47 Red Devil Spirit II
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Heathfield's face sank when he saw Kaiserslautern's players come out of the dressing room.
Because he didn't see a player he wanted to see, but he saw someone he didn't want to see.
Lutz replaces Kyle!
When the stadium broadcast this substitution, Heathfield's expression sank to the point of frost, because he found that Yang Cheng reacted much faster than he expected, and had the courage to use up a substitution in the middle of the field.
Bremer, Kosch and Lutz, the three main players in Kaiserslautern's backline have finally returned, and these three players are all famous in the Bundesliga last season.
"It seems that this Chinese is not simple!" Heathfield looked at Yang Cheng not far from his side and muttered to himself.
Yang Cheng also happened to look at it, and nodded respectfully towards Heathfield.
"What do you guess he's thinking right now?" Paul Bair asked with a smile when he saw the two of them doing.
Yang Cheng smiled, "It is estimated that he is beating his chest, after Kyle is gone, our defense line will definitely become stronger, and Dortmund's chances will become fewer and fewer!" ”
The reason why he dared to make substitutions in the middle of the field was because when he saw the game analysis information from the game preparation of the super coach system near the end of the first half, the evaluation of the back line focused on Kyle, thinking that Kyle was a little reckless and frizzy in this game, and made several mistakes.
As for Dortmund's offensive tactics, the super coach system analyzes that most of them use Kyle's point, and it is precisely because of this that Yang Cheng is ruthless in his heart, since the opponent wants to focus on Kyle's point, then I will simply replace Kyle from the field and see how you play!
At least after the opening of the second half, Dortmund's attack was still focused on playing in the middle, but under the premise that Yang Cheng had already arranged, Dortmund's attack never opened up in the middle.
Gattuso is still playing the role of a-stirring stick, Ballack, Veron and Nedved are all on the premise of sticking to the middle, and Wagner and Fritz are both on the two flanks, especially Wagner, focusing on Dortmund's Ricken.
After surviving the opening wave or two, Kaiserslautern's players played more and more smoothly and defensively more and more handy.
The players started from Marshall in the front court, then moved to the midfield, and then to the back, forming a multi-layered defensive depth, and at the back, Bremer, Kosch and Rutz are all very experienced and strong, coupled with years of tacit understanding, Kaiserslautern's defense immediately looked solid after a little turmoil at the beginning of the second half.
"It seems that the three of them are the best combination for our backline!" Yang Cheng watched the game while reflecting on his own shortcomings, he was indeed too superstitious about the data of the super coaching system before, so that when he saw that Kyle was ripening more than Lutz, he naturally felt that Kyle should start.
In fact, Kyle seems to be a typical example of being boosted by seedlings, and his strength is there, but his experience and psychological quality are not yet qualified to play the absolute main force.
"Yes, it's not just the three of them, both Kadlec and Schaefer have very good strength, especially Kadlec!" Paul Beyer supports Yang Cheng's self-reflection.
"Lucio, Luis Hutter and Kyle all have outstanding potential and are all very outstanding, but they are young in the end, they can only represent the future, if you just play against the Bundesliga team, maybe all three of them can play, but if you want to deal with the Bundesliga team, or even participate in the European Cup Winners' Cup, they look immature!"
Yang Cheng also felt more and more like this, especially when he saw that after Rutz came on the field in the second half, he formed a tacit back line with Bremer and Kosch, and he had to admit it.
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"In the first 18 minutes of the second half, the score was still 0:0, although Dortmund took the initiative on the field, Kaiserslautern retreated across the board, and the scene was very passive, but Kaiserslautern's defense seemed very solid, and head coach Yang Cheng replaced the young Kyle with the veteran Lutz in time, which did play a key role."
"Kaiserslautern except for striker Marshall, the rest of the players retreated to within half time, the three lines remained compact and united, obviously intending to continue to keep the score 0-0, but Dortmund did not think so, they were determined to win the opponent, and the players took the initiative to press."
At the Isola Bella restaurant on Kaiserslautern Ottebach, when Tony returned from shopping from outside, he pushed open the door and immediately heard the narrator's analysis coming from the restaurant's television.
The guys in the restaurant are all locals, and they were startled by the sound of the door opening, and when they saw that it was the boss who came back, they immediately rushed to pretend to do things, but in fact, the few sparse guests in the restaurant at this time were also watching the live broadcast of the ball game, so how to greet them?
Knowing they were watching the Super Cup, Tony just walked to the back of the counter, smiled at the Juventus flag next to the row of wines, and then cleaned up the things on the counter.
"Oops, Andy Muller is on the edge of the penalty area, using his personal skills to shake off Gattuso and shoot from distance!"
