Chu Zhongtian hopes that his team can withstand Inter Milan's counterattack and then continue to find ways to break through Inter Milan's defense line.

But he didn't wait.

In the 18th minute, Hoffenheim's goal finally declared a loss under Inter Milan's offensive.

It was a corner kick, Sneider drove the ball into the penalty area, and Hoffenheim's goal was in chaos. Inter Milan's central defender Lucio headed the ball against Simonic. The football was saved by Hildebran, but the football was not saved from the baseline or hit the penalty area, but fell into the penalty area.

At this time, Inter Milan's Argentine scorer Diego Milito seized the opportunity and nimbled his foot to shoot. The football flew into the goal from the crowd, 1:0!

There was a huge cheer from Meacha Stadium.

Within 20 minutes of the game, Inter Milan took the lead, which was a good start.

"The ball is in! The ball is in - Diego Milito!!!" Inter Milan commentator on the scene shouted with passion. "goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!"

"Inter Milan is ahead! Milito broke the shameful record of Inter Milan's five games in three years and has not scored in a knockout match! They finally scored in the knockout stage!"

"This is a good sign. Mourinho's team looks to hope to break all the embarrassing records tonight!"

The Inter Milan players seemed very excited after scoring the goal. Obviously, they all knew those "shame records" and were full of energy to vent.

Now they get what they want.

"Hoffenheim, who played away, was in trouble. It was nearly twenty minutes before the start of the game. Their offense was unable to find the rhythm and direction, and the goal was pierced by the opponent... Hoffenheim has always been good at playing football while leading, what would their performance be like when they were led..." The German commentator was very worried about Hoffenheim.

This is the last match day of the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals. In the previous match, the other two teams from Germany won one and draw one. Bayern Munich defeated Fiorentina 2:1 at home, while Stuttgart was tied 1:1 by Barcelona at home. In the second round, Stuttgart basically has no hope of continuing to advance. Could it be that the honor of German football can only be defended by Bayern Munich in the end?

Seeing the goal, Mourinho jumped up from his seat and raised his arms to cheer.

Rangnick next to him looked annoyed.

※※ Inter Milan showed everyone watching this game another defensive counterattack - they did not crouch in their backcourt waiting for their opponent to attack, and then targeted the space behind their opponents to fight back. Their defense was very active, and Inter Milan players were actively stealing from the frontcourt to the backcourt, which made Hoffenheim players very uncomfortable. On the court, they did not have room to play freely, and the results of the game would be greatly reduced.

After leading, Inter Milan did not make a blow to attack, but continued to insist on their "defensive counterattack", relying on three midfielders to intercept and limit Chu Zhongtian. Once Hoffenheim was paralyzed, he immediately used a sharp attack to hit their key points.

Chu Zhongtian found that Inter Milan players paid great attention to the importance of fouls. Although some balls fell down by themselves, the opponent did foul, but they could not reach a yellow card.

It seems that this is what Coach Mourinho explained to them in advance... Damn, I have really been studied thoroughly by the other party!

Despite this, what else can I do? I can only continue to seek opportunities in the gap between the three people.

Chu Zhongtian doesn't believe that he can't find such an opportunity, nor does he believe that Inter Milan players can maintain that state from beginning to end in the ninety-minute high-intensity game...Wait? Ninety minutes from beginning to end?

Chu Zhongtian suddenly thought of something.

Can Inter Milan's defense always maintain this compactness and tacit understanding? Is it really OK?

He doesn't believe that there are such players and teams in the world who can make no mistakes or even no loopholes in the ninety-minute game.

If not, it must be that the pressure you put on the other party is not enough.

I was only concerned about tangling with the other party’s three low-rise midfielders, why did I forget this?

It was too narrow to only focus on three people... Chu Zhongtian continued to seek breakthroughs, and seemed to want to commit a foul, but when the opponent rushed over, he suddenly passed the ball and passed the ball to Sana's feet beside him.

Then he stopped suddenly and turned around and ran in another direction.

Mota thought he was going to continue catching the ball, so he followed him closely.

