Buskens and Mulder had a tactical rehearsal against Cottages, and Zhang Yuan was still listed as the main starting lineup by the two acting coaches, for both of them, the battle for Cottages was imminent, and changing tactics and lineups was not necessary for the time being, and they didn't think there was anything wrong with Slomka's tactics.

What went wrong was the mentality of the team, the Champions League fell short and the players were very disappointed, so it was no surprise that they played listlessly against Werder Bremen.

Buskens certainly understands Zhang Yuan's ability, and knows that this 17-year-old genius boy is actually the best player in Schalke 04 since the second half of the season, there is no one, it is hard to believe that Zhang Yuan is only in his 17s, of course, he did not perform well in some games, but he worked hard again, against Barcelona he fought until he ran out of strength before he got off the field, contributed an assist, and against Werder Bremen in the second half he was the only player in the team who played well, contributing an assist, The main reason for this is that the midfielder has too little support for him, and he jumps up and down alone, so the performance is not much better, and it is very good to contribute an assist.

After the game, the rating of "Bild" gave Schalke 04 a rating to the players, except for Zhang Yuan, all failed, even the goal of Kuranyi did not fail, and Zhang Yuan was evaluated as 2 points, "Bild" wrote in the evaluation "Zhang Yuan performed exceptionally well on the field, in the gloomy moment of the whole team, he was the only one who flashed the light of genius, Slomka should regret why he did not arrange Zhang Yuan to start!" ”

So in fact, in the mind of Buskens, Zhang Yuan will still firmly occupy a starting position, not only that, but in view of the fact that next season Fred. Luten will take over the coaching whip of Schalke 04, and Buskens also solemnly recommended Zhang Yuan to Mulder who played the front station, according to his understanding, Schalke 04 will definitely buy out Zhang Yuan after the end of this season, of course, it may ultimately depend on the player's own opinion, but he believes that Zhang Yuan should be willing to stay in Schalke 04, after all, he can start here, and he can get more game training.

Zhang Yuan was secretly glad that he could continue to play as a starter in the minds of Buskens and Mulder, which was too normal in the eyes of Buskens and Mulder.

The match with Cottages was played at 7 p.m. on April 15, and the Schalke Stadium was full to get rid of the head coach Slomka, and the fans of Schalke 04 had high hopes for this game.

Hoffman didn't even open the loan today, came to the stadium to cheer for his beloved team, in fact, he is different from many fans, he doesn't think it's a good idea to fire Slomka, now is the most critical period for the Champions League place, he thinks that the change of coach will affect the team's state and results, but many other fans think that if Slomma is still there, it will affect the results, he will affect the team's morale, maybe there will be a few more consecutive defeats, Schalke 04 will really be over.

Hoffman hopes that Zhang Yuan can start today, this is the voice of the fans, Zhang Yuan's performance is in the eyes of everyone, fancy, fast, the most important thing is to be able to help the team repeatedly, this is the reason why everyone likes him, he always feels very cool in the game.

Buskens and Mulder did not disappoint the fans, and his starting line-up for today were:

Goalkeeper: Manuel Neuer

Defenders: right-back Raphinha, centre-backs Bolton Wanderers and Westerman, left-back Pandel

Midfielders: Jones, Ernst, Stenet

Forwards: Zhang Yuan, Kuranyi, Altentop Jr

Pandel replaced Kristadzic, Buskens and Mulder chose Pandel, Krystadzic has outstanding defensive ability, but the ability to insert assists is not as good as Pandel, this time in the face of the weak team Ketbus, the unanimous opinion of the two is to attack, and the choice of Pandel is to fancy his ability to insert assists.

Altentop Jr. replaced Asamoah, Buskens and Mulder still want to seek a variable, Asamoah is a player who has little location, the only characteristic is that he is physically strong, has a strong ability to fight, and has fewer assists and goals, and Altentop Jr. is a little better than him, speed and passing.

Kuranyi's recent form is actually not good, but he is a well-known air tyrant, the main center who can't be beaten, much more stable than Zhang Yuan, and he has to play.

