I Just Can Score

The Hamburg media naturally supported St. Pauli, and their "comments" were deliberately provocative, using belittling opponents to raise St. Pauli.

Talking about Schalke 04's three strikers is also the most direct key point.

As long as you study Schalke 04 carefully, you can know that the coach Milk Slonka has always sought to bring changes to the team, so that Schalke 04 can continue to move forward, rather than maintain the league position.

Last season, Schalke 04 felt surprisingly stable, always ranked around fourth in the standings, and this summer is also the first time that Slonka has led the team to prepare for the game as a head coach.

Judging from the current situation, Slonka is making Schalke 04 familiar with the latest 433 formation. 433 will send three forwards, and the number of players in other positions will be reduced, which will also lead to fierce competition within the team.

"No one is the absolute main force." Slonka emphasized, "This formation does not mean that we will send three strikers in every game."

If Schalke 04 uses the 433 formation for a long time, the most direct way to achieve the desired effect is to enhance the ability to score goals. Negating the efficiency of the three strikers is equivalent to denying the effect of Slonka's transformation. Otherwise, the direction of Schalke 04's efforts .

This is something that Schalke 04 cannot tolerate.

Schalke 04 supported the media and said, "Zhen Shaolong will not even be able to play in Schalke 04."

The arrogance revealed in the voice is also evident.

They are mighty Schalke 04, a contender for the Bundesliga and a participant in the Champions League.

What about St. Pauli?

Just a newly promoted Bundesliga.

St. Pauli's striker arrives at Schalke 04, let alone the main force, even the substitute may not be able to play!

The Hamburg media naturally disagreed, and there were good reasons to support them: Zhen Shaolong scored three goals in three league games.

Schalke 04's three forwards only scored three goals.

Zhen Shaolong's efficiency alone is on top of Schalke 04's entire striker line. The data cannot be wrong. No matter how proud Schalke 04 is, they can't rewrite the data.

They can only look at the game.

In fact, not only the support media of Schalke 04, Schalke 04 is also very proud. They don't think that Zhen Shaolong alone needs such a tight defense. They just arrange the game normally.

Zhen Shaolong is the core striker of St. Pauli, so he must pay attention to it. Slonka believes that he has grasped the key to defense. "His footwork is very good. Don't give him a chance to shoot!"

"Try to limit him from taking the ball. As long as he gets the ball, stick to it immediately. His confrontation ability is poor, and his technical ability is also very average. Stick to him and don't let him shoot. If he shoots, use your body if you can block it. Stop it..."

The summary of Slonka's approach is to 'do everything possible to prevent the opponent from shooting'.

Isn't the opponent shooting very well?

Just don't let him shoot!

Another reason why Slonka does not send players to mark specifically is that there is no need to do that at all. Schalke 04 has enough strength to suppress St. Pauli, and the opponent does not have many players to attack.

Schalke 04 always has an advantage in the number of players in the backcourt. Even if they don't send special people to mark, the opponent's core forwards will definitely be surrounded by defensive players.

This is Schalke 04's coping strategy.

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Soon it's game time.

The Millerstadt was once again overcrowded. The last home game against Borussia Mönchengladbach was a disappointing game for the fans. The team only played a good half-time and finally lost to Borussia Mönchengladbach.

This is the second home game against Schalke 04.

There are still a lot of St. Pauli fans who come to support. They hope to see the first home victory, but they don't have much hope in their hearts. After all, the opponent is too strong, and the fans really don't have many demands--

"As long as you don't lose too badly today! Schalke 04's offense is very strong,

Easy to hit a big score. "

"If it's 0 to 1, I can accept it!"

"I just want to see Zhen score!"

"I also want to see!"

When the two teams came out, many fans gave Zhen Shaolong their cheers, and the Schalke 04 players on the opposite side couldn't help but look over frequently.

"This guy is really popular!"

"Three goals in three games, the efficiency is really high, don't let him score this time, otherwise it will be embarrassing if you win."

"certainly!"

"He will definitely not be able to score. I have a hunch that I will have a clean sheet in this game!" Goalkeeper Rost said confidently.

Rost still convinced his teammates that the goal he guarded was the key to Schalke 04's good results.

Rost's goalkeeping talent may be genetic. His parents are both world champions in handball. Although Rost did not take the road of handball, he also inherited his parents' magical hands.

In the summer of 2002, Rost switched from Bremen to Schalke 04. The latter paid 8 million euros, which was the highest transfer value record for a Bundesliga goalkeeper. Bremen coach Schaff seemed extremely regretful after the transfer of Rost , he said: "In terms of influence on the team, Rost is even bigger than Frings."

