Legend of Fengshen

Chapter 310 Free Kick

"I thought you were complimenting me!" Ozil picked up the wine and touched Zhang Yuan, "Honestly speaking, you did a great job at Schalke 04!"

"You did a good job at Werder Bremen!" Zhang Yuan also praised with a smile.

"Can we stop flattering each other like this!" Ozil said, rolling his golden eyes.

"Well, let me say that if there is an opportunity in the future, I really hope that we can work together. I believe we will be a very good partner!" Zhang Yuan said seriously, and he really admired Ozil.

"Who knows! Maybe there will be that kind of possibility in the future! Too many won'ts in the football world will become yes, just like I didn't expect to leave Schalke 04 at the beginning!" Speaking of Schalke 04 Ozil Still a little brooding.

"Okay, Mesut! That's over, isn't it?! You are doing well now! Next year's World Cup will definitely be your stage!" Zhang Yuan encouraged, of course he was encouraging.

Ozil has just played for the German team. As for the squad for the World Cup, who knows!

"What are you talking about?" Neuer sat over at this moment.

"We're talking about the World Cup!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile.

"Dude, it's 2009!" Neuer looked at his watch and said cautiously.

"Fuck you, can't we talk now?!" Zhang Yuan despised.

Speaking of the World Cup, Zhang Yuan thought of a person. This person is the goalkeeper Enke of Hannover 96. This goalkeeper has a good relationship with Zhang Yuan, but he committed suicide in November. In the post-Kahn era, he is a German One of the strong contenders for the main goalkeeper of the national team.

Zhang Yuan had already returned to the national team to participate in the competition. He was shocked by the news and remembered the goalkeeper on his personal website and Facebook.

Apart from Enke, there are other contenders such as Wiese, Bout, Adler, and Neuer. At present, Adler is the most promising.

Neuer doesn't really want to hear the topic of the World Cup. The main reason is that he is a relatively low-ranking competitor. Whether he can make the squad is still in doubt. Of course, the time is still very long, and everything has not yet been decided.

Stopping this topic, everyone bragged for a while, went home, and stayed by themselves with unfinished intentions.

On the evening of December 12, the Weser Stadium in Bremen was full of spectators, and there were also many Schalke 12 fans who came from afar.

Needless to say the importance of this game, Magath told the Schalke 04 players in the locker room that we must win this game.

For this reason, he changed his formation again, changing to 433, which increased the defensive strength of the midfield. In order to strengthen the possession of the ball, he used Rakitic in the midfield.

Schalke 04's starting lineup looks like this.

Goalkeeper Neuer, defenders Schmitz, Digan, Hewedes, Westermann, midfielders Matip, Rakitic, Rafinha, forwards Zhang Yuan, Kuranyi, Farfan .

Matip is a young player promoted by Magath from the second team. He is one year younger than Zhang Yuan. He played well in the midfielder position. In this game, he continued to gain the trust of Magath. Rafinha formed the midfield trio.

Compared with the previous combination, this combination has greatly improved the ball-handling ability and organizational ability. In terms of defense, we can only watch on-the-spot performances, because Matip lacks experience after all, and nerves are a common problem of young players. I know whether he can play well in this game and form a solid midfield barrier with Rakitic and Rafinha.

On the front line, Zhang Yuan once again returned to the position on the left side. Magath talked to Zhang Yuan alone before the game and mentioned this position a long time ago.

His task today will be different. Werder Bremen itself is not weak and is in a good state recently. Magath originally intended to give Zhang Yuan more room to play, hoping that Zhang Yuan would use breakthroughs to tear apart the opponent's defense.

Zhang Yuan felt that it was so strange. In the previous match against Bayern Munich, Magath did not ask for such a formation, but today, against Werder Bremen, such a formation came.

But that's good, he likes to have more space and freedom, instead of being sandwiched between the attacking midfielder and the striker, with limited room to play.

For Werder Bremen, Schaff sent out a 442 diamond position, goalkeeper Wiese, defenders Bernisch, Naldo, Mertesacker, Fritz, midfielder Frings, left midfielder Hundt , right midfielder Jensen, midfielder Ozil, forward Marin and Almeida partner.

After seeing Schaff's ranking, it is not difficult to guess Magath's intentions. He hopes to use his own side attack to suppress Werder Bremen's side attack.

But Schalke 04's full-backs are relatively weak in assists, and what he can rely on is the use of wingers.

