Chapter 103 Five goals in a single game, sweeping away the gloom!

After the team lost, the atmosphere in the team seemed more solemn.

Players who used to be noisy on the training ground have become much quieter these days.

The entire Werder Bremen team seemed to be shrouded in a dark cloud, which the wind could not blow away and the rain could not open.

Lin Quan himself was in a very unhappy mood and practiced shooting alone on the training ground.

Losing is not unacceptable, but losing to Leverkusen at home was a bit unacceptable for him.

Is Leverkusen better than Bayern Munich?

They were even able to draw with Bayern, but Leverkusen scored four goals!

Head coach Schaff came to the sidelines and saw the emotional state of the players and couldn't help but sigh: It is indeed like this!

The team went too smoothly before, giving the players the illusion that we were strong.

But in fact, Werder Bremen is really not that strong!

Compared with last season, their lineup only has two stronger points in the frontcourt, Lin Quan and De Bruyne.

In the midfield and backcourt, not only did their strength not increase, but it was actually weakened.

Militz is a good goalkeeper, cheap and easy to use, but compared with the team's main goalkeeper Wiese last season, he is far behind.

His attack timing is not as good as Wiese's, and his cooperation with his teammates is not as tacit as Wiese's.

What's more important is that he doesn't have the domineering spirit of Wei Ze!

Wiese's strong mental attributes can greatly inspire the team and inject confidence into the players on the court.

The strength of the four defenders is mediocre. Except for Papastathopoulos, who is slightly stronger, the others are nothing special.

From the beginning of the season to the present, Werder Bremen's central defender has almost never been fixed.

He tried Lukimya, Pledel, Schmitz, Selassie and others one by one, but he was still not satisfied.

As for the defensive midfielder position, this is actually the team's biggest shortcoming.

Although captain Fritz can attack and defend, he is not outstanding at any point and cannot be the best. He can only be used as an all-rounder in the backcourt. He has played both positions of full-back and midfielder.

As for Yunuzovic and Ekisi, both of them are stronger in offense than defense. They have certain organizational and offensive abilities, but they are not strong defensively. As a result, Werder Bremen's midfielder is not strong enough and often fails. Penetrated by the opponent.

If Werder Bremen didn't have De Bruyne, an excellent organizer, in the midfield and frontcourt, Schaff would still be able to tolerate the performance of these two people.

After all, the team needs their organizational skills.

But with De Bruyne already in the frontcourt, the organizational skills of Yunuzovic and Ekisi are dispensable and no longer important.

On the contrary, the team needs them to provide defensive intensity and hardness in the midfielder position to ensure that the team's defense will not be easily threatened by the opponent.

The two obviously cannot do this, which results in the opponent's offense often easily penetrating their midfield, easily attacking the thirty-meter area and even threatening the goal.

These positions all need to be strengthened, but these are not the most important things at the moment.

The most critical thing right now is to appease the mood of Lin Quan, the core of the team. Since the loss, Schaff has seen that he is depressed and his mood is not as optimistic as before.

So, after the training, he called Lin Quan to his office and planned to chat with him alone.

"Coach, do you have a problem with me?"

Lin Quan had just come off the training ground and hadn't had time to go to the locker room to shower and change clothes. He was covered in sweat. He didn't want to dirty the chair in the coach's office, so he simply stood and talked to the other person.

"Well, sit down. Don't worry about getting my leather sofa dirty. If it gets dirty, it will be deducted from your salary."

Shafu made a joke with Lin Quan, and Lin Quan smiled in a dignified manner:

"Coach, you can't deduct my salary. My salary and bonuses are paid by Barcelona."

Shafu was stunned for a moment. He had never paid attention to this, but when Lin Quan said this, his expression instantly became a little embarrassed:

Could it be that from the time Lin Quan joined the team until now, Werder Bremen has been engaging in prostitution for free without paying a penny himself?

This seems a bit too much. No wonder this guy has no interest in trying to stay with the club!

The Emotional Club is so stingy!

No, I have to talk to that old guy Alofs later and ask him to give Lin some bonus.

Apart from anything else, Lin Quan has scored so many goals for the team, so not giving him any bonus would be too much.

"Ahem, I'll go back and say hello to Alofs about this matter. It doesn't matter if Barcelona pays the salary. As for the bonus, we have to pay for it!"

A sincere smile appeared on Lin Quan's face: "Is it exactly the same as the bonus from Barcelona?"

Schaff didn't know how much bonus Lin Quan got from Barcelona, ​​but he heard that he signed a youth team contract with Barcelona.

For a young player like him, plus he is still on a youth team contract, his one-year bonus may not be much, right?

Although Werder Bremen is not a wealthy club, they can still get bonuses of tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of euros.

"Yes, I will tell Alofs about this, and then you can just wait to receive the bonus!"

"Then I'd like to thank the coach first!"

Someone gave him money, and there was a lot of money, so Lin Quan naturally wouldn't refuse.

But the coach probably doesn’t know how much bonus he will get from Barcelona. When he knows the amount... Haha, it’s interesting just thinking about it!