Rakitic has not recovered from injury, Buskens and Mulder still continued the midfield configuration of the last game, and Stenet also transferred from the winter, but there were not many opportunities to play, and the last game was bad, and this game still has the trust of the two new coaches, and if it is not good to play again, it is estimated that it will really be put into the cold palace.

Cottages have won three in a row before, but two of them are at home and one is an away win over Duisburg, in fact, they have won such a game away from home since the start of the second half of the season, and the away record is not good, which is why Schalke 04 fans are more optimistic about their team. As everyone knows, Ivbus also hopes to get points on the chaotic Schalke 04, and manager Prashkica played a defensive counter-attacking tactic after replacing Sandel as the team's manager, and he still did so in this game, sending out a 541 formation.

Goalkeeper: Tremmel

Defenders: right-back Angelov, centre-back Kovitanovic, centre-back Dasilva, centre-back Mitresky, left-back Zibichi

Midfielders: Bagira, Rost, Rivic, Skylar

Forward: Sorensen

Baghila and Rost are actually two defensive players, with defensive midfielders, Rievic and Skylar as the two wings and Sorensen as the high post.

Pushnika knows that the overall strength of his team must be a lot worse than Schalke 04, in this case, he can only play defensive counterattacks, and at this stage of the season, it is good for Otbus to get a point, because the difference between everyone in the relegation army is not very large, his basic idea is to make good use of the counterattack side cross, Sorensen is 193CM tall, and his header ability is good.

After the start of the game, Schalke 04 took the initiative on the field, firmly controlled the situation on the field, Prashkica tried to counterattack in vain, but Schalke 04 did not give him any chance, always controlled the ball at his feet, and Kulanyi was not easy to cross, everyone knew that in the face of 3 central defenders, Kulanyi was difficult to break through the opponent's iron wall even if his header skills were outstanding. On the contrary, Schalke 04 changed the previous high-altitude tactics and began to play ball control, straight stops, and short passes.

Zhang Yuan is very active in the frontcourt, in the face of the numerical advantage of the opponent's backline, he did not rush over, but took on the heavy responsibility of connecting the midfielder and the striker, pulling the opponent's defense line through continuous running and passing, and constantly crossing activities to the middle, involving the strength of the opponent's central defender and reducing the pressure on Kuranyi.

This is not the coach's arrangement, it is what he saw after the start of the game, the opponent's defense is too dense, 8 or 9 people are defending at the front of the penalty area, it is too difficult to get in, you can only tear apart the opponent's defense by constantly running and passing, or you have to rely on the flash of inspiration of the star.

Buskens was relieved to see this situation below, and he said to Mulder: "Zhang is really a very cerebral player, and it will become more atmospheric over time!" ”

"yes, he's a smart player!" Mulder laughed.

It may be that Schalke 04 dominated the previous stage, and the two new managers are not worried about scoring goals at all, they believe that scoring goals will be a matter of time.

But after waiting for 30 minutes, Schalke 04 still did not score, and even had few chances to threaten the opponent, with a few good long-range shots, but the quality was average, the two managers began to be calm, and Buskens yelled eagerly on the sidelines, "A little more, three lines forward!" ”

Failed to score for 30 minutes, coupled with the roar of Buskens on the sidelines and the shouts of the fans in the stadium gave the Schalke 04 players on the field invisible pressure, everyone began to become impatient, and the pass began to make mistakes, Cartbus also got two counterattack opportunities, but their counterattack speed was not fast, Sorensen had height but was very slow, and the two wings were strangled under the combined force of Jones and defenders.

Prashkica was calm and relaxed on the sidelines, very good, the team's defense was very successful, Schalke 04 was as impatient as possible, although he failed to seize the two counterattack opportunities, but the next time it was difficult to say, if he scored a sneak goal, he believed that Schalke 04 could only attack wildly, and at that time it would only give Cottages more chances, so it would be better.

Zhang Yuan saw that such a situation would definitely not work, everyone's mentality had changed, Kulanyi received the ball at the front of the penalty area twice and couldn't wait to shoot, once was blocked by Mitresky, and once was 108,000 miles away from the goal, everyone was too impatient. (To be continued.) )