Chapter 97 De Bruyne is injured and Lin Quan’s revenge!
After Werder Bremen adjusted its tactics, the battle between the two sides in the midfield became particularly fierce.
In such a fierce confrontation, the movements of players on both sides began to become larger.
In the 77th minute, Neustadt failed to snatch the ball from De Bruyne during the competition. In anger, he kicked De Bruyne from behind and knocked him down with the ball.
The referee rushed up without hesitation and gave Schalke's midfielder a yellow card.
Neustadt was very arrogant and didn't care about the yellow card at all.
As he backed past De Bruyne, he yelled at him on the ground:
"Watch your legs, kid. You won't be so lucky next time!"
When the Werder Bremen players heard this, they immediately got furious.
A group of players surrounded him and wanted to cause trouble for Neustadt.
Another group surrounded De Bruyne, concerned about his injury.
After De Bruyne was injured, he looked very painful. He fell to the ground, covering his ankle, and was reluctant to get up.
"Can you still hold on?"
Lin Quan wanted to lend a hand to pull De Bruyne up, but he saw beads of sweat the size of beans on his forehead and his face was pale.
This made him realize that De Bruyne's injury might be serious, so he immediately waved to the sidelines and asked the team doctor to come up.
On the sidelines, the coaching staff of Werder Bremen stood up and watched the field nervously.
De Bruyne is the absolute main force of the team and an indispensable core of the midfield.
If he is injured, it will have a great impact on Werder Bremen's strength, and even their offensive system will not be able to function.
The referee walked over, took a look, and signaled the stretcher on the sidelines to carry the player up. It was obvious that De Bruyne could not hold on any longer.
"Damn butcher!"
When the injured De Bruyne was carried off the field on a stretcher, Schaaf cursed under his breath and had to make a passive substitution.
He called Ekisi and prepared to let him play.
Ekissi is 22 years old and came from Bayern's youth training, but he has never played for Bayern's first team.
He did not get many playing opportunities in Werder Bremen this season. De Bruyne's outstanding performance kept him firmly on the bench.
If it weren't for the last resort, Schaff would not easily use such a young player who doesn't have much game experience.
Especially in such a tough away game!
But Werder Bremen's bench depth is not enough, and there is no other choice except Ekissi.
"Coach, replace the striker and let me play in midfield!"
Just as Schaff was about to make a substitution, Lin Quan suddenly came to the sidelines and spoke to him.
"You, playing in midfield?"
When Shafu heard Lin Quan's words, he was stunned for a moment.
He has always used Lin Quan as a winger and has never thought of using him as a midfielder.
He seemed to have forgotten that when Lin Quan was loaned from Barcelona, his position was defensive midfielder.
"Yes, I play as attacking midfielder!"
Lin Quan said firmly: "Even if this game is for De Bruyne, we have to win. We will not accept a draw, let alone a defeat!"
Seeing that the other party was so determined, and that he had indeed played as a defensive midfielder in the Barcelona youth team before, Schaff chose to believe him.
"Okay, then I'll leave the organization of the attack in the front court to you. Who do you want to cooperate with you as a striker?"
After Schaaf finished speaking, he glanced at his bench.
Sitting on the bench were Felkrug, Nils Petersen and others. Arnautovic had been replaced by him before and could not play at this time.
When they heard what the coach said, they all looked at Lin Quan.
Since the last match against Augsburg, Peterson has not had a chance to start.
Even when Lin Quan was substituted, it was Phil Kruger who came on as substitute and he had few opportunities.
This hit Peterson hard and he wanted to leave.
He plans to discuss with Bayern during the winter break to terminate the loan contract early and leave Werder Bremen to look for opportunities elsewhere.
However, if he leaves Werder Bremen in disgrace, it will be very difficult for him to find a good next club.
A long period without playing games is fatal for a player of his age.
So, after hearing the coach's words, Peterson looked at Lin Quan earnestly.
At this time, he no longer had the intention to compete with Lin Quan for the core or even the main force.
With the opponent's current performance, there is no way he can snatch his position from Lin Quan.
What's more, the coach always asks Lin Quan for his opinion before making substitutions.
This was enough to show his important position in the entire team. He was just a marginal player. If he continued to be unhappy with him, wouldn't that be asking for trouble? Thinking of this, Peterson took the initiative to stand up and said:
"Brother Lin, choose me. I have speed and impact, which is suitable for our current counterattack tactics!"
Lin Quan glanced at Peterson, a little surprised by the other party's initiative.
According to the relationship between him, Phil Krug and Peterson, normally he would definitely choose Phil Krug first.
