Chapter 778: Farewell Show (2)
Rehhagel faced a back-to-back situation, having made five changes to his starting line-up after a heavy defeat to Kaiserslautern in the previous round, with Hubnik and Jankel replacing the suspended Nemeyer and defender Flander, and Otter, Torun and Lasoga replaced by Rooney, Pedddayi and Ben Hadira, which may be Rehhagel's last ditch. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info”
"Today Hertha Berlin put on a Christmas tree formation, goalkeeper Kraft, defenders Lyle, Hubnik, Jankel and Bastians, the midfield three are Ronnie, Peddhai and Benhatira, the wings are Rafael and Lukavica, and there is only one Ramos in the front. Well, I'll admit that the appearance of these people was actually unexpected by me, and maybe that's what Rehhagel is good at. ”
Then his voice raised again: "The following is our lineup, it should be to give Raul a big victory, so today Schalke sent the main lineup, the goalkeeper is Zhang Chong from China, the defender line Escudero, Hovides, Maputi and Crishitto, the midfielders Gundogan and Fuchs exist as a double back, Mata and Joaquin are on the left and right, our god Ai Phantom appears in the front position as a breakthrough, and there is only one person on the front line, he is the Lord of the Rings of Spain, Schalke's eternal number seven - Raul Gonzalez!" In order to highlight Raul's importance, Uncle Dip didn't say much about the others at all, which is also very fitting for today's theme, and it's all for Raul.
Because Schalke has won the championship, so Hertha Berlin's players took the lead to line up to meet this season's champion Schalke, when Schalke's players came out one after another, it immediately triggered the cheers of the fans at the scene, and the interesting thing is that Raul's child is his own youngest son, and Ai Phantom is Raul's daughter, which also makes the fans look even more crazy.
When the players walked out, the first fireworks exploded over the stadium immediately, and then a huge golden No. 7 was just above the stadium, almost when the players looked up, they found another phenomenon, just in the highest position of the Schalke, next to the flag representing the Schalke club, there was a blue No. 7 jersey, which means that Raul's No. 7 shirt was sealed, but it also means that the owner of this shirt was named a legend by the fans of this place, and Raul's eyes couldn't help but moisten at this moment。
A huge No. 7 jersey also appeared in the stands, slowly rising from the first row to the last, as if to swear the jersey's place here.
Raul couldn't stand it anymore, he lowered his head and quickly reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and then raised his head to wave to the fans in the stadium, and at this moment, the whole stadium also sounded the song of the only Gonzalez in the world, that is really an undoubted identification.
It stands to reason that whoever is in Hertha Berlin's position should show a stronger sense of initiative in the game, after all, they only have one way to win now, and although Schalke is now the main force in and out, everyone knows that Schalke has other ideas for this game, so there is still an opportunity to take advantage of. But amazingly, the visitors were quickly overwhelmed by the home team, and even the ability to counter-attack was lacking, and in the face of the menacing home team, Hertha Berlin did not seem to have the slightest desire to win.
In the fourth minute, Ai Fan won the ball at the edge of the opponent's penalty area and stuffed it into the box, Raul didn't wait for the ball to hit the ground and fired a powerful volley but was lifted off the crossbar by the opposing goalkeeper. Fuchs' corner from the left was headed over by a Hertha Berlin defender and the ball fell to Fuchs again, and the Hungarian hoisted the ball in front of goal again, but this time Raul was ruled offside.
In the ninth minute, Juan Mata received a long pass from Gundogan at the back and crossed from the small penalty area on the right, Raul swept the shot and was saved by Kraft, and then Fuchs took another corner from the right, and Raul kicked the ball wide when he flanked it in the middle. Although it was only ten minutes into play, everyone could see that everyone was going to help Raul score in this game, so as long as there was a ball, it would definitely be passed to Raul.
But Hertha Berlin was unmoved by such an obvious style of play, they still maintained the stability of the defense and did not care about counter-attacks at all.
Rehhagel may have emphasised the importance of defence in his set-up, but his team will have to find a way to score if they are to win the three points. Even Uncle Dipper couldn't stand it anymore, and he began to complain.
On the field, Hertha Berlin shrank into the penalty area and dedicated possession to Schalke, although this kind of play in front of the goal made Hertha Berlin still better suppress Schalke's offensive, but their tactics are always based on passive parrying and never take the initiative to attack.
Schalke was also happy with the scene, maybe it was a long season that drained their energy, maybe they just wanted Raul to score, if not the chance, but to hand over the football to Raul, so although Hertha Berlin had voluntarily surrendered the ball, Schalke's players did not launch a few decent attacks.
But even so, Schalke's offensive was terrifying enough. In the 17th minute, Fuchs played the ball from the left, and Ai Huan headed the ball in the middle, but he didn't shoot at all, but crossed to the right side of the box, and Raul volleyed the ball just wide of the left post from a tight angle.
Although Hertha Berlin's main focus was on defence, they also found an opportunity to make their first threatening attack of the game. In the 23rd minute, Ramos diagonally crossed Rukavica on the right in front of the penalty area, who burst into the box but stopped the ball slightly wider, and the ball flew directly out of the bottom line. Two minutes later, Rooney fired a low volley wide of the right post from 30 yards out, their first shot of the game.
However, the shot did not pose a threat to the goalkeeper and was at best a warning signal, and this time it rang Schalke's wake-up bell, and Farfan quickly returned the color to Hertha Berlin's goal. A minute later, Ai Huan and Joaquin made a beautiful collision with the wall, and the latter passed the ball into the box, and Hubnik's defense was too late to defend and had to foul Raul in the box, which was supposed to be a penalty, but the referee on duty Pell did not blow the whistle.
This also made several people in Schalke feel very unhappy, Ai Huan stood in front of the referee and kept saying that the ball was fouled, and finally he may have said that he was in a hurry and blocked him when the referee wanted to leave, and the referee was also annoyed and directly showed him a yellow card.