Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 293 Self Salvation
In the last game against Wolfsburg, Josue launched many long counterattacks, and Dzeko's overtake goal came from his launch.

Magath was able to lead Wolfsburg to win the championship last year. In addition to the two forwards who scored a lot of goals, there is another important hero who is Josue.

Schalke 04 does not have such a defensive midfielder, and with the injury of the iron waist Jones, Magath also has to work hard on defense. After all, it depends on the food, and there are only a few players in the midfield of Schalke 04.

After taking the lead, Schalke 04 is still not dominant. Fortunately, with a one-goal lead, Schalke 04's defense is still excellent. It is not the first time for everyone to face such a passive defense, and their confidence has increased. few.

Babel is a bit depressed, football games are like this, and having an advantage does not necessarily mean that you will be able to get the lead first.

At the end of the first half, Schalke 04 led Stuttgart by one goal in the away game. Babel did not make any tactical adjustments during the intermission, but he repeatedly told his defense to concentrate. Followed up, he warned his players that Schalke 04's counterattack is quite sharp.

Changing sides to fight again, Magath vowed to use the defensive counterattack to the end, replacing Moritz with Zambrano, and Rafinha stepped up again to form a double midfielder with Mineiro, and the formation was adjusted to 42112.

However, there is no obvious improvement in this situation. The only improvement is that Stuttgart gets fewer shots, and most of them are fired from outside the penalty area. It is possible to hit the goal, but the threat is not great.

In the 61st minute, Babel couldn't stand Pogrebnyak anymore. His high center forward had completed zero shots so far, so he was replaced by the team's young striker Scibel.

In the 66th minute, Cherozzi was replaced with Hilbert. Hilbert is an attacking midfielder. The signal is obvious to keep attacking. Now he can't stand it anymore.

Magath also made substitution adjustments, replacing the goal hero Rakitic with Knia. At this stage, Magath originally intended to replace with a new force, and the one who can adjust is Rakitic. As for Zhang Yuan and Farfan, not yet.

Babel's substitution was still very effective. In the 72nd minute, Scibel forcibly got rid of Zambrano from the left and broke into the penalty area to cross. Breaking through the gate guarded by Neuer, 1 to 1, Stuttgart equalized the score.

Magath was furious, how could the ball miss someone, the two central defenders failed to keep a close eye on Cacau, and he yelled loudly at the defender combination Digan and Hewedes, "What are you doing?! Concentrate attention!"

He does have reason to be anxious. It is not easy for Schalke 04 to lead by a goal against a strong opponent, but a small mistake led to the victory. It is difficult for Schalke 04 to score another goal. Although Stuttgart is in poor form , but as far as this game is concerned, their state is not bad. It is not so easy for Schalke 04 to get a chance.

Neuer also cursed at his two teammates in front of the goal, "What are you doing?!"

Then he realized that he seemed to be the captain, so he clapped his hands with a wry smile, "Concentrate! Concentrate! Do we still have a chance!"

Kakao excitedly ran to the fans of the home team to celebrate. It was not easy. It was not easy. This is the common feeling of the fans and the players on the field. Although Schalke 04 is not impermeable, it is at least difficult for Stuttgart to create What an absolute chance.

Magath is also in a hurry now. He has been standing on the sidelines and directing the team's defense. In any case, it is acceptable to score one point against Stuttgart. Now that he has lost two points, he does not want to lose another point. Duck eggs go home.

In the 76th minute, Rafinha intercepted the ball from the back court and passed it diagonally to Zhang Yuan on the left. , escaped Tresch, and continued to move forward. Stuttgart has now changed to a three-back.

Boulahrouz was particularly afraid of Zhang Yuan coming over. He was more prepared this time than last time. Tresch went up and moved up immediately. After Marseille's roundabout, he immediately put on a light crotch.

Shame, Boulah Luz was pierced twice by Zhang Yuan in this game, he didn't react in time, and he didn't reach out to pull people.

Zhang Yuan drove the ball straight into the penalty area, Tashche came over, Zhang Yuan scored the ball to the middle, Kuranyi followed up and pushed, Lehman was helpless, the ball broke through his goal again, another central defender Manian and Tashche did not form a tacit understanding, Tashche gave up Kuranyi, Manian did not make up, Kuranyi was unguarded, and scored a single-handed goal.

Hey, after 3 minutes, Schalke 04 actually took the lead again. The Schalke 04 fans who were watching the away game were overjoyed. Kuranyi ran to the fans stand to interact with the fans. This season they kept saying that Kuranyi should get out.

With 4 goals in 4 games, Kuranyi completed self-salvation. Of course, he must thank Zhang Yuan who passed the ball to him.

Magath and assistant coach Eshkohn hugged each other. He let out a long breath and said in words that could only be heard by two people: "Is he really lucky!"

The morale of the Stuttgart players was hit hard, and the fans at the scene rang the slogan to let Babel go.

Babel is not deaf, so he can naturally hear the boos from the fans behind him, but the head coach has a big heart. If he dismisses get out of class because of the boos from the fans, that would be too fragile. He still directs his team anxiously Hurry up to launch an offensive, there is not much time left for them, and it will only be about 15 minutes with stoppage time.

But the players in Stuttgart were not energetic. They looked very lively, had the advantage of possession of the ball, and never passed forward. Magath called his disciples to change formation. 433, Zhang Yuan and Farfan separated again and both returned. , Kuranyi also accepted, let Stuttgart control the ball, as long as they hold their own midfield.

Spending the last 15 minutes in a daze, Stuttgart once again lost at home after losing to Werder Bremen at home in the last round, with a two-game losing streak at home.

Of course, Schalke 04 won another victory in a difficult situation. The points reached 19 points, still clinging to Leverkusen and Hamburg in front.

Hehe, Zhang Yuan remembered a saying by a great Chinese man, it doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat. If you define Magath in this way, you can only say that he really deserves to be a champion coach.

After winning the game, Magath was naturally very happy, "Today's game was very difficult. You must know that they were the third place last season, and we were nothing. The boys performed very well, and we deserved this victory!"

"The team is passive? Today their possession rate reached 64%, we are a little less, but these are of no use, the important thing is that we seized the opportunity, and we did not give them any chance!"

"Angry about conceding a goal? Yes, our defenders made a mistake and I hope they learn from it!"

"Zhang Yuan's performance? He performed very well and was very threatening in several attacks, but he should improve his ability to seize opportunities. He is still young and has more room for improvement!"

"Kuranyi? He is showing excellent form now, we should give him trust and support, he is doing a good job!"

"Will Babel be fired? I'm not the general manager of Stuttgart, I'm the general manager of Schalke 04, so I don't know!"

Magath praised his players all over again. On the way back to Gelsenkirchen, he congratulated the players, but when he changed the subject, he talked about the next game against Hamburg.

The point difference between Hamburg and Schalke 04 is only two points. It can be said that it is a fierce battle. Schalke 04 is at home, and Hamburg has Europa League to play in the middle of the week. Magath wants to win the opponent and step on the opponent. dead body climbed up.

Not only has the game against Stuttgart just ended, Magath began to remind everyone to watch the Hamburg team's video, do more homework outside of class, and must win the opponent at home.

(End of this chapter)