Chapter 23: The affirmation of the team leader
After De Bruyne scored the goal, he ran towards the sidelines while pointing at Lin Quan, asking him to come over and celebrate with him.
The reason he was able to score this goal, apart from the high quality of his shot, the remaining half of the credit was due to Lin Quan's pass.
If he hadn't attracted a large number of defenders and seized the opportunity to pass the ball, De Bruyne would not have had such a comfortable chance to shoot.
Lin Quan ran over with a smile, ruffling De Bruyne's hair with his hands, and praised:
"Kevin, that was a great shot just now!"
"Thank you, you passed the ball very well too!"
At this time, teammates also ran over to join in the celebration, and gave high fives to De Bruyne who scored the goal and Lin Quan who assisted. Captain Fritz even gave them both a warm hug.
Lin Quan and De Bruyne's outstanding performances in this game have been recognized by their veteran teammates.
“Well done, boys!”
"Keep up this form, score more goals for the team and win more games in the new season!"
"Thank you, Captain. We will try our best. Just wait and see!"
Lin Quan said generously and confidently, and De Bruyne beside him nodded in unison: "Me too!"
The captain was very satisfied with the two's answers. After the celebration, he loudly called out to his teammates to return to their positions, reminding them not to let their guard down just because they were leading 2:0.
There have been many tragedies in history where teams were defeated because of lax defense when they were leading. The most famous one might be the champagne popping at halftime in Istanbul that night.
Neither Lin Quan nor De Bruyne were the type to get carried away after scoring a goal, and both of them quickly returned to their positions.
The game starts again.
Cottbus, which was already two goals behind, did not resign itself to its fate. Instead, it let go of its fear of losing and invested more manpower in the offense.
However, Werder Bremen's 4141 tactics has five midfielders when defending, which greatly restricts their offense.
The battle between the two sides in the midfield was fierce, and it was difficult for Cottbus players to hold the ball, let alone organize an attack.
As a last resort, Cottbus gave up the short pass penetration in the middle and began to use the traditional long pass tactics to deal with Werder Bremen.
At this point, the weakness of Werder Bremen's single defensive midfielder began to be exposed. Lacking protection on both sides of the ribs, they gave the opponent two chances in five minutes.
Fortunately, the opponent was poor at seizing opportunities and neither of the two goals resulted in a shot.
After realizing the team's defensive problems, Coach Schaaf called captain Fritz over to give him instructions.
After Fritz returned to the field, he took a step back and became a central defender.
At the same time, the forward line moved backwards, and Werder Bremen's formation changed to 541! This change made the visiting team's coach want to curse. You are a Bundesliga team, but you actually played a five-back defensive defense against a Bundesliga team? Do you still have any shame?
Facing the angry glare from the visiting team coach, Coach Scharf remained calm and not feeling embarrassed at all.
Such friendly matches are meant for teams to practice various tactical plays. If they are afraid to try due to concerns about the impact and face, then there is no point in playing such matches.
Moreover, the 541 formation is not a defensive formation, it is also another offensive tactic.
When they play in the 541 formation, the opponent will definitely press through their half.
This gives the wingers plenty of space to run into, making them more threatening on counterattacks.
Coincidentally, they have such a winger with strong personal abilities in their lineup.
So, for Schaff, taking a step back is actually for a better offense.
The counterattack scene that Schaaf expected soon occurred.
In the 78th minute of the game, Werder Bremen launched a quick counterattack from the backcourt.
Fritz, who was playing as a central defender, saw a huge gap in the opponent's backcourt and made a long diagonal pass, sending the ball to the opponent's half.
Lin Quan had already started moving when the ball was transferred, and was on par with the opponent's defender the moment Fritz passed the ball.
The opponent's defender was a step slow in starting and couldn't catch up with him at all. He could only raise his hand to signal that he was offside while chasing him in vain.
The linesman ignored the offside signal from the defensive player. He saw clearly that Lin Quan was not offside at the moment of passing the ball. It was only because he started too quickly that people had the illusion that he was almost offside.
The goalkeeper chose to attack at the first moment. With such a one-on-one shot, staying in the small penalty area would be almost a death sentence.
The ball was about the same distance from the two of them, but Lin Quan had already reached full speed, while the goalkeeper had just started.
So, before the goalkeeper touched the ball, Lin Quan touched the ball first.
He poked the ball with his toes, and the ball slipped under the goalkeeper's crotch like a naughty elf.
With a thud, the goalkeeper sat down on the ground. When he saw Lin Quan poking the ball, he had already guessed the opponent's intention.
But he was a beat too slow and failed to prevent the opponent from penetrating his own goal.
Lin Quan bypassed the fallen goalkeeper and caught up with the football in front of the goal line.
Because the defender was some distance away from him, after he stopped the ball, he looked at the defender before kicking the ball into the goal.
The score was changed to 3:0, and Werder Bremen completely secured the victory.
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"Lin, you run so fast!"
Captain Fritz happily ran over to hug Lin Quan. This goal was counted as his assist, but if he had passed the ball to someone else, he might not have gotten the assist.
"Captain, you passed the ball well!"
Lin Quan answered with a smile. Nils, who was standing by, felt quite unhappy when he heard the captain praising Lin Quan.
He actually ran into the open space just now, but Lin Quan was alone and even passed the goalkeeper, so it was naturally impossible for him to pass the ball back to him.
Lin Quan is not yet selfless enough to that extent, especially when he found that Nils did not participate in the celebration when he and De Bruyne scored goals before, he did not have a good impression of Nils.
Nils felt unhappy. After all, he was the team's genuine striker, and was loaned from a top club like Bayern.
For Werder Bremen, he is marrying down and helping the poor, and the other party should treat him with respect and pampering.
So after the game started, he relied on his status and loudly demanded the ball, especially when Lin Quan and De Bruyne had the ball.
The two players who were on loan like him both scored goals, and Lin Quan scored twice as a substitute.
If he, a genuine striker who played the entire game, didn't score a goal, where would his face be? And if they took the ball away from them, they wouldn't be able to score any more goals.
Lin Quan didn't have a good impression of Nils and pretended not to notice his request.
De Bruyne, on the other hand, was an honest kid. When he saw Nils asking for the ball, he passed it to him.
It's a pity that the Cottbus players, who were beaten 3-0, were already full of anger.
Nils has neither the excellent passing ability of De Bruyne nor the abnormal dribbling ability of Lin Quan.
He got the ball and was double-teamed and tackled. Not only did he quickly lose possession of the ball, he was also tackled to the ground by the opponent.
His thin body gave him no advantage in the fight with the opponent's tall central defender, and I don't know where he got the confidence to dribble the ball.
Schaff, who was on the sidelines, saw that Niels was constantly being knocked down by the opponent and was worried that he would be injured, so he replaced him early.
Also substituted was De Bruyne, who had played for most of the game.
Also being substituted off, when Nils left the field, the fans at the scene had no reaction.
But when De Bruyne left the field, the fans gave him a warm applause.
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