Benzema scored in the 86th minute and helped Real Madrid equalize the score and avoided the misfortune of letting Real Madrid lose. But this was definitely a blow to Hoffenheim. Everyone thought they could finally become the first team in Europe to beat Real Madrid this season, but they did not expect that they would fail in the end.

Benzema's previous mediocre performance made everyone ignore him. When defending, he only stared at Ozil, Cristiano Ronaldo, and even Alonso, but forgot to see Benzema... The news of Real Madrid's goal also stimulated AC Milan over there. Since Real Madrid and Hoffenheim tied, they also restored the motivation for the game.

Ronaldinho, who came on as a substitute in the 90th minute, scored a goal to secure the victory for AC Milan, and Ausser's counterattack was extinguished.

At the Rhine-Neca Stadium, the match between Hoffenheim and Real Madrid also ended. In the end, the two sides fought fiercely for 90 minutes and shook hands with a score of 2:2.

Real Madrid hugged their unbeaten record, which helped them return to Spain with a full confidence to challenge their archenemy Barcelona.

For Hoffenheim, they lost a chance to qualify early. They had this opportunity at one time, but at the last moment, they lost it.

The Hoffenheim players who returned to the locker room were still unconscious. They sat in their positions and remained silent. The last moment concealed the ball and hit them with great blows.

Because they were tied at the last moment, Hoffenheim players didn't have much interest in accepting interviews, and they all quickly passed the mixed zone with their heads down. So the reporters could only hold head coach Rangnick and must let him say a few words, although there will be a post-match press conference later.

Chu Zhongtian returned to the locker room and saw everyone's listless look.

Of course he also regretted losing his victory at the last moment, but what he saw was positive.

He clapped his face.

Everyone heard the sound of clapping and raised their heads.

Chu Zhongtian stood in the middle of the locker room and looked at his teammates. "What's wrong with you, brothers? I don't think we have to be frustrated by this result at all."

In fact, after being scored by Benzema, Chu Zhongtian was quite disappointed. But now the game is over, no matter how disappointed you are, you can only accept this result and try to find positive meaning from it. After all, he is the captain and he is the backbone of the entire team. If he looks like he is losing his parents, then no one of his teammates will be able to count on him.

"First of all, please think about which group we are in?" Chu Zhongtian asked with his hands spread out his hands. "We are in Group G, the Death Group! This group includes Real Madrid, AC Milan and Aussel. But in such a group, how many are we currently ranked? Second! We beat AC Milan at home and almost beat Real Madrid, forcing them to equalize until the last moment. Do you see how crazy they celebrated after Benzema scored? They almost regarded this as the Champions League final. I've seen them perform like this before. It was when they played away against AC Milan. They equalized the score in the last minute of injury time, and were so excited. Look, brothers, we are already on the same level as AC Milan. There are not many teams in the world that can force Real Madrid to this role, we are one of them, so there is nothing to be depressed."

The positive side is to find more confidence in this game.

"We are going out in the most difficult group. Are there any opponents in this world that can scare us? No!" Chu Zhongtian shouted loudly. "Brothers, if I had doubts about whether we can go further in the Champions League this season before the season, then now I am very sure we can go further!"

Everyone looked at him with some confusion, wondering where the captain's confidence came from.

"Because of the strength we showed in these group matches, especially in this game against Real Madrid. We almost won Real Madrid, and there are not many teams who can do this. I am full of confidence in our team now, and I think we can surprise everyone in the Champions League this season!"

Then he laughed: "So there's nothing to be upset, brothers. In the last game, we had three more points than AC Milan, as long as we weren't in San Siro, it would be fine. The lead was clearly us, why are we so worried?"

After he asked this, everyone also realized: Yes, we are now the second in the group, and we are more advantageous in the group qualifying. Why is it us who sighed now, but AC Milan who cheered and encouraged?

"Now AC Milan is definitely cheering. In the last round, they will play at home. As long as they win two goals, they will qualify. But then we have to tell them that all this is delusion!"

Chu Zhongtian waved his fists and said to everyone.

"Chu is right!" Ibisevic was the first to stand up, and he said to everyone: "Yes! Why should those who lead should be afraid of those who fall behind? AC Milan is a respectable strong team, but we are not weak either! We have defeated them before, and there is nothing to be afraid of!"

"The worst is just a decisive battle! Last season, we also won Inter Milan 3-1 at home, but we lost in the end. But this is the group stage, there is no penalty. Since we can make Inter Milan unable to bear it, we can also make AC Milan fall!"

