Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 287
After changing two players in a row, Schalke 04's offensive improved a lot, and Wolfsburg was a little out of breath.When the game progressed to the 79th minute, Zhang Yuan and the others finally equalized the score.Kernia took a corner kick from the right, Digan shook his head and scored from the front point, 1 to 1!

After the goal, Degan tore his jersey and roared. This roar inspired the fighting spirit of the Schalke 04 players and the enthusiasm of the Shakhtar fans.

Magath immediately replaced Schmitz with Holtby. Schmitz is a young player promoted from the Schalke 04 youth training. Today's game is the first official appearance and first start.

Holtby was transferred from Aachen in the summer and has not played yet. He is an attacking midfielder.

Magath has a lot of gambling addiction, and Schmitz is a midfielder. He replaced Holt with a score of 1:1, obviously not satisfied.

Zhang Yuan saw that Magath was replaced by Holtby. He grew up in the Italian football environment and was very surprised at such an unreasonable and arrogant frontcourt player.

Schalke 04's offense is very good now, there is no need to add another offensive player to weaken their defense.

And the following story is obviously not what Magath imagined. In the 81st minute, Makoto Hasebe turned offside from the right and then made a low pass. Santana leaned on Hewedes to deliberately miss the ball in the front point, and there was no defense in the middle. Dzeko pushed and scored, 2 to 1!Wolfsburg once again overtook the score.

Zhang Yuan was very helpless to steal the chicken but lose the rice.

The next time is the climax of the attack. In the remaining few minutes, Schalke 04 began to use the long pass tactic. Kuranyi was the fulcrum. Schalke 04 had a lot of people in the frontcourt. Good effect, got a lot of shooting opportunities.

Zhang Yuan completed two shots, but he hit the post again today. In addition, he also had a beautiful kick pass. Kuranyi followed up and rushed to the top. He was too powerful and pushed out of the goal.

Wolfsburg also got a lot of chances against the basically defenseless Schalke 04, but the three central defenders who stayed in the backcourt finally did not make any more mistakes and did not allow Wolfsburg to break through Neuer again. door.

At the end of the game, Zhang Yuan spat hard on the ground and lost again at home!

This is the second defeat for Schalke 04 this season. Zhang Yuan personally feels that Magath's tactics in the final stage were too risky. On the way home with Digan, Zhang Yuan did not lose his grievances.

In the second half of the second half, although facing dense defense, Magath played many frontcourt players. Zhang Yuan played very comfortably. He was not afraid of dense defense. Barzagli confronted Madron, but there was no such problem late in the second half, so he agreed with Magath's continuous substitutions to strengthen the offense.

But if there is a limit, it is too late, and Magath will be a failure if he goes to Holtby, at least he thinks so.

But what can we do now? If you lose, you lose. Digan scored the equalizer goal, but Dzeko was unguarded behind him, and he also had a lot of responsibility. Gate's tactics are not very satisfactory. If there is an interception in the midfield, he will not be easily beaten behind by the opponent.

At the press conference after the game, the reporters also asked about Magath’s final substitution adjustment. Magath insisted that there was nothing wrong with him. He said that losing a game is not the end of the world, and we will look forward. , Concentrate on the next Ruhr Derby.

After losing the game, Magath told the players that there was no more time off. This was a punishment. Maybe he felt that the players did not try their best on the court.

Next, on September 9, Schalke 22 played in the second round of the German Cup against Bochum.

The head coach of the Bochum team, Koller, was honorably dismissed before this game. He played 5 rounds next season with only 4 points, less than 14 point in each round, and conceded a total of [-] goals.

To restore the team's decline, the most direct way for the Bochum team is to get Koller. Currently, the youth team coach Heinemann and assistant coach Walsh lead the team.

Zhang Yuan was placed on the bench by Magath in this game, and the starting center became Kuranyi. Zhang Yuan's brain has recently been unable to understand one thing, that is, it was 442 at the beginning of the season. He and Kuran Yi's partner, after playing a few games, gradually returned to the old way, single center, and recently Magath's tactics are always changing. He used 433 in this game.

