Super Marshal

After a two-week break, the Bundesliga is back on fire.

In the fifth round of the league, the Bundesliga has two focus games. Dortmund plays against Werder Bremen at home, and Bayern Munich plays against Schalke at home. They are both strong dialogues.

Dortmund's game will take place a day earlier.

The Hornets had an unsatisfactory start to the season, not to mention two consecutive defeats and a 1-4 loss to Schalke 04. However, after learning from the painful experience, Dortmund ushered in two consecutive victories, beating Cottbus 3-0. , a 1-0 away win over Rostock.

In the fifth round of the league, the Hornets faced Werder Bremen with superior offensive firepower. From the 22nd minute to the 32nd minute of the first half, in just ten minutes, they scored with head kicks and kicks. Three balls.

In the end, Dortmund defeated Werder Bremen 3-0.

With three consecutive wins, seven goals scored and zero goals conceded, Dortmund has shown impressive strength.

This opening game also made a very good start for the fifth round of the Bundesliga, especially for the second day of the game.

Compared to Bayern Munich's four-game winning streak, Schalke 04 started the season undefeated in four games, with one win and three draws.

Among them, in addition to beating Dortmund 4-1 at home, they defeated Stuttgart 2-2 in the first round, tied with Wolfsburg 1-1 away in the third round, and tied Leverkusen 1-1 at home in the fourth round.

It should be said that Schalke 04's start was not ideal.

But even so, on the afternoon of September 15th, the Allianz Arena was still full.

The fans' enthusiasm, which had been extinguished for two weeks, finally got a chance to vent again.

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Slomka, the head coach of Schalke 04, received the Bayern Munich starting lineup from the assistant coach when the team finished pre-match training, returned to the visiting team's locker room, and walked to the door.

Goalkeeper Neuer, the defense line from left to right is Marcelo, Hummels, Van Buyten and Lahm. The midfielder is Bastian Schweinsteiger, with Van Bommel and Modric partnering. The front trident is a combination of Ribery, Klose and Robben.

Obviously, Gao Han put Aguero, Vidal and Lucio and other international players who went to South America to participate in the national team competition on the bench, which also reflects his strong confidence in the game.

As for Marcelo, the Brazilian youngster is not yet eligible to be selected for the national team.

"As we planned before the game, we still have to focus on our right wing." Slomka said with a frown.

Bayern Munich's overall passing and control ability is indeed very good. Although the players do not have a tacit understanding with each other, both the player strength and the team's tactics are much higher than other Bundesliga teams.

But they are not without their weaknesses, and the first to bear the brunt is the left wing.

"Marcelo is the biggest hidden danger in Bayern Munich's defense. I don't understand why Gao Han trusts him so much? Vidal is probably better than him." The assistant coach was puzzled.

Vidal has played as a left-back in Chile and the national team. This also led many people to mistakenly believe that Gao Han introduced Vidal just to strengthen the defense on the left. Unexpectedly, Gao Han directly pushed Vidal. Entered midfield.

On the contrary, on the left, Gao Han reused young players such as Marcelo, Jerome Boateng and Badstuber.

"It's hard for us to guess what he's thinking, but one thing is for sure." Slomka reminded very seriously, "We definitely can't sit back and wait for death, using Rafinha and Asamoah to form the right wing and attack hard. Marcelo’s side forced Bayern Munich to defend.”

Schalke 04's strategy has been formulated long ago. In the past period of time, they have only trained around this point. Now it is time to test the results of the team's training.

Marcelo is reckless, unreliable in defense, and unable to defend in time after often advancing forward. These are all old problems. Rafinha has strong assist ability and Asamoah is very fast. The right wing composed of the two can maximize To ensure Schalke 04's offensive and counterattack strength, it is best to beat Bayern Munich at the beginning.

In Slomka's view, facing a team like Bayern Munich, blindly defending is tantamount to chronic suicide. Only by counterattacking, forcing Bayern Munich to be unable to concentrate its forces on offense, can the team have a chance to defend.

Gao Han is very powerful, and the first four rounds were indeed exciting, but that is all in the past.

At the very least, the Bayern Munich team in front of them cannot compare with Atletico Madrid and Inter Milan.

While he is not strong enough now, this is undoubtedly the perfect opportunity to defeat him.

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"Without a doubt, the key to this game is our left wing."

In the home team's locker room, Gao Han was also mobilizing the players for the final time.

He just got the Schalke 04 starting lineup, the right attack composed of Brazilian right back Rafinha and German international Asamoah, which was enough for him to understand Slomka's intentions.

"The specific arrangements, as I talked to everyone at the meeting yesterday, the defense of the left wing is not a matter of the left back alone. The frontcourt, midfielder and backcourt center back all need to assist in defense and protection."

Everyone in the locker room nodded solemnly.

Bayern Munich has a lot of international players, and they all go to participate in national team games. As a result, the players return to the team at different times. Many South American international players only returned to the team yesterday afternoon and now they have no way to participate in the game.

Not only that, in the past two days, Bayern Munich has not even been able to organize a joint training session with the entire team. Naturally, it is impossible to practice the defense and protection on the left. It can only rely on Gao Han and the coaching staff to cooperate with PPT. Let’s explain.

