Chapter Seventy-Five: Find a New Direction, Assist If You Can't Score!
In the second round of the German Cup, Dortmund played Hertha Berlin at home.
The second half of the game had just begun, and the 1-1 score on the big screen above the stadium made the fans at the scene a little anxious.
In this season, Hertha Berlin has performed very well in the league and can be regarded as a dark horse team.
In the first half, the two sides played to a 1-1 draw.
Borussia Dortmund even took the lead in a rare move.
However, Hertha Berlin took advantage of a mistake by Borussia Dortmund to equalise.
However, it is not because of the current score between the two teams that makes Dortmund fans feel anxious.
It's because in the first half of the game, Han Ning's performance was really unsatisfactory.
After being woken up by Han Ning, Gotze took his training very seriously in the next few days, and his performance in the first half was also very good.
It was he who scored Dortmund's first goal.
However, as another of the Dortmund twins, Han Ning had four shots on goal in the first half, with a poor record of zero shots on target.
Even two of the chances of a single ball were wasted by Han Ning.
Fortunately, Dortmund fans are still very supportive of Han Ning, although they are anxious, they still keep shouting for Han Ning and Dortmund.
Han Ning looked at Friedrich in front of him with a somewhat gloomy expression.
Friedrich is the current captain of Hertha Berlin and the anchor of Hertha Berlin at the back.
Not only is he physically strong, his defense is solid, but even he is very fast. He is a relatively rare defender who can play both central defender and full-back.
In this game, Hertha Berlin deliberately arranged for Friedrich to be close to him one-on-one in order to be able to restrain Han Ning.
Although Han Ning's speed is already very fast now.
But Friedrich was always able to use his experience and reflexes to get in position to defend before he noticed that Han Ning was about to make the next move.
Even if he tried his best to run, the other Hertha Berlin defenders would take a trap on him, and now Han Ning's ball skills are still a little stretched, so even if he got four shots, he couldn't score a goal under the interference of the opposing players.
This is also Han Ning's biggest problem now. It's also something he's been particularly worried about lately!
When you don't have the star experience card provided by the system for free, and the free points in your hand are not rich, try to enhance your personal strength first.
Under the targeted defense, he still can't find a way to make himself play well! At the same time, there is no way to provide an effective help for the team to win on the field.
Although his ball quotient is not low, he can find opportunities in the game, and he is very fast, most defenders can't catch up with him.
But his basic skills and ball skills are still a little poor.
So even if you get the chance, it's hard to score the ball efficiently.
Unless he can get a very comfortable attacking opportunity and no other players around him to interfere with him.
But if you want to do this, you have to find a way to get rid of Friedrich!
"Holy! It's like a dog skin plaster! Han Ning couldn't help but curse in his heart.
After a whole half of entanglement, his current physical strength is about to bottom out.
If you don't want to end this game without any achievements and watch your teammates fight on the pitch off the field, you have to make some changes!
But now he wants to score a goal, it's not so easy!
"Han!"
Suddenly, Han Ning heard Gotze's voice not far away, and when he looked back, the football had reached his feet.
Unconsciously, Han Ning had already run to a place near the line of Hertha Berlin's big forbidden area.
Hurriedly took the football and observed the situation around him.
Even though Friedrich didn't lose his defensive position and was still following him closely, another centre-back from Hertha Berlin moved closer to his position.
Seeing this scene, Han Ning's eyes lit up instantly.
What an opportunity!
Although he still didn't score a goal today.
But Hertha Berlin's players did not dare to relax their defence.
In the previous games, Han Ning still made a deep impression on all the defensive players in the Bundesliga.
If he was able to attract the attention of Hertha Berlin's defenders in this way, there were other ways he could help the team attack!
Since you can't score, then assist your teammates to shoot!
As long as he can draw the attention of Hertha Berlin's defenders as much as possible, then he can try to play with his team-mates and assist them to score!
I can't shoot now, but I still have the ability to pass the ball!
Coupled with Han Ning's high ball quotient, it is possible to find holes in Hertha Berlin's defense more quickly.
Transform yourself from an Inzaghi-esque opportunistic striker to a fulcrum-type striker.
Stick yourself as a bridgehead near the opposing team's goal, providing a fulcrum to pass the ball to your teammates!
After making up his mind in his heart, the originally depressed expression on Han Ning's face was suddenly swept away.
Friedrich looked at Han Ning's sudden change, and he was also a little puzzled. But he didn't think much about it, and stared at Han Ning tightly, looking for an opportunity to make a steal.
After passing the ball to Han Ning, Gotze did not stand still and watch the play, but continued to run hard.
At this time, a small hole appeared in Hertha Berlin's defensive line.
As the position of the other central defender moved in the direction of Han Ning.
There was a not-so-large gap on the left side of the goal.
Gotze was running towards that gap at this point.
Han Ning didn't hesitate, raised his right foot and prepared to pump towards the football.
When Friedrich saw Han Ning's move, he became nervous for a while, and hurriedly approached Han Ning, wanting to stop him from shooting from a distance.
But the moment Han Ning's right foot was about to touch the football, his ankle suddenly shook.
The volley turned into a sideways push.
The ball rolled on the grass towards the small gap to the left of Hertha Berlin's goal.
Gotze happened to appear in that gap and caught Han Ning's pass!
The goalkeeper of Hertha Berlin hurriedly attacked to stop Gotze.
However, before he could rush in front of Gotze, Götze had already opened his bow and finished shooting.
With his right foot, he picked up the football and drew an arc in the air towards the goal.
"Bang!"
"Bell!"
Unfortunately, Gotze's shot seemed to be a bit of unluck, or because the two were a little unaccustomed to this kind of combination for the first time, and the ball ended up bounced off the crossbar of the goal.
But for Han Ning, this attack allowed him to see a new possibility.
A way to get him more out of the pitch!