For many people, even for Bremen players themselves, the second half, which lasted forty-five minutes, was simply tormented when they were beaten like that in the first half.

This is true, although Schaff criticized the players' performance during the break and made some adjustments, such as replacing Balfred with young star Marin. But to no avail.

The team showed no fighting spirit, and they had been destroyed from the bottom of their hearts by Hoffenheim's four balls within 23 minutes.

In the 61st minute, Chu Zhongtian dribbled the ball and broke into the front of Bremen's penalty area, and a change of direction made Flins foul him. Flins not only received a yellow card, but also gave Hoffenheim a very dangerous free kick.

The free kick was taken by Salihovic. His free kick directly bypassed the wall and entered the dead corner of the goal. Wizard struggled to save it but was beyond the reach. Hoffenheim expanded the score to 5:1!

Then Rangnick began to let the new players join the team come on as the bench. Quaresma, Hlosek and Serner came on as the bench respectively.

Neither side scored the next goal, Bremen was powerless, Hoffenheim was powerless - they were already ahead of their opponents with four goals, the score was very brilliant, and everyone would inevitably relax. In the next game, Hoffenheim players were constantly performing movements that made the fans cheer, such as the wonderful pass on the heels, the continuous pass, the wonderful man-goal score was dizzying. Under this relaxed emotional infection, Quaresma also praised the outside instep shot on which he relied for. After breaking through, he cut inside and then suddenly raised his right foot and shot on the outside instep. The football flew out of the baseline against the post. Although he did not enter, it won applause from the fans in the stands.

It was too easy, but instead made the players missed the opportunity to score because they were too easy when shooting in front of the goal.

But they won't feel regretful, because the team's current score is safe. If 5:1 is not safe, there will be not many scores in the world that are safe.

Bremen became a complete supporting role under the performances of Hoffenheim players.

They just thought about when the game would end so that they could end this long nightmare - for them who have always been proud, it was indeed a nightmare to be beaten like this by their opponents who had an absolute advantage before.

The referee also fully understood their mood, so in the second half, the referee failed to give a minute. As soon as the 90th minute arrived, he blew the whistle to the end of the game!

"The game ends! Hoffenheim beat Bremen 5-1 at home! They have indeed ended the embarrassing history of losing in Bremen! This is a game that surprised everyone..."

After the game, Chu Zhongtian was pulled to the interview area by reporters for interview.

He was very satisfied with the result, and the first sentence was to ask everyone: "Now you won't ask me whether Bremen is our nemesis anymore, right?"

The reporters were stunned for a moment, then laughed.

They really won't ask again. Bremen is a past, and it is the page that turns over in Hoffenheim's rise.

Bremen players and fans quickly left the court, but the Hoffenheim fans in the stands were unwilling to leave. They continued to stay in the stands, singing the song "This is Hoffenheim", while shouting Chu Zhongtian's name.

On this afternoon, Hoffenheim fans were the happiest people in the world.

※※After the game, Hoffenheim swept Bremen 5-1 at his home court and became the focus of everyone's attention. No one expected that a match that should have been evenly matched would become one-sided. After the game, German Bistro Bistro used such a title to evaluate this game - "Bremen was completely destroyed!"

Local media in Bremen lamented "...we were killed..."

Chu Zhongtian was elected the best in the audience, so he is naturally a person pursued by the news media.

The TV station that played the talk show between Kerner and Chu Zhongtian took out this clip of the show and put it in the Bundesliga highlights.

Chu Zhongtian in the camera was asked by the host Kerner, "What actions will you take to eliminate people's impressions?", and then replied: "We will defeat them in this game."

The host focused on explaining to the audience how confident Chu Zhongtian was saying this, and he knew in advance that his team would win the game.

Hoffenheim fans also worship Chu Zhongtian as a god: "Sometimes I wonder if he has changed his identity to the world? Haha! You have seen his performance in the game against Bremen? I didn't exaggerate, I really didn't exaggerate!"

