Chapter 204 I can't help but feel sorry for each other
Chapter 204 Cherishing each other, can’t help it
On January 20, the Bundesliga resumes its war!
In a focus game that started earlier, Leverkusen, which performed well in the second half of the first half of the season, still maintained a good competitive state and won Frankfurt 3:1 at home!
The top scorer of the pharmaceutical company, Keesling, still had hot toes. He scored a goal again and continued to top the list of scorers.
On the opposite side, Frankfurt's striker Meyer also scored, but it was still difficult to save the defeat.
Bayern defeated Fürth 2-0 and remain firmly in first place.
In the other two games, high scores were achieved.
Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 5:0 away from home, while Schalke 04, after the coaching change, played an incredible 5:4 against Hannover 96.
Hamburg's away game against Nuremberg is the finale of this round.
This resulted in Hamburg falling behind Bayern by a full ten points in the real-time Bundesliga standings, and was overtaken by Bayer Leverkusen, falling to third place.
Moreover, Hamburg is only 2 points ahead of Dortmund, which is ranked fourth, and Frankfurt and Schalke 04 are next in fifth and sixth, and the two teams are also chasing closely.
This requires Hamburg not to make any mistakes in tonight's game!
Otherwise, not only will they give up their second place, but they may even be pulled out of the Champions League!
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The competition was very fierce.
In this game, Nuremberg coach Wiesinger, who wanted to avenge the 0:3 defeat in the first round, still deployed his usual 4231 formation today, but it was different from the starting lineup in the previous game against Hamburg.
Center: Peckhardt.
Frontcourt: Eswein, Gebart, Mark.
Midfielder: Cohen, Balic.
Defenders: Pinola, Tim Klose, Simmons, Chandler.
Goalkeeper: Schaefer.
Especially in the midfield and frontcourt, Franz, Kiyotake Hiroshi, Bolt and others who started before were all placed on the bench today.
In the center position, Weisinger even sent out the heavy tank Peckhardt, who was 194cm tall and weighed 93kg, trying to knock on Hamburg's city gate with high-altitude bombing.
Obviously, he was frightened by Hamburg's suffocating pressing style.
So he changed his approach and took advantage of his home court to unseat Hamburg!
As for Hamburg's starting lineup, Pan Yi still arranged the same main lineup as when he faced Nuremberg in the first half of the season. The two new players in the winter window were temporarily on the bench.
Of course, Pan Yi could also see the opponent's coach's intention, so he sent a dark and tough player like Rudiger to compete with him, preventing Peckhardt from easily getting the high-altitude ball.
The two sides launched a fierce competition.
It's just that it's more intense than exciting.
Perhaps because they had just returned from the winter break, both sides were not very smooth. Neither team created particularly good scoring opportunities in the first half, and entered the halftime break with a score of 0:0.
However, as soon as the second half started, Nuremberg gave Hamburg a disastrous start.
Right back Chandler made a pass, and high center forward Peckhardt in the center beat Rudiger with a header.
Although Hamburg goalkeeper Navas' fingertips had touched the ball, he still could not prevent it from entering the net.
Nuremberg takes the lead at home!
But Pan Yi on the sidelines showed no panic at all.
This is actually to be expected.
After all, the winter break is not a pre-season training camp. It is relatively short. After a lot of physical training, the time spent on tactical training is correspondingly reduced.
In addition, there are few warm-up matches arranged, so the cooperation between the players is now a little rusty.
But Pan Yi can see that the players are adjusting while playing the game and are rediscovering their rhythm and state.
At this time, all we need is an opportunity, an opportunity that can activate everyone.
After chewing half of the spicy stick, Pan Yi stood up and began to prepare for substitutions.
He first called Robertson back who had just finished warming up, patted the 18-year-old boy on the shoulder and asked: "Have you seen the position of Nuremberg's defense?"
Robertson nodded, but he didn't quite understand Pan Yi's intention in asking.
Pan Yi continued: "Today they asked midfielder Simmons to play as a central defender, just to take advantage of his long and accurate characteristics and hit us behind. The two full-backs may also receive his passes when attacking.
, it’s just that when one goes forward, the other will retreat to defend.”
After playing against Pan Yi, Weisinger was very cautious in his formation. Today he obviously did not allow his two full-backs to cross their own half at the same time.
So when attacking, Nuremberg showed what Pan Yi said, either upper left and lower right, or upper right and lower left.
