Chapter 246 The first lead
Di Maria stood on the sidelines, twisting her body constantly, making the final warm-up. The fourth official was holding an electronic display card in his hand, preparing to substitute people.
But so far, there has been no dead ball in the game on the court. He still has to wait.
His teammates wouldn't have deliberately kicked football out of the sideline in order to get him on the court. They wouldn't have done so unless it was very necessary. Hoffenheim's players were even more unlikely to let football out of bounds and let Real Madrid complete this substitution. They all knew Di Maria's threat and knew what Di Maria would do to them after coming up. They even wanted the game to go like this until the end, and there was no dead ball... Of course, this was impossible.
The football was passed to Alonso again, and Sana almost arrived with the football. When Alonso received the football, Sana also bumped from behind. A reasonable collision did not allow Alonso to fall to the ground or lose control of the football, but it could prevent him from controlling the ball smoothly. He had to adjust, which caused him to control the ball for a while, giving Sana and Chu Zhongtian the opportunity to "crow" him.
When Chu Zhongtian saw Sana bumping into him, he clenched his fists - this time it was a good hit!
Before he could praise Sana again, he threw Ozil beside him and rushed up.
Ozil looked at Chu Zhongtian's back in surprise - he wasn't afraid that he would go up, did Alonso pass the football to himself?
Alonso was almost lost balance by Sana. In order not to let himself lose the ball, he tried hard to control the football. At the same time, he turned a god and continued to block Sana - he thought it was Sana who was coming to cut off his ball... He finally controlled the football. He raised his head and was about to observe the situation of his teammates at the distance. It was not his teammates or green fields, but a black ball!
Chu Zhongtian had already arrived in front of Alonso with a lightning speed. He did not look at Alonso's shocked expression on his face, but lowered his head and stared at the football under his feet.
Alonso was obviously confused by this sudden situation. His feet were a little confused. He originally planned to pull the football back, but he stretched out his foot but stabbed the football!
He didn't pull the football back, but he stabbed it out!
This is Chu Zhongtian’s opportunity!
He shook Alonso away and rushed towards the football that was stabbed by Alonso, just like a hungry tiger pounced on food.
Only then did Alonso see clearly who the black shadow was in the pattern - the huge back number "8" behind him and the capitalized name "chu" above the number.
It's Chu Zhongtian!
"It's Chu! He appeared next to Alonso very quickly and he cut the ball!"
The commentator became excited.
Because after Real Madrid handed over the football to Alonso, they were in a stage where they turned from defense to offense and had just turned over, their defense was empty, with only two central defenders Albiol and Ramos at the back, and both full-backs Aberoa and Marcelo had already pushed up. Marcelo almost pressed to the winger position, while Aberoa was a little better, only a little in front of the center line.
At this time, seeing Alonso concede the ball, Real Madrid players hurriedly returned to defense. Needless to say, the two full-backs, Aberoa and Marcelo, had to return to defense with all their strength. Ramos faced Chu Zhongtian, trying to force him to walk to the side or slow down, so he simply stopped. He didn't care about the Hoffenheim striker behind him. Of course, who took the ball and threatened the most when defending.
As for Albiol, he chose to go with one of Hoffenheim's strikers. If he also rushed to defend Chu Zhongtian, he could be sure that Chu Zhongtian would immediately fly the ball into the gap behind him, so that Ibissevic or Obasi had the opportunity to face goalkeeper Casillas alone. Although Casillas's level of saving a single shot is very high, he can't trust him so much... Chu Zhongtian is not the Hoffenheim player in the front. There are Ibissevic and Obasii, who did not have time to return to defense. However, Salihovic and Quaresma performed quite actively in the return to defense.
So now he, Ibisevic and Obasi form an inverted triangle.
Ibissevic has known Chu Zhongtian since he was at Metz, and what should he do until this time? Obasi and Chu Zhongtian have played in Hoffenheim for two years and have known this captain's habits for a long time. Seeing him grabbing the ball, the two of them pulled each other tacitly, Ibissevic went left and Obasi went right.
Albiol took a look and decided to go with Obasi. As for Ibissevic... Aberoa was quickly returning to defense. Ibissevic who had pulled to the right and handed it over to right back Aberoa... Chu Zhongtian did not want to fight Ramos to the death in the midfield. He saw the two forwards cooperated with him to pull the run and passed the ball to Ibissevic, who was temporarily unmarked.
After passing the ball, Chu Zhongtian stepped forward in a straight line. This was obviously a situation where he had to cooperate with two passes and one hit the wall.
So Ramos did not go to Ibisevic, but continued to follow Chu Zhongtian.
Anyway, Ibisevic pulled to the side and couldn't shoot directly. If he couldn't shoot directly, the threat would be much smaller. What else was he worried about?
