Chapter 64: Captain Bench
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Chu fell to the ground again! Was this the third or fourth time he fell in the second half? Look at the jersey on his body, the blue jersey is about to turn grass green...... Schalke 04's players defended Chu very ferociously, almost completely close to the body. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć Although Schalke 04 fouled too much, I think Ruten has provided an example for coaches of other teams in the Bundesliga - how to contain the heart of Hoffenheim's midfield, which has worked so far. ā
The commentator of the premiere TV station said this after seeing Chu Zhongtian being put down again.
"No, if I were the referee, the game would be over in sixty minutes." Effenberg, the commentator next to him, had a different opinion. This means that if he had been a referee, Schalke 04 would have been punished by him for less than seven people. When there are less than seven players on one side of a soccer match, the match will be forcibly ended.
"Schalke 04's tactics were successful after the first half, but in the second half they only focused on fouls and didn't know how to counter-attack."
ā»ā»ā» In the sixty-first minute, Chu Zhongtian got the ball in the backcourt, and he noticed that Jones was pressing up again. Schalke 04 also fielded a 433 formation in today's game, but unlike Hoffenheim, they fielded three defensive midfielders...... Ngral was a Dutch midfielder who excelled at Euro 2008, tackling and defending well in midfield, and it was remarkable that he was able to play the ball after a tackle.
Jones, a two-time international with the national team, is physically strong and full of energy, and can often be seen running tirelessly in the final moments of the game. He was mainly responsible for defense and lackluster on offense.
Fabian. Ernst was the captain of the team, starting out as an attacking striker and gradually transitioning into a thoroughly defensive midfielder. Close to Jones style. He was once selected for the German national team, but it is true that the broom star of the German team, as long as he plays in major competitions, the German team loses. So now I have lost the opportunity to serve my country...... Such three purely defensive midfielders form an iron gate in the midfield, while Hoffenheim has only one Chu Zhongtian who can defend. Because of the lack of support, when Chu Zhongtian got the ball in the backfield, the midfielders of Schalke 04 dared to come up and kill.
Chu Zhongtian knew that Jones was pressing, he glanced back, Jones came up, and the defensive pressure of his teammates in front of him was lighter, as long as he passed Jones, he could take the ball forward and smash Huanglong. At that point, Schalke 04's midfield defence will definitely be disrupted by their own dribbling forward, and as long as they are in chaos, then it will be Hoffenheim's chance.
Chu Zhongtian thought so, Jones had already killed him, Chu Zhongtian gently rubbed the football away with the outside of his right foot before he stepped out, and at the same time leaned on Jones to turn around!
Of course, Jones knew what the kid was going to do, but he didn't get the ball on the first kick, and if he was allowed to turn around, the team's defense would be in a hurry. Chu Zhongtian's assist in the first half left a very deep impression on Jones. He participated in the defense throughout the whole process, but he was still powerless against Chu Zhongtian.
So at this time, when Jones saw that Chu Zhongtian was going to pass him, his first reaction was to push with his hands, and at the same time bent his knees, pushing his body forward, and his knees were just on Chu Zhongtian's thighs, and with a sharp force on his hands, Chu Zhongtian was put to the ground by him!
"Oh!" The narrator exclaimed.
"Damn it!" The Hoffenheim fans in the stands also cursed, and then they shouted at the same time: "That kid has a yellow card!!" ā
They were alerting the referee.
Referee Gagelman's whistle sounded after Chu Zhongtian fell to the ground.
Jones reacted quickly, and just after pushing the person in his hand, he raised it high, indicating that he was innocent if he didn't push the person and didn't foul him.
Comper, who was closest to the incident, ran up and yelled at the referee: "This is the first foul!?" ā
Immediately followed by Tebel, he wanted to stand up for Chu Zhongtian again. He gestured to the referee: "Yellow card, yellow card!" ā
Schalke 04's players rushed to defend Jones, knowing what it would mean if the referee played again.
Chu Zhongtian stood up and rubbed his thighs, the top was a little painful, but it was just a hard injury, it was not in the way, just rub it.
