Chapter 147 We Are the Champions!

At 7:30 pm on June 1, the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, the capital of Germany, was brightly lit.

Two huge team flags were spread out in the north and south stands occupied by Werder Bremen and Stuttgart fans respectively.

Even before the game started, fans from both sides started fighting.

The singing in the stands on both sides continued, and the stadium, which can accommodate 76,000 spectators, was filled with loud singing all the time.

This game is very important for both sides. Both teams are teams that have not won the championship for many years. As long as they can win this game, they can rewrite this history.

Therefore, fans of both teams flocked to Berlin, hoping to witness the team win the cup.

In addition to the fans who were lucky enough to buy tickets and enter the stadium to watch the game, there were tens of thousands of spectators outside the stadium who came late and failed to buy tickets.

When the buses of both teams drove into the stadium, they encountered some minor troubles.

However, what is different from being surrounded by rival fans in away games is that this time, it is the fans of their own team who surround their team bus.

"Come on, kill them!"

"Come on Werder Bremen!"

"Come on Lin Quan, come on De Bruyne, come on Werder Bremen!"

The fans' enthusiasm infected the players on the bus, and a competition atmosphere that can only be found in the finals began to pervade the team.

"Don't be nervous, just treat this game like a normal game!"

Head coach Schaff keenly sensed the change in the players' mentality, so he immediately tried to comfort the players.

But this kind of thing cannot be solved with a few words of comfort.

Werder Bremen's lineup is very young. Except for a few old players such as Fritz, no other players have experienced such an important game.

The shortcomings of young players' unstable mentality seem to have become a hidden danger for the team at this moment.

Facing such an important game, young players can't help but think:

What if we lose this game?

Do fans blame themselves?

Will you regret it for the rest of your life?

This kind of thing cannot be avoided by trying hard not to think about it, because before the game starts, the whole head is filled with these questions.

So much so that they couldn't even listen to the tactical arrangements arranged by the head coach!

"Pop!"

Seeing that the players were too nervous, Schaaf clapped his hands, attracted everyone's attention, and said:

"I know you are very nervous, but the more nervous you are at this time, the worse the performance of the game will be. You must believe in your own strength and the strength of your teammates. Look, Lin Quan is not nervous at all!"

Scharf was originally going to ask a few veteran players to share their experience in the competition, but when he saw Lin Quan's calm and calm look, he instantly changed his mind.

Lin Quan is the youngest player in the team, and it is much more effective for him to speak out than the senior players.

The team members all turned to look at Lin Quan. Seeing that the latter looked confident, the tension in their hearts subsided slightly.

Lin Quan is the core of the team's tactics. Since he is not nervous, what should he be nervous about?

If the sky falls, someone tall will hold it up!

"Lin, can you tell your teammates why you don't feel nervous?"

Shafu is also curious, why is Lin Quan's mentality so good?

It is rare to see such a mature mentality among young players.

"The reason is simple. Because our opponents are weaker than us, they are the ones who should be nervous!"

This simple sentence was like a bucket of cold water on everyone's heads, making everyone feel enlightened.

yes!

We are stronger and have better odds, so why should we be nervous?

When I think about the fact that they have won two games against Stuttgart this season, they even beat their opponents 5:1 in the away game in the 21st round.

The Werder Bremen players suddenly felt confident!

Stuttgart, they are just defeated!

Seeing that the mentality of the team members gradually returned to normal, Shafu breathed a sigh of relief and secretly gave Lin Quan a thumbs up.

What a boy, you have a way!

However, the players seem to have slipped from one extreme to the other. They were nervous before, but now they seem a little arrogant!

"Ahem, the finals are different from ordinary games. The intensity of the finals is higher. Our opponents will definitely try their best to prevent us from winning the championship, so we can't be careless. After the opening, we need to score goals as soon as possible to secure the initiative in the game. It’s firmly in your own hands!”

Schaaf took out his tactical board and explained his tactics again.

