Vol 2 Chapter 76: Back to the old bank

Various media in the second half of the midfield comments gave a prediction that Schalke 04 can maintain its current advantage, and even further expand the score of the narrator, not only Marcel Leif and CCTV Duan Xuan.
The Italian national television commentary was optimistic about Schalke: "On the football field. Wasting opportunities will inevitably be punished. Today it really happened again. Liverpool wasted a lot of opportunities to expand the score, so the retribution came immediately! Look, this Not over yet, the British have no chance!"
The confidence in the Italian commentary stems from the Schalke's goal data he received this season-Schalke scored half of the total goals in the second half. In the first half of the season, Schalke's goals were concentrated in the first half. After the winter break, the goal scores in the second half increased significantly.
More goals in the second half is proof that a team has become able to fight tough battles.
Duan Xuan quoted the old Chinese saying "succumb to one's strength. Then decay, three times to exhaustion" to prove that Liverpool will be exhausted, and Schalke will take the initiative in the second half.
Of course, it is not without Sky Sports. The French national television commentary made Vita optimistic that Liverpool could at least score another goal and would not lose to Schalke within regular time.
The French's position is not at all surprising. Whether it is football or the history of the country, the grudge between Germany and France cannot be clearly explained in a sentence or two, so it is not surprising that the French naturally resist everything related to Germany.
In fact, at the football level, France and England are also old couples. So from his personal heart, he is very willing to see that both sides are in trouble. Anyway, the Champions League has nothing to do with the Ligue 1 team. It is not a big deal to see the excitement.
After fifteen minutes of intermission, Slomka took the lead in making adjustments. Kristage played and replaced Rakitic.
This substitution was quite unexpected, but Slomka's intentions were not difficult to guess.
Kristage's ability to intercept and run in the midfield is stronger. Obviously, his characteristics are more useful in the second half. However, Sloemka's substitutions are not entirely considered to shrink the defense. From another perspective, Kristaic's appearance can liberate Zhou Tiancheng's offense.
Benitez stayed there... not because he didn't want to move, but from an offensive level, except for the sideline Pennant can be changed, this is almost the strongest lineup. On the bench, Engel, who is still in a good state in these league games, is not the same as the Champions League knockout. Unlike the Premier League, Benitez did not dare to use the precious substitutions for him so early.
To use him is also the last few minutes-if the score can still maintain the status quo.
Both sides were cautious in the second half. The first fifteen minutes was basically a back-and-forth grab and saw. It must be said that the end of Rakitic's impact on the smoothness of Schalke's midfield is not small. The lack of another control point for the organization of the offense, the other party can even target Zhou Tiancheng in the midfield without hesitation. Left forward Benayong also closed to the middle, and Zhou Tiancheng was caught in at least two people every time he took the ball.
Liverpool players are very pragmatic against Zhou Tiancheng's defense. They don't want to steal the ball from his foot to counterattack. They can directly use destructive defense. If they can't grab it at the first time, they will stay with the ball.
It is conceivable that with this kind of kicking, the fight has increased a lot, but the viewing of the game has plummeted. The Hungarian referee Kasoy frequently grabbed the mirror and drew four yellow cards in 15 minutes. Liverpool have three exclusives. Ronso, Benayon and Aberoia each eat one. The remaining one was given to Schalke captain Westman. As Zhou Tiancheng was frequently shoveled, Westman protested. Kaushaoy thought he gave too much and gave a yellow card.
The game time passed in the constant fights and foul disputes between the two sides. Slomka looked calmly at the game time hanging on the big screen above the court, and it was already seventy minutes unconsciously.
He was certainly happy to continue this situation, and the score was in Schalke's favor.
Benitez was anxious. The meaningless progress of the game is no different from chronic suicide. But now the players are focused on the field, no matter how they shout, they can't hear, and they can only convey instructions through substitutions.
First, he replaced Pennant in the 73rd minute, and five minutes later, the last offensive player Enge played.
Now Liverpool are lined up with three forwards on the front line. Benitez's tactics are very clear. How to get it straight, just go straight overhead!
Liverpool's move is not unexpected, but Schalke fans' hearts are still nervous, worried that the team will repeat the same mistakes.
However, the center of the broadcast lens was Liverpool substitutions. At the corner of the lens, few fans noticed that Sloemka is calling Zhou Tiancheng to give a face-to-face opportunity.
"Week, there are about fifteen minutes left, and now it's time to use the tactics this week's training."
Zhou Tiancheng's eyes lit up: "You mean, I'm going to play center defender next?"
Slomka nodded: "Otherwise, do you think I let you and Benedikt and Heike practice their defensive cooperation this week? Now that a back is enough, they will not advance on the ground. High-altitude ball is the first task!"
Zhou Tiancheng nodded and returned to the field, appearing between Hevedes and Westman, standing in parallel with the two. Head to the left and right to greet the two of them: "Hold it!"
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"Oh! Zhou Tiancheng kicked the centre-back! Although it is indeed a good way, is it too early? It is not too late to use this extreme tactic in the last five minutes." Duan Xuan was a little uneasy in his heart, because in his In the impression, Zhou Tiancheng and the central defender did not take sides at all.
Although Zhou Tiancheng's reputation is not small now, especially in China and Germany, because he rarely accepts interviews outside the venue, even the media does not have a deep understanding of his past before becoming famous, and it is not clear that he used to fight. The centre back was born.
But Zhou Tiancheng is very confident, but this is his old business!
After only a few minutes, the Schalke fans became more and more stable. Don’t look at the opponent’s repeated highballs around Schalke. In fact, there is no chance at all~EbookFREE.me~Whether it is before or after, Nothing could be beyond Zhou Tiancheng's head. All were cleared by the first point.
"Zhou Tiancheng's defense is also reassuring, what is the role of Dinghaishenzhen? There is no better explanation than this! Where is he appearing, where is Schalke's most stable link!"
"This kind of defense... Liverpool will be desperate, haha!" Marcel Leff said with a gloating tone.
In the last minute of stoppage time in the whole game, Liverpool got the opportunity to set the ball in the frontcourt. Goalkeeper Reina also rushed to participate in the attack.
Alonso's cross pass hangs into the penalty area. Reina leaps high. As a goalkeeper, his bounce is naturally strong, otherwise he can't control the high-altitude ball in front of the goal. Alonso is indeed looking for him. Reina Fei When he was in the air, he was very excited. If he hit this end, he might become the team's hero.
but!
Zhou Tiancheng served first, before the ball reached the top of Reina's head, at the same point, he directly intercepted the ball in mid-air.
ps: There are two thousand words in this chapter, so there is one chapter in the afternoon, four o'clock. (https://)