Chapter 61: A Race Without Fantasy
Schalke is now in the limelight, three wins and one draw in four rounds of games, ranking second, the first is the biggest dark horse of the season, Mainz, they have won four consecutive wins, and this time they faced Freiburg can be said to be a weak team in the past, this team was killed by Schalke in previous years, especially last year, and played with no temper at all, which is why Freiburg has been in good shape recently and has won three consecutive victories, but Magath still resolutely let Ai Huan take a rotational rest. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In fact, the team is very dissatisfied with his decision, they think that since Ai Huan is irreplaceable, then he should not be allowed to rest, which is an irresponsible performance of the team's performance, but Magath is a rather breed in the end, and he insists on his opinion so that everyone has nothing else to say.
It's not that the old man didn't think that Ai Huan was irreplaceable, but Ai Huan was just one person after all, and he had been playing full attendance since the beginning of the league, but no one dared to guarantee that he would be able to persevere to the end.
How long a season is, if he has to participate in every game, then he has to participate in six to seventy games, which means that he has to participate in two or three races almost every week, which even the Iron Man will not be able to bear.
What's more, we have to take into account injuries, suspensions, and sluggish form, which must be considered, once Ai Huan is unable to play, then Schalke will have to disarm and surrender? The away game against Freiburg is an experiment, and this experiment must be done, even if it is a final loss, it must be endured, which is why Magath has always insisted on his opinion.
In this game, he sent a new set of lineups, and sent all the main players of the previous iron fight on the field, and these people also understood that this was a test for themselves, so they all wanted to show their best form to meet this game.
However, Freiburg is not a soft persimmon, they also came up with their strongest lineup, wanting to take the opportunity to kill Schalke, since the beginning of the game The two sides immediately launched an offensive battle, and everyone wanted to take down the opponent in one go.
Just three minutes into the game, Freiburg took the lead with home advantage, striker Cisse broke through Hwedes on the left and crossed from the left, Metzeld did not touch the ball, and Machiade's shot was blocked by the brave Hevedes. The goal didn't go along, but it sparked the will of Freiburg, who launched a frantic attack, at one point pinning Schalke in the half.
Schalke, however, returned the favor and took the lead with their first shot on goal in the ninth minute. Rakitic, who had never had a chance to start, crossed from the left, and the unguarded Raul shot from inside the box, Freiburg goalkeeper Baumann saved the ball, and Rakitic hit the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal in front of the goal, giving Schalke a 1-0 lead.
The goal immediately thrilled Magath, who had been on pins and needles, and he screamed in an exaggerated manner on the sidelines, looking like a complete madman, and the scene was captured on television and immediately became the focus of discussion. Because of what Ai Huan did in Milan before, the outside world also had a discord with the Schalke general, and the news that Ai Huan had become a thorn in the pan again came out.
The game continued with both sides attacking and defending each other, and the game was impressive in the fourteenth minute, when the home team Schuster hoisted a free kick from the left into the penalty area, and Neuer saved the ball before Cisse fought for the top. In the 23rd minute, Jurado almost doubled the lead when his powerful shot was saved by Bowman.
Since then, the mentality of the Freiburg players has changed, and the more they play, the more anxious they are, it is difficult to really threaten Schalke's goal. In the 37th minute, Metzeld's return pass was lacking, and Neuer struck in time to clear the ball before Machiadei and Cisse. In the 42nd minute, Holtby took a free kick directly to Bowman to save the ball, and Farfan, who played as the main striker in this game, made a header from close range, and was once again magically lifted off the crossbar by Bowman with his fingertips. By the end of the first half, Schalke 04 had a 1-0 lead away.
In the second half, Schalke 04 replaced the injured right wing-back Moritz with Papadopoulos, and Freiburg made no substitutions. In the 52nd minute, Escudero received a yellow card. A minute later, Schuster's free-kick was hoisted into the box, Papadopoulos was not far away, and Niku's shot was blocked by Metzelde. In the 62nd minute, the home team's central defender Bart played a "throat lock" against Holtby and received a yellow card, which almost caused a big battle between the two sides, and then Freiburg made two substitutions in a row.
In the 69th minute, Freiburg, who had made adjustments, finally equalized when Machiadei's header in front of the box bounced off Hevedes' thigh, and Cisse won the ball, turned and scored with his left foot to make it even one.
However, Magath made an eye-catching move to replace the goal-scorer Rakitic with youngster Konya, which led to the idea that it would be a dumb move or just to be able to hold the score in the last minute, and in any case they had already decided that Magath was going to give up the game. The hosts then stepped up their attacking edge, while Schalke proved to be more defensive, and it looked like they were really content to take a point away from home.
However, in the 86th minute, Schalke made another change, replacing Metzelder with Gavlanovic, who had already scored in two consecutive games, and Magath was only then ready to give it a go for the three points.
What no one expected was that just a minute later, Matip and Gavlanovic made a very beautiful collision with the wall, Matip broke through the cross from the right, and Holtby, who had been running non-stop, scored with his left foot to lock the score at 1-2.
After the goal, Holtby rushed directly to the sidelines to make a celebration of Ai Huan, and the Schalke fans in the stadium also showed off the huge number 49 jersey they had prepared for a long time, and countless slogans Welcome to My World, which really felt as if Ai Huan was also on the field, which made many Freiburg fans boo.
At the press conference after the game, Magath was immediately asked about Ai Huan, and Magath was in a good mood, so he replied with a smile, "Ai Huan is a very ordinary rotation, and you will see him in the next game." As for what you said earlier, it's absolutely nonsense that I have a feud with him, but we're going to play three games in a row for the next seven days, and who can stand it if we don't rotate? (To be continued.) )