Schalke 04 can maintain stable good results, and Rost also contributed a lot.

In the past three rounds of the league, Rost still maintained a stable performance, conceding only one goal in the three games, and it was the first game against Frankfurt.

This game shouldn't concede a goal, right?

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Finally the game started.

Facing Schalke 04 with strong offensive ability, St. Pauli has shrunk its defense line and strengthened its defense from the very beginning. Not long after the start, Schalke 04 has already launched an offensive around St. Pauli's half.

This situation is not unexpected.

Compared with the top Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga, St. Pauli is really far behind. Even if it is a home game, it is very difficult to fight for an advantage.

The TV commentator also commented, "The relegation team must pay attention to defense. Every extra point that uses defense will be of great help to relegation."

In this kind of game situation, Zhen Shaolong was more relaxed, and he rarely even had the chance to feel the strength of the opponent's defense.

Very little, not none.

In the 11th minute of the game, Zhen Shaolong received a pass from his teammate on the center line. He dribbled the ball forward quickly, but when he encountered an interception by an opponent player, he slowed down to observe the position of his teammates, and he was flanked one by one.

close the door.

Steal.

Halfway through, Zhen Shaolong paid attention to the position, and it was still too far away from the goal, so he gave up using the "Strike" skill. "Strike" can only be used once. When there is no good opportunity, it is much better to keep it than to waste it.

In the next five minutes, Zhen Shaolong received two more balls, but the opponent suppressed the attack and played too far forward, and his position of receiving the ball was relatively backward, so it was really difficult to play a threat.

"Next time you have the ball, play it more steadily, and attack it more forward, or you can take it yourself and pass it to me in the front." Zhen Shaolong exchanged with Boer.

Although he is a core striker, it is a bit unreliable to rely on one person to attack the opponent's defense.

He needs support.

Bor nodded out of breath. In the match against Schalke 04, the defensive pressure was very high, and it was difficult to really play the offense. It took a lot of thought to actively advance to pass halftime.

After several encounters, the defenders of Schalke 04 also got to know Zhen Shaolong. They found that this "genius shooter" was not as strong as imagined. It's bad, and I immediately relaxed a lot.

"I don't know how he scored three goals!" The central defender Krstajic thought, "Could it be that the opponent let him shoot? By the way, he scored a direct free kick. Anyway, it's like a coach That said, just don’t let him shoot.”

The purpose of Schalke 04's defense against Zhen Shaolong is to prevent him from shooting normally, and it is not necessary to steal halfway, it is enough to prevent him from shooting.

This makes the defense very robust.

Even if Zhen Shaolong passed the ball, he would not stop it, because the other St. Pauli players did not have such good footwork, and it was difficult to pose a direct threat when they got the ball.

Zhen Shaolong felt the difficulty of Schalke 04's defense, but it didn't affect his mentality at all.

think about it.

When he didn't have skills such as "prediction", "strike", and "calibration", he could only rely on "killer" to score goals in the game. He only touched the ball two or three times in the game, and he could persevere patiently. You can get the ball, and the offensive methods are diversified. What's the point of the opponent's tight defense?

Even if the ball was intercepted twice in a row, Zhen Shaolong's mentality didn't fluctuate much. What he had to do was to look for opportunities to score goals, wasting a few chances in the middle, being intercepted twice was completely irrelevant, it was a necessary sacrifice for scoring goals.

After a few necessary sacrifices, Korstajic may have been a little confused.

This time, St. Pauli made a steal in the middle and launched a quick counterattack. Zhen Shaolong squeezed Korstajic to receive the pass at a position more than 20 meters away from the penalty area.

Korstajic squeezed Zhen Shaolong hard, preventing him from successfully turning around, trying to force him to pass the ball to his teammates, or to wait for his teammates to come over, and attack back and forth together to complete the steal again.

This method worked twice.

Korstajic thought that there would be no accidents, but what he didn't expect was that Zhen Shaolong suddenly kicked the ball with his heel, started to accelerate suddenly, and even pulled him behind.

"Korstajic was thrown off!"

With Zhen Shaolong speeding up to dribble the ball, the atmosphere on the field became tense, and fans' cries rang out from the stands.

Korstajic knew he was careless, he immediately turned around and chased back, but found that after a few steps, he was getting further and further away. He was very surprised, "This guy took the ball so fast?"

Zhen Shaolong was using "Strike" to rush forward. In fact, he just wanted to use "Strike" to jump over Korstajic. He didn't expect that the other party was too careless. He even used his body to stop him halfway, but he couldn't do it.