Chu Zhongtian said that everyone's originally depressed mood rose again, and they stood up from their seats and roared, expressing their determination to fight to the death with AC Milan.

Chu Zhongtian took them to yell.

"We should be the ones who qualify in the group!!"

The helplessness and frustration that turned into one point turned into Hoffenheim's oath-taking meeting.

※※※Rangnick and a group of coaching staff members stood at the door of the locker room, and the roars of the players inside were clearly audible.

Rangnick turned around and smiled at his colleagues, "Look. I was worried that being forced to tie the team at the last moment would hit the morale of the team, but now it seems that there is no problem."

"Chu did awesomely. He even did things we couldn't do..." Assistant coach Marichi sighed.

"This is what a leader should do." Rangnick shrugged. "I know he has such ability. He is a natural leader because of his never-slacking pursuit of victory."

After saying that, he turned around and said to everyone, "Gentlemen, let's wait patiently. Pushing the door in at this time is not a good choice."

Everyone nodded: "That's right. Let them continue to make trouble for a while, haha!"

※※No one knows what happened in Hoffenheim’s locker room, which is the media’s penalty area. No one of Hoffenheim’s players and coaches revealed this to the outside world.

Mourinho was not very satisfied with the draw after the game. He believed that according to their strength, Real Madrid deserved to win. Rangnick also made a rare hard time, saying that he was not satisfied with the result, because from the game, it was fair and reasonable for them to take three points.

The river clams competed, and the fisherman benefited. When Real Madrid and Hoffenheim were both dissatisfied with the draw, the AC Milan media was very happy.

"Alegri's Great Victory!"

"The Weary Ibrahimovic is also powerful!"

"Decisive Battle! San Siro!"

"Milan gains the upper hand in the competition for group qualifying"

...Optimism is filled with Milan City.

This sentiment spread to Milanero, and naturally affected AC Milan players. After the game, I heard that Real Madrid and Hoffenheim drew, everyone said that although the result was not very good, it was acceptable, because now they can fight Hoffenheim to the death in the last group stage, and they played at home in the last group stage, so they had the advantage in this game.

Of course, the best result for them is Real Madrid defeating Hoffenheim, so that as long as they can defeat Hoffenheim in the last round, even if it is a small win of one goal, it will be fine. They will beat their opponents in points.

Now even if they win Hoffenheim, the points of the two teams are only the same, both ten, and they also depend on the mutual victory and loss relationship. The victory and loss relationship is also the same, it depends on the goal difference between the two sides. Now before they play in the last game, Hoffenheim and AC Milan have one goal difference, while AC Milan loses one. AC Milan only needs to win Hoffenheim 1-0 at home to pull the goal difference between the two sides to the same starting line - both zero. When the goal difference is the same, compare the away goals in the game against each other, AC Milan scored another away goal, and Hoffenheim has no one, so AC Milan has the advantage. Their final ranking in the group stage will surpass Hoffenheim, rise to second, and qualify as the second in the group.

Although qualifying with the second place in the group is not very consistent with their first-class team, AC Milan has long been unable to care about their identity or something. As long as they can qualify, they will be grateful.

In general, after analyzing, AC Milan found that their group qualifying situation was actually better than Hoffenheim, who is currently the second in the group, so they were full of confidence in qualifying.

Since "lost" to Real Madrid at home, Allegri has found a way to control this team, which has also increased the trust of the whole team in him day by day. He has finally become the real "AC Milan head coach". The team is in very good shape at the moment. Not to mention just winning one goal at home, he will have confidence even if he wins more goals.

The only thing to worry about is that after the game against Ausserl, Ibrahimovic told reporters that he was very tired.

It seems that I have to talk to Ibrahimovic and see how his physical condition is. Now Ibrahimovic is the absolute pillar of AC Milan. Barcelona has Messi, Real Madrid has Cristiano Ronaldo, and AC Milan has Ibrahimovic. Although this person's character is different, his strength is still unquestionable.

If he is really tired, then there are two weeks left before the last group match, so he can take a proper rest and adjust.

If he wasn't so tired, he had to persist. Inzagi was seriously injured and said goodbye to this season in advance. Robinho came to Milan and performed mediocrely, not enough to take the lead. Ibrahimovic had not much rest time. Since his role in AC Milan is as important as Barcelona's Messi and Real Madrid's C. Ronaldo, then his playing time must be as much as those two.

Now AC Milan cannot lack him.

Although it was optimistic, Allegri learned his lesson. In an interview with reporters, he praised Hoffenheim as a very strong team and never mentioned that his team could defeat Hoffenheim at home.

