Chapter 97 De Bruyne retires from injury, Lin Quan’s revenge!

After Werder Bremen adjusted their tactics, the battle between the two sides in the midfield was particularly fierce.

In such a fierce battle, the range of movements of the players on both sides began to increase.

In the 77th minute, Neustadt failed to grab the ball from the opponent's feet when fighting with De Bruyne. He became angry and kicked De Bruyne roughly from behind.

The referee rushed up without hesitation and gave Schalke's midfielder a yellow card.

Neustadt was very arrogant and didn't care about the yellow card.

When he was retreating past De Bruyne, he shouted at De Bruyne on the ground:

"Boy, watch your legs, you won't be so lucky next time!"

When the Werder Bremen players heard this, they immediately became furious.

A group of players gathered around, looking to cause trouble for Neustadt.

Another group of people surrounded De Bruyne, concerned about his injury.

De Bruyne looked very painful after being injured. He fell to the ground and clutched his ankle, and did not get up.

"Can you still hold on?"

Lin Quan wanted to lend a hand and pull De Bruyne up, but he saw big beads of sweat pouring out from his forehead and his face turned pale.

This made him realize that De Bruyne's injury might be serious, so he immediately waved to the sidelines and asked the team doctor to come up.

On the sidelines, Werder Bremen's coaching staff stood up and stared nervously at the court.

De Bruyne is the absolute main force of the team and the indispensable core of the midfield.

If he retires from injury, it will have a great impact on Werder Bremen's strength, and even their offensive system will not be able to operate.

The referee walked over, took a look, and then motioned for a stretcher to come up to carry people. De Bruyne obviously couldn't hold on.

"Damn butcher!"

When the stretcher came on to take off the injured De Bruyne, Schaff cursed under his breath and had to make a passive substitution.

He called Ekisi and prepared him to play.

Ekisi is 22 years old and came from Bayern's youth training, but he has never played for Bayern's first team.

He didn't get many playing opportunities at Werder Bremen this season. De Bruyne's excellent performance kept him firmly on the bench.

If not forced, Schaaf would not easily use such a young player without much game experience.

Especially in such a tough away game!

But Werder Bremen's bench is not deep enough, and there is no other choice except Ekisi.

"Coach, bring up a forward and I'll play midfield!"

Just as Shafu was about to make a substitution, Lin Quan suddenly came to the sidelines and said to him.

"You, playing midfield?"

Shafu was stunned for a moment when he heard Lin Quan's words.

He has always used Lin Quan as a winger and has never thought of using him as a midfielder.

He seems to have forgotten that when Lin Quan was loaned from Barcelona, ​​the opponent's position was as a midfielder.

"Yes, I'll play as a midfielder!"

Lin Quan said firmly:

"Even if this game is for De Bruyne, we must win. We will not accept a draw, let alone a defeat!"

Seeing that the opponent's attitude was so firm, and that the opponent had indeed played as a defensive midfielder in the Barcelona youth team, Schaff chose to believe in him.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you to organize the offense in the frontcourt. Who do you want as a forward to cooperate with you?"

After Schaaf finished speaking, he glanced at his bench.

On the bench sat Phil Kruger, Nils Peterson and others. Arnautovic was replaced by him before and cannot play at this time.

When the two heard the coach's words, they both looked at Lin Quan.

Since the last time he played against Augsburg, Peterson has never had a chance to start.

Even when Lin Quan was replaced, it was Phil Krueger who came on the bench, and he had very few chances.

This made Peterson deeply hit and lost his mind.

He plans to discuss with Bayern during the winter break to terminate the loan contract early and leave Werder Bremen to look for opportunities elsewhere.

However, if he leaves Werder Bremen in such a dejected manner, it will be very difficult for him to find a good next home.

Being without a game for a long time is fatal for a player of his age.

Therefore, after hearing the coach's words, Peterson looked at Lin Quan sincerely.

At this time, he had no intention of competing with Lin Quan for the core or even the main force.

With the opponent's current performance, there was no way he could steal his position from Lin Quan no matter what.

What's more, the coach must first consult Lin Quan when making substitutions.

This is enough to show his important position in the entire team. He is just a fringe player. If he continues to have trouble with him, isn't he making himself unhappy?

Thinking of this, Peterson stood up and said:

"Brother Lin, choose me. I have speed and impact, which is suitable for our current counterattack tactics!"

Lin Quan glanced at Peterson, a little surprised at the other party's initiative.

According to the relationship between him and Phil Kruger and Peterson, usually, he will definitely put Phil Kruger first.

