Chapter 23: The affirmation of the big guy in the team
After De Bruyne scored this goal, he ran towards the sideline and stretched out his hand to Lin Quan, asking Lin Quan to come and celebrate with him.
He was able to score this goal, in addition to the high quality of his own shots, the remaining half of the credit was due to Lin Quan's pass.
If it weren't for the fact that he attracted a large number of defenders and seized the open passes, De Bruyne would not have had such a comfortable chance to hit the ball.
Lin Quan ran over with a smile, and while reaching out to rub De Bruyne's hair, he praised:
"Kevin, that shot just now was so beautiful!"
"Thanks, you passed the ball well!"
Teammates also ran over to celebrate at this time, high-fives De Bruyne, who scored the goal, and Lin Quan, who assisted, and captain Fritz even gave the two a warm hug.
Lin Quan and De Bruyne have been recognised by their veteran players for their outstanding performances in this game.
"Good job, boys!"
"Keep up this form and score a few more goals and win a few more games for the team in the new season!"
"Thank you, Captain, we'll do our best, just wait and see!"
Lin Quan said generously and confidently, and De Bruyne on the side nodded step by step:
"Me too!"
The captain was pleased with the pair's answers, and after the celebration, he shouted out to his teammates to return to their positions, reminding them not to let their guard down because they were 2-0 up.
There has been no shortage of tragedies in history where teams have been reversed when they were leading the score due to lax defence, and perhaps the most famous was the champagne at half-time on the night in Istanbul.
Lin Quan and De Bruyne are not the kind of people who get carried away when they score a goal, and the two quickly returned to their positions.
The game resumes.
Cottage, which was already two goals behind, did not accept his fate, but let go of the psychological burden of fear of losing and invested more troops in the attack.
However, Werder Bremen's 4141 tactics have five midfielders when defending, which greatly restricts their attack.
The strangulation between the two sides in midfield was fierce, and the Cottage players struggled to hold the ball, let alone organise the attack.
As a last resort, Cottages abandoned the short-pass penetration in the middle and began to use the traditional long-pass rushing tactics against Werder Bremen.
At this moment, the weakness of Werder Bremen's single midfield began to be exposed, and they lacked protection for the ribs on both sides, giving the opponent two chances in succession within five minutes.
Fortunately, the opponent's ability to take chances was poor, and neither goal was able to form a shot.
Aware of the team's defensive problems, Coach Schaff called Fritz, the captain, over to teach him a lesson.
When Fritz returned to the pitch, he took a step back and became a centre-back.
At the same time, the forward line moved back, and Werder Bremen's formation became 541!
This change made the head coach of the visiting team want to curse, you are a dignified Bundesliga team, facing me a Bundesliga team actually played a back five back turtle defense?
Do you still want a face?
In the face of the angry eyes of the away coach, Coach Schaaf was calm and calm, without the slightest feeling of blushing and embarrassment.
This kind of friendly match is originally for the team to practice various tactical plays, if you don't dare to try it without considering the impact and face, then there is no point in playing such a game.
Moreover, the 541 formation is not a shrinking defense, which is also another offensive routine.
When they play in a 541 formation, the opponent will inevitably overpower their half.
This gives the wingers plenty of space to sprint, allowing them to be more dangerous on the counter-attack.
And coincidentally, they have such a strong individual winger in their lineup.
So, for Schaaf, taking a step back is actually for a better offense.
The counter-attack scenario that Schaaf had hoped for soon appeared.
In the 78th minute of the game, Werder Bremen launched a quick counterattack from the back.
Fritz, who played as a guest at central defender, saw the huge gap in the opponent's backfield, and directly took up a diagonal long pass and hoisted the ball into the opponent's half.
Lin Quan started to start when the ball was transferred, and he was already on par with the opposing defender at the moment of Fritz's pass.
The opposing defender started a step slower, and couldn't catch up with him at all, so he could only raise his hand to signal him offside, while chasing in vain behind.
The linesman turned a blind eye to the defender's offside signal, and he saw clearly that Lin Quan was not offside at the moment of passing, but because he started too fast, it gave people the illusion of almost offside.
The goalkeeper chooses to attack at the first time, and such a single ball is almost waiting to die if he stays in the small penalty area.
The ball was almost far away from the two of them, but Lin Quan's speed had already reached full speed, and the goalkeeper had just started.
So, before the goalkeeper touched the ball, Lin Quan took the first step to touch the ball.
I saw him poke the ball with his toes, and the ball went through the goalkeeper's crotch like a naughty elf.
With a plop, the goalkeeper sat on the ground, and when he just saw Lin Quan poke the ball, he had already guessed the opponent's intentions.
But his movements were half a beat slower, and he couldn't stop the other man from penetrating his small door.
Lin Quan bypassed the fallen goalkeeper and caught up with the ball in front of the goal line.
Because the defenders were still some distance away from him, he stopped the ball and took a look at the defenders before kicking the ball into the goal.
The score was rewritten to 3:0, and Werder Bremen sealed the victory completely.
"Lin, you're running so fast!"
Captain Fritz happily ran over and hugged Lin Quan, this goal is his assist, but if it is passed to others, this assist may not be able to be obtained.
"It's the captain, you passed it well!"
Lin Quan replied with a smile, and Nils on the side was quite unhappy when he heard the captain praise Lin Quan.
He actually ran out of the void just now, but Lin Quan was single-handed, and even passed the goalkeeper, so it was naturally impossible to pass the ball back to him.
Lin Quan is not as selfless as the Grand Duke, especially when he found out that he and De Bruyne had scored before, Nils did not participate in the celebration, and he did not have a good impression of Niels.
Nils is unhappy, but he is a regular striker in the team, and he is on loan from a big club like Bayern.
For Werder Bremen, he is marrying and alleviating poverty, and the other party should hold him.
So after the game started, he relied on his identity and shouted for the ball, especially when Lin Quan and De Bruyne got the ball.
The two players on loan like him both scored, and Lin Quan scored twice off the bench.
If he, the full-game striker, doesn't score, where will he lose face?
And if you want to take the ball from them, they can't continue to score.
Lin Quan didn't have a good impression of Nils, and pretended not to see his request.
De Bruyne, on the other hand, was an honest boy who saw Nils asking for the ball and passed it to him.
It's a pity that the Cottbus players, who were kicked 3-0, have long been holding back the fire in their hearts.
Nils doesn't have the ability to play the ball as well as Kevin De Bruyne, nor does he have the perverted passing ability of Lin Quan.
He took the ball, and with it, he was caught in the bag and tackled, not only did he quickly lose possession of the ball, but he was also turned over by the opponent's tackle.
His thin body does not dominate the hand-to-hand combat of the opponent's tall central defender, and he doesn't know where he gets his confidence to dribble the ball.
Schaff on the sidelines saw that Nils was constantly being put down by the opponent and was worried that he would be injured, so he replaced him early.
He was also replaced by Kevin De Bruyne, who played most of the game.
was also substituted, and when Nils came off the field, the fans at the scene did not say anything.
But when De Bruyne came off the pitch, the fans gave him a round of applause.