Chapter 625: What Does Gao Han Want to Play?
After days of targeted training, Schalke 04's left-sided attacking strategy paid off. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
According to Slomka's strategy, at the beginning of the game, Schalke 04 aimed at Marcelo's side and launched frequent attacks.
Asamoah and Raphinha were both aggressive on this side, with Rakitic also passing the ball to this side more often.
In the face of the opponent's attack, Marcelo was staggered and looked very embarrassed.
One of the dangerous ones occurred in the eighth minute of the first half, Schalke 04 attacked on the right side, Raphinha stepped forward, Van Bommel followed, but Marcelo and Van Bommel did not have a tacit understanding in cooperation, and there was a mistake when changing the defense, and failed to follow Raphinha in time, allowing the latter to cut into the penalty area, and the front of the small penalty area crossed to the goal.
This sudden attack stunned the fans of the entire Allianz Arena.
But at this critical moment, when Kuranyi stepped in and was about to shoot with his feet, Neuer yelled, decisively abandoned the door to attack, and opened his arms with a majestic appearance, which looked domineering.
Kuranyi hesitated a little on the final kick, which led to the angle of the shot being blocked by Neuer, and the final kick was saved by Neuer on the ground, once again deniing Schalke's one-on-one kill.
This wonderful save also made the Bayern Munich fans cheer all over the field, and the substitute goalkeeper Kahn was so excited that he rushed out of the bench, cheered loudly, and applauded Neuer vigorously.
But on the sidelines, Van Bommel pushed Marcelo away vigorously.
"Boy, what's the matter with you? I told you, go back, I'll follow you outside, what are you doing here? Van Bommel yelled, he was really impatient with this kid.
It's been a few rounds, why are you still out of shape?
"I'm sorry, I was too nervous to hear clearly." Marcelo argued.
He was also very remorseful for his mistake, and he didn't want to do this, but it happened in an instant just now, and he didn't have time to react, and by the time he understood what Van Bommel meant, Raphinha had already cut in.
"Sober up, boy, this is the Bundesliga, not you Brazil." Van Bommel walked back in a huff.
In the previous four rounds of the league, the opponent either didn't pay much attention to attacking the left side, or there were people who wanted to attack, but there were no suitable players, so although Marcelo made frequent mistakes, it was not fatal, and his teammates wiped his ass next to cover it up.
But this game was against Schalke 04.
Asamoah is a naturalized German international, and he knows with his brain that without strength, the German national team is willing to naturalize such a player?
As for Raphinha, that's even less to say.
Marcelo hung his head, looking a little frustrated.
It's not that he's not paying attention, it's not that he doesn't work hard, it's just that sometimes he always feels that the changes on the pitch are coming too quickly, and he doesn't have time to react, and he doesn't know what to react to.
He would even want to cry if he could.
Could it be that his strength really can't meet the requirements, that's why he will play like this?
When Marcelo was frustrated, he heard the voice of head coach Gao Han from the sidelines.
"Hey, Marcelo, it's okay, you've done a good job, keep it up, I'm sure you can."
Marcelo turned his head to see the manager on the sidelines, clapping and cheering for himself, and the Brazilian nodded heavily at Gao Han, mustered up his courage and got back into the game.
Everyone said that Gao Han was never wrong to look at people, even he believed in himself so much, and was so confident in himself, did he really want to admit it?
No, never!
"As long as you can defend up to the level of a qualified defender in Europe's top league, you can become the best attacking full-back in the world!"
Gao Han's words were still in his ears, which rekindled Marcelo's confidence and fighting spirit.
I'm going to be the best left-back man in the world!
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The game restarted, and Schalke Zero 4 was still attacking towards Bayern Munich's left flank.
In the twelfth minute, Raphinha stepped forward again to link up with Asamoah, but this time Marcelo stalked Asamoah and prevented him from cutting into the box easily, and finally forced the German international to the bottom line.
As a last resort, Asamoah kicked the ball to Marcelo's foot and bounced off the bottom line, a corner.
Marcelo breathed a sigh of relief and was about to laugh when he suddenly heard Van Bommel's voice behind him.
"You're really not smart enough, he's going to kick you in the foot, you don't know how to stop the ball directly?"
Marcelo's original mood to laugh suddenly disappeared, but when he thought about it again, yes, I was so stupid.
You can't grab it alive or dead, people kick it at you by themselves, stop it directly, isn't the ball mine?
Thinking of this, Marcelo slapped himself the forehead, and he finally knew how the pig died.
Schalke sent in a corner, but Kuranyi's header in the box was ridiculously wide.
"Boy, take your time to find the feeling, if it feels right, the game will be smooth."
Neuer wanted to serve the goal, Bayern Munich pressed forward as a whole, and Van Bommel said next to Marcelo.
"Also, the next time your compatriot steps forward again, you shout when you change guards, and I'll follow, lest you always have a short circuit in your nerves." Van Bommel said it fiercely, especially afterward, and even more so, "Be smart." ”
"Understood!" Marcelo said yes.
After that, the visitors still wanted to grab Bayern Munich's left flank, but Marcelo seemed to be starting to find his senses, following Asamoah to death, but not getting close, but always stuck on the inside of the opponent, which made Asamoah also play very frustrated.
