Schalke 04 beat Bayern and won all four of the league's first games. Together with Frankfurt, they became the only two teams that have maintained a unbeatable record so far. However, Schalke 04 has a goal difference of 9, which is more than Frankfurt. Two, so after four rounds, Schalke finally topped the standings.
The situation in the league is ever-changing, and only the one who laughs to the end is the ultimate winner. Not to mention that the league has just played four rounds, even if the half-time champions are overturned at the end, there are still a lot of them, so this top spot actually doesn't mean much, but it doesn't The fans who were blocking the sand mine got excited first.
The defending champion and derby rival with two wins, one draw and one loss in four games became the first target of ridicule. Schalke fans could not wait to go to Dortmund's home court every day to sing and dance and tell them how happy they are now.
Especially in the fifth round of the league, when Frankfurt and Dortmund met in a narrow road and tied 3-3, this happiness reached its peak.
"Viewers, my name is Duan Xuan, welcome to watch the Schalke 04 vs. Mainz game narrated by me. This is the fifth round of the Bundesliga, because in another Bundesliga game the day before, Frankfurt, who have the same points as Schalke 04, was tied by Dortmund, so as long as Schalke 04 wins this game, they can leave Frankfurt behind in points, rather than relying solely on goal difference to rank first."
Stevens attached great importance to this game and played his best. Schalke's generals also lived up to expectations and easily controlled the game right after the start.
In the 5th minute, Yang Feng took a corner kick from the right and Papadopoulos headed the ball from the center of the penalty area. Unfortunately, he failed to use his strength and the ball was cleared by Soto on the goal line.
In the 8th minute, Farfan's cross from the right fell to the left side of the penalty area. Yang Feng volleyed and the football bounced off the ground and flew out of the post.
2 minutes later, Raul's long shot with his left foot missed the far post.
Immediately afterwards, Hegel fired a volley from 16 meters away on the right side and was punched out by Wetclo.
The situation on the field was simply a one-sided crushing, but it was not until the 35th minute of the game that the first goal occurred.
There was a diagonal pass from the right side of the Raul Stadium. Yang Feng succeeded in countering offside and easily succeeded in the shot.
With 7 goals in five games, Yang Feng is firmly at the top of the scorer list, leading the Bundesliga with his team.
The 1-0 score remained until the 80th minute. Schalke quickly counterattacked. Holtby cooperated with Draxler and then inserted into the left side of the penalty area and crossed the ball in front of the goal. Fuchs faced the empty goal and expanded the shot. Score, 2-0.
Three minutes later, Fuchs made a 45-degree cross from the left. Holtby jumped up near the penalty spot and hit the right side of the goal with a swing of his head. The victory was sealed 3-0. Schalke 04 won 9 consecutive league victories and caught up. With Cologne, they ranked third on the Bundesliga winning streak list.
Schalke 04 scored 16 goals in five rounds. Yang Feng himself scored 7 goals and had 1 assist. Half of the team's goals were related to him. His average efficiency of 1.4 goals per game also made him very good at breaking through. Muller's single-season goalscoring record and even consecutive goalscoring records are full of optimism.
The team's consecutive wins and rapid progress on all fronts have given Stevens full confidence in breaking the Bundesliga winning streak record. However, the veteran has rich experience and has not been dazzled by the current bouquet. Instead, he has begun to consider the future with a sense of worry. .
What he is worried about is the second half of the league.
Historically, the first half of the season was unstoppable, and it looked like they could ride on top of the giants at any time, but in the second half, they immediately fell off a cliff and were knocked directly from the top of the list to outside the European theater. There were too many teams. Schaer Ke himself has picked up this script more than once.
The reason is also very simple, the lineup is weak and the stability is poor.
This weakness is of course not due to insufficient numbers, but to the fact that there are too few that can be used in a big way. They are already stretched to cope with the league, not to mention that they have to be distracted by the European war.
"Rotate! Must rotate!"
After making this difficult decision, Stevens immediately implemented it firmly in the sixth round of the Bundesliga.
Rotation does not necessarily mean playing one game and resting the other, but arranging for the main players to rest in insignificant games or when encountering weaker opponents.
Dusseldorf should be one of those "relatively weak opponents" in his eyes.
On September 28, in the sixth round of the Bundesliga, at the Veltins Arena, Yang Feng, Raul, Draxler, Matip, and Höwedes sat on the bench to face newly promoted Dusseldore as half the main force. husband.
Although they are a newly promoted team, Dusseldorf played well. They defeated Augsburg 2-0 in the first round of the league, and then played 0-0 against Borussia Monchengladbach, Stuttgart and Freiburg. In the fifth round of the league just past, they defeated Fürth 2-0.
Only 4 goals were scored in five games, and the offensive power was quite weak, but they were undefeated in the first five games and did not concede a single goal. The defense was also top-notch.
For a newly promoted team, this result can last at least one year.
