Chapter 72: A Good Start (1)

Back in the dressing room, Karlsruhe's players were a little dejected, the score was still just a draw, they weren't behind, but it was a frustration to be scored at half-time, and even more frustrating was their own mistakes, and the opponents caught their mistakes and punished them.

Coach Becker has not yet come, and the backline, which is mainly responsible for conceding the goal, has collectively made self-criticism, and Stoll first said with self-blame: "I'm sorry for everyone, I was careless at the last moment, let the opponent score an equalizing goal, and wasted a goal for Li Huan." ”

Borden hurriedly took the fault on himself and said, "How can I blame you for this, I intercepted it too quickly and lost my position." ”

"I was the first to make the mistake, I didn't play a protective role as the only midfielder, I didn't have the slightest awareness of the opponent's passes, and the good situation was ruined in our hands. ”

Goalkeeper Miller was the most angry, despite his excellent record and arguably the best Karlsruhe team in history, but he did not concede a lot of goals, and he just vowed to concede fewer goals and keep a clean sheet against almost any team they could face. For such a team to concede goals, against other strong teams can still guarantee a clean sheet against the opponent, Miller said coldly: "What's the use of saying this, don't score another goal in the next half, the opponent will definitely defend it, and the first half is still a goal brought by Li Huan's opportunity that is not a chance." ”

After Becker eliminated Kars and other players who were against Li Huan from the main lineup, Li Huan also had a certain say in the locker room, he leaned back on his seat with a calm expression, and said with a smile: "How can this goal of mine be wasted, won't the club give me 100 euros?" Hehe, just after the winter break, everyone is not in the best condition, it is normal to concede goals, there is still half a game to go, don't you just win, last time we were able to score five goals against them, I don't believe that the second time we couldn't even score two goals. ”

At this time, Becker came in, he came a little later to adjust his mood, listening to Li Huan's words, he said happily: "Yes, now we want this kind of mentality, the first half can not score the second goal, everyone is a little anxious, our opponent is a big living person, they have thinking, the first time we played with us, after we scored a goal, we used the counterattack to score consecutive goals, and finally won 5-0, don't they sum up a lesson, this time they will not be like the first game, We have to be patient if we want to seal the win. ”

Ferres said: "The strength of the opponent is really not very good, it is our own problems, and the attack is too rushed. Otherwise, the second goal would have been scored a long time ago. ”

Becker said: "Why are you fighting so quickly, don't you think that the opponent's strength is poor?" You think it should be easy to score, but you don't get it for a long time. If you are in a hurry, there is no discipline, and it is normal to be impetuous and be scored by the opponent in the end, if you change this mentality in the second half, I am afraid that you will not be able to take away even a point. ”

Becker saw that most of the players' faces showed unconvinced looks, so he took the opportunity to click on Mastinis, and said: "Everyone is a player in the Bundesliga, don't think too highly of yourself, if you want to win, you must rely on the overall cooperation and cherish every opportunity." In the second half, I hope you can play smarter and be a little more patient. ”

Capalani strapped two shin guards to his legs and said: "I think Higan will definitely defend in the second half, and they won't attack when they fall behind, and now that they have equalized, they won't attack." ”

Becker said: "Wait patiently for the opportunity, won't they make mistakes under our attack?" To believe in yourself, in addition to the mentality to be stable, in the attack to make good use of the cross opportunities on the side, pay attention to the response in the front of the penalty area, everyone also saw in the first half, they dare not give us the opportunity to take a free kick in the front of the penalty area, you have to boldly break through at the front of the penalty area, instead of wasting time in other places, and wasting physical strength and time in other places to break through with the ball in other places. ”

After Becker's psychological and tactical adjustments in the penalty area, Karlsruhe did not change in the second half, but played a lot more calmly, they patiently competed with the Higan team for possession in the midfield, seized every opportunity to put pressure on the opponent's defense, and Eichner on the left also echoed Li Huan to strike at Higan's right side.

As the minutes passed, Karlsruhe's attack was not too violent, but continuous, and Higan still had a gap in strength after all, and under Karlsruhe's continuous attacks, their defense finally showed a flaw.

