Ludwig

Chapter 218
In the 80th minute, Frankfurt won a corner kick. Cologne defender Wimmer accidentally scored an own goal, breaking the 2-2 that the audience thought would be maintained until the midfield.

In the end, Frankfurt withstood Cologne's violent storm-like attack in the last 10 minutes and won this crucial relegation battle. (No way, the Fish Belly team started to relegation at the beginning of the season, just get used to it...)
Frankfurt's first two goals were Seferovic's crosses from the right into the penalty area, and Meyer took advantage of his height to head the ball.

This style of play is like 20th-century English football, with long passes and headers.

But since Schaff has a super high center like Meyer in his hands, there is no need for him to play with his feet in order to follow the trend.

Looking at it now, Schaaf's main task is to grab more points. After ensuring the team's arduous task of relegation this season, no one will pay attention to what tiki-taka he wants to play.

But after the game, Schaaf probably even wanted to die - the team's only left back, Opchka, was exhausted due to physical exhaustion in the 85th minute of the game. And was injured by a very malicious collision by the opponent.

Despite the MRI examination, the team doctor judged that Opchka had a fractured tibia in his right calf, and it was conservatively estimated that he would have to recuperate for 3 months.

After three months, hearing such news, Scharf was like a Spartan.

You know, in the main lineup behind Schaff, Opchka is the absolute main force.

This news suddenly appeared, and another left-back Igniovski who can be the main force has been dismissed from the team, waiting for the winter window to be transferred to the Bergley Partizan.

Now, Schaff has only one choice: the 28-year-old Côte d'Ivoire left-back Constant? Jakpa.

Although Jakpa is an African player, Jakpa's physical confrontation is really...too bad!

In layman's terms, it is: Jakpa is so soft!
Of course, Jakpa still has his own characteristics.

For example, he inserted a precise 45-degree cross in the back, and his undying physical ability.

That all guaranteed him a spot on Schaff's 23-man roster.

One Jakpa certainly wasn't enough.

Schaaf has also promoted a 19-year-old combo guard from the youth team, the teenager David Kimsonby.

Although Jin Songbi is much better than Jakpa in terms of physical confrontation, but in this cross, it is simply too bad to be flattering.

Maybe it's a matter of experience. Jin Songbi always seems very nervous every time he plays for the first team. He always misses a lot of crosses when there is no one to interfere.

But in terms of the youth team, Jin Songbi is the absolute main force in the backcourt of the Frankfurt youth team. Facing the opponents of other youth teams, Jin Songbi always appears very sophisticated. In various dangerous situations, he can always rely on his steady and steady play dissolve it.

Schaaf originally meant to let Jin Songbi train in the youth team for one more year before he was officially promoted to the first team, but facing the plight of the left back, Schaaf could no longer give Jin Songbi time to hone. Now, Jin Songbi can only directly pull on the battlefield, even if he does not perform well, it is better than letting players in other positions play left back, right?

Schaaf is already mentally prepared. If Jakpa and Kinsongbi occupy the left-back position of the first team, the team will be unable to win at least 3 consecutive games.

All this was indeed expected by Schaff.

On Sunday, October 10th, the away game against the underdog Paderborn, the visiting team Frankfurt led by one goal, was pulled by the home team for three consecutive goals, and finally lost 19-1 in the away game.

In the first half of the game, Frankfurt's defense still drew 0-0 with the opponent tremblingly.

After the change of sides, in the 57th minute, Li Yuming and Seferovic switched positions. Li Yuming, who appeared on the right, lay down between the two defenders with his smoother right foot, and made a sharp low-level pass. Meyer scored a goal!

1 to 0! ! !

But Frankfurt did not rejoice too early.

In the 66th minute, Du Keshi, who had just come off the bench, shot with his left foot to get back the score.

1 to 1! ! !

The Frankfurt players felt that they just took a nap for a while, so they were caught by their opponents and scored.

Therefore, they are very irrational and put more effort into offense.

Especially the entire center field, completely pressed up, that posture seemed to be Frankfurt leading 3-0.

Such an irrational judgment made Frankfurt suffer a lot.

The completely fractured backcourt bears all the pressure of the opponent's counterattack.

It should be said that there are only two central defenders struggling with the opponent's counterattack.

The two full-backs have already pressed up to assist.

In the 79th minute, the opponent succeeded in counterattacking.

Frankfurt's empty backcourt allowed the opponent to reach the sieve, Paderborn's Francic assisted Schnemeier to score!

2 to 1! ! !

Paderborn overtook the score.

In the 85th minute, it was still Paderborn's counterattack!

It was still the completely broken backcourt that was beaten by the opponent without any backhand power.

