Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 136 Returning to the starting lineup
Buskens and Mulder conducted tactical drills against Cottbus, while Zhang Yuan was still listed as the main starting lineup by the two acting coaches. For the two of them, the battle for Cottbus was imminent, changing Tactics and lineups are temporarily unnecessary behaviors, and they think there is nothing wrong with Slomka's tactics.

The problem is the mentality of the team. The Champions League fell short, which made the players very disappointed. It is not surprising that they played listlessly against Werder Bremen.

Of course, Buskens knows Zhang Yuan’s ability. He knows that this 17-year-old genius is actually the best player of Schalke since the second half of the 04 season. It’s hard to believe that Zhang Yuan is only 17 years old. Many years old, of course he did not perform well in some games, but he worked hard. Against Barcelona, ​​he fought until he was exhausted before leaving the field and contributed an assist. He played in the second half against Werder Bremen. The only player in the team who performed well, contributed an assist. The main reason for this is that there is too little support for him from the midfield. He jumps up and down alone, and his performance cannot be much better. He can contribute once The assists are pretty good.

After the game, "Bild" scored the Schalke 04 players. Except for Zhang Yuan, all of them failed. Even Kuranyi, who scored the goal, failed. Zhang Yuan was evaluated as 2 points. "Bild" evaluated It wrote, "Zhang Yuan performed exceptionally well on the court. In the dark moment of the whole team, he was the only one who shone with the light of genius. Slomka should regret why he didn't arrange Zhang Yuan to start!"

So in fact, in Buskens' mind, Zhang Yuan will still firmly occupy a starting position. Not only that, given that Fred Rutten will take over the coach of Schalke 04 next season, Buskens will also He solemnly recommends Zhang Yuan to Mulder, who is playing the front line. According to his understanding, Schalke 04 will definitely buy out Zhang Yuan after the end of this season. Of course, it may depend on the player's own opinion, but he believes that Zhang Yuan should be willing to stay. In Schalke 04, after all, he can start here, and he can get more game training.

Zhang Yuan secretly rejoices that he can continue to play as the starter in the eyes of Buskens and Mulder, but in the eyes of Buskens and Mulder, it is too normal.

The match against Cottbus was held at 4:15 pm on April 7th. The Schalke stadium was full and head coach Slomka was driven away. The fans of Schalke 04 had high hopes for this game, as the saying goes Changing coaches is like changing knives. This is a rule. Everyone thinks that there is no reason why Schalke 04 players can no longer win against their opponents.

Hoffman didn't even open a taxi today, and came to the stadium to cheer for his beloved team. In fact, he is different from many fans. He doesn't think it is a good idea to fire Slomka. Now it is a competition for the Champions League seat During the most critical period, he believed that the coaching change would affect the team's state and performance, but many other fans believed that if Slomka was still there, it would affect the performance. His presence would affect the team's morale, and maybe After a few consecutive losses, Schalke 04 is really over.

Hoffman hopes that Zhang Yuan can start today. This is the voice of the fans. Zhang Yuan’s performance is in the eyes of everyone. He is extraordinary and fast. The most important thing is that he can help the team to make achievements. This is why everyone likes him , it's always nice to have him in the game.

Buskens and Mulder did not disappoint the fans. The starting lineup he sent today is:
Goalkeeper: Neuer
Defenders: Right back Rafinha, center backs Bolton and Westermann, left back Pandel

Midfielders: Jones, Ernst, Schneider
Forwards: Zhang Yuan, Kuranyi, Altintop Jr.

Pandle replaced Kristajic, and Buskens and Mulder chose Pandle. Kristajic has excellent defensive ability, but his ability to insert assists is not as good as Pandel. Tebs, the consensus of the two is to attack violently, and Pandle was chosen because of his ability to put in assists.

Altintop Jr. replaced Asamoah. Buskens and Mulder still wanted to find a variable. Asamoah is a player with no place. The only characteristics are his strong body and strong ability in melee. There are few goals, and Altintop Jr. has better speed and passing than him.

Kuranyi's recent state is actually not good, but he is an unstoppable air fighter and an unstoppable main center forward. He is much more stable than Zhang Yuan and must play.

