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Chapter 59 The Heavens Give or Take

On April 4, Schalke 1 went to Huo Village.

The reason why it is called Huo Village is because Hoffenheim is just a village in the city of Sinsheim, and on the map of Germany, not to mention Hoffenheim, even Sinsheim is hard to find.

There is a train station in Hoffenheim, but the trains passing through here are only old and old rural special lines, and the whole village has a population of just over 3000. Moving to the Rhine-Neckar Arena in Sinsheim, the people of Sinsheim naturally regard Hoffenheim as their home team.

This game touched the hearts of many people.

Dortmund ranked first with 63 points, Bayern Munich ranked third with 60 points, and Schalke scored 62 points.

Schalke won this game with 64 points, directly surpassing Dortmund to reach the top; a tie is 63, and Dortmund can temporarily overwhelm Schalke by virtue of goal difference; There are only two points left in the lead, and if they fail to do so, they will fall to third.

The current Bundesliga only has two and a half places in the Champions League. The top two in the league can directly get a seat in the UEFA Champions League group stage next season, and the third place has to participate in the Champions League qualifying round. So even if it is just to keep the pressure on Bayern, Schalke 2 This game also has to be won.

No one could have imagined that Dortmund would be tied by Stuttgart. This is God helping Schalke 04.
In order to show his determination, Stevens even gave up the newly established rotation system, and the main players almost came out in full force.

Goalkeeper: 36 Unnerstahl;
Defenders: 22 Atsuto Uchida, 14 Papadopoulos, 32 Matip, 23 Fuchs;
Midfielders: 12 Hegel, 10 Holtby, 17 Farfan;
Forwards: Raul (C), 25 Huntelaar, 9 Yang Feng.

"Because the first captain Hewedes is still recovering from his injury, Raul continues to wear the captain's armband; Hildebrand injured his elbow in the Europa League match in midweek, Unnerstahl can only come back early to guard the goal ; In the midfield, Obasi and Draxler did not play, and Stevens gave up flying on both wings; Just played the full 90 minutes..."

Three days ago, Yang Feng was not the only one who played 10 minutes. Most of the 11 starting players played full minutes.

Two consecutive weeks of double matches, including expeditions to Switzerland and the Netherlands, the team's physical fitness has long been a problem, but the weak strength of the lineup forced Stevens to use these people to death. That's all.

Draxler sat on the bench depressed.

He couldn't figure it out, there were obviously three people who made the "mistake", but why was he the only one who was punished?

On the court, Raul solemnly reminded: "Yang! Distribute your physical strength! Maybe you feel that your whole body can't run out of strength, but don't be fooled by this feeling. You are not used to playing the whole game. Today What you need to do is to take a good rest, it was a mistake for Stevens to let you play in this game!"

"...I'd love to hear from you, but you know the way I play doesn't allow me to."

Yang Feng is notoriously a desperate Saburo, but his physical fitness cannot support him to run so wildly throughout the game, which is a typical dish and loves to show off.

"I remember telling you very early on that you have to change the way you play before you get fit."

"I try my best."

Hoffenheim's lineup is very pragmatic, playing a 4-2-3-1.
Double defensive midfielder and single striker are completely defensive counterattacks.

After the game started, Hoffenheim coach M. Babel realized that he had been played by Stevens.

It's not that Schalke 04 doesn't fly with both wings, but the other wing is disguised as a winger by him.

After the official start of the game, everyone found that Yang Feng did not stand on the front line at all, but stood in the position of a full-back, one left and one right with Farfan, forming the two wings of Schalke 04.

"Yang Feng hit the sidelines? You messing around!"

"Do you have any misunderstandings about Brother Feng? There are speed and breakthroughs, why can't you play the sidelines?"

"Yang Feng has a breakthrough? Are you kidding me?"

"Didn't you watch the last game? Listen to me, you need to make up lessons."

"I still want to play as a striker. Goals are king."

"Indeed, the striker is more popular. I hope this adjustment is only temporary."

Hoffenheim's first attack hit the woodwork, and the ball bounced off and was caught by Papadopoulos.

The Greek defender swept the ball to the left directly after taking the ball.

In this game, Yang Feng put Quaresma's star card on the ball feel, and then set Gu Guangming as dribbling.

If Gu Guangming's ball feel can only make Quaresma's dribbling [-]% effective, then Quaresma's ball feel can make Gu Guangming's dribbling [-]% effective. In contrast, it may be more aggressive to use Quaresma's dribbling, but the update of the ball feel brings an all-round improvement, not just an improvement in dribbling ability.

Yang Feng lightly stopped the ball under his feet.

He may not be at the level of stopping the ball past the opponent or into the goal, but he has no problem stopping the ball in high-intensity confrontation.

Hoffenheim's midfielder Sebastian Rudy immediately came over to press close to him, but Yang Feng quickly dodged with a buckle.

