Although Fuchs, who "brought down" Son Heung-min, received a verbal warning from referee Hank, the nearly 50,000 home fans in the stands at the Feltings Arena cheered heroically for Fuchs' "heroic act". Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Although he already knew in his heart that the home of the Schalke 04 team was a devil, Fink did not expect Son Xingmin to be so "popular" here.

Actually, this is also very understandable. After all, in an interview with reporters before the game, the South Korean said something provocative about playing at Battlens Arena and saying something provocative about "the feeling of visiting Disneyland." So it's normal to get "special treatment" from the home team's players and fans during the game.

In fact, not only did Son Xingmin get "special treatment" in the game, but even Feng Quan on the left side and Van der Vaart, who was in charge of the midfield organization, were frequently put to the ground by the opponent during the attack.

Due to the Schalke 04 team's frequent use of foul tactics in the midfield to stop the Hamburg team's attack, the referee Hank had to blow the whistle again and again to stop the game.

Although the game only lasted more than 20 minutes, Hamburg won eight free kicks in the opponent's half due to frequent fouls by Schalke 04. However, with almost all of the fouls committed 30 metres from goal, Hamburg failed to take advantage of these free-kicks to create a threat to the opposition goal.

Because the offensive tactics of the Hamburg team mainly rely on the relationship of passing and cutting, they are frequently interrupted by the opponent in the form of fouls during the attack, which makes it difficult for them to organize an effective attack smoothly.

At the same time, due to the fouls of Schalke 04, most of which looked like "going for the ball", referee Hank did not show a yellow card to the home team players.

However, the frequent deliberate fouls of the opponent also filled the hearts of the Hamburg players who advocated the technical flow of play. As a result, when Schalke 04 attacked, the defensive actions of the Hamburg team's defensive players began to slowly increase.

Moreover, in the case of the opponent's frequent use of foul tactics to interrupt the rhythm of their own team's attack, the players of the Hamburg team will not feel guilty for adopting a "tooth for tat" approach.

At the same time, due to the fact that he was "violated" by the other party the most times during the attack, Sun Xingmin's mind gradually began to become irritable......

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In the 23rd minute of the first half, Schalke 04's Draxler won the ball on the left side of the field, and was just about to make a feint to pedal a bicycle before suddenly changing direction to break through Dickmeier's defense.

However, before Draxler's second pedaling was done, Dickmeier, who was defending him, suddenly stabbed the ball between his legs.

The next moment, before Draxler could turn around, Dickmeier quickly completed the activation and circled behind him. Then, before Drexler could catch up, he passed the ball to the central midfielder Badelli.

After receiving a pass from a teammate, Badelli took a step forward. Then when he saw Son Heung-min, who was unmarked near the halfway line on the right side, was signaling to him for the ball, he sent a low ball in the direction of the opponent.

However, just as Son Heung-min adjusted his body slightly and was about to take advantage of the situation to stop the ball and turn around, Fuchs, who knocked him to the ground soon after the opening, once again fiercely knocked him to the ground from behind his side.

Although the moment Son Heung-min fell to the ground, referee Hank quickly blew the whistle for Fuchs to foul. However, after the South Korean, who was already full of anger, got up from the lawn and hit Fuchs directly in the chest with his head.

Although Sun Xingmin didn't have much strength this time, Fuchs, who was 1.86 meters tall and weighed 80 kilograms, was like a "sandbag", leaning back directly and falling on the lawn.

The next moment, the referee Hankou, who quickly rushed to the place of the foul, took out a "ruby card" from his pocket, "waved" it in front of Sun Xingmin, and then pointed his finger to the sidelines......

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Although seven or eight Hamburg players, led by captain Westermann, surrounded referee Hank in the middle and tried to get him to revoke the "ruby card" shown to Son Xingmin.

Unfortunately, their "siege protests" did not make Hank change his mind, but also caused the emotional Arslan and Bruma to each receive a "Topaz Card".

After the unsuccessful protest of the Hamburg players, Son Xingmin, who only maintained the "thrill of revenge" in his heart for a moment, had to hang his head and walk out of the stadium with a gloomy look amid the abuse and laughter of the home team fans, and then walked straight back to the away team's locker room.

Of course, after punishing the "rough" South Korean, the referee did not forget to show a "topaz card" to "provoke trouble" Fuchs.

In addition, referee Hank called the captains of both teams to his side and warned them to restrain their players. If there were more "people on their backs" on the court as often as before, he wouldn't mind showing a few more yellow or red cards.

Sure enough, when the referee Hank gave a stern warning to the captains of both sides, the players on both sides also obviously "behaved" a lot after the game restarted. While fouls were unavoidable during the game, the ferocious fouls that were as obvious as before were almost never seen again.

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Son Heung-min's dismissal caused the Hamburg team to fall into a very disadvantageous situation both offensively and defensively, with one less player.

After the South Korean was sent off, the burden of Hamburg's wide attack was almost entirely on Feng Quan's shoulders. Although even if the two sides are used to defend between the two sides, it is still difficult for the defenders of the Schalke 04 team to win the wind.

However, without the threat of Son Heung-min, Schalke 04 can focus more defensive attention on Feng Quan. One person can't guard against you, okay, then use two people; Two people can't do it yet? It's okay, then the three of them......

At the same time, due to the departure of Son Heung-min, the responsibility of the right side of the Hamburg team to defend fell to Dick Maier alone. Therefore, the Schalke 04 team, which has the advantage in numbers, put the focus of the attack on the left side of the team.

As a result, the Schalke 04 team, which has an advantage in numbers and a highly targeted tactic, began to gradually gain the absolute initiative on the field.

Fortunately, Westermann's Hamburg backline is still strong, otherwise there is a real possibility of a repeat of the tragic situation of a 2-9 defeat at the feet of Bayern Munich a month ago.

