23. Don't underestimate the small countryside
Perhaps the desire of the fans to look forward to Du Yang was too strong, and after the start of the game, LR Allen, who played as a substitute, was at a disadvantage on the field. They were pressed by Hoffenheim, a team from Germany's southern regional league......
This team from a small village has improved rapidly in recent years under the leadership of coach Flick.
In the 21st minute of the game, the small village Hoffenheim unexpectedly took the lead in scoring.
It was a successful blitzkrieg, with the LR Allen midfielder being careless and lax and failing to return to defence in time after conceding the ball, allowing Hoffenheim's midfield heart to deliver a brilliant through-ball from the 29-year-old, who was at the peak of his career, and showed his footwork and awareness to the more than 4,000 fans at the Verzer Stadium.
The team's striker Klosic stepped in at high speed, and the 28-year-old Slovenian has scored seven goals in the Southern Regional League this season and is in good form!
Klosic certainly didn't miss this great opportunity, and he was very fast and he was fast enough to get the ball and move forward at high speed! In the face of LR Allen's substitute goalkeeper, Klosic calmly kicked the ball into the door of LR Allen.
At the beginning of the game, LR Allen was down 0-1.
You know, the German Cup is a single-legged elimination game, and if LR Allen loses this game, it also declares that the team has gone home in the German Cup this year.
This is clearly not the situation that the elder Heard wants to see. This wise old man knew that it was unlikely that he would want to rush to the armor this year, because LR Allen did not have that strength. Although under the leadership of Du Yang, the team has won two consecutive victories, but there is still a big gap from the top of the table. And the overall strength of LR Allen is indeed inferior to other opponents, and it is a blessing in misfortune to be able to be relegated this year.
Therefore, the elder Hield has set his sights on the German Cup after two consecutive wins, and he hopes that LR Allen can achieve excellent results in the German Cup, so as to consolidate his position and win a large number of fans.
But now, the substitutes on the field are very weak, in the absence of Du Yang, Kruzka, Pangerovica, Turis, Bastuka and other main players, these little guys are obviously not calm and calm enough.
The situation on the pitch is still tilting in Hoffenheim's favour, and this little-known small country team has caused a lot of problems for the LR Allen backline.
By the end of the first half, Hoffenheim had 11 shots on goal, seven of which were within target. And this statistic, LR Allen only had 3 shots on goal, 1 hit the goal range. The possession rate of both sides was also 57% to 43%, which looks like a small village cannot be underestimated!
If the data of the two sides are reversed, it should be the real strength comparison between the two sides. It's a pity that LR Allen's young players are neither good nor competitive......
"I wonder if Coach Hield is going to send in some players from the main team in the second half? For example, Du and Kruzka? At halftime, the on-site commentator Paul asked his own questions.
Of course, the answer is obvious.
Listen to the applause at the Welzer Stadium and you'll know who's going to play! At the beginning of the second half, Coach Hield Sr. waved his hand, and No. 10 Du Yang and No. 9 Pangerovica came off the bench together.
At halftime, old Heard only said one sentence to his disciples, "Let Hoffenheim see the offensive speed of the German Second Division and the offensive rhythm of the German Second Division!" ”
In fact, many weak teams must slow down the pace of the game if they want to entangle with strong teams. Reducing mistakes and making good technical moves in high-intensity, high-speed confrontations is what players from strong teams are good at. Once the pace of the game is too fast, many weaknesses of the weak team will be directly exposed in front of the eyes of the strong team.
So in the second half, when Hoffenheim was still basking in the joy of scoring in the first half, they didn't expect that LR Allen had decided to speed up the game in the second half.
Du Yang skillfully connected the team in the midfield, and he gradually increased the pace of Hoffenheim. The players from the small village did not notice that the pace of the game was gradually picking up.
If you want to catch the fish, you have to have a time. Du Yang is very smart, he didn't raise the pace of the game very quickly as soon as he came up, but slowly and slowly accelerated.
The Hoffenheim players didn't know why, and they thought it was a good idea.
On the sidelines, even Hoffenheim's head coach Flick didn't notice that the number of mistakes in the past ten minutes had equalled the number of first-half errors. Although they also created a lot of attacking opportunities, the players were not able to take advantage of them in the high-speed and high-confrontation situation.
Looking at the time, it was almost up, and after another round of attacks by Hoffenheim's players, LR Allen's counterattack began!
When is the time when players are most tired? When you just rush up to attack and then the team makes a mistake to return to defense, you must know that at this time the player has already consumed a lot of energy because of the first sprint, do you want him to run at full speed again? That's almost impossible.
When Du Yang used his wide open and closing dribbling in the midfield to kill all sides, the Hoffenheim players could only watch the back of this guy weakly. Even in the German Second Division, there are few people who can catch up with Du Yang with a speed of 75, let alone a team in a regional league?
Pangerovica also stepped in at the right time, which partly attracted Hoffenheim's defenders.
With a change under his feet, Du Yang seemed to be about to slow down and accelerate again! This is the first time he has used the skill of level 1 of the dribbling system, and he has stopped the rattle!
Using the change of his rhythm, Du Yang successfully erased Hoffenheim's central defender, and now the situation has become 2 to 1! Pangerovica and Du Yang singled out a Hoffenheim defender!
The defender hesitated for a moment and decided to pounce on Du Yang, and at this moment he had only to gamble.
Unfortunately, he clearly made a mistake. Just when he was about to pounce on Du Yang, Du Yang once again showed his fantastic back-heel pass......
This action may become Du Yang's signature move! Heel assist, Pangerovica received the ball and easily pushed it to rewrite the score to 1-1 for the team!
"It's Du again! It's his heel again, and he and Panjie are scoring again! Paul shook his fist excitedly.
On the court, Pangerovica hugged Du Yang tightly, it was this Oriental boy who had passed himself with his heel three times in the last three games! Pangerovica has scored in three consecutive games, which is also a personal record for him!
Du ...... I love you so much! Pangerovica hugged Du Yang's neck tightly.
"Don't ...... Dude, I don't ......have that inclination," Du Yang hurriedly explained.
Pangerovica: "......"
In the stands of the Welzer Stadium, Avella hugged Hannah excitedly, "Wow, this heel assist is so imaginative!" ”
"Ahem, Avella, I'm out of breath when you're hugging me...... Ahem, I know, I know, it was a brilliant goal. Looking at Avella, who had fallen into the same frenzy as the Allen fans around her, Hannah said hurriedly.
"He's awesome!" Avella looked at the field with a look of adoration.