Chapter 58 First appearance

Lin Quan, who was far away in Germany, naturally couldn't hear the debate in Spain.

Since the weekend league game was an away game, he took a flight back to Germany as soon as possible after finishing the National Youth Team game.

These two games are very close to each other, only three days apart.

It was a big test for Lin Quan, who had just played the entire match in the national youth competition and traveled a long distance.

On September 15, Werder Bremen rushed to Hannover to challenge Hannover 96, who ranked third in the league, away from home.

Because Elia was injured in the Dutch national team's game in midweek, Schaff put Lin Quan into the starting lineup for the first time when arranging the formation.

This surprised Lin Quan. He thought it would take some time for him to start in the team, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

"Hannover's home court is not easy to play, and the opponent's fighting spirit is very tenacious. This game is a big test for us."

In the pre-game training session, coach Schaff announced his tactics:

"Our tactics in this game are to use the physical time in the first half to score as many goals as possible to try to seal the victory and not drag the suspense of the game into the second half. Hannover is very good at using the second half to reverse the game. We can't give Opportunities like this for them, understand?”

"Got it, coach!"

The players responded loudly, and the team's consecutive victories and draws with powerful opponents made Werder Bremen's players a little inflated.

It seems that they don’t pay much attention to opponents like Hannover 96!

Facts have proved that there is a price to pay for underestimating the other party.

Only 6 minutes into the game, Hanover's midfielder Huzti took advantage of Werder Bremen's defensive mistakes and scored early.

With Lin Quan, Werder Bremen's offensive firepower is indeed good, but their defense has not improved much.

Last season, Werder Bremen's goals conceded ranked fourth from bottom in the entire Bundesliga, which shows how bad their defense is.

This goal was very speechless. Selassie was not decisive in passing the ball in the backcourt and was pressed by the opponent. Hannover successfully intercepted the ball and counterattacked on the spot.

Werder Bremen's goalkeeper didn't have enough time to react, and the ball flew into their own goal.

After losing the ball, Militz felt very angry and yelled at his defenders, asking them to focus more and not lose focus.

Fortunately, Hannover's defense is also terrible.

In the 18th minute, Werder Bremen took advantage of a counterattack opportunity and De Bruyne scored a goal, quickly equalizing the score.

Eight minutes later, Werder Bremen made a comeback. Lin Quan dribbled the ball into the penalty area and was tripped. Werder Bremen received a penalty kick.

Lin Quan took the penalty kick and scored instantly, making the score 2:1.

In these two attacks, Lin Quan performed well in the frontcourt, passing and shooting, and dominated Werder Bremen's two goals.

After seeing his huge threat, Hannover immediately strengthened his defense to prevent him from receiving the ball easily.

In the 31st minute, Hannover's Schraudraff fouled Lin Quan and received a yellow card.

In the 37th minute, Haji also received a yellow card while defending Lin Quan.

Although it caused two yellow cards to the opponent, the opponent's defense also made it difficult for Werder Bremen's offensive cooperation in the frontcourt.

Especially Lin Quan himself. As soon as he catches the ball, the opponent immediately presses for the ball. If he cannot catch the ball, he will foul.

Before the first half was over, his jersey was already covered with dirt and he was kicked down countless times by the opponent.

The most annoying thing is that the location of the opponent's fouls is quite particular. They are basically near the center circle, giving them no free kick opportunities in a good position.

However, just because there is no chance to hit the goal directly does not mean that you cannot make use of the free kick opportunities provided by the opponent.

Otherwise, if the opponent uses foul tactics to restrain him so unscrupulously, he doubts whether other teams will follow his example and use deforestation tactics against him in the future.

So, in the 44th minute of the first half, when Lin Quan was knocked down again by the opponent with the ball breakthrough, he discussed with De Bruyne and did not directly send the free kick, but planned a tactical cooperation.

Seeing that Werder Bremen was about to take a tactical free kick, Hannover's players immediately lined up a wall at the front of the penalty area to block the opponent's passing route.

