Chapter 97 The Situation Controller
"Bayern Munich scored!"
When the game reached the 71st minute, people suddenly became excited in the coaching seat in Wolfsburg, and those holding radios or mobile phones shouted the latest score changes to the field.
“It’s 2:2 now!”
Not only them, but also the small number of Wolfsburg fans in the stands cheered because they also knew the latest score changes there.
What does this mean? It means that as long as both sides keep this score until the end of the game, Wolfsburg will return to the top and hold his destiny firmly in his own hands. In the last round, as long as they win Werder Bremen at home, they will win the league championship.
Huge joy hit the Wolfsburg fans present, singing loudly to cheer for Bayern Munich. Some Hannover 96 fans even joined in and cheered Bayern Munich with them, cursing Hoffenheim for the unlucky. Not everyone will change their prejudices against Hoffenheim after a season. Prejudice is like the most stubborn stain and is not so easy to be removed. So there are still many people who dislike Hoffenheim. There are also such people among Hannover 96 fans. They believe that if Hoffenheim really wins the championship, it will be a disaster for German football - countless small balls that rely on wealthy big bosses will squeeze out the living space of old volleyball teams with a long historical tradition but no money. This is called "bad money drives out good money."
"Even if such a team is not relegated, it should not win the championship! This will give German football a bad start!" With this idea, some Hannover 96 fans cursed Hoffenheim, hoping that Bayern Munich could bring the newly promoted team back to their original form.
"In one more! In one more!" Fans on both sides cheered for Bayern Munich in the stands, and the game in front of them seemed to have become irrelevant.
In fact, it is indeed irrelevant. Hannover 96 is now ranked 11th in the league, with no worries about relegation and no chance of qualification for European competition, and he really has no pursuit. Therefore, even if he loses a big score in this game, he will not lose much for them. And the score of 4:0 now also makes Wolfsburg players have no intention of continuing the game - they can't lose anyway. They are only concerned about when another stadium will get another goal. Of course, it is news that Bayern Munich scores.
※※※"Hoffenheim launched an attack again, but unfortunately Obasi wasted this opportunity... They must have missed Ibisevic very much now!"
While another stadium was praying for Bayern Munich to score, Hoffenheim was desperately looking for a chance to score.
If this Bayern Munich was led by Klinsmann, Hoffenheim might be able to find a chance to score. But now the coach of this Bayern Munich is Heinx, the old coach who emphasizes offensive and defensive balance, has a more stable team and can seize fewer opportunities.
Despite this, Heinx couldn't sit still in the coach's seat, and he stood on the sidelines and watched the game nervously.
The person who stood on the sidelines to direct the game like him was Hoffenheim's head coach Rangnick.
Just after Obasi wasted this opportunity, Rangnick replaced him with Sanogo. He did not replace a defensive midfielder like he did before because he was worried about the counterattack between Ribery and Schweinsteiger. In the last ten minutes of the game, Bayern Munich changed their tactics and launched a defensive counterattack.
Heinx's tactics are first based on "not losing" and then on "victory".
Faced with such an opponent, Hoffenheim's fight is actually even more uncomfortable.
Hoffenheim's football style determines that they will perform with ease when facing teams that are fast-paced, pay attention to offense but have many loopholes in the defense line. However, when facing teams that cannot defend, there will be a lack of solutions.
Bayern Munich is a bit unstoppable now - of course they also fight back, but first of all, they have to do their defensive work well.
After all, Bayern Munich is better than Hoffenheim. Even if they tied with Hoffenheim in this game, when they faced their direct rival Stuttgart in the next game, as long as they win Stuttgart, the third place in the league will still be the third place. So Heinx has a greater choice than Rangnick, and it is much greater. Hoffenheim cannot win this game, not only will he defeat Schalke 04 in the last round, but he also has to expect Wolfsburg to lose to Werder Bremen at home. Of course, they may defeat Schalke 04, and Wolfsburg can also lose to Werder Bremen, but the probability of these two things happening at the same time is really not high... Sanogo's appearance attracted commentator Marcel Lef to sneer. "I think Rangnick must hope that Sanogo will not hit the goal post three times in another game..."
Effenberg, who was the commentator next to him, also laughed.
Sanogo's performance in the past half season is simply a joke - he has been scoring a long drought and three goal posts in one game, and he and the penalty kick were not scored, so he and the goal were always missed.
But there is no one to change except Sanogo. Wellington tore the cruciate ligament as early as the winter break and missed all the remaining games of the season. At the most intense time of the league, Ibissevic was seriously injured during the sprint period to win the championship. Now Hoffenheim only has three forwards to use. Apart from the starter Demba, Ba and Obasi, it is Sanogo. Who else should he use if he doesn't need him?
Sanogo came on the court with the mission of changing the score on the field, but his eyes were filled with smiles - that was ridicule.
