Chapter Seventy-Three: Even the Air Is Riotous
"What's the situation?"
"Is this a penalty for Zheng Zhi's handball?"
"That's too bad."
"Ah, no, it was Hertha Berlin's Alphonso Chami who fouled him, and he pushed Zheng Zhi when he was heading over the ball just now."
"It's really scary, this referee, this ball shouldn't be blown, after all, Zheng Zhi's ball just fell at the feet of Soberzik, Frankfurt can form a counterattack, it can be said that the referee has helped."
As a last resort, Frankfurt had no choice but to turn to positional warfare. Schneider moved to Soberzik on the right, who tried to break through Hertha Berlin's left wing-back, but soon left midfielder Woz followed, and the two men made an offer for Soberzik, who conceded the goal.
Hertha Berlin plays in a 532 formation, even at home, they are used to playing a back five, and the defensive hardness must be strong.
The ball passed past Treshok and then fell to Rykdal, who arched his left foot forward and passed it to Pretz.
Seeing that the ball was about to roll to the feet of Pretz, heyβ
Zheng Zhi stepped forward and broke the ball with a flying tackle!
"Good shot!"
"It's a beautiful tackle."
Central defender Ralph Webber threw Zheng Zhi a grateful look, but Zheng Zhi had already climbed up and passed the ball to Schneider.
Schneider immediately sent an overhead ball to find Yang Chen, but Yang Chen was stared at so hard that he couldn't touch the ball at all. In the opening minutes, Hertha Berlin's defence was not yet stable, and Yang Chen and Vjotoft still had some chances, but now it will be difficult.
Solid defense and sharp counter-attacks are Hertha Berlin's forte. Eintracht Frankfurt had no other trick to do, so they looked for crosses through the two wings, and in the middle, Schneider solved the problem. But in the face of stubborn defense, they have nothing to do.
"Hehe, I feel that although Eintracht Frankfurt played in a very disciplined way, the tactics were too simple. It was difficult for them to hit the ball into the big penalty area of Hertha Berlin, there were too many people in the penalty area, Yang Chen and Fjotoft against the other five players, difficult! β
'You have to find a way to get their backline out of the way. If there is a player in front of the box who can get the ball, maybe you can attract one or two defenders. Schneider doesn't have this ability, and Zheng Zhi may not be able to, but both of them press up at the same time, which should add pressure to their defense. β
Zhang Lu analyzed.
Schneider did press frequently, but Zheng Zhi never dared to press too forward, because he wanted to protect the back line.
Ehman Trout, who was on the sidelines, waved his hand and shouted at Zheng Zhi in English, signaling Zhang Zhi to press forward.
If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger. Ehman Trout wants to pick up points here as well. Since Hertha Berlin was so conservative, he was bold.
But that's a trap.
As soon as Zheng Zhi followed the order to step forward, the opponent hit him and Schneider behind, and the alert Rykdal bypassed Schneider's side to receive the ball, and then stuffed the ball to Andreas Thomm, who then knocked on the middle, and Pretz pushed the bottom right corner of the goal near the penalty spot!
The ball went in.
Relying on a quick defensive counterattack, Hertha Berlin took a 1-0 lead at home.
"Alas, the defense is empty."
"After Schneider and Zheng Zhi pressed up, the space behind them was too big." Huang Jianxiang shook his head, "The division of labor between Schneider and Zheng Zhi still needs to be clear, if both of them go up, there will be no one behind." β
He did not agree with Zhang Lu's opinion, "There must be someone behind." β
There was a deafening cheer at the Olympic Stadium, with fans chanting the name of goal hero Pretz, who was already his fifth goal of the season and topped the scorers' charts, and it was Hertha Berlin that allowed Hertha Berlin to soar in the standings thanks to his consistent scoring in front of him.
Emman Trout dealt a blow to his aggressiveness, stealing the chicken and now putting his team behind, just 18 minutes into the game. It looks like another bad road trip is going to happen.
Schneider and Zheng Zhi glanced at each other, both of them full of helplessness. Both of them were thinking, it's not right to kick like this. Playing like that at the beginning, although the offense has not improved, it will not be easily penetrated by the opponent. Well, now the dilemma is even greater, and this time I really have to press it up.
Hertha Berlin closed it when it saw that it was good, and the formation shrank again, waiting for Eintracht Frankfurt to attack, and they continued to wait for the opportunity to counterattack.
Eintracht Frankfurt was not good at attacking, half of the weak team played defensive counterattacks, but they met a Hertha Berlin who prefers to play counterattacks and pretend to be pigs and eat tigers.
After pressing Hertha Berlin for ten minutes in a row, Eintracht Frankfurt could only fire a few shotguns from outside the penalty area.
In the 29th minute, Zheng Zhi suddenly sent a highly imaginative outside instep pick pass on the right side of the penalty area, but teammates Ferjotoft and Yang Chen did not even react. Of course, the opposing defender did not react either, because Zheng Zhi's pick and pass deceived everyone.
The Eintracht Frankfurt fans in the stands cursed.
"To whom is this going to be?"
"The legendary fifth point?"
"Who knows how he's going to pass it on?"
"Even my teammates have been deceived, amazing!"
But Huang Jianxiang slapped the table, "What a ball!" β
"Such an imaginative pass, no team-mate comprehended. Look at Hertha Berlin's back line, they were also deceived, if Yang Chen or Fjotoft had a pass that could comprehend Zheng Zhi, then they would have gotten the ball, but no, not one, what does this mean? It shows that the training is not enough, and there is no tacit understanding. In the same way, this kind of rare pass, other teammates can't pass it. β
"Hehe, it's true that the chemistry between the Eintracht Frankfurt players needs to be strengthened."
Zheng Zhi was also stunned. The heart is such a sassy pass, but no one answers, it seems that I will have to train my teammates well in the future. It is true that the route of the ball is weird and hidden, but breaking the dense defense, isn't this one of the means? He also felt that his teammates had not grasped his passing ideas......
Only Schneider gave him a thumbs up, and he felt Zheng Zhi's coquettish pass.
In the second battle, Hertha Berlin is still holding on steadily, perfectly sitting on a turtle with a shrunken head, and Frankfurt has no way at all.
The clock soon dragged on to first-half stoppage time, with Eintracht Frankfurt almost in full force.
Soberzik crossed again from the right, but Hertha Berlin centre-back Mandreko was sure to head the ball away.
The referee had already put the whistle to his lips and saw that the game was about to end.
Schneider jumped in the middle, swung his head to the left, and barely pushed the ball towards Zheng Zhi.
"There's still a chance!"
"Look at what Zheng Zhi does with this ball!"
Zheng Zhi took two steps forward and quickly raised his right foot.
"Shot?!"
I saw Zheng Zhi in mid-air with the inner arch of his right foot to pad forward.
It's not a shot, it's a pass! Rekdal in front of him had already rushed over to block the eye, but Zheng Zhi was passing? As soon as he turned his head, the ball flew past his top right.
The fans in the stands were all dumbfounded! I was deceived by Zheng Zhi again.
Another coquettish pass!
The ball wasn't fast, but it was sudden, and in an instant, the ball landed in a beautiful parabola behind another centre-back, Herzog.
"Yang Chen!"
Yang Chen stabbed out in the slash! Chest stops the ball forward, then slams his right heel up.
Knock β
The ball flew like a cannonball into the near corner of the goal, and the Hertha Berlin goalkeeper did not react at all......
"The ball is in!"
"The ball is in!"
"Yang Chen!"
"Yang Chen scored his second goal in the Bundesliga, and it was Zheng Zhi who assisted him."
"This assist is so sassy, even the air is sassy!"