Chapter 239: Advance to the top three
Just when Feng Quan didn't know what choice to make, he saw a figure wearing a white Hamburg jersey, running wildly on the right side of the frontcourt. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
When the figure was still six or seven meters away from the edge of the big penalty area on the right, he reached out in the direction where Feng Quan was to ask for the ball.
The next moment, Feng Quan used the outside of his right foot to cross the ball sideways, ready to cross into the penalty area.
However, when Sebastian Rong subconsciously changed his center of gravity and stretched out his left leg to block the cross, he found that the direction of the ball did not seem to be in the penalty area, but towards the edge of the large penalty area on the other side of the field.
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Sun Xingmin, who had just stepped forward from the backfield, saw the football flying towards him quickly, and secretly screamed in his heart with a happy face.
Then, when the football was about to fly in front of Son Xingmin, Schwegler, another defender of the Frankfurt team, after seeing the football flying to this side, also quickly pounced in the direction of Son Xingmin from the penalty area.
After seeing Schwegler rushing towards him, Sun Xingmin adjusted his pace slightly, and then gently unloaded the football towards the right side of his body with his chest, then directly picked up his right foot and completed a half-volley at a distance of 256 meters from the goal.
The next moment, after flying into the air, the ball flew over Schwegler's head and flew towards the left side of the goal.
"This ball is here!" Although the soccer ball is still in the air, and judging from the trajectory of the soccer ball's flight, it seems very likely that it will jump directly over the crossbar and fly directly off the baseline. However, after Son Heung-min's right-footed volley was accurately placed under the side of the football, he had a premonition of a goal.
Sure enough, just when Frankfurt's goalkeeper Trapp thought that the South Korean's volley would fly directly out of the bottom line, the football drew an extremely obvious arc in mid-air, and under the stunned gaze of everyone, it drilled into the upper left corner of the goal with a strong spin......
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After the ball hit the net and landed in the goal, the players on the Hamburg bench, after a brief moment of stupor, jumped up from their seats and rushed to the sidelines to celebrate the game-winning goal.
At the same time, the stands of the Northern Bank Arena also erupted in deafening cheers.
Looking at the Frankfurt team's penalty area, Son Heung-min, who was raising his arms to celebrate the wonderful goal, and Feng Quan, who was standing next to the South Korean, with one hand around his neck and the other hand constantly waving, the head coach Fink, who was standing on the sidelines, also unconsciously clenched his fists.
Although the weather was still not warm at this time, Fink's face was full of a spring-like smile.
Because Fink sees in this "Asian pair" the hope of the team to reach the Champions League in the future. And, if they can continue to grow, Fink even believes that Hamburg could even make a splash in Europe next year......
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Because next week will face the challenge of the strong rival Dortmund, so after the score of the Hamburg team, they immediately changed the team's previous frontcourt pressing to a steady possession of the ball and waiting for the opportunity to play the opponent's counterattack.
At the same time, in order to avoid unnecessary injuries, after Son Heung-min scored a goal to overtake the score, Fink replaced Kachar and Lin Zhijian with Feng Quan and Van der Vaart, whose physical strength has decreased significantly.
And the Eintracht Frankfurt team, which is playing away, is obviously not willing to accept the embarrassing situation of not scoring anything away from home. So, after the game restarted, a fierce attack was launched against the Hamburg team.
However, it is a bit of a pity that there is so little time left for the Eintracht Frankfurt team.
So, after Rakic barely scored a header and was easily picked into Adler's arms, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game.
In the end, after the comeback victory over Bremen in the last round of the league, Hamburg once again completed a shocking comeback in the second half of the game.
Because in another key battle in this round of the league, the away team Dortmund also won the Leverkusen team with an excellent performance in the second half. Therefore, after the end of this round of the league, the Hamburg team, which has 33 points, not only temporarily surpassed Eintracht Frankfurt to rise to fourth place in the standings by virtue of goal difference, but also only has a gap of 2 points with the third-ranked Bayer Leverkusen team.
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After the match against Eintracht Frankfurt, the Hamburg first-team players had the usual day off the following day. On the days when the team was resting, Feng Quan came to the club's gym in the morning for physical training, and in the afternoon he went to the empty training ground to practice free kicks for an hour and a half according to Van der Vaart's guidance.
