greenery is king

Chapter 483 Sleepwalking

The national team match day is finally over, Schalke ushered in the bottom of the Stuttgart at home, the game was held as scheduled.

Stuttgart's life this year is very difficult. As the deputy squad leader, the coach has been dismissed after losing consecutive games. The former assistant coach Keller was promoted to the position of acting coach, but their fans and the outside world think they are There is no better future, especially against Schalke, who is now in the limelight, there is almost no chance of winning.

The lineups sent by the two sides were not unexpected, and each used their strongest formation.Magath made some adjustments to the team's defense. Papadopoulos did not appear on the field, and Hovides and Metzelder, who had always been the main force before, formed a central defender combination, and the others remained unchanged.

The fans have been holding back for more than ten days, and they are very uncomfortable, so they burst out with their greatest enthusiasm at the beginning, and filled Aofu Schalke with various slogans and songs.But in the lounge, almost all the team members felt that Ai Huan seemed a little absent-minded.

Ai Huan returned to the team one day later than the others, which was authorized by Magath, so there was nothing special about it, but since he came back, his state was not very right. No one knew what happened to him and no one dared to ask, in fact, he would not answer if asked.

Fortunately, the other Schalke players were in good condition, and they started to attack immediately after the game started.In the 6th minute, Jurado of Schalke 04 received Holtby's pass and shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area. The ball was blocked by the opponent's defender. After 1 minute, Metzelder tried a right-footed shot from outside the penalty area, and the ball went above the crossbar.There is no Ai Huan in these two balls, and he seems to have disappeared as soon as he comes on the field, and he can't find where he is at all.

Then the Stuttgart team's offense gradually improved. In the 8th minute, Kakao made a wonderful pass, and Marika scored on the right and was blocked by Moritz. After 1 minute, they took a tactical corner kick. Gerbart made a curved pass. Kuzmanovic tried a header from the center of the penalty area, but it missed the left post slightly.In the first 10 minutes, the two sides played evenly, but I really can't see how bad Stuttgart is.

Actually Stuttgart is not bad at all.After all, they are a veteran team in the Bundesliga, and it is good to have a strong lineup, but this year is evil. They often take the lead and then get equalized or even overtaken inexplicably. Taking all the advantages but just not being able to take it down, this also made everyone puzzled.

This game was no exception. It was Stuttgart who scored first, and they scored first in the No. 15 minute.Boca made a wonderful pass, and Gerbart shot with his right foot from the center of the penalty area. The ball flew straight to the lower right corner of the goal.Schalke trailed [-]-[-] at home.

After conceding the goal, the Schalke players looked at each other, all with helpless expressions. The responsibility for conceding the goal just now was still on the midfielder. It is almost impossible to happen, because Ai Huan will always appear in this position at this time, but today Ai Huan has no idea where it is, which also makes Schalke feel as if he has lost half of his country.

Fortunately, Schalke still has some good players, and they also started a crazy counterattack after conceding the ball first. No. In the 207th minute, Raul received a pass from Jurado in the center of the penalty area and hit the goal. The ball went slightly wide of the right post.Then Holtby tried a long shot from outside the penalty area, and the opposing goalkeeper Ulrich struggled to save the ball.

Jurado took a tactical corner kick and made a beautiful cooperation with Escudero, and the latter's pass from the left accurately found Maputi who was ambushing in the penalty area, and the latter shot from the center of the penalty area with his left foot. , the ball flew into the upper right corner of the goal, and the score was tied at one to one.This is also Maputi's first league goal in Schalke. He took off his jersey excitedly and ran to the sidelines to celebrate, and was shown a yellow card for this.

Uncle Dipper finally spoke up at this time, "Today's game took half an hour before we finally saw what Schalke should have, but why do I feel that Schalke is a bit lifeless today? Obviously it is ten One person appears, but it seems that one person is missing, has our God fallen asleep?"

Ai Huan was still on the court, he didn't fall asleep but he couldn't get involved in the game. Although it was not unexpected that the Spanish Zhu Xie came to him, it was quite shocking for a young man who was only 20 years old. Yes, to be honest, Ai Huan was really tempted.He was not because of the conditions offered by Spain to punish evil, but because of the sentence "The Spaniards have always regarded you as their own child, and you should join us because of this." This is a sense of being needed, just like the original Magath said the same thing to him at the World Cup.

He really needs to be affirmed so much, even if he never said it, but he desperately longs for this feeling of being needed. Ever since he was expelled from Seville, he has been holding his breath in his heart. That tone has indeed come out, but the problem we are facing now is that one country spurns us, while another country needs us, so how should we choose?The question was driving him crazy.

That's why he thought he was sleepwalking on the field. He couldn't integrate into the team, and couldn't concentrate. He even wanted to leave the field, but he hesitated and didn't show it.

In the ensuing game, the two sides had offense and defense with each other, and both had shooting opportunities but failed to grasp them.Towards the end of the first half, Stuttgart almost broke Neuer's goal again. Cacao passed the ball to Marica, who hit the left wing of the penalty area and was saved by Neuer. Schalke 04 escaped.However, they immediately retaliated. After 1 minute, Holtby gave a through ball to Raul, but the linesman raised the flag to signal offside.

The first half ended here, and the two sides temporarily fought to a one-to-one tie.

After entering the waiting room, Magath was not as elated or angry as usual. He seemed very calm today. He didn't even say a word to Ai Fan. He just arranged the tactics for the second half and told others what to pay attention to. Ai Huan seemed to have forgotten it too.

Ai Huan didn't show anything special either, he was still full of worries, which made the other team members not dare to get close to him. .

(End of this chapter)