He formulated a tactic of attacking at the beginning, retreating immediately after winning, and retreating to his own half for defensive counterattacks.

Werder Bremen is already stronger than Stuttgart. If they are willing to lower their body and play defensive counterattack, then Stuttgart will really have no chance at all.

Of course, this tactic may be criticized by the outside world after the game as utilitarian football, with only victory in its eyes.

But Schaff didn't care. No matter how good the game was, it would be in vain if he couldn't win:

"The final is an unknown game. It doesn't matter whether the game is good or not, as long as you can win!"

None of the team members objected to this statement.

This is the last game. If you win, you can go back on vacation happily. If you lose, you may not be in a good mood all summer.

Moreover, this game is the last time they will play side by side with the twin stars in the team, and no one wants to leave any regrets.

…

At 19:45 minutes, the players began to leave the locker room and entered the tunnel to prepare for entry.

Before the game, Stuttgart players can't help but peek at their opponents. The most watched ones are Werder Bremen's twin stars Lin Quan and De Bruyne.

They had received rumors before that De Bruyne had not shown up for the team for a long time and might miss this game.

Unexpectedly, the other party came in the end, which made them feel very disappointed.

How wonderful it would be if the other party didn't come!

In that case, they might really be able to steal the championship trophy from Werder Bremen.

but now……

Seeing the strong opponents, Stuttgart's players had little confidence.

After the entrance ceremony, pre-match handshakes and coin guessing.

At eight o'clock in the evening, under the spotlight, the 2012-2013 German Cup final officially started.

Werder Bremen, wearing a green jersey, attacked from left to right, while Stuttgart, wearing a white jersey, attacked from right to left.

The moment the whistle sounded, Werder Bremen's five frontcourt players rushed towards Stuttgart's half.

The Stuttgart player who had just passed the ball back was shocked, and was caught off guard by the opponent's frontcourt steal.

"Danger!"

In the commentary box, before he could finish introducing the players on both sides, the commentator had to interrupt his introduction due to the sudden change in the situation on the court.

"Werder Bremen pressed wildly in the frontcourt. Maxim passed the ball decisively and was intercepted by the opponent!"

"De Bruyne is holding the ball and he is observing the movement of his teammates!"

"He passed the ball!"

"Danger!"

"The ball is in!"

"Oh my God, it's unbelievable. In just 15 seconds, Werder Bremen took advantage of a mistake by their opponent to take the lead!"

The goal was scored so fast that the commentator had no time to keep up with the rhythm, and could not even fully describe the scoring process.

It wasn't until the slow motion playback started that he fully explained the entire process of Werder Bremen's attack.

"Stuttgart's carelessness in the opening was the primary reason for conceding the goal. They were caught off guard by their opponent's opening attack."

"Maxim just received a pass from his teammate, and before he could pass the ball out, he was double-teamed by two opponents!"

"Werder Bremen's twin stars, De Bruyne and Lin Quan, completed the steal together. After stealing the ball, Lin Quan immediately moved forward, attracting the attention of the defensive player, and opened the pass for De Bruyne. Space for the ball.”

"De Bruyne was very smart and did not choose to pass the ball directly to Lin Quan. Instead, he passed the ball diagonally to the central midfielder Hunter. The latter overstepped and passed to Lin Quan who was stretched out, and the latter assisted from there. Elia cut in from the wing and entered the penalty area to complete the goal."

The entire offensive process only used four passes, and there was a huge hole in Stuttgart's defense. They all looked at Lin Quan holding the ball, thinking that the opponent would hit the goal.

As a result, Lin Quan never expected to pass the ball!

After the goal, Werder Bremen players rushed forward crazily, throwing Elia, the hero of the goal, and Lin Quan, who assisted him to score, to the ground, rubbing their heads crazily and slapping them. body of.

Before the goal was scored, they were still a little nervous.

But after scoring this goal, their nervousness completely disappeared!

I thought it would take some effort for them to score the opponent's goal, but they didn't expect to score in the first attack!