What Stevens was thinking was still very beautiful. Even if Yang Feng, Raul and Draxler were missing from the field, the situation might not be open for a while, but Dusseldorf's almost zero attack With their strength, they can maintain 0-0 until the second half. At worst, they will send Yang Feng and others to attack hard and end it with a small 1-0 victory.
What's more, the combination of Huntelaar + Farfan is not weak, and it is more than enough to deal with a newly promoted team.
As beautiful as he thought, his face hurt from being slapped.
"After fifty minutes, the score was 2-0. With forward Dani Shaheen's brace, Dusseldorf unexpectedly took the lead over Schalke 04, which currently ranks first in the standings..."
"Stevens is careless. There are still five days left before the second Champions League game, but he has hidden as many as five main players. If this game cannot be won, then the employment of this old coach will definitely cause a lot of trouble. Big question..."
"The camera swept across the bench. Who do you think of at this time? Who else can you think of? Sure enough, Yang came to the sidelines..."
The home fans, who were singing and dancing to celebrate the victory in advance, suddenly fell silent.
7 goals in 5 games, not counting the two hat tricks in the two Super Cups. Yang Feng's current state is more terrifying than Huntelaar last season. It is a complete nuclear weapon for a team like Dusseldorf. level.
Dusseldorf coach N. Meyer immediately saw the opportunity and replaced three defensive players in a row.
The gambling dogs cried with joy.
"...Finally on the field, please save my one thousand meters."
"Oh no, Schalke 04 is cheating me by giving the ball away like this."
"The sky is so bright and the earth is so bright, it will be all right with me, Brother Feng. The requirements are not high, just a hat trick."
Yang Feng replaced Holtby, Raul replaced Barnetta, Draxler replaced Heger, and Schalke 04 returned to the familiar 4-3-3.
The three men were ordered to do so at the critical moment and immediately launched a fierce attack on Dusseldorf's defense line.
Schalke 04 has a very obvious ball possession advantage in this game, with a ball possession rate as high as 70%. Now that Dusseldorf has further shrunk its defense, the football is almost entirely at the feet of Schalke 04.
Yang Feng observed carefully when he was off the court and found that Dusseldorf's goal protection was very strict, and each of their players was more courageous than the other. Almost everyone dared to sacrifice their lives to block the eyeballs. It was very difficult to score goals through long shots. Big, he simply put Recoba's star card on the ball feel, coupled with Isco's dribbling, Quaresma's agility and ball control breakthrough ability to the maximum he could achieve.
This also determines his playing style.
Hard thrust.
Atsuto Uchida threw a foul ball from the right side of the front court. Yang Feng stopped the ball, turned around and forced his way through the two defenders. Then he changed direction and passed the opponent's midfielder into the penalty area. He aimed at the lower right corner of the goal and calmly pushed the ball. Unfortunately, it was missed by the opponent's defender. Feijir blocked it with his feet.
Three minutes later, a comeback.
Raul and Yang Feng played one-two in a row, and finally passed the ball to the left side of the goal.
Huntelaar rushed over excitedly, made a clearance and kicked the ball into the stands.
Brother Monkey's state this season is much worse than last season, making the golden double gun in the imagination of Schalke fans become Yang Feng's standout. In this game, the striker he led was already weak, and now he missed Schalke 04 The best scoring opportunity in the game, his prestige among the fan base further declined.
As the game entered the last ten minutes, Yang Feng used his dribbling to the extreme. Unfortunately, the power of the plug-in was sometimes limited. He also felt powerless in front of the impregnable cement defense.
In injury time, Yang Feng was tripped while dribbling the ball in front of the penalty area and won a free kick.
"With a free kick about 20 meters in front of the penalty area, Yang Feng once again stood in front of the goal. There were 4 minutes left in the game. If this goal can be scored, then they still have the last glimmer of hope..."
Yang Feng has been practicing free kicks with Recoba's star card these days, and has made rapid progress. Although the free kick column is now empty, his own free kick level has also changed from B to A.
A is the white card level, which is the star level, so he still has certain expectations for this free kick.
"Yang Feng hit the goal directly...Oh, unfortunately, the football successfully bypassed the wall, but unfortunately it hit the goal post..."
The football bounced out. Raul grabbed the first point and shot a low shot. The football was too straight and was blocked by the goalkeeper with his foot.
Seldorf defender Malezas made a big-footed clearance. Farfan stepped forward to intercept, and the football hit his calf and flew high.
Right back Vandenberg was about to rush over and head the ball to clear the ball, but a figure rushed towards him like the wind and gently touched the ball with his shoulder.
The football flew lightly over Vandenberg's head and landed behind him.
Yang Feng!
Vandenberg quickly turned around to catch up, but Yang Feng had already rushed past him, straightened his chest, pushed the ball forward again, and the football fell in front of him.
Swinging back with his right foot, he shot in the air.
Malezas stepped forward to block the ball regardless of his own safety, but it was still a step too late.
The football hit the lower edge of the crossbar and bounced into the goal with a bang.
