Chapter 100: Unwillingness
Villarreal was in a frenzy at this point, with Manuel Pellegrini and his assistant coach Culasis hugging each other tightly while their players, both on the bench and in the main team, ran towards Llorente. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Pressed him tightly on the grass, the yellow flag flew in the stands of the away team, and there were a lot of Villarreal fans who were present today, crowding the stands of the away team, although the team was small but their fans were very enthusiastic, and they followed the team all the way to Germany.
Now Villarreal's performance has completely lived up to everyone's expectations, and 85 minutes have almost pronounced Schalke 04's death sentence.
Bolton paid for his strong support, and Mulder paid for his hesitation!
Manuel Pellegrini saved the game with his own substitutions, taking advantage of Schalke 04's holes in defence.
After the restart, Manuel Pellegrini stood on the sidelines and demanded that his players control the ball and not lose the ball easily, as long as they survived the last few minutes.
Schalke 04 looked a little annoyed and angry, and continued to foul, for which Zhang Yuan, Engraar, and Rakitic received yellow cards in a row.
Mulder also lost his sense of proportion at the last moment, did not arrange a counterattack, Buskens had already left the stands, he knew that the big thing was going to happen, and it was almost impossible for Schalke 04 to turn the tables like this.
La Liga's strength is that the small technique and small range of cooperation are done well, and the individual skills are also very good, Schalke 04 is difficult to break the opponent's ball in an impatient mood.
After spending the last minutes in a mess, Schalke 04 were finally eliminated by Villarreal by a disadvantage of away goals.
Schalke 04 Many players heard the whistle at the end of the game, lying on the pitch like sadness and relief, Zhang Yuan covered his shirt on his face, so that no one could see his expression, he was trying to control his tears.
It's not because he's been eliminated, he's experienced Rimini's promotion failure, and that failure is more uncomfortable than elimination.
He wanted to cry because he was unwilling, he contributed three goals in two games, but he still failed to get the team's promotion, a little blocked, a little unable to figure it out.
After celebrating with his teammates, Senna walked to Zhang Yuan alone, Zhang Yuan had calmed down at this time, and the jersey had already been put down.
Seeing Senna walking towards him, Zhang Yuan also walked over and took the lead in stretching out his hand, "Congratulations, Marcos!" ”
"Thank you! Can I exchange jerseys? Senna patted Zhang Yuan on the shoulder and asked.
"Of course!" Zhang Yuan took off his jersey and exchanged it with Senna.
Senna took Zhang Yuan's jersey and said to Zhang Yuan before leaving: "Zhang, you behaved very well!" I'm sure you'll be standing on that highest podium one day! ”
"Thank you, Marcos! I'm going to keep working hard and hopefully next time we'll have the chance to compete together!" Zhang Yuan took a deep breath and said.
Senna left with a smile, who knows next time?!
Back in the locker room, Buskens was already waiting for the Schalke 04 players, and he gave each player a hug and words of comfort.
When it was Zhang Yuan's turn, Buskens gave Zhang Yuan a big hug and whispered in his ear: "I'm proud of you!" Zhang Yuan, you make these two rounds of the game not ugly! Don't be sad, you'll have plenty of opportunities later! Do a good job! ”
Zhang Yuan nodded, and after showering, he and Mulder attended the post-match press conference, and the best player of the game was Zhang Yuan.
"Zhang, you played very well in the two rounds, but you were the ones who eliminated in the end! Are you disappointed with this result? ”
"Yes, I'm disappointed! We are playing against a very strong team and putting us under a lot of pressure! The opponent has performed better than us, and the promotion is a matter of course! ”
"A lot of fans in the stadium today blamed the team's performance at home, what do you think?"
What this reporter said is not true, it is true that Schalke 04 showed weakness in the main venue made the fans not satisfied, but it was a small number of people who booed the home team, and the boos of the fans in the final stage increased, and Zhang Yuan also heard it at the time.
"Today's result was a disappointment for the fans and I can understand what they were thinking! We're not doing a good job! ”
"So what do you think of your performance today?"
"Maybe I should have done a little more!" Zhang Yuan answered whatever he wanted.