But when the coach asked him just now, he hesitated.
This is obviously because a stationary center like Ferkrug is not very suitable for Werder Bremen's current style of play.
After he came on the court, his help to the team was limited.
What Lin Quan needs is a player who can run, shoot, has good footwork, and can cooperate with him.
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Phil Krug's positioning awareness is not very good and his footwork is not as good as Peterson's.
He is more suitable for the kind of rigid positional warfare, not this kind of fast mobile warfare.
Thinking of this, Lin Quan nodded: "Okay, then it's your turn to play. When you get on the court, remember not to stick to the ball. When I dribble the ball, you must rush forward at the first opportunity, no matter whether I can pass it to you or not, just rush forward. If I can't pass it to you, that's my problem, and if you can't run, that's your problem!"
Lin Quan's tone was stiff, and he was obviously still a little bothered by Peterson's excessive sticking to the ball in the last game.
Peterson didn't care about the other party's attitude. He nodded heavily and remembered Lin Quan's instructions.
No matter how he arranges it, as long as he is given the opportunity to shoot, he will definitely seize it! He hasn't tasted the wonderful taste of scoring a goal for too long! ...
In the commentary booth, several commentators expressed regret after seeing De Bruyne injured and leaving the field.
"De Bruyne is an excellent midfielder. He is the brain of Werder Bremen. Without this brain, Werder Bremen's offensive threat will drop a level."
"Yes, without De Bruyne's threatening passes, Schalke's defense can breathe a sigh of relief. Now they only need to focus on defending Lin Quan!"
"Let's see what kind of personnel adjustments Werder Bremen will make. They only have one option left on the bench, Ekisi."
"Huh? Werder Bremen has replaced a forward? This is not a positional substitution, they should have replaced a midfielder!"
"Wait a minute, what did I see? Why did Lin Quan move to the attacking midfielder position? Does this mean that Werder Bremen plans to use him to replace De Bruyne?"
Several commentators were shocked by Werder Bremen's substitution. They substituted a striker who rarely played and moved their nuclear warhead back to the attacking midfielder position. What was they doing? Were they destroying their own strength? Could it be that the new guy was more threatening than Lin Quan on the front line? I couldn't understand their train of thought.
The game resumed soon, and after the opening, Werder Bremen immediately fought back.
When Neustadt was dribbling the ball, Lin Quan rushed up without saying a word and tackled him to the ground.
Neustadt screamed like a pig being slaughtered and rolled on the ground holding his legs.
The referee ran over and verbally warned Lin Quan, but did not show a yellow card. He just asked him to pay attention to the range of his movements.
In the tackle just now, Lin Quan was actually going for the person, but his foot touched the ball first. Strictly speaking, it was a good shot.
Lin Quan nodded without saying anything. He slowly backed away while looking at Neustadt rolling on the ground.
It is impolite not to reciprocate! He used to be unable to understand the rough style of play of several Manchester United captains, especially Cantona and Keane, whose fouls were rough, wild, and somewhat unnecessary.
Sometimes, even if you don't provoke him, he will just kick you to show your power.
If you provoke him, I'm sorry, just watch your legs, they would rather be sent off with a red card or even banned than break your legs!
Haaland's father provoked Keane and had his leg broken by the Manchester United captain, so he had to retire early.
Now he understands that on the court, if you are not ruthless, you will be the one who suffers.
Perhaps inspired by Lin Quan, Werder Bremen's players also took turns to target Neustadt in subsequent games.
In less than ten minutes, Neustadt was kicked down five times.
The most ruthless player was the team's forward Aaron Hunt. This player who came from Werder Bremen's youth training system was ruthless and didn't talk much. He seized the opportunity and tackled Neustadt for the fifth time.
The latter once again rolled on the ground screaming and holding his legs. The referee realized that these guys from Werder Bremen would not let it go unless he issued a card.
So he showed Hunt a yellow card. Hunt didn't care at all. He spat at Neustadt who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and returned to his seat contentedly.
When passing by Lin Quan, Lin Quan gave him a thumbs up, and he returned a look that both of them understood:
I'll find a chance to deal with him again later. Anyway, Lin Quan can still get another yellow card.
However, Schalke's coach did not dare to let Neustadt continue to stay on the court. He immediately made personnel adjustments and replaced Neustadt with Hildebrand.
Seeing the butcher being substituted, the players of Werder Bremen began to focus more on the game.
After dealing with individual players of the opponent, it’s now the turn of Schalke as a whole!
(End of this chapter)