Especially when Schalke 04's attack on the right failed to create any more threats, Bayern Munich finally freed up.
In the nineteenth minute, Modric got rid of the middle and passed straight behind him, Ribery forced a breakthrough through Raphinha's defense, picked up a pass to the middle of the front of the small penalty area, and Klose inserted a header in front of the goal, 1-0!
This goal completely hit Bayern Munich's confidence.
As Gao Han said in the dressing room, Schalke 04's defense is not solid, as long as Bayern Munich stabilizes the defense and frees his hands, it is not difficult to break through the opponent's goal.
But this goal also completely made Schalke 04 anxious.
Soon, in the 22nd minute, during an attack, Asamoah won the ball on the right side, and Marcelo leaned up when he defended one-on-one, but was pushed away by Asamoah hard.
The skinny Marcelo was almost pushed to the ground, but the referee didn't seem to see it, but the Brazilian was not to be outdone, and after standing firm, he turned and rushed up again, tangled Asamoah, and finally forced the German international to cross the ball directly over the goal and out of the line.
Deafening boos rang out throughout the Allianz Stadium, apparently mocking Asamoah.
But it was also at this time that Van Bommell, the captain of the field, rushed to the referee for the first time, told him what had just happened from beginning to end, and signaled Asamoah to behave unruly towards his teammates.
The referee immediately communicated with the linesman, called Asamoah over and gave him a serious warning.
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"This kid is very difficult."
In front of the away team's coach's box, Slomka was a little surprised.
Marcelo is not tall and relatively thin, but he is fast and flexible, and as long as he does not fight in close quarters and gets off easily, Asamoah will indeed have a hard time getting rid of his entanglement.
What's more, this kid seems to have learned wisely and is always stuck on the inside.
In front of Bayern Munich's defense, Schalke 04 can cross, but the quality will not be high, and it will be difficult for the receiver in the middle to seize the opportunity, after all, Van Bitten and Hummel have good air dominance.
In terms of defensive performance, Marcelo still has nothing to offer, the only thing that can be noticed is that his fighting spirit is tenacious, and it seems that his previous recklessness has improved, and this game is focused on defense.
"Do you feel that Neuer's activity area is so big?" The assistant coach was a little puzzling.
Neuer is a Schalke 04 player, they are all very familiar with each other, with good technique at the feet and excellent reflexes, but before at Schalke 04, he did not have such a large range of movement.
Or rather, the coaching staff didn't dare to let him do that.
Judging from this game, when defending, he even dared to attack near the penalty spot to pick up the ball, and when Bayern Munich held the ball, he often pressed to the periphery of the big penalty area to receive the return pass, and he was very active.
"What the hell does Gao Han want to play?" Slomka frowned, thinking hard.
"Could it be that he really wants to include all goalkeepers in the transmission system, as he said at the European head coaches' summit before?"
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After Bayern Munich scored the lead, Schalke Zero-Four launched a wave of crazy counterattacks, the target was still on the left side of Bayern Munich, and the focus was still on attacking Marcelo's side.
Gao Han didn't move before because he knew that there were some ideas and experiences on the court, and it was up to Marcelo himself to discover them, and only by mastering these could he barely spy on the way of defense.
After more than 20 minutes of actual combat, this smart kid seemed to vaguely sense something, plus Schalke 04 strengthened the attack, so Gao Han directly used the five-star defensive card, which acted on Marcelo's body to improve his defensive ability.
Although this improvement is only temporary, as smart as Marcelo, he should be able to learn a lot during this time.
As Gao Han expected, with the blessing of the five-star defensive card, Marcelo's defensive ability on the left side has been greatly improved, not only jamming Asamoah and Raphinha, but even two or three wonderful tackles.
This allowed the Brazilian left-back to start earning applause at the Allianz Arena.
After the back line was solidified, Bayern Munich also began to play attacks frequently.
In the 32nd minute, Ribery forced a breakthrough to the bottom line on the left side, was destroyed by the opposing defender, and was also cleared after taking a corner kick, but Modric tried to pass into the penalty area after receiving the ball, Schalke failed to create an offside trap, Robben received the ball and made another goal for Bayern Munich, 2-0.
The two goals completely broke up Schalke's 04 spirit, but Bayern Munich's offensive continued.
In the 42nd minute, Robben took the ball on the right side and cut inside, picked up the pass with his left foot to the left side of the penalty area, Ribery inserted the ball and stopped sharply after catching the ball, and after deducting the defender, he hit a curling ball with his right foot, and once again broke through Rensing's goal, 3-0.
After the restart of the second half, Bayern Munich scored again in the 59th minute, when Lahm crossed from the right and Klose, who ran out of space, scored with a header unguarded, 4-0.
But after a hundred mistakes, Marcelo finally made a mistake, and Asamoah seized the opportunity, cut into the penalty area, and hit a powerful volley, Neuer flew to save the ball, but the follow-up Kuranyi easily pushed the goal, 1-4.
It was also Bayern Munich's first goal conceded this season.
But in the 84th minute, Modric passed, Ribery passed through the crotch at the edge of the penalty area, and fired a low shot from a small angle in the penalty area, scoring a brace to help Bayern Munich finally lock the score at 5-1.