Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 337

In the sports battle, Schalke 04 did not get any good chances. Both Zhang Yuan and Kuranyi completed relatively few shots, but now they took the lead by relying on corner kicks. The next game should be played well. many.

After Wolfsburg conceded the goal, the players felt a little bit disappointed for a short time. It is normal to think about it. After all, the state is too bad. The players themselves will doubt whether there is a problem with the team, and sometimes even lead to internal strife.

However, under Costner's roar, the Wolfsburg players quickly came out of such a lost mood. Think about it, since the ball was conceded first, everyone should play according to the established path.

The midfielder Wolfsburg did not lose control for long, and they took some initiative, but Schalke 04 did not give them many opportunities.

In fact, Schalke 04's defensive quality has declined this season and last season. The main problem is not with the central defenders but with the midfield. The interception ability of the midfield is not strong, but the team's fouls are poor well-done.

At present, they have the most fouls per game in the Bundesliga. It can be said that they rely on fouls to stop the opponent's attack. The Premier League is as loose as it is, but it is definitely more relaxed than the other major leagues because there are a lot of confrontations in the Bundesliga.

But fouls alone are not enough. This season Schalke 04 has suffered in some games, and Magath has not made any changes because of personnel problems.

In this game, Schalke 04 has already led the opponent in the number of fouls so far, but it can't stand Wolfsburg getting a few good opportunities, but their players have not been able to grasp it.

The halftime whistle blew, and the first half ended. Schalke 04, who played away, took the lead against Wolfsburg when the situation was not dominant.

The home fans are still cheering, and a head coach has already been called out of class. At present, the team has not improved significantly. Today, Costner is originally an agent, and the fans can only cheer for the team.

On the way off the pitch, assistant coach Eshikorn passed by, and Eshikorn enthusiastically grabbed Zhang Yuan's shoulder and said, "Hey, kid, you actually scored a header today!"

"Joseph, what is it? My header is not that bad. I still have headers this season!" Zhang Yuan exaggeratedly exclaimed. In fact, he didn't have many headers, and he only scored 2 this season. , Think about it, 16 league goals, Zhang Yuan is a striker with a height of about 185, 2 is indeed a bit small.

"Hey, count it yourself! You're so proud of yourself!" Eshikorn patted Zhang Yuan's head with a smile.

Eschkorn seemed to be in a good mood at halftime. Schalke 04 fell behind this season, and there were quite a few cases of leading the score, so he is really not surprised, and he is naturally in a good mood when leading.

Entering the locker room, the players were resting and listening to Magath's tactical arrangements. The interpreter, just like Mai Xuewen back then, really didn't know much about football, so Zhang Yuan was in charge of a temporary interpreter for Gao Jun. Talk about Magath's arrangement.

The score of a goal is not safe. Magath did not ask the players to take it back, but asked the players to continue to play like the first half and fight aggressively. He actually held his breath in this game. When he left The most fundamental root of the problem is the disagreement with Wolfsburg's high-level team. In the first half, Wolfsburg also won away from Schalke 04. Now Magath just wants to be in Wolfsburg. Sprinkle another pinch of salt on the wound.

After the intermission, the match between the two sides resumed. Costner made a substitution adjustment, replacing Gentner with Dejaga. Gentner's performance in the first half cannot be said to be bad, but it can only be said that his performance was too ordinary. , Costner is obviously not very satisfied with his performance, Djaga foot skills are relatively good, Costner hopes that he can strengthen the offensive role in the frontcourt.

Dejaga played the position of the left midfielder, which happened to be a direct dialogue with Gao Jun. In the first half, Gentner suppressed Gao Jun a little miserably in the first few minutes, but then he couldn't do it.

It seemed that Costner's plan was still to fight Gao Jun, and it was indeed the case in the subsequent games. Wolfsburg mainly concentrated their offensive on this side, and Gao Jun seemed to be struggling under the help of his teammates in the midfield.

This is not surprising, he was not a defender in the first place, but he was forced to be a defender by Magath in this game.