The Chinese media no longer need to explain Chu Zhongtian’s new round of flattery, and everyone is used to it.

Chu Zhongtian himself seemed very calm under a series of praises. It was not because he had achieved "no fear of honor and disgrace", but because he felt that defeating Bremen was just the first step. This allowed him to devote all his energy to the European arena, and he no longer had any concerns in the domestic arena.

And he knew very well that defeating Bremen was just the first step in the Long March. You can't think everything is going well just because you won this so-called nemesis. The league has just begun one round. If the team's performance is bad all season, then what's the point of winning more goals in this game?

Bremen is just a starting point.

※※ On August 28, in the second round of the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim defeated the newly promoted team St. Pauli 3:0 away. The exquisite fast football of Rangnick and Chu Zhongtian continued to be implemented. What everyone sees is a team full of speed and creativity. Their football is exciting and always in high rhythm and high confrontation.

They are all offensive football, which is different from the gorgeous footballs in Barcelona and Arsenal that emphasize ball control. Their football is actually not gorgeous, but it is very threatening. In terms of technical statistics of the whole game, Hoffenheim does not have a big lead in ball control rate, only 56% vs. 44%, but it has an absolute advantage in the number of shots. Sao Paulo has eight shots in the whole game, while Hoffenheim has eighteen shots. The purpose of fast football is to create as many shooting opportunities as possible, and with more shooting opportunities, there will naturally be more goals. Although there are also surprises, in terms of probability, overall, the more shots, the more goals you score, which makes sense.

In the match against Bremen, Hoffenheim had as many as twenty shots in the whole game, and they scored five goals and averaged four shots into one.

The cooperation of the midfielder is very simple. Although it is creative, it is not complicated, and it will not frequently fall back and forth. When the ball reaches Chu Zhongtian's feet, his most priority is always to pass forward. If there is no good opportunity, he will pass across the side. If the opportunity for crossing across the side is not good, then pass back.

In the match against St. Pauli, Chu Zhongtian scored another goal, this time he headed the ball with a corner kick.

Since the 29th round of the league last season, Chu Zhongtian has scored goals in eight consecutive league rounds. This is the first time in his career. Naturally, the reporters will not let go of this great hype subject and praised Chu Zhongtian in the media again. During this period, Chu Zhongtian is a stolen figure in German football.

At the beginning of the season, although Chu Zhongtian did not defend his title as "German Footballer", this did not affect his condition. Last season, the German Footballer belonged to Robben, who had outstanding performances in Bayern and the Dutch national team. It was he who saved his master many times that Bayern Munich had the chance to reach the Champions League final.

Although Chu Zhongtian also performed well, he was far behind Robben in team honors. He was second in fame and fortune in the selection, and third in the selection was Schweinsteiger, who was both key players in Bayern Munich and the German national team.

Van Gaal was elected the best coach of the Bundesliga last season. In the selection of best coaches, Hoffenheim's Rangnick ranked third, and the second-ranked person was the head coach of the German national team, Loew.

Loeve publicly stated that his German national team referenced Hoffenheim's impactful playing style, especially Hoffenheim in the second half of last season.

Therefore, the German team's football was so amazing in the World Cup.

This also confirms what the British Guardian columnist Hognistein said before: "German football will soon find that Hoffenheim is not a threat, but their future."

※※After playing the league with St. Pauli, Chu Zhongtian also left Germany and flew back to China. He will fly directly to Zhengzhou and meet with his Chinese national teammates to prepare for a warm-up match with Iran there. After playing against Iran in Zhengzhou, he will also move to Nanjing with the team, where he will face Paraguay, fourth place in the South African World Cup.

Because the Asian Cup is next January, there is not much time left for Gao Hongbo and the Chinese national football team. Therefore, Gao Hongbo specially called Chu Zhongtian for such a warm-up match, hoping that he could participate. This is one of the few opportunities for him to work with the team before the Asian Cup.

Chu Zhongtian also knew this, so he returned to China to participate in the competition without saying a word.