Schalke 04 was not the focus of attention, and Villarreal was more favored by reporters, who asked not only Pellegrini and Senna what they thought of today's game, but also Villarreal's outlook for the future.
Mulder and Zhang Yuan were the first to leave the press conference very interestingly, no matter how much they adjusted their mood after losing, they didn't want to see their opponents in the same scene.
"Bild" used a photo of Zhang Yuan covering his face with a jersey when reporting on the Schalke 04 event, "Schalke 04 led twice and was still eliminated!" ”
They gave Zhang Yuan a super high 1 point in this game, and their comment on Zhang Yuan was "The Lightning Kid is the brightest star in the game, he dragged Schalke 04 ashore twice, and the responsibility for elimination is not his!" ”
"Kicker" magazine quoted photos of Schalke 04 players lying on their backs in the stadium, and they also gave Zhang Yuan a rating of 1, and they believe that Zhang Yuan is undoubtedly the best in terms of the individual performance of the two teams.
In the German media, Bayern Munich was the real focus, beating Sporting Lisbon 7-1 at home and knocking out Sporting Lisbon 12-1 over two legs, setting a record for the last 16 of the Champions League.
Bayern Munich is the positive image of the Bundesliga team, then the negative image is Schalke 04, and the media summarized and wrote about Schalke 04's outing.
It's nothing more than a few, the first one, Schalke 04 was also the second in the Bundesliga last season, and Villarreal was also the second in La Liga last season, but you can see for yourself, the two rounds of the game are completely dominated by Villarreal, if it weren't for Zhang Yuan's good play, you wouldn't have been able to get a draw.
Second, why is the team's mental state so bad and so fragile?! Many media faintly pointed out that the contradictions at the top of Schalke 04 led to internal discord in the team, and they don't know who instigated it, and many media said that the responsibility was on Muller, the summer transfer was a failure, and the Ngelar and Farfan who were bought at a large price did not play their own value, and did nothing during the winter break, and dug up the city wall and sold Ernst, which led to chaos in the team.
The third acting head coach is the acting head coach after all, the level is not high, the lack of adequate coping means, the midfield is seriously disjointed, and it is strange that such a game can not be eliminated.
In such an outside atmosphere, on March 13, Schalke 04 challenged Wolfsburg away, and there was no surprise in the result, the morale of Schalke 04 lost to the opponent, the score was very open, 4:3, the forward line played well in this game, Farfan, Zhang Yuan, Asamoah each scored a goal, Zhang Yuan also contributed an assist.
On March 18th, the fourth round of the German Cup started, Zhang Yuan was still the starter in this game, during this time he has been fighting continuously, and his physical condition is not very good, but Zhang Yuan's performance was very poor throughout the game, Schalke 04 lost 0:1 to Mainz away from home, and lost the opportunity to continue in the German Cup.
According to the normal arrangement, Buskens and Mulder should have let Zhang Yuan rest, but their German Cup was their chance to turn over, so they still sent the tired Zhang Yuan on the field, but they still couldn't get rid of the fate of going out.
On March 22, Schalke 04 finally ushered in the home game, this time Zhang Yuan sat on the bench, and Kuranyi played as the starting center.
Hamburg, who have come from afar, are currently above Schalke 04 and four points behind Hertha Berlin at the top of the table, and they need these three points.
Kuranyi finally got the hang of it, breaking the deadlock for Schalke 04 in the 32nd minute of the first half, but the next game entered the rhythm of the Hamburg team, and in the 57th and 60th minutes of the second half, Schalke 04 conceded two goals in three minutes and finally lost the game.
After the game, Schalke 04 fans could no longer suppress their anger, Schalke 04 fans can be said to be the most tolerant fans, no matter what, they have always supported their team, but this season their behavior is more abnormal, and it is not the first time to boo their team.
The reason is that the team played too poorly, Schalke 04's performance in previous seasons gave fans too much confidence, and this season's summer transfer spent a lot of money to buy players, and fans' expectations for the team are too high, always thinking that the team can at least reach the top three, and the Champions League can at least reach the top 8 like last season. (To be continued.) )