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Chapter 214 Finally a tie

Elton's unexpected goal once again detonated Schaaf's saliva release, as if to recover the humiliation he suffered at the Paul Cabage Stadium last season, Schaaf roared happily.

Borussia Mönchengladbach has been so strong recently, and Bremen can take the lead away, which is indeed worthy of Schaff's excitement, although Elton's two goals are due to luck.

At the end of the half, the score was 1:2, and the visiting team Werder Bremen took the lead.

However, the Borussia Mönchengladbach fans in the stands are still not in a hurry. Now they are a little blindly confident in the strength of Borussia Mönchengladbach, and Nick has not yet shown his power.

In the locker room, Karl also said the same: "Nick, it's time for you to press in the second half. Bremen's defense looks a bit resilient, you have to find a way."

"Coach, well, I know what to do." Nick is not very willing to go out in person recently. His teammates are very strong, and he still enjoys watching the whole process of his teammates scoring carefully from behind.

At critical moments, his long-range shots and breakthroughs are the two most powerful of the seven weapons.

However, Micoud's scheduling in this game is still very good, but his teammates failed to seize the opportunity. It seems that Nossa is much worse than Trezeguet.

In the other locker room, Schaff's excitement was beyond words, but as the future famous coach of the Bundesliga, Schaff calmed down quickly.

"Everyone played well in the first half, but in the second half, Borussia Mönchengladbach's captain Nick will definitely rush up. Nick is very good, but we are not bad. Everyone grabs the space behind Nick and plays. Elton, you go to the middle. Whenever you have a chance, you attack!"

According to Nick's characteristics, Schaff worked out a counterattack tactic. Bowman moved to the center to play with Frings as a double midfielder, while Klashnic retreated to the left center and Elton assaulted the center.

If Bremen can fight back, Elton is absolutely fatal.

The Bremen players are also passionate. If they can beat Borussia Mönchengladbach, does that mean that Bremen also has the strength to win the Bundesliga championship?
There is a dream to be motivated, but it still needs to be verified by the game, so the Bremen players decided to fight Borussia Mönchengladbach to the end in the second half.

At the end of the intermission, players from both sides quickly returned to the field. Bremen made up their mind to counterattack and waited for Borussia Mönchengladbach to attack.

Nick knew that Bremen's counterattack was sharp. If he wanted to overwhelm the offense, he had to guarantee the success rate, but everyone made mistakes, and he couldn't be foolproof, so who would protect the back line?

Regardless, if Metzelder and Friedrich don't deal with such situations more, then they will not be able to deal with stronger opponents in the Champions League in the future.

Nick's first press attack caused a wave of chaos in the Bremen penalty area.

In the 47th minute, Nick took advantage of Micoud's cover and directly dribbled the ball into the Bremen penalty area. However, Frings kept entangled Nick. Although the two were a big difference in size and height, Frings was very desperate, with excellent reactions and positioning.

However, Frings was still under pressure and had to choose to gamble. He went out quickly, trying to break Nick's ball.

Nick pulled off his right foot, then used an unconventional right toe toe the ball from behind to his left foot, then poked with his left foot and passed Frings.

Facing Bowman who was chasing him, Nick passed the ball first, and the ball flew to the wide gap behind the penalty area.

Nossa and Ismail started at the same time. Nossa was tall and long, half a step faster than Ismail, and then decisively shot directly. The ball was subconsciously blocked by Rost.

The ball rolled back into the penalty area, causing confusion immediately. Korstajic and Iliyer kicked out at the same time. The little Larson was obviously a few tenths faster, so he poked the ball first, and Korstajic kicked Larson. Larson fell into the penalty area with a 'scream'.

When the referee rushed over, a yellow card was highlighted, making Krstajic shake his head speechlessly. Obviously, this was a penalty.

The fans of Borussia Mönchengladbach were immediately happy when they saw the result of the penalty. The penalty kick is definitely a good opportunity. Nick shoots a penalty kick without worrying about it. This is basically a goal.

Nick thought so too, but before he stepped forward, Larson got up and picked up the ball. Obviously, Larson wanted to take the penalty kick himself.

"Steal the show?" Nick was taken aback, but he still didn't compete with Illie. As a striker, Larsson naturally wanted to compete for the top scorer in the league. I guess that's why he took the penalty kick. Perhaps he also hoped to use more goals to prove that he was the right choice for Bayern. These are all understandable, and Nick doesn't care too much.

On the other hand, Karl off the court was a little upset. This Larson actually snatched Nick's exclusive right. He was too unconscious. Thinking that Larson was about to leave Borussia Mönchengladbach, Karl's face darkened, and he immediately asked Elie to get up and move around.

Larsson took the penalty kick and finally fooled the Bremen goalkeeper Rost, and shot the ball into the middle, 2:2, and the score returned to a tie again.

Larson was still very excited and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate, but he was only greeted with sparse applause. Looking behind him, no teammates came to congratulate him. Larson felt a chill in his heart, as if he had made a mistake just now.

But after thinking about it for a while, Larson laughed again. He will soon be a member of Bayern, so why bother with Borussia Mönchengladbach players?Don’t celebrate if you don’t come to celebrate. When you meet Borussia Mönchengladbach in the future, you must teach these teammates a lesson.

Nick applauded Larsson. He didn't hate the Swedish striker, but seeing the substitution sign raised on the sidelines, Nick also realized that Larsson had been blacklisted by Karl.

Immediately, Illier charged onto the pitch and replaced Larsson.

The game also resumed soon. Nick was double-teamed by Bremen players. Frings and Bowman were almost inseparable. Especially Frings had suffered from Nick's loss, and he didn't dare to play easily anymore.

Moreover, the Bremen players were running very aggressively, Micoud was also closely watched, and both sides were also marked to death, and Nick had to take the ball back.

"It's not the way to go on like this. To be so stared at so deadly, Bremen's combat effectiveness is pretty good."

Nick thought to himself while looking for countermeasures.

Then Nick pulled to the side again, but was still followed by Frings and Bowman. Such a high-intensity defense lasted until 80 minutes. Frings and Bowman's physical energy was consumed a lot, and they couldn't stand it at this time.

Seeing this situation, Bremen coach Schaff made a decisive substitution. The teenager Simon Rolfers came on and replaced forward Pizarro. Schaff decided to hold on to the point. It was up to Elton to score a goal. After all, Elton rarely had the chance to get the ball.

Bremen's defense still maintained enough strength, and Nick finally realized the meaning of sticking to it. Facing such a team, Nick's breakthrough was greatly restricted, and the pass was also destroyed by the Bremen defense from time to time. Except for Illie's turn-around volley in the penalty area in the 78th minute, Borussia Mönchengladbach only had a few long-range shots in front of the penalty area in so much time.

And Elton still restrained the defense of 2-3 players in the backcourt of Mönchengladbach, which made Mönchengladbach not capable enough to compress the opponent, and the breakthroughs on both sides were also misfired.

In the end, the score of this game was 2:2. Werder Bremen took away one point, and Borussia Mönchengladbach's record of unbeaten victories this season came to an end.

(End of this chapter)