Six Hundred and Seventy-Five Are You Really Not Afraid of Death?

On the evening of September 29th, Veltins Stadium in Gelsenkirchen.

When the referee Rocchi from Italy blew the whistle to start the game, Schalke Zero Four, who were playing at home, took the lead in launching a fierce attack on Manchester City. In only about 30 seconds of the opening time, the young Chinese midfielder The young player Baumjohn shot an angry shot from the outside of the penalty area, but was steadily saved by Neuer.

The German goalkeeper is from Schalke 04. Facing his old club this time, he is also very excited.

But the Schalke fans at the scene still booed Neuer, obviously dissatisfied with the former player who has transferred to the team, because they are rivals on the pitch tonight.

A shot was formed in the first attack. Although it was a long-range shot without a threat, it still boosted Schalke's confidence.

They began to actively press Manchester City, while also actively looking for opportunities to counterattack.

And this made Gao Shen not very clear.

...

"Where did Magath get his confidence?"

Gao Shen looked at the coaching bench of the home team. He couldn't see Magath sitting in it. Naturally, he didn't know what Magath was thinking at this moment, but he felt very puzzled.

"With the current defensive quality of Schalke 04, can they defend our counterattack?"

This is really not a deep boast, Manchester City is one of the most offensive teams in European football today.

Schalke 04's performance in the Bundesliga this season is really stretching their hips, but at this time, Magath chose to press out and attack, which made Gao Shen very puzzled.

"Maybe, he wants to replace defense with offense, grab a wave, and disrupt our rhythm." Sarri speculated with a smile.

Gao Shen thought for a while, but still shook his head, "Then he is looking for death."

Facts have proved that Manchester City only had a mess for less than two minutes, and immediately organized a quick counterattack and scored Schalke 04's big penalty area. Gareth Bale's long shot from the left was slightly higher. out.

It's like a warning.

But what puzzled Gao Shen was that Schalke 04 was unafraid and still insisted on attacking. There was a feeling that they would never give up until they fought Manchester City to the end.

Tonight, Magath adopted a four-four-two tactic, Raul and Huntelaar formed a double striker, and the midfielder was in a diamond position.

Judging from the formation of troops, Schalke 04's tactics are radical.

"Could it be related to his recent pressure?" Carlo guessed.

Everyone knows that Schalke 04 is in a worrying situation in the Bundesliga, and has even dropped to 17th. It even suffered a four-game losing streak before, and it is at the bottom of the standings. The pressure on Magath is really great.

Under this tremendous pressure, it is entirely possible that Magath wants to give it a go and make some unusual decisions.

For example, with Manchester City.

It cannot be said that Schalke Zero Four is weak.

If it is really weak, this Bundesliga team would not be able to make it to the semi-finals of the Champions League in Gao Shen's previous life.

But Magath's choice was somewhat risky.

Everyone knows that what Manchester City is most afraid of is those teams that are overwhelmed.

Magath gave Gao Shen a feeling right now, as if he was saying to Gao Shen: Others say you are strong, but labor and management just don’t believe in your evil, so I have to fight with you to see if you are really that powerful !

Not to mention, with Magath's personality, it is really possible that this is the way of thinking.

For such a famous European coach with personality, Gao Shen really admires him. He also knows that Magath’s current situation is indeed very difficult and the pressure is overwhelming. Therefore, he is happy to be the last straw that crushes Magath. .

It is best to let him and his Schalke Zero Four crash directly!

...

Faced with Schalke Zero Four's pressing every step of the way, Gao Shen did not adjust.

He believes his players can handle it all.

Manchester City's players also quickly stabilized their position and launched a counterattack, but Schalke 04 was still extremely tenacious, unwilling to back down. Corner chance.

The Bundesliga side sent a quick corner kick into Manchester City's penalty area, but it was cleared with a header from David Luiz.

Javi Martinez grabbed the spot again and headed the ball to the left again.

Gareth Bale made a quick start after stopping the ball.

I saw the Welshman striding forward, dribbling the ball all the way.

On the right side of Schalke 04 is the Japanese international Atsuto Uchida, facing the approach of Gareth Bale, he retreated and retreated.

But when entering Schalke's 0430 meters area, Gareth Bale suddenly changed to the penalty area and crossed the ball to David Silva.

The Spanish midfielder caught up all the way, just stopped the ball, and before the defensive player approached, he sent a through ball directly behind the defense line on the left side of the penalty area.

Suarez succeeded in anti-offside, obliquely inserted into the left side of the penalty area, stopped the ball, and before the goalkeeper attacked, he shot low with his left foot and sent the ball into the lower left corner of Schalke Zero Four's goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"In the 14th minute, Suarez scored the goal of Schalke Zero Four!"

"It was a quick counterattack from Manchester City. Gareth Bale's counterattack was very fast, and Manchester City's counterattack was also very sharp. Schalke 04's defenders simply couldn't stop Manchester City who were like tigers and tigers. .”