"Kosch, Kosch blocked the ball with his body in front!"
"Ricken took the ball on the right side, Bremer tripped him up, and the referee blew the whistle to signal it was a free kick!"
"Andy Muller came to the penalty spot and Kaiserslautern's players were aggressive in getting out of the wall......"
Listening to the voice of the commentator in his ears, coupled with the TV right facing the counter, Tony sat behind the counter, and he unconsciously raised his head in idleness, just as the TV swept over every player in the human wall.
They all looked so tired, so tired, sweat had already soaked their hair and clothes all over their bodies, but at this moment, they were standing in front of the penalty spot without fear, holding hands and setting up a human wall.
Watching the players look firmly ahead one by one, Toney seemed to read a feeling in their eyes that if they could, they would collectively move forward from the moment they kick off, using their bodies as much as possible to take Andy Muller's free-kick, because everyone knows that his direct free-kick skills are excellent.
Sure enough, when the referee's whistle blew, the players moved forward in unison, and no one had the intention of dodging, and they all seemed so resolute, as if they were warriors who looked at death on the battlefield and did the last fight.
Andy Muller's free-kick hit Kaiserslautern's players before being cleared by a big kick.
The entire restaurant burst into a sparse cheer.
"Oh my God, these guys are amazing!"
"They are all ** today, and their performance is so good!"
"Especially their wholeness, you look at the Argentine midfielder, I just saw him fall off the pitch, tired and wanted to vomit, but look at how fierce he is now!"
"And Barak, this kid stepped forward all of a sudden, and suddenly returned to the defense, as if he wouldn't be tired!"
"Nedved was also very desperate, as well as Bremer and Kosch, who also blocked the opponent's shot with their bodies on many occasions when they couldn't catch up, which was rare before!"
By the end of last season's Kaiserslautern morale had been exhausted, the players were in high spirits on the pitch, and apart from winning a title in the German Cup, the rest of the games were lackluster, let alone playing with such passion and unity as they did today.
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In the club office at the Fritz Walter Stadium, Frederick, accompanied by Werner Melzer, was also watching the live broadcast of this game, and they all saw the scenes of the players fighting and uniting one by one, and they were also deeply affected by this game.
"Werner, how long has it been since we've seen such a passionate game at our club?" Frederick asked suddenly.
Melzer shook his head with a satisfied smile, "I don't know, it seems that since the 7-1 away win over Duisburg in 1994 and the crucial battle to challenge Bayern for the top spot of the league championship that season has been relaunched, it has been rare to see it again, for 2 years!" ”
Frederick couldn't help but nod, "yes, it's been 2 years!" ”
"Mr. President, no matter what the final result of today's game is, but I really start to believe what you said before, Yang Cheng may really be able to bring something different to Kaiserslautern, that long-lost feeling is finally back, the feeling of the Bundesliga Red Devils!"
The nickname of the Bundesliga Red Devils comes from that 7:1 game, when Kaiserslautern and Borussia Dortmund, Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayer Leverkusen were fighting for Champions League qualification, but also competing with Bayern for the league title, but before that 7:1, Kaiserslautern was still 8 points behind Bayern, and with 5 rounds left in the league, everyone thought the big picture was decided.
But who would have thought that in the 29th round of the league, Kaiserslautern challenged Duisburg, who was aiming for Champions League qualification at the time, and Bayern challenged Borussia Mönchengladbach away.
Both teams were aiming to win the championship, Kaiserslautern shouted the slogan of going all out to win the league championship before the game, and in the game, put himself to death, played an extremely crazy mental state, bloodied Duisburg 7-1, fired the first shot of the counterattack, and won all the next four league rounds.
On the other hand, Bayern was affected by Kaiserslautern and lost 0:2 away to Borussia Mönchengladbach, followed by a 0:4 defeat to the home team in the decisive battle with Kaiserslautern, but was drawn 1:1 away to Karlsruhe after one round.
At the end of the season, Bayern and Kaiserslautern were tied on 61 points, but Bayern finally won the Bundesliga with 31:28 and three more goal difference.
But Kaiserslautern also won the title of the Bundesliga Red Devils with his crazy performance in the last moments of a season, especially the 7-1 defeat of Duisburg and the 4-0 bloodbath of Bayern.
It's just that after that season, Kaiserslautern underperformed for two consecutive years, and last year it fell to relegation, and the Red Devils' spirit is no longer visible.
But in today's game, Frederick and Melzer, as well as countless Kaiserslautern fans, seem to see the heart-wrenching spirit of the Red Devils again from this brand-new team!