Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 289 Halftime Lead
Dortmund's corner kick was harmless and was easily cleared by the Schalke 04 players.

From this period of time, it can be seen that Dortmund has gradually occupied a point above, and there is nothing wrong with Magath's arrangement in the midfield.

Today's derby is not an ordinary league. The reason why the derby is a derby is that the intensity of confrontation is far beyond the description of an ordinary round of league.

Therefore, there is no problem with hoarding players who can defend well in the midfield and the backcourt. The opening 20 minutes were exactly as Magath expected. Every corner of the court began to scramble.

However, Schalke 04's midfield youth combination is young and aggressive, but after a long time, many problems have been exposed, such as indecisiveness and poor organizational skills.

Dortmund took advantage of their stagnation and gradually grasped the situation on the field. The field of competition gradually moved to Schalke 04's half.

Magath couldn't sit still on the coach's bench. He stood on the sidelines and constantly directed his players to defend carefully.

The Dortmund coach, Klopp, who was a few meters away from him, was also on the sidelines, and he asked the players to press hard in the frontcourt.

In fact, Klopp also knows that it is nothing to lose this game. No matter how bad the record is, he will not die. He always believes that his Dortmund will always usher in victory, because the team is completely under his control. He is confident of bringing Dortmund back to glory.

But he is not willing to lose, why not take down the deadly enemy and boost the morale of the army.

Magath is mainly defensive in the starting lineup, but Klopp is not like this. Klopp has his own ideas. No matter who it is, he just wants to play the main offensive card, use high positions to press, and use fast-paced attacks , directly defeating the opponent.

In his philosophy, conceding goals is not terrible, as long as he scores one more than his opponent.

So Dortmund just kept moving forward, forward, the team faithfully implemented his tactical intentions, and now has a faint upper hand.

In the 25th minute, Dortmund got another excellent opportunity. Schalke 04 central defender Zambrano was not far away from the siege. Barrios shot from the outside and hit Digan and turned into a lob. Neue was shaken Er slipped and fell, but luck was on Schalke's side this time, the ball hit the crossbar and bounced to the goal line!
The ball was quickly hugged by Neuer, and then Neuer looked around as if nothing happened, and saw that Zhang Yuan on the left was unmarked, and immediately threw the player to Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan dribbled the ball forward a few steps, attracting Subotic's defensive attention, and then made a slanted pass, Kuranyi crossed Santana and advanced, but Zhang Yuan's pass was a bit too big, Kuranyi tried his best to stab it to the end He shot, but the power was not strong, and the ball was not fast enough to be thrown by Weidenfeller.

These frontcourt players were attacking but they didn't know that Schalke 04's backcourt had already exploded because of Barrios' shot just now.

Several Dortmund players, Barrios, Zidan, Shaheen, Tinga, etc., surrounded the referee, indicating that the ball had crossed the goal line just now, but Neuer and his teammates in the back line insisted otherwise.

"Sir, this goal has crossed the goal line! It should definitely be counted as a goal!"

"It definitely didn't go in! I saw that the ball didn't cross the goal line as a whole!" Neuer argued loudly to the referee.

In fact, Neuer didn't know that the ball didn't cross the goal line, and he couldn't confirm whether the ball crossed the goal line as a whole, but he had to fight.

The referee had no choice but to ask the line referee if he saw clearly. The position of the line referee was not near the baseline, and there was a certain angle error. He could only tell the referee that he did not know whether he had crossed the goal line.

The line referee didn't say anything, and the referee finally made up his mind when he returned to the court and ruled that the goal was invalid and the goal was not scored.

After that, the slow motion showed that it was difficult to determine whether the ball had crossed the goal line as a whole, but at least more than half of them were within the goal line.

Klopp on the sidelines began to vent his anger loudly, but when the referee finally made the ruling, he could only shake his hands helplessly, with a more flowery smile on his face.

That expression seemed to say: "This is too fake! I can blow away any goals, this is my home game!"

Magath remained silent, and the referee was like a judge. Fortunately, the final ruling was in favor of Schalke 04.

The Dortmund players continued to start the game full of complaints, but the Schalke 04 players felt lingering fear.

Zhang Yuan blamed Kuranyi a bit, because the counterattack just now made Schalke 04 lead, and he thought Kuranyi started too late.

