Section 403 Forward
Wolfsburg's goal for the season, after nearly half a season's hard work, finally has a final direction. Compared with the persistent maintenance of combat effectiveness in the league, it is obvious that there is great chance of chance, and a cup match that will determine the outcome has a greater possibility for them now. Bayern is already a behemoth, and Wolfsburg is probably right against them, so what they can do is to give up the league's focus on playing cup.
This is a somewhat helpless move, and it can even be said that it is already a confessional move. However, under the premise that there is a huge difference in financial resources, even if it is a good team, it can only choose to admit it in the face of the rich. Football is round, but the money is not round, anything can happen on the football field, but people are vigorously recruiting, but the efforts behind the team, this gap is not the strength of the players to chase the equal.
Dortmund have been tough for two seasons and have to admit that they can't handle Bayern anymore. And Wolfsburg is inferior to Dortmund, and if they can carry it for a season, they have already reached their limit. In the days that followed, they could only follow the path of Borussia Dortmund and try to make a breakthrough in the Champions League.
Of course, although they are looking for a breakthrough in the Champions League, they can't let go of the league games in the game. The requirements of the upper echelons of Wolfsburg are the worst and can only accept the third result, and now they are still hanging in the fourth position, although they have given up the idea of winning the league, but in the game, they still can't give up the game, they need to play seriously.
Moreover, the strong teams that Wolfsburg will meet in the first half of the season have already been touched. and Dortmund after the fight against Wolfsburg. In the 13th round, we will play Bayern Munich and in the 15th round, we will play Bayer Leverkusen. Three consecutive rounds to challenge the top four in the league are different, and Wolfsburg are in the remaining games. They faced Nuremberg, who were bottom of the league and there was no reason for Wolves to give up on them.
In this game, Wolfsburg is playing away, and they have just lost recently, and their morale is much lower than before. But even so, in the face of Nuremberg, Wolfsburg still doesn't care: Wolfsburg just lost, and Nuremberg this season. Didn't win a single game. Wolfsburg are seven points behind the top of the table, while Nuremberg simply have seven points. Such a team, in front of Wolfsburg, is already very weak. Although many media said before the game that Nuremberg had won 7 draws in 12 games and the defense was still good, even the media who said this knew that it was a fool's dream to expect Nuremberg to stop Wolfsburg.
And so it was. Against Nuremberg, Wolfsburg played quite well. Compared to the last game, they didn't make any more mistakes, at least. This time, it was Stindl who came into play, not Marin, who had been out of form.
After the opening of the game, Nuremberg chose to defend it immediately, but they could not retreat. It did make Wolfsburg almost idle for the first 20 minutes. But after they got used to the rhythm of the game in Nuremberg. Wolfsburg's attack was quick to hit the ground running.
Soon, in the middle of a corner. Wolfsburg found an opportunity. When the corner kick was initiated, the Wolvesburg players made a good run in the box. Gao Shunyao met the front point, and Kjaer on the penalty spot rushed quickly, and these changes caused confusion in the opponent's defensive lineup. And in the midst of this chaos, Perisic intervened in time and fired a shot through the opponent's goal.
If the opposition defends well, then use set-pieces to score - this simple truth is no secret to too many teams. Wolfsburg's set-piece attack has been good, especially after Mandzukic returned, and now their set-pieces are not Nuremberg's stubborn defense can resist.
What's more, even if you don't rely on set-pieces, Wolfsburg is not weak. After taking a 1-0 lead, Wolfsburg's attack did not stop, and soon Gao Shunyao got the ball on the edge of the penalty area, he took a shot with his feet, and when the opponent pounced, he rushed into the box with the ball, and before the defenders arrived, he fired a long-range shot into the goal.
With a score of 2-0, Wolfsburg basically has no worries about losing. But that's not the end of the story. In the 80th minute, Mandzukic suddenly stepped in and snatched the ball into the back of the net when the opponent's goalkeeper passed the ball to the full-back.
It is said that some teams, when they are dissatisfied with the coach, the players will collectively unite and boycott the coach by deliberately not playing well. Gao Shunyao is Chinese, and he has heard a lot of similar things for a long time. And after arriving in Europe, it is said that there are such teams, for example, a team in the Premier League even claims to have a team committee, which controls the right to speak in the locker room, and once the coach makes them unhappy, they will be non-violent and non-cooperative, and try every means to squeeze the coach, although it is a rumor, but it is not for nothing.
