Line up for reporters to take photos, take turns shaking hands, captains of both sides exchange team flags, guess coins and pick edges... There is no need to repeat these procedures.

The starting players of both sides were already standing on the court, and the stands that had been noisy just now also quieted down. The huge Hoffenheim team flag was laid flat on the stands, and countless people pulled them with their arms below to create a flag fluttering in the wind.

Everyone is waiting for the referee to whistle and kick off the ball.

The referee and the fourth official used their headsets to match the table, and then he blew the whistle in his mouth.

The competition begins!

※※※ It must be said that Ferguson was very scheming and suddenly announced that Rooney was substitute before the game, which caught Hoffenheim off guard. Although Rangnick made an emergency adjustment before the game, the effect was effective, and the players' fixed thinking could not be reversed for a while.

So after the game started, the away team Manchester United quickly gained the upper hand. They used the two points of Irving and Scholes to launch frequent offensives to create a threat to Hoffenheim's goal.

Irving took a powerful shot from the penalty area in two minutes after the start of the game, but was confiscated by goalkeeper Hildebrand.

Five minutes later, Irving passed the ball, Scholes shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area, but was saved by Hildebran again.

In the ninth minute, Carrick made a wonderful pass, Obetan hooked the ball and then made a return. Nani's shot at the front of the penalty area was blocked, and the football bounced up and was directly held by Hildebran.

All of these ten minutes were Manchester United's offensives, which made Manchester United fans in the stands very enjoyable, and their singing gradually became louder.

Hoffenheim players seem to be a little confused about what to do in front of Scholes and Irving's flexible running positions. Irving is not the traditional center. Many times he likes to pull to the side, while the gap in the middle is left to Scholes who are plugged in.

This weird tactic makes Hoffenheim's defensive players very passive.

"Manchester United is bound to win this game! Hoffenheim is in danger!"

Under Manchester United's strong attack, the Hoffenheim player's own personal mistakes are used as a foil.

Chu Zhongtian passed the football to Baker. He originally planned to cooperate with Baker with two and one, but Baker's pass was too strong and his accuracy was almost correct. The football rolled out of the sideline. Chu Zhongtian tried his best but failed to catch up. Chu Zhongtian did not complain about him, but Baker himself waved his arms and was very upset.

"Is the opponent's tactics disrupting their mental preparations, or is it that this 'must win' put them too much pressure, or is it just too excited?" In the coaching seat, Rangnick was discussing such a question with Zeedler.

"I think there are three reasons," said Caidler. "Although you urgently adjusted the countermeasures, from the perspective of the results, this makes them even more confused..."

"So I should do nothing, let them play the first half as planned?" Rangnick asked back.

"No...I mean, maybe you should give players more freedom and let them decide what to do. Hi, in fact, it is to give Chu Zhongtian the freedom to decide how to do the team. After all, he is the one on the front line, not us. Our understanding is always biased." Caidler explained.

Rangnick nodded and stopped talking.

It seems that what Caidler said is right. He should make Chu Zhongtian more free and let him be a coach on the court.

But it is the same now. If you don’t give any instructions, it depends on how Chu Zhongtian does... Ferguson is very satisfied with the team’s performance in the first ten minutes of the game. If you have to say anything you are dissatisfied, it means that you don’t score a few shots. But this is not a big problem. For Ferguson, it doesn’t make a difference between 1:0 or 10:0 in this game. As long as you get three points, you will definitely qualify. If such an offensive can continue, the goal will come sooner or later.

Before the game, when he analyzed the game, he believed that this game could not be afforded to lose for both sides, but it was actually more beneficial to Manchester United. Because of such a serious situation and such an important game, Manchester United has experienced many times, and they have rich experience and psychological advantages to deal with this situation. But Hoffenheim did not. They only played in the Bundesliga for one season. How many times have they experienced this scene? Although they are young, they lack experience. The common problem of this team is that they can play well when they play, and they will collapse once they encounter difficulties.

So as long as Manchester United continues to put pressure on Hoffenheim during the game, this young team will face a situation of falling apart.