※※※"Rangnick replaced Sanogo." Wolfsburg's assistant coach Seppo Eichkorn said to his head coach Magath.
Magath was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said to Eshkorn: "It's really Bremen who decides the league championship."
Sanogo was loaned to Hoffenheim from Bremen, of course he belonged to Bremen's camp. In the last round of the league, Wolfsburg's opponent was Bremen, so Magath said so.
He obviously believed that Hoffenheim was over in this game, and whether it was a loss or a draw, he would lose the first place in the league. Then isn’t the game that determines the ownership of the league championship a match between Wolfsburg and Werder Bremen? As long as Wolfsburg wins the ball at his home court, even if Hoffenheim defeats Schalke 04 100-0, it will be useless.
The news of Sanogo's appearance quickly reached the bench, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Hoffenheim had no chance in this game.
※※※Sanogo was actively interspersed. Of course, he knew what the outside world thought of him. He originally thought that loaning Hoffenheim was a turning point in his career, but he unexpectedly became a laughing stock for everyone. He successfully won himself the title of "declined god".
Despite this, he was still very active on the court. Although the goddess of luck always did not favor him... the game had entered the last ten minutes, and Hoffenheim fans no longer paid attention to the situation in Wolfsburg. People who were still listening to the radio before took off their headphones, turned off the radio, and focused on the game on the court. They only care about themselves. Until now, their destiny is still in their own hands - as long as they can score goals, they can win this game.
"Ten minutes left..." Abel bit his finger and murmured. Although he had been telling himself to have confidence in Hoffenheim, he was still anxious as time passed quietly. Confidence is not omnipotent, especially what is the use of being confident in the team, as an ordinary fan? Can Hoffenheim score a goal at the last moment if he has confidence in Hoffenheim?
Hoffenheim fans were still singing. He noticed that the female fan he talked to before was very dedicated. Maybe she is the hardest Hoffenheim fan, the kind from Hoffenheim... She can be her own mother at her age. Why does her mother don't like football? If she also likes football, she doesn't have to sneak out... When she thinks that she sneaks out and has to face the angry mother when she goes home, Abel feels a headache.
He shook his head hard.
Forget it! I don’t want to, let’s talk about it when the game is over... Hoffenheim, Hoffenheim, don’t let me sneak out with my mother on my back and become useless. I don’t want to be scolded by my mother and bear the pain of your loss. If I can choose, I would rather be scolded by my mother, as long as you can win... Win, win, Hoffenheim!
※※ Chu Zhongtian knew that there was not much time left for them at the critical moment of the game. If they continued to waste opportunities, then all the hard work of the whole season would be wasted. He would definitely not be willing to bear such a failure. If he was doomed to fail, it would be better to withdraw from the championship competition at the beginning of the league. Since they had reached the finish line, they had to win!
But now, although Sanogo is active, he is not in good condition. Demba Ba is under the strict control of his opponent. In addition, he has been running for 80 minutes and his physical condition is not good. Sarihovic and Eduardo are also a little exhausted. Weiss has to focus on defense... In this way, he can help him... it seems that he is the only one who can help him.
Chu Zhongtian thought of what Rangnick had to do with himself at the beginning of the season, to make himself more aggressive, shoot more and score goals. A libero must be able to score goals.
Ibisevic is not here, Demba Ba is closely guarded, Sanogo is in poor condition, Sarihovic and Eduardo are in poor physical condition, and it seems that only one of them will solve the problem.
Chu Zhongtian asked his teammate for the ball.
Sarihovic passed the football to him. Then he didn't immediately dribble the ball forward, and Van Bomel was very careful about it. A season has passed, and if he doesn't understand what his opponent has, Van Bomel will not be worthy of Bayern Munich's captain's armband.
He knew that Chu Zhongtian had the ability to suddenly dribble the ball forward at a critical moment, then disrupt the opponent's defense line, and create murderous intent while passing the ball in chaos. So after the 80th minute of the game, he had been paying close attention to Chu Zhongtian's movements in this regard.
As long as Chu Zhongtian showed a little forward, Fan Bomer would immediately become nervous and ready to face the enemy.
Van Bomer is paying attention to Chu Zhongtian, and Chu Zhongtian is also paying attention to Van Bomer. So he is not so stupid that he will immediately reveal his intentions.
He wants Bayern Munich to temporarily remove his attention from him.
So after getting the ball, he passed the football to Eduardo.
Then he ran forward a little, and did not penetrate it to the end, but stopped near the middle circle.
Van Bommel noticed his movements and saw that he had no intention of continuing to get forward, so he did not force him up, but continued to defend in the midfielder position.
Eduardo originally planned to continue moving forward, but Bayern Munich's defense is very tight and there is no good way.
He turned around and saw Chu Zhongtian hooking at him, so he passed the ball back.
