Hoffenheim players can clearly feel that their opponents have become more active in the second half, and Bayern players can run and grab more than in the first half.

They were not surprised by this. If Bayern was in a slump in the second half and had no fighting spirit, they would be surprised.

After a season in the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim players have fully realized what this team they previously regarded as their biggest opponent looks like. They will not give up easily, especially when the victory or defeat of this game is related to the team's glory.

Many people say that German football has the strongest will, and in this case, Bayern Munich is the most important.

In the European arena, Bayern Munich is the image spokesperson of German football. Because in Germany, only Bayern Munich has the most brilliant European results. Four European Champions League champions, one European Cup winners, one European Cup champion, and two Toyota Cup champions. These results can be admired even if they are in the entire European football world.

For the ambitious Rangnick and Hope, Bayern Munich is not only their goal in Germany, but also their goal in European football. They hope that in a few years, Hoffenheim, a team from a small village, can also become the pride and image endorsement of German football.

Because of understanding the significance of Bayern Munich to German football, Hoffenheim players did not underestimate the opponent. They fully estimated the difficult situation in the second half. During the halftime break, Rangnick specifically reminded the players to pay attention to Bayern Munich's counterattack. Even if the opponent is unfortunately equalized by the score, don't panic. First of all, you must be patient, so that you can have a calm mind and perform better in the most difficult times.

In the second half, Bayern Munich strengthened its offensive, and Ribery appeared in the penalty area many times, looking for an opportunity to score.

Chu Zhongtian did not keep a close eye on him, but instead watched him closely at the right distance with his own physical reaction and advanced consciousness.

As long as Bayern players pass the football to him... Ribery raised his arms in the penalty area, and Tony and Podolski around him were doing this, so he didn't have to worry about attracting much attention. During the break, Heinx praised Ribery's choice, believing that his choice to cut into the penalty area and seek a shot opportunity was a bold but effective approach, and he would continue to do so in the second half.

With the support of the head coach, Ribery became even more bold in the second half.

Of course, he is not like the center forward and will not come out. When Bayern attacks, he will also actively participate in the midfield. Then when the football approaches Hoffenheim's penalty area, he unexpectedly suddenly stepped forward and inserted into the hinterland of Hoffenheim's penalty area very resolutely. At this time, Bayern's football often passes to the penalty area. He is looking for a shooting opportunity under the cover of Tony and Podolsky. Once the ball falls under his feet, it is not difficult to score with his outstanding footwork.

Therefore, it was precisely because of the careful observation of Ribery's approach that Chu Zhongtian did not choose to keep a close eye on it. That would be useless. He just kept the penalty area. No matter how Ribery wandered outside, he would eventually come to the penalty area to solve the problem.

Chu Zhongtian was waiting for him there.

Ribery raised her hand to ask for the ball, and the football was passed into the penalty area by Sousa. Tony jumped up and did not head the ball, but consciously gave the football back to Ribery.

Before Tony did this, he saw that there was nothing obvious around Ribery. The Hoffenheim defender was targeting Ribery. However, when the football was pushed by him, he was surprised to find that the captain of Hoffenheim was about to rush behind Ribery. He wanted to call the police, but he couldn't do it.

He could only watch Ribery just received the ball, and with Chu Zhongtian's interference, he knocked the ball away.

"Ribary's shot... is high! Chu's defense is very successful! In the first half, Bayern's goal was scored through Ribery's shot in the penalty area. From the second half, Rangnick stepped up his mark on Ribery..."

Ribery was a little surprised, and he turned around and glared at Chu Zhongtian: "Don't tell me that you are here to defend me again in this game."

Chu Zhongtian smiled and said, "That's what I want to tell you, so leave the penalty area as soon as possible, Frank. The midfield is where you should stay, farther from my goal."

Ribery snorted, "Let's go and see!"

