Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 286 Magath's Bloody Gambling

Magath still wanted to grab the start of the second half. The first half gave him a taste of the sweetness, and it seemed that he could do the same in the second half.

The champion coach has a good character. In the 47th minute, Schalke 04 instigated an attack from the right. After Farfan got the ball, he moved to the left in time. Kobiashvili, who was unguarded, went into the penalty area at high speed and faced Mundra 7 meters away. Gong shot into the far corner with the outside instep of his left foot, 2 to 1.

Schalke 04 miraculously grabbed the start again, and Magath was quite complacent on the sidelines, with a smile on his face.

Sordo was very angry with the performance of his players. He scored an opening goal in the first half and another opening goal in the second half. What he regrets most now is why he didn't sound the alarm for the team in time during the intermission , and now he has tasted the consequences.

After scoring a goal, Magath changed his formation again. In short, it is necessary to grind until a victory. In fact, there is no need to grind. Cologne's aggressive pressure also brought opportunities to Schalke 04.

In the 67th minute, Konia made a steal in the midfield and went straight to Zhang Yuan, forming a single shot. Zhang Yuan faced Mondragan's light shot and rewritten the score to 3:1. Schalke 04 basically sealed the victory .

Schalke 04 assistant coach Eshkohn said to Magath: "Zhang Yuan is in really good condition!"

"This kid, the holiday is very relaxing! I feel that he is in good condition during training. I guess he will definitely regain the feeling of scoring goals today, which is true!" Magath laughed.

Schalke 04's defense is not in vain. No matter how hard the Cologne team tried, they couldn't do anything to Schalke 04.

Podolski is very energetic, but he is not tall. Cologne can only use crosses constantly at the back. Heading is not their strong point. Schalke 04, who has three central defenders, does not give them much space.

At the end of the game, Cologne had to swallow a defeat at home.

Neuer kissed Zhang Yuan's head affectionately and joked: "Did you go to the United States during the holiday?!"

"Shit! You heard me say that I went to Fort Meers!" Zhang Yuan thumped him.

Digan stretched out his hand and hit Zhang Yuan, "You have to treat me to dinner today!"

Zhang Yuan's first goal came from Digan's assist.

"No problem! If you can give me assists every game, I will treat you to dinner every day!" Zhang Yuan laughed.

"Zhang Yuan, how does it feel to find the goal again?" The reporter asked Zhang Yuan after the game.

"It's wonderful to score again! I was unlucky in the first two games, but I was lucky in this game. The important thing is that we regained the feeling of victory!" Zhang Yuan replied with a smile.

"This is the third time you have scored twice this season! You are the first in the odds list of the season's scorer list. Do you think you will win the small steel gun?"

"Of course I hope to win the top scorer, but I also hope that we can achieve an ideal result after the end of the season!"

"Before you said that Schalke 04 has the strength to compete for the championship. Do you still think so? You will soon face defending champion Wolfsburg and Ruhr rival Dortmund. What do you think?"

"I still have the strength to compete for the championship! As for the next game, we will work hard to win, it will definitely be very difficult, but we will be prepared!"

After answering this question, Zhang Yuan left the scene. He currently ranks first in the scorer list. Although he has experienced two scoring droughts, he still ranks first in the efficiency of averaging one goal per game with 6 goals. , The second Dzeko scored four goals.

There are many pseudo-strong teams in the Bundesliga, Wolfsburg, Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04, Hertha Berlin, Werder Bremen, and Stuttgart all belong to this rank.

Wolfsburg, Stuttgart, and Werder Bremen have all won the league championship in recent years, and Schalke 4, Hertha Berlin, and Bayer Leverkusen have all been close to the championship.

So in the eyes of most people, they are a strong team, but they are not. After Stuttgart won the championship, they quickly lost in the third-line battle in the second year. The same is true for Werder Bremen, and Schalke 04 is not much better. .

This situation is the normal state of these pseudo-strong teams. The thickness of the bench is too shallow. Wolfsburg won the league championship last season, but what about the new season?

They played 5 rounds before, but they actually lost 3 games, and now the points are a pitiful 6 points. They are currently only ranked tenth in the standings, and the gap from the top of the list has reached 7 points.