"Marcelo." Gao Han looked at the Brazilian left back.

"I'm listening, boss." Marcelo quickly replied.

"Remember what the coaches and I have repeatedly told you these past few days."

Marcelo licked his lips and nodded: "I remember."

"I don't need you to participate in the offense in this game. To be honest, Schalke 04's defense is not difficult at all as long as our frontcourt plays normally. What I need you to pay attention to is defense. Do it first." Defense.”

Marcelo also realized the heavy responsibility he had in this game and stood up directly and nodded solemnly.

"Remember, first, don't make a move easily. Second, follow the inside of the opponent and don't let them cut into the penalty area."

Marcelo took a deep breath, "I understand."

Gao Han took another deep look at Marcelo and then looked at the two central defenders.

Lucio, Aguero and Vidal all went back to participate in the national team competition. Although they were ready to return immediately after the game, not to mention the long journey and the time difference, they did not return to the team until yesterday evening.

Therefore, Gao Han naturally did not dare to use them, and instead arranged for Hummels and Van Buyten to partner as central defenders.

"The tasks of the two central defenders are also very clear. Pay attention to the cross from the right. Hummels, you have to pay attention to the defense and protection of the area behind Marcelo."

"I see."

"learn."

Both central defenders agreed in unison.

"If the opponent's full-back Rafinha advances, Van Bommel, I need you to return to defense immediately."

"Okay." The Dutchman agreed concisely.

When Gao Han said this, he clapped his hands vigorously.

"Okay, everyone, we have had a good start to the season, winning four consecutive games without conceding a goal. This is not easy, and achieving such results depends on the concerted efforts of each of us."

Gao Han's words made everyone present feel proud.

"I hope this game can be the same."

"Okay!" the players responded in unison.

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The game starts on time at fifteen thirty.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the Allianz Arena, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

The visiting team Schalke 04 took the lead.

As Gao Han had expected, Schalke 04 launched an offensive from the beginning, and concentrated on their right wing.

Only two minutes into the game, Asamoah took the ball on the right and relied on a fake move to deceive Marcelo and then made a cross. However, Neuer in the penalty area reacted very quickly and rushed out first. In the small penalty area, he picked the ball out of the air before everyone else, barely resolving a crisis.

But a minute later, Rakitic brought the ball close to the right, passed the ball diagonally to the right, and sent the ball behind Marcelo. Asamoah used his speed to quickly advance forward and catch the ball before Marcelo. to the ball.

The Brazilian also immediately followed up to defend, but Asamoah just made a simple emergency stop, which tricked Marcelo into stopping. He watched helplessly as the opponent accelerated forward again and was thrown away.

This time the pass was pushed out of the baseline by Hummels, and Schalke won a corner kick.

In less than four minutes of the game, I was fooled twice by the opponent.

"What on earth did this kid do? He only needs to get stuck on the inside, and there is no need to worry about anything else, but he is still like this."

Cantarero seemed a little angry. This was something he had been told repeatedly in training, but in the game, Marcelo was still confused.

The other party can deceive him with a simple fake move. Is this reliable?

"This Asamoah is indeed very fast. He is Germany's first naturalized player of African descent." Tuchel explained.

Gao Han nodded, this is indeed a headache, but...

"Pay attention to Rakitic. This kid is not simple at all. He is young and just joined this season. As a result, he has become the core of the team's midfield. His passing skills are quite impressive."

The most impressive midfielder in the first few rounds of the Bundesliga this season is definitely Bastian Schweinsteiger, who has successfully transformed half of the way. After that is Bayern Munich's main midfielder Modric, who became Bayern Munich as soon as he joined. The core of the midfield.

On the contrary, Rakitic from Schalke 04 also joined in the summer and is also from Croatia. He is even younger than Modric, but his performance is not bad. Given time, he has a bright future.

"Luka." Gao Han walked to the sidelines and shouted to the players on the court.

Modric immediately looked over and raised his hand to indicate that he heard.

"Be careful to hold your compatriot down and don't make him too comfortable." Gao Han pointed at Rakitic.

Modric immediately understood and understood the coach's requirements.

Schalke's several attacks at the beginning of 04 were indeed planned by Rakitic, especially on the left.

Everyone knows that Marcelo is unreliable and it will be difficult to improve in a short period of time, so the best way is to suppress Schalke 04 and make it difficult for them to attack effectively.

"Marcelo." After Gao Han finished explaining Modric, he turned to Marcelo.

The left wing where the Brazilian left back was located happened to be near the coaching area. He obviously knew that his performance at the beginning was not good enough, and he came over uneasily after hearing the coach's shout.

"Hey, man, you've improved on defense these two times. You've done a good job. Just keep doing it. Do you understand?"

Not only was Marcelo a little surprised, but Tuchel and Cantarero were also taken aback.

Based on his performance, he did a good job?

Could it be said that if you don't score a goal, you are qualified?

"Don't think about anything else. I have confidence in you. Remember, don't put your foot down easily and get stuck on his inside. You can do it. Keep working hard!" After saying that, Gao Han clapped his hands hard and sent Marcelo back to the court. .

He knew that what the Brazilian needed most now was not a reprimand, but confidence.

Of all the people in the game, the only one who can give Marcelo confidence is himself as the head coach.