Even if the pre-game hype of Sunset reached new heights, it was only natural that the defense or something should be targeted, and no one wanted anyone to step on their shoulders to become famous, and no team wanted to make Freiburg a dark horse with their three points.

In particular, it can be said that Schmitz, who is most familiar with Sunset besides the coach, pointed out the direction of defending him, that is, reasonable, then it is relatively easier to defend.

The harder thing about defending than attacking is that you don't know what the ball carrier will do next, and if you do, it's much easier.

As soon as the game opened, Schalke 04's Goretzka gave Sunset a dismissal.

As soon as Freiburg kicked off, Wagner and Philip knocked the ball off each other, and then they used to return to the afterglow behind them. Sunset faced the rushing Goretzka and skillfully knocked the ball to the left side of Goretzka and the right side of Freiburg.

Sunset then moves to the right so that he can catch up with the ball and send a through ball when Philip is interspersed with the ribs on the right side, and Philip doesn't have to stop the ball, he just needs to follow the ball in, which is very likely to be a very threatening one-on-one knife.

It was almost the best option, but it was also Goretzka's anticipation of Sunset's choice, and he kept his power to charge, and as soon as Sunset knocked the ball, he slowed down and turned, and then when Sunset caught up, he hit the line and flew him into the air, and then controlled the ball himself and passed it back to the team's No. 10 Bentaleb.

Sunset's goal conceded was almost the deadliest. When Sunset holds the ball, it is the time when the whole team of Freiburg is most fully engaged in attacking, which is the basis of Freiburg's attacking power, and at this time, the ball is countered by Schalke 04, and this trust has become a double-edged sword to hurt Freiburg itself. At this time, they were completely unprepared to defend at all, and the formation was not adjusted well, so Bentaleb seized the opportunity and sent directly to the position lost by Günther, who was very high in the front of the set of assists.

If it weren't for Schalke 04 striker Knopyanka, who hadn't been at his best at the beginning and cut inside and shot wide, this conceded goal would have had the disastrous effect of falling behind from the start.

This scare also made Freiburg's players play more cautiously, preferring to wait in the backcourt when Sunset didn't run out of a big open space, rather than give him the ball easily.

This caution also made Freiburg's offense lose its sharpness, and Sunset himself would take the initiative to pull back from the more heavily defended frontcourt to get the ball for safety, and then push forward little by little through a safe pass.

Anyway, they also have a center forward Wagner who has a strong ability to grab points, and he can also play hard after Shakke 04 stands up for defense, and there is still more time, so there is no need to take too much risk in the beginning.

This mentality has relegated Freiburg from a team with a mercury-like attack to a mediocre team, with a hard-nosed and Schalke 04 going back and forth.

After more than 10 minutes of playing like this, Streich spotted the problem and began to use sideline exchanges, shouting, and gesturing to ask Sunset to press up again, and play as aggressively as he used to.

After pressing to the frontcourt, Sunset had two more breakaways that were destroyed, but it didn't form a situation where it was directly interrupted and counterattacked as it was at the beginning. There was also a successful breakthrough, which dipped Bentaleb and distributed the ball to Günther on the wing, and Wagner's header was smashed by Günther's cross, which was blocked by Schalke 04 goalkeeper Feuhlmann with his foot.

After playing for more than 20 minutes, Sunset's performance was rated as passable, but not as amazing as the sharp breakthrough of the past.

At this time, Sunset also reacted, whether it was Goretzka, Cataleb or central defender Fiedes, they were all anticipating their own defense and grasping their own movement ideas, so they could limit and destroy their breakthroughs and passes well.

It's clear, but it's so easy to change his offensive thinking and habits for a while. In high-speed movement and confrontation, he is often given a short moment of observation time, and the timing of action is also a little bit. Sunset is not a physically strong player like Wagner and Peterson, who can control and adjust the ball under physical confrontation, his trump card is fast, that is, to see the heart to the action, to achieve the ultimate cohesion and prediction, and only then can he find his own space to play in the muscle pile, so at this time, it is impossible to adjust his playing habits, only to continue to play his habits.

