Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 197 A draw ends
Wolfsburg's formation moved forward, and Zhang Yuan's ability to counter offside still needs to be improved. In just 5 minutes, there were actually two offsides.

Wolfsburg really entered the game at this time, and began to fight against Schalke 04.

However, there was not much time left for them in the first half. In more than 10 minutes, Wolfsburg completed 3 shots, 1 of which was on target, but failed to score.

At the end of the first half, Wolfsburg could only accept the reality of being behind 0:2.

In the second half, they changed sides and fought again. Both sides did not change their tactics. Magath believed that the use of tactics in the second half of the first half was still obvious. During the intermission, he just reminded his defense line to pay special attention to Schalke 04's striker anti-offside. .

Rutten hopes that his striker can take advantage of the time Wolfsburg can squeeze out to score another goal and completely seal the victory.

Zhang Yuan's playing style in the second half was slightly different from the first half. He began to pay attention to the opponent's defense line all the time, and his retreat was relatively limited. The team seeks a goal.

It's a pity that Wolfsburg's defense was very tight on him, and Barzagli and Costa didn't give him any chance to counter-offside.

On the contrary, he got two shots during the positional battle, but he failed to score. One shot missed the goal, and the other was blocked by Costa stretching his legs.

At 70 minutes into the game, Zhang Yuan's physical fitness couldn't keep up. During this period of consecutive starts, he was indeed a little tired after playing the whole game.

Rutten also made adjustments at this time. For Schalke 04, the time has come to 70 minutes, and there is not much time left for Wolfsburg. With the advantage of two goals on his side, Rutten believes that the ball The team can keep this victory.

So he replaced Zhang Yuan, Kuranyi came on, replaced Rakitic, and replaced Englar.

After Zhang Yuan left the field, Lu Teng reached out to shake Zhang Yuan in the coaching area. In this game, Zhang Yuan played a different center forward, which caught Wolfsburg by surprise. Both goals were equal to him. There are relationships.

Lu Teng also expressed his satisfaction with him. Zhang Yuan took the water handed over by the staff and sat on the bench with Rakitic to brag and fart. The two of them agreed that there were only [-] minutes left. There should be no problem with the next game.

But what happened next surprised them.

Rutten's adjustment was too conservative, and he handed over the midfielder to Wolfsburg. After Kuranyi played, his playing style was completely different from that of Zhang Yuan. He retreated less, and his ability to pass and control the ball was not as good as that of Zhang Yuan. In addition, Jones and Ernst are also players who consume too much physical energy. At this time, the interception ability will inevitably decline, so Schalke 04 loses power in the midfield.

This loss eventually turned into Wolfsburg's gate threat to Schalke 04. Fortunately, Digan, who started again today, performed very well and resolved two or three dangerous situations before Neuer's gate fell.

However, this kind of good luck is destined not to last long. In the 81st minute, Wolfsburg launched a counterattack. Misimovic made a cross. Dzeko beat Westerman with a header. On the shot, Degan failed to block the shot this time, Neuer also failed to save the goal, and Wolfsburg was pulled back by a disadvantage.

After scoring a goal, Wolfsburg's morale was greatly boosted, and the whole team went crazy to attack. Schalke 04's situation was even worse.

Zhang Yuan and Rakitic stopped chatting with other teammates, and began to pay attention to the situation on the court nervously.

It didn't take long before an event that favored Schalke 04 happened. Wolfsburg's mad attack failed, but Schalke 04 got a chance to counterattack. .

At this time, the game time has reached 85 minutes. If this penalty kick is scored, then Wolfsburg can be said to have really lost the game.

The first penalty shooter on the field was Rafinha. Rafinha stood in front of the ball, and the audience held their breath. This ball is very important.

Rafinha shot to the lower left corner of the goal, the ball was very fast, but to everyone's surprise, Benalio bravely saved the ball.

Rafinha, who was stunned, held his head in his hands and was in great pain. Off the court, Zhang Yuan held his head like him, regretting the ball, and at the same time, he couldn't help feeling something bad in his heart.

Sure enough, there was nothing to worry about, and Murphy's law worked again. In the last minute of the game, in the 1th minute, Wolfsburg took a corner kick, causing chaos in the penalty area. Benalio shot and kicked, in disguise It turned into a pass that was blocked by Dzeko and Wolfsburg equalized in the closing moments.

Seeing the Wolfsburg players celebrating like a great escape, Rutten was stunned, and reality gave him a merciless blow.

The players of Schalke 04 were full of disappointment. The good situation all came to naught at the last moment. Two rounds of winless, very bad.

The fans at the scene were full of disappointment, and Hoffman came to a game inexplicably, "The damn Dutchman should be dismissed!"

Mikhailovich did not speak, but he felt a little sympathetic to Rutten in his heart. Can you say that there is something wrong with his tactical arrangement?

Schalke 04 had consecutive double matches for a week. The players were not iron men, so they would definitely not be able to hold on. Zhang Yuan started consecutively. Mikhailovich thought it was correct and feasible to replace him earlier.The final draw of this game can only be blamed on the players' physical exertion.

There are also a small number of fans who started to shout "Rütten get out!" slogan on the stadium. How long has it been? Another head coach has to be driven away, so the head coach doesn't think it was done by humans at all. The pressure is too great, and the results are slightly unsatisfactory. Or if a game is unsatisfactory, there will be fans calling for you to leave as soon as possible!

After the game, Zhang Yuan was surrounded by the microphones stretched out by the reporters.

"Zhang, you have led by two goals for a long time, but only got a draw in the end. Are you satisfied with the result of the game?"

"I'm very disappointed, but this is football, sometimes we may not get good results after working hard!" Zhang Yuan did not refuse the interview.

"Zhang, what do you think of Mr. Rutten's early replacement?"

"I obey the coach's arrangement! He must have his reasons! There's nothing wrong with it!" Zhang Yuan actually approved of Lu Teng's adjustment in his heart. He really couldn't keep up physically at that time.

"Zhang, you played the center forward position today, and you seem to be doing well. Will you play this position more often in the future?"

"This is a new attempt. Whether or not to play this position in the future depends on the arrangement of the head coach. I can do it!"

This topic is not allowed to be talked about nonsense. Zhang Yuan himself likes this position, but he knows that if he gets this position, he must compete with Kuranyi. He doesn't want to provoke conflicts between the two, so he can only be vague.

Today's post-match press conference was attended by Rutten and Ernst. When Zhang Yuan returned to the locker room, he could clearly feel that everyone was not in a good mood. However, after this game, everyone will get three days off, because the national It's game day.

Schalke 04 doesn't have many international players, so everyone can just take a few days off to adjust their mood, relax and come back to the game again.

The Chinese national team did not recruit Zhang Yuan, nor did Zhang Yuan of all age groups. Besides, the 2010 World Cup qualifying tour of the Chinese team has ended, as early as June, and the group ranked bottom and was eliminated.

At that time, Zhang Yuan was still in China, but he didn’t watch the game. He didn’t like to watch the Chinese team’s game. It wasn’t that he wasn’t patriotic, he loved his country, but he stopped watching it after 2002 and became a professional. player, he hasn't changed his preferences as a fan either.

The national team is in a mess now, the World Cup qualifiers are out, and the Olympics is hard to win, which has disappointed the fans. When discussing whether Zhang Yuan should be called up, many fans rarely say that it is best not to come back, be careful Being poisoned by the national team, a good and promising young man should stay in Europe to continue his overseas trip, and come back when the situation is better in the future.

Zhang Yuan couldn't laugh or cry when he saw these comments. The real situation now is that he wants to join the national team, but the national team doesn't recruit him.

(End of this chapter)