Chu Zhongtian's return is the biggest gimmick in the Chinese media reporting on these two warm-up matches. What are world stars like Santa Cruz and what are the quarterfinals of the South African World Cup? These are insignificant in front of Chu Zhongtian.

Because of Chu Zhongtian's existence, Chinese fans are interested in the Chinese national team's match again. It is said that 30,000 tickets were sold for warm-up matches with Iran. For the national football match, which has always had a low attendance rate, such audiences are already rare. Among these 30,000 people, it is estimated that 99% of them are visiting Chu Zhongtian, and the remaining one is Paraguay fans... Fans wearing Chu Zhongtian's national team jerseys can be seen everywhere outside the stadium, and there are also people holding Chu Zhongtian's posters and large portraits. These are fans who are preparing to cheer for Chu Zhongtian. When Chinese football is in a downturn, Chu Zhongtian is the only hope for fans, and the only person they can place their expectations.

Chu Zhongtian's advertisements are now frequently seen in China, and he is already a household name. To make an inappropriate metaphor, Ronaldo was also a household name in China as a football player. Chu Zhongtian's current status is similar to Ronaldo.

In Zhengzhou, the venue was in very bad condition. Chu Zhongtian even felt that the venue conditions of Kings Ranch, the home court of Wimbledon, were better than this. Although there were not as many grass as this, the venue was flat at least. The stadium in Zhengzhou looked like a scalypse, with turf and none, and was bumpy.

I believe that if Rangnick saw this game, he would definitely be worried about Chu Zhongtian's ankle - he was afraid that Chu Zhongtian would sprain his ankle on such a bad field. Hoffenheim is now relying on Chu Zhongtian. If Chu Zhongtian has something, Hoffenheim will be immediately beaten back to his original form.

This bad venue has had an impact on both sides, but the Chinese team has been even more affected, because since Gao Hongbo came to the stage, the Chinese team has established a tactical style of ground cooperation. Such football depends on the conditions of the venue. Iran is better than that. They have excellent physical conditions, strong style, and play football with big openings and closings. The impact of the venue on them is not that great.

This is also faithfully reflected in the competition.

The Chinese players were very uncomfortable with this bad turf, and Chu Zhongtian had to participate more in defense to help the team resist Iran's offense. The two sides were in such a stalemate in the first half, and it was not until the 38th minute that the deadlock was broken.

Iranian team made a cross from the side, and Chinese defender Feng Xiaoting returned to defense and fought to win the ball and bounced out. The Iranian player shot and the football was saved by goalkeeper Yang Zhi, but the Chinese defenders failed to clear the ball quickly. Football Iranian player Tam Ryan pushed into the empty goal, and the Chinese team fell behind with one goal.

During the break, Gao Hongbo asked Chu Zhongtian to be more active in the offense, rather than active in the defense. So Chu Zhongtian strengthened the offense in the second half. In the 58th minute, he instigated the offense, Yu Hai received the ball and broke into the penalty area, sending the ball into the goal.

The Chinese team tied the score 1:1!

In the subsequent matches, both sides had a chance, but neither of them seized it. In the end, both sides shook hands and made peace with each other 1:1.

Chu Zhongtian won the best in the game after the game. Although the Chinese team did not win, Chu Zhongtian basically showed his form. Of course, there is still some difference with his performance at Hoffenheim, but considering that the overall level of the Chinese team is not as good as Hoffenheim, and the poor venue also limits his performance, Chinese media and fans are generally satisfied with Chu Zhongtian's performance.

After playing in Zhengzhou, Chu Zhongtian followed the team to Nanjing, where he welcomed Paraguay in the semi-finals of the South African World Cup.

One of Chu Zhongtian’s great regrets is that he has never participated in the World Cup. Now he has a chance to play against teams that have participated in the World Cup to see how powerful the World Cup-level team is.

In addition to training in Nanjing, Chu Zhongtian also had to participate in a commercial event, which was planned after the schedule of the Chinese team's warm-up match was released.