Although Chu Zhongtian is difficult to deal with, he will not retreat just because his opponent is Chu Zhongtian. On the contrary, his opponent is Chu Zhongtian, which can only arouse his fighting spirit. Because he originally wanted to play against Chu, and now this face-to-face method is better. Is there a better way to get rid of Chu Zhongtian in one-on-one and then shoot?

No.

※※※Ribery and Bayern Munich made a comeback soon.

This time, Ribery dribbled the ball in the midfield, but Chu Zhongtian did not pounce on the defense. He guarded in front of the penalty area, behind him were central defenders Comper and Perl Nilsson Ribery dribbled the ball on the side and then cut inside. He did not exceed the crowd, but passed the ball to Schweinsteiger, who was receiving the ball in the middle.

After passing the ball, he accelerated into the penalty area.

Schweinsteiger passed the football back to him, and just as he received the ball, Chu Zhongtian stood in front of him.

Ribery did not slow down. He pushed the football outside, trying to break through Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian's reaction was also quite fast. Just as Ribery trolled the ball, he fell to the ground quickly, split his legs, and made a standard on-site tackle.

The football that Ribery pushed away happened to be blocked by his stretched out legs.

Ribery was planning to dribble the ball with the ball. Chu Zhongtian's leg was blocking the front. He hit the football like a wall and bounced back. Ribery realized that Chu Zhongtian had made some moves, and immediately thought of how to use this point. Anyway, the football had not moved, so he rushed forward and fell into the penalty area. In order to attract the referee's attention, when he was thrown in the air, he still opened his arms and raised it high, as if raising his hand. The action was normal in normal times, but when the center of gravity could not be maintained, shouldn't a person's conditioned reflex be opened and tried to maintain balance? Ribery had to raise his hands up and did it a little obvious... So when he fell to the ground, he did not hear the referee's whistle. He turned his head to look, only seeing the referee hooking his hand, and then made a gesture to continue the game.

"Chu's defense is very beautiful and he doesn't foul! Ribery underestimates his former teammate too much. Do you want to make a breakthrough with such a simple extraordinary person?"

"Chu has always given people the impression of Hoffenheim midfield commander. He seems to be amazing in offense, but everyone must have forgotten that he initially established himself as defender on Metz. His defensive ability is as excellent! Look at this defense, just as Ribery's left foot touched the football. When he wanted to troll the ball, Chu had lowered his center of gravity, spread his legs, and made a tackle! It was simply flawless defense!"

"Hey!" Ribery saw that the referee had no expression and slapped the ground angrily.

Chu Zhongtian ignored his protest. After he intercepted the ball, he quickly got up and passed the ball out again. Then he turned his head to look at Ribery and smiled at him: "Get up, Frank."

"Damn..." Ribery muttered and got up from the ground.

When he ran over Chu Zhongtian, Chu Zhongtian reached out to pat Ribery's head.

Ribery ran back to his camp, and Hoffenheim's fast break was over there. Obasi shot the football into the sky with one kick, posing no threat to Bute's goal.

Schweinsteiger approached Ribery: "Frank, that Chu cares a lot about you."

Ribery looked at Chu Zhongtian in the distance and nodded: "Because I am a dangerous person."

Schweinsteiger curled his lips: "Let's change the way, you can attract their defensive attention, and then hand over the football to me, I'll find a way."

When Frank Ribery heard Schweinsteiger say this, he pulled his eyes back and turned his head to look at his teammates: "You're right, Pig. But I have to try a few more times to attract their defensive attention to me and pass the ball more to make them think that our main attack point is me."

It sounds like Ribery intends to cooperate with Schweinsteiger's tactics, but in fact Ribery is selfish. This is a high-sounding excuse so that he can get more passes and more opportunities to facilitate him to win in a single fight with Chu Zhongtian. After all, there are eleven people in a team, and it is impossible for football to be passed to him every time he attacks. But after all, most of the football will be passed to him.

Schweinsteiger didn't think so much. He just thought what Ribery said made sense, so he passed the football to him many times in the following game.

