Grass roots glory

Chapter 321 The reason why he is the leader

The shooting data in the opening stage is actually not much, and the difference between the two sides is almost the same, but the current momentum of the two sides is vaguely changing.Schalke's high pressure for more than ten minutes in a row failed to win, which in turn inspired Bayern's fighting spirit. After overcoming the opening three strikes, Bayern began to extend the defense zone to the midfield. Attacking his own penalty area is tactically unreasonable.Defensive counterattack, if you do a good job of defending, you must play a counterattack to be a real threat.

Especially in the situation where he has a one-goal advantage, Van Gaal wants to further expand his advantage. Only a two-goal lead can truly allow room for error, and a one-goal lead can be equalized at any time. The frequent fights last season made him suffer. A painful lesson, now he dare not take it seriously.

Bayern's formation extends outward, and the focus of marking is very clear. Kroos' task on the defensive end is to keep close to Zhou Tiancheng. Of course, relying on him alone is not enough.Schweinsteiger also had to come to help.Kroos' main task is to force Zhou Tiancheng to catch the ball with his back or sideways, and Schweinsteiger's position is behind him.Even if Zhou Tiancheng gets rid of Kroos and turns around to face the goal, he can block it at the first time - even if it cannot be completely blocked, it will bring great interference to Zhou Tiancheng and affect Schalke's overall offensive progress. Rhythm.

Kroos is full of fighting spirit. He was assigned such a arduous and glorious offensive and defensive task in his first show after his return. If he can lock Zhou Tiancheng, he will definitely be the biggest contributor. Even if he competes with a senior like Van Bommel for the main position, he has full confidence , but he didn’t know that this was actually a lesson Van Gaal learned from last season’s fight. Speaking from experience, Schweinsteiger is much more experienced than Kroos, but he was almost blown out against Zhou Tiancheng. , so Van Gaal can only slightly adjust the roles of the two.

He is gratified by the current scene. Although Cross is not as big as Zhou Tiancheng in terms of tonnage, he can only reach Zhou Tiancheng's shoulder in terms of height, but he is pushing Zhou Tiancheng behind him, without any turning around to face the attacking direction. possibility.

Zhou Tiancheng had no choice but to stabilize his center of gravity first, forcibly turned around and passed the ball to Jurado who was following up from behind, and he was also taken advantage of by Cross, and fell to the ground.

The referee kept the whistle in his mouth, but seeing that Sharka's offense was still going on, he didn't blow it.However, Jurado's dribbling speed was a bit slower because of this.

"Jose, what are you waiting for, go! Go!" Zhou Tiancheng got up quickly and shouted at Jurado.

Only then did Jurado start to speed up and move forward, but in a flash, Bayern quickly retreated. Jurado still hesitated to face Schweinsteiger, and was faced by the more experienced Schweinsteiger. Steal the ball successfully.

Marcel Leif kept shaking his head: "If José Jurado's performance is just like this, Schalke's tens of millions of euros is not worth it. Magath must want him to be Zhou's helper. Of course he It's a perfect reason not to be integrated yet, but right now, I think a lot of Schalke fans miss Rakitic..."

Zhou Tiancheng counterattacked in time and kicked the ball out of the sideline. Originally, he was sure to steal the ball and counterattack on the spot, but now the problem of coordination among his new teammates is more urgent. Even if he gives up an offensive opportunity, he will I feel that we must first unify the thinking of the midfielder.

"Jose, don't be intimidated. You played in the Champions League at Atletico Madrid and won the Europa League. You won't be weak when you see a strong team, right?"

Jurado fell silent.Although he is not the main player in Atletico Madrid, this is not a reason.He himself felt bad
Baumjohn coughed embarrassingly next to him. He did have few opportunities to face strong teams last season.

Zhou Tiancheng turned his head and said, "John, don't think about it too much, but you can push one more... In short, let's let go of your courage. Bayern shrunk so deeply at the beginning of the game, which proves that they are afraid. We Is there any other option now? Goals have to be scored. Go up and put them in the box and beat them!"

"But Zhou, we also thought about it. It didn't work, didn't it? Raul was stared at by them, and he couldn't catch the ball at all."

Zhou Tiancheng raised his voice and said: "Then don't count on forwards, and it's not only forwards who can score goals! We all spread out our positions and open up the space. Once there is a long-range shot near the penalty area, we will do it ourselves. Who said midfielders You can only pass the ball and send assists to the striker as a foil? I am the first to refuse! Can you be convinced?"

Baumjohann and Jurado looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time.

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Schweinsteiger and Kroos quickly discovered that just a throw-in interval, and then returned to the field, Schalke's strategy had changed.Schalke's three attacking midfielders are mentioned one by one. There are only two of them, and most of their energy has to pay attention to Zhou Tiancheng. After Schalke accelerated the rhythm of lateral transfers, Bayern's midfield gradually began to tighten .The right midfielder Planic was forced to withdraw to the midfield to assist the defense.

"Jurado must be more confident, he..."

Suddenly Jurado completed a one-man goal, which made Duan Xuan, the CCTV commentator, stunned for a moment.After reacting, he shouted loudly: "Ah!! The goal is over! Jurado speeds up to get rid of it! My God, this is amazing, he seems to have been opened up to Ren Du's second channel!"

Jurado did not blindly bow his head and act recklessly, but completed a cooperation with Hao Junmin on the side. Hao Junmin forcibly accelerated a step inward on the side, and passed back to the outside of the penalty area in an inverted triangle. Demichelis has rich experience and has already Stretched out his long legs to meet the ball, but Jurado suddenly became decisive. Although Raul's position is also very good, at the moment he only has the goal in his eyes.

Zhou Tiancheng's words just now rang in his ears, and he realized his mistake just now, he played too modestly!When he arrived at a new team, he was still a little cautious, so that he forgot what his specialty in Atletico Madrid was.

After waking up, he became much firmer, taking advantage of his speed, and blasted vigorously against Demichelis' shovel.

Bayern's 22-year-old goalkeeper Kraft, who replaced Bout, was also very excited. After sitting in the first team for two seasons, he finally ushered in his own performance opportunity. This time he flew with one hand to block Jurado's long shot. Excitedly waved towards the Bayern stands.

The on-site director was very professional. After Jurado sent a very threatening shot, the replay of the video specifically cut to the scene where Zhou Tiancheng and the three of them were talking before this. Audiences with a little knowledge of football know that Jurado’s sudden change is related to This short conversation is relevant, just don't know what they said.

"It is really suitable for Zhou Tiancheng to be the captain. As the leader of the team, not only must he be able to stand up for himself, but the key is to stimulate the combat effectiveness of the team. Zhou Tiancheng has the natural appeal of being a leader. Even the ball The state of the team rookie Jurado can be stimulated by him in a short period of time. This is not something that anyone else on this team can do. Even when Westerman was there, his role in this aspect Basically negligible."

Duan Xuan was also very curious about what the three of them had exchanged, but this was a topic after the game. Now that Schalke's status is improving, this result is enough.

(End of this chapter)