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 feet. 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 remains firmly in first place.
In the other two games, high scores were achieved.
Dortmund beat Werder Bremen 5:0 in an away game, and 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. 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 used his usual 4231 formation today, but it was different from the previous one against Hamburg. p>
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 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 lineup, Pan Yi still has the same main lineup as when he faced Nuremberg in the first half of the season. The two new players in the winter window are temporarily sitting on the bench.
Of course, Pan Yi could also see the opponent's coach's intention, so he sent a black 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 middle beat Rudiger to header.
Although Hamburg goalkeeper Navas had already touched the ball with his fingertips, 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 strips, 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 pushes 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 his 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 must firmly 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.
As for Nuremberg, Weisinger also made adjustments.
He replaced attacking midfielder Gaibat and replaced him with Feina, who has a stronger interception ability.
It's obvious that he wants to stop at the first sign of success in order to maintain his one-goal lead.
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But the consequence of this is 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 Nuremberg unable 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 aggressive attacks on Nuremberg's side, Pinola could only stay in his own half to defend, so Nuremberg could only fight back.
Rely on Chandler on the other side 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 cut it off.
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 like a bolt of lightning, heading straight ahead.
Chandler hurriedly chased back, but as he was too far away from the ball, he 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, and 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 very low 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 to 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 shot 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 kick 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 kicking the ball from the two wings to find the fulcrum in the middle, 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 after the game had progressed into the second half, and he still chose a smart shooting method to score without losing his footing.
This was not common in previous games.
Players with poor physical fitness like Wu Lei often have the confusion of "exceeding others 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 affecting 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 boy like Wu Lei often completes the content required by the coach to the letter, and even practices extra. In addition, his original foundation is not as good as before, and his improvement is more obvious. p>
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’ devil 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.
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But Pintus spoke first: "Your substitution is really great!"
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 falling behind, Robertson's speed was used to attack the space on the wing after Nuremberg pressed forward, and Paulinho's offensive and defensive attributes were used 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 the Hamburg formation.
If I had only heard about Pan Yi’s magic before, or seen his conductor on TV, but seeing it is better than hearing it a hundred times.
After Pintus watched a game with the team for the first time, he 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, and 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 King Nan spent so much money in the summer window that he had 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.<
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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 are a bit bigger in comparison.
They sold Perisic to Wolfsburg for 7.5 million euros.
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 superstars are gathered, so this loan can be considered 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 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 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 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, which may be 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.
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Finally, the newly promoted Frankfurt, which performed well this season, 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.
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 a 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!"
"Perhaps many people would laugh at my arrogance at the time 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.
..."
"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!..."