Chapter 571: Telecom Cup (I)
After listening to this song, Ai Huan also felt a little unsure of what to do, and he couldn't say what Taylor meant, but at this time he was already with Jennifer, and he couldn't tell her if he couldn't give her an explanation. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
For a while, his brain was very confused, and he didn't come up with a result after thinking about it for a long time, but he actually had some other ideas in his head, and he also felt a little incredible for this idea, so he came to Magat's side, "Boss, I want to take a leave of absence, I can't participate in the Telecom Cup, and I'm afraid I will be absent from the warm-up game before the game." ”
There were only ten days left between the Telecom Cup and the first match of the German Cup, and it didn't matter if he participated or not, so Magath didn't say anything more, just thought about it and agreed.
When the plane arrived in Munich for transit, Ai Huan directly changed his ticket and left the team, while the other players still transferred to Mainz according to the original plan, as for Ai Huan's sudden departure, everyone had a little shadow in their hearts, but no one knew what he was going to do.
The Telecom Cup officially started on July 19, and Schalke met Mainz in the first round of the draw, which was also a good result, and the two sides did not be too polite to start the game directly.
Magath played the 4-4-2 formation he was most familiar with, and the goalkeeper used Zhang Chong, who had just joined, after all, he had been playing in the Chinese league before he came, and his condition was much better than others, and it was a normal decision to use him. The backline is made up of Escudero, Hovides, Metzelder and Crishitto, and Magath will also wonder if this line-up can change last year's backline.
The midfield is not a parallel position last year, but has become a diamond-shaped position, Gundogan as a single midfielder, Fuchs on the left, Mata on the right, and the forward defender Holterby, the two strikers are composed of Farfan and Demba Ba, who has just joined, this is also the first time Schalke has put out such a lineup, and many people think that this will become the basic lineup of Schalke in the new season.
Although these players were almost all playing in competitive competitions for the first time, they quickly gained the upper hand, Gundogan's organisation was surprisingly smooth, he did a beautiful job in both defence and attack, and Mata, the new core, was not at all frightened, and the midfield of Mainz was quickly shattered, and the normal attack was not at all organized, which also caused another problem, their backline was not really tested.
Schalke took the initiative on the field and played fiercely, and Fox, who was promoted to the midfield position by Magath, also performed brilliantly, he almost completely controlled the left side, and the three-meter quality control was really not covered.
In the fifteenth minute, he successfully broke the ball in midfield, then quickly got rid of the defense behind him, and a through ball was handed to Juan Mata on the left side of the penalty area, who dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area, and a light volley hit the ball into the door of Mainz, and the score became 1-0.
Although Mainz still worked hard after conceding the goal, they still couldn't come up with a decent attack, so they didn't make it difficult for Schalke, but Schalke was a little less lucky, they attacked every inch in a row, and Mainz was also pressed in the box by them and couldn't move. Neither side scored again in the first half, and the half-hour game ended quickly.
However, since the Telecom Cup does not limit the number of substitutions, both sides made a large number of substitutions in the second half. First of all, Magath pulled Farfan to the right side of the midfield to replace Mata, the forward line has been responsible for pulling the opponent's back line in the first half, and in the second half Magath wanted to see the intensity of his attack, so he pushed Pukki to the front line, to use his speed to make a fuss.
He then made a huge change in midfield, with all four players replaced in the first half, with Joatip coming on for Gundogan, Joaquin for Fuchs and Draxler for Holtby, a move that led to Schalke's midfield once again being parallel. However, he did not make any adjustments to the back line, after all, Mainz did not show a better attacking form, which did not achieve the effect that Magath wanted to see.
But even Magath didn't expect that his team played more smoothly in the second half, and obviously had better luck than in the first half, less than a minute into the opening minute, Krischito assisted to the front, crossed from the left side of the penalty area, Demba Ba grabbed the first point and pushed the ball to the other side, Pukki quickly entered the penalty area to form a single knife, he picked the ball into the opponent's door very lightly, and the score became 2-0.
Just five minutes later, Schalke broke the ball in front of the opposition penalty area, Joaquin passed the ball into the box and caused chaos in the box, Demba Ba took advantage of the opponent's clearance not far to shoot hard, and once again rewrote the score to 3-0.
After that, Mainz also played a few counterattacks, but the effect was very average, most of them were still cut off after the midfield, and then launched a quick counterattack again, which also made Mainz dare not invest too many troops in the attack, so Schalke still firmly occupied the initiative on the field.
Until the twenty-seventh minute of the second half, Demba Ba's shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, Joaquin's follow-up shot was blocked by the opponent's defender out of the penalty area, and the referee did not hesitate to award a penalty directly, Draxler successfully took the penalty and locked the score at 4-0, Schalke easily entered the final.
In the next game, Bayern and Dortmund played very intensely, and I don't know why Dortmund has become Bayern's biggest sufferer in the past two years, as if their style of play is specifically to restrain each other, so no matter how Bayern plays, they can't kill Dortmund all at once, but they are beaten behind by the opponent again and again, and they are a little dizzy.
Fortunately, Neuer, who has just joined this season, still performed well, and effectively defused the opponent's attack one after another, which also made Dortmund very uncomfortable, so he had to make adjustments before halftime.
However, the effect of this substitution was not obvious, but it also allowed Bayern to find an opportunity, and Robben scored a goal when they were a little confused, and the score became 1-0, and the score was maintained until the end of the first half.
In the second half, the two sides continued to play fiercely, and Dortmund's Gotze also seized the opportunity to equalize the score, but soon Gomes exceeded the score again, and the final score remained 2-1 until the end of the game, and Bayern also entered the final.
That's the end of the day, and the final is scheduled for the next day, so all four teams are back in the hotel, which is also a rare time for everyone to sit together and chat and fart, you know, in normal times they are almost opposites.