night, on the night before home game, Klinsmann and Henk played Hoffenheim's game video for the team. This video was specially edited and sorted by the team's special video analyst Henk, and it was very prominently told the players who Hoffenheim needs to be paid special attention.

Just like in the video in Rangnick's hand, Ribery is the protagonist. On Krisman's side, Ibissevic became the well-deserved protagonist. Not only did he play the video, Chrisman also carefully produced the touch point distribution map of each game in the fifteenth round of the league, as well as several typical goals and assists for Ibissevic's assists roadmap. Combined with the video, he explained to the players how to defend him in the game. This method has been proven to be very effective in previous games. Ram once revealed that before the last game against Leverkusen, Bayern also studied how to defend the opponent's three offensive midfielders in a targeted manner, and it was successful.

Now Chrisman has to use the same method on Ibisek. In order to win this battle with a newly promoted team, Chrisman has put in great effort and done his homework. In the past, Bayern would never do this when facing a newly promoted team. They can win if they play.

While watching the video, Henk reminded Bayern players: "Ibissevic is never restless on the court, and always appears in the right position. In addition, I want to remind you that in the first fifteen rounds of the league, Ibissevic rewrites the score to 1:0 seven times. You all play football, so you should understand what this means. This is crucial to Hoffenheim, because they are the only team in the Bundesliga this season that can win with just a first goal."

When the players heard Henke's words, their faces became more focused and serious. In football games, the ability to break the deadlock is very important, because once you score first, you are in a very favorable position. You have many choices and will be very calm. You can wait for your opponent to press and attack you, and then take the opportunity to fight back. If the opponent does not attack, you can also wait patiently and stabilize the defense. Anyway, you are leading...

A deadlock is a kind of balance. Both sides of the football game want to break the opponent's balance first. As long as it is not 0:0, this balance can always be broken, but it is rare to break it by one person. Ibisek's recent situation is unbelievable, but his ability to break the deadlock is probably the most terrifying thing.

Chrisman continued: "Ibissevic's recent state can be described as 'being possessed'. It seems that shooting from any angle or position will not be difficult for him. We must pay strict attention to him in the game. His touch points are basically concentrated in the midfield and frontcourt and rarely appear in the backcourt, which means he does not need to undertake too many defensive tasks. His task is to score goals or help his teammates score goals. However, the place where he touches the most is not in the penalty area, but at the front of the penalty area. He often retreats to respond. You should pay attention to this when defending this point. It is more stringent to his defense at the frontcourt. Ibissevic's shooting success rate is very high, and the percentage of goals and shots is 42.9%, so he should minimize his chances of shooting. In addition, he has excellent assists. So far, he has six assists, so don't think that he is not threatened if he is not in front of the goal."

But Ibisevic is not without weaknesses. Just as Rangnick's trick to research defense against Ribery is to run wildly, Chrisman also knows what Ibisevic's weaknesses are.

"His left and right feet are very uneven. Out of eighteen goals, he headed four and scored fourteen with his right foot, and none of them scored the left foot. Some crosses from the right are still used to using his right foot. Seven of the eighteen goals come from the left cross, and only two with his right foot. So in the defense, you must try to force him to only use his left foot to handle the ball. We must curb the passes from Hoffenheim on the left."

Strengthening the defense against Hoffenheim's left offensive means shifting the focus of the defense to this side, then Hoffenheim's right side will definitely lack people to defend. But this is not important. Since Ibisek is not a forward who is good at dealing with crosses on the right, it means that Hoffenheim's offense will not be dominated by the right side.

He believes that Rangnick is also very clear about this. Hoffenheim's head coach will not waste his chances on an inefficient wing. Fifteen rounds of the league have passed this season. Salihovic on the left is currently a very popular midfielder, and Eduardo also performed very well. Who is on the right? Sometimes it is Weiss, and sometimes it is Teber. One of these two people is mainly responsible for defense and the other is substitute. The left side with Salihovic and Eduardo is Hoffenheim's real main attack area.

So there is no problem in defending Hoffenheim's left side.

Later, Chrisman talked about Chu Zhongtian, who is Hoffenheim's captain and the initiator of all attacks. Of course, it cannot be ignored. Based on Ribery's opinions to him and the information he collected, Chrisman believed that Chu Zhongtian was a player who was both offensive and defensive and difficult to deal with. But it was not impeccable, because Hoffenheim insisted on playing 433, there were only three people in the midfield and only one midfielder. Chu Zhongtian was not the kind of player who stayed at the backcourt to defend. He often intervened forward to participate in the offense, so there would be a lot of room behind him, and these spaces were opportunities to seize. Without the protection of another defensive midfielder, Chu Zhongtian seemed very fragile in the midfield - he might concede the ball at any time.

