Chapter 58 First Release
Lin Quan, who was far away in Germany, could not hear the debate in Spain.
Since the weekend league game was an away game, he flew back to Germany as soon as he finished the national youth team game.
The two games were very close together, only three days apart.
This was a big test for Lin Quan, who had just played the entire game in the national youth competition and traveled a long distance.
On September 15, Werder Bremen traveled to Hannover to challenge Hannover 96, who ranked third in the league.
Because Elia was injured in the Dutch national team's match in the middle of the week, Schaaf put Lin Quan in the starting lineup for the first time when arranging the lineup.
This surprised Lin Quan a little. He thought it would take some time for him to start in the team, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.
"It's not easy to play at Hannover's home ground. The opponent is very tenacious and this game is a big test for us."
In the pre-match training session, Coach Schaff announced his tactics: "Our tactics for this game are to use the time in the first half when we have plenty of energy to score as many goals as possible and try to secure the victory. Don't drag the suspense of the game into the second half. Hannover is very good at using the time in the second half to reverse the game. We can't give them such an opportunity, understand?"
"Got it, Coach!"
The players responded loudly. The team's consecutive victories and draws with strong opponents made the Bremen players a little inflated.
It seems that they didn't take Hannover 96 seriously! Facts have proved that there is a price to pay for underestimating the opponent.
Just 6 minutes into the game, Hannover's midfield core Huszti took advantage of a mistake in Werder Bremen's defense and scored an early goal.
With Lin Quan, Werder Bremen's offensive firepower is indeed good, but their defense has not improved much.
Last season, Werder Bremen ranked fourth from the bottom in goals conceded in the entire Bundesliga, which shows how bad their defense is.
The way the ball was lost was speechless. Selassie was indecisive in passing the ball in the backcourt and was pressed by the opponent. After Hannover successfully intercepted the ball, they counterattacked on the spot.
The Bremen goalkeeper didn't have enough time to react before the ball flew into his own goal.
After losing the ball, Milic was very angry and yelled at his defenders, asking them to pay more attention and not be distracted.
Fortunately, Hannover's defense is also very weak.
In the 18th minute, Werder Bremen took advantage of a counterattack opportunity and De Bruyne scored a goal, quickly equalizing the score.
Eight minutes later, Werder Bremen made a comeback. Lin Quan dribbled into the penalty area and was tripped, and Werder Bremen won a penalty.
Lin Quan scored the penalty kick and the score became 2:1. In these two attacks, Lin Quan had an outstanding performance in the frontcourt, with one pass and one shot, leading to Werder Bremen's two goals.
After seeing his huge threat, Hannover immediately strengthened their defense against him and prevented him from receiving 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 while defending Lin Quan.
Although the opponent received two yellow cards, the opponent's defense also made it difficult for Werder Bremen to carry out offensive coordination in the frontcourt.
Especially Lin Quan himself, as soon as he received the ball, the opponent would immediately press for the ball, and if he couldn't get the ball, he would commit a foul.
Before the first half was over, his jersey was already covered in mud. He had no idea how many times he had been kicked down by the opponent.
The most annoying thing is that the opponent was quite particular about where they committed fouls, basically all of them were near the center circle, which did not give them any good free kick opportunities.
However, not having a direct shot opportunity does not mean that you cannot take advantage of the free kick opportunity given by the opponent.
Otherwise, if the opponent were to use foul tactics to restrict him so unscrupulously, he would doubt whether other teams would follow suit and use the same foul tactics against him.
So, in the 44th minute of the first half, when Lin Quan was brought down by the opponent again after dribbling the ball, he discussed with De Bruyne and decided not to take the free kick directly, but to make a tactical cooperation.
Seeing that Werder Bremen was going to take a tactical free kick, Hannover's players immediately formed a human wall in front of the penalty area to block the opponent's passing line.
It is impossible to shoot directly from such a long distance. The opponent will most likely choose to cross the penalty area to create an opportunity for 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 was passed to Lin Quan in the side of the penalty area.
After receiving the ball, Lin Quan immediately broke into the penalty area. The opposing players rushed out in a swarm, trying to restore their three lines of defense and expand the defensive area.
But at this moment, Lin Quan made an emergency stop, picked up the ball and passed it out.
The Hannover players who were rushing out watched the ball fly over their heads, but they were powerless to do anything because they couldn't stop.
Arnautovic, who was suddenly without a large group of defensive players guarding him, saw the ball flying towards his head and subconsciously moved his head to rub the ball towards the goal.
Hannover's goalkeeper only made a symbolic save but did not touch the ball at all.
The score on the field became 3:1! After scoring the goal, Arnautovic was pleasantly surprised and excitedly rushed to Lin Quan, holding his passing foot, placing it on his knees, pretending to wipe his shoes.
The pass was so beautiful, it was as if it had eyes and found his head directly in the crowd.
Not to mention him, even if you pull his eighty-year-old grandmother over, she can easily score the goal.
When did it become so easy to score a goal? It all came down to Lin Quan's passing!
Lin Quan was also very happy to see that his teammates did not waste the opportunities he created.
After being disgusted by Hannover's foul tactics for so long, I finally got rid of my anger.
After conceding this goal, Hannover indeed restrained themselves a lot. In the little time left in the first half, they did not dare to commit fouls easily.
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Two minutes later, the first half of the game ended and Werder Bremen returned to the locker room with a 2-goal lead.
In the locker room, Schaaf praised the players' performance in the first half.
However, there were also criticisms about the team's goals conceded in the early stages.
"Lin, is your physical fitness okay?"
After arranging the tactics for the second half, Coach Scharf found Lin Quan alone and asked with concern.
Since Lin Quan had never started before and had never played for such a long time, Schaaf could not judge whether he could last the entire game.
"It's fine for now. If I really can't hold on any longer, I'll apply for a replacement!"
Lin Quan judged that he could probably play for about 75 minutes. In the previous Telecom Cup match, he could play for 60 minutes. He has strengthened his physical training during this period and has made a lot of progress in his physical fitness, so he should be able to play for more than ten minutes.
As long as the opponent doesn't suddenly accelerate in the second half of the game and both sides don't get caught up in a fast-paced offensive confrontation, there should be no problem.
The second half of the game started quickly, and Hannover, unwilling to lose at home, stepped up their offensive efforts.
They replaced a defensive midfielder with a forward, ready to fight for their lives.
Amid the cheers of the home fans, Hannover's attack was like a tide, one wave stronger than the other.
In the 66th minute of the game, Hannover took a corner kick, and there were eight attacking players competing for the header in Werder Bremen's penalty area.
Although they failed to grab the first landing point, they did grab the second landing point.
Fortunately, goalkeeper Milic performed bravely and saved the opponent's header from close range.
However, the crisis in front of Werder Bremen's goal was not resolved, and the ball that was saved was caught by the opponent again.
It was Milic again. Seeing the opponent shooting, he almost subconsciously stretched out his legs to block the ball, blocking it.
The home fans couldn't help but sigh. They were just a little bit close to scoring a goal, but the opponent's damn goalkeeper shattered their hopes.
However, Hannover's offensive wave was not over.
As Coach Scharf emphasized before the game, Hanover is a very tenacious team. They have a very strange phenomenon, that is, their performance in the second half is often better than that in the first half.
It felt like I was still sleepy in the first half and was playing football.
But in the second half, he suddenly woke up.
For five minutes, they launched continuous attacks on Werder Bremen's goal.
Finally, in the 66th minute of the game, Hannover's midfielder Andreasen scored from a long shot outside the penalty area, and the score became 3:2. Sure enough, Hannover's home court was not so easy to conquer! (End of this chapter)