But Ibissevic did not pass the football to Chu Zhongtian, but turned it to the middle - Didn’t Ramos think that the threat was small on the side? Ibissevic took the initiative to come to the middle. Is the threat big now? Are you guarding or not?
When Ramos saw that Ibisevic was actually heading towards the middle and was about to enter the penalty area from the middle, he hurriedly threw Chu Zhongtian down and rushed towards Ibisevic. What should I do? Leave it to Abeloa who returned to defense!
"Oh oh! This is Hoffenheim's quick counterattack! The Real Madrid players had not had time to return to defense and they had already hit the front of the penalty area!"
The commentator was excited, and the fans at the scene were also excited. They stood up from their seats, raised their arms, and shouted: "Hoffenheim! Hoffenheim!"
On the sidelines, the head coaches of both sides left their actions and stared at the field.
Even Di Maria, who was standing on the sidelines waiting to be replaced, didn't bother to warm up at this time, staring at his penalty area and stopped moving.
Ibisevic did not continue to dribble the ball, nor did he take a shot. When he saw Ramos running towards him, he passed the football back to Chu Zhongtian!
"Chu received the ball again!"
Chu Zhongtian took the ball sideways and took the opportunity to pass the football. At the same time, he turned around and faced the goal!
Are you going to shoot?
Everyone thinks so. This season, Chu Zhongtian has a strong desire to shoot and feels good. He has already scored eight goals in the league and has four goals in the Champions League. So in front of the goal, when he receives the ball, everyone believes in the fact that he will shoot.
There are also Hoffenheim fans shouting: "Shot, Chu! Shooting--"
Casillas quickly adjusted his position, rushed towards Chu Zhongtian from the goal, blocking his shooting angle. Ramos turned around and ran towards Chu Zhongtian - he was like a "monkey" who was being teased... At the same time, Ibisevic, who had passed the ball, decisively inserted into the penalty area and ran towards the middle of the goal.
Albiol was originally defending Obasi. When he saw Ibisek rushing up, he hesitated for a moment and rushed towards Ibisek... Chu Zhongtian kept looking down at the football, adjusting the football, and did not look up to observe the situation around him. But just as Albiol moved, Chu Zhongtian also hit the football.
But it's not a shot, but... a pass!
The football flew past Casillas, who flew over the heads of Ramos and Albiol. Then it fell to the feet of Obasi at the back point of the goal... "Shoot... pass! He passes... Obasi! Obasi received the ball!"
What Obasi had to do was simple, he raised his foot and stopped the ball.
Albiol began to turn around.
Casillas, who was lying on the ground, was getting up with his hands on his feet.
Ramos looked back at Obasi.
Alonso, Diyala, and Marcelo all broke into the penalty area.
The football hit the inside of Aubasi's right foot and fell obediently.
Albiol completed the turn.
Casillas climbed up from the ground and was rushing into the middle of the goal.
Ramos still turned his head to look at Obasi. He was tricked by Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic for several such short-distance back-and-forth passes, and he had no strength to run back again.
Alonso, Diyala and Marcelo had already rushed to the penalty spot. They were not far from Obasi, but at this time, even if there was only one step, it was the end of the world... Obasi put down his right foot and did not hit the ground, but pushed it directly with his inner instep... Casillas kicked out his right foot, his body soared into the air, and rushed over.
Now there is only the matchup between goalkeeper and football, and everyone else has given up.
In the end, the football was slightly better. Casillas rushed over, but the football flew into the goal ahead of him.
With a "boom", Rhine Neka exploded!
“goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!”
"In the 71st minute, Hoffenheim scored, 2:1!!"
Obasi watched the football fly into the goal, and then Casillas arrived. He made sure the ball had entered, then opened his mouth and arms and rushed towards Chu Zhongtian who assisted him.
After Chu Zhongtian passed the ball, he kept watching here. He had already achieved the ultimate passer. This ball was basically facing an empty goal, and it was more difficult to score than to score.
As long as Obasi doesn't exert too much force, he can roll into the goal with a slight push.
As expected, Obasi did not disappoint him. He raised his arms and was about to cheer, but he saw Obasi approaching him. The 1.89-meter-old man shouted at him and then jumped up suddenly. He hugged him with his raised hands.
Ibisevic rushed up too.
Just behind the goal of Real Madrid is the stand where Hoffenheim's most die-hard fans gather. When Obasi scored the football into Real Madrid's goal, they all raised their arms and jumped up.
"Long live! Hoffenheim! Long live! Hoffenheim!!"
※※※"Ahhh...ah! This is really wonderful! In the 71st minute, Hoffenheim used a midfield steal, interrupted the ball and launched a fast break directly, and finally Obasi scored the ball! Hoffenheim led the game for the first time! They were leading a team like Real Madrid! The leading was Mourinho's Real Madrid!"
"Obasi! Obasi! His first goal in the Champions League this season! This is so critical! But what's more important is Chu's wonderful performance before this! He completely attracted Real Madrid's defender, he deceived everyone, and he was such a beautiful pass!"