The opponent was really as vulnerable as Lin Quan said!

Coach Schaff on the sidelines didn’t expect the goal to come so quickly. After seeing Elia’s opening goal, he rushed out of the coaching bench excitedly and celebrated with hugs and hugs from every colleague around him and even the substitute players.

On the other side, everyone in the Stuttgart coaching bench was stunned by the result.

Falling behind in just 15 seconds of the opening game, how can we continue to play this game?

An atmosphere of despair began to spread among them!

What made them even more desperate was that after the restart, Werder Bremen stopped attacking. They all retracted into their own half, leaving only one forward in front.

The other party actually set up an iron barrel array!

The head coach of Stuttgart wanted to curse his mother after seeing this scene!

Isn't this too shameless?

You are second in the Bundesliga after all. You gave us a bloodbath in two rounds. What are you afraid of?

Come out and fight with us!

Werder Bremen said, only fools play against you!

We are leading, wouldn't it be better to just play defensive counterattack with peace of mind?

Stuttgart ranks 13th in the league this season and is a mid-table team in the Bundesliga.

A big problem that troubles them is - their lack of strength!

In 34 Bundesliga games this season, Stuttgart only scored 33 goals, averaging less than one goal per game.

This data ranks second to last in the Bundesliga, only slightly more than Clover Fürth's 26 goals.

Precisely because of the weakness of the forwards, Stuttgart's pre-game tactic was to play defensive counterattack to see if they could take advantage of the opponent's mistakes to steal one or two goals.

If you can't steal the ball, you can't let the opponent score and try to drag it to a penalty shootout.

They know very well that their own strength is not as good as their opponents. They need to correct their mentality in this game and put themselves in the position of the weak to play.

But the plan can't keep up with the changes!

Before their defense could get into position, the opponent scored.

Now it's better, they can't defend anymore, they have to go out and attack which they are not good at.

Stuttgart's players cautiously launched an attack on Werder Bremen.

Then……

He was beaten back!

In the 9th minute, Rudiger made a pass from the right, and Maxim's left-footed shot missed the goal slightly.

Werder Bremen launched a quick counterattack, and De Bruyne went straight to Lin Quan in the penalty area.

Lin Quan didn't have a good shooting angle, so he chose to cross from the left.

Arnautovic leaped high, overwhelmed Stuttgart defender Molinaro, and headed the ball towards the goal.

The goal was very close to the goal, and Anautovic's header was of high quality.

It seems like a sure goal!

However, Stuttgart goalkeeper Ulreich was like a god at this moment, making a divine save and bravely blocking the close shot.

After Arnautovic saw the ball fly out, he held his head in disbelief.

I felt it after hitting the ball, but the opponent was able to save even this ball?

Is that human being?

A header is much harder to save than a shot with your feet!

Such a close distance and such a sudden shooting action will test the goalkeeper's reaction speed and basic skills.

Not to mention Arnautovic felt unbelievable, even Lin couldn't help but glance at the goalkeeper.

As expected of a goalkeeper favored by Bayern, this guy really has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.

The goalkeeper's superb save seemed to inject a bit of courage into the Stuttgart players.

They became even bolder in subsequent attacks!

In the 24th minute of the game, Stuttgart got a good offensive opportunity.

Maxim's free kick went straight into Werder Bremen's penalty area. Werder Bremen's defender jumped up, giving the opponent's forward a chance to header.

It's a pity that Ibisevic didn't seem to be prepared. His hasty attack was too straight and was directly confiscated by the goalkeeper.

After confiscating the ball, Militz quickly launched a quick counterattack.

He threw the ball to the center circle with a hand and found Lin Quan near the center circle.

After Lin Quan received the ball, he passed the onrushing Boca and drove the ball to the edge of the opponent's penalty area.

After observing Ulreich's position, Lin Quan swung his leg to shoot.

The two defenders of Stuttgart did not doubt that he was there and immediately stepped forward to block it.

