Football: Invincible starting from krypton gold

Chapter 111 The second half of the season begins

After almost 5 days of training, the newly joined players have gradually adapted to Mainz's tactics, and the tacit understanding between the players has also gradually improved. Just in the beginning of the second half of the season, Mainz's opponents are not very strong, so there is still plenty of time left for Mainz.

The time soon came to January 1th. Mainz will face Rostock at the Opel Arena today. As the first home game after the winter break, although the opponent’s strength is not very strong, Mainz fans still took to the streets and entered the stadium to cheer for their team.

The media pays more attention to whether Mainz’s new lineup can withstand the test, whether the real strength is the same as the strength on paper, just like people, it is impossible for everyone to like you. After joining Freiburg, Knight once said in an interview with reporters that he is very familiar with Mainz. He knows where Mainz’s weaknesses are.

And Rostock, who is visiting today, is actually holding a sliver of luck, hoping that Mainz's lineup has changed a lot, and the tacit understanding between players has not been fully formed. This is the reason why Mainz can score some points.

The imagination is full, the reality is very skinny.

After the game started, Mainz gave Rostock a blow.

Only 3 minutes after the start of the game, Chen Xiao was in the center near the right, and his opponent completely disarmed and surrendered with a continuous pedaling of the bicycle, and then he took a long shot with his foot.

The football flew into the goal as fast as lightning.

1-0, Chen Xiao used this ball to tell everyone that despite resting for dozens of days, his state is still hot.

For Rostock, this ball is just the beginning of the nightmare.

In the 17th minute of the game, the connection between Chen Xiao, Di Natale and Quaresma, the three top professional players, did not need too much time to have a great tacit understanding. Quaresma made a breakthrough pass from the left.

2 to 0, Chen Xiao successfully scored twice.

In the 29th minute of the game, Mainz made a comeback. This time, after Chen Xiao made a long drive from the right to the bottom line, he made a precise cross and found Di Natale who followed up in the middle. After Di Natale stopped the ball in the chest near the penalty spot, he directly volleyed sideways, and the football flew into Rostock's goal again.

3 to 0, Di Natale scored his first goal after joining Mainz, and this is also his first official game after joining Mainz, which should be regarded as a perfect start.

In the opening 30 minutes, Rostock, who was thinking about scoring points before the game, was directly stabbed three times by Mainz.

Subsequently, Rostock immediately retracted the formation, hoping to lose less.

But Mainz, which has already bared its fangs, is something you can defend if you want to.

In stoppage time in the first half of the game, Albertini's long pass from the backcourt directly found Chen Xiao near the middle circle, and Chen Xiao didn't take the ball forward. He just made a diagonal long pass and directly found Quaresma who was passing forward. Chen Xiao's pass fully considered Quaresma's speed. When Quaresma got the ball, he was just a little in front of the penalty area line.

Quaresma, who got the ball, took a step and volleyed directly. The goalkeeper watched desperately as the football flew past his eyes and then flew into the goal.

4 to 0, the first half of the game is coming to an end, Mainz extended the advantage to four goals.

This is a score that makes Rostock very desperate.

With the end of the intermission, the second half of the game continued.

In the 61st minute of the game, Troshovsky got the ball in the frontcourt and was directly knocked down by the opponent. The referee gave a direct free kick, about 26 meters away from the goal. Chen Xiao calmly sent the ball directly into the goal with a round moon scimitar. For Rostock’s goalkeeper, today is definitely a disaster day for him. This is the fifth time he has picked up the ball from the goal in this game. For Chen Xiao, he successfully staged a hat trick in the first league game after the winter break In this way, his position at the top of the scorer list is fixed and unbreakable.

In the 70th minute of the game, Klopp chose to replace Chen Xiao.

In the next game, Klopp made consecutive substitutions and replaced the main players to rest, while the opponent Rostock didn't have any ideas, so the two teams kept the score until the end.

5 to 0, Mainz beat Rostock at their home court, took all three points, and showed their strong offensive ability to the home fans.

The No.19 round is over, and the position of the standings has not changed in any way. The top five teams have all won. The No.20 round will begin on February 2st.

This round of Mainz continues to sit at home against Bielefeld, who is also newly promoted.

When the two teams met in the first half of the season, Bielefeld also took advantage of the home court to fight against Mainz, and Bielefeld also lost very badly in that game. Bielefeld, who has learned lessons from this game, set up a bus and iron barrel formation at the Opel Stadium.

But now Mainz is not what it used to be. The tridents in the frontcourt are all players who are good at holding the ball.

After the start of the game, Bielefeld's iron barrel formation did cause some trouble for Mainz, but when the game progressed to the 31st minute, this trouble completely disappeared.

Chen Xiao's continuous passing and changing directions in the frontcourt completely made the opponent lose his mind, and directly put Chen Xiao to the ground. It was not until the referee blew the whistle that the opponent regretted it.

For a direct free kick about 28 meters away from the goal, Chen Xiao calmly sent the ball into the goal with his round moon scimitar.

The score of 1 to 0 means that Bielefeld's iron barrel formation has completely lost its effect, because 1 goal is also a three-pointer, and ten goals are also a three-pointer, so now for Bielefeld, there is no choice.Klopp on the sidelines knew that the situation of the game after the ball was completely in his hands.

The final result of the game was just as Klopp thought, 3 to 0. This is the final score. Mainz successfully scored three points and gained two consecutive victories after the winter break.

After the end of this round of competition, Mainz will shift its focus from the league to the UEFA Cup. On February 2, Mainz will usher in the first round of the top 4 knockout round of the UEFA Cup at their home court. The opponent is BlackRock Partizan from Serbia.

After this game, Mainz will welcome their opponent Wolfsburg in the 2st round of the Bundesliga on February 7. This round of the league Mainz will be an away game.

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