But he gestured to Sana behind him, asking him not to pass the football to himself. As for whom he passed it to, it was Sana's own business and he couldn't control it.

Otherwise, what if Chu Zhongtian recommends that Rangnick buy Sana to partner with him? The two of them have that special tacit understanding, and you can know without saying it.

When Sana saw a Mota following Chu Zhongtian, he knew that the ball could not be passed to him, so he turned around and passed the ball to Salihovic on the other side. Salihovic directly made a cross, Ibisevic almost got the ball, and Samuel took the lead and rushed out.

Corner kick!

Taking advantage of the opportunity of the dead ball, Chu Zhongtian called several teammates around him. He could not call everyone in the team next to him and gave instructions. He could only tell a few people first and then pass on it.

"We want to improve our offensive rhythm," he said to everyone. "Sorry, we didn't find the rhythm before, it was my fault. Now we are going to change this situation. My pass will be very fast, so everyone needs to cooperate with me."

"It's good!" Ibisevic shouted, clenching his fists. "It's better to suit us quickly! Needless to say, Chu, we'll adapt to fast football, ha!"

Others also agreed.

"Then let's just say that. Let's pass quickly and run quickly, and use our quick to tear their defenses open!"

Everyone agreed.

Everyone else left, but Chu Zhongtian grabbed Salihovic, and he had something to say about this corner kick.

"Sayard, don't open this ball directly in front of the goal. Their central defender has excellent air defense."

"You mean tactical corner kick?" Salihovic asked.

Chu Zhongtian nodded. "Give me the football, I will organize the attack, and we will hit them a fast attack in the 30-meter area!"

Salihovic thought Chu Zhongtian's statement was interesting, and he laughed.

He ran to the corner kick, but Chu Zhongtian did not follow him, but stood in the ribs, still a certain distance from the corner kick area - what he didn't want to do was too obvious, so that the other party could see through his intentions.

There was a crowd in front of Inter Milan's goal, and Chu Zhongtian did not go in and join in the fun. Salihovic did not pass the football there. He swept the football directly to the outside of the penalty area and landed at Chu Zhongtian's feet.

Watching the football fly towards Chu Zhongtian, Cambiaso bypassed Sana from the penalty area and ran towards Chu Zhongtian.

Chu Zhongtian saw Cambiaso and acted to hit the goal, which made Cambiaso fly over and block it. However, he suddenly hit the football and dunked the Argentine midfielder. Then, without waiting for other Inter Milan players to form a siege against him, he passed the football out again!

Instead of passing the football to the wing, he passed it straight through!

The football penetrated through the feet of two Inter Milan players in the ribs. At the same time, Hazawag penetrated diagonally and broke through Inter Milan's overall front-pressing back line!

"Beautiful anti-offside!"

"Chu finally passed a straight pass that was accurate enough!"

"Wow! Beautiful! So beautiful!" The commentators exclaimed loudly.

When Hazawag received the ball, Inter Milan players raised their hands to signal the opponent to offside, because they did not expect Hoffenheim's attack to be so fast and resolute this time.

After receiving the ball, Hazawag turned around and faced the goal, and shot directly!

The football was saved by Julio Cesar, and it was another corner kick!

"Wow! Hoffenheim finally has a chance to threaten Inter Milan's goal!"

Inter Milan fans in the stands sent a huge scream, almost thinking that their team's lead would be out of control. Azawag hugged his head with both hands, feeling sorry for missing this great opportunity.

"In the duel with Inter Milan's three midfielders, Chu Zhongtian finally won one round!" Chinese commentator He Ping valued Chu Zhongtian's personal performance.

Cambiaso stood up and looked at his somewhat embarrassed teammate Cesar, knowing that he had been fooled by Chu Zhongtian.

Football is so unfair. How many times are offensive players blocked by defensive players? The praises that defensive players deserve will not be as good as offensive players occasionally break through to the defensive players.

