On March 30, Bochum took on Hertha Berlin, who are currently the top team in the Bundesliga.

Hertha Berlin was in the Bundesliga from the start of the 1997-1998 season until the end of the 09-10 season, when it fell to the Bundesliga.

However, in the 10-11 season, they won the Bundesliga and returned to the Bundesliga, but last season, they finished 16th in the first division, and finally lost 3-4 to Fortuna Dusseldorf over two legs and were relegated to the Bundesliga.

Overall, Hertha Berlin should be considered a Bundesliga goalkeeper at the moment, so Bochum should not underestimate it at all - even if they beat Stuttgart in the German Cup before, but that game had a lot of chances, and it doesn't mean that they can really compete with the Bundesliga side.

Amid the cheers of the home fans, Hertha Berlin served.

They are strong in their own right – otherwise they wouldn't be a big cut ahead of second-placed Braunschweig, sitting firmly at the top of the league and being their home turf, so they tried to take the lead from the start and then take all three points in a steady game.

However, Bochum's defense has stabilized after a few games of running-in, so under Hertha Berlin's attack, no points have been conceded.

At the eight-minute mark, Hertha Berlin's players slowed down and began to look for opportunities with their feet backwards after finding themselves unable to break through Bochum's goal quickly.

Neulurell was also relieved at this time, if he fell behind at the beginning, then this game would be difficult to play, and it was good to hold on.

Five minutes later, Shen Peng received a pass from his teammates near the center circle, and then looked at the positions of Glashvili and Scheidhall, and found that their position was not good, even if the pass was useless, and the razor pass was not the same as the vulture shot, it would be intercepted by the opposing defender, so he thought about it and passed the ball to Goryzka next to him.

After Gorezka received the ball, there was no good way, and then he passed to Ortega in front of him, who tried a long-range shot without finding the spot, but it missed and flew off the line.

One of Bochum's attacks was thus disintegrated.

Shen Peng ran back quickly, he actually had a good place to pass over the attack just now, but according to the position just now, even if he passed over, no one could answer.

He frowned slightly, in that situation just now, if it were Dedic, he should have run in that direction, right?

He now feels that no matter how good the passing is, it doesn't help without a good striker to catch the ball.

The next 10 minutes were locked in a tug-of-war again, but both sides seemed to be patient and constantly involved in the midfield.

The turnaround came in the twenty-third minute.

Hertha Berlin's left-sided midfielder Njan dribbled past Bochum's right-back Rotenbach before kicking in a cross.

Bochum is generally not too afraid of crosses because there is a tall centre-back Fabian, but the height of the ball does not seem to be too high.

When Sinjewitz was about to clear the ball, he suddenly found a black striker on the opposite side suddenly came out, in front of him, directly stretched out a foot, picked the ball, and the ball was directly hoisted into the goal.

1-0, the home team suddenly fell into cheers.

Neururell was silent, the goal was not a tactical issue, it was purely a sign of the strength of the players.

Shen Peng looked at the person who scored the goal, this person was Colombian striker Ramos, known for his speed, and he had not had a bright performance before, but now he suddenly appeared and hit a fatal blow. Although according to the pre-match information, they are already aware of the man, but as long as he relaxes a little, he will take his chances.

Bochum is missing one of these people now!

Although they fell behind by one goal, Bochum's side did not mess up and continued to play. They don't counter-attack, it's normal to be down by one goal, after all, as long as there is a goal in the game, there will always be a team ahead.

The game continued, and the chance for Bochum's side came six minutes later.

Maybe it's the holehole in the opponent's defense, this time Scheedhauer's position is very good, Shen Peng saw the opportunity, directly a razor pass, the ball bypassed Hertha Berlin's defenders, and accurately came to the feet of Scheidhauer, he was very comfortable receiving the ball, so he shot directly with his feet, but the ball was slightly out of the goal, grazing the post and flying out of the bottom line.

Shaidhauer held his head, looking a little depressed.

Shen Peng didn't expect that this ball could be missed, even if he came by himself, he felt that he could easily score it.

For the remainder of the first half, Bochum had another chance, but it didn't score, all the way to midfield.

In the dressing room, Neururell did not say anything to blame, but carefully analyzed the situation on the field.

'As you can see, now our opponents have learned to defend your long passes, so you can't keep trying to score goals in the same way. In the second half, Ortega, Gorezka, Freier, the three of you can play when you attack. ”

"But coach, in this case, what if the attack fails and is counterattacked by the opposite side?"

"If we go on like this, we won't win, and if Ramos has another chance, the score will be 2-0, and we won't have a chance. If you all look for opportunities to attack, Shen Peng can also have more passing points. ”

Neulurell said that as a coach, he naturally knows that the current team's midfield and backfield are okay, but the forward line is lacking.

And it's not yet the transfer period, and he can't bring in a striker if he wants to, so he can only play with his current squad first.

Suddenly, he remembered in his heart that at the beginning of January this year, Shen Peng came to try out.

"Mr. Manager, please give me another chance!"

"I just need one chance, and if I don't qualify, I'll leave immediately."

……

Now he is very glad that he left Shen Peng at that time, if it weren't for Shen Peng, the team is estimated to be still fighting for relegation, and Hertha Berlin is also shrinking in defense, how can there be this situation where you can play back and forth with the top team in the German Second Division?

Moreover, he gradually discovered that the current team can lack anyone, but Shen Peng cannot be missing.

Shen Peng not only has a strong ability to assist, but also has a huge role in defense, which can be regarded as the heart of the current team.

"Shen Peng, in the second half, a few of them will step forward to attack at the right time, and the rest depends on you." Neururell said.

"Okay." Shen Peng nodded, he knew what Neururell meant, he was not afraid of passing, he was afraid that no one would pick up the pass, and when the other midfielders went up to attack, he had to bear more midfield pressure.

After a fifteen-minute break, the second half of the game began.