Vol 2 Chapter 133: Return to midfield

Ending the Derby in the Ruhr area also means that Schalke bids farewell to the Devil schedule, and the next few opponents are relatively easy. Although it is still a two-line battle, these opponents do not make them feel too much pressure.
In the third round of the Champions League, they won the team's weakest fish belly Greek Athletic 4:0 on the road. No one was surprised from the score. This is the normal level of the Bundesliga and the Cyprus League.
However, the biggest highlight of this game is not Zhou Tiancheng's World Pokémon twice, but Rakitic, who is active in the midfield, he sent the first assist hat trick since joining Schalke. And two of the assists were the same: Zhou Tiancheng made three consecutive one-foot passes with him at the front of the penalty area, and finally he passed Zhou Tiancheng a long-range shot.
In the next eighth round, Schalke defeated Frankfurt 2-0 at home. Since losing to Freiburg in the fourth round, the league has won four straight games.
On the second day of training, Kuranyi appeared on the team's training ground. Zhou Tiancheng whispered while Magath hadn't started speaking yet, "Kevin, are you okay?"
Kuranyi was a little excited: "Reut (physical coach Reuthard) said let me practice with the team, he feels that he can touch the ball... Ah, God, this bad day is finally over. Week , I give you a piece of advice, do you want to listen?"
"what?"
Kuranyi said seriously: "Don't be injured, otherwise this day of healing will make you uncomfortable... Can you imagine a day without football for more than a month?"
Zhou Tiancheng patted his shoulder: "Thank you for reminding me, Kevin, but I don't need you to say that I will protect myself. I can help you top it if you are injured, but I know you can never play midfielder."
"My feet are used for shooting, how can I arrange for me to play in the midfield? Unless the devil has a problem, I am naturally a forward."
Zhou Tiancheng took it for granted: "So, it is still your responsibility to shoot. The forward position is really not a human job, or it is comfortable to play in the midfield."
When he first contacted football in China, Zhou Tiancheng played a high center. Later, he changed his position because he played awkwardly. In these few weeks, Zhou Tiancheng was driven by a duck. He actually did not do much work for the Indian power center. Even on the front line, the work of needle threading is still the main task.
Kuranyi heard Zhou Tiancheng's words, and suddenly a black line: "Hey, so look down on the striker, believe it or not I deliberately pass you the opportunity to pass me?"
Zhou Tiancheng didn't care: "As long as you are not afraid of fiery hair, I don't care, and it's not just you who can score."
Kuranyi lost his confidence immediately. Indeed, he was away during this time and the team still scored and won.
Although he is not such a selfish person, when he saw this record, he still had a bit of a complex taste in his mind: he was the same with or without the team, and even improved, proving that I am in the team. Nobody!
Kuranyi thought so much, but Magath didn't think so. Although he won this time, Zhou Tiancheng did not support him in the midfield. The aggressiveness of the offense and defense made him not very satisfied. Now he can finally return to let He is satisfied with the preset state.
However, Kuranyi recovered from injury after a long time, and his physical condition and game feeling need to be recovered a little bit. In order to be safe, Magath’s next game against Stuttgart only put Kuranyi into the list of 18 people. In the starting list, continue to use the same style of play before Zhou Tiancheng.
But today they are in trouble.
After receiving the starting list, Stuttgart coach Marcus Babel arranged a 4-4-2 formation in a targeted manner, and in the midfield targeted the German international Khdira and Serbian international Kuzmanovic , Two all-round midfielders with both offensive and defensive counterpoint Rakitic.
Stuttgart had the upper hand at home from the start, Hedira had a clear advantage in one-on-one physical confrontation with Rakitic, Schalke's offense was blocked in the midfield and completely suppressed by the opponent.
In the eighteenth minute, Hedira counter-attacked in the frontcourt, blocked Holtby's ground pass to Rakitic, and then shot a long shot outside the penalty area. Neuer blocked the first shot with his leg. , But did not go far, another German international Kako in Stuttgart swiftly followed up the supplementary shot through Schalke's goal.
This 0:1 is not surprising even for Magath. In the nearly 20 minutes of the game, most of the time the ball is in its own half. Stuttgart is not a fish belly that can’t catch the opportunity. This team However, it is a strange thing to appear in the European stadium all year round and play so passively.
But what made him unbearable was that after losing the ball, there was no change. Rakitic was completely subject to Hedira’s personal snatch. The rhythm of the ball was obviously slowed by half a beat. Stuttgart can already take advantage of this opportunity to block key people, especially Zhou Tiancheng's passing route.
The midfielder lost the game and the game only took thirty minutes, and Magath couldn't help but want to replace him. His on-the-spot command is rarely radical, but today's situation is compelling. If another player is scored in the first half and he wants to chase in the second half, the pressure is also great.
His first choice is Kuranyi on the bench.
"Kevin, I won't say much to you. You should understand your task and communicate the instructions to Zhou. His task as substitute is over and go back to the midfield to organize the attack."
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Marcel Leif saw Kuranyi debut~EbookFREE.me~ passionately shouted: "Kevin Kuranyi is back! Strong fighter. Many media predicted that he would miss halfway when he was injured. The entire second half of the league, but only forty-five days, he returned to the court. This is definitely good news, Zhou also liberated, returned to his midfield, the most dominant midfielder in the Bundesliga Successfully returned!"
Zhou Tiancheng stood back to the lower back position, a little behind Rakitic, it seems to be mainly defensive, but all the midfielders in the Bundesliga will definitely not think that he is just a pure defender.
Hedila's eyes narrowed slightly and shouted to Kuzmanovic: "Come near me!"
Although he is doing well in this game, he still dare not care about Zhou Tiancheng.
The positions of the two lower backs were all receding backwards, and they couldn't dare to rush to face Zhou Tiancheng.
Three minutes later, Zhou Tiancheng received a cross from Rakitic. Hedila quickly squeezed him from the side and only used his body to fight. Hedila and Zhou Tiancheng had a one-on-one feeling of security.
But this sense of security is also illusory... He did not move Zhou Tiancheng at all, turned directly in the reverse direction, he was flashed behind him, followed by Kusmanovic's frontal shovel, Zhou Tiancheng just prepared to accelerate , Zhou Tiancheng braked in place, sending a long pass like the frontcourt.
At the same time, Kuranyi has fully accelerated from the two center-backs, and the ball is coming closer to him...