Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 357 debut
The fans of the visiting team who followed the visiting team to the Bayer Arena fell into ecstasy. Many of them held Zhang Yuan's portrait and slogans, and a small fan held up a big-character poster saying "Lightning Boy, you are the only one!"

After Zhang Yuan's transfer turmoil broke out, most of the fans didn't believe it. After all, the situation of Schalke 04 this year is very similar to that of previous years, and the possibility of winning the championship is very high. Under such circumstances, how can Zhang Yuan will go? !Many fans think that Zhang Yuan will stay and follow Schalke 04 to the top. He is only 20 years old and has enough time to lead Schalke 04 forward.

But there are also some fans who are very angry about this. They don't believe that the newspapers and the media are groundless. Many times, the speculations in the newspapers and the media have become possible.

They think that Zhang Yuan is a betrayer who has betrayed the trust of the fans and the cultivation of the team, so in this game, a small number of fans still cursed Zhang Yuan with slogans.

Sitting on the bench, Zhang Yuan could not fail to see this. He has never experienced such a thing, so he is very sad. He does not want to be blamed and abused by the Schalke 04 fans he admires.

Draxler, who was sitting next to him, whispered to Zhang Yuan: "Don't be sad, Zhang Yuan! Everyone has the right to pursue their own happiness. If you think this place is not suitable for you, then leave. In fact, it's nothing! Are there still few stars going out from here?!"

Looking at it with admiration, Zhang Yuan's first feeling was not to stop feeling uncomfortable, but to have such thoughts about Draxler.

It's hard to see that Draxler would say such mature words at such a young age, Zhang Yuan doesn't quite understand Draxler's thoughts.

In Draxler's view, Schalke 04 is indeed his home team, but his ambition is also great. He longs for fame and honor. Failing to meet his demands, Draxler would leave without hesitation.

Even if he loves this team, he will not tie his fate to this team, which is why Draxler can say such things.

"Thank you, Julian! Although your consolation didn't work!" Zhang Yuan smiled.

Draxler also laughed. He likes Zhang Yuan very much. Zhang Yuan is not only capable but also very easy-going. He is definitely not the label that some outsiders put on Zhang Yuan. He is impulsive, irritable, and troublesome. Yes, otherwise there would be no fights or the like.

After being promoted to the first team, Draxler still hasn't gotten a chance to play, but training with the first team is enough to give him a new experience, and he has made rapid progress. Among them, Draxler helped him the most. I think it is Zhang Yuan.

Putting aside the discomfort, Zhang Yuan and other players on the bench continued to watch the situation on the field. Leverkusen, who conceded a goal, still maintained the pressure. Schalke 04 is now at a disadvantage, but this disadvantage is only reflected in the In terms of ball possession rate, Leverkusen's ball possession rate was as high as 70% for a period of time.

The diamond-shaped position of 442 has an advantage in passing and controlling in the center, especially Leverkusen's two full-backs move forward and the central midfielder closes in, so that their ball control is more calm. How did Kex train them, anyway, they would not concede the ball easily.

Their attacking midfielder Toni Kroos is very good, and he does a good job in transferring the ball, but it may be because of Heynckes' tactical arrangement. Leverkusen does not pass easily, but wants to penetrate. .

This is actually not surprising. Leverkusen's strikers are not particularly good at heading. Don't look at the striker Kisling who is in excellent form this season. He is more than 1.9 meters tall, but in fact his strength is not heading. .

Deldiyok is also tall, and his header is relatively good, but his focus is also on the skills at his feet.

Helmers exploded just after he joined Leverkusen last season, scoring 21 goals in the league, but unfortunately, he was seriously injured last summer, and as a result, he has been recuperating until now, and he has just come back soon , the status is not ideal.

Judging from the progress of this game so far, Leverkusen's two starting forwards, Helmers and Derdiyok, are both in poor condition. There are still opportunities, but they were wasted.

So in fact Leverkusen did not pose a great threat to Schalke 04, but it caused Neuer to have to concentrate at any time, and he could not stroll around like Adler on the opposite side.

At the end of halftime, Schalke 04's passive situation has not changed, and Leverkusen's backward situation has not changed.

During the intermission, Magath called Zhang Yuan to stop.

