Chapter 55: Mario Gotze
Götze in this period is not the Götze who used all his luck after scoring in the World Cup final.
He is at the heart of Borussia Dortmund's attack, and he can play in a number of positions, as a midfielder, a wing-back, a central midfielder, a winger and even a shadow striker.
With him there, the firepower of Dortmund's attacking group in the front court is guaranteed, whether it is assisting teammates or stepping up to finish the game himself, it is a matter of easy contact for Götze in this period.
Because of this, during this period, he was called the third person under Mero by many people, which can be described as infinitely beautiful!
Five minutes later, Götze came off the bench to replace Kyle.
His appearance immediately activated Dortmund's attacking group, especially striker Robert Lewandowski.
The combination of the two up front put Werder Bremen's backline under tremendous pressure.
And the addition of Royce has raised the offensive firepower of these three people to a new level.
It was too difficult to prevent the three of them at the same time.
In the 81st minute of the game, Reus broke through and split the ball, Gotze dodged two defenders after winning the ball on the left rib, and fired a low right-footed shot into the near corner.
The ball was played very suddenly, especially in the face of interceptions by two defenders, and he was able to dodge the space to hit the goal, which was completely unexpected by everyone.
After the goal, Gotze excitedly ran to the corner area, put his hand next to his ear, and made a gesture to ask the crowd for applause.
The Hornets fans immediately gave warm applause and cheers to the core of their team's midfield, compared to their reluctant applause when Lin Quan broke the record before, now they want to send their support to their stars from the bottom of their hearts!
Lin Quan crossed his hands on his hips, looked at Ge Ce who was celebrating, and thought about countermeasures in his heart.
The Bundesliga has only just started, and the first game was lost, which is a bit difficult to accept.
Although the opponent's strength is strong, it is not that they have not won, and the difficulty does not mean that it is impossible.
It's just that after the opponent increased his defense, it was too difficult for him to break through and score.
In addition to Gundogan's close defence, he is also surrounded by other Dortmund players.
As soon as he gets the ball, he will be immediately trapped, and in this case, there is nothing too good to do except pass the ball.
He really wants to break through and pass the other party, but the other party will not give him such a chance, often he has just started, and the other party will directly foul and interrupt his rhythm.
This made Lin Quan a little helpless!
Huh, wait, foul?
Lin Quan glanced at De Bruyne and thought of an idea.
……
After Dortmund's celebrations, the game quickly resumed.
Because the score was behind, Werder Bremen began to increase the number of troops invested in the attack, and Lin Quan also ran more actively and asked for the ball.
The ball quickly reached the feet of Kevin De Bruyne, who was at the heart of the team's playmaking and was in charge of distributing and dispatching the ball.
Before receiving a pass from a team-mate, De Bruyne had already observed the position of his other team-mates and judged who to pass the ball to based on whether they had defenders around them, whether they could pose a threat to the goal, and whether the passing route was safe.
As the team's biggest threat in the frontcourt, Lin Quan was originally his first passing option.
However, after the opponent strengthened Lin Quan's defense in a targeted manner, De Bruyne tried several times, but Lin Quan was either cut off as soon as he got the ball, or was fouled by the opponent and put down.
This made him dare not continue to pass the ball to Lin Quan, but this time, when he held the ball, he saw Lin Quanzheng reaching out to ask.
Thinking of what Lin Quan said before the game restarted, De Bruyne hesitated, but still chose to believe his teammates and passed the ball to Lin Quan.
Well passed!
Seeing De Bruyne pass the ball, Lin Quan accelerated and received the ball before the defenders.
Borussia Dortmund's players were very closely marked against him, and when they saw Lin Quan receiving the ball, they immediately stepped forward to pack and scramble.
If it was before, in the face of the opponent's pressing, Lin Quan would most likely choose to pass the ball.
But this time, he took the initiative to dribble towards the defender.
The defender didn't even think about it, and directly stretched out his foot to grab the ball.
But instead of kicking the ball, his foot kicked Lin Quan's leg, directly tripping Lin Quan to the ground.
Beep!
The referee's whistle blew and a free kick was awarded.
Seeing that the referee blew the whistle, Lin Quan did not rub on the ground, and immediately stood up and discussed with De Bruyne, who came to take the free kick.
"How do you kick this ball, do you need me to play with it?"
De Bruyne saw Lin Quan standing in front of the ball and thought he was going to take a penalty, so he asked.
Lin Quan looked at the distance between the penalty spot and the goal, the ball was outside the penalty area, about twenty-five meters away from the goal.
"I'll cover, you come directly to an elevator ball, this distance is just right!"
"Well, good!"
De Bruyne nodded, then stepped back, looking like he was going to give up serve to Lin Quan.
Borussia Dortmund's goalkeeper Weidenfeller saw that it was Lin Quan who took the penalty kick, and immediately thought about the characteristics of the opponent's free kick.
Then the tragedy found that he didn't seem to have seen this guy take a free kick, and he didn't know what his characteristics were.
So, he had to let his teammates line up the wall to protect the far corner and seal the near corner himself.
Seeing that the opponent lined up the human wall, the referee blew the whistle.
Lin Quan ran and picked up his feet to shoot, but he dangled a shot and crossed the ball.
