Chapter 292: The Lion King (1)
Bayer Arena, more than 22,000 spectators entered the stadium early to wait, the stadium echoed with the Leverkusen team song from time to time, fans are cheering for their team, they naturally hope that their team can beat the first place Schalke 04 at home, even if they have no hope of winning the championship, but as long as they can beat the first place will be very happy. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
Their lineup is exactly what Magath expected, so Schalke thinks there should be no problem in winning this game, after all, they have already calculated it in their bones and have long been prepared accordingly, and it would be too much to say if there were any more problems.
Ai Huan's mood seemed very relaxed, and he was not disturbed by the messy news before, which also made Magath very relieved, so the whole team had a little blind optimism.
But what everyone didn't expect was that Bayer Leverkusen showed an aggressive posture at the beginning of the game, their attack was wave after wave, and what was surprising was that Schalke's main players, who had been resting for more than a week, seemed to be a little out of shape, so they really couldn't find a way to counterattack after being pressed down in momentum.
Bayer Leverkusen won their first corner in the fourth minute, and Reinhardt's header from the middle was just wide. In the eighth minute, Schalke defender Hovides made a mistake in the return pass, Sam got a one-on-one chance, but Neuer reacted quickly and miraculously saved the football, and Ballack, who had the ball outside the box, was brought down by Metzelder before he could get up to shoot, and they got another free kick opportunity.
Bayer Leverkusen's free-kick from the right flank was driven into the box, Ballack leaped high and flicked his head at goal, and Neuer flew again to save. In the 11th minute, Ballack received a direct pass from a teammate on the left and sent a low cross, and Neuer picked up the ball. Neuer still kicked off vigorously at the first time, driving the ball near the midfield, and Ai Huan quickly charged forward to control the ball before the opposition player.
Bayer Leverkusen's players immediately came to stop it, but after the first few games, Ai Fan used himself to attract the opponent's attention and then passed the ball out to make a killing move, so although they were very attentive to the forward Ai Fan, they still maintained a very good formation.
Ai Huan took two kicks and passed the ball out, this time the purpose of the pass was Jurado, and just when the attention of the opposing defender shifted to Jurado, Jurado had already passed the ball quickly, which was of course the direction of Ai Huan's advance.
Illusory's easy ball continued forward, and in this pass it was already completely behind Leverkusen's midfielder, but Ivan passed the ball out again, and after Holteby got the ball with his back to the opponent's goal, he didn't even think twice before he stabbed the ball with his heel into the Leverkusen penalty area.
Everything is suffocating, all Leverkusen players feel a little unable to find the north, but the problem is that the opponent's attack has no intention of stopping at all, but intensifying, don't look at Leverkusen's pressure from the beginning to the present The opponent can't even breathe, but they also know very well that as long as Ai Phantom runs, it will be their turn to be out of breath.
Ai Huan rushed into the opponent's penalty area at this moment, Ram, who had been standing in the position, saw a figure sweeping away from him, and involuntarily subconsciously reached out and grabbed the opponent's jersey, he didn't know that the free kick in this position would also become a sharp weapon for Ai Huan to break the goal, but he still stretched out his hand.
But when his body was pulled out upside down, he also began to despair a little, this bastard was as strong as all rumors and had nothing to say, what to do in the face of such a person?
Ai Huan didn't stay long, at this moment he ignored any defense, his eyes only had the football that was still rolling, out of the foot, shooting, the action was done in one go, the football was like a bullet out of the chamber directly into the upper left corner of Leverkusen's goal, and the field was quiet in an instant, all that could be heard was the cheers of the Schalke expedition fans, and the score became 1-0.
The referee did not turn a blind eye to Lahm's movements, so he showed Ram a yellow card after pointing to the middle circle, and Ram was lying on the ground a little dazed, as if he didn't see the yellow card, completely lost and depressed.
Ai Huan immediately ran to the sidelines to celebrate the goal with the fans of the Expeditionary Legion, and from the analysis of past records, as long as Ai Huan scored first, Schalke would win the game, so the people of the Expeditionary Legion were also very happy.
This goal was a bit of a blow to Leverkusen, at least for a short period of time, so Schalke immediately came to his senses and launched an attack on the opponent's goal.
After Bayer Leverkusen kicked off, he was cut off by Matip in midfield, and then quickly passed to Pukki in front of the field to distribute the ball to Escudero, who burst into the box on the right, and the latter's shot in the box was blocked by Adler, and Schwap cleared the ball in front of the goal line and drove the ball out of the box.
Jurado sent in a corner and Raul headed in between two players, but the power was soft and the goalkeeper held it in his arms.
However, Bayer Leverkusen is still a team from the bottom of the spectrum, many of them have experienced a lot of battles, so they quickly recovered their mentality, launched a counterattack and Ballack long pass, Dediok burst into the penalty area at high speed and volleyed a powerful right-footed volley into the near corner, Neuer volleyed sideways and blocked the football out of the penalty area in the air, but just when everyone thought it was an unparalleled save, Ballack, who had been in hot form from the beginning of the game, suddenly appeared on the periphery of the penalty area, he first swung past Matip's top scramble, and then volleyed vigorously, the football was like a spear straight into Schalke's goal, one to oneγ
The crowd erupted in cheers and a timely goal, which was just too good for their captain Ballack.
"Barak, our eternal captain!" shouted the narrator hoarsely, and his shouts led to more cheers.
Ai Huan, who returned from the front court, pulled up Matip who was shaken to the ground, and the black boy looked at Ai Huan with a little resentment, Ai Huan smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "It's good, don't forget that it's Barak, even if it's a very old lion, it's always a lion!"
Ballack is indeed a lion, he has never put himself in his heart any other place, and even when he is in the twilight of his football career, he will never show weakness to anyone.