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At half past eight o'clock in the evening of November 25, the 12th round of the 16-17 Bundesliga season was the main event, and Freiburg, which is third in the standings, hosted RB Leipzig, which is ranked first.
In late autumn, the temperature in Freiburg was already relatively low, and the weather was somewhat cloudy, and by the time the game was played, the temperature was only 4-5 degrees, and the players on both sides warmed up with their jackets.
Sky Sports beauty commentator Hannah Zomour, who had an unusually easy job when Freiburg was playing, only had to listen to her partner Schmitz's excited play, and there was not much chance to interject.
“… I don't think the two consecutive defeats against Freiburg were the beginning of their collapse in performance, we have to recognise that Freiburg was only a defeat against Wolfsburg, and the defeat to Mainz was due to their lack of surplus, and Freiburg is two different teams with no surplus.
Yu started this game and is no stranger to Leipzig, so I'm looking forward to this matchup. ”
Schmitz didn't feel his touting insensitive, and stopped because he, like many people, had discovered something that he didn't understand - when the former darling of the Black Forest stadium, No. 11, came out, the most noisy Freiburg West Stand was silent.
Many people waited for a while to find out about this situation, but obviously this is not a good time to find the answer, so they have to watch the opening of the game with questions, and wait for the game to understand the situation, this is a big gossip!
In this game, Streich lined up a lineup of 343, with three central defenders Kempf, Hoefle, and Seyunju. The midfield was paired by two wing-backs, Sternzel and Forlenbach, Schweinsteiger and Abrahi. The forwards are Peterson, Wagner and Sunset.
This formation, which could be switched between 343 and 433 and even 442 at any time, was Streich's new plan for this time. Among the several formation changes, the change of position of Hoefler and Sunset is the key in the middle.
But no matter how it changes, the meaning of this Streich home attack is very obvious.
However, that intention was met in the second minute, when RB Leipzig's kick-off was met by No.11 Werner, who was saved by a focused Schworov.
After the corner, Sabitzer made a tactical combination with Naby Keita, who was standing on the right side of the goal, and then Keita's feint of a return pass contained Petersen, and then pulled back to cut in, took two steps and took two steps to go straight to the right corner outside the penalty area and flew directly into the goal from the left side of the goal.
After only two minutes, Freiburg was already behind at home, and many people, including many Freiburg fans, couldn't help but flash the word 'collapse' in their hearts.
Freiburg fans have always been very supportive of the team, and even before the start of the game, the fans did not put pressure on the team because of the two consecutive defeats, except for the somewhat odd attitude of Sunset when he came out, and they were very enthusiastic about any player coach.
But when the game started to fall behind, the fans feared that the team would collapse, and the cheers became impatient, and even broke out into a fierce clash with the away fans.
Sunset doesn't notice what's happening on the sidelines, and he's been running to pick up the ball, hoping to get a pass.
Sunset and Lucas have high expectations for this match, as they believe that RB Leipzig's defense gives Sunset a lot of room to play.
RB Leipzig is strong in attack and strong in the middle, and their two forwards Werner, Poulsen, and two forwards Forsberg and Sabitzer cooperate well in the middle and complement each other. Poulsen is a fast high striker who pulls in and out of front, and has a keen sense of anti-offside. Timo Werner, Forsberg and Sabitzer intersect with each other, and they all have a beautiful pass to play the ball to each other, and against any Bundesliga team, they can use their attacks to suppress the opponent's defense.
However, their defense is obviously several levels worse, with Naby Keita being stronger in attack than defending, and Dem in the other midfield, who is not fast, and it is difficult to remedy Keita's side in time. Leipzig right-back Schmitz's speed and strength are no threat to Sunset, while right centre-back Ilsanke is strong but fast and reflexes are like a snail to Sunset. Although RB Leipzig have been greatly strengthened this season, defensively, Sunset has a psychological advantage against them.
I have enough memories of RB Leipzig and know his threat, but it is impossible to change the lineup and style of play that have played well this season, so I have to hope that the strength of the front court can suppress Freiburg's attack, and then look at luck.
They did well in the first 10 minutes, with the attacking quartet combined with Naby Keita's play-back duo scrambling Freiburg's new centre-back duo and failing to make any good counter-attacks.
However, this style of play against Freiburg is not as unexpected and unprepared as against other Bundesliga teams. Freiburg knew them well enough and had a certain psychological advantage, and after getting used to the rhythm for a while, he sent a long pass from Kempf on the 14th minute, which was directly handed to Sunset five or six meters past the halfway line.
Sunset stops the ball near the side and turns around.
He pulled wide and avoided Keita, who was still on guard from a few yards away, and it was an easy turn to stop the ball, but it made both sides nervous.
The Freiburg players and fans were nervous and excited, and the players also got rid of the defensive state, stretched the formation very wide, and immediately rushed out of the three-dimensional counterattack formation.
RB Leipzig was nervous, and the fans watched in horror as Schmitz, the right-back who had just transferred from RB Salzburg this season, accelerated towards Sunset, obviously wanting to stop Sunset directly, and some anxious fans even shouted 'No!' Reminder sounds.
As soon as Sunset picked up speed, he saw Schmitz pounce on him, not slowing down at all, just picking up the ball and sending it behind Schmitz, twisting himself to pass Schmitz from the outside of the sideline, and then speeding away.
Naby Keita, who had obviously seen Sunset's video to know his characteristics, was not confident in Schmitz's defense, and ran directly behind him when he intercepted laterally, and then put a tackle directly, hoping to shovel the ball out of the touchline before Sunset had the ball, which was a successful defense.
Sunset was still a little bit faster, touching the ball before Keita, poking it forward, then taking a small half step back past Naby Keita before catching up with the ball and speeding down the sideline.
Naby Keita also saw Sunset's stab and let go while sliding, but he couldn't do anything, and subconsciously stretched out his hand to pull down Sunset, who was not far away, but when he thought of the yellow card and free kick, he still retracted his hand, and then regretted that it was too late, and slid directly out of the sideline.
Sunset brought the ball again, and the front was flat, Schmitz and Keita could only chase after them to look at the taillights, and the nearest Ilsanke did not dare to rush out to face the already rushed Sunset, only nervous recovery and recycling.
The afterglow of the baseline waited until Wagner and Peterson entered the penalty area before they began to cut inside, allowing RB Leipzig's attention to focus on defending his inverted triangle pass, but he shot directly from a small angle after entering the penalty area, and flew directly into the goal by grazing the near post. Half attention was on the afterglow, half attention was on Wagner and Petersen's RB Leipzig goalkeeper Gulacic had no time to block the powerful half-high shot from a tight angle.
15 minutes, 1:1 draw.