After the fourth round of the league, the German Cup came as scheduled.

Werder Bremen welcomed their first opponent in the German Cup, a team from the Bundesliga - Musta.

Two days later is the fifth round of the Bundesliga, when the team travels to Freiburg.

In order to save physical strength and avoid injuries and illnesses.

In the match against Musta, Schaaf used a large number of substitutes and young players.

The likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Lin Quan and Fritz are all on the bench, and some of the main players are not even in the squad.

I thought that the opponent was only a team in the third division, and it should not pose any threat to them.

Elia, who had returned from injury, seemed to confirm this with a goal in the 45th minute of the first half.

However, after the second half, the situation changed dramatically.

Mushida's striker Taylor scored twice in the 54th and 81st minutes.

Not only did it turn the game around, but it also pushed Werder Bremen to the brink.

Luckily, Werder Bremen's young centre-forward Phil Krueger stepped up and scored a goal in the 85th minute to level the scores.

At this time, Schaaf was a little hesitant, the game time was running out, should you replace Lin Quan and De Bruyne and other main players, seize the last time to attack, and see if you can kill the opponent?

After thinking about it for a while, he finally chose to wait and see, and he was still satisfied with the performance of these young players on the field in the final stage.

And according to the format, if you are forced to draw, you will also play overtime.

There were 30 minutes of extra time, enough for him to make substitutions.

In the end, 90 minutes of regular time came to an end, and neither side could change the score, and the game went to extra time.

After the start of extra time, Mushida's players suddenly played a fast attack, and in the 96th minute of the game, the score was rewritten again, and Werder Bremen fell behind again!

Schaaf couldn't stand it anymore, so he called Lin Quan and De Bruyne and others to warm up and prepare for the debut.

But at this moment, an accident happened on the field.

Werder Bremen's players were in a hurry to equalize, but they were accidentally hit by a wave of counterattacks when attacking.

Seeing that the opposing striker Taylor received the ball, he had already rushed into his own half at high speed.

Papastathopoulos, who was at the back, had no choice but to bring down the opponent, and although he ruined the opponent's attack, he also paid a heavy price - the referee directly showed him a red card.

Well, Werder Bremen is not only one goal behind, but also has one less player on the field.

Schaaf was a little speechless, and he had a vague feeling as if the team was going to lose.

So he replaced Lin Quan and De Bruyne and others in one go.

Seeing that the other party replaced the three main players in one go, Mu Shida knew that the other party was going to fight hard with him.

As a result, they immediately began to shrink their defensive line and continued to execute their extreme defensive counter-attacking tactics.

That's how they played in the first half, anyway, and they scored two goals with that style of play.

Now that they are in the lead, the opponent's attack will only be more anxious, and they will be better off playing defensive counter-attacks.

Seeing the opponent set up the bus, Lin Quan had a very strange feeling in his heart:

In the past, they used to put buses when facing strong teams in the Bundesliga, but I didn't expect that one day someone would use the tactics of putting buses against them.

It was not easy to break down the dense defense, and after Werder Bremen's substitution, the players were very active in the midfield to play the pass and cut together.

But there were too many people inside and outside the opposition penalty area, and their passes were easily intercepted.

Even if the ball is passed, it is difficult to receive the ball under the close marking of the opponent, and there is no room for dribbling and hitting the goal after receiving it.

So Lin Quan changed his strategy and began to force a break to create fouls and win free kicks for the team.

However, this trick didn't seem to work very well, and De Bruyne and his own free-kicks were either blocked by the wall or saved by the goalkeeper.

Seeing that the time passed minute by minute, and the score on the field was still behind, the players of Werder Bremen became impatient.

The fans at the home stadium were even ready to celebrate, just waiting for the referee's whistle.

In the 118th minute of the game, Lin Quan received the ball outside the penalty area, dribbled horizontally to attract defenders to steal, and then passed the ball to De Bruyne.

The latter kept the ball and passed it to the left side, and the Werder Bremen player received the ball and hoisted it into the box.

There was chaos in the penalty area, with players from both sides pushing and shoving for the top.

But the game had been played for two hours, and the players on both sides had little strength, and although they were trying to get up and jump, they didn't touch the ball.

As a result, neither side grabbed the first landing point, and the second landing point was controlled by Mushida's players, who struggled to push the ball out and wanted to clear the siege.

