Chapter 26: Winning Streak (2)
Maximek lost his defensive position, he kept stuck on Li Huan's inside line, but he couldn't stop Li Huan from running faster than him, Li Huan ran in front of him, he didn't have any meaning in either the inside line or the outside line. Maisibeck has already tasted the taste of being forcibly overtaken by the opponent once, but he has nothing to do, he does not dare to grab, just now Edu was passed by the opponent because of the robbery, this time he did not dare to repeat the mistake, hoping to get the help of his companions, but the opponent's right-back was too fast, and the support of the midfield did not come and he was left behind.
Li Huan's method is very simple, he has to make full use of his speed, and after passing Edu, he has been accelerating and accelerating, until there is nothing in front of him and on both sides that is open and nothing obstructs his vision, but Li Huan has no way to cut inside, the opponent's old and cunning midfield core Zadebel is already waiting in the middle, this guy's steal timing is very good, and he dares to make such an amazing move as a side and rear tackle in the penalty area, Li Huan is not sure to get rid of his entanglement, and can only sweep the ball vigorously to the goal, Look at the Bochum defender and his own striker who reacts faster, who has better luck, he is a defender of course understands the impact of various passes on the defender, the faster the spin and the bigger the pass, the more headache the defender, because in a hurry, the defender can not predict what kind of change of direction will occur after touching the ball, and it is an extremely demoralizing own goal.
No one touched the ball, the ball was too fast! The defender at the front did not touch the ball, and the forward and defender in the middle fell to the ground at the same time but did not touch the ball at the same time, and the ball flew off the touchline.
However, this was just the beginning, two minutes later, when Li Huan repeated his old trick and wanted to use his speed to break through Maximek, Maximek couldn't bear it anymore and kicked Li Huan from behind. He was shown a yellow card by the referee.
Maximek's yellow card alerted head coach Kohler, and there were only two possibilities for the defender to receive a yellow card, one was that the defender was already agitated and angry, and the other was that the opponent's threat was too great and had to be done. In the case of Maximek, he has both. The feeling of eating dust in the back every time must be uncomfortable. He decisively ordered Troyan to support Messiek, and Zadbek saw Federik in the middle to kill Li Huan's transit station.
Kohler's response was timely, and Trojan's support prevented Maximek from losing confidence by Li Huan, who was already playing on the right side of Li Huan. The players will hand over the ball to Li Huan and let him gallop on his right corridor, Trojan's support, coupled with the increased interception of other midfielders, makes Li Huan's speed advantage disappear, purely relying on technique to break through on the side is not the best choice for defenders, so that the possibility of being counterattacked by the opponent by mistake is too great. Li Huan can only stay in the backcourt to defend honestly. Then the first half of the game entered the final stage, Karlsruhe played away from home, and tended to maintain the current score in the first half and then make tactical arrangements in the second half. 45 minutes is always less than 90 minutes of accidental surnames.
At the end of the first half, Karlsruhe managed to settle the score at 0:0, and when they entered the dressing room, the expressions of the players of Karlsruhe and Bochum showed their love for the score
Feeling, the Karlsruhe players are relieved, and Bochum is obviously not happy with the scoreline, they created more threats in the first half, controlled more balls, and the opponents were more tired of defending, but they didn't score, football is so cruel, as long as you don't score, then it's useless to be better than the dancers.
In fact, the players and coaches on both sides are not satisfied with such a scoreline, but the degree of satisfaction is different. In the dressing room, both managers also made tactical arrangements for the second half of the game.