He cares more about the other party than he does - Jones has a yellow card on this kid, how will the referee judge?
Rangnick also shouted to the field from the sidelines: "My players have been violated countless times, why can their people stay on the field as if nothing happened?!" ā
Luten was also putting pressure on the referee: "It was a fake fall!" 100% a fake fall! They tried to lure my player into getting sent off! It's not fair!! ā
Referee Gagelman has his own judgment, looking at the angry Hoffenheim players, he knows that if he doesn't do something, he is afraid that the emotions of the Hoffenheim players will also get out of control.
So he dispersed the players on both sides around him, and then called Jones over alone.
Both the fans and the TV audience were watching the referee to see if he had called Jones over to give a card, or if he was just giving him a verbal warning...... Jones was still defending himself as he walked over to the referee: "I really didn't touch him, he faked ...... fall"
The referee didn't listen to his explanation, waved at him and said: "I have been watching your performance, you should calm down......"
Hearing this, Jones thought it was just an ordinary verbal warning, and he wouldn't be sent off anyway, so he just admitted his mistake. "Okay, okay, I promise there won't be a next time...... As for whether there really won't be a next time, then the devil knows...... The referee nodded, as if accepting his mistake.
Is this the end of the matter?
No.
Gagelman suddenly reached into his breast pocket and touched it, and then grabbed the small notebook with red and yellow cards from inside!
"Looks like Gagelman is going to play his cards!"
Sure enough, Gagelman took out a yellow card and compared it to Jones, and then showed the red card!
"Two yellows turned into one red, Jones was sent off!" Duan Bin gloated. For Jones, who repeatedly violated Chu Zhongtian, Duan Bin could not have any good feelings.
"Aha, Jones was sent off and Schalke 04 paid the price for their boorishness!" The German commentator was also not very impressed with Schalke 04's tactics today. Hoffenheim plays football that is beautiful and exciting, and many people have long been fascinated by it, so when commenting on the game, the commentator is also willing to say a few words for this team. Just like Barcelona, when the commentators are commenting on Barcelona games, they will always praise the team, and their mouths are always full of praise, as if they are actually Barcelona fans, but in fact, it is just because they think Barcelona football is good.
Jones looked at the red card that was held high by Gagelman and couldn't believe it. At this time, the referee made a gesture to him - raised his other hand, pointed to the field, and signaled him to come off the field.
The Dekorhovenheim players next to them applauded the referee's decision, and with one man missing, the game would certainly move in their favour.
Schalke 04's players protested the decision en masse, arguing that it would be enough to give a verbal warning and that there was no need to play again. When a player already has a yellow card, the referee will be much more cautious about making a card, especially if the time of the two fouls is close. Unexpectedly, today's Gagelman played his cards so decisively, which made them very dissatisfied.
As a result, during the protest, another defender, Ngral, also received a yellow card for being disrespectful to the referee.
Luten was furious at the referee's string of decisions, not only for him, but also for the entire Schalke 04 coaching staff. But they couldn't change anything, and Jones was eventually ejected and the game went on.
ā»ā»ā» After Jones was sent off, Schalke 04's foul tactics were much more restrained. First of all, they have one less defensive midfielder, and the midfield has become only two people. Secondly, the remaining two backs also have a yellow card on their bodies, and a slight mistake may attract a second yellow card, just like you are poor and high-spirited.
Therefore, in order not to reduce the number of players, the players of Schalke 04 are much more civilized than before, or they seem to be a little withdrawn in defense - the players are not two flutes, only know how to carry out the instructions of the manager without reservation. They are also afraid of being sent off, so no one dares to commit a foul in the current situation.
And once their movements are somewhat restrained, they will not be able to restrict Chu Zhongtian, Salihovic, Ibisevic, Obasi, Demba. Ba and other Hoffenheim players with excellent skills and delicate feet.
Suddenly, Hoffenheim regained the advantage and completely suppressed Schalke 04.
Without Jones's entanglement, Ernst and Engal were afraid of the yellow card on their bodies, and did not dare to press too Chu Zhongtian, who was re-energized like in the first half.