Rakitic has not recovered from his injury. Buskens and Mulder still continued the midfield configuration of the previous game. Schneider was also transferred from Dongchuang, but there were not many opportunities to play. The last performance Oops, this game still has the trust of the two new coaches. If they don't play well, they will really be thrown into the cold palace.

Cottbus has won three consecutive victories before, but two of them are at home and one is an away victory over Duisburg. In fact, they have won such an away game since the start of the second half of the season. The away record is not good. It is also the reason why Schalke 04 fans are more optimistic about their team.Little did they know that Cottbus also hoped to score points against the chaotic Schalke 04. Coach Prasznica played defensive counterattack tactics after taking over from Sander as the team's head coach. In this way, a formation of 541 was dispatched.

Goalkeeper: Tremel

Defenders: Right back Angelov, center back Kvitanovic, center back Da Silva, center back Miterski, left back Zibhi

Midfielders: Bagheera, Rost, Rivic, Skylar
Forward: Sorensen
Bagheera and Rost are actually two defensive players, the defensive midfielder, Rivic and Skylar are the two wingers, and Sorensen is the high point.

Plashnica knows that his team's overall strength must be much worse than that of Schalke 04. Under such circumstances, they can only play defensive counterattacks. At this stage of the season, it is good for Cottbus to score one point Yes, because the point difference among the relegation team is not very big, his basic idea is to make good use of the counter-attack cross. Sorensen is 193cm tall and has a good header ability.

After the start of the game, Schalke 04 took the initiative on the field and firmly controlled the situation on the field. Prasznica tried to counterattack, but Schalke 04 did not give him any chance, and always put the ball Control at the feet, Kuranyi is not easy to pass, everyone knows that facing 3 central defenders Kuranyi can hardly break through the opponent's iron wall even if he has excellent header skills.On the contrary, Schalke 04 changed their previous tactics of holding high and playing high, and began to play ball control, through balls, and short passes.

Zhang Yuan was very active in the frontcourt. Facing the opponent's back line's superiority in numbers, he did not rush to overtake others. Instead, he took on the important task of connecting the midfielder and forward, and pulled the opponent through continuous running and passing. The defensive line, constantly crossing the center, involves the strength of the opponent's central defender and reduces the pressure Kuranyi faces.

This is not the coach's arrangement. He saw it after the game started. The opponent's defense is too dense. There are 8 to 9 people defending at the front of the penalty area. It is too difficult to get in. The only way is to keep running. Tear open the opponent's line of defense with passing the ball, or rely on the inspiration of the star.

Buskens was quite relieved to see this situation below, and he said to Mulder: "Zhang is really a very smart player, and the atmosphere will be compared with time!"

"Yeah, he's a smart player!" Mulder laughed.

It may be that Schalke 04 had an absolute advantage in the previous stage. The two new coaches did not worry about scoring goals at all. They believed that scoring goals would happen sooner or later.

But after waiting for 30 minutes, Schalke 04 still failed to score a goal, and even had few chances to threaten the opponent. There were a few good long-range shots, but the quality was very average. The two coaches began to feel uneasy. Busken Si shouted eagerly from the sidelines, "Go a little further, and the three lines go a little further!"

30 minutes failed to score, coupled with the roar of Buskens on the sidelines and the shouts of the fans on the field, put invisible pressure on the Schalke 04 players on the field. Everyone became impatient and began to pass the ball. There was a mistake, and Cottbus also got two counterattack opportunities, but their counterattack speed was not fast. Sorensen was tall but slow, and the two wingers were strangled under the joint efforts of Jones and the defender.

Prasznica is calm and composed on the sidelines, very good. The team's defense is very successful. The more impatient Schalke 04 is, the better. Although they failed to seize the two counter-attack opportunities, it is difficult to say next time. Well, if he scored a goal in a sneak attack, he believed that Schalke 04 could only attack wildly. At that time, it would only give Cottbus more opportunities, and that would be great.

Seeing such a situation, Zhang Yuan must not be able to do it. Everyone’s mentality has changed. Kuranyi received the ball at the front of the penalty area twice and couldn’t wait to shoot. Once blocked by Miterski, Once the goal was a thousand miles away, everyone was too impatient.

(End of this chapter)