Hoffenheim lost three games this season. Chu Zhongtian's performance in these three games was very average. He was attacked by his opponent and was somewhat missed. Although Rangnick compared him to having a Summer, as a comrade-in-arms in the German national team, Krisman believes that Chu Zhongtian is still far from Summer. In addition, the factors that restrict Chu Zhongtian to become the next Summer also include Hoffenheim's tactics. They did not arrange a full-time defender next to Chu Zhongtian. Gustavo is a good midfielder. Last season, Hoffenheim finally broke out from the German second division. He is also a great contributor. Unfortunately, Hoffenheim can only play Chu Zhongtian's substitute...

In dealing with Chu Zhongtian, Chrisman's approach is to arrange two people to defend him in the middle. Anyway, Hoffenheim's offense is mainly concentrated on the sidelines. Two people in the middle can defend Chu Zhongtian, and there is no need to be wary of others. Van Bomel and Ze Roberto sit in the middle, and Van Bomel follows Chu Zhongtian in an endless step, making it impossible for him to turn around easily. Ze Roberto is waiting for an opportunity to steal. Once the ball is cut off, he launches a fast attack and directly attacks Hoffenheim's back line.

Since coaching Bayern Munich, Klinsmann has always emphasized "fast". He advocates "speed up the pace of the game and shoot one shot", which is the same as Rangnick. However, Bayern Munich did not play like this before, and the transition period is often painful, so at the beginning of the league, Bayern Munich performed poorly. As the team gradually became familiar with and adapted to Klinsmann's new tactics, the team began to rebound strongly. They achieved seven wins and two draws in the last nine rounds of the league. On average, 467 passes and 718 touches per game are the highest in the Bundesliga. Therefore, Klinsmann is not afraid of Rangnick's fast football, because he is faster and I am faster, it depends on who is faster! At this point, Klinsmann is confident in his team.

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After analyzing the video, Rangnick announced the starting list for tomorrow's game. Chu Zhongtian suddenly appeared in the right forward position, while Weis, the former right forward, served as the substitute. Chu Zhongtian went to play the right forward, so who should he give the midfielder? Rangnick gave it to Gustavo. The Brazilian has been the main force of the team since joining Hoffenheim on loan last season. This season, he became a substitute because of Chu Zhongtian's strong joining. However, in the last game, Chu Zhongtian was absent due to a red card, his starting performance was eye-catching.

It was precisely because of his performance that Rangnick made up his mind to let Chu Zhongtian change to the right forward in this game to curb Ribery.

Gustavo is twenty-one years old, 1.87 meters tall and weighs 80 kilograms. He is a midfielder who is fierce in defense and can pass the ball and launch an attack. Rangnick positioned him as Chu Zhongtian's super substitute. Because of Chu Zhongtian's importance, he may not have many opportunities to play, but every appearance must be played. This requirement is very high, but Gustavo did it.

Gustavo was very happy to be able to start the game against Bayern Munich. He didn't care about the fact that he had been playing as a substitute before.

The match with Bayern Munich is very popular. For Hoffenheim, who has never experienced big scenes, this game is like the final of the Champions League, which makes them excited. Everyone hopes to appear in this game. These players who are selected for the roster are lucky enough in the eyes of those teammates who have lost the election, but there are even more lucky people - selected for the eleven starting players.

Salihovic is full of confidence in his selection.

But when the head coach finished pronunciating the names of all eleven people, he did not hear his name from it. He was a little surprised, but did not mention it to the head coach.

Rangnick actually noticed Salihovic's performance. However, he couldn't explain it to him, because he was not the one who lost the starting list. There were 18 players in the Bundesliga roster, and only eleven people started. There must be seven people who could not start, and more people didn't even make the roster. Do you want everyone to explain it? If you only explain Salihovic, it would be unfair and difficult to convince the public. The players would think - why can he get the head coach's special explanation, and he can't even hear a word? Such an idea will make the players feel that they have not received the respect and trust of the head coach, and will have centrifugal force.

In fact, Rangnick is also very troubled. The forward trident is in a very good state. In order not to waste the state of Obasi, Demba, and Ibicevic, he had to change to play 433, but in this way, the midfielder cannot be arranged. Eduardo, Salihovic, Chu Zhongtian, Weiss and Gustavo are all excellent players. He has put Gustavo on the bench. Salihovic and Eduardo have similar technical characteristics and overlapping positions. Both of them are left-footed players, both good at and like to act on the left side. Otherwise, he would rather put Weiss on the bench and let Salihovic, Eduardo and Chu Zhongtian play at the same time to form the sharpest offensive midfield combination in the Bundesliga. Unfortunately, whether it is Salihovic or Eduardo, both of them are not used to acting on the right.

So when choosing the starting lineup for this game, Rangnick had a lot of brains. Salihovic and Eduardo had similar technical characteristics, which made everyone start the same. In the end, Rangnick chose Eduardo, who wanted to keep Salihovic in the second half as the surprise.

Rangnik did not explain why he did this to Salihovic. He planned to hold Salihovic in one day, and then when he replaced him, he could launch a fierce attack on Bayern like a hungry beast.

Chu Zhongtian glanced at Salihovic, who was obviously disappointed, and then looked at the head coach. He seemed to have guessed something, but he didn't say anything. He knew that some problems were not something he should care about.