"Goal!!! Young's free kick was rejected by the goal post, Raul's supplementary shot was blocked by the goalkeeper, Dusseldorf made a mistake in the clearance, Young picked the ball over and then volleyed, the score became 1- 2! Schalke 04 finally recovered a point! There are three minutes left in the game, there is still a chance! There is still a chance!"
Yang Feng immediately rushed into the goal, took the ball out, and ran back to the midfield as fast as a 100-meter sprint.
Other Schalke players immediately returned to their seats, but Dusseldorf was dragging its feet. Forward Shaheen reluctantly walked forward step by step from Schalke's half like a disabled man taking a walk. move.
The home fans immediately booed loudly, but Shaheen remained unmoved. His feet seemed to be filled with lead and he still walked slowly.
Jones and Papatopoulos became anxious and pushed him left and right to hurry away.
Shaheen struggled unhappily and deliberately pushed Papatopoulos hard.
When Jones saw something bad, he quickly squeezed in between the two and hugged Papatopoulos who was about to explode.
Time passed by, and the coaches of both teams were looking at their watches nervously. Meyer had already walked to the fourth official, preparing to remind him to end the game as soon as the time was up.
Just as Raul was about to protest to the referee, the referee ran over and showed Shaheen a yellow card for deliberately delaying time.
Yang Feng stood in the middle circle, hands on hips, watching all this helplessly.
The game finally started again, but as soon as the ball was passed out, Dusseldorf broke it out of bounds.
There was another delay, and by the time the football was sent out, it was almost time.
In the fifth minute of stoppage time, Dusseldorf almost expanded the score.
Vandenberg crossed the ball from the left to the goal. Fortunately, Reisinger, who was outflanking from behind, was blocked by Fuchs and was unable to shovel the ball into the empty goal.
At the last opportunity to attack, the football was passed to Yang Feng's feet again. He ignored Farfan who raised his hand to ask for the ball, took the ball by himself, and rode through the barrier alone.
"Yang dribbled the ball in the middle, Marseille turned around, passed...quick change of direction, beautiful, entered the penalty area...the fake shot passed, and hit the goal!!!"
Yang Feng passed three people in a row and had no time to observe the situation in the penalty area. He shot out of the way the moment he got out of the way.
The football was fast and urgent, flying toward the upper left corner of the goal with violent spin.
The home fans clenched their fists almost in unison, ready to cheer. Yang Feng also clenched his right hand instantly, waiting for the ball to enter the net, but what was waiting was Malezas's cross kick, blocking the ball out of the baseline.
The teammates let out a sigh of regret, and Yang Feng pushed Fuchs hard and asked him to hurry up and take the corner kick.
The Dusseldorf coach kept tapping his watch and yelled at the fourth official, "Time's up! The game is over! The time has expired! Blow the whistle quickly!"
The fourth official shook his head, blocked him behind him, and looked intently at the field.
"The stoppage time has arrived, but because Shaheen delayed some time just now, the referee made some extensions, but this should also be Schalke 04's last chance... Wernstahl also ran up to participate in this time attack."
Fuchs lifted up the hem of his jersey to wipe his sweat, carefully observed the positions of his teammates, and passed the ball to the back of the goal with one kick.
This ball is for Yang Feng.
Yang Feng predicted the landing spot correctly, but when he rushed over and made a diving dive to the top, he was firmly locked by the defender. He could only watch the football fly past his eyes.
If you want to kill a thief, you can't save him.
The whistle sounded and the game ended. Schalke 04 suffered its first defeat of the season.
"The game is over. Unfortunately, Yang Feng came on too late! Too late! What did Stevens think? The league's top scorer was actually put on the bench?"
"Düsseldorf's clean sheet was still broken by the top scorer's super striker, but they tenaciously maintained their unbeaten record; Schalke 04 stopped their winning streak and the record stopped at 9 games, ranking third in history; Yang Feng has scored in 10 consecutive games in the league, 6 games away from Gerd Muller's consecutive scoring record. With his current state, it is really possible to catch up and break this record. Records that have been gathering dust for more than forty years..."
"With 8 goals in six games, the Chinese forward still feels hot and his efficiency is also the best in the Bundesliga. Unfortunately, his goals failed to bring a victory to the team. This must feel terrible. The next game is the Champions League group. In the second round of the competition, I hope he can continue to maintain his form and his team can quickly regain the feeling of victory..."
"The person who should be most grateful to Dusseldorf is Frankfurt. After defeating Freiburg 2-1, Frankfurt jumped to the top of the list with 16 points with 5 wins and 1 draw. Bayern Munich defeated Werder Bremen 2-0, with 5 wins and 1 loss. Ranking second in the standings with 15 points, Schalke 04, which also had 15 points, fell from first to third..."
Stevens crossed his shoulders with his hands, his face gloomy, but... his eyes were firm.
Consecutive winning record? Compared with the final champion, what is that?
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