Chapter 216: "Strangling" Badelli

"Yes, the first half of the game is almost halfway over, but I remember that Feng Quan didn't seem to have more than 3 chances to touch the ball in the game. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Moreover, it was all in the half of the Hamburg team. Zou Ning, a guest of the Bundesliga live broadcast, shrugged his shoulders and said.

"Coach Zou, do you think this is because the Hamburg team is on the defensive, or because Feng Quan just participated in the German Cup three days ago and has not fully recovered physically?" He Xiaowei asked.

After thinking for a moment, Zou Ning said, "Personally, I don't think it should be due to physical strength. Because of that day's game, Feng Quan only played for less than 50 minutes before he was replaced. So, there shouldn't be any big problems with his fitness. ”

"However, I don't think Bayer Leverkusen have the same advantage on the pitch today as they did with Wolfsburg two weeks ago. Moreover, you see, they are not like the other opponents of the Hamburg team, who keep a close eye on Feng Quan, and also deploy other defensive players to help defend. He Xiaowei said with some confusion.

In fact, He Xiaowei is not the only one who is puzzled, and the wind in the Bayer Arena is even more inexplicable.

Obviously there was only a temporary cameo at right wing-back today, and Oemeratoprak was alone by his side, unlike other teams, where there were other opponents ready to help. But "I don't know why" Feng Quan just couldn't get the chance to get the ball in the half of the Bayer Leverkusen team.

When Hamburg's Badelli diverted a pass to the left and was once again intercepted by Bayer Leverkusen in his own half, commentator Zou Ning finally saw some clues.

"Oh, I see......"

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Although the Hamburg team playing away from home, when facing a stronger Bayer Leverkusen team, it was very pragmatic to adopt defensive counter-attacking tactics. However, there are still some differences between their counter-attacking style and the "traditional" defensive counter-attacking style.

The Hamburg team, which pays great attention to the coordination of passing and cutting in the attack, rarely "gambles" in the opponent's half to drive the ball directly to the opponent's half after the ball is successfully broken by the side, and then tears apart the opponent's defense with the speed and impact of the players.

Normally, after a successful break from the ball, Hamburg players will first hand the ball to the feet of Badelli, who is responsible for organizing the team's attack (when Van der Vaart is not injured, this role is him), and then it is up to him to decide whether the team's attacking route is central or wide.

Despite his playing role as a midfielder, Bardelli is also very good at defending the front. But in fact, Bardelli's strongest link lies in his overall view and ability to find the opponent's half-time opening. Especially when Feng Quan appeared in the Bundesliga and attracted most of the opponent's defensive attention in the game, it gave Badelli a sense of comfort.

Although Badelli's ball control is not bad, his height of 1.86 meters and his weight of nearly 80 kilograms still make his physical flexibility still lacking. As a result, it is difficult for Badelli to get away from the opposition when he is being closely marked or in a two- or three-man scramble.

The emergence of Feng Quan can attract the attention of at least two or three opponents, so that the teams that have played against Hamburg before will invariably "ignore" the harassment of Badelli.

In this way, it creates more space for Bardelli to move around to a certain extent, and at the same time gives him more "sufficient" time to fully observe the situation on the pitch and make the best attacking options possible.

In a sense, after Van der Vaart's injury and suspension, Badelli is to Hamburg what Sergibusquetsburgos is to Barcelona; Andrea Pirlo is nothing short of Juventus. Even, it will make people feel that he is "the more physical Pirlo".

And it is precisely because Badelli's playing style is somewhat similar to Pirlo that Bayer Leverkusen's assistant coach Sasha Lewandowski will propose to his "boss" Hyypia: "Leave Toprak alone to mark the wind, and focus on Badelli's body".

Sacha Lewandowski's suggestion was inspired by the siege of Andrea Pirlo against Juventus by other Serie A teams.

Although Pirlo is not as physically fit as Badelli, his mastery of the ball and his greater physical agility allow him to break free from the close grip of opposition players on many occasions before moving the ball to the feet of his team-mates with accurate mid-to-long passes.

