Perfect Center

Chapter 159 Counterattack!

Some people are happy, and naturally some people are worried.

Zieler sat on the grass, shaking his head helplessly. He had tried his best today. In the first half, he blocked Dortmund's fierce attack with high tackles.

All the turning points came from Xia Han's kick at the start of the second half. Oh no, that rainbow-like kick at the start directly wiped out the accumulated morale of Hannover 96 and brought it to the bottom.

Even for this goal, Subotic's first fierce header was blocked by him. Unfortunately, Xia Han's follow-up shot was too quick and too decisive. Regardless of whether the ball went into the net or not, he would have made a move in the first place.

"You tried your best. If it weren't for your several saves in the first half, we might have been defeated." Milosevic stood beside Zieler and said comfortingly.

"It's not just my credit in the first half. The whole team was focused on defense. It's a pity that when the second half started..." Zieler said bitterly.

There are countless variables in football matches. After all, the ball is round. In the football world, it is nothing new for the weak to defeat the strong.

If Xia Han's shot at the start of the second half had not hit Hannover 96's goal, everything would have been completely different.

What a pity, there is no if.

In the following games, the players of Hannover 96 slowly regained their fighting spirit and they would not start to play badly on the court just because they were behind.

With Dortmund intentionally controlling the game at a slow pace, Hannover 96's formation no longer remained stuck in the back line.

"We should do something!" the assistant coach said to Shaf on the side.

"What should we do?" After the game resumed for a while, Schaaf began to gesture to the players on the field.

Under Schaff's instructions, Hannover 96's midfielders and forwards began to press and oppress Dortmund's players.

"Time was slowly passing, and Dortmund was passing the ball continuously in their own half. With the players' arrangement, the tempo began to slow down."

"Hannover 96 launched a crazy pressing in the midfield, but it was still difficult to get the ball back from Dortmund!"

"But this tenacious spirit still won the applause of the Westfalen Stadium."

"The game has reached the 70th minute."

"Thomas Schaaf made the first substitution of the game!"

"Prieb, who had a yellow card, was substituted off the field. The substitute was the young French winger, Saint-Maximin! Let's look forward to his performance!"

After Schaaf made adjustments, Tuchel also began to make rotation adjustments to the players on the field.

"Tuchel used three substitutions at once! He was very confident, and the expression on his face showed that he was sure of victory!"

"Weigel replaces Ginter, Pulisic replaces Castro, Durm replaces Mkhitaryan!"

"Let Weigl warm up at the end of the game so that he can better face the match against Portuguese Super League giants Porto in a few days! American teenager Pulisic has had a high appearance rate recently, and he has performed very well in the limited substitute time!"

"Durm can play in many positions. He replaced the hot-tempered Mkhitaryan. He created several threats in this game and gave Xia Han an assist of the century! His performance was excellent!"

"Xia Han is still kept on the court. In the games where he starts, he will most likely play the entire game!"

"And at the last moment of the game, you can still see Xia Han's unreasonable and brutal sprinting speed! This makes people sigh at the terrifying level of Xia Han's physical fitness! Both Zalgiris and Dortmund attach great importance to physical fitness!"

"Every game in the Champions League and the Bundesliga has shown us Xia Han's amazing speed of improvement! His growth is jaw-dropping!"

Gradually, the pace on the field suddenly accelerated.

"The game has reached the 78th minute!"

"The pace suddenly quickened!" "Shinji Kagawa!"

"He stuck to the ball too much and now the ball is lost! Dortmund's defense is in danger!"

Shinji Kagawa originally wanted to shake off Saint-Maximin's entanglement, but he didn't expect the young French player to be so fierce and directly poked the ball away from under his feet.

"Saint Maximin!"

"After stealing the ball, he continued to advance at high speed along the wing! He was very energetic as a substitute! This wing run was very beautiful!"

Piszczek was a beat slow to react.

"Piszczek was careless! He was distracted! Saint-Maximin continuously shook his body's center of gravity and broke through!"

Saint-Maximin's posture is as fast as the wind, showing the youthful vigor and vitality.

On the stands around the Westfalenstadion.

Scouts hiding in the corners had been keeping an eye on this young French player, but most of their attention was still focused on Xia Han, the most dazzling new star.

"This young player that Hannover has loaned from Monaco is quite capable! His breakthrough ability is very sharp! His speed is also good!"

Scouts and performance analysts from all walks of life were looking at Saint-Maximin on the field, writing furiously in their notebooks.

Saint-Maximin's market value has increased from 1 million euros in Monaco to 2 million euros on loan to Hannover. If he continues to perform well until the end of this game, his market value is expected to increase.

The camera returns to the court.

After Saint-Maximin's consecutive breakthroughs, his teammates were no longer in his sight, only Dortmund's defenders remained.

"Saint Maximan, still not passing?"

"Sobihi is already supporting in the middle, and teammates are also joining in!"

At the waving signals from his teammates, Saint-Maximin shook his body without any intention of passing the ball.

Facing Subotic's interception, Saint-Maximin looked at Subotic very confidently. He was sure that he could break through successfully.

"Saint-Maximin! Here he goes again! Continuous shaking! Trying to get past Subotić!"

"Hummels!!!"

While Saint-Maximin was concentrating on his own breakthrough, Hummels came out from the side and successfully intercepted the ball with a reasonable collision.

Snapped!
Without any ambiguity, Hummels passed the ball decisively.

"Dortmund's counterattack is coming!"

"The counterattack is fast!"

"Hannover 96's backcourt defense is not strong enough! Dortmund has a very good counterattack opportunity!"

The players of Hannover 96 watched the football fly quickly to the front court, and had no time to complain that Saint-Maximin was too lonely and did not pass the ball. Everyone was trying hard to catch up.

At this time, several scouts in the corners of the stands couldn't help but frown. This French winger seemed a little selfish.

"Being too independent is not a good thing. If he can't change it, it may be difficult for him to grow into a star player."

(End of this chapter)