Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 210 A Difficult First Victory

The three walked and chatted back to the locker room, where Buskens and Mulder were already waiting.

"Everyone did a great job in the first half! Don't worry about scoring goals, don't be discouraged, it's no big deal!" Buskens still praised the players' performance, especially under such circumstances. The ball is under pressure.

"Everyone also knows that we played very hard in the first half. Their defense was very tenacious, and we failed to score! In the second half, I think we need to change our strategy. The continuous attack consumes a lot of our physical energy! In the second half, I hope You guys can make some changes in possession of the ball. Don’t go forward blindly. We should strengthen the possession of the ball in the midfield, attract the opponent’s players, and tear apart their current defensive system! Otherwise, everyone knows It's hard to score goals once they play defensively!"

To put it bluntly, Buskens' idea is to ask the team to reduce their attacking power and start to control the ball. He believes that Ten Carter's team is definitely not a safe team. The first three games in the group stage have proved at this point.

No matter who Panathinaikos is playing against, the attack is still their theme, but sometimes they are passive and they have to hide and defend.

In the second half, once the attack momentum of Schalke 04 weakened, both Buskens and Mulder believed that Ten Carter would not sit still and let Panathinaikos take the initiative to attack.

After the start of the second half, Schalke 04 continued to attack wildly. This is one of the tactical arrangements in the midfield. After the intermission, the tight string on Panathinaikos' defense will naturally be loosened. It's hard to say that it can't be tensed up quickly, so at the beginning of the second half, Schalke 04 still had to attack wildly to see if they could score a goal at the beginning.

But it is regrettable that Panathinaikos is still very tenacious, and the defense is still very good. During the intermission, Ten Carter faced up to the gap between the two sides and made up his mind to do a good job of defense first. For Panathinaikos 1 point is perfectly acceptable for Sinaikos.

Ten Carter believes that it is absolutely impossible for Schalke 04 to maintain the same attack power as in the first half in the second half. Everyone is playing twice a week. After the physical strength of Schalke 04 players declines, they will definitely not be able to maintain it. At that time This is the opportunity for Panathinaikos to attack.

Ten Carter's prediction is correct. Regardless of whether Buskens will make such adjustments in the midfield, Schalke 04's attack power will be weakened in the second half. Schalke 04's overall ball control skills are not Very good, but now they want to control the ball, so the players can only run more space, the more they run, the more energy they consume.

Zhang Yuan's center-forward style of play consumes a lot of physical energy. First, he has to retreat to respond, which increases his running distance. Second, he has to dribble and break through. The short-distance sudden stop and sprint is very energy-consuming. It is also necessary to go up to the penalty area and directly confront the opponent's defender when necessary, which is also very energy-consuming.

Once his physical fitness drops, Zhang Yuan's role will drop a lot, which is inevitable.

The fast break failed, and Schalke 04 began to follow Buskens' tactics and began to make frequent inversions in the midfield, and seemed to be satisfied with one point.

Ten Carter finally couldn't sit still, because his team failed to counterattack today because of the lack of counterattack speed. There were so many opportunities, but they were wasted by themselves.

Now that Schalke 04 has withdrawn, he chose to take a risk and attack, and if he doesn't give Schalke 04 any color, look, his team is completely enjoying the treatment of sick cats.

Soon he paid the price. In the 68th minute, Schalke 04 got a chance to counterattack. After Rakitic got the steal from Jones, he went straight to Altintop Jr., and Altintop Jr. did not have a second Wasted, slashed to the middle.

Zhang Yuan started, the small central defender Simao is only 20 years old this year, and he is also a relatively fast player, but his speed is still a little worse than Zhang Yuan, and he is not rich in experience, Zhang Yuan started to surpass, he actually No foul action was made.

Zhang Yuan easily got a one-shot chance. Facing the attacking goalkeeper Galinovic, Zhang Yuan calmly pushed and shot the far corner, and the ball went in without any suspense!

