55 The Jedi Strikes Back (Part II)

In this game, he used Gattuso as always to play the role of a-stirring stick, but he focused on Stankovic, and Gattuso began to fully grasp Yang Cheng's requirements for him after many games.

He is a midfield spoiler with a lot of movement, as long as he is in midfield, once he can't grab the opponent's ball, he will directly foul, interrupt the opponent's rhythm of the game, let everything go back to zero, and also allow Kaiserslautern to have enough time to organize the defence.

Don't underestimate this, with and without Gattuso, there is a big gap between Kaiserslautern's defensive strength, especially when Gattuso is improving more and more and is getting better and better.

It was a back-and-forth affair but Kaiserslautern controlled the advantage, while the Red Stars struggled to regain control, but unfortunately, once they had the ball, Kaiserslautern always had a way to interrupt their attacking rhythm.

Stankovic was even more depressed, because the Italian was like a dogskin plaster, always moving around him, and he couldn't shake it off, but he didn't have a problem with him.

"As long as the control is in our hands, we will win this game!" Yang Chengxin laughed heartily.

Paul? Bayer also felt that Yang Cheng's philosophy was on the right track, and as the game progressed, Kaiserslautern's dominance became more and more apparent, and they both became more and more confident.

On the other hand, Forado in the distance, frowning and thinking hard about countermeasures, but he did not make adjustments for a long time.

Sometimes, a goal in a football game is actually an explosion of cumulative advantage.

When Kaiserslautern's advantage accumulated to a certain extent, they finally got on the scoresheet!

In the 21st minute, Fritz forced a breakthrough on the right side and crossed, the ball was cleared to the left side, Denilson took the ball and shook off a defender, hoisted the ball into the penalty area in front of the bottom line, and Nedved jumped to the top of the near post on the back row to score a goal for Kaiserslautern, 0:1!

This goal completely ignited the morale of the Kaiserslautern players, especially Yang Cheng, he had an intuition, an indescribable intuition, he felt that the players had implemented his tactics very thoroughly on the pitch and gained a great advantage, and if this game continued to maintain this momentum, it could turn into a big victory!

There was no way to explain the source of this intuition, Yang Cheng could only say that it was a pure feeling.

But he decided to give it a try!

So he conveyed his thoughts to the players on the field.

Four minutes later, Kaiserslautern scored again!

This time, it was Veron who passed the ball to Ballack at the edge of the penalty area after hitting the wall with Nedved in the middle, who stopped the ball and made a slight adjustment to hit a thunderous long-range shot, 0:2!

With two goals scored in five minutes, Kaiserslautern's morale was completely aroused, and the players were very active on the field, especially the two wings, and they frequently staged heads-up dramas.

If Fritz's dribbling was about using his speed to force overtake, then Denilson's dribbling was more spectacular, he relied almost entirely on his own delicate technique, and although his speed and agility were good, his passing was more technical.

In the 37th minute, it was Denilson's single-handedly continuous feints in the penalty area that shook off two defenders, and then rubbed a curling ball with his right foot, grazing the far post into the net, and rewriting the score to 0:3!

With three goals in one fell swoop, Kaiserslautern played one of the most impressive attacking footballs of the season so far, especially the two flanks, completely suppressing the wings of Red Star Belgrade and forcing them to go on the defensive.

In the middle, in addition to Gattuso, Ballack, Nedved and Veron all stepped forward to create a threat, and it was this combination of tactics that made Kaiserslautern's attack unbeatable.

After the second half of the rematch, Kaiserslautern still maintained the ferocity of the first half, and in the first 15 minutes of the opening game, Denilson and Veron scored again to rewrite the score to 0:5!

Yang Cheng on the sidelines looked at the players of Red Star Belgrade who were beaten without temper on the field, and he even dared not believe it, because before the game, he never thought about winning a big victory, but just used the attack to suppress Red Star Belgrade, and the reason why he decided to press it later was because of the situation after the team scored the first goal.

On the other hand, Forado, when the team conceded the first goal, he reacted slowly and adjusted too late, and was beaten three goals in a row by Kaiserslautern, and the team's morale was completely crushed, and it could not be recovered.

"The players are really in great shape!" Paul? Bayer said with a smile.

As the season progressed and the schedule deepened, the benefits of Kaiserslautern's pre-season training began to be felt and the players' form began to explode, especially in this game, where they were so good.

"Both the wings and the middle are very active, the combination of the side and the middle of the game also meets your requirements for them, plus they are actively involved in the front court after conceding the ball, it seems that they have begun to familiarize themselves with your tactical philosophy!" Paul? Beyer is also pleased with this, because Kaiserslautern also has his part in the work.

