Chapter 31: Boosting Morale
Amid the cheers of the fans at the Volkswagen Arena, Tuchel's face became more and more ugly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info Despite a perfect start, the injury to defender Bartra has left Thomas Tuchel with a bad feeling. The ensuing game proved Tuchel's hunch right as Borussia Dortmund suddenly fell into passivity after leading by two goals and were eventually levelled by VfL Wolfsburg.
Compared to last season, this season's Dortmund lack the courage to win when they encounter difficulties when they play away from home. This also has to do with the young age of the team, the current front-line players, except for Pierre-Emeyang who is in his playing years, the other attacking players are still too young, Dembele and Christian Pulisic are only seventeen or eighteen years old, Guerrero and Gotze are only twenty-three or fourteen years old, although they are all talented, but they lack a leadership temperament to lead the team to victory.
Hummels was better when he captained the team, at least he could motivate his team-mates because he was the heart of the team's defence. Now that the captain has become Schmelzer, Dortmund are even less adept at playing against the wind, as evidenced by the last defeat at RB Leipzig. Schmelzer was not very good at motivating his team-mates when the team was in trouble, which is why Thomas Tuchel was reluctant to captain Schmelzer in the first place, and Schmelzer lacked a leadership temperament.
A frustrated Tuchel coach suddenly missed the injured Reuss, who was definitely the most favourite German player among Dortmund fans. Royce is not only handsome, but also chic and elegant, whether it is teammates or fans, Royce has great respect for him, and is very suitable to be the captain of the team.
'If only Royce were here, he's a player with the qualities of a leader!' Coach Tuchel thought silently.
Wait, I think I've heard the word "leadership temperament" somewhere...... Bayern legend Kahn once said that he praised ...... Pang ......'Coach Tuchel suddenly had mixed feelings in his heart, and Coach Tuchel found that he really couldn't get around the hurdle of the Chinese boys,' let him play, after all, victory comes first. ’
Unlike Thomas Tuchel's frustration, Loew was in a much better mood because Loew saw what he wanted to see. After Gomez returned to the Bundesliga from the Turkish Super League, he maintained his form well and is still a center forward that the national team can rely on; The popular international Draxler has great potential, and under his organization, Wolfsburg's offensive is playing very well; Weigel has good organizational skills in the midfield position, but his interception ability is insufficient; Gotze is not magically there, and he still hasn't recovered...... Although some players were not happy with the performance, Coach Loew still felt that the trip was worthwhile.
"Oh, Coach Tuchel made a third change, Pang came off the bench and he replaced No.10 Gotze......" Dicker was a little surprised, "In the second half, Tuchel's two substitutions were only five minutes apart, and Dortmund had already used up all their substitutions by the 50 minutes of the game!" ”
'Although I think Coach Tuchel's change came a little late, I still have to give a thumbs up to Coach Tuchel. At least he didn't wait for Borussia Dortmund to get overtaken, and if that were the case, we would be close to a second defeat on the road. Rupert said seriously, "Now Dortmund is not only a tactical problem, but also a morale problem, the team after being equalized by Wolfsburg, the morale is low, has lost the courage to win, and urgently needs to make personnel adjustments......"
'The encounter of having a two-goal lead away from home and being equalised by two goals in a row is a morale blow to any player. Dicker commented, "Hopefully Pang can bring some changes to the team, otherwise Dortmund will be really bad luck in this game." ”
"Don't worry, man, Pang won't let you down." Rupert said with a smile, "Pang Ke is a big heart player, the more difficult the game, the more outstanding Pang's performance, in the current situation, there is no more suitable person than Pang!" ”
"I hope so!" Dicker regained some confidence, "Gotze's performance was disappointing, and despite the presence of the German national team coach Loew, Götze still did not perform well, and of the four German internationals in this game, Gotze played the worst ......"
"Götze should never have gone to Bayern in the first place, he wasted his best years at Bayern and is becoming more and more ordinary......" Rupert said of Götze, unable to complain.
