Chapter 112: Bremen (Part I)
Werder Bremen has always been a giant team in the Bundesliga, although not as successful as Bayern Munich, but he also has his own pride and persistence, almost every season before the start of the season will be one of the favorites to win the title, this is the essence of an old powerhouse. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, their record this season is still average, especially in the last five rounds, Bremen actually achieved a draw and four losses, which is really surprising, especially in the last round of the draw Frankfurt to stop the decline of the losing streak, which also makes the fans of the whole Bundesliga feel incredible, and this game their main fullback Silvestre strained his back muscles in the training before coming The truce also cast a dark shadow on their future, after all, many people want to see if this fullback known as the West God can prevent God Ai Phantom, and now they can only look forward to the future。
But even so, the game was packed early, the fans had already begun to warm up the Schalke with loud singing, the whole stadium was full of advancing Schalke, fighting and winning songs, and now Schalke 04 has entered a straight fast lane, everyone wants to see them continue, without stopping.
Bremen did encounter a lot of problems in this game, not only one of Silvester could not play, but also several main players such as Jensen and Wagner Arnautovic did not appear on the starting list for various reasons, which made people feel that this was a game that was basically abandoned, and it also made Magath not only have an urge to put Ai Fan on the bench.
After all, the next game is the key battle, away against Lyon, which is related to who will become the first in this group, after all, the first place in the group still has a certain advantage, so even Magath hopes to win it smoothly, and in the face of such a remnant team, if the main force is exhausted, will it affect the next game? This is a question that needs to be considered.
Bremen's lineup was determined early, goalkeeper Wiese, defenders from left to right Fritz, Mertesacker, Pledel and Pasanen, midfielders Frings, Bagfred, Wesley and their midfield core Hunte, striker Marin and the main striker of the German national team Almeida, this is already the strongest lineup that Bremen can send, and Magath has already guessed it.
Uncle Deepe was also shocked when he got Schalke's lineup, and even he didn't expect it to be like this. Goalkeeper Neuer, today he is also the captain of the field, the wingback is the recent performance of Papadopoulos and Escudero, who has been relatively stable, the central defender is still more fixed Metzelder and Hovides, the midfielder double back Mapti and Rakitic, the front Jurado and Holter score is left and right, the front line is still a combination of Raul and Farfan, these two people are still relatively reliable, especially Farfan, not only has recently performed well on the field, but also has been active in off-field training, so Gavranovic was squeezed to the bench by him。
And sitting on the bench was not only a Gavranovich, but also Schalke's god Ai Huan, who was put on the bench for unknown reasons in this game, which also caused a commotion among the fans, because none of them knew what kind of medicine was sold in Magath's gourd.
Ai Huan really doesn't care much about this, he doesn't know how others guess and think, what he knows is that Magath had already told him his thoughts before the game, and he would stay in Lyon, and as long as the game went smoothly on the field, he didn't need to play, so he sat on the bench very easily, and when the camera came to him, he was very relaxed and said hello to the camera.
The real test for Schalke will be whether Holtby and Jurado can coexist, both of whom are excellent strikers, but they have often had some strange problems in previous games, such as overlapping movements.
However, because of the existence of Ai Huan, the problem of these two people will not attract too much attention, but Ai Huan will soon go to the Asian Cup, so Magath must have someone in his hand who can replace him, and what he thinks of is to let these two people serve as Ai Huan's substitutes at the same time, to see if they can get a little effect, and Bremen is a very good test stone.
Holterby is now the team's second-best assister behind Illusory, with seven assists to his name, which is second in the Bundesliga, although not comparable to Illusory's assists. Jurado, on the other hand, retreated from a winger to a deep forward position, and also became the metronome of Schalke 04 very well, both of whom performed very well, so this is why Magath is ready to use the two of them together to replace Illusory.
The two sides were in the groove as soon as the game began, with Almeida receiving Marin's cross from the wing in the first minute and heading the ball from inside the box on target, but Neuer struggled to keep the ball out. Schalke then began to respond, receiving passes from Jurado and Holtby on two separate occasions in Farfan, but this can also be used to show that this transformation is still more valuable.
The two sides started a tug-of-war, you came and went, and in the 22nd minute, Schalke 04 still took the lead in scoring. Jurado's corner from the right was met by a powerful header from inside the Metzelder box, which hit the crossbar and bounced off Wiese's arm to keep it in the back of the net. This was also Metzelde's first goal after joining, and immediately after the goal, he ran to the bench and hugged everyone, and naturally there was a smile on his face.
Bremen, who did not want to concede defeat, came close to equalising in the 28th minute when Almeida's long-range free-kick hit the post. Schalke also missed a chance four minutes later when Papadopoulos crossed from the right and Raul headed it over the post from inside the box. In the first half, the two sides played very fast, and in the dazzling confusion, each had its own wonderful and its own mistakes, which was still very exciting in comparison.
In the stoppage time of the first half, Schalke 04 expanded the score again, Jurado's free kick on the left side of the field was barely blocked by Wiese, Raul quickly followed up, and scored a goal in the small penalty area, 2-0.
It was a half-time stunner, almost at the last minute, so it was very pleasant for the fans of the manufacturer, who happily got up and sang "Advance Schalke, Fight and Win!" (To be continued. )