Chapter 148: Hildebrand's Heroic Performance
"Oooh, Falcao's shot—"
"It's dangerous! Hildebrand's reaction was so fast, he used his thigh to block the ball off the line! ”
"Tim-Tim-Tim-you're the best, Tim-"
"Tim, you are the best and most talented patron saint of German football!"
The home commentators at the Gelsenkirchen Stadium were followed by passionate shouts and praises, while in the stands, the home fans sang and danced, applauding and cheering for Hildebrand, who made a wonderful save.
With Hildebrand's key rescue, the atmosphere at the scene gradually became hot.
But Falcao wasn't so happy. He jumped twice in frustration, muttering and cursing in a low voice, not knowing whether he was blaming himself for not scoring the ball with such a good chance, or cursing Hildebrand, who ruined his goal.
In fact, Falcao has not had an easy season. Before Qin Shou and Costa arrived at Atletico Madrid, he was the team's most relied on player and the team's top scorer.
But now, Qin Shou won't talk about it, this is a non-human, although the position is a midfielder, but the number of goals is not much better than that of a first-class striker.
Qin Shou is incomparable, he is not only the core of the team's midfield, but also the madman of the scorer list and assist list, he has no other way but envy, jealousy and hatred.
His main rival is his striker partner Diego. Costa. In fact, Falcao's physical fitness is by no means inferior to Costa, and Falcao is no worse than the opponent in terms of headers and impact, but there is only one point, that is, in the ability to seize opportunities, Costa is much more efficient than him.
It is precisely because of this that Costa not only scores more goals than him, but also often scores goals at crucial moments. This puts Costa in the team with a higher status than him.
If it's just that the striker partner is more valued than himself, then that's fine, but look at Adrian and Griezmann on the bench, these young players are also favored by the manager, and there are many opportunities to play, and they also have good performances, which also makes Falcao feel more sense of urgency and threat.
Falcao wants to prove that he is the most trustworthy striker, if not the highest-ranking and most relied on player in the team, and the simple way for a striker to prove himself is to score goals.
So when the opportunity came, Falcao was particularly excited. And Hildebrand saved his inevitable shot. He was even more annoyed and unhappy.
Qin Shou didn't notice the emotional abnormality of his teammates, he clapped his hands at Falcao from a distance, signaling that he shot well, he didn't blame him for not scoring the goal, the opponent's goalkeeper was too brave, don't take it to heart.
Costa on the side was tilting his neck and pouting, probably thinking that if I had shot this goal, it would have been scored a long time ago.
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Atletico Madrid's fast break scared the home team's players into a cold sweat. Therefore, after sending the goalkick, Schalke 04 did not move forward quickly, but passed backwards in the middle and back, trying to stabilize the mood and rhythm.
Atletico's players up front pressed as always. Aggressive pressing.
Because the aggregate score is behind, Magath's tactics for the team can only be attack-oriented. For Atletico Madrid's anti-away performance, Schalke 04 is still very uncomfortable. Under Atletico Madrid's ferocious and fast pressing, Schalke 04's inverted pass quickly made a mistake.
After all, they are not the kind of team that Barcelona has combined passing and possession with the ball in their bones. In the face of Atletico Madrid's arrogant and unreasonable way of pressing, it is indeed a little helpless.
Gabi's pressing caused Jones' pass to deviate, and he was originally looking to hand the football to Jurado on the wing. But Gabi grabbed it very suddenly, and he kicked the ball wide in a hurry and kicked it directly out of the sideline.
'Atletico Madrid played very aggressively today and it seems that they know very well that a one-goal lead is not secure. The home commentator commented, "Although there are two away goals in hand, Schalke 04 must pay attention, after all, they are the side behind on aggregate, if the opponent scores first, the accumulated away goal advantage will disappear." ”
As he said that, Atletico had already sent a quick throw-in.
It was Gabi who served the ball, and the notoriously fierce iron waist lifted the ball above his head and threw it with both hands, and the ball was thrown far away by him.
"Throw the ball with a strong hand!"
A narrator exclaimed.
The football flew a distance of more than ten meters in the air and fell towards the left sideline of the penalty area, Qin Shou quickly ran to the landing point, grabbed the right wingback Japanese player Atsuto Uchida, and padded the football with his toes, and the football jumped up again and crossed the top of Atsuto Uchida's head. And Qin Shou turned around and caught up with the football.
"Oh oh, the right wing-back of Schalke 04 was dumbfounded by this beautiful pick by Chinese Qin."
"They are all Asian players, but Atsushi Uchida and Qin are not a level player at all!"
