Chapter Fifty-Eight: The First Appearance

The controversy on the Spanish side was naturally unheard by Lin Quan, who was far away in Germany.

Since the weekend's league game was played away from home, he flew back to Germany as soon as he finished the national youth team game.

The two matches were very close to each other, with only three days before and after.

For Lin Quan, who just played the whole game in the national youth competition not long ago and traveled a long distance, it was a big test.

On September 15, Werder Bremen rushed to Hannover to challenge Hannover 96, which is third in the league.

With Elia injured in the Dutch international game in midweek, Schaff put Lin Quan in the starting line-up for the first time when he was in line-up.

This made Lin Quan feel a little surprised, he thought that it would take him a while to start the team, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

'Hannover is not a good home game and the opponents are very tenacious, so it will be a big test for us.

In his pre-match speech, Coach Schaaf revealed his tactics:

"Our tactics in this game are to use the physical time in the first half, to score as many goals as possible, to try to seal the win, not to drag the suspense of the game into the second half, Hannover are very good at using the second half to turn the game around, we can't give them that chance, understand?"

"Understood, Coach!"

The players responded loudly that the team's successive wins and draws against strong opponents had left Werder Bremen's players slightly inflated.

It seems that such an opponent as Hannover 96 is not taken very seriously!

It turns out that there is a price to pay for underestimating the other party.

Just six minutes into the game, Hannover's midfield core Huzti took advantage of a mistake in the Werder Bremen back line to score early.

With Lin Quan, Werder Bremen's attacking firepower is indeed good, but their defense has not improved much.

Last season, Werder Bremen conceded fourth-worst goals in the entire Bundesliga, showing just how bad their backline can be.

The goal was very speechless, Selassie was indecisive in passing the ball at the back, was forced by the opponent, and Hannover successfully broke the ball and counterattacked on the spot.

Werder Bremen's goalkeeper didn't have enough time to react before the ball flew into his own goal.

After conceding the goal, Militz was very angry and yelled at his defenders to improve their concentration and not get distracted.

Fortunately, Hanover's defense line is also scummy.

In the 18th minute, Werder Bremen took advantage of a counter-attack opportunity and scored a goal by Kevin De Bruyne to quickly equalise.

Eight minutes later, Werder Bremen made a comeback when Lin Quan burst into the box with the ball and was tripped and Werder Bremen were awarded a penalty.

Lin Quan took the penalty kick in one fell swoop, and the score became 2:1.

In these two attacks, Lin Quan had excellent performances in the front court, one pass and one shot, and dominated Werder Bremen's two goals.

Seeing his great threat, Hannover immediately stepped up their defense against him and did not allow him to receive the ball easily.

In the 31st minute, Hannover's Schlaudraf fouled Lin Quan and received a yellow card.

In the 37th minute, Haji also received a yellow card when defending Lin Quan.

Although it caused two yellow cards for the opponent, the opponent's defense also made it difficult for Werder Bremen's attacking cooperation in the front court.

Especially Lin Quan himself, as long as he catches the ball, the opponent will immediately force it, and if he can't grab the ball, he will foul.

Before the end of the first half, his jersey was already full of mud, and he didn't know how many times he was kicked down by the opponent.

The most annoying thing is that the location of the opponent's foul is quite particular, basically near the center circle, and they are not given a good free kick opportunity.

However, just because you don't have a direct shot doesn't mean you can't take advantage of a free-kick opportunity.

Otherwise, let the opponent use foul tactics to limit himself so unscrupulously, and he wonders if other teams will follow suit in the future and also have a forest tactic against him.

So, in the 44th minute of the first half, when Lin Quan broke through with the ball and was put down by the opponent again, he discussed it with De Bruyne and did not send this free kick directly, but planned a tactical cooperation.

Seeing that Werder Bremen was about to take a tactical free-kick, the Hannover players immediately lined up a wall at the edge of the penalty area to block the opponent's passing lane.

