Chapter 136: Self-Redemption
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Magath was able to lead Wolfsburg to the title last year, in addition to the two goal-scoring strikers, another important contributor was Josue.
Schalke 04 does not have such a back, plus the iron waist Jones is injured, Magath also has to work defense, after all, it depends on the food, Schalke 04 midfielder is just such a few people.
Schalke 04 is still not dominant after taking the lead, but fortunately, in the case of a one-goal lead, Schalke 04's defense is still excellent, and it is not the first time that everyone has faced such a passive defense, and their confidence has increased a lot.
Babbel was a little frustrated, because football is like that, and having an advantage doesn't necessarily mean you're going to get the lead first.
At the end of the first half, Schalke 04 led Stuttgart by one goal, and Babel did not make tactical adjustments at halftime, but he repeatedly told himself that the back line must be focused, and sometimes he watched the front play lively, and followed up, he warned his players that Schalke 04's counterattack was quite sharp.
In the rematch, Magath vowed to use the defensive counterattack to the end, replacing Moritz with Sambrano, and Raphinha once again stepped up to form a double back with Mineiro, and the formation was adjusted to 42112.
However, the situation has not improved significantly, the only improvement is that Stuttgart have fewer shots on goal, and most of them are from outside the box, and the goal can be hit, but not too threatening.
In the 61st minute, Babel couldn't stand Poglebnyak anymore, and one of his high strikers had had zero shots so far and replaced him with the team's young striker Shibbel.
In the 66th minute, Cheloczi was replaced by Hilbert, an attacking midfielder who was an obvious signal that he was going to attack aggressively, and now he can't stand it anymore.
Magath also made substitution adjustments, replacing the goal-scorer Rakitic with Kgna, at this stage, Magath originally intended to replace a new force, and the one who can adjust is Rakitic, as for Zhang Yuan and Farfan, it is not yet time.
Babbel's substitution was still very effective, in the 72nd minute, Schibel forced a cross from Zambrano on the left and burst into the penalty area, Digan and Hevedes missed, Cacao grabbed the point in front of the goal and pushed through the door guarded by Neuer, 1-1, Stuttgart equalized.
Magath was furious, how could this ball leak people, the two central defenders failed to keep an eye on Cacaw, and he yelled at the defender duo of Deegan and Hevedes on the sidelines, "What are you eating?!"
He does have reason to be anxious, Schalke 04 is not easy to lead by one goal in the face of a strong opponent, but a small mistake led to the victory flying, and Schalke 04 is difficult to score another goal, although Stuttgart's state is poor, but in this game, their state is not bad, Schalke 04 is not so easy to get a chance.
Neuer also scolded his two teammates in front of the goal, "What are you doing?!"
Then he realized that he seemed to be the captain, so he smiled wryly and clapped his palms, "Focus! Focus!
Cacao excitedly ran to the home team fans to celebrate, not easy, not easy, this is the common feeling of the fans and the players on the field, although Schalke 04 is not a drip-proof watertight, water-leaking, but at least it is difficult for Stuttgart to create any absolute chances.
Magath is also anxious now, he has been standing on the sidelines, directing the team's defense, and it is acceptable to take a point against Stuttgart anyway, and now that he has lost two points, he doesn't want to lose another point and go home with duck eggs.
In the 76th minute, Raphinha broke the ball at the back and passed diagonally to Zhang Yuan on the left side, Zhang Yuan broke forward with the ball, Traesch recklessly cut over and tried to tackle, Zhang Yuan pulled the ball, Marseille maneuvered, dodged Traesch and continued to move forward, Stuttgart has now changed to a back three.
Bolaruz was particularly afraid of Zhang Yuan coming, he was more prepared this time than last time, Teresch grabbed it, he immediately followed and moved up, wanting to break the ball and hit it twice, but unfortunately Zhang Yuan did not give him such a chance, and immediately after the Marseille maneuver, he immediately wore a light crotch.
Shame, Bora Luz was pierced twice by Zhang Yuan in this game, he couldn't react, and he didn't reach out to pull people.
Zhang Yuan drove the ball straight into the penalty area, Tashcher made up for it, Zhang Yuan divided the ball to the middle, Kuranyi followed up and pushed, Lehmann could not do anything, the ball broke through his door again, another central defender Manian and Tashcher did not form a tacit understanding, Tashcher gave up Kuranyi, Manian did not fill the position, Kuranyi was undefended, and scored a single goal.
Hey, three minutes later, Schalke 04 actually took the lead again, and the Schalke 04 fans who were watching the game away were overjoyed, and Kuranyi ran to the fan stand to interact with the fans, and the fans seemed to have forgotten that they kept telling Kuranyi to get out of the way last season.
With 4 goals in 4 games, Kuranyi has redeemed himself, and of course he has to thank Zhang Yuan for passing the ball to him.
Magath hugged assistant coach Eichkorn, and he let out a sigh of relief and said in words that only two people could hear: "He's lucky!"
The morale of the Stuttgart players was hit hard, and the fans in front of the stadium sounded the slogan for Babbel to get out, and last season's three-time winner became a street rat in the blink of an eye.
Babbel is not deaf, and naturally he can hear the boos of the fans behind him, but the head coaches have big hearts, and if he leaves class because of the boos of the fans, it is too fragile, and he is still anxious to command his team to launch an offensive quickly, and there is not much time left for them, plus about 15 minutes of stoppage time.
But Stuttgart's players didn't have much spirit, they looked lively, they had the advantage of possession, and they never passed forward, Magath beckoned his disciples to change formations, 433, Zhang Yuan and Farfan separated on both sides again, both took back, and Kuranyi also collected, letting Stuttgart control the ball, as long as he held his midfield.
After the final 15 minutes in a daze, Stuttgart lost at home to Werder Bremen in the previous round and lost again at home, making it two consecutive home defeats.
Schalke 04 of course got another tough win with 19 points, still clinging to Bayer Leverkusen and Hamburg in front of them.
Hehe, Zhang Yuan remembered a sentence said by a great Chinese man, no matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, it is a good cat if it catches a mouse, and if you define Magath in this way, you can only say that you really deserve to be a champion coach.
Magath was naturally happy after the win, "It was a tough game today, you have to know that they were third last season and we are nothing, the lads are doing well and we deserve this victory!"
'The team was on the back foot, they had 64 per cent possession today, we were a little bit less, but it didn't work, the important thing was that we took our chances and we didn't give them any chances!'
'Angry at conceding a goal? yes, our defenders made a mistake and I hope they learn from it!'
"Zhang Yuan's performance, he has performed very well, he has been very threatening in several attacks, but he should also improve his ability to take chances, he is still young, there is more room for improvement!"
"He's in great form right now, we should give him trust and support, he's doing a good job!"
"I'm not the general manager of Stuttgart, I'm the general manager of Schalke 04, so I don't know!"
Magath praised his players and congratulated them on the way back to Gelsenkirchen, but the conversation shifted to the next game against Hamburg.
There is only a two-point difference between Hamburg and Schalke 04, which can be said to be a dragon fight, Schalke 04 is at home, and Hamburg still have a Europa League to play in midweek, Magath is eager to take down the opponent and climb up the opponent's corpse.
This has just ended the match against arch-rival Stuttgart, and Magath has begun to remind everyone to watch the video of the Hamburg team, do more homework outside of class, and be sure to win the opponent at home. (To be continued.) )