"When Alonso concedes the ball, he lacks support... Perhaps Alonso and his teammates didn't expect Chu to be so fast and could appear next to him immediately... This is a contest between two midfield cores, Chu won!"
"Beautiful! Beautiful! Ninety percent of the credit for this goal should be remembered by Chu Zhongtian! If it weren't for his counter-attack in the midfield, if it weren't for the series of back and forth transmissions between him and Ibissevic that attracted the attention of Real Madrid players, how could Obasi have such an easy shooting opportunity? I remember Van Nistrui once said: As Chu Zhongtian's teammate, shooting is a very simple thing. When he passes the ball, he will always consider your needs and send the football comfortably to the front. What you have to do is very simple. Whether it is with your head or with your hands, just hit the football in... Obasi's goal explains Van Nistrui's words to us very well!"
The Rhine-Neka Stadium became a sea of joy. Cheers first rang out from Koniriya and the other stands, and then quickly spread throughout the stadium. The stands on all sides were filled with Hoffenheim fans waving their arms and cheering.
Rangnick, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help but feel excited, rushed into the field and ran for a while before coming back. As soon as he came back, he was hugged by assistant coaches Marich and Caidler.
"We are ahead! We are ahead of them!"
Hoffenheim's substitutes and coaches cheered loudly. Although the game is not over, the moment looks like they have won the game.
It makes sense that they are so happy. On the one hand, they lead Real Madrid in a favorable situation. On the other hand, it is because this is their first lead to Real Madrid. At the Bernabeu, they fell behind twice in the game and tied twice, and eventually lost to the powerful Real Madrid and lost to the 2:3 score.
Now that I have returned to my home court, Real Madrid is still the first to score. They then equalized the score, and it was the first time they were leading Real Madrid... This gave them great confidence.
Make them ecstatic.
※※※ Mourinho no longer threw things. He spread his hands and turned around and complained to his assistants: "This is so lost..."
He didn't know what to say. Anyway, he was very depressed. Chu Zhongtian was simply his nemesis. He could meet him in Inter Milan and Real Madrid, and would cause great trouble to himself. This kid, it wasn't just because I had a fight with him and I've been thinking about it until now, right? Anyway, he was extremely excited when he hit the team he led... Casillas got up from the ground, picked up the football on the ground, and kicked it out in anger.
The teammates around him shook their heads helplessly.
Before the game, they were thinking about the Spanish national derby with Barcelona next Monday. Now, all national derby, the war of the century, has been thrown out by them. If they lose this game, they will become the target of Barcelona's ridicule, and before the national derby, they will be at a psychological disadvantage.
So you can't lose this game anyway!
Their unbeaten record from the beginning of the warm-up match to the present cannot be ended in this German countryside!
Cristiano Ronaldo shouted at his teammates, signaling them to bring the football over quickly and get the kickoff.
When Real Madrid was tied, he was not so anxious. At that time, there was still some game time that he could take his time. But now it is already 71 minutes, and it is only nineteen minutes, and they must score at least one goal. Therefore, they must hurry up.
Ronaldo was also anxious.
The Hoffenheim players celebrated a little longer, and they were like the referee indicating whether they should interfere?
The referee went up and pulled the Hoffenheim player in the carnival, saying that it was time for them to go back and don't waste time here, otherwise he wouldn't mind giving a yellow card.
None of the Hoffenheim players want to get yellow cards at this time.
They all returned to their positions, and Real Madrid players had already placed the football in the middle circle and waited.
The referee whistle sounded and the game started again.
Hoffenheim plays with a 2:1 advantage. As long as they hold on to the score for more than 20 minutes, they will win. They will become the first team to defeat Mourinho this season, which is an amazing result! Before the national derby, everyone believed that the task of defeating Real Madrid can only be placed on Guardiola's Barcelona. But now, they have hope to defeat Real Madrid earlier than Barcelona!
And if they beat Real Madrid, the last round of the group's league would lose suspense...※※At Ausselle's home court, AC Milan players heard the news from Sinsheim - Hoffenheim reversed 2:1 and led Real Madrid!
This news is definitely a bolt from the blue for them.
There was a booing sound in AC Milan in the stands.
They can't see the game over there, but it doesn't prevent them from thinking that Mourinho is interested in letting go. Mourinho once coached Inter Milan for two seasons and was originally AC Milan's mortal enemy. He has every reason to let Hoffenheim go to such an important game and "walking out" AC Milan.
"We should complain to UEFA! Complaint to Real Madrid's immoral behavior!"
"I had a good impression of Real Madrid, but now I think they are so disgusting! I hope they lose 0:8 in the match against Barcelona! Then that Portuguese can get out of here!!"
"That despicable, shameless and shameless Portuguese clown!" Many AC Milan fans booed and scolded in the stands.
Chapter completed!