082 Chasing the Wind Boy (Commemorative Kaka Retired)
With the referee's whistle, the semi-finals of the German Cup began, and it was Werder Bremen who played at home who served first.
Werder Bremen took advantage of home advantage to attack Wolfsburg's goal in the opening stages, but due to injuries in the attacking end, there were not many effective opportunities to threaten the goal. Instead, it was Wolfsburg who took advantage of the counter-attack and almost scored a goal by Gomez.
After Sun Xiang got Arnold's pass in the backfield, he took advantage of Bremen's defensive distraction to find Origi, who burst into the penalty area and crossed horizontally, but unfortunately Gomez did not adjust his pace and did not kick the right part, and Werder Bremen escaped.
Kofelter, who found a disadvantage at the back, decisively changed his tactics and consciously recycled the formation, with Bagfred withdrawn, the back three into a back four, the two forward midfielders pulled back into midfield, and the 3-3-2-2 became 4-4-2, which was the same as Wolfsburg's formation.
After consolidating the defense, Werder Bremen's backfield is indeed much calmer, but the disadvantage is that the forward line, which is not sharp, is now even less sharp.
The two midfielders are more distant from the forwards, which makes them look a little isolated.
The less threat up front means that Wolfsburg can be more comfortable with the ball at the back.
The arrival of Sun Xiang this season has undoubtedly made their midfield more threatening, and although it is not as dominant as Bayern, it should not be forgotten that this is Sun Xiang's first year in the top flight. It is believed that with time and experience, he will also become a dominant midfielder like Andrea Pirlo or Xavi.
At least at this stage, he already has that shadow.
So in the back of Wolfsburg, the midfielders with Sun Xiang and Camacho as the core began to sort out effective attacks one by one, sometimes playing Alexander-Arnold on the left, sometimes passing to Kuba on the right, flying on both wings to take advantage of Gomez's high point, and penetrating in the middle can also find flexible Origi.
That's it, although Werder Bremen's defence was much more solid than the start, they were still defeated by Wolfsburg's attacking rotation.
In the 30th minute of the game, Sun Xiang crossed the top ball to find Kuba on the right side, the Polish midfielder used his flexible foot skills to get rid of Moisander to send a cross, and Gomez in the middle jumped high to beat Velickovic to grab the landing point. Although the ensuing header was blocked by Pavlenka, Origi was smart enough to poke the ball into the back of the net before the defender could finish it.
"Sun Xiang hit the ball over the top! Kuba got it, good ball! This is a chance! He Wei stood up excitedly, "Kuba pedals the bicycle continuously, beautiful!" Past Moisander and cross! Gomez...... Shoot! Entered, entered! VfL Wolfsburg is ahead! It was Origi who scored the goal! He Wei waved his arms, just like the visiting Wolfsburg fans were doing.
Divock Origi also looked excited after his goal, hugging each other with his team-mates who had stepped forward to celebrate.
Bremen coach Kofelter's face on the sidelines suddenly looked bad, and anxious affection surged up. He felt he had the right formation but managed to score a goal for Wolfsburg.
Attack, now you have to attack!
Cofeldt thought so.
Schmidt waved on the other side to instruct his players to attack, and the score of 1:0 was not safe, it was a game that was guaranteed to be won or lost, and away goals could not be counted.
"Obviously, Schmidt doesn't want to defend on that, his gesture is clear, keep attacking!" He Wei said.
After conceding the goal, Werder Bremen began to attack in a big way, and the formation once again changed back to the previous 3-3-2-2.
The players were able to understand the manager's intentions, and like the coach, they came the game with the belief that they would win, and they all wanted to equalize.
After all, 1:0 and 1:1 to end the half are completely different moods, and even the coach will have a different concept when deploying in the second half.
However, sometimes it always backfires, and there are countless examples of stealing chickens and rice.
Towards half-time, Werder Bremen, who were eager for an equaliser, were poured cold water on their faces.
In a corner, Werder Bremen's backfield was all over the half, except for the goalkeeper, with Budfred, Robert Ball and Moisander standing near the centre circle.
From the corner, Castles struck the ball with a single fist, while Sun Xiang, who was on the left, began to run forward along the left side.
This is the intention of the manager, if the opponent takes a corner, the attacking player close to the corner area will step forward after his team has the ball, which is a standard counter-attacking routine.
The ball that was struck by Castels was not picked up by the Werder Bremen players, but Camacho on the right unloaded the ball.
At first, Werder Bremen's players didn't react until they saw Camacho on the right unloading the ball before they thought of tackle.
But just as they pounced on Camacho, the latter suddenly passed the ball.
They nervously looked back at their own half, and a white figure shuttled between the green clothes.
It was Sun Xiang, and he ran at full speed to the landing point of the ball.
After a moment of nervousness, the Bremen players immediately regained their composure.
There are three of us in the backfield, but no matter how good you are, it is not so easy to succeed with one against three.
But immediately, a look of surprise hung on their calm faces......
Camacho's long ball flew across the pitch and landed on the left side of the goal, with three Bremen defenders lining up to prevent him from cutting inside once he had the ball.
As a result, Sun Xiang, who caught the ball, didn't seem to have the intention of passing. Before the ball hit the ground for the second time, he picked it straight to the right, which allowed Badfred to save from the ground that had been going to defend him closely.
"Such a good counterattack opportunity, you can't waste time" This is Sun Xiang's thought before receiving the ball, and it is this kind of thought that makes him attack more resolutely and without worries.
Seeing that Bad Fred was passed, the remaining two defenders, Ball and Moisander, no longer hesitated, and pounced on Sun Xiang who picked the ball together.
But the two men made one of the most dangerous mistakes
Often at this time, one person should be stuck in Sun Xiang's sports route, and the other person should destroy the football. And this time, the two of them pounced on the ball at the same time very tacitly.
One before and one after, they all planned to clear the ball.
But just as Ball was about to touch the ball, a head suddenly appeared there, and then he was hit behind him.
"Oh! Ball and Moisander crashed together! Sun Xiang grabbed the ball with his head before the two of them! He Wei looked at the broadcast screen excitedly, and Sun Xiang's wonderful performance made him addicted.
Sun Xiang then calmly pushed the ball into the back of the net behind him in the face of Pavlenka's attack.
After a deathly silence, there was a deafening cheer from the visiting stands!