Chapter 39: Focus on the bench
Jan Kohler patted Tang Zhenglong, "You are so funny, dare to say that our coach is a resentful woman." ”
"Huh."
Tang Zhenglong was a little sweaty, he knew that Yan Kohler was the first altitude in football, but he didn't feel anything when he saw it on TV, but standing in front of him at this time, Tang Zhenglong felt that he was a primary school student.
"If you encounter this on the field, how can you defend it?"
Jankoller was a Borussia Dortmund starter today and he couldn't stay long, so he smiled: "I'm looking forward to meeting you on the pitch. ”
"Hey, hey."
The match of the German Cup, Deutsche Sport 1 will broadcast live, and the commentary of this game is Const.
The camera is given to Van Marwijk.
The narrator: "Beating Cologne and reaching the round of 16 of the German Cup is the minimum that the club has given the Dutchman. ”
"If Dortmund are eliminated, then Berthe van Marwijk will not have a good time at Domond."
The camera is on Stevens' face again, and the narration says: "For Cologne, the pressure seems to be much less, and if they are out of the German Cup, then the club can put all their attention on the Bundesliga." ”
The camera swept over the players on the field, and finally stopped at Tang Zhenglong.
The commentator immediately laughed, "Don, a very interesting player, had a verbal fight with the opponent's head coach before the game, and the head coach put him on the bench. ”
Once the game began, Dortmund took the initiative, and they lined up in a 442 formation, with the tall Jankoller up front and the fast German striker Odonkohl up front.
At the heart of the midfield is Germany international Kehl, a player who was snapped up by Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich in their rivalry.
In the first 10 minutes of the game, Cologne played very passively and did not even shoot on goal.
It's not that the difference in strength is really so big, but the mentality, the Bundesliga team meets the Bundesliga team, and always feels that they are a head shorter than the other party.
Borussia Dortmund got the ball up front from the back and Jankoller headed it in front of the penalty area and flicked the ball to Odonkoll.
Cologne centre-back No. 2 Kurman jammed Odonkor into position, and the last two stretched out their feet at the same time, but neither of them touched the ball.
Ball out of the line!
Odon Cole had some regrets, but he still gave his teammates a thumbs up.
"It's a good pass."
Don't look at Jankoller is more than 2 meters tall, but the technique at his feet is also very good, and soon, Jankohler tried to pass people when he got the ball in front of the penalty area, but the action was a little sluggish, the ball passed, but the person did not pass.
"Haha, Jankoller's movements are slow, but the 2-meter big man is so flexible, it's still amazing."
Soon, the commentators noticed that the Dortmund attack without Rosicky was a bit chaotic.
"The absence of Thomas still has a lot of influence on Dortmund's attack, and they are playing a bit haphazardly."
For this, Van Marwijk himself knows very well that if Rosicky is on the field, then Borussia Dortmund's attack is advancing layer by layer, and now Dortmund's attack will be biased towards the high play of traditional German football.
"I know some of the old fans might prefer this style of play, and that's how I played German football when I was a kid, it's simple and straightforward."
"German football seems to have very little to do with technology, German football is about winning games with impact."
With the 20th minute of the game, Dortmund played one of the most dangerous attacks of the first half, and Brazilian left-back Dede curled a cross after breaking through, and Dortmund fired three arrows in the middle.
Jankoller at the front of the point made a false shot, and it was Kyle in the middle who really received the ball, and he had great stopping skills, and after stopping the ball firmly in the penalty area, Kyle shot directly with his feet.
"This ball has a play!"
As soon as the words fell, there was a thud, and the ball hit the post hard.
Borussia Dortmund fans couldn't believe their eyes.
'It's a little bit, but if it goes on like this, Dortmund won't be too far from scoring.'
Stevens stood up, and he shouted at the court, "Fight hard, even if it's a foul." ”
I have to say that no matter how rational the pre-game analysis is, when you really get on the pitch and see your team being pressed, any manager can't stand it.
Under Stevens' orders, Cologne stepped up the fight in the middle, and the most direct manifestation was to receive two yellow cards in five minutes.
"I don't encourage fouls, but Cologne respects the opponent too much, and sometimes a proper confrontation is necessary."
The immediate effect of Cologne's intensified scramble was that the opponent's attack was not so easy, and the Dortmund players had to get mud on their pants.
After Cologne won the ball, he immediately found Podolski in front of him, and when the ball reached the feet of Prince Cologne, the Dortmund defenders would immediately converge, and the German international Metzeld was close to Podolski.
"Lucas, I'm not going to let you shoot."
As Germany's main central defender, Metzelder is slow to chase back, but he is very capable of confrontation head-on.
Podolski tried to get rid of Metzelde, but he was unsuccessful, and in the end he had to pass back, but his teammates were used to Podolski doing it alone, and no one expected him to pass the ball.
"This pass ......" the commentator could only hehe, "Lucas might as well shoot directly, his teammates really didn't expect him to pass the ball." ”
At this moment, the camera was given to Tang Zhenglong.
"Look, Don, I'm filming you!"
"Really?"
Tang Zhenglong immediately showed an extremely sassy expression at the camera.
Stevens saw it too.
"What do you mean? Questioning my employment? ”
Looking at Tang Zhenglong's sassy smile again, Stevenston was unhappy.
"Haha, Don seems to be very calm, it seems that he is not frustrated at all about losing the chance to start, Don's mentality is really good, which may be the reason why he always accompanies good luck."
"At least a lot of the media believe that Tang's previous games were just luck."
*****
'It was probably Cologne's best chance of the first half.'
It was a big gift from Dortmund, as goalkeeper Weidenfeller drove the ball straight to Podolski's feet, where he passed to the number 14, and Guy Mian went soft when he faced the goalkeeper one-on-one, and the ball he shot was weak.
The camera was given to Tang Zhenglong again.
Stevens cursed the cameraman in his heart, "Otherwise, the head coach will let you be the one!" ”
The side that misses a chance on the pitch is often punished, and when Cologne missed a one-on-one chance two minutes later, Dortmund also had a one-on-one chance, but Dortmund's Odonkol didn't give up and kicked the ball into the back of the net.
1 to 0.
The third time.
Tang Zhenglong's smile appeared on the big screen for the third time.
Stevens walked towards Tang Zhenglong.