Manchester United chose to counterattack defensively, so Hoffenheim had more room in the midfield.

At this time, Ferguson no longer cared whether he would continue to curb Chu Zhongtian in the midfield. Now Manchester United's strategy is to defend the 30-meter area to make the opponent unable to easily penetrate the defense line, and then wait for an opportunity to counterattack. If you press it out to grab Chu Zhongtian, it is easy to mess up your defensive formation. The essence of this defense is to give up the ball to ensure that the three lines remain compact and the formation is intact, so that there will be fewer loopholes in the defense.

For Chu Zhongtian, although he has more freedom in the midfield, he has to face a defense like a wall. If the opponent keeps the formation intact and compact, then there will be more opportunities for offense, and you will find that there are people everywhere and football will be difficult to cross.

So he couldn't stay outside the opponent's 30-meter defense zone. He seemed to be trying hard to find an opportunity to pass the ball, but was doing useless work. He had to get closer to the opponent's penalty area and closer to the opponent's goal, and suddenly inserted to disrupt the opponent's defense line so that they could not continue to maintain their formation and thus find opportunities for their attack.

He made a gesture to Sana-I want to go further.

Sana waved his hand—Go, I'm behind you.

Salihovic couldn't find a suitable crossing opportunity on the wing, and there were people in front of the goal. If he passed the football in, he would definitely be criticized by Chu Zhongtian after the game, because it would not have any effect and would just waste attack opportunities again and again. So he passed the football to the middle.

Chu Zhongtian ran towards the football, and Fletcher followed him tightly.

Chu Zhongtian did not stop the ball, but instead directly used his left foot to pass the ball to Sana behind him while running. This is the most commonly used method of passing by Chu Zhongtian in recent times. He did not observe where his teammates were, nor did he stop the ball to adjust, but instead passed the ball along with the power of the pass.

Unless you can snatch the football from him in advance, wait for the foul. Fletcher first received a yellow card because of a foul against Chu Zhongtian who passed the ball. Now he is more careful in defense. Usually he just follows and doesn't rush to play. Anyway, Chu Zhongtian's passes are often just backward or to the two sides, which is not the area he is responsible for. He only firmly follows what Ferguson said, control the middle and guard the middle, and that's all.

After passing the ball, Chu Zhongtian went around and ran back. Sana had already divided the football to the other side.

On that side, Baker came up. Baker finally decided to force a cross, and the football hit the defender Evra who was defending him and bounced out.

The game has been going on at a certain rhythm before. This forced pass failure has added some sudden changes to the established rhythm. Manchester United's defensive formation has changed. They no longer just shrank in the penalty area, but are planning to wait for an opportunity to counterattack - Ferguson's tactics are originally defensive counterattacks, and they cannot just defend and not counterattack.

So after Evra blocked the football, Manchester United's offensive players rushed out and planned to take this opportunity to launch a counterattack.

After passing the ball to Baker, Sana consciously leaned over there. When Evra blocked the ball, he rushed to the football as soon as possible. Then he poked the football before Obetan.

Obetan raised his arm high and signaled the other party to pedal, but the referee ignored it.

Sana had no time to adjust football. He knew that this was Hoffenheim's opportunity, so he directly picked the football in the air to Chu Zhongtian.

Fletcher saw the ball flying over and rushed forward.

Chu Zhongtian still did not stop the ball. This time he faced the attack direction, dragging his right foot behind and stretching his left foot forward, like a normal running posture. But the football flew over at this time and happened to hit the inside of his left foot. His ankle slightly tilted, and the football changed its line and flew forward!

Fletcher did not expect Chu Zhongtian to pass the football directly under such a difficult situation. He did not make any blocking moves and let the football fly past him!

"Oh! Beautiful!"

Chu Zhongtian did not pass the ball directly to the penalty area and got the most crowded people in the middle, but instead turned slightly to the right. Obasi received the ball in the penalty area and then shot directly!

