Star Coach

When Jiangshan saw the opponent's starting players, he had strange thoughts in his mind, "After planning for so long, Stevens finally threw you all out."

The only thing that disappointed Jiangshan was that Schalke 04's old captain Olaf Thon did not start the game and sat on the bench waiting for his chance.

If he started the game, Jiangshan could even announce that he had won the German Cup trophy.

In Jiangshan's view, Thon has the same characteristics as Asamoah, Wilmots and Nemets on the field, that is, slowness, and every technical action is like a slow-motion replay.

There are three players known for their slowness on the field at the same time. If Jiangshan's team does not seize the opponent's pain point and beat them up, he dare not believe that he is a coach.

The game just started, Hoffenheim swept away the humbleness of the German Southern League team, and took the initiative to attack and continuously attacked the opponent's defense line.

Kuranyi and Didik released their speed advantage, received the pass from the midfielder, and rushed forward with their heads buried without any tactical characteristics.

Bang!

Kuranyi was knocked down by Van Kerkhoven and rolled on the ground in pain.

The referee saw this and immediately blew a foul. He looked at the time and saw that the game had just started, so he didn't give a card and verbally warned Van Kerkhoven.

Jiangshan cursed, "The referee's whistle is soft, which is not good news for us. It's a bad start!"

No card was given for the yellow card action, and the same action may not be given later. This is the referee's inertia. Jiangshan asked the players to attack the opponent's back line, just to create opportunities by committing fouls.

Hoffenheim's midfielder Kai faced the wall, took a deep breath, and shot directly, which was higher than the crossbar.

Schalke 04 attacked.

Didik stuck to Sander who was advancing with the ball like a dog skin plaster, "The action was a little slow. If it was faster, you might get rid of me. Hehe..."

Sander dribbled quickly, and there was a small movement of his elbow, pushing Didik away. Didik seemed to have expected the opponent's movement, and his arm just blocked the opponent's elbow and leaned towards Sander.

Sander threw his hands away, but was pinned to the ground by Didik who just fell down. This Nordic man who was born in Denmark could never have imagined that Didik was so soft. He was knocked down by a slight touch.

What was even more frightening was that the moment Didik fell down, he turned into Teddy and rode Sander under him. He kept muttering, "Oh, your ass is too loose."

"Fuck you." Sander was furious. It was a good game, but he actually greeted my ass.

"Hehe, hehe..." Didik laughed very meanly. He didn't know why Jiangshan gave the order to annoy Sander, but since Jiangshan arranged it this way, he followed it.

The referee blew the whistle, and the two were quickly separated by their teammates. Only 2 minutes had passed. The referee considered it and didn't give a card. Compared with Van Kerkhoven's foul just now, Ebe Sander's action did not meet the yellow card standard.

Stevens breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, there is no need to give a card, otherwise my team will become slower."

Ebe-Sander has excellent skills and speed, and is very good at teamwork. If he gets a yellow card early, it will definitely affect his performance in the future. The midfield is already slow enough. If the speed players can't play well, Schalke 04 will lose the fangs of the shark.

Hoffenheim's set-piece, Kai stood in front of the ball early, and kicked off the first time after the referee blew the whistle. The long pass was given to Kuranyi's feet, which was a tactical cooperation prepared early.

Kuranyi passed the ball to Pander, and the Schalke 04 players had not returned to their positions, and the opportunity appeared.

Pander easily received the ball, went down the bottom, passed it back, and gave it to Kuranyi's feet. Kuranyi faced the defense of Wadoh, took a step, and shot.

The ball was touched by Hogdalham, the speed of the ball slowed down, and finally it was easily confiscated by goalkeeper Rek. Less than 4 minutes after the start, Hoffenheim had created an excellent scoring opportunity, but unfortunately, it failed to score.

Stevens smelled something bad and looked at Jiangshan, "Are they attacking? Seeing that we are not yet stable, as long as they steal one, they will immediately retreat?"

The game was still going on. Hitzlsperger intercepted the slow dribbling of Wilmots, and twisted the ball past him with difficulty, passing it to Kai's feet. Kai did not make any extra moves. He turned around to protect the ball during Agali's return defense, and suddenly kicked it to the front court.

Lahm had already rushed up to the front of the penalty area, kicked the ball diagonally, and passed it. Lahm's cross was already accurate, only slightly worse than Pander.

But Dorante was not on the court at this moment, and there was no strong point in the penalty area. Kuranyi barely touched it, and the ball fell behind him and had lost control.

Rahn had already judged the direction of Kuranyi's landing point, rushed forward, and shot hard.

The ball was fast and urgent, almost sticking to the ground, rolling up the flying grass along the way.

Bang!

The huge sound struck the hearts of everyone at the scene. The ball hit the post and went out of bounds. It was a goal kick.

Rahn's shot was impeccable, but his luck was a little bit off. He hit the outside of the post and had no chance.

Jiang Shan jumped outside the court, "The best chance is gone. Today's game is really not easy."

The referee was relatively lenient. He didn't give two consecutive yellow cards, which was very demoralizing for Hoffenheim. Now the two shots failed to pry open the opponent's goal. His pre-match arrangement had been played, but he was unlucky. There was nothing he could do.

Stevens was in a good mood, "Jiang Shan is really good at getting started. I was scared. If he scored one of the two shots, our game would be difficult."

Didik cursed beside Sander, blaming Sander with all sorts of indirect insults. Sander was furious, "Asshole, if you have the guts, show your ability on the field. I'll beat you up later if you keep talking nonsense."

"Hehehe, I'm afraid you don't dare to beat me, so I'll stand here, come on!" Didik laughed meanly, "You just got your ass blasted, I don't want to waste any more time."

"Asshole." Sander wanted to cut the guy in front of him into pieces, but he didn't want to fall into the trap. The other party was talking nonsense to him just to irritate him and make him play badly.

Hoffenheim's frontcourt counterattack continued, but the players' physical energy was consumed very quickly. According to the current intensity, Hoffenheim's players would run out of physical energy after only half a game.

If Jiangshan hadn't often trained on-the-spot counterattacks, Hoffenheim's performance at this moment would be even worse.

In the 13th minute, Hoffenheim got another chance. Rahn intercepted the old Nemets and quickly passed the ball to Pander's feet.

Pander was very fast, directing Kuranyi and Didik to cut in from the right, while he himself cut in from the left.

Pander was very fast, passing Haituo in one breath, approaching the edge of the penalty area, and with a glance, Kuranyi knew immediately, and the ball under Pander's feet was passed out and fell into the penalty area, where Kuranyi just met the ball.

A fierce shot! The best chance since the start of the game.