Chapter 135: Zhang Yuan's performance
The next day, Rakitic went to find Magat, and after the training, Zhang Yuan pulled Rakitic's sleeve and whispered, "How is it?"
"He told me not to worry, as long as you train hard, you will definitely have a chance!" Rakitic said Magath's promise. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Do you believe it?" Zhang Yuan said as he changed his shoes.
"What can I do if I don't believe it?!!Wait and see!" Rakitic said freely.
"What are you talking about?" Neuer came in.
"Didn't talk about anything?!" Rakitic said preemptively, he didn't want too many people to know about it.
"Hey, guys, are you interested in going out for a drink in the evening?!" Neuer disagreed, instead suggesting a drink.
"You're not tired yet, why don't you go out for a drink?!" Zhang Yuan scolded, Magath often trained Neuer with a solid ball in order to train Neuer's reflexes, and that thing was tiring to pick up.
"Haha! Look!" Neuer waved his arm, smug!
"I'm going to study at night!" Zhang Yuan said.
"Just relax for a night, don't make yourself too tired, buddy!" said Neuer.
"Okay then! Go out for a drink! Ivan, what about you?" asked Zhang Yuan.
"Of course!" Rakitic replied with a shrug.
Three people were adding a Degan, and four of them got in the Neuer car and headed for Gelsenkirchen.
Dinner kebab, Turkish kebab is called döner (Donaire) in Germany, the word itself has the meaning of rotation, and there are many Turkish immigrants in Gelsenkirchen, so the barbecue here is naturally very authentic.
After eating, the four of them went to the nightclub bar to play, there were no beautiful women, the four of them just played billiards there for a while.
On 17 October, Schalke 04 took on Stuttgart, who finished third in the league last season and qualified for the Champions League play-offs, where they beat Romanian side Timisola 2-0 on aggregate to reach the main event.
This season they were on three fronts, and the result was similar to the season after they won the league title, and so far they have started to go downhill again.
The Champions League has only 2 points, and the league has only 8 points, which is 8 points worse than Schalke 04.
There is no way that the thickness of the bench is too bad, and if you want to go a little farther, the result is that all three lines are dragged down, and the lesson of the last time is not profound, and this time they repeat the same mistakes.
Before the match against Schalke 04, the team's head coach Babel said in an interview with reporters: "At the moment our results are not very good, but I hope that when we play Schalke 04 at home, we can show a good performance and end Schalke 04's unbeaten away record!"
He mentioned Schalke 04's unbeaten away record, yes, so far, Schalke 04 have played 4 away games, won 3 and drawn 1, and have not yet encountered a defeat, and the record is better than at home.
He didn't mention it, Zhang Yuan himself didn't notice, he mentioned Zhang Yuan only to find out that it was true, we actually lost an away game, okay!
Today on Schalke 04's side, Raphinha finally returned to his familiar right-back position, Zambrano was put on the bench, Digan and Hevedes partnered at centre-back, and Westerman played at left-back.
In midfield, Mineiro returned to play in the back, with Rakitic at left midfield, Moritz at right midfield, and Farfan at midfield.
The striker is still Zhang Yuan and Kuranyi's partner, in the last three games, Kuranyi has scored three goals, from the appearance, Zhang Yuan can clearly feel that his teammate's self-confidence has gone up a lot, will he still score in this game? Zhang Yuan thought in a mess.
Stuttgart's side also used the 442 diamond position, the old goalkeeper Lehmann guarded the gate, the left back Manian, the central defenders were Bora Luz and Taszche, the right back Cherozzi, the back Theresch, the left forward Khedira, the right midfielder Kuzmanovic, the forward Hleb, and the forwards were Pogliebniak and Kakau.
The formation of the two sides is exactly the same, the forward is fast and fast, and the midfield is in a diamond-shaped position, who is more agile?!
Magath sat in the dugout in his suit and Babbel stood on the sidelines from the start, looking like he wanted the win badly.
At the beginning of the game, Stuttgart kicked off first, and they came up and controlled the ball in the backfield without delay, easily not giving up the ball.
To say that Stuttgart's third place last season was not for nothing, the main lineup is full, plus the returning Hleb, he simply controls the midfield, Schalke 04 has no chance to get the ball at all, Mineiro is not only old but also has just returned from injury, and his interception ability in the backfield has dropped significantly, and Stuttgart, who is fighting at home, has taken the initiative.