However, it is obviously not so easy for two teams of similar strength to be able to get out of each other's turf without one man.

In particular, the Schalke 04 team suffered a 1-4 defeat in the first leg of the meeting between the two teams, and they have long held their breath and wanted revenge. Coupled with the support of nearly 50,000 supporters at the Battlens Arena, the morale of the home team's players has already reached its peak.

Under such circumstances, how could the Schalke 04 team, which had taken advantage of the right time and place, let the visiting Hamburg team retreat?

No matter how well your defense line is arranged, as long as the football is controlled at my feet, through tacit running, and frequent scheduling, it is difficult to escape the situation of "one hundred dense and one sparse" in a tight defensive line.

Sure enough, when the first half was 34 minutes into the game, the dominant Schalke 04 team finally broke the deadlock on the field.

At that time, the goalkeeper of Schalke 04 team, Timo Hildebrand, served a goal kick and drove it directly to the half of the Hamburg team.

Although Bruma grabbed the first point before Huntelaar, the ball went straight to the feet of Schalke 04 defender Jermaine Jones under the interference of the opponent.

Jermaine Jones stopped the ball and quickly passed it to Draxler on the left side of midfield.

Draxler had already observed the situation in the front court before receiving the pass. Then, when he received a pass from Jermaine Jones, he sent a through ball in the first place.

In the next moment, Huntelaar, who had just played a header with Bruma, received a through ball from Draxler after a quick start, four or five positions away from the top of the arc of the penalty area.

Due to Brumma's slower turn, he was still struggling to catch up behind Huntelaar at this time.

As a result, Westerman, who was the team's last line of defense in addition to goalkeeper Adler, had no choice but to rush forward to prevent Huntelaar from attacking the goal directly.

However, just as Westermann was about to get in front of Huntelaar, the Dutch striker flicked the ball with the outside of his right foot and passed the ball into the corner of the box on the right. Then, he continued to run forward and prepare to receive a pass from a teammate in the penalty area.

However, to everyone's surprise, it has always been customary to break through with the ball near the baseline and then break into the box, or directly to Farfan in the box. However, after stopping the ball with his right foot, he immediately shot the ball with the arch of his left foot in the direction of the bottom left corner of the goal.

Although Farfan's shot was not very fast, due to the awkward angle, when goalkeeper Adler completed a sideways pounce, the ball had already hit the post and bounced into the goal......

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Although after Son Heung-min was sent off, the excellent performance of the backline players made Hamburg coach Fink think that his team still had a "remnant" of vitality and retreated from the Battlens Arena.

However, when Farfan's goal really broke the deadlock on the field, Fink couldn't help but have a bitter smile on his face. Because more than ten years of playing career, as well as coaching experience in recent years, he is likely to face another heavy defeat for Hamburg today.

"Maybe it's time for me to give up this fight? After all, even if you lose this game, you only need to get four points from the remaining three games to secure a place in the Champions League......

However, just when Fink, as the coach of the team, wanted to give up this game, he saw that Feng Quan, who had barely retreated to the vicinity of his own penalty area in the previous game, rushed to his own side of the goal with lightning speed. Then, after picking up the football from the goal, he ran in the direction of the center circle and shouted at his teammates: "There are still more than 50 minutes to go, and we still have a chance!" ”

After seeing this scene, Fink, who was still thinking about whether he should "give up" this game, couldn't help but have a trace of embarrassment on his face......

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In fact, Fink, who was known as a "midfield fighter" because of his fierce style of play and tenacious defense when he was a player, is not the kind of person who "likes to give up easily".

The reason for the desire to give up was that in addition to the disadvantage of the team falling behind and playing one less player on the field, most of the players on the field of Hamburg all showed a dejected reaction after being breached by the opponent. It gives Fink a feeling that the players have lost confidence.

Because of this, the thought of "giving up" came to Fink's mind.

However, when he saw that under the "encouragement" of Feng Quan, many Hamburg players who had been depressed before regained a trace of vitality, and completely dispelled the idea of "giving up".

Although the Hamburg team had one less player on the field than the opponent, it made up for the disadvantage of playing one less game with a spirit of not admitting defeat and running more actively than the opponent, and was stunned to fight with Schalke 04 in the rest of the first half.

Especially Feng Quan, who has grown into the team's "spiritual leader", when the opponent deployed heavy troops on the right side to try to completely block himself, he wisely chose to "avoid its edge", and frequently appeared in the middle or right through position changes, constantly harassing the Schalke 04 team's backline.

It was also seeing Feng Quan's frequent changes that caused a lot of trouble for the Schalke 04 team's backline. At half-time, Hamburg coach Fink made some adjustments in addition to fully affirming the team's tenacious performance in the first half.

'Wind, you played very well in the first half and caused a lot of problems for the opposition defence. When the second half starts, you have to continue to play like in the last 10 minutes, don't stick to your position on the pitch, the whole front court is the stage for you to show your strength. ”

After a pause, Fink continued: "Also, if you get into the opponent's 30-meter zone, you can try a long-range shot whenever you have the chance. ”

"Okay, boss." Feng Quan replied confidently.

After laying out the "tasks" for the second half, Fink said to the other three starting midfielders: "Rafael, you are a little back in the second half, and I am ready to let you take on Pirlo's work in the Italian team in the second half." ”

'Milan [Badelli], Torgaj [Arslan], you two give up the middle of the middle to Rafael and move closer to the two wings to help the full-backs on both wings. If the opponent attacks from the middle, then the two of you move closer to the middle......"

When everything was ready, Fink glanced up at the clock on the wall of the visiting dressing room, saw that there were less than two minutes left before the game started, and said, "Forget about the first half, boys. The real game, starting from the second half......"