Chapter 107 A new champion is born
After the game started again, Schalke 04 originally planned to use offense to score another goal, but Hoffenheim beat their offense back with a more violent attack than them.
Schalke 04 considered that Hoffenheim, who had just scored the goal, should be very strong, but he didn't expect it to be so strong... Kulanyi had just completed a shot, and the football was held in his arms by Hildebran. He was still holding his head in his hands, annoyed for wasting this opportunity. Hildebran had already thrown the football out with his hands.
Weiss received the ball and passed it to Chu Zhongtian. After Chu Zhongtian took two steps forward, he took a quick pass behind Schalke 04's defense line. Obasi caught his ball and broke into the penalty area and shot. The football brushed the post and rolled out of the baseline, shocking Schalke 04's players and fans in a cold sweat.
This offense took less than ten seconds to threaten the goal defended by Neuer, which was a typical Hoffenheim-style offense. Although they did not play defensive counterattack, their offense speed was quite fast. This was because Hoffenheim's football habits moved forward.
After a season of running-in, Chu Zhongtian gradually adapted to Hoffenheim's football style. Controlling the rhythm is important, but it depends on the occasion. A football that moves forward quickly may not be able to control the football. The biggest difference between Hoffenheim and Metz football is that Metz's football is mostly controlling the rhythm, looking for the opponent's space, but the pressure on the opponent's defense is not enough, so he can only passively wait for the opponent's defense to appear under the continuous transfer of Metz. Hoffenheim's football adjusts the rhythm under the continuous pressure and creates loopholes in the opponent's defense line. As long as the opportunity appears, he will immediately catch the chasing and fight hard until the opponent's goal is blown open.
With Hoffenheim's fast football, he still has to control the rhythm and find space. It is a test of his ability. Chu Zhongtian spent a season to adapt to this kind of football, and now he is doing better and better.
Under Hoffenheim's sharp offensive, Schalke 04's offense soon lost its energy. They could only retreat and fight a defensive counterattack, waiting for Hoffenheim to make mistakes in the defense line in the continuous attack.
※※In the 56th minute, Wolfsburg's forward Grafitt scored his 28th goal of the season, basically locking in the Bundesliga Golden Boot this season. However, this goal is meaningless to the entire Wolfsburg team, because Hoffenheim still led Schalke 04 away.
So after scoring the goal, Grafitte didn't even make any celebration, but ran to ask the teammates on the bench for the score of the other side. After learning that Hoffenheim was still leading Schalke 2:1, he returned to the court with some disappointment.
When Grafit and other players asked about the score there, Magath rushed up and warned them: "Play your own game, what do you do?! Go back!"
Now Wolfsburg can only do this. They can only look forward to winning the big score and hear the news that Hoffenheim finally lost to Schalke 04.
※※※"Wolfsburg scored another goal, and they are now leading Werder Bremen 4:1..." Assistant coach Zeidler said to Rangnick.
"Even if they are 10:1, it's not our business." Rangnick smiled. He had never been as at ease as he is now.
※※※The Hoffenheim fans in the stands were also singing and cheering for their team. Although they were at a disadvantage in terms of numbers, they did not remain silent because of this. So when Schalke 04 fans were depressed and at a loss, they could clearly hear their voices.
"We come from the countryside! We have nothing!"
"We are extremely strong! We advocate freedom!"
"We are hillbillies! But we are full of pursuits!"
"We will win in the end! The cup is full of beer!"
Fritz Abel was already standing in front of the TV to watch the game excitedly, and now he listened to the singing coming from the TV and sang together.
"attack!"
"attack!!"
"The blood of the attack will always flow!!"
"We are Hoffenheim! Let you taste - our football!!"
"Champion! Hoffenheim! We are the champions!!" After singing, he slapped like the Hoffenheim fans in the stands, slapped and shouted. He forgot his bets with Daniel. Now he just simply hopes that the team will win, and hopes that this small team will create miracles and win the championship as a new team. In this way, as a Hoffenheim fan, he will have a very happy whole summer.
The other person watching the game in front of the TV was Daniel, who was holding a remote control in his hand and was switching between the two stations.
Bayern Munich has just scored their second goal in this game and is now leading Stuttgart 2:0. Amid the shouts of 60,000 people at the Allianz Stadium, it is difficult for Stuttgart to make a comeback. If nothing unexpected happens, Bayern Munich will participate in the qualifying round of the Champions League next season.
After confirming that there was no danger in Bayern Munich, he pressed his hand to change the station. Schalke 04's blue home jersey appeared on the screen.
The upper left corner of the TV station is marked with the current score of the game: 1:2, and the home team is behind.
Schalke 04 was actually behind at his home court, and he was a little surprised.
OK, let me see what kind of ability this team has... He thought so and did not change the station back.
※※※Amid the singing of Hoffenheim fans, Hoffenheim launched a wave of offensives against Schalke 04.
