Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 243 Loss of Confidence
In terms of personnel selection, the choice of Buskens and Mulder was a bit unexpected. In this game, they chose Kristajic and Westerman, who had returned from injury, to partner with central defenders. Wades watched from the sidelines.

In the midfield, they used Englar, Rakitic and Kobiashvili. Jones was injured in training and missed due to injury.

The forward line is partnered by Zhang Yuan, Altintop Jr. and Farfan.

The choice of the two of them confuses many people. Kristajic, Kobiashvili, and Altintop Jr. are all basically determined to leave after the end of the season, but Buskens and Mu Gerd let them go anyway.

Zhang Yuan can't guess the intentions of the two head coaches, and he doesn't care about the intentions of the head coaches. Now he finally understands what Mikhailovich once said to him. In the situation of a team like Schalke 04, no one can be confident that they will win.

Zhang Yuan is no exception, so he understands that by doing his best, he really does his best to help the team. Whether the team can win or not depends on everyone.

After the start of the game, the Bochum team put on a desperate defensive posture at their home court, just like Schalke 04's home court. Schalke 04 easily grasped the initiative and began to attack the Bochum team's goal frequently. .

The Bochum team did not show weakness, and they also played vigorously on the defensive counterattack. Schalke 04 played positional warfare, and they played counterattack warfare. Everyone had a chance to shoot.

In the 18th minute, Schalke 04 took the lead to break the deadlock. Zhang Yuan shot from the edge of the penalty area and was saved by Bochum goalkeeper Reno.

After scoring the goal, the Bochum team still did not respond, and they were still resolutely playing defensive counterattacks. On the side of Schalke 04, Buskens was still asking his players to press forward. Leme is nothing, there is nothing like a big victory to lift the hearts of the team.

This is the idea of ​​Buskens and Mulder, not only to win but also to win more beautifully!For Koller, they can only say from their hearts: "Brother, I'm sorry! Dude really needs a big victory to save the morale of the team and the hearts of the fans! Please forgive me!"

The Schalke 04 fans who went to the Ruhr Stadium in the away game were quite satisfied. Schalke 04 had an absolute upper hand in the previous stage, with a ball possession rate as high as 65%. The scene looked like the ball was passed in the Bochum half Pass it on, it looks like Dasheng.

But in the 44th minute, the Bochum team shattered the dream of Schalke 04. Oliver Schroeder passed the ball, and Mimun Azawag got rid of Englar and shot from 24 meters in front of the goal. A deflection from Kristajic into the net gave Bochum a tenacious equalizer.

Buskens and Mulder were like frost beating eggplants. In fact, this goal had already been planned, because almost every time Bochum came out to attack, it could form a shot. Even if it missed the target, it got a corner kick. In the first half So far they have had more corner kicks than Schalke 04.

In the first half, the two sides fought 1:1. After the start of the game, Schalke 04 looked very impatient. Buskens and Mulder still insisted on the team's attack, and today they must subdue the younger brother Bochum.

Therefore, in the second half, Schalke 04 still had the absolute upper hand. The ball possession rate once reached 70%, but they still failed to score. Zhang Yuan has completed 5 shots by himself so far, but his shot Woolen cloth?Poor one time, this time is the one that caused Renault to throw the ball off Farfan Jiangong.

Zhang Yuan shook his head. He didn't know if he was out of shape or because he was just unlucky, and his aim was far off the mark.

The real situation is that he is under a lot of restrictions today. The more he is in such a dense defense, the opponent takes him seriously. It is difficult for him to find any opportunities in the penalty area. Today's shots are all long-range shots. Either it is a header, which can be shot from an angle, but it is really normal for Zhang Yuan's long-range shot to miss the target under the pressure of the opponent.

The support given to him by the two people on the wing is crossing. Heading the ball is not his strong point in the first place, and he is a lone striker. The defensive pressure in the middle is concentrated on him, so the difficulty can be imagined.