Although he practiced free kicks, Feng Quan was a little surprised to find that after his [free kick] attribute "improved by leaps and bounds", his [passing accuracy] also improved by 1 point.
In this way, Feng Quan's mood to improve his free kick ability is even more urgent.
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Since it was the night of the Chinese Chinese New Year's Eve on February 9, Feng Quan got up in the morning and called his parents, many coaches who had guided him, and the two directors of the field management center who had helped him many times, to send them holiday greetings in advance.
At the same time, because Hamburg's home game against Dortmund will kick off at 22:30 Beijing time in the evening, CCTV's sports channel also specially broadcast the game.
Although the Dortmund team has a certain advantage in terms of overall strength, as many as 6 main players in the team are plagued by injuries of varying degrees. Among them, the absence of the team's main left-back Marcels Schmelzer, central defender Nevensubotic, and midfielder Kevingrosskreutz has made manager Klopp (Klopp)
Therefore, at the pre-match press conference of the away challenge against the Hamburg team, the flamboyant Tlopp showed a very rare low-key when facing reporters' questions: "What is your ......outlook for this game?"
"Hamburg have been in very hot form lately and we have a serious injury situation in our squad, so it will be very difficult to play away from home......
Although Dortmund ranks second among all Bundesliga teams in terms of attacking power, due to the team's extensive injuries before this round of games, Klopp had no choice but to formulate a defense-oriented game strategy before the game.
And in the first half of the Bundesliga, even if the team suffered three consecutive defeats in the opening game, Hamburg could walk away with a victory at the Wester** Stadium. This time, when Dortmund suffered a massive injury attack, how could they give up?
Therefore, from the moment the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, the Hamburg team took advantage of the home game and launched a fierce attack on the visiting team.
Hamburg, who have experienced two shocking reversals in a row, have ushered in a fantastic start to this game.
Less than four minutes into the game, Son Heung-min broke through to the edge of the penalty area with the ball along the right side of the front. After two consecutive pedals, the South Korean made a cut to the middle with a smash of the ball with his right foot.
Just as Sven Bender, who was playing at left wing-back in this game, was about to block Son Heung-min's breakthrough lane, the South Korean passed the ball to the right wing-back Dickmeier, who had been inserted in the game.
Dickmeyer took a step forward and sent a low ball straight to the goal.
Rudenevs, who had been lying in ambush near the penalty spot, suddenly started to shake off his centre-back Felipesantana, and swept the ball into the bottom right corner of the goal near the front of the goal area.
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The Dortmund team, which was behind the score, gave up the defence-oriented game strategy after the game restarted, under the instruction of manager Jurgen Klopp.
By conceding the first goal, Klopp clearly knew that in front of the high-spirited Hamburg team, it was impossible to rely on defense to take a point with the team's current lineup.
Therefore, only by giving full play to the advantage of the team's attack power can it be possible to get out of the way.
Unfortunately, Klopp overlooked the fact that the Hamburg team would most like to see a situation in which the opponent pressed aggressively.
In this way, the "Asian pair" of the Hamburg team has a lot of room to move around on both flanks. Moreover, with the ability of the two full-backs of the Dortmund team in this game, it is almost impossible to prevent Feng Quan or Son Xingmin in a one-on-one situation.
Sure enough, less than 10 minutes after the first goal, Dortmund's Reus (Marcoreus) forced a cross on the left side, and after being pushed out of the penalty area by Bruma, Badelli, who returned to the starting lineup after more than half a month, sent a long pass over the top directly to the left side of the front field after taking the ball.
Immediately afterwards, Feng Quan easily shook off the entanglement of Lukaszpiszczek with his superior speed advantage. Then, after unloading the ball with his chest, he took the ball towards the Dortmund penalty area alone.
In the face of Matshummels' defense, Feng Quan first made a gesture to break through to the baseline, and then after the opponent's center of gravity shifted slightly, he dunked the ball back with his left foot.
Hummels is a world-class centre-back, and when Feng Quan smashed the ball with his left foot, he forced his body to twist his weight and turn back again.
However, before Hummels could stand firm, Feng Quan actually clasped his right foot again, and then kicked the ground with his left foot again, and it swept over the right side of his body like a whirlwind.