After seeing that Chu Zhongtian had planned two threatening offensives in a row. Ruten couldn't sit still and he replaced Asamoah with Kobiashvili (levan_kobiashvili).
Kobiashvili could play in the midfield, replacing him with a striker, apparently trying to curb the play of Chu Zhongtian and Salihovic in the midfield. After all, Ernst and Englar have cards on them, and they have too many scruples to defend and can't play at all.
However, after Kobyashvili came on the field, he could not stop the Hoffenheim midfield combination that was getting better and better, and the danger in front of Schalke 04 was still continuous.
Schalke's coach blamed it all on the referee's move to send Jones off. Schalke 04's assistant coach Mild (youri_mulder) was sued by the fourth official for cursing the referee on the sidelines, and the referee Gagelman suspended the game, and then rushed to the sidelines to give Mild a red card!
"Oooh! Schalke's assistant coach Mild was also sent to the stands, and he must have been disrespectful to the referee off the pitch! ā
ā»ā»ā» There was just an assistant coach sent off here, and Hoffenheim won a free kick over there. It was still Chu Zhongtian who tripped Kobiashvili, who had just been on the court for a long time, when he was dribbling the ball.
Kobiashvili can't do this, Chu Zhongtian has already formed a breakthrough trend, because Ernst and Engelar have scruples, the defense is not strong, and Chu Zhongtian has given it, if Kobiashvili doesn't foul Chu Zhongtian will rush directly into the penalty area, and then he really can't foul if he wants to.
So he had no choice but to trip Chu Zhongtian helplessly.
Hoffenheim were awarded a free-kick from just twenty-two metres from goal.
Salihovic didn't come up to take the penalty, he grabbed Tebel and then said to Tebel: "Come on this ball, Selim." ā
Tebel hesitated for a moment and then took the ball.
Salihovic tapped him on the shoulder, but said nothing.
Tebel certainly knows what that means.
Chu Zhongtian had been watching this scene from the side and did not speak. He also saw it.
Tebel is the captain of the team and was the first captain last season, wearing the captain's armband on the game. But this season, with the team promoted to the first division, as the team recruited, his strength could not keep up with the needs of the team, and there were fewer opportunities to play. Although he is still the captain of the team - the third captain - he is a bit embarrassed to not be able to play. On the outside, Tebel was nicknamed "Captain of the Bench", a nickname that had some ridiculous and derogatory connotations on the inside.
But Tebel never minded, he was not a gentle man, and as a Turk of Turkish descent, his temper was as fiery as any Turk. But he knows that he is still the captain of the team, even if it is only the third captain, and he has a responsibility to remain calm and calm in this young team, otherwise the team will fall apart sooner or later.
The free-kick was Salihovic's uncomplaining thanks to his uncomplaining partner who has played with Teber for more than two seasons.
"Hoffenheim won a free-kick and was ...... from goal Twenty-two meters. "The distance of this free kick was hit on the TV screen." It wasn't a great chance, as Salihovic didn't opt for a penalty and handed the football to third-captain Teber, who came off the bench. "Duan Bin is seizing the time to introduce the Hoffenheim captain who rarely shows up to domestic fans." He has started twice this season, made five substitute appearances and rarely played. After playing, he played in the midfield, in the front, as well as as a winger and a striker. A jack-of-all-trades player, born in Germany but originally from Turkey, he was selected for Germany's under-21 national team and played five Toulon Cup games for Germany...... Because of the lack of strength, he could only wait for his opportunity on the bench at Hoffenheim. Hoffenheim's midfield combination is indeed too strong, there are Chu Zhongtian, there is Salihovic, there is Eduardo, who is known as 'Little Luo II', and 'German Gattuso' Weiss......" Duan Bin said and said that he was a little proud of Chu Zhongtian - in such a strong midfield lineup, Chu Zhongtian is the main force that cannot be beaten, and he is a well-deserved core, he is like the Sun, Salihovic, Eduardo and Weiss and others have to revolve around him.
As he spoke, Tebel placed the ball on the penalty spot.