Therefore, he kept hiding the news of Rooney's substitute. Judging from daily training, Rooney was on the main lineup and waited before the game to suddenly change the team, catching the opponent off guard, which made them psychologically confused. Then he asked the team to attack at the beginning, and even if he couldn't score the ball, he had to constantly put pressure on the opponent's defense line. In this way, once Manchester United scored the goal, it would be difficult for the opponent to win back.

People's hearts are dispersed, how can I play this game?

※※※ Chu Zhongtian was not completely aware of Ferguson's wishful thinking. But with his experience, he knew that the current situation of the team was very dangerous - being suppressed by the opponent, and his side was a little confused and didn't know what to do.

At this time, he, the captain and the tactical core of the entire team, should stand up.

He must lead the team out of difficulties, point out a clear path for everyone, and give them hope so that they can firm up their anxious or confused hearts. Only in this game can they play.

In other words, the current situation of the team is not suitable for playing fast football that Hoffenheim has always been good at. Although the teammates really want to be faster and faster, they are eager to directly pass the ball and hit the opponent's goal, and then score the goal. It seems that scoring early can alleviate their anxiety and anxiety. But getting faster will only increase their mistakes and give the experienced Manchester United more opportunities. So now we must be steady and slow down the pace.

When Chu Zhongtian received the ball, he did not pass it quickly or draw the ball forward as usual. He turned around and passed the ball back to central defender Simunic. Everyone was in a hurry to rush forward, but when Chu Zhongtian passed it back, they all ran away.

After Chu Zhongtian returned, he pressed down with both hands and made a steady gesture.

After seeing this scene on the sidelines, Rangnick laughed. Chu Zhongtian understood very well, and he felt relieved.

After making this gesture, Chu Zhongtian hooked his hand and asked for the ball. After Simonic passed the football over, he pressed down with both hands again, and did not pass the football directly. Instead, he looked up and observed.

In fact, he didn't need to observe what the entire court looked like, just in his mind. He was trying to suppress the rhythm and calm down his emotions for his impatient teammates.

Sure enough, seeing that he was not in a hurry to pass the ball forward, his teammates who were planning to rush forward were all full of pace. Some were still in front, while others started running back.

Of course, football matches are not the performance of players on one side. When Chu Zhongtian was controlling the rhythm, Manchester United players were not idle either. Seeing that Chu Zhongtian did not want to pass directly as frequently as usual, they quickly stepped forward, so they surrounded him.

In this game, Ferguson gave the team five midfielders the task was to try to reduce time and space in the midfield, not give Chu Zhongtian a chance to take the ball calmly and organize an offense. If he passes the ball, try his best to interfere with and cut off his passing route. If he wants to dribble the ball forward, he must stop him when he starts. If he can't stop him, he will foul him firmly. A gentler approach will ruin his life.

Carrick stayed behind, Fletcher rushed towards Chu Zhongtian, and Scholes also retreated to defend Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian is not unfamiliar with such defense. He often encounters it in Hoffenheim or in Metz in the later stages. The only difference is that the ability of the person who defends him is different.

Fletcher is an excellent defensive midfielder, but that's all. Chu Zhongtian has played against him once, and he is worried about not shooting. So while guarding Fletcher, he stared at Scholes with his eyes. Fletcher stretched out his feet, and he pushed the football back, and Scholes waited for an opportunity to intercept the ball! Chu Zhongtian's left foot then gently knocked the football pulled back from his right foot, intending to take the opportunity to break through.

But at this moment, another leg wearing Manchester United's red socks poked the football he had knocked out!

Chu Zhongtian was caught off guard, but he didn't expect there was a third person!

When he looked up again, he only saw the back number and name of the person who broke his ball - No. 26, Obetan!

As a former Metz teammate who played with him for a season, Obetan obviously knew Chu Zhongtian's characteristics very well. This time he was completely optimistic about the move. After touching Chu Zhongtian's actions, he decisively grabbed the ball.

When Chu Zhongtian saw that the ball was lost, he immediately threw Fletcher and Scholes to chase Obetten. At the same time, Sana was moving quickly in front of Obetten, preparing to block his route.

