Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 354
As Sauer said, as Schalke 04's leading striker, there were some transfer rumors at the most important stage of the championship, which had an impact on the team's mentality.

In this game, Magath was still in the 442 diamond position as usual. When Zhang Yuan didn't play, Farfan was replaced on the front line, and Rakitic was in the midfielder position.

In addition, in order to deal with Bayern Munich's strong offensive power, Magath resorted to a four-central defender tactic. The four defenders in the back line are all from central defenders. , Rafinha naturally has no part in it.

This kind of formation has already exposed Magath's desire to defend. His main theme is not to attack but to defend. He took the opportunity to stab Bayern Munich.

Schalke 04, who lacked Zhang Yuan, was overwhelmed by Bayern Munich as soon as they came up. The reason for the formation of the home team and the unstable morale of the army made them appear to be lacking in momentum.

Half-court defense and fouls became their choices.

There is another interesting thing to say about fouls, because under Magath Schalke 04 midfielders are not very dominant for a long time. I also said that Schalke 04 used foul tactics and always used this method to stop opponents. Offensively, their number of fouls is still at the top of the list of fouls. No.2 Hannover 96 is almost 100 times worse than them. How many fouls do you think Schalke 04 has per game?

Zhang Yuan is the least foul player among them, but his number of fouls is not particularly small. Of course, Kuranyi and Farfan have more fouls than him.

In an interview with the Munich media, Nehringer, Bayern Munich's sports director, mentioned Schalke. Nehringer was very polite at first: "We need to congratulate Magath and his players for their achievements." However, Immediately, he changed the subject and criticized his opponent, "The rhythm of the game that Schalke participates in always has two characteristics, one is full of hell-like danger, and the other is always full of tactical fouls. Doing that over and over again takes the rhythm out of the game."

He also claimed that Schalke 04 should not simply play football like this, he believes that this is not the goal of the sport, it is a strategy, a philosophy that means football is not just about moving forward.

He doesn’t hurt his waist while standing and talking. Without Rakitic on the field, Schalke 04’s control of the ball is even weaker. With Rakitic on the field, he has not been in a good state in the last season, and his control of the ball is even weaker. At all times, the front waist has to retreat to respond.

There was no one in Magath's hands, and the comeback Jones did not gain his trust, and then the team was forced to adopt foul tactics after naturally playing the game.

Of course, Nellinger is also scheming, but in fact it has no effect on Schalke 04's preparations.

This game is still like this, sticking to foul tactics, Schalke 04 was suppressed and unable to move from the beginning of the game.

Magath actually didn't think so on the sidelines, being conservative is conservative, but he didn't expect to be suppressed so badly by Bayern Munich.

Eshikorn misses Zhang Yuan a little bit. If there is Zhang Yuan, the parallel position of playing 442 will never be like this.

In fact, Zhang Yuan has made great progress under Magath. He has made great progress in running position and shooting, but sometimes it is necessary to give Zhang Yuan full freedom in key games. The match against Dortmund is a good example. Major games Zhang Yuan needs to explode.

But without Zhang Yuan today, Eshkorn could only pray for good luck to Schalke 04 in his heart.

Maybe his prayers helped. The wall of Schalke 04’s goal wall was crumbling, but it didn’t fall. Bayern Munich wasted their chances. Neuer.

Neuer's high-speed resistance has resolved the dangers of Bayern Munich many times. His performance like this makes Bayern Munich's Big Three envious. As we all know, Bayern Munich has not found a suitable successor for Kahn for the goalkeeper position. Bayern Munich What Munich is interested in is the German national team. Adler and Neuer have had scandals with Bayern Munich before, but Bayern Munich has not acted yet.

Not only was Neuer not defeated by Bayern Munich in the first half, but the gate he was guarding in the second half was still standing.

Van Gaal thought he had encountered a ghost on the sidelines, and the Schalke 04 goalkeeper's performance in this game made him feel incredible.

Zhang Yuan also applauded Neuer in front of the TV at home. He did not appear in the squad today because he knew the reason. Magath said he had a stomach upset.

