Chapter 76: Victory and Promotion (2)
After Karlsruhe took the lead, Stuttgart increased the investment of attacking personnel, and then played as before the goal was definitely not good, although they got possession and shooting opportunities in the first 30 minutes, but there were not many real scoring opportunities, the opponent's defense was fierce and dense, Gomez and Tomasson did not find a chance to shoot undisturbed, the real scoring opportunity was the opponent's three shots before the goal, but luck was not on their side.
Not only the midfielders Sordo and Hitzelsberg are frequently inserted into the front of the Karlsruhe penalty area, but even their central defender Mela often runs to the front with the ball, and the two fullbacks directly become full-backs, standing in the middle line near Karlsruhe's half, and the whole formation is like a cauldron lid to firmly buckle Karlsruhe near the penalty area. Such a formation is very risky, but Trapattoni is not unprepared, he asked Glen Charles to focus on Li Huan, not letting him take the ball, let alone let him dribble. Through the thirty minutes of the first half, Trapattoni can see that this Karlsruhe team is really Li Huan's team, although Li Huan is not the core of the midfield, but the entire right side is his field, offensive defense, passing breakthrough, this Chinese is proficient, even Glen Charles and Magnin two big players can not limit him, Trapattoni secretly regretted not letting the club spend a lot of money to buy him during the winter break, whether Li Huan wants to come or not, Stuttgart if he can give 10 million euros, Karlsruhe will definitely not hesitate to release people, because they lack money, it turns out that Trapattoni thinks that this young man is worth three million euros, which is already Glenschal's transfer value, but now it seems that the single technical Glenschal is definitely not comparable to this Chinese, the market price of this young man will definitely not be less than 10 million, this is still in the La Liga Premier League these money-burning leagues do not know, if the Premier League team is looking at it, this young man's value is only afraid that it will increase.
The rhythm of the game after the goal was in the hands of Karlsruhe, on the left side they used the advantage of numbers and Stuttgart to smash to the death, not giving them the opportunity to cross, on the right Li Huan and Barbera two people blocked all Stuttgart's attacks, without the cross from the side, Gomez and Tomasson in the middle did not have the power to play. What Stuttgart can do is to infiltrate from the middle, and then suddenly split sides, mobilizing Karlsruhe's troops, but Trapattoni's force is still not running in well, and there is no problem in opening and closing to fight, and it can be seen that the players are not tacit understanding in the dense middle of the embroidery work, and the pass is 0.1 seconds faster, and the pass is one decimeter larger may be the opponent to get the ball, or form an equal opportunity, and the equal opportunity in such a dense defense is equal to no chance. The successive passing errors made the Stuttgart players distrust each other, Tomasson only wanted to dribble the ball himself, Hitzelsberg only wanted to shoot from distance with Mela, and the game was even more inefficient, just a loose set, while Karlsruhe's two counter-attacks were extremely sharp, almost breaking Stuttgart's goal for the second time.
The last ten minutes of the first half quickly passed in Stuttgart's disorderly attack and Karlsruhe's solid defense, when Sonko blew the half-time whistle, there was a cheer on the field, the fans were proud of such a score, although their team did not take advantage of the field in the first half, but the score speaks for itself, football is based on goals to compare wins and losers, and the ability to score goals is the strongest ability.
At half-time, the home team's dressing room was naturally smiling, and their tactics did not need to be changed, and the opponents pressed all the way forward, and they had to defend intensively inside and outside the box. In the away team's dressing room, however, there was a fierce exchange between the coach and the players on the pitch.
When Trapattoni went to the dressing room and walked through the mixed corridor, a large number of Stuttgart fans who had become disappointed with the team and therefore the manager crowded around the stands on both sides of the corridor, shouting ugly words, mocking Trapattoni, and some even abusing him with vicious language. "Italian liar, go back!" There were also fans who threw bottles of mineral water at Trapattoni and spat vigorously. Trapattoni replaced the Germans' hero Summer, but half a season was not as good as Summer's, and the pent-up anger of the fans finally exploded at this moment.
In the locker room, the players who had just been running and fighting on the field for 45 minutes were covered in sweat, some grabbed the sweat-soaked jerseys in their hands and twisted them, some leaned over to arrange their shoes and socks, and some sat against the wall drinking drinks to recover their strength. Thomas and Glen Charles talked in their native dialect in low voices, and Magnin Soldo and other foreign aides stared at the opposite wall in a daze. Goalkeeper Hildebrand made a loud noise when he drank a high-energy sports drink to vent his frustration with his teammates.
