Chapter 46: State Derby (3)
Li Huan is a defender, but he is definitely the most special and awesome defender in the history of the German Second League for more than 100 years, in a one-on-one situation, no striker has been able to break through his defense so far, and in attack, no defender has such a high goal rate as him. The average of one goal per game in the first ten rounds, and the average of one goal in two games in the last six games, this is completely the data of first-class strikers, although this is in the Bundesliga, but this is already a very remarkable thing, if you send Klose, or even the Ukrainian nuclear warhead Shevchenko to the Bundesliga, they may not be able to brush up on such data.
Even if Li Huan is compared to a midfielder, Li Huan can be called first-class, and his assist figure has now exceeded the number of goals, that is, more than half of Karlsruhe's goals come from his feet.
In addition, the Chinese defender also has a particularly awesome point, that is, his free kicks are excellent, which can be called unique in the world, not to mention how many free kicks he has scored now, first look at his nickname, Xiao Li Feidao is not a false shot, so far he has never missed a free kick. What a horrible thing to do. Beckham, Mihajlovic, Zidane, Xiao Luo and others are already masters of free kicks, but they absolutely dare not say that they have no false shots, but they are afraid that they will not even dare to say that they have 100 shots. But Li Huan can do it without shooting, and he will already shoot with one shot.
How to defend such a player, this is a big problem faced by the Bundesliga team, now the half has passed, the only one who has not played against Karlsruhe is Freiburg, the first 16 teams, only two teams forced Karlsruhe to draw, only Offenbach defeated Karlsruhe, but in the next German Cup, Offenbach was swept by Karlsruhe 6-0. In other words, no team has yet been able to fully defend against Li Huan's attack. So can Freiburg defend itself?
After repeated research and consultations, Fink and his coaching staff carefully analyzed the experience of defending Li Huan of the previous 16 teams, and finally came to the conclusion that Li Huan must no longer be viewed with the eyes of ordinary defenders, and he should be defended as a player like Beckenbauer and Summer, who is the core of Karlsruhe's rear attack. What kind of approach should be taken to the core? It's very simple, as long as Li Huan is defined as the offensive core, then all the problems will be solved, as long as you mark people.
Mark to defend Li Huan!! This was a startling conclusion for Fink and his coaching staff, but when Becker said it in the team, the Freiburg players almost burst into laughter, looking at head coach Fink through the eyes of an alien, and couldn't believe why their always wise coach would propose to use man-to-man tactics to defend a defender. It's a joke to say.
Fink had a good relationship with the players, and Antar scratched his head and said, "Coach Fink, you said we were going to send someone to guard that defender?" ”
Fink said, "yes, we studied it for a long time before we came up with this tactic. ”
Yashvili was so angry that he said, "Coach Fink, who gave you this bad idea?" I started to keep an eye on Li Huan in the frontcourt. God, you might as well let me keep an eye on their goalkeeper, Miller. ”
The players burst out laughing.
Fink didn't laugh, and said seriously: "If their goalkeeper can have the same data as Li Huan, then I will also send you to guard him." ”
Yashvili covered his face with his hands and said: "He's a defender, a coach, he should be there to keep an eye on me, not me to keep an eye on him." Are you confused. ”
Fink said: "I'm not mistaken, I've been studying it for a long time, Yashvili, how many goals have you scored now?" ”
Yashvili said: "Five." ”
"What about Li Huan?"
Yashvili stopped talking, he had nothing to say, the defenders scored more than twice as many goals as him, almost tripled, what did he have to do to mark this defender? Fink saw that the players didn't speak or question, and said: "Our tactical basis is this, Li Huan's own offense and assists account for more than half of Karlsruhe's, and many of them are goals and assists that break the deadlock, so the key to our victory and defeat with Karlsruhe is whether we can limit Li Huan's attack." And the best way to limit Li Huan's offense is to mark the defense, we naturally can't send a player to run to the opponent's half to mark a defender, but we can take the way of zonal marking, when Li Huan is in the back line, our striker, mainly Yashvili, his speed is fast, and he follows Li Huan inch by inch. Don't let him catch the ball, don't let him dribble. If Li Huan comes to the midfield, then the marker will be replaced by a midfielder, mainly Antar, who will follow him inch by inch, not letting him catch the ball, and not letting him dribble the ball. Bring it down when necessary. If Li Huan enters the 30-meter danger zone, the defender will also go up to assist Antar in keeping an eye on Li Huan. ”
After Fink explained the tactics, all the players looked at each other, they didn't know what to say, the tactic of marking a defender was unheard of, but it seemed like a good idea, because this Chinese wing wing really needs to drop a heavy stone on his wing, so that he can fly slower and lower.