Raul said he was playing as a striker, but in fact his position was more like an attacking midfielder, and he immediately pulled to the side to respond.

The two cooperated in hitting the wall while running, and by the way, they completed a position change.

Yang Feng came to the middle of the court, faked a shot near the top of the arc, swung West to the side, and then really raised his foot to hit the goal.

The football goes straight to the left of the goal.

The ball managed to evade Hoffenheim's defenders, but it didn't evade one of its own men, so it hit Huntelaar's calf and was refracted into the net.

Neither of them celebrated, but looked helpless.

The linesman raised the flag to indicate that Huntelaar was offside.

Huntelaar raised his hand, indicating that the pot belonged to him.

Although the goal was missed, it still made Huo Cun break out in a cold sweat, and also made the miners optimistic about the game. Schalke 04 started the mad attack mode.

In the 12th minute, Farfan's midfielder steals Weiss and quickly breaks into the penalty area along the left rib. Unfortunately, the shot from 15 meters away was blocked by Stark who attacked.

Six minutes later, Westgao slipped when he passed back to the goalkeeper. Huntelaar quickly advanced to the front right side of the penalty area. Seeing Stark attacking, he chose to lob directly, but the ball was slightly higher.

In the 22nd minute, Yang Feng took off from the side, made a pass from the bottom, and Raul missed the goal...

Duan Xuan's voice was full of optimism, "Yang Feng has played very well in his new position. If his teammates cooperate well, he is likely to pass and shoot now. Now Schalke 04 has an obvious advantage. I believe It's just a matter of time before the goal is broken."

It's really just a matter of time, but it's a pity that Hoffenheim scored the goal.

In the 29th minute of the game, Hoffenheim played a small-scale cooperation, and Shiplock inserted into the left side of the penalty area and was thrown to the ground by Unnerstahl.

The whistle blew, a penalty kick.

Stevens covered his face in pain.

His original plan was to settle the battle in the first half, lead at least by two goals, and then quickly replace Yang Feng and Raul to prepare for the next Europa League match. Who would have thought that the team's offense would only blossom but not bear fruit? , Instead let others get a penalty first.

Salihovic stood in front of the penalty spot and achieved it overnight.

1:0.

After taking the lead, Hoffenheim not only did not hold back, but began to attack actively. Even Yang Feng and Farfan had to start participating in the defense.

The two sides have offense and defense, but the quality is not high. Yang Feng has done his duty on the wing, but he is still not used to cutting inside to hit the goal in this position. The quality of the cross is only mediocre. He had to be put back up front early in the second half.

The adjustments took effect quickly.

In the 56th minute, Farfan turned around from the left side of the penalty area and kicked the ball into the middle. Yang Feng stopped the ball with his chest and flicked it lightly before the football landed.

The S-level ball feel is really cool. After such a set of movements, it is as smooth as Dove. It is impossible to imagine how incredible the ball feel of Messi Ronaldinho is.

The football fell in front of Raul, Raul swung his left foot wide, and when he was about to push the empty goal, he was brutally brought down by Baker from behind.

The whistle sounded, and before the referee's red card was drawn out, Baker walked to the sidelines by himself.

"Red dot package! Yang Feng picked a pass to Raul. Raul was shoveled to the ground when he was about to hit the goal, and won a penalty for the team."

"In the second penalty kick of the game, both sides attacked fiercely, but I didn't expect to rely on penalty kicks to decide the outcome."

Yang Feng pulled Lauer up and said, "Are you going to punish me?"

Raul shook his head.

He is the captain and has a high status in the world. If he wants to take a penalty kick, no one dares to lose face, but the team's first penalty shooter is Huntelaar, and the Dutch are competing for the top scorer in the league, so even if it is him Created a penalty, Raul gave Huntelaar.

Huntelaar himself didn't mean to give up the penalty kick. He stood in front of the penalty spot and tricked the goalkeeper into the lower left corner, 1 to 1.

The two sides stood on the same starting line again. After being tied, Hoffenheim became honest and began to retreat and defend.

Schalke 04 couldn't attack for a long time. In the 70th minute, Yang Feng and Raul were replaced by Draxler and Obasi respectively.

In the rest of the time, both sides failed to break through the opponent's goal, and the score of 1-1 was maintained until the end.

Dortmund, who had been following the game, breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Hoffenheim failed to beat Schalke 04, it is a little regrettable, but it is a great merit to be able to draw the opponent when they are firmly at a disadvantage.

Borussia Dortmund and Schalke 04 share 63 points and continue to rank in the top two, followed by Bayern Munich with 60 points.

There are still six games left in the league, and in the middle of this month is the narrow encounter between Schalke 04 and Dortmund, and there are still variables everywhere.

After this battle, Schalke 04 immediately withdrew their energy from the league and prepared for the Europa League four days later.

(End of this chapter)