De Bruyne, who had retreated earlier, rushed over and kicked the ball.
Dortmund's wall was shaken, and before they could jump, the ball grazed their scalp and flew over the wall.
Weidenfeller's eyes widened, and he was shaken.
Looking at the direction of Lin Quan's run before, he judged that the opponent was going to play the near corner, but at this time, De Bruyne's shot was in the far corner.
Weidenfeller hurriedly moved his feet and made a flying save, but his fingers did not touch the ball.
Just when he thought he was going to lose the ball, he heard a loud bang, and the ball hit the crossbar and bounced out!
In the stands, Dortmund fans saw their goalkeeper save and thought they were going to lose the ball, only to see the ball bounce off the crossbar.
This made them exclaim and sigh one by one, and they all had a feeling of escaping.
Lin Quan saw the flight trajectory of the football and thought that the ball was there, but he didn't expect it to hit the crossbar, which made him speechless.
However, De Bruyne has only been practicing elevator ball for a short time, and it is already quite good to be able to play at this level.
So he gave De Bruyne a thumbs up and praised him for playing well.
De Bruyne nodded expressionlessly, in fact, he was also a little annoyed in his heart, it would be nice to keep the ball low, so that he wouldn't waste the opportunity created by his friend.
It's not so easy to get a free-kick opportunity in front of you with such a good position!
As it turned out, De Bruyne was overthinking!
Two minutes later, almost in the same position, Lin Quan, who broke through with the ball, was tripped by the defender again, and the referee awarded a free kick again.
It was De Bruyne and Lin Quan standing in front of the penalty spot again.
"Uh, did you do it on purpose?"
De Bruyne's brain turned quickly, after he passed the ball to Lin Quan, the opponent obviously had a better choice, but he wanted to break through to the middle of the most dense Dortmund defender, and there was a sense of taking the initiative to find the opponent to foul.
This made De Bruyne sure that the opponent was going to make a foul to cheat the free-kick.
"Sort of, if I can push a little more inside, it will be a penalty, but unfortunately, the opposing defense line is too strong to rush through!"
De Bruyne was speechless for a while, normal people would probably choose to stay away when they saw the opponent's dense defense, but Lin Quan did the opposite.
How confident is he in his dribbling ability, isn't he afraid of being cut off by the opponent?
"How do you kick this ball, is it still the same as just now?"
De Bruyne was frustrated that he had missed a great opportunity, but he didn't expect it to come back so quickly!
So he wanted to replicate the previous style of play, and after learning the lessons of the previous time, he had a better grasp of this goal.
"No, in another way of playing, the opponent may be on guard against our previous tactics, you see, the Dort goalkeeper is in the far corner, just to guard against you!"
De Bruyne glanced up and sure enough, Dortmund goalkeeper Weidenfeller was standing in the far corner of the goal, looking like he was worried about his free-kick.
After discussing the tactics with Lin Quan, De Bruyne pretended to take a free throw and stepped back enough distance for him to run.
Weidenfeller directly ignored Lin Quan, this guy has never taken a free kick at all, who knows if he will kick a free kick?
So, he focused his attention on De Bruyne.
After all, the opponent almost scored with a kick just now, and in the last final of the Telecom Cup, it was De Bruyne who scored a goal with a free kick and beat Dortmund.
Anyone would think De Bruyne is more of a threat.
After Lin Quan observed the position of the human wall and the goalkeeper, he began to run.
Because he was also covering for De Bruyne just now, everyone was not 'fooled' and felt that he was repeating his old tricks.
But what they didn't expect was that after Lin Quan ran over this time, he didn't cross the ball again, but directly picked up a kick and kicked the ball out.
Dortmund's human wall did not expect that it would be Lin Quan who took the free-kick, and they did not have time to jump without preparation, and watched the ball fly over their heads.
Weidenfeller also didn't expect Lin Quan to come to take the penalty for this goal, and after he saw the flight trajectory of the football, he was so frightened that he hurriedly began to move.
But it's too late to move.
The ball made a beautiful arc through the air, hung in the top left corner of the goal, and flew into the net.
In the 88th minute of the game, Lin Quan scored directly with a free kick and broke through the door of Dortmund twice.
The score on the field became 2:2, and the two sides returned to the same running line!
On both sides of the dugout, Schaff and Klopp stood up almost at the same time after seeing the goal.
The reactions of the two were very different, and they both seemed to be surprised.
The difference is that Schaaf is pleasantly surprised, while Klopp is shocked.
"I didn't expect Lin Quan's hand to have this hand, it seems that there will be one more candidate for our team to take free kicks in the future!"
Schaff happily said to the assistant coaches, who are now becoming more and more curious:
How many secrets does this kid still have, and what kind of surprises can he bring to himself?
On the other side, Klopp's face became ugly.
When his team fouled Lin Quan outside the penalty area for the first time, he didn't feel anything.
But when the team fouled Lin Quan in almost the same position for the second time, he already realized that something was wrong.
Fouling the same player in the same place twice in a row doesn't look like a coincidence!
However, before he could remind his teammates, the opponent took advantage of this free kick opportunity to score directly.
This left Klopp a little speechless, and he found that the opponent's number ten was not only technically good, but also a master of psychology.
This kick hit the ground and completely teased the Dortmund players.
He even played with himself!