Grass roots glory

Chapter 202 Magath's Intention
Returning from London with a victory, the Gelsenkirchen media played up the victory with great color.

Chelsea lost just eight games at home last season - seems like a lot?But this is the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup combined.Schalke 04 actually won the game in such a devil's home court without the main striker!And from the looks of it, it doesn't take much effort to win.

Then, when Kuranyi returns from injury, wouldn't it be even more powerful.

This gave the media enough confidence that the media in Gelsenkirchen no longer looked at Atletico Madrid, another strong enemy in the group stage, and they began to look forward to the ultimate goal of the team this season.

Based on last year's semi-finals, can this year be higher?

Maybe they can enter the finals for the first time... If it is true, they have all entered the finals, and the championship is also possible, right?

The reporters are a group of extremely optimistic and flirtatious people in good times, so when they stopped Zhou Tiancheng and asked about the team's goals, the reaction they got was Zhou Tiancheng's bewildered face: "Didn't you just finish the first round of the group stage?" One round? The coach never mentioned it to us at all, and it is our task to base ourselves on the game in front of us."

"Then what's the goal in your heart? I mean your personal one." There were also reporters chasing after him fiercely, as if they had to dig some news out of the target's mouth even if they didn't get the answer they wanted.

"Win game by game." Zhou Tiancheng's answer sounded like he hadn't said anything at first, but in the eyes of the reporter, it was the sentence with the most information.

What Zhou Tiancheng said was from the bottom of his heart. As a player, there is no one who does not desire to win, but desire and obtaining are two different things.

For example, in the last league game, they lost to Freiburg in an upset, and they were tied by Hoffenheim before. They had two wins, one draw and one loss in four rounds with seven points. And returning to the league, they will next face last season's title rival Wolfsburg, and then go to the away game of the Ruhr Derby in the seventh round of the league.

After a series of fierce battles in the opening stage, Schalke's road to defending the title is still full of challenges. Now they stand tall, but the goal is also big. I don't know how many teams are lining up behind them to pull them off.

So what Magath repeatedly emphasized is that the whole team should be more active on the field during this period, and when Kuranyi returns to the team, the pressure will be less: "If you don't want Kevin to come back, what you see is that Bayern Dortmund is still there. There's a mess in front of us with teams that should be sucking air behind our ass, just give me your best and go for it, you have no right to underestimate any opponent. Even Bayern made this mistake, God punished them for not winning any titles last season. It's not an honor to be the defending champions if you can't win against a team that's just trying to survive."

Magath's training in the past few days has focused on a relatively large number of substitute lineups. His reasons are very good: the main players are absent, and the substitutes must be ready to play at any time, and this group of people who have become accustomed to sitting on the bench can only train more intensively. , in order to ensure that their body heat is enough to ensure that they can play against each other at any time.

It doesn't matter to Zhou Tiancheng, but Jiang Hao will suffer. He is not a physical madman like Zhou Tiancheng. He often loses his motivation after practicing.

After practicing so much, do you have a chance to play?The main force has been injured for so long, isn't he still sitting on the bench?

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In the fifth round of the league, Schalke 04 faced Wolfsburg at home.In the championship and runner-up matchup last season, the fans who went to Schalke spontaneously played the slogan "Champion" in German. They used this method to motivate the team to regain the top position.

In fact, their belief in defending the title has never wavered.

Although Wolfsburg did not keep Magath in the past summer, most of the main players in the lineup are still there. Magath knows that this old owner is not easy to play.Therefore, he trained the three central defenders in a targeted manner during this period. In this game, he also switched the 4-3-3 formation to a 3-4-3. The three central defenders partnered with Westermann and Hewedes. Besides, another candidate is Matip.This arrangement is to focus on the black and white duo of Dzeko and Grafite.

Magath is not sure whether the new head coach will still rely on this combination so much, but based on his own understanding, he still focuses on the front line.Thinking about the tactics that I have succeeded in, it shouldn't be completely denied, right?

Schalke 04 is at home, of course they have to base themselves on offense. Not long after the opening this time, Zhou Tiancheng scored his first goal in the forward position.After receiving a cross from Farfan, he overwhelmed Balzali Taishan in the middle with his bounce.Originally, Zhou Tiancheng was only three centimeters taller than Barzagli, but Zhou Tiancheng firmly pressed Barzagli on his waist this time. .

However, in the second half, Wolfsburg also returned a blitz and scored in the opening 3 minutes. Misimovic took a direct free kick into the dead corner. Neuer stretched his arm but failed to touch the ball. The score was tied. 1:1.

The game was deadlocked until 85 minutes, Wolfsburg coach Almin Fei changed the five-back formation, and at the same time removed Misimovic in the midfield and replaced Makoto Hasebe who was reserved for the back.

It can be seen that Almin's ability is still weaker than that of Magath, and he never thought about winning at all. He is satisfied with scoring one point at the home court of the defending champion.

But Schalke has won two rounds and must win this three-pointer to return to the normal track, so the problem left for Magath now is to strengthen the offense in the little time left.

Magath asked Hollerbach to ask Altintop to play. Since he took office, the Turkish striker has often come off the bench because he is not as decisive as Farfan and Asamoah in pressing.But when the team needs to attack, Magath will be the first to think of him.

However, when Hollebach went to call Altintop, he turned his head and met Jiang Hao's eyes. Hollebach could see the envy in Jiang Hao's eyes——of course it's good to be able to play, like this Being practiced every day and playing is still far away, Hollerbach understands this feeling very well.

After dismissing Altintop, Hollerbach came over and suggested in a low voice: "Felix, I think Jiang seems to want to play... In fact, his speed may be more effective than Khalil's finishing kick, and he can also give other Players create chances."

Magath shook his head lightly: "This is not his battlefield."

"Then what's the use of calling him into the first team? It's not that we can't make up the 18-man roster." Hollerbach was puzzled.

"Old man, you shouldn't ask this kind of question, you know my routine."

Magath prefers to allow young players with overlapping positions to express themselves in the German Cup.

"Then why do you still let Joel start? The convention can be broken."

"It's better not to do it all the time if you want to see a big hearted striker in the future."

Hollerbach was puzzled again: "Why is that?"

Magath smiled softly: "Because the forwards are destined to have more challenges than the defenders, and they are the real winners and losers. Therefore, the first thing to do is to be patient!"

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