It was a sudden change in the pace of Karlsruhe's attack, which was originally to form a break on the flank, and then cross directly, and the player in the middle of the field competed for the header, or the header was crossed down and the companion who was inserted behind him shot from a distance. But after playing like this for 20 minutes, Li Huan did not cross after deducting Melkan, and suddenly walked along the bottom line to the penalty area. This change made the Higan players who were ready to scramble for the header in the penalty area panicked instantly, the central defender and the back hurriedly came to block, Melcan also chased from behind, but Li Huan, who seemed to have fallen into the opponent's encirclement, knocked behind him, and the ball hit the feet of Capalani, who passed to Martins in the corner of the penalty area without pause. Martins saw that goalkeeper Mark had stood on the left corner of the goal in order to block Li Huan, and he rubbed his foot directly with his heart, and the ball flew to the right corner of the goal lightly.

Martins' lob shot was light but accurate, and it fell into the back corner over the vast sea of people in the box, and the goalkeeper Mark couldn't come back, and the rest of the people in the box jumped up and couldn't reach the ball, so they could only watch the ball fly into the goal.

At 2-1, Martins scored his first league goal to give Karlsruhe the lead again.

Martins stared nervously at the flying ball, hoping to turn into Superman and slap the ball into the goal. It wasn't until he saw the ball fall into the net that Martins cheered and performed a beautiful somersault in succession, fully demonstrating the passion and flexibility of the black man.

Capalani and Li Huan also rushed over excitedly and hugged Martins tightly, this ball was the result of their clever cooperation, after Federico's injury, Martins finally integrated into the attacking combination of Li Huan and Capalani.

The Higan fans in the stands were hit hard again, and they all hung their heads and didn't speak, leaving only the visiting fans cheering and celebrating. "Good shot!" After the commentator shouted excitedly, he couldn't help shaking his head and said: "This is a clever cooperation, Li Huan used his personal ability to trick the goalkeeper Mark to the left side of the goal, Capalani completed a wall match, Martins completed the final blow, it turned out that this is the classic combination of Li Huan, Capalani and Federico, and now it is Martins who completes the kill, this black boy has a major breakthrough this time after his excellent performance against Bielefeld in the last game, and he scored the first goal of the league." This is undoubtedly a huge encouragement for a young man, and maybe he can really be as sharp as Federico in attack. This is the scene that all Karlsruhe fans would like to see, and of course, the last thing fans of other teams want to see. Higan are in big trouble now, they are down again and will the opposition still give us a chance to score? However, if Higan had been doing the way he was today, they might have been able to surprise them at the end of the season. ”

Ma Yi helplessly spread his hands on the sidelines, this conceded goal made them helpless, the opponent's cooperation was too tacit, there was no time for the defenders to defend, after all, the defenders' defense is passive, they need a reaction time, but the opponent's cooperation played such a time difference, all of them were a pass, and finally the decisive hanging door, the hanging door was also completed perfectly. There was no way they could concede a goal. Although before the game, including at halftime, Mai also made key guidance and arrangements for his own left side defense, but his players still have no good way to attack the opponent, Li Huan's personal ability to break through and break the balance, and then the perfect cooperation of the three, Federico is gone, this damn black man actually came out, and now it seems that his offensive potential has just been explored, and maybe it will be more terrifying later.

Becker finally smiled and hugged Hoss tightly, for him, a win in a game is not very important, Karlsruhe now has eight points in his hands, what makes him extremely happy is that he finally succeeded in finding a suitable replacement for Federico, the last game against Bielefeld, Martins completed two attacks in the first start, which helped a lot in the goal, scored a beautiful goal in the second start, his potential is being released little by little, in the next two months, He finally doesn't need to worry about Federico's position, now Karlsruhe although he has won consecutive games, but the gap between their main lineup and the substitute lineup is obvious, once there is an injury problem, the substitute players can not keep up, the team's results may decline, some time ago Eichner came to the top, and now Martins is also up, to March after Federico returned, Karlsruhe's midfield thickness increased by one point, which helped a lot in the back sprint. As the head coach who led Karlsruhe for nearly six seasons, Becker knew that the weakness of this team was that it was anticlimactic, and it often did not play well in the second half of the season, mainly because of the depth of the bench, and the thin squad could not support a season.

(To be continued)