The players of Schalke 04 did not take Tebel to heart, at first they thought that it would be Salihovic to take the penalty, and nervously pulled five people to line up the wall, but now they saw that it was Teber, and quickly withdrew one to mark Salihovic who entered the penalty area.
Tebel has become accustomed to such dismissiveness, and his career cannot be called a success at all. The 27-year-old made his debut in Mannheim and later moved to Kaiserslautern, but she has never had a chance to play, only a substitute appearance in 2004, against Schalke 04, he scored twice. He was then loaned to Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian league. There he met three fellow Turks ā Attare (faruk_atalay) who played as a classical midfielder, Karaman (who played as a midfielder) and Akgul (izzet_akgul) who played as a winger, and learned how to play as a midfielder, a midfielder and a winger...... Life in Austria is comfortable, but it is definitely not a success for a professional footballer, and although the Red Bulls dominate the country, they were swept 5-0 by Roma in the UEFA Cup.
A season later, he returned to Kaiserslautern but there was still no place for him. He chose to leave and return to his father's native Turkey.
Denizli Sport, which is not a strong team in Turkey, is not at all on the same level as teams such as Besiktas, Galatasaray, and Fenerbahce. But even in such a second-rate league team, he still did not find a place, did not get a chance to play all season, and was even relegated to the regional league in Turkey to spend time.
What a typical failed professional player, except in Mannheim, where he was always associated with the cold bench on the bench. It wasn't until he joined Hoffenheim ā in fact, at the time, that a professional player who had played for Kaiserslautern had to go to a country club playing in an amateur league was not a success, but only a slippery abyss of failure.
No one would have imagined that the country team had quietly been promoted to the Bundesliga and that Tebel had quietly become captain. But when the team was promoted to the Bundesliga, he returned to the bench as captain, and he is still most familiar here. He only came off the bench on certain occasions and played in any position up front, whenever the team needed it. Whether it's a winger, or a midfielder, or a midfielder, or a striker, everything he's learned at Red Bull comes in handy now.
Salihovic obviously knows Tebel better than himself, Chu Zhongtian initially just thought that he was a good person, helping him to be the captain, and he was very grateful to him. But the affection between Salikhovic and Tebel is certainly not gratitude, but a comradeship. That's why he conceded the free-kick opportunity to Teber.
The above stories were only slowly heard by Chu Zhongtian later.
He ran over and patted Tebel on the shoulder, giving him a thumbs up and wishing him good luck.
Tebel watched Chu run away, then refocused on the free-kick.
The wall was lined up, the players in the penalty area were in place, and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer lowered his centre of gravity and was on the lookout.
He has no distractions.
The referee blew the whistle to allow a penalty kick.
Tebel runs two steps and shoots from his feet!
The football took to the air, and Schalke 04's wall didn't even jump, they obviously looked down on the guy who came off the bench, and they didn't even want to jump up and make a look.
So the ball went over their heads...... Hoffenheim today are magnificent, but this splendor looks the same as their third captain, Selim. Tebel doesn't matter. If you look back at the best moments of his career, it is possible to mention that he came off the bench against Schalke 04 at Kaiserslautern and then scored twice.
I really didn't expect that now it is Schalke 04 again, and it is a substitute again...... The ball went over Schalke 04's wall and then fell blankly into the bottom left corner of the goal! At the same time, goalkeeper Manuel Neuer also flew to pounce!
"Tebel shoots...... Neuer! He pounced...... Yes! The ball is in! The ball is in! The ball is in!! The narrator jerked up his voice and yelled.
The ball was saved by Neuer, but it still stubbornly drilled into the bottom left corner of the goal. Those Schalke 04 wall players who looked back witnessed the whole process of scoring, and it was almost a dead end!
Hoffenheim took the lead again in the 77th minute! The goal was scored by substitute Selim. Tebel!! Nice direct free kick! 2:1ļ¼ They are one step away from the Winter Championship! ā
I'm really close to Schalke...... Tebel ran to the bench with open arms, a big smile on his face.
(To be continued)