Grass roots glory

Chapter 196 An Excellent Brick
As a standing center forward, the requirements must be completely different from those of the midfielder.Holding the ball with his back to protect the ball is a routine action. Zhou Tiancheng understands that his task of being on top of the striker is not to score goals, but to provide a fulcrum for the offense.

So Zhou Tiancheng almost used all his energy to fight against the central defender.In the training, Ding Zhou Tiancheng was in charge of Westerman, the person with the best combination of ability, experience and condition.

"Heike, be careful, Zhou is dangerous in any position."

Before the training started, Höwedes had whispered a reminder to Westermann.

As for why he suddenly said such a sentence, he suddenly thought of the first confrontation with Zhou Tiancheng...

Zhou Tiancheng, who was still a central defender at the time, was able to overwhelm him in the confrontation match, and at that time, Zhou Tiancheng had no professional training foundation, and he beat him entirely by his own jumping ability.

Now Zhou Tiancheng's confrontation ability is more than a level stronger than before.

So Howedes, like Jiang Hao, is one of the few people who does not doubt that Zhou Tiancheng is capable of standing as a center forward.

fact, too

Westerman was full of confidence before the training, and felt that he had finally seized the opportunity to watch Zhou Tiancheng suffer, but after a training session, he couldn't laugh at all.

Zhou Tiancheng can always stop the ball steadily and then pass it to the teammates around him. His two arms are blocked in front of him, and his back is like a car hitting a wall.

At the end of a training session, Westerman was glad that he was only playing against Zhou Tiancheng in training. If they were opponents on the field, Zhou Tiancheng might not just take the ball and pass it to his teammates.If he forcibly protects the ball and turns around, he may be powerless.

After suffering a loss, Westerman realized that he should take Hewedes' advice to heart.

Confidence is not a good thing sometimes!
Despite a near-flawless first-time display up front, Magath, a demanding man, picked out minor flaws.

"Zhou, overall, it's ok. But one thing to improve - try to get the ball in your back and play it with one foot, like you often do in midfield. Heike's defense is not strong , but in the game, the opponent's defender may have a lot of destructive defenses, and the referee may not always call a foul. So if you plan to give the ball to a teammate, it is best to complete it within one or two seconds after receiving the ball. That's the best way to protect the ball."

Magath immediately pointed out this problem during the stoppage of training on the field, so the players in Zhou Tiancheng's group all had strange expressions after hearing it.Westerman even opened his mouth slightly.Everyone doubts whether Magath is a serious obsessive-compulsive disorder patient...

Is there anything wrong with this performance?

Of course, Zhou Tiancheng was very open-minded to accept opinions. In the second day's training, he was completely trying to play the ball with one kick.The success rate is high.Whether Asamoah or Altintop is running, Zhou Tiancheng can keenly detect, and then send them in front of them with barbs and heel crosses.

Zhou Tiancheng's physical confrontation can completely block Westerman, which means that he will not be at a disadvantage against most central defenders, and his vision and imagination usually make it difficult for the opponent's defense to guess in advance.

Whenever Zhou Tiancheng had a creative performance on the court, Magath would give his assistant Hollerbach a look of approval: thanks to his idea.

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In the fourth round of the 2009-10 Bundesliga season, Schalke 04 will face Freiburg at home -- the first Chinese derby that Chinese fans are looking forward to will be staged soon.

Chen Pengfei faced the domestic media before the game, and his answer to this game made the media look forward to it: "Schalke 04 are very strong, of course Zhou Tiancheng is stronger, and I call him brother in private, so I can take the initiative to recognize the big brother He is still the first... Haha, but anything can happen in the game, just like when we were able to draw with Ze Roberto and Ruud's Hamburg in the first round, it also surprised many people at the time. "

The faces of the reporters were all happy, that's all right, as long as Freiburg is not here to go through the motions, at least this Chinese derby will not be dull.

However, it is a pity that the two mainly play on the side and the center respectively, and they are not directly facing each other.

In the first game, Zhou Tiancheng appeared in the forward position, which is expected and will surprise the commentator.

In the starting list given by the official Bundesliga, Zhou Tiancheng's position is marked as CF (forward), which made Duan Xuan stunned for a moment. He didn't believe it until he saw Schalke's formation diagram during the live broadcast.

It can only be said that Schalke has done too well with the isolation measures of the media.After Magath took office, daily training was closed to the media.And a gag order was given to the players, and they were not allowed to talk about tactics in front of the media.

The question of the striker candidate that the media has been speculating before has also been answered. This answer is enough to surprise and look forward to.

And because Zhou Tiancheng topped the striker, Rakitic naturally became the main controller of the ball. The ensuing change was that Schalke's formation became 4-3-3, and the offensive method became concise. a lot of.

In short, no matter where Zhou Tiancheng is, let him catch more balls. This is the only similarity between Magath and his predecessor Slomka.

So Schalke's style has become simpler and more direct. Rakitic's strong point is the long pass from the midfield. Magath's basic idea is to hope that he and Zhou Tiancheng can form more connections in the first place, and then the wingers on both sides will get closer. The striker received the ball from Zhou Tiancheng and became the last person to make the final decision in the penalty area.

But at the beginning of the game today, Zhou Tiancheng got into a physical fight with Freiburg defender Jackson Mendy.As opponents, they were able to get the starting list from the Bundesliga official two or three hours earlier than the media. At the beginning, Dutt was shocked, but he immediately made a targeted arrangement, that is, let the 1.9-meter-two goal Di went to stick to Zhou Tiancheng.

Originally, Freiburg had a better candidate, that is, Omer Toprak, who was known as the "No. [-] central defender of the German second division" and represented Germany as the main central defender last year to win the European Youth Championship.However, the dramatic thing is that although he is already well-known on the court, Toprak's luck has really declined to the extreme: the team has just been promoted successfully, but he was accidentally burned while playing karting and had to miss the new season.

Zhou Tiancheng received the ball for the first time. The 1.9-meter-two French little black Mendy was full of energy.But a weird scene happened!

Zhou Tiancheng, who seemed to be staggering, actually kicked the ball up with one hand on the ground after being separated by the opponent, sending an undercut cross from the left side of the penalty area, and passed it accurately to Asa Moa!
"Wow! The barb pass, Asamoah is not offside, at least this pass proves that Magath has a reason to let Zhou top the striker. Zhou who is close to the penalty area can play a more threatening role... Hehe, I remember When I was explaining the U19 Youth League finals, that was the first time I knew Zhou. At that time, he was a central defender on the defensive line. Now he has played all positions on the central axis. Oh no, there is also a goalkeeper, Haha! But in the positions he's played, honestly, he's been great."

Marcel Leff said.

(End of this chapter)