Chapter 96 High-pressure defense, mad dog tactics! [Seventh update, please subscribe! ]
After scoring the goal, we faced a stadium that was as quiet as water.
Lin Quan put his finger to his mouth, ran to the sidelines, faced the south stand of Schalke 04, and made a gesture to shut up.
This was clearly in response to previous provocations and booing by fans at the Veltins Arena.
After playing for more than 30 minutes in this environment full of noise and boos, Lin Quan was already annoyed by the fans' boos.
He was booed when he entered the arena, booed when he received the ball, and booed when he passed the ball.
It was quiet at this time! What, I scored a goal and you guys don't give me face and boo me? Do you look down on me, Lin?
Boo me now! I'm not used to it if you don't boo me! Schalke fans are angry!
Not only did they boo loudly, some fans in the stands near the stadium even threw things in their hands onto the field.
Paper scraps, drink bottles, melon peels, key chains, coins... Hmm? This coin is actually 2 euros, who is so generous?
Lin Quan pretended to pick up the coin in front of him, which further angered the home fans. A burly fan started to dismantle the seats in the stadium in anger, and seemed to be planning to remove the backrests and smash Lin Quan to death.
Lin Quan was startled and ran away before his opponent succeeded.
The fans at the Veltins Arena were extremely angry. The provocation from the opponent and the goal their team lost made their anger so great that it almost burned through the ceiling of the stadium.
They really couldn't accept that the other side could score even after this!
Those two defenders were fucking undercover agents, right? Did they buy the opponent to win, so they came here to fix the game? Apart from this explanation, they could not find any other reasonable explanation that would make them believe that their defenders' wooden stake-like defense was not intentional.
But some people were quite unusual: "As expected of Mr. Lin, his fake moves were so real, I really can't defend against him!"
Although Uchida Atsuto was beaten very badly, there was no sign of frustration on his face. Instead, after witnessing the opponent's strength with his own eyes, he was excited like a crazy fan.
There are many Japanese and Korean players studying abroad in Europe. For example, Shinji Kagawa, who was bought by Premier League giants Manchester United a few months ago, is the pride of the Japanese national team.
However, Atsuto Uchida feels that compared to Hayashi Quan, his national team teammate Shinji Kagawa is far behind!
Shinji Kagawa is not the absolute core of Dortmund. At best, he shares the core position with Götze, Lewandowski and others.
But in Werder Bremen, Lin Quan is the absolute core.
And the ball just now further proved his judgment.
During the national team's training, he was able to freeze Shinji Kagawa.
However, when facing Lin Quan, he cooperated so well with his teammates, but was still easily passed by the opponent.
The defensive arrangements they carefully prepared for Lin Quan were like a decoration in front of the opponent and did not play any role at all.
How did a yellow man achieve this? Uchida Atsuto felt no jealousy, only admiration! …
After this goal was scored, the situation on the field changed dramatically.
Schalke 04, who were falling behind at home, were in a state of disarray.
Although the fierce confrontation between the two sides looked thrilling, no one scored, which means that everyone is still on the same starting line.
But now, Werder Bremen scored the first goal.
The balance between the two sides was broken! After the balance of the game was broken by Lin Quan, Schalke 04 players tried to attack in a big way to equalize the score.
But as they stepped up their attack, their defense became precarious.
The tactic that Coach Schaff formulated today was to shrink back and play defensive counterattacks after taking the lead, draw the opponent to attack, and then take advantage of the opponent's empty backcourt defense and use the speed of the two wingers to counterattack.
This tactic may not be very effective in positional warfare.
But when the opponent presses forward and attacks, the effect is very good.
In the 38th minute, Schalke besieged Werder Bremen's goal but failed.
After Werder Bremen ended the opponent's attack, they launched a quick counterattack in the same way.
After Junuzovic intercepted the ball, he quickly passed it to De Bruyne, who made a diagonal pass of more than 30 meters to find the winger Elia in the frontcourt.
Elia accelerated along the sideline with the ball, and Schalke players chased back at full speed like crazy.
The Dutch international is very fast without the ball, but slower with the ball.
Just as he was about to be double-teamed by the opponent, fortunately Lin Quan came over in time.
Elia quickly passed the ball to Lin Quan. Lin Quan took a few steps, attracted the attention of the defensive players, and then quickly passed the ball to Hunter.
Hunter had already run to the edge of the penalty area when he received the ball.
He accelerated into the penalty area and shot directly.
Onastal made the contribution. He moved quickly and jumped high to tip Hunter's shot over the crossbar.
The save was beautiful, with Onastal making full use of his tall stature.
If it was a slightly shorter player, he would probably surrender after facing this shot.
After missing the shot, Hunter fell to his knees, holding his head and sighing.