Becker was very satisfied with Karlsruhe's performance in the first half, the players were not afraid, bravely blocked the Bochum team's attacks in various ways, the only regret is that several chances to score were not grasped, Becker told the players that in order to achieve better results in the case of a certain disparity in strength, they must be more efficient, in the second half they can get a limited chance, Bochum is more hungry for victory than them. Two of Karlsruhe's only four threatening attacks in the first half came from Li Huan's wide cut. In the second half, Becker also put the burden of creating chances for the team on Li Huan, who had just started his second professional league game. Becker patted Li Huan on the shoulder and said: "There is no way to hand over such a heavy responsibility to you, the opponent's strength is stronger than ours, Zadebel is very difficult, it is difficult for us to find opportunities in the middle, we can only find a breakthrough point from the side, your speed is the fastest in the team, and the counterattack can only rely on you to take the lead." Don't be pressured, the whole team will cooperate with you, if you can't score, it's nothing, and a draw is a good result. ”
Becker's emphasis on Li Huan caused the dissatisfaction of the left fullback Karls, Karlsruhe had been flying on both wings before Li Huan came, Barbera and Karls's insertion was an important means of Karlsruhe's attack, but after Li Huan came, Karls's assists all the way were almost abolished, and all the team's strength was used to support Li Huan's right side, and Karls's left side became a blue-collar worker who only needed to defend. As we all know, defending is a thankless job, it's the duty not to be scored by the opposition, and the fans treat them as if they didn't exist except for their teammates. Fans only care about the people who score goals for the team, and it seems that just by scoring a goal they can win. Only the occasional assists and goals can make defenders remind fans that they are part of the team as well. But now Li Huan has robbed him of this hope and fun. But the arrival of Li Huan changed this situation, and the yellow-skinned Chinese not only stole the limelight from the defenders with constant assists and goals, but even stole the limelight belonging to the forwards. Karls clenched his fists and secretly vowed to show Becker that he could also assist. And judging from the first half, the opponent's defensive center of gravity shifted to the right, and the left side where he was had a good chance. As long as his teammates are willing to cooperate with him, it is a pity that Covo, who is most familiar with him, has not had the opportunity to play, and Ferres has now forgotten the humiliation of the yellow monkey stealing his free kick, and has cooperated more with that kid. The more Kars thought about it, the more angry he became, and with a sneer, he made up his mind to ignore the arrangement of head coach Becker in the second half, and cooperate with Zenel to penetrate the right side guarded by Lenze.
In the home team's dressing room, the atmosphere was dreary, the gap between reality and ideal was too great, and the opponents they thought could easily beat were much more tenacious than they thought, and they had limited chances on goal in the first half, they had ten shots on goal, only three of which were on target, and the opponent had two shots on target out of four. What made them even more frustrating was that they didn't have the chance to break through the opponent's defence in the second half. Karlsruhe's back line is very solid, originally thought that the opponent's right-back with strong assist ability will not be too strong, but after the game, I learned that the Chinese not only has strong attacking ability, but also very strong defensive ability. They almost lost the rice by stealing the chicken, and the kid broke through the defense twice and almost conceded a goal.
Head coach Kohler was silent for a long time, and although he was angry that the game fell into such a situation, it also gave him a chance to teach and subdue these players.
"The opponent is not as weak as you think, and I warned you before the game that if you can draw two goals behind Bayern and sweep two Bundesliga teams, such a team will at least have a tenacious style of play and a strong attacking force. But you didn't do exactly what I said, and in the first half when the opponent didn't figure out what we were doing, we were too careless and too casual. ”
At this point, Kohler glanced at the players' expressions, and everyone lowered their heads, obviously they also understood their problems in the first half.
"In the second half our attack should be on the left side of the opponent, Kars, this is the player, his defense is good, but his offensive threat is far less than the Chinese on the right, Mismovic, you use your own personal skills to single him out, cause his foul, and it is best to let him get a yellow card. Orr's header was good, we didn't make the most of it in the first half, and in the second half we crossed from the wing to give Orr a chance. It doesn't have to be vigorous, I think a lot of players like to make the scene lively, but it doesn't work, we need efficiency, we have to play an efficiency football, the strikers don't think we have a lot of shots, we have to treat every shot as the last. ”
Kohler's words echoed in the locker room, and the players kept their heads down and didn't respond enthusiastically, but Kohler was still satisfied, at least he didn't see the disdain of the pre-season players, "Three games, just three games, I can tame these kids." Kohler thought to himself.
After the start of the second half of the game, the old fritter Bochum team in the Bundesliga and the second division did not directly attack the left side where Karls was, they were still feinting on the right side where Li Huan was located, preparing to suddenly launch a surprise attack on Karls's left side, but what surprised them was that Kars was unexpectedly bold to assist, Kars is also a good assist-type defender, he attacked Bochum's bottom line soon after the opening, and sent a threatening cross, but his speed is not fast, and he does not have a sudden surname, The cross was cleared by a Bochum player to the bottom line. The success of this assist increased Karls's confidence and **, and then he frequently attacked with Ferres and Zerner on the left side, but Bochum was by no means easy to mess with, and finally the cooperation between Karls and Zenel was cut off, and the Bochum team launched a wave of fast and concise attacks, Mismovic pulled to the side to shake off the Stoll cross, Orr header in the middle of the unguarded situation, but Orr's luck was too bad, and he actually pushed the ball to the post.
Becker angrily came to the sideline and yelled at Kars on the other side, but Kars ignored it, and as a result, his dribbling was again cut off by Edu's fake, and Bochum broke through again on the left flank, Mismovic's personal skills were fully displayed in front of Karlsruhe's defenders, and he shook off the desperate midfielder on the left side, but his cross was snatched by Li Huan and kicked out before Beckman.
Becker was furious and said to substitute left-back Eichner: 'You, go warm up and get ready to play. ”
(To be continued)