When Hoffenheim took the corner kick again, Cambiaso did not retreat back to the penalty area, but guarded Chu Zhongtian, who was still standing at the position he had stood before. However, this time Salihovic did not kick the football to him, but passed it directly to the goal. Van Nistruei raised the football high, and Hoffenheim's offensive ended here.

※※Although there was no goal, Chu Zhongtian and Hoffenheim's teammates gained confidence through this attack. Inter Milan's defense is not completely free of loopholes. When they face Hoffenheim who suddenly changed the rhythm, they will also have some loopholes that they would never imagine.

"That's it!" Hoffenheim players encouraged each other.

Mourinho couldn't continue to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai for the loophole that just happened in the defense. He rushed to the sidelines and was furious about the defense.

"What the hell are you doing?! Don't give him that opportunity!"

He soon discovered that it was not that their players were not defending well, but that Hoffenheim became active and they seemed to be about to find the right track.

Chu Zhongtian passed the ball as soon as he got the ball, then quickly ran, continued to receive the pass from his teammates, and then quickly passed. Not only him, but other players around him were like this - fast pass and fast run, and suddenly became active, making Inter Milan players unable to adapt for a while.

"Chu received the ball and passed it! Sana Azawag Chu Salihovic Kolarov... Chu Van Nistroy - the shot missed!"

"Chu Bustu passed the ball directly, Mota fouled him! The referee blew a whistle and suspended the game! He gave a verbal warning to Mota, but Hoffenheim players were not satisfied. They believed that Mota's foul should receive a yellow card!"

"Hoffenheim's performance suddenly improved, which was related to Chu Zhongtian's activity. Did he find a way to deal with Inter Milan's three-middle midfielder system?"

Chu Zhongtian got up from the ground. He no longer complained to the referee why he didn't give Mota a yellow card, because judging from this foul, he touched Inter Milan's sore spot.

Inter Milan has some difficulty in dealing with this kind of fast football.

In fact, Chu Zhongtian guessed the same thing. Mourinho has always regarded Barcelona as an imaginary enemy and formulated this tactic. However, Barcelona's football is still different from Hoffenheim's football. Barcelona's football focuses on scene control, has a lot of ball control, the offensive rhythm is not fast, the scene is gorgeous, full of master's style and artist's temperament. Hoffenheim's football blindly pursues fast, with a "newborn calf is not afraid of tigers", without any master's style and artist's flag, but with a worker's spirit that is not afraid of heaven and earth.

These are actually two different temperaments of football.

Hoffenheim continued to attack, and Chu Zhongtian became the target of Inter Milan's focus on defense.

In the 27th minute, someone in Inter Milan finally received a yellow card on him.

Mota once knocked down Chu Zhongtian from behind and received a yellow card.

"This is Inter Milan's first yellow card in this game and the first yellow card in this game. The referee's law enforcement in this game is a bit soft..." The German commentator complained. "Mota keeps playing Chu, and now he's just taking the cards..."

Inter Milan fans were also dissatisfied with the referee's penalty, and they felt that this yellow card should not be given. Seeing him playing cards to Mota, the stands booed. The poor referee, both sides were not pleased.

Hoffenheim's free kick was taken by Salihovic, and his direct free kick missed the goal.

Then Inter Milan launched the attack, but the football was blocked on the line between Chu Zhongtian and Sana. Sana and Chu Zhongtian joined forces to cut off Sneid's ball.

When Chu Zhongtian is on defense, his defensive ability will be shown. Facing these two people, no matter how awesome Sneider is, he can only lose.

Chu Zhongtian took the ball and led it forward. Now it is still far from the opponent's penalty area, so there is no need to pass quickly. However, his dribbling is not slow, in order to be as fast as possible.

Mota forced him up again, and just received a yellow card, which seemed to have no effect on him at all. It seems that Mourinho's order to them was to freeze himself no matter what the situation was.

Chu Zhongtian did not continue to get involved with Mota. Although he might commit another foul, it is unlikely that the referee would show the same person a yellow card in a row within such a quick time. So if you want Mota to end up, you should not think about it now.

He watched Mota push up and then divided the football to the side. Hazawag got the ball and wanted to break through.
To be continued...