On the evening of August 18, Cottbus ushered in their second Bundesliga game of the season - a home game against Bochum.
This game is a must-win for everyone.
Bochum performed well last season. They were ranked eighth in the league at the end of the season and had a chance to qualify for the European competition.
Compared with Cottbus, who barely avoided relegation last season, Bochum is much stronger.
But now many Cottbus fans have drifted away.
During an interview with a local TV station, one fan shouted excitedly: "We are now a strong Bundesliga team, why can't we beat Bochum?"
The reporter kindly reminded: "Bochum ranked eighth last season..."
"So what! Leverkusen was still fifth last season! We still got rid of us! And it was in an away game!" the fans said proudly, "We have the Brazilian genius Adriano. The Italian genius Cassano, the German legend Sauer, and Hua Guo Shao, our lineup is enough to compare with Bayern!"
On the TV show, Yun Sheng saw this scene, and he was a little dumbfounded.
Although he always poured chicken soup on his players during this period, asking them to be confident, he was not blindly confident like this player.
In the last game against Leverkusen, luck actually played a big factor.
The record-breaking goal in the opening game is definitely a rare one in ten years. Leverkusen was also stunned by their lead, so they lost their sense of proportion. Coupled with the fact that they were not in the best condition and Hildebrand played superbly, it finally created such a classic game.
[There is also the reason for "a group of rats fighting an elephant"! SS-level spells are the biggest reason for victory! 】
Yun Sheng: Okay, what you said makes sense...
In the next game against Bochum, Yun Sheng feels that the team may encounter some trouble.
There are no big stars in this Bochum team, but despite this, they still relied on their excellent overall play to climb to eighth place in the Bundesliga last season. In the first round of the league that just passed, Bochum faced the powerful Werder Bremen at home. Under the indiscriminate bombardment of Bremen's excellent forward players, Bochum actually defended the goal and finally relied on excellent defense to win. A 0-0 draw made Bremen's first game of the championship difficult.
In the last game, Bochum played at home. In order to avoid Werder Bremen's sharp attack, they decisively defended and counterattacked and tied their opponent. In this game, they are facing Cottbus, who is not in good condition, and it is an away game. They are likely to still focus on defense and rely on defensive counterattack tactics to create a threat to Cottbus.
The facts proved that Yun Sheng's guess was correct.
From the first minute of this game, Bochum focused on defense. Although Cottbus was a relegation team last season, Bochum did not underestimate their opponents. They played very steadily in the away game. Don't attack when you get a chance to share, just for the sake of safety.
Yun Sheng couldn't help but look back at Sandel. He even suspected that the opponent's head coach was Sandel's twin brother.
This defensive tactic is exactly the same as Sandel's style of play last season...
For this game, Yunsheng arranged the same starting lineup as the previous game.
4-4-2 formation, goalkeeper Hildebrand, defenders from left to right are Waksmut, Kukielka, Da Silva and Ipsa, and the four midfielders from left to right are less Jiayi, Bandrovski, Sauer and Rost, the forwards are Adriano and Cassano. The seven substitute players are: Tremel, Fick, Cvetanovic, Li Tie, Yu Hai, Shaheen and Tretko.
The young Fick and Tretko were placed on the bench by Yun Sheng. Yu Hai also entered the 18-man roster.
In this game, Yunsheng hopes to continue the team's good form.
However, at the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0.
Throughout the first half, Cottbus pressed high in the midfield and up front. They almost formed a siege and played with great momentum at home.
The home fans cheered loudly and were very excited about the team's performance.
But Yun Sheng knew in his heart that the team just seemed to be performing well.
Facing Bochum's iron barrel formation, Cottbus shot a lot, but there were almost no real threatening shots.
Adriano, who was in great form in the last game, seemed to be invisible in this game, lost in the opponent's penalty area and doing nothing.
As for Cassano, who has been unable to find his form since the beginning of the new season, this game was also like sleepwalking.
Despite the good performance of the midfielder, Cottbus was still unable to score.
During the halftime break, Yun Sheng encouraged everyone in the locker room, hoping that the players could cheer up, continue to fight with their opponents, and strive to score the opponent's goal as soon as possible.
However, the second half continued until the 70th minute, and Cottbus did not change the score.
At this time, Yun Sheng made substitution adjustments and played three cards in a row.
Shaheen replaced Sauer, whose physical strength was severely reduced.
Yu Hai replaced right midfielder Rost and continued to strengthen the offense.
The two substitutions had an immediate impact.
In the 78th minute of the game, Yu Hai created a good opportunity after getting the ball on the right.
"Shahin attracted three defensive players from the opponent in the middle. He controlled the ball very calmly!"
"Shahin suddenly made a short pass, slipped the ball out of the gap, and passed it to Yu Hai on the right!"
"Yu Hai, get on the highway! This is a good opportunity!"
"Yu Hai suddenly led the ball outward, and then accelerated past Bochum left back Mechel Baker! He broke into the penalty area! He passed the ball low from the baseline!"
"Maltritz stretched out his foot to block! Hey, the ball went in!!!"
"It's an own goal!"
"I didn't expect that Bochum, which had been defending for nearly 80 minutes, made a mistake at the last moment!"
"The biggest contributors to this goal are the new players Shaheen and Yu Hai from Cottbus! Shaheen's pass and Yu Hai's decisive cross finally helped Cottbus take the lead!"
"This is the first Bundesliga game for Cottbus' new player Yu Hai. He has made great contributions to the team! The 20-year-old Chinese shined in the audience today!"
After scoring the goal, Yu Hai was so excited that he rushed to the sideline and hugged Yun Sheng tightly: "Coach, thank you for your trust in me!"
"The pass and pass just now were so beautiful! Just do it! You have the ability to gain a foothold in the Bundesliga!"
At this time, teammates also gathered around, hugged Yu Hai, and congratulated him.
Li Tie, who is ten years older than Yu Hai, is also happy for his little brother.
At this time, Yun Sheng patted Li Tie on the shoulder: "Brother, it's your turn to perform next. Get ready to play and help the team defend this victory!"