The football was saved by Kutssack! Ferdinand pushed the football out of the bottom line under the pressure of Van Nistruei.

"Don't give him a chance!" Vidic said to Fletcher who rushed back to defend. "He" did not refer to Obasi who shot, but Chu Zhongtian.

Fletcher spread his hands: "I've rushed up to defend quickly enough, why don't I give him a chance? The problem is that pass... I really didn't expect it!"

Vidic admitted that when he saw this pass at the center back position, his first thought in his mind was "How can he pass the ball like this?" He knew how heavy Fletcher's defensive task was, so he did not continue to get entangled, but just pulled LaFletcher to make him pay attention to the defense.

And what about him? He stood beside Chu Zhongtian. It was not that he deliberately wanted to challenge Chu Zhongtian, but in corner kick defense, head coach Ferguson gave him the task to prevent Chu Zhongtian from heading the ball. Information and videos show that this Chinese player has excellent heading ability and has recorded many headings in the league.

However, this time the corner kick was not sent to Chu Zhongtian, but went directly to the back point. Comper, who was ambushing the back point, jumping up and rushing to the top, intending to make up for the mistake, but unfortunately his header was slightly off and the football hit the side net.

※※※The pass that made the corner kick just now, Chu Zhongtian was at the top of the penalty area. But Chu Zhongtian felt that it was not enough and should have taken a step closer.

The concept of free man is to insert from the back, so that one side has one more person than the opponent when attacking, and he is freer than other teammates, so he is called free man. However, with the prevalence of regional defense, the "suddenly extra one" advantage of free man in offense has disappeared, so free man gradually lost the soil for survival.

However, Chu Zhongtian's understanding is different. Free men should not be limited to this degree of "freedom". The opponent's defense line is very tight, the formation is complete, and the advancement and retreat are well-founded. He has to take on the responsibility of the free men. Suddenly, he uses passing or dribbling the ball to disrupt their defensive formation, causing them to fall into a brief panic, even if it is only a second, he can still seize the opportunity.

His freedom is true freedom. As an opponent, you don’t want to guess what he wants to do next.

When Hoffenheim attacked, Chu Zhongtian began to cruise outside the 30-meter area, running left and right, supporting his teammates. When he thought the time had come, he would suddenly step forward, use a pass or simply use a ball to drive the ball into the ground and forcefully break through. Even if he could not successfully break in, he would create a free kick for Salihovic to score.

Fletcher and Carrick stared at Chu Zhongtian.

The football was passed to Chu Zhongtian. This time Carrick rushed up, while Fletcher was guarding the back, preparing to cut off his pass. Fletcher quickly looked back at the position of the opponent's player behind him, so as to judge which side Chu Zhongtian would pass the ball to. Judging from his position, passing to Obasi may be the most convenient thing... So he got stuck before Obasi and Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian did not pass the ball to Obasi, but instead knocked the ball to Van Nistruei who was retreating and responding to him, and then he rushed into the penalty area. Carrick rushed to Van Nie, intending to intercept the ball with Vidic, while Fletcher went to intercept Chu Zhongtian. With such an obvious two-pass and one-on-one cooperation, how could he let it go?

Van Nistrui indeed passed the ball over. Fletcher was about to intercept the ball, but when his eyes followed the ball, he also saw the white line under his feet - Chu Zhongtian and Football were in the penalty area... If he kicked this, the opponent would fall down, but it would be a penalty... You must know that the referee gave Manchester United a penalty just now, so he would not be able to find balance in the subsequent game.

Thinking of this, Fletcher did not intercept the ball, but leaned on it. He wanted to interfere with Chu Zhongtian, so that he would lose his accuracy regardless of whether he shot or passed the ball.

He pressed his entire weight on his body. In fact, this was a very dangerous defensive move, because in this way he lost all the center of gravity himself. As long as the opponent had other moves, he would have no choice.