"After you come on the field, tell Carvajal to press more and try to suppress the opponent's full-back Pinola on his side. In this case, Chandler on your side will press forward frequently. And
Once he loses his position, you have to resolutely get behind him to get the ball and take advantage of your speed, do you understand?"
Robertson nodded solemnly.
This is what he is best at, and he also understands that this is why Pan Yi wants to buy him.
Then Pan Yi called Paulinho again.
The instructions to him were much simpler: "Your task is to improve the defensive hardness and don't let the opponent's players take the ball easily through our center circle! In addition, pay attention to intercept the opponent's ball from the left and try to follow our left back.
Make good offensive coordination!"
After all, Robertson is only 18 years old this year and does not have enough game experience.
Paulinho is already a member of the Brazilian national team, so there is no need to say too much.
After the arrangements were completed, Pan Yi signaled the referee to make substitutions, and he made two substitutions at once.
Exit Ogo and Makoto Hasebe, enter Robertson and Paulinho.
On the Nuremberg side, Weisinger also made adjustments.
He replaced attacking midfielder Gaibat and replaced him with Feina, who has a stronger interception ability.
It was obvious that he wanted to stop at the first sign of success in order to maintain his one-goal lead.
But the consequence of doing so was that Nuremberg's frontcourt offensive organization began to decline.
In addition, after Paulinho came on the field, Hamburg's ability to sweep the midfield was further strengthened, which made it impossible for Nuremberg to successfully carry the ball across the center line for a long time.
And because Hamburg right back Carvajal and right winger Wu Lei continued to launch fierce attacks on Nuremberg's side, Pinola could only stay in his own half to defend, so Nuremberg could only rely on the counterattack.
Chandler on the other side came to initiate.
As a result, the plot on the court began to develop in the direction planned by Pan Yi.
In an offensive opportunity in Nuremberg, Chandler was brought up front and wanted to cooperate with right winger Mark, but Paulinho, who had quick eyes and quick hands, stretched out his foot and intercepted the ball.
As soon as the Brazilian controlled the ball, he sent a long diagonal pass to Hamburg's left corridor.
At this time, Nuremberg's back line quickly retreated at high speed, but Hamburg's counterattack was faster.
The young Robertson was already like a bolt of lightning, heading straight ahead.
Chandler hurriedly chased back, but he was too far away from the ball and could only hope that his teammates could help him fill this gap.
At this time Robertson's speed and skills were reflected.
He first made a fake move to cut inward, and after deceiving the central defender Simmons who came to cover, he went back again, suddenly accelerated and lost half of the opponent's body.
Then, Robertson made a pass with his left foot and hit the ball!
The ball was low in pressure and very fast, flying directly to the center of the Nuremberg penalty area.
And there, center Vardy has already arrived.
He rushed to the ground before the opponent's goalkeeper Schaefer and another central defender Klose attacked, fell to the ground at the edge of the small penalty area, and shoveled Robertson's cross into the Nuremberg gate.
The ball went in!!
The score was tied at 1:1!
Robertson and Paulinho both rushed towards Vardy to celebrate the goal.
Vardy rushed into the net, picked up the ball, and after briefly high-fiving the two new players in celebration, he put the ball back in the center circle and returned to his own half.
The meaning of this is obvious: Hamburg players are not satisfied with a draw!
Pan Yi also laughed on the sidelines.
This is indeed my player! Always full of desire to win!
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The next goal came three minutes later.
After being scored a goal, Nuremberg obviously fell into confusion and did not know whether to counterattack or continue to defend. This made their defense unable to organize in time.
After the kick-off, an aimless long pass from the center back was once again picked up by Hamburg midfielder Casemiro.
After Casemiro handed the ball to De Bruyne, the latter tore open Nuremberg's defense with a through ball.
After Wu Lei got the ball at high speed from the right, he saw that the opponent's goalkeeper was trying to attack, so he made a light lob without making any adjustments, and once again broke through Nuremberg's goal!
1:2, Hamburg overtook the score in the away game!
After taking the lead, Hamburg became more and more courageous, and directly turned against the visitors, almost overwhelming Nuremberg.
Of course Nuremberg wanted to equalize when they fell behind by one goal, but they were completely suppressed by Hamburg's wave after wave of offensives and couldn't attack even if they wanted to.
Moreover, the further the ball goes to the back, the more obvious Hamburg's physical advantage becomes. When playing, it is as if there is one more person than the opponent.
In the rest of the second half, Nuremberg's offense basically could only rely on kick-offs from the two wings to find a central pivot, but they were resolved one by one by Rudiger and Kjaer.
