Chapter 65: Intermission
Gukin began to analyze for them: "Now under Becker's construction, this Karlsruhe team is not very good in defense, but it is completely the best in the Bundesliga in attack, and there are excellent players like Federico and Capalani, whoever dares to underestimate them will definitely be defeated, didn't you taste the pain in the first half?" Sober up, treat them like real opponents and don't put our Bundesliga pride here again, otherwise we will be scored in the second half. ”
'I'll just say a little bit about the way we played in the second half, we were down and we had to attack. But against Karlsruhe's arrowhead you have to defend with men, Federico is their midfield commander, but he has a huge range of movement and needs to be a collective defender, as long as he has the ball, he can close the defense and cut off his line of breaking through with the ball. Karlsruhe's centre-back Stoll is getting older and not as fit, so you use him as a breakthrough point and try to find opportunities to score from him. We didn't score in the first half because we didn't put enough pressure on them, as long as we put pressure on them in the middle in the second half and keep pressing them, our goals will come very quickly, goalkeepers without clean sheets, believe in your own ability. And although Wu is very powerful, he is not inexplicable, he is always Chinese, he is not like Oliver who constantly directs his defenders, many times he is isolated, as long as you seize the opportunity, attack, keep attacking, you will definitely be able to break his goal in the end. ”
And in the other game, Becker also roared loudly in the dressing room, "What was your defense in the first half, if it wasn't for Wu, we would have fallen behind, don't think that we are currently two goals ahead and win." You have to know that Duisburg's attack is very strong, and if you still play like this in the second half, then we don't have to play this game, and we are not the only ones in the team. If you want to be promoted to the Bundesliga next season, you have to show 100% quality and attitude, understand? ”
Wu Feng on the side looked at these teammates, watching them finally cheer up under the roar of head coach Becker, and then put his mind at ease, he is not good at expressing his anger at the moment.
Soon, the 15 minutes of the halftime were over.
When the two teams changed sides, Duisburg coach Gukin was surprised to find that Karlsruhe had made the first personnel changes, with young Cohen and Hag replacing Booker and Adobey respectively.
Becker's tactical intentions are unclear, but with two midfielders in a row, it's clear that Karlsruhe wasn't content to take the lead in the first half and wanted a big win.
With this substitution, Becker fully released this signal to every player in Karlsruhe, Cohen and Haag, who had just come on the pitch, were full of energy, although their skills were slightly inferior to Booker and Adobey, but under their leadership, Karlsruhe's passing speed would be smoother.
Sure enough, the two accelerated and focused on the coordination of the ball at their feet, and the degree of passing and receiving the ball suddenly accelerated, and the Duisburg players were forced to start to be tired of passively defending the attacking players of Karlsruhe and began to control the situation of the game.
"Federico!" Wu Feng yelled after taking the football down once, and passed the ball directly to Federico quickly.
Federico understood that after receiving Wu Feng's pass, he didn't look back, ran directly across the half court with the ball, and quickly advanced towards Duisburg's backfield, facing the opposing player's forward rush, Federico yelled: "Cohen! ”
Federico then passed the ball to Cohen, who was cutting forward at high speed, and he continued to run forward without the slightest intention of retreating into the half, clearly trying to carry Becker's tactical intentions to the end.
As soon as the young Cohen received the ball, he immediately swept past Duisburg defender Bebilovic and then handed the ball back to Federico, who was in charge of organizing the attack in the middle.
Thiem and the others immediately dispersed and accelerated towards the Duisburg penalty area, Federico observed the movement of his teammates, and chose to split the ball and directly distribute the ball to Capalani, who was faster and more physically strong.
Capalani won the ball without adjusting, and went straight to the right foot cross, and the ball went high around the center of the Duisburg penalty area to the right side of the penalty area.
By this time, Freiss had already made a comeback, and in the face of Duisburg's left-back Hofmann's defence, Freiss cushioned the ball with his left foot and passed it to Haag, who was inserted in the back row.
Hag picked up the ball directly and passed past Duisburg midfield commander Sakaro, adjusted slightly, and immediately chose to shoot from distance.
After Sakaro was passed by Haag, he saw him swinging his leg to shoot, and after Sakaro turned around, he immediately slid out with his foot, and the football kicked by Hag was blocked at once, and finally flew out of the bottom line.
"Beep......" referee Peria immediately ran over, corner kick!
From the beginning of Wu Feng's attack, five players participated in the counterattack, and after a total of 6 passes, a good opportunity to shoot at the front of the penalty area was formed.
"Oh, what a pity, this attack was still initiated by our patron saint - Wu Feng, and with only six passes, we completed a dangerous shot on goal, which is amazing! I seem to see the future of our players in the Bundesliga, come on! ”
When Karlsruhe was attacking with all his might, the Duisburg players could only passively follow the football, exhausted, but unable to find the rhythm of the defense, which is why Sakaro could only block the football from the bottom line at the end.
After a corner, Capalani's header was not in the best position for the ball, and the ball finally hit the crossbar and flew off the line, and Karlsruhe's 10 minutes of quick attack in the second half finally came to an end, giving Duisburg a respite.
"It's a shame that Capalani's header didn't get into the Duisburg goal, otherwise we would have killed the game completely! But with a two-goal lead, just over 30 minutes into the game, we almost got the three points! I don't think anyone has been able to break through Wu's goal twice, and not only that, but no one has been able to break through Wu's goal so far! ”
With just over half an hour to go, Duisburg was running out of time and they had to speed up their attack to close the score, and they no longer wanted to take three points, and a point was acceptable for them.