Chapter 233 Smoke Bomb?

Schalke won without any suspense in the three warm-up matches, beating Cottbus 3-0, followed by two six-goal wins over Oberhausen and Hamburg Victory.

There is no suspense in the result, but two things have attracted the attention of the media. The first is that Raul, who has received much attention, is in good form. He scored three goals in three games, and the scoring methods are exactly the same. Slanting outward into the penalty area, Zhou Tiancheng's pass was just right, perfectly fitting his running rhythm, and Raul could directly face a semi-single-handed opportunity when he received the ball.

Although the opponent's strength is limited, the defense will not cause too much pressure on Schalke, but the long pass over the top of more than 30 meters can form such a cooperation more than once. It is not easy to ensure such accuracy even in training. Well... this is the most powerful proof, especially those reporters who watched Zhou Tiancheng and Raul rehearse before the team set up, they were even more excited. The effect came out so quickly, and the attack of the new combination is really exciting.

In addition, the reporters discovered the captain's armband on Zhou Tiancheng's arm through keen observation when he entered the field. Although after Westerman left the team, the media generally believed that Zhou Tiancheng was a popular candidate for the new captain. The pivotal role is far greater than that of Neuer. But when this moment really became a reality, all Schalke fans were very excited, especially the Chinese reporters. The report after the game was directly excerpted or even translated from the report on Schalke's official website: the youngest captain in the century-old team history. In the reports sent back to China by the Chinese media, four words were emphasized: Chinese captain-this is an honor belonging to Chinese players, and it really consolidated Zhou Tiancheng's status as a big boss in the team.

Of course, more tactical things cannot be found out through pre-season warm-ups. In these three games, Magath has been greatly testing the lineup. Due to the tight pre-season training time, there is not much time to polish tactics alone. We can only find problems through the way of training in games, and continue to improve in training and the next game, and gradually find the best lineup in the current lineup. collocation.

Although the new Bundesliga season officially kicked off on August 21, Schalke still has two official games to play before that, the German Super Cup against Bayern Munich. Climbing to the top, this season's Super Cup is a contest between the league champions and runners-up.

Usually the Super Cup is the prelude to the start of the new Bundesliga season. This season's prelude is very suitable for everyone-the main theme of the championship!

If there is no accident, the biggest favorites in the new season are still these two teams that already dominate in the Bundesliga. At the beginning of this season, the direction of public opinion has finally changed. Almost all Bundesliga experts have begun to face up to the fact that Schalke can compete with Bayern. The quality of the "Western Super Duo" is quite different, of course, mainly because Schalke's championship accumulation is not thick enough, but in terms of strength, there is nothing wrong with these two teams being called "German Super Duo" , The strength is indeed stronger than other Bundesliga teams.

In this summer transfer period, Bayern and Schalke have completely different methods of enriching the lineup. Schalke relied on spending money to buy and buy, while Bayern only took back a few youth training players that they rented out for training. After all, Bayern has a deep foundation. one. Even Schalke's youth training has to be a little weaker.

Therefore, when looking ahead to the new season, the German media set the main tone of the championship as a confrontation between capital and background, and which of the two can prevail, the Super Cup may be the first clue.

But to everyone's surprise, the lineup Van Gaal brought to Augsburg for the Super Cup had only four substitutes! Moreover, captain Van Bommel was not injured or sick but did not come with the team.

Van Buyten and Robben, who are still recovering from their injuries, and Ribery, who is recovering, were not selected for the match list and stayed in Munich.

Bayern took the initiative to give up the "Roberg" combination, the first official championship of the new season, Bayern just sent out the remnants, giving people a feeling of coping

The explanation given by Van Gaal is: "Compared with a Super Cup, a long season is more important."

It sounds plausible. But the unexplainable part is that Robben and Ribery can be understood as being forced due to injuries, but Van Bommel did not play, which is abnormal no matter how you look at it.

The Gelsenkirchen media interpreted this as: In the eyes of Van Gaal, this game should be given up voluntarily. He is not willing to get the main force to play out, consume the whole game and end up with nothing!

This kind of statement is domineering, and I completely think that Schalke will win without any suspense. However, a more neutral national media like "Bild" is much more rational. First of all, Bayern has not tasted any championship trophy for two consecutive seasons, which is unimaginable for them. It is impossible for Bayern to be hungry for championships. Although the Super Cup is even more tasteless than the German Cup, and was once ordered to be interrupted by the German Football Association, for Bayern, which has had no harvest for two seasons, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. A wealthy family has a championship trophy, just like a normal-oriented man has a normalized demand for the opposite sex. If it is missing for too long, chicken ribs are the Holy Grail, and sows can compete with Diaochan... So, Bayern is not eager to start with the Super Cup champion In the new season, that is impossible.

Secondly, even in the lineup Van Gaal brought to Augsburg, the "Bild" reporter sorted out a few players who performed well last season.

For example, Toni was loaned to Leverkusen during the winter break of the 2008-09 season.

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