In the end, Hamburg won this rare away victory!
It's rare because in the last few away games in the first half of the season, except for the 2:0 win over the underdog Dusseldorf, the rest of the away games were either draws or losses, making it hard to win.
And now, in the first game after returning from the winter break, Hamburg showed a very good spirit and performed at an excellent level even in the away game!
This is also extremely beneficial to Hamburg's journey in the second half of the season, and it also illustrates their results in the winter training camp!
Although it can be seen that the physical condition of Hamburg players is not at its best in this game, this is also normal.
After high-intensity training and recovery, you also need to adjust and adapt game by game.
Pan Yi believes that Pintus’ training methods are effective.
If nothing else, Wu Lei has begun to play the entire game without any compromise.
His goal was a quick sprint late in the second half of the game, and he was able to score with a smart shot without any hesitation.
This was not common in previous games.
Players with poor physical fitness like Wu Lei often have the confusion of "shooting like Messi and shooting Heskey".
In fact, in addition to the need for further improvement in shooting ability, physical fitness is also an important factor that affects technical movements.
This type of player often has more physical strength during the breakthrough and passing of the ball, but when it comes to the last kick, due to the high-speed running or passing people, a lot of physical energy is consumed, and in the end the feet are already soft, and even the brain is damaged.
A little hypoxic.
When shooting at this time, it is often difficult to make the right choice, or the force is not used correctly, and the final result is to jerk off or shoot the ball to the opponent's goalkeeper.
But now, Pan Yi really feels Wu Lei's progress!
A good kid like Wu Lei often completes the content required by the coach to the letter, and even practices extra. In addition, his original foundation is a little worse, and the feeling of improvement is more obvious.
Today, his confidence on the court has also increased significantly, and he dares to do various actions, including shooting.
And this is obviously thanks to Pintus' devilish training.
After the game, Pan Yi high-fived and hugged his assistants one by one to celebrate the away victory.
When he arrived in front of Pintus, Pan Yi held the bald coach's hand tightly. He didn't say much, but his eyes were full of smiles.
But Pintus spoke first: "What a great substitution you made!"
The words were full of appreciation and admiration.
A physical fitness coach, he is also a football coach first.
In fact, most of the staff of a club, including scouts, technical analysts, and even team doctors, understand football, so that they can provide more professional services to the team.
Not to mention the members of the coaching staff, all of whom have taken professional coaching courses.
Pintus obviously understood that the victory in this game was directly related to the two new players Pan Yi replaced in the second half.
When they fell behind, they used Robertson's speed to attack the space on the wing after Nuremberg pressed forward, and then used Paulinho's offensive and defensive attributes to support Robertson, which ultimately led to the overtake.
Whether it is the formation before the game or the on-the-spot command during the game, Pan Yi can maximize Hamburg's current player configuration and status.
This also includes personnel selection. It is obvious that the two new players Pan Yi introduced in the winter window are playing their due role in Hamburg's formation.
If I had only heard about Pan Yi’s magic before or seen his conductor on TV, seeing it is better than hearing it a hundred times.
After watching a game with the team for the first time, Pintus admired Pan Yi even more.
It just so happened that after this game, Pan Yi also appreciated Pintus even more.
As a result, the two men held their hands tighter!
I really feel sympathy for each other, I can’t help it!
Even the long handshake attracted the attention of the camera, which then gave the two of them a close-up...
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After this round of games, Hamburg returned to second place in the standings, still 7 points behind Bayern.
Major media also commented on the match between Hamburg and Nuremberg, and of course most of them were words of praise:
"Hamburg's preparations during the winter break were obviously very effective. They were full of energy during the game and did not panic when they fell behind. They finally won this away game."
"Hamburg's head coach Pan Yi once again performed his magic substitution skills. The two players he introduced in the winter window seem to have been integrated into the team's system and came off the bench in the first game.
He contributed his own strength and helped the team turn defeat into victory."
"If the outstanding performance of the 24-year-old Brazilian international Paulinho is not surprising, the 18-year-old Scottish left-back Robertson is surprising. He had an assist in his first appearance for Hamburg and was very good in attack and defense.
There were outstanding performances at both ends.”
"Similar to Vardy, the current top scorer in Hamburg, Robertson comes from a fourth-level Scottish team. We really can't imagine how Pan Yi found these outstanding players..."
"Pan Yi's winter window signings are obviously very targeted. They have strengthened both the left-back and midfielder positions that are currently weak in the Hamburg team. This once again proves his excellent insight and selection.
Human perspective."
