Chapter 60: Giving Up
In the 58th minute, Branislav Ivanovic, who started in place of Lima, scored a goal for Kautinho with a precise through ball, which put Gosau ahead of the score and completely extinguished Copenhagen's attempt to reverse it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the ensuing match, both teams were unsuccessful, and Gosho successfully advanced to the next round with a two-legged aggregate score of 4:1. Gossau's next opponent in the next round is Ligue 1 hegemons Lyon.
Xiao Yang still attaches great importance to this opponent, and Lyon should also be one of the biggest teams left in the League Cup, but at this time, Gosau has nothing to fear, let's fight one game at a time.
On the third day after the knockout of Copenhagen, Gossau continued to host Sion and won 2-0 thanks to goals from Esposito and Lima, who had returned from a cold, to maintain a six-point gap over Zurich.
In February's Best Coach selection, Xiao Yang was voted Best Coach and the best player was won by Zurich's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski, but Gosau drew two league games this month, while Zurich were clearly better.
On March 4, Gosau challenged the Zurich Grasshoppers away from home, and to everyone's surprise, the Grasshoppers, who were deep in the relegation circle, burst out with great energy, and the home team defeated the Gosau team 3:2, although Gosau still sent a semi-main and semi-substitute lineup, but this is also the first time that a team has done this in a Swiss domestic match this season.
At the start of the game, Cardinhoe scored two goals for Gosho in the first half, but after the start of the second half, the desperate Grasshoppers played their best half of the season since the start of the season, they completely suppressed the Gosho team, and scored three goals in a row to stage a big comeback.
After the game, Grasshoppers' head coach Geiger began to swagger again, saying that the Grasshoppers will start this exciting game against the leaders and get on the right track to play the team as it should be.
In the face of the excited faces of the reporters, Xiao Yang just said lightly: "I don't think it's a bad thing for Gosau to be terminated from his unbeaten record, which will make Gosau's players throw down an unnecessary burden and travel lightly, I believe that as long as we don't make mistakes in the future, no one can take the league championship away from us." ”
However, the Swiss media obviously did not see it that way, and after the loss of this game, Gossau was only three points ahead of Zurich, who were chasing closely behind, which was already a palpable points gap, and the battle for the league title was full of suspense again. They believe that Zurich are now fully focused on the league, but Gossau is still fighting on three fronts, and their energy is too scattered will cost them dearly for their inexperience. They also "kindly" persuaded Xiao Yang to distinguish priorities, it is best to give up some games, and the honor of the league championship is what they need most now.
Of course, there is some truth in the remarks of these media, but their "kindness" makes Xiao Yang very unhappy, and Ge Shao just makes you unwelcome? When we had a big lead, you all had a stinky face, for fear that Gosau would win the league championship, but now you are pretending to be good people, and you asked Lao Tzu to give up some games, but Lao Tzu didn't give up.
He and his coaching staff studied Zurich's schedule and found that Zurich's recent good results are not only because they are focused on the league, but also because they have recently faced weak teams in a row, and they will face opponents such as Basel, Juniors, St. Gallen in a row, and they will also talk directly to Gossau after four rounds. The coaching staff agreed that Zurich would widen the gap between Zurich and Gossau after the Devils' schedule, provided that Gosau competed on his own, of course. However, Xiao Yang is not worried about this, because Gosau's rotation this year has been really successful, although there are occasional ups and downs, but the results against the Swiss team are already very consistent, and after his own promise of a salary increase, the players' morale is now high.
In the next day's "Geshao People" newspaper, Xiao Yang's remarks were published, saying that Ge Shao will not give up a competition this year, they will fight for every championship, and now Ge Shao has the ability and the determination. He said he didn't know what the media who persuaded Gossau to give up other games and focus on the league had in mind. Couldn't Gossau represent Swiss football in Europe? In this season's European arena, only one team is still fighting for the honor of Swiss football, and instead of cheering for Gosau, these media are dragging Gossau's back.
After Xiao Yang's remarks were reported in the newspaper, they aroused a great reaction, and the pro-Gossau media have issued statements in support of Xiao Yang, and some pro-Zurich media also hope that Gossau will not give up other games and continue to fight on the third front, so that Zurich will have a chance to overtake Gossau and win the league championship, and they have also expressed their support for Gossau to fight for the honor of Swiss football. After these remarks came out, the troublemaking media suddenly lost their voices, and they couldn't afford to carry such a big hat.
The Swiss Football Association also came out to express its support for Gosau, saying that they would provide maximum convenience to Gossau in terms of schedule and other aspects, so that they can continue to move forward for the glory of Swiss football. Xiao Yang also expressed his gratitude to the Swiss Football Association for its initiative.
On March 8, Gossau played away against Ligue 1 hegemons Lyon, and due to the pre-match rhetoric and the fact that Gossau has now become the only Swiss seed in the European arena, the whole of Switzerland has paid the greatest attention to this game, and the Swiss national one has also broadcast the game live again.
Ralph was passionately introducing the line-ups of the two sides to the audience in front of the TV: "Lyon played a 4231 formation in this game, their goalkeeper was No. 1 Lloris, the defenders from left to right were No. 3 Kolozesac, No. 12 Lamotte, No. 4 Lemeu, No. 2 Claire, the two midfielders were No. 17 Marcon and No. 28 Tularan, the left winger was No. 13 Di Maria, the forward was No. 8 Pjanic, the right winger was No. 7 Abdesadeki, and the forward was No. 18 Gomi. This is basically the main lineup of Lyon. And Gosau also sent their full main lineup, they lined up a 4132 formation, and the players on the field are also familiar to everyone, namely goalkeeper Reiter, left back Kufrey, right back Gugelman, central defender is a combination of Salihovic and Antunovic, back Cabanas, forward Lima, left winger Avanzini, right winger Horensten, two forwards are Eggman and Kaudinho. We've noticed that Gosau is in an attacking formation in this game, which is a very bold move, is Xiao Yang so confident in the away game against Lyon, the Ligue 1 giants? Let's wait and see. ”
Xiao Yang's offensive formation in this game has his own considerations, because he noticed that Lyon's two central defenders are relatively short, only 1.78 meters and 1.79 meters respectively, while Gosau's two forwards are tall and have excellent header ability, plus the players on their back line are generally older and not very physical, so Xiao Yang and the coaching staff discussed and formulated an attack-based tactic, trying to exert greater pressure on Lyon's aging defense at the beginning and drag down their physical strength. It is also hoped that through the unexpected use of offensive tactics, Lyon's tactical arrangement will be disrupted, and as many away goals as possible will be achieved, so as to lay a better foundation for the next home game.
Gosau's attack-oriented tactics after the opening game did catch Lyon off guard, Gosau immediately dominated the field and created several threatening shots, but Lloris was a good goalkeeper, he performed well, high and low, and tried to keep the city from losing. The more experienced Lyon gradually settled their ground, and their best attackers up front, Angel Di Maria and Pjanic, began to play as the two teams were evenly matched.