Chapter 138: Oolong Assist

Seeing this problem, Zhang Yuan didn't care what the coach arranged, after the restart, he took the initiative to retreat to the midfield, and tried to help the midfielder control the situation, perhaps just two consecutive dangers reminded Schalke 04 players to cheer up, everyone's state is much better than the first ten minutes.

The midfield trio also began to play their role of interception and control, but the midfielders on the Hamburg side did not concede much, De Jong and Kompany were defensive midfielders, with strong defensive interception ability and very strong bodies, and Schalke 04 was always below in the midfield duel.

Buskens watched anxiously from the sidelines, without Rakitic, Schalke 04's midfielder did not do well with the ball, and was repeatedly counter-attacked by two Hamburg midfielders.

But he really didn't think of any way, substitutions? No kidding, substitutions so early, what to do with the tactics in the second half!

When he saw Zhang Yuan take the initiative to retreat, he finally thought of a way, damn, changed, changed, tactics changed, Zhang Yuan withdrew back to play the front waist, let's change to 442 head office.

The players on the field were soon given a tactical arrangement to be rearranged by Buskens, with Zhang Yuan moving to the central midfield position, while Altentop Jr. and Kuranyi formed a twin tower combination.

Not to mention his such a change, Schalke 04's midfield can finally compete with Hamburg's midfielder, not how good Zhang Yuan's passing ability is, but after Zhang Yuan came to the middle, the increase in running points also increased, and it was really not easy for the opponent to cut the bottom to prevent it.

With Zhang Yuan's talent storm in the Bundesliga in the second half of the season, many teams will attach great importance to him and will study how to limit his power, and this game is no exception.

At the pre-game press conference, the reporter asked Stevens how to limit Zhang Yuan, who was in hot form?

Stevens said that there are many talented players in the Schalke 04 team, but Zhang Yuan is particularly noteworthy, and he has arranged corresponding tactics to limit Zhang Yuan's play, and he knows it in the game.

When it came to the game, I really knew that in addition to Boateng, who was facing Zhang Yuan head-on, there were also Demer in the front court and De Jong in the middle, Demer was a defender, but today he was lined up to play the attacking midfielder on the right, the purpose is to be able to form a three-man attack on Zhang Yuan.

It can be seen in the previous stage that Medel's sense of defense is quite strong, and De Jong is always staring at Zhang Yuan's movements, the game has been going on for about 20 minutes now, Zhang Yuan has taken the ball 6 times, and each time these three people will consciously recycle and form a triangle around Zhang Yuan, so Zhang Yuan only passed 2 times in the first half, and the other few times he took the ball and passed it directly.

Now Zhang Yuan suddenly went to the middle to play the front midfield, Stevens was ineffective against Zhang Yuan's arrangement on the wing, and the two people in the penalty area, Kuranyi and Altentop Jr., also dispersed the strength of the middle position of the Hamburg team's defense.

Zhang Yuan is very active in the forward position, Schalke 04 also began to have shooting opportunities, in the 24th minute, Zhang Yuan got the ball in the middle and faced De Jong head-on.

De Jong has been in Hamburg for three years, and this year, under the promotion of Stevens, he has gradually played the main position, not tall but has excellent defensive ability, and the German media is now touting Zhang Yuan, thinking that he is another genius born in Schalke 04, De Jong is very disdainful of this, and today there is a chance to confront Zhang Yuan head-on.

Okay! Let me see what kind of goods you are! De Jong said secretly in his heart, lower his center of gravity, facing a ball-controlled player like Zhang Yuan, he still knows that he can't rush out of his feet, and he must see that he must hit a blow before he can make a move.

Zhang Yuan must pass De Jong as soon as possible, otherwise Kompany will come over, he can only pass back, Kulani and Altentop Jr. in the penalty area are all watched to death, there is no way to get the ball, he doesn't want to pass back, he can only choose to pass De Jong.

Zhang Yuan made a bicycle movement, two in a row, and his body suddenly tilted to the right, which was a prelude to passing from De Jong's right side.

De Jong laughed secretly in his heart, you used this trick in the first place? My center of gravity was not lost by your shaking, you pass from the right side and I will take the first step to block your position, don't want to pass through me.

De Jong began to plan to jam the right position, but the card passed, Zhang Yuan did not come, and the ball did not come.

It turned out that Zhang Yuan was a realistic feint just now, his body was very flexible, obviously to the right side, but in an instant, he withdrew his body, knocked the football with his right foot to the left, and the ball and the person passed through De Jong's left side.

To say that De Jong's reaction was really fast, knowing that he had been fooled, he quickly turned sideways and wanted to chase Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan had already gone away, and he could only eat ashes in the back.

Zhang Yuan moved forward with the ball, Mathieson gave up little Altentop, out of the penalty area to defend Zhang Yuan, little Altentop handed over to the side of Atuba, in the face of Mathieson's attack, Zhang Yuan decisively kicked a long shot, he was going to play a surprise, now the distance is still 278 meters away from the goal.

