Chapter 63: The Main Stage Begins...

Compared with the first round of the first half, Schalke's starting position has only two changes: Altintop played off the bench today, and Asamoah, who was a substitute in the first round, started today. Dortmund's starting lineup has not changed much. What attracts the most attention is that Kevin Boateng, who joined on loan from Tottenham, is actually in the starting position.

However, many people know that the key to the success or failure of the two teams today lies in the core of the two midfielders. Shaheen, the brain of the midfielder on the opposite side, has sent out 6 assists so far, ranking second in the assist list. Zhou Tiancheng's direct confrontation with him on the defensive end today is even more interesting.

Before the start of the game, the referee Merck presided over the captains of both sides to choose sides. This old man really has a relationship with the Ruhr Derby, and he was the one who enforced the Ruhr Derby in the first round. From another point of view, the German Football Association has great trust in his ability. The Ruhr Derby is the most concerned and valuable confrontation. Of course, the most experienced referee must be assigned to deal with various emergencies that may occur.

Before the game, Kyle won the right to choose the side for Dortmund. He first chose the side facing away from the South Stand in the first half. This kind of behavior that is not taken seriously by ordinary fans is actually a small trick-when Dortmund changes sides to fight again in the second half, Dortmund will face the south stand when attacking. The offensive momentum will increase even more. And Neuer will have to bear a lot of noise at that time.

With such a precise calculation, it can be seen that the characteristic of Derby is often to decide who can take the initiative and win the game in the subtleties.

However, Schalke got the right to take the lead in kick-off, which is equivalent to mastering the offensive first. This season Schalke 04 is rushing to open the opening 15 minutes. To be precise, it is what Zhou Tiancheng is best at.

When Kuranyi and Asamoah were standing in the middle circle waiting for the opening whistle, Zhou Tiancheng quickly shouted: "Attention, start! Start!"

Kuranyi understood in seconds. Zhou Tiancheng saw the referee staring at him and made a warning gesture. He immediately smiled and stood back to the position three meters away from the center circle.

The fans in the South Stand burst into deafening cheers from the moment the whistle blew, but at the beginning of the game, it was Schalke who turned away from the host and took the lead. The ball first passed through Schalke's backcourt with two feet. Rakitic knocked the ball horizontally to Zhou Tiancheng's feet, and then Zhou Tiancheng directly made a long pass to the frontcourt. Kuranyi played a header from the front of the penalty area to the penalty area. Hey, Asamoah sprinted straight to the left side of the penalty area. Hummels was a little negligent at this moment and didn't take the lead in grabbing a more favorable position, and Asamoah had already entered the penalty area, he couldn't rush out. Or reach out, in fact the defense is already very passive.

Asamoah received the header from the ferry and volleyed without stopping the ball. The noise of the originally noisy Westfalun Stadium was 70% to 80% lower in an instant, and many home fans had panic expressions on their faces.

Asamoah's choice of shooting this time is of a very high standard in terms of tactics and game viewing, but Weidenfeller's reaction is also very fast.

Lift the ball off the bar with great stretch.

Duan Xuan sat in the commentary seat of CCTV and sighed loudly: "What a pity! From Zhou Tiancheng to Kuranyi, the preparations before scoring were perfect, but why can't Asamoah Stopping the ball and shooting? If he had handled it more calmly and easily pushed a far corner, Weidenfeller would never have had any chance."

This attack only resulted in a corner kick, Rakitic took it out, and Hummels in the middle grabbed the first header to clear the siege. At this moment, Schalke's midfield defense was quite empty, so after the header cleared, the counterattack awareness Strong Dortmund players immediately recognized the opportunity. Boateng controlled the ball from outside the penalty area and immediately began to advance at high speed.

"Dangerous! Schalke's midfield is empty! Rakitic and Zhou Tiancheng have not yet returned to their positions, and Zhou Tiancheng is speeding up to catch up! His speed is very fast, and he has already approached Boateng!" Duan Xuan was very nervous.

Schalke is too disadvantaged in the number of frontal defenses. There are only four defenders. Rafinha and Boldon both consciously receive the space between the defense lines in the middle. However, the opponent has many choices in this situation. Boateng rushed with the ball In the frontcourt, he pushed the ball to Shaheen in the middle at the front of the penalty area. Although Zhou Tiancheng chased Boateng back with all his strength, he was still a step behind, but he did not give up and immediately turned around to press towards Shaheen.

"Benedict! Come up and press him!" Zhou Tiancheng saw that Shaheen dribbled the ball a step sideways, and subconsciously felt something was wrong, so he shouted and gestured to Hewedes.

But at this moment, Howedes' attention is on Shaheen's feet. The cheers of Dortmund fans completely drowned out Zhou Tiancheng's voice, and Howedes didn't have time to look up at Zhou Tiancheng's hand gestures. Card explained before the game, guessing which route Shaheen will choose for this extremely threatening pass.

Seeing that Hewedes was indifferent to his warning, Zhou Tiancheng could only speed up his steps and force towards Shaheen.

He has a strong intuition that Shaheen will not pass the ball, but will end it by himself!

This intuition was very strong, because Zhou Tiancheng brought himself into the role of Shaheen. Faced with the same situation, he would choose to do so even if the defender didn't press hard. Moreover, Shaheen's preparatory actions couldn't fool Zhou Tiancheng at all.

But it's a pity that Hewedes didn't know. It wasn't until Shaheen started to swing his legs that he realized that it was not what he expected. He stretched out his feet hastily to block the hole of the gun, but the movement was obviously slow, and he gave Shaheen too much preparation time. Neuer made a ground cut from the dead corner on the left hand side. Even though Neuer has an excellent wingspan, it is still too difficult to hastily save this kind of grounder that hits a theoretical dead end. The fingertip was two centimeters away from the ball, and crashed into the snow-white net.

"Aww!!!!!!"

At this moment, the atmosphere in the Westphalon Stadium was very scary, especially in the south stand where there were no seats, and waves of yellow crowds set off. Judging by the excitement, it seemed that Schalke's counterattack before the game had no effect. For Dortmund, beer is not a necessity for watching football.

When nearly 80,000 fans utter the same voice, the players of the visiting team can truly feel why this place is called the home of hell.

If Dortmund scores first at the Westfalen Stadium, it will be a big trouble for the visiting team. Not only will they have to face the dilemma of the score, but they will also have to face Dortmund, which is gaining momentum by taking advantage of the home court.

Even if Bayern in normal form come here to play, the first priority is to establish a lead first. Falling behind here, none of them are fully sure.

Zhou Tiancheng bit his lip. When everyone was depressed, his eyes gradually drifted to the opposite South Stand...