When Maradona was playing football in Naples, she could decide the starting list of the team in the next game by chatting with a few teammates in the locker room. Chu Zhongtian didn't think he was a figure like the king of football, and Coach Rangnick was not that incompetent.

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On the night before the war, Chu Zhongtian was very calm, but Gustavo, who was in the same room as him, was a little dishonest. Before going to bed, he began to lie on the bed and mutter something. Chu Zhongtian fell asleep later, but in a daze, he could still hear Gustavo's murmurs like chanting scriptures.

The next day, we came to the hotel restaurant with our teammates for breakfast. We met many teammates who were yawning all over the world, and found that it was not just Gustavo who had not had good sleep, but also many people.

Hoffenheim is a young team with inexperienced. No matter how nervous he performed before, he was still a little nervous and overly excited when he was in front of the game.

Chu Zhongtian is a player who has experienced the UEFA Cup final. He has seen the big scenes, and it is not the first time he has played against Bayern Munich, so this game cannot make him nervous at all. He saw Ibisekic and greeted him: "How did you sleep last night, Ibis?"

"Very good." Ibisevich replied with a smile.

"Where is your roommate?" Chu Zhongtian leaned over and looked, not seeing Salihovic behind or beside Ibisek.

"He? He doesn't seem to sleep well..."

Chu Zhongtian knew the reason, so he couldn't say anything, so he could only nod.

While having breakfast, assistant coach Caidler announced today's arrangements. He took a two-hour break after breakfast, then started to go to the hotel gym for half an hour for physical training, and then had lunch. After lunch, it was lunch break. Because the game started at 8:30 pm, the team still had the opportunity to have dinner in the hotel, but they couldn't eat too much. He had dinner at 5:30 pm, then had half an hour off. At 6 o'clock, he took a bus to Allianz Stadium to prepare for warm-up before the game, warming up for half an hour, and then half an hour later, players on both sides would line up to walk out of the Allianz Stadium player passage, and by then, the game would begin.

There is a lunch break at noon, but how many people can sleep?

Salihovic was in a bad mood all day long. After lunch, he locked himself in the room. He didn't know whether he was sleeping or what he was doing. Anyway, he didn't come out until the team had dinner at 5:30. He could not play in such an important game as Bayern Munich, which was a big blow to him. Even Gustavo finally had a starting opportunity, and he didn't dare to express his happiness now, for fear of being misunderstood by Salihovic.

After dinner, the players boarded the bus after a short break.

The German premiere of the Bundesliga (premiere) TV station broadcasts the game from the departure of the hotel between the teams of both sides, making the league more like a Champions League final or World Cup match.

At the entrance of the hotel, Chu Zhongtian and his teammates met the enthusiastic Hoffenheim fans. They wore blue Hoffenheim jerseys, painted Hoffenheim's team logo with oil paint on their faces, and kept waving the Hoffenheim scarf and flag in their hands. Such a scene could not be seen before the previous game. It was indeed different from Bayern Munich's game...

"Wow! I feel like I'm participating in the World Cup!" A teammate in the car whistled.

"Hey, Louis, what are your body shaking?" Eduardo suddenly found that his compatriot, Louis Gustavo, was shaking slightly, so he wanted to tease him.

"Nonsense! That's the car shaking!" Gustavo's concealment made everyone laugh.

"Louis, don't be nervous. Our midfielder depends on you!"

"There is nothing to be afraid of in Bayern Munich!" Ibisevic said loudly, "Cho and I have won them before!"

After he said this, everyone turned their attention to him and Chu Zhongtian next to him.

Chu Zhongtian nodded and said to Gustavo with a serious expression: "Ibi is right, Bayern Munich has nothing to be afraid of."

"I'm not afraid, I'm excited!" Gustavo defended himself loudly, but was drowned out by the laughter of his teammates.

In fact, everyone is a little nervous. If they don’t make any jokes, they are afraid that the psychological pressure will increase. Now, everyone is temporarily throwing the pressure behind their heads while laughing.

Time passed quickly in such a playful game, and before I knew it, the team's bus had approached the Allianz Stadium.

A silence suddenly fell into the noisy car just now. Chu Zhongtian raised his head and saw the huge creature outside the car window at a glance, shining red in the night, like an alien flying saucer.

That was Bayern Munich's home court Allianz Stadium.

He noticed that everyone's eyes were attracted by the stadium, and even Ibisevic was no exception.

But this is not the first time Ibisevic has been here for the game, so I wouldn't be so shocked, right?

He suddenly heard Ibisevich murmur: "Here comes back..."

Yes, how could I forget this? For him and Ibisevic, this is a revisiting place.

Less than a year ago, they wore Metz's jersey to challenge the Bundesliga giant Bayern Munich. In that game, Chu Zhongtian scored a world-class goal, helping the team equalize the score, and laying the foundation for victory for the second round of home.

Now that I have returned to my hometown, I still feel good even though I am wearing different jerseys.

Giant Goliath, David is here.
Chapter completed!