But the ball didn't fly too far, Lin Quan saw the trajectory of the ball and started it as soon as possible, and after stopping the ball on his chest, he dodged the defender's grab and volleyed directly with his feet.

The goalkeeper reacted very quickly, and saw Lin Quan hitting the door and subconsciously made a save.

But the force of the ball was too great, and although his hand touched the ball, he couldn't save it, and the ball bounced out again and bounced back into the small penalty area.

Because the ball was too close to the goal, the penalty area was densely packed with the legs of players from both sides.

Mushida's players didn't dare to clear the ball with big feet and couldn't kick the ball out at the first time.

In the confusion, I don't know whose foot kicked the ball and kicked it into the net!

Seeing the net shaking, De Bruyne spread his arms and flew low in a gesture to celebrate, running along the edge of the pitch.

He just saw Lin Quan hit the door and stepped forward to see if he could find an opportunity to make up for it.

As a result, he didn't expect the ball to really bounce in front of him, so of course he was not welcome.

This goal boosted the morale of Werder Bremen, and the players on Mushida's side were full of chagrin:

Seeing that they would be able to win one more minute, the cooked duck flew away......

After De Bruyne equalised, extra time was over, and the final score was 3:3, and the game entered the final penalty shoot-out.

This is Lin Quan's first time playing a penalty shootout, and while feeling novelty in his heart, he is also a little nervous.

After the order of play was discussed, the penalty shootout officially began.

The first to take the pitch was captain Fritz, who was the team's previous number one penalty taker and was excellent in terms of both his ability to take penalties and his mental qualities.

Let him be the first to play and score a goal steadily, which can effectively calm the morale of the army and make the players behind him less nervous.

Fritz lived up to the expectations of his team-mates and the manager, deceiving the goalkeeper and slotting the ball into the back of the net.

However, the opposing player also scored a penalty when he came on next.

In the second round, Kevin De Bruyne came on.

He volleyed hard into the bottom left corner of the goal, the goalkeeper judged the right direction, but the ball was too fast and he couldn't do anything.

It was Mushida's turn to be a player, he saw Militz's resolute eyes, and he was subconsciously a little afraid in his heart, coupled with the equalization by the opponent in the last minute of extra time, which made him feel a sense of gain and loss, and he was worried about the consequences of conceding the goal before he started to take penalties.

When Millitz saw the other party's expression, he immediately guessed the hesitation and fear in the other party's heart.

So he put on a posture of imperativeness, waving his arms and glaring at the other party.

The referee reminded Mushida's players to hurry up and take penalties, which added to his nervousness.

He hurriedly got up and shot into the bottom right corner, but his shot was saved by Militz, who had judged the right direction in advance!

The goal boosted Werder Bremen's morale, and the third and fourth players who came on were able to score the ball.

The players behind Mushida's side also withstood the pressure and did not concede any more goals, and the score of the penalty shootout between the two sides was 4:3.

The fifth player was Lin Quan, and if he scored this goal, then Werder Bremen would have won the penalty shoot-out.

"Come on!"

"Don't be nervous!"

One after another, his teammates ran over to give him hugs and comfort to ease his nervousness.

Lin Quan was not nervous in his heart, but when he was hugged by them like this, he was a little nervous.

He nodded heavily, held the ball to the penalty spot, and then took a few steps back to look at the goalkeeper.

After the referee signalled that a penalty was available, he ran quickly.

The goalkeeper stared nervously at his steps, trying to judge the direction of his shot by his movements.

Unexpectedly, when Lin Quan was about to approach the ball, his speed suddenly slowed down.

The goalkeeper originally judged by his step that he was going to hit the left side of the goal with his right foot, but as soon as he moved, the opponent's rhythm completely changed, Lin Quan stretched out his left foot, and then pushed gently, and the ball rolled to the right side of the goal at an unhurried speed.

The goalkeeper made an immediate adjustment, but by the time he fell to the ground to make a save, the ball had already rolled into the goal.

This trick is the 2022 World Cup final penalty shootout, Messi's move against French goalkeeper Lloris was used in advance after Lin Quan borrowed it, but I didn't expect the effect to be quite good!

In the end, Werder Bremen won the Bundesliga team in the away game with a penalty shootout.

They almost rolled over!