"Pan Yi also hired a physical fitness coach Pintus from Palermo in Serie A. Judging from the broadcast footage, the relationship between the two is very good, and they can't let go once they hold hands!"
"Perhaps it is because of Pintus that Hamburg players who were originally good at running seem to have become better at running. Of course, we have to observe this in a few more games. After all, Hamburg also lost a few games after a few games in the first half of the season.
It’s showing signs of fatigue…”
Of course, the media's focus is not all on burgers.
Since we talked about Hamburg's winter window signings, the media also summarized the current entry and exit of each team and analyzed the impact of these changes on the Bundesliga powers.
The one that has changed the least is Bayern Munich.
Perhaps it was because Nan Da Wang spent so much money in the summer window that he had already bought enough players, or perhaps because the current record is satisfactory enough and "the strongest person is already in the team", Bayern did not introduce any players in the winter window.
They just loaned the young player Mitchell Weiser, whom they just bought in the summer, to the German second division team Kaiserslautern.
Dortmund's actions were a bit bigger in comparison.
They sold Perisic to Wolfsburg for €7.5 million.
As a supplement, Dortmund loaned Turkish star Sahin back from Real Madrid.
Since Shaheen was sold to Real Madrid last season, this guy has basically been unable to play in a Real Madrid where there are many superstars, so this loan can be regarded as a satisfactory result for all three parties.
But in terms of changes in strength, from the perspective of Pan Yi, a prophet, Dortmund's strength has not actually increased. At best, it can only be regarded as neither increasing nor decreasing.
Although Perisic's future development will be stronger than Shaheen's, Shaheen's performance in Dortmund has always been pretty good, at least it has been much better since he went to Real Madrid.
The fact that Dortmund did not bring in more reinforcements can also make Pan Yi breathe a little sigh of relief.
After all, Hamburg's main opponent this season is not the nearly invincible Bayern Munich, but the Champions League berth competitors like Dortmund that closely follow Hamburg.
Among the other major competitors, Schalke 04 rented Bastos from Lyon, rented Brazilian forward Rafael from Dynamo Kyiv, and recovered Edu from Fürth.
, the strength has been improved, but it is also limited.
For Leverkusen, the most important transfer was the sale of future Guoan star and Brazilian international Augusto to Corinthians for 3.5 million euros.
Augusto suffered a serious injury while playing for Leverkusen and was never able to show his strength in Leverkusen, which became the direct reason for his departure from Europe.
Of course, Pan Yi snatched Paulinho from Corinthians. Perhaps this is also one of the reasons why Corinthians want to buy Augusto as a supplement?
At the same time, Leverkusen bought Polish striker Milik for 2.6 million euros, which can be regarded as strengthening the front line, but it is estimated that it will still be difficult to compete with Kisling, who has been popular this season. It should only be regarded as
An important rotation and reserve for the future.
Finally, newly promoted Eintracht Frankfurt, which has performed well this season, has only loaned two players Rakic and Russ from Wolfsburg, and there will not be much change in the lineup.
Therefore, judging from the winter window signings of the top six teams in the current standings, it is Pan Yi's Hamburg that has improved most significantly.
Except for renting out midfielder Tescher, who has little chance of playing, the entire Hamburg team is almost impossible to get in or out.
The two guys who purchased the goods have already proven in the game against Nuremberg that they are by no means parallel imports.
Judging from the injury situation, all Hamburg players are in full swing and everyone is in the best physical condition.
Therefore, the media have expressed that they can expect better performance from Hamburg in the second half of the season.
In an interview with reporters, Pan Yi also expressed his confidence.
"Yes, as I said before the start of the season, our goal this season is to enter the top four and compete for a place in the Champions League!"
"Maybe at the time many people would laugh at my arrogance and think I was just boasting, but what about now? We have been in the top four for a long time."
"These two new players introduced in the winter window? Yes, I have been observing them for a long time, so I brought them back to the People's Park Stadium without hesitation. You have also seen their performance. They can definitely play in the Bundesliga, even in the Bundesliga.
He is an outstanding player who has gained a foothold in world football."
"Bayern Munich is very strong, and I don't think any team can shake their dominance in the Bundesliga. But don't forget who gave them their only defeat in the Bundesliga this season.
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"So, we in Hamburg are confident that we can play better and better in the second half of the season. Even if we cannot surpass Bayern in the end, we must make them feel our threat at all times!"
"I still say the same thing, Hamburg is no longer the relegation team that was bullied by everyone last season, but a truly strong team!..."