Obettan is not a fool. As a French player who debuted in Ligue 1, he certainly knew how powerful the two players Chu Zhongtian and Sana were, so he cut the ball and took only two steps and passed the football to the other side.

Seeing his pass, Chu Zhongtian did not stop, but accelerated and rushed over, and went directly to chase Nani, who was catching the ball. Sana quickly braked and defended the middle lane again.

Nani was planning to break through, but heard Scholes' shout.

So he knew that there was danger coming close behind him, so he quickly passed the football over.

Chu Zhongtian tried hard to fly the shovel, but still didn't touch the football. The football passed by his feet and reached Scholes' feet.

This former England midfielder who is good at long shots made a slight adjustment after receiving the ball and directly swung his feet and shot a long shot!

The football flew towards the goal like a cannonball.

Hildebran jumped up, spread his arms, but did not touch the football. He raised his head back and watched the football fly towards the goal behind him in despair. He thought the ball had entered, but the football hit the crossbar hard!

"Oh!" the commentator exclaimed.

The football hit the crossbar and bounced down, while Hildebran was still in the air. He could not react to the ball. He could only continue to watch and follow the football. He saw Compan rushing up to rush the football out of the baseline before Irving, and then he breathed a sigh of relief... "It's so dangerous!" This was a matter of a moment, and the commentator had time to say something to the ball. "The football hit the crossbar, and rebounded and was pushed out of the baseline by Compan . Manchester United almost took the lead at Hoffenheim's home court!"

"This ball first comes from Chu being cut off when he was in the midfield. It seems that Manchester United has put some effort into Hoffenheim's core, and Chu will face a huge challenge in this game!"

Scholes held his head with both hands, scratched it, then put it down, waved his hand to signal everyone to come up and serve the corner kick.

The camera was aimed at Chu Zhongtian afterwards. He lost the ball and could not see any expression on his face. He was not angry or embarrassed. He was standing in the penalty area and preparing to defend the corner kick.

The TV broadcast camera cannot capture what Chu Zhongtian is thinking now. He is wondering whether the loss of the ball just now was accidental or carefully planned.

He always thought that his opponent in this game was Fletcher and Carrick, and even Scholes would only make a temporary guest appearance in defense. Manchester United would use two people to defend himself, which was as expected. But what about the three people? He never thought about an offensive player breaking his ball, and he never thought about it.

So was this something that Obetan himself rushed up to intercept the ball, or was it that Ferguson specifically instructed before the game?

While directing his teammates to return to defense in front of the goal, Chu Zhongtian turned his attention to Obetan. He was 1.86 meters tall and entered the penalty area, preparing to compete for the header.

Soon, Manchester United's corner kick was taken, and the football was snatched by Simonic before Ferdinand. The football fell to the feet of Manchester United player Park Ji-sung. He was about to give it to Carrick on the side, but Sana judged the right intention and intercepted the ball in the middle.

Are you still going to be stable at this time?

No!

Chu Zhongtian quickly rushed out of the penalty area. Sana sent the football to Van Nistruei who did not return to defense in front. The Dutch did not drive the ball and turned around, but instead passed the football back under the close press of the opponent's defender.

Chu Zhongtian, who was flew forward, happened to receive the ball!

Salihovic and Weiss rushed forward. This is the time to stabilize their emotions when they are about to attack quickly? Let’s talk about it after this attack!

Chu Zhongtian distributed the football to Salihovic who was rushing on the side. Behind him, Kolarov was also attacking forward.

"Hoffenheim's fast attack!"

Salihovic is not good at speed, so he didn't dribble for a long time. He passed the ball back to Chu Zhongtian who had already inserted it. Chu Zhongtian did not stop the ball, and directly passed a overhead ball to Selihovic. The football passed the head of the right back Park Ji-sung of Manchester United who was returning to defense in this game and was received by Kolarov who was running forward at high speed.

Then Kolarov made another cross from the bottom, and Van Nystruey's header in the middle was slightly higher!

"Woo--" Rhine-Neka Stadium sighed loudly, feeling sorry for Hoffenheim's attack that there was no goal.

