Vol 2 Chapter 103: German Super Cup: season starts

When Jiang Hao walked off, Magath came over and patted his shoulder gently.
This action is commonplace for coaches, but Magath doesn't do it often. This is enough to show that Jiang Hao's performance is still satisfying him.
The satellite relay signal did not capture this detail, otherwise He Wei would not show such concerns.
And Magath changed into Jones, the striker continued to speed up, changed a speed-type fast knife, against AC Milan this "aged" back line of defense continued to impact.
However, there is no shortage of battle-hardened veterans in Milan. One goal behind slowed down the rhythm. Seedorf’s position stayed parallel to Gattuso, Pirlo really played like a front waist, and Pato’s position retreated back. His type is similar to Jiang Hao, and he needs enough space to impact. Row.
The first half of the game was not as open as an ordinary commercial event. Compared with the first match against Inter, this was more like a fight between two strong teams. It was more intense, but there were not many opportunities for both sides.
Leonardo did his best in the second half. Ronaldinho and Flamini came off the bench within ten minutes. It can be seen that Milan is very eager to win. The last game defeated Chelsea 0:2, the next The match against Inter Milan, there is no certainty of victory, Leonardo does not want to start the new season with a zero-blocking result. Although the warm-up results are not important. But there are always picky people who like to add oil and vinegar. Although the giants can't stand the cold, but once they get into trouble, they will face more pressure from all parties.
Leonardo's midfield adjustment, the purpose of strengthening the offense is very obvious, but he replaced Seedorf, the thickness of the midfield defense is inevitably weakened. Magath made a stop and replaced Westman and Holtby with a solid line of defense. As for the offense, there are two ammunition conveyors, Zhou Tiancheng and Rakitic, and Magath believes that the striker cannot miss opportunities.
Although Ronaldinho equalized the score with a direct free kick in the seventy-fifth minute, it seemed that Leonardo's half-time adjustment had effect, but it did not remain until the end of the game. Before the end, Zhou Tiancheng responded to a set ball world wave to complete the lore.
And the source of this goal is closely related to the gambling substitutions of Leonardo's midfielder-Schalke 04 counterattack quickly advanced. Zhou Tiancheng's plug-in made Gattuso feel great pressure. Altentop has run out of space on the flank and can only help pull Zhou Tiancheng from behind.
Everything comes from a defensive midfield loss.
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After the game, Magath took Zhou Tiancheng to attend the press conference, but the most asked question was about Jiang Hao-of course, most of them were Chinese media, they wanted to know that Magath replaced Jiang in half an hour Hao, simply for physical reasons, or have other considerations.
To put it bluntly, these reporters just want to explore the tone. Near the opening of the new season, Magath's position can largely determine Jiang Hao's prospects.
However, I was very careful about how I could hide the spicy Magath. He played Tai Chi in front of Chinese reporters: "The first show can score goals. This performance has been very convincing. Even if there are some shortcomings, there will be future Opportunities slowly make up."
Magath's statement appeared in major domestic media, and the interpretations of various companies were varied. CCTV, the official media, naturally guides in a positive direction, thinking that Jiang Hao's speed specialty touches Magath, and the new season's tactical puzzle Jiang Hao must be an important member. The new online media with a larger view and free space is not very optimistic. After all, he is different from Zhou Tiancheng, and the shortcomings are too obvious on hard conditions. Leaving aside physical fitness, physical confrontation is a bit difficult to deal with the intensity of the first team game.
But objectively speaking, how many players have just been drafted from U19, did they start from the bench?
It can only be said that because Zhou Tiancheng's experience is too unusual, the judgment standards of everyone are virtually raised.
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Schalke 04 has the last game against Chelsea in this World Football Challenge. For them, the time is actually very tight. After playing this game, only one week to fly back to Germany, Schalke 04 started the new season earlier than other Bundesliga teams. As the league champion last season, one week before the opening of the Bundesliga, they will also participate in the annual German Super Cup and play against the German Cup champion Bremen last season.
Compared with the World Football Challenge, the German Super Cup is obviously more important. Anyway, it is also the official championship title. It is with this in mind that Magath decisively took Zhou Tiancheng, Rakitic and Westerman A man who played too long in two consecutive games was put on the bench.
