Chapter 19: Half Time Ends

"Calhanoglu! He appeared in the right place! Smith excitedly explained, "The quality of this shot was so high, and Bran didn't react at all!" ”

"This series of attacks, Hamburg played very smoothly! From Calhanoglu's passing pass to the moment he had his final shot, it was done in less than 10 seconds! "But I think the most important thing this time is Song's header, first of all, it's good that he can get this header, but he can also find Calhanoglu behind him!" This young Chinese is a sight to behold! Now I want to watch the Schalke 04 fans in the stands, they should be worried about when the Hamburg team will get this wonder soldier! ”

"But Calhanoglu also deserves credit for his performances, and both Bundesliga newcomers did well today!" Smith said.

"In fact, there is a newcomer, Schalke 04's Goretzka's performance is also very good, but it has been changed by these two people!" Shariq added.

The Hamburg team did not celebrate after the goal, Calhanoglu ran to the goal and fished out the ball after the goal, and now the team is still one goal behind!

But Schalke 04 was only walking back slowly when Hamburg put the ball in the centre circle.

After kick-off, referee Gregor blew the whistle for the end of half.

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At halftime, Fink saw that his players did not show frustration on their faces, and nodded slightly, obviously the goal at the end of the half gave the players a new hope of that point.

He first praised a few players in the front court, then talked about the problems at the end of the defensive line, and then began to talk about the tactical requirements of the second half: "In the case of leading by one goal, the opponent will definitely not shrink, and will definitely attack, so the opponent will definitely press in the midfield, and we will avoid its edge in the second half and not go in the middle." ”

After speaking, Fink raised his head and looked at Van der Vaart and Calhanoglu, seeing that the two of them had no conflicting expressions, and continued: "In the second half, we still focus on counterattacking, and we must be decisive when counterattacking, Janssen you have to insert more, Hakan you and Van der Vaart both pay attention to the opponent's central defender and full-back!" When we are on the counter-attack, we prefer to go on the side! ”

After Fink said so much in one breath, he paused and continued: "Then Song, you have the same requirements in the attack as in the first half, to be the fulcrum, you must be able to hold the ball in the front court, and then you will go into the penalty area to fight for the header!" In the second half, the team will play the ball on the side, there will be a lot of crosses, I hope you can take your chances! ”

Song Zhong nodded while listening, in fact, he understood the words "fulcrum", "hold the ball" and "header" in Fink's words, and he didn't understand what Fink said at all, but Song Zhong still barely knew what it meant, because there were many words that he didn't understand, but he was very familiar with, that is, those words before he came on the court in the first half.

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Schalke 04, meanwhile, was more relaxed in the dressing room, after all, the team still had a one-goal lead, but the goal just now was a wake-up call for them.

"In the second half, Jones, you're going to stick that Asian player with the number 99 on the other side!" Keller said to an American man with an explosive head.

Jermaine Jones gasped and nodded, his physical exertion in the entire first half can be said to be the largest, after all, he basically completely limited Van der Vaart, Van der Vaart's dangerous pass in the entire first half except for the goal, that is, the Hwedes yellow card.

Of course, this also has something to do with the fact that he is too active, he has grabbed the place where the Hamburg team is close to the penalty area, and of course such a run will be tiring.

In the second half, he asked him to defend Song Zhong first of all because of his physical fitness, and secondly, because Keller was a bit of a thief from the performance of the first half, and Schalke 04 The age of the whole team is relatively young, and the more experienced players in the midfield are Jermaine Jones.

As for who to guard against Defat, it was replaced by Goretzka, the young midfielder's first-half performance made Keller very satisfied, and the young man is more physical, and it is also a kind of learning to put him in front of this first-class midfielder.

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The 15 minutes of the break passed quickly, and the players of both teams walked out of the tunnel with expressions on their faces.

Neither team opted for substitutions.

In the 47th minute, Schalke 04 Clemens, who had just been introduced in the summer, continued his good form, after a continuous change of direction on the side, after cutting inside, he fired directly with his right foot 25 meters away, the quality of the ball was very high, only slightly off the top left corner of the goal.

Not to be outdone, Hamburg were still behind, and just a minute later, Dickmeier crossed from the right side of the midfield, Maxibest slotted into the right side of the box at high speed, and his left-footed shot was blocked by the onrushing Hildebrand.

This goal is actually an execution of Fink's strategy of playing wide in midfield, and it has achieved good results.

Then Van der Vaart took this corner from the right, and Song Jong repeated the old trick this time to take away Matip, but it was a repeat, Zobich beat Atsushi Uchida at the back post and headed the ball from close range, but it was a little less lucky, and the ball hit the crossbar hard.

Zobich grabbed his hair in annoyance, clearly unhappy that he had missed this opportunity.

Seeing that the former pair was in danger of being equalized, Schalke 04 coach Keller did not hesitate at all and replaced the defender Neustadt with Sholoy.

"What is Keller's substitution for! In the case of the team's tight defense, a midfielder was replaced and a striker was replaced! "Smith is like hell, the managers of both teams today are really bold.

"I guess it's going to be a bigger attack! It is clear that Keller believes that the team's tight back is the cause of the offensive disadvantage, and as long as the team can put the pressure on Hamburg as they did in the first half of the first half, the pressure can be reduced! Shariq commented.

"It's crazy!" Smith said.

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Keller's substitution actually worked, after Sholoy came on, Schalke 04 stepped up the attack, and Hamburg made a lot of noise in front of goal.

In the 64th minute, Sholoy, who had just been substituted, forced a turn on the left side of the penalty area and shot low into the side netting.

One minute later, Farfan's right-footed shot from 20 meters out on the right side of the penalty area was saved by Adler.

Under the flood of Schalke 04's attack, Hamburg began to look a little embarrassed, and Song Zhong also seemed very silent.

"Keller's tactical tweaks worked!" "Hamburg is starting to get down again!" ”