Chapter 26: Winning Streak (1)
Bochum's home stadium, the Ruhr Stadium, can accommodate 32,000 people, but today there are less than 20,000, including more than 1,000 fans in Karlsruhe, who are more and more passionate about their support for the home team as Karlsruhe's results get better and better, and there are more fans coming to the away stadium than when they went to Hofenheim to play the German Cup. Among them, there are also many international student fans, who are all supporters of Li Huan.
The game was played at half past seven o'clock in the evening, such a period of time made the Karlsruhe players who have always played football in the afternoon a little uncomfortable, when they adapted to the training before the game, the fans of Bochum booed them impolitely, before the game, what kind of treatment will they receive during the official game, in fact, from Bochum's nickname The King of the Hill can also team this team has some understanding, the King of the Hill is a strong warrior of the dwarves, and the temper of the dwarves has always been stubborn and rough, and if they don't agree with each other, they immediately speak with the hammer in their hands, Such fans will certainly not give the away team's players any good looks.
For such an important game, the president of the club in Karlsruhe, Sale, also followed to Bochum, and before the game, he also personally went to the hotel where the players stayed to cheer up the players, but the chairman came, which did not calm the players' mood, but made the team nervous, Federik even smiled bitterly and said to Li Huan after the chairman left, he would rather the chairman come after the game. But Li Huan is still like that, always with a smile on his face, and no one knows what is hidden behind the smile.
Bochum played in a 442 formation with goalkeeper Doinhofen, four defenders Lenze, Martritz, Dresek, Maisibek, four midfielders Misimovich, Zadebel, Trojan, Edu, strikers Orr and Beckman.
Four-four-two is that they have played a formation since the beginning of the season, both offensive and defensive, when they meet a strong team, the two fullbacks basically rarely assist together, but when they encounter a weak team, they press to the front to suppress the opponent's attack.
Karlsruhe also played in a 442 formation, but instead of a diamond-shaped position, they were set up with two midfielders in the back to limit the opponent's attack. However, the tension of the Karlsruhe players disappeared after the start of the game, the original style of this team is fierce, in the boos of the fans from the first minute, their fierce surname was actually stimulated, although they were mainly defensive in the away game, but the players ran very actively, and the ferocious pressing in the half made the Bochum players almost unable to hold the ball. At the beginning, the Bochum team was still contemptuous of Karlsruhe, believing that they could easily win a beautiful victory. The team that has just fallen from the first division team is like a broken aristocrat, without money and power, but vanity and pomp do not want to lose.
In fact, before the game, Kohler warned Bochum's players not to take this team lightly, and it is definitely not because the opponent is too weak to achieve the results they have now. However, Bochum's players did not listen to the words of the head coach Cologne, because the Swiss had no prestige when they came to Bochum, and the manager who only won four games in a season could have much prestige, and if it were not for the club president and assistant coach on the side, maybe Kohler's training would not have been able to continue. This world is so cruel, the coach is famous, and it is easy to lead the team, and the players can only choose to obey, so when Mourinho arrived at Chelsea, he dared to say, I am the Champions League champion, you are nothing, if anyone does not listen to me, I will let him play in the second team. Capello dared to throw Beckham and Ronaldo on the bench.
Ten minutes into the game, the Bochum men had a bit of a hard time as their attacks were stubbornly blocked on the edge of the opposition penalty area and they didn't even get a shot inside the woodwork. Karlsruhe's two counter-attacks almost cost them their lives, but unfortunately in the face of Duinhofen, who had set a record for a clean sheet in the Bundesliga, Capalani's feet were weak, and his stab in front of the goal after receiving Li Huan's bottom and a shot from an angle in the middle were almost a fraction of a second.
Bochum's players were able to run back and forth in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga four times in 10 years, and their psychological adjustment ability was very strong, although they played in a 442 formation at the beginning, but in fact, in the first ten minutes of the game, their two defensive midfield captains Zadebel and Trojan pressed into the front. Seeing that the situation was not right, under the command of the veteran captain Zadebel, Bochum recycled the formation, stabilized the formation, and no longer blindly wanted to swallow Karlsruhe in one bite, but created opportunities through the organizational and personal ability of Mismovic and Edu in the front. Mismovic and Edu's individual skills are quite delicate, it is difficult to defend them alone, and their center forward Orr is tall and has a good header, and can make a bridgehead fortress for two delicate companions, and there is no need for many people in front of them, just the pressure of the three of them in the front court makes Karlsruhe's midfielder have to recycle and use the advantage of numbers to defend. The difference between the Bundesliga team and the Bundesliga team is actually mainly in terms of technique, and their physical confrontation is by no means worse than that of the Bundesliga team. Karlsruhe has a better midfield than Federico, but Federik is a tragedy compared to Miismovic. In the case of similar bodies and inferior skills, they can't even defend if they don't want to, because there are not many opportunities to get the ball at all, and they often lose it after passing a few kicks. By the last ten minutes of the first half, Karlsruhe had been pressed as if they had been beaten by Higan last week, with the difference that Higan was voluntary and Karlsruhe was passive.
