Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 288 A Yellow Card

Schalke 04's Magath was once again a surprise. Today he sent a 4-back combination consisting of all central defenders, Westermann, Degan, Zambrano, Hweedes, of course. Both Westerman and Howedes can play as full-back. Being able to play means that they have both played as full-back. Zambrano can even play as a full-back. Only Digan has not played in the position of full-back.

Then in the midfield, Magath used a youth combination, Schmitz, Moritz, Puliazikas.

This is another unexpected formation, which makes people suspect that Magath is going to leave the youth storm.

There are Rakitic, Rafinha, Kobiashvili and others on the bench. These people can also play in the midfield, but Magath chose not to use them and used a few young players who are not so experienced.

The combination on the front line is finally not surprising, Zhang Yuan, Kuranyi, Farfan.

Dortmund is the main force here, Klopp sent a 442 diamond midfielder, goalkeeper Weidenfeller, defenders Schmelzer, Santana, Subotic, Owomoyela, Hummels was topped The position of the midfielder is replaced, Shaheen and Tinga are in the midfield, Hajnaur is in the midfield, and Barrios and Zidan are on the front line.

Barrios just transferred from the Chilean League Colo-Colo team in the summer transfer. From the beginning of the season to now, Dortmund's performance is so poor that he can't take off the dry cleaning.

The purchase of Barrios for 420 million euros was Dortmund's biggest expenditure this summer, but he scored zero goals in 6 rounds of the league.

However, Klopp is really patient with him, and he is still allowed to play the starting position in this game.

The reason why Magath dispatched an unexpected formation was still based on defense. Facing Dortmund, he did not dare to push himself too high. In terms of strength on paper, Schalke 04 is still three points stronger than Dortmund.

But the strength of the derby is not the most critical factor, but the fighting spirit. Magath believes that the defense can maintain enough strength in the defense. The three young players in the midfield can bring vitality and fighting spirit to the team. A breakthrough master, if Kuranyi is in good form in the middle, he should be able to seize one or two opportunities.

He sent such a formation for another purpose. This is a tough battle. Dortmund will not give Schalke 04 much time to control the ball, and Zhang Yuan is a player who is more threatening with the ball at his feet, but today the opponent will definitely not let him. The ball is easily passed to Zhang Yuan's feet, so Schalke 04 will inevitably use more long passes, and Kuranyi is dedicated to this.

A champion coach is a champion coach. He thinks more than others. On the other hand, Klopp doesn't think so much. After he came to Dortmund, he has been pinching the team's overall offense. He requires the team to press high and quickly. To advance, it is absolutely necessary to avoid meaningless possession of the ball. He advocates that the offense should be played fast.

The fast pace of the Premier League team is based on the excessive use of long passes, but Dortmund is not. Klopp advocates pushing the ball quickly into the opponent's half. It is not a big deal for the last pass to be high and ground. .

It's just that from the current point of view, his tactics have not yet taken shape. Of course, the biggest reason is that Dortmund's players are limited in strength and cannot fully adapt to his tactical ideas. There are also some problems in the integration of Barrios, but This kind of integration can only be realized by Barrios himself, and Klopp will not change his tactics because of him.

Players from both sides entered the field and the ceremony was completed. The Schalke 04 players gathered in a circle. Neuer shouted loudly: "Kill them! Carnival tonight!"

"Kill them!"

"Kill them!"

Everyone's momentum is still quite good.

With the whistle of the referee, the game officially began. Both sides knew the basics and fought fiercely. Zhang Yuan and his three forwards began to press in the frontcourt.

Just tens of seconds after the opening, Zhang Yuan fouled.

Today he was facing Dortmund's right back Owomoyela. Subotic passed the ball to Owomoyela, and Zhang Yuan quickly followed him. Owomoyela didn't play the ball in time. He was very afraid Zhang Yuan's speed.

Originally wanted to pass back to Subotic, but seeing Kuranyi also forced up, he lost his size and the ball stuck to his feet.

Zhang Yuan is ready to steal the ball when he presses up. The frontcourt pressing of a forward is quite different from that of a defender. The defender defends the opponent's team player, and often occupies the position first, looking for the right time to grab the ball.

