Chapter 227 Draxler
Every Ruhr derby will be full in the stands, not to mention that today's Ruhr derby may be related to the league championship of a season.
If Bayern Munich had not had the game kick-off at the same time as Dortmund, maybe some Bayern Munich players would have watched the game in front of the TV.
The West** Stadium is full, and looking around, it is almost a yellow-black ocean.
Schalke 04 fans have, but it is very inconspicuous, at the top of the stands and the farthest from the stadium.
Although the two cities are very close, fans of both teams do not like to watch the game at the other party's home court, so the visiting teams in the Ruhrderby are often more difficult to play.
In Bundesliga history, the two teams have fought 83 times in total, and Dortmund has a slightly ahead with 30 wins, 24 draws and 29 losses, which shows how intense the Ruhr derby is.
At home, Dortmund still has the advantage, and their home score is 18 wins, 12 draws and 11 losses. This also proves that the away game of the Roulderby is indeed more difficult to play.
I thought that Dortmund extreme fans threw fireworks into the stands in the first round of the league. After the game, the fans of both sides clashed, so the atmosphere was already tense before the game started. In order to maintain the safety of the field, Dortmund sent a total of 3,000 police officers to work on the field and off the field to ensure that there were no unexpected situations.
Since Dortmund fans have caused trouble many times this season, the club is actually very nervous now. If there is another situation, it is very likely that the German Football Association will be suspended from home spectators.
Dortmund fans have always been the pride of Dortmund. Dortmund fans are the most fanatical and loyal group in Europe. But while enjoying the support benefits brought by fanatical fans, Dortmund clubs also have to bear the trouble and pressure brought by fanatical extreme fans.
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Because the two teams are so familiar, there is no process of testing each other after the game begins.
Just four minutes into the game, Hunteral received the ball ten meters in front of the goal and shot directly. The result was slightly higher, which scared Dortmund fans.
It also shows Schalke 04's determination. Although it is difficult to play away, they still have to pursue victory.
Of course, Dortmund was not an unresponsive wooden man. After being attacked by the opponent with a threatening attack, Dortmund naturally had to fight back.
Two minutes later, Reus made a cross from the wing and Mark grabbed the point in the middle, but he was completely unprepared but he turned the ball away.
Two minutes later, Schalke 04's Gretzka made a long shot in front of the penalty area and was directly confiscated by Weidenfeller.
Yan Min and Reus made a transfer, made a cross on the right side of the ball, Sven Bend headed the ball from the middle, and the football once again missed the right post...
"After the game started, both sides played without any conservative play, and it was completely against the opponent! It was only with such a very familiar opponent that we could see such a game. Although it was such a critical game, neither side was willing to be at a disadvantage in momentum..." Marcel Leif said.
As the attack developed, the smell of gunpowder on the field gradually began to become stronger.
In the 23rd minute, Reus raised his arm while heading the ball, made an elbow movement, was convicted of a foul, and received a yellow card.
Dortmund has yellow cards, Schalke 04 is naturally not to be outdone. In terms of popularity, the Roulderby is the first in Germany. Soon, Draxler made a foul while tackled in the backcourt and got a yellow card. The one he tackled was Zhou Yi. Although Draxler got a yellow card after tackled Zhou Yi, he had to come up to pick Zhou Yi at all, and there was no intention of releasing friendly signals. He turned around and ran away.
Zhou Yi was helped up by his teammates.
"Are you okay, Zhou Yi?" his teammates asked Zhou Yi with concern.
Zhou Yi shook his head: "Fortunately, I hid in time."
"That boy is purely for you!" Someone glared at Draxler in the distance fiercely.
Draxler didn't care about the angry look of the Dortmund players, and even felt a little proud.
"It's okay." Zhou Yi patted his teammates and comforted them in turn.
The game continued. During a dead ball, Draxler came up and covered his mouth and said to Zhou Yi viciously: "Did you hurt when you fell just now? Don't mind, this is the Ruldby. If you can't stand it, please apply to be substituted!"
When Zhou Yi heard Draxler's words, he turned to Yang Muge helplessly and deliberately said to Yang Muge in German: "Old Yang, why is your good friend so naive?"
Yang Muge was speechless, but Draxler was dissatisfied when he heard this: "Who do you think is childish?"
Zhou Yi smiled at him without saying a word.
Seeing his two friends confront each other so tit-for-tat on the court, Yang Muge had no choice.