In the 48th minute, Wolfsburg's Dejaga dribbled the ball forward from the left. Gao Jun accidentally fell down while retreating. Fortunately, Dejaga's cross after the breakthrough deviated too far and failed to pose a threat.

This is just a small microcosm, Zhang Yuan was also a little anxious watching from the front, he was afraid that Gao Jun would make some mistakes, this would be too bad for his development in the team.

So the only way he could think of was to strengthen the pressing in the frontcourt. In order to reduce the pressure on the backcourt, he started to press in a high position with Kuranyi in the front, but the effect of the two was naturally not ideal.

Instead, at 62 minutes, Zhang Yuan was kicked by Josue in the instep during the confrontation with Josue. The situation at that time was that Zhang Yuan wanted to go forward to block Josue's long pass. As a result, he was kicked by Josue.

Zhang Yuan covered his insteps and lay down on the ground, Magath felt a "thump" in his heart, could he not be able to kick? !

It’s really impossible to kick. Larek checked Zhang Yuan and signaled Zhang Yuan to stand up and try. Zhang Yuan had no problem standing up, but the arch of his foot hurt a little. Larek felt that Zhang Yuan’s bones must be fine. Most of the injuries were due to the pain caused by the heavy blow to the muscles on the instep.

Since Zhang Yuan couldn't walk normally, he definitely changed.

Magath had no choice but to make substitutions. He replaced Zhang Yuan with Moritz, put Farfan in the forward position, and Rakitic in the attacking midfielder position.

Zhang Yuan also felt very helpless about this end, Larek reassured him that his bones were not injured, this situation should not be a big problem, and he could recover in a few days.

After Zhang Yuan left the field, Wolfsburg had an even better offensive advantage. Even though Zhang Yuan reduced a lot of ball possession opportunities, in fact he was still one of the few breakthroughs for Schalke 04, and Magath had never You can't control the ball if you say Zhang Yuan, he just hopes that Zhang Yuan will reduce unnecessary ball control and strengthen his running more.

So now that Zhang Yuan is off the field, it is a great disadvantage to Schalke 04.

In the 71st minute, Gao Jun made a defensive foul, and Wolfsburg got a free kick from the left side of the front court. After the ball was taken quickly, Misimovic made a cross from the left side of the penalty area. , was snatched by Grafitt, headed into the empty goal, 1-1!

In the end, Schalke 04 was still tied by Wolfsburg. Gao Jun's foul was not the key mistake. The key to the mistake was that the entire defensive system was pierced by this free kick.

This is also the strange thing about Schalke 04 this season. Schalke 04 is not bad in height, but they suffer a lot from defensive set-pieces.

After conceding the goal, Magath replaced the right back Gao Jun with Baum John. The main reason for Gao Jun’s exit was that he was physically exhausted. He ran too far in this game, and he went up and down again. He really couldn’t hold on. The 90-minute game, not to mention that he did not conduct systematic training at all except in the national team before the transfer.

But only 3 minutes after the substitution, in the 77th minute, Schafer and Dejaga hit the wall from the side to cooperate, and made a low pass from the left to the center. Grafite got rid of Digan and pushed his right foot forward. He stretched out his foot to block the ball, but the ball bounced on his foot, which made Neuer helpless. Wolfsburg overtook the score 2-1!

Zhang Yuan was really crazy on the bench. He complained in Mandarin, "Damn it, what the hell!", and smashed the water bottle in his hand to the ground.

He didn't even know why he did this, did he blame his teammates?No, he didn't blame his teammates in his heart, conceding goals was a coincidence, so what he really complained about was the team's bad luck.

His behavior was a bit out of line, and the current Wolfsburg commentator joked: "Haha, Zhang is crazy! His face looks a bit abnormal! Could it be that he is complaining about his team's performance?!"

The fans of Wolfsburg were elated, especially the on-site broadcast footage was so unkind. They actually replayed the scene on the bench of Schalke 04 on the big screen, making the scene known to everyone. Wolfsburg Fort fans are even happier. Seeing their opponents deflated feels as happy as eating popsicles in summer.

(End of this chapter)