Section 277 Key Battles

Sometimes, when people talk about a team's results, the top four in the league is not considered a very good result. Arsenal in the Premier League is in the top four every year, but in the eyes of some fans, such a result is already a shame or even a laughing stock for them.

As a fan, it may be interesting to laugh at others for only being able to compete for the fourth place, but as a player in the league, Gao Shunyao has felt this season that even if you want to compete for the top four, it is not very easy for a young team.

Until the end of the 27th round, between Wolfsburg and Schalke, there was still no way to open the difference. Even against Stuttgart behind Schalke, their advantage is only 4 points. It looks like a four-point gap is enough to guarantee them a top-four finish in the league, but with seven rounds to go, anything can happen.

For example, there is one more game between them and Borussia Dortmund, and this one is enough to worry the Wolfsburg players.

If they lose to Dortmund again, then Wolfsburg will not only be thrown away by Schalke, but will also be approached by Stuttgart - this kind of thing is definitely not fun, because Wolfsburg still have games to play in the remaining seven rounds, with Stuttgart, and Hannover, who is seventh in the league, and if you are not careful, you will lose all the games.

The higher the score, the less daring the team will be. After three consecutive wins, Wolfsburg did not dare to relax at all. After the victory over Hamburg, they quickly welcomed their next opponent, Hertha Berlin, even if this opponent was only a relegation team, and Wolfsburg did not let up.

As a promoted horse, Hertha Berlin is now second from bottom in the league. And the biggest problem of this team is that their offensive power is seriously insufficient, and their goal numbers are the second lowest in the league like their league ranking, which makes Wolfsburg have plenty of confidence when facing them.

This game. Wolfsburg continued to opt for a counter-attacking style of play, while their good form against Hamburg was retained. In the game, they were sharper on the counter-attack than they were against Nuremberg. After the unsuccessful first offensive of Hertha Berlin. Wolfsburg's quick counterattack has arrived, and the speed of their counterattack is also extremely surprising.

Wolfsburg's two current full-backs are both with a strong sense of attack, and after Wolfsburg replaced Turan on the right flank. There is also a better cooperation between him and Rong. After Hertha Berlin's first attack was intercepted by Wolfsburg, Kjaer kicked the ball directly and gave the ball to the feet of Turan on the right side, and Turan ran a few steps forward, attracted attention, and then knocked the ball back to Rong who was inserted behind, and these few combinations completely disrupted Hertha Berlin's defense.

Wolfsburg's counter-attack was quick indeed: as a defender, Kjaer was always considered a skilled player, although he suffered a season-long maladaptation in the Bundesliga. But he gradually kept up with the team. This is a split-side pass, and he does it very quickly. The two wings of Wolfsburg are also very fast, although they are definitely inferior to Bayern's Lahm and Robben, but it is not difficult to form a threat.

Turan kicked back to Rong and ran towards the middle. Yung didn't rush to pass the ball, but advanced along the wing with the ball himself. The misplaced run of the two men led to the situation on the flanks, and Rong also grasped the tactics well, grazing the ground with a pass. It was given to Mandzukic who was greeted from the ribs of the penalty area.

The cooperation of the two people became the cooperation of the three people after Mandzukic came out. His lead allowed Turan to get the ball in front of the box. Mandzukic ran back and Turan burst on the ball. Take advantage of the opponent's dilemma and don't know who to defend. He shook his foot and got past the line.

This time, the situation is clear, but the players of Hertha Berlin have no way to intercept it. Turan fired a shot at goal to give Wolfsburg the away lead.

Teams competing for Champions League qualification. There is still a gap in strength with the relegated teams. Last year Wolfsburg struggled with Hertha Berlin at this time, but this year things are completely different. They have the ability to win the game, but they also have the ability to win beautifully.

The attack of Wolfsburg did not let up. The combination between their current frontcourt players is also extraordinarily fluid when they encounter underdogs. Soon, they also found an opportunity again, after Makoto Hasebe got the ball in the middle, he wanted to cooperate with Perisic on the side, but Perisic was stuck in a dead position, so he could only choose to pass back in a hurry, Makoto Hasebe received the ball, and it had already been rushed by the opponent, but at this time, Turan ran from the side to the middle, so that he had a target for the ball.

The frontcourt players of Wolfsburg did not stick to their positions, but played very flexibly. This time, Turan went to the middle to pick up, and then relied on a turn to get rid of the opponent's defense and send the ball to Gao Shunyao on the edge of the box.