However, Yang Cheng suddenly thought, although Fritz on the right side performed well, but he was not a regular wing attacker, he could only rely on speed to do it, what if he was replaced by Deisler? Will the German youngster be able to form devilish wings with Denilson?

With Denilson and Deisler on that side, goal machine Ruud van Nistelrooy in the middle, Ballack and Nedved in the back, plus a playmaker Veron, Kaiserslautern's attack will be incredibly formidable.

With this idea, Yang Cheng immediately replaced Fritz with Deisler.

Substitutions under a big victory, one can keep the main players physical and prepare for the next game, and the other can also make the substitute players familiar with the rhythm on the field, pull the state, so as not to use people at critical moments, but find that the substitute players are in extremely bad condition, which is miserable.

However, after Deisler came on the field, the attack on the right side of his occupation immediately languished a lot, although the German youngster had a beautiful pass, but he quickly lost his sight on the field, after two or three consecutive mistakes, his teammates began to give the ball to the left, even if Deisler ran out of the air, failed to get the ball.

Seeing this situation, Yang Cheng was also very helpless, because he knew very well that if the players were on the court, if they wanted to perform hard, they must rely on their own strength to compete and win the trust of their teammates, but Deisler obviously did not do this.

"He seems to be a little afraid of confrontation!" Paul? Bayer said with a wry smile.

Deisler's problems have been focused on by the Kaiserslautern coaching staff for a long time, but they have not been able to find a solution.

The players have always known that there is such a guy in the first team who is out of step with the big team!

Seeing this, Yang Cheng had no choice but to immediately replace Veron and Bremer with Deco and Lucio respectively.

After successive substitutions, Kaiserslautern's offensive has also slowed down a lot, and the gap between Deco and Veron is still obvious, especially at this stage, but in defense, Kaiserslautern's overall joint defense tactics still firmly suppress the Red Star team.

Stankovic was definitely the most depressed guy of the game, because it was certainly the worst and most frustrating game of the season, and he found it difficult to even pass the ball once he got the ball, and that kind of frustration was powerful enough to drive him crazy.

So in the final stages of the game, during a meaningless scrum, he hit Gattuso with his elbow in a hot head, and the latter fell to the ground, not exaggerating, just doing a gesture that a professional player would do.

The referee showed Stankovic his second yellow card of the game and sent him off.

Seeing Stankovic go off the court, Yang Cheng knew that this game was over.

When the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Yang Cheng first celebrated with the coaching staff and the players on the bench one by one, and then walked to the home team's coach's box.

Forado was so embarrassed when he saw Yang Cheng coming over, he couldn't wait to dig a hole in the ground, especially when he saw the paper towels of the fans in the stands with the boos falling, which were not for Kaiserslautern, but for him, he was even more embarrassed.

But his demeanor finally forced him to greet him, and politely shook hands with Yang Cheng, "Congratulations!" ”

"Thank you!" Yang Cheng smiled and shook hands with the future head coach of the Chinese national team.

A reporter slipped over next to him, saw the two head coaches shaking hands, and immediately coaxed: "Let's take a group photo!" ”

When Yang Cheng heard it, it was good, it would be good to be able to take a photo with the future head coach of the national team in advance, but Forado was suddenly embarrassed, and quickly found an excuse to fly away, which made Yang Cheng feel strange.

However, after winning the game, Yang Cheng was also in a good mood, and generously asked the reporter to take a photo of him before returning to the locker room.

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After Kaiserslautern's 5-0 away win over Red Star Belgrade in a big comeback, the German media began to pay attention to the team's excellent performance in Europe, because everyone knows that Red Star Belgrade is not a weak team.

With an unbeaten run in the Bundesliga so far this season, reaching the last 16 of the European Cup Winners' Cup and qualifying for the German Cup, Yang Cheng has had an almost impeccable start to the season at Kaiserslautern.

What's even more rare is that in terms of reinforcements that have been criticized by fans and the media before, Denilson, Veron, Nedved and Ballack have all proved their strength in the latest chapter of martial arts on the field, and the veterans Marshall, Lutz and Bremer are even more appreciative of Yang Cheng's training ability.

Therefore, in the two days between the second leg of the first round of the Cup Winners' Cup and the start of the Champions Cup and the League Cup, the German media began to praise and hype Yang Cheng and his Kaiserslautern coach, believing that the team had already booked one of the places in the Bundesliga in advance this season.

On the contrary, Yang Cheng is not very satisfied with the strength of the current team, at least the formation run-in is only 63 points, and there is still a lot of room for improvement, coupled with the sluggish performance of Deisler, the slow failure to score Vanney, and the metabolism of the back line......

Yang Cheng feels that the promotion to the first division is just a start for Kaiserslautern!