After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 241 The bus torn down and the tortoise trampled to death

The news of Hamburg's four-game winning streak in the Champions League group stage came back to Germany, and the most upset was Leverkusen's head coach Hyypia.

He is the person who is most often compared with Pan Yi recently!
And people, what they are most afraid of is comparison.

People are more than people, and people are pissed off.

Compared with Hamburg's death group, Leverkusen's Champions League Group A is actually not so easy to play.

Premier League giants Manchester United, Ukraine's Shakhtar Donetsk, and La Liga's Royal Triad.

海皮亚的球队在前四轮比赛中表现也算不错，除了第一轮在老特拉福德球场以2：4败给曼联外，他们在随后的比赛中以2：1击败皇家社会，4：0主场轻取顿涅茨克矿工，然后再前往冰天雪地的乌克兰客场0：0逼平了对手。

The record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss also allows Leverkusen to cling to the group leader Manchester United, and there is a great chance to qualify.

Originally, such a result is already considered acceptable, but the problem is that the performance of Hamburg in the same period is really excellent!

They actually qualified two rounds ahead of schedule in the group of death!
Therefore, when the German media reported on the news that Hamburg qualified in the death group, they often brought a few diss Leverkusen words, which made Hyypia feel a burst of irritability.

"Leverkusen's team foundation is much better than that of Hamburg, but this season, under the leadership of Pan Yi, Hamburg has played football beyond this era."

"Hyypia in the player era once won the Champions League, but it is obvious that his talent in coaching is far inferior to that amateur player from Longguo."

"It seems that Leverkusen's performance in the Champions League is not as good as that of Hamburg. And Hyypia, who is suffering from locker room problems, can give Pan Yi enough counterattack in the Bundesliga?"

That's right, in the 12th round of the Bundesliga, Leverkusen is about to face Hamburg head-on!

They are now 6 points behind Hamburg. In fact, if they can win their opponents at home, they still hope to take this opportunity to return to the championship.

"I have watched Hamburg's recent games. They are indeed a difficult opponent. The frontcourt is aggressive, the midfielder is creative, the backcourt is solid and has good assists..."

In Leverkusen's director's office, sports director Rudy Wöhler is discussing countermeasures with head coach Hyypia.

Wöhler was a well-known German international striker in the player era. He represented the German team in three World Cups and three European Cups, and helped the Federal German national team win the 1990 World Cup.

In this World Cup, what impressed Wöller the most was not the sharp striker formed by him and Klinsmann.

But in the strong duel with the Dutch team, Völler and Rijkaard of the other side clashed and both were sent off after spitting at each other.

Some people claim that this "offset" is actually beneficial to the West German team. Wöhler sacrificed himself, competed for the offensive and defensive hub of the opponent's midfield, and destroyed the complete Dutch Three Musketeers.

Therefore, Wöhler has to remember the West German team's championship!
And he also became the head coach after retiring, and led the German team to win the 2002 World Cup runner-up.

Yes, it was the German team that was defeated by Afutou Ronaldo.

Although he is now an executive of Leverkusen, he will still chat with the coach Hyypia, who has just become a regular this season, about team tactics.

"It's not surprising that their players have played well after a year of running-in." Hypia shook his head, "But in the case of third-line combat, their players can always be guaranteed to be in a very good state. It's not easy."

Worrall nodded, agreeing with Hypia's words.

Anyone who has played professional football or coached professional football knows that it is very difficult to maintain a player's state at a high level.

Just like Leverkusen now, Kiesling, the Bundesliga golden boot who performed well last season, has fallen into a slump, and there have been several games without scoring goals.

Therefore, Hypia decided to put Kisling on the bench in the last round of the game. As a result, the ball still did not win, and the players had objections.

This is also because apart from Kisling, Leverkusen really doesn't have any good strikers now.

During Xia Chuang, Hyypia fell in love with Sun Xingmin of Hamburg, but as the director, Wöhler asked Pan Yi for a few times but was ruthlessly rejected.

Although there is indeed a relationship between direct competitors, after all, the transaction has not been completed, which has objectively caused Leverkusen's current status quo, so no matter whether it is Hyypia or Worrall, there are still some difficulties for Pan Yi. Very resentful.

"Last season Hamburg held us down and took second place. I really thought it was just an accident." Wöhler said, "This season they will be distracted by the Champions League, and they are still in the death group. I thought they After being squeezed in the Champions League, it will affect the performance of the Bundesliga, I didn't expect..."

Everyone has seen the reality. Hamburg is now making great strides in the third-line battlefield and has achieved jaw-dropping results.

So for this point, Worrell can only accept it besides accepting it.