Ko received the ball on the edge of the box, turned to the left with his back to goal and passed to Perisic. This has been done many times with Wolfsburg, and in the last round, Perisic had just scored a hat-trick. Hertha Berlin's defenders didn't dare to slack off, and they were also moving their bodies to stop Gao Shunyao's pass, but just as the opponent moved his body, Gao Shunyao suddenly turned to the right, carried the opponent's player, and broke through to the penalty area.

Wolfsburg's methods of playing football are also diverse, although Gao Shunyao can do the axis, but this does not mean that he must need to do the axis in any game. He could have chosen to break through, just like now, when he suddenly shook off his opponent and into the penalty area, and won a chance for himself.

In the face of the attacking goalkeeper, he did not choose to rely on technique to go to the goalkeeper again, but directly shot at the goal, a shot towards the near post, and kicked the ball out.

Football isn't fast, but it's good enough to win. The goalkeeper wanted to fall to the ground in time to intercept, but it was too late. Gao Shunyao's shot added another goal to Wolfsburg.

This kind of shooting is always a little safer for him, after all, not everyone is Ronaldo and has the ability to pass the goalkeeper. Wolfsburg wants to be safe now, only to get three points, and that will be enough for the team.

This game also began to become dull with Gao Shunyao's goal. Magath made back-to-back substitutions for Turan, Perisic and Mandzukic in the second half. That's not to say that he really despises his opponents that much, or that he's obscene by nature. He did this to save his energy for the next round.

After the victory over Hertha Berlin, Wolfsburg will face Dortmund, the toughest opponent of the season.

This opponent is arguably the strongest in the league – perhaps Bayern will not be convinced, but they cannot deny that Borussia Dortmund are playing well in the league. Until this time, it was still ahead of Bayern Munich by 5 points, which made it extremely difficult for Bayern to catch up.

As the top team in the league, although Dortmund played a mess in Europe, they still played a breathtaking strength in the league. Since the second half of the league season, they have played a lot better and have been leading all the way. And just in March, they also reached the final of the German Cup with Bayern. Whether it's a league or cup competition, Borussia Dortmund have proved that they are now the leaders of the Bundesliga.

Because of Dortmund's points, their game against Wolfsburg has also received a lot of media attention: this game will be a game that will directly affect the top few places in the league, Wolfsburg is now only seven points away from Dortmund, and only two points away from Bayern, firmly biting into the third place in the league.

In the last game when the two teams played, Wolfsburg lost and lost, not to mention a 1-3 loss, and was sent off in the game. However, Wolfsburg's away results this season are already worrying, and they are not the same thing as their home results. Losing away to Borussia Dortmund doesn't necessarily mean they will lose at home, and once Wolfsburg win, then the difference between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich will be reduced to within one game.

If that's the case, the yet-to-be-uncoming league battle between Bayern and Borussia Dortmund makes even more sense.

The media are all quite good, and what they want to see is also a league battle between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern, turning into a face-to-face duel instead of Borussia Dortmund dragging Bayern to death. And if you want to create that effect, Wolfsburg must not lose in front of Dortmund.

As third in the league, Wolfsburg does have the strength to stop Dortmund. In an interview, Borussia Dortmund's manager Jurgen Klopp himself also attached great importance to this seemingly important game.

"Wolfsburg are a team with a lot of potential, they have money, they have people, they have everything. If the chairman of Volkswagen coughs, Wolfsburg's funds will exceed Dortmund by several times, and it will not be difficult for them to stand on our level. For this opponent, we need to pay attention. ”

In Klopp's words, he seems to attach great importance to Wolfsburg, but the players at Wolfsburg do not like his speech very much.

Although his words seem to have a lot of respect for Wolfsburg, listening to him, it is not respect for the players or coaches of Wolfsburg, but respect for the Volkswagen group behind Wolfsburg, and their almost inexhaustible funds. It is true that the Volkswagen Group does have a lot of funds, and as Klopp said, if Volkswagen really invests in Wolfsburg, then it is not difficult for Wolfsburg to go further - but the problem is that Volkswagen has not invested too much in Wolfsburg now, and Wolfsburg's results are spelled out by the players themselves, and Klopp's words are obviously ignoring the efforts of the players.

"Jurgen Klopp should know how we got our results." Dissatisfaction with Klopp, in the dressing room, has also become a source of strength for the players to cheer each other up, "He looks down on our results, so let's use our results to let them know that we are not so easy to bully!" (To be continued.) )