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Chapter 193 Injury: Kuranyi

There is no team in the fourth tier that can pose a threat to Schalke. The strongest team in this tier is Wolfsburg, but it is destined not to enter the group where Schalke is.

Therefore, no matter which team is drawn in the fourth tier, for Schalke, as long as they don't die, they can basically declare six points in advance.

The fish belly that finally fell into the fourth pot was the Cypriot team APOEL.So Schalke will be in a group with Chelsea, Atletico Madrid and APOEL in the new season.The official also announced the schedule, the first round of the group stage Schalke will sit at home against Chelsea.

Naturally, Magath noticed the grouping situation of the Champions League for the first time. He knew better that he must take advantage of the three rounds of the Champions League before the start of the league to grab points.

Before the start of the Champions League in mid-September, Schalke 04's three league opponents were Hoffenheim, Freiburg and Cologne.Magath's goal is naturally to strive for five consecutive victories at the beginning.

Before Zhou Tiancheng followed the team to the third round away game of the league, Chen Pengfei sent a private message to Zhou Tiancheng alone in the QQ group: Brother Cheng, are you ready for my challenge?

Zhou Tiancheng felt a little nonsensical at first, but then he thought of the schedule mentioned by the coaching staff. After returning from the away game at Hoffenheim, he would face Freiburg immediately.

Zhou Tiancheng thought for two seconds before asking, "Who is your opponent this round?"

Chen Pengfei: "Leverkusen."

"It's better to play the game in front of you first, and what should come will always come. Leverkusen is not a top Bundesliga team, but for you, it is not easy to deal with."

Zhou Tiancheng spoke the truth, and at the same time sincerely advised him, but Chen Pengfei didn't take it too seriously: "It doesn't exist, my team is a relegation team, and I don't have as high aspirations as you. Even if it's a luxury to draw with Leverkusen, A big loss is unlikely."

"You want to lose if you don't play? This is not the attitude that a professional player should have. There are many accidents in football."

On the way to the away game, Zhou Tiancheng had a casual chat with Chen Pengfei, then put his phone in his bag, did not pay attention to any news, and concentrated on preparing for the next league match.

He didn't expect that he would come true. The match between Freiburg and Leverkusen at home did have an accident-it wasn't that Freiburg won in an upset, but that the difference in the loss was unexpected.

At 0:5, Freiburg lost two goals in a row by Kissling in the opening game, and there was no sign of the tenacity of the first-round draw with Hamburg.And Chen Pengfei also received targeted care from his opponents, and there were not many bright spots in the audience.

Freiburg's game was three hours earlier than Schalke's. In the absence of La Liga, Premier League and Serie A, CCTV chose to broadcast two Chinese players' games in a row.In the new season, CCTV won the exclusive copyright of the Bundesliga in mainland China.After all, it is China's national TV station, and the investment in leagues with Chinese players should be significantly different.

The first scene saw everyone suffer a lot.They all hope to find a little comfort in the next Schalke 04 game.

But Schalke's away trip is not destined to be easy.The so-called big trees attract the wind, and now they are the objects that the coaches of the other seventeen teams in the Bundesliga are desperately studying. As a weaker team in the lower half, Hoffenheim coach Rangnick has no extra ideas: discharge 5- The 2-3 formation implements counterattack tactics, with five defenders and double defensive midfielders building a seven-man defensive system, leaving three musketeers in the frontcourt, Ibisevic, Demba Ba and Obasi.Lannick's trust in these trio is needless to say.

In formulating this formation of strict defense in the middle, Rangnick effectively pinpointed Schalke's characteristics of attacking the middle, and built a three-layer defensive system in the middle.

The game scene was as everyone predicted, Schalke completely took the initiative on the field.Zhou Tiancheng has not appeared in the position of a single midfielder since the opening 15 minutes, and almost maintained a parallel position with Rakitic. This game scene does not need a midfielder!
Schalke continued to suppress completely in the frontcourt, and occasionally there were sporadic counterattacks from the backcourt, which were all resolved by the central defenders in the first place.

But unfortunately, Schalke happened to encounter an insurmountable barrier today - Hoffenheim goalkeeper Hildebrand.

In the first half, he made at least three wonderful saves. Zhou Tiancheng picked up the one-handed pass to Kuranyi, and all the inside shots that were passed to Asamoah were all saved by him.Even when Zhou Tiancheng hit the goal from a long distance with a sure-fire set ball, Hildebrand could judge in advance, move a step, and rub the ball out of the baseline with his fingertips.

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Originally, according to the regular rhythm, Schalke should have killed the suspense a long time ago, but this situation is what the more powerful side is most worried about. Once the opponent's goalkeeper starts the game on the spot, who is benefited by this siege state? It's hard to say.The more confident the defensive side will be.

Until the No.805 minute of the game, the score was still 0:0. Magath was ready to use the last substitution on the field, and Hollerbach had already led Jones, who had finished warming up, to Magath.

At the same time, this also means that Jiang Hao still has no chance to play.

Magath increases the impact speed on the forward line, but in the case of the opponent's intensive defense, the key point is Kuranyi, the bridgehead in the frontcourt.

As the fulcrum of the striker, the team needs him to be able to hold the ball in the frontcourt and form a small-scale cooperation with Asamoah, Jones, Farfan and others.

Again, this makes his fulcrum too exposed. The defensive attention of central defender Simunić is almost all on him. As the game time is getting shorter and shorter, he understands the importance of not letting Kuranyi get the ball in a dangerous position. sex.

At the last moment, when his teammates frequently shot high-altitude balls near the penalty area, Kuranyi suffered more and more violations.

He was hit on the bridge of the nose with an elbow by Simunić before. Fortunately, Kuranyi flashed fast and the bridge of the nose was fortunately not cracked.But this also made him angry, and he got into a fight with Simunić at the last moment.

No.808 minutes, Rafinha took the ball from the right and transferred it into the penalty area. Kuranyi ran from behind to Simunić and jumped to head the ball. The two jumped almost at the same height. Under the interference, the two head-to-head and pushed the ball out of the sideline.

However, when falling, Kuranyi's left foot supporting the center of gravity stepped on the lower half of Simunić's left foot, and Simunić subconsciously retracted his foot at this time. Kuranyi, in order to stabilize the center of gravity, The supporting foot moved.

It's okay not to move, but this move caused a big problem.

The left foot suddenly broke, and the center of gravity of the whole body lost its focus, and fell directly to the ground after landing.

"What's the matter, Kevin, are you okay?" After Zhou Tiancheng rushed over, seeing Kuranyi's painful expression, he immediately asked concerned.

"Ah... Zhou... I'm done!" Kuranyi wailed in pain, and Zhou Tiancheng subconsciously glanced at his covered left foot. He couldn't bear to look directly at Yi's current situation.

The left foot is almost twisted nearly sixty degrees...

PS: It is estimated that Croatia will enter the final in a historic way tonight. I have never been optimistic about the ability of the Three Lions to fight tough battles.After all, it is called the European Chinese team...

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