Grass roots glory

Chapter 284 Magath's Response
"It's such a pity. Schalke suffered their third league defeat of the season, but it was the most crucial one. If this game had been played before the German Cup and the Champions League, maybe Schalke would have won it. Maybe the consecutive victories in the German Cup and the Champions League made them careless."

When Osluna blew the final whistle, Marcel Leif felt extremely sorry.

The same is true for the Schalke players on the field. Hao Junmin, who was ordered to play in the last 15 minutes, was even more frustrated. He got an excellent opportunity by outflanking the goal 5 minutes ago, but he was eager to make a contribution and did not hit the right position. , the ball gently knocked on the outside of the post and rolled out of the bottom line.

Duan Xuan beat his chest for Hao Junmin in the BJ studio: "Hao Junmin regained the chance to play after six games, and he missed the first goal with his own Schalke. Maybe he should take a good fight with Zhou Tiancheng Learn from experience and improve the ability to seize opportunities in this kind of high-intensity confrontation, so he can have more opportunities in this team."

Magath was able to put him in the 18-man roster against Bayern, and he can still think of him at critical moments. This is gratifying to Chinese fans and the media. It proves that Magath has expectations for him, but he must be able to grasp it himself. OK.

The result of losing to Bayern is unsatisfactory, but Magath did not pursue responsibility in the locker room after the game, but took the initiative to divert everyone's attention: "The game is over, let him go. You should be grateful Myself, because of the hard work of all of you, we still have the initiative in the championship. However, everyone must be vigilant, if we make the same mistake at the Allianz Arena next time, it will be unforgivable!"

After this game, there were different voices in the German media again. Schalke had already beaten the Bayern media with a strong performance. I have already drawn up a draft of a column article, ready to justify Bayern's overall defeat. As a native of Munich, I have supported Bayern for nearly 30 years. To be honest, let him accept that two consecutive seasons may be nothing. As a result, it was not an easy task.After finally making such mental preparations, Bayern was a big surprise for him.So with great hopes and expectations, he created momentum for Bayern's Champions League home match in a new column: "The Allianz Arena is ready to welcome Schalke. Facing a team with a two-goal lead at home can win All Bayern fans should have absolute confidence in our team for a pseudo-strong team that was overturned in the away game. Bayern is still the same Bayern."

According to the popular Chinese saying, the last sentence is: Your uncle is still your uncle.

This is the core point of view that the whole article wants to express.

Zhou Tiancheng saw the full text of this column on the Internet after the game, and Yang Cheng made a special call to ask him if he needed to fight back in the name of the club. He thought it was too crazy.Of course he knew that the current influence of the club was not enough to wrestle with the Süddeutsche Zeitung, who was a senior media with half a century of history.It was done purely as a way of exhaling.

"It's not necessary, Lao Yang. Could it be that the dog barks at you, but can you bark back? Hehe, the dog can bark just because it takes advantage of its master and beats the master to the ground. Will they still bark? "

Yang Cheng on the other end of the phone laughed. He thought Zhou Tiancheng's metaphor was really interesting.

Zhou Tiancheng has always felt that sparring with the other party is boring and ineffective. The best way is to defeat them and shut them up with facts.

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In order to fully allow everyone to adjust their status to the Champions League channel and get rid of the defeat in the league, Magath gave the whole team two days off for the first time.Early in the morning of the third day, all members returned to the team, and the coaching staff immediately announced the 18-man roster for the second round of the Champions League semi-final.This has nothing to do with Zhou Tiancheng and Jiang Hao, they don’t need to worry about this at all, but it’s different for other players. If they are lucky enough to be selected, even if they can’t play, they can still celebrate the victory with their teammates on the spot. If they are lucky, they may even get a chance to play. .

The brief relaxation allowed everyone to regain their full fighting spirit. No one thought about what would happen if they lost. Victory was the only goal.

Magath read out the big list, Hao Junmin was a little nervous, he didn't know if the wasted opportunity in the last game would affect his selection this time.It will be a pity for him if he is really kicked out of the 18-man list.

"Artemisia!"

Hao Junmin subconsciously clenched his fists and growled when he heard that Magath was the last one to finally pronounce his name.

……

On the train to Munich, which was nearly four hours' drive, Magath had been half-reclining on the seat, squinting his eyes and considering the formation of troops for the next game.

In fact, he and Hollerbach had already discussed a specific strategy during the two days when the team rested.Bayern is likely to continue to use the successful experience of the previous game to make a large-scale destructive interception of Zhou Tiancheng, which is foreseeable.

In fact, Magath is not worried about Zhou Tiancheng being blocked. No matter what kind of dilemma he is in, he can find a reasonable and effective solution.What he was really worried about was whether Zhou Tiancheng would suffer a sudden injury if the opponent maintained that intensity.Bayern only started to use such tactics in the second half of the last game. The team doctor ran into the field three times. Although it was finally confirmed that it was a false alarm, Magath had to pay attention.Even if his performance is hindered, he is not worried, but if Zhou Tiancheng cannot play the whole court, it will be fatal, and his tactics and morale will be severely hit.

Therefore, Magath insisted on putting Hao Junmin on the list, even though Hollerbach had reservations about it.

"Felix, Artemisia is a qualified substitute, but you want him to take on major tactics. Let me just say that he doesn't have such ability right now."

Magath nodded slightly: "I very much agree, but sometimes ability does not completely determine everything. Remember how we won Inter Milan in the away game? Artemisia has one thing that is better than Jefferson and Gerald. Positivity He can let Zhou more run without the ball, as long as Jiang plays at the same time, the offensive triangle of the three of them is what we can expect."

Seeing that Magath was so convincing, Hollerbach could only compromise as an assistant coach: "Well, Felix, since you have decided, I support no matter what you want to do, I hope he can be competent for such a job. The game. To be honest, apart from Zhou and Jiang, I am concerned about the performance of Chinese players at critical moments...forget it, you just need to count."

"I believe in him."

Although he said so at the first time, on the train, Hollerbach's words kept echoing in Magath's heart. Although it was not enough to shake him, there was a faint layer of worry in his heart.

(End of this chapter)