The real reason is of course understood by the whole team.

The demoralized Schalke 04 finally dragged the game to overtime, but the good luck ended. In the 112th minute, Robben broke through alone and passed Westermann and Moritz, 12 yards from the right rib of the penalty area. Shot into the far corner, the Dutch excitedly undressed to celebrate the goal and was warned by the referee on duty.

Bayern Munich staged a lore, Neuer could do nothing, Zhang Yuan grabbed his hair in pain, he thought about what would happen if he was on the field, maybe we can advance!
There is no punishment, no explanation, just not with you, Zhang Yuan understands that he may really not be able to work with Magath, but at this moment he made up his mind, he wants to talk to the head coach frankly.

Schalke 04, who ran out of luck in the rest of the time, really failed to create a miracle and was blocked from the final circle by Bayern Munich.

The focus of the press conference after the game was on Zhang Yuan again, and everyone wondered why Zhang Yuan did not participate in the game.

"Zhang Yuan? He had a little stomach discomfort during training today, so he didn't make the squad! Today's game was terrible. Zhang Yuan's absence is not a reason. We are a whole, and we can function as usual without anyone. I don't like the team's performance today. Satisfied!" Magath said at the press conference.

Another reporter asked about Zhang Yuan's transfer, and Magath repeated what he said yesterday, "No transfer, nothing, the agent should do his own job well, instead of pointing fingers at my job. That's my answer!"

Magath, who lost the ball, looked very unhappy.

Schalke 04 trained as usual the next day, because they will challenge their arch-rival Leverkusen away on the weekend, so they must actively prepare for the game.

Zhang Yuan came to the training base early and participated in the team's morning training. After the training, Zhang Yuan took the initiative to find Magath and asked everyone to talk.

Magath didn't show anything on his face, and he was calm. In fact, he was happy in his heart, and finally saw that the kid gave in.

So when he arrived at the office, Magath's face was no longer so ugly. He asked Zhang Yuan to sit down and said, "Okay, Zhang Yuan, what do you want to tell me?"

"I want to have a frank talk with you, Mr. Magath!" Zhang Yuan said calmly sitting opposite him.

Magath said he was all ears.

"I think there are too many misunderstandings or conflicts between us, but all this is not important now!" Zhang Yuan said, "I have made a decision, I hope to leave Schalke 04, I hope the club can Accept offers from other teams!"

Speaking of this, Magath's face immediately turned dark. What does this mean?Ultimatum? !hum!

"Please don't be angry, Mr. Magath! To be honest, I am very grateful for your guidance and training. You think I am tall and physically strong. Playing as a second striker is not the limit. It allows me to improve my ability to run and shoot. I understand! So I am very grateful to you, and I respect you, but being grateful to you does not mean that I can get along with you! I think the two of us have no way to work together anymore! Sorry, I am a bit direct , but I really want to be able to talk to you frankly!" Zhang Yuan followed up with this passage.

Magath didn't expect that, he thought there was only conflict between him and Zhang Yuan, and nothing else, but he didn't expect that Zhang Yuan was not stupid at all, and he knew what Magath had done.

Yes, Magath wants to train Zhang Yuan's running and shooting this season. He has always had a plan in mind, relying on Zhang Yuan as the core, to establish a new Schalke 04 style of play, the overall style of play, to achieve Own goal, to establish the glory that belongs to Schalke 04.

At the beginning of the season, he did not say that he must win the championship, but things have gradually changed. Schalke 04 has always been at the forefront. In the first group, his thoughts are changing, and the thoughts of the players are also changing. Everyone is eager Make history.

The conflict between Magath and Zhang Yuan arose under such a background. They didn’t want Zhang Yuan to get injured, didn’t want Zhang Yuan to play an irrelevant national team game, and didn’t want that **** agent to interfere with Zhang Yuan, etc. Magath's goal is still to hope that Zhang Yuan can shine in the team and lead Schalke 04 to create brilliance and achieve himself.

(End of this chapter)