Kuranyi is not the case, he thinks that Zhang Yuan's pass is too big, he can't reach it at all!

The Schalke 04 players seemed to have not woken up yet, while Dortmund was not affected. The offensive was higher and higher, which made people doubt that they would lose the ball soon.

"The situation of Schalke 04 is not very good now! Dortmund is very aggressive now, and it seems that they have not been affected by the referee's penalty just now!" Duan Xuan said.

"Schalke 04's pass error rate is too high. These young players sent by Magath worked hard, but they couldn't control the situation! It's really bad luck if this goes on!" Tao Wei continued.

"Zhang Yuan doesn't seem to be in a good state today, and he frequently gets into hand-to-hand combat with the opponent!" Duan Xuan said.

"Hehe, you can't blame him. The derby is so intense! And it seems that he hasn't played on the side for a long time. It's not suitable to be placed on the side in this game! But his threat definitely exists. A smaller pass to Kuranyi just now would have helped Kuranyi score!" Tao Wei thinks so, and he also thinks that Zhang Yuan's pass to Kuranyi is a bit bigger.

"If the pass is small, it may not be able to avoid Santana's interception!" Duan Xuan added.

This kind of misunderstanding often occurs on the court, and the authorities may not be able to understand it. Zhang Yuan really thought as Duan Xuan said at the time.

Passing requires timing, strength, and precise route. Zhang Yuan thought that if he had passed a heavier pass just now, it would be very likely to be intercepted by Santana. He needed to be heavier.

It's true that the public is right and the woman is right.

As the game progressed, Dortmund, who played at home, almost knocked on the opponent's door several times. However, football games are always so dramatic. Schalke 04, who had no chance and was quite passive before, took the lead to break the game. deadlock.

In the 34th minute, Schalke 04 launched a quick counterattack, Knia scored the ball, Zhang Yuan dribbled with the ball, a spike action temporarily swayed Owomoyela, and then passed the ball from the left to the penalty area, and the ball passed through three players. Over the heads of the Dortmund defenders, the unguarded Farfan in the penalty area pushed and scored, 1 to 0!

Schalke 04 took the lead, and Farfan excitedly wanted to take off his jersey to celebrate, but unfortunately he couldn't take it off, and finally had to give up and run to the sidelines to celebrate.

Zhang Yuan, Kuranyi and other Schalke 04 players, and several substitutes who were warming up on the sidelines all followed, pressed Farfan heavily under him, and celebrated wantonly.

This goal is really important. Schalke 04 has been in a passive state before. If it weren't for several defenders blocking the eye-catching and Neuer's high block to resist, Dortmund would have led by at least 3 or 4 goals.

Under such a high-pressure situation, the morale of Schalke 04 will inevitably be turbulent. Dortmund can become more and more fierce, which has a lot to do with the low morale of Schalke 04 and the difficulty of playing the ball normally.

So this goal is really important to boost the morale of the Schalke 04 players.

Magath was also very excited on the sidelines. He could see the passivity on the sidelines, but he would not think that he was wrong. After scoring this goal, this game will be more hand-to-hand.

Klopp roared loudly on the sidelines. Schalke 04 said the ball was a counterattack, but Dortmund still had at least four players in the backcourt. After Schmelzer stepped up, no one replaced him, leaving Farfan lightly. It's unforgivable for the easy forward to the rear point.

Subotic, Santana, and Hummels looked ashen. They were the three of them who returned to the penalty area just now, but Santana and Hummels obviously had a little misunderstanding in their cooperation, and they didn't mark the rear. point, but to focus on Kuranyi.

As opponents, they knew very well that Kuranyi was a skinny camel that was bigger than a horse, and no matter how bad his condition was, they should not be underestimated. However, they miscalculated. Zhang Yuan did not pass Kuranyi, but took aim at Farfan who was going forward.

The leading Schalke 04 boosted their morale and began to stabilize the situation on the field. The two sides began to fight each other again. Dortmund failed to take advantage. It's hard to make a big difference, but Zhang Yuan seems to be alive at the moment, no matter how many people defend him, he still jumps up and down.

However, the score at the end of the first half is still 0:1, Schalke 04 leads temporarily, and what tricks the lagging Dortmund will use depends on how Klopp adjusts.

(End of this chapter)