After jumping over Krstajic, the effect of "Strike" did not disappear.

It kind of messed up the plan.

Zhen Shaolong was thinking that after jumping over Korstajic, he would seize the opportunity at the front of the penalty area and shoot directly, but depending on the position, he could take a few steps forward at most, and the distance from the goal was more than 20 meters. Even if he hit a dead corner, he might be caught by the goalkeeper save.

If the effect of "Strike" is not there, he will choose to shoot directly, but the effect of "Strike" is still there, and shooting immediately is not the best choice.

Zhen Shaolong continued to charge forward!

St. Pauli completed the steal midway, and after launching a quick counterattack, there were not many players on the opponent's side who had time to retreat, and there were only two central defenders who could stop Zhen Shaolong.

Korstajic is already behind.

Another central defender, Bo Erdong, was waiting on the penalty area line. He watched Zhen Shaolong rushing towards him, and he was taking small steps back to prevent being swayed away by the opponent's acceleration.

When facing a striker rushing forward with the ball, it is a good way to push back slowly. Even if the ball cannot be grabbed directly, it is not easy for the opponent to pass directly.

When Bordong thought about it, the opponent would definitely slow down.

When dribbling the ball to this position, even if there is no defender blocking it, it is necessary to slow down and adjust, otherwise the speed is too fast and there is no way to shoot, and the moment the opponent slows down is a good time to steal.

Many things went through Bo Erdong's mind, but the next moment he was still confused by Zhen Shaolong's actions.

Zhen Shaolong didn't slow down, nor did he continue to drive forward.

He bypassed Bo Erdong and ran sideways.

wrong.

It was to bypass Bordong, rush to the side with the ball, and change the direction obliquely as high as more than 45 degrees.

In high-speed dribbling, completing such a large-angle change of direction is not something ordinary people can do, and it can definitely be called remarkable.

Bo Erdong couldn't understand it, so he could only start to follow.

It is not surprising that Zhen Shaolong completed a change of direction of more than forty-five degrees. His purpose is only one: not to contact Bo Erdong.

If there is physical contact with Bordong, the effect of "Strike" will disappear, and the football will not "automatically follow". Under the effect of "Strike", all he has to do is to run forward, trying to complete various tricks Actions are very easy.

After a drastic change of direction, he ran towards the bottom corner, but he was already within the penalty area, and his eyes kept scanning the goal, Bordon and goalkeeper Rost, looking for enough space to shoot.

Goalkeeper Rost is better. No matter how close he is to the front, he can’t block the entire area. However, Bordong has a lot of experience. He couldn’t keep up with him, so he kept blocking between Zhen Shaolong and the goal. The distance was so close that he , pretty much blocking most of the angles.

Zhen Shaolong knew very well that as long as he finished shooting, the opponent would definitely block it with his body.

He can only continue to wear the headband.

During the running, Zhen Shaolong kept changing direction slightly, and his trajectory was almost around the goal, making an inward arc, and Bo Erdong kept blocking between him and the goal.

When the bottom line was almost reached, the effect of "Strike" disappeared.

"What, a waste of a skill!"

Zhen Shaolong cursed unwillingly, kicked straight towards the goal along the baseline, then immediately turned to catch up, and Bo Erdong immediately came to stop him.

At this time, Bo Erdong didn't care anymore.

The opponent dribbled the ball to the bottom line, and there was no shooting angle at all. What he needs to do is to prevent the opponent from crossing, not to prevent the opponent from shooting.

The opponent couldn't shoot.

Bo Erdong was right to think so, but it was only within the scope of normal thinking. Zhen Shaolong never thought about making a pass. He kicked the ball along the baseline, just to bring the ball into the small penalty area.

After the football rolled into the small penalty area, he immediately followed up.

"Is it going to pass?"

"It's not a shot, is it?"

Many people couldn't understand what Zhen Shaolong was planning to do, but the next moment, they were surprised to see that the football crossed an arc, rolled past Bordong's feet, and bypassed the goalkeeper Rost who made a mistake in judging the route. Drilled into the near corner of the goal.

"That's okay too?"

Bo Erdong watched the football roll into the goal, his mind was in a state of confusion for a while, and he blurted out a question immediately, "You are not deliberately playing me!"

Zhen Shaolong was a little dazed.

Bor Dong said angrily, "You can kick this kind of curve ball. Why do you have to hit the bottom line and have no angle before shooting? You can shoot directly just now!"

"..."

Zhen Shaolong found that what the other party said made sense, but he didn't know how to answer for a while.

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