Chapter 198 Confrontation with Neuer
The second half was as intense as imagined.
With the support of the home fans, Schalke 04 was the team that played better in the second half. The players became more and more courageous. Dortmund's crisis in front of the goal was everywhere, which was a test of the cooperation between Hummels and Subotic.
These two young central defenders are the most stable part of Dortmund's defense line. Facing Schalke 04's repeated indiscriminate bombing, the defense line guarded by the two did not have any major problems.
On the contrary, from Hummels' side, Dortmund can also find space to counterattack.
Hummels' passing skills are very good. He came from Bayern Munich's youth academy. Van Gaal must have regretted that his predecessor chose to keep Badstubel instead of Hummels. The ability to play the ball can be said to be comparable to that of Hummels, but the defensive ability of the central defender's job is a lot worse.
Dortmund found this treasure, and Klopp asked the top management to change Hummels' loan to a permanent transfer before he took over.
A pass in 53 minutes reflects his value, which is why Klopp unscrupulously asked Dortmund to sign Hummels.
With an excellent defense, Hummels passed Holtby to Kuranyi's pick pass in the penalty area and stopped easily with his chest, and then passed Holtby with excellent technique, very calm and calm.
Even the Schalke 04 fans had to applaud this defense. Holtby looked a little tender in front of Hummels, but in fact, Hummels is only one year older than Holtby , but he played very calmly. In a competition like the Ruhr Derby, Hummels' state is commendable.
More praiseworthy is yet to come.
Hummels has a little chest and controls the football in front of him. No one comes up to grab it. Kuranyi is in the penalty area. Holtby has been swayed. Farfan and Rakitic are still far away. Hummels has plenty of time to observe.
Then Hummels made a long pass and went straight to Qi Ce!
Dortmund also often drills the attack directly from the backcourt during training. The general target is Kuba, because Kuba is fast, and he is on the wing, with a lot of space, suitable for counterattacks.
Another point is Qi Ce. Although Qi Ce is used to moving on the left side, he is still in the middle. Direct long passes are not a good choice, which means that Qi Ce has to compete with the opponent's central defender for placement.
This kind of trick is not very good. After all, Qi Ce is not a high center forward, but it does not mean that Klopp will give up Qi Ce's natural advantage of fast counterattack.
Hummels chose to kick the ball to the front,
The position is in the middle of Schalke 04's defense line and the goal, allowing Schalke 04's half to form a round of track and field competition!
Hummels passed the ball so wonderfully!
The ball is a little farther away, which is within the control of the goalkeeper, but if it is closer, it may be directly pushed out by the Schalke 04 defender, and the ball flew to the middle ground impartially.
However, Schalke 04's goalkeeper is Neuer!
Faced with this situation, Neuer has only one choice.
Abandon the door and go out!
Zize had already thrown off the Brazilian centre-back Bodden, who was racing towards the ball at full speed, and Neuer was also out.
A speed duel with the goalkeeper!
Zize has seen the opponent's goalkeeper come out, it is Neuer, he is in this position, of course he will choose to attack, but it also means that as long as he passes him, he will face an empty goal!
Going proudly to the Schalke Stadium, the voices of fans on both sides almost toppled the ceiling.
Neuer's attack is a common sight in this stadium, but this is the Ruhr Derby, the fans are already very excited, and this situation is undoubtedly the greater excitement.
The goalkeeper's single-handed attack and defense means that this is the last fight. The past is an empty goal, and defending is another situation. This is like a gamble, which makes people nervous.
Fans are right to be concerned.
In an instant, Zize and Neuer were already close to the football. It depends on who gets the ball first. Neuer has rich experience in attacking, but Zize's ability to hold the ball under high pressure is also very good!
The duel between masters is only in an instant.
Neuer's speed is not as fast as Chitzer's. His only advantage is coming towards the ball. Chitze chose to head the ball when he was close to the football. At this moment, Chitze also used the ball to assist.
Jump up and head the ball with all your strength!
Neuer stretched out his hand subconsciously, but he retracted the next moment, this is outside the restricted area!
The football just bypassed Neuer's control range, and Neuer and Zize collided with each other. In order to hit the ball, Zize jumped up with his whole body to hit the ball, and then the rest could only be resigned to fate. .
But Zize is still very confident!
The ball stop assist enhanced Zitze's ability to control the ball. This time the header passed Neuer and flew directly to the goal!
The exclamation of proudly going to the Schalke Stadium reached its peak.
Even if Zitzer hits the ball, the speed of the ball is still not fast. At the same time, the defender Hewedes is rushing towards the goal desperately. If he is faster, it is still possible to catch up with the football.
The ball slowly flew towards the goal in the air. Neuer and Zize lay on the ground and looked towards the goal at the same time. Höwedes has already flown!
He tries to clear with a barb!
But his feet are still two centimeters shorter!
The football slowly fell into the goal from the air, and the moment it hit the ground, Hewedes' whole body flew over, and fell into the goal with the ball!
The ball went in!
Zitzer got up from the ground and stretched out a finger towards the sky towards the Schalke 04 fans.
After a while of exclamation, the fans saw that the football still fell into the goal, and then issued a deafening boo!
Of course, the goal is Qi Ce. Although Qi Ce has always celebrated like this, and the action is not big, but in the eyes of Schalke 04 fans at this time, Qi Ce is a naked provocation!
But of course, in the eyes of Dortmund fans, there is nothing better than this.
"Look! Our Ice Cube Boy! He punished the proud Neuer and the idiots of Schalke 04!" Müller laughed loudly, he would not give Schalke 04 any face.
Neuer stood up and looked at Zize, and then at his own goal. He did not regret this attack. If he did not attack, there was a high probability that Zize would get the ball, and he might win the ball if he attacked early.
It's hard to say whether this counts as a mistake. In this case, the goalkeeper's choice of attack is not a problem, but it's hard to say whether the opponent can score the goal single-handedly.
But all of this is not important anymore, what is important is that Dortmund once again exceeded the score away!
Schalke 04 was not knocked down by this goal.
Facing Dortmund, Schalke 04 will be high-spirited no matter how many goals they fall behind!
This is the usual situation in the derby in the Ruhr area. Schalke 04, who fell behind again, continued to attack Dortmund's half like a wounded wolf.
Facing Schalke 04, Dortmund's answer is to continue to fight back!
After leading 2:1, Dortmund did not slow down the offensive. The game between the two teams was still exciting and the game was very anxious.
The opponents in the match against Dortmund this season are all like this, not to mention Schalke 04, they are Dortmund's sworn enemy. Either you kill me or I kill you.
In the 69th minute, Schalke 04's long pass once again had an effect. Kuranyi finally played his power this time and scored a header near the penalty spot!
In this game, Schalke 04 showed a tenacious fighting spirit. They fell behind twice in a row, but they did not give up. They are worthy of the strongest support from the fans who went to the Schalke Stadium proudly!