Chapter 19: Shooting
The opportunity did not make Schaaf wait too long, in the 52nd minute, Rakitic broke through the ball in the middle and gave it to Zhang Yuan on the side after breaking through Frijns, Zhang Yuan crossed with his feet, the tall and tall Naldo did not let Kuranyi reach the ball again this time, Naldo pushed the ball out of the penalty area, Rakitic followed up and prepared to shoot, Bowman shoveled down from the side and shoveled the ball to Prodel.
Rakitic knelt on the ground and signaled that the ball was fouled by Bowman, that he had made a mistake, buddy, at least you have to lie on the court for a while, or how can you let everyone know how hard Bowman shoveled you.
The referee raised his hands to signal that there was no foul and the game continued, and Prodel did not look at the referee's gesture and passed the ball to Frings, who was defended by Kobiashvili and poured the ball back to the retreating Ozil.
Werder Bremen counter-attacked, Mesut Ozil dribbled the ball, Ernst stepped forward to block, Ozil passed to Frings, who ran wildly with the ball.
The home fans at Weser Stadium screamed loudly, and Rosenborg and Pizarro also ran hard, finding gaps, and involved the movement of the two central defenders of Schalke 04.
Frings took a few steps to split the ball, Bolton and Hevedes did not form an offside tacit understanding at this moment, Hevedes stepped forward, but Bolton did not step forward, and the ball that Frings gave to Pizarro was not offside.
Pizarro singled out, the shaking of his body deceived Schuber, and fired a low shot into the near corner, and Werder Bremen scored another goal.
"Oh yes!" cheers from the home fans echoed through Weser Stadium, and it was predicted that today's game would be a victory.
Pizarro was delighted with the goal, which was his first goal back in the league for Werder Bremen, and he ran to Frings, who had assisted him, and hugged him.
Schaff was a hugely important goal that extended Werder Brighten's lead and was sure to be a severe blow to Schalke 04's morale.
This goal was indeed a great blow to the morale of Schalke 04, according to the tactical arrangement of Rüten, the team attacked at the beginning of the second half, and it did cause a lot of trouble to Werder Bremen, all the players were confident of equalizing, Werder Bremen because of tactical problems, the defensive system is very unstable, and sometimes the weak team can also smash a hole in their defense.
Bielefeld taught a top-heavy Werder Bremen lesson at home in the first round, and the Schalke 04 players also thought that we would not be inferior to Bielefeld.
But in just a few minutes, they failed to break through the opponent, and now they let the opponent counterattack successfully, and the mood is naturally very bad.
Zhang Yuan shook his head, he blamed himself a little, at least he wasted two shots just now, these opportunities are not absolutely good opportunities, but as a striker, he is responsible for scoring goals for the team, if it is not a good opportunity, he can't score?
Schalke 04 fans who came to watch the game at Weser Stadium were a bit of a stoppage, and most of them lost hope in this game, just like the players on the field.
Marx, the host of a fan club at Schalke 04, said to the fans in a low voice: "Why are you down, what the hell, now the team needs our support the most, and we must not let the group of dogs in Bremen compare! Let's sing the team song together! We must be louder than them!"
The fans were awakened by Marx's words again, Marx began, and other fans also held up Schalke 04 scarves and sang along, and their voices became louder and louder, unique in the stands, forming a beautiful scenery.
The capacity of the Weser Stadium is not comparable to that of the Schalke Stadium, which can accommodate more than 40,000 people, and there are also a lot of tickets distributed to the visiting fans, and the Schalke 04 fans on this expedition to Bremen also have more than 2,000 fans.
They are doing this on the field, it is really a bit eye-catching, the players of Schalke 04 have heard the singing, they have seen the support of the fans, and the frustration is gradually lost, many people want to "For the fans, don't let the fans down!"
Zhang Yuan was also moved when he saw the scene of the fans, he didn't lose his fighting spirit, he just blamed himself, and now seeing the actions of the fans, he was even more motivated, clenched his fists, and made up his mind to fight with Werder Bremen.
After the restart, the Schalke 04 players continued to attack Werder Bremen with courage despite the cheers of the fans.
Ruten was disappointed with the second goal conceded, Werder Bremen didn't get much of a counter-attack in front of them, and Schalke 04's midfielders and defenders were outstanding, but they couldn't have defended so well every time.