Trapattoni walked into the locker room in embarrassment, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became heavy, Trapattoni closed the door of the locker room, and looked at the players one by one The room was very depressing, so depressed that people almost couldn't breathe, no one had the face to speak, it was not a scandal to be scored by a German second team, but it was a big shame that they didn't score a goal.
"If you want to lose, you will continue to play like this in the second half." This is Trapattoni's opening statement.
There was still no one in the locker room talking, so quiet that you could hear even a pin drop.
'If you don't want to lose, then the second half has to change, and the goal you conceded in the first half, whether you pay attention to the Chinese kid's pass or keep an eye on the running Capalani, it won't be like that. And Hitzelsberg, didn't you say your best fit would be in the midfield? But what are you doing in the midfield, is it just an aimless long-range shot? ”
"Sordo, you can't be patient with your passing, at least you have to see where Tomasson is, right?"
Hitzelsberg pouted when he bowed his head, and didn't say anything, but Soldo didn't do it, he was the old captain of the team, he was 38 years old this year, and he didn't hesitate to save two dangers in the first half, otherwise the score of 1-0 might not be able to support until the end of the first half, and at the beginning of the season, Trapattoni kept him on the bench, and the German Cup gave him the opportunity to start, he was already dissatisfied, and said: "Coach, this is my own business, this is the result of the cooperation of two people." ”
Trapattoni was furious and said, "Did I say it's your business alone?" Someone else is someone else, and I'm talking about you now,"
Soldo snorted, "If you think I'm not playing well, just replace me." ”
Trapattoni couldn't get off the stage, and said angrily: "Then you can rest in the second half." ”
Without saying a word, Thordo stood up and turned to walk out of the locker room, slamming the door shut.
Trapattoni was trembling with anger and took a few deep breaths to stabilize his mind, "If there is anyone who doesn't want to play in the second half, you can say it now." ”
There were no players to speak, but the dissatisfaction of some of the veteran players and the underused players was even worse.
"Good!" Trapattoni began to lay out the tactics of the second half, "In the first half, you were too afraid of that Chinese kid, and did not make full use of the opponent's right side, so that they could calmly deploy the defense, in the second half, Glen Charles marked the whole field to prevent the kid, launched an attack from the two wings, opened the gap in the middle and then shot, Mera had to press boldly, leaving only Kifkovic,......"
In the second half of the game, Karlsruhe kicked off, Ferres and Capalani fell to their feet, saw that Li Huan had run over the middle line, and did not pass back, and directly stuffed it to Li Huan, Li Huan raised his head to take a look at the situation on the field in the sideways run, did not stop the ball, just stepped up and twisted his waist and waved his thigh to the ball, the ball was suddenly hit vigorously, flew up, drew a beautiful parabola, and went straight to the goal of Stuttgart.
It had not been two seconds since the kick-off, and the whistle had not yet been heard, and Stuttgart goalkeeper Hildebrand stared at the ball that suddenly burst into flames, thinking about the brief but heated argument in the dressing room, and in an instant he understood what it was all about. It's a shot! Super long-range shot, this kid once scored from 70 meters away.
Hildebrand was a little forward, but he reacted very quickly, jumping back like a taut bow to try to stop the daring shot, but the ball was faster than him, and before he could fully stretch his body halfway through the jump, the black and white ghost had already scurried into the net against the poster, and Hildebrand could only stretch his body in habit and fall heavily into the goal.
It's less than three seconds before kick-off! (The time of the ball flight is not counted)
There were no cheers and cheers from the fans, no teammates came up to hug and congratulate Li Huan, and even the whistle of the referee Songke for scoring a valid goal did not sound. It was a goal that left everyone confused. Many fans in the stadium witnessed the goal, but it went in so fast that some of the deserted fans didn't even know what was going on, wondering why the stadium was suddenly quiet. The coaches of both teams were also silent on the bench. Most of them didn't react either, and in the VIP box, the two chairmen were still talking hypocritically, and they didn't know what was going on when they saw the ball rolling in the net. It was an incredibly fast goal.
That is, in less than a fraction of a second, the stadium immediately turned into a sea of joy, and the shouts and cheers of the fans thundered in the stadium, 'Li Huan! Li Huan! With the fans shouting wildly, the name floated over the Wilde Park stadium, and maybe one day he will float to the world.
(To be continued)