54 Pitch Magician (Part I)
On the evening of September 23, the Fritz? The Walter Stadium is in the knockout round of the first round of the German Cup.
The draw rules for today's German Cup are still roughly the same as in 2011, and the strength and weakness are divided into Group B for draw, but because there are a total of 36 teams in the Bundesliga and Bundesliga, 4 teams are randomly selected to go to Group B, and the teams in the third division are drawn together to play against the professional teams in the group.
Kaiserslautern was unlucky enough to be one of the random teams, and they were drawn against Bielefeld, who had a grudge against Yang Cheng last season.
Ernst? Middendorp's Bielefeld has performed well in the Bundesliga this season, including a 3-1 victory over Werder Bremen and a 2-0 victory over Stuttgart.
But it seems that this German, who is not broad-minded, still has a grudge against last season's grievances, especially for Yang Cheng for stealing his coach of the year, so when he learned that his team was going to meet Yang Cheng's Kaiserslautern in the German Cup, he was immediately excited.
Before the game, he frequently fired in the media, saying that Bielefeld had the chance to win this game.
Yang Cheng also attached great importance to this game and made a careful game plan before the game, but in the game, although Kaiserslautern, who was playing at home, was tenacious and took the initiative, Bielefeld was not a fuel-efficient lamp.
The first half was 0-0, and after the start of the second half, Kaiserslautern continued to take the initiative, Bielefeld continued to defend and counterattack, and the two sides looked evenly matched.
"It seems that the short 3-month Bundesliga journey has transformed this team in terms of overall strength!" Paul? Bair sighed.
Yang Cheng and he both agreed that the current strength of Kaiserslautern can be stronger than Bielefeld, but this team has been trained in the Bundesliga for a period of time, and the overall strength has been greatly tempered, coupled with adapting to the intensity of the Bundesliga game, in the face of Kaiserslautern, although they are passive on the field, but they are not panicked at all.
On the other hand, Kaiserslautern, the two wings could not open the situation for a long time, and they could only attack the middle every time, and they returned again and again in vain.
With a cold face, Yang Cheng's attention was focused on the game, but when he felt a not so friendly look projected beside him, he looked over, and it happened to be Ernst with a sneer? Middendorp.
"I've heard that this bastard practiced penalty kicks before the game!" Paul? Bair reminded.
In other words, if the game goes to penalties, it will be very bad for Kaiserslautern.
"This game will definitely not drag on to a penalty shootout!" Yang Cheng replied with a sneer.
Turning around, he waved his hand at Denilson, who was behind him, and motioned for him to warm up.
The Brazilian immediately took off his long-sleeved training suit and ran to the side to warm up.
It was his first appearance on the bench in an official match this season, and no one knew why, except that he seemed to admit his mistake to Yang Cheng, who also happened to lack a wide attacker, so he was naturally in the squad for the game.
Not long after, Denelson came to Yang Cheng's side.
"On the left side, there's a gap behind the opponent's left wing-back, I'll let Nedved do more for you, you give me a one-on-one kill of him, and then pass the ball!"
Denelson nodded heavily in agreement!
3 minutes later, taking advantage of a dead goal, Denilson stepped onto the field, he replaced Deco, who served as the midfield playmaker with Veron in this game, and the players on the field were also instructed by Yang Cheng to attack to the left!
In less than a minute, Denilson received a pass from Veron on the left, turned and faced Bielefeld's right wing-back one-on-one, who saw that Denilson was a little thin and immediately posted it.
But just when he thought it was a close press, Denilson's feet seemed to have an extra pair of feet, and as he leaned, the ball stuck to his feet and slid past the defender's side.
"A beautiful pass!"
The commentators and fans at the scene suddenly boiled.
"Denilson didn't get too much of a blockage and dribbled straight into the box......"
When Yang Cheng saw Denilson's passing on the sidelines, he also praised it in his heart, this kid's passing movements are like flowing clouds, very smooth and natural, it is really difficult to stop him, unless he directly trips and fouls.
"It's time to pass the ball!" Yang Cheng saw that Marshall on the right side and Ballack on the back row came to the gap, and at this time, Denilson only had to cross, and no matter who received the ball, they were directly facing the goal.
"Pass!" Yang Cheng saw that Denilson was still holding the ball with his head down, entering the penalty area, and shouted on the sidelines, "Bastard, don't you know how to pass?" ”
Then the referee's whistle was heard, and Denilson sat up after rolling on the ground a few times.
"Penalty! The opposing centre-back fouled Denilson while defending and the referee awarded a penalty! ”
The fans at the scene immediately boiled with excitement, especially the Kaiserslautern fans, who stood up from their seats one by one and roared fiercely.
Ballack, as the team's number one penalty taker, took the ball to the penalty spot, and without the slightest hesitation, calmly scored the ball, 1:0!
This score was maintained until the end of the game!
But after winning the first round of the German Cup, Yang Cheng was furious in the locker room!
"Don't you know how to pass the ball? Or do you think you can take out the entire backline by yourself, then dribble past the goalkeeper and shoot into the empty net? Yang Cheng asked in an almost roaring tone.
Denilson's face was a bit unpleasant because he felt he had done well enough, and although he didn't pass the ball, he created a penalty opportunity for his team.
"The ball just now, if you choose to cross, Michael and Olaf have a chance, almost nine times out of ten, but you choose to do it, do you remember what I told you? Pass the ball when you find it! ”
Everyone in the locker room didn't dare to speak, and they all looked at Yang Cheng, who had become a little hideous because of anger, they really rarely saw the head coach make such a big fuss!
"You're going to sit on the bench for me in the next game!"
After speaking, Yang Cheng turned around and left the locker room, he was going to teach Ernst a good lesson? Middendorp.
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On the evening of September 27, the VFL Stadium in Wolfsburg was brightly lit
The newly renovated and expanded VFL Stadium welcomed Kaiserslautern to coach Willy Lautern. Although Lehman was a striker as a player, as a manager, he was known for his counter-attacking defence, and even if he was at home, he still put on a tenacious counter-attacking tactics to meet Kaiserslautern.
VfL Wolfsburg are aiming for promotion this season, so this game against a direct rival, Lehman is determined to win!
The scene also seemed to confirm Lehman's prediction, although the iron triangle of midfield led by Veron, Ballack and Nedved helped Kaiserslautern firmly control the game, but Wolfsburg, who contracted the defense, was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and even forced Kele, who replaced Rutz, to make another mistake in a key counterattack in the first half.
This time, he brought Kaiserslautern a near-devastating goal!
1:0!
Despite Kaiserslautern's near-frantic counter-attack, Wolfsburg managed to tighten defensively.
The time on the brand new scoreboard, which had just been put into use, jumped to 70 minutes, and the score was still 1:0.