Schalke 04's formation is still very high, Schaff will not let the opponent attack like this, he ordered Werder Bremen to also put the formation to the premise, then both sides play against each other, it depends on whose defense is hard.
That's the character of Schaff, if it were any other coach, maybe he could hold on to a win for the rest of the game like this, but it's clear that Schaff has an attacking spirit in his bones, and his Werder Bremen is attacking, and he doesn't want to defend passively on his home turf.
Looking at the scene, Tao Wei smiled: "The current situation is that Werder Bremen is ahead, and many viewers may not expect that the scene has become very open since the second half! The two teams started to attack, Schalke 04 has no way out, and Werder Bremen estimates that Schaff is not used to their own team defense." ”
"Shaaf must want to let the opponent attack at home, he must believe that his team is better at attacking!" Duan Xuan on the side also said.
At this point in the game, Zhang Yuan's chances of getting the ball in the front court increased, showing his threat, but his shooting target today was not very good, and in the 70th minute of the game, he had three shots on goal, all of which failed to make a contribution without exception.
At this point, Schalke 04 couldn't attack for a long time, the momentum began to wane, and Rüten kept calling on his players on the sidelines to keep the pressure on, but the players' mood now is not something that can be lifted in a few words.
Schalke 04 must need a goal now, must need a goal!
Zhang Yuan was aware of this problem, but after 70 minutes, Schalke 04's midfield gradually became unable to get up again, and he fell into a difficult situation to get the ball again.
He is also thinking about this problem on the field, and the solution he came up with is to take the initiative to go to the middle to meet the midfielder, there is no way that the ball is not at his feet, he can't do anything, the first thing is to make sure that the ball is at his feet.
Zhang Yuan, who moved to the middle, increased the chance of receiving the ball but at the same time increased the chance of the opponent's encirclement, no matter which team's defense in the middle is definitely the key to the key, Werder Bremen will not let Zhang Yuan move unhindered in the middle.
Bowman also noticed Zhang Yuan on the side at any time in the middle, and naturally saw Zhang Yuan frequently running to the middle, he knew that Zhang Yuan wanted to meet his teammates in the middle, and he began to press Zhang Yuan closely without being reminded by Scharf.
Before the game, Schaff's requirements for Bowman in the team's tactics and strategies were to favor Zhang Yuan's side, and after half a season, he didn't know Zhang Yuan's power, that is, it was really a fool.
Bowman was not at all careless about the young player from faraway China, and the last time he played against Schalke 04, he was most impressed by Zhang Yuan, although Zhang Yuan did not play much time.
Defending Zhang Yuan's type of player, Bowman has his own experience, and he must be fast and accurate in his feet, if he can't do this, it doesn't matter, small actions must be made, and Zhang Yuan's breakthrough must be prevented. Today he and Pasanen had several small actions and were punished by the referee for fouls, but Schalke 04 got a free kick and it was useless, and Werder Bremen was not afraid of Schalke 04.
In the 75th minute, Zhang Yuan's middle lane activity was effective, Kobiashvili took the ball and pushed forward, straight to Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan burst out, Bowman was experienced, predicted the direction of the ball, and decisively chose to tackle, but this time he was not very lucky, the side tackle was broken, and the ball jumped up and bounced on Zhang Yuan's shin guard and forward.
Zhang Yuan's purpose of protecting himself, Bowman shoveled, and he took the initiative to jump up, but he probably didn't expect that the ball touched his shin guard and continued to move forward, a good opportunity!
Zhang Yuan landed on the ground and staggered, stepped over Bowman's body, and continued to catch up with the football, and Pasanen came from the side to defend Zhang Yuan.
After stepping on the bike, the heel knocked the ball and changed direction, and he got rid of Pasanen in an instant, but the distance between him and Pasanen was not far, and the central defender in the penalty area Naldo saw the opportunity to grab it.
Zhang Yuan has died at this point, he can guarantee that he can touch the ball, but he can't pass Naldo, and he has not enough time.
Zhang Yuan chose to shoot, there is no way if he is given a hundred times like this, he will choose a hundred shots, the shot is better than being intercepted by Naldo, he does not shoot Naldo will intercept, he shoots the same as facing Naldo's interception.
"Bang" Zhang Yuan's right instep slammed into the ball, and sure enough, the ball flew out, and his feet landed on Naldo's calf in an instant. (To be continued.) )