On the evening of September 26, Prussian Park Stadium.

Borussia Mönchengladbach's home game against Hamburg is about to begin!

A total of 50,000 Mönchen fans poured into the Prussian Park Stadium during this match, which shows how seriously the local fans attach to this game.

Hamburg also have high hopes for this match.

Not only did thousands of fans follow the team to the away stadium, but the club's president, Jahofer, also came to Westphalia to watch the game, which shows his support for the team.

Although there are still two key games in the fifth round of the Bundesliga, namely Eintracht Frankfurt at home against Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at home against Wolfsburg, the match between Borussia Mönchen and Hamburg is no less interesting than these two games.

Even in East Asia, according to the data, more fans will choose to watch the game rather than the two giants.

This speaks volumes about their influence and support in East Asia with Hamburg's current excellent record.

In the stands of the away team, there are even some female fans with Asian faces who have already quarreled.

"Hong Kong Peng Yuyan is the most handsome! Hong Kong Peng Yuyan is the most handsome! ”

"Which Peng Yuyan? Isn't he acting in movies? Is it Jackie Chan's son? ”

"It's Lin Zhijian! Don't you think he's super handsome? ”

"Hehe, it's just a substitute...... I still think Wu Lei is cuter. ”

"Hiba! Obviously our Sun Xingmin Oba is the most handsome! ”

"Idiot はくち! Hasebe-kun is so handsome, are you all blind? ”

"You all get out of the way, Coach Pan Yi's face fan is here!"

"Okay, this official is the biggest and most handsome, you just talk, we won't intervene."

"Look at it, Pan Yi is out, Pan Yi is out! ……”

At this time, the starting line-ups of both teams were already on the TV screen.

There is no suspense on Hamburg's side, and the only difference compared to the previous game is that Wu Lei returned to the starting lineup and stood in the position of right winger.

And the home team Borussia Mönchengladbach is really a traditional 442 formation:

Forwards: Luc de Jong, Hank.

Midfielders: Arango, Xhaka, Nordvede, Herman.

Defenders: Daames, Dominguez, Strongz, Janczyk.

Goalkeeper: Ter Stegen.

Pan Yi, who was on the sidelines, also nodded lightly.

This set of starts was basically the same as he expected before the game.

In the face of Hamburg, which had just won over Dortmund, the old coach Favre really did not dare to slack off, and still discharged this old team that mainly focused on defensive counterattacks.

It seems that in the first few rounds, the attacking power shown by Hamburg still made Borussia Mönchen a little jealous.

Perhaps, not only Borussia Mönchenchen, but also many teams are now studying Hamburg's attacking methods.

In the future competition, Pan Yi must also keep pace with the times and keep fine-tuning his set of 4231.

……

The race is on.

Borussia Mönchen kicked off first.

Striker Luc de Jong played the ball to midfielder Xhaka, who didn't hesitate to play the ball wide and to Arango.

At this time, Borussia Mönchenchen's two forwards, Luc de Jong and Hank, both rushed forward.

Arango only raised his head slightly after winning the ball, and then lifted his left foot and made a 45-degree angle.

Hamburg's two defenders, Antonio Rudiger and Kjaer, were prepared, as they got stuck in front of Borussia Mönchen's two strikers to deny them a chance to get back on the ball.

After the ball fell, Kjaer grabbed the first point and headed the ball out of the box.

Borussia Mönchen's opening attack also failed.

It can be seen from this attack that Mönchenchen's offensive routine is really as Pan Yi said before the game, simple and rude, with a strong flavor of English football in the eighties and nineties.

And after Kjaer held the ball, the ball was controlled by Makoto Hasebe after scrambling.

The Japanese midfielder habitually hands the ball to right-back Carvajal – after all, this is Hamburg's sharpest and most effective attacking point to date.

But this time, Borussia Mönchenchen's left midfielder Arango stepped into a defensive position and interfered with Carvajal.

This is a little advantage of the traditional 442 formation in the face of Pan Yi's 4231.

That is, the four people in the midfield are lined up, which leads to two full-backs standing very far on the side, which makes it easy to defend against the opposing full-backs.

But apparently Carvajal has already been reminded by the coaching staff about this situation.

He didn't choose to force a break or pass, but once again handed the ball back to Casemiro to deal with.

Casemiro kept the ball and passed it to De Bruyne who was returning from the middle.

After turning away from the pressing Borussia Mönchenchen midfielder Nordvedt with a deft catch, De Bruyne pushed forward with a bow!

The direction of his pass is the corner of the box of Borussia Mönchenchen, that is, the ribs, the weakest area of their defense!

At this time, Vardy also understood it and started quickly.

But just as Vardy was about to get the ball, a black shadow came out of the spur and knocked Vardy to the ground with the ball!

The whistle followed and the referee rushed to the fouling Mönchen player and pulled out a yellow card.

Pan Yi looked at it fixedly, and the guy who received a yellow card in less than 2 minutes after the opening game was none other than Xhaka!

The future captain of the Arsenal and Swiss national teams, known as the "Card Master".

Putting aside his early career, when he joined Arsenal in the 2016-2017 season, he suffered more than 50 red and yellow cards in just five or six seasons, a figure that is the highest in the Premier League, and no player can compare with him.

If you count the entire career...... This number is even more terrifying.

He picked up a staggering 116 yellow cards in 477 club games!

Seven of them were sent off with two yellows and one red, and six straight red lefts.

At international level, Xhaka played a total of 98 games for Switzerland in all competitions, with 21 yellows and one red-red ......

Of course, Xhaka, who is still childish, can actually be regarded as a genius boy.

He is only 19 years old this year, but he has been playing in Basel, Switzerland for two years.

This season, he moved to Borussia Monchengladbach for a high price of 8.5 million, and quickly gained the trust of head coach Favre to play as the main midfielder in the Borussia Mönchengladbach team.

What, you ask Pan Yi why he didn't consider bringing such an outstanding young man into his own ranks?

On the one hand, Xhaka is more expensive, and on the other hand, although Xhaka has excellent blocking ability and excellent passing skills, which keeps his ceiling at a very high level, his shortcomings are also obvious.

With his slightly stiff body and unhurried footsteps, Xhaka struggled to overcome his opponent in one-on-one situations.

In close quarters or local pressing, the Swiss need to use constant running to create space to receive the ball, or to escape, push and break through with a continuous pass in small areas with the support of their team-mates.

In the fast-paced modern football field, it is easy for him to fall into the encirclement of opponents.

Of course, and most importantly, once you have this future London 'Ball King', you have to risk playing more with less at any time, almost with a ticking time bomb.

After all, Card Master!

The defence was sometimes too reckless, and the emotional control needed to be strengthened.

No, in the face of Vardy's breakthrough, Xhaka chose to put the tackle directly, rather than interfering closely, and then waiting for the opportunity to cooperate with his teammates to break the ball.

It seems that he has a problem with eating cards since he was a child. As the so-called:

The young and the old man returned, and the problem was not changed a bunch of cards.

(End of chapter)