After changing sides in the second half, Schalke 04 continued their pressing style and pressed Hamburg players closely.
This is foreseeable.
For tactics that can win or score goals, the head coach will generally not take the initiative to modify them.
Hamburg, on the other hand, followed Pan Yi's instructions and voluntarily gave up control of the ball, tightened its defense and allowed Schalke 04 to attack.
This situation only lasted for about ten minutes, and Hamburg already had an opportunity.
Because Schalke 04's pressing intensity was reduced faster than Pan Yi imagined!
Their players looked like Stevens had specially trained to execute this tactic in order to deal with Pan Yi, but after all, they were still not completely accustomed to this intensity of fighting.
Including the distribution of physical strength and the rotation of pressing personnel, it is not as good as Hamburg.
Therefore, when the game only lasted about 55 minutes, Hamburg began to have a tendency to take over the game.
They began to try to launch a counterattack.
In the 58th minute, Vardy retreated to defend and helped the team intercept the ball. Then De Bruyne counterattacked with the ball in the middle. Son Heung-min's shot from the left was too high and was caught by the opponent's goalkeeper Onner Staal.
In the 62nd minute, Hamburg's corner kick opportunity caused chaos at the back point. Then Casemiro's pass found Wu Lei, who fired a shot that flew into the stands.
In the 65th minute, this time it was a long pass from Rudiger in the backcourt.
In the battle for the top of the arc in the center circle, Casemiro overpowered Jones to top the ball and handed it to De Bruyne.
As soon as Hamburg's midfielder got the ball, two Schalke 04 players rushed over to defend.
But De Bruyne played a one-two with his teammate Makoto Hasebe, reached the front easily, and then directly passed the ball with the outside of his instep!
The ball happened to pass through the gap between Schalke 04's two central defenders, Hewedes and Papadopoulos, and reached the space on the right.
After Wu Lei got the ball, he immediately started to rush forward. Schalke 04's left back, Austrian player Fuchs, couldn't even stop Wu Lei's progress.
When rushing to the outside of the penalty area, Wu Lei passed the ball to De Bruyne, who was already running over in the middle to receive the ball. He moved forward at a faster speed and rushed into the penalty area.
At this time, most of Schalke's defenders' attention has been attracted by Wu Lei, but De Bruyne did not prepare to pass the ball after receiving the ball.
He stopped the ball with his right foot and then flicked it laterally to find the angle of the shot.
After slightly raising his head and observing the opponent's goalkeeper's position, De Bruyne decisively kicked off!
At the top of the arc in the penalty area, he hit a high-quality shot that was close to the ground. The ball barely had any rotation, and it lightly rubbed the turf and went directly into the Schalke 04 goal!
"The ball went in, De Bruyne's long shot!"
"This kick was very beautiful. Schalke 04 goalkeeper Onner Staal seemed to have his sight affected by his teammates in the penalty area and almost did not react at all."
"Now Hamburg has evened the score to 1:1!"
"This is a goal initiated by De Bruyne and completed by De Bruyne. At the same time, Hamburg's cooperation in the center and right wing is also very exciting. It can be said that it completely penetrated Schalke 04's defense.
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After this goal, Pan Yi was also greatly relieved on the sidelines.
Although he has made careful arrangements for the second half of the game, after all, goals sometimes do not come as planned due to tactical opponents.
If you are unlucky enough, maybe the home goal post and the opponent's goalkeeper will become factors that prevent Hamburg from equalizing the score.
Fortunately, this kind of thing did not happen to Hamburg today.
Now that they have equalized, what they have to do is to continue attacking and try to score another goal!
After all, this is a crucial battle for the top four, and Hamburg must take advantage of its home court advantage to win over its opponents, thus leaving behind such direct competitors!
With Pan Yi constantly waving his hand forward from the sidelines, Hamburg started to attack with all their strength.
At this moment, Schalke 04 is already showing signs of exhaustion, but they are still very well organized defensively.
After understanding that his players were at the end of their rope, Schalke 04 head coach Stevens also changed his strategy in time and switched from offense to defense.
Taking one point away from home is acceptable to him.
And defense is the guarantee that Schalke 04 can achieve better results this season!
In order to ensure the quality of defense, Stevens also replaced some young players, such as Draxler, Matip, Kolasinac, etc. - well, they are all old acquaintances in the future.
Therefore, Hamburg is also in a tough fight.
After all, positional warfare is not their best attack method!
The game continued until the 80th minute, and the stalemate was still 1:1.
But there is a gap in every hundred secrets.
Schalke 04 captain Hwedes failed to return in time after a tackle, and the gap between him and Matip was once again exposed to the Hamburg players.
Vardy quickly realized this, suddenly accelerated, threw Matip away, rushed into the penalty area behind him, and shouted: "Quick, I'm here!"
At this time, it was De Bruyne who had the ball in Hamburg. His footwork could be said to be that he hit where he wanted. With a slight pass, the ball flew in front of Vardy.
The full-back Atsuto Uchida on the other side reacted quickly. After seeing Vardy advancing and not being offside, he quickly came over to fill the positions of the two central defenders and tried to get close to Vardy so that he could not continue to accelerate.
But the Japanese underestimated Vardy's speed.
In just half a second, Vardy had already thrown him away with a bang, and started to fight without any hesitation!
This is the characteristic of this England striker, bold and direct!
And Schalke 04 goalkeeper Onner Staal reacted quickly. He had already pounced on Vardy as soon as he dribbled the ball into the penalty area.
The moment Vardy shot, he had already spread his arms and legs, using the largest defensive area to block Vardy's shot.
But it's a pity that lady luck is not on his side today.
Vardy's ball passed through his crotch without any bias and fell to the goal behind him.
"The ball goes in again!!!!!!"
"This time it's Vardy! In the 87th minute of the game, Hamburg reversed Schalke 04!"
"England center Vardy scored the reversal goal for Hamburg!"
"The score is now two to one!"
There were more than 50,000 Hamburg fans at the scene, all shouting Vardy's name crazily.
Vardy also excitedly rushed to the sidelines, waving to the Hamburg fans in the stands, and put his hands to his ears, as if to indicate that their cheers could be louder.
"The shot was very decisive and Vardy performed very well tonight."
"This shooter, who played in the lower leagues of England last season, has grown into a top scorer in Hamburg and has now scored 6 goals in the Bundesliga."
"But the best player in today's game, I think, should be awarded to Hamburg's midfielder De Bruyne."
"He led Hamburg to complete the reversal with one pass and one shot, so that the home fans would not go home disappointed."
"This young midfielder performed well in Belgium before, but he has been unable to prove his strength after being bought by Chelsea. After moving to Hamburg this season, he has performed better and better!
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"Although Hamburg's performance in the first half was not ideal, they seemed to be a bit stunned by Schalke 04 and conceded a goal."
"But after entering the second half, after Pan Yi made adjustments during the halftime break, Hamburg's performance improved significantly. However, Schalke 04 fell into a passive situation and was forced to score two goals in a row, which was a tragic reversal."
"We have to say that tonight's game made us once again feel the key role of a head coach in a team."
"It can be said that from Hamburg, we have seen the charm of tactics, and at the same time we have also seen the charm of Pan Yi!"