Back in this game, Wolfsburg took advantage of home advantage to continue to attack Schalke's back.

Alexander-Arnold dribbled the ball along the halfway line and the ground-penetrating style of play didn't work very well due to Schalke's deep recovery.

Sun Xiang responded to catch the ball, and Arnold passed it out as soon as possible.

I don't know if there are any scruples, and no Schalke players stepped forward to interfere with Sun Xiang.

But it's even better, he has more time to think about offense.

"The last one! Don't let him get the ball so easily! Schalke coach Tedesco shouted anxiously, he didn't understand what his players were doing, stupidly watching Sun Xiang with the ball?

McKenny went up, and the baby-faced American earned the miners recognition for his tough style this season.

His goal was to interfere with Sun Xiang and not allow him to dribble comfortably.

McKennie was very fierce, which made Sun Xiang a little unresponsive for a moment, but fortunately, he reacted and turned around to protect the ball in the second time.

Both men had movements on their hands, but the referee did not blow to a stop within reason. Sun Xiang pulled back, McKennie pushed forward, and the two of them remained deadlocked.

Suddenly, Sun Xiang knocked on his heel, and the ball ran through McKennie behind him to Hinds' feet.

No one knew how Sun Xiang found out about Heinz's location, including McKenney.

In fact, before McKennie grabbed it, Sun Xiang had roughly observed the position on the field, and according to tactics, if he was in trouble, Hinds would definitely come over to answer as soon as possible.

The moment Sun Xiang turned to protect the ball, he vaguely saw a green figure moving behind him.

He calculated that the time was almost up, and when he pushed the ball forward and touched it again with his heel, he knew that McKennie was going to hold him down, so he easily passed the ball through the gap between his legs.

"Brilliant passing! The two of them really have such a tacit understanding! He Wei said.

Only they know that sometimes tacit understanding is based on tactics.

But all in all, the looting disappeared, and Hinds picked up the ball and immediately split to the wing, where Gerhardt took the ball to stabilize the situation on the field.

The first 20 minutes were basically a one-man show for Wolfsburg, and Schalke 04 had no other chances other than a relatively successful counterattack.

On the other hand, Wolfsburg, who continued to attack, was always unable to enter the opponent's penalty area despite the dominance of the field, and Schalke even placed 6 players in the penalty area, and sometimes even the strikers would come back to defend.

Such a barrel formation made Wolfsburg unable to speak.

Even if Sun Xiang retreats to ask for the ball, at most he will only bring out one defender to limit him, and that person will go back immediately after he plays the ball.

Schalke's tactic is obvious, which is to drag extra time.

The German Cup is a winner-or-lose tournament with a 90-minute draw going into extra time, and a penalty kick kick in extra time. So generally speaking, if you are not sure of winning, the team that comes to the away side will choose the tactics of stable defense.

After several more unsuccessful attacks, Wolfsburg began to consciously retract according to Schmidt's intentions and pull apart the opposing defence.

The tactic soon paid off, with the Schalke players clearly opening up their positions. That's when people just got a taste of what kind of formation they played today. The previous bucket formation pressed their formation very crowded, and it was impossible to tell how many defenders there were.

4-3-2-1, the classic Christmas tree formation, it seems that Tedesco was going to play defensive counterattacks from the beginning.

"Now that the game is being pulled apart and the dense defence is loose, I wonder if Wolfsburg can use this opportunity to break the deadlock? As soon as the deadlock is broken, then the defense of the bucket formation will be meaningless, and the players of Schalke 04 will definitely attack so that it is possible to kill the game faster. He Wei paused, "But the question is, how to score a goal that breaks the deadlock." ”

This question also bothered Schmidt, although he had thought before the game that the opponent would work on defense, but he did not expect it to be so difficult.

He now wants to lure the snake out of the hole and make the bucket formation self-defeating, but he really has a bit of a headache for the "Christmas tree" formation.

Now Schmidt would like to have a striker like Ibrahimovic in his squad, so that it will be much easier to break down dense defences.

It's a pity that he is not Mourinho, and he does not have this kind of "iron bucket nemesis" under his own hands.

The players on the pitch are still trying to find a breakthrough, and the fans are cheering on constantly. Schmidt frowned and walked back to the bench, trying to find the damn space as best he could.

"Martin, are you worried?" The assistant coach looked at Schmidt's uncomfortable appearance and said worriedly.

"That German is defending too tightly, is it really going to take a penalty if it goes on like this?"

In the Bundesliga this season, Wolfsburg have the lowest penalty scoring percentage, with five penalties missed twice.

If a penalty is taken and that counts can affect the confidence of the players somewhat.

The assistant coach gently patted Schmidt on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, we still have Sun, I don't believe you don't even have hope for him."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Xiang took advantage of the change of center to shake off Max Meier, and then picked the ball to the right to deftly avoid Ochipka's help defense.

This set of moves won a full house.

"Look, what I'm talking about, it's enough to have him there."

Schmidt stood up, and he was also attracted by the cries of the fans in the stadium, and as for the assistant coach's words, nine times out of ten he did not hear them.

"Go up! All up! Brooks and Tiseran stayed in the middle circle, and the others pressed on! "For Schmidt, he needs the players to keep up with the momentum.

Sun Xiang did not continue to dribble the ball after passing the two midfielders, and the diagonal overhead ball was given to Kuba on the right side, and Didavi ran quickly behind Kuba.

Didawi's run took away their full-back Corell.

Kuba made a leg-swinging stance, and Schalke's players thought he was really going to get the ball up and hurriedly raised his leg to try to block. Instead, Kuba sent the ball back to the middle.

Sun Xiang, who had passed the ball before, did not sit idle, he came to the right side of the opponent's penalty area to seek a response, and it happened that Kuba's pass was passed back to his side.

He watched the box on the way to the run, and it was clear that playing high was not a good way to do it.

Hinds in the penalty area is only 1.8 meters, and he can't pick up any cheap at all next to the defender.

At this time, he saw Gerhardt on the left side of the field, and at the same time raised his hand to ask for the ball.

It was decided that it was there!

Sun Xiang twisted his body on the right side of the penalty area and forced the ball with his right foot, and the ball turned to the left side of the court with a powerful arc. The trajectory of the ball makes defenders and goalkeepers afraid to touch it easily, for fear that if they change the direction a little, they will enter their own door.

After glancing at Sun Xiang, Gerhardt made up his mind to go underground, believing that Sun Xiang would be able to pass the ball.

Sure enough, the ball landed right on his running path under the eyes of the opposing player.

An inverted triangle pass seems like a good option.

Gerhardt thought so.

"Sun Xiang has the ball on the right side, look inside the penalty area...... No, the ball was picked up by Gerhardt in the back! If you don't stop the ball and go directly to the penalty area, is there a chance to ......" He Wei became excited, and after a quiet half, Wolfsburg's attack was finally about to bear fruit.

Gerhardt's pass went through Naldo's wicket and Hinds subconsciously took a few steps back.

Ball to man!

Hinds shoots!

The shot was so close to goal that goalkeeper Ferman didn't have time to react, and the goal behind him was covered with white waves.