Grass roots glory

Chapter 98 Perfect Revenge
The fans at the Weser-Stadion have mobilized all their enthusiasm for this strong dialogue. There are many fans of the home team Bremen in the stands holding signs with the team emblems of Bremen and Schalke, marked in a huge red font in the middle The 5:1 is particularly eye-catching.Obviously, this big victory last season is where they have the confidence to beat their opponents.

The pre-match odds were not optimistic that Schalke would be able to escape unscathed.The fans of the home team are dreaming of replicating the magic of the last time again.

Objectively speaking, this game is really difficult. Bremen's runner-up lineup last season remained relatively complete. Although the main forward Klose was poached by Bayern, they added eight players in one go. In this summer window, he is one of the big transfer families in the Bundesliga.

What's more interesting is that the intersection between the two sides is not shallow. In Bremen's starting lineup today, left-back Bernisch came from Schalke's youth training camp, and Ozil needless to say, if it wasn't for Schalke Ke's executives are short-sighted, he should have formed a good offensive and defensive combination with Zhou Tiancheng by now.

Werder Bremen sits at home and decisively chooses to confront Schalke 04. Ozil originally served as the midfielder, but in today's 4-2-3-1 formation, he appears in the midfielder position. The legendary Italian midfielder Pirlo is similar in appearance. It can be predicted that the home team must be dominated by oppressive tactics today. Ozil and Brazilian midfielder Diego form an offensive duo.

Of course, whether such an effect can be achieved is not up to the home team to decide.

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In the first half, the home team took the lead to kick off the ball. After Ozil received the ball, he immediately tried to make a long pass to the frontcourt. The back defense of Schalke was not stable. As a result, Zhou Tiancheng quickly blocked the ball with his body, directly intercepted the ball, and followed the stop. The coherent movement of the ball directly ran over Ozil, which not only caused the former Schalke genius to fall to the ground, but in turn Schalke 04 formed a numerical advantage in the midfield. Lins, Jianfeng can point directly at Bremen's penalty area!

Zhou Tiancheng had full confidence in wading through his opponent one-on-one, but he saw that Rakitic's side was more open on the other side. He directly crossed the ball to Rakitic's feet, and the situation became clearer immediately.

Rakitic raised his right hand and gave Zhou Tiancheng a high praise. At the same time, he began to sprint at full speed and looked ahead.

Bremen's response also reflects the strength of the strong team.The backbone of the defense Mertesacker unified command of the entire defense line forward, dragging the Schalke strikers behind the back line, a classic offside tactic.The opponent's tactical literacy is extremely high, which directly cut off any possibility of Rakitic's forward pass.

Now Rakitic has only two choices, pass to Zhou Tiancheng, who is temporarily unmarked, or go it alone against Mertesacker's defense in front of him.

From the corner of his eye, Rakitic saw Zhou Tiancheng raising his hand to signal for the ball, but such a good opportunity was really tempting. Rakitic chose to swing his legs on the spot and shoot suddenly. Aiming at the blind spot between sticking to the ground.

Rakitic's shot is very smart this time. Mertesacker's 1.9-meter-two height blocks the front, which will greatly interfere with the goalkeeper Wiese's line of sight, and the shot on the ground is the kind that goalkeepers don't like the most, and they need a goalkeeper Only by making preparations in advance to lower the center of gravity can we effectively pounce.Obviously, Mertesacker's frontal defense this time not only didn't help, but actually cheated his teammates.

Although Wiese tried his best, his vision was blocked, and it was too late to make any moves after seeing the direction of the ball. He didn't touch the ball at all, and watched the ball rubbing against the post and flying into the goal behind him.

This goal instantly silenced the Weser Stadium, and Rakitic, who scored his first Bundesliga goal, stood there in a daze, until Zhou Tiancheng ran up to hug and celebrate, and he finally came back to his senses.

I scored a goal myself!
First show!The first goal of the five major leagues!
Rakitic directly threw away Zhou Tiancheng, did not celebrate with anyone else, and ran wildly across the entire stadium. The collective boos of the home fans seemed to him to be non-existent.

Slomka was also excited. Rakitic then ran to the sidelines to hug him. He patted Rakitic on the shoulder twice, obviously with a deeper meaning than a goal.

"Fantastic start! The Bundesliga top three contest, the process is destined not to be dull, this is a normal rhythm."

Marcel Leff guessed the beginning, but he and the vast majority of fans who followed the game would not have thought of the next development of the game.

Head coach Schaaf's tactic of placing Ozil's front midfielder at the back today is a big gamble. He bet that the team can take advantage of the home court to suppress Schalke 04, and the dual-core organization ability can beat Schalke's defense line thousands of times. riddled with sores.

But the result is that due to Zhou Tiancheng's large-scale defensive coverage in the midfield, Bremen has always lacked continuous passing in the midfield offensive end. Zhou Tiancheng took the initiative to receive protection in front of the central defender when the team was in a defensive state. , whether it was Diego trying to penetrate with a short pass, or Ozil trying to directly pass a long pass behind him, Schalke's defense could not be effectively mobilized. There is no chance.

And in turn Schalke counterattacked, passing through the midfield like no one else.The reason why Pirlo can play as a world-class midfielder in Milan's front midfielder is that the wide-area coverage of Gattuso or Ambrosini's full-time defense around him cannot be ignored.And Frings does not have the ability to cover the entire midfield defense at all, so he is naturally overwhelmed by Schalke as a whole.

When Schalke 04 extended the score to 3:0 in the first half, Schaaf realized the seriousness of the problem. The midfield adjustment replaced Ozil with Daniel Janssen, which is to make up for the wrong self Redemption is actually tantamount to a slap in the face.

Leading by three goals at halftime, Schalke 04 has actually completed the revenge of last season, but Zhou Tiancheng is still not satisfied. He sent two assists in the first half, but his teammates scored so happily, but he has no part in it Son, he is not satisfied.

However, in the No.604 minute of the second half, Zhou Tiancheng seized a direct free kick in the frontcourt to satisfy his wish. Schalke took revenge with a jaw-dropping 4:0.

Mertesacker came over and hugged Slomka cordially. The two had a master-student relationship in the Hannover youth team. If the home team's 0:4 score was not dazzling on the big screen, this scene could still make people feel full of warmth.

The result of this game surprised all the media. Even the local media in Gelsenkirchen felt that Schalke 04's revenge was too ruthless. Swallowed a duck egg without mercy.Of course, they are relishing the game with relish.

In professional football, as long as there is no falsification, any result is theoretically normal, not to mention that this just proves a well-known truth: you always have to pay back when you come out to play.

(End of this chapter)