Section 84 Bayer Leverkusen
(a)
How the off-field contest is open, how it is above board or despicable and dirty, those surging undercurrents cannot be seen by the audience, what they see is the real fight between the players on both sides on the field.
Therefore, for the Hamburg team, which played well in the previous games, suddenly fell into a slump, everyone only thought that it was because of the intensive competition, and they shouted and cheered desperately.
In the 18th minute of the game, Berg received a pass from Trokhovsky and shot at goal, which was also the first shot of the Hamburg team so far in the game.
The ball was not hit by the opposition player, and the ball was easily confiscated by Bayer Leverkusen goalkeeper Rene Adler, who did not pose any threat to Rene Adler.
(b)
Rene Adler's rise to fame was a stunning debut in the 2007 season.
Substitute goalkeeper Fernandes failed to perform well in a game against Eintracht Frankfurt that season, when goalkeeper Bout was sent off for handball outside the box, and Rene Adler was given a start in the next away game against leaders Schalke 04.
Like so many goalkeepers, they need an accident and then step up when the team needs them, showing the energy to turn the tide, and Rene Adler is like that.
Against Schalke 04, leaders Schalke 04 had 20 shots on goal with 10 on target, with at least six or seven of them being must-score, but Rene Adler, who made his Bundesliga debut, made a high and low block to keep a clean sheet, while Bayer Leverkusen seized one of the few chances to score a goal and beat Schalke 1-0 away.
In the next two games, the little-known Rene Adler replaced Bout as the team's starter, and his consistent performance was surprising, and he was selected into the Bundesliga team of the best team by "Kicker" magazine for three consecutive games, and the score in each game was a perfect score!
At the end of the season, Rene Adler firmly occupied the position of Bayer Leverkusen's No. 1 goalkeeper, and Bout, who was reluctant to serve as a substitute for Rene Adler, who was only 23 years old at the time, transferred to Benfica in Portugal, and then returned to Bayern Munich.
Labadia's first request to Hamburg is to bring in Rene Adler, and the Hamburg team has also made great efforts, but Leverkusen's attitude is very clear, not for sale, no matter how much the offer is! Of course, Rene Adler himself had no intention of following Labadia.
(c)
With Rene Adler tossing the ball to centre-back Hyypia, Bayer Leverkusen began to instigate the attack, and after 189 minutes of the first half, Hamburg had just hit the opponent's 30-meter zone for the first time and had the first shot on goal, Bayer Leverkusen had three shots on goal, one corner, and two offsides.
Hyypia, a veteran Reds captain who has played for Liverpool for more than 10 years, came on a free transfer this season, and dedicated 11 years of youth to Liverpool from 1998 to 2009, and played 463 games for Liverpool in all competitions, ranking 38th in the "Red Army 100 Legends" voted by Liverpool fans.
The sight of Anfield's spiritual leader standing up and bursting a tearful ovation when he said goodbye to the Reds stadium touched the Finnish defender every time he remembered it.
Born in 1973, Finnish defender Hyypia is now 37 years old, and the reason for the veteran player's move to Bayer Leverkusen was the club's amicable agreement with his old club Liverpool, a two-year contract, and then Hyypia moved to become Bayer Leverkusen's assistant coach to start his new legendary journey in football, and the whole design made perfect sense.
In today's game, Heynckes lined up in a 4-4-2 formation, with Hyypia in addition to Hyypia at the back, as well as German international Friedrich, Czech international Michal Kadlek, and German player Gonzalo Castro, who is only 1.71 meters tall but has outstanding work on his feet.
In addition to Hyypia, the other three defenders are all players who have played for Bayer Leverkusen for several seasons.
Slightly different, during the Labadia era, the Czech Kadlek was often used in midfield, and this season Heynckes has reverted him to the full-back position.
(iv)
Leverkusen's four midfielders, played as the focal point of attack and defence, is Switzerland's Tranquelo Balta, the attacking midfielder who has been with Bayer Leverkusen for five seasons and has now taken the lead, and Balta, known as the "Swiss Zidane", has not disappointed this season.
Balta's foot work is very good, after a national team match between the Swiss team and the French team, Balta and Zidane found each other at the same time to ask for a change of jersey, indicating that the genuine Zidane also recognizes the Swiss Zidane.
Among the other three players, the one who can give Barnetta the most help is the first Chilean player Vidal who has been in the team for the third season, this young man who has repeatedly performed assists and goals is not weak in defensive awareness, and now he is 23 years old from the South American giants Colo Colo team, and has now been favored by European giants such as Bayern and Juventus, and has a bright future.
The other two players, one is the post-90s youngster Tonik Ruz on loan from Bayern, this youngster, this youngster, Bayern's Jihua is said to have made him the future No. 10, and he is in Leverkusen for his second season.
There is also a newcomer, Larsbend, who transferred from Munich 1860 this season, a young midfielder born in 1989.
(5)
This season, Heynckes has not moved much in terms of personnel, with a total transfer fee of 8 million, 2.5 million euros for Larsbend, 500,000 euros for a young defender brought in from Freiburg, and the remaining 5 million euros for the introduction of a tall Swiss striker, born in 1988, Alun Del Diyock, who is 1.90 meters tall.
In fact, compared with the Bayer Leverkusen team led by Labadia last season, the lineup has not changed much, and the introduction of Derdiyok is also due to a serious knee injury suffered by German international Helmers, the team's top scorer last season, before the season, and is likely to scrap the entire season.
However, this fine-tuned squad has been very good throughout the season, last season's team's second scorer, German striker Keessling has doubled the number of goals throughout the season compared to last season, and the new transfers Derdyyok and Larsbend have not failed Heynckes, becoming the team's second and third scorers, and the team's attacking power has not only not weakened, but also increased.
The fine-tuning of the back line, that is, let the legendary captain of the Red Army, Hyypia, continue to play the residual heat, put the Czech Kadlek from the fullback position back to the fullback position, two adjustments coupled with Rene Adler's stable performance, this season, Leverkusen's goals conceded from an average of 1.35 per game, dropped to an average of 1.12 per game, and the goals per game increased from 1.75 per game to 1.91, all of which have increased by more than ten or twenty percentage points!
The main credit for this 10 to 20 per cent enhancement is clearly to coach Heynckes and his coaching staff.
(f)
Before the game, head coach Labadia felt that Bayer Leverkusen's lack of stamina had made another mistake...... He certainly can't blame the team's slump in the second half of last season as his responsibility, but rather the team's reluctance to commit to it.
Labadia's analysis is based on Bayer Leverkusen's February result, which was a disappointing performance that raised questions about Heynckes.
In four games in February, Bayer Leverkusen were held to a draw away by 14th-placed Bochum, then narrowly won 2-1 at home to 12th-placed Wolfsburg, then were held to a draw away by sixth-placed Werder Bremen, and then held to a draw at home by 14th-placed Cologne in a game in Zuihou in February, winning one and drawing three of the four games in the month.
In the last round of matches on March 6, they lost 2:3 away to Nuremberg, who are on the verge of relegation, which is ranked 16th, and the ranking fell from first to third place all of a sudden.
This is a sluggish result compared to Hamburg's two wins and two draws in February and the big win over Hertha Berlin on 6 March......
However, Chen Zhuo's judgment is slightly different from Labadia's optimism, except that today he has no opportunity to speak and cannot remind Labadia.