They also have a Champions League match in the middle of the week. It can be said that Schalke 04 is waiting for work at home and has a great chance of winning.

Magath attached great importance to this game, not because Wolfsburg was his old owner, and he was not happy with Wolfsburg's top management when he left, but because he wanted to temper the quality of Schalke 04 Need to fight against a strong team, the season has entered 5 rounds, but Schalke 04 has not encountered an opponent that can be called a strong team.

Wolfsburg is the defending champion, and its own strength lies there. If Schalke 04 can win at home, it will undoubtedly give the players great confidence.

Maybe it was the use of a strange formation to defeat Cologne, and Magath actually practiced this tactic seriously in training.

At present, both Rakitic and Rafinha have returned, and Magath still insists on this tactic.

How to arrange troops is the coach's business. Zhang Yuan's task is to do a good job in training. Personally speaking, he doesn't like to play as a single forward in front so much now. The second striker, by the way, does the work of the front midfielder.

But as a lone striker, Magath no longer gave him that kind of freedom this season, telling him clearly that you must be at the top because you are the starting center forward.

Tactically, Zhang Yuan is not allowed to retreat too much. Zhang Yuan is not good at this kind of post center play, and he himself is not willing to have excessive close contact with the opponent's defender.

The last game against Cologne was good, not to mention Zhang Yuan's agility in the first goal, Digan took a lot of credit.

The second goal came from the successful anti-offside. Cologne gave Schalke 04 too many opportunities to counterattack. There will always be a success, and Zhang Yuan seized it.

But when facing Wolfsburg, will they let the underdog Cologne give you too many opportunities like that? !Certainly not.

Zhang Yuan didn't think so far, but after all, he felt that he was not very comfortable playing as a post center.

Sure enough, when Zhang Yuan played against Wolfsburg on September 9, he played awkwardly. Wolfsburg's two central defenders, Barzagli and Madron, guarded him strictly.

Barzagli followed Zhang Yuan wherever he went. This is the disadvantage of a single striker. One of the two central defenders is responsible for marking the man closely, and the other is generally responsible for filling the position and rushing up when the time is right.

Barzagli, who was born in Italy, has a strong defensive ability, and Zhang Yuan has a strong ability to escape, but he can't hold the ball even if he is stared by Barzagli.

He passed Barzagli twice in the first half, but Barzagli used pullers, trips and other means to prevent Zhang Yuan from advancing with the ball both times.

For this reason, Zhang Yuan complained to the referee: "Look at my feet, they are already bruised by him kicking, isn't that enough to give a card!"

The referee shook his finger, sorry no!
Even in such a strict defense, Zhang Yuan still completed two shots, but they were too wide of the post, and did not pose any substantial threat to Wolfsburg goalkeeper Lenz.

During the intermission, Magath still did not intend to change his tactics, nor did he ask Zhang Yuan to retreat deeper. Facing the defending authority, he had his own considerations, and Wolfsburg’s offensive rhythm was very fast. , Schalke 04 will naturally have to recover a little bit of formation.

Wolfsburg's tactical play here is a continuation of Magath's coaching tactics, with both wings flying together, and Grafite and Dzeko form the twin towers.

The score in the first half was 0:0, neither side scored a goal, but in the second half, the situation on the field began to change.

Wolfsburg stepped up their offensive and the deadlock was finally broken in the 54th minute.Wolfsburg quickly took a tactical corner kick from the right. The Schalke 04 players were obviously underprepared. Ritter made a pass from the right. Hewedes missed the defense. Dzeko, who was unguarded, scored with a header, 1-0!Wolfsburg took the lead.

Schalke 04 had to choose to press up when they were behind. It was already the second half, and they didn't want to lose the game under the eyes of all the fans.

In the 64th minute, Magath replaced two people in a row, replacing Asamoah and Kobiashvili who started today with Kuranyi and Altintop Jr. He was also driven crazy. Zhang Yuan and Farfan have already hoarded four forwards in the frontcourt. Who said Magath is bloodless? !

This is bloody gambling!
(End of this chapter)