From such a long distance, it is impossible to hit the goal directly. The opponent will most likely choose to hang into the penalty area to create a header opportunity.

However, what they didn't expect was that De Bruyne's free kick did not go to the high point in the penalty area, but was passed to Lin Quan in the ribs of the penalty area.

After Lin Quan received the ball, he immediately broke through into the penalty area. The opponent's players rushed out in a swarm, trying to restore their three lines of defense and expand the defensive area.

But at this moment, Lin Quan made an emergency stop, picked up the ball and passed it out.

The Hannover players who were rushing out watched the ball flying over their heads, but they were helpless because they could not stop the car.

Arnautovic, who was suddenly without a large group of defensive players around him, saw the ball flying towards his head, subconsciously rubbed his head and rubbed the ball towards the goal.

Hannover's goalkeeper only made a symbolic save, but did not touch the ball at all.

The score on the court became 3:1!

After the goal, Arnautovic was pleasantly surprised. He rushed to Lin Quan excitedly, held his passing foot, put it on his knee, and acted as if he was shining his shoes.

The ball was passed so beautifully, it was as if he had eyes and found his head directly in the crowd.

Let alone him, even if his 80-year-old grandmother was pulled over, he could easily score the ball.

When did it become so easy to score a goal?

In the final analysis, Lin Quanchuan is the best!

Lin Quan was also very happy to see that his teammates did not waste the opportunities they created.

After being disgusted by Hannover's foul tactics for so long, I finally let out a sigh of relief.

After the goal was scored, Hannover really restrained themselves a lot and did not dare to foul easily again in the little time left in the first half.

Two minutes later, the first half ended and Werder Bremen returned to the locker room with a 2-goal lead.

In the locker room, Schaff praised the players' performance in the first half.

But there was also criticism for the goals conceded by the team in the opening stages.

"Lin, is your physical condition okay?"

After arranging the tactics for the second half, coach Schaaf found Lin Quan alone and asked with concern.

Since Lin Quan has never played in the starting lineup before and has never played for such a long time, Schaff cannot judge whether he can persist in playing the entire game.

"It's okay for now. If I really can't support it anymore, I will apply for a replacement!"

Lin Quan judged that he could probably play for about 75 minutes. He could play for 60 minutes in the previous Telecom Cup game. During this period, he strengthened his physical training and improved a lot in physical fitness, so he should be able to play for ten minutes more.

As long as the opponent doesn't suddenly accelerate in the second half of the game and the two sides don't fall into that kind of fast-paced attack, there should be no problem.

The second half of the game started quickly, and Hannover, unwilling to lose at home, really stepped up its offensive efforts.

They replaced a defensive midfielder and replaced him with a forward, putting on a desperate posture.

In the cheers of the home fans, Hannover's offensive was like a wave, one wave stronger than the other.

In the 66th minute of the game, Hannover took a corner kick, and there were actually eight offensive players fighting for the top of Werder Bremen's penalty area.

Although they were not able to grab the first spot, they did grab the second spot.

Fortunately, goalkeeper Militz performed bravely and saved the opponent's header from close range.

However, the crisis in front of Werder Bremen's goal was not resolved, and the ball saved was obtained by the opponent again.

It was Militz again. When he saw the opponent swinging his leg for a shot, he almost subconsciously stretched his leg to block it, taking the goal that must have been scored.

The home fans couldn't help but sigh. They were just a little bit away from scoring, but the opponent's damn goalkeeper shattered their hopes.

However, Hannover's offensive wave was not over.

As coach Schaff emphasized before the game, Hannover is a very tenacious team. They have a very strange phenomenon, that is, their performance in the second half is often better than that in the first half.

It felt like I didn't wake up in the first half and was playing with sleepiness.

But in the second half there was a sudden awakening.

For five minutes, they launched continuous attacks on Werder Bremen's goal.

Finally, in the 66th minute of the game, Hannover midfielder Andreasen made a sudden shot from outside the penalty area and scored from a long shot, making the score 3:2.

Sure enough, Hannover's home court is not that easy to conquer!