Tianjiao midfielder

Chapter 85 Friendship Match ([-])
In Hoffenheim's midfield, Rudy and Amiri were almost in front of Chievo's penalty area during the attack, but Polanski chose to stay in front of the central defender to protect the central defender and prevent Chievo from counterattacking because he was a transfer sweeping midfielder and had no forward pressure.

This problem was observed by Chievo's midfielder Bielsa, but he did not immediately choose to rush to counterattack, but patiently waited for the opportunity of Hoffenheim's mistake.

As Hoffenheim besieged Chievo’s gate but had no chance to break through, the mentality of Hoffenheim’s players began to change. The most obvious central defender, Huebner, began to be unable to suppress his offensive heart. He moved forward and surpassed Polanski to become the team’s midfield position.

The anxious Hoffenheim players did not observe this, and Xubner finally couldn't bear to participate in the offense when Hoffenheim had a corner kick. Hoffenheim's backcourt only had Polanski, Sule and Vogt who were not three central defenders, and this time Chievo's fangs began to show.

Amiri took a corner kick, which was pushed out of the penalty area by Chievo's central defender. This time, the second spot was not grabbed by Hoffenheim's players. Chievo's players immediately handed the ball to Bielsa who asked for the ball.

But Hoffenheim had no one in the midfield to defend Bielsa, and Bielsa easily took the ball and pushed forward, forming a 4-on-3 situation outside Hoffenheim's penalty area.

It was too late to think about retreating. Bielsa faced Polanski's defense and directly stuffed the ball straight into the penalty area. Chievo center McGregini in the penalty area did not shoot immediately, but passed it back to Bielsa after receiving the ball.

The unmarked Bielsa directly volleyed vigorously, and Bowman, who was standing in front of the goal with three big men blocking his view, had no choice but no time to adjust his position when he saw Bielsa shoot.

After attacking Chievo for a long time, Hoffenheim, who was hit by Chievo's counterattack and scored a goal, lost a lot of momentum. He passed the ball several times without considering whether there were Chievo's players around his teammates, and passed it blindly to his teammates.

Fortunately, Vogt was very focused and grabbed the ball in time to help Polanski get the ball back, avoiding giving Chievo another good chance.

After the intermission, Nagelsmann did not choose to change players and continued to play with the main force. What Nagelsmann wanted was to use Chievo to test the strength of the team. Obviously, he took this game seriously, so he did not perform a large rotation at halftime like before.

And Chievo's coach seems to agree with Nagelsmann's thinking. He did not make substitutions after halftime and continued to use the main force to play.

However, Hoffenheim still fell into the circle of the first half, besieged Chievo, simplified the tactics and used long-range shots to break the bus. After the failure, Chievo counterattacked. No one in the midfield could form the first layer of protection.

After 10 minutes in the second half, Nagelsmann saw that the players on the field could not solve the problems by themselves, so he could only adjust and replace them to solve the problems on the field.

(End of this chapter)