Perfect Center

Chapter 187 No twists and turns!

Courtside.

Nagelsmann in the command area kept raising his arms to boost the morale of the players on the field.

"I'm already in the mentality of burning my boats! I'm sure we can't hold on by defending! We still have to attack!"

Nagelsmann waved his hand and continued the attack. Facing such strong offensive firepower of Dortmund, the defense would definitely not be able to hold. Offense is the best defense!

Tuchel on the other side showed a cunning smile.

From the analysis of the videos of Nagelsmann’s first two games, we can know that he is a young head coach who advocates offensive football and does not have much experience. In addition, the cooperation between Hoffenheim players is average. As long as Dortmund keeps taking advantage of loopholes and counterattacks quickly, victory will be within reach!

The game didn't cause any waves!
It was difficult for Hoffenheim to quickly advance into Dortmund's penalty area whether in the middle or on the wing.

Until the fifteenth minute of the game.

Hoffenheim broke the ice in terms of shots through Mark Uth.

He suddenly took a long shot from not far outside the penalty area, trying to catch Burki off guard!
Because of the recent busy schedule, Burki was unable to react.

But Uth's shot was like an anti-aircraft cannon, and the football whizzed towards the sky of Dortmund!
"Uth's shot seemed to be saying hello to the sky!"

"Hoffenheim was also unable to use their numerical advantage in the midfield to launch a quick attack. The players haven't been well coordinated in tactics yet! After all, Nagelsmann has only played two games since taking office!"

With the coordination of players in the midfield and frontcourt, Dortmund gradually gained the advantage on the field.

When there is a huge gap in strength between the two sides.

Hoffenheim could no longer launch any brilliant offensive. Dortmund attacked their defense again and again, making the three central defenders exhausted.

Fortunately, Nagelsmann made timely adjustments.

Let Rudy and Strobl move back to assist the defense.

But even so, it could not change the situation where Hoffenheim was pressed and suppressed by Dortmund in their own half!
"How else can Hoffenheim launch a counterattack? Dortmund firmly holds the initiative on the field! In the first 20 minutes of the first half, the two sides had an 82% possession rate! Hoffenheim only had a pitiful 20% possession rate!"

"How can we launch an attack if we can't even get the ball?"

"Even when Dortmund was leading by one goal, they still played fiercely and launched a fierce attack!"

The 35th minute of the game.

Dortmund's attack started on the left side of Hoffenheim's penalty area.

Shinji Kagawa passed the ball to Mkhitaryan.

Mkhitaryan touched the ball and passed it to Xia Han who came over to support.

Rudy rushed forward without hesitation, trying to take advantage of the gap when Xia Han received the ball to poke the ball out of the danger area!
Xia Han raised his eyebrows, and his left foot played the ball like a violin, naturally making Rudy miss the ball!

“Fantastic pull shot!”

"Xia Han shows his aura of ball sense!"

Seeing that things were not going well, Bikaksic immediately rushed forward!

Snapped!Snapped!
The sound of the football hitting each other slightly was heard!
Xia Han's body swayed, and in an instant, he dribbled the ball horizontally to get rid of Bikaksic's pressure!

“Smooth!”

“Fried meatballs at a very fast speed!”

"Xia Han's solo show!"

"Get rid of it sideways! Oh! Are you going to shoot directly? This distance is within Xia Han's shooting range!"

Xia Han raised his arms, swung his legs, drew his bow and drew his arrow!
boom!
The football is like a falling meteor!
He suddenly jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the goal!
Bauman's eyes focused, and his solid goal-line skills and quick reaction allowed him to dive towards the left side of the goal!

"Got it!" Bauman looked at the trajectory of the football and his face lit up with joy.

However, what he didn't expect was.

Just as he was about to save the football, it suddenly fell down at the last moment before hitting the goal!
The football went straight through Bauman's armpit and lifted the net!
2-0! ! !

"It's in! The ball is in!"

"After Xia Han brilliantly got rid of the opponent outside the penalty area, he shot straight into the blind corner!"

"Bowman is out of reach!"

"An attack launched from the left side of the penalty area! Mkhitaryan passed the ball to Xia Han from the wing! Xia Han dribbled smoothly and shook off the defense of Rudy and Bicaksic, then drew his bow and shot with his right foot outside the penalty area! He shot directly into the near corner!"

"After slow-motion replay, we can clearly see that the trajectory of the ball dropped at the last moment, just like a falling leaf shot!"

"Two goals ahead! And Hoffenheim's attack has not improved yet! Tuchel seems to have found the formula for victory!"

Xia Han quickly ran to the sidelines, opened his arms, and let the sea of ​​cheers from the fans drown him.

"The fans' cheers enveloped the striker!"

"A delightful horror shooter!"

"The best 17-year-old in the world!"

Courtside.

Tuchel and Michels high-fived to celebrate.

After giving Michels instructions for the next tactical arrangements, Tuchel began to quietly discuss with two members of the coaching team the analysis and targeted arrangements of the next Bundesliga opponent: Darmstadt 98.

the other side.

Nagelsmann was very excited and roared towards the field, inspiring the players' fighting spirit.

His request to the players was simple: attack, and keep attacking!
"Don't rush the ball blindly!"

"Think about what you did on the training ground!"

The intensity of confrontation on the training ground is completely different from that of a formal match.

The attack of Mainz in the last game was very fierce, and in this game they are facing the yellow and black army that is like a big boss!

The 41st minute of the game.

Shinji Kagawa dodged the angle and shot from the top of the penalty area!
The football, accompanied by the wind, whistled towards Hoffenheim's goal!

"Bowman! There's a hint of determination in his eyes!"

"He chose a good defensive position this time. Hummels limited the shooting angle of Shinji Kagawa!"

"This young German central defender has been watched by several teams, including their opponent today, Dortmund, and Bayern Munich, the southern king that is competing with Dortmund for the Bundesliga salad bowl!"

There was no surprise, even though Shinji Kagawa's shot was powerful.

But there were not many shooting angles, and Bauman was in a good position.

This shot couldn't get past Bauman's fingers!

In the last minute of the first half.

Shinji Kagawa made a precise lob pass and found Aubameyang who had entered Hoffenheim's penalty area on the other side!

Aubameyang shook off Scherer's entanglement and shot!
"The Gabonese cheetah is incredibly fast!"

"Just kick the ball towards the goal!"

"Hey, it got kicked!"

The football shot by Aubameyang rolled softly into Bauman's arms!
Just as Bauman threw the ball with force, it was stopped by Rudy.

Beep! Beep! Beep!
The referee blew the whistle to end the first half of the game!

Dortmund 2-0 Hoffenheim! Entering the halftime break with a two-goal lead!
(End of this chapter)