Bochum, which is suffering from internal and external troubles, is obviously not in the same level as Schalke 04. In the away game Schalke 04 gave the younger brother a 3:0, and Kuranyi scored two goals.

Kuranyi was very excited when he scored a goal. Anyone with a discerning eye knows his situation. A lone striker, Zhang Yuan is the first choice, and he is a substitute. Now that he can show a good state, Magath will definitely have different considerations.

Magath did not give up the double striker. The real problem is that Schalke 04 suffered a back injury, and the main midfielder Jones was injured. But then the game told him that Schalke 04's defense in the midfield was not strong enough, which is why Rakitic has only played once so far.

Without solving the defensive problem in the midfield, he chose to increase the defensive personnel in the midfield, and the forward line returned to a single center forward.

"Zhang Yuan, I will place you as a left winger in the next game!" Magath said to Zhang Yuan in Magath's office.

The next game is the Ruhr Derby, the top priority of Schalke 04's entire season, and there is no room for loss.

This is a tough battle. Magath thinks so when fighting a tough battle. The center position needs a strong impact center forward. Zhang Yuan is not, but Kuranyi is. Kuranyi's performance in the German Cup seems to be There are signs of recovery, and Magath hopes to use him.

Zhang Yuan was unwilling from the bottom of his heart, but for the sake of the team, he didn't say anything but nodded to Magath to express that he had no opinion.

Magath saw that he was not so happy and changed the subject, "Zhang Yuan, you are the third captain elected by everyone, you should take on greater responsibilities, sometimes you need to make a little sacrifice for the team, do you know?!"

"I understand, Mr. Magath! I will dedicate everything to the team!" Zhang Yuan said perfunctorily.

After the brief conversation ended, Zhang Yuan left the office and took a deep breath. He really shouldn't be fighting for the center position at this time.

Schalke 04 is currently ranked seventh, with 10 points accumulated. Although they lost the game against Wolfsburg, they are only 4 points away from the Hamburg team at the top of the list, which is not particularly bad.

反倒是多特蒙德最近有点糟糕，6轮比赛他们仅仅取得了1胜3平2负，积6分排名第13，距离降级区只有一步之遥。

Klopp's life is difficult. This kind of difficulty is just a bad result. In fact, he has no worries about leaving class. Dortmund's economic crisis has not yet recovered, and the investment in the transfer market in the summer is also low. Not much, just over 400 million euros.

The top management absolutely supports Klopp and will not dismiss him because of the loss of the derby, but maybe Klopp himself will lose the derby and choose to leave. It is purely embarrassing to sit down as the head coach.

On the afternoon of September 9th, the Westerly Stadium was already crowded with people. Fanatical fans in the south stand had already formed a "yellow wall". The fans in the south stand were the most loyal fans of Dortmund. Watching the ball, the fans have to stand for nearly 26 hours. This yellow wall will appear here in every home game. They will not only spell out the Dortmund team logo, but also form some weird patterns to deter opponents. As for whether it is useful or not, only those who have competed will know.

This is the devil's home court. Zhang Yuan will also be shocked by the Dortmund fans when he sets foot on the West **** Stadium for the first time, but this kind of shock is not fear, but playing a game in front of such fanatical hostile fans , Absolutely enjoy it, this is like a concert stage full of fanatical fans, the focus is on the players performing on the field.

Every time in a derby, Zhang Yuan would feel this way. Standing in the player tunnel, listening to the loud voices from the devil's home fans, Zhang Yuan's heart was still pounding.

Standing next to him was Dortmund's midfielder Shaheen. Their eyes met inadvertently. Both of them smiled slightly. Zhang Yuan stretched out his hand and hugged Shaheen, "Good luck! Nouri !"

"Good luck to you too, Zhang! But we will win!" Shaheen laughed.

"Hey, let's see it on the field!" Zhang Yuan was not to be outdone.

(End of this chapter)