Of course, Schalke 04's defense is not covered, and it is still a little difficult for the opponent to attack in the penalty area.
In the 12th minute, Zhang Yuan received a pass from Farfan and started to perform at the edge of the penalty area.
Bolaruz didn't dare to stretch his feet easily in the face of him, it was not the first time he and Zhang Yuan had fought each other, knowing that this person was very ghostly, and he would be passed by him if he was not careful, the best way was either to grab it as soon as possible, and not give Zhang Yuan time to think at all, or to wait for Cherozzi to come over to help defend it, and a few people would break the ball.
Zhang Yuan was running to catch the ball just now, Bolaruz didn't keep up, there was no first option, he can only choose the second option now, he won't make it easy, because he knows that Zhang Yuan's ball control ability is very strong.
He also knew that Zhang Yuan confused his opponents a lot, but sometimes knowing it doesn't mean that he can prevent it.
Zhang Yuan had a bull's tail and wore Bolaruz's stall, Bolaruz was anxious but didn't dare to pull people after all, he was in the penalty area, he wanted to get in the position, but Zhang Yuan was one arrow faster than him and rushed down to chase the ball.
Bolaruz kept up, Zhang Yuan couldn't cut inside, the inside cut was specified to be installed on Bolaruz, Zhang Yuan didn't smash the ball, chose to pass, and swept to the middle.
Kuranyi and Tashcher tackled the ball at the same time, Kuranyi tackled the ball quickly, but the old goalkeeper Lehmann reacted quickly and blocked the ball.
This is Schalke 04's first shot on goal, almost formed a goal, Kuranyi gave Zhang Yuan a thumbs up, signaling that the ball is beautiful, Zhang Yuan smiled, just now he caught the timing very well, Chelozzi was under pressure from Westerman, and did not recycle too much into the middle.
The game continued, Stuttgart then formed a few shots, Zhang Yuan thought about it and felt that he was playing the second striker below the front midfield, he was indeed a little uncomfortable, either he always went to squeeze Farfan's position, or Farfan always regarded himself as a second striker, retreated deep enough, and waited for the ball in front.
It doesn't work to play like this, Zhang Yuan simply moved himself to the side, there is no one to compete with him here, and more importantly, Zhang Yuan feels that his ball vision is more open on the side, and he feels that he is more restricted in the middle.
In the 24th minute, Raphinha passed the ball with a big foot on the right side, Zhang Yuan won in the battle with Teresch and gave the ball to Rakitic, Rakitic passed directly to Kuranyi, after Kuranyi held the ball, he did not rush in in the face of Tashcher's defense, and saw Zhang Yuan get up and step forward, he quickly passed the ball to the middle.
Zhang Yuan scrambled in front of Bolaruz and fired into the bottom right corner of the penalty area, he wasted the opportunity, Lehmann guessed his direction correctly, reached out and pounced the ball to the right.
Zhang Yuan jumped to his feet in anger, a rare opportunity, just lost it!
Just when he hugged his head and regretted it, the Schalke 04 players cheered, and it turned out that the ball was scored!
Zhang Yuan's head was full of question marks, it turned out that Lehmann's clearance was not complete, Zhang Yuan's push was very powerful, Lehmann only subconsciously reached out to block the ball, but Farfan had already swam to the right side, regained control of the ball, and passed backwards to Rakitic, Rakitic shot, this time Lehmann finally failed to save the ball magically, Schalke 04 once again took the lead in a passive situation.
"Ivan, you're doing a amazing job!" Zhang Yuan flew over and jumped on Rakitic's shoulder.
Schalke 04 players are elated, passive seems to have become accustomed to it, scoring goals in this situation seems to be used to it, in short, it seems to be used to Magath's passive style of play.
Magath is definitely not such a passive style of play in Wolfsburg, but compared with Wolfsburg and Schalke 04, the players are different, Schalke 04 has always been a midfielder hoarding hard stubble, but Wolfsburg is not, the existence of Josue and others, so that Wolfsburg can often attack from the midfield, Schalke 04 There are no such players here, several midfielders are not creative, Rakitic is strong in organization and creative ability, but the comprehensive comparison is not as strong as the mature Josue. (To be continued.) )