But Lin Quan did not shoot, but gently knocked the ball across the left side of the penalty area.

De Bruyne, who came in from behind, once again scored Stuttgart's goal with a blast without being marked.

There was nothing Ulreich could do about this ball. Although he had already made a save and even touched the ball.

But De Bruyne's shot was too powerful. He failed to change the flight direction of the football and could only watch the ball fly into his own net.

The score became 2:0, and Werder Bremen already had one foot on the podium!

The Stuttgart players were very frustrated. It was obviously their offensive round, but they didn't score, but the opponent did.

Werder Bremen's terrifying ability to counterattack quickly made Stuttgart's players feel at a loss.

Most of their players were still in the opponent's half and had just finished participating in the attack. Before they had time to withdraw, the opponent launched a quick counterattack.

If they continue to play like this, they may still lose goals.

As a result, the Stuttgart players did not dare to continue attacking.

They became a lot more conservative in the following period. They did not attack, and Werder Bremen, who had a two-goal advantage, were not in a hurry.

The first half ended quickly, and Werder Bremen returned to the locker room with a 2-goal lead.

During the halftime break, Schaff did not adjust his tactics and was determined to implement the defensive counterattack tactics to the end.

This disappointed Stuttgart, and their fans began to yell!

The opponent is so shameless. A strong team is beating a weak team, with a two-goal lead, but they still play so conservatively!

Not to mention them, even the neutral fans on the court can't stand it.

They came because of Werder Bremen's reputation of being good at playing offensive football, but what they saw was Werder Bremen with a bus set up.

Where is that team that can often play gorgeous offensive games in games?

It seems to be to fulfill the fans' wishes!

In the 65th minute of the second half, Werder Bremen changed their defensive counterattack style.

Suddenly, they launched a crazy press in the frontcourt and launched a fierce attack on Stuttgart.

This sudden change made it difficult for Stuttgart to defend themselves. They were used to their opponents shrinking in their own half and waiting for them to attack.

Unexpectedly, the opponent suddenly changed his strategy!

Therefore, they, who were a little lax in their consciousness, soon tasted the consequences.

After Werder Bremen successfully stole the ball in the frontcourt, they passed the ball to the right with three or two kicks.

Lin Quan got the ball on the right and cut into the penalty area. Suddenly, De Bruyne made a direct pass.

De Bruyne sent a low pass that was close to the ground. This pass was extremely penetrating.

He went straight past the attacking goalkeeper and found Lin Quan!

Facing an empty goal, Lin Quan easily pushed and scored, rewriting the score to 3:0.

This goal completely killed the suspense of the game.

After falling behind by a big score, Stuttgart lost all fighting spirit and the initiative on the field was completely controlled by Werder Bremen.

In the 81st minute, Schaff chose to make a substitution.

He replaced Lin Quan, the hero of the game who had given two assists and scored one goal, and asked him to accept the cheers of the fans at the scene.

Lin Quan trotted towards the bench and applauded the fans in the stands.

Thank you for their support and companionship this season!

This time, he may never have the chance to wear the green jersey of Werder Bremen again.

The fans at the scene were also very considerate. In addition to the Stuttgart fans, more than 40,000 fans stood up and applauded Lin Quan.

Two minutes later, Schaff replaced De Bruyne again.

Let him also accept the applause of the fans at the scene.

This was also De Bruyne's last game for Werder Bremen.

His eyes were a little red when he came off the field. After hugging Ekizi, who was good as a substitute, he stood on the sidelines, staring at the court and his teammates, and did not return to the bench for a long time.

Although Stuttgart tried to rewrite the score after Werder Bremen's two main players came off the field.

But their offense failed to gain anything.

In the end, Werder Bremen won the German Cup final with a score of 3:0 and became the champion, winning their first championship trophy in the past four seasons!

To the sound of Queen's classic song We Are the Champions, the entire Werder Bremen squad took to the podium.

In the 2012-2013 season, Werder Bremen's golden generation was set at this moment.

A new journey is about to begin!