"Okay, let's talk about the last game!"

After finishing the gossip, Schaaf finally got down to business.

As soon as he heard Shafu talking about the game, Lin Quan quieted down and acted like he was listening attentively.

"We lost the last game, I know you are all sad!"

"But that's how professional football is. There is no team that never loses. Even teams as strong as Barcelona often fail in La Liga, and Bayern was also defeated by Bayer Leverkusen!"

"We will lose, this is normal, don't think of it as the end of the world, don't think it's your own fault!"

Schaaf thought of what he looked like when he was playing football, and said earnestly:

"A weak team can also defeat a strong opponent. Relying on tenacious fighting spirit and excellent teamwork, it can defeat a strong opponent and reap the joy of victory. This is the charm of football.

At the beginning of the season we were still a weak team and no team took us seriously.

With the outstanding performance of you and De Bruyne, we played smoothly.

But now we are ranked second in the standings, and there will be a lot of teams in the league studying how to deal with us and how to limit your performance.

Therefore, we can no longer win as easily as we did at the beginning of the season. At this time, the team's record will have ups and downs, and even fall into troughs. These are all things you need to experience.

The road of life is not a smooth road. There will inevitably be setbacks and bumps in it. What you need to do is not to fall into self-blame.

It's about finding ways to solve difficulties and help yourself and the team get out of the trough. "

Lin Quan nodded. Although he knew that the coach was giving him chicken soup, the chicken soup did work well after drinking it.

At least now, he feels much more comfortable.

Seeing Lin Quan's mood improve, Shafu breathed a sigh of relief.

Young players still lack experience. Once they have experienced more of these things, they will not be so affected.

"Okay, let's talk about the team's tactics next!"

…

De Bruyne watched the team lose on live TV at home and felt very sad.

The next day he came to the team, found Lin Quan on the training ground, and started chatting with him.

"I plan to come back in the next away game against Hoffenheim, what do you think?"

Lin Quan glanced at him to make sure he was not joking, so he raised his foot and tried to kick his ankle.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing? Do you know that it's dangerous?"

De Bruyne was startled and quickly dodged his attack.

"Not bad, the reaction speed is good, the agility is okay, it seems that he has really recovered."

Lin Quan didn't really want to kick De Bruyne, just to test his reaction.

"That's right, these days I have been recuperating according to the doctor's arrangements. Basically I have never gone out at home. Of course I am recovering well!"

De Bruyne seems to be a little bored after being locked up at home, and he seems to talk a lot today.

More than two weeks have passed since his rematch, and De Bruyne feels good and feels like he is ready to play.

However, for the sake of his health, Lin Quan still rejected him.

"Wait for the next game. We are going to an away game this time. Running around is very troublesome and tiring. It may cause your injury to relapse!"

De Bruyne wanted to say something else, but Lin Quan directly quoted the previous warning from the medical expert.

De Bruyne was completely confused and finally gave up the decision to return to the game.

If you think about it carefully, what Lin Quan said actually makes sense.

Hoffenheim is second to last in the league and is a loser in points.

Even in away games, Werder Bremen is capable enough to defeat its opponents.

If De Bruyne wants to come back, he might as well wait until Werder Bremen faces Frankfurt in the 16th round.

At that time, nearly a month had passed since De Bruyne was injured, and he could return without any hidden dangers.

Moreover, he has not practiced with the team for more than two weeks. Before officially returning, he still needs to slowly resume training and adapt to the rhythm of the game.

How can you play in the game right after recovering from an injury? It’s easy to get injured again!

…

On December 2, the fifteenth round of the Bundesliga begins.

Werder Bremen visited the Rheinland Neckar Arena to face Hoffenheim.

Huocun's record this year is very bad. In the 15th round of the league, they have only won three games, lost 8 games and tied 3 games, ranking third from the bottom in the standings.

Corresponding to the poor record, they were scored 36 goals in 14 rounds, averaging 2.57 goals per game, ranking last in the Bundesliga.

This goal-conceding data is a full 10 goals more than the second place. I don’t know how they played. It gives people a feeling that there will be a tragedy in every game.

From this goal-conceding data, we can also see how bad Huocun's defense is this season.

Huo Cun obviously studied the video of the last game Werder Bremen lost, and they imitated Leverkusen's tactics to deal with Werder Bremen.

It seems that they hope to win the game in this way!

But the gap between their hard power and Leverkusen is still too big, especially their poor defense. After a few rounds, they were defeated by Werder Bremen.

This game quickly turned into Lin Quan's personal show!

Before the first half was over, he had already scored a hat trick!

Schaff's new tactics completely liberated Lin Quan's offensive ability and gave him more power to fire. Lin Quan rewarded the coach with three goals!

Seeing these three goals, Coach Schaff breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that this game should be stable. After winning Hoffenheim, they can still maintain the second position in the standings and not fall down.

The players of Huocun almost lost their fighting spirit due to the consecutive goals scored by their opponents. They were all dejected, unable to attack and unable to defend.