However, when the player was interviewed, he accidentally revealed the current optimism within the team.

Robinho said in an interview: "Hoffenheim draws with Real Madrid, of course, is good news for us. This means that we only need to win 1:0 in San Siro. We are in good shape now, and I don't think this is a problem..."

Boateng is also confident: "Of course we will qualify. I think Milan fans can't imagine that we can't show up in the knockout round, and so do we!"

※※※ On Hoffenheim, Rangnick was asked by reporters that he tied Real Madrid and only led AC Milan by three points. In the last round, he challenged AC Milan away. Is there any pressure to qualify, and he replied: "Pressure? Of course, there is pressure in any game. Our players have long been used to playing under pressure. In the second round of the quarterfinals last season, we were also very stressed, and it was not small. What's the result? If we weren't for the penalty shootout, maybe the Champions League champion last season would have been re-selected."

He also seemed full of confidence.

His confidence comes from the passionate shouts he heard outside the locker room door.

How do Hoffenheim players view this last group match?

"Our goal is to qualify." Ibisevic was also very confident.

Salihovic first praised AC Milan: "AC Milan is a great team, they have many high-level stars. But..." He changed his subject. "We also have many outstanding teammates. I think as long as we perform at the best level, qualifying in the group... shouldn't be a problem?"

A Chinese reporter ran to ask Chu Zhongtian: "Is it a pity that I am only four minutes away from defeating Real Madrid at home?"

Chu Zhongtian nodded: "Of course, sorry, everyone hopes to defeat them. No one can beat them yet."

"But not losing to Real Madrid is also a good result?"

"I can only say that it is a little better than the worst. We originally planned to win...but this is football." He shrugged.

"Now you are only three points away from AC Milan. The last game was played in San Siro, which was a six-point game. Did you expect such a serious situation before?"

"I don't think this is serious. Because our opponent in the last group match was AC Milan, the situation became very simple - as long as we don't lose to them, we will qualify."

"But your defense is not superior..."

"The best defense is offense. We're good at this."

After the interview, Chinese reporters posted a message saying that Chu Zhongtian was full of confidence - "He is more confident than other Hoffenheim players we have interviewed before."

Of course, his confidence has also caused a great battle among Chinese online fans in China. This is also the characteristic of Chinese fans. They are always used to insulting each other's relatives for teams from other countries on the Internet...※※※The game against AC Milan is obviously the top priority for Hoffenheim, so after the game against Real Madrid, Rangnick made highly targeted adjustments to the team's training, allowing the players to learn how to deal with AC Milan away in the past two weeks.

As for the league... it has once again become a training place for Hoffenheim.

Although they have fallen from first to second, Rangnick doesn't care at all. He has won the league championship, so it's enough to guarantee the top three in the league. But the Champions League is a brand new stage, a battlefield he has never conquered before, and he is eager to make achievements on it.

This game with AC Milan is more difficult to play than the first leg of the two sides. Although they lack one Inzagi, their main central defender Thiago Silva made a comeback, and his comeback greatly strengthened the team's defense. His central defender partnership with Nesta is an important reason why they can maintain the lead in the league.

His absence is also considered one of the important reasons why AC Milan lost to Hoffenheim and Real Madrid away.

For this reason, the countermeasures developed by Rannik are to let the forwards attract the attention of the AC Milan central defenders, and then the midfielder inserts from the back to complete a fatal blow. In other words, in the game against AC Milan, the main role of the forward is not to score, but to restrain. The main force of scoring is the midfield, such as Salihovic, Chu Zhongtian, and Quaresma... This can disperse AC Milan's advantage in the central defender. Compared with their central defenders, AC Milan's midfield defense is slightly weaker.

Hoffenheim has never used such a tactic before. Whether it was just in the Bundesliga or in the Bundesliga, the strikers were always the main players in Hoffenheim's scoring in the past few seasons. Obasi, Ibissevic and Demba Ba who had left the team were all very capable of scoring, so Demba Ba was attracted to Stuttgart... But Demba Ba who left Hoffenheim was not satisfied with his time. He has now become Stuttgart's substitute striker. After leaving Hoffenheim, he found that if Chu Zhongtian, Salihovic, Eduardo and others were not constantly transporting shells to his feet, his goals would have plummeted.

The forward is the main force in Hoffenheim's scoring, while the midfield creates opportunities. This is what Hoffenheim has given everyone for a long time.

Rangnick hopes that his arrangement can give AC Milan some "surprise".

Hopefully AC Milan will like it then.
Chapter completed!