"They were able to break through in the group of death, largely because their opponents played unconservatively, so they fell behind in the attack against Hamburg." Hyypia analyzed, "They played the most difficult game. A game, but it was an away game against Ajax. At that time, De Boer resolutely played a defensive counterattack, so that Hamburg could not find a gap in attack."

Waller raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean, have you found a way to deal with them?"

Hyypia nodded: "Yes, that is to deploy a targeted and intensive defense, use the switch between 4 backs and 5 backs to suppress the advance of Hamburg's frontcourt, and then patiently look for opportunities."

"But we are home..." Worrell hesitated.

Leverkusen fans are also famous in Germany for their enthusiasm. They often hope that the team can tear apart the opponent's defense with a sharp attack.

If the bus is placed in front of the home fans, it will definitely cause some dissatisfaction.

"Winning is the last word." Hypia said, "We are a little bit weak now, and this style of play can just make use of our strengths and avoid weaknesses. As long as we can win Hamburg and continue to maintain our competitiveness against the championship, the fans will definitely not say anything .”

Worrall nodded slightly: "You're right. As long as you can win a hard bone like Hamburg, it's too late for the fans to be happy. It's just that you are really sure..."

Hyypia gritted his teeth again, and said harshly: "You can rest assured and wait, we will make Pan Yi and his burger look good at the Bayer Arena!"

……

November 11, Bayer-Arena.

In the 12th round of the Bundesliga, Hamburg challenged Leverkusen away.

When the players of the two teams were brought into the field by the referee, the entire Bayer Arena was boiling crazily.

If it was two years ago, such a duel would never have attracted such attention from Leverkusen fans.

They only have Bayern and Dortmund in their eyes!

But all that changed last season.

In front of Leverkusen, in addition to Bayern and Dortmund, there is another burger!
And it was the emergence of this Hamburg that forced Leverkusen to the fourth place in the league, forcing them to play in the Champions League play-offs.

This play-off was also extremely dangerous.

In the face of the Greek team Thessaloniki, Leverkusen was tied 1:1 at home, and then narrowly beat the opponent 3:2 away, barely squeezed into the Champions League.

So Leverkusen fans have an inexplicable hostility towards Hamburg.

This is like a student who had been taking the No. 3 exam in the class, but suddenly a transfer student who studied well came and squeezed himself to the fourth position, and since then he has missed the podium.

Coupled with the fact that Hamburg's performance this season is better than last season's. When I came to the Bayer Arena today, I came as the number one in the Bundesliga. Of course, Leverkusen fans are more eager for their home team to beat Hamburg!

And Leverkusen head coach Hyypia also made harsh words at the press conference before the game, to beat Hamburg at home, proving that Leverkusen still has the strength to win the championship!

Compared with Hypia's high-profile before the game, Pan Yi seemed to be much lower-key.

He just said some official polite words that he would say at the press conference, such as "will take the opponent seriously", "Leverkusen is a worthy opponent", "we will go all out" and so on.

The only valuable speech is that Pan Yi said that even in the away game, Hamburg will stick to its own style of play, that is, use offense to suppress the opponent as much as possible, and then score goals.

A reporter asked Pan Yi what kind of play he thought his opponent Leverkusen would adopt. He laughed and said:
"You have to ask Hyypia about this. But no matter how he plays, our established tactics will not change."

……

After the game started, everyone found out that what Pan Yi said was true.

He has a 433 main lineup, and the starting players are all in the best state at present.

Forwards: Sun Xingmin, Vardy, Salah.

Midfield: Kante, Casemiro, De Bruyne.

Defenders: Robertson, Rudiger, Van Dijk, Carvajal.

Goalkeeper: Keylor Navas.

Compared with the ecstasy formation that he often played last season, Pan Yi has obviously become a lot more "honest" this season.

And this also proves the growth of Hamburg's strength this season.

Pan Yi no longer bothered to engage in those off-the-market tricks!

It's a clear card, it's a hard anus, what can you do to me?
On the Leverkusen side, it is a bit surprising to have a 451 formation.

There is no suspense that the goalkeeper is Leno.

On the back line, Donatti, Toprake, Spahic, and Bonisch lined up.

The biggest variable is in midfield.

These five midfielders do not have an attacking midfielder, but use three forwards with two midfielders.

Rolfs and Emre Can formed a double midfielder, and in front of them were Castro, Hegler and Sam.

At the top is the Australian striker Cruce.

It can be said that this is a more defensive formation than 4141!

It's almost like 10 people defending and 1 person attacking.

When seeing this starting lineup, Pan Yi also understood Hyypia's intentions.

That is, even at home, at the Bayer Arena, he has to lower his body to play defense.

