Chapter 24: A one-man team

"Pass."

"Oh my God."

Podolski pointed to his front, meaning that if you send the ball a little deeper, I can catch up.

Foylner scratched his head, he was already paying attention, but the pass was still almost meaningless.

"Cologne can't always let Lucas drop back to the box to get the ball and then use his ability to break through and shoot, it's too much for him."

Dynamo Dresden also knew that Cologne had a lot of rough midfielders, so they took the initiative to put the defense on the front, and they thought that the Cologne midfielder could not send a penetrating through ball.

It's a bit arrogant, and it's still Cologne's home turf.

Schultz seized the opportunity and fired a heavy shot in front of the penalty area, the ball hit with great power, but it was more like an emotional outlet, but it was not much of a threat to the goal.

Compared to the defensive unity, the attacking Dynamo Dresden is a bit simpler, with a big foot sent to the front and then left to the striker to play freely.

In the first 20 minutes of the first half, Cologne dominated possession, and 65% of the possession rate allowed the ball to spin around in the opponent's half most of the time, but it was scoreless, because Cologne passed around in the midfield, and it was ultimately to Podolski, which was a hard injury, and the opponent just stared at him.

Schultz was taking the ball, he wanted to shoot from distance, and his teammates yelled at him, "Pass." ”

The ball passed a few more times, and suddenly No.14 Guy Mian quickly cut in, who was the second striker who was ambushing behind Podolski.

The ball was at his feet, but the Congolese were clearly too far from Podolski in the penalty area, and the opponent got stuck in position, so he had to go to the wing.

There's a saying that you want to get out of the way, and it's important to find a way to win the angle of the shot in the box, and the defender's aim is to reduce the angle of the opponent's shot as much as possible, and Guy Mian obviously can't squeeze the opponent.

After being forced to the side, Guy Mian returned the ball to the middle, but at this time there was only one Podolski in the middle of Cologne, and the opponent had four people, and the ball was cleared by the opponent.

"If the ball just now had been a capable striker, he could have shot straight at goal, but the number 14 didn't win a shooting angle for himself."

"But what can we say?"

"The number 14 is worth less than 500,000 euros, and Podolski is already valued at 15 million in the transfer market."

Stevens has his hands on his chest, and his biggest headache now is playing this kind of weak team, because the opponent is defending intensively, and Podolski has no room to show at all.

Podolski's best game of the season was the third-round game against Eintracht Frankfurt, where the Prince of Cologne scored two goals, both of which were scored on a quick counter-attack.

Eintracht Frankfurt were a strong team in the German Second Division, and the two sides played against each other in that game, and Podolski's super ability was brought into full play.

"Cologne's biggest hope right now is that the opponent can attack, rather than 10 of the 11 men hoarding in the penalty area."

However, the head coach of Dynamo Dresden is calm and relaxed, and he has to put the bus to the end of the road to make the opponent frizzy first.

Sure enough, after 30 minutes, Cologne began to lose his breath, and Podolski dropped back to get the ball, which gave Dresden Dynamo a good chance, because the defenders were still more careful in the penalty area.

But out of the penalty area, the foot is not welcome, the defense is greatly strengthened, and finally in the 35th minute of the game, Podolski took the ball in front of the penalty area and turned around to break through, the Dynamo Dresden defender cut the ball, and then sent the ball forward with a big foot.

Dresden No. 13, the core of the midfield Frelich took the ball and looked at it, Cologne has a lot of defenders, and there is only one striker in front of this side, this goal even Dresden himself felt that there was no chance, but suddenly, No. 13 shot directly from 30 meters away.

The Cologne goalkeeper was obviously unprepared for this cold shot, he thought the opponent would pass the ball, and the ball flew straight towards the goal, the goalkeeper hesitated slightly, and by the time Svante jumped again, it was too late, and the ball flew into the goal.

1 to 0.

It was a huge surprise for the Dresden Dinamo, who had a long-range shot that was a desperate choice, but it was scored.

Dynamo Dresden was celebrating, while Cologne was quiet at home, and it was a bad feeling to be scoreless and stolen by an opponent in the back.

If this ball was lost by someone else, then he would definitely be scolded to death, but it was Podolski who lost the ball, and everyone had nothing to say, and the prince of Cologne himself was angry in his heart, the ball was kicked aggrievedly, and the passing of his teammates made him uncomfortable.

Stevens kept making downward gestures, asking his players to hold steady and not lose a game because of a single goal.

Cologne prides itself on being a strong team in the Bundesliga, belonging to the first group, but it is also a team that relies on individuals very much, and there is a lack of ways to deal with weak teams, which has always been a sore point in Stevens' mind.

Cologne was actually the same last time they were relegated, and there were often surprises when they played strong teams in the Bundesliga, but they couldn't win it when they played against relegation opponents.

However, Stevens's gestures did not work, and the players on the field were clearly in a hurry, and soon No. 8 Schultz received a yellow card for tackling man.

The Dynamo Dresden coach yelled from the sidelines, "Let's not keep the ball and give it to the opponent." ”

Obviously, the opponent has tasted the sweetness.

Soon, Cologne's pass reached the opponent's feet again, a quick counterattack was being formed, the ball was in front of the Cologne penalty area after a pass, and the Dynamo Dresden player with the ball was ready to repeat the old trick, another long-range shot, this time the goalkeeper was well prepared and held the ball in his arms.

But the fans began to be dissatisfied, and the boos began to sound slowly, at first sporadically, as a kind warning to the team.

"Cologne has 70% possession, but it is all aimless passing in the midfield, they lack players like Ballack, or Miku of Bremen, in fact, there are still a lot of gaps in the Dynamo Dresden defence, but Cologne can't take advantage of it."

In fact, for Stevens at this time, he didn't dare to think about Barak and Miku, he could have an attacker like Iran's Madavecchia in his hands, and he could laugh.

Originally, Cologne still had a striker, No. 9 Hungarian Attila Tokoli, but he left the field injured in the second round and had to rest for at least a month.

After thinking about it, Stevens glanced at Tang Zhenglong again, but this glance made Stevens dumbfounded, only to see Tang Zhenglong feeding goats on the sidelines at this time.

"Fuck, use this as a zoo!"