Since the opening, Li Huan has been under tremendous pressure, the attack power of the Bochum team is not comparable to the German team, their passing and cutting cooperation is quite fluent and fast, like Li Huan's original situation when he played against the German C, it was almost impossible for one person to steal two people. No matter how fast he grabs, he can't pass the ball as fast as his opponent. In such a situation, even if Becker did not ask before the game, Li Huan did not dare to assist easily, unless there was a good opportunity, just like in the tenth minute, he used the opponent's left-back Messibeck to assist and did not go back, all the way down to the bottom line cross, and there was no pass in the middle. However, Li Huan did not make any big mistakes, Federico has been helping him, the two play with each other very tacitly, whether it is in attack or defense, Edu and left full-back Maximek want to make a fuss from Li Huan's side several times in a row, but they have not passed Li Huan's defense.
Li Huan doesn't like to be suppressed by the opponent like this, his body contains an offensive factor, in fact, many people don't understand why Li Huan wants to play defender, in fact, in addition to being a defender before the crossing, Li Huan himself likes to enjoy two kinds of fun in the game, one is the fun of scoring goals, the other is the fun of not letting others score, if you are a striker, you can't experience the latter. When Maisibeck pressed his own half again and again, taking his defensive area as his own backyard for a walk, Li Huan was very unhappy, and felt that it was necessary to hit the opponent's arrogance, otherwise it would be difficult to support such a stubborn defense for too long, and after a long time, his teammates' psychology would collapse because of the opponent's long-term pressure.
When Bochum's corner kick attack was confiscated by Karlsruhe goalkeeper Miller, Li Huan took the initiative to ask Miller for the ball. Miller immediately threw the ball at Li Huan's feet. After Li Huan got the ball, he said hello to Federik and walked forward with the ball, Federik understood, made a victory gesture, and immediately ran forward, he was an offensive defender but was pressed behind and became a defensive defender, he was more depressed than Li Huan, seeing that Li Huan meant to attack the opponent, he was happier than Li Huan in his heart.
Bochum's attack doesn't just come from possession, after losing control of the ball, in addition to Mismovic, Zadebel and Edu and Troyan will participate in the encirclement and interception of opponents, castrating opponents' attacks and counter-attacks in the cradle.
Brazilian Edu and Li Huan's physical condition is about the same, even stronger and taller than Li Huan, he first intercepted Li Huan, Li Huan's speed has not risen at the moment, but Li Huan is not afraid to compete with his opponent in technology, his small skills are not bad. Edu is a fullback, defense is only the first pass, so the defense is not so cautious, directly fell to the ground tackle, want to intercept Li Huan's feet of the ball, Li Huan did not accelerate, so the control of the ball is very comfortable, his elegant feet on the ball alternately stepped, 360 degrees turn, successfully eliminated the forward habitual surname, completed Qi Zu's signature technical maneuver Marseille. And Edu's body also rushed in front of Li Huan.
There are many people who know Qi Zu's Marseille sleuver, and many amateur players will do this trick, but few people can do it like Qi Zu to do a light weightlifting and chic and free, but today's Li Huan's Marseille maneuver has a great legacy of Qi Zu. It immediately caused a round of applause from the fans in the stands. The fans who came to the away stadium immediately shouted for Li Huan to enter one!
The commentator couldn't help but applaud again and again, saying: "Li Huan, who only threatened once in the first half of the game, is not willing to be lonely, this Marseille maneuver is very authentic, only a little worse than Zizou, and now Li Huan has scored in both the German Cup and the league, will he still score in this game?" It's not news for a striker to score three goals in two games in a row, but for a defender it's even stranger than Karlsruhe's two wins in a row, not to forget, Lee, with four assists. Three goals and four assists in two games, this is the statistic of the core of the midfield, by no means the statistic of the defender. Let's wait and see, Li Huan has come to the bottom line of Bochum with the ball......"
(To be continued)