※※※At the moment a fool can see that Ribery and Chu Zhongtian are on the way. As long as Ribery gets the ball, no matter where he is, he will definitely look for Chu Zhongtian in the end.

Chu Zhongtian also left the others alone and defended Ribery.

They fought three more times, and the football was destroyed by Chu Zhongtian twice before breaking through. Another time, although Ribery temporarily broke through Chu Zhongtian with his superb footwork, he was caught by Chu Zhongtian from behind and kicked a flying tackle when shooting, blocking the football he shot out from the baseline, giving Bayern a corner kick, and Bayern did not catch this corner kick. In the penalty area with many people, Ribery, who had no advantage in the header, even consciously did not enter the penalty area.

The fourth time, Ribery received a pass from Van Bommel to him. This time he did not lead him to the penalty area on the wing and cut inside. After receiving the ball this time, he turned around and cut to the middle, and took the football, continued to accelerate, and rushed towards Chu Zhongtian.

Come on, Chu!

When Chu Zhongtian saw Ribery dribbling the ball, his position did not change, so he stood in the ribs and waited for Ribery to rush towards him.

Come on, Frank!

Ribery did not deliberately control the speed when he dribbled the ball, so it was so convenient to control the ball. He was like a Ferrari sports car driving on a straight highway, quickly increasing the speed from first gear to fifth gear. Looking at his posture, he didn't seem to be trying to pass by, but he seemed to die with Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian stared at Ribery's feet, carefully observing his pace frequency and the amplitude of his body's swing. At the same time, in the process, his body's center of gravity was lower and lower, and his body leaned forward, almost squatting on the ground.

Chu Zhongtian rarely has such a concentrating posture in defense. Most opponents can block the ball with just stretching their legs, but this move may not be effective against Ribery.

Ribery naturally noticed Chu Zhongtian's appearance, because he would keep looking up and observing when he dribbled the ball at high speed.

When Chu Zhongtian was less than ten meters away, he was still accelerating and dribbling the ball in a straight line. When the distance was too close, the player would not have time to make moves. If he wanted to pass, he should prepare early. He should slow down first and then shake his opponent away from his movements, but there was no sign of this from Ribery.

Chu Zhongtian was also a little confused because he couldn't guess what Ribery wanted to do now. It was possible to pass, pass, or shoot directly... When the distance between the two men reached three meters, Ribery still had no intention of slowing down and changing direction. It seemed that he was going to fight with Chu Zhongtian in hand.

Chu Zhongtian planned to take a step first. Of course, he knew that it would be very risky to do the moves first in defense. But he had no other way. His intuition told him that Ribery would not collide with him because that was not his purpose. So it would be better to do the moves first and then see what Ribery was going to do.

Ribery took another step forward in football. At this moment, he saw Chu Zhongtian stretching out his foot to the football under his feet, which was exactly what he wanted to see. So he suddenly adjusted his pace, adjusted his previous big stroke to a small step, followed him to take the first step, poked the football to one side, and at the same time he pushed forward with both hands, took Chu Zhongtian's body as a wall, jumped in the air and changed direction, and was about to chase the ball!

Chu Zhongtian just stretched out his feet at this time, and he didn't have time to adjust his center of gravity, so how could he turn around and chase him quickly? So it was only a moment to stop Ribery. He did not hesitate and did not become a wall that Ribery could push, but instead stretched out his hands to hold Ribery's arm firmly. Just like a tug of war, Ribery jumped in the air, with no support and no way to exert force. He could not break free, and could only watch the football get farther and farther away from him, and then the Hoffenheim central defender Comber drove out with big feet.

At this moment, the referee's whistle also sounded.

"Chu Zhongtian led people to foul! He grabbed Ribery, but this was the right choice. If he didn't, Ribery would break through directly. Ribery's breakthrough was very exciting, but Chu Zhongtian knew better how to use the rules reasonably!" Although Chu Zhongtian relied on foul to stop Ribery, Duan Bin still threw the praises to him.