Kucik's right-footed shot from the middle of the penalty area sealed the victory.

3 to 1! ! !

In the end, Paderborn won the home game.

It has to be said that Paderborn has surpassed Frankfurt in the standings.

Such a defeat can be described as a wake-up call for Schaff's team.

Schaff is also aware of the problem of the left-back position, and he has made corresponding countermeasures and adjustments.

But the problem of tacit understanding is still not something that can be solved in a week or two, especially if there is still a left-back third option and fourth option on top.

This makes the team's entire guard line very strange to each other.

This is especially true for offsides.

Often the other teammates on the back line have already retreated, and due to the lack of tacit understanding in the position of the left back, if he is half a beat slower, this half beat often allows the opponent to hit the ball behind him.

On Saturday, October 10th, Frankfurt returned to the home court to continue the battle!
This time, their opponent is Stuttgart, who once dominated the Bundesliga!

Speaking of Stuttgart, you have to talk about Japan's super left-back Sakai Gotoku!

If Gaode Sakai is compared with Zhang Linpeng, Goto Sakai may not have the advantage physically, but Goto Sakai is really good technically. (That's really heartfelt praise!)

However, since Sakai Gaode is playing left back, and Li Yuming is facing right back Klein, so, on the court, Li Yuming and Sakai Gaode still have relatively few head-to-head confrontations.

In the last round, Frankfurt was defeated by Paderborn, who was weaker than him due to the problem of the defense line. In this game, facing Stuttgart, which has not won an away game this season, Schaff thinks that he still has a few chances.

After all, Stuttgart is not in the best form this season.

Moreover, they have not won a victory in the away game. In the pre-match training, Schaff also deliberately made a fuss about this point, giving various psychological hints to the players.

But the ideal is full, the reality is very skinny.

This game can be described as a goal battle, the two sides scored a staggering 9 goals in total!
In this game, in the defensive formation, Schaff made adjustments.

Ruth, who has been placed in the central defender position, moved forward to the midfielder position, replacing Medojevic with Ruth.

The other position of the central defender allows the central defender Madron to start.

Scharf's adjustment in this way has also achieved certain results.

Especially the central defender Madron, who gained a lot in this game.

After the start of the game, the two sides came and went, and the scene was extremely open. In the first minute, Frankfurt was besieging in front of Stuttgart. In the next minute, Stuttgart had already shot from outside the Frankfurt penalty area.

Such a strong offense also made the fans very happy to watch.

After all, fans spend money to enter the field, and they still hope to witness a wonderful offensive battle.

To the fans of the Commerzbank Stadium, Frankfurt scored the first goal of the game in the 21st minute.

Frankfurt used a corner kick. Seferovic received a header from central defender Andersson in front of the goal. He continued to hit the goal with a header relay. Scored a goal with a low shot!
1 to 0! ! !

Frankfurt took the lead.

Stuttgart, which was one goal behind, immediately launched a crazy counterattack.

Sure enough, in the 34th minute, Hanick took a free kick and scored directly, tying the score to 1-1! ! !

The two sides returned to the same starting line.

Similarly, the situation has returned to the kind of fierceness where you come and go.

In the 36th minute, Stuttgart responded again.

Hanick, who just used a free kick to score, received a pass from Maxim, avoided the defender in the penalty area, volleyed with his right foot, and scored the ball!

1 to 2! ! !

This time it was Stuttgart who exceeded the score!

The plot is still the same, but the roles are reversed, and this time it is the Frankfurt team that is behind.

The Frankfurt team, which reversed their roles, immediately took over the previous Stuttgart script-they launched a crazy counterattack without any warning!
Neither side scored anything for the rest of the first half, 1-2, Stuttgart entered the locker room with a goal lead.

With 15 minutes of rest and adjustment, the two sides continued to launch fierce offensive football in the second half.

Although the plot remains the same, the reality is very cruel.

As in the previous game, the midfielder was highly pressed forward, and Frankfurt's backcourt was completely broken.

In the 51st minute, Stuttgart used the opportunity of a counterattack to expand the score. Gentner received a pass from Maxim on the left side of the penalty area and scored with his right foot!
1 to 3! ! !

Stuttgart lead by two goals away.

In the view of Stuttgart coach Stevens, the score of 3 to 1 is very appropriate. It seems that Stuttgart's first away victory this season was won at the Commerzbank Stadium.

It's a pity that the Frankfurt players are very tough.

They used actions to tell the players in Stuttgart: If you want to take three points from our home court, unless you turn into Messi or Ronaldo one by one!
(I was caught drinking by the leader last night. Today I can only have two chapters. This is Chapter 13000. Let’s update the remaining chapter tonight. I have a terrible headache. Go to sleep!)

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