Chapter 624: You Can Do It
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In the fifth round of the league, the Bundesliga ushered in two key matches, Dortmund played Werder Bremen at home, and Bayern Munich faced Schalke 04 at home, both of which were strong dialogues.
The Dortmund match is scheduled a day earlier.
The Hornets had a poor start to the season, losing two in a row and losing 4-1 to Schalke 04, but then Dortmund ushered in two consecutive wins, a 3-0 win over Cottage Bs and a 1-0 away win over Rostock.
In the fifth round of the league, the Hornets faced Werder Bremen, who had superior attacking firepower, and scored three goals in just ten minutes from the 22nd to the 32nd minute of the first half.
In the end, Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 3-0.
With three wins in a row, scoring seven goals and conceding clean sheets, Borussia Dortmund have shown impressive quality.
This opening match also made a very good start to the fifth round of the Bundesliga, especially against the second day.
Compared to Bayern Munich's four-game winning streak, Schalke Zero-Four started the season with four games unbeaten, one win and three draws.
Among them, in addition to the 4-1 home defeat to Dortmund, the first round was a 2-2 win over Stuttgart, the third round was a 1-1 draw away to Wolfsburg, and the fourth round was a 1-1 draw at home to Bayer Leverkusen.
It should be said that Schalke 04 did not start well.
But even so, on the afternoon of September 15, the Allianz Arena was still full.
The enthusiasm of the fans, which has been extinguished for two weeks, finally got a chance to vent again.
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Schalke 04 coach Slomka received Bayern Munich's starting line-up from his assistant coach when he returned to the visiting dressing room after the team's pre-match training session and walked to the door.
Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, Marcelo, Hummels, Van Bitten and Lahm in the back from left to right, Schweinsteiger in midfield, Van Bommel and Modric in the front, and the front trident is a combination of Ribery, Klose and Robben.
It is clear that Gao Han has put on the bench the internationals who have travelled to South America to play for the national team, such as Sergio Aguero, Vidal and Lucio, which also shows his strong confidence in the game.
As for Marcelo, the Brazilian youngster is yet to qualify for the national team.
'As we had planned before the game, we still have to rely on our right side. Slomka said with a frown.
Bayern Munich's overall passing ability is indeed very good, although the players do not understand each other well enough, but whether it is the strength of the players or the team's tactics, they are a cut above other teams in the Bundesliga.
But they are not without their weaknesses, and the first to bear the brunt is the left side.
"Marcelo is the biggest hidden danger in the Bayern Munich backline, I don't understand, why does Gao Han trust him so much? "The assistant coach was puzzled.
Vidal has played left-back in Chile and the national team, which has led many people to mistakenly think that Gao Han introduced Vidal to strengthen the defense on the left side, but he didn't expect that Gao Han directly pushed Vidal into the midfield.
On the left, however, Gao Han relied on the likes of Marcelo, Jerome Boateng and Bad Stuber.
"It's hard to guess what he thinks, but one thing is for sure. "We can't afford to sit idly by and use Raphinha and Asamoah on the right to force Marcelo's side and force Bayern Munich to defend." ”
Schalke Zero's strategy has been formulated for a long time, and they have only been training around this point for some time, and now it is time to test the results of the team's training.
Marcelo is reckless, the defense is unreliable, and he often can't return to defense in time after inserting forward, these are old problems, Raphinha has strong assist ability, Asamoah is fast, and the right side of the two can maximize the strength of Schalke's attack and counterattack, and it is best to be able to beat Bayern Munich at the beginning.
In Slomka's view, in the face of a team like Bayern Munich, blind defense is equivalent to chronic suicide, and only counterattacks force Bayern Munich to concentrate on attacking, and the team has a chance to defend.
Gao Han is very powerful, and the first four rounds of the game are indeed quite exciting, but that is all in the past.
At the very least, the Bayern Munich team in front of them can't be compared with Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan in any way.
Taking advantage of his lack of strength right now is undoubtedly the perfect opportunity to beat him.
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'There is no doubt that the key to this game is our left side. ”
In the home team's locker room, Gao Han is also making the final mobilization for the players.
He had just secured Schalke's starting line-up for the 04 and the attacking attack on the right of Brazil's right-back Raphinha and Germany international Asamoah was enough for him to understand Slomka's intentions.
"The specific arrangement, as I told you at the meeting yesterday, is that the defense on the left side is not a matter for the left wing-back alone, the front, the midfield and the central defender at the back need to be protected. ”
Everyone in the locker room nodded solemnly.
Bayern Munich has a lot of internationals, all of whom go to the national team, resulting in inconsistent return times for the players, and many South American internationals only returned yesterday afternoon and are now unable to participate in the game.
Not only that, in the past two days, Bayern Munich couldn't even organize a joint training session for the whole team, and it was naturally impossible to talk about the defensive protection on the left side, so they could only rely on Gao Han and the coaching staff to cooperate with the PPT to explain.
"Marcelo. Gao Han looked at the Brazilian left-back.
"I'm listening, boss. Marcelo hurried back.