It doesn't matter if you give up this game, it is important to ensure that the main players are fully rested. After all, a trip to the United States is not only a confrontation on the field, but the journey from North America to Europe can also frustrate people.
Schalke 04's strength is clearly at a disadvantage in the mix of substitutes and main lineup. Drogba and Lampard scored one goal each in the first and second half, and Schalke lost 0:2 in the end. Two wins and one loss ended the North American warm-up.
Leaving aside this last event without reference value, judging from the previous two games, Schalke 04 is definitely not like some German media expects, without lineup reinforcement, a lineup will play no role in the world this season. On the contrary, because the personnel did not enter and leave the main frame, the main frame remained very complete, so Magath started quickly. And through this trip to North America, the integration of Holtby and the team has gradually improved, and Jiang Hao and Matip also showed surprises. Schalke's lineup configuration type is more diverse than last season.
Of course, the annual German Super Cup is the real stage test, testing Magath's degree of teamwork. Although Bremen's strength is not as good as those of warm-up opponents, the investment in the official game is definitely different.
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Bremen only ranked 10th in the league last season, and with the help of the German Cup, they won the qualification for the Europa League this season. Three heavyweight signings were completed at Xia Chuang: 8.2 million euros successfully digging corners to attack the core Marco Marin; then, while Van Gaal was cleaning the Bayern list, he quickly bought the midfielder Titans Borovsky, near the start of the Super Cup in recent days, the club officials announced the introduction of the Peruvian international Pizarro from Chelsea in the form of rent and buy.
With Bremen's strength, it is difficult to make a big difference in the UEFA Cup. Coach Schaff's focus is still on the league, hoping to win a good ranking. This was confirmed in the interview before the Super Cup.
In an interview with "Photo", Schaff said: "Before last season, we ranked in the top three in the league for five consecutive seasons, proving that the team has the strength to compete for the championship. Although Schalke 04 is the defending champion, we do not Not without opportunities."
Shaf's position complements his starting lineup. Shaf still sticks to the 4-2-3-1 formation. Goalkeeper Wiese, centre-back Mertesacker partner Naldo, left-back Fritz, on the right is Schalke youth product Bernisch; midfielder double-waist Hund partner Borovsky, Oz In the front waist position, he is the core of the current field organization. The left and right wings are the Swedish international Rosenberg and the newly joined Marin. Pizarro advances as a single arrow.
In addition, Rosenberg's original position was a forward, but in order to give way to Pizarro, he can only reach the full-back.
In Schaff's mind, the experienced Pizarro is to play the role of Klose's front line to set the sea needle.
Magath is using the formation that has been basically formed in the warm-up. Rakitic and Holtby are responsible for the offense. Zhou Tiancheng's B2B attribute is used as an important fire support point in the midfield.
At the frontline level, after repeated adjustment experiments in the warm-up game, Magath found that although Kuranyi’s strength is still a distance away from the positioning of the main striker in his mind, there is no better match for him in the existing lineup. The main candidate was selected.
At the beginning of the game, it seemed that the strength of the two sides had fallen. Schaff knew that this set of starting midfield defense was a hidden danger, but he still arranged this way, just didn't want Schalke to start at the beginning!
Bremen's opening defense was crazily overwhelming. It was no longer just around Zhou Tiancheng's midfielder. Even the central defender took the ball and there were two or three players around him quickly.
This scene surprised Marcel Leif: "Bremen is really crazy today! Do they want to eat the defending champion in one bite? I don’t know why Thomas Schaff was willing to take such a risk, and many strong teams did this last season. They’ve done it, and Schalke’s post-attack counterattack can’t afford it!

Marcel Leif is still very objective. From the statistics, it is indeed true-Schalke was the most counter-attack team last season, scoring 30 goals. This figure surpasses Dortmund led by Wolfsburg, who has black and white, and Klopp, who advocates a mad dog-style high-pressure counterattack.
But everything is not absolute, Bremen is also good at attacking, and Schaff believes that if you dare to take risks, you will get something.
This time, he took a bet.