This kind of pragmatic attitude is a bit similar to Hyypia's previous playing as a central defender.

But Pan Yi is not afraid either.

Since this season, are there fewer teams that shrink their heads when they see Hamburg?
And the bus he tore down and the tortoise he trampled to death are not one or two.

……

Therefore, as soon as the game started, the court entered a situation that everyone was familiar with.

Hamburg attacks, Leverkusen defends.

And Hamburg was threatening from the beginning of the press and attack.

In the first minute, Salah tried to break into the penalty area on the right, but after being blocked by the Leverkusen defender, Kanter missed a long shot from the outside.

Then Hamburg also continued to maintain the pressure on Leverkusen, and the high pressure in the frontcourt was very strong.

Anyone can see that Hamburg wants to seize the initiative from the very beginning.

Leverkusen also seemed to be so happy, and did not compete with Hamburg, but steadily defended inside and outside the penalty area.

Their players strictly abided by the defensive counterattack tactics arranged by the head coach Hyypia, and showed the starting point of retiring to their own half for intensive defense since the opening stage.

Especially after entering the positional battle, Leverkusen's defensive line compression is very obvious, and through the active retreat of the midfielder players or the center running of the full-backs, the four-backs are changed to five-backs, or even a dense station of six backs. position, forming a chained defensive layout in front of the goal.

This kind of defense line with a large number of people is very confident when dealing with the oppression of Hamburg's frontcourt. After all, there are many ball points, so it is not easy to be crushed to death.

After this situation lasted for a few minutes, the visiting stands of the Bayer-Arena, including some of the home stands, began to boo sporadically.

Fans know football, and they immediately saw that Leverkusen was going to bus!
But Hyypia remained unmoved and continued to let the players implement the established tactics.

At least for now, it seems that this tactic is effective!

He increased the strength of the defensive line by adjusting the positions of the players. Leverkusen's self-conceded defense seems to have destroyed the team's original formation, but the team's defensive division of labor and positions are more flexible and changeable. .

On the one hand, the defensive midfielders who took the initiative to retreat obviously aimed at Hamburg's midfielders who are good at advancing forward, such as Kanter and De Bruyne.

This kind of defense that stands in advance to deal with the opponent's advance is a bit like "waiting for the rabbit".

On the other hand, Hamburg center Vardy's flexible running position and large range of activities are a distinctive feature of the team's offensive end.

Therefore, after other players filled the central defender area one after another, Leverkusen's two central defenders were effectively protected. Naturally, they dared to leave their original positions and completely defend Vardy, even if they were far away from their own penalty area. The player is comfortable with the ball and participates in the organization.

It is precisely because of this that after more than ten minutes of the start of the game, although Hamburg was on the offensive, it has not been able to comfortably hand the ball to Vardy's feet, including the movement of the wingers on both sides to the penalty area.

As a result, Hamburg's shots were often far from the goal, often wide of the goal or easily caught by Leverkusen goalkeeper Leno.

And not only on the defensive end, Leverkusen also has obvious tactical designs on the counter-attack end.

Among them, the speed and breakthrough of striker Cruce became the team's biggest reliance in counterattack.

The Australian is as lethal as the sprinting style of play in rugby. He has repeatedly created threats on both sides by himself, which in turn drove the entire Leverkusen offense.

In the 14th minute of the opening, it was he who tore through Hamburg's defense with an unreasonable breakthrough on the left, but it was a pity that Sam, who responded after the point, stopped the ball too far, and the final shot from the right side of the penalty area was grabbed by Robertson in time Successfully blocked.

"Unexpectedly, there is something wrong with Leverkusen's defensive counterattack." On the sidelines, Hamburg's assistant coach Nagelsmann muttered.

Inzaghi also nodded: "Indeed, the defensive awareness and positive attitude of their players on the field is really good. This kind of intensive defense with united will really poses a big problem for us..."

Pan Yi said with a smile, "That depends on how long they can defend."

He knows it well.

Leverkusen's style of play is really good, and it is indeed a bit threatening on the counterattack, but it is a pity that their players lack shooting skills and scoring ability, which can only make the team return without success.

Moreover, Pan Yi can also allow Kanter to increase the running distance on both sides to assist the defense of the two sides, and can also reduce the strength of the opponent's side counterattack to a certain extent.

This is Pan Yi's request for Kanter in the midfield position.

Unlike the "false winger" who is more inclined to attack, Kanter is now a typical B2B midfielder, or "all-around midfielder".

This type of duty is mostly off the ball and requires the ability to travel between the penalty areas of the two teams.