The game is really the strongest spear and the strongest shield. From the current point of view, Hoffenheim's strongest spear is better than Schalke 04's strongest shield. Facing the team with the best defense in the Bundesliga this season, Hoffenheim scored two goals and had many opportunities to score. Schalke 04 faced the invincible Hoffenheim, it made them feel very difficult to defend.
The last time the two teams met, the score was 2:1. However, Schalke 04's people lost in that game, they believed that the referee favored Hoffenheim, which led to Hoffenheim's victory at home. Now that he returned to his home court, Schalke 04 realized that even without the referee's help, the team was still difficult to deal with... In the 65th minute, after Eduardo received Chu Zhongtian's pass, he made a cross from the right, and Obasi, who was unguarded, headed up slightly.
This offense made Neuer very dissatisfied with his defenders. He shouted loudly about his teammates older than him, believing that the defenders were not focused enough in defense. Obviously, the situation of the game made the players feel a little frustrated. The European qualification for next season is leaving them, and when they think of this, everyone is a little unimpressed. If they want to get the European qualification, they will not only not allow Hoffenheim to score, but also score two goals in the next time. If it were before the game, they would think it was no big deal, but now they all admit that it is difficult... Hoffenheim's offense seemed like a storm, and they could not raise their heads at all.
Two minutes later, Demba Ba broke through and shot 16 meters away from the goal, and the football missed again.
In the 71st minute, Schalke 04 finally got a chance to threaten Hoffenheim's goal, and they got a free kick to the right of the middle. Previously, Hoffenheim used a direct free kick to open Schalke 04's goal. So can Schalke 04 use a free kick to fight back?
Rakitic's free kick quality is indeed very high, but unfortunately Hildebran is in good shape today. He jumped up and held the football out. After joining the team during the winter break, frequent injuries made the former German goalkeeper play for the team for a limited time, and he has not shown enough standards, which aroused doubts from the outside world. However, as the end of the season approached the end of the season and his physical condition gradually recovered. After he got used to Hoffenheim's football, he began to gradually show the ability of the German goal.
"Oh! Tim's excellent save! This is Schalke 04's best chance in the second half! Rakitic seemed very upset. His free kick was still far from Chu's one. If it were Chu's free kick, I believe Hildebran could not save it..."
Of course, such a comparison is unreliable. The different distances of the two free kicks also determine that the two players' free throw methods are different. You can also use a curve ball to find the angle at the twenty-five meters to bypass the man and the goalkeeper, but the 38-meter curve ball is definitely not as effective as a direct hit by a strong shot.
Schalke 04's offensive ended here, and the subsequent corner kick did not pose any threat to the goal guarded by Hildebran. The football was pushed out by Chu Zhongtian at the front point.
Next is Hoffenheim's offensive time.
※※In the 77th minute, Hoffenheim's continuous offense finally received a reward.
At that time, Hoffenheim organized an attack again. He passed the ball to the gap in the ribs. Baker, who assisted the ball forward, broke into the penalty area after receiving the ball, and was then knocked to the ground by Rafinia. The referee called the penalty without hesitation!
This penalty attracted dissatisfaction among Schalke 04 players. They believed that Baker was suspected of fake falls, but the referee insisted on his decision. The slow-motion replay of the TV broadcast proved that the referee was correct. Rafinia did tackle Baker. Although Baker's fall was a bit exaggerated... However, this belongs to the category of normal rules of use and cannot change the essence of Rafinia's foul in the penalty area.
Regarding who to punish this penalty... In Hoffenheim, the chief penalty kicker is Sarihovic. As long as he is on the court, unless he lets him, the penalty kick is for him to play.
Selihovic also picked up the football, as if he wanted to take the penalty himself.
But he did not hold the football and walked towards the penalty spot, but towards Chu Zhongtian outside the penalty area.
He stuffed the football into Chu Zhongtian's hand: "Take it."
"You are the penalty kicker..." Chu Zhongtian, who was originally preparing to watch the show, was a little surprised. He looked at Sarihovic in surprise.
Sarihovic turned his head aside: "Just treat it as I paying off my debts at the beginning of the season. It turns out that you did better than me." After that, he left.
What did he owe Chu Zhongtian at the beginning of the season?
Of course, Chu Zhongtian stole the core of his team as an airborne franchise, which made him feel uneasy and wanted to see what kind of ability this Chinese man who spent 30 million euros in the club had. He didn't expect that the team would have hope of winning the league championship in the first season. He was arrogant and had to accept it. So giving this ball to Chu Zhongtian is somewhat an apology.
Chu Zhongtian took the football and did not refuse or anything pretentiously, and went straight to the penalty spot. The previous free kick brought him ten goals this season, and if he scored here, it would be eleven. This is the season he has scored the most goals since he participated in the professional football league. He had only scored seventeen goals in four seasons at Metz.
Rangnick asked him to increase his shots and conduct more shots during training, which was indeed effective.
Chu Zhongtian came to take the penalty kick and also received the acquiescence of other teammates. In their opinion, there are two players who have made the most contribution this season. One is the shooter Ibisek who broke out wildly in the first half of the season and helped the team win the winter championship, and the other is Chu Zhongtian who turned the tide in the second half of the season and scored key goals many times. It is perfect to use a penalty as a thank-you gift.