Chu Zhongtian did not change his moves. He really wanted to pass the ball. Fletcher pressed on him, causing him to stagger and feel a little unstable. The center of gravity was slightly forward, but the football fell behind.

From this point of view, Fletcher's defense was successful.

But in such a difficult situation, Chu Zhongtian quickly picked the ball with his right foot and passed the ball horizontally to the left of the goal!

"Pass! Ibisevic!!"

Chu Zhongtian passed the ball too secretly and too fast. Ibissevic never expected that he thought Chu Zhongtian would shoot by himself. So when he watched the football pass, he rushed out and shot, and could only choose to fall to the ground and shoot. The football hit his toes and directly missed the goal... "What a pity! Hoffenheim has won such good opportunities in a row, but neither Obasi nor Ibissevic have seized it!"

Seeing this scene, Rangnick jumped up from the court with his head in his arms. He also felt sorry.

Ferguson was very angry and roared into the field.

He thought his defense was very tightly organized, but he didn't expect that Chu Zhongtian could still send a deadly pass desperately under such an opportunity. The advantage of this kid being excited when he played in a critical game was at this time, but Ferguson couldn't praise him at this time.

Because Chu Zhongtian pushed his position up, and while pushing Salihovic to the sideline, he also brought himself closer to the penalty area and goal, he couldn't even make a foul at this time. If he was not careful, it might be a penalty kick, and even if it was not a penalty kick, it was a very, very dangerous free kick. There was also a free kick master like Salihovic in their team.

Chu Zhongtian only took a small step, but it seemed like a fishbone stuck in Manchester United's throat, making them very uncomfortable and powerless.

This is a small step for Chu Zhongtian, but it is likely to be a big step for Hoffenheim to take further in the Champions League.

※※※Twice in a row, sending the football to dangerous areas, which greatly boosted Chu Zhongtian's confidence, which shows that Manchester United's defense is not a solid piece, although it seems.

Another sign that is beneficial to him is that because of his past passes, Manchester United players will first defend their passes in dangerous areas, rather than shooting... A player who can pass the ball and shoot by himself is difficult to defend.

※※※"Chu's performance is so fucking beautiful!" In the bar, everyone was cheering for Chu Zhongtian's wonderful performance during this period.

"He is really more mature and powerful than before..."

"I think of him playing football here now, and I think that's an illusion!"

"Ha ha!"

"Come on! Chu! You are from our 'crazy gang'!"

The Hoffenheim fans in the Rhine-Neka stands also saw hope because of Chu Zhongtian's active performance, and their shouts for cheering for the team became louder. The voices of Manchester United fans were completely suppressed by them, and they were all singing. The singing of more than 5,000 people must not be as good as the voices of more than 24,000 people.

When they sang "Occurrence, Attack, Attack Blood will always flow", they turned into roars, and 25,000 people together made the strongest sound, with amazing momentum.

"attack!"

"attack!!"

"The blood of the attack--the blood--forever flows!!"

Amid their voices, Hoffenheim beat Manchester United to play. It is now the 75th minute, and they must score a goal within the remaining fifteen minutes to ensure qualifying.

Chu Zhongtian thought more. What he wanted was not a draw, but a victory. In the match with European giants, two draws could not satisfy him, and he hoped to win. It was like a coming-of-age ceremony. As long as you defeat Manchester United, the whole team could gain great confidence and courage. How did the wealthy families develop? Isn’t it just to gradually accumulate confidence and domineering by defeating one strong enemy after another?

Hoffenheim is not a wealthy family now, and will not become a wealthy family in the next few years, but they can start to become a wealthy family from now on. No money? We have the German richest man Dietma Hope. No market? We have the Rhine-Neka region with the "strongest economic strength in the whole Europe" (evaluation of the EU Regional Policy Ministerial Conference at the end of April 2005). The most important thing is the results. No matter how much money you have or how good you have to develop, you cannot become a wealthy family. The results cannot be based on the weak team. You can win a team of 100 to 100 times and 100:0 in 100. The wealthy family must be able to fight tough battles, and fighting against strong enemies can improve their performance and temperament. Any wealthy family is full of corpses of strong enemies on the road to growth.