Although Badelli's physical condition is better, and he can also rely on his physical strength to withstand the opponent's close entanglement and collision, but the lack of flexibility makes him suffer a lot of interference when getting rid of defense and passing.

However, unlike Pirlo, who prefers to play mid-to-long overhead passes in attack, Badelli prefers to choose short and medium-distance low-level passes between 10 and 20 metres, and even when making some long-distance passes, he prefers to make low-level passes.

Although the low-level pass is more convenient for teammates to stop the ball, it also has higher requirements for the passer's passing accuracy and the reasonableness of the passing line.

In fact, at least from the current stage, it is quite right for Hamburg to encounter opponents such as Schalke 04 and Wolfsburg who want to stifle the offensive method of the "king of sprinting" by "cutting off the connection between the players of the Hamburg team and Feng Quan". It's just that they didn't choose the right means.

The other teams used to place defenders around Feng Quan, and then intercept the ball when the Hamburg players came through. Although this can play a certain role, when Feng Quan grabs a more advantageous position, or the passer passes the ball into the air, Feng Quan, whose speed and explosiveness are extremely perverted, can still gain a lot of possession.

And once the wind holds the ball steady, then the opponent's defense line is bound to undergo a test.

Therefore, through the research and analysis of the game video of Feng Quan and Badelli, Sasha Lewandowski feels that if he "strangles" the current offensive hub of the Hamburg team, Badelli, then the chance of Feng Quan winning the ball is bound to drop greatly.

So, from the very beginning of the game, Bayer Leverkusen used Larsbender and Jens Heigler to interfere with Badelli in the Hamburg half-time. In order to prevent it from successfully completing the turn, and then transfer the ball to the feet of a teammate.

It is precisely because of this that it has been nearly 20 minutes since the start of the game, and Feng Quan has not been able to get a chance to possess the ball in the opponent's half.

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Just as Feng Quan quickly started along the left flank and was about to receive Badelli's pass, he saw Jenshegeler, who is 1.93 meters tall in Bayer Leverkusen, stretching out his long legs and intercepting the football on the way.

Immediately afterwards, after the successful break, Hegler sent a through ball to the right side of the front field about 40 meters from the Hamburg goal.

In the next moment, Leverkusen's right winger Gonzalocastro, who had already started quickly, had already left Ogo far behind, and then easily received Haegler's through ball without interference.

Facing Dickmeyer, who came over to make up for the defense, Castro first made a feint to cross into the penalty area, and after shaking the opponent's body center of gravity slightly offset, he relied on his advantage in speed and reaction ability, and broke through to the penalty area by sticking to the position of the bottom line.

And, when Dickmeier quickly turned around and pounced on him again, he sent an inverted triangle pass towards the position near the penalty spot.

Stefankiessling, who had been ambushed near the edge of the penalty area, did not go up to prepare to respond when he saw Castro taking Dickmeier with his speed advantage, but quickly started to move in the opposite direction to the left.

However, at the moment when Castro burst into the box along the baseline, Kiessling suddenly made a sharp stop, and then quickly rushed towards the position near the penalty spot.

Although, just now by Kiessling's sudden activation, Westerman, who was brought to the left, barely stopped his momentum, and quickly completed the turn in the first time. But he was still a step slower after all......

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The moment he shook off Westerman, Kiessling quickly spread his arms and held his opponent behind him. Although Westerman (Kiessling, 76kg), who weighs 85kg, has the advantage in terms of strength, he does not dare to make too big a move due to his presence in the box.

The next moment, when Kiessling quickly swung his right leg and was about to attack the goal directly, Westerman, in desperation, had to make a tackle from behind Kiessling's side, trying to block the opponent's shooting route.

Although Kiessling is in very good physical condition, reaching 1.91m tall, he is not like the traditional German strikers, who use headers as the main means of attack. Because, most of his goals, but come from his feet.

This also proves that Kiessling has good foot skills and superb shooting skills.