Chu Zhongtian, who was standing in front of the penalty spot, showed his classic shooting style again - standing next to the football, with no one-centimeter run-up distance. After the referee's whistle sounded, he directly shot.
Because there was no run-up distance, Neuer could not judge where Chu Zhongtian would shoot from his run-up. He could only pounce on the right based on his feelings. As a result, the football flew into the goal he guarded from the middle Lions... 3:1! Hoffenheim expanded the lead!
After the goal, Hoffenheim players celebrated wildly, and they pulled Chu Zhongtian to the ground and then pressed it up layer by layer.
Schalke 04's players didn't seem as disappointed as they were when they lost the second goal, because most of them were numb. 1:2 and 1:3 were the same for them.
The fans of Schalke 04 booed dissatisfied. They also knew that this score meant that the team was getting farther and farther away from the League Cup next season, but they could not come out to fight for the team's honor in person, except for booing to vent their dissatisfaction.
The score of 3:1 and the 77-minute game time basically means that the result of the game will not be changed.
"Chu Zhongtian withstood the pressure, and he scored this penalty. This is his second goal in this game and his eleventh goal this season. He scored twice in two consecutive games!" Duan Bin seemed particularly excited. In fact, he had no idea whether Chu Zhongtian really had huge pressure.
"Oh oh! Hoffenheim led Schalke 04 3:1 in the 77th minute! This is really a score and time period that makes Schalke 04 players desperate! Everyone thought that this last round of the league would be full of variables, and whether Hoffenheim could defeat Schalke 04 away was a big suspense. Unexpectedly, from the game process, Hoffenheim obviously had the upper hand... They are now two goals, and the lead is easy. Wolfsburg is still trying to score goals, but looking at this game, they are destined to be tragic people."
Because this score is of great significance, Hoffenheim's celebration is crazier than the last ball. They squeezed under the stands where Hoffenheim fans were and interacted with the fans who surged from the stands. Gradually, both sides began to shout a voice, and everyone was chanting: "Champion! Champion! We are the champions!!"
They have started celebrating in advance.
With two goals in hand, it was only fifteen minutes before the end of the game. They all felt that the champion was out of reach.
Even the commentator thinks so.
"Hoffenheim is destined to create a miracle that is no less than the miracle of Kaiserslautern! They are about to win the Bundesliga championship this season as a promoted team and as a country team. This is an amazing achievement!"
In the following game, Duan Bin began to introduce to Chinese fans what kind of journey Hoffenheim has gone through this season. From their unfavorable start before the start of the season, to the outbreak at the beginning of the season, to the five consecutive victories, then the peak battle with Bayern Munich, which can be carved into a disc for publicity, the winter championship, the winter break began to be haunted, Wellington's serious injury, his unbeaten home body broke, and then to the so-called cursed, Sanogo hit the goal post three times in one game, and Duan Bin was also mentioned as an anecdote. Then Stuttgart defeated Wolfsburg, Hoffenheim came back to the top, defeating Bayern Munich in a key home game, becoming the winner of the whole season. Chu Zhongtian's long shot that crossed two consecutive times was naturally the focus.
After he finally reviewed Hoffenheim's season, the game had reached 85 minutes.
Although Schalke 04 is still attacking, the whole team has no fighting spirit.
Hoffenheim has adhered to their performance this season and is still seeking goals.
Unfortunately, they were short of luck... In the 89th minute, Demba Ba also had the chance to score his second goal in the game. He received a cross from Selihovic in the middle. There was no one around to defend at that time. Maybe it was too relaxed, so he kicked the ball out of the crossbar... Demba Ba, who missed this opportunity, held his head with both hands, but had a smile on his face. Whether this ball could enter or not has nothing to do with the overall situation.
Hoffenheim's substitutes had already left their seats, stood on the sidelines, putting their shoulders on each other, and just waiting for the referee to blew the final whistle, they rushed into the court to celebrate their historic moment.
The Hoffenheim fans in the stands were more excited than them and could not wait to hug each other. Some people could not even wait for the final whistle to leave tears of excitement.
Compared with them, most Schalke 04 players had a silence in their expressions, and some even began to leave early. A season ago, Schalke 04's senior manager came to Dutch coach Lu Teng, who was said to meet their requirements. As a result, this head coach, who had neither outstanding qualifications nor famous brands, not only did not bring good results to the team, but instead made Schalke 04 a mess. At the end of the season's street, the senior manager of Schalke 04 club finally slapped himself in the face, dismissed him, and then let Biskens take over temporarily, but it was too late.
The team's failure this season has been decided since the beginning of the season.
Now, their only function is to serve as a foil for the newly born Bundesliga champion at their own home court.
The referee Schmidt looked at his watch and found that there were four minutes of injury time, but he didn't need to fill it up for four minutes.
So he decisively blew the whistle at the end of the game.
"The competition-the game-ending-end! Congratulations to the birth of the new Bundesliga champion! Hoffenheim!"
Chapter completed!