This made Huocun's coach very angry. Before the first half was over, he replaced two players in a row in the 37th minute.

No. 22 Firmino comes on, replacing No. 40 Stephen.

No. 32 Grieve comes on, replacing No. 9 Skip Locke.

Unfortunately, this substitution did not achieve very good results. Before the end of the first half, Huo Cun's state still did not adjust.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, I don’t know what level the hair dryer Huo Cun’s head coach turned on in the locker room. Their players seemed to have been woken up by the scolding.

After the start, they played much more actively than in the first half, and the game became exciting.

Werder Bremen, who held a huge lead, were not conservative. They continued to attack and threatened Huo Cun's goal again and again.

Huocun was three goals behind, and it was useless to be conservative, so they let go and attacked the overall situation.

Both teams play offensive football, so the game is naturally very exciting.

Only 5 minutes into the second half, after Hoffenheim continued to cooperate, Salihovich finally broke the deadlock and rewritten the score to 1:3.

But this score is not enough. They are still two goals behind. If they want to win the game, they need to score at least three more goals.

Football is round, the second half has just begun, they have just scored a goal, their morale is high, and they have enough time to reverse.

After all, in Istanbul that year, Liverpool scored three goals in just seven minutes to equalize the score.

They have more than forty minutes, which is enough!

Hoffenheim seems to regard itself as the Liverpool that created miracles, but the Werder Bremen opposite is not AC Milan who opened the champagne at halftime.

Not only did they not celebrate in the locker room, but they also maintained extremely strong fighting spirit.

The players wanted to use a big win to get rid of the haze hanging over the team after losing at home.

So, just three minutes after Hoffenheim scored, Lin Quan scored directly with a free kick, changing the score to 1:4!

It wasn't over yet. In the 71st minute of the game, Peterson's shot was bounced off the post and the ball fell in the sky above Lin Quan. He used a less than standard posture to top the ball into the goal.

The score became 1:5. Lin Quan completed an incredible five-goal success in the Bundesliga, scoring five goals by himself!

After he scored the goal, the players all ran to him and worshiped him.

People who don't play professional football have no idea how difficult it is to score five goals in a game. After you score the first goal, the defenders will start targeting you.

Every time you score a goal, the opponent's defensive intensity will increase by one point. In the end, as long as you get the ball, there may be several players around you who will double-team you or even foul you.

In this case, if you want to continuously score goals, in addition to the strong personal ability of the players themselves, you also need some luck.

Just like Lin Quan's last goal, if the football hadn't bounced on top of his head, he wouldn't have had a chance to head the ball.

After the goal was scored, Hoffenheim's fighting spirit completely collapsed.

There are non-human monsters in the opponent's lineup. They are just mortals. How can they play against each other?

With their morale plummeted, they failed to make any waves in the final moments of the game and could only accept the fate of being massacred by their opponents at their home court.

After this round of games, Lin Quan's lead in the Bundesliga scorer list has greatly increased to 9 goals. The Bundesliga Golden Boot seems to be in his bag and no one can take it away.

The victory in this game brought smiles back to the faces of Werder Bremen players.

The previous situation of being clouded after losing a game no longer exists.

What makes them even more happy is that De Bruyne has fully recovered from his injury and has officially begun training with the team.

If there are no accidents, he will return in the next home game of Werder Bremen against Frankfurt.

Frankfurt is the biggest dark horse in the Bundesliga this season. At the beginning of the season, they won consecutive victories and were closely chasing Bayern Munich at the top.

At that time, many people were even optimistic that they would create a new miracle in Kaiserslautern!

Although they started to fall behind later, no one dared to underestimate them.

Frankfurt is currently ranked fifth in the Bundesliga. After half a season of competition, the outside world has recognized their strength.

This is a team with tenacious fighting spirit and a tough style of play. No matter who faces them, the game will be difficult to play.

In such a critical game, De Bruyne's return will undoubtedly increase Werder Bremen's chances of winning.

The first half of the Bundesliga season is coming to an end. After the game against Frankfurt, Werder Bremen only has one league game and one DFB Cup game left.

Among these three games, except for the home game against Frankfurt, the remaining two are away games.

Especially in the last German Cup game, they are going to challenge the Bundesliga hegemon at Bayern Munich's home court.

This game is very important for Werder Bremen. Whether they can get a ticket to the European war through the cup depends on whether they can win a victory at the Allianz Arena.

"Don't think so much first, finish the game in front of you first and then talk about it!"

During the training session in the locker room before the game, Coach Schaff reminded the team to be more vigilant and not to be complacent just because their opponents are lagging behind in the rankings, nor to think that victory will be within reach just because De Bruyne is back!

"Frankfurt should not be underestimated, don't make the same mistake as before against Leverkusen!"

"We cannot accept the result of consecutive losses to our opponents at home, and the fans at the Weser Arena cannot accept it either. Therefore, I want you to show your full strength in this game, without any reservations, let go and defeat them. !”