However, something outside the plan happened, which surprised him a little.

He received a call from Chengdu, Sichuan.

He is not unfamiliar with this phone number. When he joined Metz, the owner of this phone number was the secretary-general of the Chengdu Football Association, and now he has been upgraded to the chairman of the Chengdu Football Association. He is Gong Jianmin.

The Chengdu Football Association and Metz had a cooperation agreement, and Wang Hao and others were sent out to Metz for training because of this cooperation agreement and finally signed a contract. However, his own franchise had nothing to do with the Football Association cooperation agreement. He had no relationship with the Chengdu Football Association at that time. Although he was originally a football school athlete, he was managed by the Football Association.

Later, after he joined Metz, he discovered this coincidence. The Chengdu Football Association also noticed him. When Gong Jianmin represented the Chengdu Football Association to inspect Metz, he met Chu Zhongtian, Wang Hao and others specifically. The two met because of this.

Later, when Chu Zhongtian was shooting a promotional video for his hometown Chengdu, Gong Jianmin was also the one who helped him complete the cooperation with the Chengdu government.

Although the Chinese Football Association is not a good thing, most local Football Associations are still reasonable. Chu Zhongtian and Gong Jianmin’s personal relationship is pretty good, not too close, but not as strangers. Chu Zhongtian would invite Gong Jianmin to have a meal when he had the opportunity to go back to Chengdu. If Wang Hao was there, then call Wang Hao too.

However, most of the time they don’t contact each other. Chu Zhongtian wants to play football and has his own business. A big star is usually very busy. Gong Jianmin also has his own job, so there is no other contact except for Chu Zhongtian sending greetings during festivals and holidays.

At this time, Gong Jianmin suddenly called himself, which surprised Chu Zhongtian.

He could not have imagined that there would be something that would allow the chairman of the Chengdu Football Association to find his own in the near future.

Generally speaking, business-related phone calls will be called first to his personal assistant, Mathilde, and then transferred to him. In China, please contact Xu Xiaodi first, because his private phone calls are relatively quiet.

Despite his doubts, Chu Zhongtian answered the phone.

"Xiao Chu!" What sounded from the other end of the phone was indeed the familiar Gong Jianmin voice of Chu Zhongtian, and he spoke in Chengdu dialect.

"Hey, Chairman Gong!" Chu Zhongtian used to call him Secretary General Gong, but now he has been upgraded, so his title will naturally be upgraded.

"You are in excellent condition recently, congratulations, Xiao Chu."

"Thank you, Chairman Gong, this is not your cultivation method..." When Chu Zhongtian was chatting with his wife Emily at home, he chatted with her in English. Facing his personal assistant Mathilde, he was used to speaking French, not German. In the Hoffenheim team, he naturally had to speak German. He is still learning Portuguese, so if he chats with Quaresma alone, he tried to use Portuguese. He really didn't speak English and gestures. Back to the Chinese team, he spoke standard Mandarin, but when someone spoke in Chengdu dialect, he would naturally convert his language into his hometown dialect. Now that's the case, he was communicating with Gong Jianmin in Chengdu dialect.

"Don't tell me about these things that are missing. Where did I cultivate you? I dare not climb up!"

Chu Zhongtian was happy.

"I'll call you, I want to ask you something (Part 2)."

"What's the matter, just say it."

"Well... that's right, this, Xiao Chu. I know you are a big star and a successful businessman, and you have a lot of money..."

"Oh, I said that I'm going to do it. It's just a little money, and it's incomparable to those real rich people..." Chu Zhongtian couldn't tell what Gong Jianmin was doing. But no one would be willing to admit that he was really rich, and showing off his wealth was not so cool.

"I know, I know." Gong Jianmin didn't care about Chu Zhongtian's words, and he continued, "I just want to ask, are you interested in investing in a football club?"

"Ha?" Chu Zhongtian was completely stunned.
Chapter completed!