From the moment the fat man stepped onto the pitch, the fat man knew that it was going to be a tough game, even more difficult than the German Super Cup win against Bayern. Although Dortmund fell behind in that game, at least the morale was not lost, and at least 80,000 Dortmund fans were cheering for the team, and these are the hopes of Dortmund to finally turn the tables. Unlike this game, where the time, place, and people are not on Dortmund's side, the only thing to be thankful for is that they are not behind in the score.
The fat man watched the game for 50 minutes on the bench, witnessed the whole process of the team from leading to being tied for 50 minutes, and also communicated with his friend Weidenfeller for 50 minutes. The fat man knows that in this game, tactics are no longer so important, morale is the most important issue. The first thing the fat man has to do is to get back the morale of his teammates and make them dare to fight against Wolfsburg, not only physically, but also psychologically.
Seeing Coach Tuchel quickly make personnel adjustments after the score was equalized and replaced the Chinese man, a hint of gloom flashed in Coach Heijin's eyes. This time, the black and gold coach did not dare to be careless, taking advantage of the season of Dortmund's substitution, the black and gold coach seriously instructed the team's two backs.
As soon as the fat man came on the field, he felt the high and aggressive morale of the Wolfsburg people, who were their home stadium and behind them were the fanatical fans who supported them, and they were now ready to win.
'Grandma's, the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road, and the victory or defeat is not certain. The fat man cheered himself up and strengthened his thoughts.
In the fifty-second minute of the game, the fat man took the ball for the first time after coming on the field, and Wolfsburg's No. 13 Gerhardt rushed over to grab the ball with great momentum. The fat man rushed directly with the ball head-on, the fat man originally wanted to make a "croquette" breakthrough, but suddenly gave up this idea, the fat man knew that the first thing he did was to boost the morale of his teammates, so the fat man decided to start with a physical confrontation.
"Pang is breaking through with the ball, will he use 'croquettes' to pass people?" Dicker stared at the fat man.
Although Gerhardt, who defended the fat man, did not have the confidence to cut off the fat man's ball, he was confident that he could stop the fat man's breakthrough without eating a yellow card, because Gerhardt had been studying the fat man's "croquettes" for a long time. When he knew that his next opponent would be Dortmund, Gerhardt and his teammate Seguen had already studied how to deal with the fat man's breakthrough.
The fat man's sudden change of line caught Gerhardt a little off guard, and in a hurry, Gerhardt hurriedly turned around to intercept the fat man, and the previous cooperation with his teammate Seguan could not be played. Bang, Gerhardt's shoulder hit the fat man's shoulder hard, this is the most effective way Gerhardt can think of to intercept the fat man, the moment the fat ball leaves his foot, Gerhardt hits it, not grabbing the ball but hitting people, it is definitely a foul but will not incur a yellow card defensive action.
"Pang suddenly changed the line......" Dicker was a little puzzled.
Before the smug expression on Gerhardt's face could be shown, he was instantly knocked out of the air and fell to the ground with a shocked expression on his face. He didn't expect the fat man's strength to be so strong, and he felt that the impact he had just now was like a car hitting a tank, and there was a sense of unshakability.
"Oh, Pang knocked the Wolfsburg defenders out of the way!" Dicker was surprised, "This doesn't lead to a foul, does it?" ”
"It wasn't a foul because Pang didn't take the initiative to hit someone, it was the Wolfsburg players who fell on their own...... Rupert said with a laugh, "I knew it was going to be like this!" ”
As Rupert said, the referee did not blow the foul, because the referee saw it very clearly, it was the Wolfsburg player who took the initiative to hit someone, but he fell, not a foul.
Seeing teammate Gerhardt hit by Borussia Dortmund Nine, No. 30 Segunn knew that his previous plan had failed. However, Segurn had no choice but to bite the bullet, and he had to stop the fat man's breakthrough. Seguin rushed head-on to grab the ball this time, and he wanted to prevent the fat man's breakthrough through small movements in the confrontation with the fat man head-on. However, Segun's hopes were also disappointed, and the fat man chose to change lines again.
"Pang has changed lines again, and this time it's not 'croquettes'......" Dicker had already guessed the result.