Of course, this is not unfounded. Marcel Lef, a famous German football commentator, also praised Chu Zhongtian's decision. From Hoffenheim's position to consider it, Chu Zhongtian's foul is the best choice. It is about 30 meters away from the penalty area and slightly to the left. It is a good position for a free kick, but it is better than letting Ribery enter the penalty area and give a penalty?

After seeing the referee blew the whistle, Ribery's performance was clear. He shook his arm in annoyance and was very unhappy with Chu Zhongtian's foul. If Chu Zhongtian did not foul, he would go in one dragon. As long as he entered the penalty area and slowed down, no one around dared to do anything to him. By then, the entire penalty area would be his own world.

"This should be a red card! Chu!" Ribery shouted at Chu Zhongtian angrily.

Chu Zhongtian shook his finger at him: "At this position, at most a yellow card, Frank."

As soon as he finished speaking, the referee came over and held a yellow card in his hand.

Chu Zhongtian blinked at Ribery, then turned around and accepted the punishment of the yellow card sincerely.

Ribery was very dissatisfied with the referee's penalty, and he squeezed over and put pressure on the referee: "This is obviously a foul with a red card!"

The referee shook his head and refused to accept his statement.

Ribery turned his head and saw Chu Zhongtian who was smiling at him, and said angrily: "Okay, Chu. You already have a yellow card now, and you will get another one as a red card. It's nothing, it's just a time."

"I'm not that stupid, Frank."

"Sometimes, the situation will force you to be stupid, Chu!" Ribery said this harsh words and ran to get the ball.

Bayern Munich won a free kick, which was taken by Ribery himself, but the ball he kicked directly hit the wall and bounced out of the sideline.

Seeing the football popping out of the sideline, Ribery shook his head.

He wouldn't call Chu Zhongtian a despicable foul, and fouls is also part of defense, or even part of football. He can only say that Chu Zhongtian is really difficult to deal with, four years ago, and still four years later.

But today is different. Chu Zhongtian already has a yellow card. As long as he continues to break through, there will always be a loophole in Chu Zhongtian's defense, and as long as he can catch it, he can become a hero!

※※※Ribery thought so, and other Bayern players thought so. In this game, Chu Zhongtian and Weiss performed quite successfully, giving them no good chance. They could only play on the wing and rely on Tony's header advantage to create murderous intent. However, such an offensive routine is too monotonous.

Now, Chu Zhongtian, who is as solid as a rock, took a yellow card because of defending Ribery, and a crack appeared on the wall of sighing. This is their opportunity. As long as he continues to hit this point, he can always open the situation and get straight to the path to Hoffenheim goal.

So although Ribery was unhappy with Chu Zhongtian's red card, Rangnick was still a little excited off the court. Of course, he knew what it means to be a yellow card on Chu Zhongtian. Bayern Munich players will bite Chu Zhongtian's body like those wolf with bloody smell.

If Chu Zhongtian is sent off in this game, no matter what the final result of this game is, it will be a very bad situation for the team to not be able to play in the next away game against Schalke 04. The team cannot play the core of the team or challenge the strong opponent away, and whether the league champion can still get the suspense... Even Duan Bin realized this later and no longer praised Chu Zhongtian for his decisive foul, but instead became worried about Chu Zhongtian.

In everyone's opinion, Chu Zhongtian is in a dilemma: because he has a yellow card in his arms, when facing Bayern's offensive, if he continues to maintain high-intensity defense, he will sooner or later get the second yellow card due to a foul, and then he will be sent off and miss the last round of the league. At the same time, the outcome of this game is uncertain. If he restrains and takes into account the cards he takes, Bayern Munich can use him as a breakthrough point to pose a threat to Hoffenheim's goal. The midfielder performs abnormally, and the pressure on the central defender and goalkeeper will become very high, and Bayern has multiple attack points, so scoring is not difficult for them.

But what about Chu Zhongtian?

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!