"Qin's movements are too fast, Atsuto Uchida has no chance to react at all!"
In an exclamation, Qin Shou, who successfully broke through, did not continue to dribble the ball, he kicked the football with the inside of his left foot, and the football crossed an arc in the air and fell straight to the back of the penalty area.
Costa burst out, jumped in the sprint, and shook his head at the football. And Metzelde, who was originally close to him, was completely left behind by him this time.
"Diego! Diego! Diego Costa! Header on goal! ”
"It's a great opportunity for Atletico Madrid to score!"
"Danger! Schalke 04's goal is in danger! ”
Under the nervous gaze of more than 50,000 fans in the stadium, Costa's head hit the football fiercely, and the football suddenly changed lines and quickly flew towards the upper right corner of the goal.
And in the next moment, a black figure suddenly rose into the air, and Hildebrand, who was trying his best to stretch his whole body, tried his best to finally touch the football with his fingertips.
This slight touch was enough, and the ball changed its trajectory slightly, eventually grazing the crossbar and popping off the bottom line.
"Oooh, oh - it's Tim again! Once again, he saved Schalke 04! ”
"Hildebrand was in great form today, this is the second time he's made such a great world saver in this game!"
'Hildebrand was in great form, his brilliant save once again kept Atletico out of goal!"
The referee gave instructions for a corner.
But where does Costa care about any corner kick or not, he finally realized the feeling that Falcao didn't score before the goal, and this kind of inevitable goal was saved by the opposing goalkeeper, this feeling, it's really ...... it!
Costa's face was a mixture of disbelief and annoyance and remorse, and he muttered two curses in his mouth, and kicked his feet the ground. It is conceivable that such a shot did not score, and he was really unhappy in his heart.
He was not the only one who was unhappy, the Atletico Madrid players on the field originally thought that the goal was decided, Gabi and Koke were even ready to rush up to celebrate the goal with Costa, only to find that the football was blocked by Hildebrand, and they had to stop helplessly after running two steps, and then shook their heads in frustration.
On the sidelines, Simeone also reluctantly put down his raised arm, and the cheers that originally came to his lips were swallowed back by him.
Schalke 04's goalkeeper, today's performance, at least so far, is really brave!
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Hildebrand got up from the ground, his gloved hands clapped each other fiercely, and roared loudly, both to cheer himself up and to relieve the pressure of this save shot.
In fact, Hildebrand also felt that he was in good shape today, very good, and from the moment he stepped on the pitch, there was a faint sense of excitement in his heart.
German football has always had a good tradition of goalkeepers. For example, Kahn, for example, Lyman, and now Rensing, Neuer, and others.
Also, the main goalkeeper of Schalke 04 on the field at the moment, Tim. Hildebrand.
When many people talk about the goalkeeper of German football, I am afraid that the first thing that comes to mind is Bayern's golden lion king Oliver. Kahn, and then there is Lehmann, who was the main goalkeeper of the German team in 06 Germany.
It has to be said that in that era, Kahn and Lehmann were indeed the best goalkeepers in German football, and they could even be said to be the top goalkeepers in the entire world football.
It is precisely because of these two people that many excellent young German goalkeepers have been suppressed and have not had much to come out of. Hildebrand is one of them.
The handsome goalkeeper with flowing blonde hair and deep eyes had a rocky career, starting with Stuttgart and moving on to Valencia, Hoffenheim and Sporting Lisbon, before accepting an invitation from his mentor Magath to return to the Bundesliga at the beginning of the season.
Hildebrand's personal resume is not brilliant, he has only won the league championship once, and once the Bundesliga Season's best goalkeeper honor - that was in the 03-04 season, at that time, Stuttgart, with Lahm, Hinkel, Kuranyi and other stars in the Bundesliga, a storm of youth belonging to the red and white, and Hildebrand also set a record for the longest time without conceding a goal in the Bundesliga at that time - 884 minutes of the Bundesliga record of not conceding a goal, so that countless young goalkeepers can only look up.
This is enough to show what a great goal patron saint Hildebrand is.
After the ill-fated and bumpy career goalkeeper returned to the Bundesliga this season, his form seemed to be back in an instant, and more than halfway through the league, Schalke 04 conceded only 16 goals, the second fewest goals conceded in the Bundesliga, second only to Bremen, which is the most important reason why Schalke 04 can temporarily rank in the top three of the league.
To be one of the most solid teams in the Bundesliga, Hildebrand can be said to have contributed greatly.
Now, Hildebrand has brought that excellent form to the Champions League, and throughout the first half, Hildebrand gave Atletico Madrid a good look at his goalkeeping skills.
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