So, win!

※※In the 77th minute, Chu Zhongtian made a comeback, and Manchester United set up a defense in time to wait.

With the strong advantage in front of Chu Zhongtian, Manchester United has improved their alert level after his sharp passes. Moreover, they no longer just shrank within the 30-meter area to defend, but have slightly expanded their defense zone, so that they will not be able to get close to Manchester United's penalty area and goal so easily.

Chu Zhongtian wanted to take a step forward, so Manchester United pushed him back.

When Chu Zhongtian was six or seven meters away from the top of the penalty area, Rooney rushed up to defend him.

Chu Zhongtian did not continue to control the ball, but passed the football to Salihovic who was close to him. Salihovic also faced strict control from the opponent. He did not pass the football to Chu Zhongtian, but to Sana behind them.

As mentioned before, no matter where Chu Zhongtian is, Sana is always behind him.

Sana made a straight pass after receiving the ball!

But his pass target was not Chu Zhongtian, but Ibisevic who retreated to receive the ball!

Hoffenheim's attack does not seem to be centered on Chu Zhongtian.

But Ibisevic's back-to-back pass quickly dispelled everyone's doubts. He turned his back to the attacking direction and used his outer instep to Chu Zhongtian's feet who had already been inserted forward to the edge of the penalty area.

There is a defender Park Ji-sung in front of Chu Zhongtian. Vidic did not come here as soon as possible because he also had to defend Van Nistruei who was also plugging into the penalty area. This experienced shooter has a great sense of grabbing points in front of the goal. If Chu Zhongtian wants to pass the ball, Van Nistruei will definitely be his passing point.

Facing Park Ji-sung alone, Chu Jung-jin did not stop the ball, but led it in. Park Ji-sung turned around and ran in. Chu Jung-jin made a move to shoot directly with his left foot, but suddenly hit the ball, and dunked from his left foot to his right foot. He did not stop at the angle, swung his right foot and shot on the spot!

Park Ji-sung's reaction was also fast enough. When Chu Zhongtian saw the spike, he braked and rushed back. When Chu Zhongtian shot, he just stretched out his legs to block it.

The football hit his blocking foot, causing a less obvious change of line. The general direction of the football did not change, but was just a little more outward. It was this one that was more outward, allowing the football to fly over Kutssack's fingertips and headed towards the far post.

As a goalkeeper, Kutssack could not leave the football. Park Ji-sung also turned his head to look at the football after completing the defense. There were also other Manchester United players who didn't care about the Hoffenheim players around him at this time, and they were all staring at the football flying towards the goal.

Everyone's eyes were attracted by the football in the air at this moment.

The commentator shouted in a lengthened voice: "Chu...shot——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The football hit the inside of the far post and then fell to the inside of the goal line... "————————— The ball entered!!!"

Kutssak fell to the ground and punched him. Park Ji-sung opened his mouth wide, opened his eyes wide, and his expression was horrified and desperate.

"Grading 2:2! Hoffenheim regained the initiative, and they had the lead in qualifying in the group!"

But more people were cheering for Chu Zhongtian.

"Chu Zhongtian's goal! His second goal in the Champions League! The opponent is Manchester United again!"

"Beautiful cooperation, beautiful goal! Chu's performance is amazing!"

"Ohhh! Chu! He pulled Hoffenheim back from the edge of the cliff, but kicked Manchester United down!"

Hoffenheim's teammates were all about to pounce on Chu Zhongtian to celebrate the goal, but saw him rushing into Manchester United's goal with a big waist, then pick up the football, turned around and ran to the center circle.

Seeing a large group of teammates with a little surprised expression in front of him, he clenched his fists and waved at them: "The game is not over yet, I want to win!"
Chapter completed!