Fortunately, that hasn't happened to the Wolfsburg team yet. Although Magath's treatment of Mandzukic is indeed a little disrespectful, but Magath is coming, Mandzukic will not come to him, although he was questioned by many people before the game money, but at least this game, he still played very hard.
Good players may not be able to score in every game, maybe they will miss key goals, but no matter what kind of failure, it is impossible to easily defeat them, they will make mistakes, but after making mistakes, they will get up and fight for the team again, and they still do their best when they play, such players, compared to some more famous, but the guys who come around at random on the field can also be more respected.
And for him, scoring goals is perhaps the best reward.
Relying on the goals of the players, in the match against Nuremberg, Wolfsburg had the upper hand and successfully won the game with a score of 3-0. Maybe they couldn't take it against Borussia Dortmund, but they played well against a team like Nuremberg who were at the bottom.
Of course, this kind of victory can be said to be irrelevant, this is nothing more than a sweep of the weak team, even the people who do not value Wolfsburg do not think that Wolfsburg will lose in this kind of game. Although it is said that it still bites the team in front of them, and it is not worse in the league, so that Wolfsburg has no worries, but no matter what, this is no longer the focus of their game.
This game is not something Wolfsburg needs to worry about at all, compared to this game, the next Champions League game against Marseille is the focus of their game.
The match against Marseille was also an away game against Wolfsburg. Two consecutive away games are also quite a test of the player's state. Especially now Manchester United are in the group, winning all three other games, and now they are only one point behind, Wolfsburg is chasing after them, and Wolfsburg can't afford to lose now.
Marseille's strength is not weak, and Wolfsburg also had to make some adjustments for this game. In the middle of the game, they did not start Stindl again as in the previous game, but replaced Mousassissoko as the starter.
Moussa has always been a substitute at Wolfsburg, and he has no positional problems, which has kept him unable to play as a central midfielder. However, in some games, his problems can be compensated for with the help of his teammates. For example, in a game like this, he appears in the right midfield position, and with his ability to stir, he can play a big defensive role, and because he has two defenders behind him, he doesn't have to worry about losing position, and he has a big impact on the game.
With such a substitution, Wolfsburg has obviously made up its mind and wants to take the route of defensive counterattack. Marseille are not weak after all, they are playing away again, and they are obviously playing cautiously.
And it has to be said that their caution has played a good role. After 45 minutes of silence in the first half, Wolfsburg finally scored their first goal in the 65th minute of the second half.
This time the goal can be said to be the credit of Shahin. After Moussa replaced most of his defensive functions, Shaheen on the pitch was quite active. After a football reached his feet, Shahin, who was on the middle of the field, rushed directly to the front with the ball, and when the opponent intercepted, he threw off the opponent's defense with a beautiful pull and pressed towards the penalty area.
His impact brought opportunities to Wolfsburg. Marseille thought that Wolfsburg would not have too strong an attack, and the defense was a little lax, so it suffered. Their midfielders had to move forward, allowing Gao Shunyao to spot his chance and cut into the box. And Shahin's pass to tear the back defense was also accurately sent to Gao Shunyao's feet at this time, Gao Shunyao was running, there was no action to stop the ball, and he drove the ball to the goal!
For counter-attacks, speed is everything. Too many adjustments, giving the goalkeeper time to prepare, and that's nothing. Gao Shunyao understands this truth, even if it is not safe for him to shoot like this, he must shoot out.
And his shot, sure enough, also disrupted Mandanda's defensive footsteps. He originally wanted to attack, but in the face of a sudden shot, he could only fall down in embarrassment. This kind of save obviously didn't have much effect, Gao Shunyao's shot successfully scored the goal!
The 1-0 score came in the 65th minute of the game. With a cheer, Wolfsburg was the winner. Marseille did not hinder Wolfsburg, and they were not the ultimate goal of Wolfsburg.
Their ultimate goal is to be a real threat in the Champions League. Obviously, after determining the goal, the advance of Wolfsburg is even more unstoppable. (To be continued.) )