The stalemate continued until the end of the first half, Sunset couldn't find a very effective way to keep the break and pass consistently, Schalke 04 didn't completely limit him, and there were still a few good passes on occasion, but for various reasons there was no goal.

While one or two successful breakthroughs and one or two dangerous passes per game are considered good performances by other players, the afterglow that is the engine of Freiburg's attack is not, and without his massive break-throughs and precise passing, it is difficult for the Freiburg striker to convert a small number of dangerous passes into goals.

"Are we putting too much pressure on this young man? Such half-time breakaway and passing threat statistics can already be called excellent for any Bundesliga attacking player. ”

Seeing that his colleague Schmitz, who used to be excited and flamboyant when he met Freiburg's game, was a little silent, Sky Sports anchor Hannah Zomor was a little unaccustomed and took the initiative to bring up the topic. But Schmitz said without thinking:

"No, Yu has to find a solution because he doesn't see him as a mediocre playmaker in the minds of the fans, and if he wants to be a good core for a small team like Freiburg, he has to carry it and find a solution. The metamorphosis can be hard and painful, but as long as he wants to be a beautiful butterfly, he has to endure it. ”

In the second half, there was point after point, and Sunset tried to change some of his play, such as changing the rhythm and changing the position, but whether it was a shot, a breakthrough or a pass, he couldn't help but choose the most reasonable move, and the Schalke players knew it, so it always stumbled in the end.

In the 65th minute, teammate Abrahi still habitually trusted him and sent the ball back to the feet of Sunset, who ran to ask for the ball.

In the face of Goretzka, he chose to pull the ball and turn around, habitually bringing the ball to the left side, where Grifo, Wagner, and Günther were the strong attacking side of Freiburg. Goretzka also moved sideways, blocking Sunset as he turned, not giving Sunset a chance to split the ball to the left. With a little more delay, Schalke 04's offensive and defensive transition will be completed, and the defensive task will be completed for the most part.

"As the only single midfielder who has limited Yu in the past half a season, his performance will win the appreciation of many people."

Goretzka's smugness didn't affect his movements, and he immediately blocked the left pass.

Sunset sees Goretzka switch to her left, but instead of getting too close to block the line, she doesn't rush to get in the way and split the ball, and then runs to the next spot, pulling the ball back and slowing down.

Due to his poor skills and lack of physical strength in the early days, Sunset rarely gave up his speed advantage to control the ball on the spot, a change that surprised Goretzka, who then continued to flick the ball to the left, and then pulled half a step sideways to pull out the passing gap, Goretzka couldn't help but rush over, try to complete the close, and then use his body advantage to steal or destroy the ball.

Just as he lunges forward, Sunset stabs the ball forward, pushing it under Goretzka's crotch, and the man rushes up.

After Goretzka was crotched, his mind quickly reacted, and he hurriedly turned clockwise to continue to block on the left side.

However, Sunset pauses to pause her coolness and pass Goretzka through her crotch, but instead of continuing to charge to the left, she stops the ball again and pushes it into the corner of the box on the right.

Schalke 04's defensive focus is on Freiburg's attacking strong side, the right side of the team is relatively empty, and the left side is relatively empty. Petersen, who had just replaced Philip, was ignored in the corner of the penalty area, and after winning the ball, he relaxed his legs and curled the ball into the top right corner of Schalke 04's goal.

Schalke 04 goalkeeper Ferman couldn't reach this shot, got up and shouted at the left central defender Correll, who was paying too much attention to the right side and losing his defensive opponent, to remind him to pay more attention.

Sunset also found some ways to deal with this goal, he began to change his rhythm by changing his rhythm, and in the absence of confrontation, in short, a little rusty strengthened some changes, so that Schalke 04 could not accurately predict his next move, and improved his breakthrough success rate.

