Chapter 489

On February 20th, Schalke 04 challenged Borussia Mönchengladbach away. Dream Novel Network ()

This is the first time that Sun Wu has been absent so far this season. After playing in the league, he was punished and suspended for one game by the Football Association.

But Sun Wu still appeared grandiosely on the court with the team. This was the first time he sat on the bench as an assistant coach.

Like Sun Wu, Hewedes was also suspended. In addition, Westerman, Hitzelsperger and Fuchs were all absent due to injuries. Papadopoulos, Matip and Firmino got First chance.

From the first minute, Sun Wu felt that the game would be very difficult to play. Borussia Mönchengladbach did too well. Most of the players retreated to defend. Even the center had to help defend, and the front was only on the left. Leaving one counter-attacker... Royce.

In the 12th minute, Royce made a long-distance attack and assisted his teammates to open the scoring. Papadopoulos was simply swayed away, but he didn't make up the defense, allowing the opponent's striker to shoot an empty goal.

Leading by one goal, Borussia Mönchengladbach became more determined to defend. The attacking combination of Cavani, Draxler and Farfan found it difficult to find opportunities. Although Rakitic behind him did a good job in organization, but Lacking a little inspiration.

"That's the difference," Adam Simpson said. "Best's ability to find space in near-impossible situations, while the Croat lacks that talent..."

Of course, Rakitic doesn't have a "God's perspective".

The offensive and defensive drill continued until the second half. In the 65th minute, Draxler's off-target shot hit the opponent's defender and rebounded. Cavani made a supplementary shot to equalize the score.

"It's dangerous..." Sun Wu twitched his lips and glanced at Lannick.

Lannick's cheeks were also twitching...

At a distance of three or four meters, facing the empty goal where the goalkeeper had already surrendered, Cavani's supplementary shot hit the lower edge of the crossbar and narrowly crossed the line. If the line referee hadn't raised the flag, it might not have counted...

After scoring the equalizing goal, Cavani was substituted. He is currently the only player in the team who has maintained full attendance in the second half of the season except for Neuer. Aubameyang came off the bench.

After transferring, he didn't have much playing time, but Aubameyang's mood was much better than that of his loan career in previous years. After being a center forward, he trained Sun Wu, Rolf and Slomka every day. Correct his movement, give encouragement and even praise.

Aubameyang also feels that the improvement has been rapid in the past one or two months.

The opportunity came quickly. In the 78th minute, Rakitic organized a very deceptive attack. He, Draxler and Firmino concentrated on the left side, and even Atsuto Uchida behind him also assisted. come up.

Just when Borussia Mönchengladbach's defense leaned to the right, Rakitic sent a long diagonal pass from a long distance, and Pekarik inserted the ball at high speed and directly made a 45-degree pass.

Aubameyang started from outside the penalty area at high speed, and instantly got rid of the guard who was marking him. Before Dante, the team with the inside of his foot pushed the color in the air to cooperate and score! Adam Simpson praised, "Mandzukic left and Cavani, Cavani rested and Aubameyang, Lanick's cards are enviable!" "

"How is it?" Sun Wu approached Lannick and said triumphantly, "Look at his running position, look at his shooting action..."

"It's all due to me!" Slomka interjected calmly.

Sun Wu was stunned for a moment, "At least I suggested it!"

"It's just the first goal." Rolf laughed. "Actually... it's not bad to play as the second striker."

"Second striker..." Lannick stroked his chin, "Let's talk about it when we go back."

Now the position of the team's left winger is very inclusive.

Although Draxler is active on the side, he is actually a front midfielder with organizational skills. He will cut in and need to find opportunities to cooperate with Rakitic and Sun Wu.

And Raul is best suited to play as a shadow striker, but now that he is getting older, his ability to pull back and pull back can no longer keep up. Once the team's width will be limited once he plays, he is more looking for a sword to seal the throat in the penalty area Opportunity.

Aubameyang is more suitable,

Although the breakthrough with the ball is a bit weak, but it is fast, has impact, and has good physical fitness. It has a strong ability to run back and forth.

Sun Wu sat back on the coaching bench, resting his chin on his hand to ponder the difference between Aubameyang and Cavani...

The biggest problem is that Aubameyang will play as the second striker, and Cavani will overlap in position...

In the final stage of the game, Lannick replaced Papadopoulos with Jones, allowing Matip to return to the defense.

In stoppage time, Royce cut in from the right and broke through the middle of the low pass. Matip stretched out his foot and blocked the ball back to Royce...

Without hesitation, Royce shot from a small angle and broke through Neuer's ten fingers.

"Matip... is really unreliable!" This is Duan Xuan's evaluation.

Sun Wu held his head in disbelief, this guy Matip would often make some low-level mistakes as soon as he returned to the central defender...

After the game, when we returned to the hotel, some were happy, while others were annoyed.

Because in several games held at the same time, Bayern Munich also drew, and they shook hands with St. Pauli 3 to 3. If Ribery hadn't scored a free kick at the last moment, they would have lost!

Well, Sun Wu is happy to see...Mandzukic still didn't score, the goal drought has lasted for four league games.

And Dortmund is even worse, Schmelzer, Shaheen, Sven Bender, Lewandowski are all suspended, and Kagawa Shinji is reimbursed for the season due to serious injuries, Klopp himself is also suspended... even playing at home, in the stands Only away fans.

Tsk tsk, Mainz was not soft at all, and simply defeated Dortmund 2-0.

In the record against the top four teams, Tuchel's record is better than that of Heynckes.

According to rumors on the Internet, before the game was over, a large number of fans gathered in the square outside the stadium, holding banners and shouting slogans, cursing Schalke 04, well, the name Best appeared most frequently.

Leverkusen, on the other hand, suffered consecutive defeats at the beginning of the second half of the season, but Heynckes immediately made adjustments. When the duo bayonets in the Ruhr area became popular, they quietly won two consecutive victories, and now they will take the lead The advantage expanded to 6 points.

However, neither Dortmund, Bayern Munich nor Schalke 04 care much about this. Leverkusen's own strength lies there, and it is difficult to maintain its lead.

In the first half of the season, in the four-team round-robin match between Leverkusen, the Ruhr duo, and Bayern Munich, Schalke 04 and Dortmund both won two and drew one. Bayern Munich had one win and two losses, while Leverkusen had three. All lost.

In the second half of the season, Leverkusen has not played these three direct competitors yet.

Hanke, the host of German Sports TV, said so in the program.

"It's hard not to fall behind for Leverkusen."

"Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 both have European missions."

"Dortmund's suspension wave has one game left."

"But the upcoming March is the most critical period for the league. Whether they can enter the championship ranks depends on whether they can grab enough points in March."

Sun Wu in front of the TV nodded in agreement with this point of view, shrugged and said, "We have at least one week more than Bayern Munich. After all, the second round of the knockout round is just a formality."

"We have at least a week more than Dortmund." Rangnick laughed. "Next week in the league, they still have three people suspended, and you and Hewedes can come back!"

"So, what we have to do now is to grab points!"

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