In the player tunnel, Zhang Yuan and Ozil, who started the game, met again, and everyone smiled slightly as a greeting.

After the ceremony, the game officially started. Schaaff's team belonged to the type of aggressive attack, but today was not like that. Just like Schalke 04's cautiousness, they were also cautious.

Once they get the ball, everyone is unwilling to lose the ball easily. Since the midfield is so tossed, there are not many chances for the strikers of both sides to get the ball, and there are not many chances to shoot.

I am afraid that the audience on the court will fall asleep after playing like this, it is really lackluster.

In the 20th minute, Zhang Yuan retreated to the midfield and received a side kick from Rakitic again.Due to the deep retreat this time, Werder Bremen's right back Fritz did not keep up, but it was time for Jensen to defend.

Jensen didn't make a close-up mark, Zhang Yuan got the ball, and he rushed forward recklessly to steal the ball.

There is only one consequence for him like this, and that is to be easily scored by Zhang Yuan, and he is directly left behind.

The defensive midfielder Frings came to defend, Zhang Yuan flicked the football, the ball passed Frings' outstretched leg, Zhang Yuan continued to dribble the ball forward.

Fritz came up in a panic at this time, stood in a defensive position, and waited for it. When Zhang Yuan was about to approach him, he suddenly kicked the ball.

There is only one Kuranyi on Schalke 04's front line, but he is stared at by Mertesacker and Naldo, and Zhang Yuan has no room to pass forward.

But Fritz turned his back to his own goal, so of course he was not as observant as Zhang Yuan. When he saw Zhang Yuan kicking the ball, he thought it was real and stretched out his leg to intercept it.

Zhang Yuan smashed the ball fiercely, took the ball back, and passed on the right side of Fritz. Zhang Yuan immediately slammed the ball with a big foot and went straight to the baseline. At this time, he used his own speed.

Chasing the ball, but Naldo is approaching quickly. Schalke 04 has limited players to participate in the attack. The main reason is that Zhang Yuan is so consistent. The time is too short, and none of the players on his side can keep up.

But Zhang Yuan had no choice but to pass it on at this time. If he didn't pass it on, he was not fully sure of passing the tall and long-legged Naldo, and he didn't want to waste this opportunity.The second is that he has almost reached the end, and it is difficult to cut inside. Going back is Fritz who has already followed.

Thinking in his head, aiming his eyes, he finally saw Rakitic following up, and he decisively chose to pass back to the front of the penalty area.

The ball was passed back, but Rakitic failed to complete the shot. Frings, who followed him, saw that the situation was not good, and pulled Rakitic from behind. Rakitic fell to the ground and turned to the referee. Stretched out his hands.

The referee was not far away and saw it clearly. He directly gave Frings a yellow card and Schalke 04 got a free kick in the frontcourt.

Schalke 04’s first free kicker was Zhang Yuan. The foul was at the top of the arc in the penalty area. As a free kick, this position is not very good. The distance is too short, and the arc needs to be high, so it’s easy. shot out the door.

To volley vigorously, the chance of getting in is also very small. The human wall occupies half of the door, and Wei Ze guards the other side, which is really not easy.

Rafinha covered her mouth and asked, "How do you shoot?"

It would be nice if it was a little farther away, Zhang Yuan thought, but he could only think about it.

"This position is not good, what do you think?" Zhang Yuan asked back.

"How about we cooperate? You pass it, I step on it, and you shoot!" Rafinha said.

Zhang Yuan shook his head, still feeling that there was little hope. The free kick was not only a contest of footwork, but also a psychological warfare. The two sides who bet on this psychological warfare were Wei Ze and Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan thought for a while, and said to Rafinha: "We have come up with a scam. Now we direct Ivan and Kevin to squeeze into their human wall, making them think that we are going to open a passage through them, and attract Wei Ze to the people. Concentrate on this side of the wall! Then you fake shoot the other side of the wall, and I follow up and shoot Weezer guarding the gate over there!"

Rafinha agreed, and the two began to pretend to direct Rakitic and Kuranyi to squeeze into the opponent's wall.

Where it is so easy to squeeze in, a fool will let them squeeze in, and in the end the two of them can only stand on the side.

Originally, the position was right and the distance was short. If you put your own people on both sides, the width of the human wall would increase. The only effect might be to block Wei Ze’s line of sight, so it’s better not to.

(End of this chapter)