Bang, the two collided together without any suspense, and the result was also without suspense, Seguen was knocked out by the fat man. It wasn't until he fell to the ground that Seguen knew how outrageous his idea was just now, and it was impossible to intercept Dortmund Nine by colliding with fouls, this guy's body was too strong, he was simply a monster.
"Oh, Pong knocked a Wolfsburg defender off again!" Dicker commented, "Pang doesn't seem to be just trying to break through the ...... this time."
"I also feel that way, if Pang breaks through head-on, he can at least get a free-kick in front, but Pang doesn't seem to think like that......" Rupert was also a little puzzled.
After tackling the two Wolfsburg midfielders, the fat man rushed to the opponent's backline with the ball. The fat man broke through and collided twice in a row, not only wasting a lot of time, but also greatly reducing his speed, and when the fat man faced the Wolfsburg backline, the opponent had already stood in a defensive formation.
However, the fat man was not afraid at all, the fat man's breakthrough this time was not aimed at shooting, purely to find a physical confrontation. Aren't you going to play physical confrontation in Wolfsburg, brother, I'll play with you and see who plays whom. The fat man took the ball to the opponent's big penalty area, and chose to cut horizontally and inward, with a posture of shooting from a distance.
"Does Pang want to choose a long shot?" Dicker wasn't sure, because he thought the fat man's behavior was too weird.
"Probably not!" Rupert guessed correctly, but didn't figure out why.
It is true that the fat man is not aiming for a long-range shot, as Rupert said, but the Wolfsburg players don't think so. Seeing that the fat man chose to cut laterally, Wolfsburg central defender No. 5 Bluma rushed over to break the ball as soon as possible.
Bang, the fat man collided with Bruma again, although Bruma was tall and strong, but he still didn't take advantage of the fat man, although Bruma was not knocked out, but he was also knocked and fell to the ground with one hand, so as to avoid the fate of falling.
"Pang didn't shoot from distance, he collided with a Wolfsburg player for the third time, what was he just going to do?" Dicker was puzzled.
"I know, Pang is doing this on purpose, he is demonstrating to his teammates, telling his teammates that the physical confrontation played by the Wolfsburg people is really not threatening......," Rupert said excitedly.
As soon as Rupert's voice fell, the fat man passed the ball, and the fat man felt that his goal had been achieved. Sure enough, Castro, who stepped forward, crashed into Gelhardt's defense and fired a direct long-range shot, but unfortunately the ball was dragged off the crossbar by Wolfsburg goalkeeper No. 28 Castills, and Dortmund won a corner.
"Pong, you've hit three of Wolfsburg's defenders, that's amazing!" Despite the missed shot, Castro was still very excited.
"Man, you can see that the players in Wolfsburg are so bumpy, they are not as strong as we thought!" The fat man said with a smile.
"Pang, you're right, we kicked too softly just now!" Dembele said.
"Guys, show your courage and hit the people of Wolfsburg hard and let them know that we are powerful!" The fat man encouraged.
"Okay, hit him bitch." The fat man's teammates responded.
Everyone also felt that they had played more aggrieved just now, and the players of Wolfsburg relied on their home stadium to frequently commit fouls to delay Dortmund's attack, and some actions were even hurtful, causing everyone to play timidly and unable to play the original strength of the team. Now the fat man is the first to stand up and counterattack, and the Wolfsburg backline hits the person on his back, which can be regarded as an outburst of anger to his teammates, and also increases everyone's confidence, at least everyone is not so afraid of confrontation.
"Oh my God, Boris, you're right, Pang really is doing that." Dicker looked at the sudden burst of momentum of the Dortmund players on the field and said in surprise, "Pang is really an incredible player, he has successfully stirred up the emotions of his teammates, raised their morale, and almost everyone of them has become different now......"
"This is the leadership temperament, although I don't like the Bayern legend Kahn, but I really admire Kahn's vision, he really sees people very accurately, and he discovered the kind of leadership temperament in Pang very early." Rubeer commented, "Pang had great personal abilities and was very intelligent, but none of them were as good as his kind of leadership. ”