"Van Nistruei - It's a pity! He's so high!... Although he didn't score, no matter what, Hoffenheim finally had a decent attack..."

※※※Although the ball was cut off once, Chu Zhongtian still insisted on slowing down the pace. He controlled the ball himself for a long time, or frequently passed back and crossed, allowing the players to calm down in Taoism and calm down again.

At the same time, Chu Zhongtian was also paying attention to the situation around him. He wanted to know whether Obetan's kick was an impulse and a coincidence? Or was there a premeditated and organized approach.

But there was no chance like the previous few times, and Obetan did not follow him like a shadow. Most of the time he swam on the wing and the defense returned to the full-back position.

Is it really an impulse?

Chu Zhongtian decided not to think about it for the time being, and to stabilize the team's rhythm first.

Of course, Ferguson saw what Chu Zhongtian wanted to do. He knew enough about Chu Zhongtian and knew that Chu Zhongtian was a master who controlled the rhythm. If he really allowed him to stabilize Hoffenheim's rhythm, Manchester United would fall into a tough battle. Although Manchester United had made up their minds and preparations for a tough battle of 90 minutes, wouldn't it be better if they could easily win without bloodshed?

So Ferguson stood up from the coach's seat for the first time in this game and walked to the sidelines. He shouted to the players and made a gesture of strengthening pressing.

Not only will he strengthen the pressing of Chu Zhongtian alone, but he also strengthens the pressing of other Hoffenheim people. If Chu Zhongtian wants to calm down Hoffenheim's teammates, Manchester United will use the continuous pressure to prevent them from thinking calmly and can only obey their physical instincts.

The most important thing is the pressing in the frontcourt. In view of Chu Zhongtian's frequent return and cross-passes, offensive players such as Irving, Scholes, Obertan, and Nani all pressed in the frontcourt. They ran back and forth without any effort, rushing towards every Hoffenheim player who controls the ball, thus forcing them to quickly get out of the ball. In addition, the pressing against Chu Zhongtian did not stop.

Chu Zhongtian now just let the football stay under his feet for a little longer, and he will immediately face the defense of at least two people. At the same time, as long as he gets the ball, he will go to Obetan immediately, instead of Fletcher, Scholes or Carrick.

Often Obetan is guarding Hoffenheim players on the wing and is not by his side.

It seemed like a coincidence of impulse... Chu Zhongtian passed the football back. The football was still on the way, and Manchester United players followed him. After the central defender got the ball, he basically adjusted it slightly, and the opponent would force them to shoot the ball with one shot. It was like "hisking the monkey" in a small range.

Faced with such pressing, the best way is not to continue to fall down within a small area, but to quickly transfer the football and make the troops gathered by the opponent in this local area useless.

Chu Zhongtian consciously leaned back, getting closer and closer to the central defender. He wanted to see if Fletcher and Carrick, the two midfielders, dared to follow him.

Fletcher went further, and Carrick retreated. If both of them came up, they would be empty afterwards. The other party could face Ferdinand and the others directly with just one long pass. Carrick is not stupid.

Although they did not attract everyone, they reduced the defensive player and everyone's pressure suddenly eased.

After Chu Zhongtian passed the football to Comper, he continued to run back. At the same time, he directed Comper to pass the football back to goalkeeper Hildebrand. At this time, everyone was about to run into the penalty area. Seeing Hildebrand take the ball, he stopped and turned around and moved sideways, so that he could face the attack direction without the pain of the opponent's close pressing.

Hildebran passed the football over, Chu Zhongtian passed the ball directly, and the football flew straight to the left of the frontcourt, and the deadlock was temporarily broken.

But Chu Zhongtian knew in his heart that the difficulties faced by Hoffenheim and himself were far from over. Manchester United seemed to be prepared, thinking about all the situations, and making targeted plans in advance.

This is the strength of a first-class giant... This is the strength of Manchester United, who has reached the finals for two consecutive Champions Leagues, won one championship and rang out... But because of this, it is even more wonderful to defeat them!
Chapter completed!