greenery is king

Chapter 768 Telecom Cup
After listening to this song, Ai Huan felt a bit at a loss as to what to do. It was hard for him to say what Taylor meant, but at this time he was already with Jennifer, and he couldn't justify it if he couldn't give her an explanation.

For a while, his mind was confused, and after thinking for a long time, he didn't come up with a result. Instead, some other ideas came to his mind. He also felt a little incredible about this idea, so he came to Magath's side, "Boss, I want to ask for leave. , I can’t participate in the Telecom Cup, and I’m afraid I will miss the pre-match warm-up match.”

There are only ten days from the Telecom Cup to the first match of the German Cup, and it doesn't matter whether you participate or not, so Magath didn't make any more comments, but agreed after thinking about it.

When the plane arrived in Munich and changed planes, Ai Huan directly changed his ticket and left the team, while the other players still followed the original plan to transfer to Mainz. As for Ai Huan's sudden departure, everyone felt a little bit shadowy, but what exactly he was going to do was unclear. No one knows either.

The Telecommunications Cup officially started on July [-]th. Schalke met Mainz in the first round of draws.

Magath formed his most familiar 4-4-2 formation. The goalkeeper used Zhang Chong who had just joined. After all, he had been participating in the Chinese League before coming, and his condition was much better than others. It is normal to use him. decision.The back line is composed of Escudero, Howides, Metzelder and Cristo. Magath also wants to know whether this formation can change the problem of last year's back line.

The midfielder is not the parallel position of last year, but has become a diamond-shaped position. Gundogan serves as a single midfielder, Fuchs on the left, Mata on the right, and Holtby in the front. This is the first time Schalke has put up such a lineup. Many people think that this will become the basic lineup of Schalke in the new season.

Although these players are almost all participating in an official game for the first time, they quickly gained the upper hand. Gundogan's organization is surprisingly smooth. Mata, the new core, will not be frightened at all, and will quickly shatter Mainz's midfield. real test.

After Schalke took the initiative on the field, they played fiercely. Fox, who was mentioned by Magath to the midfield position, also performed very well. He almost completely controlled the left side. The three-meter quality control is really not covered. .

No.15 minutes, he succeeded in stealing the ball in the midfield, and then quickly got rid of the defense behind him. A direct pass was passed to Mata on the left side of the penalty area. Mata dribbled the ball directly into the penalty area. Scored into the gate of Mainz, and the score became one to zero.

Although Mainz still worked hard after conceding the goal, they still couldn't make a decent offensive, so they didn't cause any difficulties for Schalke, but Schalke was a little less lucky. The difference was a hair's breadth, and Mainz was also pressed by them in the penalty area and could not move.Neither side scored again in the first half, and the half-hour game ended quickly.

However, since the Telecom Cup does not limit the number of substitutions, both sides made a large number of substitutions in the second half.First of all, Magath pulled Farfan to replace Mata on the right side of the midfield. The striker was always responsible for pulling the opponent's back line in the first half. Kee pushed to the top of the striker, and he had to use his speed to make a fuss.

He then made a huge change in midfield, with all four players substituted in the first half, Matip on for Ilkay Gundogan, Joaquin on for Fuchs and Draxler on. Holtby, after this move, Schalke's midfield became a parallel position again.But he did not make adjustments to the back line. After all, Mainz did not show a better attacking state, which did not achieve the effect Magath wanted to see.

But even Magath didn't expect that his team played more smoothly in the second half, and obviously luck was better than in the first half. In less than 1 minute of the opening, Cristo assisted in the frontcourt and hit the ball in the penalty area. In the cross from the left, Demba Ba grabbed the first point and headed the ball to the other side. Pukki quickly entered the penalty area to form a single goal. He easily picked the ball into the opponent's goal, and the score became [-]-[-].

Only 5 minutes later, Schalke successfully intercepted the ball at the front of the opponent's penalty area. Joaquin passed the ball into the penalty area and caused chaos in the penalty area. Three to zero.

Since then, Mainz has also played a few counterattacks, but the effect is very mediocre. Most of them are cut off before they can pass the midfield, and then launch a quick counterattack again. This also makes Mainz dare not invest too much troops to During the attack, Schalke still firmly occupied the initiative on the field.

Until 27 minutes into the second half, Demba Ba's shot was saved by the opponent's goalkeeper, and Joaquin's supplementary shot was blocked by the opponent's defender out of the penalty area. With the score locked at four to zero, Schalke easily entered the final.

In the next game, Bayern and Dortmund played very fiercely. I don't know why Dortmund has become Bayern's biggest sufferer in the past two years, as if their style of play is to restrain the opponent, so no matter how Bayern plays It was just that they couldn't kill Dortmund all at once, instead they were hit behind them again and again by the opponent, making them a little dizzy.

Fortunately, Neuer, who just joined this season, still performed well, and he resolved the opponent's effective offensive one after another. This also made Dortmund very uncomfortable, so he had to make adjustments before halftime.

However, the effect of this substitution was not obvious. On the contrary, it allowed Bayern to find an opportunity. Robben scored a goal when they were a little confused, turning the score into one to zero. This score was also maintained until the end of the first half.

In the second half, the two sides still played fiercely. Dortmund's Gotze also seized the opportunity to equalize the score, but soon Gomez overtook the score again. In the end, the score of [-] to [-] was maintained until the end of the game, and Bayern also entered the final .

The game of the day ended here, and the final was held on the next day, so all four teams returned to the hotel. This is also a rare time when everyone sits and chats and farts. You must know that they are almost opposed to each other in normal times.

(End of this chapter)