Bremen targeted the frontcourt to rob Hevedes and interfere with his pass. Hevedes was subjected to high pressure behind him. He was still confident that he could get the ball steadily, but he did not expect the pass to be just right Stepping on a soft turf, the passing force was disturbed, instead of reaching the foot of Rafinha, but directly passed to the left forward Rosenberg, who took a low pass and passed the middle. Pizarro Striking a shot in front of Westman, he penetrated the door between Neuer's legs and rewritten the score.
"This... Schalke had never made such a mistake last season!" Marcel Leif was disappointed: "Although the beginning of the season, poor condition is a perfect reason, but it does not apply to this Mistakes. What exactly is Benedikt thinking? Isn’t it the safest option to push back and pass the goalkeeper behind him? He behaves... like a rookie!"
Although Marcel Lef knew that this comment was too emotional, as a narrator, but this error was too low-level, he could not bear it.
Foreign TV commentary is relatively more open, at least there are not so many frames, so it is not a problem to express personal opinions with a touch of emotion.
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"Benedict..."
Hevedes saw Zhou Tiancheng coming towards him, and said with a somber expression: "Zhou, you don't need to say, it's my responsibility. I didn't expect this turf to be softer." Hevedes said, ruthlessly Stepped on the turf that caused his unstable center of gravity and took the opportunity to vent. But from the team's standpoint, this attitude is still very good.
"Benedict, I knew you had to think again... I wanted to tell you nothing, this is just the beginning, don't worry too much."
Hevedes was stunned. He thought Zhou Tiancheng would blame himself for "how could he make such a mistake" or something. This consolation made him feel less guilty, and nodded gently: "Zhou, you said That's right, it's up to you next."
"It's up to you too. We can't lose the ball anymore."
Hevedes gritted his teeth, and his eyes flashed a bit sharply: "You can rest assured. They won't have a chance anymore! I will stop them even if they eat red cards!"
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Magath was pacing back and forth on the sidelines.
He was not anxious, but took the opportunity to call Kuranyi, Westman and other important players to the sidelines to explain.
CCTV's commentary Duan Xuan gave his view on the current situation: "Although no one can think of this goal loss, accidents are always part of football. Magat called Kuranyi and Westman at this time. It's a bit interesting. Westman is the captain on the field, Kuranyi is the striker, is there any instructions to strengthen the offense? However, this does not seem to be a clear choice! Salo, Rosenberg and Marin are not slow to counterattack."
On the court, the two nodded frequently after receiving instructions and returned to the field. After Westman made a pass, Schalke 04's position on the field changed again.
Holtby's position withdrew, and the position was basically parallel to Zhou Tiancheng~EbookFREE.me~ Rakitic was left in the front field to do the midfield and strike line. At the same time, the rear line of defense is raised, focusing on arming around the middle arc.
The defensive system of the entire midfield and backcourt is showing a positive situation, actively compressing the space of the middle, and letting Bremen directly find Pizarro from the middle of the attack-the middle is a huge offside trap.
Even if Bremen has both Hund and Ozil midfield dual-core on the field, at this time they can only avoid the Schalke 04 midfielder and shift the offensive center of gravity to two sides.
And then, it depends on the defender's defensive ability. Bremen played smart. The sideline was originally a natural obstacle for the wing players. They are also fully utilized. Once faced with a midfielder's pinch, he kicked the ball to the nearest Schalke player's leg, continually penetrating through the sideline, and making full use of the wide width of the court to shift to find opportunities on both sides.
Judging from the ability of Schalke's two full-backs, Rafinha's side is not reassuring, but today he took the initiative to grab a few times, and grabbing the destruction ball before Marin accelerated showed a good state. On the contrary, the 33-year-old Bolton is very slow and hot today. Zhou Tiancheng's attention is still mainly on Ozil. Sometimes he does not come to the defense in time. He and Rosenberg have one to one, and they are almost out of rhythm. The defense success rate is extremely low.
"Marcelo Bordon has not entered the real season at all. Although active defense is desirable, it is also accompanied by high risks. Under the overall forward pressure, the wing is facing the risk of being exploded, and Magath faces another problem. ."
Marcel Leif were all worried about Schalke 04, and now they are losing sight of each other. With this development, the initiative will be completely controlled by the opponent.
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