When attacking, like a shadow striker, insert and grab a point to score, or get a two-point ball outside the penalty area for long-range shots;
When defending, it must be able to return to the midfield immediately like a defensive midfielder to prevent the opponent's attacking midfielder from advancing and complete defensive coverage.

Therefore, for a player who can play this role, he must have excellent stamina, be able to run back and forth on the court, and at the same time have the same sense of scoring as a striker, but also need a strong confrontation and position selection ability when defending to ensure that he can delay the opponent. The midfield attack was launched.

Obviously, whether it is Pan Yi's past life or the present, Kanter is the most suitable candidate for this role.

After all, he is a man who can cover 29% of the earth!
Therefore, with him dispatched, Leverkusen's counterattack is bound to be greatly disturbed.

In addition, Leverkusen's defensive strategy puts forward high requirements for the tacit understanding between players and complementary running positions. It is inevitable to expose various problems based on the personal abilities of their players and the team's defensive standards.

As long as Hamburg, who owns the ball across the board, looks for the home team's defensive gaps and misplacements at all times while stabilizing the rhythm, and thus takes the opportunity to give the opponent a fatal blow through sudden acceleration and key throughs, Loever will soon be let Couson's seemingly solid defense fell apart.

This doesn't even require Pan Yi to make on-the-spot adjustments.

The players in Hamburg have experienced this a lot, and they will naturally know what to do when they see it a lot.

Sure enough, in the 33rd minute of the game, Sun Xingmin suddenly sent a through pass after retracing. Leverkusen's defensive players obviously overlapped. This gave Vardy who quickly inserted a single chance, but it was a pity that the final push Higher than the beam.

After that, Salah suddenly inserted into the penalty area again. After receiving De Bruyne's through ball, he actually used a "Bergkamp-style turn and dribble" to get rid of the defense, but the final stab was shot by the home team's goalkeeper Leno. resolve.

Although there is no goal yet, it is clear that after experiencing the discomfort of facing Leverkusen's chain defense in the opening stage, the Hamburg players are getting better.

But time also passed quickly.

The display screen above the court had reached the 45th minute, and the fourth official on the sidelines also displayed a sign for 1 minute of stoppage time.

The entire first half of the game went smoothly, neither side had too many fouls or time delays, and this 1 minute is already quite enough.

At this time, Hamburg launched another attack.

Salah dribbled the ball on the right, and after tricking Bonisch with a series of changes of direction and rhythm, tried to cross the ball to find Vardy.

But today, Vardy has been guarded by heavy soldiers. Before he could stop the ball, Spasic stepped forward to clear the siege.

The ball flew over the center line and fell towards the outside of Hamburg's 30-meter area.

Van Dijk rushed forward, headed the ball straight back to the midfield.

After De Bruyne grabbed the spot, he stopped Van Dijk's header with his chest and quickly sent a ground ball to the feet of Kanter in front.

Kanter stopped with his right foot, glanced ahead, and quickly sent a long pass over the top.

The ball flew over the heads of many players, crossed Leverkusen's defense line, and fell to the front of Leverkusen's big penalty area.

After the inside cut just now, Salah, who had been cruising near the opponent's defender, suddenly changed direction and went straight into the penalty area at the fastest speed.

The speed advantage of the Egyptian winger was brought into full play at this moment.

At this time, Leverkusen's full-back Bonisch saw that the situation was wrong, and a flying tackle left the ball-and the man stayed.

Salah fell to the ground in pain, and the referee's whistle sounded.

Free kick.

At this time, the time has reached 46 minutes, and the stoppage time has also been used up.

But according to the usual practice, this free kick is still to be issued.

This was Hamburg's last chance to attack in the first half.

I saw De Bruyne walking to the ball, but first glanced at the referee, and then seemed to be saying something in his mouth.

Seeing the referee nodding at him, De Bruyne stepped forward to hold the ball, and then directly picked it up!

This is a quick free kick!

The ball flew directly over the heads of several Leverkusen players who were a little at a loss, and fell towards the goal behind them.

Sun Xingmin on the other side is already plugging in at high speed at this time!
The moment he pressed the ball on De Bruyne, he had already grasped the intention of this super midfielder's brain, and it was activated almost at the same time!
He rushed into Leverkusen's big penalty area like lightning, caught up with De Bruyne's light pass, and when it bounced off the ground, he hit a ball directly near the small penalty area line Push and shoot.

Leno obviously had nothing to do with this close shot, and he didn't even react to the development of the ball at all!
"Goallllllllllllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!"

"Hamburg scored a goal!!!!!!"

"Using a quick free kick, Hamburg took the lead away from Leverkusen in the last second before the end of the first half!"

(End of this chapter)