Chapter 250: Klopp Driven to Desperation

Shinji Kagawa recovered from his fantasy, and roared to the sky with a look of resignation.

His first goal in the Bundesliga, so close at hand, was actually stifled like this.

Kagawa gestured to his teammates helplessly, and when he turned his head, he saw left forward Gross Kreutz spread his hands in displeasure.

Uchida Atsuto sat on the bench, looked at his national team teammates speechlessly, and secretly cursed a bastard.

Isn't it self-defeating to do this, he doesn't understand why Kagawa, who has always been the most team-conscious, has become so alone this time.

When Kagawa passed by the team's coaching bench, he heard Klopp shouting at him: "Yes, well done! Kagawa, just do it, you can do it!"

Klopp even went to the sidelines to give Kagawa a high-five. Compared with teammates and commentators, only he firmly believes that Kagawa has the strength to play an important role in the team, otherwise Klopp would not be in the club CEO Watts In front of Ke, he argued hard.

The introduction of Kagawa Shinji, Dortmund executives have concerns, players who have not even played in the World Cup, their ability has not been fully proved, and Kagawa Shinji is already 21 years old, and there is no advantage in age. The top talents in Europe are already the main force or even the core players of the club at this age.

Encouraged by the head coach, Shinji Kagawa unloaded some of his mental burden and waited for the next opportunity... If there is an opportunity next time, he is ready to try again, because he has been affirmed by the head coach that he is right to do so .

But the key is that he has to have this opportunity. This is not their home court. Schalke is in the right place at the right time and place. As long as Dortmund fails to make a counterattack, they will face a stronger counterattack from Schalke immediately.

Klopp naturally understands that he must be strategic here. It is one thing to fight mentally, but quite another to be strategic and tactical. So he hid the three absolute main players of Shaheen, Gotze and Barrios in today's starting lineup. What he wanted was to replace these three players in the second half and try to withstand the first half.

So Dortmund's current style of play is very Italian football style,

Tight contraction combined with an overall fast-forwarding defensive counterattack strategy gives Schalke possession of the ball in the midfield. The defense line extends to within 30 meters around the penalty area. Except for Lewandowski, all other players return to their own side. The frontier of the restricted area.

Klopp obviously knew that Schalke had a lot of problems breaking through the dense defense, so he put on a seemingly "modest" formation. In fact, the focus of defense is very clear. Schalke is currently relying on Zhou Tiancheng was responsible for the offensive organization alone, so the two midfielders Sven Bender and Kyle all moved closer to Zhou Tiancheng's activity area, leaving Klug completely alone.

Zhou Tiancheng saw two opposing players encircling him from the side and the front, and he was already prepared in his heart. He stuck the ball to his feet sideways, and relied on his excellent body explosiveness to hold the menacing Sven Bender first, and at the same time faced It seems that Kyle, who is not so explosive in physical fitness.

He is fully confident facing two defensive midfielders at the same time, at least the pressure exerted by Sven Bender on him is not enough to destroy his center of gravity. In fact, he could have forced a sprint to break the encirclement directly before the two completed the encirclement, but before he was ready to do so, he noticed that Farfan from the left had cut into the penalty area, and Dortmund's starting right back Owomoyela He is a typical assist fanatic. He had assisted in the attack just now. Now he saw that the two defensive midfielders participated in a joint press. Out of absolute trust in the two big brothers of the team, his vigilance immediately dropped. , Returning to the defense was also slow, thinking in his heart that he would wait for his teammates to steal the ball and then run up to participate in the offense.

So when the ball arced out of the air and fell behind him, he realized that it was bad.

"Farfan received a wonderful pass from Zhou! Dortmund's defense is too aggressive, and it turns out that two midfielders are not enough to deal with Zhou!"

Farfan glanced at the penalty area calmly and chose to pass back in an inverted triangle. Raul played close to the penalty spot to keep up with the dead corner.

"goooooooal!!! Raul, Raul! Schalke is ahead! goooooooal!!!"

"The key game still depends on the big heart of the superstar. Except for Zhou Tiancheng, the most reliable Schalke team is Raul. Sure enough, he stood up. Klopp wants to use Tian Ji's horse racing strategy today. It is not difficult to see that he It is obvious that he hoped to make a strong effort in the second half, but this goal bankrupted his plan, and the game only lasted half an hour, and Schalke can still take advantage of this opportunity to press, this is a good opportunity to pursue the victory!"

However, at this time Magath was not in a hurry to expand his advantage, and based on a steady and steady game, Schalke began to consciously slow down the pace and be more patient with the opponent.

Everyone thought that Klopp would press forward quickly. His coaching style itself was full of aggressiveness. In the past two seasons, the average running distance of their and Schalke teams ranked among the top three in the entire Bundesliga. The Ruhr Derby should have seen running all over the field, all kinds of explosive tackles, and red and yellow cards flying all over the sky. But so far, both sides have played very "civilized", and Dortmund does not seem to be too eager to counterattack. Klopp still put most of his strength firmly in his midfield. Magath had already planned to ask Jiang Hao to warm up. Once Dortmund actively pressed out, Jiang Hao's speed would be the team's trump card.

But he found that he had underestimated Klopp's patience, so he temporarily changed the plan and postponed the substitution, but the formation continued to push up, compressing Dortmund's formation near the penalty area, which means that all midfielders must be pressed. Around the top of the restricted area arc. Magath's goal is very clear, to keep Zhou Tiancheng as close as possible to the two forwards, which is the most effective way Magath can think of without making substitutions.

You are still patient at 0:1, what if it is 0:2?

Only thirty-five minutes into the game, and as far as the first half is concerned, there was still plenty of time.

Magath stretched out two fingers on the sidelines, meaning to execute the No. 2 offensive mode. Schalke's field position immediately appeared to adjust.

At present, the team has two offensive modes. One is to use Zhou Tiancheng to stabilize the midfield and create opportunities for strikers. This is the most conventional routine. However, after Huntelaar's arrival, Magath specially strengthened another offensive mode for breaking through dense defenses, which is to use Zhou Tiancheng's finishing ability as the core and use the forward as the axis to help him create shooting space.

And Zhou Tiancheng proved the feasibility of this strategy with practical actions.

"Zhou! Head-on, long-range shot - the goal is scored! It is scored! goooooal!!! Schalke leads by two goals at halftime, which is enough to kill the suspense of the game!"

The frenzied atmosphere at the Schalke Stadium made Klopp look gloomy. The goal put them in a desperate situation.

He took a deep breath and pulled his hair. It's time to fight.

Especially this game, let alone continue to lose.

The team's rare good momentum at the beginning must not be extinguished so early.

Especially this opponent.

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