When he was in the youth team, he knew that Draxler "hatred" against Zhou Yi and had always been unable to stand Zhou Yi.
But that is his own business, and Yang Muge can't control it. Draxler is his friend and Zhou Yi is his friend, but he doesn't need to let these two friends become friends too. Everyone is adult, so don't be so naive.
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The game continued, and few people noticed the quarrel between Draxler and Zhou Yi.
However, someone soon noticed that Zhou Yi's position on the court had a small change - he and Sven Bend made a switch.
Originally, the position of Zhou Yi was relatively flexible. When standing with Sven Bend, it was not fixed on the left or right.
But after the game started again, Zhou Yi was fixed on one side and rarely went to other places.
After adjusting his position like this, he went from being in a match with Yang Muge to being in a match with Draxler.
After this small change in position was noticed, he only thought that Zhou Yi planned to get rid of Yang Muge's defense against him.
This is normal, too.
Every time in the Ruhr derby, Yang Muge's defense against Zhou Yi is very strict. Zhou Yi always has to do everything he can to get rid of Yang Muge's defense. In the last round of the Ruhr derby, Schalke 04's head coach Jens Keller gave up this approach and instead let the young midfielder Neustte defend Zhou Yi.
As a result, that game was a disaster for Neustt. The tall Neustt could not defend against Zhou Yi, who was not tall but flexible. Neustt's physical advantages had no chance to play in front of Zhou Yi.
Schalke conceded the ball in the first 14 minutes of the game, and the concealment started from Neusttet, who lost his defense against Zhou Yi.
Zhou Yi scored a goal to secure the victory in the game, and also shot after getting rid of Neusttet.
In that game, Schalke 04 lost 1:3 to Dortmund at home, and Neusttet's performance was definitely not outstanding. Neusttet was replaced by Jens Keller before he even finished the game.
After the game, Schalke's media criticized Jens Keller for his arrangement and tactical arrangement in the game, believing that his biggest problem was to use Neustite ball to defend Zhou Yi. In front of the flexible and cunning Zhou Yi, Neustite was like a rusty canned iron.
In this Ruhr derby, Schalke's head coach in 04 was still Jens Keller. This time he finally did not make the last mistake again. Although Neustte also started, he decided to let Yang Muge defend Zhou Yi before the game. From the position on the court, the two of them were just in front of the match.
After the opening, Yang Muge's restrictions on Zhou Yi were successful. Although both sides fought against each other, at least he did not allow Zhou Yi to send out his final deadly first pass.
But now after changing positions like this, Zhou Yi is closer to Draxler.
Draxler is an offensive player, but when the team is defending, he also needs to undertake certain defensive tasks. Otherwise, why did he tackle Zhou Yi just now?
When Zhou Yi got the ball again, he did not pass the ball immediately, but tried to drive the ball forward.
On the line where he dribbled the ball, Draxler was returning to defense.
Facing Zhou Yi, he was eager to try and planned to give Zhou Yi another profound lesson.
When the two met, Zhou Yi pulled the football to the right with his left foot, making signs of breaking to the right, and Draxler naturally moved the center of gravity there.
But just as he leaned his center of gravity, Zhou Yi pulled the ball with his left foot and then suddenly knocked the ball back to the left with his outer instep!
At the same time, Zhou Yi quickly changed direction and planned to break through from the left!
At this time, it was too late for Draxler to change his center of gravity.
But he didn't want to watch Zhou Yi pass him. In desperation, he tripped his feet and pulled his hands, and forced Zhou Yi to break through.
Seeing that he could not compete for Draxler's "clips", Zhou Yi stopped struggling and stopped, spread his hands, and let the football slip away from him.
He didn't believe that the referee in this game would not be able to see such an obvious pull foul.
Sure enough, a whistle sounded quickly behind him, followed by booing in the stands, which were given to Draxler by Dortmund fans.
"Draxler made two consecutive fouls in a short period of time! He has to be careful, he has a yellow card!" Marcel Lef reminded. "The referee may have considered this point. This time he only had a verbal warning and had no intention of playing cards. But no matter what, Draxler also needs to be careful..."
Draxler did not have the arrogant attitude after the last foul this time. Faced with the referee's verbal warning, he could only keep nodding and admit his mistakes.
He is not a fool either, and he knows that he can't anger the referee.
Fortunately, the referee let him go.
Turning around, he saw Zhou Yi next to him, smiling at him.
Chapter completed!