Chapter 23 The affirmation of the team leader

After De Bruyne scored the goal, he ran toward the sidelines and pointed at Lin Quan, asking Lin Quan to come over and celebrate with him.

He was able to score this goal. In addition to the high quality of his own shooting, the remaining half of the credit must be attributed to Lin Quan's pass.

If he hadn't attracted a large number of defenders and seized the open pass, De Bruyne would not have had such a comfortable chance to hit the goal.

Lin Quan ran over with a smile, stretched out his hand to rub De Bruyne's hair, and praised:

"Kevin, that shot you just shot was so beautiful!"

"Thank you, you passed the ball very well too!"

Teammates also ran over to join in the celebration at this time, high-fiving De Bruyne for scoring the goal and Lin Quan for assisting. Captain Fritz even gave the two a warm hug.

The outstanding performance of Lin Quan and De Bruyne in this game has been recognized by their veteran players.

"Well done boys!"

"Continue to maintain this state, score more goals and win more games for the team in the new season!"

"Thank you, captain, we will work hard, just wait and see!"

Lin Quan said generously and confidently, and De Bruyne on the side nodded his head:

"Me too!"

The captain was very satisfied with the answers of the two men. After the celebration, he loudly called his teammates back to their positions and reminded them not to relax their vigilance just because they were leading 2:0.

There are many tragedies in history where teams were reversed due to lax defense when they were leading. Perhaps the most famous one was the champagne served at halftime on Istanbul night.

Lin Quan and De Bruyne are not the kind of people who get carried away as soon as they score a goal. They quickly returned to their positions.

The game starts again.

Cottbus, which was already two goals behind, did not accept its fate. Instead, it put down the psychological baggage of fear of losing and invested more troops in the attack.

However, Werder Bremen's 4141 tactic has five midfielders when defending, which greatly limits their offense.

The two sides struggled fiercely in the midfield, and it was difficult for Cottbus' players to hold the ball, let alone organize an attack.

As a last resort, Cottbus gave up the short pass penetration in the middle and began to use the traditional long pass tactic to deal with Werder Bremen.

At this time, the weakness of Werder Bremen's single midfielder began to be exposed. They lacked protection for the ribs on both sides and gave the opponent two chances in five minutes.

Fortunately, the opponent's ability to seize opportunities was very poor, and neither of these two goals resulted in a shot.

After realizing the team's defensive problems, coach Schaff called captain Fritz over for a face-to-face discussion.

After Fritz returned to the field, he took a step back and became a central defender.

At the same time, the forward line moved backward, and Werder Bremen's formation also became 541!

This change made the head coach of the visiting team want to curse. You are a great Bundesliga team, but you actually played a huddle defense with five defenders against our Bundesliga team?

Want more face?

Faced with the angry glare from the visiting team coach, Coach Schaff was calm and composed, without any blush or embarrassment.

Friendly matches like this are meant to practice various tactics for the team. If you don't dare to try it because you are concerned about the impact and face, then there is no point in playing such a match.

Moreover, the 541 formation is not a huddle defense, it is also another offensive routine.

When they play a 541 formation, their opponents will definitely overwhelm their half.

This gives the wingers a lot of space to sprint, making them more threatening when counterattacking.

Coincidentally, they have such a very capable winger in their lineup.

Therefore, for Schaff, taking a step back is actually for better offense.

The counterattack Scharf expected soon came to light.

In the 78th minute of the game, Werder Bremen launched a quick counterattack from the backcourt.

Fritz, who was playing as a central defender, saw the huge gap in the opponent's backcourt and directly made a long diagonal pass, lofting the ball into the opponent's half.

Lin Quan had already started when the ball was transferred, and was already on par with the opponent's defender the moment Fritz passed the ball.

The opponent's defender started a step too late and couldn't catch up with him. He could only raise his hand to signal that he was offside while chasing in vain behind him.

The linesman turned a blind eye to the defensive player's offside signal. He could see clearly that Lin Quan was not offside at the moment of passing the ball. It was just because he started the ball too quickly that it gave people the illusion that he was almost offside.

The goalkeeper chose to attack at the first opportunity. Such a single goal would almost die if left in the small penalty area.

The ball is almost far away from the two, but Lin Quan's speed has already reached full speed, and the goalkeeper has just started.

So, before the goalkeeper touched the ball, Lin Quan touched the ball first.

I saw him poke the ball with his toe, and the ball passed under the goalkeeper's crotch like a naughty elf.

With a plop, the goalkeeper sat down on the ground. He had already guessed the opponent's intention when he saw Lin Quan poke the ball.

But his movements were half a beat too slow and failed to prevent the opponent from penetrating his own wicket.

Lin Quan bypassed the fallen goalkeeper and caught up with the football in front of the goal line.

Because the defensive player was still some distance away from him, after stopping the ball, he glanced at the defensive player before kicking the ball into the goal.

The score was rewritten to 3:0, and Werder Bremen completely sealed the victory.

"Lin, you run so fast!"

Captain Fritz happily ran over and hugged Lin Quan. The ball was counted as an assist for him, but if it was passed to someone else, he might not be able to get the assist.

"Captain, you passed it well!"

Lin Quan replied with a smile. Nils on the side felt quite unhappy when he heard the captain praising Lin Quan.

He actually ran out of space just now, but Lin was all alone and even passed the goalkeeper. Naturally, it was impossible to pass the ball back to him.

Lin Quan is not selfless to that extent, especially when he found out that when he and De Bruyne scored, Niers did not participate in the celebration, and he had no good impression of Niers.

Niers felt unhappy. After all, he was the team's real forward, and he was on loan from a giant like Bayern.

For Werder Bremen, he is marrying off and helping the poor, and the other party should support him.

So after the game started, he relied on his status and loudly asked for the ball, especially when Lin Quan and De Bruyne got the ball.

The two players who were on loan like him both scored goals, and Lin Quan scored twice as a substitute.

If he, a true striker who plays the whole game, doesn't score, where will he lose his face?

And if the ball is taken away from them, they will not be able to continue scoring goals.

Lin Quan didn't like Nils very much and pretended not to notice his request.

But De Bruyne is an honest kid. When he saw Niers asking for the ball, he passed the ball to him.

It's a pity that the Cottbus players, who were beaten 3-0, were already filled with anger.

Niers neither has De Bruyne's outstanding ball-playing ability nor Lin Quan's abnormal passing ability.

He picked up the ball and was double-teamed and tackled while carrying it. Not only did he quickly lose the ball, he was also turned upside down by the opponent's tackler.

His thin body had no advantage in a physical fight with the opponent's tall central defender, and I don't know where he got the confidence to dribble the ball.

Schaff, who was on the sidelines, saw Niers being knocked down constantly by the opponent and was worried that he was injured, so he replaced him in advance.

Also substituted was De Bruyne, who played most of the game.

He was also substituted. When Niers came off the field, the fans at the scene had no expression.

But when De Bruyne came off the field, the fans gave him warm applause.

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