But when the coach asked him just now, he hesitated.

This is obviously because a standing center like Phil Kruger is not suitable for Werder Bremen's current style of play.

After he came on, his help to the team was limited.

What Lin Quan needs is a player who can move, shoot, have skills at his feet and can cooperate with him.

Phil Kruger's movement awareness is not very good, and his foot skills are not as good as Peterson's.

He is more suitable for the kind of rigid positional warfare, and is not suitable for this kind of fast mobile warfare.

Thinking of this, Lin Quan nodded:

"Okay, then I'll let you play. After you come on the field, remember not to stick to the ball. When I dribble the ball, you have to rush forward immediately. Regardless of whether I can pass it to your feet, just rush forward. If I can’t pass, that’s my problem; if I can’t run, that’s your problem!”

Lin Quan's tone was very stiff, and he was obviously still a little worried about Peterson being too sticky to the ball in the last game.

Peterson didn't care about the other party's attitude. He nodded heavily and remembered Lin Quan's instructions.

No matter how he arranges it, as long as he gives himself a chance to shoot, he will definitely seize this opportunity!

It has been too long since he has tasted the wonderful taste of scoring a goal!

…

In the commentary box, several commentators expressed regret after seeing De Bruyne go off injured.

"De Bruyne is an excellent midfielder. He is the brain of Werder Bremen. Without this brain, Werder Bremen's offensive threat will drop to a lower level."

"Yes, without De Bruyne's passing threat, Schalke's defense can breathe a sigh of relief. Now they only need to focus on guarding Lin Quan!"

"Let's see what kind of personnel changes Werder Bremen will make. Their only option on the bench is Ekisi."

"Huh? Werder Bremen replaced a striker? This is not a matchup substitution, they should replace it with a midfielder!"

"Wait a minute, what did I see? Why did Lin Quan move to the attacking midfielder position? Does Werder Bremen plan to use him to replace De Bruyne?"

Several commentators were shocked by Werder Bremen's substitution adjustment. They replaced a forward who rarely played, moved their nuclear warhead position back, and arranged it in the midfielder position. What was this doing? ?

Abandoning martial arts?

Is it possible that the new guy is more of a threat than Lin Quan on the front line?

I can't understand or figure out their brain circuits.

The game quickly restarted, and Werder Bremen responded immediately after the opening kick-off.

When Neustadt was dribbling the ball, Lin Quan rushed up and tackled him to the ground without saying a word.

Neustadt screamed like a slaughtering pig and rolled on the ground holding his legs.

The referee ran over and gave Lin Quan a verbal warning, but did not show him a yellow card. He just asked him to pay attention to the range of his movements.

In the tackle just now, Lin Quan was actually running toward someone, but his feet touched the ball first. Strictly speaking, it was a good goal.

Lin Quan nodded without saying anything. He slowly backed away while looking at Neustadt rolling on the ground.

It is rude to come and not reciprocate!

He couldn't understand the rough style of play of Manchester United's captains, especially Cantona and Keane. Their fouls were rough, wild, and unnecessary.

Sometimes if you don't mess with him, he'll kick you in the face first and then give you a kick.

If you offend him, then sorry, watch your legs, they would rather be expelled with a red card or even suspended than kick your legs off!

Haaland's father provoked Keane and broke his leg with a kick from the Manchester United captain, forcing him to retire early.

Now he understands that if you are not ruthless on the court, you will be the one who suffers.

Perhaps driven by Lin Quan, Werder Bremen players also took turns watching Neustadt in subsequent games.

In less than ten minutes, Neustadt was kicked down five times.

The most ruthless was the team's forward Aaron Hunter. This player who was born in Werder Bremen's youth training is ruthless and doesn't talk much. He saw the opportunity and tackled Neustadt for the fifth time.

The latter once again hugged his legs and rolled on the ground screaming. The referee seemed to have noticed that the Werder Bremen guys would not let it go unless they played a card.

So he showed Hunter a yellow card. Hunter didn't care, spat on Neustadt who was lying on the ground pretending to be dead, and returned to his position with satisfaction.

When passing by Lin Quan, Lin Quan gave him a thumbs up, and he gave him a look that both of them understood:

I'll find an opportunity to mess with him later. Anyway, Lin Quan can still get another yellow card.

However, Schalke's coach did not dare to let Neustadt stay on the court. He immediately made personnel adjustments and asked Hildebrand to replace Neustadt.

Seeing the butcher being replaced, Werder Bremen's players began to focus more on the game.

After taking care of the opponent's individual players, it's Schalke's turn next!