Therefore, in the face of Westerman's tackle, Kiessling did not choose to recklessly volley, but chose to shoot lightly, and kicked the ball into the top left corner of the Hamburg goal.

Although Adler judged the right direction and quickly pounced towards the left side of the goal. However, because Kiessling shot too closely, and the choice of angle of the shot, it was too tricky.

In the end, Adler's fingertips touched the football, but it still couldn't change the fate of the ball that got into the top right corner of the Hamburg goal.

1-0, Bayer Leverkusen, who were playing at home, finally broke the deadlock on the field at the 27th minute of the first half.

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Standing near the halfway line on the left, Feng Quan clearly saw that after Badelli's pass was broken, Haegler went straight to the right flank, and then Castro burst into the box to assist Kiessling to open the scoring.

At the moment when the football drilled into the goal of the Hamburg team, then hit the net and rolled down into the goal, Feng Quan's mind suddenly presented a picture from the Japanese manga "Slam Dunk".

It was the second half of the game between the Xiangbei team and the Sanno Industrial Team, the king of Japanese high school basketball. The three of the Xiangbei team, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Rukawa Kaede, and Akagi Gangken stood in the opponent's half with anxious faces.

In the half of the Xiangbei team, their main point guard Miyagi Ryota was under the multi-person package of the Sanno Industrial Team, and he was never able to break through to the opponent's half with the ball, and even used the way of passing, unable to deliver the ball to his teammates.

Immediately afterwards, I saw the captain of the Sanno Industrial Team, Kazunari Fukatsu, take the opportunity to interrupt the ball from Miyagi Ryota's hand, and then lead his team to quickly complete the counterattack and send the basketball into the basket of the Xiangbei team......

At this time, Feng Quan felt as if he was in "that picture", waiting for Miyagi Ryota to pass the ball, Sakuragi Hanamichi, watching his teammates fall into the encirclement of the opponent, but he couldn't do anything......

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After seeing that the Leverkusen team seized Badelli's passing mistake to take the lead, CCTV Bundesliga commentator He Xiaowei sighed helplessly and said: "Hey, the strength of the Leverkusen team is still higher than the Hamburg team after all." ”

Zou Ning, the guest of the live broadcast, nodded in agreement and said: "Well, there is indeed a certain gap in the strength of the two teams. ”

After a pause, Zou Ning continued: "However, if Fengquan is a strong point and can open up the situation, there is still great hope for the Hamburg team to equalize or even overtake the score." ”

"However, I personally don't think Feng Quan is in a very good state today. From the beginning of the game to the present, not only have I not touched the ball a few times, but even the number of times I appear in the camera is very limited......" He Xiaowei said with some doubts.

"Actually, it's not that Feng Quan is in bad shape, it's that Bayer Leverkusen's defensive strategy is very well arranged. Xiao Wei, I don't know if you have noticed that the Bayer Leverkusen team actually did not focus on Feng Quan's body like several previous opponents of the Hamburg team, but first cut off the offensive starting point of the Hamburg team, that is, their organizational core No. 14 Badelli. Zou Ning analyzed.

After listening to Zou Ning's analysis, He Xiaowei also suddenly realized: "Do you mean that the Leverkusen team imitated the Serie A team and used the tactic of 'strangling Pirlo' against Juventus to deal with Badelli of the Hamburg team, which caused the situation that it was difficult for Feng Quan to get possession?" ”

"Well, that's true." After a pause, Zou Ning continued: "Although Feng Quan now has a certain tacit understanding with his teammates, and his ability to run without the ball is much better than when he was in China. However, due to his involvement in athletics training for the past few years, his sense of coordination on the pitch and his ability to run off the ball have not actually reached the standard expected of a Bundesliga player. ”

Zou Ning's last sentence already saved face for Feng Quan. In fact, if you talk about the ability to run without the ball, even many domestic players who play in the Chinese Super League are slightly better than Feng Quan's strength. And the reason why Feng Quan can kill all sides in China is completely by virtue of his terrifying physical ability, coupled with his world-class dribbling ability. (To be continued.) )