...

Gao Shen stood on the sidelines and applauded vigorously, celebrating his goal for Suarez.

He turned his head again and glanced at the home team coach's bench, only to find that Magath was still missing.

I don't know, how do the Germans feel in their hearts at this moment?

No matter, keep attacking!

If you dare to play against me, even if it is in your home court, it is still courting death!

Really think we Manchester City are those Champions League soft-legged shrimps who can only put on airs?

Yes, I'm talking about you, don't hide, Ibrahimovic!

When the players finished their goal celebrations and were about to return to the court, Gao Shen walked to the sidelines and signaled the players to continue pressing forward, continue to attack, and must strive for another goal.

Just three minutes later, Suarez's header from Zabaleta's cross from the right was missed.

Two minutes later, with a pass from Rakitic, Robben inserted into the right side of the penalty area and hit the goal from a small angle with his right foot, which he was not good at. As a result, he hit the side net directly, but still missed.

In the 22nd minute, Suarez actively fought back. After successfully snatching the ball from Matip, he quickly passed it diagonally to Robben on the right. When the Dutchman broke into the penalty area to receive the ball, he made an emergency stop and dunked Metzelder hit a far corner with his left foot, and the goalkeeper was beyond his reach.

Two to zero!

The entire Veltins Stadium was booed.

Obviously, Schalke fans are not only targeting Manchester City, but also blaming the team, thinking that Magath's team has performed too poorly.

In less than thirty minutes, he conceded two goals in a row.

...

Just after Manchester City scored the second goal, Gao Shen finally saw that Magath walked out of the coaching bench of the home team and came to the sidelines to direct the game. Seeing him like that, his expression was very depressed and lonely, and his gestures seemed to be demanding Players stand firm.

"Yeah, I'm finally being honest now." Gao Shen then laughed heartily, especially devilishly.

He really wanted to ask Magath, if it was the courage Liang Jingru gave you that made you crush me in front of me?

What? Don't know Liang Jingru?

That deserves you to risk failure!

Magath is a very personal and at the same time very rigid head coach. What he is most familiar to the fans should be the extremely boring pre-season training arranged during the coaching of Bayern.

how boring

To use a joke, he will only say one sentence to the players every day, "Let's climb the mountain together."

Then, it really climbed.

There was a joke circulating in the Bayern Munich team back then.

If Magath was on the Titanic that was about to hit the iceberg back then, everyone could swim and return to Southampton.

This is of course a ridicule, even a sarcasm, but it also intuitively reflects Magath's characteristics.

He is iron-blooded, proud, and stubborn.

At the same time, his gambling nature is also very heavy!

All of these caused him to be fired by Bayern, and in the summer of 2009, he took over Schalke 04, a high-ranking creditor.

If you change to a famous coach, you will stay away from teams like Schalke 04.

But Magath obviously intends to take a big gamble to make his coaching career to a higher level, so he chose to coach Schalke 04 as a manager and head coach.

Last season's league runner-up gave him a taste of the sweetness, so he had enough confidence to let Kuranyi and others go, and then reorganized the team. As a result, this season's results plummeted, let alone the top ten goals in the league. Come on, it's not bad to be able to relegation.

As a result, when he faced Manchester City, he bet again.

Many people say that Magath is stubborn and not an adventurous person.

That's because he doesn't take risks easily, and when he does, he searches for it and bets on his wealth with you!

This is one big adventurer!

...

Magath's adjustment was somewhat effective, and Schalke 04 barely stabilized its position.

But Manchester City took the initiative to control the scene and began to frequently create scoring opportunities.

Especially after gaining possession of the ball and controlling the situation, Manchester City's players also began to be more active.

Whether it's Gareth Bale on the left, Suarez, or Robben on the right, even David Silva and Rakitic in the midfield frequently stepped forward to create threats.

Before the end of the first half, it was Manchester City's offensive cooperation on the left.

After David Silva completed a two-for-one cooperation with Gareth Bale, the Welshman passed the ball to Suarez, who took the ball with his back and stopped towards his own as soon as he caught the ball. beside.

I saw David Silva rushing forward quickly. After receiving a pass from Suarez, he rushed into the penalty area with the ball, formed a beautiful back thrust, kicked the left side of the penalty area and hit the ball. Once again sent into Schalke 04's goal.

Three to zero!

Gao Shen is also extremely satisfied with the result.

He originally thought that it would be very difficult to play Schalke 04 away, but he did not expect that Magath would send him such a gift.

Whether it is said that he was forced by the situation, or that he has a lot of gambling, anyway, he is dead against Manchester City.

Not only in the first half, but in the case of trailing zero to three, he still chose to press out at the start of the second half.

Gao Shen was really puzzled, is he really not afraid of death?