But the striker is not like this, he just steals the ball when he pushes up unscrupulously. The purpose is not to hope that he can actually steal the opponent's ball with one kick, but to quickly disrupt the opponent's defender's timing of the ball and make the opponent make mistakes in the middle of the rush.

This is how Zhang Yuan went up to grab the ball. Owomoyela hadn’t made the pass yet, but he was very experienced. When he saw Zhang Yuan rushing up, he quickly turned around and pushed Zhang Yuan behind with his back, and brought the ball back by himself. Zhang Yuan was too late. With hands and feet, he kicked Owomoyela's calf.

Owomoyela fell to the ground with an exaggerated scream, covering her calf with her hands.

The Dortmund fans at the scene naturally quit, there were boos everywhere, Klopp jumped and jumped on the sidelines, grandma, this is a foul, he loudly complained to the referee on the field.

Of course, Zhang Yuan knows very well that it is impossible to cause much damage to Owomoyela when he kicks himself, but he did make a foul.

In order to avoid getting a card himself, he took the initiative to check on Owomoyela and tried to pull Owomoyela from the grass.

Owomoyela is not that stupid. He will definitely not stand up. Players from both Dortmund and Schalke 04 surrounded him. The Dortmund players naturally appealed to the referee. Dude, this is definitely a foul. Zhang Yuan should be given a card Card.

In fact, the referee saw very clearly that Zhang Yuan must have committed a foul, but it was not serious, and the game had just started, so it was impossible to send Zhang Yuan off so early, so he showed Zhang Yuan a yellow card.

Zhang Yuan did not speak after a few words of defense, it is better to say less at such a time.

Zhang Yuan received a yellow card, and the fans at the scene thought of applause. Needless to say, the Schalke 04 player they probably "hate" the most is Zhang Yuan.

Playing against strong teams has always been Zhang Yuan's bug. He always played very well. Dortmund has been scored by him several times. How can Dortmund fans not hate him? Zhang Yuan got a goal in just a few dozen seconds of the opening game today. A yellow card is cause for celebration.

When Owomoyela saw that Zhang Yuan had received a yellow card, he didn't even go to the sidelines. With the help of his teammates, Owomoyela stood up again and devoted himself to the game. The performance was full of elements, but it was also impeccable.

Because of this yellow card, the scene on the field is even more chaotic. All the players are thinking about one thing not to let the ball stay at their feet for too long. Both sides have a high pass error rate. The ball is flying and people are also Fly roll.

"Sure enough, it's the Ruhr Derby. Now the two teams have lost their glory, but the taste of this derby has never changed. It's completely overturned!" Duan Xuan, the commentator of the domestic sports channel, laughed.

"The two teams have had a long-standing grievance, and there are many new and old grudges. Recently, the situation of the two teams is not very ideal. In addition to the derby, the two sides must fight." Tao Wei also said with a smile.

"So far the scene is ugly. After playing for 10 minutes, neither side even took a shot!" Duan Xuan felt that the situation on the court at the moment was indeed a derby. One or two less.

But he was wrong. Apart from giving Zhang Yuan a yellow card at the beginning, no matter how fierce the confrontation was, the referee on duty today refused to use the card, as if to make everyone's confrontation more intense.

In the 14th minute of the game, Dortmund completed the first shot of the two sides. Barrios broke into the right side of the penalty area and faced Degan's defense. After passing it beautifully, he formed a chance to shoot from a small angle. Neuer attacked in time. Destroy the danger.

Degan and Neuer slapped each other, and he was covered in cold sweat. Thanks to Neuer who helped him fill in the hole just now, otherwise Schalke 04 would have fallen behind.

Only 2 minutes later, Owomoyela threw a grenade into the penalty area on the right side of the front court. The players on both sides failed to reach the front point. Hevides also missed the top point at the back point. With a close-range shot from the side, Neuer blocked the ball out of the baseline in time!
It was Neuer again who helped the team keep the goal. As the captain, he is a role model for everyone. After saving the ball, he immediately directed his teammates to concentrate and defend a lot of Dortmund's corner kicks.

(End of this chapter)