Schalke 04, who played at home, bombarded Panathinaikos indiscriminately, but the goal came from a counterattack, which is a bit of a comedy.

The fans at the scene were screaming and cheering, the decibels were very high, Raiola and the three of them were so excited that they stood up and applauded Zhang Yuan.

As usual, Zhang Yuan ran to the corner area, slid and knelt to celebrate, and this time he stood up and made a celebration posture ingeniously, "Bolt-style" celebration. This celebration posture was first made by Bolt and is now learned by Zhang Yuan. , which he used in this celebration.

The fans at the scene cheered again. The most reliable shooter this season is Zhang Yuan, who is indeed the most popular among Schalke 04 fans.

Hugs with teammates one by one. The first one to come is Altintop Jr. He didn’t have many chances to play this season. After Buskens came on stage, he had a little more chances to play. This assist will undoubtedly further increase the coach’s confidence. impression points.

"Thanks, Khalil!"

"Haha, beautiful goal, Zhang Yuan!"

Buskens clenched his fists and shouted SehrGut!In German it means great.

Leading by one goal, the next step will be much easier. Regardless of whether Panathinaikos is attacking or continuing to defend, Schalke 04 has taken the initiative.

Corresponding to it is Ten Carter, with a terribly gloomy face. He feels that he has been fooled. Of course, the biggest blame is on the young central defender Simao. Why is this ball not fouled? !
So he yelled at the players on the field. The Panathinaikos players were also very depressed. Just when the situation improved a little, they were hit by the opponent with a sap, feeling a little depressed.

Ten Carter's solution is to attack the opponent. Now the game time has reached 70 minutes, and the friend is more than 20 minutes away from the end. Whether it is long or short, he can only choose to attack, because zero points are meaningless of.

Panathinaikos is not a weak team, it can only be said that the strength is a bit weaker than that of Schalke 04, and when they really attack the whole line, Schalke 04 will feel the pressure.

Why didn't Panathinaikos attack with all its strength in the opening game? Ten Carter's goal at the beginning of the game was to stabilize, wait for opportunities and then look for opportunities to attack. Therefore, when he was suppressed in the beginning, Ten Carter did not choose the risky play of pressing the whole line, but now The situation is different now, Panathinaikos has to attack.

However, even though Schalke 04 felt the pressure, they were still stronger than their opponents in terms of strength. With a ball in hand, they could not successfully penetrate into the frontcourt. time.

By the 80th minute, Schalke 04's players began to run slowly, and Panathinaikos' offensive gradually became a threat.

With a big wave of his hand, Buskens replaced Rakitic with Engelal, played three defensive midfielders, and withdrew Zhang Yuan to the front midfielder, and now he is playing in a serious manner. No front formation.

On the one hand, it is necessary to strengthen the defensive strength, and on the other hand, the ball must be controlled to reduce the opponent's possession time.

Zhang Yuan is really not a striker now. Schalke 04 is basically in a passive state when Rakitic is off the field. This passive state does not mean that Panathinaikos is very aggressive. Instead, Schalke 04's ball possession rate has dropped severely, so Zhang Yuan has no choice but to fill in Rakitic's gap and frequently receive and pass the ball.

He is also very tired, but now he is gritting his teeth and insisting. He also understands that Buskens does not replace him because he hopes that he can play a key role in the counterattack.

Zhang Yuan is also very slippery. Now sometimes the ball is at his feet. He has a strong ability to control the ball. It is difficult for the opponent to snatch the ball from him.

Although he usually disdains using this method to delay the time, he really has no choice. The opponent commits a foul, and the time passes by tens of seconds.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the score on the field was still 1:0. Panathinaikos' fouls had increased a lot, and Zhang Yuan was the most violated. There was no way to tell him to delay time, which made the opponent very angry. annoyed.

Injury time ended, Panathinaikos still had nothing to do against Schalke 04, and Schalke 04 did not organize any decent offense in the final stage, but 1:0 is not bad, and finally won the opponent, Achieved a difficult first victory in the Champions League group stage.

(End of this chapter)