He missed such an opportunity at the beginning of the first half.
Unexpectedly, the young goalkeeper saved the ball again!
This guy was as clumsy as a bear when facing his teammates, but how come he was so flexible when facing himself?
After missing this opportunity, neither side was able to change the score in the remaining time and the first half ended quickly.
In the second half, Schalke 04 changed its defensive strategy.
They began to implement a high-pressing tactic, with several forwards chasing the Bremen backcourt players around like mad dogs, intending to curb the opponent's attack in Bremen's half.
This tactic caused a lot of pressure on Werder Bremen's backcourt, and when the players had the ball, they had fewer passing options.
They have to be more careful when passing the ball, because if it is accidentally intercepted by the opponent, the opponent can counterattack immediately.
Such a counterattack is very dangerous when the back line is facing the opponent's forward.
The high-pressure tactics can also curb the opponent's attack. When the three lines of defense are advanced, the opponent's long pass from the backcourt will not work.
Because their passes can easily be offside, and it is not easy to rely on ground passes to penetrate the three tight lines of defense of the defending team.
As a result, the situation on the field began to become less favorable for Werder Bremen.
In the 55th minute, Schalke 04's Jones intercepted the ball in the midfield and passed it to Huntelaar, but Huntelaar's long shot was saved by the goalkeeper.
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Milic wanted to kick the ball to his own striker, but he gave up after taking one look.
Our forward is in an offside position. If he dares to pass the ball, he will give the ball to the opponent.
So he could only pass the ball to the defender and plan to organize the attack from the backcourt.
Seeing this, the Schalke 04 players immediately began to press the defender who had the ball.
The defender didn't dare to dribble the ball any longer and immediately passed it to captain Fritz.
Before Fritz could even receive the ball, two Schalke players rushed towards him.
This made Fritz feel huge pressure, so he didn't dare to dribble the ball any further and passed it to De Bruyne.
However, this pass choice was already expected by Schalke players. Schalke's midfielder Neustadt moved in advance and intercepted the ball first.
Schalke launched a counterattack on the spot!
After losing the ball, Werder Bremen's defense line retreated immediately, but the opponent was faster.
Huntelaar, who was moving like a ghost, had slipped into the penalty area without anyone noticing, and the ball was passed to him at this time.
Werder Bremen defender Schmitz wanted to intercept, but Huntelaar unexpectedly did not catch the ball.
He dropped the ball and shook off the defenders, distracting them.
Drakels, who came on as a substitute in the second half, rushed into the penalty area like a tank running at high speed and shot the ball into Werder Bremen's goal.
The score on the field became 1:1, and Werder Bremen's 20-minute lead was gone.
After Drakels scored the goal, the Veltins Arena erupted in thunderous cheers.
The enthusiasm of the Shakhtar fans was completely ignited, and the heavy atmosphere that suppressed the first half also disappeared.
They were all extremely excited, waving their fists desperately and shouting at the Werder Bremen players on the field:
You bitches of Bremen, it's our turn to counterattack, so just clean up and wait! On the sidelines, Schaff felt something was wrong when he saw the opponent using a high-pressure tactic.
Werder Bremen has a single defensive midfielder and a single passing point, so it is easy for the opponent to determine the ball route and be intercepted.
After he noticed the problem, he was about to make adjustments, but he didn't expect the opponent to score a goal before he could.
This made Schaff very upset. He should not have hesitated after discovering the problem. If he had adjusted it immediately, perhaps the goal would not have been lost.
He immediately made personnel adjustments, adding a midfielder, replacing a striker, and moving the forward line back to shorten the distance between the defense lines.
By increasing the number of people in the backcourt, we can limit the opponent's pressing. At the same time, when attacking, we should play more on the wing, without going through the midfield, and form cooperation between the full-backs and wing forwards.
The high-pressure tactic is indeed very powerful, and the teams that use it well have good results.
However, this move requires a lot of physical fitness from the players. Unless it is a team like Dortmund that plays hard in every game, the physical fitness of ordinary teams really cannot support them to do so.
Not to mention, Schalke had just fought fiercely with Arsenal in the Champions League, and their physical fitness is not as good as Werder Bremen.
If you still use this tactic now, I really don’t know how to write the word death!
Even though Schalke is in great shape now, some of them will cry when their energy is exhausted.
Werder Bremen can actually accept a draw away from home.
Anyway, they don't have any ideas about the championship. As long as they can tie with Schal 04, they can continue to suppress their opponents in the standings.
However, Schalke certainly cannot accept this score.
They will definitely continue to increase their offensive and try to change the score.
And this is Werder Bremen's opportunity.
Just wait, after eighty minutes, when you can’t run anymore, we will decide the winner!
(End of this chapter)