Since Bayern Munich's defense line was fast and big, what Chu Zhongtian had to do was not to continue to put pressure on the defense line, but to let them push it out.
Chu Zhongtian, who received the ball, did not rush to get the ball, but controlled the ball, then stopped and looked around, observing the situation around him.
Seeing that he was not able to take the ball for a long time, Bayern's players couldn't help it, so they rushed out to grab the ball.
Chu Zhongtian knows the psychology of Bayern players very well. Although Heinx lets the team shrink their defense in the last ten minutes and fight back, leaving the chance of a decisive battle for the next game. Not everyone is willing to accept this result. They will think, "If we have the chance to win in this game, why not?"
So when there is a chance, they will be impatient and rush forward, hoping to seize it.
Now Chu Zhongtian has been controlling the ball for a long time, are there anyone around him who can protect him? Weiss is in front of him. If Chu Zhongtian concedes the ball, Bayern can directly face Hoffenheim's weak defense line... Judging from the strength of both sides, Tony, Podolski and Schweinsteiger, Ribery won completely.
When Chu Zhongtian saw Bayern's Schweinsteiger pounce towards him, he did not pass the football to the target that had been observed long ago as usual, but turned around and brought the football back! This was not his style at all. Did he not observe it for a long time before?
Seeing that Chu Zhongtian did not make the ball in time, he turned around and headed towards his goal. Bayern's players were overjoyed. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Although they didn't know why Chu Zhongtian, who had always been calm on the court, made such a dizzy mistake, it was obviously an opportunity for Bayern Munich to counterattack after counterattack.
It is easy to see the situation behind you when you are on the back of your waist and back. Once it is cut off, you will not even have the chance to make up for it.
For a moment, Schweiingsteiger and Ribery rushed towards Chu Zhongtian, looking aggressive.
But Ribery suddenly made his footsteps halfway through the run, and he always felt that this was strange. With his understanding of Chu Zhongtian, the person who always had insight into the situation and had control over everything had no reason to make such a mistake. This was too obvious... it was not like a mistake, but like a... a trap?
He was not sure, so he turned his head and looked back, and found that there was a lot of room for defense line that was tightly fixed just now. Everyone pressed out, and the forward line was pressing forward, how could the back line continue to stay behind?
So when Schweinsteiger, Ribery, Podolsky and others went to save Chu Zhongtian, the back line cooperated and pushed up, striving to cause multiple attacks. Even if this attack was not done, the football was cleared and the ball was still at their feet. You can organize a second attack and three attacks... You have been pressing Hoffenheim to play, and maybe you can score a goal?
Ribery thought this was very wrong. When he looked back at Schweinsteiger, he found that the piglet had already posted on Chu Zhongtian, and Chu Zhongtian still did not pass the ball, but just took Schweinsteiger to run back. He didn't run fast, slowly and slowly, but he protected the ball very well, just so that the piglet could not grab the ball. But in this way, he still didn't pass the ball... Ribery's mind was getting deeper and deeper, and finally he determined that this was a trap! The purpose was to attract Bayern's defense line to press out so that there would be a time. Otherwise, like the previous state, even Chu Zhongtian would probably not have many solutions... But he turned his back to the attack direction, neither looked up nor turned his head, how could he see the situation behind him to decide to launch a counterattack?
Regarding this, Ribery suddenly remembered the time he played football with Chu Zhongtian at Metz. At first, the coaches always reminded Chu Zhongtian to look up and observe, but later they found that even if Chu Zhongtian didn't look up and observe, they could always send the football to where it should go. And it was absolutely true, the coaches stopped mentioning looking up and observing this matter.
Therefore, Chu Zhongtian has the talent to know what the current situation is even if he doesn't look up and observe. It's the so-called keen intuition... So he doesn't have to look back, probably knowing what's going on behind him now... Ribery guessed it well. In Chu Zhongtian's mind now, the closed door in front of Bayern Munich's goal was slowly opening, and the gap was getting bigger and bigger. He didn't rush to make moves, but continued to wait. He had to wait for the moment when the door knew what he wanted to do, even if he knew what he wanted to do, it still couldn't be closed.
Schweinsteiger kicked him hard behind him, trying to intercept the ball. In addition, Podolski rushed up from another direction and surrounded him. Tony waited not far away. As long as these two people poked the ball out, he could catch the ball and launch an attack.
Chu Zhongtian did not look up to observe these situations. He lowered his head to protect the football, and all the situation on the field was reflected in his mind.
This is his ability. He is a natural controller of the situation. Others are chess pieces, but he is a chess player.
Ram, who has always been proud of his outstanding offensive ability, was also ready to rush up. With Van Bomel's front pressure, the door was basically completely opened in Chu Zhongtian's mind.
This is the opportunity Chu Zhongtian is waiting for, and only this time!
If you miss it, the door will be closed again and will not be opened again anyway!
This only opportunity must be seized!
Chapter completed!