big mouth ball king

Chapter 24 One Man's Team

"Pass the ball."

"My God."

Podolski pointed to his front, meaning that if you send the ball deeper, I can catch up.

Feulner, who was passing the ball, scratched his head. He was already paying attention, but the passing was still not that interesting.

"Cologne can't always let Lucas retreat to the penalty area to get the ball, and then rely on his own ability to break through and shoot. This consumes too much for him."

Dynamo Dresden also knew that Cologne had a lot of bad guys in the midfield, so they took the initiative to advance the defense line. They believed that the Cologne midfielder could not send through balls with penetrating ability.

This is a bit arrogant, and this is Cologne's home court.

Schultz seized the opportunity and shot a heavy shot in front of the penalty area. The ball was played with great power, but it was more like an emotional vent, but it did not pose a great threat to the goal.

Compared with the defensive unity, Dynamo Dresden is a bit simple in terms of offense. A big foot is sent to the frontcourt, and then the striker can play freely.

In the first 20 minutes of the first half, Cologne dominated possession of the ball. With a 65% possession rate, the ball wandered around the opponent's half most of the time, but they did not score because Cologne passed the ball back and forth in the midfield, and it was finally given to Podolski.

Schultz was holding the ball, and he tried to shoot from long distance, and his teammates yelled at him, "Pass the ball."

The ball was passed a few more times, and suddenly No. 14 Guy Mian quickly jumped in. He was the second striker lurking behind Podolski.

The ball was sent to his feet, but the ability of the Congolese in the penalty area was obviously far from Podolski's. If the opponent got stuck, he could only go to the side.

There is a saying that squeezes the angle of the shot. It is very important to find a way to win the angle of the shot in the penalty area. The purpose of the defensive player is to reduce the angle of the opponent's shot as much as possible, and Guy Mian obviously can't squeeze the opponent.

After being abruptly pushed to the side, Guy Mian made a pass back to the center, but at this time there was only one Podolski in the center in Cologne, and there were four opponents, and the ball was cleared by the opponent.

"If the ball was a capable striker just now, it could have been shot directly, but No. 14 didn't win the shot angle for himself."

"But what can we say?"

"No. 14 is worth less than 50 euros, while Podolski's valuation in the transfer market is already 1500 million."

Stevens crossed his arms and chest. The biggest headache for him now is to play against such a weak team. Because of the opponent's intensive defense, Podolski has no room to perform.

Podolski's best performance this season was the third round match against Frankfurt. The Prince of Cologne scored two goals, and both goals were scored by quick counterattacks.

Frankfurt is a strong team in the Bundesliga [-]. In that game, the two sides played against each other, and Podolski's super ability was brought into full play.

"What Cologne hopes most now is that the opponent can attack, instead of 11 out of 10 people hoarding in the penalty area to defend."

However, the head coach of Dynamo Dresden is calm and calm. He wants to put the bus to the end in the away game, so that the opponent will get frizzy first.

Sure enough, after 30 minutes, Cologne began to lose his composure, and Podolski retreated to get the ball. This gave Dynamo Dresden a good opportunity, because defensive players in the penalty area still pay more attention to their feet.

But when he got out of the penalty area, he was impolite, and the defense was greatly strengthened. Finally, at 35 minutes into the game, when Podolski took the ball in front of the penalty area and turned around to break through, the Dynamo Dresden defensive player broke the ball and sent the ball forward with a big foot.

Dresden No. 13, midfielder Froelich took the ball and looked at it. Cologne had a lot of defensive players, and there was only one forward in the front. Even Dresden's own people felt that there was no chance for this ball, but suddenly, No. 13 shot directly from 30 meters away.

The Cologne goalkeeper was obviously unprepared for this cold shot. He thought that the opponent would pass the ball, but the ball flew straight to the goal. The goalkeeper hesitated slightly. When Svant took off again, it was too late, and the ball flew into the goal heavily.

1:0.

This goal was a huge surprise for Dynamo Dresden. Originally, this long shot was a helpless choice, but unexpectedly it scored.

Dynamo Dresden is celebrating, but Cologne is quiet at home. It feels very uncomfortable to not score and be stolen by an opponent later.

If someone else lost the ball, they would definitely be scolded to death, but it was Podolski who lost the ball, and everyone had nothing to say, and Prince Cologne was also angry in his heart.

Stevens kept making downward gestures, asking his players to stabilize and not lose a game because of a ball.

Cologne prides itself on being a strong team in the Bundesliga Bundesliga, a team that belongs to the first group, but it is also a team that relies heavily on individuals. There is no way to deal with weak teams. This has always been a pain point in Stevens' heart.

The same is true of Cologne's relegation last time. There are often surprises when they play strong teams in the Bundesliga, but they can't win when they play against relegation opponents.

However, Stevens' gesture didn't work. The players on the field were obviously in a hurry. Soon No. 8 Schultz received a yellow card for shoveling.

The Dynamo Dresden coach yelled from the sidelines, "We don't want possession of the ball, give the ball to the opponent."

Obviously the opponent has tasted the sweetness.

Soon, Cologne passed the ball to the opponent's feet again, and a quick counterattack was being formed. After one pass, the ball arrived in front of the Cologne penalty area. The Dynamo Dresden player who took the ball was about to repeat the old trick and shot another long shot. This time the goalkeeper was well prepared and held the ball in his arms.

But the fans began to be dissatisfied, and the boos began to sound slowly, sporadic at first, which was regarded as a kind warning to the team.

"Cologne's possession rate has reached 70%, but they are passing the ball aimlessly in the midfield. They lack players like Ballack, or Micoud from Bremen. In fact, there are still many gaps in the defense of Dynamo Dresden, but Cologne can't take advantage of it."

In fact, for Stevens at this time, he didn't dare to think about Barak and Miku. He could laugh if he had an attacker like Madavikia in Iran.

Originally, Cologne still had a striker, No. 9 Hungarian Attila Tokoli, but he was injured and left the field in the second round and had to rest for at least a month.

After much deliberation, Stevens glanced at Tang Zhenglong again, but this glance made Stevens dumbfounded. He saw Tang Zhenglong feeding the goats at the sidelines.

"Damn it, treat this like a zoo!"

(End of this chapter)