The 145th game is the real chapter
Marshall knew very well that off-the-field means could only be auxiliary in most cases. Just like the whole Kaiserslautern is now working hard for the promotion of their second team, the key to victory is to play a good result on the pitch.
To win a place in the third division, the Kaiserslautern II players will have to pick up the 12 points and play the best of the remaining three games.
In fact, the pressure on Kaiserslautern is indeed very high. If the goal is to win, they have to pay attention to the fact that they are still two points behind, which means they will have to expect mistakes from their opponents Borussia Dortmund II in the remaining games, and if they win at least two and draw one, they will only be relegated to second place even if they win all of them.
I don't know if Germany has such a thing as "can't eat hot tofu in a hurry", but they must know this truth, that is, the more critical the critical moment, the more you have to calm down, look at the goal, and then complete it without distraction, and do your best to know the destiny of heaven.
Kaiserslautern II coach Olaf Marshall is now facing a test of his coaching art, and he has to improve his players' fighting spirit, but not put too much pressure on them to collapse.
"Guys! Everyone knows how important they are for the next game, but I don't want you to focus too much on that, it makes us overly nervous, what do we need to do now? We just need to study our opponents carefully, train well, and concentrate on the game! It's useless for you to think so much about the rest! ”
Marshall further decompresses his players, although in some cases pressure is motivation, but when the pressure is high, it can also crush people!
Why didn't Schneider know this? For the rest of the game, he was determined to beat the Kaiserslautern bastards who wanted to steal the fruits of his victory into the "abyss of no return", and he repeatedly thought about the reality that Kaiserslautern was infinitely close to himself in the past two days, and for Schneider, there really could not be a miss in the next game, and in order to keep the throne of victory, he and his teammates must go all out.
So during the training session, the head coach conveyed his new instructions to his players: "Guys, don't be disturbed by the vile remarks of the bitches in Kaiserslautern, as long as we win, we will continue to win without them, I believe that the final championship is still ours, and the promoted team must be us!" Schneider seemed a little excited and impassioned, and compared with the previous "calm", he now wants to use his rich body language to motivate his players to grit their teeth and persevere until the end. It's not just about the fate of the team, it's about his own fate, how can he not care?
I heard that some players have gone out to fool around recently, which makes Schneider unhappy and deeply worried about the team, so he needs to refresh the whole team, he wants to carry out closed training camps, and control the nightlife of the players.
Kaiserslautern II has not changed in the slightest, at least not like what people thought would be a closed-training style all-soldier policy. Now everyone should still eat and drink, and everything is business as usual.
It's just that in terms of quality, compared with my previous self, the whole team has become very serious when training, and although the atmosphere is happy, it is really a real fight, and sometimes there are some small frictions.
"Hey! Sebastian, don't bring it, you can do it back and give me this ball! Knight was "complaining" to Stashnik, Ni Tu had just given him a cover, Knight chose to plug in, in an unmarked position, if the striker at the top could pass the ball to him, there was a good chance of scoring, at least much more likely than Stashnik barely kicking in the crowd.
Although it was only a training match, Knight clearly cared, and Stashnik just waved his hand and frowned.
Ni Tu was the closest to them, and went up in time to "pat his shoulders and clapp" "Everyone is still good friends".
"You old people have to set an example for me as a newcomer, don't worry, our goal is to win the next game! If you're all good friends, don't give in to each other. Looking at Ni Tu's sincere smile, the two of them couldn't say anything anymore.
This is just a microcosm, but fortunately, some of the small signs that happened in the team were extinguished in time. Ni Tu gradually participated in the internal affairs of the team, he is actually no longer a newcomer, everyone gets along for half a year, and recently he has been playing since the game, he has performed very well, and he is very low-key and kind on weekdays, so people like Stashinik, Knight, Shadi and others have a good relationship with him, these people can be said to be each other's old iron, and they can also listen to Ni Tu's opinions.
The next round of the league is on May 23 against Cologne Amateurs. On the day of the match, thanks to the previous publicity, there were many more fans in attendance for this game than before. After arriving at the scene, the fans really fulfilled their responsibilities and constantly cheered for their team, and the players of Kaiserslautern II team also really felt the enthusiasm of the fans, and their motivation was even stronger!
In this game, Marshall still arranged Stashnik and Ni Tu in the front line, and Stashnik should be grateful for his physical advantage and ability to provide enough hardness for the forward line. And the configuration between Nitu and Stashinik is obviously much more natural and fluid than the configuration between Nitu and Yakam or between Stashinik and Yakam.
After a brief period of crampedness in the opening stages, Kaiserslautern began to push for the advantage of the home field. Especially the offensive troops with Ni Tu as the core, they continue to storm the defense of the second line of Cologne, such a team ranked 3rd in the league seems to be struggling, not that they are not strong, but that the Kaiserslautern attack after adding the buff is too sharp!
Under the strong offensive created by the home team Ni Tu and others, the Cologne second team can only stand on the defensive, and then prepare for the opportunity to counterattack.
Kaiserslautern's sharpness comes from the tacit cooperation of Ni Tu, Stashnik, Knight and Shadi's midfield quartet, who faintly form a small attacking group with Ni Tu as the core.
Although Ni Tu has only appeared in official matches for a short time, the armor protection of Stashnik and then Shadi, coupled with Knight's assistance in scheduling, still allows him to quickly integrate into the team's system and give full play to his offensive talent. With the efforts of these guys, it seems that it is only a matter of time before Kaiser takes the lead.
In the 21st minute of the game, Kaiserslautern scored.
Ni Tu pulled out the gap and received Knight's pass, he just dangled a shot, deceived the opposing defender with a gesture, and found Stashnik in the penalty area with a subtle pass, in the face of such an opportunity, Stashnik decisively chose to shoot and scored the ball, Kaiser led Cologne 1:0!
This goal also officially stabilized the mood of the Kaiserslautern second team players, and everyone played a lot more relaxed than before.
Now that they have taken the lead, the pace of the home team's attack does not need to be so fast, they know that their opponent in this game is not a weak team, so in order to prevent the counterattack of Cologne II, the home team Kaiserslautern has become steady. And just like that, they ended up winning the game 2:0!
It wasn't Stashnik who scored the second goal, but Yackam, who was in an awkward position, he was a substitute in the first team, and now there is a tendency to be a substitute in the second team, so he has been holding his breath.
In the second half, Stašnik suffered a slight injury, he was replaced by Yakam, Ni Tu still adheres to the principle of trying to cooperate on the field, although the two are not friends, but he still decisively gave his teammates a pass in the face of opportunities, Yacam also received Ni Tu's assist to score, it seems a little ironic for him to say it.
Although it was a victory, Kaiserslautern's opponent was not Cologne, but Dortmund. The bad news for Kaiserslautern is that Borussia Dortmund have also emerged victorious. The real thing in the Circle was that the "first round" of the contest seemed to be a tie.
But in any case, Kaiserslautern won the penultimate round of the match, 2:0, cleanly.
Ni Tu was voted the best player with his 2 assists, can he make more unexpected contributions to the team with his rapid glow?
That must be very exciting......