These days, players and coaches on both sides are preparing for derbies in earnest, and the media and reporters are not idle, and the confrontation between reporters is no less than that between players and coaches.
Karlsruhe Staple made a PK of the main players between Karlsruhe and Freiburg, allowing the main players of the two teams in 11 positions to PK on various statistics, and finally came to the conclusion that Karlsruhe won 7-4. The reporter of the newspaper La Stadt commented at the end: "Even in terms of the individual strength of the players, Karlsruhe, who have been in the Bundesliga, has completely surpassed Freiburg, who have just been relegated from the Bundesliga. Although football is full of chances, strength is the basis for determining the game, and Karlsruhe had the upper hand before the game. Winning is just a matter of play. ”
"Freiburg Evening News" also did not show weakness, their reporter engaged in a big competition between teams, with the Bundesliga players as the team of Freiburg's players worth twice as much as Karlsruhe, Freiburg's reporter said that the value is a reflection of the strength of the player, from the player's value, this game Freiburg is absolutely dominant, even if the current state of the player, Freiburg is not at a disadvantage.
In order to support their team, more than 6,000 fans in Karlsruhe have to go to the away stadium, but the Football Association allocates only 3,000 votes to the away fans, and the remaining 3,000 fans are ready to support the team in the closest place to the players. They will support the Karlsruhe match in the bars and squares of Freiburg. Then go home with the team.
Chinese students in Germany also organized again to support Li Huan's first Baden derby, which was attended by more people than the friendly match between China and Germany in Hamburg on October 13. Regarding the contradiction between Li Huan and head coach Hu Guangzhu, German students unconditionally support Li Huan, because Li Huan has brought them happiness, pride and respect in Germany, everyone mentions Li Huanlai and feels that there is light on their faces, and the arrogant Yuerman people often say when talking to Chinese, "Oh, you have a magical defender, Li Huan, he is really the pride of Chinese players." "At this time, the feeling of being a Chinese is very honorable is something that domestic fans cannot experience. And what does the Chinese team bring to the fans? Koreanophobia, phobia, match-fixing, gambling, prostitution and murder, black n minutes, from the first-class in Asia to the second-rate in Asia, except for some brainwashed fans, most international students will naturally support Li Huan.
Freiburg's fans are no slouch, the match tickets were sold out a week ago, the original tickets for a few euros were sold to tens of hundreds of euros, the whole of Freiburg more than 200,000 people, almost most of them decided to go to the stadium when they were interviewed, or watch the game live at home to support their team.
Freiburg is a university town where a tenth of the population is students, and the students of Freiburg have also organized themselves to the stadium to support the derby match between Freiburg and Karlsruhe. Many of them also prepared special musical instruments to cheer on the Freiburg team on the pitch.
In fact, this game can cause such a big sensation in Freiburg, a quiet town known as the green capital, in addition to the reason for the derby, but also because this derby is full of stars, Freiburg's players are the team of the Bundesliga, Karlsruhe has the most dazzling defender Li Huan in the German Second Division, the most attacking midfielder Federico, and Li Huan and Antar are both Asian, both have scored a hat trick, and there is an Asian derby factor between the two. Such a gimmick is naturally also an important factor in attracting the attention of fans.
In addition, because the winter break is about to begin, transfer rumors are also flocking, it is said that Bayern and Stuttgart have their eyes on Karlsruhe defender Li Huan, and Dortmund has taken a fancy to Karlsruhe midfielder Federico, this game, the officials of these three Bundesliga clubs may also go to the scene to observe the game between the two. If Li Huan and Federico actually transferred to the Bundesliga during the winter break, then they really performed the fairy tale of the ugly duckling leaping to the white swan. For the average fan, such stories are often the most intriguing. Because that's their dream too. Who wouldn't want to be like these two amateur players. At least they fulfilled the dream on behalf of many fans.
(To be continued)