However, this change was a bit rusty, and it was still a temporary response found in the game, and the teammates were not very used to it, resulting in some passes in the second half that they didn't expect to be together, and they missed a few good opportunities.

On the contrary, Schalke 04 seized the opportunity in the 78th minute, when the second-half substitute full-back Baba Rahman crossed from the side, and striker Konopyanka grabbed the point in front of the goal to equalize the score.

After a drop in fitness, Sunset was substituted in the 80th minute, and the team ushered in the first draw in the 15th round.

Fortunately, in the same round of matches, only RB Leipzig won the competition, and Bayern Munich was held to a 1-1 draw by Darmstadt in a shock away game.

In this way, Bayern Munich is in first place with 34 points, Freiburg is second with a goal difference disadvantage, and RB Leipzig is third with 33 points.

Because the 16th round of matches is scheduled to be played in four days, and Freiburg will continue to challenge Ingolstadt away, in the face of the team's good results, the club arranged for the team to go directly to Ingolstadt to prepare for the game, and will not return to Freiburg.

After arriving in Ingolstadt, Sunset was still thinking about the gains and losses of the last game, and always felt that even with an assist, his method of changing his pace and habits was still a bit more than worth the loss.

This idea came to mind with his personal trainer Vahiri, who threw a stack of newspapers complimenting him on the change and imagination of his football and criticized it directly in Sunset's private analysis discussion:

"I can't read the German reports, but I can imagine that you must be complimented on being more imaginative and understanding the rhythm changes, so you are qualified to play in the big clubs, right?"

"Listen to me, that's all shit! What is Imagination? What is the change of habits, these are the means, and the offense, winning is the goal. Yes, you have a higher success rate and look cooler after you changed it, but why didn't you score? Because you've lost your rhythm! Because your teammates have become confused, you have lost your most unique things in favor of the glamorous ... that others recognize."

For Ukrainian and even Eastern European football, the essence of fast, direct and teamwork is the essence, and Vahiri, as a meritorious coach of Ukraine, is particularly unaccustomed to those complicated things, and has always liked Sunset's speed and efficiency, so in his opinion, it is the wrong direction to win the breakthrough success by slowing down the pace of the individual.

"Coach Vahiri, you know I haven't thought about any big clubs, any individual performances, I just want to win for the team, that's why I try."

Hearing this, Vahili also nodded, and after saying sorry, he followed up with his opinion:

"You're a Chinese, you have a different physique, and your skills are not good, so you should stick to your style of play. If you change, not only are you playing with your weaknesses, but your greatest strengths will be greatly reduced in the effectiveness of driving the whole team, and your teammates will be confused about how to cooperate with you, and Freiburg will not have time to adapt to your changes. So my opinion is to stick to your own style, and you have to change your mentality that you have to win with the team, you have to play well yourself, and then guide your teammates to play well, and then leave the result to God, and treat the wins and losses calmly, instead of finding the reason in yourself if the team doesn't win, which is a good thing, but it's not good if it's too much, think about it..."

Otherwise, the family is like a treasure, and usually treats Sunset and Lucas calmly to try new technologies and ideas in football, but when they want to go astray, they will jump out to train and scold, so as not to let Sunset go the wrong way.

On the third day after the race, Streich approached Sunset and said:

"Yu, I've thought about it again and again, I think you should keep your own characteristics, easy changes will make your teammates confused, and being able to form a team together is your biggest advantage."

Sunset thinks about this and replies with a smile:

"Yes, Coach, that's what I thought too."

Hearing that Sunset will continue to keep her passes reasonable and not change easily, his teammates are very much in favor of it, because it will know how to run, how to cooperate, and the occasional mistake or two is not unacceptable.

With the problem solved, the team began to carefully prepare for the final game before the winter break, in which Bayern Munich will meet RB Leipzig in the same round, and if they are lucky, Freiburg can even enjoy the holiday with the title of top of the table, which is exciting to think about.

Provided, of course, that Freiburg has to beat Ingolstadt first.