greenery is king

Chapter 932 Semifinals
The time has come to the end of March, and winter has finally come to an end. The spring wind blows gently on the land of Germany, and there are brilliant spring flowers everywhere.

After the recently proud Schalke easily defeated Kaiserslautern, it seems that they have successfully defended their title, but soon they will face the next round of the German Cup, and this time their opponent is not What a formidable opponent, but the current No. [-] Bundesliga second-ranked Fürth who defeated Dortmund in a thrilling round in the last round.

Originally, Schalke thought that their opponent in the next round must be Dortmund. After all, even if Fürth is now the No.1 of the Bundesliga, that’s all there is to it. Don’t you see that every year there will be an upgraded team entering the Bundesliga. , and then was beaten to shame?This is a two-level league, and there must be considerable differences.

But no one thought that Dortmund would attack for 10 minutes but never scored the opponent's goal. Instead, they were scored a lore in the last minute of overtime and were inexplicably eliminated. Schalke, who had always felt that this would be another derby, felt helpless for a while.

However, since this is the semi-final of the DFB-Pokal, Magath still dare not be careless. He almost reached the final, so he cannot relax at this time.But the problem is that the next Bundesliga is two days later. Schalke will face Leverkusen at home, which is not an easy game, and then they will face Chelsea. None of them can be spent easily, so for such a team, Magath will definitely not put all his main force.

So in this away game, although Magath still played 4-4-2, the people on the field were still mainly substitutes, but the problem is that Schalke is definitely strong enough even as a substitute.

Goalkeeper Hildebrand, defense line Hegel, Hoagland, Sarpe and Vigol, this line of defense is unprecedented, and Vigol has just been promoted from the youth team , He used to be a striker, but this game was placed on the full-back, which also shows Magath's strange use of troops.

The midfield is composed of Maputi, Joaquin, Draxler and Holtby, and the forward line is also composed of Demba Ba and Farfan. This is Magath's biggest reliance. With a midfielder and frontcourt, Magath really didn't dare to form such a defensive line.But he is not blindly arrogant, Ai Huan actually sat on the bench, you must know that Mata and Fuchs did not come with the team at all in this game.

And Felt also put up a 4-4-2 formation, but it's hard to say what kind of plan they have. After all, they are one step away from entering the finals. This kind of temptation is hard for anyone to refuse.

Sure enough, under the loud cheers of the home fans, Felt launched a fierce attack as soon as he came up. From this point, we can see their ambition.In the second minute, Fürth split the ball from the center to the left. Saral broke into the penalty area and hesitated under the pincers of two Schalke defenders. At this moment, the ball was cleared by Sarpe out of the penalty area.

But this attack also made the Schalke players stare immediately. Although they are all substitutes, the first-class games experienced by this group of people are definitely no less than anyone else, so no matter how powerful they are. They will not shrink back, not to mention that this is only a Bundesliga team, so they quickly took advantage of the midfield, passing the ball unscrupulously in the opponent's half, playing Fürth players a bit exhausted In this state, they had no choice but to use fouls one after another to stop Schalke's advance.

In the 5th minute, Demba Ba was brought down in the frontcourt, and Holtby's free kick was blocked by the wall. Two minutes later, Schalke got another free kick in the frontcourt. Holtby took a free kick to drive the football into the penalty area. Joaquin's header was slightly high. It really doesn't matter that much without Ai Huan on the field. .

After that, Schalke's attack was still fierce, while Fürth retreated across the board and set up a bus in front of the goal.Joaquin's movement of passing the ball got rid of the opponent's defense, but when he rushed into the penalty area, he was pulled and interfered by the opponent's player. The ball was destroyed by Nerich, who was chasing back in time, and went out of the baseline. Schalke won a corner kick.This time Draxler took a corner and the ball flew straight into the penalty area, but Farfan's attack missed the spot.

Since then, Fürth has continued to instigate fast breaks, and they can only use defensive counterattacks to threaten Schalke. Schalke's defense still showed its own problems at this moment. Their defense is still ugly, but good. The quality of the opponent's counterattack is not high, which also caused the anxiety of both sides.

No. In the 20th minute, Joaquin was brought down again in the frontcourt. Holtby took a free kick from the right frontcourt and was pushed out of the baseline by Mavrai. Schalke got another corner kick.Holtby took a corner kick from the right, and Demba Ba headed the ball back in the middle. Farfan picked the ball to the middle from the left side of the penalty area.

No. In 205 minutes, Joaquin once again received a long pass in the penalty area and headed the ball. Farfan got the ball from the right and returned to the corner of the penalty area. Holtby followed up and sent the ball to the back post. Drax Le ferryed the header to the middle again, but it was a pity that Demba Ba's header, which was close at hand, was too high.But this kind of cooperation is also staggering. Schalke's offense is so smooth that it really makes Fürth's players exhausted and can't find a better way.

After that, Joaquin, who was very eye-catching in this game, continued to instigate a smooth offensive, but this time Holtby's attack in front of the penalty area was blocked by the opponent. Draxler grabbed the opportunity from the outside and shot again but missed the ball.But compared to this smooth attack, the threat of their set-pieces is really not good. They have violated the goalkeeper in the penalty area one after another, and their attacks have been blocked by their own family members, which really makes everyone helpless.

Schalke continued to attack on the field, and No. 307 minutes Joaquin made another cross from the left, Holtby hesitated a little, adjusted back and forth after getting the ball and missed the first chance to shoot, and was blocked by the opponent's player Kicked out of the box.In the No.401 minute, Maputi steals the ball in the midfield and distributes it to the right. Joaquin easily makes a pass from the bottom, but Nerich shovels the ball out of the baseline before Demba Ba.Holtby took another corner and this time Demba Ba volleyed high again.

(End of this chapter)