The most important thing for Zhang Yuan to do now is to have two strikers on the side and Rakitic in the middle to seek the cooperation of short passes and play penetration. Unfortunately, the few teammates around him today are not in good condition. The cooperation between everyone is always perfect. Missing ideas.

Schalke 04's frontcourt play is out of order, and bad luck will come soon. Story scripts are often like this, but this kind of script is a time-tested rule in football.

In the 57th minute, the Bochum team played a quick counterattack. The striker Klimovitz, who had just transferred from Dortmund during the winter break, shot and was blocked by Neuer. Dabrowski shot through Schalke again from close range. 04 gates.

The Bochum team successfully completed the tactical task and finally achieved a reversal in the score. Koller hugged the assistant coach beside him excitedly. It has not been a day or two since he coached Bochum. He only scored 14 points after halfway through. Dangerous, winning the strong enemy Schalke 04 will undoubtedly increase the confidence of your team, because in terms of strength on paper, Schalke 04 is the top four team anyway.

He also knows that Schalke 04 is not doing well, but he can only say to Buskens and Mulder silently from the bottom of his heart: "Brother, I'm sorry! Brother is going to relegation!"

Buskens and Mulder were holding their heads on the sidelines. They may have expected this result, but they still have a way to go in Huashan, and a draw is unacceptable.

If they lead by one goal in the first half, they still have the idea of ​​scoring another goal or even two goals, then when Bochum equalizes the score, their idea is to win.

As for now they have no way out, the huge boos from the Schalke 04 fans have forced them to reverse the game in the remaining time.

The morale of the Schalke 04 players was low. Zhang Yuan looked at the celebration with his arms akimbo. The players in Bochum were speechless for a long time. Meaningful possession of the ball, so many forced shots that he himself lost confidence.

The huge boos of the Schalke 04 fans echoed in his ears, and a sense of powerlessness welled up in his heart.

This is a true portrayal of a chaotic team. No matter how strong the individual ability is, the players on the field cannot be united. Victory is really empty talk. Everyone has no belief in winning. Victory is really delusional.

Neuer didn't say anything like Zhang Yuan, and his heart was full of anger. He blamed his teammates, the midfield defense was useless, and easily allowed the Bochum team to counterattack and penetrate. Kristajic and West on the defense line Mann did not form a good tacit understanding with him. The Bochum team can form a goal every time they counterattack, which is inseparable from the midfielder and the defense.

After the re-kick-off, Schalke 04 still had the advantage of possession of the ball on the field, and the players became more and more impatient. The Bochum team naturally sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, defending hard as one, ready to seize the opportunity to give Schalke 04 Another sap.

Zhang Yuan was in a hurry and started to fight alone, but unfortunately it failed today. The Bochum team was particularly defensive in the middle.

Then the game ended, Schalke 04 lost 1:2 away to Bochum, the younger brother in the Ruhr area. Schalke 04 completed 22 shots in the game, but only a pitiful five shots were shot on the goal frame.Zhang Yuan contributed 8 shots alone, but he shot on target, a pitiful 1 shot.

The Bochum team had only 35% of the ball in the game, but they completed 17 shots, only 04 times less than Schalke 5, and only 4 shots were on target, but they scored [-] goals.

It can be seen from the statistics how bad Schalke 04 did in terms of defense. After falling behind, Buskens replaced Lazar, Asamoah, and Pender in succession, but the problem of defense still has not been resolved. , the Bochum team still has the opportunity to expand the score to two goals.

"Zhang Yuan, let's exchange jerseys!" Klimovitz said to Zhang Yuan holding his own jersey. He used to be a Dortmund player. At that time, Dortmund players did not have the tradition of exchanging jerseys with Schalke 04 players. Bochum is different. Whether it is for Schalke 04 fans or Bochum fans, everyone is not so hostile to each other. After all, we are not a team of the same level.

Klimovitz has long wanted a team from Zhang Yuan, and today he got his wish!

Although he played poorly, he should still maintain his demeanor after the game. Zhang Yuan took off his jersey and handed it to Klimovitz. By the way, he took Klimovitz's jersey and said, ""You played well today!
(End of this chapter)