The game starts again.
After taking the lead, Hamburg began to turn its back on the visitors and press forward aggressively.
As Pan Yi said before the game, when the center, winger, midfielder and midfielder in Hamburg's 4231 set are all putting pressure on the opponent's center, Borussia's two parallel midfielders Nord Witt and Xhaka are completely irresistible.
Borussia Monchengladbach quickly gave up control of the midfield to Hamburg, who even pressed the two center backs near the center line while maintaining a tight formation.
The game is almost always played in Borussia's half.
This makes Monchengladbach head coach Favre feel helpless.
If it were normal, the Swiss coach, who doesn't like ball possession tactics, would actually be happy to see such a scene.
I can't control you in midfield, so just give up. Wouldn't it be nice to stay in the backcourt and fight back?
But the problem is that Borussia lost the ball in the first 2 minutes, so the initiative of the game is completely in Hamburg's hands.
This also causes the Borussia players to have mental problems, including lack of unified thinking.
Some people want to be more defensive, while others want to play outside when they have the chance, trying to get one back early.
Once there are differences in the tactical strategies of a team, the execution will definitely be ineffective.
Farfrae stood up.
He waved his two full-backs, Arango and Herman, to move closer to the center to support Nordveit and Xhaka.
No matter how you defend and counterattack, you must intercept the ball at your feet to have a chance to counterattack!
If you don't have the ability, you have to make up the quantity.
If two people in the middle can't beat you, increase the number to four!
But the problem is that the two defensive midfielders opposite Hamburg are too difficult to deal with.
Forget about Makoto Hasebe, that Casemiro was very active today, as if he had endless physical energy, running around everywhere.
Especially against Xhaka, the core midfielder of Borussia Monchengladbach.
If the Swiss moves forward a little, he will be held tightly by Casemiro, preventing him from moving;
When Xhaka retreats, Casemiro will immediately follow and cut off the pass to him from Borussia.
This makes the card master feel frustrated.
In addition, Casemiro made a lot of small moves on his hands, which almost made Xhaka lose his temper several times.
Fortunately, he thought in time that he already had a yellow card, so he resisted the idea of fighting Casemiro.
When Casemiro follows Xhaka, Hasebe Makoto or Rudiger will always move forward immediately to block the loophole after Casemiro leaves the midfielder position. This also gives the Brazilians no worries. , working hard to get Xhaka.
This was actually Pan Yi's instruction before the game.
Since he knows that Xhaka is a time bomb, why not take advantage of it?
And Casemiro is a good player at this, a professional counterpart.
While keeping an eye on Xhaka, you can also tease him a few times, so why not do it.
Now, Xhaka is completely frozen, and Borussia Monchengladbach's midfield operation has almost stagnated. Even if Favre moves the two full midfielders to the middle, it will not help.
On the contrary, after Arango and Hermann left the sideline, Hamburg's two wingers were completely released.
Sun Xingmin and Wu Lei began to frequently take advantage of the space on the wing to launch raids into Borussia's hinterland.
In the 18th minute, Monchengladbach's central defender Dominmes intercepted a Hamburg shot and drove the ball near the midline.
Before Xhaka, who was standing there, had time to react, Casemiro burst out of the diagonal stab and intercepted the ball in mid-air.
After getting the ball, Casemiro quickly handed the ball to De Bruyne.
This is the usefulness of Casemiro's defensive midfielder.
He knows what he is supposed to do, and he also knows who the real offensive core of the team is. He will never do things that take advantage of others and exploit weaknesses and avoid strengths.
Therefore, he always looks for De Bruyne immediately after grabbing the ball. When there is really no way to pass it, he will consider handling it himself.
Unlike some players, who always imagine that they are a combination of Gattuso and Pirlo, capable of attacking and defending together, which results in the team's offensive system being messed up.
One word to describe it is: no points!
Of course, De Bruyne never disappoints Casemiro.
His passing also always convinces Brazilians.
Sometimes Casemiro will exclaim in his heart after De Bruyne passes the ball: "Oh my God, can this ball be passed like this?"
The admiration and trust of his teammates also allow De Bruyne to play in the attacking midfielder position with ease and get everything he wants.
This time, De Bruyne still only glanced at the corner of his eyes after receiving the ball, and he had already chosen a passing route that he thought was the best.
He quickly made a long pass with his right foot, and the ball crossed half of the court and landed on the left side of the front court.
Son Heung-min quickly stepped in, received the ball in an unguarded area, and dribbled the ball forward.
This is indeed where Borussia's defense is relatively weak. Only one central defender, Strongs, is relatively close, and he hurried over at this time.
This 32-year-old central defender is very experienced. He knows that Son Heung-min changes direction very quickly, so he has to wait and retreat, otherwise Son Heung-min will have a chance to break through him.
Son Heung-min is young and energetic, and now he only thinks about passing Strongs before choosing to shoot or cross.
So he pushed the outside instep of his right foot outward, making a gesture of cutting inside for a shot. Then he quickly used the inside of his right foot to dunk the ball back, and then moved his left foot, trying to cross the baseline. Tranz.
But Borussia's central defender also saw through Son Heung-min's attempt and saw the right opportunity to make a shovel, destroying the breakthrough.
The ball rolled out of the baseline and Hamburg got a corner kick.
Although it was just a corner kick, everyone at Borussia Mönchengladbach felt the pressure.
After all, they just lost points on free kick defense!
This time, we can’t let the cunning Hamburger people fool us again!
Favre kept calling the players on the sidelines, telling them to stay focused and patiently organize the defense of this corner kick.
As a result, all ten Borussia players entered the penalty area and were ready.
The last one was Xhaka. He stared at De Bruyne who was about to take a corner kick and followed him all the way to the baseline on one side of the penalty area.
He was preventing Hamburg from playing another corner kick.
After De Bruyne stood in the corner flag area, he set up the ball and prepared for a free throw. There seemed to be nothing unusual.
But at this moment, Son Heung-min, who was originally standing at the top of the arc, ran towards him and signaled that he would take the corner kick.
The Borussia players immediately became alert.
Because if De Bruyne takes this corner kick, he usually kicks the ball with his right foot.
But if it is Son Heung-min who plays the ball, it is not necessarily the case. This bipedal monster will probably switch to his left foot to kick the outspin ball.
This may be a different offensive method in Hamburg's corner kick tactics, and it will also be a different defensive method for Borussia's defensive players!
At this time, De Bruyne saw Sun Heung-min running towards him, so he lightly kicked the ball towards Sun Heung-min, and pointed at the ball that slowly rolled out of the corner flag area, as if to say, " Okay, you punish me."
Then, De Bruyne began to slowly walk to the top of the penalty area, which is where Son Heung-min was standing just now.
Son Heung-min also walked slowly towards the ball, seemingly wanting to bring the ball back to the corner flag area and then kick off again.
However, when his foot began to contact the ball, he did not continue walking towards the corner flag area.
Son Heung-min suddenly moved the ball and started rushing towards Borussia Monchengladbach's penalty area with the ball!
(End of chapter)
