Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 340 Derby War ([-])

Klopp has a book in his heart. First of all, he does not think his team is worse than Schalke 04. In his opinion, a strong team should at least have such an attribute. When encountering an underdog, they should not lose points when they should score If you meet someone of the same level or even stronger than you, try your best to score points.

But Schalke 04 is not such a team, no matter what time period it is, they often lose points inexplicably on underdogs, and of course they often lose points on strong teams inexplicably, this is not what a strong team should be at all. Performance.

So in Klopp's mind, he doesn't think that Schalke 04, which is now at the top of the standings, is a strong team. He thinks that Schalke 04 can have all this thanks to Zhang Yuan. Without Zhang Yuan, they would never Will get so many points.

Klopp believes that Zhang Yuan is already the kind of person who can change the game on his own, so Zhang Yuan failed to appear in the starting lineup, and Klopp felt much relieved.

Many fans now know that Zhang Yuan did not appear in the starting lineup. Most of them thought that Zhang Yuan might have a minor injury. Coach Magath was conservative and did not arrange him to start.

Hoffman and Joseph didn't go to the box today, but watched the game from the stands like other fans, because it felt more like this.

Hoffman doesn't think it's normal for Zhang Yuan to be a substitute, because Zhang Yuan has been telling him that his injury has recovered, so why doesn't Magath play him? !In his opinion, a coach with a head full of water does not need Zhang Yuan who is recovering from injury.

"Hey, Zhang Yuan, do you think we will win the game today?!" Draxler asked with concern. He actually didn't have much confidence in today's game because Zhang Yuan didn't play, and Dortmund has already Not Dortmund, which was in chaos two years ago.

Dortmund had accumulated 39 points before this game and ranked fifth in the ranking. This ranking is the highest ranking in the past few years at the same stage. After Klopp took over, the transformation of the team has been slow but successful. Their ranking is increasing year by year. rise.

The strength of the team can no longer be measured by the old eyes. With the increase of young players' experience, Klopp's team is completely capable of competing with Schalke 04. In the past, Dortmund's own strength was not enough. Schalke 04's.

It's different now, and Draxler only asked this question.

"They are good at pressing in high positions and fast breaks. We must stabilize our defense first! Of course I am optimistic that we will win!" Zhang Yuan said.

After answering Draxler, Zhang Yuan focused his attention on the court because the game had already started.

Magath did not let the players stabilize the defense first, but played against Dortmund, straight to the point, without any temptation or hesitation.

Today Magath's starting 442 is no longer a diamond-shaped stance, but a parallel stance.

Goalkeeper: Neuer
Defender: Rafinha Degan Hewedes Schmitz
Midfielder: Sanchez, Rakitic, Krugerfarfan
Forward: Edu Kuranyi
Rafinha came back, naturally without Gao Jun's position, Edu is the first time to start in Schalke 04, he played the position that Zhang Yuan used to play on the field, the second forward, although Edu used to be in the Schalke [-] for a long time Weak teams are mixed, but in fact, as a Spaniard, his skills at his feet are quite good, so Magath used him in this game.

But compared with Zhang Yuan, his ability value is obviously one size smaller, and his speed, dribbling, shooting, and passing indicators are all inferior to Zhang Yuan, and this is his first start, and it is also in the derby. It's hard to say whether he can play this position well.

Dortmund also sent Klopp a 442 formation.

Goalkeeper: Weidenfeller
Defender: Owomoyela Hummels Subotic Schmelzer
Midfielder: Sahin Gross Kreutz Svend Kuba
Forward: Zidan Valdes

After playing for a few minutes, Zhang Yuan found that Dortmund's position is not a parallel position, their formation is more like 4231
The two midfielders are Shaheen and Sven Bender, the attacking midfielders and wingers are Zidan, Kuba, Gross Kreutz, and there is only one Valdes in front.