"Remember what my coaches and I told you over and over again over the past few days. ”
Marcelo licked his lips and nodded, "I remember." ”
"I don't need you to participate in the attack in this game, to be honest, Schalke 04's point of defense, as long as our front court plays normally, it is not difficult to score goals at all, what I need you to pay attention to is defense, first grasp the defense. ”
Marcelo also realized the weight of his game, and stood up and nodded solemnly.
"Remember, number one, don't take your foot lightly, and number two, follow the inside of the opponent and don't let them cut into the box. ”
Marcelo took a deep breath, "I see. ”
Gao Han took another deep look at Marcelo and turned to the two central defenders.
Lucio, Sergio Aguero and Vidal all went back to play for the national team, and although they were ready to return as soon as they got the game, the long journey and the jet lag meant they didn't return until yesterday evening.
Therefore, Gao Han naturally did not dare to use them, but instead arranged for Hummels and Van Bitten to partner in the central defenders.
'The task of the two centre-backs is also clear, watch out for crosses from the right, Hummels, you have to pay attention to the area behind Marcelo. ”
"I see. ”
"Understood. ”
Both centre-backs said yes in unison.
'If the opposing full-back Raphinha comes forward, Van Bommel, I need you to come back as soon as possible. ”
"Good. The Dutchman agreed succinctly.
Gao Han said this, and clapped his hands vigorously.
"Well, guys, we've had a good start to the season, four wins in a row, we haven't conceded a single goal, it's not easy, and it's all about working together to get there. ”
Gao Han's words made everyone present feel proud.
"I hope that this game will be the same. ”
"Good!" the players responded in unison.
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The game started at 15:30 p.m. on time.
Amid the cheers of the Allianz Arena fans, the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game.
Away Schalke 04 kicks off first.
As Gao Han had predicted, Schalke 04 launched an offensive from the start, and it was concentrated on his right flank.
Just two minutes into the game, Asamoah relied on a feint to deceive Marcelo and form a cross when he won the ball on the right side, but Neuer in the box reacted very quickly, rushed out of the small penalty area first, and took the ball out of the air before everyone else, which was able to resolve a crisis.
But a minute later, Rakitic dribbled close to the right and sent the ball behind Marcelo with a diagonal cross to the right, where Asamoah took advantage of his speed to get in front of Marcelo.
The Brazilians also followed up to defend as soon as possible, but Asamoah just made a simple emergency stop, deceived Marcelo to stop, and was thrown away after watching the opponent accelerate forward again.
This time the cross was headed over by Hummels and Schalke won a corner at zero-four.
In less than four minutes of the opening, he was played by the other party twice.
"What the hell is this kid doing? He just needs to get stuck on the inside, and he doesn't have to worry about anything else, and he still does. ”
Cantarero looked a little angry, which was something he had already told him in training, but when it came to the game, Marcelo was still in a mess.
The other party can deceive him with a simple feint, is this still reliable?
"The Asamoah is really fast, he is the first naturalised player in Germany, who is of African descent. Tuchel explained.
Gao Han nodded, this is indeed a headache, but ......
"Look at that Rakitic, this kid is not simple at all, he is young, and he has just joined this season, and he has become the heart of the team's midfield, and a few passes are quite effective. ”
The most impressive midfielder in the first few rounds of the Bundesliga this season was certainly Schweinsteiger, who was halfway through the transformation, followed by Bayern Munich's midfielder Luka Modric, who became the heart of Bayern Munich's midfield as soon as he joined.
On the contrary, it is Schalke 04's Rakitic, who also joined in the summer, also from Croatia, he is even younger than Modric, but his performance is not bad, and with time, the future is limitless.
"Luca. Gao Han walked to the sidelines and shouted to the players on the field.
Modric immediately looked over and raised his hand to signal that he had heard.
"Be careful to press your compatriot and don't make him too comfortable. Gao Han pointed at Rakitic.
Luka Modric immediately understood what the manager was asking for.
Schalke's several attacks at the beginning of the 04 game were indeed planned by Rakitic, especially on the left side.
Marcelo's unreliability, everyone knows, it will be difficult to improve in a short period of time, so the best thing to do is to suppress Schalke 04 and make it difficult for them to attack effectively.
"Marcelo. After Gao Han finished explaining Modric, he turned to look at Marcelo.
The Brazilian left-back, who was on the left flank, was just near the coaching area and apparently knew he hadn't started the game well enough, and walked over with some trepidation after hearing the manager's shouts.
"Hey, man, you've improved your defense on both occasions and did a good job, so keep doing it, understand?"
Not only was Marcelo a bit surprised, but even Thomas Tuchel and Cantarero were taken aback.
With his performance, he did a good job?
Is it true that if you don't get scored, you're qualified?
"Don't think about anything else, I have confidence in you, remember, don't get off your feet easily, get stuck on his inside, you can do it, keep going!" After speaking, Gao Han clapped his hands vigorously and sent Marcelo back to the court.
He knows that what the Brazilian needs most now is not reprimand, but confidence.
And the only thing that can give Marcelo confidence in the audience is himself as a manager.