At such a long distance, it is impossible to hit the goal directly, and the opponent will most likely choose to hang into the penalty area and create a chance to hit the goal with a header.

However, what they didn't expect was that De Bruyne's free kick did not go to the high point in the penalty area, but passed to Lin Quan in the ribs of the penalty area.

Lin Quan immediately broke through to the penalty area after receiving the ball, and the opposing players rushed out in a swarm, trying to restore their three defensive lines and expand the defensive area.

But at this moment, Lin Quan made an emergency stop, picked up the ball and passed it.

The Hannover players, who were rushing out, watched the ball fly over their heads, but they couldn't do anything because they couldn't stop the car.

Arnautovic, who was suddenly guarded by a large group of defenders, saw the ball flying towards his head, and subconsciously rubbed his head and rubbed the ball towards the goal.

The Hannover goalkeeper made a symbolic save without touching the ball at all.

The score on the field became 3:1!

After the goal, Arnautovic was pleasantly surprised, rushed to Lin Quan's side excitedly, held his passing foot, put it on his knee, and made a shoe-shining action for him.

The ball was passed so beautifully that it looked like it had eyes, and it found his head directly in the crowd.

Not to mention him, even if he pulls his eighty-year-old grandmother over, he can easily score the ball.

When has it been so easy to score a goal?

In the final analysis, Lin Quanchuan is good!

Seeing that his teammates did not waste the opportunity he created, Lin Quan was also very happy in his heart.

Disgusted by Hanover's foul tactics for so long, he finally let out a bad breath.

After scoring this goal, Hannover's side really restrained a lot, and in the little time left in the first half, they didn't dare to foul easily.

Two minutes later, at the end of the first half, Werder Bremen returned to the dressing room with a two-goal lead.

In the dressing room, Schaff praised the performance of the players in the first half.

However, there was also criticism of the team's goals conceded in the opening stages.

"Lin, your physical fitness is okay, right?"

After arranging the tactical play in the second half, Coach Schaaf found Lin Quan alone and asked with concern.

Since Lin Quan had never started before and had not played for such a long time, Scharf could not judge whether he could stick to the whole game.

"It's okay for the time being, if it really can't be supported, I will apply for a replacement!"

Lin Quan judged that he could probably play about 75 minutes, and he could play 60 minutes in the previous Telecom Cup game, and during this time, he strengthened his physical training and improved a lot in physical fitness, so he should be able to play more than ten minutes.

As long as the opponent doesn't suddenly accelerate in the second half of the game, and the two sides don't fall into that kind of fast-paced attack, then there should be no problem.

The second half of the game started quickly, and Hannover, who were unwilling to lose at home, really stepped up their attack.

They replaced a midfielder, replaced a striker, and put on a desperate posture.

Amid the cheers of the home fans, Hannover's offensive was like a tide, stronger than the last.

In the 66th minute of the game, Hannover took a corner kick, and there were eight attacking players in the Werder Bremen penalty area.

Although they were not able to grab the first landing point, they did grab the second landing point.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Militz showed great courage and saved the opponent's header from close range.

However, the crisis in front of the Werder Bremen goal was not resolved, and the saved ball was obtained by the opponent again.

It was Militz again, seeing the opponent swinging his leg to shoot, he almost subconsciously stretched his leg to block and took this must-score goal out.

The home fans couldn't help but sigh that they were so close to scoring, but the damn goalkeeper of the opposition shattered their hopes.

However, the offensive wave in Hanover did not end.

As Coach Schaff emphasised before the game, Hannover are a team with a very strong fighting spirit, and they have a very strange phenomenon that they tend to perform better in the second half than in the first.

It felt like I didn't wake up in the first half, playing with sleep.

But in the second half, I suddenly woke up.

For five minutes, they launched a series of attacks against Werder Bremen's goal.

Finally, in the 66th minute of the game, Hannover's midfielder Andre Asen burst into a cold arrow from outside the penalty area and scored from a distance, and the score became 3:2.

Sure enough, Hannover's home turf was not so easy to conquer!