Feng Quan, who burst into the penalty area, saw Romanweidenfeller (Romanweidenfeller) abandon the goal and pounce on him, so he gently flicked the ball with the outside of his right foot, dodged the opponent's save, and then pushed the ball into the unguarded goal with the arch of his right foot.
After seeing that Feng Quan helped the team expand the score, CCTV Bundesliga commentator He Xiaowei said excitedly: "Although Feng Quan can't share the blessing of family reunion with his family on this Chinese New Year's Eve night, he used such a wonderful goal to send a New Year gift to hundreds of millions of fans across the country......
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Despite falling behind by two goals in the score, the players of the Dortmund team did not mean to give up the game in advance, but continued to launch a fierce attack on the Hamburg team playing at home.
And their unremitting efforts have finally paid off.
Is the game going? In the 29th minute, Hummels dribbled the ball to the centre circle and passed the ball to the team's central midfielder, Turkey's Nurisahin.
Shaheen looked up at the situation in front of him and sent a shot over the top directly into the Hamburg penalty area.
Facing the goal sideways, Robert Lewandowski first opened his arms to carry Bruma behind him, then unloaded the ball with his chest, and then swung his right foot directly without waiting for the football to land, and completed a beautiful volley twelve or thirteen meters away from the goal.
Although Adler judged correctly and pounced on the right side of the goal at the first time, he was unable to prevent the ball from flying into the top right corner of the goal.
The morale of the Borussia Dortmund team, who pulled back the goal, was boosted and after the Hamburg team restarted, they launched a ferocious press in front.
However, due to the generally good possession of the ball by the midfielders of the Hamburg team, the forward pressing of the Dortmund team does not seem to have much effect. On the contrary, because the back line was too empty, the Hamburg team relied on the counterattack to score a goal again before the end of the first half.
The third goal of the Hamburg team was almost the same as the previous goal, but after Feng Quan broke through to the edge of the penalty area this time, he found that Sun Xingmin on the right side of the penalty area was in a state of no one at this time, so he sent the football to Sun Xingmin's feet accurately after a false shot.
Son Heung-min, who received the pass, first denied Sven Bender, then took a left-footed shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball drew a strange arc into the far corner of the goal.
And until the football fell into the goal, Dortmund's goalkeeper Weidenfeller was unable to react.
Eventually, the Hamburg players returned to the home dressing room with a happy smile on their faces and a two-goal lead.
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In the 16th minute of the second half, Van der Vaart switched positions with Feng Quan and came to the left flank, sending a precise cross on the left flank.
The ball jumped over the heads of several players in front of goal and came to the back post, where Rudneves, who had been lying in ambush, struck a lion's head and sent the ball into the top right corner of the net. After scoring a brace, he also helped Hamburg extend the score to 4-1.
Although in the 31st minute of the second half, Lewandowski relied on a handball foul by Bruma in the box and scored a penalty, thus making the score 2-4.
But just five minutes later, Van der Vaart took a free kick from Son Heung-min into the bottom right corner of the goal on the right side of the penalty area, 212 meters from the goal.
After Van der Vaart's free-kick extended the advantage to three goals, head coach Fink replaced him and Funk.
Three minutes later, Fink brought on Rudneves, who had scored a brace of the game, so that he could be cheered on by the home fans when he came off the pitch.
In the end, the Hamburg team relied on the excellent performance of the four players on the attacking line to complete the "double kill" against the strong rival Dortmund this season at their home stadium.
At the same time, because in this round of simultaneous matches, Leverkusen and Frankfurt were all forced to draw by their opponents, so Hamburg not only opened a gap of 2 points with Frankfurt, but also only because of the relationship between goal difference of 2, relegated to Leverkusen, temporarily ranked 4th in the standings.
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A week later, in the round of 22, Bayer Leverkusen won 2-1 against the underdogs Augsburg on their home turf.
However, with Hamburg beating Borussia MΓΆnchengladbach 4-1 away thanks to a brace from the wind and a long-range strike from Rudeneves and Badelli, Bayer Leverkusen finally relinquished the "third place" in the standings with the longest five-game winning streak of the season. (To be continued.) )