He pumped the ball with the outside instep, with a lot of power, fast speed, and enough arc, the only thing he lacked was that he was not very lucky.

The ball smashed into the corner of the goal and flew out of the bottom line!

Rost, who saved the ball, had a close contact with the goalpost, and after getting up, he had palpitations, and glanced at Zhang Yuan, this guy shot with a lot of power, and almost went in!

Zhang Yuan disturbed his hair a few times, Made, it's almost, it's almost enough, and it can equalize the score.

De Jong looked at Zhang Yuan, who ran back to the halfcourt, in a daze, this Chinese teenager may be really strong?!

"What's the fuss?!Wake up!It's time to kick off!Keep an eye on the defense!" Kompany, who was younger than him, passed by him and reminded him to concentrate.

De Jong woke up, boy, next time I will definitely not be deceived by you again, I didn't pay attention just now.

Stevens saw that it was indeed difficult for De Jong to defend Zhang Yuan alone, although only De Jong was only broken through once, but he still saw that De Jong could not defend Zhang Yuan alone, so he conveyed the latest instructions to the field, Kompany should try to rely on De Jong, increase the defensive area, and work together to encircle and suppress Zhang Yuan.

But Zhang Yuan is not stupid, he dribbled the ball again, De Jong and Kompany came up at the same time, Zhang Yuan knew that it was not so easy to pass them this time, it was not that he didn't dare to pass, he still had the confidence to pass the two people, but this took time and would slow down the offensive rhythm of Schalke 04.

So he opted for passing, and after that, he quietly asked Ernst and Stenet to move closer to him and tear apart Hamburg's defensive duo with short passes.

The change was made by the players on the pitch themselves, with Zhang Yuan attracting the defensive strength of the Hamburg midfield, while Ernst and Stnet stepped forward at the right time.

Stevens watched Schalke 04's small changes in midfield, and now the Hamburg team fell into passivity, and he had no choice but to let the attacking midfielders Olic and Medel recover quickly and help get involved in the defense.

Buskens felt a burst of relief, this kid, although young, really has nothing to say about the wisdom of playing, very good! For the equalizer, he began to have some confidence, but soon reality will give him a blow.

In the 41st minute, Zhang Yuan went straight to the plug, and Stenet stepped forward, but he did not pass to Altentop Jr., who came out to answer, but blindly played a high ball to try to find Kuranyi's point, but was picked up by Rost, who attacked, and immediately threw the ball to launch a fast attack, and also played Olich's side.

Olic ran all the way after receiving the ball, Raphinha was also fighting with him for speed, but he couldn't fight, and finally he could only pull someone to foul in the back, Raphinha got a yellow card, and the Hamburg team got a free kick opportunity, which was about 35 meters away from the goal, after all, Raphinha also thought about it before pulling people, and it must not be too close to the goal.

Shooting from such a distance, there must be little hope, the tall men on the Hamburg team's side are all concentrated in the Schalke 04 penalty area, 1.94 meters Reinhardt, 1.91 meters Atuba, 1.92 meters Boateng, 1.90 meters Kompany, 1.89 meters Medel, plus strikers Guerrero, Olich, a full 7 players are ready to compete for this free kick.

At this time, the players of Schalke 04 found out, you are numb, why are there so many tall people in the Hamburg team! Everyone was stunned in the opening corner kick, and they didn't notice that the Hamburg team is basically all big and tall, and on the side of Schalke 04, the tallest is Neuer 1.9 meters, and Westman is also 1.9 meters, Kuranyi is 1.9 meters, Bolton is 1.89 meters, and the others are all more than 1.8 meters, Zhang Yuan has now grown to about 1.85 meters, and he is ranked number one on the field now.

The likes of Cannavaro, Ayala and Puyol are actually becoming fewer and fewer central defenders now, which is a trend in world football, and of course it is not ruled out that there will be such short and talented central defenders, but after all, they are very rare.

Forwards Kuranyi, Zhang Yuan, and Altentop Jr. all have to come back to participate in the defense and assign tasks, and Zhang Yuan is responsible for keeping an eye on Medel, who makes him tall.

Van der Vaart drove the ball into the penalty area, scoring a goal he pointed forward, the front point rubbed back, and the others found a second point to score, which is a kind of free kick method that they usually practice tactically.

It just so happened that Zhang Yuan's defensive Medel was running forward, Zhang Yuan followed him to run forward, the two jumped at the same time, Zhang Yuan won, although Medel was a few centimeters taller than Zhang Yuan, but Zhang Yuan was explosive, bounced well, and Zhang Yuan jumped higher than him.

However, Zhang Yuan's header ability is really not good, he originally wanted to push the ball directly out of the bottom line, but he didn't get the point right, and the final result turned into a backward ball, and Kompany pressed Westerman to attack the ball into the gate guarded by Neuer.

Zhang Yuan provided an own goal assist for his opponent, and Kompany touched his head and rushed to the Hamburg fans in ecstasy to celebrate. (To be continued.) )