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Chapter 367 Just Lack of Goals
When Rangnick walked into the stadium, he happened to see Schalke [-]'s coach Magath also appearing on the sidelines of the stadium. The two looked at each other, and immediately collided with each other violently.

Rangnick and Magath are two completely different types of head coaches. When Rangnick was still a rookie, he criticized many Bundesliga coaches for only emphasizing mental willpower and clinging to the scavenger tactics. These words made him offend most of the Bundesliga coaches, and Magath happened to be a devil-type head coach who emphasized the overall discipline and spiritual quality of the team. After Bayern failed to win the championship two seasons later, he was immediately sacked by the club - because he had angered all the main players.

Although Rangnick's words were not aimed at Magath, how could such a stubborn, grumpy and vengeful head coach like Magath laugh off his words? The guy who doesn't like it has such a good face.

Lannick also didn't have a good impression of this stubborn old guy, so after meeting with Magath, he didn't want to say anything. He just nodded to him and then turned back to his seat.

Although he showed strong self-confidence in the dressing room, he still attaches great importance to this game. Magath is indeed good at leading the team. The teams he has led often have strong tenacity. Habits are gradually changed, and it is inevitable to have labor pains during the change.

So this game is also extremely important for Magath. If he can't even enter the European arena after leading the team, then Magath's position will be in jeopardy...

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The game started, perhaps knowing that the team is not playing well this season, the Schalke players showed a completely different aura from the league. They fought with Hoffenheim in the midfield from the very beginning, and the game became intense from the very beginning.

With the exception of Rakitic, the three muscular midfielders of Schalke's midfielder rushed wildly in the midfield. The Hoffenheim midfielder, which has three technical players Marin, Salihovic and Eduardo, fell behind in terms of hardness.

Soon, Schalke relied on Rafinha's assists to create a good opportunity. This Brazilian full-back, as Rangnick said, was rumored every year that he would leave Schalke Zero Four and the Bundesliga, but every year he stayed. Although he did not gain enough fame in the national team due to the presence of Maicon and Alves, his assist ability and overall quality were really considered world-class right backs.

After receiving Rakitic's point, Rafinha threw off Salihovic's defense in a flash and went straight to the bottom line. Salihovic kept chasing after him, and Simunić also came up to meet him. It was about to form a pincer attack, but Rafinha quickly poked the ball behind him, and rushed past Simunić without stopping!
It was too late for Simunić to turn around. Fortunately, Salihovic never stopped chasing back. Under his pressure, Rafinha did not slash into the penalty area, but kicked the ball into the penalty area!
Li Jie and Kuranyi jumped up at the same time, the experienced Kuranyi was the first to get stuck, and under Li Jie's interference, he still took the lead to throw the ball on top of his head!
Hildebrand's stance was very good, he blocked the ball with one hand sideways, and Comper immediately cleared with his big foot.

The crazy shouts of the Schalke fans sounded from the stands, and the Hoffenheim fans, not to be outdone, immediately shouted in unison, shouting to fight back.

Hoffenheim did not let them down, and quickly launched a counterattack. Eduardo played continuous passes with the two wingers in the middle, and then suddenly turned around and passed the ball to Baker who came in from the right!
Although not as famous for his assist ability as Rafinha, Baker is also an excellent full-back with both offense and defense!
After receiving a beautiful pass from Eduardo, Baker rushed to the bottom line in one breath, saw the situation in the penalty area and passed the ball in!

Long Bisheng and the opposing Westerman were fighting for the position. The opponent was a standard German man, who was a little shorter than Long Bisheng, or not much shorter. Long Bisheng barely squeezed the opponent behind, then jumped up facing the ball, and hit the goal with a powerful head shake!

What he pushed out was a bouncing ball. The ball touched the ground near the small penalty area, and then quickly bounced up and flew towards the goal. Such a header is often difficult for the goalkeeper to judge.

But Neuer showed the strength of Germany's national goal. He fell to the ground extremely quickly, not as agile as a 1.9-meter big man, stretched out his hand when the ball was about to fly into the goal, and blocked the ball out of the baseline with one hand!

"Wonderful saves! At the beginning of the game, both sides had a threatening header, and the goalkeepers of both sides also made a wonderful save! Maybe this game will be a wonderful and intense battle!"

The commentator in charge of broadcasting the game shouted loudly. He has no preference for both sides of the game, but hopes to see a wonderful final-this is what most neutral fans want to see.

He was half right - the game was exciting and intense, but it wasn't necessarily a goal-to-goal battle.

After each attack in the opening game, the two sides launched a fierce competition in the midfield. In addition to the midfielders, the full-backs and forwards of both sides also continued to join the confrontation in the midfield. Within a mere 40 meters, there were players from both sides.

The two sides showed their courage and fighting spirit. Once one side breaks through the midfield, the other side will immediately return to the defense and crowd their own half. The average height of the Bundesliga team is not short. In this case, the offense of both sides cannot be played smoothly.

As soon as Eduardo controlled the ball in the midfield, the opponent's two midfielders surrounded him. In the fierce press of the opponent, Eduardo could no longer control the ball. The ball rolled to the side. Rakitic immediately got the ball, but he immediately encountered what Eduardo had just tasted - Salihovic and Gustavo came up at the same time, and the ball was destroyed again by accident.

Of course, there is no order in this kind of game. In the dense crowd, no one can control the ball for a long time. If a long pass is made to other areas that are empty, no teammates will be able to receive the ball. Slowly, the game began to shift to the side. Both sides created several good opportunities on the side.

Looking at the players who made frequent mistakes on the field, Rangnick and Magath both turned their faces. They could naturally see that their team was playing too chaotically, but they couldn't make adjustments under such circumstances, because their team was not at a disadvantage at this time, and rash adjustments would cause the team to have flaws and be caught by the opponent.

Marin received a pass from Baker on the side, and he began to break through quickly along the side. The opponent's left midfielder Englar forced up, and Marin began to break through from the side forcibly, but Engel defended very well and did not show any flaws.

Seeing that there was no way to break through smoothly, Marin could only send the ball to the feet of Long Bisheng in the middle after a feint.

Seeing Long Bisheng's action, Westerman couldn't help but stop interfering with Long Bisheng. At this moment, Long Bisheng suddenly stopped passing the ball, turned his back to the opponent and dunked the ball behind him, turned around and broke through from the opponent!
It was too late for Westerman, who had been taken the lead by Long Bisheng, to use his strength. He was pushed away by Long Bisheng abruptly, and then got stuck behind him!
Long Bisheng kept moving forward with the ball, but Westerman failed to stop him after several interferences from behind. Seeing the front of the penalty area, Long Bisheng raised his foot fiercely and shot directly from a long distance!

In an absolute straight line, the ball flew straight to the upper left corner of the goal. Neuer gritted his teeth and jumped up, punching the ball out!
The ball flew to the sideline, and was chased back by Marin when he was about to pass the line, and then passed in the first time, Ibisevic jumped up and shook his head to attack the goal at the back point!
The ball flew to the empty goal, and Neuer was still lying on the ground. Just when the Hoffenheim fans were about to cheer, Ernst, who returned to the defense, quickly hooked the ball!

Countless sighs sounded from the stands, this was the most threatening shot in the first half!
In the end, the first half ended with fierce confrontation and unsparing physical force from both players. Players from both sides showed their ability and courage on the field. No matter how harshly you look at it, this first half was an excellent and wonderful first half. What was lacking was only one goal.

(End of this chapter)