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Chapter 221 The Truth: The Champion Shooter Has Been Lost
Schalke 04 quickly responded to Marcel Leff's joke with action. Zhou Tiancheng and Höwedes reversed the score with two set kicks. In the end, Schalke 04 reversed and won with a score of 2:1.

However, Magath’s statement after the game made the reporters feel that there was no deep meaning. He said: "I think the players' performance is justified to win this victory. The players worked very hard. In the end, they defeated the bad luck of the away game. Happy."

These remarks sounded normal at first glance, but many experienced and experienced reporters at the scene were keenly aware of a problem: Stuttgart persisted until the end before being reversed today. Is it really luck?

I'm afraid it has something to do with Kuranyi's countless crossbar and post shots.While it can be chalked up to bad luck, it's really a jack-of-all-trades excuse.However, the top four efficient shooters in the scorer list last season failed to score three consecutive shots in front of the goal. The word "luck" is too weak.

Thinking of Magath's statement, these reporters were vaguely expressing their dissatisfaction with Kuranyi?

So the reporters consciously brought the topic to Kuranyi, but Magath had a clear attitude: "He has just returned from injury, and I have enough patience to wait for him."

In addition to this sentence, Magath seems unwilling to talk about it, but various media are on the sidelines.If Kuranyi really only needs a few games to return to the peak form of last season, then naturally there is no problem.But if you can't find the status for a long time, whether Magath is really patient, this is a topic of interest to various media.After all, Schalke's top position is not yet stable, even if Magath is really willing to wait, under the pressure of the situation.Everything has variables.

During these two days of training, Magath focused on observing Kuranyi's performance. What made him more pleased was that Kuranyi's state during training was relatively stable.

Zhou Tiancheng, who was in the main team with him in the yellow vest, also felt that Kuranyi's accuracy was much higher than in the previous game. During the training break, he directly asked Kuranyi over and asked, "Honestly, Kai Wen, did you do it on purpose last time?"

Kuranyi couldn't understand what he was saying: "What intentional?"

"Still pretending!" Zhou Tiancheng smiled sinisterly, "You forgot me but you remember clearly. Didn't you ask me during the training two days ago if I believe you dare to deliberately miss the opportunity...Kevin, I didn't expect How dare you make fun of the team's wins and losses."

"Zhou, I don't like it when you say that! Don't insult my professional ethics, it's just a joke." Kuranyi responded with a gloomy face.

Zhou Tiancheng could see that he was indeed a little angry, so he put away his joking attitude and asked him seriously: "Then explain why you have such a high shooting percentage in training. It's only the second day. Don't tell me that you have recovered so much. quick."

Kuranyi bit his lip and said frankly: "Since you asked, let me tell you the truth, I feel that when I am on the court, what I think in my mind is not the same as what my body produces."

Zhou Tiancheng didn't expect to hear this answer. As a midfielder with strong personal attack power, he naturally knew what it meant: "That is to say, after the confrontation, your body's reaction adjustment can't keep up with your consciousness?"

Kuranyi nodded.Immediately seeing Zhou Tiancheng frowning, he immediately said: "Zhou, I know this is the reason why my body has not fully recovered, so don't worry about it, I will adjust it as soon as possible."

However, Kuranyi thinks the problem is too simple. It is easy for a shooter to suddenly break out in a few games, but it is difficult to maintain a stable high-level state.It is even more difficult to return to a high level after returning from injury.

And Magath trusted Kuranyi too much, which caused Schalke, who had just taken a breather at the top of the list, to be pushed into the quagmire again.

In the tenth round of the Bundesliga, Schalke was tied 3:3 at home by Hamburg. The game scored high scores with twists and turns. Schalke's three goals were completed by Rakitic, Zhou Tiancheng and Asamoah. Then it was Zhou Tiancheng, Farfan and Rafinha in turn-none of the goals had something to do with Kuranyi.

Just looking at the results is not obvious enough, but the reporters who watched the game at the scene felt that they found direct evidence to criticize Magath: Kuranyi had only four shots in the audience, and only one shot was on target.As a shooting forward who has undertaken most of the team's finishing tasks, this data can only show that he is completely out of shape.In the three games before Kuranyi was injured, he averaged 5.2 shots per game. Last season, this data was as high as 6.1.
And Magath still said that after the game: "He has just returned from injury, and I have enough patience to wait for him."

So in the No.11 round of the league, Schalke, who continued to sit at home, was tied 2:2 by Leverkusen. Kuranyi still did not show a convincing performance.

Now it is very difficult to shut up the media, especially the media that support Schalke. The team has dropped to the second place again. The grim situation of defending the title makes them impatient.

Gelsenkirchen's "Mining District News" bears the brunt of the doubters, and its point of view is very sharp: "If Schalke can sit firmly at the top of the league like last season, we are all willing to wait for Kuranyi to return to form like Magath, But now the situation is not waiting for anyone. The next round will have an away game against Bayern Munich. If you can’t win the top game, the consequences will be disastrous. Magath can no longer hesitate, and don’t forget that his minimum task here is to defend the league champion , It is possible to remove Kuranyi in time. Schalke is no longer a club that relies on training players for a living. Since the championship is the goal, there is nothing to hesitate. We only need a strong team, the best XI Personally. Van Gaal could have put Mario Gomez on the bench, Magath has not lacked that kind of drive."

The "Mining Area News" has a very clear point of view. Without Kuranyi, the iron-clad battalion and flowing soldiers will not affect Schalke's victory at all.

And like other well-known national media, such as Germany's largest newspaper "Bild", the editor of the sports page Okun House has a similar view, although the wording is not as strong as that of the local media: "Kuranyi suffered three rounds after his comeback. Goal shortage, we believe that Magath must not be reluctant to let him play, his body must have recovered to the extent that he can cope with the game, then the performance of three consecutive games without scoring can only show that he is getting farther and farther away from everyone's expectations , the next game against Bayern may be his last chance, if he cannot complete self-salvation, I believe Magath would not dare to waste too much time on him..."

After the end of the tenth round of the league, the championship situation in the standings, the next round of the top game and the status of Schalke's leading striker Kevin Kuranyi have become the focus of the Bundesliga. The latest cover of Kicker magazine makes an interesting point: Kevin Kuranyi stands in a dead-end maze of goals surrounded by footballs flying towards him , with a blank look in his eyes.

And the title of this issue of the magazine is also very eye-catching: The Truth!The champion shooter is lost.

(End of this chapter)