But in this, Klopp not only uses the wingers on both sides as wing breakthrough players, Klopp deliberately raises Zidan back a bit, on the one hand to pull Schalke 04's defense line, on the other hand is the past Let Kuba, Gross Kreutz and Valdes form a three-forward formation to put pressure on Schalke 04.

However, due to Barrios' accumulative yellow card suspension, Valdez who replaced him is not very tall, and he is not a powerful center like Barrios. It is hard to say whether he can get the expected effect.

The atmosphere in the derby is quite prosperous, so at the beginning of the game, the players on both sides started to fight for every inch of ground. The midfielders and frontcourt players on the field all felt that it was difficult for them to control the ball.

In such a fierce situation of pressing, playing the ball is the best choice for every player. Magath and Klopp can be said to be tit-for-tat. Klopp is accustomed to using high-position pressing tactics.

Schalke 04 is just like that today. Kuranyi and Edu kept running in the frontcourt, actively putting pressure on Dortmund's defense, but their effect was not as good as Dortmund's.

Because of the tactic of high-position pressing, Magath rarely uses it in normal times. The striker's participation in the frontcourt interception and the team's high-position pressing tactic are two different things. Usually we see forwards always actively step forward to intercept in the frontcourt. , This just means that the striker participates in the defense of the frontcourt. It has the effect of forcing the player with the ball to make a mistake or quickly release the ball, but such an interception generally requires luck, and few defenders make mistakes under such a pressing.

But the high-position press is different. The entire formation of the team will move forward, blocking the opponent's ball route in the frontcourt. If the defender sticks the ball too much, it is easy to make mistakes.

Teams with good skills and strong defenders will not easily lose their possession of the ball, but like Schalke 04, or like Dortmund, their more choice is to dispose of the ball as soon as possible.

The biggest problem with Schalke 04's high-position press is that the three lines are out of touch, and they failed to seal the line of the ball, so the effect is not as good as that of Dortmund.

Dortmund is different. Klopp is more good at this kind of tactics. Schalke 04's defensive players often can only open their feet under such pressure. The team completely plays like English football. Law.

But this style of play is actually beneficial to Schalke 04, the defense line does not need to be too high, and so far today, Schalke 04 has a better success rate of headers than Dortmund, Schalke Ke 04 can still get a chance to shoot.

On the other hand, Dortmund did not have much advantage in possession rate. After all, under the fierce pressure of the opponent, the turnover rate of passing the ball has also increased a lot.This is just one aspect. The other aspect is that Schalke 04 played high and high, which kept the defensive system relatively intact. On the contrary, Dortmund failed to get any shooting opportunities.

Wearing glasses, Klopp was stroking his beard stubble on the sidelines, thinking about countermeasures. He was thinking about how to change this situation. Originally, Schalke 04's traditional strength is defense, but Dortmund lacks a strong center in front. Barrio Si, the tactics are much more monotonous.

Klopp can't think of any good way. Today Dortmund must use short passes to open up the situation. The header obviously does not have an advantage. All he can do is pray that the team can play the usual stormy attack.

Dortmund's stormy attack is that even if the opponent stands still, he can still rely on running positions to rush the opponent's defense line to pieces. After a few charges, even if the opponent takes the initiative, there will be mistakes.

"The game so far, the scene is not good! It's just that the game scene is more intense than usual!" said He Wei of the sports station during the game commentary.

As the two representatives of studying abroad, the attention of this Ruhr Derby in China is not lower than that in Germany. Many fans hope to see Zhang Yuan and Gao Jun can start the battle, but the fact is that in such a major event, the two They all sat on the bench.

It's okay for Gao Jun to sit on the bench, and everyone has nothing to say, but Zhang Yuan, who is in such a good state recently, is pushed to the bench, which makes everyone very upset.

Even though He Wei, the commentator of the sports station, said that Zhang Yuan may have not fully recovered from his injury and sat on the bench, the domestic fans did not appreciate it, and scolded Schalke 04 coach Magath on the Internet. Many people are clamoring to wait, if you don't play Zhang Yuan, you will be waiting to lose!

(End of this chapter)