"I plan to let you play in the second half. After you come on the field, you will replace Kevin as a left winger. Kevin returns to the center position. Don't retreat too much. Our strategy is to defend and counterattack. You have to find Kevin in the frontcourt. Cooperate and increase the counterattack speed!"

Magath no longer imagined that his team could bring back the midfield disadvantage, and simply made up his mind to defend and play defensive counterattacks, Zhang Yuan's sharp weapon will come into play.

Edu was replaced, and he didn't have Zhang Yuan's excellent breakthrough ability, and he didn't have the speed. However, when the team fell behind, no matter how good the striker's skills are, it doesn't matter much. If the midfielder has excellent His skills are just fine, and may help the team control the midfield.

In the tactical arrangement of the locker room, Magath completed the above adjustments and reassigned tasks to everyone.

Edu has nothing to say. Not only Zhang Yuan is in good form this season, but another striker Kuranyi is also in good condition. He can only be a substitute during the winter break. I thought Zhang Yuan had a falling out with Magath. Get more opportunities, in fact he got it, but he didn't grasp it.

After the intermission, before kick-off, Schalke 04 made a substitution adjustment, and Zhang Yuan replaced Edu.

Leverkusen also made substitution adjustments. Kadlec replaced Schwab. Schwab had a yellow card in his body. In the second half, Leverkusen planned to attack on the premise that the full-back had a card. A very big hidden danger, so Heynckes replaced him.

Another substitution was to replace Helmers with Lars Bender.

In this way, Leverkusen's formation was changed to 4231, which they are better at, and the frontcourt has increased the ball receiving point and the strength of both sides. This is the rhythm of planning to attack.

However, seeing Zhang Yuan on the field, Heynckes was unavoidably worried. A few minutes later, he discovered that Zhang Yuan was playing as a left winger. Ci redistributes the tasks.

Originally, he planned to press the two sides even higher, but now he had to tell Kadlec not to press too high, and always noticed that he had to watch the tension far away.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Leverkusen's main attack, Heynckes called Kadlec to his side and told him his thoughts.

Kadlec listened to Heynckes' instructions and stopped pressing too much. Zhang Yuan was always his fear, and Zhang Yuan had no intention of returning to defense after playing. He was standing in the middle of Leverkusen. On the field, Kuranyi was more active than him in returning to defense.

Anyone with a little common sense knows that this must be Magath's tactical arrangement, which is to use Zhang Yuan's speed to fight back.

Heynckes didn't tell him not to push him at all, but only said that he must pay attention to Zhang Yuan, but Kadlec looked at Zhang Yuan's death in terms of execution, and it didn't matter whether he pressed him or not.

As a result, Leverkusen lacked Kadlec's support on the right side, which would be a big discount after all. They adjusted their main attack direction to the left side.

Soon Zhang Yuan got a chance to counterattack. In the 60th minute, Schalke 04 intercepted the ball in the backcourt. Matip made a long pass and found Zhang Yuan on the left. Although Zhang Yuan successfully unloaded the football, he was caught Kadlec was forced to be unable to complete the turn. He pulled too far to the side, and the direction of maneuvering and reversing was very limited. He simply didn't choose to pass others, but to protect the ball.

Pass the ball back to Rakitic. After receiving the ball, Rakitic directly slammed it to the left side. To put it bluntly, he wanted to use Zhang Yuan's energy to forcibly crush Kadlec with speed.

Kadlec didn't know what was going on behind him. When he saw Zhang Yuan who had already rushed out, he chose to pull someone to foul him. He couldn't match Zhang Yuan's speed. At this moment, he didn't dare to let Zhang Yuan chase him down, so he foul.

After the foul, Kadlec pulled Zhang Yuan up in a friendly way. He was not really friendly, but just wanted the referee to reduce his punishment.

To be honest, it is inevitable to give a verbal warning, but today the referee directly gave Kadlec a yellow card as if he was fighting against the right side of Leverkusen.

Kadlec surrounded the referee to defend, did he recognize the foul, but isn't it too much for you to give a yellow card directly? !You know this is my first foul after playing? !

The referee explained to him that this is a very threatening attack by Schalke 04. If you don’t hold Zhang Yuan back, Schalke 04 may pose a threat to your goal, so it’s okay for me to give you a yellow card. questionable.

(End of this chapter)