Chapter 56: Come to think of it, it's better to be a beta
At the start of the second half, there was an almost fatal problem in the defence, which Rangnick did not anticipate and which he now had to face with his spirits!
"Get up, go warm up!" Rangnick was a bit of a gambler, calling all the players on the bench and letting them jog on the sidelines with Setz, who had been warming up after midfield. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ ο½ο½ο½ο½
But for whom?
Rangnick was a little confused, and he turned to look at the big man in the middle of the field, who was slowly running in his penalty area.
Do you want to replace Beta?
Rangnick frowned, he knew that Beta had become the target of that old thing in Stuttgart this game! Like that mistake just now, Rangnick doesn't think it's an accident!
If Khedira was able to break Beta once, he would definitely be able to break Beta two or three times. Stuttgart's genius has a reputation for being a defender with a very large range of movement, and his defensive ability is unquestionable!
And Beta may face those players who have been substituted by Hoffenheim, and even MariΔ's counter-attack can use his physical fitness to protect the football. But Khedira is different, his skills are better than any player in Hoffenheim, and his physical fitness is not inferior to Beta in most cases!
Moreover, Khedira had also played professional football for several years before this, from the youth team in Stuttgart to the second team, and the experience he accumulated was completely incomparable to that of rookie Beta!
But when it comes to replacing Beta, Rangnick fears that his backline will collapse completely.
While Rangnick was pondering, Stuttgart's corner was taken.
This time it was Weiss who took the corner, and he was also a player with a balance of left and right feet, because Beta's tackle allowed the ball to go off the left baseline, so let him take the penalty.
Khedira learned wisely this time, he didn't get entangled with Beta, but used the cover of his teammates to keep running up and down, shaking off Beta's tailgating.
Beta frowned, the more Khedira ran happily, the more he felt that Khedira was the protagonist of this corner!
After making up his mind, Beta did not run after Khedira again, but made a circle and slammed in front of him.
Weiss's eyes only swept over Khedira, but he still had a tacit understanding of the corner.
When the corner kick flew in the air, Tom, the commentator on the scene, exclaimed: "Oh no, this is a corner kick at the back point!" In his field of vision, the Hoffenheim players seemed to be crowded to the front point, and that Khedira, when the corner kick was taken, immediately ran back to the back point!
This is not a tacit understanding, it is already arranged!
Beta followed closely behind when Khedira ran back, but he focused more on the corners he was accumulating.
"It's useless, I'm faster than you, and I've already grabbed a bit!" Khedira jumped up confidently, his body already in a position like a taut slingshot, waiting for the ball to fly and blast it towards the goal.
"Defense Matrix!" Knowing that he couldn't keep up, Beta simply jumped up two meters in front of Khedira with all his might, and at the same time turned on the elementary skill of "DVA".
Khedira didn't see the shadow of the ball flying, but suddenly seemed to be covered in a shadow in front of him. Before he landed, there was a surprised expression in his eyes: "How is it possible?" He jumps so high? β
I saw Beta jump up hard, and when he jumped to the highest point, his toes were almost a meter above the ground! Coupled with his height of 1.9 meters, this bounce makes him stand out from the crowd jumping up in the restricted area at this time!
"Roar!" Beta twisted out of his waist with tremendous force, causing him to foil in the air for a moment.
And this short time, let him see the flying of football!
The football is in his rectangular range! Beta was overjoyed, and at the moment, he reacted immediately.
Beta's head flicked from left to right, and just as his head was throwing his head with the most force, he smashed into Weiss's corner, and immediately, the non-threatening rebound was triggered, and the football was destroyed by Beta out of the penalty area.
"My God, Beta jumped too high, and Khedira stood in the best landing position, and could only look at Beta's tall figure and sigh!" Tom was thrilled by Beta's defensive header, and he was so poetic that he seemed to be writing poetry while explaining!
The audience was finally able to let go of their hanging hearts, and they applauded Beta's performance on the defensive end.
Originally, there was some surprise to watch Beta's header defense again, but Rangnick scratched his head on the sidelines in annoyance, tangled: "You can't change Beta!" With him, how will my team defend? β
Do you want to replace Gottrich?
However, when Gottrich went up, he probably only gave Khedira a food, right?
Come to think of it, it's better to be a beta!
Stuttgart's successive attacks failed to convert into goals, and the veteran coach Adrion had to step up, press down with both hands, and ask the players to slow down their attack!
The youth army has a strong impact, but they have a flaw, that is, they are too young!
Being too young also means inexperience, roughness, and physical limitations!
Not to mention the first two, the last physical problem can be said to be the weakness of the Stuttgart second team! If the players attack so fiercely and can't attack for a long time, their physical strength will be quickly consumed!
Although the physical consumption of the defense is greater, many of Hoffenheim's players are in the year of play, and they really have to fight to consume, and in the last ten or twenty minutes, the second team of Stuttgart will be dragged into a desperate situation!
Seeing the Stuttgart attack, Rangnick was quick to take it off, replacing Paldjic with John Seitz on 54 minutes. As he said at halftime, in the second half, Hoffenheim had to strengthen their attack on the left flank to attack the young players in Stuttgart's second defence!
Sure enough, the results were almost immediate! Even, the old coach Adrion was still thinking about attacking, he didn't notice the more far-sighted Rangnick's intentions!
In the 57th minute, Seitz broke through on the left and was knocked down by Stuttgart defender Joachim Schwab, and the referee decisively pulled out a yellow card and awarded Hoffenheim a well-placed free kick!
"The penalty spot was about 25 metres from the goal and at a big angle, so it was a great opportunity!" Tom, who was sitting in the commentary box, gave a very professional judgment, and he said excitedly, "If Hoffenheim can take this opportunity and score this free-kick, then we will take the initiative into our own hands!" β
"Wait, it wasn't Kohler who took the free-kick?" Tom looked at the court with some surprise, "Why did we send 21-year-old Salihovic to take the penalty?" β
He immediately rummaged through the information, and then, Tom changed his words: "Sorry, fans and friends, I didn't know before, it turns out that Salihovic was the penalty taker of their free kicks when he played in Hertha Berlin II last year and played in the northern division!" β
'Of the eight goals he scored last season, three of them came from direct free-kicks!' Tom rejoiced, "Hopefully he will bring good luck to Hoffenheim today!" β
Before the words fell, Salihovic's free kick was taken!
The arc of the free-kick was not very high, but it was worthy of going over the wall.
The speed is not fast, but after crossing the human wall, it is too late for Hammel, who has just been blocked by the human wall, to react!